Working/playing with my 310-8 loader Horse.

[Rollerman 285]

Doing some yard cleanup today & put my 310-8 loader tractor to use.

My wife got the shot of me in the dog pen with the corny smile....notice the hat?

I had a pretty decent load of lime stone rocks in the bucket & wanted to see how bad the steering would be....not bad.

Once I upgrade the front tires & add the gear reduction steering I got from Kelly it should be really nice.

 

I picked up the Kwik-Way at Steve Myers Service in OH, friend & member Nick857 let me know about it.

The weight box came from another friend & member, Derek Workman.

The 310-8 was one I gave my dad years ago to mow & plow snow with.

He's not able to do the work anymore so I brought it home last summer.

 

It's all dialed in now...well except the front tires & eventually the easy steer.

Should be real handy with snow removal, mulch, river stone & whatever else needs done.

Maybe build a set of forks for it next spring too?

[DougC 2,588]

Thats a good amount of weight in that bucket. Be terrible hauling it in a wheelbarrow   

[953 nut 42,006]

Looks like you are enjoying the 310. Would you please post a photo of your weight box, also how much weight is it?   

[slammer302 2,152]

I love the fact that you have the loader on a 310-8. Its such a great horse sum would opt for a larger higher hp horse but its hard to beat a good running 310

[Rollerman 285]

1 hour ago, 953 nut said:

Looks like you are enjoying the 310. Would you please post a photo of your weight box, also how much weight is it?   

Here you go Richard, it's about 15"x15", maybe 24" deep & I also have some heavy wheel weights bolted up.

The counterweight box bolts up to the back of the sub frame & the drawbar hitch.

They can be filled with whatever to add weight, I put landscape blocks or paver blocks inside....not sure of the weight that I added.

Yeah it all hangs out the back pretty far, but with other FEL/GT's I've had, they don't work as well without a counterweight.

 

 

 

1 hour ago, slammer302 said:

I love the fact that you have the loader on a 310-8. Its such a great horse sum would opt for a larger higher hp horse but its hard to beat a good running 310

Well in this case....it's what I had.

I'd like to find a C195 W/3PH or a 96 & up 520H with foot control to put it on.

[Sparky-(Admin) 13,489]

Nice setup! I have always wanted a loader machine....but not the honey-do list that will magically appear at the same time as the loader  .

Mike.........

[roadapples 6,790]

The older you get the more you`ll appreciate the loader. As a wheelbarrow and for lifting.

[Wheel-N-It 2,250]

I really enjoy seeing the loader married up to a 310-8 !!! Looks good!

[BESTDOGEVER 192]

I have to echo the sentiment that you can't beat a good running 310-8.if I had a dollar for every ton mine has hauled I think I would be set for life. In almost 30 years it has never let me down.

[car 24]

5 hours ago, slammer302 said:

I love the fact that you have the loader on a 310-8. Its such a great horse sum would opt for a larger higher hp horse but its hard to beat a good running 310

 

 

I agree with ya slammer302.  Gee I guess I never thought of my 310-8 with a loader on it.

[Rollerman 285]

I will add, that the right "setup" with a loader tractor makes all the difference. 

I had an ARK550 on a D250 & I feel it was a better loader than the Kwik-Way,  but the tractor was so horrible & I believe the pump was to weak that my 310-8/Kwik-Way will work circles around it.

(I've had a few FEL/GT's  really...a few were really beat or used up & one I got from Bob Rock was just to pretty to scratch)

The right HYD pump, good lines, good cylinders, secure mounts & the right amount of counterweight. 

Yeah that's all obvious, but if one is off....it turns a loader tractor into a not so useful tool that just sits.

 

[sorekiwi 754]

That loader you got from Bob was awesome - the prettiest Horse ever!!

 

[Rollerman 285]

15 minutes ago, sorekiwi said:

That loader you got from Bob was awesome - the prettiest Horse ever!!

 

Yes it was.

That one went to live in OH & was used to haul a lot of fill sand.