Ballast Kubota M7040 front weight bracket?

[ovrszd]

Here's a website that sells weights for the M Kubotas but they don't list a bracket. Might call them about it though.

Lonestar Wheel Weights


I built a weight bracket for the front of my M9540 and can carry 650lbs of weights. I never brush cut with the loader on. Too much bulk.

Here's some pics of my bracket and weights. The weights are from a White tractor. Yes,,,,,, I've painted the weights since I took these pics....

 

[nauxier16]

That looks really good, i bet that 9540 is a brute, I may try to fab up a bracket and buy some used weights locally if I can find some

 

[ovrszd]

That looks really good, i bet that 9540 is a brute, I may try to fab up a bracket and buy some used weights locally if I can find some

Yeah, it's way more tractor than I deserve.

Around here you can buy suitcase weights at farm auctions for 30-50 cents a pound. You get the cheapest ones by buying models that no one has. Try to buy John Deere weights and the price goes up dramatically. New weights are at least $1 per pound.

 

[allen in texas]

That looks really good, i bet that 9540 is a brute, I may try to fab up a bracket and buy some used weights locally if I can find some

I started with an L3240.
I posted here how I always fed her the best fuel and oils hoping that someday she would grow into an L5740.
Well it worked. I traded up to an L5740.
I'm feeding my L5740 the same best fuels and oil hoping she will grow into an M9540.
I've found one but its a cab tractor. I can't use a cab tractor about 80% of the time.
Now that the M9540 has been replaced with the M9960 there are still a few M9540's available for a pretty good price.
I'm looking...
I want one
I can't sleep
wifey is mad



Somebody make it stop.
help me.:drool:

 

[94BULLITT]

I found a nice looking weight bracket on everythingattachment.com but like you said I'm not sure how much shipping will be.

I was going to suggest everything attachments. I thought everything on their site was free shipping within 1000 miles.

5006 Tractor Weight Bracket

 

[nauxier16]

That's the weight bracket I was looking at, I called everything attachments today and talked to Travis, shipping will be about 40.00 to my door, I ordered the bracket but did not get free shipping unless you order 1000lbs of weights.

 

[ovrszd]

I started with an L3240.
I posted here how I always fed her the best fuel and oils hoping that someday she would grow into an L5740.
Well it worked. I traded up to an L5740.
I'm feeding my L5740 the same best fuels and oil hoping she will grow into an M9540.
I've found one but its a cab tractor. I can't use a cab tractor about 80% of the time.
Now that the M9540 has been replaced with the M9960 there are still a few M9540's available for a pretty good price.
I'm looking...
I want one
I can't sleep
wifey is mad



Somebody make it stop.
help me.:drool:

Allen, I don't care who you are,,,, that's funny!!! Heheheheheheh.

I started with a B2910, then L4400 and now M9540. I'm like you, I can't use a cab tractor. I thought finding an open station M9540 would be a piece of cake because no one wants them. I was wrong. The problem is no one stocks them because everyone buys that size tractor with cab. The dealer I bought from is 400 miles from me. He sold 26 M8540/9540 tractors in 2012. Mine was the only open station. It was the closest one I could find at the time.

Good luck on the feeding program and with the Wifey.

 

[xring100]

Allen, I don't care who you are,,,, that's funny!!! Heheheheheheh.

I started with a B2910, then L4400 and now M9540. I'm like you, I can't use a cab tractor. I thought finding an open station M9540 would be a piece of cake because no one wants them. I was wrong. The problem is no one stocks them because everyone buys that size tractor with cab. The dealer I bought from is 400 miles from me. He sold 26 M8540/9540 tractors in 2012. Mine was the only open station. It was the closest one I could find at the time.

Good luck on the feeding program and with the Wifey.

Open stations must be more popular in Michigan. 2 of the 3 dealers i visited had both m8540 and m9540 open stations as well as cab models in stock when i bought mine in December 2011. The 3rd had nothing bigger than a m7040 he does not stock larger models usualy.
I could not use a cab either at least 50% of the time

 

[ovrszd]

Open stations must be more popular in Michigan. 2 of the 3 dealers i visited had both m8540 and m9540 open stations as well as cab models in stock when i bought mine in December 2011. The 3rd had nothing bigger than a m7040 he does not stock larger models usualy.
I could not use a cab either at least 50% of the time

Dave, I would have never guessed that. Being North I'd have thought open station was rare. The users up there must work in confined spaces or timber a lot. When I was looking for mine I found several on the East Coast but wasn't willing to drive that far.

 

[xring100]

Dave, I would have never guessed that. Being North I'd have thought open station was rare. The users up there must work in confined spaces or timber a lot. When I was looking for mine I found several on the East Coast but wasn't willing to drive that far.

Me either but both dealers had a similar number of each type in stock. I work in woods a lot. All of the big tractors are cabs and the guys that hay with them i see have cabs. I would guess that most people of this tractor size have other larger or smaller tractors with cabs For winter work or dusty conditions. Considering we rarely go above 85°f and don't usually have insane humidity AC is not really needed. Most guys just have canopies installed. From spring on temperatures a usually pretty tolerable.