Recent content by Knute

My 7510 has developed a problem with the 3pt hitch. Not always, but most of the time, the 3pt hitch won't drop while the tractor is running. The lever won't push forward to lower it, almost like it's under pressure. If I turn it off, pull back on the lever slightly to raise it, then I can drop...

Ok, this is something of an embaresing question. I've had my 7510 since last summer, it was delivered with the Bush Hog on the 3pt and I've never needed to take it off - until now. So how the heck do you take it off? Removing the pto shaft was easy, but how do you get the lower arms off the...

Does anyone know if you can estimate how heavy a load is based on how high the loader will lift it? For example the LA302 loader is rated for 770 lbs at the pivot point at max height. If I get a big rock in the bucket and at full curl (which puts the weight pretty much right over the pivot...

Thanks to the members here I finally decided on a Kubota B7510 (after taking a couple years to convince my better half) and had one delivered on friday with a 302 loader and Bush Hog SQ480 rotary cutter. So far I've only got about 6 hours of seat time but I've gotten a lot done around here (at...

Sometime this weekend I may be able to answer this myself, but since I'm stewing waiting for my tractor to be delivered (B7510) I'll ask the question. We have a fair amount of vine maples up here in the NW, has anyone tried mowing them down with a rotary cutter? I've used a backhoe to tear...

Yesterday I rented a TC 30 from a local rental shop to do some work around the property, my first time running a tractor. It worked great, ample power (except for one log that turned out to be a lot bigger than I thought), Woods 7500 back hoe worked great for pulling up vine maples and what not...

This isn't exactly a "which is best" question, but instead a which tire is best under what conditions? Obviously the turf tires are needed when you must avoid tearing up a lawn, but when would you want to use R1 vs R4? It seems that the R4 have less agressive lugs and are wider, better used in...

I haven't used one of these yet, obviously or I wouldn't have this question...is a pull behind brush hog on a piviot like a trailer or is it attached solidly to the rear of the tractor? If it's solid how do you mow along a fence? When you turn doesn't it swing wide causing the brush hog to...

I stopped in at the local JD dealer last night to ask about the 4110 to get their spin on comparing it to a similar size Kubota. The salesman quoted me $20,000 for a 4110 with a backhoe, apparently JD has made one available for this model only in the last month or so. That seems like a fair...

Hi all, I've been reading many many many (did I say many?) pages of posts and still have a question, or rather would like to get some opinions. I live in Western Washington, we've got about 15 acres that was clear cut around 25 years ago and left wild. Today we live there and had roughly...