Recent content by jcaron2

A week or so back, my MX-5000 overheated. I had a guy mowing for me, and he noticed smoke starting to come off the transmission housing under the seat. That's when he also realized that the temp gauge was way up, starting to get into the red zone. He shut everything down and let me know. I...

I'm sick and tired of my bare-bones factory seat with only about 1/2" of travel on my MX-5000. Plus, since the seatbelt is connected to the frame, as you bounce around in the seat, the seatbelt cuts into your thighs. Anybody have a recommendation for a good comfortable after-market...

Our horse stalls have windows for the horses to stick their heads out, but we usually keep the ones on the north side of the barn shuttered during the winter. I'm looking to replace the plywood-and-crossbuck shutters with a piece of plexiglass (in a 2x6 frame) to let more light into the barn...

I'm looking for advise on hardware for latching the sliding doors on my horse barn that I'm building (see the thread here). I have stay rollers attached to the building on either side of the door opening at the bottom, but I'm looking for some sort of hardware that will latch the doors in the...

I have a 5-6" (uncompacted) layer of rock screenings that I need to compact. Picture course sand that packs very tightly. Anyone have any advice whether I should use a jumping jack type of tamper versus a vibratory one? I want it packed down really well. Thanks.

I recently finished building the doors for my horse barn and was faced with the task of hanging them without help from anyone but my tractor. There are four main doors (a pair for each end of the barn), each measuring 6'x10'x3" and weighing around 450 lbs, along with two side doors into the...

Some of you may have seen the progress on my horse barn in this thread: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/153626-my-horse-barn-progress.html. It's getting time to build the exterior doors, and I'm looking for advice/experience/expertise. The barn is sided in T1-11 and will be...

I started building my horse barn this spring. So far it's pretty much been just me and my Kubota. Since the tractor has played a major role, I figured I'd share some pics and narrative of the progress.

I have about three acres of pasture that has quite a bit of junk buried in it which continues to surface here and there. It's basically miscellaneous garbage from years of dumping by a previous owner. Unfortunately, it was strewn throughout when we cleared and graded that particular part of...

I ordered and installed a Kubota's remote hydraulic kit for my MX-5000 a while back. Everything is built very well and is very sturdy on it except for the return pipe. Granted, the oil returning to the tractor's resevoir is no longer pressurized, but it's flowing at around 13gpm, so there's...

My MX5000 has developed an electrical issue lately, and it seems to be getting worse. The tractor will be running normally, when all of a sudden the fuel pump solenoid will begin clicking sporadically, and the engine will spit and sputter and eventually cut off completely. Even after it has...

I have an 8' x 8' chain drag harrow. A 3ph frame kit for it costs as much as the harrow itself. I'm looking for suggestions/experiences people have had making their own. I'd prefer to have it firmly attached to the 3ph, not just dangling from a boom pole or the like during transport, then...