You do have excellent rear tires on the tractor now and if you just left everything as is, what's wrong with that? The task is bigger than the tractor so don't try to do it? I'm OK with that.
agree with you totally, thanks. I have a purely entry level farm tractor I agree I'm trying to use above its weight class.
And in my sandy soil, I can often get away with that. On a really hot day, I'd be swapping implements and doing this with the Kubota.
Same weight but the 4wd and weight up front offset the R4 tires. Plus the Kubota's tires while shorter are quite a bit wider.
In the Kubota I adjust the a/c vents and fast forward the song on the cd.
On the Massey, I pay attention to the grunt of the engine, whether I'm slowing down at all,
all the kinds of manual operation feedback one needs. The Massey sounds better than the Kubota,
like it's happy in the field and very eager to go. I did not envision doing field work so I installed the horizontal
muffler kit on the Massey. Muffler has a guard and it does fine with these weeds. I check to make sure vegetation isn't getting packed in there, have a little forest fire going on underneath me.
I really can't do much more until I get the front tires back on the ground. Feel like a galloping horse rearing up flailing its front legs...
and then slamming down the clutch after turning the wheel and nothing happening, and before I go into the other farmer's soy beans which aren't far away. Then back up and go around slowly. A lot of shifting for someone with really bad arthritis. The cruise control on the
Kubota for sure has its attractions.
So actually I was looking at the wrong end of the tractor for the highest priority, steering. Then I'll deal with traction, which is easier and cheaper. Filling those tires with something that won't rust my rims seems the first step.
Going to start another thread to see if anyone thinks I can adapt the Massey weights I just bought, which did not fit my existing bar as promised. I have to buy an all new bar for $750. No. Though I can insist the dealer send them back, losing a ton of freight money, I'm wondering if I can adapt something to hold 6 92 pound weights up front. I just learned how to stick weld, well, just barely...and at least this now seems conceivable I could come up with something by making it out of steel. Which I am accumulating a small supply of. Smarter idea is to design it and then take it down to the welding shop downtown. I have to believe they will come up with something for two or three hundred bucks, a huge savings over the oem bar. That will then take care of steering and I can get back to traction.