[GMC Driver]

I would have to do a bit of traveling so 25 to 30k would be great.

You could always got to a JCB FastTrac - they hit 70 km/h. I've been in one travelling roads that fast - it's freaky to keep up with traffic.

 

[Snowboy]

Or possibly a Fent Dave? Seen video's of them on U tube whipping around the roads in Europe.

That would be freaky seeing a tractor traveling at road speeds with a 10' blade up front.

 

[JD Dave]

Yea I've seen those guys in the FEL and BH's bouncing down the road. Counter weight would stop the bouncing? Most of the side roads get done with 150hp NH and they have 10' blades on them and the guys are usuly driving at a good clip going form side road to side road.

I would have to do a bit of traveling so 25 to 30k would be great.

Dave.

All of our tractors have 40km transmissions and in the winter with a blade on, it's not safe to go faster then that. Fat tires on the snow don't do well at speeds greater then 40k. If your talking about the tractors in Mississauga, that do the sideroads, they all run 12 ft Vikings or Frinks. We've plowed in Mississauga with tractors since 1970, when everbody told us they were obsolete.

 

[Snowboy]

All of our tractors have 40km transmissions and in the winter with a blade on, it's not safe to go faster then that. Fat tires on the snow don't do well at speeds greater then 40k. If your talking about the tractors in Mississauga, that do the sideroads, they all run 12 ft Vikings or Frinks. We've plowed in Mississauga with tractors since 1970, when everbody told us they were obsolete.

Yea I figured that you wouldn't want to rip around town too fast or you will be sideways pretty fast.

You still do any plowing in sauga? 12' so thats what 10' angled? Trip edge with shoes or just shoes? The last snowfall we had 10cm or whatever i noticed they couldnt get the hardpack up you had like 2" only when it warmed up they plowed again and got it up. Isnt that guy carl farrow from Barrie plowing here in town, the guy with the bidirectionally and runs a trucking company as well?

 

[MCV]

I want to know who's running the tractors in my neighborhood (Burlington Orchard now) -- I'd love to operate one for them.

 

[Mr BigBlock]

Over the last few years the City of Hamilton has been starting to use articulated tractors more and more and less with the graders.Faster and easier to maneuver around corners and whatnot.

 

[JD Dave]

Yea I figured that you wouldn't want to rip around town too fast or you will be sideways pretty fast.

You still do any plowing in sauga? 12' so thats what 10' angled? Trip edge with shoes or just shoes? The last snowfall we had 10cm or whatever i noticed they couldnt get the hardpack up you had like 2" only when it warmed up they plowed again and got it up. Isnt that guy carl farrow from Barrie plowing here in town, the guy with the bidirectionally and runs a trucking company as well?

Farrow is out of Caledon and I wasn't aware that those Versatiles were his. The new TV 140's and 145's are good but the old 256 and 276's were a pain to run and when abused very expensive to fix JMO. We're still in Mississauga and Etobicoke. No blades except a grader could get that hard pack off, I don't really think they worry about the side streets being black on a winter like this.

 

[Snowboy]

I thought that Farrow was the guy with the bi directionals. I know I called someone in Barrie few years back responding to there classified add for tractor operators.

Looks like farrow hauls salt for Sifto they pulled into the place I pick up salt in Toronto on Friday evening with a tri axle.

What areas of sauga you operate in, I'll have to look out for you guys? Do you get to park your tractors at the city yards?

Dave.

 

[slowzuki]

Just to note there is a massive difference between an M9540 and an M105 in every way. The kubota's are not lighter than every model, but they are fairly light. The problem is that people look at M9540 see it is 95 hp and will try to compare it to a 95 pto hp tractor. The M9540 is about the same size as a NH TN 75/85 which is about what pto hp the kubota has. Its about a 7000 lb machine.

The M105X is about 90 pto hp if I recall, pushing 10,000 lbs. About on par with a NH TL-90 or TS-90.

What you'll find is Kubota don't make any models outside of the utility tractor market for heavy tillage. Thats fine for use plowing because the utility models are set up with reversers for clutchless reverse and sometimes powershifts.

 

[Snowboy]

Just to note there is a massive difference between an M9540 and an M105 in every way. The kubota's are not lighter than every model, but they are fairly light. The problem is that people look at M9540 see it is 95 hp and will try to compare it to a 95 pto hp tractor. The M9540 is about the same size as a NH TN 75/85 which is about what pto hp the kubota has. Its about a 7000 lb machine.

The M105X is about 90 pto hp if I recall, pushing 10,000 lbs. About on par with a NH TL-90 or TS-90.

What you'll find is Kubota don't make any models outside of the utility tractor market for heavy tillage. Thats fine for use plowing because the utility models are set up with reversers for clutchless reverse and sometimes powershifts.

Well other then the 10hp difference in the tractor and the X is for height I believe the PTO power is about the same on the M95 and the 105X, what is the difference?

Power shift you get on the 108X and the M125 only from what the Kubota site shows. I looked up the reviews on the 108 and a few farmers were complaining about the power shift and how it hunts for gears under load and sucks going up hill lightly loaded.

I would like to put a blower on which ever Tractor and front mount looks like the way to go as driving backwards all the time would get to me after a wile. Hopefully i can get more work with the region of peel as they use a 100hp case tractor to blow back the plow windrows on the side of some roads here.

You can take off the loader arms and run a blower up front provided you can get a front PTO on a Kubota?