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    BX24D front wheel rims breaking

    Not really an option for several reasons. This machine has served me very well since 2008. It's just that breaking the rims is getting to be a pain and it seems to be in the last 6 years since I got the grapple
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    BX24D front wheel rims breaking

    It is getting new replacement rims (that I plan to reinforce) and a bigger tractor wouldn't let me get up close to my house for yard work. BX24D came with backhoe, FEL, and belly mower.
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    BX24D front wheel rims breaking

    The rear ballast is the backhoe that it came with (BX24D) Pressure is as it was set from the factory.
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    BX24D front wheel rims breaking

    I think that the rims flex and over time crack. Lug nuts torqued down. I suspect that the grapple (FEL) was designed for heavier loads than the rims were designed for. The forces exerted on the wheel while turning the tractor and carrying an 8' 20" dia. log are probably too much for an...
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    BX24D front wheel rims breaking

    I have had 4 wheel rims break around the bolt holes over the last few years. I have a grapple on the front and have been using it to move logs. I try to cut the logs (storm downed trees) in 8 or 12 foot lengths to take to the local sawmill for lumber. I have been told by various Kubota reps that...