chim
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Latin for multiple orange tractors? 
Santa brought us a clean 4240 for Christmas. So for a period of time the L3200 and L4240 will both be here. The L4240 needs rear work lights and something more than the bucket for snow removal. Although I'm anxious to start using the 4240, I'll follow my own advice and add a wear edge to the bucket before using it on blacktop. The 3200 will go up for sale when the 4240 has some of these things completed.
After much reading and thought, I'd like to try a front blade on an SSQA plate similar to the one that Paul Short built. The blower on the 3200 is a lot of fun and easy to use on driveways. It should be a foot or so wider for the 4240 and just adding wings to funnel snow into the same auger and fan doesn't seem like a good idea. The largest snow clearing areas I get into are the parking lots at our church, and many posters seem happy with plows for that application.
The search that led to this tractor included several brands of factory-cabbed tractors in the 38 to 40 HP range so there would be a couple horses to run the A/C and a few more for a wider finish mower. Lots of time on Craigslist and Tractorhouse. Many hours of driving to see tractors within a 2 hour drive, and both new and used. This one was just a little bit larger than that, with 10 HP more than the 3200.
The 4240 is about 10 years old with 977 hours on it. Whatever it was used for apparently involved staying indoors and away from bushes, trees etc. Everything looks new. I was able to confirm through a local dealer that the hydro pump was replaced at 79 hours and there were no records of trouble in the next 900 hours. Wifey asked what's better about the "new" tractor. I told her it was much more comfortable and user-friendly. She then asked if the difference between the two tractors was like the difference between the Ford truck and the Tahoe. I told her no. It was more like the difference between our first Jeep (40's military) and the Tahoe. She then asked why I didn't get something like the 4240 before. Any wonder we recently celebrated 48 years of marriage? Also, a shout out to her brother who told her "Chim should have a tractor with an A/C because he spends a lot of time in it".
Second picture is a plow that will be the starting point for the first real project. It's been sitting in a corner of one of the warehouses at work. It came with a used truck we bought for a foreman about 4 years ago. Since we don't need it there I was able to get an unbelievable deal on it.
Santa brought us a clean 4240 for Christmas. So for a period of time the L3200 and L4240 will both be here. The L4240 needs rear work lights and something more than the bucket for snow removal. Although I'm anxious to start using the 4240, I'll follow my own advice and add a wear edge to the bucket before using it on blacktop. The 3200 will go up for sale when the 4240 has some of these things completed.After much reading and thought, I'd like to try a front blade on an SSQA plate similar to the one that Paul Short built. The blower on the 3200 is a lot of fun and easy to use on driveways. It should be a foot or so wider for the 4240 and just adding wings to funnel snow into the same auger and fan doesn't seem like a good idea. The largest snow clearing areas I get into are the parking lots at our church, and many posters seem happy with plows for that application.
The search that led to this tractor included several brands of factory-cabbed tractors in the 38 to 40 HP range so there would be a couple horses to run the A/C and a few more for a wider finish mower. Lots of time on Craigslist and Tractorhouse. Many hours of driving to see tractors within a 2 hour drive, and both new and used. This one was just a little bit larger than that, with 10 HP more than the 3200.
The 4240 is about 10 years old with 977 hours on it. Whatever it was used for apparently involved staying indoors and away from bushes, trees etc. Everything looks new. I was able to confirm through a local dealer that the hydro pump was replaced at 79 hours and there were no records of trouble in the next 900 hours. Wifey asked what's better about the "new" tractor. I told her it was much more comfortable and user-friendly. She then asked if the difference between the two tractors was like the difference between the Ford truck and the Tahoe. I told her no. It was more like the difference between our first Jeep (40's military) and the Tahoe. She then asked why I didn't get something like the 4240 before. Any wonder we recently celebrated 48 years of marriage? Also, a shout out to her brother who told her "Chim should have a tractor with an A/C because he spends a lot of time in it".
Second picture is a plow that will be the starting point for the first real project. It's been sitting in a corner of one of the warehouses at work. It came with a used truck we bought for a foreman about 4 years ago. Since we don't need it there I was able to get an unbelievable deal on it.
