8011 hybrid!

[bruce_c_wilson]

Hi to everyone on this site.

In 2001 i bought an 8011 Crystal. I use it for loading my lime spreader.
It's a bit of an animal! I tow it around behind my unimog on an 'A' frame. The standard axle was not strong enough so it got a front axle off a Volvo F10 wagon grafted onto it!
It rarly sinks much in fields cos it's got super singles on the front now! Turnin circle is not great, but not too bad.
It has a 'HI-MASTER' loader on it, which lifts to 16 feet!
Also it has a concrete block on the back weighing about 2 tonne.
I changed the clutch last year and it took longer to take the loader and frames off than it did to change the actual clutch!

Catch you all later.

 

[treaney]

Hi Bruce,

Another satisifed member of the Zetor Crystal club!

Is the Volvo F10 front axle on the 8011 or on the A-frame?

I heard of clutch changes being done in the fields when the Crystals were in their heyday in the late 1970's/early 1980's because as you point out it was so easy to do.

TomZ
Tom

 

[arctic003]

Hi Bruce

Any chance of posting a picture?

Cheers

J-P

 

[bruce_c_wilson]

Now zetor fans!
The F10 axle is on the 8011. She looks mint with the super singles on the front!

Will get some pictures sorted soon. My mum has got the digital camera and she's in New Zealand till next week, so i'll try and get something sorted then.

Catch ya later, Bruce