rstcso
Bronze Member
Well, my brand spanking new tractor was delivered on Thursday. I also purchased a FEL, shredder and box blade. To ease the delivery, the delivery guy had attached the box blade to the FEL with a chain. After unloading, I noticed the hydraulic lines had paint scraped off, were bent and dented in the middle of the crossmember of the FEL. I pointed this out to the delivery guy, who explained they receive them from all kinds of delivery trucks and it's not unusual for them to be damaged when they arrive at the dealer. He then told me not to worry about it, since they weren't leaking. Besides, they are made of steel, after all. Amazingly, the paint was scratched on the top of the bucket in the exact same location as the hydraulic lines were bent. I will be getting a new loader next week. Sure did take the wind out of my sails getting my new toy. I took this picture a few minutes ago. It's been dry since Thursday except a rain shower that came through about two hours ago. There's already rust showing, so would last long like this.