Posted by Hugh MacKay on September 02, 2007 at 03:40:22 from (216.208.58.114):
In Reply to: beefed up 656 posted by Lee in Iowa on September 01, 2007 at 23:25:12:
Lee: If one had that much heavy loader work, wouldn't it be wise to buy a 4 wheel drive machine with the engine as a counter weight.
I took the loader off my 560D in the mid 70s as I had a 45 hp skidsteer loader that would run circles around 560 on loader work performed per hour. I did it for years too, but putting loader weight on a steering axle is plain archaic. I can understand having an old 2 wheel drive with loader for ocasional loader work. However if one is feeding large numbers of livestock with a loader, 365 days per year, it is probably the highest hour machine on the farm.
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