Tractors

[Tymurrey]

anyone here put one of the quick detach adapters on any of the older tractors so they can use skidsteer attachments on them. I've been seriously considering doing one of the pin on adapters for my old 4320 for the ability to use pallet forks or snow buckets and things like that. Visibility on tractors can be crappy but i've been reading of people mounting cheap cameras that bluetooth to your phone on them.

 

[luvcatchingbass]

About a month ago rented a Bronson 30hp with a tiller from Rentall in Fargo (was supposed to get the Bobcat but before I got there to pick it up they realized it had a leaking head gasket), I was pretty happy overall with how everything worked and did a bunch of playing around besides tilling food plots. After running with the newfangled equipment I now really want one to replace my old skid steer but I do know that I want to be in the 45-55hp range probably and anything bigger I got a 4020 for. Screw putting fluid in the tire unless you want to rot out valves and rims, I have dealt with that enough. Problem is that I don't really like the prices these rigs bring normally. Lycan you got a pretty good deal by the sounds of it, congrats and enjoy as the right equipment makes tasks so much more enjoyable

 

[Lycanthrope]

About a month ago rented a Bronson 30hp with a tiller from Rentall in Fargo (was supposed to get the Bobcat but before I got there to pick it up they realized it had a leaking head gasket), I was pretty happy overall with how everything worked and did a bunch of playing around besides tilling food plots. After running with the newfangled equipment I now really want one to replace my old skid steer but I do know that I want to be in the 45-55hp range probably and anything bigger I got a 4020 for. Screw putting fluid in the tire unless you want to rot out valves and rims, I have dealt with that enough. Problem is that I don't really like the prices these rigs bring normally. Lycan you got a pretty good deal by the sounds of it, congrats and enjoy as the right equipment makes tasks so much more enjoyable

Theres a 2022 ct4058 bobcat tractor on facebook marketplace right now thats not a bad deal, 2022 model but still brand new, dealer is selling it for just under 30k. If you do a search youll find it, if you are in the market. I was debating that one also before I bought the smaller machine. Because of the time of the year, and its an older model im sure they would like to liquidate, Id offer them 27k maybe and let them ponder that for a while.

 

[luvcatchingbass]

Theres a 2022 ct4058 bobcat tractor on facebook marketplace right now thats not a bad deal, 2022 model but still brand new, dealer is selling it for just under 30k. If you do a search youll find it, if you are in the market. I was debating that one also before I bought the smaller machine. Because of the time of the year, and its an older model im sure they would like to liquidate, Id offer them 27k maybe and let them ponder that for a while.

Haha I don't know if I could go a newer Bobcat beings I work for a Case dealer, although we do have a couple Bobcat dealers in our network I think and I'm on the Case Construction side. I will probably look and kick it around, I don't have to have it beings I got a JD 4020 with cab with heat, loader and a big snow blower so going into this time of year I'm more likely going to use the big tractor. Still doesn't hurt to look around, thanks

 

[deleted member]

i wonder if john deere ever regrets building machines that last 50-60 years and are worth more today than they were new.

 

[Tymurrey]

i wonder if john deere ever regrets building machines that last 50-60 years and are worth more today than they were new.

I still think its amazing how no matter what pretty much as long as the battery has a charge and reasonably fresh fuel the old tractors that are 70+ years old just fire up and go with minimal maintenance. They are so basic probably is why though. The 4320 i kept of the familys' is 50 years old and that thing fires right up and works like a champ and has been abused plenty with very little maintenance needed.

 

[tikkalover]

Haha I don't know if I could go a newer Bobcat beings I work for a Case dealer, although we do have a couple Bobcat dealers in our network I think and I'm on the Case Construction side. I will probably look and kick it around, I don't have to have it beings I got a JD 4020 with cab with heat, loader and a big snow blower so going into this time of year I'm more likely going to use the big tractor. Still doesn't hurt to look around, thanks

And your worried about buying/owning a bobcat??

Makes sense!!

 

[luvcatchingbass]

I got little bit of different brands but most of them are antique tractors, dad loved his JD 4010's, 4020's and we have a 5020 (which is our newest tractor at 1972 or 1973).
I got a 1983 Bobcat 843 skidsteer that now has steering issues on the right side and I haven't figured out that problem yet. Tried the adjustments and a different steering pump with no avail, I'm afraid it is something either above my head or more than I have time and equipment to work on.

 

[Lycanthrope]

Anyone have experience with the tooth bars you can get for tractor buckets? Judging by the videos ive seen and comments, they help a lot with small tractors if you want to play with dirt much.

 

[luvcatchingbass]

Anyone have experience with the tooth bars you can get for tractor buckets? Judging by the videos ive seen and comments, they help a lot with small tractors if you want to play with dirt much.

Never seen that, makes sense especially if you ae dealing with harder dirt

 

[1lessdog]

Anyone have experience with the tooth bars you can get for tractor buckets? Judging by the videos ive seen and comments, they help a lot with small tractors if you want to play with dirt much.

If you want to dig a hole, teeth on a bucket makes it 95% easier. No sliding across the sod.

 

[Davey Crockett]

I don't know if you weld or not but my neighbor bought the teeth and bar and welded it up and saved a lot of cash.

 

[johnr]

Anyone have experience with the tooth bars you can get for tractor buckets? Judging by the videos ive seen and comments, they help a lot with small tractors if you want to play with dirt much.

Be careful with these small tractors, they are not skid steers, and you could bend a loader arm with ease if you get to carried away.
Buddy has done it, and it is a pretty expensive fix, as in new loader arms for about what a little used tractor is worth.

 

[Lycanthrope]

Be careful with these small tractors, they are not skid steers, and you could bend a loader arm with ease if you get to carried away.
Buddy has done it, and it is a pretty expensive fix, as in new loader arms for about what a little used tractor is worth.

Yeah i was trying to get a rock out of the dirt the other day and when you catch a decent sized rock with the corner of your bucket, its amazing how much that loader will twist if you push it too much, should be built a little better imo

 

[Davey Crockett]

I wonder if a 3 point ripper shank would work for pulling rocks out ? seems like it should but there aren't any youtube videos to prove it.

 

[Lycanthrope]

I wonder if a 3 point ripper shank would work for pulling rocks out ? seems like it should but there aren't any youtube videos to prove it.

thats what I did with most of my rocks, I have a land pride ripper with a single claw that works good to lift rocks out, but I found a rock that my 3 point hydraulics wouldnt budge so I dug out the dirt on one side to the point where I was able to get kinda under it with the loader, but it wouldnt move and I could see the loader flexing so I didnt push it very hard. Had a neighbor come over with a skidder and it popped it right out.

 

[Allen]

I wonder if a 3 point ripper shank would work for pulling rocks out ? seems like it should but there aren't any youtube videos to prove it.

When I was a kid, there was a B John Deere that pulled a LOT of large boulders out. All I needed was a chain. Use the bucket to expose a point on the rock so one could wrap a chain around it, then give'r the onion. My bucket was an old rockpicker with a toothed lift like this one:

You would bend or break the teeth messing with the rock, but they worked to get the dirt away from the edges.

As an 11 to 13 yr old...I rocked at removing what I thought were big rocks. Some probably weighed near a ton or two.

 

[Tymurrey]

I've used my 3 point ripper to rip out small tree stumps and rocks. I have the heavy duty version of the king kutter so i can put it on the larger tractor if i need. A lot of people i know swear by using pallet forks pushed together to dig out rocks.

 

[guywhofishes]

When I was a kid, there was a B John Deere that pulled a LOT of large boulders out. All I needed was a chain. Use the bucket to expose a point on the rock so one could wrap a chain around it, then give'r the onion. My bucket was an old rockpicker with a toothed lift like this one: You would bend or break the teeth messing with the rock, but they worked to get the dirt away from the edges.

As an 11 to 13 yr old...I rocked at removing what I thought were big rocks. Some probably weighed near a ton or two.

Experiences like this - and actual sand box toys etc. are what make engineers. Thank God we have AI to take over in future generations because kids who grew up with real life experience like this are dwindling.

 

[SLE]

I've used my 3 point ripper to rip out small tree stumps and rocks. I have the heavy duty version of the king kutter so i can put it on the larger tractor if i need. A lot of people i know swear by using pallet forks pushed together to dig out rocks.

I've dug out a far number of rocks with a set of pallet forks! I think on a tractor, a ripper on the 3 point is likely to be a bit more stout though. The loaders aren't as heavy or tough as a skid-steer loader so you probably want to be a little careful of you use a set of forks on one to pop out rocks.