I got them to take $300 off, they said the guy had only used it once, then traded it for a brush hog, he had it on a JD 5055E, I looked at the blades and the baffles, they look OK, but is missing some paint under there, but supposedly it is a 2019 model?
It is definitely commercial grade, I spent the afternoon getting familiar with it, adjusting it, greasing it, had to go to town and get a PTO shaft extension, was surprised to see that not only was there a grease zerk fitting in the center of the yoke, but also on one of the end caps too, they are connected together. (You can see both here)
It was quite interesting getting it off the trailer, I used a come along ... I put my scale in-between to see how heavy it was, flyer says it weighs 930 Lbs, I forgot to switch over my scale from kilograms, and it was already tared out with the chains hanging, so I left it there, said 501 KG! Which is about 1102 Lbs! Scale is only rated for 500KG/ 1100 Lb ...
I then drove the trailer out from under it ...
Then I had to get it down on the ground. . . I got a step ladder but was hard to reach the come along ... So I took the forks on my SCUT and stuck them under to steady it from swinging, and stepped on it ... While cranking it down I heard a strange sound, and saw the carabineer was STRETCHING! I quickly grabbed a short chain and bypassed the whole scale ... Guess it didn't like me standing on it and trying to tell me to go on a diet!
After getting it on the ground, you can see how much it stretched until the chain stopped it, it is only aluminum!
All the grease fittings took a lot of grease, 14 zerks total, I readjusted the height to 5.5" ... I'll see how that works out tomorrow ...
Checked the gearbox oil level, and it was quite full on the dipstick, so I drained it out!
