3520 arrived...first impressions.
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tuolumne
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I don't have a computer anymore, but happened to log in at the library and saw this. The salsco will throw the chips about twelve feet away, which results in piles starting 2 feet from the machine and extending to maybe 15 feet away if you stay in one spot.hayden said:
Unrelated to the question, but related to the machine....I am currently putting up rafters on our new home and the tractor has been indispensable throughout the project. I have found the forks especially usefull. Someday I will post some pictures
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tuolumne
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Here are some of those progress photos....I tried to just use ones that show the tractor since this is a tractor forum.
The little one likes driving Papa's tractor . I borrowed the excavator to cut/fill about 4000 yards, pull most of the stumps, and dig the cellar.
Grading out the gravel in the cellar.
No problem to squeeze back in the cellar to rake ou the gravel for the slab with the tight turning radius.
The indispensible mobile scaffolding...
Some things are easier with a bigger machine, although the 3520 could have done this job just fine if the excavator wasn't available .
I used a large pallet on the forks to work from at all the single story eaves. This was also used to get the sheathing and shingles up on the roof.
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I can drop the ROPS and drive right into the basement, even with doors in place. Here I had just dropped off the wood gasifier inside.
It has been a wonderful machine. Winter is here, and I got the roof shingled just in time (although I had to preheat the shingles and scrape snow off the roof a few times.
Once the windows were in, I used the backhoe to trench for the utilities. Electrical service is now in. I still use the forks constantly to recieve deliveries and unload my trailer. Here in Vermont the snowplow has also seen much use. I recently installed chains after having a few frightening slides on the icy driveway . The difference is like night and day.
The little one likes driving Papa's tractor
. I borrowed the excavator to cut/fill about 4000 yards, pull most of the stumps, and dig the cellar.Grading out the gravel in the cellar.
No problem to squeeze back in the cellar to rake ou the gravel for the slab with the tight turning radius.
The indispensible mobile scaffolding...
Some things are easier with a bigger machine, although the 3520 could have done this job just fine if the excavator wasn't available
.I used a large pallet on the forks to work from at all the single story eaves. This was also used to get the sheathing and shingles up on the roof.
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I can drop the ROPS and drive right into the basement, even with doors in place. Here I had just dropped off the wood gasifier inside.
It has been a wonderful machine. Winter is here, and I got the roof shingled just in time (although I had to preheat the shingles and scrape snow off the roof a few times.
Once the windows were in, I used the backhoe to trench for the utilities. Electrical service is now in. I still use the forks constantly to recieve deliveries and unload my trailer. Here in Vermont the snowplow has also seen much use. I recently installed chains after having a few frightening slides on the icy driveway
. The difference is like night and day.Attachments
GreatWhitehunter
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I was wondering about your progress. You've been busy, I really enjoy these progression pics. It's amazing how many uses these tractors really have. It's like a swiss army knife. Keep the pics coming I'd love to see the finished product. Thanks
Matt T.
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tuolumne
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For those who are interested, I trenched 400' of 4' deep utility trench in a little under 7 hours with the 448 hoe. That's about a foot per minute. Our soil is medium dense tills consisting of loamy silt and rocks (6" and up to several feet) with little sandy material or gravel. I reckon the digging would be a bit slower in dense clays or gravel. I was making gentle s-curves to miss the existing trees. I pushed over anything 4" or less and left the others. That is one advantage of a small machine. I can drive through the woods just about everywhere. One small problem I have is the configuration of the stabilizers in relation to the boom. When connecting the trench to the house for the utilities and the well, I was required to dig with the hoe 90 degrees to the tractor. It is easy to come up under the stabilizers with the bucket, and they also like to be right over the edge of the trench to dig effectively. When it's raining this is not good! It seems there would have been clearance to let those stabilizers sweep back towards the tractor a few inches.
rkylane
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Nice house & tractor. I ordered a 3520 on 1/2/08 and was told by the dealer that it was just shipped. I also ordered a Wallenstein 6" chipper, pallet forks, JD MX5 rotary cutter, frontier post hole digger, & JD 65" tiller. My next attachment will be a grapple bucket. Is your grapple a JD brand ? Is your control for your grapple bucket on the loader control lever or a separate control ?
ddivinia
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tuolumne said:
Isn't that adjustable on the hyrdo? The roll out can be set to different speeds.
Does the 3720 have a shuttle control to adjust how fast the power reverser engages?
D.
ddivinia
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rkylane said:
HIs grapple looks like the new FRontier one. I saw one at the dealer this past week. It looks very similar to the John Deere Trash Grapple BUcket as they call it that i bought a couple years ago.
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tuolumne
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The grapple is a Frontier. It is very rugged, and the two separate grapples allow a tight grip on uneven loads. The hydraulics run off the 3rd SCV, with the control lever next to the 3PH control. I have permanent plumbing for this on the load arms; it is also used for the snow plow power angle. It sure is great to grab 12 foot logs and drop them on my trailer for transport to our current home. One thing...condsidering I only use this for logs and branches, something with tines on the bottom instead of the flat plate would be less likely to pick up unwanted debris.rkylane said:
itn
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i believe westendorf makes a grapple called the brush crusher that doesnt need the 3rd hyd function on most john deere setups.
