Tractor!

[Slippy]

Mrs Inor and I have been talking about this since before we started building M.T. Acres, so today we finally went out and ordered a tractor. It will be delivered on Thursday or Friday!

We went with this bad boy:

https://lstractorusa.com/products/co.../mt235he-35hp/

It comes with the front-end loader. So for implements, we got a brush hog, a box grader and a hay spear. So by this weekend, I will be farting through silk!

Of course, I will post pictures when it gets here.

Excellent Inor!

When you mentioned LS Tractors the last time we spoke, I looked them up and so far I'm impressed! My Green Tractor has served me well, but my hills and mud are getting me thinking about upgrading to a larger HP tractor. Looking forward to some pics!

[Slippy]

I have never even driven a tractor before. So in doing my research, the statement that kept coming up again and again was: "A good dealer is more important than the brand". We really like the dealer we bought this one from. There is a John Deere dealer about the same distance away, but that guy just did not impress me much.

I'll let you know more once I have had some time to figure the damn thing out.

Driving a NEW tractor is much different than driving an OLD tractor. Back in the 70's my summer jobs were working on a tree farm spraying pine trees for beetles and helping with prescribed burns to help growth of the longleaf pine and eliminate out of control wildfires...anyway, the land owner had an old Ford Tractor, probably vintage 1950's or so. Over the years, in various situations I drove newer tractors...BUT

...Fast forward to when I bought my 32 HP John Deere! It seemed to be mostly computers and digital! But the sumbitch rode and drove like a sophisticated beast.

I blew up my radiator last summer and it took me many hours to take apart a bunch of stuff to try and find the leaks, it took me HOURS...I had to take apart a ton of unrelated stuff and I am not a very good "mechanic".


All's well that ends well I suppose and my JD gets the job done for now...but one day I'd love to have an old BEAST of a simple 1950's era tractor!

[Inor]

Driving a NEW tractor is much different than driving an OLD tractor. Back in the 70's my summer jobs were working on a tree farm spraying pine trees for beetles and helping with prescribed burns to help growth of the longleaf pine and eliminate out of control wildfires...anyway, the land owner had an old Ford Tractor, probably vintage 1950's or so. Over the years, in various situations I drove newer tractors...BUT

...Fast forward to when I bought my 32 HP John Deere! It seemed to be mostly computers and digital! But the sumbitch rode and drove like a sophisticated beast.

I blew up my radiator last summer and it took me many hours to take apart a bunch of stuff to try and find the leaks, it took me HOURS...I had to take apart a ton of unrelated stuff and I am not a very good "mechanic".


All's well that ends well I suppose and my JD gets the job done for now...but one day I'd love to have an old BEAST of a simple 1950's era tractor!

Not knowing squat about tractors yet, I need something new (that I presume works correctly out of the box) and with a good warranty. I probably spent too much, but... Now I got a TRACTOR!!!

[Slippy]

Not knowing squat about tractors yet, I need something new (that I presume works correctly out of the box) and with a good warranty. I probably spent too much, but... Now I got a TRACTOR!!!

Inor,

tractor will change your life for the better immediately!

But just because I am an amicable asshole sometimes, and my hatred for government involvement pisses me off, and I want everyone else to be pissed off with me...I will urge you to do some research on the the Diesel Engine REGEN process on your tractor. It surprised me the first time my new tractor went into REGEN Mode. Without going into detail, do your research and ask your dealer. If nothing else it will be fun to see how much your dealer knows about the EPA induced REGEN on diesel engines.

I think LS may have a Mitsubishi engine, but I grabbed a quick info sheet on the Yanmar REGEN just to get you started. Enjoy! (****ing Government Involvement )

https://www.yanmartractor.com/resour...tor-tips/regen

[Inor]

It came this morning!



I only played with it for about an hour today but I was surprised how quickly I got the hang of the bucket. I just filled in a few sinkholes that developed from the construction of the house and the She Shack. It definitely has the power to knock down a Yucca. (The weed of the desert.) Unfortunately it does not have quite enough weight to rip out the roots. I may try it again when I put the box grader on the back.

Speaking of the box grader, here is the box grader and hay spear in the background.



And the brush hog.



Slip -

We learned all about Regen mode when they dropped it off this morning. It has a switch to put it in "Regen mode" manually and the dealer suggested doing that about every 20 hours. I am not happy about the damn government mandating that my tractor has to run at 2600 RPMs for a freakin HALF HOUR not doing anything!!! Grrrr!

[hawgrider]

What hell is regen mode ? Never heard of that.

What happens of you don't use the button or disconnect it?

[TJC44]

What hell is regen mode ? Never heard of that.

What happens of you don't use the button or disconnect it?

The link Slippy put up for the Yanmar said that if you dismiss the prompt too many times, the computer will force it to perform.

[RubberDuck]

It's new emissions bullshit all new Diesels have this in the exhaust system if it doesn't have the automatic system you have to buy DEF Diesel Exhaust Fluid to make it work.
Stupid stupid stupid this has broke me down more in the last 6 years than any other malfunction.

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[Inor]

What hell is regen mode ? Never heard of that.

What happens of you don't use the button or disconnect it?

The guy said it goes into some kind of retard mode where you only get about 5HP and then you have to have it brought in so they can charge you several hundred dollars to clean some kind of damn filter.

[hawgrider]

Wow that would piss me off! That's nuts force you into service...
My bloods boiling thinking about that.

I can see I'd be a candidate for an antique tractor.