questions re: FEL for 3510

[nworbekim]

hi, i bought my 3510 last spring and love it... my only disappointment with it was that i wasn't smart enuff to buy it with a FEL... i've never had a tractor with one, and didn't think i'd use it... but i can't count the number of jobs i've been in the middle of, and thought... wouldn't this be easier with a loader?

soooo.... i bit the bullet the other day and bought one... to be installed after the 1st of the year... and i'm sitting here daydreaming about all i can do with it...

like i said, i've never owned a tractor with a loader... what can i expect it to do? i realize its not a dozer, so i don't expect to do any major excavations... but what can i expect?

by the way, its a lot more expensive to add one than it is to buy it already installed...

see y'all....

 

[Willman]

I hear you loud & clear brother!
I have my property for 15 years now, got my 4110 in 2004.
All the jobs in all those years I did with back labor.
Much shoveling, on the cart, off the cart.
I knew a FEL would be so much better for uncountless jobs.
So when I went to purchase the new tractor the FEL was a must have and the BH was just iceing on the tractor cake.
I think the FEL paid for itself just last year with the driveway stone and the loads of top soil I moved around.
I dug out old side walks and hauled the chunks to the back property. I would have had to hired that job out to someone.
You WILL find that FEL to be the best thing on your tractor!
Good luck & enjoy!

 

[jpm]

I would also get the quick attach to be able to use differant buckets,a great addition i use all the time

 

[nworbekim]

this is almost as bad as a kid waiting for Christmas... i can't stop thinking about it... my back is sure going to love it, i know that!

i have to show my ignorance again... i wasn't aware of anything else than the bucket that comes with it, and a hay roll spike, were available... what else is there?

they didn't show me what you mentioned about anything making it easier to take the bucket off... i'll have to look at that...

see y'all!

 

[Willman]

Yes the quickattach added $450 to my FEL but glad I got it.
The QD will allow you to use any of the now standard skid steer attachments.
Buckets, blades, grapples and much more.
I have a QD 7 ft. snow plow blade I picked up used.
I can swap out between the blade & bucket in about 3 min.