JD-318 & JD-400

Arrived home and ready to unload	54" front blade, 46" 3-blade mower deck and 30" hydraulic tiller	Tiller has a separate hydraulic pump attached to the rear PTO (pwr take-off)	Had to remove air cleaner, side panels and heat shields to expose engine	All the nooks and cranny's were clean	Offset, opposed twin engine produces 18 hp
P1040634.JPG	I'll run it a bit without the covers to check for seepage or other issues to show	Did a test drive by plowiing out a connecting road through heavy blackberries and small trees.	Shaved off a big hump on driveway corner I didn't want to do by hand. Took 15 minutes	small.png	Heading for home with the JD-400
Front blade had never been mounted. Hydraulics are trash - blade & mount good	Stopped at a scale and trailer with tractor weighed 2560 lbs	Trailer without tractor- 850 lbs. Tractor 1710 lbs.	The backhoe is the holy grail of attachments. Very rare	I will need to replace most of the hydraulic hoses over time.	Took a bit of manuvering to get it in the Deere Barn with two other mowers.
Had to make a dozen back-and-forth moves to get the angle to back in.	Dropped the backhoe a bit and inched it in.	The front bucket is propped up so I can work on the hydraulic pump and front wheels.	Ad for J-400 with backhoe and just front blade	Backhoe Spec Sheet