Finally my own CUT - a short story
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Update: It's ready!!!! Well. Mostly. I was ready to take delivery today w/o the T&T kit because Deere was not reporting back a dispatch date as it was on backorder. When I called to change the delivery time, so my lovely wife could witness, they said the kit just arrived. I told them to hold off on delivery until tomorrow or Thursday and to have the kit put on and do it up right instead of hurrying. SO....the wait continues, but there is a big green light at the end of the tunnel now!
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After a slight electro-hydraulic snafu with the diverter kit it's ready. 3:00 today!
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Looks like you are ready for whatever comes your way...
Good looking set up!
Good looking set up!
DennisFolsom
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Nice looking rig! Enjoy!
Creamer
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That is one busy little rig! No wonder it took so long!
wmonroe
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Very nice! That's how you mow grass in comfort.
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Thanks guys. I'm pretty sure Mother Nature has an issue with me. It's been way to wet and muddy to play. I got a bit of seat time on Friday afternoon and night before the latest downpours to check function of all units (except front hitch and blower). I took the loader off and put it on. Checked mower function, set height, mowed a bit and took the mower deck off. Imatch works as advertised. T&T seems like it should have a little more side to side range so I need to play with that a bit and see if there are any adjustments or "locks". I have a lot of dirt work to do as soon as it dries out so I'm not going to mount the front hitch and blower just yet. I took it over and filled it with fuel and I'm ready to go!!!
wmonroe
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Looks good with a little mud on it.
Creamer
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Is that an air conditioned garage for it?
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No A/C and no heat in garage....yet. I just finished the garage in anticipation of the new arrival. The original plan was to build a detached space. But, a few budget issues and I decided to just keep it simple, add the back door and worry about the detached garage later. I've had drywall up forever, but never finished so I took off the lower course of drywall and put up poly'ed OSB and finished out the rest and hung new lights. The back burner winter plan would be to run a couple ducts. Easy enough, I just need to do it. 
JD 970
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That is awesome! Is there any option you did not get?
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LOL, Yeah JD970, a few. Amazing what you can order on it. For one, I did not get the stereo. Way overpriced IMHO. I can drop my own in for 1/4 the quoted cost. And honestly, all I want is a receiver with Bluetooth. My approach was to be able to run just about any aux equipment I could. Other than hydraulic capacity (flow) I'm pretty much there I'd say. Also not ordered, front fenders, horn, oil heater. I could go on and on....
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Ready for 10 hour maintenance. I'll put this thread to rest. Everything seems to be working well. I have some questions and issues I need to address, but all minor. In hindsight, a heavier boxblade would have been nice, I figured this would be the case going in, but this will work for what I need for now. If it turns out to be too light I'll either upgrade or I do work with large plate steel and can easily add weight myself either through cutting my own weight or adding a box and filling it with cutouts, etc. Thanks for the posts and comments. I'll be starting a thread or two in projects before too long.
