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Ouch! That's about four times more than it costs to do it yourself.
Or maybe about the same cost if you need to buy a good MIG welder, too, which is reusable.
It did make sense...except, I don't know if the claw setup is strong enough for loader use.
On my 4/94 the two systems are completely separate, bolted on to the same frame obviously.
Those are not what you need to mount a SEE loader, if I understand this even halfway correctly.
What you need has two large pins at the top and two blocks with holes for bolts at the bottom.
I haven't measured, or tried anything yet, but it sure looks like what's on the front of my "new" MB4/94 has the FLU style mounts bolted on there in addition to the plate with the triangles.
For the quick tach plate conversion I used a setup from palletforks.com.
I recently got an MB4/94 with crawler gears. They're wonderful. Even being in only the working gear range is much better than the SEE's gearing.
If the SEE went that much slower, the snow blower would work a lot better.
I should start looking for those claws, too, if I end up mounting the snow...
Unless the backhoe is being used , there should be no reason to latch it. Gravity will be more than enough to keep it there.
Of course, I forget if using it was part of the plan.
I would've gutted all the front axle stuff, and they probably did.
Tire speed ratings? That's for sissies. If you're still worried, use tight snow chains to keep the tread attached to the carcass.
For those of you who like driving your SEE on the road (Courtesy of General Hood).
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Hate to tell you, but that new switch is still in its box...somewhere.
On the positive side, as I recall that switch can be replaced without having to raise the cab, according to some thread here.
If I remember correctly, I had one that misbehaved. Sprayed some lube down there and it has worked since.
That's not consistent with my luck, by the way.
That could be because you're running high rpms. Once I learned to do the digging at 1,100 to 1,500 (unless full force is necessary), operation in general got much smoother.
As mentioned, when stowing it I like to run 800, maybe 1,000 tops. My goal these days is an inaudible latching, and four...