Recent content by hosejockey2002

I'm posting this problem for my dad. He's in rural Montana and has an L4330 with a BH90 backhoe. This season when he remounted the backhoe, he noticed very slow and weak backhoe operation. The loader works fine, with no problems. He took the tractor into town for a local guy (nearest Kubota...

Anyone ever use a grade beam? Today I was working on a small grading job that turned into a literal mud bog that was about impossible to work in. To smooth it out, I clamped a piece of channel iron into my BH bucket with the thumb and it worked better than expected. I could change the beam...

I decided to let my little ones try their hands with my new machine. My 13 year old boy did fine, although I tease him that he was a better operator when he was five, the age that I let him try out a mini excavator. My 8 year old girl was the big surprise. Not only did she have the hand...

Got my new machine yesterday. I got home around 8, had enough time to unload, let my wife drive it around and then I played with the BH a little. It's going to be a couple of weeks before I get a chance to use it on a jobsite, but I'll play a little bit in the backyard. :)

After months of consideration and research I'm ready to pull the trigger on a CK20 HST TLB. I plan on using this machine for part time, light residential landscaping. I'm normally a decisive guy, but I'm having a tough time making up my mind about whether to get the Kioti KB 2365 BH or the...

I just finished rebuilding my lift cylinder with new O-rings. I also drained and refilled the hydraulic fluid. After reassembling, the 3-point will only lift a couple of inches and then the lever returns toward the neutral position. The loader works fine, and cycling it up and down several...

I'm in the early stages of shopping for a compact TLB for use in my part time landscape installation and maintenance business. I'm leaning toward either a Kubota B series or Kioti CK series machine. I have no problems with other brands, but there is a local dealer that carries both brands, and...

I'm trying to help my dad help spend some of his hard earned cash, and he wants either a Kubota L4330 or a JD 4610. I'd like to hear from anyone who has knowledge or experience with either one of these machines. With either one he wants a shuttle shift manual transmission (not hydro), loader...

Does anyone know of a good price on a 4610 with shuttle shift (not eHydro), JD 460 loader with HD bucket, and either a Bradco 408 or JD 48 backhoe?

I'm trying to help my dad spend some of his hard-earned cash. He's got his choice narrowed down to either a Kubota L4330 or a JD 4610. Anybody have a ballpark good price on an L4330 GST with LA853 loader with HD bucket, and a BH 90 backhoe?

For all you long time Yanmar fans- you know what a deal this is- if I had $8K I'd be running to Colorado. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2597363501&category=56979

I knew my 1401D got good fuel economy, but I never really knew how good until today. I filled it up after the last job I did, and today I did another job, 4 1/2 hours running time, loader and box scraper work, running mostly at 2400 rpm. I have another job coming up, so I wanted the tank full...

Any of you guys run biodiesel in your Yanmars? A buddy of mine gave me five gallons that he had no use for. My tractor starts and runs great on it, and the exhaust smells like a turkey being deep fried. I think I'm going to look for a local source for it and start using it.

I recently started a small business doing tractor work with my 1401D. It works well for what I am doing, in fact I got a job because of my machine's ability to get in tight places. I eventually want to replace my 1401D with something a little more powerful and efficient, but don't want to give...

Hello all- I've recently started a small business using my tractor (Yanmar 1401D- 17 hp). I got my contractor's license, am insured, bonded, all that. I'm looking for any and all suggestions on how to market my business. I'm going to do brush and field cutting, light grading and clearing...