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Looking for another use for our home-built and snow blade we hung an old axle, after we shortened it two feet, to aid in pushing cars and trucks into our auto repair shop. With 15 lbs. pressure it is a pretty soft touch, no vehicle damage to date. Very quick to get on and off.

I believe I have posted pictures of my little home-built before but this weekend my grandson came in and did a video of our build to go along an account of the drive system and some of it's features. The link is towards the end of the write up. I in particular would like to share how we used a 5...

Have been working on this project off and on for ten plus years. Still needs glass and some lose ends tied up, but, it is running and did its first work today. Just breaking the new plow I today with the home built articulated tractor(1) - YouTube

Have been working on an articulated loader tractor for some time. Pretty well done with the exception of the loader. Running a pump which if memory serves is about 12 gpm. The first four gallons is diverted to the steering system. The loader bucket is six feet wide. I would like to have the...

Twenty some years ago I built a small, 2800 pound, homebuilt tractor. The unique part about it is the use of a front wheel drive engine and trans-axle turned 90 degrees which uses only one of the original drive axles to shoot forward where it engages a transfer case from a 84 Nissan 4x4 then...

Looking for some items to finish a cab I am building, door latches in particular. Stumbled across a small company who specializes in cab hardware, door latches, hinges, door seals, wiper kits etc. Placed my order, nice fellow who certainly knew what he was talking about. Here is a link to...

Borrowed my 2010 M7040 to the local animal shelter, right next door to my acreage, only to have them clip a post with the drivers door. Good reason not to drive with the door open. Search online found one available through All States Ag...

Working at putting fence up for the upcoming tractor pull. Shut the 7040 off and when went to start 1/2 hour later it was a crank no start. No smoke from the stack. Checked fuel supply, pulled filter and installed new, pumped while had the filter off and the primer was delivering fuel. Checked...

A link to some pictures of my sons new shop, 1800 square feet with 12 foot sidewalls. Two of the pics are video of the rafters going up using my 5040 Kubota and my homebuilt tractor. The homebuilt has a cage on the back we only use every couple years but it certainly works nice. If you watch...

My father Duane a master builder passed away five years ago. Of the stories he told this was my favorite. Believe it was around 1948. Long story, two pages. I thought the group might enjoy it though. My Father Duane grew up on a farm in Lyon county. He once told me about the night he proposed...

Wrote this the summer following my fathers death, thought it likely some of you have plowed the same ground I have been helping Will put up some new fencing in a dry lot, lots of big pieces of steel so the cutting torch has been the weapon of choice. Saturday morning I am working by myself...

Bought a used 2008 M5040 this past year,700 hours, even in the summer the shuttle shift is a little slow to engage when first started, Since it has gotten colder, down to 0, much more noticeable, four of five count before it engages. Once warmed up or it kept inside, no problem. Normal? Have...

Thought I would share some pictures of a articluted loader I have been working on for some time. Last year been busy so not much progress. The basis of it is a Fuel injected, 90 Grand Prix, 3.1 Gm V6 with 125 three speed trans-axle with welded spiders feeding a big four speed from a old 69...

Do some writing, have a hard drive stuffed with thoughts and recollections, thought this might of be of interest. Bud's Beer Spot We spotted the 56 while cruising Rock Rapids, she was just sitting in the car lot pretty as you please. Two door hardtop, turquoise and white, had a Hurst three...

Friend borrowed my 5040 to rake corn stalks prior to round bailing, called this AM as was no crank no start. I made the trip out and was able jump at the starter and get going, after finished he dropped it back off, tonight I took a peak. The left side between the trans and fuel tank was...

Old friend and customer, Bennett, passed away this past year, auction was Saturday. Having to go fetch a horse 5 hrs. away for my daughter I missed it. Son made it though so helped him cart away his purchases on my return. Sadly he did not buy the nice little twin cylinder J.D L stationary...

Recently bought a used M5040. Although not ashamed to drive junk, look at my 88 3/4 ton pickup for instance, I do like to have one vehicle I can take pride in. For me this vehicle would be my 5040. Sadly it arrived from the dealer, I bought sight unseen, with the plastic/fiberglass fenders and...

Yesterday I closed on a 08 Kubota 5040 with cab,hyd. shuttle and 675 hours. What a long strange, but fun, trip it's been. Started when I built a cab for my 03 Kubota L3000DT last fall. Cab done just before the first big snow I fell in love with moving snow with a cab and heater, most fun I have...

Hello fellows, have been following the forums for some time and glad to have joined. My name is Roy Gage and I live in Estherville Iowa 7 miles from Mn. and 80 from South Dakota. Run a small auto repair shop, very small acreage with animals. Two big horses, five goats, four ponies and one...

Having failed at my attempts a year ago to fashion a tractor cab for my 2003 Kubota L3000DT I redoubled my efforts and got an earlier start this year. Done just in time, made it by one day, for the first heavy snow I have now got a good hard winters experiance with it and could not be more...