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shakin · Jan 12, 2009

maka does all of the montanas use a amerequip hoe or is there another brand i noticed some of the photos have a green one. the ones at my dealer are black. he claims that the fel is also amerequip. i have a 2840 how big of a hoe can i put one it without a subframe as i'm led to believe there is none available.

JIGBUILDER · Jan 17, 2009

can't answer your question but with Montana buying the Farmtrac plant/etc they made their own backhoe/FEL/other equip. Maybe something Montana will be be switching to mayhaps. I'm not associated with either but being a Farmtrac owner just speculating on what Montana is thinking.

Maka · Jan 29, 2009

To my knowledge all factory Montana hoes are Amerequip. Now, if purchased via Montana it should be green but say purchased via a company that is a distributor like Rankin it would be black.

I think Amerequip manufacturers a great product. Yes, they also manufacture the Montana curved boom loader. I am not a fan of 3 point mounts (I like sub-frame amerequip) but if you do go 3 point I would suggest a Wallensten GX720 3 point with the turn buckle as you can get them in green, affordably and the turn buckle really helps on the 3 point.

Hope this helps,
Maka

shakin · Jan 30, 2009

is a ameriquip sub frame availabe to fit my 2840? or in fact does any other manufacturer make one. if so why not? hey have you gotten that part # for the mitsubishi block heater, i have yet to need it though it starts right up everytime. the only issue i have is the ability to curl the bucket up when it's cold i have to wait or put some heat to the spool to make it work any ideas i have dried it out i think and sprayed a water displacing fluid around it but still it freezes up (tractor is kept indside a unheated portable shelter) been thinking about drying it out and packing grease around the spool think this will help?

Maka · Jan 31, 2009

There should be a sub frame for the 2840 from Amerequip through your Montana dealer. I know the 2840 and 2844 are same and they have one listed for the 2844/3644 so I think you should be good to go.

On the bucket curl did you remove the two covers on the bottom of the loder joystick valve? I think if you do that one of t hem will have some water in it. Dump it out and pack it with grease. If you want you can check to see if there is a little hole in the bottom of the cover and if not drill one (very small) so any water that somehoew gets in can drain. Thgis should take care of it. I believe what is happening is the water in there is freezing and not allowing the curl position to move until you let it warm up or heat the area.

I will send the block heater in shortly.

Thanks,
Maka