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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I am considering ordering a 3720. How much does the 4N1 bucket add to the price. )</font>
In 2000, I paid $1325.00 for a 61" and was credited $511.00 for the standard bucket. The third function hose kit for the 430 loader cost an additional $300.00. A Fasse diverter valve with joystick control cost $599.00. This was at the time of purchase (4300/430 loader) and included installation. Hopefully, someone will be able to jump in here with more current pricing.
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Is it a worthwile add on for the price? )</font>
It depends on your needs. I have a lot of multiflora rose to remove. Multiflora is extremely unpleasant to deal with up close and personal.
I feel that the added expense was justified when compared with the extra time and effort required to use a standard bucket to root out and pile the multiflora. It also allows me to move firewood logs to a central point for cutting and splitting without getting off of the tractor.
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Is it quick attach? (I would like to be able to swap it with a myers power angle plow that I hope to adapt to a quick attach carrier) )</font>
Yes. I built a mount for my Meyer plow and do just that.
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I have looked at past posts. WR Long is mentioned. Is it more costly and if so is the price justified? )</font>
I haven't seen a Long bucket up close but the pictures that I have seen make me think that it is a quality product. If I were buying today, I would consider Long, ATI (made in New Holland), and any others available. That said, the John Deere marketed bucket has been just about bullet proof. I have replaced two hydraulic hoses, one of which was under warranty.
Im not familiar with the pricing of the other brands.
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I see that a tooth bar can be added to a 4N1. This may sound stupid but can teeth be added to one of the edges that open for gripping ability or is that not necessary? )</font>
That's a great idea, but I don't think that it would be easy to implement. On the Deere bucket, the rear cutting edge of the clamshell closes tightly against the cutting edge on the main (bulldozer) part of the bucket. Perhaps one of the short line manufacturers has engineered this to allow room for the teeth that you are suggesting.
My bucket will handle logs, stumps, railroad ties, and most brush with the teeth built into the sides of the clamshell. I have bent these teeth on ocassion when moving long logs and have had to use a sledge hammer to straighten them.
You also need to be aware that the 4in1 bucket will hold less volume than a standard bucket and that it weighs a good bit more than a standard bucket. Sufficient ballast behind the rear axle is a must.
