It fit!!!!!

[hydro2]

Wanted to see if my tractor would fit on my skidloader trailer. It would fit perfect without the boxblade. I have a roll over blade. I ended up rolling it so I could get the tractor a little farther back on the trailer and still get my ramps up.

 

[MtnViewRanch]

Glad that it fits, but the trailer looks to be a bit over loaded. Is it or is that just how it looks?

 

[hydro2]

Its is licenced for 10,000 and I hauled my skidloader on it and it weighed 6500 lb. It is a well built trailer. It just does not sit real high and the fenders come down over the wheels which makes it look like it is sagging. It sits the same way empty.

 

[JerryK]

Must be nice... my trailer is about 75.5 inches wide...looks like I could get in on, if I greased up the sidewalls and got a running start. But I would probably never pry it back off...so it would just have to rot on there.... I'll have rent one or hire you if'n I need to trailer it. Too broke to buy a new trailer.... [ good looking RED tractor, by the way..!!!! ]

 

[hydro2]

Thank you!! Yours too!! I have a Woods 9000 backhoe to go on it but I am waiting for Woods to make a sub-frame kit. I had the backhoe on the skidloader. I really miss the backhoe. Hopefully they will make one soon.

I had the trailer for my skidloader and was not sure if the tractor would fit width wise. It makes it with a few inches to spare. Without the box blade on I could set it a little closer to the back of the trailer. I towed it with the boxblade on and it did fine though.

I was very pleased it would fit. I had the tractor a few months and finally tried it!!

 

[hydro2]

How do you like your Mahindra? I looked at them all before buying! I am very pleased with mine. I have the shuttle shift.

 

[JerryK]

How do you like your Mahindra? I looked at them all before buying! I am very pleased with mine. I have the shuttle shift.

I have been hiding in my barn where it stays fairly cool during the day, working on some projects. I am currently getting my blower mounted up to the 5035 and installing a winch to rotate the chute. The lower arms on the 3 point don't have as much forward/back freeplay when you are hooking up as my old JD 2040, but I am getting used to them. I thought the yellow seat was hot in the summer, but the black seat is way more toasty when you jump on it wearing shorts....needs a sheepskin cover bad. Could not get my grease gun onto the zerks on the main pivots on top of the towers, so changed them to 45's. There was a pile of grease underneath both zerks, and the pins were dry on the left side, so the factory guys couldn't get to them either. The seat adjuster was hitting my left calf when I rotated in the seat to the left sidesaddle...so I took the adjuster handle off and rotated it 180 degrees and reinstalled. Now you have to push down instead of pulling up to slide the seat, but I bet I never slide it again...just leave it all the way back. I pulled the control connector off the bottom of the grid heater timer for the summer. Don't need the grid heaters now, I do the same with the grid heaters on my Cummins. No use cycling the heaters, stressing the battery and alternator for nothing in the summer. Mostly all good other than that... sure is a nice tractor.... Oh, I am not used to having a loader on the front in the way when you want to touchy/feely in the motor area....but again...I just have to get used to it.... and again....

 

[hydro2]

Love your picture. That should move some snow this winter. I have almost 50 hours on mine. I use is so much more than I ever used my skidloader. I have a toothbar on mine and I love how I can grade my roads with the boxblade. Much faster than the skidloader for roads maintence and I can pull my log trailer with it.

 

[JerryK]

Forgot, I also did some work on my QA levers on the FEL. My right side lever was a little loose in relation to the other one, and I tightened up the long 5/16" [grade 5 standard] bolt that goes holds the two main pieces together...square peg in a square hole. About a week later I noticed that it was a little loose again. So I took it all apart and drilled it out for a 3/8" bolt, which did not remove much stock 'cuz the hole was already bigger than what you needed for clearance for the 5/16". The square peg was still in good shape, but the square hole part was showing signs of starting to get rounded [ did I mention I was using my tractor a LOT ]. I might have over tightened the original 5/16" bolt, it is not hard to over torque smaller bolts like that. But now, it has a grade 5 3/8" in it. Just a heads up, anyway.....