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By the way, Replacing the rear axle turned out to be about an hour job, with no prior experience doing it, and that included draining the trans/hydraulic oil. Cleaned the new axle and put it in the deep freeze the night before. Next morning, warmed up the bearing in toaster oven on low temp...

I was also confused by that bogus spec, so talked to the shop manager at RK. The guy they had then was ignorant as a bucket of rocks. Caught the lead mechanic and asked him. He said the manual was wrong and do NOT put AW32 hyd fluid or gear oil in it! And that they used the RK Providence store...

I was also going to buy the non-cab, open station version for the very reason you stated, but my wife insisted that I get the cab. I was 67 at the time and have had some skin cancer and other health issues and we always have a big hornet's nest or two and some bumble bee nests every summer, so I...

I was not aware of the lack of industry-wide standards for tractor trans/hydraulic fluid. Thank you for that! Since Rural King uses their store brand fluids when they service tractors and I've had nothing but good service using their store brand fluids myself, I think I'll stick with them...

In my Rural King RK37SC, I've always used the Rural King Providence store brand of "Premium Trans-Hydraulic Oil, Multi-Trac Formula for Use In Most Applications" which meets the John Deere J20C spec and many other specs, and costs about $15 per gallon. But they also sell "CAM2 PROMAX Premium...

In my RK37SC, I've always used the Rural King Providence store brand of "Premium Trans-Hydraulic Oil, Multi-Trac Formula for Use In Most Applications" which meets the John Deere J20C spec, and costs about $15 per gallon. But they also sell "CAM2 PROMAX Premium Universal Tractor Hydraulic...

I've got an RK37SC (with shuttle shift and cab) and use it a lot and REALLY like it. The FEL is heavier duty and better built than others I've looked at of similar horsepower. I've given it a heck of a workout. I'm coming up on 500 hrs on mine. I purchased the following implements and...

oosik, Thanks for the good advice. It mirrored what a friend told me. I checked all four of the hydraulic quick-disconnects going to the FEL and the two going from the diverter valve on the FEL to the grapple jaws. I found one of the quick-disconnects on the diverter valve loose and the...

I've got an RK37SC and was using my RKT-60 RK T/S brush grapple on the FEL to roll a part of a large tree trunk down a hill to a brush pile that we are going to burn later. I had the grapple jaws open and was using the teeth of the "bucket" part of the grapple, pushing the trunk while lifting...

This afternoon I started the 50 hr servicing. I had checked the oil 2 days ago, the last time I'd used it (for about 15 minutes), and it was just below the full mark, where it's been since I bought it new. I drained the crankcase, changed the filter, replaced the drain plug, filled with 6 qts...

Our old JD 4440 had a fairly quiet cab and had a good radio with cassette deck and CD player that you could hear easily. Plus we had a business band radio that we could hear well and it talked out good too. Where I worked, my last job, we had a Case IH and a Kubota, both about 100hp, that were...

I've got an RK37SC and the more I use it, the better I like it. But I was wondering.... Are all of the RK cab tractors so loud in the cab with the engine running that you can't hear the radio or hear your phone ring or talk on it with the engine running, much less try to use the bluetooth???

Ok, Took it back to the dealer (local RK store). The tractor manager was brand new to RK, but has about 30 yrs in the Ag equipment business, and is like a pit bull after a ham bone when tracking down a problem. First thing we did was check all levers to make sure they were centered. I found the...

My RK37 is the Shuttle Shift version, and the FEL hydraulics are sloooooow. After adjusting the flow control knob, below the front of the seat, to what is a good speed for lowering the loader, it takes 8 to 10 seconds to dump the bucket, even heaped with chert or gravel and everything warmed up...

I've got a BX2230 and am planning on buying a King Kutter 48" TG-48-XB-O PTO-driven tiller for it. This is a very well-built, tough, gear-drive tiller made for the BX size of CUT's. My property is 43 acres of heavily forested hills and hollers. I've got three or four places cleared where I'm...