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Posted by fixerupper on February 10, 2005 at 05:31:44 from (206.72.52.5):
In Reply to: Re: single front wheel posted by Oklahomatractorrebuilder on February 10, 2005 at 04:54:07:
A narrow front tractor can be used safely with a loader. The operator just has to be more careful. Our JD 630 with a loader had a narrow front until I became tired or the front wheels balling up in the muddy cattle yard. When I put the wide front on it the way the tractor handled changed a lot. It seems like the way the tractor swayed with the loader up, was changed from a kind of rolling motion to a sideways motion. It saved the tractor from going over on it's side once when I was carrying a long tree limb high off the ground on a side slope(dumb) and the left rear wheel came off the ground. I was ready to bail off when the wide front hit the stop and the tractor just sat there with the wheel off the ground. It was one of those memorable moments in my life.
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