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That is ultramodern. "When I was a kid" (50's) we raked the hay into rows with a horse drawn rake, piled it into "shocks" by hand with pitch forks, then pulled the shocks by rope/pole/horse to a location where a pole was set into the ground and the hay was stacked around the pole. The stacks...

You didn't say you were aware of a better source probably because in all likelihood there is none. Tractor Data is the best, most comprehensive single source for data on the most brands of tractors. I see no evidence that your statement that "it is not to be trusted" is accurate. Maybe so...

You said "My little 3400 is having power loss when going uphill.. It happened before.. and I’m wondering what else I can do.." 1) So what did you do to get rid of it the first time? Just went away ? 2) How much of a "power loss?" Could use a more thorough description of that power loss in...

Thanks crbr. That's more than I found anywhere else so far. Pretty sure I have answered my own question as follows: Got an in-person up close look at the B2710 yesterday and I see several issues making it very unlikely that any of the other MMM decks from Kubota will fit it. First the fender...

That is a little harsh isn't it? What website or database do you suggest that has a better, more comprehensive and trustworthy collection of data regarding tractors?

Thanks crbr. That's more than I found anywhere else so far. Pretty sure I have answered my own question as follows: Got an in-person up close look at the B2710 yesterday and I see several issues making it very unlikely that any of the other MMM decks from Kubota will fit it. First the fender...

If you mean post #18, that did not clarify nor rescind the very bad advice. You said you "have some tongue weight" and use the straps to make sure things are well balanced. Whatever you may be using the cloth strap for, if it just touches the ground before loading, as you said, then it needs to...

No, it is a good way to prove you DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH TONGUE WEIGHT !!

Oh Dear ! That is bad advice. With all due respect, that is NOT the right thing to do. Yes, that ensures your weight is distributed evenly (not a valid goal for any reason I know of) and guarantees you lack enough tongue weight (which is an absolute requirement to avoid instability and...

The deck that is normally listed for the B2710 is the RCK60-27B (aside from the 72 inch which is not what I'm after.) I have B2150's with the RC60-21 or RC60-21B decks. My question is: Will the RC6021 decks work on a B2710 using the same suspension and attachment hardware between the deck...

I have older and smaller Kubota's of both 3 and 4 cyl flavors. None cab of course. My comments are: 1) My B2150's are all 4 cyl and their advertised horsepower comes from bigger horses than the advertised horsepower of the BX2200s. Maybe the whole industry lies a little more each year and hopes...

Wow that is cheap !! On those machines it makes a huge difference that the Jeep spacers fit. There are a bunch of vendors selling spacers (including most Kubota dealers.) Six inch ones I bought for a B2150 little larger Kubota were over $500 a set. At least on my B2150 with 60" deck the rear...

Don't know but sure would like to find out too. I have 3 B2150s and one of the three (the only one which is an HST) is very sluggish steering. Hard to turn nearly as if it lacked power steering. Not that bad but almost. It has no FEL so I cannot just easily take the weight off the front end. It...

I can't help directly (I have no GC machine) but if it will ease your pain I have a (large) MF2660HD whose hood will pop open and spring up into the air so high I cannot see to go further if I hit a bump beyond some level of severity. The latch is well designed but is supported by flimsy sheet...

Agree. I suppose the main thing to preface any such discussion is that each of us has different circumstances and different tools will fit. As I said in an earlier post, if your chore is raking a rock base road get a landscaping rake rather than using the grapple. And for grapples used as...

Yep California. That is a good data point. If I ran any of my machines 1000 hr a year or something I'd be probably changing the trans fluid every time I rebuilt the engine at 5000 hrs. Since that will never happen in my lifetime,,, I'm not changing transmission fluid.

That's a new one I had not heard before. Good idea and probably would work well. However many of the ones I have been victim of are not in places where I could get to with 5 gal of boiling water. My cup of gasoline and a match works everywhere. Just gotta be cautious on the approach.

1) The fixed width QH's are nothing but frustration. I'd never buy another. 2) The definite downside to Pat's (or any other attachments for the two lift arm ends) is they are not self-centering. They leave you with repeated tries to line up left/right to hitch. For a one person operation with...

I see. The split link is the same design as on a bicycle chain. That's how the chain comes apart.

Well I understand it is wonderful. What for? Why use one? What was its' purpose compared to a plain old shaft?

Just for education, what are "chain couplers?" How do they work? Why were they invented? Still have not heard what a "PTL cylinder " is either.

Surely you do not mean the possibility that the loader is still down almost supporting the front end and skidding along the ground straight ahead ignoring the tire angles ? If that was it, the OP may die laughing before he can post an answer !

What is a PTL cylinder? That shaft driving the hydraulic pump 15 or so inches away from the crankshaft pulley must be removable somehow. I'm not at all familiar with that configuration. Do you have a manual to look at? Most likely a manual can be accessed on-line that would describe a removal...

You are absolutely right. This sounds crazy. If the tractor won't turn as the front tires tell it to, then something totally unrelated to fixing the hydraulics and steering issue is involved. Resisting the temptation to make wisecracks and jokes, I have no idea what it might be. Obviously we...

Agree. I forgot to say that. Unless you expect to be up in there during winter months with snow and cold, delete the cab ! You save enough money by doing that to buy the transport trailer.

Yeah, not very good but I have a few. This first one is with the 4-in-1 bucket opened up. In this mode gravity and plowing held the held the implement bottom in place while the top was a heavy bolt into clevis on top of the bucket (welded there.) Obviously of this was going to be used much...

What is HF QH?

Yes, that is THE disease that makes essentially all the Speeco style (10 brands of them...) useless in my book. Nearly every time I tried to use the thing it was incompatible with the width of implement. Then there is Cat 1 , Cat 2 , etc etc. All out on the limbs of a tree I did not want to...

Yep. I did that and used it a few times. Having a 4-in-1 bucket I was able to rest the QH (Speeco inverted C type) into the bucket, adjust it to fit, and then chain it in place with short chain. The whole rig is not all that useful but certainly works, esp for moving attachments I do not want...

Yet more peanut gallery comment: Just borrow your brother's trailer to get the stuff up there (infrequent it seems.) You may be able to haul many things in the dump trailer but they usually lack things like a suitable ramp for equipment hauls. Your arid territory is radically different (as you...

I'm not so sure about renting. I think the central approach needs to be getting started and gaining experience without 20 commitments at once. You will know 10X as much about what you need after a month or two of work. In other words go as slow as you can, other factors considered, and...

Agree w/dodge man... You have an awful lot of details covered for a newbie. I would suggest looking around at used equipment for many of your needs. Your dollars will go further and many of the items mentioned are not a lot better new than used. At this point you probably need time and...

Whatever works. DEET however is a repellent and does not kill the rascals. Raid and most of the insect sprays kill them. Of course it is not practical to go after a whole massive nest with a can of Raid. Gasoline works best for me.

"Hey guys, thanks for the information. I learned something new today." per gardnerspath.com they [yellowjackets, also called ground bees by many less educated victims] are responsible for MOST of the stinging deaths in the US. same source -- there are two genera of yellowjackets Vespula and...

All data and all sources sometimes make mistakes. I suspect that all secondary sources (like TractorData) are taking their numbers from the Kubota published data. Very likely Kubota made a mistake in one or the other set of data -- the B2650 or the L3901. If people care, someone should pose the...

KWentling may be on to something here -- 1) I assume since you, the OP, have had the loader on and off many times you know that the vertical parts of the loader frame should/will move forwards and backwards easily by hand from the vertical angle? The one you show of the left side of the...

Yes, mine is a bit different being an LA211 on a BX2200 but I have those issues too. I am convinced mine was twisted or spindeled somehow by the previous owner. I have to purposely put a 2x4 under one corner of the bucket to try and level it enough to make the cradle connection and get the pin...

Understand. The mechanics of it are the same for my 60 inch deck. I still wonder if maybe the bolt was bottoming out in the hole and the washer just overcame that small depth difference?

There are many brands and varieties of "synthetic blend" oils being sold. Thinking about the history of it, I don't think they could have ever sold the first quart of synthetic oil if there was any serious conflict of it with normal petroleum oil. So I think the answer is FALSE. Now there may be...

Picture, as usual, worth 1000 words. My BX2200 has the LA211 loader and my loader has the joystick and all the hydraulic connections and etc. on the loader frame... unlike yours that has the joystick and loader valve mounted on the tractor. That's why I was so puzzled over you bending the stick...

Amen Southern Sky. This is the core topic of the thread and MANY of us have been through exactly what you describe. I too have found a lot of the nests at/near the base of trees, landscape timbers, etc. now that you mention it. You said "There may be some good ground bees but I’ve never seen...

I tend to think Eagle is right -- check the u-joint on the drive shaft running to front axle. Better get that fixed before it does collateral damage.

I agree that Messicks is a reliable source for info and parts on anything Kubota. I have 3 B2150's and three of the MMM mower decks. One of the decks I bought separately for parts. You might be able to find one also. The gearbox was used on so many of those decks there has to be some around...

Good grief! The scam artists are tiring of making telemarketing calls and gone off into selling oil...well maybe it is oil. Or air or ....maybe you will never know because nothing would be delivered !!

Frankly my dear ... call them whatever you like. Most of us know what they are. Most of us know which ones are vicious and aggressive and chase you after inadvertent stirring with a bush hog. 168 post s ago I think that was the topic...

The OP and myself have the same brand/model and year MF2660HD. 2011. The warrantee is just a memory in the rear view mirror. But I understand what you are saying.

Whoa ! 6000 hours !? That's bumping up against 6 lifetimes for me at the rate I put hours on my tractor.

There was a thread describing almost exactly the same symptoms you describe within the last couple of days. You may be able to search for it or one of us will eventually find it and point you to it. There has been a LOT of discussion on this same sort of issue in the last few days and MANY such...

You and me both ! I'd hate to have to dig in there even if it is "just" under the seat sheet metal and not internal to the chassis. Mine is platform also. It is a "low profile" model but in these tractors that just meant lower diameter rear tires, some fender and floor features, one less...

This tractor is not hydrostatic drive. The basic design features (using the transmission oil to also be the hydraulic reservoir, etc.) are decades old and been around long before most of the currently available fluids. The transmission/chassis fluid is multi-use and covering a multitude of sins...

Yep. Could very well be [bent]. It is going to be hard to get in there to get enough visibility to find out. Is yours a cab or platform model ?

Good catch Scotty ! That would explain the wire being hot all the time the switch is on. Very logical.

... I am one of 'those' people who like to see things be right, unrelated to me or what I may think, and unrelated to you or what you may think. The hollowed out tree you mention was interesting but off on a tangent relative to the the original post. Never even came up until post # 149. The...

You may have stripped the threads on the bolt holding on the center blade. With extreme luck you MAY find that adding a washer causes contact with a slightly differing depth of threads and MAY give you enough tension to hold the blade. Another possibility is that the bolt is bottoming out in...

Lubricant analysis is a highly refined and extremely useful technology developed to the extreme in our Department of Defense. All the services use it. Failure prediction. Failure prevention, diagnosis of an incredible array of ailments. But us duffers operating farm tractors have little/no...

Gladly indulge you ! I too have the full set of manuals and easily get lost in them, where more often than not the shop manual seems ambiguous or leaves you hanging with partial information. Numerous things simply left out. I have not yet looked at the manual regarding the response control...

OH MY !!! Confusion ! I apologize! I was speaking earlier (in posts #2 and #7) and I WAS WRONG !!! I was speaking from memory regarding other Kubotas I have (B2150s.) They in fact have orange sheet metal pads resting on top of the two lower lift arms near their pivot points back under the...

Chances are the loader valve and/or the handle to it are at fault. I doubt you hurt the loader itself (unless there is way more to the story than you have told us.) What do you mean you "can't mount the loader?" That implies you took the loader off the tractor after you backed into something...

Well, more commonalities ! I too have an F-150 ecoboost. I have used it to tow a Pequea 21ft heavy trailer and the MF2660 for 25 mile trips to/from a non-Massey dealer to install some things. To report on that: there are some pretty hefty hills in the 25 miles. The F-150 is a 3.5 liter twin...

Who decided when oil is "depleted?" What % of tractors out there had their hydraulic oil replaced at the recommended intervals do you suppose ? I wager it is a very low number.

Nope. That will not work when using the MMM because the MMM lifting and lowering depends on the two lift arms going up and down. The MMM lift linkage rides on top of the two lift arms.

Yep. I have a Massey Harris Pacer which is 6 volt and I got a new battery last year from TSC for it. Ignore the specs and for sure ignore the guarantee. Prorated battery guarantees are a joke. Unlike another post above I have had no issues with TSC batteries. Pay attention to whether it fits...

Uncle Buck -- the more I hear the more I see you and I are in the same boat. You put about 500 hrs on your 2660 in 11 years. I've put about 600 hrs on my 2660 in those same 11 years. You are 75 or 100 miles or so from the nearest MF dealer and 50 from your tractor. I'm 330 from my tractor and...

Yep, good idea. Don't know about Baton Rouge but in WV and in MD there are very competent tractor mechanics who I think could debug this without being MF dealer connected. Pick the most experienced one close to you regardless of brand. I'm yakking a little to you on the other thread about...

Not good. I do not know what I'd do next. Probably get it to a shop with experienced Massey mechanics. Whatever the problem is I do NOT think it is unique to your 2660 and probably mechanics familiar with MF tractors of many different years can debug it. You may be able to get on the phone...

Agree with Jiggs 100%. The "correct" one will never be any better than some generic one like NAPA or Exide or whatever fits the hole and has the terminals in the right places. Those Duracells you are considering are probably way more expensive than necessary. For sure go check the cold cranking...

The title of the thread says "yellow jacket nests." The OP does not say anywhere in this thread that HE is allergic to them. He has friends who are, he said. Consensus here (and pretty well everywhere) is that ground bees and yellow jackets that are nasty, aggressive, can sting multiple times...

Oh BS. I do not assume anything about ground bees -- to assume they are NOT vicious and aggressive is what is badly incorrect. I have years of experience with them and they are VICIOUS. They ARE aggressive. I've been attacked by them in many different circumstances. Ground bees (logically) are...

The black wire might be a ground wire? Is the other one hot ANYTIME the key is ON or does a light switch have to be on too? Not much help I'm afraid. Ignoring/not having wiring diagrams I have usually been able to find a wire somewhere around the rear fenders of every Kubota (B2150, BX2200...

Yeah BUT,... you cannot restrict the lift arms of the 3pt hitch from lowering. The BX machines use the two lift arms as prime movers to raise the MMM deck. So I don't see how you fasten up the box blade without encumbering the lift arms & that would preclude raising and lowering your MMM.

Right answer, wrong reason or whatever my old Professor used to say preceding his big red X. Yes, the plants do need bees. NO they sure as H do not need ground bees and those vicious toward humans.

Once you had it cut away to mostly a large hollow stump left, a good bonfire would have worked.

I assume you are being sarcastic. Aggressive , actually vicious, bees of this type need to be eradicated.

Don't feel so alone at this. Many thousands began gaining experience just as you are. You are in 'good company' here among many listening ears and huge amounts of experience. I'd say you came to the right place. But there is no teacher to equal your own experience and that is downright...

That takes care of the overall length being too short. Does not change the range of motion in/out of the hyd top link. I assume you have as much range as you need ?

Cranking but not turning over? Huh ? Cranking IS turning over...

Grapples are stocked at many places. Many of them are good and stout and I would not pay all that much attention to brand. Do some searching within a couple hours drive and then go look at the actual grapple in person. About width: I have found that nearly all the time I am picking up limbs and...

Great informative video...tks.

Not sure about the BX23 but some Kubotas have a knob just to the right of the steering column to pull that is a shut off. Being an HST, you can't just bog it down and kill the engine like with a stick transmission. With a diesel it is a matter of finding a way to shut off the flow of fuel...

Ouch! Sorry to hear that. Certainly the position lever is an hydraulic valve control and I am not at all familiar with the internals. It sure sounds like something is stuck or has failed inside the chassis. Let's hope that cycling the combiner valve lever will free things but I'll be surprised...

Great news. Good to hear it is taken care of.

By the way -- don't feel bad if your tractor is 50 miles from you. Mine is 330 miles from me ! I go work on my farm and another property there every month for a few days. I'm retired and bought the MF 2660HD new in early 2011. Mine is a low profile non-cab model. A friend back near the farm...

I'm sorry but I am not following you -- "Top right is once locked." What does that mean? Maybe a typo?

Uncle Buck: The horizontal short lever under and in front of your seat on a MF2660 is for the combined flow function. If fully clockwise (which just means it sticks out a few inches more; it does not move more than a few inches at the tip) that causes the output flow of the 3pt lift pump to be...

Oh Geez. That is much newer hardware than mine. I have no experience with that at all. Just curious, I see 2 levers each with a black handle tip. Which one is it that won't lock for you? [I realize your photo is left side hardware. Mirror image of the other side no doubt.]

$5K is totally unreasonable.

$5K is absurd. How many hours on it ? If I were him (and needed solid PTO operations which most do) I would find a good used replacement tractor which would not have to be an L3130. Use this as an opportunity to get a better machine. Chances are good he can sell the L3130 at a reduced price...

Yeah, really! With that clarification it is VERY odd. Of course I'm still interested to hear what you find when you loosen the loader frame bolts.

The dolly above is probably a good idea (for flat smooth concrete locations) but there is no provision to avoid tip over. This tire thing is still a 2 person job to me. By the way I have a friend who restores antique automobiles and he has a current project car on 4 of these dollies and can...

Once it is mounted and locked, is the left locking lever still relatively loose (or at least you can unload the FEL to where it is easy to move) while the right one is tight? Can you move the loader position in any way where the right one gets loose? No amount of chocks under the bucket get it...

Well, kind of. We have a BX2200 bought nearly new back 20 years ago. The LA211 loader has always been "sprung" it seemed to me. I assumed the prior owner (who was worse than ignorant of tractors or mechanisms...) probably found a way to bend the loader frame. Over the years I found that when...

Not sure I can help but the old MF system of 2 levers -- one for position control and the other for draft control -- is old as the hills and still in use on MF tractors today. When it is operating correctly, the draft lever needs to be at one extreme or the other (up I think) which in effect...

That's a great solution. It does require a nice smooth concrete floor (which I do not have at my farm) but otherwise it is just about ideal.

Remedies are legion -- some work, some don't. The epipen is the right thing if you are at all allergic to stings. The rest of us can be soothed by all sorts of things. Antihistamine helps (centrally, take the pills.) Externally -- the stings are acidic so any strong base helps (like Clorox.)...

Wow. Loaded turf tires are fat and a lot heavier than his R1s. They are however probably much less likely to tilt left/right being so fat and having a wide area in contact with the ground. Interesting report of your experience.

Best is to do it with two people. Usually even with a loaded tire that size two guys can keep the thing upright and avoid tip over. Slopes matter too as they are hard to control on any sort of hill side area. Recently I had a case involving a badly bent wheel needing removal. Jacks will work of...

As I said in post #6 I have found these canopies (at least mine) are sturdy enough for you to purposely use them to slide under overhanging limbs and foliage which prevents the head scrapes, the hat being fed to the bush hog, and similar events.

Is the vertical distance between the lower two pins and the center pin for the hydraulic cylinder (on the QA) the same as it is for the original bucket? It seems less at a glance. If so that would change the leverage of the curl/dump functions.

2 oz of what? The 41% concentrate I assume ?

No but it can cause an overall voltage drop when trying to start. And heating at the bad connection which gets conducted to the cable. The resistance of the cable goes up with temperature too.

Agree. The sizes are misleading in that picture (bumble bee being much larger etc.) As we were talking above, the A-hole with wings is sometimes the one you show (which to me is called both a ground bee and a yellow jacket) and sometimes a larger yellow jacket that is much greater % dark yellow...

Yellow Jackets are documented in some places as very different from ground bees (like the sources you posted.) In those sources the yellow jackets are larger and much higher % dark yellow than the ground bees. Other sources treat them as equivalent/the same. Regardless they can sting multiple...

Standard glyphosate concentrate found at TSC and other supply stores is 41%. You want to arrive at roughly 1.5 to 2% in the final mix. Just do the math

Ground bees (yellow jackets) are the worst of all stinging bees. They are aggressive, will chase you AND unlike other bees they can sting more than once and keep stinging. Bad attitudes ! Usually found in mole tunnels or other second hand holes in the ground. Ran over one with a JD4700 and...

Amen -- after all this discussion no one had yet suggested checking to see if the battery cables were tight on both ends. Have not heard any thing yet from the OP that would indicate a need to buy or replace anything.

It's not that it can't be done but a BX tractor is just too small for doing much brush work with a grapple. It depends on how much you have to do, how heavy and large your loads need to be, will this work keep going for years, etc. If you've got a lot to do and potential for other jobs...

Yep, very good analogy.

Demacleo is right of course. Just to amplify what he said a bit, the 3pt hitch (on all tractors I know about) have single-acting lift-only operation. Down happens only by gravity. You can lift the 3 pt with great load capacity but you have NO DOWNFORCE capability. There were some old systems...

Yep. You can use the temp gun to check temperature. I would try the radiator inlet area from the engine which ought to read around 180 deg I would think when the engine is fully warmed up and been running a while . The aluminum neck to the thermostat is a good spot too. I do not know what temp...

My Kubotas are all the B or BX types which have very different mechanical configurations BUT ... a few comments anyway: 1) You probably have a screen or some kind of protection from grass and crud to your radiator. Pull that screen up and out and keep it free of debris which can be a main factor...

Thanks for the corrections Claggs. Good info. I had missed where he had tried it without doing anything. My oversight.

... thinking over the past 16 posts... this is an 18 or 19 year old tractor with less than 300 hrs on it. It was either rebuilt or mothballed for an extended period. Maybe both. I can't see anywhere that the OP tried to start it up and run it a bit before attacking the machine doing 10 or 15...

Look closer at the OP's pictures. These have the mud hills, just not as large as some get. Come on guys -- these are crawdad projects.

Yes, exactly. Here in So MD there are quite a few of these and they are made by crustaceans of some sort, most people say crawdads. They sure as H are NOT voles or other critters mentioned. Groundhogs good grief NO ! Bears no resemblance to a ground hog hole. Badgers ? Silly.

Calif needs to secede from the USA and good riddance. Electric vehicles are a sick joke going somewhere to create fresh problems that eco-dummies could not for see until/unless we go to about 90% nuclear power in this country. Until then forget it.

This is fairly wild. Is it in a place where you have lots of space? I would be tempted to start it up & head off in lowest gear and run around a bit on it. Vary the load by braking it off and on. Whatever mechanism is supposed to actuate the governor may get jarred loose by the "normal" up...

You should be good for the coming snow season even if not exactly ideal. Probably the main thing is that you CAN get by with what you have and will learn a tremendous amount about what really matters in your environment and what you may need or want in the future.

I have no where near the snow challenge of the Eazecheeze (in Eastern Mtns) but I use a 5ft Agrotrend blower on 24hp Kubota (which thankfully has a creeper gear and 4WD.) I found going to AG tires rather than turf tires made enough difference that I have not needed chains. But the OP has 2WD &...

Difficult to give you good advice here. Are both of the snowblowers made the same and operate the same ? Both are the twin auger type or not ? With a 40hp tractor like the MF 202 I think you have the power to run either one. It would be preferable to have the blower as wide or wider than...

Sounds like a really good idea. I think the governor is the culprit. I'd even be very cautious and tap on the injection pump housing with something that will jar it but not crack it. Wooden hammer handle ?

Not familiar with MF 431. Is there a governor? Linkage somewhere stuck in full-throttle position ?

I love it Dano ! Great story.

bookemdano -- from your very name tag I know you came equipped with a good sense of humor. Sounds to me like maybe they missed a zerk somewhere in your personal chassis or forgot to check an electrical connection on your main pump. Just kidding and wish you the best with those health issues !!

See other threads on similar topic-- sometimes the full batt voltage is not getting to the solenoid. You can test for that by hooking a battery charger to the battery (regardless of the battery condition) and see if it then starts. If it does, the problem was voltage drop across many safeties...

Oh balderdash... ! All in fun.

And they all create pressure...

The original picture certainly looks plastic. If it is metal you could always drill a hole in the pump housing and use a set screw to secure the metal elbow but that seems like something no one should have to do.

I assume the picture you show is with the elbow loose and slightly out of the fuel pump. Never had such an issue. Since it has been a chronic nuisance to you, I'd suggest threading the hole in fuel pump and screwing in a barb fitting that you can clamp the line to. Of course you would want to...

Bentrim said: "Hydraulics a very simple and confusing topic. Open Center system. Pump = A positive displacement unit that draws oil from a tank and moves oil to a control device, note a pump does not create pressure it only moves fluid at a set rate per the rpm operated." The inlet to a pump...

You may want to check a few simple things before all this humongous suggested complexity. If the loader frame will not move up and down you may or may not be getting hyd pressure to the cylinders. There may be blockage or ? One of the best suggestions was swap the hoses (even if you had to...

I disagree. Try lifting a heavy load at idle...

Huh ? What does that mean? Can you clarify.

My problem is already solved (bought from AgWheelExpress) but to follow up: Just for reference I contacted Unverferth and got this response: Dear JWR, Thank you for your interest in Unverferth wheel products. For that particular application, we would have to custom manufacture a replacement...

No. There is no maximum slope angle specified for any tractor and there never will be. Can you imagine the legal dept. in any tractor manufacturer approving such ? Obviously NOT !! Of course people on TBN where you just posted will have lots of recommendations, descriptions of how to be...

Mike: The Handyman Author gave a misleading article. First, it does not shift into any range. Only the operator shifts to a different range. Certainly he got more forward motion force when HE shifted to low range (which happened to be how he was filling his bucket.) Then you add more mud to the...

No, but I have a fresh issue for you to consider: On my MF2660 the parking brake is close to useless. It will hold the tractor only if it is on nearly level ground to start with. I once (brand new and me not yet aware) tried to use the parking brake to hold it on a steeper hillside and found 2...

$1500 for an alternator has to be for a case of 8 of them. Absurd. If you can sort out the wiring issues most likely there are dozens of other alternators that would work just fine. Back to the overheating: Esp with that many hours you may want to check the radiator cap too. If it is weak and...

Yep, agree. Fairy rings exist on my farm in a couple of places and are weird to see for the first time! I have never seen a fairy ring as small as the one pictured. Like Moss I'd guess that some chemical was spilled in that circle and probably seeped deep enough in the ground to adversely...

Disagree. It is not cheap valves, it is paying for (or not paying for) diverters or flow splitters. Nearly all tractors you might consider run open center hydraulics also known to me as "one track mind hydraulics." With open center whatever valve you open to do something inherently precludes...

I agree. Essentially all the name-brand tractors will have adequate hydraulic flow to do whatever you may likely do with them. The main exception I know of is flow to support hydraulic motor driven things like a front end loader mounted brush cutter and anything hydraulic motor driven.

Yes, I don't think it has to do with Europe but rather the mechanical awkwardness of having heavy implements suspended further from the tractor. The automatic connection of the PTO shafts is a remarkable feature allowing "pull up and drive away" hitch capability without ever leaving the...

These are amazing hooking up the PTO as well as the implement! There are a few drawbacks (price, extending the implement back further from the tractor, having to cut or get new PTO drive shafts, etc.) Still incredible invention; see the videos. Anyone know if the old simple non-PTO hardware...

It is a fuel issue. Many similar symptoms on many threads. I would bleed each individual injector line (loosen it and let it squirt a while) and go from there. Probably still air somewhere in the lines . Could have gotten tiny debris into the fuel path changing the filter. Who knows. Just...

Well, yes on a BX2200 FEL. The LA211 model loader. Wear and tear I think.

That would be a dealer I do not have to deal with. And I would not call him 'reputable' at all. Certainly not based on that .

I have never owned a tractor with a water separator alarm so no experience to offer. However, my first guess is a loose wire or intermittent sensor. In the meantime it won't hurt to run some water absorbing / dryout additive through the machine for couple of tanks and asee if that changes...

I knew about Unverferth & had seen them at farm shows. This problem was solved via new third party wheel from Ag Wheel Express as noted in post #7 above. Thanks anyway.

1) You are right. Some people are going to comment. 2) No ROPS was ever made or installed that cared one way or another if a hole was drilled in it. If it cared the ROPS was utterly worthless in the first place and should never have been "certified." 3) All the ROPS I ever saw are sufficiently...

Many/most companies in the pole barn business deal with code compliance all the time.

I've knocked them off more than once. Kubota prices for replacements are absurd. Last round I found an identical unit (whole light assembly, not just the lense) at Tractor Supply. Cheap comparatively.

Oh for pete sake -- you the OP said you want it to last the rest of your life and durability and being done right are the main things. So why don't you go to one of the pole barn builders [they are all over the country] and just have them do the job and do it right? They will have the...

Many times a particular model tractor was only made during certain years and the manuals often cover the whole range of years it was made. That is true for my own B2150s. The service manual (big thick volume) even covers multiple models like B1750/B2150 etc. So in many cases the model year is...

Advice? If you do trade, get a 4WD.

Nah. Don't be discouraged. If it lowers normally down to some point and then kicks back that means you are down to a stop in the range of lowering motion. The speed knob does not overcome or change that. There are no external hydraulic pistons on many tractors including all but the much larger...

I think if you rummage thru the Kubota website(s) you will find downloads offered for user manuals. Try a Google search for them of course. I think that search will point you to several sites but at least one Kubota site which is the best bet.

Oh. OK. Do you have an owner's manual? You should, and they can be downloaded on-line. You will have MANY other questions like this readily answered by quickly scanning through your owners booklet. I do not own a B7100 but have seen them and do own 4 Kubotas. All of them have this feature...

Well, I assume you know there is a lowering speed adjustment knob, right? Is it not working?

Yours looks like it is probably two piece with the joint in the middle. Mine is 3 piece. I never owned one before this but has been so good I am totally happy with it.

PTSG -- somehow I knew you would be the one to answer this one for me. So it is called an "A-frame quick hitch" which makes quite a lot of sense. I was fascinated watching it in use over in Austria that time. Thanks.

That's a good find. The design (being able to reverse it as well as select angles -- and especially the ability to quickly/easily remove it!) is pretty neat stuff. However, being made of aluminum I would have it dented and beat to a bad looking thing in my application. Besides sun and rain...

I disagree. This is one of the poorest examples of design I know of relating to a Kubota. For the most part they are great machines. I say be cautious what you modify but the Kubota Engineers have designed a piece of crap for deck level adjustment. It has been a common nuisance to large...

I bought a "Cover my Tractor" canopy 8 years ago and installed it myself. Easily done. Very sturdy. Acts like a very good "limb deflector" carrying overhanging limbs up over my head harmlessly. Thick fiberglass with sturdy frame and construction overall. My MF dealer felt that this canopy was...

Not sure how we got off on this tangent but... any of you guys ever see or use the European quick hitch which is triangular in basic shape? It is like 2 pieces of C-channel on the implement (like a triangle with the bottom piece missing) and a full 3 sided triangle on the FEL that is centered...

OMG. In a crate huh ? That means you had to do whatever a dealer would normally have to do to rep that tractor for delivery. That's a heck of job and you needed some heavy lifting people or devices too. You have more spunk doing that than most of us...

Good point ! If something like that is allowing the whole cylinder to slide left and right Eagle 1 is exactly right; that can cause "loose" steering.

Great but that really did not fix the source of the problem. You can go around hunting strong oak trees and posts, etc. OR you can get that bale spear plate straightened. I said several posts ago to get a good straight edge and find out just how far out of flat the thing is. And while I'm at it...

Oh yeah. I can tell you with essential certainty what the problem is. And you are just about at the typical age for it to hit. I had exactly what you describe on both my own BX2200 tractor and another that I maintain. It is the steering cylinder. The kits are not terribly expensive, commonly...

You must have something other than the standard Kubota bagger for BX series tractors. Multiply that '10 minutes tops' by about 8 or 10 minimum. It is not difficult but it certainly is time consuming. And some of it is really a 2 person task due to weight and awkwardness though one can do it...

Is your dog house fully ready with indoor plumbing? You are going to need it.

That is a big investment ,yet limited use flail mower, not a grass picker upper -- though it probably works great.

You are simply the messenger and somehow I think we all knew you did not gather the data nor create the map. If I was strong, it is toward the USDA, not you. In fact, I thought you made a good contribution finding and posting the map. I try to be accurate. I was accurate if somewhat harsh...

Man I sure agree on the tires! I went to AG tires on one of my Kubota's of very similar size for snow blowing and it was a huge change. The difference between needing chains vs not needing chains.

Just to pick this nit , both the loader and the box are attached to that tractor one hell of lot more strongly than any tiedown strap or chain has the capacity to exceed. Tie downs attached to the implements is often every bit as good as to the tractor itself. With some variations of course.

Most mowers have gear boxes made to achieve reasonable blade tip speeds at the rated input PTO rpm. The starting point is the desired tip speed and work back from that to whatever gearing it may take. Larger decks by and large have about the same tip speed as smaller ones, though there is...

Bus them to New York. Seems to work for illegal trespassers. I forgot -- DC too.

Fortunately we do not seem to have feral pigs where I live nior where I farm. If we did I would make liberal use of my .243. The right tool.

No one in their right mind believes the feral hog population conforms to state borders implied by this graphic. The California border being a total joke. Wonder how the pigs decided to stay away from ONE county in each of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana ? And how did they decide to occupy...

People will reveal themselves for the strangest reasons... My farm is 100 acres and 330 miles from my home. And another place I have is 3 acres 80 miles from the farm. I'm there for a few days once a month. The 1954 MH Pacer we got when I was 11 no longer covers my needs (though we keep it...

OK, so now with the OP knowing that it is a "ground rider" and that you can adjust the height with the wheels the only question is how should it be adjusted for height front and back. I dug out my manual on the RC-60-21B ground riding deck for my B2150 tractors. I thought it would state...

Right. Pallet forks might be the lightest attachment there is for the FEL (maybe bale spears are lighter...) Cannot imagine worrying about the weight of pallet forks on the front of any tractor.

You can probably download one on-line.

Probably your suggestions will lead to solving the OPs problem. However, he said "it was working before" which seems to say it was not just a nut having turned on it's own. Even so maybe he can "adjust his way out of the issue" doing what you describe.

Could not be much easier. The bags have a heavy steel square (square opening, round 1/2" rod ) rim with 2 welded slots on the front edge that fit over posts to hang them on. The nylon bags are heavy material with cloth handles on the bottom of the plastic flexible base plates. You just grab the...

Hmmm... well then check the radiator cap. If it is not holding pressure like it should the engine will overheat. The water pump could be going bad but that would have given you symptoms not just shredding. I had a Kubota chronically overheating recently and all sorts of terrible trouble and...

That is a heck of a good sized tractor to be overheating. What size shredder are you using ? Of course you need to make sure the radiator is clean and not obstructed with dust/debris/clippings/grass. [I assume you already did that? I also would think that is the first thing the dealer would...

I have 3 Kubota made MMM decks on 2 differing tractor models. All of them have the rear of the deck lower than the front. I think that is inherent with the design (where that handle-like mount in front pulls the deck forward to the latching point.) Probably the best advice is get hold of the...

Well you may have a weak or sticky solenoid issue from the sound of it. HOWEVER, before we go replacing starters, make 100% sure you are getting the real 12v to the solenoid/starter to "start with." The usual check ground cables, clean terminals, unbolt ground cables at the frame and clean and...

No, I don't feel like reading the other 123 posts on this topic. I offer a couple of comments for whatever they may be worth to you, the OP: 1) Your tractor is about 11 ft long and weighs around 3800 lbs. So why on earth would you be considering trailers 24 ft long !? They may outweigh the...

Similar issues come up on many threads. I assume you know that the hydraulic lift has to be all the way up to take the load off the adjustment apparatus so you can adjust it. The mechanism itself is kind of flaky in my opinion. I have almost always been able to "get it loose" on my own but once...

I'd say lookin good. You should get on it and start playing with all the various features and controls. The sooner you are familiar and up to speed the better. Just comes with time and using it. With the house yet to be built there will be umpteen uses for the tractor even if the house...

"A Burning desire" he said...no pun intended ? Great project, nice job.

Note: my inner disk was not damaged and it unbolts from the outer waffle ring on the rim. I reused the original disk.

Eagle 1 -- you get the reward & gold star on the forehead ! After finding a used wheel at a PA dealer (and him refusing to sell it for less than $500) and after a trusted dealer nearer the farm turned down the job of straightening the wheel after seeing the pictures ... I used your suggestion...

No, that is not a good idea. That amounts to forcing an issue that should not be there in the first place. FIND WHAT IS WRONG rather than reaching for a bigger battering ram !!!

That and the battery. Get the battery load-tested.

All Kubota BX2200 or similar that I have been around will overheat when driving a 60" MMM in very hot outside air temperature, especially if the grass is heavy or at all wet. Even with immaculate cleaning and everything set perfect they will run close to the redline. Especially if pushed hard...

Yes, and that wrong direction PTO did more to hurt Kubota business than all other factors combined ! You will find biased John Deere dealers to this day still talking about Kubota wrong-way PTOs -- as if they all ran that way. The other thing that has hurt Kubota in serious farming and hilly...

Based on your pictures (and the fact that you do not have the problem using the bucket) I think that the flat plate on your bale spear is bent slightly convex (left/right) when viewed from the drivers seat. That means several things. 1) the surface of the plate should be tight up against the...

I have a Kubota factory standard bagging rig on my BX2200. I would guess it probably fits your 2650 or could be made to fit. It is PTO driven and very, very well designed and built. Not cheap. I think I paid $1200 for it a decade ago. I do not think you will foind anything practical that...

Nonsense.