L3830 Ordered

[rdam]

3" at either end... Room to spare !!!!! NOT !!!! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
The building is 24' x 24'

 

[rdam]

It took me 10 minutes to figure out how to pick up 40 pounds of dirt/sod.

Yeah, it's harder than it looks! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

 

[rdam]

This is about the thickest brush I have to deal with. It's easily within the Squealers limits of 1".

I need to purchase a combination radio/hearing protector. More for the radio than hearing protection...The unit is quiet.

It's stingy on fuel. 5.2 hours and used a quarter tank. However, she's only running between 2000 and 2300 RPM during break-in.

Bad things: No oil pressure gauge. I used to run commercial boats and that was THE gauge to watch.

Idiot style water temp gauge. the tractor ran at
"4 dots" regardless of outside temp. Note to RaT: What's yours run at?

So far everything else seems fine. Time will tell.

 

[rdam]

The CFO insisted on decorative plastic shutters and mini-blinds to give the building a more "residential" look rather than commercial. This is the side facing the street 400 feet away. The tractor lives comfortably.

 

[rdam]

Oh yeah. I got 2 dealer hats and a key chain.

I think I've read that some people had trouble engaging/disengaging the 4WD. Mine is loose and smooth as silk. So smooth I though it wasn't connected. It is and it works fine.

Last photo (for now!) /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Whiskey]

Rdam:

The place looks great!!! and nice looking <font color="orange"> Bota-barn </font> too boot. Ok gotta ask.....have you let the CFO have any seat time yet?

Hey, I got one of them sony arm or belt hook gym radios and it works great in the gym but as far as tractor time it stinks and I've tried both the foam "shove in your ears" type of headphones and the standerd ridged headphones and both stink. If your ears don't sweat off I would look for something more along the lines of the ear muff's you wear while shooting with radio in them.

Whiskey

 

[rdam]

She probably got about 30 minutes or so. She was able to run the Yanmar so it wasn't a huge deal. Remember, she's the one who said "make sure you get a big enough tractor".

 

[mytoys]

rdam,

I like that barn. I'm in the process of deciding what I'm going to do as far as tractor shelter. Was that a kit? Any info you might be able to pass along is appreciated.

Nice tractor too. Congrats!

John

 

[rdam]

The building is real nice. I suppose you can build it yourself, but it is an engineered building and had to be built to code.

It is technically a 24x24x8 building. The 8' measurement is the length of the vertical leg at the side of the building. However, the eave height is 9'6". The roll up door is 9'. It has a 4-12 pitch and a 13'6" peak height.

The building was $4,597. Setup was $1,739. Freight was $400.00. Sales tax $321.00. Total building price $7,058.53. Included a 10x9 roll up door, (1) walk in door and (2) 40x30 windows.

The slab was expensive, but well done. $2,400.

www.portagrace.com. It is the ExSel model.

 

[mytoys]

Thanks!