425 on Order

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  • Thread Starter
#11  
I'm not sleeping tonight!!!! PT will be here at 6am tomorrow morning....yep,
6am! Good by me. I'm already up, dressed, and caffiened by 5:30am every morning. Heh, heh....I may need to call the boss....I'm not feeling too good :p if you know what I mean! Work will drag by tomorrow!
 
   / 425 on Order #12  
Red Zebra said:
I'm not sleeping tonight!!!! PT will be here at 6am tomorrow morning....yep,
6am! Good by me. I'm already up, dressed, and caffiened by 5:30am every morning. Heh, heh....I may need to call the boss....I'm not feeling too good :p if you know what I mean! Work will drag by tomorrow!

Sounds like someone will be calling in sick... :D
 
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Red Zebra said:
I'm not sleeping tonight!!!! PT will be here at 6am tomorrow morning....yep,
6am! Good by me. I'm already up, dressed, and caffiened by 5:30am every morning. Heh, heh....I may need to call the boss....I'm not feeling too good :p if you know what I mean! Work will drag by tomorrow!

Take your time and drive slow this morning. You have a whole weekend to bond with your new baby. :)
 
   / 425 on Order #14  
You are going to be very happy with your decision. Did I miss it, or have you already posted the accessories that were purchased with the tractor?
 
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TRUKFXR said:
You are going to be very happy with your decision. Did I miss it, or have you already posted the accessories that were purchased with the tractor?

Earlier in this thread, he said:
I ordered the LMB, 48" cutter, Forks, mini-hoe, extra attachment plate, and had the turfs swapped to bars.

I'm curious to see if he can stop playing with his new toy long enough to provide us a report of his first impressions... :D
 
   / 425 on Order #16  
Congratulations! I just had a few hours of tractor time this week and I'm delighted with my 425, ... I know that you will be too!
 
   / 425 on Order #17  
JD-Beach said:
Congratulations! I just had a few hours of tractor time this week and I'm delighted with my 425, ... I know that you will be too!

JD, how is it going with the big wheel unit. Do you see any negatives to having the big wheels? What projects or tasks have you done with the machine?
 
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  • Thread Starter
#18  
You don't know how hard it was to accept the tractor, put it in the barn and then go to work:( . Hurried home and gave it a good inspection checking oil, grease fittings, etc....basically making shure there were no obvious QC items.

Hooked up the brush cutter and AWAY WE GO! Cut a small area (approx 1/4 acre) of overgrown area. It was pleasing (in an odd way) having the cutter in front...I'm used to CUT/brush hogs with the need to alternate between looking forward and checking behind. This experience was NEAT!

Went down by the creek...down a small slope/drop. Cut that area and crawled out. I cut the PTO coming out...so I could lift the cutter 12+" to clear the relatively sharp drop to the low area by the creek. The tractor articulated well...I slowed it down to a crawl and let the hydro pressure turn the wheels and let it crawl itself out. I love the low CG!

Swapped to the mini-hoe and did a quick demo for wife and daughter.
My girls love it! Saw my neighbor with a "WTF?" expression :eek: on his face.

First impressions:
-Wow factor is off the scale.
-Build quality good..think Abrahms tank--There's nothing that feels "light duty".
-Brush cutter is a brute but does not like tall/thick grass unless really slow speed...but I already knew this from using CUTs.
-Learning curve is very shallow---meaning one will quickly adapt to the articulated function....hydro controls are easy to learn.
-For my needs it should be infinetly more useful than any other tractor I could have bought.

Immediate needs:
-The steering wheel knob.
-Extra caps/cover for the connectors when mini-hoe circuit is being used.


Hopefully will post more as I "get into it".
 

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JD-Beach said:
Congratulations! I just had a few hours of tractor time this week and I'm delighted with my 425, ... I know that you will be too!
Thanks, You too!
 
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Red Zebra said:
Thanks, You too!

Don't forget the coffee cup or drink holder. and the mirror, and extra lights on the upper part of the rops, and reversing wheels is not allowed. :) :) unless you know the consequences
 

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