jedens
Bronze Member
On friday I finally took delivery of my new 4610 after a three week delay in delivery. I now have 8 hours of seat time on the new machine. It is an HST, has a Bradco 510 backhoe (subframe mount) with 16" bucket, an ATI 66" grappler bucket attached with a skid steer quick attach mount, tow hooks welded to the top of each side of the bucket, extra remote to control the grapple arms, R4 tires, grill guard, 2 sets of weights (still undelivered).
Here is a catch that I found. When I ordered the grapple bucket I knew that I needed an extra remote valve for the grapple arm so I told the dealer I wanted to extra remote. I got a remote that is mounted next to the PTO control. What I didn't expect is that the hydraulics are configured so that I'm only connected to either the grapple arm OR the backhoe at any given time. If I have the grapple arm connected and I decide to use the backhoe I have to shut the engine off then manually disconnect the hydraulic hose that is connected to the grapple arm and connect the hydraulic hose that goes to the backhoe. I don't anticipate using both the grapple arm and the backhoe simultaneously so that isn't a problem -- but the problem is that I don't like having to shut the engine off and manually disconnect and then connect the other one. I also don't like the fact that one hydraulic hose is then just dangling. When the delivery man delivered the tractor (160 miles from the dealer) he told me that they "tried to make it so everything would work together, but this was the best they could do". Any ideas on how it should have been done? I want to go back to the dealer and tell them that I want it done right, but since they don't seem to know what right is, I'd like to tell them what I want done. Is there some sort of hydraulic coupler with two outlets and one inlet that could be used?
Other than that one issue, everything seems to work fine. I love the HST. I had one dealer try to tell me that I'd like the GST just as good but with the strong endorsement from everyone on TBN, I held firm on the HST and now that I've put 8 hours on it I understand why everyone loves the HST so much. The grapple bucket is also great. I have a lot of brush and dead trees and the ability to clamp down on a bucket full of brush is really cool. I've spent probably only an hour on the backhoe so far but I was able to dig out a dead stump of an old cottonwood tree that was approximately 24 inches in diameter. Now I just need to get that Chalkley Cup I've heard so much about!
Joe
Here is a catch that I found. When I ordered the grapple bucket I knew that I needed an extra remote valve for the grapple arm so I told the dealer I wanted to extra remote. I got a remote that is mounted next to the PTO control. What I didn't expect is that the hydraulics are configured so that I'm only connected to either the grapple arm OR the backhoe at any given time. If I have the grapple arm connected and I decide to use the backhoe I have to shut the engine off then manually disconnect the hydraulic hose that is connected to the grapple arm and connect the hydraulic hose that goes to the backhoe. I don't anticipate using both the grapple arm and the backhoe simultaneously so that isn't a problem -- but the problem is that I don't like having to shut the engine off and manually disconnect and then connect the other one. I also don't like the fact that one hydraulic hose is then just dangling. When the delivery man delivered the tractor (160 miles from the dealer) he told me that they "tried to make it so everything would work together, but this was the best they could do". Any ideas on how it should have been done? I want to go back to the dealer and tell them that I want it done right, but since they don't seem to know what right is, I'd like to tell them what I want done. Is there some sort of hydraulic coupler with two outlets and one inlet that could be used?
Other than that one issue, everything seems to work fine. I love the HST. I had one dealer try to tell me that I'd like the GST just as good but with the strong endorsement from everyone on TBN, I held firm on the HST and now that I've put 8 hours on it I understand why everyone loves the HST so much. The grapple bucket is also great. I have a lot of brush and dead trees and the ability to clamp down on a bucket full of brush is really cool. I've spent probably only an hour on the backhoe so far but I was able to dig out a dead stump of an old cottonwood tree that was approximately 24 inches in diameter. Now I just need to get that Chalkley Cup I've heard so much about!
Joe