Bad day for 175

DaveKamp wrote:

Longmeadow Farm wrote:

I hate to rain on anyones parade, but why are you using a tractor with a loader on it to rake hay? The newer style front axle assemblies, with a roll pin are not actually engineered to withstand the rigors of supporting a loader( no grease fittings) and neither are the front axles/spindles... in a field environment.

That's a wonderful demonstration of armchair sportsmanship.

You may be correct in your analysis of the machine's durability record, but would it be appropriate, under the same auspice, to declare it unfit for operation with a 2500lb stack of suitcase weights hanging off the front? Would it be appropriate, under the same auspice, to declare it unsuitable for being fitted with a 500-gallon sprayer tank up front, and a 40' boom in back? How about a mounted corn picker, or a 7' tall V-blade?

Fact is, it's a FARM TRACTOR, and someone who's engaging in agricultural practice will employ the tools they have, to do what they do.

A condition of failure occurred, and while it may have been clearly obvious to you, there's a much higher likelyhood that the operator never had, nor heard of the prior experience. Furthermore, it sounds by your, and others' descriptions, that the failure isn't relegated to use of any particular implement in any particular environment, but rather a condition that the machine's design and manufacture exhibits, and apparently goes unnoticed.

As for use in haymaking, if I had a loader, I'd have extension forks and'or a grapple, or mebbie even a bale-spike in it, and use it to load round bales onto a hay rack. If you had a tractor with a loader, wouldn't you?

While I agree with your assessment, there is no way to get 2,500 lbs of front weights with factory weights and bracket. It only holds 6- 60lb weights.

If it’s a quick-attach loader, I will remove it when not doing loader work, It’s just easier on the front end. I understand not doing it on a non quick-attach loader though.

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