Posted by kcm.MN on April 25, 2018 at 18:06:18 from (174.219.10.214):
In Reply to: Traction posted by Olliejunkie on April 25, 2018 at 17:42:54:
When I had my JD 4010, it came with a FEL and very heavy-duty bucket. I had also bought a 3-pt backhoe, which I believe was originally part of a JD 310 TLB. The 4010 came with calcium, but I got rid of that from leakage. Was a horribly wet Spring and it ended up getting watered down by tens of thousands of gallons of water!
Anyway, for my uses, I never had much trouble with traction, but when the backhoe was on there, there was a HUGE gain in traction. I don't see how adding weight to your 3-pt could possibly hurt.
In Winter, I'd have a 7 1/2' JD snow thrower on the rear which made traction awesome. I didn't have chains and, when I'd get stuck, just a little help from the bucket would normally get me moving again. ...But then it's flat land here!
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