Skid Plate

[Santa Craig Cringle]

Two weeks in a row the 4wd lever linkages have come apart under my CX2510 in high weeds. Going to have to start carrying extra washers and cotter pins with me. Definitely now thinking about a skid plate of some kind.

 

[sandman2234]

I re-built a bush hog one time and sold it to a guy for $450. Three years later I got word that it was for sale, so I inquired as to the price. He wanted $500 for it after abusing it on a deer lease for 3 years according to the guy telling me about it. I reminded him that he only paid $450 for it, and the guy said... Yeah but now it comes with the tractor! I didn't need a Duetz 6005 so I stripped the floor pan off it and hydraulic top link off and send it down the road. I still have the brush hog.
That floor pan was made out of 1/2" plate, but considering what he was doing with it, and the weight of the tractor, it was about right. Consider the weight of the tractor and what would happen if you high centered a stump or a big rock. Will a lighter built skid pan hold the tractor weight or is it going to bend into the bottom of your tractor? (yes a light duty one is better than nothing!) My Kubota M7040 got a root shoved up into the right rear area and did a bunch of damage before I could stop the tractor!
David from jax