11-17-2019, 04:28 PM
Winter is coming and along with it comes snow. After some careful thought I determined that I needed to take the forks off the tractor and put the bucket on. As long as I was going to switch it I thought I would take some pictures so Pete would have a reference as to how John Deere did things.
As you can see, snow removal will not be the forks long suit. Though it can be done, balancing snow on the forks is, at best, tedious and is not conducive to efficient snow movement.
Here is a closeup of the lift frame and attachment upper connection.
And a closeup of the lift frame and attachment lower connection.
To remove the attachment you simply pull the pin ...
And then curl and slightly lower the frame to remove the attachment. Yes, I took this one while attaching the bucket and not while I was removing the forks, but you get the idea.
Here is what the frame looks like without any attachments in the way.
With a closeup of the frame upper mount ...
And the frame lower mount ...
And closeups of the attachment upper mount ... it looks the same on both the bucket shown and on the forks ...
And the attachment lower mount ...
Putting whatever you want on the front is exactly the opposite of taking it off. Bring the tractor up to the attachment, slide the upper frame mount under the upper attachment mount, curl the frame, put the pins in the hole and Bob's you uncle.
Pete, I hope this is enough to get you started, and everyone else, sorry to bore you to tears
Arvid
As you can see, snow removal will not be the forks long suit. Though it can be done, balancing snow on the forks is, at best, tedious and is not conducive to efficient snow movement.
Here is a closeup of the lift frame and attachment upper connection.
And a closeup of the lift frame and attachment lower connection.
To remove the attachment you simply pull the pin ...
And then curl and slightly lower the frame to remove the attachment. Yes, I took this one while attaching the bucket and not while I was removing the forks, but you get the idea.
Here is what the frame looks like without any attachments in the way.
With a closeup of the frame upper mount ...
And the frame lower mount ...
And closeups of the attachment upper mount ... it looks the same on both the bucket shown and on the forks ...
And the attachment lower mount ...
Putting whatever you want on the front is exactly the opposite of taking it off. Bring the tractor up to the attachment, slide the upper frame mount under the upper attachment mount, curl the frame, put the pins in the hole and Bob's you uncle.
Pete, I hope this is enough to get you started, and everyone else, sorry to bore you to tears
Arvid