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[BleedOrange]

That screen is an awesome ideal. Even if your loading rock u can see through to see if your bucket is full, plus when your loading onto a truck that will keep rock and dirt off the paint. Great,

 

[tractorshopper]

I got the QA 66" on mine and use it all the time. Haven't found a load of clay or wet rip-rap buried in clay/sand, or anything that it hasn't been able to lift a full heaping bucket load of. I have a 72" BB on the back (550 lbs) when doing this work and have my rear wheels filled too. Every now and then with a heaping load of wet clay, it will feel light in the rear, but at controlled speed I have no issues at all. Just keep the load low to the ground while travelling.

I have dug out a lot of stumps, pushed up to 6" diameter trees over and pushed into the woods, and moved a lot of sub surface rocks. I amazed at what this thing will do. On some stumps, I'd get under them and sometimes wouldn't lift, but if you keep working at them eventually they come up.

I should have posted pictures of my last project, but I moved a lot of dirt and rock in no time, recontoured my 300+ ft ditchline by digging it all out, then filling in to make a nice wide U type ditch and sodded the section of ditchline 20' wide to get started with. Box blade and loader really do the job. Made a swale down one property line probably another 300 ft or more to direct run off into the new ditch and control run off also. Moved piles and piles of dirt. Before sodding, had to refill the other ditch line where I dug out all the sediment and rip-rap and moved more piles. Had a blast the entire time. The tooth bar is a must for this kind of work in my humble opinion and has been worth every penny. Boy do I love my L3800.

 

[BleedOrange]

Tractorshopper just exactly what I wanted to hear. Thanks a bunch for the information. One other thing is your loader a LA524 with a 66" bucket?

 

[teg]

Just to let you know that the LA524 = LA463

The difference in the number is the location of where the weight measurement is taken from :2cents:

 

[BleedOrange]

Did not know that
Ty

 

[magicheater]

Just to let you know that the LA524 = LA463

The difference in the number is the location of where the weight measurement is taken from :2cents:

Same for the LA402/403=LA504

 

[teg]

Also, the weak spot is the front axle so when you plan to lift a lot of weight - get a lot of weight *behind* the rear tires on the 3ph. Loaded rear tires help with stability but not unloading some weight from the front axle.

 

[BleedOrange]

So I have a pin on 60" bucket. Do they only make the 66" bucket in QC or they make a pin on as well and what's the difference? I've had tractors before but never had one with a bucket. I've used my neighbors backhoe a bunch, but this L3800 is not nearly as big and I just don't want to break anything.

 

[teg]

...I just don't want to break anything.

Ok, then why are you trying to put a 72" bucket on it? kubota lists the 66" as an option... most likely they don't think the tractor should have a larger one. I *think* that the QC is universal so if you get a larger bucket with the same QC - it should fit. I don't have one... so maybe someone with experience will chime in....

 

[Chilly807]

There are some minor differences in the 463 and 524, the mount system is different, for example. I think the 524 has a curved boom as well.

However, as Teg says, the lift capacity is nearly identical from all I've heard. The limiting factor isn't so much the actual strength of the loader components but the design and weight of the tractor it's attached to.

Sean