hunt4570
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- Joined
- Feb 10, 2015
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- Location
- South Carolina
- Tractor
- Grand L3540 ,724 loader, bucket, grapple and now forks also! And just for OP.. a pool!
So I've been going over this thing, it does have a lot of hours but seems to run great!
Things I have found so far, dull blades, and one of them was upside down! Changed oil and filter. Lots of build up of dirt, oil, gynormous clumps of grease at every fitting! 2 cans of gunk so far with powerwashing after to clean things up! Brakes dont work real well and are next on the list to investigate. Just ordered the Hyd & Air filters. Here's the kicker.. PTO driveshaft is destroyed, at sometime or other his repair was to run a bolt through the yokes which beat both yokes to death (I knew I felt a vibration in there somewhere!). Couldn't track down a used one, the driveshaft shop an hour away could not find a replacement yoke so I had to bite the bullet and order a new one... $452 shipped! Turns my $1500 machine into a $2000 machine! It was either that or write off $1500...!
I do still think this machine will serve me well.. time will tell as they say..
Things I have found so far, dull blades, and one of them was upside down! Changed oil and filter. Lots of build up of dirt, oil, gynormous clumps of grease at every fitting! 2 cans of gunk so far with powerwashing after to clean things up! Brakes dont work real well and are next on the list to investigate. Just ordered the Hyd & Air filters. Here's the kicker.. PTO driveshaft is destroyed, at sometime or other his repair was to run a bolt through the yokes which beat both yokes to death (I knew I felt a vibration in there somewhere!). Couldn't track down a used one, the driveshaft shop an hour away could not find a replacement yoke so I had to bite the bullet and order a new one... $452 shipped! Turns my $1500 machine into a $2000 machine! It was either that or write off $1500...!
I do still think this machine will serve me well.. time will tell as they say..