I'm going to have to keep more gas in the garage now. Something tells me the tractor is going to need refilled more often, LOL.
My '94 model 425 came with a 47" blower, 54" blade, front hydraulic quick hitch for them, 54" mower, chains, weight box and six 42 lb. suitcase weights. The blower & mower are shaft drive. I already replaced the cheesy "4 bar" chains with "2 bar" chains because they have a cross chain every other link instead of every 4th link and added 50 lb. weights to each rear tire. JD used to offer a model 40 loader for the 425, 445 & 455 tractors but used ones are far and few between and still command a very healthy price.
Ordered my new toy on Monday. It shipped out Tuesday and arrived at my work Friday afternoon. Stopped at my local JD dealer on the way home to pick up some fluids & filters. The parts guy gave me a nice thumbs up.
These things have pretty good reviews. This is a home brewed design that a guy and his son came up with in their garage a few years ago. Their business has grown so they had to move into a bigger fabrication shop. http://www.littlebuckloader.com/
Shipping weight was listed as 250# with it strapped to the pallet. I thought about unloading it with the engine hoist but after "unboxing" Little Buck I was able to walk it right out of the truck myself. No assembly required. It took one hour from the time I pulled into the driveway until I had the tractor parked back in the garage.
Normal install / removal is less than 5 minutes. It hangs on the front frame extension / bumper where the mower & quick hitch attach to, clicks in with 2 spring loaded pins and plugs in to the 4 hyd ports under the left foot rest. It sticks out about 4" further than the quick hitch / blower combo and lifts to almost 6 feet high.
My 31 ton splitter does both, but I'm not too keen on hunching over to wrestle big rounds around and split in the vertical mode. Now the misses can load those big rounds right onto the splitter table for me. The diagonal opening on the bucket is a good 22" so it will easily hold and lift a big round or two.
My '94 model 425 came with a 47" blower, 54" blade, front hydraulic quick hitch for them, 54" mower, chains, weight box and six 42 lb. suitcase weights. The blower & mower are shaft drive. I already replaced the cheesy "4 bar" chains with "2 bar" chains because they have a cross chain every other link instead of every 4th link and added 50 lb. weights to each rear tire. JD used to offer a model 40 loader for the 425, 445 & 455 tractors but used ones are far and few between and still command a very healthy price.
Ordered my new toy on Monday. It shipped out Tuesday and arrived at my work Friday afternoon. Stopped at my local JD dealer on the way home to pick up some fluids & filters. The parts guy gave me a nice thumbs up.
These things have pretty good reviews. This is a home brewed design that a guy and his son came up with in their garage a few years ago. Their business has grown so they had to move into a bigger fabrication shop. http://www.littlebuckloader.com/
Shipping weight was listed as 250# with it strapped to the pallet. I thought about unloading it with the engine hoist but after "unboxing" Little Buck I was able to walk it right out of the truck myself. No assembly required. It took one hour from the time I pulled into the driveway until I had the tractor parked back in the garage.
Normal install / removal is less than 5 minutes. It hangs on the front frame extension / bumper where the mower & quick hitch attach to, clicks in with 2 spring loaded pins and plugs in to the 4 hyd ports under the left foot rest. It sticks out about 4" further than the quick hitch / blower combo and lifts to almost 6 feet high.
My 31 ton splitter does both, but I'm not too keen on hunching over to wrestle big rounds around and split in the vertical mode. Now the misses can load those big rounds right onto the splitter table for me. The diagonal opening on the bucket is a good 22" so it will easily hold and lift a big round or two.
