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Got an hour of seat time today! Works great. More work tomorrow, and should have time to post pics then too. Unfortunately it doesn't have a drawbar, but has a place for one. Is buying the OEM JD one the only option? It costs almost two hundred bucks!
Also, I hadn't really thought about this before, but it has the standard bucket, not HD. May look into welding some reinforcement so I can get a toothbar and some chain hooks. I'm betting that would be more affordable than a new HD bucket.
Also, I hadn't really thought about this before, but it has the standard bucket, not HD. May look into welding some reinforcement so I can get a toothbar and some chain hooks. I'm betting that would be more affordable than a new HD bucket.
Just do a little searching, definitely not the only option but from what I saw in my minute of a "deere drawbar" google search they aren't cheap. Pretty much the same price as the Deere draw bar. What will you be using it for? If your going to be towing stuff around with it I'd recommend one of the 3PH 2" receiver such as this one. That way you can adapt the height that way and it is $200.
As for the HD bucket, the std. bucket came on my 3120 and I kept it that way. Hasn't been damaged until recently that I was trying to dig out a very large stump, put the top rail of the bucket in a ridge where the tree was cut and then curled the bucket. It did put a minor bend in the top lip of the bucket. Didn't do any damage to how the bucket works but is kind of annoying. I wish I had a picture but I think it would have done the same thing to a HD bucket as it isn't reinforced there either, only on the sides and the lip to my knowledge. If I was to get another I'd probably go HD but I'm perfectly happy with the std. I definitely wouldn't buy another in your shoes, but if your pretty good with a welder and want to reinforce a little it couldn't hurt:thumbsup:
What I've done is take the bucket off (just the two pins and tilt and its off) wrap a chain/rope between the two quick connections with a little droop in it then hook a chain/rope to the middle. Then you can control height as well, I find it very handy. I've had hooks on my buckets before but with it off you can see through and the bucket blocks your view of what your pulling.
Nice pics. Sure is a good, clean looking tractor!
99johndeere99
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hyperrust said:
Yea it's one mean decepticon. Ha!
I have tooth bar on my std bucket it ha. Held up good it made it dig a lot better.
The vertical exhaust is another good option. Have fun with new tractor.
Very cool.
I found another thread on another forum about reinforcing the bucket. I bent the top of it a little more today accidentally, was pushing a large pine limb out of the way and it shifted, acted as a lever/fulcrum, and worsened the bend in the top.
The other thread suggested having 2" x 3/8" strap welded across the top, and two similar straps up the sides. Another idea would be to box in the bottom of the bucket with a rectangle of steel. They also mentioned welding some pipe under the tip lip of the bucket. I found highly recommended machine shop just down the street, plan on talking to them next week.
I wonder, if I have them drill for the HD removable cutting edge, could I get one of those and just put it on this bucket? Will a toothbar fit with the removable cutting edge on at the same time?
