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<blockquote data-quote="John SD" data-source="post: 1104346" data-attributes="member: 14713"><p>Bez gave good advice.</p><p></p><p>First off, I have no clue what a JD 5303 or a Long 2510 looks like. I am quite familiar with JD 2510 tractors. IMO, this is the about the size of 2wd tractor you need for adequate loader capability in adverse conditons. You could go smaller with a mfwd tractor, but a mfwd is going to be newer and cost more.</p><p></p><p>Sounds like your 5303 is in over its head for what you want it to do right from the get go. I've never understood why a lot of people want to buy a tractor with very borderline capabilty for the job at hand. A bigger tractor can do more small jobs than a small tractor can do large jobs. </p><p></p><p>And I would hope that if you are carrying a single bale only, that you are carrying the bale on the 3 pt hitch and not on the loader. If you are trying to carry a bale with the loader on a small tractor with no bale on the 3pt for balance, then in the immortal words of Homer Simpson, I would say "Doh!" What would you expect when you try to defy the laws of physics? </p><p></p><p>If you can't afford a newer bigger tractor, get a tractor big enough to do the job but old enough that you can afford it. You will likely tear up any tractor, new or used, if you ask more of it than it is designed for.</p><p></p><p>In the meantime, a cheap/free option would be to borrow a set of good clumpy type tire chains from someone to try on your 5303 and see if chains make the mud/snow performance more acceptable. If you can live with the rough ride and loss of ground speed you might get by.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John SD, post: 1104346, member: 14713"] Bez gave good advice. First off, I have no clue what a JD 5303 or a Long 2510 looks like. I am quite familiar with JD 2510 tractors. IMO, this is the about the size of 2wd tractor you need for adequate loader capability in adverse conditons. You could go smaller with a mfwd tractor, but a mfwd is going to be newer and cost more. Sounds like your 5303 is in over its head for what you want it to do right from the get go. I've never understood why a lot of people want to buy a tractor with very borderline capabilty for the job at hand. A bigger tractor can do more small jobs than a small tractor can do large jobs. And I would hope that if you are carrying a single bale only, that you are carrying the bale on the 3 pt hitch and not on the loader. If you are trying to carry a bale with the loader on a small tractor with no bale on the 3pt for balance, then in the immortal words of Homer Simpson, I would say "Doh!" What would you expect when you try to defy the laws of physics? If you can't afford a newer bigger tractor, get a tractor big enough to do the job but old enough that you can afford it. You will likely tear up any tractor, new or used, if you ask more of it than it is designed for. In the meantime, a cheap/free option would be to borrow a set of good clumpy type tire chains from someone to try on your 5303 and see if chains make the mud/snow performance more acceptable. If you can live with the rough ride and loss of ground speed you might get by. [/QUOTE]
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