xxxsandman
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- Feb 24, 2005
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I own an LG Montana 4540. It's got a little over 200 hours on it and about 1 1/2 years old. The only metal parts I've had fail is the big bolts that hold the FEL onto the frame sheared off one side while trying to push a heavy brush pile. I had trouble fiding the right quality of metric bolt to replace them with, so I called Montana. They sent me inferior 8.8 grade bolts. So I finally found some 10.9 grade at fastenall and ordered them. That was a bolt failure, NOT a metal failure in the tractor itself. Actually 4 bolts failed, but anyway.
I do feel the LG compacts seem to have flemsy sheet metal parts. For instance, the fenders are made of a combination of light sheet metal and plastic. They flex terribly when ANY weight is applied to them. I realize they are not made to be a weight bearing part of the tractor, but I feel it's only a matter of time before one gets damaged from a stick or something bumps it. Maybe I'm just used to the good old heavy iron tractors of yesterday.
James
I do feel the LG compacts seem to have flemsy sheet metal parts. For instance, the fenders are made of a combination of light sheet metal and plastic. They flex terribly when ANY weight is applied to them. I realize they are not made to be a weight bearing part of the tractor, but I feel it's only a matter of time before one gets damaged from a stick or something bumps it. Maybe I'm just used to the good old heavy iron tractors of yesterday.
James