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I really had to dig into my past to find those. Ah good times. When I bought that truck I could fill it up for what would be pocket change today.

Here is what the back end of my 9540 looks like with twin cylinders. What model are you wanting to add this to after the fact?

Nice Pics. What is it with the Kubota saving the Fords mowing??

Here are a few common tractor acronyms off the top of my head. Please add more. BB- Box Blade BH- Back Hoe or Bush Hog 3PH or 3pt- Three Point Hitch PTO- Power Take Off PHD- Post Hole Digger FEL- Front End Loader MMM- Mid Mount Mower ROPS- Roll Over Protective Structure HST- HydroStatic...

Hydraulic is the way to go. My tractor turns the bit a lot slower than a skid steer but never failed to get the job done.

I've had this thing for several years. I got it from my Grandfather. IIRC someone gave it to him, He had no idea what it was used for and neither do I. Any ideas? BTW..It says "BLACKHAWK MADE IN USA" and "MAX 4 1/4 inches" It comes up to the front pocket rivet on my Wranglers, I'm 6'1"...

Just an update. Got done with the first two sections today . I'd been too chicken to cut the tops until today. I grabbed the speed square and figured out how tall from the top board the old posts were cut and what angle. Then got the borrowed chain saw and went to work. . It turns...

They had been cut several days ago. The only stems I saw were very thin. Almost comically thin and it seems to climb up what ever is there like a vine with no ability to hold the weight of its own "fruit". Hopefully this pic will actually show up this time..... TA DA! It worked! LOL

I mowed some hay on the halves for a guy this year. Second cutting isn't worth anything at all. I should be charging him for cutting his weeds. Anyway I was raking it today and found these little guys. A bunch of them actually and I have no idea what they are. I have lived within two...

I have a Shaver HD10. I must admit I have a few tricks to keep them from twisting. Starting with a 4" pilot hole is a must.

Well guys here it is as of yesterday. Don't be bashful, tell me what you think! I haven't cut the tops yet. On my way to do that right now after I go buy more lumber for the 2nd phase. The owners brother/caretaker of the property seems happy and so am I.

Thank you all for your replies. I called around yesterday morning to try and rent a big circular saw. Apparently you can't do that. I went to buy one, nobody had one. After much consideration, encouragement from one of the guys helping and a trial run on a scrap block of wood I've...

A friend of mines lathe.

Out with the old. The morning after we signed the agreement a woman ran through part of the old fence that was to be left alone. The first delivery of lumber. Eight footers driven to just below my chin.

I got a call from a man right down the road from me who wanted some board fence built. He had no way of doing it himself and went to the Kubota dealer to ask around who could do such work. They gave him my number. :thumbsup: He knew exactly what he wanted as it needed to match some existing...

Driving some 4x6 posts for a board fence job.

Does it streak on the end closest to the tractor or the farthest away? I ask because on ours the first two pods closest to the tractor rotate the same direction. It would be easy for someone to put the wrong blades on the very first pod. BEEN THERE, DONE THAT :ashamed: I put together this...

A nice mid day snack. I probably mowed a million more just like these. Just a nasty looking coyote and a cow that came for a visit from another farm. All done and on to the next one!

Here comes the fun stuff :cloud9: The first two aren't bad. Use the telephone pole above the right loader arm and the T post on the left as a reference for plumb. It didn't feel steep but the pictures say otherwise. Here is the same hill before from the bottom and after from the...

On top of the world.

I thought I'd share some pictures taken while bush hogging. Still can't believe they pay me to do this, I absolutely love every minute. Some are just great scenery of the Appalachian Mountains (Spoken as "Appa latch ins" in these parts) right on the edge of the Blue Ridge portion. Anyway...

Thanks guys. I got to looking and found the last of my pics. The first bunch shows how I push all the stuff parallel to the fence row and then pushing toward the brush piles. These go with the ones of the hill with the "spooky" tree. It shows that area finished. The cool thing...

Here are a few more with the M125X as a comparison. :cool2: This is the difference in the rear wheels. (135 left, 125 right) We had problems with the 125 breaking the "tabs" off of the rim. That's why it has new rims. It looks like they have solved that problem. I don't...

The boss decided that he wanted a new tractor before all the new emissions stuff came out. He finally brought it home the other day but I've been too busy to take any pics. Here she is in all her glory with 5.5 Hours on the clock.

These four are the same place a few days apart. Notice the big spooky dead tree. I really wanted to push it out but was afraid the top would break out and come backwards on me. (tree > fiberglass canopy) The next five action shots show a friend of mine that helps me...

These first two are from when a neighbor lady asked if I could remove a small shrub from beside her home. It was a freebie since she didn't mind me using the tractor. :) More before and after on the fence line...

Here are a few pictures of a old fence row I was hired to clear out over the summer. I was able to work from both sides of the property line which makes things 100 times easier. I had intentions of taking lots of pics but got too busy actually working. Let me know what you all think. The...

Yesterday a very good friend of mine called to tell me his father had passed due to a farming accident. They had moved to the Midwest a few few years ago and both of them worked for the same farm. All he told me was his father had been crushed by two 3' x 5' square bales falling on him. He...

A friend called today and asked how quick I could get my tractor and a chain to where he was. My tractor was 2 miles from him and I was about 10. He said to hurry every chance I got as his tractor was sinking in mud along a creek. When I got there it was worse than I had imagined. It was...

I use a 555xl at work and assume they are basically the same baler. I like it very much, very hard to stop up and makes a nice tight roll. I call it Pac Man because it will eat such a large amount of hay!

The man I put up hay for has a M9540 just like mine but a little older. It has about 800 hours on it, hydro shuttle and 12 speed. The hand throttle pushed all the way forward will not go above ~500 PTO RPM's. This is a major PITA as you can imagine. I know this tractor has been split...

I've been putting up hay for a man that owns a M125X with about 2000 hours on the clock. Sometimes there is a yellow flashing light on the dash that shows the lower 3 point arm or "lift arm" with an arrow showing it moving upward. Sometimes there isn't. To see the light in question...

You would have thought so but nope. I've found those pics....

The other day my RTV left me stranded 3/4 of a mile from the house. I walked to get the tractor and boosted it off. The battery checked out fine after a long slow charge so I took the alternator (Denso) off to have it tested. It needed brushes so $30 later I was back in business or so I...

I know there have been a few threads about how little some folks use their cell but I use mine for everything from email, checking the local radar during hay season and calling the GF to order lunch. :licking: I don't have a iphone as of yet, but I am eligible for a upgrade and know good and...

I finished up the first little field of hay for 2012, It wasn't much but gave me a chance to work all the bugs out before hitting it wide open. :thumbsup:

I had a very interesting day today... At about 1:00pm my dog and I left the farm on my tractor to head about 1.5 miles to a friends machine shop to do some heavy lifting with the loader. The dog loves to ride but was acting funny about half way there like he wanted off. I pulled into the...

'92 Deere 2355, Sold it as down payment for the Kubota 9540 last year and never looked back.

A friend down the road called yesterday and says his 757, The zero turn Deere not the Boeing jet... is only operating at half it's usual power. And dies when the blades are turned on. (25 hp v-twin Kawi, 1000+ hrs) After a quick inspection we determined it was only firing on one cylinder...

Here is me and the M9540 pushing dirt on my new road and the 310A high centered while attempting to push a Wild Cherry stump.

RTV 900 @ 450 hours & M9540 @ 150 hours.

Ok guys I sold my old tractor back in the fall. Since it was sold to a friend of a friend and He and I were both busy doing other things at the time we never wrote a bill of sale. Now he wants one for tax reasons. Can't say I blame him, I just don't know what to include. Anyway this is what...

Well we got the tire off Friday. It was not as bad as I thought it would be. I still couldn't have done it with out help from friends though. :thumbsup: I must say the worst part was crawling under the tractor with a huge ratchet and extension. Oh and finding enough room for the cheater...

My dealer called yesterday and asked if he could stop by. He said he had something for me. I was 20 miles away at another guys farm so he told me he'd leave it by the garage. I had no idea what it was. When I got home this is what I found on my work bench! It looks so nice I don't...

Does anyone else here subscribe to this wonderful publication? FARM SHOW - Home My Grandfather loved this magazine. It has so many great ideas in it.

Here goes.... Ok, right here where I added the yellow arrow there was once a Zip Tie. It sat snug it the ring and held the wires to the boot. I removed it when I had to lube up the loader linkage and lost it. The cut in the boot where the wires run in is a one-off custom job. :laughing...

First off, I failed to thank everyone so far for their comments and links to the various web sites. :thumbsup: I am in the process of looking into every last one of them. I went out to look and that won't be a option. As you can see from this picture the nuts are on the inside of the wheel...

Something terrible happened to me this week. I was driving near a old fence row that I had torn out and I ran over something very sharp with the rear tire. It went flat in less than two minutes and I lost almost all my fluid. The tractor has less than 150 hours on it and I think it is too big...

A few years ago some friends and I, six or seven of us, girlfriends/wives included, were camping at the lake. Its quite a long drive in for around here, like 20 minutes from pavement. Later in the afternoon we went fishing 200 yards or so from camp. After some time fishing we saw three...

Eddie, I really like your pig and figured I'd share a picture of my pet, Wilbur. He has developed a taste for left over beers that have been rolling around in the cooler for too long. Billy Bob: I sure do love that dog. Mox: I think it's a pig. Billy Bob: Yeah. -----Varsity Blues

Upon further thinking can you not just turn the lower arm bushings around to achieve a narrower width also? I borrowed the following picture from tech141 without permission (hope you don't mind) to help illustrate what I'm trying to say. The ~3/4" bushing high lighted in orange.

What a sh*tty job! I love mine as well. One day I loaded the next days hay roll the evening before so I wouldn't have to restart the tractor the next cold morning, well it froze to the bed overnight. When I tried dumping it stayed in the bed and the front wheels lifted off the ground...

I'm looking to work on the CA some this winter and am in need of some odds and ends. Carb rebuild kit, battery cover and starter parts come to mind off the top of my head. Any one know where to find such things? I'm not looking to restore it, it is in good shape as a "survivor", just get it...

The first three were actually over the weekend, drilled 30 acres of winter rye despite rain the better part Friday. The last one was today, clearing brush from around rock outcroppings in the corn field, which is being converted back into pasture.

Forgot about this one.

Thanks to all, and you guys are right, I love this monster! I spent most of the day cleaning up small under growth around larger trees. So much faster and cleaner than using a dirt bucket. clee4020, I too have two sets of remotes but seemed like having the "rocket launcher" buttons on the...

After almost a month of waiting... It is here!! Time to do WORK!! Well actually the 9540 is in the shop getting the 3rd function installed at the moment. Maybe if I slip the shop guys beer money I can have her back by 5. Drum roll please.... This thing is 84 inches HUGE...

Less than 80 yards from the house, a week or so ago.

I use my RTV on the farm everyday, I couldn't imagine ever going without one now that I'm spoiled. While making my daily rounds I hop on and off placing it into neutral and setting the brake multiple times, leaving the engine running. It has happened on an occasion or two that in a hurry I...

I forgot to mention that it has two sets of rear remotes, 3rd function valve for the loader on order, double rear wheel weights and the down swept exhaust from a 9540 low pro.

I've been lurking in shadows here for over a year when I was looking at a RTV 900 (bought it last October, love it) and always had good intentions to post a review once it hit one hundred hours. That never happened, we are closer to 400 hours today. Over the past 12 months I became so...