wbuffetjr1
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Hello!
Firm time poster, long time lurker.
I just picked up a M7040 with FEL and a Rhino Turbo 96. Got a deal on the combo I absolutely couldn't refuse. I researched everything thoroughly before I made the purchase and test drove the tractor with the cutter. I checked the Turbo 96 HP requirements, etc to make sure it was appropriate for the tractor. The tractor handled the cutter no problem at all (with the FEL on). Now that I own the tractor I downloaded the service manual and discovered it says the M7040 can only handle a 1,200lb rotary cutter on the 3 point hitch!! I got a great deal so I could sell the Turbo 96 and get a smaller one, but I would prefer to keep it. Will I "damage" the tractor with a 2,000lb cutter when the manual says 1,200lb?
I will be taking the tractor to 10,000' in the Colorado mountains and climbing some steep stuff to get to some fields to mow. I know the heavy cutter will be a negative in that one situation but seems a positive everywhere else? Getting new front tires foam filled and don't mind adding suitcase weights as well.
Help set me straight!
Thanks!
Firm time poster, long time lurker.
I just picked up a M7040 with FEL and a Rhino Turbo 96. Got a deal on the combo I absolutely couldn't refuse. I researched everything thoroughly before I made the purchase and test drove the tractor with the cutter. I checked the Turbo 96 HP requirements, etc to make sure it was appropriate for the tractor. The tractor handled the cutter no problem at all (with the FEL on). Now that I own the tractor I downloaded the service manual and discovered it says the M7040 can only handle a 1,200lb rotary cutter on the 3 point hitch!! I got a great deal so I could sell the Turbo 96 and get a smaller one, but I would prefer to keep it. Will I "damage" the tractor with a 2,000lb cutter when the manual says 1,200lb?
I will be taking the tractor to 10,000' in the Colorado mountains and climbing some steep stuff to get to some fields to mow. I know the heavy cutter will be a negative in that one situation but seems a positive everywhere else? Getting new front tires foam filled and don't mind adding suitcase weights as well.
Help set me straight!
Thanks!