Mt573 with out the loader

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Well for anyone with a 5 series curious of what it looks like with out the loader. I removed mine finally. Very easy to do and convenient. I’ll be removing it way more often.
 

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Why? 🤪
 
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Doesn't it make the tractor much more nimble? Not so front heavy, easy to maneuver.

Heck, took mine off probably an year ago, and only about 2 months ago I put the loader back on just to load 5 or 6 loads of dirt on the dump trailer. After the job was done, came back right out.
 
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tillage tractor , vegetable farming. I mainly use this tractor for tilling , shaping beds , and transplanting. Some of the rows butt up close to ditch’s with trees. So the loader is in the way of view and turning around a lot. These days I really only use it to lift full Ibc totes of fluid.

View is super nice and lots more maneuverability now.
 
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I take mine off when I need to do maintenance under the hood. Much more access! I also took it off this summer to mow the field. I could have raised the FEL up and over fences, but having it off also provides a bit more visibility out the front. I kind of liked it off.
 
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Well for anyone with a 5 series curious of what it looks like with out the loader. I removed mine finally. Very easy to do and convenient. I’ll be removing it way more often.
Easy peasy. Good to know. I have no present plans to remove my FEL, but you never can be sure at some
point I won't need too. Currently rotate bucket, grapple, hay spear and pallet forks....can't imagine not
having FEL attached. MT573 has turned out to be a pretty solid machine ( now if LS had solid dealers
everything would be great...but that's off topic). Enjoy yours!
 
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Easy peasy. Good to know. I have no present plans to remove my FEL, but you never can be sure at some
point I won't need too. Currently rotate bucket, grapple, hay spear and pallet forks....can't imagine not
having FEL attached. MT573 has turned out to be a pretty solid machine ( now if LS had solid dealers
everything would be great...but that's off topic). Enjoy yours!
Exact feeling. My dealer was great until the tractor hit my driveway. I have a 45hp nh I use for most of my chores.
 
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Exact feeling. My dealer was great until the tractor hit my driveway. I have a 45hp nh I use for most of my chores.
Also exact feeling. I have a NH TC40D open station for in the woods and light shredder work. But when it
gets hot here....there's nothing like an a/c cab. 😁
 
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I have removed FEL a few times and once you figure out exactly how to remove or reinstall it it’s pretty easy and makes some maintenance jobs much easier. But 99.9 percent of the time the FEL is mounted .
 
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The loader is a lot of weight and obstruction out front.

The 1000lbs of weight out front make it bounce like a teeter totter a lot when mowing bumpy trails or tilling fields.

The 5’ of distance out front is a problem tilling my food plots in the woods and try to turn.

My 2 series tractor feels more like a go cart than a tractor for things like pulling my dump trailer when the loader is off.

If you have a tiller, try it both with and without your loader. I much prefer tilling and mowing my trails with it off.
 
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Also exact feeling. I have a NH TC40D open station for in the woods and light shredder work. But when it
gets hot here....there's nothing like an a/c cab. 😁
I have a Tc45da. Absolutely love it. That tractor is hard to consider a compact compared to what I use it for. It had a add on cab. It was a local guys and they used it for rental , logging business , contracting jobs, and snow removal. Has over 5k but still going strong. Mostly had a pto winch and a 72 ea wicked grapple on it. They had two identical setups for logging.
 
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The loader is a lot of weight and obstruction out front.

The 1000lbs of weight out front make it bounce like a teeter totter a lot when mowing bumpy trails or tilling fields.

The 5’ of distance out front is a problem tilling my food plots in the woods and try to turn.

My 2 series tractor feels more like a go cart than a tractor for things like pulling my dump trailer when the loader is off.

If you have a tiller, try it both with and without your loader. I much prefer tilling and mowing my trails with it off.
I removed the loader yesterday before tilling. Tilled a few rows of flooded out broccoli and cauliflower in. So much nicer when I get to the ends by the trees. Plenty of room to run out with out the loader frame on.

I just saw the loader specs yesterday the frame minus bucket is almost 1600 pounds. My tractor bounces pretty good with a full Ibc tote. I limit speed to 4mph. Just got a trailer though to turn into a tanker. So now I’ll see how it likes towing 10-12k of water.
 
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Good service reminder for everyone , check those loader frame bolts. Figured now that the loaders off I should give it a check again. Well , they loosened up a little again.
 

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