Used l3301 thoughts/input
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Haha, bingo.... Box blade or flat blade for driveway and brush hog. Any input yall? Hope to find some used stuff on fb marketplace
I lived nearby in a previous life. When Georgia Ave was a quiet back-road and a halfway decent motorcycle route. I drove by the "capital for a day" sign hundreds of times. Also worked with a bunch of yuppies who pretended to be hippies and liked to eat lunch at the Olney Alehouse.
I don't know about your particular tractor, but I'd be very surprised if you should shift on the fly. Every tractor I've ever had (before this one), you put it in the gear you wanted, advanced the throttle, and let the clutch out. I don't know people that tried to shift on the fly even with my JD 3020, which was advertised to be able to shift between (some) gears on the fly. Ask guys that know about your tractor, of course
Yep, been driving new Hampshire Ave daily for over 30yrs now. Still love the area, but it's changed a lot.... But at the same time not at all.
Good to know.... I got on it and proceeded to drive it like my manual car. When shifting from a stop into any of the 8 gears it's fine. Didn't know tractors just went from 0 to go in any gear. Now I know, haha
Runs With Scissors
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L2501 TLB , Grappel, Brush Hog, Box Blade, Ballast box, Forks, Tiller, PH digger
I have a Homestead "Pinnacle Series " box blade that I am happy with. I am sure there are others that are as good or better, so my only advice is to be mindful of how the Scarifiers are adjusted if you decide on a box blade.
Some designs use "special clips" which I am not crazy about. (Land Pride BB12 series pops to mind)
I liked the simple "pin" style adjustments and the "beefiness" of the Homestead Pinnacle series and their military discount helped too.
RCW
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Your driveway looks very similar to mine.
Definitely land plane or box blade. I prefer box blade, others land plane. Skip the rear blade, unless you want to move snow with it (I have one for snow).
Definitely land plane or box blade. I prefer box blade, others land plane. Skip the rear blade, unless you want to move snow with it (I have one for snow).
OntheRidge
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Kubota L47 TLB, Homestead 55" grapple, LP 1684 rear blade, WR Long 84" snowplow
I have a Homestead Pinnacle series box blade, 72", that I am trying to sell. I'm not too far away, Hedgesville WV.
For changing the hydraulic filters, if you use a shopvac stuck into the hydraulic fill hole at the back of the tractor, you will not lose much fluid. Just make sure you have the vac set to suction and NOT to blow... What a mess THAT made...
I'm late to this party, but pretty sure the only gears synchronized are 3-4 (7-8). At least on my 3901, which should be same trans as 3301. I would strongly advise against trying to shift from 1-2(5-6) or 2-3(6-7) on the fly, though with low load and low rpm it usually goes smoothly. Somewhere, either in the owners manual or the product brochure it mentions which one is synchronized.
Our L245DT was like this as well except nothing was synchronized. After 40 years of use, it became synchronized though dt wear.
I finally was able to get the op manual that states to come to a complete stop when shifting gears. Doesn't say anything about 3/4 synch or dog eared gears. It's fine and not a problem to stop, but moving from stop to 4H loads the clutch a little more than I'd like for longevity.
TheOldHokie
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L3901/LA525, B7200DT/B1630, G2160/RCK60, G2460/RCK60
Messicks is right up the road from you and I order most of my parts from them. I have no use for the old Gaithersburg Tractor dealership.
I lived in Kensington, home of the original Jerry's Subs, for several years and played golf on lands that are now townhouses and malls. At that point in time Boyd's was considered the boonies....
Dan
Most tractors have synchros only on the split shifts - so if you have H/M/L that has no synchro, then 1,2,3,4,R usually has no synchro, and then if you also have a H/L or a shuttle shift, that would have a synchro on it.
If you want to shift when moving you'd typically need to learn to double declutch (double clutch in the US). Which is usually hard to do on a tractor with the heavy clutch they usually have, and means the by the time you've finished doing it you've come to a stop anyway.
Haha, yea I quickly learned that with double clutching as a fixMost tractors have synchros only on the split shifts - so if you have H/M/L that has no synchro, then 1,2,3,4,R usually has no synchro, and then if you also have a H/L or a shuttle shift, that would have a synchro on it.
If you want to shift when moving you'd typically need to learn to double declutch (double clutch in the US). Which is usually hard to do on a tractor with the heavy clutch they usually have, and means the by the time you've finished doing it you've come to a stop anyway.