Hey folks. I know some of these are off topic but didn't want to start multiple threads.
New to tractors. Parents recently purchased a house here in SNJ on ~3.2 acres (Versus the .3 acres we come from in CNJ). House is awesome, property is awesome. My father wanted to till up An acre or two and plant 100+ Fruit trees to grow various vegetables and fruits for us and to donate whatever we don't need to the neighbors and eventually local food pantrys and such that need it.
Anyhow, they are still sitting on the old house which is up on the market so i decided to pick up a tractor to have through the winter for plowing purposes (large/long driveway compared to our old one!) and just to have for various projects. Fruit trees and such wont be going in until spring, obviously, but my father has been building a huge coop with aviaries and all sorts of stuff for the Chickens, Quails and Pheasants he now keeps.
It's a 2017 B3350SU that i picked up Friday from a used equipment dealer about an hour and a half away. Unfortunately it was already dark when i got to the guys yard to pick the machine up so i missed a few things i wasn't too happy about; a crack in the tail light housing, couple scratches, dings, etc.. but overall not a bad machine and a days work and some touch up paint from tractor supply made it look not-so-shabby.... 'til i discovered a leak coming from the 3rd function valve. Im 25; certainly handy with construction experience and stuff, and my father was a mechanic for 20+ years, so after discovering a shredded o ring coming out of the aluminum block i picked up a new set from Tractor supply and slapped one on there.
First question; A fair amount of hydraulic fluid spilled from the line/valve. I checked the dip stick by the 3 point and it looks fine, i just wanted to be sure that was the same reservoir that feeds the loader and backhoe?
On with the story... Shortly after, i discovered a nail sticking out the tire. The tire looked full so i didn't notice and i'm assuming he didnt notice that there was NO AIR in it. I Found out after yanking out the nail and hearing no noise... quick check with meter and it was empty..
After struggling to get a plug in it, i aired it up and the darn thing was leaking. It ended up literally falling out on its own when i rolled the tractor forward to get to my trailer.
Replugged it, and i think itll hold this time (Fingers crossed)..
When i emailed the dealer with a "wtf" (long story short), he asked if the front tires were foam filled..
I'm clueless on the matter, but when he asked that a light bulb lit up; that would explain why the flat tire wasn't flat.
SECOND question: How would i know if it was foam filled? The tool that comes with the kit went in (with a hell of a lot of force) but with how hard i had to push i could have just went through the foam.
I have photos and they will hopefully be attached to this... This is my primary concern right now as if this tire can't be saved i'll have to pull some teeth to try and get a new tire out of the guy. To be clear these are "Industrial" Tires, i believe. The tread is kinda burried in the grass/dirt but i tried to get some pictures showing the flat or lack-there-of given there's 0 air in the tire after ~4 hours.
THIRD question: the Arms, etc for the 3 point weren't included. I'll need em sooner or later. What, exactly, do i need? Tractor supply had various components but i was completely lost. Need the arm things, bolts, all of it. Any help would be appreciated.
Last but not least, i noticed multiple parts (Headlight, and the plaque on the engine) both labeled with 2014 DOM's (im assuming). He sold the machine to me as a 2017. I emailed the dealer who initially sold the machine and they told me that it was sold in 2017. That's great and all, as far as warranty goes, but it could most definitely be a 2015 left over that finally sold in 2017, right? The level of wear on the machine would make sense for a 2015, not so much for a tractor that sold just a year ago.
Not the end of the world as i have the warranty, but that would also mean this thing sat around for 2+ years longer than expected in the sun and rain (explaining some of the fading on plastic components and such), and that obviously the value would take a hit as it is, at the end of the day, a 2015 NOT a 2017. Maybe not much, but enough to cover an attachment or two that i am bound to purchase(tiller, post hole digger, forks, grapple, who knows). Just wondering if theres a way to find out for sure? His response when i asked was that the motor could have sat in the factory before finally being used, but i doubt itd sit from 2014 to 2016 or 2017. Certainly not the headlight too?
Let me know what you guys think. I appreciate the help and i sincerely apologize for the annoyingly long post. Just kinda lost with this, i barely know how to operate it yet.. LOL. Any other tips you can provide would be awesome, as well.
It's a B3350SU with a Loader and Backhoe.
New to tractors. Parents recently purchased a house here in SNJ on ~3.2 acres (Versus the .3 acres we come from in CNJ). House is awesome, property is awesome. My father wanted to till up An acre or two and plant 100+ Fruit trees to grow various vegetables and fruits for us and to donate whatever we don't need to the neighbors and eventually local food pantrys and such that need it.
Anyhow, they are still sitting on the old house which is up on the market so i decided to pick up a tractor to have through the winter for plowing purposes (large/long driveway compared to our old one!) and just to have for various projects. Fruit trees and such wont be going in until spring, obviously, but my father has been building a huge coop with aviaries and all sorts of stuff for the Chickens, Quails and Pheasants he now keeps.
It's a 2017 B3350SU that i picked up Friday from a used equipment dealer about an hour and a half away. Unfortunately it was already dark when i got to the guys yard to pick the machine up so i missed a few things i wasn't too happy about; a crack in the tail light housing, couple scratches, dings, etc.. but overall not a bad machine and a days work and some touch up paint from tractor supply made it look not-so-shabby.... 'til i discovered a leak coming from the 3rd function valve. Im 25; certainly handy with construction experience and stuff, and my father was a mechanic for 20+ years, so after discovering a shredded o ring coming out of the aluminum block i picked up a new set from Tractor supply and slapped one on there.
First question; A fair amount of hydraulic fluid spilled from the line/valve. I checked the dip stick by the 3 point and it looks fine, i just wanted to be sure that was the same reservoir that feeds the loader and backhoe?
On with the story... Shortly after, i discovered a nail sticking out the tire. The tire looked full so i didn't notice and i'm assuming he didnt notice that there was NO AIR in it. I Found out after yanking out the nail and hearing no noise... quick check with meter and it was empty..
After struggling to get a plug in it, i aired it up and the darn thing was leaking. It ended up literally falling out on its own when i rolled the tractor forward to get to my trailer.
Replugged it, and i think itll hold this time (Fingers crossed)..
When i emailed the dealer with a "wtf" (long story short), he asked if the front tires were foam filled..
I'm clueless on the matter, but when he asked that a light bulb lit up; that would explain why the flat tire wasn't flat.
SECOND question: How would i know if it was foam filled? The tool that comes with the kit went in (with a hell of a lot of force) but with how hard i had to push i could have just went through the foam.
I have photos and they will hopefully be attached to this... This is my primary concern right now as if this tire can't be saved i'll have to pull some teeth to try and get a new tire out of the guy. To be clear these are "Industrial" Tires, i believe. The tread is kinda burried in the grass/dirt but i tried to get some pictures showing the flat or lack-there-of given there's 0 air in the tire after ~4 hours.
THIRD question: the Arms, etc for the 3 point weren't included. I'll need em sooner or later. What, exactly, do i need? Tractor supply had various components but i was completely lost. Need the arm things, bolts, all of it. Any help would be appreciated.
Last but not least, i noticed multiple parts (Headlight, and the plaque on the engine) both labeled with 2014 DOM's (im assuming). He sold the machine to me as a 2017. I emailed the dealer who initially sold the machine and they told me that it was sold in 2017. That's great and all, as far as warranty goes, but it could most definitely be a 2015 left over that finally sold in 2017, right? The level of wear on the machine would make sense for a 2015, not so much for a tractor that sold just a year ago.
Not the end of the world as i have the warranty, but that would also mean this thing sat around for 2+ years longer than expected in the sun and rain (explaining some of the fading on plastic components and such), and that obviously the value would take a hit as it is, at the end of the day, a 2015 NOT a 2017. Maybe not much, but enough to cover an attachment or two that i am bound to purchase(tiller, post hole digger, forks, grapple, who knows). Just wondering if theres a way to find out for sure? His response when i asked was that the motor could have sat in the factory before finally being used, but i doubt itd sit from 2014 to 2016 or 2017. Certainly not the headlight too?
Let me know what you guys think. I appreciate the help and i sincerely apologize for the annoyingly long post. Just kinda lost with this, i barely know how to operate it yet.. LOL. Any other tips you can provide would be awesome, as well.
It's a B3350SU with a Loader and Backhoe.
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