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  1. RoMad

    What other model Kubotas share same sheet metal as L2900

    I have been looking for a used comlete front grill for an L2900 with no success so far. I was looking at a manual for the L2900 and saw that it was also the manual for L3300, L3600 and L4200 tractors. Since they share the same manual would they all have the same sheet metal i am looking for...
  2. RoMad

    Good Tractor / hay hauler on C list

    1993 GMC Truck with 2005 Horton 36ft Flat Bed I was browsing our local Craigslist and saw this ad. A little big for me but seems like a preyy good price.
  3. RoMad

    which 6' rotary cutter by HP rating would be good for me??

    I have been looking at rotary cutters for my new (to me) tractor. It is a Kubota L3710. As I have been looking at them I have learned that some are rated for 40HP and some 65HP or 75HP and some are much heavier built than others. What I mow is pasture that is mostly bahai grass about a foot...
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    Rotary Cutter  Looking at a Woods C72 Rotary Cutter

    I am now on my third tractor, a Kubota L3710, and I am still on my first rotary cutter. It is a Kioti R53?? that came with my CK20. It cuts fine but is too narrow for my tractor. I found a used Woods C72 but I can't go look at it until Friday. The guy wants $950 for it. I am not sure how old...
  5. RoMad

    Need help pricing my for sale Kubota

    I have an L2900 that I am planning on selling in about three weeks when I return from vacation. I bought the tractor last May. Here is the pertinant information The tractor has 2053 hours on it. It had 1972 when I bought it. It is a gear drive with shuttle shift on column. It is Four Wheel...
  6. RoMad

    Kubota 3710 hard to lower bucket smoothly

    I purchased a very nice Kubota 3710 Friday at an estate sale. It has 830 hours on it and seems to have been well cared for. There was a man at the sale (Son in law i think) who was familiar with the tractor. The owner had it since it had 6 hours on it. The guy knew what kind of oil it had in it...
  7. RoMad

    Going to Africa and need new camera to take pics of tractors (and wildlife)

    My wife and I are going to Africa July 10 and I would like to get a better camera. I don't want to carry around a big lense and big camera but I do want to be able to have a pretty good zoom factor. After reading some reviews I believe a Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ200 12.1 Megapixel Digital Camera...
  8. RoMad

    Testing a homemade bridge

    https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=372967746087504 If you have a bridge you need tested this is the guy to do it.
  9. RoMad

    Number of Trick or Treaters last night?

    we live in a development that is pretty popular with trick or treaters. I pulled a double axle trailer with my tractor with bales of straw around part of the neignborhood last night with 5 kids from 3 to 9 and thier parents. The kids (and parents) had a great time and got lots of candy. They had...
  10. RoMad

    Need help picking out new lights for my tractor

    When I bought my L2900 the headlights were both broken and still are. I very rarely use my tractor at night and on my last tractor they were worthless because the front end loader was in the way. There is one time a year that I really need lights and that is halloween. Last year we had a...
  11. RoMad

    How I replaced my Kubota L2900 Radiator for less than $640.00

    My Radiator started leaking on my L2900 so I took it out (actually my youngest son did) and found a long crack across the bottom. I called the nearest dealer and they were very nice and even apologetic that a new radiator would be $640.00. I took it to a local radiator shop. He informed me...
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    Need to find a radiator for my Kubota L2900

    My L2900 just turned over 2000 hours. I started to mow the other day and the radiator started leaking. I took it off and the bottom has a crack in it. I took it to a radiator shop today and he said he was suprised to see that it had a plastic bottom and top and that it was not repairable. I have...
  13. RoMad

    My next truck if only it were to be

    My wife and I just returned from a fantastic 4 week trip to Australia, We travelled around a lot of the country and had a great time. We have never been anywhere where we were treated so well by everyone we met. I'm sure there are some grumpy Aussies, but we never ran into any of them. I...
  14. RoMad

    Smartphone Photo of the Day

    This an ocean going coal barge turning around in our power plant canal after unloading. They don't have much room to spare. The barge has thrusters on the front sides that do most of the work. The tug at the side never tightened the line or touched the barge while I was watching.
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    How and why I bought a tractor in about 10 minutes

    My wife and I go to a lot of yard sales. We support a local charity by buying bicycles, tents, towels etc. , but we also always seem to end up buying things for us and our three sons. Two weekends ago we went to a sale that was supposed to start at 0930 and we got there a little after 0830...
  16. RoMad

    Special tools for special projects

    I just received this from a friend at work and thought some of you might enjoy it too. competitor : KMS Tools & Equipment from Vancouver BC, Largest selection of tools in Canada
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    Am I asking a reasonable price for this trailer

    Last weekend I bought a tractor and trailer combination at a yard sale. I don't need the trailer so I put it on Craigslist. It is an unusual trailer in that the guy converted it to a dump trailer. Since it is home made and still needs some work I think I am asking a fair price. Opinions...
  18. RoMad

    Bought a heavier duty truck today at a yard sale

    My son and I took the bed off last night. We cut the heads off of the bolts that hold it on, took out the tail lights, filler neck, and aux fuel tank. After we had everything disconnected my other two sons helped us roll it off the frame onto the ground. It was easier than I thought. The good...
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    Bought a heavier duty truck today at a yard sale

    I have a 2006 4 cylinder Toyota Tacoma that I bought brand new in 2005. I bought it mainly to drive back and forth to work and haul my kayaks and bicycles on. I really like my little truck but things have changed since I bought it. I increased my property size from 5 to 10 acres I bought my...
  20. RoMad

    Best Welding accessory I ever bought

    My youngest son is home from school for the summer and had said he would like to learn to weld. I posted a thread asking about welding hood advice and ended up buying one with an auto lense from Amazon.com. On Sunday we went over how the hood worked and I showed him how to run a flat bead and a...
  21. RoMad

    Need a new hood

    My youngest son (21) is home from school for the summer and said he would like for me to teach him to weld. I went to tractor supply to get some new lenses for an old hood I have and was suprized to find that not many people use plain old hoods with the 2 x 4 lenses any more. They didn't have...
  22. RoMad

    Does this belong to one of you??

    http://www.hdforums.com/forum/attachments/off-topic/104962d1269483735-john-deere-trike-cid_3352085111_35556695.jpg Picture didn't work so here is link
  23. RoMad

    Kubota T61860 value

    My wife just called me about a Kubota lawn tractor that she saw at a yard sale. She said it looks very good. I called the guy and he said he bought it new and has only used it for his yard. It has new belts, good tires, the deck is in good shape. He has all of the paperwork that came with it and...
  24. RoMad

    reasonable price on tlb and trailer on Craigslist

    I was just looking at our local (Ocala Florida) Craigslist and found this. Kioti CK25 Tractor It seems like a pretty reasonable price to me if it is not too old.
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    Reasonable price for New Holland TC30

    I have a Kioti CK 20 and like it very much but would like a little bigger tractor. Yesterday my wife and I were at a garage sale and the people had a New Holland TC30 sitting behind the house. I asked about it and the guy said he was going to be selling it soon. He said he bought it new 7 or 8...
  26. RoMad

    Value of John Deere 750

    A friend of mine at work inherited a 1984 John Deere 750 from his father. His father bought it new and it has 900 hours on it and is in very good condition. It is 2wd with a gear transmission and a RFM. It has ag tires on it that are also in good condition. It does not have a FEL. My friend said...
  27. RoMad

    Knocked my loader control handle off and can't get it back on

    I have a 2003 kioti CK 20 and I did something pretty dumb. 95% of the time I get on and off of the left side of the tractor because the loader control handle is a bit in the way on the right side. The other day after a long day of fencing I was stretching fence with my tractor. I would pull a...
  28. RoMad

    Is Ocala Florida Tractor buying heaven

    My wife and I went through Ocala Florida today to look at some calves for sale. As we were driving North out of town on US 441 we passed three tractor dealerships. John Deere, Mahindra, and Kioti all within a few miles. I came home and googled "Ocala tractor dealers" and found seven of them. I...
  29. RoMad

    1998 4200 lug pattern

    I have a friend with a 98 4200 and he needs to know the lug pattern for the rear wheels. He is looking at getting another set of tires and wheels but is not sure as to the lug pattern. Anyone know?
  30. RoMad

    Homemade 3pt pasture drag

    I wanted to have a drag to spread the manure around the pasture and also to smooth out where we dig burn pits etc. My old drag worked pretty well, but I had to leave it out all of the time. I wanted one I could pick up with the three point hitch and put in the shed and I also wanted to be able...
  31. RoMad

    my tractor hauler is almost complete

    When I bought my tractor in November my wife hauled it home in my single axle utilty trailer. The trailer has a 3,000 lb axle, but it was a big load for it. A while back I bought an old car hauler from a man I work with. It was made from an old travel trailer. It has drop axles and brakes on...
  32. RoMad

    Chain harrow for pasture

    I have been thinking of making a drag that I can pick up with my three point hitch. After looking at a lot of differnt styles I found one on youtube that is very close to what I have been thinking about. I was thinking of using heavy chain link or something similar for the part that drags. What...
  33. RoMad

    Tractor handy for everything

    I was talking to my brother on the phone the other day and told him we have put 60 hours on my tractor in the last month. We just bought 5 more acres with an old mobile home on it and have been doing a lot of work there. We have used the tractor to bush hog the pasture, pull down trees as we cut...
  34. RoMad

    an extra passenger on ck20

    My wife has been doing a lot of cleaning up of the property we bought. The cat (smokey) from next door comes over every day and helps. He follows everyone around and does his best to get petted. Yesterday as she was getting ready to take a load to the burn pile smokey jumped up on the tractor...
  35. RoMad

    Finally putting the little tractor to work

    We have had our (used) CK20 for about a month now. Up until now we have pulled down some prettly big trees as we cut them and we have pushed a bunch of limbs to a burn pile, tore out a bunh of old fence, etc. We recently bought the 5 acres next to our 5 acres and it was pretty neglected. We...
  36. RoMad

    What did I find at salvage yard

    Against the good advice I have been reading here I decided to build my own box blade. I found some used ones within 70 miles on craigslist for $250 to $300 that looked pretty good, but about the same time they began cleaning up a construction lay down yard at work and I got some nice steel for...
  37. RoMad

    $20 brush guard for CK20

    Not long after I got my tractor my son was carrying a small stump a little to high with the front end loader. he backed up, stopped and the stump hit the grill. I told him about always carrying loads low to the ground but also decided I needed a brush guard. After looking at some on here and...
  38. RoMad

    First trip to dealer with used tractor

    I bought my tractor off of Craigslist about three weeks ago. I have called the dealer in Ocala, Novia Industries, with questions about oil, hydraulic fluid, what year my tractor is by the serial number(2003) etc. They have always been very helpful and friendly over the phone. I asked them about...
  39. RoMad

    CK20 hourmeter not working

    Well, I am down to one thing not working on my new to me ck20. The hour meter does not work. The tractor is a 2003 and the meter reads 188 hours. I asked the guy I bought it from and he said it broke a couple years ago and he just didn't bother fixing it. (he was a little stingy witht the truth...
  40. RoMad

    New member, new tractor, need help already

    Hi, I have been lurking on forums recently to help me make a decision on what size tractor to get for mowing 8 acres a few times a year and also to clean out a few pig pens occassionaly. Well, this week my DW forwarded a craiglsist ad to me at work and told me I should check it out. It was a 6...
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