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Yes! I bought a torque wrench for the 50-hour service. Wheels were fine and most but not all loader bolts. Then I ran into the misplaced and missing bolts.

Sounds like a good dealer! I only noticed after finding that issue that a 20-30 hour check, as I recall, of loader-tractor connector bolts is what the manual recommends. I read the manual but missed that.

Yes something like that happened to me with a car years ago. Stopped for gas right after leaving the facility or I would have lost the wheel on the interstate. I was new in town and hadn't found a mechanic I trusted. Interesting that auto makers have steadily reduced meaningful dealer setup...

Not exactly. There's nothing in my manual that would get a dealer off the hook that much. The owner is responsible for safe operation and maintenance. There is an implicit assumption that the tractor is in safe and complete working condition when received. It does open with this statement...

I can't find a thread just on this, so I'm starting this one. There are bits and pieces of dealer complaints, including mine previously, but I can't find a dedicated thread. Not sure this is the best place. But probably those shopping and buying are the ones who need to be aware. Also if any...

So I think we will have at least 4" before feezing rain, if that info helps you advise me on when to plow.

We are getting it heavy and snow is piling up. Then we are supposed to get "heavy freezing rain" at 4 p.m., then back to snow. What do you all think of this strategy: let it pile up and wait till 5 p.m. to plow? Hard to see it keep piling up, but if I go out and plow before the ice, I fear it...

That's a good way to think of cost tradeoffs: another implement or not. I actually went through a period of buyer's remorse when I wondered if I should have gotten a BX with backhoe. I hadn't thought I could justify a backhoe but ended up doing a lot of digging. Thankfully I found a guy with a...

The effect of these differences I can't answer. More engine horsepower may be unneeded insurance. As I'd had a bigger tractor, and a decent tractor fund, I followed my bigger-engine-same-frame-size rule of thumb. Surely someone compared these tractors directly on the lot or has more direct...

My concession to the "bigger is always better" usual wisdom on tractor forums is to get the biggest engine within a chosen frame size. It's been a year since I bought, but isn't the 2301 essentially the same size as the 2601?

Would you be getting a backhoe? You'd be going from a TLB model to one where that's an option, of course. I didn't get one so I can't speak to that. Except to say if I'd wanted one I'd probably have gotten your BX instead of the B2601 simply for affordability.

Thanks, Rusty, for this solid gold advice. I will file it my blade folder! You give me hope that doing my own work is within grasp even though I have rudimentary mechanical skills. It annoys me that the manual angling is so awkward. But it's typical, and why there's so much customizing, which...

Thanks, Rusty. Plowing only downhill in 2WD is what I will do. It did not occur to me because it will easily quadruple my plowing time! But even with our long driveway I see it's the way to go. Plowing will work better and I won't be abusing my transmission. I wish I could tilt the blade from...

I can relate. I am using a front blade for the first time on my B2601. A problem is losing front traction and control when plowing our steep asphalt driveway. This occurs when going uphill. It is difficult to find a balance between getting front traction and having the blade low enough to...

Wichhart, it might defeat the blade's purpose for dirt work! It kicking back did not seem to affect snow removal much.

Rusty, I have the B2672 blade as well. I used it for the first time yesterday. Great results on asphalt, probably because I'd added the thick rubber edge option, which I got from Messick's. The shoes trenched my gravel areas pretty good because the gravel was not frozen. I think in the future...

I finally used the front snow blade I bought with my tractor last February. Clearing snow off our asphalt worked great. I may've made a mess of our gravel. It's been real warm until this storm, and the gravel wasn't frozen. It was pretty mushy and I trenched it with the skid shoes and pushed it...

Yeah, it's been so dry. Weirdly dry and then scary dry. I planted a lot of trees, shrubs, and perennials this year, starting in March. Which is when I became concerned. Then no rain in April! And the pattern of little to none continues.

I just put on my front blade for the first time this winter. We are under a winter storm warning for tonight. 4-5" snow forecast and winds gusting to 35 mph. Likely power outages. 60 degrees and cloudy now. Last night we got 1 3/4" rain—the most in one event since 2020. It was only the second...

Thanks so much, Lynn! So helpful. A roadmap for sure.