shinnlinger
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DOugster,
You would win the coffee, but "there aaaaint no Starbuuuucks 'rounnnnd heeere" That said, I don't think this is a comparision as I have several 3pt implements but have not needed (Or wanted) a front QA.
But I will say I thought DK had me won over to getting it no matter what since it was only $500, but now I am back to my old thinking that it is a waste of money, and here is why.
What does the avarage 30 somthing 4x4 FEL CUT go for these days? 20 grand? Well my logic is that the extra $500 is a gateway to spend at least another $600 on pallet forks and I'm not even including anything beyond that in my equation here. ANything else just makes my point stronger (At least from my cheap hick way of thinking)
Back to my point, The QA is going to add at least another $1000 to your price and easily double or triple that if you get another digging bucket and snowblade, but lets stick to my conservative estimate. Is the QA worth at least 1/20th of the tractors value?
I dont think so and I get the sense I use my rig a bit more than most of you. DK said he uses a blade and a set of forks and the QA makes it handy to change. THat may be, but you still need to get off the machine right?
If you go in the homemade implements section you will find at least three examples of forks that will work just fine for what most of you use forks for for less than half of the $600 you spend on the QA forks. ANd that is if you buy them. If you can make your own stuff it goes for far less. I can install my forks in less than a minute very easily and the snowblade, which I got for free simply chainbinds in the bucket and might take 2 minutes to get set up. I have less than $50 into both of these combined and many many many hours of use with them. Hell every single timber in my house has kissed those forks at least three times from the forest, to the mill, to the house.
I am becoming increasingly concious of my overconsuming/overspending. When I moved up here I bought a slightly used F-350 diesel dually doublecab flatbed 6x6. In the 4 years I have been here I have put 12,000 miles on it and maybe loaded it to capacity 3 times and I drive it all of 10 miles round trip to work and back. Parralel parking the 22 footer aint a problem around here, but it is WAY overkill for what I am doing. I am thinking of selling it, butI dont know what to replace it with and I am spoiled by having it...
I am rambling, but I think I have said my mind on this. Food for thought.
You would win the coffee, but "there aaaaint no Starbuuuucks 'rounnnnd heeere" That said, I don't think this is a comparision as I have several 3pt implements but have not needed (Or wanted) a front QA.
But I will say I thought DK had me won over to getting it no matter what since it was only $500, but now I am back to my old thinking that it is a waste of money, and here is why.
What does the avarage 30 somthing 4x4 FEL CUT go for these days? 20 grand? Well my logic is that the extra $500 is a gateway to spend at least another $600 on pallet forks and I'm not even including anything beyond that in my equation here. ANything else just makes my point stronger (At least from my cheap hick way of thinking)
Back to my point, The QA is going to add at least another $1000 to your price and easily double or triple that if you get another digging bucket and snowblade, but lets stick to my conservative estimate. Is the QA worth at least 1/20th of the tractors value?
I dont think so and I get the sense I use my rig a bit more than most of you. DK said he uses a blade and a set of forks and the QA makes it handy to change. THat may be, but you still need to get off the machine right?
If you go in the homemade implements section you will find at least three examples of forks that will work just fine for what most of you use forks for for less than half of the $600 you spend on the QA forks. ANd that is if you buy them. If you can make your own stuff it goes for far less. I can install my forks in less than a minute very easily and the snowblade, which I got for free simply chainbinds in the bucket and might take 2 minutes to get set up. I have less than $50 into both of these combined and many many many hours of use with them. Hell every single timber in my house has kissed those forks at least three times from the forest, to the mill, to the house.
I am becoming increasingly concious of my overconsuming/overspending. When I moved up here I bought a slightly used F-350 diesel dually doublecab flatbed 6x6. In the 4 years I have been here I have put 12,000 miles on it and maybe loaded it to capacity 3 times and I drive it all of 10 miles round trip to work and back. Parralel parking the 22 footer aint a problem around here, but it is WAY overkill for what I am doing. I am thinking of selling it, butI dont know what to replace it with and I am spoiled by having it...
I am rambling, but I think I have said my mind on this. Food for thought.