Uses for front end loader?

[LAWALLSTRACTOR]

The best bet is to ask your dealer to show you how.

 

[texasjohn]

This afternoon my neighbor called me.... it was 60 degrees, no wind... he wanted to cut down some dead hackberry trees that were certain to fall on our joint fence one of these days. I joined him with my tractor and FEL.

One BIG limb was hanging over the fence. Trunk on my side, it reached at least 20 feet into neighbor property. It would fall and destroy fence if it was cut at the trunk. I put FEL with hay spike under the limb right over the fence. Neighbor chainsawed the limb at the tree... limb fell on neighbor's pasture. FEL was support/fulcrum keeping limb off of fence... a few chainsaw cuts later, the limb was in small pieces and the fence had never been touched.

Your use of a FEL is limited only by your imagination... assuming you have any projects that need doing

 

[archerynut]

I wouldn't want a machine without a FEL. My favorite use so far was when I filled the bucket with ice and cold beverages and used the tractor as my diesel beer cart for a party this past summer. Except for lawn mowing the FEL is the most used attachment at my house. I recently moved a cast iron wood burning stove into the house with it, drove through the sliding glass door (yes I removed the doors first). Uses for the FEL are only limited by ones imagination.

 

[xlr82v2]

Warcat,

I don't have any good pics of the exhaust, but it exits under the right rear axle.

Here's a pic of the loader attach bolt. Attach the stands, then loosen and lift this bolt (1 on each side), curl the bucket to lift the frame out of the loader mount, back up a bit to get some clearance, then disconnect the hyd hoses, and the loader is off of the tractor. I think that's how it goes anyway, I've never had the loader off of the tractor yet... haven't had any need to. I think after you've done it a time or 2, it would take about 5 minutes or less to remove/attach the loader to the tractor.

I got real camera happy one day with my 3525 (I actually wanted to see how many pictures I could take on 1 battery charge in my camera and the 3525 was the subject), and took pictures of about anything you can think of on it (except the exhaust outlet ), so if you want to see a pic of anything, let me know, I've probably got a decent picture of it... I've got over 175 pictures of the various parts of my 3525.

 

[LBrown59]

OK, so like I said before, I'm leaning towards the 3525 WITH the front end loader. *I was waiting for the new year to see if I got a raise to cover the new monthly expense, and my boss came through for me...

So how does this thing go on and off?

*Hay that's great.
Sounds like you're on your way to that new tractor.

 

[LBrown59]

If you get a chainsaw stuck in a log, the bucket can take the pressure off the bar for easy removal.
*for the holes in the pasture, a blade will probably be easier.

My FEl and BH both work good for that.


* That depends if he needs to bring in new dirt to fill the holes with.
If the dirt needs to be moved much distance or over and around obstacles it takes a fel as you can't do that with a blade.

 

[LBrown59]

Hey Warcat,
I got my first Mahindra in 1999. It was a 4505. It didn't have a FEL. I really couldn't see spending the extra $'s for a FEL when I wasn't going to use it.

I WAS WRONG!​

I didn't think I needed one because I didn't know all things you can do with a FEL. After years of picking up stuff with my hands or a shovel as my tractor sat quietly in the barn, I decided to trade it in three months ago for a tractor with a FEL. After only three months, *I can tell you I made a mistake in 1999. The possibilities with a FEL are endless! GET IT!

* 9 years is a long mistake.