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| larry8200 |
Posted - 04/09/2011 : 09:30:59
If you want my opinion, LOL... Flotation tires with chains go where nothing else will. Just look....
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| 3414HDuval |
Posted - 04/12/2011 : 15:10:36
As i see someone before said it would have ben fun if you were young, and yes it sure is, my buddy who has MS and yes he is my age, has limited use of his legs, so we threw some quad tires on his a regular lawn tractor and threw away the deck and made it to his own offroad machine, i have my own play tractor he and i go out in the trails behind my house and mess in the mud when we get stuck i use my 3414 and tear them out without a hassle. |
| skunkhome |
Posted - 04/12/2011 : 14:43:42
The earlier FDT's such as the round hoods are the most nimble of the Sovereigns with their 44" wheelbase. The only square hood with the short wheelbase are the B110 and their Simplicity counterparts. All the rest were stretched out to 48".
At some point in my life I was 5'11-1/2" but with a 29-30" inseam the step over is only possible at 60 by grabbing my cuff and lifting the leg over. |
| ASEguy |
Posted - 04/12/2011 : 07:45:02
I thought you were clearing to start your garden. |
| larry8200 |
Posted - 04/12/2011 : 07:39:25
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Originally posted by acdad
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Originally posted by skunkhome
Being older I like the ease of getting on and off the RBT's but the simplicity of the early FDT's.
From what I have learned from you guys here is that the 900/7100 series tractors are longer and dont turn as easy as the earlier RBTs. I missed out on a 712 at the Uncles closed dealership but this 917 will do once I repower..... I like the looks of this series. It is a monster compared to my FDTs.
At 6'6" I can step right over my Big 10... Easy to get on and off...
Sometimes My Big 10 looks tiny next to my RBT's, but it will turn in half the space of my 7112H. I like the 3400-7000 series RBT's, they are bit heavier and have a lower center of gravity than the 7100 series. And being a total fan of the Vickers Hydrostatic drive, the 3400 series is the only RBT with both the Vickers AND the cone clutch on the center PTO. |
| acdad |
Posted - 04/11/2011 : 07:50:01
quote:
Originally posted by skunkhome
Being older I like the ease of getting on and off the RBT's but the simplicity of the early FDT's.
From what I have learned from you guys here is that the 900/7100 series tractors are longer and dont turn as easy as the earlier RBTs. I missed out on a 712 at the Uncles closed dealership but this 917 will do once I repower..... I like the looks of this series. It is a monster compared to my FDTs. |
| skunkhome |
Posted - 04/10/2011 : 20:43:45
Being older I like the ease of getting on and off the RBT's but the simplicity of the early FDT's. |
| acdad |
Posted - 04/10/2011 : 18:41:55
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Originally posted by larry8200
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Originally posted by acdad
Larry...is it just me or are you getting pretty attatched to that yellow FDT?
Aint no "Getting", bout it, smitten since day 1. 
Well I am glad you like it! I have 2 FDTs but am about to start work in my first RBT.....wish me luck! |
| skunkhome |
Posted - 04/10/2011 : 17:11:03
quote:
Originally posted by LordByron444
I'd like to know why your out there making a mess?????
Because it is there! |
| ByronC |
Posted - 04/10/2011 : 09:57:47
I'd like to know why your out there making a mess????? |
| 1014211 |
Posted - 04/10/2011 : 07:55:35
I worked at a kids putting play area in high school that also had a driving range, and in the spring I got one of the big tractors that picks up the golf balls stuck. Another kid came out in the backup tractor and got it stuck with the tow rope under tension. The owners brother then proceeded to get his own S-10 Blazer stuck trying to pull us out! The owner then came out in his F350 4x4 Duallie and pulled us all out. He asked what we learned, and I simply told him I needed to get his keys when we got stuck! He smiled and said no, don't drive the tractors in the wet, and not to ask his brother for help! :) |
| skunkhome |
Posted - 04/09/2011 : 22:45:41
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Originally posted by simplelife
As I look at those pictures, I can only see my dad standing there, shaking his head at me and saying, "Boy, what WERE you thinking?!"
Yes , but with me it reminds me of the time my dad got the 312D stuck in a place he had told us to stay clear of. It still brings a smile to my face to recall his looking up from under the brim of his hat saying " aren't you glad you didn't do this "
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| simplelife |
Posted - 04/09/2011 : 21:01:58
As I look at those pictures, I can only see my dad standing there, shaking his head at me and saying, "Boy, what WERE you thinking?!" |
| larry8200 |
Posted - 04/09/2011 : 19:39:33
quote:
Originally posted by acdad
Larry...is it just me or are you getting pretty attatched to that yellow FDT?
Aint no "Getting", bout it, smitten since day 1. |
| acdad |
Posted - 04/09/2011 : 17:39:17
Larry...is it just me or are you getting pretty attatched to that yellow FDT? |
| larry8200 |
Posted - 04/09/2011 : 14:02:48
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Originally posted by Talntedmrgreen
It's always a wonder to me how high torque work like that makes an enormous job so simple. I might be simple minded, but a pulley puller amazes me too...something you could never get to budge pulls so easily with the puller. I have an ATV winch on my cart, but havn't got it stuck yet...kinda like buying a generator. Then you never have a power outage!
"I might be simple minded" Don't sell yourself short Josh!
Yeh, the winch has a planetary reduction and it has SERIOUS torque... I bought a standby generator 9 years ago with the belief that NHEC would then LOL stop having outages... Was without electricity 5-6 days this last winter. Genny probably has 200 hours.... DANG, got to change it's oil |
