Re: 300U stuck on wet paper Kleenex

Posted by Hugh MacKay on October 04, 2005 at 15:19:59 from (209.226.247.183):

In Reply to: Re: 300U stuck on wet paper Kleenex posted by Joe Kimbriel on October 03, 2005 at 18:01:20:

Joe: Adding wheel weights and calcium chloride do increase traction however the important weight for a front end loader is counter weight. Put in chloride and wheel weights and in addition add a counter weight to the drawbar. The counter weight not only adds weight for traction, it transfers weight from front axle to the rear.

I had a tractor very similar configuration to yours, a Cockshutt 540 with about same size loader. Believe me the barrel of concrete on the hitch made a huge difference. Mine was 3 point thus I added attachments for 3 point cast right into the concrete. You can do the same for fast hitch. Make it quick for putting on or off. When using tractor for jobs other than loader, I'd drop the bucket plus the rear weight. The only advantage I had over yours the Cockshutt had a straight front axle as opposed to the 300 swept back axle.

One mistake was made with those IH and for that matter some other utilities. They should have had two front axle options Swept back for work involving manuverability and a straight axle for loader work. The low utility tractor does have a place in the farm workplace.

Just a note, I did eventually take that big heavy loader off my Cockshutt an mount it on my Farmall 300. The longer wheel base does make a big difference, but I still used the concrete counter weight. I even used the counter weight later on my Farmall 560 with IH 2000 loader. In all these examples I still used wheel weights plus maximum calcium chloride. The wheel weight does give you stability from tipping sideways.

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