to remark to your comment about operating 3 things at once it not as bad as it sounds hydro control with one hand loader valves with the other and steer with which ever one is free at the moment like i said yesterday we have been doing loader work with a hydro since the late 70's and wont go to anything else. you are right the trans is not designed for heavy pulling it will use more fuel due to power loss and generate lots of heat but if not overheated or abused shouldnt cause damage good maintaince changing the filters every year and oil every couple depending on hours and always using case ih hytran oil is what kept ours going so long, it had 15000 hrs on it last winter when the trans guts got the first major overhaul, some relief valves a few years back. I did the labor myself and had about 2500-3000 in parts and gaskets. One down fall of the 3488 or all 88 series is the full covering on the engine when you put a loader on you cant get the hood open to check the oil without taking the loader off or cutting the side panel or removing the panel but that makes the cooing system not work like intended. the 3488 has a little more power than a 186 or 966 hydro or hydro 100 but probably the same as a 1066 hydro since its turboed. the 3488 and 186 have basically the same cab and operators platform with a few controls located different places. i would think a 3488 would be fairly hard to find since there is less than 500 made. someone mentioned air conditioning not that great and it true but u said open station so it should be fine. maybe a little louder to operate than a gear drive as the trans does have more of a howl to it but very worth it for the feature.
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