New grand L 3540 HSDC

lawn_king · Apr 23, 2008

Theres a new ride in the shop, pictures coming soon. Man this is a big tractor. 1 hour on the meter. Shes going to her first job next week, installing a few yards of loam, core aerating 8000 sq.ft.

bandit67 · Apr 23, 2008

Can't wait to see the pics. Have fun with the new machine, I mean, get lots of work done and bring home lots of bacon.

boogerman2000 · Apr 23, 2008

Congrats man,,,I love my 3540 and it truly is a beast!!! Once I get me backhoe issues worked out I'm gonna dig a hole through the earth until I reach the middle east and steal some oil...

blagg · Apr 23, 2008

I think you will love

your new machine, I sure do. Mostly I've used mine for snow removal, cant wait to do other tasks with it.

lawn_king · Apr 24, 2008

boogerman2000 said:
Congrats man,,,I love my 3540 and it truly is a beast!!! Once I get me backhoe issues worked out I'm gonna dig a hole through the earth until I reach the middle east and steal some oil...

Thankx, i have been following your thread on the backhoe nightmare. Is it possible that too much hydraulic flow is going into the hoe?

boogerman2000 · Apr 24, 2008

lawn_king said:
Thankx, i have been following your thread on the backhoe nightmare. Is it possible that too much hydraulic flow is going into the hoe?

I asked the dealer that and he said no it's not. I think there is just a bad cylinder. I could see if I was really stressing the hoe but I had a bx23 that I really pounded at times and never had any issues. I believe once the cylinder is replaced it will be fine.

The bad part is, I'm not getting to enjoy the 3540...They put my tooth bar on while they had it yesterday and I used it for a few minutes when it came back....Man did that make a difference in leveling out the rocky clay soil and misc. crap...

lawn_king · Apr 25, 2008

My machine is leaking water out of the headliner, ac condenser is not draining properly.

72chevy4x4 · Apr 28, 2008

I picked up a 3540 hst last week and have put about 7 hours on. The fast and slow speed lever is a great addition and the feature that speeds the engine with the HST speed is also a wonderful feature. I especially like that feature when driving around doing piddly stuff and don't want the constant roar of the engine. Nice machine-can't wait to get some weight on the back!

Forks-how have I lived so long without forks? Being able to reach heavy stuff into where you are working is great!

lawn_king · Apr 29, 2008

My AC is back on line! The drain hose was never connected to the ac unit at the factory. Have you ever seen a cab model with the roof off ? It looks like darth vader in the empire strikes back, when you get that quick shot of him with his helmet off.

lawn_king · Apr 29, 2008

72chevy4x4 said:
I picked up a 3540 hst last week and have put about 7 hours on. The fast and slow speed lever is a great addition and the feature that speeds the engine with the HST speed is also a wonderful feature. I especially like that feature when driving around doing piddly stuff and don't want the constant roar of the engine. Nice machine-can't wait to get some weight on the back!

Forks-how have I lived so long without forks? Being able to reach heavy stuff into where you are working is great!

Agreed, i got the quick attach set up, the bradco forks are very nice indeed.