frank_f15
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Beautiful tractor and eautiful senery in back ground. when is the loader due and please don't forget to post that picure.
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rockyridgefarm
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Frank--thanks, and I'll be sure to post a photo or two after the bucket arrives and the loader is on. Hopefully, that'll be in a few days.
Mike--boy, I needed that manual. Thanks. I should have recalled that Deere has all the manuals on line. No wonder the front is light. The manual has a code that when I looked it up in my tractor manual says I need 10 70lb weights on the front! I think the wise thing to do is take the MX6 off until the loader is on. I've got plenty of mowing to do with the RFM. I'll get a printed manual from the dealer on Monday. Thanks again.
Mike--boy, I needed that manual. Thanks. I should have recalled that Deere has all the manuals on line. No wonder the front is light. The manual has a code that when I looked it up in my tractor manual says I need 10 70lb weights on the front! I think the wise thing to do is take the MX6 off until the loader is on. I've got plenty of mowing to do with the RFM. I'll get a printed manual from the dealer on Monday. Thanks again.
RoyJackson
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"I need 10 70lb weights on the front! I think the wise thing to do is take the MX6 off until the loader is on. I've got plenty of mowing to do with the RFM."
If you really need to use the cutter before your loader comes in, just leave the upper link extended and lift high enough to keep the front (of the cutter) off the ground. Let the tail wheel carry some of the weight.
Unless I'm transporting in pavement, I usually do this. Even with the loader on (I always brushcut with the loader installed...has more to do with knocking the brush down ahead of me then counterweighting the cutter), towing rather then transporting seems to be easier on the tractor components as well as safer if you're driving upslope.
So, this is one option...remember, the pull-behind cutters always have the tail wheel(s) on the ground, so I see no adverse impact doing what I've described.
If you really need to use the cutter before your loader comes in, just leave the upper link extended and lift high enough to keep the front (of the cutter) off the ground. Let the tail wheel carry some of the weight.
Unless I'm transporting in pavement, I usually do this. Even with the loader on (I always brushcut with the loader installed...has more to do with knocking the brush down ahead of me then counterweighting the cutter), towing rather then transporting seems to be easier on the tractor components as well as safer if you're driving upslope.
So, this is one option...remember, the pull-behind cutters always have the tail wheel(s) on the ground, so I see no adverse impact doing what I've described.
rockyridgefarm
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Yup! I don't have any trouble with my MX behind my 4310...
Glad the manual helped... You didn't let anyone SEE you reading it, did you?! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
Glad the manual helped... You didn't let anyone SEE you reading it, did you?! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
BigGary
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FLDAVE,
I have a 4320 with a MX-6 and it has been used to clear brush as intended and has been more than I had hoped.
It is a brush cutter and not a finish mower and does leave the small stumps with smashed splintered top that will not damage tires when run over. I don't know what the dog looks like after your wife this done with it but the fur will grow back.
The weight of the cutter has not been an issue with me as I leave the loader on and it acts as a counter balance. In the brochure JD shows this machine and mower setup with weights installed on the machine and I would suggest that if ANY slopes are encountered without the weights they could be a safty hazard without weight on the front of the machine.
Keep in mind a rotary brush cutter is not a finish mower and the result of cutting with it will not be the same as mowing with a finish mower.
I have a 4320 with a MX-6 and it has been used to clear brush as intended and has been more than I had hoped.
It is a brush cutter and not a finish mower and does leave the small stumps with smashed splintered top that will not damage tires when run over. I don't know what the dog looks like after your wife this done with it but the fur will grow back.
The weight of the cutter has not been an issue with me as I leave the loader on and it acts as a counter balance. In the brochure JD shows this machine and mower setup with weights installed on the machine and I would suggest that if ANY slopes are encountered without the weights they could be a safty hazard without weight on the front of the machine.
Keep in mind a rotary brush cutter is not a finish mower and the result of cutting with it will not be the same as mowing with a finish mower.
The 4-in-1 Long bucket came in last week and I've attached a photo of the tractor now with the loader and bucket. One nifty thing to me is the way they did the opening of the bucket. They replaced the Deere knob on the loader stick with a joystick like handle with a momentary rocker switch. I've used the loader a bit and the switch is very well positioned and you can easily coordinate all the functions of the bucket without ever taking your hand off the loader stick. So far, I would rate the loader and 4-in-1 bucket a 10 out of 10 for brush moving, burn pile consolidation, and downed tree moving. What a rush to have so much power with so much control.
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Very schweeeeet tractor package. Congrats on your purchase.
Don
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