WaxMan
Veteran Member
It comes home tomorrow. I wanted to upgrade my B3030 cab but didn't like the new B series cabs, I wanted a Grand L cab but they were always too large to fit in my garage. What I really wanted was a Grand L in a B3030 size. Can't be done? Can't? Maybe it can?
So at the dealer we swapped the tires with L 3800 tires. I wanted to get a BH 77 backhoe to go with it but right now they're backordered. The dealer offered me a very slightly used (hardly used) BH 92 backhoe with the hydraulic thumb installed for the same price. OK I'll do that. So here it is - a Grand L 3240 with the smaller tires, a totally different size tractor. Even though it comes home tomorrow I still can exchange the tires with the larger ones if I want in the next month or so. I'll see how I like it. I don't really want a large tractor; the tires really bring the look of this tractor down to more of what I was looking for. A Grand L cab with HST plus transmission, larger capacity loader dust free cab in a smaller size.
This dealer - Ahearn Equipment in Spencer, Mass. - really goes above and beyond what is expected. They took my B3030cab in trade and someone is going to end up with a very nice well taken care of B3030 cab with Woods 7ft backhoe with a few extra options you can't get elsewhere.
All the people at Ahearn Equipment are excellent, really a different experience for me. Business is good at Ahearn and now I understand why. Also some pictures of the tires to show the difference. I'll post some side by side pictures once it's home. Shown is side by side with the B2650 same size as my b3030. A good idea or a mistake time will tell.
So at the dealer we swapped the tires with L 3800 tires. I wanted to get a BH 77 backhoe to go with it but right now they're backordered. The dealer offered me a very slightly used (hardly used) BH 92 backhoe with the hydraulic thumb installed for the same price. OK I'll do that. So here it is - a Grand L 3240 with the smaller tires, a totally different size tractor. Even though it comes home tomorrow I still can exchange the tires with the larger ones if I want in the next month or so. I'll see how I like it. I don't really want a large tractor; the tires really bring the look of this tractor down to more of what I was looking for. A Grand L cab with HST plus transmission, larger capacity loader dust free cab in a smaller size.
This dealer - Ahearn Equipment in Spencer, Mass. - really goes above and beyond what is expected. They took my B3030cab in trade and someone is going to end up with a very nice well taken care of B3030 cab with Woods 7ft backhoe with a few extra options you can't get elsewhere.
All the people at Ahearn Equipment are excellent, really a different experience for me. Business is good at Ahearn and now I understand why. Also some pictures of the tires to show the difference. I'll post some side by side pictures once it's home. Shown is side by side with the B2650 same size as my b3030. A good idea or a mistake time will tell.
