Recent content by Jarrett

I'm looking for experience and opinions. I'm in the market for another truck. I'm wanting an F250 or F350 srw from 1980-1994 with either the 6.9 or 7.3 idi diesel, or 7.5L/460 gasser and manual transmission. I may consider a 460 gasser up to their end in 1997. I don't want a powerstroke. I know...

Thanks everyone for the input! So much good information and insight. My uses will be mainly picking up loose brush and debris, fallen or cut tree limbs, and the occasional log or two. I do have pallet forks, so moving multiple logs at once can be accomplished with that. No large rocks down here...

I'm trying to decide which style of grapple to get, #1 (root) or #2 (rake/clamshell). I've never used a grapple so I don't have any experience with either style. I've always thought the rake style (#2) would be better, especially for grabbing a big pile of brush. In what situation does each...

I have a 2003 Kubota L3130 tractor, MFWD with FEL that I bought brand new. It has served me well. It only has ~520 hrs on it. I only use it for personal use around my 5 acre home place plus occasionally doing small projects for family. I've been thinking that a tracked skid steer would suit me...

I have a Kubota L3130 and will be adding rear remotes to it soon. I haven't decided yet if I'm going with the Kubota kit or a DIY setup. I'm leaning towards the Kubota setup for the clean installation and placement of the levers next to the seat; however, I want to explore all my options...

I recently bought a bionic blade/land plane/dual blade grader and I'm struggling to get the results I've seen other people get in the videos I've watched. I'm using it to grade my gravel driveway. My biggest problem is I'm not getting the gravel to flow over the 2 blades and get distributed. All...

Does anyone know if the landscape rake tines from agrisupply will match in size and shape the tines on a Howse landscape rake? I need to replace 9 tines on mine and the agrisupply tines are less than half the cost of the tines from Howse. 1 Hole Landscape Rake Tine | Agri Supply, 10454

I'm in the market for a 5' bush hog, aka rotary cutter, to replace the Mott 88 flail mower I'm trying to sell. I've run across a Bush Hog 295. The ad as well as the literature from Bush Hog says 35hp minimum. Does anyone run one of these on a Kubota L3130 DT (geared) or similar size/hp...

I'm making a bracket to mount my 15 gal sprayer to my ZTR mower and I need some steel sheet cut out. I already have some material and can do it myself with the few tools that I have (portaband, grinder, etc.), but I don't really have the time to spend on cutting these out. I got prices from a...

Thanks for the information. Let me provide a few more details that I left out. The length of run to the shop is about 130 ft. I already have the wire run. It is oversized for what I need, but the price was right. It is 4/0-4/0-2/0 AL and I ran a #4 CU ground along with it. I intend to...

Need some help here. I'm planning to run power to my detached shop soon (hopefully). When we built the house, I spoke to the power co. and asked the best way to prepare for bringing power to my shop. I wanted 200A for the house and 100 or more to the shop. They sold me a Milbank 320A meter...

A coworker of mine is cleaning out her dad's old barn. She has this toolbar that I'm interested in. It's missing one of the lower lift pins, which is a minor thing. Other than that it looks to be in great shape. I wish it would be a solid bar, but I'm sure it will be fine for anything I'll ever...

I got a surprise birthday gift yesterday. It's a BOB-CAT FastCat Pro with a 52" cut and 22hp Kawasaki FX series engine. I'm looking forward to trying it out this weekend. http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/YGBjjAPEk0CPZP30yYDg0g?feat=directlink

I bought a used flail mower this past weekend. It's a Mott Model 88 Utility. It's in pretty good shape. I gave $700 for it. All but one bearing feel smooth with no play. The bad bearing is the one on the end of the extension shaft at the drive pulley. The housing for that pulley is broken...

Does anyone use a 7' finishing mower with a 3130? I've been shopping for a finishing mower and was planning to get a 6', but I was wondering how a 7' performed with the 25 PTO HP of a 3130.