Putting jack stands under the rear of a MT3 tractor

[PeteN]

I want to remove one of the rear tires and was wondering if it is OK to put a jack stand under the rear axle housing. No room to get it directly under the axle and the strut that goes to the loader is too close to the rear tire to get the jack stand in just under where it is bolted to the rear axle housing. Here's a pic of where I was planning on putting the jack stand.

 

[K5lwq]

I think you will be fine there.

 

[Midniteoyl]

Ya, you're good. Just make sure the tractor doesnt tip.

 

[LouNY]

Looks good to me, I went right under my loader sub frame.

 

[5030]

I pick my M's up using the drawbar attachment plate. That centers it pretty nice. Takes a 10 ton jack however.

 

[Avenger]

When I was installing my subframe mount, I took both tires off for better access. I didn't use the jack stands on the axle as I needed to work on those specifically. So I used the floor jack on the drawbar and placed the stands under the transaxle housing. It was stable. For other times, I simply put them on the axle as close to the tires as possible. No issues.

 

[5030]

Floor jack won't even come close to lifting my M9's up, have to use a 10 ton bottle jack and not on the drawbar either but on the welded plate the drawbar fits into.

 

[LouNY]

Floor jack won't even come close to lifting my M9's up, have to use a 10 ton bottle jack and not on the drawbar either but on the welded plate the drawbar fits into.

Or get a better floor jack; I've jacked up a CIH 7230 with a floor jack.

 

[5030]

Or get a better floor jack; I've jacked up a CIH 7230 with a floor jack.

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Not in the cards for me. Don't need a bigger one. Bottle jack is much cheaper.

 

[LouNY]

Ended up with a larger jack then a 3 ton long time ago.
Larger trucks and heavier loads required a better jack, easier to push a rolling jack then get down and crawl with a bottle jack.
Outside on gravel bottle jacks work better,

 

[Avenger]

Floor jack won't even come close to lifting my M9's up, have to use a 10 ton bottle jack and not on the drawbar either but on the welded plate the drawbar fits into.

Well, there's a big difference between a Kubota M9000 and an LS MT357HC. Your tractor is a 92HP tractor with large rear tires. That kubota weighs in at 6750lbs according to tractordata. The LS MT357HC is litterly half the tractor. It is a 57HP tractor with smaller rear tires weighing in at 3869lbs. Of course these numbers are without ballast in the tires.

It does suck that you cant use a regular floor jack. They do make 10t floor jacks. But they are expensive. The price of larger equipment is never just the purchase price of that equipment. Learned that with my semi truck. Cant use a simple 1/2" impact to get a lug nut off.

 

[Avenger]

Deciding on what jack to use, honestly, I don't think about. I walk over to where we keep the jacks and grab one. Wheel it over and start jacking. If it wont lift, I realize the object I am lifting is too heavy for that jack, and I go grab another one. I admit, that is probably not the best practice, and could harm the jacks. But thats why they have the bypass. The lowest capacity jack we have is a 2t, so almost every vehicle we have, that 2t jack will lift it. Here is a photo of that 2t jack lifting my ~5500lbs (4380lbs + beetjuice filled tires @ 600lbs/tire) XR4145C tractor.
I didn't even notice the tractor was over the jacks lifting capacity. It lifted it just fine.

 

[scootr]

Thanks to our 5k forklift.
Lifted one side at a time by slipping the forks under the tire (as close together as possible with the tractor on the ground).
Then put the tractor on a jack stand as the OP showed and use the same forks to remove the liquid filled tire to put spacers on.

 

[Avenger]

Thanks to our 5k forklift.
Lifted one side at a time by slipping the forks under the tire (as close together as possible with the tractor on the ground).
Then put the tractor on a jack stand as the OP showed and use the same forks to remove the liquid filled tire to put spacers on.

 

[5030]

Outside on gravel bottle jacks work better,

Exactly what I deal with. Drive is all millings (gravel).

 

[tacticalturnip]

Floor jack won't even come close to lifting my M9's up, have to use a 10 ton bottle jack and not on the drawbar either but on the welded plate the drawbar fits into.

I'd love to have taken home a 12 ton floor jack when I left the Army; those would lift your Kubota, among other things.

 

[ruffdog]

This is a cool idea....no jack or stands needed. It would be great for a big shop doing service work.

 

[Cycledude]

This is a cool idea....no jack or stands needed. It would be great for a big shop doing service work.

That’s pretty slick !