Request for price/sanity check on L4330 and attachments
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OK, here's what I see. Keep in mind pictures can be deceiving, so you'll need to do your own "eyes on" checking. Also, cosmetics are less important than mechanical operation.
1. Grey paint has some typical fading, particularly from the operator station on back. But orange paint on hood and fenders seems almost new... no scratches, etc. Seems kind of odd, like maybe there was some cosmetic fix-up or something.
2. Similar comment about the loader arms, etc. Stickers seem almost new. New loader, perhaps?
3. Another odd thing about the FEL... notice the mismatched bolts holding the loader bracket to the chassis of the tractor inside of the front wheel. They're normally all the same color. What's up with that?
4. Tires show lots of pavement wear... more like you find on units with 1,000 hours and up.
5. Were implements bought new with tractor? Did they live outdoors while tractor was garaged? Post hole digger is obviously new.
1. Grey paint has some typical fading, particularly from the operator station on back. But orange paint on hood and fenders seems almost new... no scratches, etc. Seems kind of odd, like maybe there was some cosmetic fix-up or something.
2. Similar comment about the loader arms, etc. Stickers seem almost new. New loader, perhaps?
3. Another odd thing about the FEL... notice the mismatched bolts holding the loader bracket to the chassis of the tractor inside of the front wheel. They're normally all the same color. What's up with that?
4. Tires show lots of pavement wear... more like you find on units with 1,000 hours and up.
5. Were implements bought new with tractor? Did they live outdoors while tractor was garaged? Post hole digger is obviously new.
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Grandad, thanks for the comments; I'll try to answer as best I can:
1. No clue, as far as I know the tractor was garaged in the shop or in the pole barn. I'll ask about any fix-up and take some more pics. Any specific area you'd like me to concentrate on?
2. I'll ask if the loader came with the tractor, but this tractor came with the home, shop and land, so this owner may not know.
3. FEL bolts: I had to look and look before I saw what you're seeing. I'll take another pic today. I *assume* that the gold colored (Grade 8?) bolts are the correct ones?
4. I noticed the wear on the tires yesterday; don't know what's up with that. I do know that the owner used this tractor to clean up/grade the one mile gravel road. Tractor, BTW, has 510.8 hours on it.
5. Tractor garaged or pole barned; implements left outside to fend for themselves. Post hole digger/auger has been used to dig three holes in it's life, according to this owner (came with the land). Tractor and bush hog were bought by the previous owner from Leesburg, FL. The box blade came from a company in Boaz, AL (Lowery Manufacturing Company, http://www.lowerymanufacturing.com/Box Blades.htm); don't know when in the tractor's life that it was bought. Augur was bought from TSC, obviously, but don't know when except it more than 2 years ago (when this land owner bought the land).
Comments about the bush hog? From a search, it appears to be a lighter duty type BH. Appropriate for use with this L4330 tractor (41 hp/36 PTO)?
Thanks again for the comments, I appreciate it very much!!! :thumbsup:
1. No clue, as far as I know the tractor was garaged in the shop or in the pole barn. I'll ask about any fix-up and take some more pics. Any specific area you'd like me to concentrate on?
2. I'll ask if the loader came with the tractor, but this tractor came with the home, shop and land, so this owner may not know.
3. FEL bolts: I had to look and look before I saw what you're seeing. I'll take another pic today. I *assume* that the gold colored (Grade 8?) bolts are the correct ones?
4. I noticed the wear on the tires yesterday; don't know what's up with that. I do know that the owner used this tractor to clean up/grade the one mile gravel road. Tractor, BTW, has 510.8 hours on it.
5. Tractor garaged or pole barned; implements left outside to fend for themselves. Post hole digger/auger has been used to dig three holes in it's life, according to this owner (came with the land). Tractor and bush hog were bought by the previous owner from Leesburg, FL. The box blade came from a company in Boaz, AL (Lowery Manufacturing Company, http://www.lowerymanufacturing.com/Box Blades.htm); don't know when in the tractor's life that it was bought. Augur was bought from TSC, obviously, but don't know when except it more than 2 years ago (when this land owner bought the land).
Comments about the bush hog? From a search, it appears to be a lighter duty type BH. Appropriate for use with this L4330 tractor (41 hp/36 PTO)?
Thanks again for the comments, I appreciate it very much!!! :thumbsup:
A light/medium duty 6 ft. like that should be fine for general use with that tractor, depending on what you expect to be doing with it. I did think that 3 point mounting assembly looked particularly lightweight and susceptible to bending/flexing. I've seen similar brackets that were bent from going over ground that tended to lift the back of the cutter too much.
The reason I mentioned the loader mounting bolts is because the loader normally has the bright Grade 8 bolts as part of the installation kit.
I'd really want to know about the mechanical aspects more than the cosmetics... engine, hydraulics, transmission, steering, loader and 3 pt operation.
The reason I mentioned the loader mounting bolts is because the loader normally has the bright Grade 8 bolts as part of the installation kit.
I'd really want to know about the mechanical aspects more than the cosmetics... engine, hydraulics, transmission, steering, loader and 3 pt operation.