Harv - I guess you saw the post to Jimmy I was writing while you were posting your message, which explained that your eyes did not deceive you - the cup is stuck on the 4-in-1 bucket. You never can tell where one of those cups will turn up, you know. I didn't intentionally put it on there to drive around with it, but once I saw it was there after I started off, I had to pretend I did to save face... /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif
Whew! As if you already didn't have the tractor everybody else wanted... now look! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif It really looks fantastic Mark... congratulations on finally getting it!
Mark, you don't have as long a hot season as we do, so maybe you won't need the a/c, but I remember once seeing 94 degrees and 94% humidity one day in June in your area./w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif I did not stay out in it very long.
It’s party time… congrats on getting that bodacious earth mover finally…
A report on last nights news about someone keeping the neighbors up all night partying inside some TLB… /w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif
Now, I understand what all those extra mounting brackets with holes were for… not for extra lights, but those multiple Bose stereo speakers…/w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif
Muhammad & John - Thanks! Now that today is behind me, I hope to at least get it off the trailer tomorrow and start painting the brackets, chain eyes, and other new metal. Who knows, maybe I'll even get to play with it a little. The one thing I'm not sure it'll exceed the L4310HST in is tractive force. That's something I definitely want to test as soon as I can. I've already learned that it's going to take a little getting used to - it's very different from either gear or HST tractors; it's more like a commercial TLB. I never really liked the way they operate as far as moving the machine around is concerned, at least when compared to the L tractors. With the EarthForce, you have Rexroth's "automotive" control, which I've described earlier in this thread, but what it basically amounts to is that you push down on the accelerator, and the hydraulic pump and motor automatically determine speed (and/or acceleration rate) based on engine speed, load, etc. Also, when using the loader hydraulics, you can't set the hand throttle control, because it resets as soon as you touch the accelerator. So, to get engine speed to raise the loader with a heavy load, you either switch the shuttle lever to neutral and depress the accelerator, or push a little button on the loader lift/dump joystick while depressing the accelerator, which has the same effect as switching to neutral: it disengages the HST pump. As I say, it's going to take some getting used to, but as with everything else, I can see both advantages and disadvantages to this approach.
Bird - You're right: 90-plus temperature and humidity is something we see far too often around here. The first day like that we have, I'm going to be questioning my decision to get the cab model...
<font color=blue>90-plus temperature and humidity is something we see far too often around here</font color=blue>
I seem to recollect an episode of heat stroke a while back, leading to the birth of the Chalkley Cup. Sounds to me like A/C would be totally justifiable. The cab is not absolutely necessary, but it sure would make it easier to hold onto that cold air. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
