Fender Fix For Deere 7530 Tractor

Fender Fix For Deere 7530 Tractor TRACTORS Miscellaneous “About 4 years ago I bought a new Deere 7530 MFWD tractor to replace my Deere 7810 which I really liked ” says Roger Gutschmidt who discovered as soon as he started using the 7530 that there were several things he disliked about his new tractor But one problem above all stood out “The rear fenders stick out so far to the back that they obstruct my view when pulling my rock picker or sickle mower I can’t see the forks or the sicklebar at all from the seat unless I raise the air seat up all the way and sit on an old Sears Roebuck catalog That’s not how I want to operate an expensive farm tractor “After I complained to Deere one of our local service techs told me the 20 Series tractors are just as bad and that everyone complains about them The problem was caused by the way Deere moved their cabs forward “To solve the problem I first tried extending the hitch on my rock picker 15 in but that wasn’t enough So last year I took off the right rear fender That did the trick but the tire would throw mud on the cab windows “Last winter I decided to look into putting a new right rear fender on the tractor by fitting a fender from a 7810 to the 7530 The 7810 fender cost $423 The rear fender housing which holds the taillight lens was $277 The taillight lens was $50 and the underside metal shield that protects the wires was $51 Total: $801 So if I couldn’t make it work it would have been an expensive experiment “But fortunately I was able to figure it out I held the 7810 fender against the 7530 wheel well and saw that it was an almost perfect fit as far as the curvature goes I positioned it so bolts could be put through the attachment lips on each part The fender also had to be low enough to allow the right-hand side door to open without hitting I had to do some cutting on the back taillight assembly to get it to fit I first made a pattern out of cardboard to get the fit right After getting it into place I installed the shield on the underside to protect the wires and then installed the top fender light from the 7530 on the new fender “One last thing to note is that the fender had a switch mounted on it for controlling up and down of the 3-pt arms I did not reinstall that since there was also one on the left hand fender “The replacement fender solved my visibility problem I don’t think I’ll do the other side I might get some strange looks from people but I just need a tractor that works I don’t care about the cosmetics When I go to sell the tractor I’ll be able to put the original fender back on ” Gutschmidt named a couple other things he doesn’t like about his Deere 7530 “Because the cab is positioned further forward the hood got shorter which means the radiator is jammed so close to the engine there’s no room to blow out dirt or dust No wonder these engines overheat “I have had hydraulic coupler issues too Deere replaced them 3 times before I got a set that finally holds the hoses in without popping out the first time I hit the lever It was frustrating and messy having the hoses pop out all the time ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Roger Gutschmidt Gutschmidt Mfg LLC 6651 Hwy 56 Gackle N Dak 58442 ph 701 698-2310; shopdoc@drtel net

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