Amateur cutter, you might want to pick up a wide front end for that M. I can remember dad turning the 450 with a narrow front onto its side by turning uphill at the wrong time. Luckily nobody got hurt and the tractor survived with just a few scratches. The narrow fronts are ok, as long as you stay on a level surface. Charles
Had that thought too, but that loader won't clear a wide front. I grew up running narrow fronts, & will never say that I couldn't make a mistake, but I'm pretty careful.
Are you running the winch off the belly pump or a pro drive or do you have a live pump on that M? Funny you guys talking about narrow fronts , ive got a couple. I grew up driving them on PA hillsides and great gramp would only have a narrow front! Of course the total opposite of what most people say, but he broke a tie rod end one day on a wide front Super H he had and almost wrecked it! After that he switched it to narrow and never went back!
I watched him drop the front end in a huge chuck hole and shear it off right at the base of the bolster once! Luckily the bucket acted like a skid and he was able to slide it down off the hill on the loader steering with the brakes. I couldn’t imagine losing it in road gear though!!!
Neither on the hydraulics. M's belly pump works good, but the winch is self contained. Honda motor, Saginaw pump, & Mile Marker winch. Plan on making a mount for the back blade & using a Reese type mount for the truck if the tractor isn't on site. Oughta be quite the set up, & it better be for what I'll have into it. Was gonna buy a PTO winch, but then saw one of these in a thread here somewhere. Can't wait.
So I see you bought a winch, did you get the one or two piece, and manual or electric valve ? I have been saying that I would separate mine and change to solenoids BUT seeing how I have had it 5 years and still haven't tried it out.........
Last week's warm & rain took a bunch of snow away, gotta take advantage of it. My first time in the woods this winter gathering a little Beech that grows rampant around here. I'm going to remove all the puny hardwood in a nice stand of White & Red Pine with some hemlock down along the river. Also split some yesterday, first time since last Feb. I think and since building those "racks" . It's nice to know that I won't touch that wood again until it's carried into the house. There's 4 more of them waiting to be filled to the left.
If it's the one that I saw here (somewhere) also, that's a nice little power package that should be very handy to have around. Do you have a link? I'm curious on the specs and the price.
I can't wait to see some action pictures. I'm using you as a inspiration to get off my butt and put mine to use.
BTW, I love the 3pt boxes for firewood. Anyone want to clue me in to how to build one? What are you all using for your base connector to the tractor?
The cheapest and handiest I’ve found is this. Predrilled for your boards or metal. 1000# capacity. CountyLine Carry All at Tractor Supply Co. If you want more weight capacity you have to go to a more expensive one or better yet three point hitch Pallet forks rated for 2,000#.
Do buy a carry all. Buy a set of 3 point forks. They are heavier duty and will be more versatile. You can build boxes for use with the forks for different tasks. Pallet forks are my most used attachment. I keep everything on pallets so it is easy to move. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk
