In almost 4 years I've accumulated over 550 hours on my L3130, with about 20% of those hours spent on the 72" MMM. With the MMM waiting for a part this week, I went ahead with buying a ZD323 which will keep the hours down on the L3130 and let me retire the Sears garden tractor which had "yard...
I'm seriously considering changing my L3130-HST drain plugs to FEMCO valves. Does anyboby have the sizes/thread pitch for the engine and hydarulic drain plugs?
Somebody posted a link (State of Minnesota?) for a list of municipal pricing agreements that included tractors. I haven't had any success in finding it, so could somebody repost it?
I noticed my first hydraulic leak and am seaking some advice. It looks like the rear most connection on the front hrdraulic block is the culprit (this connection goes to the FEL control terminating on the right side of the joystick). I put a wrench on it and it appears tight.
Are there...
What experience is out there on PTO stump grinders? The land I'm clearing has very dense tree growth and I've been renting a grinder that will drive me to the poor house if I keep growing in that direction ($750/week). A BH is probably not the right approach as disposal of the hundreds to...
I'm ready to add a box blade to my arsenal and I just don't know what to get. I've read some of the threads in the "Attachments" forum but they don't contain all the information I think I'll need. For starters, the first question the dealer asked is what size do I want? Great question, but I...
I've been cutting a lot of trees down into firewood over the past week. My L3130 has been used as the means to move the logs from the woods back to a pile by the log splitter about 4 minutes away where I dump the FEL and get another load. Loading time in the woods is 4-7 minutes. The question...