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phillobbezoo

After seeing one of these jd vacs mounted on a powermax for sale in Wisconsin I had to have one. I've been looking on and off for 6-8 months and as luck would have it one popped up 15 min from home at what I thought was a reasonable price. These were offered for the 300 and 400 series John Deere's and bolted to the frame and run off the rear pto. I welded some tabs on and set it up to the 3pt, put together a pto shaft and modified a deck boot. This took about a month or so and this morning I got what I needed to get it up and running. I have a few things to button up yet, but I wanted to make sure it was going to work before I put to much more time in it. Here's a few pics of what I came up with.

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Great job adapting it to your tractor.

I'm sure you're looking forward to using it.

 

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Talntedmrgreen

Fantastic!  That will be an amzing tool come fall.  I cant wait to see how it works!

I bet it gets pretty heavy when it’s full… You could probably use a front bumper to hang some weights on!

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That will be nice for dump and run no touch clean-up.   I have a JD Kawi powered vac and I will say the seal on the boot/deck/discharge is one area to pay attention to!

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phillobbezoo

I finished up the deck boot this afternoon while the kiddos and mom took a nap. I can't wait to actually give it a real try. I gave it a try yesterday after an inch plus of rain and grass around the barn which I hadn't touched in 6 + weeks and was pretty impressed, now with the deck boot sealed up good I can't wait to try it again. 

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Should be just the ticket for all those trees you have hanging around. 666

Call me when you get a chance

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