Recent content by VT_Hokie

I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions before I start looking for the problem or taking it to the dealer. I have a 2006 L5030 GST that shifts easily into forward or reverse but once engaged the tractor will "buck" like the hydro fluid is being cut off momentarily then back on. It does...

I was getting tired of watching my temp gauge crawl into the overheat zone while bushhogging so I came up the following fix for my pumpless 1500D. Using an auxiliary heater pump out of a high end Mercedes, I spliced it into the lower radiator hose on the tractor. It is tight with the connectors...

Well I think that I finally broke it. I have a grey market Yanmar with a no brand FEL that I was using to dig out and push down some small size trees. In doing so on one particular tree, the left cylinder used for raising and lowering the FEL started to squeal. Now I have up and down movement...

I have a 1500D with no water pump ie thermo siphon and I have installed a temp gauge after I realized that my idiot light was not working. When I run the tractor under heavy load at full throttle (bushhog, dragging boxblade) that the temp will run up to 220 max going down a hill (70F outside...

Ok guys I need your help. History: I was raking my newly cleared land on a high grade and put the tractor in reverse to back up. With in a course of a foot, both front wheels bucked in and bent the steering rod into a "U". I have since had the rod straighted and have it driveable in 2wd...

5\' or 6\' Rock Rake for 1500D I need to clean up about 8 ac of land that was cleared by dozers and was wondering what size rake should I get? The land is not really "Rocky" but covered with various sticks and roots that I want to collect and take to the burn piles. I will also use it to work...

This is my first posting, you all seem to have a really good forum going on and look forward to your responses. I just purchased a Yanmar 1500D to maintain what will end up to be about 12 ac of pasture for what my friend calls my wifes grass maggots (Horses). I figured if she talked me into...