uses for a front end loader

LBrown59 · Oct 16, 2009

spruce Deere said:
UM let see,
Price difference between R-1 and R-4 tire options= few hundred bucks

Price of like size brand of tractors= Few thousand dollars

Price of loader you thought "don't need" when you need it = priceless
Trust us, You will need and find a use for a loader if you own a tractor. Makes the thing even more useful. Here is just a freckle of what I use a loader for

When I bought my BX23 and BX1500s
they came standared with your chioce of r1 or r 4 tires.
Same price either way.

whitedogone · Oct 16, 2009

LBrown59 said:
When I bought my BX23 and BX1500s
they came standared with your chioce of r1 or r 4 tires.
Same price either way.

Ya, but them's lawnmowers. It will run a few hundred more for ind tires on real tractors.

LBrown59 · Oct 16, 2009

whitedogone said:
Ya, but them's lawnmowers. It will run a few hundred more for ind tires on real tractors.

Then I'm glad mine's not a real tractor.
Hundreds more for a worse tire makes sense to me

spruce Deere · Oct 16, 2009

mjncad said:
Spruce Deere:

I'll bet the critter in photo 3 wished you didn't have a loader.

Not only the loader got play in butcher'n, it had a roll as the pack mule too. AND not to mention unloading the freezer from the pick-up that the elk ended up in

The loader is half of the tractors duties.

soulasphil · Oct 18, 2009

Barely smoking, sorry I didn't see your post before now.
The implement is a hedge trimmer. Three cylinders and a hydraulic motor. Vertical cut up to 14' 9", horizontal cut up to 10' 6". I could no longer keep up with the growth of my numerous hedges. I have already posted photos of the thing, but here are a few.

meanstreak · Oct 18, 2009

I use mine to take the trash to the curb, for taking wood to the camp fire at the neighbors house, use it for holding up logs while buzzing them up,the list goes on and on but most of all it is so COOOOOOOOOOL BABY!

LBrown59 · Oct 18, 2009

soulasphil said:
Barely smoking, sorry I didn't see your post before now.
The implement is a hedge trimmer. Three cylinders and a hydraulic motor. Vertical cut up to 14' 9", horizontal cut up to 10' 6". I could no longer keep up with the growth of my numerous hedges. I have already posted photos of the thing, but here are a few.

Where R they? Would like to see them also.

saskman49 · Oct 19, 2009

With hooks welded to your bucket it turns an already versatile tool into an amazing tool. I carry my 100gallon diesel tank from the fuel stand to the truck and back when I need to take it to town to get a fill. Just drive the bucket under the front of the tank and hook the chains to the hooks on the bucket and tank off we go. I carry my 3pt blower and 500lb air compressor the same way. Of course can also do novel things like actually carry dirt in them as well. They make a great post pounder as well.

soulasphil · Oct 19, 2009

For those who asked, you will find the same pictures of the hedge trimmer (could also be used to cut grass in difficult places) plus a few more in the thread "New JD 3520 : she's a beauty !" pages 4, 5 and 7.

randyp359 · May 30, 2012

I do agree that working with my FEL is my all time favorite. However, removing snow from my driveway in a big storm that involved lifting high on a side hill is the only time I have tipped my tractor all the way over. Careful out there.