BH80 Woods on L3540HSTC-3 Install

[Twinkieflyer]

I bought a Woods BH80 a few months ago, and the dealer had a few problems getting the right subframe, but it worked out quite well, and with power beyond loop the whole thing cost me about 7300 installed. The dealer was very nice.

I noticed when I got the tractor back, that it doesn't look like the subframe added on to the loader frame, it looks like it replaced it. I had a thought, if I sell the tractor, there is no original loader frame to put back on.

I'm not sure this is a problem, but I wonder what happened to my loader subframe. I started to call, but maybe i am missing something.

Overall, the tractor has done very well, I was concerned about having enough power, but it has done well, and the only time it seems taxed, is when my 74" tiller is on a third pass and really buried in dirt. Have run a 84" back blade in 6" of snow, and that worked well too. I figure with the cab and loaded tires, it weighs about 1500 pounds more than an open station tractor, so maybe that helps with the back blade.

It is a little noisier than i thought, but overall I am happy with the purchase.

68 hours since delivery mid december.

 

[nickel plate]

I bought a Woods BH80 a few months ago, and the dealer had a few problems getting the right subframe, but it worked out quite well, and with power beyond loop the whole thing cost me about 7300 installed. The dealer was very nice.

I noticed when I got the tractor back, that it doesn't look like the subframe added on to the loader frame, it looks like it replaced it. I had a thought, if I sell the tractor, there is no original loader frame to put back on.

I'm not sure this is a problem, but I wonder what happened to my loader subframe. I started to call, but maybe i am missing something.

When I had my Woods BH90-X backhoe and subframe attached at my local tractor shop, I insisted (nice but firm) that every New Holland TC40S nut, washer, bolt and plate stock removed to install the Woods subframe be set aside and returned to me upon job completion. I have about fifteen pounds of New Holland fasteners and around one fifty-two hundred pounds of flat stock sitting in the shop. You need to go back to your dealer and retrieve the removed pieces ASAP before they grow legs. Look at your Woods 4-point subframe installation instructions, they call out exactly what needs to come off of your stock Kubota frame and replaced by Woods subframe parts.

 

[paulwestski]

+1 those are your parts they should have given them to you when you picked up your tractor.

 

[Twinkieflyer]

Thanks, I am going to call them.

 

[Lockport]

Yes, I had the same when I put a little BH6000 on my now sold BX2230. I had two big bags of nuts. bolts and washers and was sure to pass them on when I sold the whole unit.