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vwnotrunning · Apr 27, 2014

Congrats on the tractor!

BlackDogTx · Apr 27, 2014

Nice Tractor! Welcome to the family!!

Green Power · Apr 28, 2014

Good looking tractor Breadtrk, welcome to the LS family. :welcome:

breadtrk · May 5, 2014

Thanks everyone, 25 hours so far, cleared about an acre of the field, smoothed and tilled the front yard, worked 2 driveways, removed about 10 tons of gravel that washed from the mountain into my brothers yard.

Then had a cold Twisted Tea.

Triboman · May 13, 2014

Pure awesomeness! Give us some feedback on the backhoe attachment. Thinking of picking one up this week..

breadtrk · May 14, 2014

Truth is that I played for 5 minutes, realized this is going to take a devoted weekend of learning so I took it off. My initial projects didn't include it. I was very much in need of terra-forming and tilling my front yard some hack on a backhoe trashed during a pipe freeze this winter. That sucker was the main deciding factor in NOT getting a new car and getting the tractor instead.

I'm not speaking to the sorry buggar ever again, Mom says I have to be nice at Thanksgiving though. Stoopid little brother.

Gary Fowler · May 14, 2014

Little brothers can be such a pain. Nice tractor though. Can the back hoe be operated from the cab or does it have a separated seat operated outside the cab?

breadtrk · May 14, 2014

Have to climb down and get on the seat attached to the hoe outside. The rear window does not open enough to allow you to operate it and reach in to lift the bucket or adjust the throttle. I've looked at taking the rear window off to use the hoe.

The cab also makes it a real pain to hook up 3pt stuff too. The side window doesn't open enough to reach my hand in to adjust the lift lever. You have to reach in the door to get to it and then you can't see the attachment point so you have to climb back in to see.

A quick hitch may help with this but then I would have to buy new PTO shafts after cutting them to fit without it.

Even with that whining, I love the cab once hooked up and running with the rest of the implements.

AaronS · May 14, 2014

breadtrk said:
I'm not speaking to the sorry buggar ever again, Mom says I have to be nice at Thanksgiving though. Stoopid little brother.

HA!!! Classic!

I'd recommend Pat's Easy Change for your lift arms. I didn't have to change any pto shafts.

k0ua · May 14, 2014

breadtrk said:
Have to climb down and get on the seat attached to the hoe outside. The rear window does not open enough to allow you to operate it and reach in to lift the bucket or adjust the throttle. I've looked at taking the rear window off to use the hoe.

The cab also makes it a real pain to hook up 3pt stuff too. The side window doesn't open enough to reach my hand in to adjust the lift lever. You have to reach in the door to get to it and then you can't see the attachment point so you have to climb back in to see.

A quick hitch may help with this but then I would have to buy new PTO shafts after cutting them to fit without it.

Even with that whining, I love the cab once hooked up and running with the rest of the implements.

If you are handy with design and fab, you should consider making a rear Position Control lever, kind of like our Kioti's have. It is just mechanical linkage, and several guys have added them to their Kubota's and other brands. It would seem to be a real frustration saver for you during hookups.