Its Delivery Day!

[Thomas]

Nice...darn nice :thumbsup: project list just got whole lot easier.

 

[sea2summit]

Delivery...View attachment 581162

woot!

 

[RayfromTX]

Nice...darn nice :thumbsup: project list just got whole lot easier.

and longer

 

[AndyMA]

I have a MX5200 and love it. Same tractor less horsepower. I traded down from a 75hp deluxe cabbed New Holland and Andy Mayshar glad I did. Don’t miss any of the deluxe features

Enjoy it won’t let you down

Andy

 

[Jchonline]

Great looking machine Paul. Enjoy.

 

[DieselnHooters]

That box blade look like it can do some serious work....or some serious damage.

You did good Paul.

 

[ruffdog]

That box blade look like it can do some serious work....or some serious damage.

You did good Paul.

Yes, that is the thing with tractors, they only do what the operator tells them to do...good or bad.

 

[Newby first timer]

Yes, that is the thing with tractors, they only do what the operator tells them to do...good or bad.

I have had my MX5800 for over 9 months now, Great machine.
But what was stated above
Take care and be careful. With just about 90 hours experience under my belt, building a bridge across two wash's I was compacting the dirt with my Tractor and the dirt gave way.
Pucker factor of about 1000 as I was sliding into one of the wash's sideways I dropped everything Bucket first reached around dropped the backhoe and then the left side outrigger.

I called a friend and told him how stupid a neighbor he had and he asked if I rolled it.
I told him no but i was afraid if I tried to move it it would roll.

I picked him up and we both looked at it sitting half in the wash and half out of the wash.

He asked me why did it not roll. And I told him as soon as I felt it starting to go I dropped everything.
He told me that he had been Operating for over 40 years and had rolled at least a dozen times and said it is never fun.

He then drove my truck and I drove the Tractor to pull it out of the hole I got it into after he told me exactly what to do and when to do it to keep it from rolling.

Be safe and have lots of fun with your new Tool.
A GIGANTIC CONGRATULATIONS SIR.

 

[Turbys_1700]

Put a big red bow on it and go out there at Christmas with your wife...
It will be worth the memories...
Be safe...

 

[Newby first timer]

Sweet! Dang, I really envy that box blade. My little 48 is like dragging a cheese grater on a string...

Z.

If your Box Blade does not cut.
Try adding some weight to it.
I read somewhere that box blades do their best work if they weigh around 100 to 125 LBS. per Ft.

I have a 72" box on my tractor and the deliver weight was around 525 LBS. i used it for a bit and was able to scrounge up some plate to make weights out of.

When I put them on the blade , even cutting pure sand I could not be leave the difference in how the blade performed.

Weight can be your friend some times

 

[oosik]

I have never rolled my tractor. However - I sure got my first tractor stuck a few times. And on ground as flat as your pool table. I have a layer of glacial silt here that when wet is as slick as any grease ever manufactured. The R-1's would simply load up and I essentially had slicks - and that was in 4WD, no less. Thank goodness for patient neighbors. I learned a lot those first few years. I've not yet got my second tractor - Kubota M6040 - stuck. There are just certain times of the year and certain places that must be avoided. You fight Mother Nature - she is bound to win.

There is a saying regarding ground contact implements - - "weight is your friend". However - take care. A good thing can be overdone.

I've had two eight foot rear blades for my Kubota M6040. The first was an excellent Land Pride that went at 70 pound per foot. Great for winter snow plowing on my mile long gravel driveway. Did nothing but make sparks as I drug it down the same driveway in the summer. My new blade goes at 138 pounds per foot. You better watch what you are doing with the new blade or the ENTIRE driveway will end up in the ditch.

 

[wmonroe]

Congratulations, very nice machine.