My new 4310!

[Anonymous Poster]

SWEEET I'll quit drooling now! haha
I have a 4300 to, You'll absolutely love it!!!
Wow, shes so pretty and new ahhhh )

Congrats on the really *COOL* attachments!
I'm envious! What I'd do for a 48 backhoe! =)

Post some action pictures when you get her going!
I'd love to see the BH in operation.... No jobs around the place to convince the wife i need one... ratz.

Oh, on the snowblower! Whoa, nice nice nice....
Does it hook to the mid mount pto?
Not being nosy, what it run you?
Did it include all the frame, pto shaft, and i notice hydraulics,
was that an option? What does the hydraulics hook to, and what do they run, the chute and up and down?

 

[sleepyhollow]

Picard335,

It sure is nice and I'm lucky my wife finally went along with it. That is my Christmas, birthday and next years Christmas present all rolled into one /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

The snowblower runs off the mid-PTO. There are actually two shafts involved, a 3ft. shaft from the mid-PTO to the blower mounting bracket and then a short 1ft. shaft on the snowblower itself.

The chute turns 180 degrees left/right via hydraulics and I can raise and lower the blower 8 inches via a cylinder on the snowblower. This is all controlled off the dual SVC for the loader. The blower is around $4,500, but I think that is well worth the cost when you consider craning your neck on a rear-PTO model when clearing a 600ft. driveway.

I posted a picture of the back of the snowblower and I'll try to get some of the mount on the tractor.
Sleepyhollow

 

[sleepyhollow]

Picard335,

Here are some more pics of the snowblower. The vertical chute angle is manually controlled by a friction knob.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

No, although if you could get it running I've found them very handy to pull a dump cart when you have a loader (if your wife will drive while you load!).

That's a great looking tractor. I definitely have backhoe envy. Having gotten a 4310 very recently, the only addition I can recommend is the 4 in 1 bucket for the loader. It is really great. Congratulations on your new tractor, you are really going to enjoy it!

 

[sleepyhollow]

Here is the snowblower mount bracket (by the way the brackets, hoses, shafts etc are all included in the snowblower price).

 

[sleepyhollow]

The snowblower mount... Basically 2 pins that fit the slots in the mount on the tractor.

 

[sleepyhollow]

The auger gear box is pretty substantial too...

 

[sleepyhollow]

One last shot of the snowblower hydraulics (chute rotation) before I get my picture posting privileges taken away /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif...

 

[sleepyhollow]

JN4310,

That's a good idea about turing the old tractor into a dump cart. The only trouble is the engine froze up and I'm missing a few gear teeth in first gear.

Not sure if I'm ready to give that thing a 10th life yet. I'm already scavanging it for parts /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
Sleepyhollow

 

[tanuke01]

Nice looking Machine. I have a question What are you going to mow with, to replace the old 5 speed? I have a 4300 with the 59: snowblower and a 60' MMM.

DPR