The little jewel that I ended up with

[WileyG]

A blind hog DOES find an acorn every now and then! It's a 2004 L3430HSTC with LA513 and Bush Hog cutter. All garage kept and like new with 459 hours when I loaded it up and took it home.




My Yanmar YM3000 in in the background pouting. She don't get much love these days

 

[k0ua]

Pretty cool. The only thing I would do is beef up that top lip on the bucket and weld me some chain hooks on it. Then put that baby to work..

 

[nybirdman]

Congrats,nice tractor.I had a L3130 HST,open station and traded for a cab.Great all around tractor.

 

[varmint]

Looks like a blind hog had his eyes open! Nice acquisition! Ditto nybirdman's comment about being a great all around tractor.

 

[bota1999]

Trade, or buy. Any numbers?

 

[WileyG]

Trade, or buy. Any numbers?

Cash purchase. $19K as pictured.

 

[varmint]

That's a good deal. Hope everything is exactly as it is supposed to be, with no surprises.

 

[WileyG]

That's a good deal. Hope everything is exactly as it is supposed to be, with no surprises.

I've put about 15 hours on it already and everything is perfect. Love the AC and radio/CD in the cab! I'll be adding 3rd function to the loader in a week or 2 so I can run a hydraulic auger and set some posts for a small pole barn to store it under.

 

[nybirdman]

I've put about 15 hours on it already and everything is perfect. Love the AC and radio/CD in the cab! I'll be adding 3rd function to the loader in a week or 2 so I can run a hydraulic auger and set some posts for a small pole barn to store it under.

A third function will not have enough "flow" to run a auger off the loader.You will have to go with a PTO driven rear auger.
I have a third function to run my snow-plow and thumb on my bucket.

 

[WileyG]

A third function will not have enough "flow" to run a auger off the loader.You will have to go with a PTO driven rear auger.
I have a third function to run my snow-plow and thumb on my bucket.

I have to disagree with your statement. My loader is rated at 8.3gpm and I can rent hydraulic augers that require as low as 6gpm.

 

[cqaigy2]

Very nice!

 

[varmint]

Be curious to see some photos of the auger on the loader... SSQA, I presume. It may not be so fast, but pressure will provide the torque to drill, so you should be fine. More control for placement and drilling than a PTO auger.

 

[WileyG]

Be curious to see some photos of the auger on the loader... SSQA, I presume. It may not be so fast, but pressure will provide the torque to drill, so you should be fine. More control for placement and drilling than a PTO auger.

Yes, it will be SSQA and rented as I will never have enough hole drilling to justify owning an auger setup, at least in the near term. And down pressure is my main reason for wanting it on the front vs PTO auger on the back.

 

[sixdogs]

That is a very appealing tractor and in excellent shape. It's really all most guys need.

 

[Ryansweatt2004]

Real nice machine, I like the grill guard on it. I gotta ask though, what is up with that SSQA setup? Maybe I'm wrong but it doesn't look like an OEM part. Looks more like a home build setup, of course that won't matter as long as it works and your happy with it. Might loose some breakout force with the bucket being set that much further away from the pins though. Again, sweet tractor though.

 

[WileyG]

Real nice machine, I like the grill guard on it. I gotta ask though, what is up with that SSQA setup? Maybe I'm wrong but it doesn't look like an OEM part. Looks more like a home build setup, of course that won't matter as long as it works and your happy with it. Might loose some breakout force with the bucket being set that much further away from the pins though. Again, sweet tractor though.

The SSQA is OEM. Not sure what makes it look like it's not to you.

 

[sixdogs]

Is the grille OEM?

EDIT--How has it been running and working? Any other comments?

 

[Ryansweatt2004]

The SSQA is OEM. Not sure what makes it look like it's not to you.

Only reason I mentioned it is because I've never seen an LA513 loader with a quick attach like that. Just looked odd. I'm used to seeing those LA513 loaders setup with quick attach like this. Again sweet tractor either way.

 

[murphy1244]

It does look different to me too.

 

[TripleR]

I just found this thread, I bought a used L5030HSTC several years ago and when I traded it in, it sold before it even hit the lot; same as when I bought it. Those are great machines if you are lucky enough to find a good used one.