picked up 3720

[190carr]

i picked up my first tractor yesterday the 2008 3720 ehydro,put an hour on it today clearing snow,getting ready for more snow tomorrow.so far i love it easy to use and plenty of power.i am still very much green on the whole thing,had not realized i need tools to disconnect the rotary mower from the tractor,oh well live and learn.

 

[WH401]

Congratulations on your purchase, I'm sure you'll be very happy with it. Why and what tools did you need to detach the mower?

 

[jenkinsph]

Thats a nice tractor, have fun with it. Be careful and you will learn the ropes quickly.



Steve

 

[190carr]

i was wrong after looking at it better i found the little button to push in to release the drive shaft from the tractor.I spent a whole afternoon riding around with half of the drive shaft attached to the tractor,nothing like being green!!!!

 

[AKfish]

Congratulations on your new machine! And welcome to TBN. A few pictures would definitely be appreciated!

(Hopefully, the driveshaft is still right where you left it..)

AKfish

 

[cbturf]

i was wrong after looking at it better i found the little button to push in to release the drive shaft from the tractor.I spent a whole afternoon riding around with half of the drive shaft attached to the tractor,nothing like being green!!!!

Paint the driveshaft white...then you will have a whitetail deere!

 

[luckyfarmer]

Hey, I own a 2007 JD 3720. Watch out for the R4 tires, my land is mostly gravel and sand, I'm not rough on the machine, I was out with my 6 ft brush hog cutting grass and I notice the citric liquid leaking from a hole in the rear left tire two weeks after I bought it, then the other tire went, I finally spent $1350 to have the tires foam filled. Then the front tire popped, so I had them foam filed too.
the tires in my opinion are junk. But i do like the tractor and now that I have them all filed with foam, no problems.
Luckyfarmer

 

[GreenMtns]

Hey, I own a 2007 JD 3720. Watch out for the R4 tires, my land is mostly gravel and sand, I'm not rough on the machine, I was out with my 6 ft brush hog cutting grass and I notice the citric liquid leaking from a hole in the rear left tire two weeks after I bought it, then the other tire went, I finally spent $1350 to have the tires foam filled. Then the front tire popped, so I had them foam filed too.
the tires in my opinion are junk. But i do like the tractor and now that I have them all filed with foam, no problems.
Luckyfarmer

I think you just got some bad tires. I have 300+ hours on my 3520 with R4's and have not had any problems with them. Could there be somethng buried on your property that you might be running over?

The JD 3X20's are great machines. Mine takes care of 10 acres and makes it fun to do.

 

[jenkinsph]

If you are poking holes in the tires you are running over something, I don't think it is faulty tires. If you cut off saplings and roots at the ground these will definately poke holes in tires.



Steve

 

[JD3520Turbo]

The galaxy tires are weak. They have no puncture resistance in them at all. You are buying a premium machine and you get budget tires. Mine leaked around the beads and such, so I put Michelins on mine and they are amazing. Big heavy radial tires that have super load capacity and steel belts to prevent things from poking through them. Bring on the thorns.

Foam filling them has to make that thing strain somewhat to get moving and to stop. All that reciprocating mass is hard to stop and start. Also, doesn't it ride hard?