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I'm surprised that no one has mentioned buying a new TYM built tractor. If they have emission issues all of that can be completely bypassed without issue as per threads on this forum.

2006 Gravely commercial 260 owner here, we bought it new with a commercial Kohler Command 27hp gas engine. I have put $0 in engine repairs or parts except maintenance items. I would never be able to justify the extra cost of a diesel engine. When I worked at a small engine shop we had many, many...

In Indiana, my understanding is that tractors can be on the road as long as they have a SMV triangle or some kind of flashers on the rear. Farm vehicles actually have the right of way here, I believe.

If I had them, I would throw them up on Facebook marketplace for at least a little while and see if you get any bites. It seems a shame to just scrap them, but I wouldn't want to put any time in it myself. Put them up for sale for 3 or 4 times scrap price and I bet someone would buy them.

I know on my TC 30 it's all together, the diff, and hydraulic system.

I just shut mine down with the kill switch. The same with all my gas stuff (2 and 4 cycle), I never drain or run dry and I haven't had any issues for over 25 years.

It is indeed the HST linkage. In that cropped picture you can just barely see it, but the spring that returns the pedal to neutral is in that round sleeve.

I had the exact same leak on my TC-30 and the exact same hope of an easy fix with an "O" ring. Alas, it was not to be. If you check this thread, NH 2005 TC30 leaking internally $4000 to fix? anyone else? on the second and third pages, I have several pictures of what I found and fixed on mine.

I bought my TC-30 without a loader because the price was great (needed a bit of work that I did). I ended up driving about 12 hours one way to buy a loader that fit it. I bought an Ansung NTC-30 loader, it has a quick attach and a bit higher lift than the 4108 that New Holland made for it. You...

I repaired a leak on my TC-30 last year that required me to split the tractor and I replaced all the hydro fluid with fluid from Rural King. I just made sure it met the spec for New Holland (134D maybe?) I found no need to spend $$$ when a generic that meets spec is only $. I certainly don't buy...

I have a 2007 Gravely commercial zero turn. I use my blower to blow off the top of the deck after every mowing, but I have never needed to clean the underside of the deck. I mow wet grass all the time. The statement above about not all decks are created equal is certainly true. The underside of...

I've only put 60 hours on mine in almost 3 years. I bought it used with a bit under 1000 hours on it. It was almost 20 years old when I bought it.

I worked at a hardware store that sold Gravely mowers along with a competent small engine shop. Most of the commercial mowers have good engines on them, and most of the residential mowers have much lower quality engines on them. The commercial Kohler (Command) engines were just as good as the...

I bought this yard box on Monday for a good price since it is damaged. I'm going to cut off the damaged top link apron and either fix it and put it back on or replace it.

I mow this field with a 60" commercial Gravely zero turn. It's about 4 1/2 acres. It's pretty rough, but I mow it in about 2 hours or less.

Several years ago (15ish) I worked at a rental store. We had a John Deere CUT, 33hp but can't remember the model number, that had aluminum rear axle housings. A customer rented it without a rear attachment on the 3 pt hitch. They backed into a concrete curb and busted the rear axle housings...

We bought this a couple weeks ago. It's a '24 Accord in canyon river blue. My wife drives it mostly, but we both really like it.

I worked at a Gravely dealer for about 20 years. They are great machines. We never saw any machine that was better built that was in the same class. I worked in the service department and getting the machine with the serviceable transaxles is definitely worth the extra cost, ground speed is...

I keep mine in a pole barn with no door. All the attachments are also in the pole barn. I have a trailer also, but it has to live outside unfortunately.

I've only put about 50 hours on my TC30 since I got it 2 1/2 years ago. But those 50 hours of tractor time have saved me 100s of manual labor hours, or not being able to do the task at all. Well worth it to me.

I ordered a Samsung Galaxy tab S9 FE tablet for our daughter for Christmas.

I bought a light duty set of forks for my tractor rated at 3000lbs. My tractor has a loader capacity of only about 1200lbs. I did manage to bend one of the forks when a (too heavy) log rolled and was just on one fork. Keep that in mind when considering fork capacity. I also primarily use mine to...

Just to answer a couple of questions. This is the log weight calculator I used. https://www.omnicalculator.com/construction/log-weight A bit more information that may help. The last time when I was able to lift a similarly sized log completely (not just one end) with this boom pole, I did not...

One thing that may have been missed is that I said that I have lifted more than this attempt in the past with the boom pole and had no issues.

I have a New Holland TC30 with a hydraulic issue. It seems like it could be kind of a generic hydraulic issue, not necessarily a New Holland issue, so I am posting it here. I have a loader on this tractor. It is not the New Holland one, but it is made for my tractor. The lift capacity for the...

We bought a Champion generator in June when a storm came through here. The generator works great, but I hate the CO shield crap on it. I had to put a stand fan blowing on it to keep the thing from shutting down where I have to use it.

No, the camper frame is 2" x 4" rectangular tube so that is good. However, it doesn't have anything robust enough for the cross braces for the floor because of its construction type.

I bought some 1.5" x 3" "C" channel for my utility trailer conversion. I'm converting a stripped down travel trailer to a 6x12 utility trailer.

Sounds like an issue with your loader valve. I had an issue with the float position on mine and had to take the caps off the bottom and clean them out. It may not be your problem, but it's easy to do and doesn't cost anything.

My hydrostat drive TC30 has a direct drive PTO.

Just wanted to follow up on this thread. The new gasket from Messicks was metal, not paper. $180 with shipping is still hard to swallow. From start to finish I have about 16 hours and $450 in it. Well worth it IMO.

No injuries, thankfully. My son said the wind was so loud that he didn't actually hear the trees fall, he only felt it.

I ordered $840 worth of metal roofing to repair the roof of our son's house that was damaged by two large trees falling on it in a storm last week.

I haven't bought a vehicle in my home state for close to 30 years, dealer and private party. Neither one is problematic.

I thought about it, and my wife even asked me if was going to. If it wasn't so far into the tractor, I probably would have.

I was back at it today. It was not leaking at the input shaft seal, so I dug a little deeper. This is where I started today. Transmission housing and foot plates removed. I may have found the smoking gun, so to speak. Looking kind of sad right now. Smoking gun confirmed, paper gasket is...

Well, I started the job this last weekend. Loader and yard box removed. In the garage about to start the job. Loader mounts removed. Stripping the skin and other things. Three hours from the start, I had the fuel tank removed and it was ready to split. I followed the steps in the...

I'm about to split my TC30 next week in my garage for the same leak. I'll post pics and what I find.

When I bought my TC30 a couple of years ago, it came with a MMM, but no loader. I didn't need the MMM because I already had a nice commercial Z turn mower. I sold the MMM to help pay for the loader I bought for my TC30. I would have always just been taking up space.

I guess if they need an $18,000 mower. I have an older Gravely 260. It's a commercial 60" mower. I would recommend a Gravely as well. If the OP doesn't think they need a $10K mower, Gravely makes some really well built consumer models with the welded decks in the $5,000 to $6,000 range.

I did a bit of mowing this weekend on my Gravely zero turn. You can just see our shelterhouse in the background. We enjoy a lot of cook outs up here.

In July of 2022 I bought a 2001 TC30 with 950 hours for about $5600. It only had a belly mower. In December of '22 I bought the loader for about $2800 including the trade of the deck. So total machine was about $8400.

I have a TC30 with an NTC30 loader. I have had no issues with the aftermarket loader and actually prefer it since it comes with the SSQA loader. I have pushed over a couple 6" trees with my TC30. I cut them first and left a 4-5 foot stump. I did have to push on one side and then go around to the...

That's what I'm hoping. I have already cut it to width, 6", so it dries consistently, but I won't plane it or T&G it until it's properly dry.

Not firewood, but logs and wood. I loaded up 10 logs with my TC-30. The two largest ones it could barely pick up. They were around 24". I took them to my friend who has a very nice Wood Miser and came home after 3 hours of work. This piece was pretty typical of what I brought home. 6 of...

I had a very similar issue as far as not cranking. On mine it was the mid-PTO safety switch not always being engaged. I bent the tang on the PTO lever to more fully engage the switch and haven't had an issue since.

I was looking for a loader for my New Holland TC30 late last year. I found one at Long Lane Tractor in Pennsylvania. I rented a trailer and drove out from Indiana to pick it up. They had 2 or 3 7108 loaders in stock. They are a tractor breaker that specializes in Ford and New Holland.

I always thought "has some patina" meant it is rusted out and probably won't make it home in one piece.

My New Holland TC30 is 30 hp, is hst drive and has a treadle pedal. They were made up through 2008 and don't have the emissions stuff on them.

I did find out that it is a Besko HDM03/2 valve, and even found a parts breakdown for it, but I can't find anyone online that has any of the parts. This is the listing I found online somewhere.

I wanted to follow up. Last night I took the cap off the loader valve and there was indeed moisture and rust on the detente balls, cone and the sleeve that they fit in. I cleaned them all up and rotated the cone and sleeve because there was some wear from the rust, lubed it and it works...

On my TC30 the glow plug light almost never works, but the glow plugs always do when I turn the key backwards.

I have a New Holland TC30 with an Ansung NTC30 loader on it. I bought them separately, not that it matters. When I got the loader the float function on the loader worked fine. I have noticed that the float no longer works and the raise and lower function is more jerky than it used to be. The...

I have a TC30 with a sometimes finicky PTO switch. Turn the key to on and then push the PTO levers to the off position and see if it comes to life.

I tried to use it on my TC30 and it won't recognize the serial number from the data plate that the manual says is the serial number. I guess they still have some bugs to work out.

I don't understand why everyone always says dealers don't like doing warranty work or lose money on warranty work. I worked at a small engine shop for over 20 years. We were a dealer for Gravely, Briggs, Kawasaki engines, Kohler engines, and Echo power equipment. All of those manufacturers paid...

I worked at a rental store for several years. You might be surprised at how much damage can be done to a log splitter in just a weekend, even just 4 hours. We had control valves and handles broken off; tires ruined, and hydraulic rams gouged with a maul. The worst was when the customer would...

The trenchers at the rental yard where I used to work dug a 6" wide trench. One pass easy-peasy.

My New Holland TC30 leaks out of an identical hole. I'm pretty sure the hole is supposed to be open.

I mow my dam bank with my Gravely zero turn. It is a commercial unit and is heavy though. A walk behind, or even a stand on machine should mow it without issue.

The trailer frame does stay basically the same. The tongue stays on the ball hitch of the tow vehicle and the frame of the trailer stays horizontal and all four tires stay on the ground, only the dump bed changes angles. It might raise the hitch a couple inches as the dump bed raises, but...

I also have not weighed the different loads on the axles of a pivoting axle trailer, but I can say that when I worked at a rental yard that rented dump trailers it was only ever the rear axle that bent. I asked the trailer rep why that was and he said they see it all the time. According to him...

I worked at an outdoor power dealer a while back (5 yrs) and we carried Simplicity. Paystar is right, they are owned by Briggs. They seemed well built, but I only worked there for a year after we started carrying them. So I didn't see if there were followup issues. We did sell a couple Legacy...

These are the pictures I got of the three lines I could see. Picture #1 is pipe #12 in the drawing, I believe Picture #2 is pipe #9 and Picture #3 is pipe #8

I hope to get some more pictures in a day or two, it doesn't park at my house.

Unfortunately it is not only weeping. It leaves a good trail of oil while using it. I've added about 3 quarts of hydro oil in 8-9 hours of use. The nearest New Holland dealer is over an hour away so just popping in to ask isn't really an option.

I used to work at a Gravely dealer and their stand ons were great machines.

I have a 2008 New Holland TC-30 with about 960 hours on it. It runs great and does everything I need it to do. It does have a major oil leak, and after using it for about 10-12 hours it's clear that it is a hydraulic oil leak. Here are a couple pictures to give an idea where it is leaking. From...

Mine behaves exactly that way. It's fine if it isn't under load.

My TC30 Operators manual also has the wiring diagram.

My machine has 954 hours on it, but I only bought it last July and there were no records with it at all. I think I'm going to maybe try to adjust the spring tension and see if it helps. I have read all I can find on this issue and it seems like it may be operating "normally" for this system...

I have the exact same problem on my New Holland TC30. I have not found the answer yet either.

Start by looking for tractor breakers. It is likely that you will have to travel to find one unless you get real lucky.

I bought used and saved a lot of money. I could not afford what I wanted new. What I bought, '08 TC30, had some issues, but I have worked on stuff for the last 30 years and was confident I could take care of the issues. I have fixed all the minor stuff and have a reliable tractor for thousands...

I think probably more than 50% of the people buying right now can't afford the new cars, they just don't know it yet. The difference between you and them is that you are smart enough to recognize it.

70-90hp tractor for a 7 acre plot seems like way overkill to me. I would think a pre tier4 tractor in the 30hp range or a newer subcompact in the 24hp range would be much more suited to his acreage.

Here is another one. I guess all those Honda and Toyota engineers don't know how terribly dangerous and impossible it is to store and use hydrogen fuel cells. https://thedriven.io/2023/02/07/honda-pushes-ahead-with-hydrogen-fuel-cell-evs-announcing-plans-for-expansion/

If hydrogen is so out of the realm of safety etc. etc. why is this available? https://www.toyota.com/mirai/2022/

Two questions. How difficult will it be to put a front end loader on my TC30 that didn't come from the factory with one? Are the hydraulic controls easy enough to remove from a tractor from a salvage yard and install on mine? Secondly: What loaders fit the TC30? I know that the 7308 fits, and I...