some questions for my new to me 3054

[reelnative]

Hi im new to the site but have been lurking in the shadows reading a bunch, now I have a few questions that I couldnt find on my own, I have a new to me 1999 3054, its in ok shape it runs very well, no smoke, well one puff at start up without the glow plugs used, no blow by, starts without the glow plug, has 1220hrs on her, a little rust on the fenders, a small weep on the frnt axle pivit seal, and a leaking rear main seal that im going to have to split the tractor to fix and the pto clutch doesnt work, the po never used the pto in the 11yrs he owned it, all he used it for was box blading, the questions I have are no1 I just bought a international 6ft bush hog for it and it seems to run it fine is it ok to use this hog or is it too big, I tested it over some thick baha about 3ft hi and a few small 2in dia oak and it didnt bog down but I was wondering if I will be able to run it at any speed thru some field grass, no2 I also got given to me a westendorf ta25 laoder will this loader fit and work or will it be too big, I fig the loader without a bucket weighs in at about 500 to 600lbs and question no 3 does this 3054 have enough hydro to run a loader ive herd it doesnt have mush flow but I dont know what psi it runs at eather. Im sure ill have a lot more questions but these are the 3 that are eating at me right now, Thanks and I love the site

 

[allsizepro]

I have a 3054 with a kl254 loader and it does great.

 

[RidgeHiker]

Our KL122 loader with the bucket weighs around 800 lbs and works xlnt on our LK3054. No lack of hydro power that I can see. Great little tractor.

 

[Westendorf-RR]

Hi im new to the site but have been lurking in the shadows reading a bunch, now I have a few questions that I couldnt find on my own, I have a new to me 1999 3054, its in ok shape it runs very well, no smoke, well one puff at start up without the glow plugs used, no blow by, starts without the glow plug, has 1220hrs on her, a little rust on the fenders, a small weep on the frnt axle pivit seal, and a leaking rear main seal that im going to have to split the tractor to fix and the pto clutch doesnt work, the po never used the pto in the 11yrs he owned it, all he used it for was box blading, the questions I have are no1 I just bought a international 6ft bush hog for it and it seems to run it fine is it ok to use this hog or is it too big, I tested it over some thick baha about 3ft hi and a few small 2in dia oak and it didnt bog down but I was wondering if I will be able to run it at any speed thru some field grass, no2 I also got given to me a westendorf ta25 laoder will this loader fit and work or will it be too big, I fig the loader without a bucket weighs in at about 500 to 600lbs and question no 3 does this 3054 have enough hydro to run a loader ive herd it doesnt have mush flow but I dont know what psi it runs at eather. Im sure ill have a lot more questions but these are the 3 that are eating at me right now, Thanks and I love the site

Loader without the bucket weighs 1255# - There's an internal I-Beam inside that arm you may not be aware of. The TA-25 is a great loader - a real workhorse - there are thousands of fits for this unit in a little higher horsepower range tractlr. You need a TA-111 for your tractor (a compact loader) as the TA-25 is too large.

 

[MAUITRACTORMAN]

Hi there-

I've been an LK3054 owner/operator since 2002. In terms of a good loader, I have got my machine set up with the KL-128 (54" bucket). To me, this has been a great match has far as FELs are concerned. I have 7 acres to manage, and the 128 has proven itself time and again- especially since I have a lot of material to move around. I've got the loader matched with the KB-1550 backhoe attachment, which provides excellent stability when doing serious FEL work.

Has far has performance, I keep the tractor in 4wd/4L, and at about 1,800rpm, and it handles just about anything...-almost like a small crawler loader would.

Anyway- just thought I'd throw this out there-