The Fruition of Several Threads and Much Pestering

[Schneeky]

Finally got it all put together. Momma said I was gettin somethin new for once in my life and to do it right. Here's where some help and tolerance of my nagging questions from the TBN crew ended up. You guys were great. Jimmy and Max at Safeway Mahindra have been very helpful, responsive, and a pleasure to deal with. Sam and Anna at The Rake Shop are excellent to deal with and wayyy patient with a grappling noob. My hat's off to the lot of you.
Miz Kristen and Max had a great time jackin' with the old man. From not lettin me know we'd bought a new tractor with a backhoe till later in the day (Momma told me while we were wading at the beach), to a fake-out postponement of delivery at the last minute over a silly little hurricane(Arthur). :laughing: But at 7:30AM Thurday morning Max delivered my new toy. Weather be damned. Unloaded it in the rain, backed it up in the garage and took time to answer all my questions.
Sam helped me pick the right size grapple for my application. Put up with a ton of questions both before and after the sale. They delivered a quality product that I couldn't be happier with. The included pic is the last time you will ever see it clean. It's been gettin a workout since. Got a nice set of pallet forks from them, too.
I've tortured both implement and tractor over the last few days or so and they've both been an absolute hoot!! Lookin forward to getting much done with this setup around here. d:^) Schneeks..

 

[stravis]

Congrats! Beautiful machine that I'm sure will serve you well.

 

[MinnesotaEric]

Finally got it all put together. Momma said I was gettin somethin new for once in my life and to do it right. Here's where some help and tolerance of my nagging questions from the TBN crew ended up. You guys were great. Jimmy and Max at Safeway Mahindra have been very helpful, responsive, and a pleasure to deal with. Sam and Anna at The Rake Shop are excellent to deal with and wayyy patient with a grappling noob. My hat's off to the lot of you.
Miz Kristen and Max had a great time jackin' with the old man. From not lettin me know we'd bought a new tractor with a backhoe till later in the day (Momma told me while we were wading at the beach), to a fake-out postponement of delivery at the last minute over a silly little hurricane(Arthur). :laughing: But at 7:30AM Thurday morning Max delivered my new toy. Weather be damned. Unloaded it in the rain, backed it up in the garage and took time to answer all my questions.
Sam helped me pick the right size grapple for my application. Put up with a ton of questions both before and after the sale. They delivered a quality product that I couldn't be happier with. The included pic is the last time you will ever see it clean. It's been gettin a workout since. Got a nice set of pallet forks from them, too.
I've tortured both implement and tractor over the last few days or so and they've both been an absolute hoot!! Lookin forward to getting much done with this setup around here. d:^) Schneeks..

Nice! shutterbug a photo of the joystick. I would like to see how they did the third function control for you.

 

[Schneeky]

Nice! shutterbug a photo of the joystick. I would like to see how they did the third function control for you.

Here ya go. Sorry for the graininess. It's a l'il light-deprived in there. d:^) Schneeks..

 

[Texasmark]

Man it looks like you are loaded for Bear. Looks real functional and rugged.

I had to look up your word fruition. Learned a new word today. Really, that's what it's all about, asking questions, getting honest answers. Understanding what it is you want and how it is that what's being offered fills those needs.

Good luck,
Mark

 

[s219]

Looks awesome! You did good.

 

[TripleR]

Congratulations on your new tractor; very nicely set up, enjoy.:thumbsup:

 

[k0ua]

Congratulations on your new machine, looks like you are pretty well set up for about anything!

 

[MinnesotaEric]

Here ya go. Sorry for the graininess. It's a l'il light-deprived in there. d:^) Schneeks..

That's looks like a good job. Your dealer put QDs on all four ports of the subplate for easy access and although I don't know whose brand it is, I've seen that handle on other tractors too.

Thanks. Enjoy your new tractor!

 

[Gary Fowler]

Looks like you went all out. About the only thing missing is a hydraulic thumb unless I missed seeing the cylinder on it.

 

[Schneeky]

Eric- It's a WR Long unit with Dixon QC's.

Gary- Studied on that. The cost difference from the mechanical was hard to justify with the grapple up front and the type stuff I have planned. I agree that it would have been nice, tho'. Another glaring thing it's missing is a canopy. Momma spent a coupla hours in the seat the other day and sez we're gettin one soon as we figure out which one we like the best.

Texasmark- That's exactly how this high school dropout acquired a vocabulary. Limited as it is. I never skip over a word I do not know the meaning of. Always look it up. It's too easy, with the resources we have available at our fingertips now-a-days.

Thanks all for the compliments. Just thought it'd be nice to know that your efforts weren't wasted and someone listened, in spite of themselves. :laughing: d:^) Schneeks.

 

[oldpilgrim]

Congratulations !

It looks just like mine minus the grapple. Mine came Tuesday, so it's two days older than yours !

 

[wmonroe]

Very nice looking tractor!

One question, did you remove the thumb? I can see it in the first two pictures but not in the third.

 

[oosik]

The joy stick and hydraulic valving look exactly like my WRLong. That's a very sharp looking unit.

 

[Schneeky]

Congratulations ! It looks just like mine minus the grapple. Mine came Tuesday, so it's two days older than yours !

Congrats back to ya, oldpilgrim! Got yers scratched up a bit yet? :laughing: I know I got this one plenty dirty and managed to scratch the boom with the bucket.

wmonroe- It's just the timeline of the pics. The thumb didn't come in till a few days after I had the tractor.
It's still on there. Got a l'il workout today, matter-o-fact.

oosik- Thanks, and it is a WR Long. d:^) Schneeks..

 

[oldpilgrim]

managed to scratch the boom with the bucket.

It's the first thing I did before it even left the barn ! I was checking out how things work and did that.

I got the IH Red Majic paint from TSC and touched it up...a perfect match.

Here's mine. and yes, it's been dirty and washed a couple of times. Both buckets have signs of use. I spent a couple of hours in the woods, digging and moving stuff with both ends. I'm trying not to let the saplings and branches scratch up the loader arm and rear boom. It's tough.

 

[Schneeky]

All of a sudden I have a hankerin for some double mint gum.:laughing:

What part of SE Taxxachusettes? Miz Kris's folks are from Mashpee and Nantucket. d:^) Schneeks..

 

[oldpilgrim]

All of a sudden I have a hankerin for some double mint gum.:laughing:

What part of SE Taxxachusettes? Miz Kris's folks are from Mashpee and Nantucket. d:^) Schneeks..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middleborough,_Massachusetts

 

[Schneeky]

Well, it's been bout a year-and-a-half now for me-n-Scrappy. And I hafta say I couldn't be happier. Bout the only thing I'd gripe about is ground clearance. But that's not been a real big deal. Just annoying on occasion. Got a bit over 200 hours on it now. Done a whole pile of work around the house and out to the hunt club. Made some grand messes. Then cleaned'em up. Hehehe.
Best I can tell is I prolly went a l'il heavy on the grapple bucket. I'd have been better off with a lighter version. Kinda cuts down on my capacity a bit. But on the flip side, I don't think I'm gonna be able to do any damage to this Rake Shop grapple!
A top-n-tilt would be nice. But that's about it.

 

[Texasmark]

Eric-
Texasmark- That's exactly how this high school dropout acquired a vocabulary.

Scuse me? Got the wrong source for your quote dude!