Having a blast with our new M62

[MutzFarm]

Greasing is very important. Keep in mind you can over grease and do not mix greases.

I used to have my own trucking company. I would do my personal truck myself with a old pistol grip grease gun. I would crawl under one end and come out the other filthy, grease all over me, etc.
After years had gone by I finally bought a pneumatic grease gun. I went under that truck and came out the other end almost spotless and in a quarter of the time.

My wife said I wished you had bought one of those years ago. She hated washing the greasy clothes.

I still use the same pneumatic grease gun and pistol grip. I will buy a dewalt one eventually.

I keep the old pistol grip around for things like the grease buddys on trailer axles.
Im also scared if I used the pneumatic it may blow the seal out of the other side before the grease comes back around where I can see it.
Sometimes I dont have enough air hose to grease some things and dont feel like bringing them closer. Eventually the dewalt will take over here.

 

[4570Man]

You can only over grease a sealed joint. You can push a tube each in backhoe pins and not hurt anything besides making a mess.

 

[ovrszd]

You can only over grease a sealed joint. You can push a tube each in backhoe pins and not hurt anything besides making a mess.

Yep. I always grease pins until it's oozing out in the places I feel are critical.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

I have had people contact me on here, Facebook, my website, find my phone number, etc and ask me many, many questions about the M62 and some have purchased on the information I have given. Of course Kubota will probably never know. O well. I got a AWESOME machine.

Too bad there's no way for you to get a commission!

Last week my L3240 started having issues with the loader boom hydraulics, and it's still at the dealers being sorted out. That was the straw that broke the camel's back, and yesterday I closed a deal on a '16 M62 with 120 hours on the clock. It's supposed to be on the truck from Texas next week, and I can't wait. It's been about a year since I stopped following this thread, but it sounds like your M62 is still kicking butt and taking names, so good for it and you!

One of the down sides of buying used, at least in this case, is no maintenance history or even an owner's manual came with the deal. I found a .pdf of the operator's manual, but it doesn't cover the backhoe. Is there a version that does?

I have a copy of the Kubota shop manual for my L3240, and have got some use out of it, and wonder if I should get one for the M62. Thoughts?

Owing to a lack of past history, first thing is new oil and filters (including the hydraulics). I've been using Tractor Supply UDT equivalent in the old tractor, but wonder if I shouldn't stick with SUDT for the M62. I want to start off on the right foot and stay that way.

Lastly, do you get your parts from a local Kubota dealer, or are there better deals online?

Thanks in advance!

 

[JenniferKubotaM62]

Did you ever get a workshop manual for your M62, can you please share the part number for the manual, I need to order one. Does anyone know where we can get an online version as well, happy to pay/legit but would be great to have it on my iPad, thanks.

Jen

 

[Jchonline]

Man that was hard to find again. They have it under WSM on the Messicks site, not shop or workshop. Here it is. Kubota: WSM - L47, M62,, Part # 9Y111-13680

I have not seen an electronic version of this one. Let me know if you find it.

 

[JenniferKubotaM62]

Man that was hard to find again. They have it under WSM on the Messicks site, not shop or workshop. Here it is. Kubota: WSM - L47, M62,, Part # 9Y111-13680

I have not seen an electronic version of this one. Let me know if you find it.

Thank you.. yes found it, much appreciated.

 

[fried1765]

Too bad there's no way for you to get a commission!

Last week my L3240 started having issues with the loader boom hydraulics, and it's still at the dealers being sorted out. That was the straw that broke the camel's back, and yesterday I closed a deal on a '16 M62 with 120 hours on the clock. It's supposed to be on the truck from Texas next week, and I can't wait. It's been about a year since I stopped following this thread, but it sounds like your M62 is still kicking butt and taking names, so good for it and you!

One of the down sides of buying used, at least in this case, is no maintenance history or even an owner's manual came with the deal. I found a .pdf of the operator's manual, but it doesn't cover the backhoe. Is there a version that does?

I have a copy of the Kubota shop manual for my L3240, and have got some use out of it, and wonder if I should get one for the M62. Thoughts?

Owing to a lack of past history, first thing is new oil and filters (including the hydraulics). I've been using Tractor Supply UDT equivalent in the old tractor, but wonder if I shouldn't stick with SUDT for the M62. I want to start off on the right foot and stay that way.

Lastly, do you get your parts from a local Kubota dealer, or are there better deals online?

Thanks in advance!

I have the L48, the older smaller brother of your M62.
I bought mine used (at 13 years old, from the original owner) with 251 hours, and it too had no recorded maintenance history.
The bottom line: A Kubota with 120 hours and no maintenance history is almost equal to a brand new Kubota.
Don't worry even a little bit about not having the history, but for your M62, do not use TSC hydraulic fluid that is manufactured by some low bidder TSC supplier!
Use Kubota SUDT2!

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[5030]

+10 on that. Only thing I get at TSC is Rotella T6 when on sale and Grade 2 bolts. I'd never buy cheap 'Universal Tractor fluid'. Either SUDT or in my case Chevron All weather THC Synthetic, which is the same price as SUDT but comes dyed orange so I can see it. Paying thousands for a unit and then low balling the filters and oils is very false economy.

 

[mtputney]

M62 BH Question:

Some sources online advertise the L47 and M62 TLBs as having a third hydraulic pump, supplying the left and right backhoe control levers each with their own supply of fluid. Reportedly, this means that the controls don't fight for the same supply of hydraulic fluid, allowing the BH to smoothly perform multiple motions at once, at least while the inputs come from separate levers. However, when we test-drove the machine, we found the opposite to be the case. Any input in the right stick (dipper / bucket) depowered the main boom's raise/lower function. It would still go down with gravity, and swing seemed minimally affected, but since boom-up inputs often coincide with dipper/bucket inputs, this seems like a problem. Was our experience a fluke, or is this normal behavior for this machine?"

Thanks in advance for any help - we're trying to make buy/no-buy decision.