Recent content by Retired Iron Peddler

We're on at the end of a long REA power line and are one of the last to have power restored when an outage occurs. Our longest outage has been 56 hours and the temperature was below freezing the whole time which is tough in an all electric house. We have had to get by with a Generac 4kw...

Yesterday, I used my newly purchased L5460HSTC equipped with a Land Pride Model 1072 Grapple to clear storm damage and wind felled trees caused by a recent severe thunderstorm. Bill

Here's one that my wife took while I was showing her how the grapple worked. Bill

After a long careful consideration and comparing prices and specifications on both a Kubota L5460 HSTC/FEL and a John Deere 4520 Cab/FEL tractor. I made my decision. It's a new Kubota L5460 which will fit all my requirements: Cab, hydrostatic transmission, 4-cylinder turbocharged diesel...

Has anyone performed the 50 hour transmission service on their Z655? If you have done the service, how did you remove the clamp on the hose at the bottom of the transmission oil reservoir? Evidently, when my Z655 was assembled, they attached the hose and clamp on the tank before it was placed...

Does anyone know approximately what it would cost to rebuild a 6-volt DC generator to a 12-volt generator? My old 1950 B F Avery R/MM-BF was originally 6-volt positive ground and I have been running it on 12-volts positive ground for the past 20 years with the 6-volt generator disconnected...

I'm seriously considering a X750 with a 54" HC auto-connect mower and a 3-point Cat I hitch and a 540 rpm rear PTO for use with a tiller. Can the 3-point hitch and rear PTO be ordered factory installed or they "dealer installed" only? My dealer info for these two options shows only as dealer...

How difficult is it to remove and re-install the 7-Iron mower on a X700 series tractor? Can the gauge wheels be turned sidewise and the mower deck rolled out from under the tractor? I am still trying to decide if I want the 7-Iron mower deck on a X740. I have an older 345 with a 54" deck...

Does anyone use a Sentry 300D dual gate opener? I've been using a GTO/Mighty Mule 502 dual gate opener since 2006. The first few yuears, the gate opener worked flawlessly, but for the last year, I have had multiple problems with the slave opener. The master opener has always worked. I'm...

I'm planning to buy a 72" County Line/King Kutter tiller to go behind my Kubota L3830GST. My local Tractor Supply has a 72" in inventory that looks as it has been there for some time. It has leaked a puddle of gear oil from the side gear box about 12" in diameter. Is it normal for the side...