Military Surplus JD 350 Straight

[Jim B]

I intended to make the post asking if you called Lavoy in the thread about the blade controls. However, Lavoy's phone number is on the landing page. (He is in CST for business hours.) Sometimes a phone call or direct email (postmaster@jdcrawlers.com) is the better way to contact him. He has posted that info in the past, not to count on him seeing something in a thread.

I don't know that they don't care is the right take away, their hands may be tied. From what my dealer has told me the Ag dealers can get a part for construction equipment if that part was used on Ag equipment as well. If it is a "yellow" only part, the green dealer can't get it. Mother Deere's rules as I understand it.

As far as blade looseness, I don't know that I have seen specs. When I worked for a contractor if they got to where it was hard to hold a grade or pivot points were binding, they got rebuilt. the new machines using systems like Trimble for grade control would need to be tighter than an old 350 doing general grading. JMHO

[dabear3428]

thanks Jim, I have decided to build a custom solution to the main electrical connector, i will post photos later. I cannot get excited about putting a used unit in there, gives me a reason to break out the 3d printer.
I'm still interested in user experiences on the fit of the 6-way, so anyone that has input please chime in.