Hello all,
I recently picked up a 3910 4WD with the 7410 loader. I almost passed on the deal because the loader had been welded at some point, but the rest of the tractor was so nice and the price was good enough that I couldn't pass it up. It is a brute of a tractor and so far I am very pleased.
My question pertains to the loader. The welds include a couple of plates on either lift arm, above and below the cross member. As a result of the work done to it (or the damage that caused the work to be necessary), the lower sections of the lift arm - somewhere between the cross member and the bucket - are a little off-kilter. The bucket actually sits on the ground fairly flat, but there is an obvious tweak in the arms. The upper parts of the arms seem to be fair straight and all the mounts are good. Believe me, I looked very carefully before I purchased to be sure there was no damage to the loader/tractor interface.
How concerned would you all be about this issue? The loader works great, and is functionally fine. The price I got on the tractor leaves me with enough dough to seek out another (used) loader if need be... I'm inclined to use it until there's some sign of vulnerability, but I also don't want to risk catastrophic failure. Any insight would be much appreciated.
As an aside, there is a Massey 236 loader in the area at a reasonable price. Does anyone have any sense of how much work would be involved in mounting another brand loader? How universal are the mounts on these older tractors? I have a good friend with metal fabrication experience and could recruit him, but don't want to get into anything too crazy. Or costly.
Thank you!
I recently picked up a 3910 4WD with the 7410 loader. I almost passed on the deal because the loader had been welded at some point, but the rest of the tractor was so nice and the price was good enough that I couldn't pass it up. It is a brute of a tractor and so far I am very pleased.
My question pertains to the loader. The welds include a couple of plates on either lift arm, above and below the cross member. As a result of the work done to it (or the damage that caused the work to be necessary), the lower sections of the lift arm - somewhere between the cross member and the bucket - are a little off-kilter. The bucket actually sits on the ground fairly flat, but there is an obvious tweak in the arms. The upper parts of the arms seem to be fair straight and all the mounts are good. Believe me, I looked very carefully before I purchased to be sure there was no damage to the loader/tractor interface.
How concerned would you all be about this issue? The loader works great, and is functionally fine. The price I got on the tractor leaves me with enough dough to seek out another (used) loader if need be... I'm inclined to use it until there's some sign of vulnerability, but I also don't want to risk catastrophic failure. Any insight would be much appreciated.
As an aside, there is a Massey 236 loader in the area at a reasonable price. Does anyone have any sense of how much work would be involved in mounting another brand loader? How universal are the mounts on these older tractors? I have a good friend with metal fabrication experience and could recruit him, but don't want to get into anything too crazy. Or costly.
Thank you!