The little jewel that I ended up with

[cqaigy2]

Very nice!

 

[varmint]

Be curious to see some photos of the auger on the loader... SSQA, I presume. It may not be so fast, but pressure will provide the torque to drill, so you should be fine. More control for placement and drilling than a PTO auger.

 

[WileyG]

Be curious to see some photos of the auger on the loader... SSQA, I presume. It may not be so fast, but pressure will provide the torque to drill, so you should be fine. More control for placement and drilling than a PTO auger.

Yes, it will be SSQA and rented as I will never have enough hole drilling to justify owning an auger setup, at least in the near term. And down pressure is my main reason for wanting it on the front vs PTO auger on the back.

 

[sixdogs]

That is a very appealing tractor and in excellent shape. It's really all most guys need.

 

[Ryansweatt2004]

Real nice machine, I like the grill guard on it. I gotta ask though, what is up with that SSQA setup? Maybe I'm wrong but it doesn't look like an OEM part. Looks more like a home build setup, of course that won't matter as long as it works and your happy with it. Might loose some breakout force with the bucket being set that much further away from the pins though. Again, sweet tractor though.

 

[WileyG]

Real nice machine, I like the grill guard on it. I gotta ask though, what is up with that SSQA setup? Maybe I'm wrong but it doesn't look like an OEM part. Looks more like a home build setup, of course that won't matter as long as it works and your happy with it. Might loose some breakout force with the bucket being set that much further away from the pins though. Again, sweet tractor though.

The SSQA is OEM. Not sure what makes it look like it's not to you.

 

[sixdogs]

Is the grille OEM?

EDIT--How has it been running and working? Any other comments?

 

[Ryansweatt2004]

The SSQA is OEM. Not sure what makes it look like it's not to you.

Only reason I mentioned it is because I've never seen an LA513 loader with a quick attach like that. Just looked odd. I'm used to seeing those LA513 loaders setup with quick attach like this. Again sweet tractor either way.

 

[murphy1244]

It does look different to me too.

 

[TripleR]

I just found this thread, I bought a used L5030HSTC several years ago and when I traded it in, it sold before it even hit the lot; same as when I bought it. Those are great machines if you are lucky enough to find a good used one.