3320 w/attachments

crazylare1 · Jan 14, 2006

Hey there, just thought that I'd post some pic's of my new 3320 with the attachments that I've been working on.
This picture is of an old plow that used to be on my 1952 jeep that's been sitting in the woods for at least 16yrs. It's in pretty rough shape, and I need to make it fit the quick mount on the front of the 300cx?

crazylare1 · Jan 14, 2006

Here is a pic of the plow mounted on the loader, I used a bradco quick detach fork mount as a starting point for the project. I then made sliding mounts to put on the bradco and used 4 pins to mount that to the plow frame. I made it this way so that I could pull the 4 pins, and put a set of homemade forks on the bradco and still be able to adjust the forks from side to side.

crazylare1 · Jan 14, 2006

Here's the finished plow all painted

crazylare1 · Jan 14, 2006

Here's a picture of the old back blade that my dad gave me that's probably as old as me. I had to completelly reweld the cutting edge top and bottom, and also the mount that holds the frame on the blade, it was so loose and broken that it chattered when I used it. I wish that I would have taken a pic of it before the repairs and paint job.

crazylare1 · Jan 14, 2006

Finally this last picture is of the tractor with the attachments. My new backhoe is at the dealer and the parts should be in anyday now to put it on the tractor. As soon as it's done I'll add the pictures to this post.
I had to hurry after taking the pic's the little guy was already to go out back to ride his dirt bike.
p.s. I also want to thank bloomingtonmike for down sizing the pic's for me otherwise I wouldn't be able to post pic's /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif

mhalla · Jan 14, 2006

Wow, Great job! Mike

JD3520 · Jan 14, 2006

Who much did the autopilot in the gray suit and the helment cost? Mine was more than the tractor and i have yet to find the disconnect button. He is on it all the time.

chuck

crazylare1 · Jan 14, 2006

Hey Chuck, the little guy and his older brothers came free with my girlfriend when I met her. But I've found them to be alittle costly but worth every penny! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif Thanks for the reply!
Larry

crazylare1 · Jan 15, 2006

Hey Chuck, how about a pic of your autopilot, mine isn't heavy enough to activate the seat switch so he can only steer the tractor. Now the older brothers on the other hand would love to get to drive it but at 10 and 12 yrs old they still only get to drive it around the field, but as soon as the weather warms up I plan to let them use the bucket to dig some dirt. I suppose then I'll have the same problem as you /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif have a great weekend!
Larry

turbo36 · Jan 15, 2006

Howdy Larrry, do you ever take your guys over to Big Air (or "Big Scare" as I like to call it?)
Where did you get the Bradco fork attechment from and what was the cost?

crazylare1 · Jan 15, 2006

Hey Robert, I got the bradco fork mount from Voelker's. I think the cost was right around $300 for the fork mount, I didn't get the forks with it because they would have cost around $350 and if my home made forks don't work I think that I can look around a pick up some used one's for about $70. We took the boys to big air a few times last summer, I also took the two older ones out to the trails by White Cloud. They said that they really liked both the track and trails. The trails that I have on my property are getting better every year, and I've been making jumps and such for them, now that I have my new tractor. I'm totally amaized at how easy it is to revamp the track and jumps with the deere. Do you ride dirt bike? Thanks for the post, did you get the pm that I sent you? Have a great day!
Larry

turbo36 · Jan 15, 2006

Larry, I used to ride MX to keep in shape for SnoCross but I looped out on a double at Big Air and blew out my Knee. After the surgery I took up mountain biking and never looked back. My partner and his boys still ride maybe you know his oldest, Zach Pattyn, he just qualified for the Winter X-Games in SnowCross.

crazylare1 · Jan 15, 2006

Hey Robert, I rode at big air sometime back around the mid eighties in one race, it had rained so much the track was all gooie from the clay, I had never been on the ground so many times as that day, I never went back until last summer when we took the boys over to ride. I took my kdx 200 over (set up for the woods) and when I finally got the guts to jump it over a double I hit the face of the jump and went *** over tea kettle, that was the last time I rode there. I like the woods much better. Do you still race sleds? My cousins race snocross (the Careys) they are up to the soo this weekend racing. I think that I've heard of Zach from being around the cousins. I went with them last year down to the silverdome and watched them race. I'm still curious if you are related to the bakers that went to MSHS and lived on mill pond road. I'll have to ask the cousins about Zach to see if maybe they know him. Well thanks for the post, have a great week!
Larry

turbo36 · Jan 16, 2006

Small world Larry, I know the Carey boys well, we have helped them with studs for years through Studboy Traction. I gave up racing sleds 5 years ago, also due to injury. No relation to the Bakers you grew up with but I did go to Ferris 73-77.

CT_Tree_Guy · Jan 16, 2006

Larry,

You did one heck of a job on those plows, they look beautiful! I know there was a lot of hard work between this picture is of an old plow ... that's been sitting in the woods for at least 16yrs and here's the finished plow all painted. Did you sandblast them? It sure looks like it. Very nice.

Man, that rig looks so cool all yellow-and-greened up like that, it's making me want to get a Deere. (That, and the incredible job JD did on the (all-American) Twenty Series, once they kicked Yanmar to the curb).

Anyway, great job, that is a sweet-looking machine.

Take care, John D.

crazylare1 · Jan 16, 2006

Ya it seems that it is a small world, then since you must work for studboy, you must know dave m? i've rode with him on a run to g.r. to the swap meet. plus i knew him from the artic cat shop on 8 mile rd. i worked there for awhile, helped out my cousins when they were really busy. i also went to ferris around that time, in auto service. well thanks for the reply. have a good one!
Larry

crazylare1 · Jan 16, 2006

Thank you John D. wow with that name you should own green! But anyhow, I cheated, since we never know when we're gonna get snow I had to do a hurry up job on the paint, I used rustoleum and gave it about 3 heavy coats with a brush. I wanted to paint it with my spray gun but with the harley in the garage,,,,,not a chance! I did that once and thought that I had the bike completely covered, then one of my buddies put a fan on the work bench to blow the fumes out of the garage. Can you imagine the look on my face when I pulled the sheets off my orange bike with all of the white overspray on it? It took alot of elbow grease to get it off. I need to build a small shed with heat to put the bike in, but that's not in the near future I guess. Thank you for the Kudo's on the tractor I really appr. it! Have a great week!
Larry