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Skid steers are great for some jobs. But perhaps not so much for homeowner chores where downsides are tearing up the grass, no 3pt hitch, and being more difficult to get on and off. It always amazes me how much getting on and off the tractor is involved in any project You could rent one of...

Having fun just following along as you max out the 2025r. You might win the prize for most options on a small tractor. We also had a little compact tractor as our main machine for many years. It did everything. After the horses were gone, we finally went larger with a tractor. But I do miss...

Might be easier to just buy the pump complete. The 2.8 gpm pump on my honda-powered pressure washer froze and broke the housing. Amazon sells pressure washer pumps in the $50 range to fit most pressure washers. On mine it took less than 15 minutes to swap the new one for the old. That was 5...

Ultrarunner, here's some advice that may be useful for you. I've several times been an elected official in small town government. A lot of a town board's monthly business meeting involves responding to odd property easements, special uses, and boundary adjustments of just the sort you have...

Free bandsaw....just needed bearings, blade, tires, power cord, & adjustment.

Also look at the Kubota B26. The next size up from the BX and the smallest of the compact frame TLBs. It's been in production continuously since 2007; that's impressive.... A 4000 lb basic 3 speed TLB for mid-35K $$ & without fancy electonics or emissions. Nice.

Well, you said you wanted something that would be useful the rest of your life. The cost is the major downside to a small TLB. But good ones do keep their value well enough to be worth a trial. As several have pointed out, a used full size TLB is far less expensive than a smaller one. Not...

We have a Kubota M59 TLB. Bought in 2008. I think it is important on a TLB that the backhoe have a thumb. You'll probably find like a lot of TLB guys do that BH work involves as much lifting, craning, holding, & placing things as digging. Ours is very strong and as handy as a pocket knife. Does...

Good point. Although I am not so sure that it is true that most tractor owners have fluid filled tires. Filling tires has become popular in some areas and applictions but still not common in others. I don't fill mine. It isn't common around here. I agree, a sealant for a filled tire would be a...

Well, so far I haven't done anything to fix the slow leak, but am determined to try something. From this thread I get the idea that "Fix a Flat" is more for emergency fixing completely flat tires than for slow bead leaks. So I'll not use that yet. Thanks to all for making the point that fixing...

The OP has already done that test and it doesn't drop. It could be the 3pt valve, but having an implement drop that much seems rare. He says it started dropping when he added the F&R extra hydraulic systems. My bet is that the leakage is internal leakage in one of the accessory hydraulic...

You may have gotten a good buy - especially if you enjoy mechanicals. Twenty five years ago my buddy and I bought an old '52 Chevy dually side dump grain truck from a local farmer. It had sat by his barn for a decade. $100. Basically it needed tires, brakes, the rust patched up, every fluid...

I remember looking at this thread and thinking if it were me I'd go for the 6140d. Hope it is working for them. I do like used - or what I call "experienced" - equipment for more than just the price savings. Older machines are closer to an era when JD made tractors to be kept up and repaired...

I ran my chains with rubber snubbers for several seasons and for the same reasons - I didn't want to take a chance on them hitting anything. After my rubber snubbers started to age, I decided to try to make the chains reliable iby removing and added links so that just closing the over-center...

Would something like this work? It's a 12 point 7/8" crows foot wrench - 3/8 drive. Made by Proto. Amazon has them, and even so they are costly. But better than taking off the loader. Proto Stanley J4930FL 12 Point Flare Nut Crowfoot OR THIS? It's a genuine weird tool! And available in 22mm...

Give it a go, but If when pulling a back blade I found I needed front chains to keep the tractor from pivoting around the rears. But $1200 is a crazy price. If money matters, your front tires are about the size of picup truck tires - use those. I buy them a the local ReStore or used store. They...

I'd say at least consider an older JD B series or Farmall M. Either would do those jobs just fine. Both are very low center of gravity and have the ability to spread the wheels out farther than modern tractors. Later models of the JD 2 cylinder A & B series had good power steering, extendable...

I still have a full set of the first Milwaukee cordless and several good 28 V batteries for them. Quality construction. I originally used them for boat building - that was years ago. All are 28 volt & heavily built. High quality, but heavy to lug around. Lately I've been buying the Milwaukee 18...

Yes, I didn't mean to get into a debate and was surprised to see any different opinion. A horizontal boom pole is just simple leverage. I am sure there are special cases - if the boom pole is exactly vertical that would be one of those - but that isn't what we were discussing. To say it again...

It will work, but weighting the front in order to lift more at the back sure can put a lot of bending stress on all the connecting castings of the tractor - the bellhousing and transmission cases especially. If you are going to do that, it makes sense to check that it has a good full length...

Me too, and glad not be alone. In fact we came real close when we were out tractor shopping. Two PTOs, full canopy with windscreen, 4wd, a 135 ci Shibauru engine only making 50 hp ought to last forever. and a CVT transmission - wow! I didn't know - and still don't know - anything them...

I've had a slow leak on the M59 since forever. One of the rear 17.5x24 Titan industrials needs airing up every two months. The tire shop where everyone gets tractor and heavy equipment tires recommended "the original Fix a Flat" for truck/SUV. It's a 24 fluid Oz pressurized can with a hose and...

Since the OP is looking at used (2015) that sounds like he expects to do his own maintenance and repair. In that case, buying pre-emissions - before 2014 - is probably more important than brand or dealer. Working on early emission systems is difficult, but tractor mechanicals have been the same...

I use the wheel brakes constantly to make small steering adjustments when pushing snow. If I have to lean on one or the other wheel brake to keep to a straight line when pulling a plow or blade in dirt or snow , it's time to get off and make some adjustments to the implement. Otherwise I...

Spyderlk, I suggest you change the length of the top link and look at what happens to the lifting force at the end of the boom pole. You will see that the available lifting force The force follows the distance from the lower arm pivot. I believe the valve noise is the 3pt relief valve, not a...

We cut 40 some full size ponderosa pine in the last couple of years. For those, cured logs weight 2/3 of what fresh green logs weigh. Fully dried wood in rounds or splits is about half of green weight. Harder woods are heavier, but less of their weight is water.

This mostly applies to older tractors before power steering became popular. On those, it was common to work the left and right steering brakes to help it steer but we didn't use the clutch at the same time. Yes, stopping was still a problem. But I agree about the problem of having the brakes...

BTW, about 4 years ago I bought one of those fiber optic inspection cameras - a 75 footer - for inspecting plumbing and irrigation and whatever. Chinese made, inexpensive, and works surprisingly well. It has saved us enough work to be worth the price. I haven't tried it in fuel.....probably...

Maybe the grabber would do better if you parked on a steep incline. Then at least you would know where to grab.

Since the problem is pressure in the line, there isn't any other pathway back to the tank, just out into the world. It's easy If you have a solenoid valve, just power the solenoid and work the levers with engine off. That works. Otherwise.....if there isn't a solenoid valve on an old tractor or...

Could be. Most 3pts have a test port for a pressure gauge. Hopefully the TC30 does. Then an inexpensive 5000 psi gauge screwed into the test port will tell us for sure. One gauge and a couple of lifts will allow the OP to compare the gauge and shop manual specs. Then he can see if the hydraulic...

Sounds to me like the guy writing the manual didn't understand hydraulic systems. You might check to see if your shop manual has a flow diagram. That may help.

Well, one thing that will help is to have the boom pole as vertical as possible. That shortens the horizontal distance to the load, and allows the boom to lift more weight. The specs say that with the load attached to the end of an 8 foot boom sticking out nearly horizontal to the load, then...

Your tractor is fine. Lift is not really measured in pounds; it is measured as a constant torque or lift ability around the rear pivot of the lift arms. The units of measurement are ft*pounds and that is a measure of torque available. To work with this we take the pounds of the load times the...

Yes, that is right. Seems like you have a good sense of how both the "passive regeneration" and the float functions work. If you did that addition, do you remember putting the special Power Beyond sleeve into the upstream PB port? That sleeve was necessary for the PB port to develop pressure...

You ask, 'Could it work if the "T" and "P" ports were connected backwards...? ' Well, that's a fascinating question. Loader control valves are of a type called "spool valves". Your JD 5075E tractor uses a hydraulic system called "open center" type. And as you guessed, the simplest type of...

OK. Makes sense. After all, we have a JD530 still in use. And there are several shops that will completely refurbish older 4020s.

I'm looking at your choices: older used Montana, Mahindra, Branson, and an older medium high hour New Holland. My guess is that your are an experienced mechanic with your own tools and facilities who doesn't mind - even expects - to be doing your own substantial repair and maintenance work...

I agree with Tractor Tech. Below is some more detail. And I also don't know why you have a port labeled in the manual as an oil supply line that is labeled "T". My guess is that someone wrote it up wrong in the manual. Surely the valve manufacturer knows what his ports do. And as you say, "T" is...

I didn't know for a long while that ethylene glycol - the traditional green antifreeze - is sweet & tasty and deadly poison to animals. Dogs, cats, people, horses - most all species. It shuts down their kidneys & nervous system. Convulsions; there is no cure. Please do not leave a pan of it...

We live in an area where most winter nights are 0 F or below. We don't use a timer and don't know anything about them. The barn has an outside socket that can be turned on from inside the house. Block heaters draw very little amperage. I use a clamp-on ammeter probe on a Fluke VOM to check that...

The better quality loader valves with the features yours has are available as a standard unit from many suppliers online. Expect prices to be ten to twenty percent of what the JD valve lists for. These control valves have been a standard hydraulic item for half a century. You probably want a...

I've thought about adding an air compressor to the tractor. It sure would be handy. It seems odd that tractors don't come with an onboard air compressor.

correct.

Wow!! The OP has just raised an interesting question. I don't know the answer, does anyone? For those who say a good dealership is important, what does that mean? How do we to compare a new shop against one we have some experience with? Ownership? Salesmen? Parts Dept? Repair Shop? Probably...

Ugh. If you find an easy way to find hydraulic leaks, be sure to post it. I've been wrenching over half a century and know nothing better than thoroughly cleaning the hose and area with hot soapy water until it is free of all oil - inspect with a powerful light, and then repeat as many times as...

How do you tell one from the other?

My workshop has several older Wilton & Columbian vises. The milling machine sports a Kurt. The keywords seems to be "older" and US made. Most of the hand tools I enjoy usingwere from the post WWII era when makers competed on quality more than on price. There were some really excellent hand...

OK, you sound like an experienced mechanic. You know that noise in a bevel gear is not right. I also see in your signature that you have a lot of accessories for your BX. If you will bear with me, I've got a couple of questions & maybe we can help each other out. From my end, I am hoping you...

That's funny.

Good advice there. Worth reading twice. rScotty

I haven't run into that problem with the engines I've dealt with, but springs that weak would make me wonder too. But it's a Perkins, right? So spring force on similar engines should be findable info in a shop manual. If using the old valves and just refacing them or lapping them - which is...

I just swung through rural western Nebraska and southern Wyoming for a couple of weeks this fall. I was struck by the number of small farms still using older US-made tractors. These weren't parked by the barn, they were in the fields and working. The old gear drive and powershift JDs - 4020s...

Thanks. I have seen those, and never did take the time to look at one long enough to work out the geometry.

Explanation? Diagrams? Two of our tractors have self-leveling and both use different methods - both of which restrict the ultimate motion .... I think. But neither tractors self-leveling motion moves the curl cylinders. I've either not seen that method of self leveling on a tractor or not...

Great discussion and some beautiful loader work. I agree that adding any more curl to what you have risks dumping the bucket in your lap at full height. I bet most of us have done that or close. Some early skid steers were well-known for dumping on the operator. I watched a guy loading wood...

Odyssey was a premium brand and had really good reviews. I bought them for everything back in 2020. The Odyssey battery company was sold a couple of years ago. I'm waiting to see if the new ones are as good as the old ones. In the meanwhile, I bought a few Interstate AGM batteries and they...

I was thinking back, and over the years about seven of our tractors have had Front End Loaders (FEL). Early ones did not; they were just for ag and 3pt implements. But for the chore & landscaping work that we do now instead of farming, a FEL is our single most useful implement. I really LIKE...

The golden age for the old style mechanical injected 4wd diesels with shuttle shifting & no regen was before about 2015.... but you say that you want to buy new. Even so, that should be no problem. The tractor world changes slowly. There have got to be plenty of models under 25 hp from the...

Nobody who ever had goats is laughing. They will eat anything and everything. Thorns are no problem. Back in HS, my trailermate and I had three: Billy, Buck, and Nancy. Purchased for $2.00 each at the livestock auction. Self-sufficent critters. Re: TLBs vs CUTs... I don't get the feeling...

Regardless, you will need to identify the type of fitting, the thread, and the tubing size. Most of that should be in the JD parts manual. A good source for all hydraulic parts is: Hydraulic Adapters & Fittings | Hydraulics | www.surpluscenter.com Several people have posted that their...

I agree. The little Kubota B26 has been made now for close to 20 years as an old style TLB without emissions or computers. TLBs are just like tractors, but on TLBs the backhoe is standard, while the 3pt becomes the optional attachment. Has a PTO and simple 3 speed HST transmission plus a 4 post...

This is an old, old argument. Skid steers have their uses, but don't even start to go there. Stick with your original plan. Understandably, you will want some reasons....OK, just to start, they are made for different jobs. Skid steers are made for work on the flat and with a helper. That is...

An Update: Back in 2020 we had factory repaired Parmak fence chargers go bad several times and I was disappointed to have to pay again to have them repaired each time. This last pair we had them fix have now both lasted 4 years. My guess is Parmak changed something about their repair procedure...

No. Not that I doubt the story, but the failure had some other cause than the change to AGMs. Charging voltages are typically high enough to fully charge either type battery, rScotty

I've never used a quick hitch. I can see the advantage - especially when many tractors had the old "economy" type of 3pt hitch that used chains and turn buckles for side sway, threaded rod for the lifting arms, and one piece draft links. Those economy 3pts required muscle and leverage to...

Well, this is the internet. There is a lot of incorrect info out there. Science appears to have taken a nosedive relative to opinion. It won't hurt anything for the OP to have an old style battery; he can switch next time - or not. I'm finding that most lead/acid batteries don't last as long...

Sounds like we have the same suspicions. Where does the charge pressure enter the transmission? I am still not clear on that. If using air pressure for a diagnostic tool - i think that is a good idea, btw - because then he could measure at the test points to see if the air pressure is the same...

Just following along. Wish there were a few more test points or connections where a T could be inserted. I haven't spent the time with the diagrams that others have, but are there some diagrams missing? where does the pressure from the Power Steering go? All I see is "transmission tunnel"...

1. For better spark, replace the carbon fiber core spark plug leads with good copper wire leads and insulated metal connectors. I'm betting you'll be surprised. The problem is finding good copper spark plug cable today when most replacement are the RF suppression type. I have an old roll of good...

Looks like you got a lot of "likes" with that reply. I'm one. It sure is nice not to have to deal with terminal and cable corrosion. To the OP, you can replace the original non-AGM battery with any AGM type that physically fits the space. It will charge and work just the same as the original...

Incandescent lights are a purely resistive load. They don't care about polarity. All of your non-led type lights will light up regardless of polarity. That means that incandescent lights can get some useful amps out of an otherwise stone dead battery that is so flat hat the polarity has...

.....Just back from a camping trip. Lets see what I can add, if anything. Limiting your search to those two brands...Seems wise to me. Both are good. Kubota would be my first choice in the small/medium size tractor just because that is their area of concentration. Dealer New vs Nice but...

No idea about those wires. I'm afraid none of what I can offer is going to be very helpful specifically for the L45 or the problem you describe, but it is simple and at least it's will be a place to start... For the M59, the intellipanel diagnostic/service functions available are covered with...

Absolutely. The economic advantage to renting a backhoe as needed to dig ditches rather misses the point of having a hoe. It's not a tractor; it's something other. For the farm or rural person with land, trees, and animals - having a backhoe right at hand for instant use as a combination...

A local small town just sold it's old full size JD310 backhoe/FEL. Our state requires that all municipal machines be sold at public auction. That well maintained old machine went for peanuts. Hope their new one works half as well. That beats slapping a backhoe on a farm tractor, that's an...

I hear you, shop manuals are half the fun of doing projects ourselves. They are good for way more than "torque and gear lash". A shop manual has electrical schematics, error message definitions, hydraulic pressures along with a hydraulic flow diagram. Also diagnostic charts & test procedures...

Hard to say how much problem that caused. The OEM gasket was thin paper and not as effective as silicon sealers used right. Some of those Yanmar brakes had a problem with rust because the brake cover had too small vent at the top and no drain at all at the bottom of the brake cover. You might...

It's probably a metric O ring. The old one - if it is original - is probably all smashed out of shape. Do you have a way to cross reference the original O ring, or find the orignal O ring dimensions? BTW, What is that weird pink fluid coming out of the bottom of the second photo? Surely not any...

Almost 20 years ago we moved onto our 10 acre patch. We got a new Kubota tractor with a front end loader, 50+ hp and a mounted backhoe. Costly, but so far we can do anything and everything on our own schedule, and only needed a dealer once for something that was simple but I didn't have the...

What has kept me from doing that with the impact tool I bought is that with a light penetrating oil, a cylinder piston and a hammer .... the whole setup begins to look to me a lot like a one shot compression ignition diesel. rScotty

Nor are aerial forklifts used on slopes. So why would what they do or don't have any bearing on tractors?

"Also its being smart to shop for the best deal." True, but when buying tools or tractors the "best deal" is unlikely to be the lowest cost deal. rScotty

Wow! PlantNet. Now on our ipad and iphones. Grass and tree ID has always been a favorite hobby. Thanks for the hint.

Yep, the JD110 was about the cutest TLB ever. You may want to skip down to the JD forum here on TBN and do search a few threads to get some idea of how used ones are holding up. The other two in that same wt/hp/option class are both recent enough that you can find good examples of other...

A Yanmar CBL 40 ? Now there is a rare bird. And reputed to be as good as they are rare. Supposedly they were strong and simple construction quality. Yanmar made them for a long time, wonder if they still make them and where would a person find a new one? I tried to find a new one back when we...

If there were an easy answer to the mechanics of tipping we wouldn't have the debate. And any math model would have to include some of the more difficult real world effects like the angle change due to tire flex and also momentum shifts when the tractor begins to slip sideways. Those things...

I wouldn't either - not without more measurements. Nor would I load the fronts. The front axle pivots in the middle, so it's a whole different situation than the rears. Adding front wheel spacers will keep the axle on the ground, but it won't prevent the body of the tractor from tilting.

Wheel spacers aren't real popular - but I don't know why not. People who have them seem to like them. Maybe it is because they are expensive and unlike adjustable width rear rims they are hard to change. Also good spacers are expensive. They need to be dead accurate and have the exact proper...

I don't understand how we can help. Sounds to me like you just want to vent on what you already know. So OK.... Yes, better quality items cost more to produce. Always. I think everyone understands why. Exceptions in pricing do exist - particularly in young companies - but without product...

That spiral splitter terrifies me just thinking about it. And the PTO powered Post Hole Drill is a close second. However , for fatalities, the 3pt mounted back hoe led the list of farm accidents for so many years that tractor dealers used to have signs on the wall warning about them...

We have had several of the electric and a gas powered pressure washers. We use the gas-powered one most of the time. The electric is OK and definitiely beats garden hose pressure for a third the price of the gas powered one. We use the electric sometimes.....mostly when we are being lazy or...

I'm a real believer in those clear fuel fllter bowls for tractors and marine engines. The universal type will it anything, and they make it easy to see a problem.

You '"red dirt" sounds like clay. If so, the reason those strips are still level has to a lot to do with decent drainage and maybe the double wide was spreading the load & keeping the area dry. You could try pitting some small as you can get type of crusher run down between the slabs. buy the...

They are cute bent washers, but I'm not sure I see any advantage mechanically. Wouldn't it work better to just stack up some washers or cut a piece of pipe to length?

I wish there was some easy way to test unloaded vs filled tires. Some of the reported advanages is bound to be owner perception... but how much? And how much is due to the type of tires and the type of surface they are used on? A tire filled with fluid can't be as springy as one filled with air...

I hope s too... and it should. Congrats on the larger machine. I t took us way too long and too many tractors before we finally figured out that the larger tractors didn't have to work themselves or the operator nearly so hard doing the same work. I used to get off of our "little" compact 33...

I back up to a convenient pine tree, drop the auger onto a piece of wood and lash the auger to the tree trunk. A rope over a limb above holds the top link and the PTO shaft in position. Done. rScotty

Hopefully you have it apart by now and I'm too late. But for next time, if you use the common names for the tools it may get you more help from the pros. For example, I've no idea what you are calling a "socket wrench". Can you post a picture just to satishy my curiousity? There is no way...

I think you meant it counts "when the key in the ignition is turned ON, even without the engne running". BTW, It may be more than just the "off" brands that use that same method. Our older tractors were all mechanical tachs & hourmeters. They simply counted engne revolutions. If you took the...

Well, three of those - Kubota, John Deere, and Yanmar - are mostly built in Japan and to Japanese manufacturing standards. I don't know about Massey anymore. Whatever it is that the Japanese do differently, it does make them last longer and cost more. The same goes for a lot of their...

Maybe the OP would be better served by not focusing so much on loader lift. Loaders are mechanically simple, which is why all the various tractor brands have about the same loader performance in use. There is a difference in small loader dimensions - like the pressure that the system...

Probably it is just that the idle was set borderline too low anyway, and new oil with lighter viscosity caused a false low pressure alarm. Cure is raise the idle. Main bearing wear is rare even in much older motors.

Updating my answer in #2 a week ago.... Did you check the wiring between pressure light and sender? A bad connection will also cause that to happen. Just trace the wire and tighten any connections. Sometimes just wiggling the connection will fix tha problem. Did you change to a different oil...

Personally i'd pass. Not because of the years, though. Given the condition, that is probably a point in its favor. Those were the best years for quality and reliability, and 19 easy years is nothing for a machine expected to work hard every day for twice that long. No, I'd pass because I don't...

Couldn't hurt.

Yes you can. I don't think it will hurt anything on tractor or camera to connect the camera to either circuit for testing and temporary use. But for full time use I would use the lighter circuit and here is why. - Obviously the Lighter hot line (12v+) has a fuse and larger diameter wiring...

Hello Lou, That detent cap is better than most. Below is a photo. The main body of the cap looks to be a tube of .050" plated steel, and fairly strong. Also, there is also a substantial steel plug in the end (& I think I can see a drip hole in the center) ...anyway, a little testing with a...

It's not too hard to get the cover cap off. It isn't as fragile appearing as some. Look at the picture below. Here the first thing we see is the we see the IN port from the crankshaft driven front hydraulic pump (a Cessna, no longer made). We are talking about the long cover next to it with a...

Sounds to me like some dirt, corrosion, and rust got into the detent extension for the float position on lever 1. It's a common problem, but usually addressed before it corrodes as much as it sounds like yours has. I'd do what LouNY said above (#14). There is an extension on the LH valve spool...

Same here. Most of the time I prefer the 4 post canopy. The cabbed tractor just sits a lot except in the worst of the winter. We do have an old completely open station tractor. It runs OK, but gets the least work of the three. I'm often not sure the battery is charged or fuel is fresh in it.

Those are nice photos you attached. I can also confirm that the long round tines work better than the square tine rock buckets because we use both types in our dry rocky soil. The round tine type is longer out front, the step that holds the rocks in works better, and the dirt sifts through...

Yes, most all low cost silicon sealers have that peculiar citric acid smell which indicates that product is combining with humidity from the atmosphere to form an organic acid catalyst to kick off the cure. I haven't seen that be a problem with corrosion - but the possibility is real. I don't...

Hardly broken in at 280 hours. Ten years old could be pre or post emissions. If pre, I've seen them go for most of their original price new price in today's dollars. It all depends on condition.

We no longer have horses, acreage, long roads, or mowing...we've downsized to just a few retirement acres in the rural rocky mtns along a trout stream. I build stone walls as a hobby and we maintain a couple of wooded acres. The hours per year are deceptive. There is no way we could do without...

Fair enough in your case. We bought a new top of the line Kubota ourselves. But lots of people follow these discussings. Alternatives are fun, and also the mechical heads will never understand why "experienced" machinery is not as appealing as new. It is worth mentioning that some entities...

That's way too complicated. True, some older basic shuttle shifts required that the operator select a gear and then could shuttle Forward/Reverse with a hand lever. Some really basic/inexpensive ones did require clutching. JD was particularly behind the times on their older shuttle and power...

Backing up a bit now... But my understanding is that there is two miles of road that needs year round attention. This road is wider than a single track, has turnouts, is in the mountains, and other people use and depend on the road as well - I believe you said 8 to 10 cars a day. I wonder if a...

I do like those old JDs...especially the 3020/4020s With your description of a sudden cloud of oily crud but no change in the way it runs, it may not be anything mechanical. Might be that it is just exhaust slobber. Since you said the muffler is outside the shed in the weather .... hmm... Is...

Me too, It's nice to have the choice between repairability and replaceability. Time vs Money.

Yep. There's been a change in the tractor world. The older tractors - pre about 2012 - were made to be easily repaired; today we have new ones which are made to be easily replaced. I like that we have both choices. The working features of tractors haven't changed much in decades. More...

So much depends on the owner and what level of mechanical work and weather exposure he finds comfortable within that budget. My guess is that with so much acreage and a steep driveway he already knows his tractor is not going to be "push button everything and climate controlled". There will be...

Last Fall, there was a thread where Rancher Ed wrote a good short explanation of how engine heat is different in gas vs diesel engines. He covers running rich vs lean effects in both types of engine. Here's the link. His message is #73. It's worth reading...

I do the same. Move slowly and easily and just let them go. No problems so far. Spotted skunks are especially tame and trusting compared to their stripped cousins.

It might not be engine cooling. But that is simplest and has to be put right anyway. I agree that most cases where RPMs drop means that it isn't getting enough fuel. But what if it is? Then another possibility with a hot engine losing power would be an engine intake or exhaust valve is not...

Your only source for compatibility is going to be the Terex manufacturer or someone's experience that you trust. There is a European standard that defines whether a hydraulic oil is petroleum based or alcohol based.....and there is a US standard that covers viscosity and flash point. But there...

For the best cooling, check that there is not an air gap between the fan shroud and the radiator. A lot of times there is a gap that is gasketed when the tractor is new, but the gasket goes away over time. If you can see light there between the back of the radiator and the fan shroud, seal the...

Hello, I'm curious why not just buy your tractor a brand new aftermarket loader control valve? It seems like that would be far better than a scrapyard valve. Do you just want to keep it original JD parts? BTW, what happened to the old control valve that makes you want to change it? You can buy...

Tractor hydraulics are self-bleeding. Try connecting to a different implement or cylinder. If it still doesn't work either, the problem is in your accessory control on the tractor. Often that control is a push button that works an electric solenoid that opens a valve to allow hydraulic fluid to...

I live at 7000+ feet and have had tractors for 50 years. There is a lot of misinformation about turbos. Right now some of our tractors and cars have turbos and others don't . Yes, those numbers are real, but they don't tell you the real story because those are max HP at wide open throttle...

Sounds reasonable. All that sounds reasonable. But it doesn't solve the seat problem. I'm curious if you are going to put a Grammer air compressor seat on the new tractor - or try something else.

That is a very good and accurate posting. I have a number of patents and have been involved in the patenting process. I'd say M59 has summarized it well. That is a good synopsis of the what to expect from a patent. I only disagree that it is a bummer. It can be, but that's not the whole story...

What other options do you have? You already have something that requires major work. Wouldn't any problems caused by the warranty work become warranty issues as well? What I would do as a first step right now is take all your information and your fears to your dealer and sit down to discuss...

More info needed. Did you check the wiring between pressure light and sender? A bad connection will also cause that to happen. Did you change to a different oil? Some of the new 0-30w synthetics are noticibly less viscous when cold. And is it an OEM or aftermarket filter? Are you willing to...

Maxing out a little tractor without breaking things is equal parts art, instinct, & gamble. After adding weights, traction, and stability to our little tractor - and using it that way for years - I finally realized that the next larger size tractor did all the same things but without the stress.

I don't think we know if oil temperature has anything to do with the problem. The problem might be just from running and completely independent of temperature.

Luckily, there are a number of guys on TBN who know hydraulics well enough to enjoy helping. It's also a good way to learn more and get involved with interesting problems - all without tracking oil into our own workshop. The downside is that too often we don't get to hear how it turned out...

I admit I am guessing. We don't have a choice yet. So far we don't have a flowmeter and the OP hasn't found anyone who does. Also, the OP has not posted his hydraulic schematic - and until he does we can't know for sure how his tractor is plumbed. I don't think that shouldn't keep us from...

that's right. Some tractors - not all - have a full flow relief valve that actuates when the 3pt hitch arms are all the way up. Especially if they are stuck over center all the way up. That relief prevents blowing up the top of the 3pt, but it means that nothing else in the whole hydraulic...

Hello Harry. So the pump for his Kioti DK55 is a two stacker? A piggyback pump? Right....In that case it wouldn't need to have a flow divider or proportional divider. In that case, the hydraulic failure could be as simple as an air leak in the line or fittings that go from the sump or filter...

Sounds to me like you may be able to figure it out. You will probably have to do so yourself. Read on to see if you want to do so. Start by posting whatever you have for a hydraulic schematic so we can see it. I understand your frustration. Diagnosing hydraulics has the same problem...

If this is a simple pump system with a proportional valve for the power steering... and If it has pressure cold....AND the power steering still works when it is warm, then I would not be looking first at the hydraulic pump. It sounds like that pump is working. If so, chances are that it will...

It should raise and lower at the same rate. There's a wire screen in the bottom of the Rt. Hand loader upright. That upright doubles as your FEL oil reservoir. You may want to drain and clean. Look for the fitting at the bottom of the upright where the return line attaches. Make sure screen is...

Maybe the Yanmar is so reliable because of the quality. It's easy to see the quality when you look inside one. The two we had - for 40 and 20 years - never needed any repairs at all. Just routine mainenance. For many years the downside to Yanmars was the cost. They were more expensive to buy...

The short answer is nothing. Don't ignore that having more weight on the 3pt helps the steering immensely. Also keep the front tires inflated The longer answer is Power Steering - except that Yanmar didn't offer it in that model. The smallest Yanmar with power steering was the next one up in...

Or maybe not. After all, most tractors do run - yet we still find things to talk about. He hasn't even tried to use it yet.... I would like to know what the problem was with the replacement clutch and how it was made to work. There are a lot of YM155/165s out there using that clutch. rScotty

I've seen the same thing. Backhoe bucket pins & shafts come out pretty easily. Say, that reminds me of something that happened to my backhoe a few years back. My backhoe bucket pins were retainted with unprotected Linch Pins to keep them from sliding out. Linch Pins aren't the problem - they...

Thanks for the photos! Wow! That is a beautiful classic tractor from an era when construction machines were made as good as they could be. It looks near new. I was expecting something entirely different. Today I spent hours working my way through a legal letter on stock transfers from some...

Yanmar.

Neither would I. I'm surprised anyone would.

Good idea. But I would bet on the vacuum lines that run and feed the fuel pump. They commonly leak air in a way you cannot see by inspecting them. Replace both lines.

Anyone have a figure for what a new B26 costs these days?

I hear you. Towns and counties vary widely on building requirements. Builders vary too. And some areas don't have any real requirements at all. Some just have a simple form for the builder to fill out so they can collect a permit fee. Those permits don't mean that any standard has been met...

Ah....that's probably it. Just a difference in the way we use the "incorporated" word. I know that lots of farms and small businesses are incorporated as a special ype of corporation known as a sole proprietorship corp. A sole proprietorship can be a legal corporation registered with the...

You mean out by Kansas & Nebraska? Maybe so, but what I saw last I was out that way were large multi-family dryland operations rather than corporate. I know the mountains and west better than the eastern plains.

In Colorado we don't have many big corporate farms. A lot is slighly irrigated- basically dryland farming or mountain hay meadows. Our climate is just a little too cool & dry for big yields.

Don't know about the cab, but I've noticed that the HST whine lessens the older I get. It's much less noticible now.... uh, what's that you said? rScotty

There are lots of ways to build things. The OP says he wants to float a large slab on what is probably unevenly expansive clay soil - "expansive" meaning the soil changes shape and strength with different levels of moisture and pre-compaction. I've never heard of a foundation design where the...

You're probably right about the big Deere equipment. On the way back from the coast we went through southeastern Arizona just because we never had. To my surprise, we found mile after mile of HUGE irrigated farms stretching for through entire valleys - occasionally interrupted with new towns...

It's a big country. Computers might be popular for corporate farming in the midwest & sourthwest, but there are still plenty of farms around here doing things the way grandad did. And a lot of them are still using grandad era tractors and implements. We spent a few months last fall in in...

It almost sounds like the "engineered design" was done before the test holes were dug and subsurface conditions were considered. Maybe I'm just reading it wrong. But if they didn't do much investigation, you may want to get your money back and get some design work done in the proper order...

I see the attraction. Nothing really to add, just sort of following along. And I will say that a person who enjoys tractor projects usually finds a use for two tractors - even two the same size where one tractor can use the BH to load the other FEL. At least until we figure out how to make one...

You are going to love the HST+ transmission. It makes a huge difference, and HST+ also has other handy features to adjust the HST. As for the horsepower, there are half a dozen Kubota's that all use that same 148.5 cubic inch engine in various states of tune. It's a good motor from about 40 up...

Maybe you are right about that.....It seems there are more than enough buyers who don't mind being locked out of repairing their tractors. After all, repair isn't simple anymore. Almost anyone can set valves, time injection or do other mechanical chores. We learned it in shop class if not at...

Why? What has Mahindra done for US factory workers that JD has not?

That's a nice pond. And thanks for pointing out that there is more than one way to make a pond. Around here we dig a hole and then bring in truckloads of bentonite to seal our sandy soil. There is no native clay. Making a pond becomes a whole lot easier if the site already has compacted clay...

The problem with lining dams or ponds with clay is that the clay needs to be compacted to be effective. Just putting in loose clay soil doesn't work to seal the bottom and sides. The compaction needs to be done in fairly thin lifts and at a specific range of water content in the clay. Too wet or...

When we got these tractors almost 20 years ago the way the dealer had them set up bounced too much for my old back. Maybe some of the things I did will work for you. TIRE PRESSURE: First is reducing the crazy high tire pressures. Our Kubota is twice the weight of of your Kioti, and running...

A relief valve is basically there to keep pressures under a safe level The relief valve actuating pressure should be set far enough above the system pressure that the relief valve never actuates. like a smoke alarm, a relief valve is doing fine if it never does anything at all. You can easily...

I think they are very impressive. If I were looking again, I'd want to include the Tool Cat in my search. Maybe try to rent or lease one for awhile to learn more about how they work everyday. Twenty years ago when we were buying our tractor we looked at Tool Cats briefly - but they were having...

Richard, what is it that you are hoping to learn from the pressure gauges? Lets run through some basics. I like to begin by assuming that pressure and flow rate are constants from the source hydraulic pump - that the source pump is 100% efficient and that the RPM is stable. That isn't true, but...

Thanks. I'll check them out.

One cylinder is not firing....probably not getting fuel. That noise is a combination of normal clearances fromm the bottom end, wrist pin and piston slap. You hear it because you don't have the back pressure of combustion in that cylinder. If you don't run like that too long it will be OK...

Batteries seem to be a crapshoot the last few years. We've also had trouble with battery cables and connectors corroding. I ordered some nice looking brass battery connectors from Amazon. Although they looked nice, they formed a hard corrosion between the connector and battery post inside of a...

One hose is feeding fuel to the injector pump - where it is pressurized to several thousand psi and then the throttle setting determines how much of that high pressure fuel is passed along to the injectors to be injected into the engine each piston stroke. The second hose returns unused fuel...

That's an impressive project. How long did it take? What's a pulverizer?

Our tractor holds 15 gallons. Our modern drainpan looks like Aaron's up in message #2, and his solution of having one pan feed another sounds reasonable - much better than the old steel drain pans of a generation ago. My problem is being basically lazy, even a 5 gallon pan is more of a mess...

If it were mine, I'd first go with the bulldozer, then hire someone to disk it, and after mount a SSQA rock bucket on your Kubota to grub up the rocks and roots that got missed. Then it will be in nice shape to be workable with your Kubota and box blade.

That's a much better picture. Is that some sort of extra sleeve or tape around that hose? Maybe a previous attempt at a repair? It's not unusual for the inside of old fuel and oil lines to harden and form lengthwise splits on the inside surface of the hose where they can't be seen. Suspect...

I understand that avoiding a lawsuit is important to you. That's a personal choice. My choice is to take on the risk involved in finding a different way to fix a problem. Not necessarily better, but possibly so.

Law suits are always a possibility. That changes nothing. It is still a personal choice whether to support an educational solution or a violent one. As long as our choices reflect ourselves, there are going to be preferences in both directions.

Sure. They sound like the same questions I had. ....how does that go with the bucket, when you want to angle the snow off the road. It doesn't angle the snow off the road in one controllable direction. A commercal size TLB like the Deere 310/410 has enough power and weight that it can push a...

I doubt it is the fuel bleed line. But that is easy enough to check. Check it with a hose and a clear mustard jar just like you do the bleeder valve on automotive brakes to get air out of the brake cylinder. But you may want to take another look at the schematic you posted. Your description...

Do it the smart way. Hot wire all reachable doors and windows. It only takes once to teach a bear, and people are supposed to be even smarter than bears. This isn’t speculation, it’s simply part of living remotely. I only mention it because it may be knowledge lost or not known to newcomers to...

No problem, you just have to bleed the entire system in order. Start with the input to the fuel filter, then through the fuel pump, and finishing at the injectors. Make sure fuel is flowing through each component - this may require cranking the tractor - then as fuel flows out freely without any...

I’m tired of all this talk of shooting people. Try an alternative. We simply connect all exterior metal to a heavy duty fence charger. Solar, on a photocell, and controlled by one insde switch. Everyone in the mountains has to hot wire to keep the bears out of the house anyway. rScotty

I just realized where that metal could come from, how to fix it, and even why it didn’t affect anyone’s HST. ….and i had all the info since about 2014 but just now put it together. When I changed my hydraulic filter back then, the pipe nipple that the main hydraulic filter mounts onto fell out...

Either that or the associated relief valve. Agree that the first sentence and the five minutes hold the key. Reminds me of the BH swing problem on the Kuboa M59s. If it is similar, forcing the grapple to move while rapidly working the solenoid might get it working again. Read some of the...

Should be fine. Diesels are tough that way since they naturally operate on the lean side of the fuel/air curve. But that is so simple of a system we should be able to fix it easily. It wasn’t made to work that way. Either the pump is weak or one of the standpipes has a problem. It is not a...

That’s your best solution. Good on Kubota. I’d still double check by measuring the new clearance. rScotty

Sounds to me like someone made an error generating the phase of the 3rd leg. rScotty

It doesn’t have a dedicated PTO tach because the rpm proportion is constant for geared pto’s - and near enough to a constant for hydraulic ones. If we half the engine RPM, that cuts the PTO rpm in half as well. No PTO tach needed. rScotty

200 acres in the mountains? No problem. For snow up to 18” we have an old high hour Deere 310. It has 90 hp, 4wd, weighs a bunch, heated cab, & they are commonly for sale within your price range….. everywhere in the USA. To clear a couple of feet of snow for a mile of dirt road, just put that...

Those symptoms - failing spark as it heats up - would normally lead to a bad condensor and/or coil - but you said you changed those. So I am out of ideas.

Sounds like a nice upgrade. Nice that they have the telescoping lower arms....That makes me wonder what else is optional for a reasonable price? You might ask the dealer if you can look at his "Whole Goods Catalog" for that model. Whole Goods is what dealers use for commercial customers or...

Lou, I haven't looked at the CK2620. The Yanmar 359C is 59 hp, power shuttle shift 8F/8R, and weighs 4000 lbs bare. That is, without loader, weights or implements. That size and power seems to be in the range of her old Case tractor, and even in a similar color... I admit to having a bias...

That is where the B26 has it all over the M59. The M59 3pt kit is category 2, and the components are too massive & heavy for me to handle anymore. I wish it the M59 had a lighter weight 3pt. As it is, I just leave the backhoe attached.

The power steering is not electrical. If we can round up a hydraulic system schematic for the B26 we can get you started on some diagnostics. Are you going to do the work or take it to a dealer? Either way, the first thing I would do is change all the hydraulic filters. You can do that...

I agree. Time to pass the Case to someone with more time to deal with it. Just about the best thing on our current tractor is nothing I would have known before using it for a day....but it is how easy it is to get on/off!! It has a four post insulated canopy top - that gives a perfect...

Tractors have changed a little bit since 2016 - that's when everything over 25 hp began to have the new emissions controls. Much of the tractor world from 25 to 90 hp went to a type of emissions control called Diesel Particle Filters or DPF. Mostly they work OK - you'll notice a few changes...