Recent content by JATO_RaT

Have you developed that \"seat of the pants\" HST Have you developed that "seat of the pants" HST control with your tractor? You will know what I am talking about if you have. It's difficult to descriibe but exceptionally valuable when mowing over rough terrain. I have certainly picked it up...

You might find this site interesting Chevron "diesel fuels technical review" I found it via TractorSmart. There is much great information at TractorSmart especially for folks with Kubota tractors.

I have decided a tiller from CCM is the way to go after emailing Mark Carter. They have a 66" tiller or a 72" tiller. I have a Kubota L3830 with HST. Any folks with tillers able to comment on the ability of this relatively small tractor (31 PTO HP) ability to run this width of tiller. The 72"...

Do any of you have a comment about the various brands of wheeled string trimmers made. The situation is this. The DR Trimmer we use had a Tecumseh engine, I think it was 5 or 6 HP. Yesterday it got way to hot and seized the rings or ate an exhaust valve. I removed it and anticipate replacing it...

Normally I would not care but tomorrow is my little kids 2 year old birthday party. A stinkin swarm of bees landed in our fruitless mulberry and decided to coat a branch with about 6 inch thick layer of bees all around for a foot or more. Whats going on. Are they going to stay or move on. I know...

Rather then climb on the tire and over the loader with a 6 gallon container of diesel (about 48lbs), spill a little here and there, getting it on my hands, holding it until it empties, draining most of the strength from my outstretched arms and feeling my back tighten I decided to bite the...

One thing I found out about the L30 HST's. The use of independent braking or differential braking is nearly impossible with the left foot trying to crossover and apply some hydro pressure while the right applies pedal to the left or right brake or vice versa with the left being the brake foot...

I am curious about a reverse rotation tiller. Can you tell me what disadvantage there would be to having one over a standard rotation? I was pretty set on a Kuhn EL 42/155 but after speaking to a Kuhn/Landpride dealer, he suggested I also take a look at a Landpride RTR20 or RTR25 series. He...

I put my order in for a Kubota L3830 HST with TnT and LA 723 loader with HD bucket. Still debating on the R3's vs R4's. Financing is 0.00% from Kubota for 36 months. I decided on the Kubota for several reasons. After checking out JD's 4410 and 4310, which are both nice tractors and then NH's...

Tires? Are R3\'s OK for loader use? Was wondering if any of you have R3's or Turf tires on your tractor and use them with a loader. If so, do they take the loaded bucket OK? The R4's I had were virtually bullet proof for loader work where the R1's on another tractor tended to get pretty flat...

Well I finally put an ad in the paper for my L48. My plan is to drop down to a tractor with a removeable loader. I thought I could get away mowing my hills and around my 100 plus sprinkler heads but find it's more work then anticipated. So before I put to many hours on it and it still has the...

I am sure many of you guys have discussed this before, I did not seem to come up with much info on a quick search regarding truck exhaust systems. I have a 1993 Ford F250 non turbo diesel. Banks offers a load of stuff from turbos to exhaust systems, but I am not interested in turbo charging...

Anyone with a NH/Ford 2120 or similar with HSS (hydraulic shuttle shift) have or had this problem? Ours now does this all of the sudden. Neutral is now forward. Forward still is forward and reverse locks up and stalls the engine. There is no neutral or reverse. After all the work we have gone...

JD\'s website has me confused I am checking out the JD 4610, a direct competitor to the Kubota L4330 I am checking out. Where do you find the loaders? They have a price configurator and I realize its suggested retail but does that price they have include a loader, if so, I can understand the...

Any opinions about who makes a great cordless telephone? I see that 5.8GHz phones are out from folks like VTech and Uniden. My old Panasonic is now a play toy for our little boy. It was a 2.4GHz and while it worked, was great. Panasonic is not making 5.8GHz phones to my knowledge. The free ATT...