Rain, Rain Go Away!

[depasseg]

My new Legacy is scheduled for delivery this weekend. I can't believe this weather. I'm going to be the only guy on my block mowing in a tropical storm.

Greg

Forecast for Londonderry, NH (03053)
10-Day Forecast High /Low (°F) Precip. %
Today Oct 07 Few Showers 80°/63° 30 %
Sat Oct 08 Rain / Thunder 70°/49° 90 %
Sun Oct 09 Rain 61°/49° 60 %
Mon Oct 10 Few Showers 64°/50° 30 %
Tue Oct 11 Showers 66°/49° 40 %
Wed Oct 12 Showers 63°/47° 40 %
Thu Oct 13 Showers 65°/49° 40 %
Fri Oct 14 Few Showers 70°/49° 30 %
Sat Oct 15 Showers 69°/44° 60 %
Sun Oct 16 Partly Cloudy 69°/45° 20 %
Last Updated Oct 7 11:10 a.m. ET
From: http://www.weather.com/activities/other/other/weather/tenday.html?locid=03053&from=36hr_topnav_undeclared

[simple_john]

greg at least you will be able to plow or throw snow with it soon....


i saw simnplicity is doing 800$ back on legacy now... nice....

did you get a 4wd?

[Wingnut]

Send the rain to me I need it!

[Jeff]

It has been raining here for two days straight now. Thank the native american rain dance for that I guess, before these two days it hadn't rained in 6 weeks. Well, one little .10" drizzle, all that did was kick up dust.

[depasseg]

greg at least you will be able to plow or throw snow with it soon....


i saw simnplicity is doing 800$ back on legacy now... nice....

did you get a 4wd?

Yes I did. Also, luckily I'm one of the few who enjoy all four seasons. I can't wait for the snow to fly to test it out! Of course, I have a long list of projects waiting for the tractor that I'd like to get done before the snow hits us.

Greg

[simple_john]

nice greg.. im soooo friikkken jealous....

so you got a thrower? or are you gonna use the bucket?

[Michael]

I had finished a drainage project a month ago around my garage and end of the driveway in front of the garage (I had a river going across the floor of my garage last winter) and really wanted to see how it went but guess what, no rain for 3 weeks (I also was on a extended vacation at the time) so the last 3 days of the vacation we finally get some rain or should I say a monsoon with all the rain. Well at least I now know the drainage project worked.

[depasseg]

nice greg.. im soooo friikkken jealous....
so you got a thrower? or are you gonna use the bucket?
I've got a 375' long driveway. I opted for the snow thrower. Anything over an inch and I'd be having a tough time with the bucket.

Here's the specs on the soon-to-be-delivered tool:
- Legacy XL 4WD
- 27HP Kawasaki liquid cooled
- 54" deck with bagger and mulching kit
- 47" 2 stage snowthrower
- 48" Front end loader
- 9" Backhoe (I'm thinking about getting a 16" bucket for it)

I have a couple drainage problems I need to clear up before the winter hits, or I'm going to have a mud pit in my frontyard again.

Greg

[depasseg]

Now that the rain has subsided, I've put it to work. I snapped a couple pics of it before it got too dirty. There's also some pictures of the backhoe frame to give you an idea of it's strength.

http://static.flickr.com/28/53168472_b20de754a9_m.jpg

A slideshow is avail here:Slideshow (http://www.flickr.com/photos/depasse/tags/simplicitylegacyxl/show/)

Greg

[simple_john]

greg that is a nice setup...


i love the back hoe too....


so disconnecting the FEL and backhoe and adding the deck is not too hard to do?

great great setup....

[depasseg]

greg that is a nice setup...

i love the back hoe too....

so disconnecting the FEL and backhoe and adding the deck is not too hard to do?

great great setup....

The FEL is a piece of cake to take off - less than a minute. It takes maybe a minute and a half to put back on (the key is to make sure you are on completely level ground - I found this out the hard way).

The backhoe takes a little longer. It took me 30-45 minutes, but I'd say now that I know how to do it, I could do it in 5-10. It was delivered from the dealer all set up, so I was following the directions to take it off. Apparently one of the installers connected a bolt where there wasn't supposed to be a bolt. So when I lowered the frame and tried to drive forward, the backhoe would come with me.

The deck and bagger take about 5 minutes to put on/take off. They don't call it Simplicity for nothin'. :)

The snow thrower looks equally simple (knock on wood).

It's a dream to work with. What an amazing piece of machinery.

Greg

[exNCite]

I agree. Not knocking Kubotas, JD or any others, but this tractor is way under-appreciated on almost all sites. Now you got me drooling over the backhoe. My wife will kill me!!