In delivery room....waiting!

[snoiger01]

Well by delivery room, I mean my nose is pressed against the front window looking for the delivery truck. Expecting a bright, shiny new L3800 with FEL, quick-tach 66" bucket and a canopy to be delivered sometime today. I sold my JD 2305 a few days ago and after looking and looking and then looking some more I decided to go orange. My neighbors may never speak to me again, and my family may disown me, but orange came out on top. I compared Mahindra, New Holland and of course John Deere.
Now I need to get my hands on some Kubota orange paint to make all of my implements match! :laughing:

 

[Deano]

You have your camera out....right??!!

 

[ericher69]

Save yourself some time and frustration. Call dealer and have them call when they are on the way.

Congratulations on the new tractor!

 

[creekbend]

Congratulations. :thumbsup:

 

[snoiger01]

Got the call at 11:45 that the driver was leaving the shop around 12:15, and the shop is about 40 minutes from here, soooo based on my calculations he should be here within the next few minutes. If my phone will hurry up charging I'll post pics of the delivery, if not ya'll have to wait a bit.

 

[MarkV]

We all expect cigars after the delivery!

MarkV

 

[radioman]

We all expect cigars after the delivery!

MarkV

:laughing::thumbsup:

 

[OrangeRidge]

Steve , what have to rigged up for access to the seat
on this L series ?

 

[BleedOrange]

Congrats! I feel the excitement, love that feeling, love to see close ups if the loader if possible ty

 

[snoiger01]

Here's the bucket
http://i1151.photobucket.com/albums/o630/weldonjunk/bucketcloseup.jpg

 

[bp fick]

Oh man!!! I'd scream bloody murder!! Somebody's already scratched that thing up!!!

Have them take it back. You'd gladly wait another few weeks for anothern'.

 

[snoiger01]

Steve , what have to rigged up for access to the seat
on this L series ?

I'm still toying with this one. It's a little more complicated since I have to be lifted up and back into where the seat is located. In my head I envision an i-beam attached to a steel plate so that it swivels. This steel plate is then mounted to the center of the ROPS under the canopy using u-bolts (so no welding to the ROPS is done, thus voiding the warranty and having the safety police screaming). A shop hoist run off the battery is then hung from the i-beam on a trolley. Once I'm lifted up, I grab the i-beam and slide myself back to the seat and lower myself down. Of course this is all "in theory" and has not actually been built or put to the test. I do not weld, nor do I claim to know the weight limits of steel or any other components, so my idea may not work, so I am open to ideas.
On my old tractor I used a game hoist that would slide into a 2" receiver hitch. It swiveled as well, so I would sit in a swing set sling and lift myself up, grab the steering wheel to spin around and then let it down into the seat. Worked ok, but when you can't feel your butt its sort of hard to know when your butt is actually in the sling. I turned upside down more than once because I wasn't on the sling seat just right. :laughing:

 

[snoiger01]

Oh man!!! I'd scream bloody murder!! Somebody's already scratched that thing up!!!

Have them take it back. You'd gladly wait another few weeks for anothern'.

Dang son! Don't do that to me! I just about broke my dang neck running out there to find that it was only a blade of grass sticking up!

 

[snoiger01]

And for those who just want the big picture, here's the new arrival http://i1151.photobucket.com/albums/o630/weldonjunk/tractorone.jpg

 

[MFortie]

Congrats!

I'm waiting on a L3800 too! The BH is what's holding mine up...

 

[Deano]

Dang son! Don't do that to me! I just about broke my dang neck running out there to find that it was only a blade of grass sticking up!

Leave the man alone!!

Congrats to you!!! Nice rig!

 

[OrangeToys]

Nice machine! How do you like the construction of the canopy?

 

[snoiger01]

Nice machine! How do you like the construction of the canopy?

It looks pretty sturdy from what I can tell. Looks to be 1" angle iron thats welded together and bolted to the ROPS. I forsee the bead around the edge of the canopy metal coming off with time and exposing a pretty nasty edge to cut my fingers on should I ever reach up there, but other than that I would say its a nice addition.

 

[yandeereguy]

The first scratch is always the hardest:laughing: then they just start becoming war badges..

 

[Davinator]

Congrats! That is a beautiful rig!