Mahindra 4540

[thewoodlands]

You can see in the one picture that I had the gate of the sander open to far when I started, I closed it some and then finished the sanding. The gates are set to open at the same time but the one gate was closed so I'll adjust before the next sanding.

The sand in the picture came from our lot, when it gets down to the bottom there is always some left unlike the tube sand which you can empty the hopper.

 

[heavy hammer]

I had temps in the 70's on Thursday, cold now in the 30's but still not bad still burning, but not that much just enough to keep the chill out. With these storms I have been working 6-7 days a week haven't had much tractor time but it is coming.

 

[heavy hammer]

On my tractor I believe there is a wiring plus behind the right tail light for some work lights. Does anyone else have something like this on their tractor.

 

[SpaceBus]

On my tractor I believe there is a wiring plus behind the right tail light for some work lights. Does anyone else have something like this on their tractor.

I need to check my owner's manual, but so far I haven't seen anything. The dealer is about to pick mine up to add some more hydraulic goodies for a stump grinder and a grapple, so I can ask them when they pick it up.

 

[heavy hammer]

I had the two rear remotes added to my tractor last Feb. and are you getting a true third function kit or a diverter valve for the grapple?

 

[SpaceBus]

I had the two rear remotes added to my tractor last Feb. and are you getting a true third function kit or a diverter valve for the grapple?

I'm not sure, which do you recommend? My dealer seemed to think the grapple would come with the kit, but I don't think so. I foolishly assumed they would have the parts in house, but they said I'll have to order whichever I want to go with.

 

[heavy hammer]

I have the dealer third function kit which is actually just a diverter valve. It works for me and what I do, many guys I have talked with have a true third function kit, but it seems like they are more from after market dealers which is not bad. I would see if your tractor can truly run a third function kit, some smaller tractor don not have the gallon per minute to truly run a third function. My tractor has a flow of 8.2 gallons per minute. I do not know which is a better system but I can say I am happy with my setup.

 

[heavy hammer]

I do believe which ever setup you go with you will be happy you will just have to get used to how it works that's all. Both have their goods and bad but both will do the job.

 

[thewoodlands]

On my tractor I believe there is a wiring plus behind the right tail light for some work lights. Does anyone else have something like this on their tractor.

I'll check that out tomorrow.

 

[SpaceBus]

On my tractor I believe there is a wiring plus behind the right tail light for some work lights. Does anyone else have something like this on their tractor.

I have two connections for working lights, but I'm not sure which switch they are wired to. My manual only covers working lights installed on the cab, which have their own switch. I'm also not sure how many lights is too many for a tractor. What kind of load can it support? I found some trick 9" round LED flood and spot combination lights, but I don't know if they are too big.

 

[SpaceBus]

I just lubed all the zerks on the loader and tractor with the local hardware store gun and flexible tube. It was not a clean process, I am about to order a lock n lube pistol grip gun with their connector on Amazon. Apparently the flex tube I grabbed is not rated for the pressure of the grease gun, and grease came out of the connection between the coupler and the hose. Not having a pistol grip on the grease gun was also annoying and the coupler didn't want to stay on. I'm glad nobody saw this debacle!

 

[SpaceBus]

I have the dealer third function kit which is actually just a diverter valve. It works for me and what I do, many guys I have talked with have a true third function kit, but it seems like they are more from after market dealers which is not bad. I would see if your tractor can truly run a third function kit, some smaller tractor don not have the gallon per minute to truly run a third function. My tractor has a flow of 8.2 gallons per minute. I do not know which is a better system but I can say I am happy with my setup.

It seems my tractor is rated at 16 GPM, and most of the third function kits I have found are rated for 13 or 14 GPM. Would this be an issue.

 

[SpaceBus]

I actually just ordered the third function kit from Everything Attachments and they are going to make one specifically for my tractor, awesome!

 

[heavy hammer]

Everything attachments has two third function kits one for tractors having 15 gallons per min and above and one for less than 15 gallons per min you will be fine.

 

[heavy hammer]

for the lights just wire in a inline fuse there are other things you can do as well if they are to much for the electrical system, but if they are LED's that will help a lot less draw on the battery.

 

[SpaceBus]

for the lights just wire in a inline fuse there are other things you can do as well if they are to much for the electrical system, but if they are LED's that will help a lot less draw on the battery.

Good idea with the fuse. I think I might finally pull the trigger on them. How do I know what amperage I need for the fuse?

 

[thewoodlands]

Good idea with the fuse. I think I might finally pull the trigger on them. How do I know what amperage I need for the fuse?

NOAA has us getting 8-12 from this storm, what are they calling for in your area?

 

[SpaceBus]

NOAA has us getting 8-12 from this storm, what are they calling for in your area?

We are expected to get some drizzle and a bit of ice.

 

[thewoodlands]

We are expected to get some drizzle and a bit of ice.

Our weather watch just went to a warning with 12-18 inches of the heavy chit hitting us, hopefully it stays south of us.

After getting 10 gallons of diesel for the tractor, I scraped a bunch of slush & water out of the natural drain that runs to the front of the house and I did the same on one side of the garage, the rain water should run fine.

 

[SpaceBus]

We are almost down to no ice here, finally. In fact this rain should get rid of the rest of the ice on the ground. I'm actually about to order a PTO shredder since we have so much stuff building up. This nice weather has allowed me to get eight trees cut and out already. I'm building my first of many tractor paths.

 

[heavy hammer]

With the last week having the sun out and some mild wind things are starting to dry out a little. Supposed to get a little snow and some blowing 20 to 30 MPH winds. Just waiting for spring to get here and stay here.

 

[thewoodlands]

With the last week having the sun out and some mild wind things are starting to dry out a little. Supposed to get a little snow and some blowing 20 to 30 MPH winds. Just waiting for spring to get here and stay here.

We received rain overnight which turned to snow about an hour ago, NOAA is saying we'll receive around 10 inches of snow with other weather services saying we'll get more.

The warmer weather was finally getting rid of or breaking up the ice on the driveway and the woods but we can get snow into the month of April in this area so this snow is the norm for us.

 

[thewoodlands]

I would say we received 18 - 20 inches of snow overnight so I took the 4540 plowing, attached are some pictures from the plowing.

 

[SpaceBus]

It just stopped raining here a few hours ago. I can't believe how much snow you got!

 

[thewoodlands]

It just stopped raining here a few hours ago. I can't believe how much snow you got!

It would've been more but we received a bunch of rain before it turned to snow, the bottom four inches of snow was some heavy chit.