alia176
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Thanks to the knowledge and help gained from the threads on this site, I finally acquired my first tractor, a 2011 3316HST with a 3720B BH and a meager 21 hours of use! Phone calls with Dave the tractor guy were extremely valuable to me, even though I wasn't able to buy a tractor from him, his selfless assistance was very much appreciated. Found this one on the tractorhouse website at a dealer in Arkansas. The BH had to be ordered and installed at their dealer. I could've had it ordered and installed at my dealer and that was preferable but the local guy didn't play ball with me. Too bad as I'd have liked to have developed a relationship with my local guy and I gave him every opportunity to find me this EXACT tractor.
Here she is just before she leaves the dealer for my house.
Anyway, I'm enjoying the absolute crap out of this little midlife crisis of mine
. My eight year old daughter can't wait till she can operate it w/o my help with the pedals. Just yesterday, she practiced her "curling" techniques using the pallet forks and cinder blocks
My first order of business was to park in the garage on jack stands and take a close look at everything with a fine tooth comb. Checked the torques on the bolts, rerouted hoses and just gave it a general health check, even though it only has 21 hours at the time. As soon as the BH manuals came in the mail, I rechecked their installation process just to make sure all is well. Yes, I'm a control freak...but in a good way docha know!
Just like clock work, I had the sudden NEED for a drag bar and box blade so I ended up borrowing them from two friends. A 6' blade and a 4' box was in the driveway in a week. Using the BH to lift these things out of the trailer made be giggle like a school girl :laughing: No more having to reach for Advil bottles for a sore back after doing heavy lifting and bending work.
First order of business to re-route the loaded hoses and tidy up things a bit. One of the hoses showed abrasion from the foot pedal linkages and now all is well and tidy.
Next order of business was to find some dust caps for the couplers. I'm very disappointed that Mahindra doesn't include these things with a tractor, like Kubota and perhaps JD do?
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Then I had a *need* for more attachments like a pallet fork, PSD, snow blade, etc. It doesn't help that the SSQA is standard on this loader so I started to scour CL and the auction sites. Few auctions kept popping up but not near ABQ until the Richie Brothers auction happened last Friday. Oh yeah, I was on that fly on poop! Going to auctions is a terrible test on your wallet. Granted, I didn't really need a whole bunch of stuff for the tractor but they had OTHER things, like a Duramax truck, a Kubota RV (mule), oh my, oh my.....
Ended up with a brand new Versatec (USA made) 42" 2800lbs rated pallet fork, a pallet of used PSD with two augers and a blank plate for SSQA. The plan is to build a boom for the blank plate so that I can lift things with the loader arms.
The pallet forks just put a smile on my face as I use it. Daughter started practicing her curling and lifting techniques with cinder blocks. She even lifted up the back end of the trailer just for S&G.
Next order of business will be to mount two rear view mirrors that I've been experimenting with. Also, I'd like to improve the BH hose coupler connection by moving them from under the front of the engine to the rear area.
Anyway, thank you all for the education and the encouragement in helping me pick out my frist tractor. I think we'll be together for a long time.
Here she is just before she leaves the dealer for my house.
Anyway, I'm enjoying the absolute crap out of this little midlife crisis of mine
. My eight year old daughter can't wait till she can operate it w/o my help with the pedals. Just yesterday, she practiced her "curling" techniques using the pallet forks and cinder blocks My first order of business was to park in the garage on jack stands and take a close look at everything with a fine tooth comb. Checked the torques on the bolts, rerouted hoses and just gave it a general health check, even though it only has 21 hours at the time. As soon as the BH manuals came in the mail, I rechecked their installation process just to make sure all is well. Yes, I'm a control freak...but in a good way docha know!
Just like clock work, I had the sudden NEED for a drag bar and box blade so I ended up borrowing them from two friends. A 6' blade and a 4' box was in the driveway in a week. Using the BH to lift these things out of the trailer made be giggle like a school girl :laughing: No more having to reach for Advil bottles for a sore back after doing heavy lifting and bending work.
First order of business to re-route the loaded hoses and tidy up things a bit. One of the hoses showed abrasion from the foot pedal linkages and now all is well and tidy.
Next order of business was to find some dust caps for the couplers. I'm very disappointed that Mahindra doesn't include these things with a tractor, like Kubota and perhaps JD do?
Then I had a *need* for more attachments like a pallet fork, PSD, snow blade, etc. It doesn't help that the SSQA is standard on this loader so I started to scour CL and the auction sites. Few auctions kept popping up but not near ABQ until the Richie Brothers auction happened last Friday. Oh yeah, I was on that fly on poop! Going to auctions is a terrible test on your wallet. Granted, I didn't really need a whole bunch of stuff for the tractor but they had OTHER things, like a Duramax truck, a Kubota RV (mule), oh my, oh my.....
Ended up with a brand new Versatec (USA made) 42" 2800lbs rated pallet fork, a pallet of used PSD with two augers and a blank plate for SSQA. The plan is to build a boom for the blank plate so that I can lift things with the loader arms.
The pallet forks just put a smile on my face as I use it. Daughter started practicing her curling and lifting techniques with cinder blocks. She even lifted up the back end of the trailer just for S&G.
Next order of business will be to mount two rear view mirrors that I've been experimenting with. Also, I'd like to improve the BH hose coupler connection by moving them from under the front of the engine to the rear area.
Anyway, thank you all for the education and the encouragement in helping me pick out my frist tractor. I think we'll be together for a long time.
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