What's involved with retrofitting MM mower, back hoe, pallet forks to B3200
Hi all,
Looked at a B3200 today after giving up on purchasing a B3350 after reading all the horror stories. Considering picking up the B3200 but int only comes with a B504 loader. I'm curious as to how much work is involved and the cost of retro-fitting the parts needed handle a MMM or belly mower, backhoe, tand a set of pallet forks as these will be items I'd likely like to ad to the tractor at some point?
From only a cursory check I didn't notice much of anything in terms of the hanging hardware for a mid mount mower already on the tractor? The back of the tractor just had the typical 3 point hitch arrangement, but did have a ball and hitch installed.
The pallet forks have me worried as the bucket I believe was not quick attach. I'd prefer to have a quick attach setup like the forks on my current JD, but it appears that a skid steer quick attach adapter is around $800 and I'd assume getting a new bucket would be involved if I'm looking at things correctly. Not sure what other, if any, more practical options may be out there.
Almost forgot I may have to swap to turf tires for some lawn work as well if I find that the R4s tear up my lawn. So I'd potentially be looking for a source for tires, and perhaps even a set of rims as well, to have a complete second set.
Hi all,
Looked at a B3200 today after giving up on purchasing a B3350 after reading all the horror stories. Considering picking up the B3200 but int only comes with a B504 loader. I'm curious as to how much work is involved and the cost of retro-fitting the parts needed handle a MMM or belly mower, backhoe, tand a set of pallet forks as these will be items I'd likely like to ad to the tractor at some point?
From only a cursory check I didn't notice much of anything in terms of the hanging hardware for a mid mount mower already on the tractor? The back of the tractor just had the typical 3 point hitch arrangement, but did have a ball and hitch installed.
The pallet forks have me worried as the bucket I believe was not quick attach. I'd prefer to have a quick attach setup like the forks on my current JD, but it appears that a skid steer quick attach adapter is around $800 and I'd assume getting a new bucket would be involved if I'm looking at things correctly. Not sure what other, if any, more practical options may be out there.
Almost forgot I may have to swap to turf tires for some lawn work as well if I find that the R4s tear up my lawn. So I'd potentially be looking for a source for tires, and perhaps even a set of rims as well, to have a complete second set.
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