Finally, after all the talking and dithering, today was the day for my new tractor.
I have:
- MX5200 with loader and 72 inch bucket and SSQA
- self levelling loader was a surprise inclusion, and really useful
- Pallet forks (light weight so as to not reduce capacity too much)
- Box blade
- Flail mower (1950mm - I think that's about 72 inch as well)
- Hedge trimmer
Still waiting on the canopy/roof, and the second hydraulic outlet with detent so I can run the hedge trimmer and log splitter.
We had a long trip to get here last couple of days - one of the ferries was out of commission across the Cook Strait, so our booking got cancelled, then standby at 2:30am, then an actual booking at 2:30am, then the actual ferry departed about 6am. So we left home Monday morning, stayed the night with Mum, left her place 10pm Tuesday, on the ferry at 5am, off the ferry 9:30am, 11 hours of driving.....arrived 10pm last night. Since we brought 2 vehicles, that meant no breaks for the drivers. And since we brought 2 dogs and a cat......couldn't really stop the night on the way.
Tractor delivery this morning, then a drive to the closest freight depot to pick up the flail and hedge trimmer. Some assembly needed on both those, but a little tired to do that well. And it's started raining. So tomorrow's job is the flail, and once the rain stops I'll get into the driveway with the box blade while it's damp.
The tractor seems good, and lifts far more than the B2601. (Putting the spa pool on the trailer up north was a mission, getting it off relatively easy at this end with a tractor that lifts twice as much). In NZ we're still getting an older spec machine, so no DPF (yay), but also a clutch pedal despite being HST (weird), and therefore also brakes on the right with the HST pedal. It'll work though.
I have:
- MX5200 with loader and 72 inch bucket and SSQA
- self levelling loader was a surprise inclusion, and really useful
- Pallet forks (light weight so as to not reduce capacity too much)
- Box blade
- Flail mower (1950mm - I think that's about 72 inch as well)
- Hedge trimmer
Still waiting on the canopy/roof, and the second hydraulic outlet with detent so I can run the hedge trimmer and log splitter.
We had a long trip to get here last couple of days - one of the ferries was out of commission across the Cook Strait, so our booking got cancelled, then standby at 2:30am, then an actual booking at 2:30am, then the actual ferry departed about 6am. So we left home Monday morning, stayed the night with Mum, left her place 10pm Tuesday, on the ferry at 5am, off the ferry 9:30am, 11 hours of driving.....arrived 10pm last night. Since we brought 2 vehicles, that meant no breaks for the drivers. And since we brought 2 dogs and a cat......couldn't really stop the night on the way.
Tractor delivery this morning, then a drive to the closest freight depot to pick up the flail and hedge trimmer. Some assembly needed on both those, but a little tired to do that well. And it's started raining. So tomorrow's job is the flail, and once the rain stops I'll get into the driveway with the box blade while it's damp.
The tractor seems good, and lifts far more than the B2601. (Putting the spa pool on the trailer up north was a mission, getting it off relatively easy at this end with a tractor that lifts twice as much). In NZ we're still getting an older spec machine, so no DPF (yay), but also a clutch pedal despite being HST (weird), and therefore also brakes on the right with the HST pedal. It'll work though.
