My boss is also my banker and wife.

alleyyooper

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I am sure many of youns know all about that, right!!!!!!!!!!

So I am wanting a tractor with a front loader with down pressure and hydrlic dump decent sized bucket. I found just what I wanted at a decent price too.

Allis 180
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Banker says no it is to big and it is nearly as old as your newest Massey. Parts for that big of tractor will cost a bunch.

She says why don't you price some new tractors. Of course she ment a Compact. I really liked the New Holland and probably would have bought one on the spot the first one I looked at. BUT they didn't have one in stock with R1 Ag tires, so I would have to wait for the next delivery they would get in in a couple months one had R1 tires, but there would be a price increase because thre HP was going to go from 33 to 35 HP.

Wait a few weeks and go to check out a YTM, that dealer no longer sells them despite still being on the company dealer list. He had Bronson's but ther
33 HP one he had demoed out with a brush hog and it also didn't have R 1 tires running board was loaded with thorns from a thorn apple tree. Buy it he says and I will swap tires with you when a new one comes in. He wanted as much for the thuing as the NH tractor.

Wait a few more weeks and decide to go and check out a Massey Ferguson, dealer also sold NH and kept steering me to one of those but like the other NH dealer couldn't supply the R1 tires.

We went to a car show and drove by a Case IH dealer and there were a bunch of Farmalls on display. Monday we went to a Case IH dealer and went into shock, $25,000 for a 25 HP tractor with a front loader and all the hoses hanging down to be ripped off the tirst time you took it to the woods. Totally bummed and decideing I am going to have to rig up a cylinder on the small bucket on my Allis D 17 I head for home.

Drive by a Kubota dealer and the Banker says stop turn around and go talk to them. Yes he has a 33 HP tractor with R1 tires in stock. No loader but has a back room full of them.
So a deal it struck a L3301 beet juice in the tires and a loader NON Quick attach. to be delivered in 3 days. Banker was happy with the price and a deal was struck. When it was delivere dthe loader was a QA as the dealer found he didn't have a pin loader and promised delivery.

Boy was I unhappy with that tractor the first junt with it across the field skidding a log. Every time I turned around in the seat to see hoiw the log was doing the tractor would die.

Back at the house. flip the seat up and look at the saftey switch. I can fix that and did with a bit of strap steel and a can of allis orange paint. While I was at it I took the pencil box off and put a real tool box on it.



Next delema came when I had the bucket full of fire wood (Elm) and was going down the hill to the basement walk out where I stack fire wood. It was a little damp but that thing in 4 wheel drive scared the crap out of me, I droped the bucket to the ground and stood on the brakes but it is still slideing with one rear wheel off the ground.
Not enough weight even with beet juice. I have several thousands of pounds of wheel weights IH, old style, IH new style and Massery Harris. Might know they would not fit inside the Botas dish wheels.
So I rig up a rear weight with a Massey cast wheel weighs about 380 pounds. I can even add wheel weights to that. But then the 3 pt is useless.


Tractor still scares the crap put of me because plain and simple is to narrow for my area and use. Also hated the 3 pt hitch every time I went to hook some thing up. those turn buckles will make a preacher cuss.

So a quick hitch was acquired. By this time the Banker is tired of me needing this and that but decided to just shut up as it was her idea.

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Then we got a nice day all the snow and ice melted so I jack the tractor up and remove the rear wheels and swap sides.

Went from 50 inches to 66 inches now it is better, lot more stabil

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Now price some wheel weights that fit it. Nope ain't going to happen $500.00 for a measly 1000 pounds.
Will be roaming savlage yards looking for small AMERICAN real tractors weights that will fit.


:D Al
 
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Glad you joined us Al! Man was that tractor narrow, but it looks much better now! My little Kubota BX25 was sideways tippy as well. I added 2" spacers on each side, and it's much better.
 
Welcome here Al.
It's probably just as well that you didn't get the TYM. I understand that the Manufacturer is doing a poor job of standing behind their warranty. I know one dealer in the U.P. that dropped their franchise because of that.
 
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