Fueling M series tractor

[5030]

Thx everyone.

So far, imho, the quickest, easiest, cheapest solution is putting the gas cans in the raised bucket and use a hand syphon pump.

Summers over, finally stopped raining. 2020, a summer tp remember!

What rain? Drier than a popcorn fart here. If I didn't water the garden every other day there wouldn't be one. Grass is all brown and dead and my hayfields look like crap. We have not had any appreciable precip in 30 days, maybe longer.

 

[5030]

Best thing I found.

No power needed & works GREAT.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Lincoln-Products-0-HP-2-5-GPM-Self-Priming-Siphon-Pump-107761/304261418

Works fine so long as the supply is higher than the receiver which isn't always the case when fueling a tractor. HF has the same thing even cheaper and if you don't mind sucking on the end of a hose and possibly getting a mouthful of fuel, just a plain hose is even cheaper.

 

[5030]

Heck, I paid $300 for a Fill-Rite (Tuthill) 12 volt ..8 gallon /minute pump in June of 2016. It looks like the pump has died....out of warranty of course. The motor just hums and blows the 30 amp fuse. So far I've cleaned up the connections, but don't see anything else to "fix". Will try it again in a few days. I have not contacted the manufacturer or Agri Supply yet.

Guess I'll be back to lifting 5 gallon jugs....or ....doing it one gallon at a time.:thumbdown:

Cheers,
Mike

If you do happen to take the pump apart. you'll be dismayed at how cheap the insides are assembled. The motor itself is extremely cheaply made, very substandard quality. After a couple failed for me (various brands), all poorly made, I switched to a diaphragm pump. Sure you have to pump it but it's not prone to electrical failure either (and a lot less expensive to boot).

 

[stephenh]

The Amazon pump there looks interesting, might give it a try. What I've gotten to doing now, after inheriting three more five-gal diesel containers [being given] is to fill them to only about 3 gallons each. Easier to wrestle up onto the deck of the 4701 Kubota. Thirteen gallon tank in the tractor, so not a big deal.

 

[oldballs]

The Amazon pump there looks interesting, might give it a try. What I've gotten to doing now, after inheriting three more five-gal diesel containers [being given] is to fill them to only about 3 gallons each. Easier to wrestle up onto the deck of the 4701 Kubota. Thirteen gallon tank in the tractor, so not a big deal.

I think you're right about that............lt's the last 2 gallons that gets ya.

 

[FTG-05]

Used to go through all that crap with the cans. I used 8 or 9 MFCs driving into town (+20 miles round trip) to fill every couple weeks. Screw that.

I finally decided to bite the bullet and:

The fuel pump was ~$325 or so, then 20' of refueling hose, plus the nozzle. Life is soooooo much better!

 

[5030]

Actually, the most convenient way is a bulk tank and farm / home delivery but you do get to pay for that service unless the delivered amount is substantial. I have a 500 gallon above ground, skid mount tank and my local co-op fills it. Mine has built in containment too.

That can become a very sticky issue if it leaks or gets punctured. A hundred gallon or more tank sitting unprotected is an invitation for a heck of a fine should it leak. Under Federal EPA rules, the tank must have a containment structure with enough capacity to contain any leak or spill equal to or greater than the tank's full capacity.

Even 50 gallons of diesel can do a lot of contamination of ground water of which you, as the owner, are 100% liable for.

I do have the convenience of driving the tractors up town and filling them with off toad diesel if I want to. It's only a mile each way. Lot of us around here do that.

 

[Fallon]

Me & a JD at the gas station a mile down the road during a big snow a year or 2 ago...

 

[5030]

Me & a JD at the gas station a mile down the road during a big snow a year or 2 ago...
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I see you are like me. Chains only on the front tires. I never chain up the rear. I don't really like to be reminded of what is coming soon enough. I'm already laying in my shelled corn and wood pellets for this winter.

Soon, I'll be snuggled under a wool blanket in my recliner with the stove going, reading a book and looking out at a winter wonderland..... Oh boy, cannot wait....:thumbdown:

 

[Fallon]

I see you are like me. Chains only on the front tires. I never chain up the rear. I don't really like to be reminded of what is coming soon enough. I'm already laying in my shelled corn and wood pellets for this winter.

Soon, I'll be snuggled under a wool blanket in my recliner with the stove going, reading a book and looking out at a winter wonderland..... Oh boy, cannot wait....

Colorado... Today here we had a high of 97. Tomorow high of 90, low of 32. Tuesday high of 34 & 7" of snow. I'm sure most of it will be melting as it lands due to the ground tempature, but we'll be in for a wild ride.

On my previous L3200 with R4s I couldn't get rear chains on without wheel spacers. I didn't want a wider track than my impliments so only did front chains. It worked ok enough I've stuck with it on the L4060 as well. I dont recall if I need to widen the rims to accommodate chains or not. But my 72" track matches most of my current impliments so im not inclined to go wider even though these rims are adjustable.

I'm sure rear chains of front & rears would work better than just fronts. But if I'm going to shell out for better snow handling it will be a 3pt blower. No matter what chains I get I can't do more than nibble a couple feet at a time back blading or bucketing some of our occasional huge drifts.