Buying Advice My 1st Deere 5045E

[btucker927]

After a couple months of reading forum after forum and visiting John Deere, Kubota, and Kioti dealers I had made up my mind on a 5045E. It was delivered today. I couldn't be happier! Thank you to everyone who commented on previous threads I started about buying advice and why you bought a John Deere. It really helped to read everyones comments.

 

[fdmars]

Wow may I be the first to say congrats on a great looking tractor. That's what my 2305 want to look like when it grows up. Enjoy

 

[TripleR]

Congratulations, that is a very nice looking setup.:thumbsup:

 

[Zebrafive]

Nice tractor! Someone used good sense chaining it down for transport. Wish we had as much green (plants) as you, we are officially in drought. Our (what used to be grass) is brown.

 

[vtsnowedin]

:thumbsup:Great looking tractor , Looks just like mine. We should compare notes at 50, 250, and a thousand hours to see if we have any problems in common.

 

[FunnelWeb]

Looks nice. What size rotary cutter do you have on the back?

 

[vtsnowedin]

From the picture it is a RC2072 with 72 being the cut width in inches or six feet. Mine has just eight hours on it but there are several acres of well shredded ground behind it in those eight hours.

 

[CompactTractorFan]

Congratulations! That looks like a very heavy duty tractor!

 

[Bob77064]

Congratulations great tractor.

 

[Cntryboy0075]

Congrats, that sure is a nice looking set up, enjoy !

 

[btucker927]

Thanks for the kind words everyone. I had my wife and son out there riding around tonight. Can't wait to work with it tomorrow.
vtsnowedin: I think it's a great idea to keep up with one another to see how our tractors perform over time.

 

[TripleR]

Good luck finding something to do, in our part of Missouri there is nothing left to mow. I may grade some dust today.

 

[btucker927]

TripleR: It's pretty dry here in Southwest Mo as well. What part of Missouri are you in?2e

 

[bxowner]

Was it optional to remove the upright exhaust? Mind snapping a photo of your setup?? I am about to order a 5055e and want to be able to put it in my garage to work on it - the exhaust limits that from happening

Thanks.

 

[bxowner]

Was it optional to remove the upright exhaust? Mind snapping a photo of your setup?? I am about to order a 5055e and want to be able to put it in my garage to work on it - the exhaust limits that from happening

Thanks.

 

[TripleR]

TripleR: It's pretty dry here in Southwest Mo as well. What part of Missouri are you in?2e

I am straight across in Southeast Missouri, we have land that is flat as a pool table and some that are hilly though not as big as the hills over there.

 

[vtsnowedin]

Was it optional to remove the upright exhaust? Mind snapping a photo of your setup?? I am about to order a 5055e and want to be able to put it in my garage to work on it - the exhaust limits that from happening

Thanks.

Mine has a coupling about four feet down from the top of the exhaust pipe held on with just one bolt. If needed you could loosen this bolt while it was cold and remove the top four feet of the pipe. That should make it as low or lower then the ROPS when folded down. If that won't get you inside then you need to move over to the "I'm building a new "Tage-ma tractor" thread and get started on building the storage space you need for for all the necessary tools and equipment you have invested so much time and money on. You can't let your investment deteriorate by leaving it out in the weather.

 

[vtsnowedin]

Thanks for the kind words everyone. I had my wife and son out there riding around tonight. Can't wait to work with it tomorrow.
vtsnowedin: I think it's a great idea to keep up with one another to see how our tractors perform over time.

I'm looking forward to it. We probably won't line up our hour meters due to work schedules and the weather but who ever gets to a milestone first will just have to wait until the other catches up.
Hope you like yours as much as I like mine so far.

 

[btucker927]

Was it optional to remove the upright exhaust? Mind snapping a photo of your setup?? I am about to order a 5055e and want to be able to put it in my garage to work on it - the exhaust limits that from happening

Thanks.

bxowner: yes, I paid to have the stock exhaust removed and a different pipe put on that shoots out to the side. I will get a picture for you, ASAP. I think it was $150 to get it switched out but my dealer gave me the original one so I guess I could sell it to recoup the cost. I switched it out so I could get it in a garage.

 

[catdozer]

Just to give you an idea this should be the style exhaust on it. It dumps out the left front. This is a picture of a 5085m I saw at an auction.