Backhoe on the way

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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Did your tractor get hauled away yet or ? If so, how long will it take to get it back? )</font> Dealer picked it up this morning, we spent most of the day installing, between other things, and some tolerances that were not just right kept the subframe mount pins from going in correctly. Tomorrow, that will be corrected and the tractor brought back to me. The pictures do not yet include the BH on the tractor as I want it mounted completely before I shoot that pic. Will add that tomorrow after it returns home.
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Congratulations! It's about time they came in. I know you've been waiting for a very LONG time. Btw, don't forget the photos! )</font> Thanks, JayC. Yes, it has been over 2 1/2 months, but we all know from reading in here that it happens with most every company. I only hope everyone who is waiting doesn't have to wait too long.
I uploaded pics to my webshots site, but it takes about 30 minutes for them to become active, so I'll post when they're up in a little while longer. It's 4/20 12:10am EDT. John
 
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Looking good John! You gotta be excited to see that getting attached. Now I know what I have to look forward to.
By the way, your tractor looks real clean. Nice job at keeping it up. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( By the way, your tractor looks real clean. Nice job at keeping it up. )</font> Thanks Gerard, I did a big cleaning number on it last week as it had gotten just too muddy and I also had run over an old can of drying up red paint that got imbedded in the tire lugs. I just washed it by hand, no pressure and then blew it off with shop air to keep it, as much as possible, from pooling in hidden areas . John
 
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Hey John, just wondering if you got your KIOTI /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif back hoeme yet? /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
 
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Hey John, just wondering if you got your KIOTI back hoeme yet? )</font> Gerard, I did. It came home just before dark, I started digging out a stump and ran out of light. Tomorrow I'll take some pics of the whole setup and the stump. Man, I dug all around and so far, down about 4 ft and it's not even thinking of loosening up yet. I'll see tomorrow just how much it will take. This is one of the smaller stumps I need to remove. Hate to see what's under the ground on the larger ones! You'll see tomorrow what I mean. Thanks for asking and very clever use of the words! I think that means you're spending too much time on here!! John
 
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Hey Kioti John, tell us the truth. Where did you really get the backhoe.? Walmart,Kmart??
I spoke to the new general manager of Kioti, call sign "James" twice today and he told me the backhoes are still "on the water". "No hoes have left Wilson yet". "The boat is still a week out"!!!
I told him about your pictures and he refused to buy it. He is going to "look in to it and call me tomorrow". Has anyone got a clue?? Seventy(70) days and counting. Can I get my John Deere 1050 back??
 
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Hey Kioti John, tell us the truth. Where did you really get the backhoe.? Walmart,Kmart??)</font> Oh NO! Found out, busted, caught. I bought it at a discount salvage house in town and painted it Kioti Orange, and got some decals from my dealer /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif. Seriously, My dealer got two in last week that were shipped from Kioti in Texas. He had received one subframe over a month ago, and with this new shipment another subframe. However, the dirt pads were backordered on the Texas shipment, and the dealer's wife has gone to Wilson to pick up some things and get me some pads. I wanted a backhoe a lot, but not enough to go to all the trouble my fantasy story told!! John
 
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This for me is almost as bad as waiting for the tractor itself /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif!!!!
 
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( This for me is almost as bad as waiting for the tractor itself !!!! )</font> I know exactly how you feel Gerard. After I'd done so many jobs with the tractor, I was anxious to get going with the BH. Here's the project, started taking pics after digging most of it, so I marked the picture where the stump used to be above ground. I also removed two other trees and stumps. I'll post the whole album, then you guys don't have to go through a lot of posts. John
<font color="#FF641A"> Pics not showing up on Webshots yet, will post in a few minutes. J </font>
 

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