[AJD] 40/420/430 Utility models

[Mitchell Daly]

LeRoy, 

I haven't followed this whole thread because I've been away, but I've got a 420U that was used by the State of Maryland for mowing and it came without 3 point and hydraulics.  I've gotten the archives documentation on the tractor and it verifies that these items were not included per the original purchase order.  The tractor had a bracket mounted on the front below the grill that had a hydraulic pump on it that was run off of the front of the crank.  Wish I had the pump and the mowing unit that was used on the tractor.  I got the tractor from the widow of the guy who bought it when the state disposed of it back in the mid 70s.

Mitch Daly
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  Until about 1978, I had a 40 utility. 3-pt was standard on it. PTO was not
  standard, only an accessory. The owner's manual said that the PTO could not
  be installed with the 3-point hitch on the tractor. I never had a PTO, so
  cannot say exactly where the conflict was. But it may explain why you found
  a tractor with PTO and no 3-point.
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  Subject: [AJD] 40/420/430 Utility models


  >
  > Is it harder to find a utility model with a 3pt since most of these were
  mowing/loader tractors?
  >
  > LeRoy
  >