Re: Bushy\'s 110
(About the attachment...it is four REALLY GOOD pics of the 110 with a hard cab,it is still in "file form"so it takes a minute but is worth checking out!!)
Joe,when you say "arms"I am assuming you mean the quicktach plates,since there is a right and left side to them.When I got my 110 it was missing a pin on the bar that goes between the loader arms and that the qt plates pin to,whithout that little pin the plates would move independent of each other making it hard to line up with the attachment,as soon as my salesman gave me the missing pin and I put it in the problem disappeared.If your loader arms are actually not dropping at the same rate something is really wrong so I hope what I describbed is wrong and nothing else.
Bushy,I'm not quite sure why everybody seems so afraid to remove the hoe on this machine,I swap it back and forth an average of 2 to 3 times a week,there is not a simpiler thing to do,tying your shoes may be harder.Yes a front mounted rake SOUNDS better I agree but think about these few things,you will always be raking going in reverse,even though the hydraulic driven rakes rotate both ways you can go forwards,but if you don't want to see tire tracks after you are done you will be looking back an awfull lot,next thing is if you need to pick up a bucket of rocks or soil you have to stop raking disconnect the hydraulics,remove the rake,hook up the bucket,then after you do that,do it all again to hook the rake back up,and the last thing is you would always be running the rake at the near minimum flow requirements which may mean it really isn't performing at its peak,so you would have an implement that cost around 6 grand that really doesn't work the way it should.On the other hand if you bought a three point hitch model it is going to work EXTREMELY WELL and you would be able to rough grade with the bucket and immediately rake it,and after using a skid steer with a harley rake I feel that the threepoint hitch models do a better job anyway.
Also thought I'd put this out there,I needed extra weight on the rear of the machine when I remove the hoe and put the rake on and apparently Deere just advises filling the tires which adds about 500 to 700 pounds per tire,which is too much weight on the axels when the hoe is installed,I wanted wheel weights but Deere doesn't offer them,so,I went to a Deere dealer who just sells the green machines with my 110,the guy was EXTREMELY helpfull,considering I didn't buy it from him,he measured the rims and contacted an independent manufacturer of wheel weights and found out that they do make weights that fit that style of rim,so I ordered a set.They weigh 106lbs a piece and cost $102 dollars each and they are stackable so more could be added.I put them on the other day and used the rake today and they made quite a difference.So even though Deere doesn't make them them,you can still get em'.Also Laurin cabs has a Hard cab now available for the 110,it looks very well built,and it fits the machine well.I am going to try to post a picture but if it doesn't work go to.... Laurin-inc.com.....go into the French section(they haven't updated the U.S. section yet) click on the Green Deere with the cab on it and you can see a pic of the 110 with the cab on,looks real sharp!
