John Deere 40 inch Tractor Shovel

Just bought this from Green Dealer and received it in only 4 days - great shipping at ground speed. I managed to assemble it in less than 3 hours, not bad for a 72 year old. The shovel works great and I used it to move top soil. I didn't use any weight on the back the first day and it was hard to steer, added about 50 pounds on day 2 and steered much better. The only drawback is there is a cutout in the bucket to use as a handle to lift the bucket if you latch it open to use as a blade. That hole is low on the bucket and when I moved top soil the dirt fell out that hole and onto my driveway - I had a mess to cleanup after using. I may just weld some metal over the hole. Without the hole it would be a 5, but gave it a 4 with the hole.

Awesome. I only wish I had known this was available for my X when I bought it. Talk about saving your back - this is it. The weights aren't necessary for moving mulch, but for gravel - I think so. Love my Deere.

I absolutely love this shovel. It was fairly easy to put together and now that it is set up, it takes like 5 minutes to mount and un-mount. I have a 2008 X300 and it fits it just fine. I especially like that i don't have to get off the tractor to dump the load out of the bucket. I have already taken down a few large mounds in the yard and can't wait to have the crushed concrete delivered to add to my driveway. Is it a big boy shovel? No but I have 5 larger acres with quite a bit of garden and fruit tree space and this thing is just what I needed. It sure beats paying 10K for a larger tractor! Well worth the purchase!!

Not being available for purchase in UK we had this item shipped to a friend in Ohio, then sent on to ourselves. Took 3 days to be delivered from Ohio to Tytherington. So from Greendealer to us it arrived very quickly. The item was fitted same day and put to use. Excellent piece of kit as we have a small holding and the shovel makes life much easier and fits through the all the doors for our sheds etc. Green dealer were very flexible and helpful with us getting the item sent to UK. Although having a X300R mower it would be great to be able to source the many attachments which are not available in UK directly.