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^^It does, but you can also gauge tongue weight by watching the rear of the truck squat as you push more weight on the trailer forward.

I have a WeighSafe hitch. In addition to displaying the tongue weight, it’s also a very nice hitch with a locking key that makes it hard to steal.

I've had pretty good luck with the Napa Legend batteries. Just replaced a set in my 2003 F-550: both batteries that died were from early 2017; they were the AGM variety. I put two new identical 750CCA AGM Legends in the truck. Alternators are interesting. The voltage regulator sets the charge...

I mow very steep slopes with a zero turn mower. If you are confident and smart about it, you can do just as much as the Cub Cadet steering zero turn or a 4WD Scut, and be faster. You just need to understand a couple of key points - the zero turn will go uphill very well, but has poor control...

I'd like to point out that it was Dodge, not GM, that invented the "extended cab" with the smaller rear doors and a full B pillar. GM didn't begin using the smaller but normal rear doors until 2014; Dodge was doing it at least as far back as 2008. Furthermore, if you compare a 2016 GM 1500...

I prefer the cab 90% of the time, mostly for bees and not breathing dust. Also good to keep a little warmer and cooler depending on need. I find tractor heat to be quite adequate once the engine warms up. A/C however is often lacking if you are running at full PTO speed for hours on end on a hot...

Lucky you. I've run into problems with bees many times on open tractors. Nothing like operating on a steep hillside which demands constant attention and having yellow jackets landing on the steering wheel, instrument panel, and your neck. Yellow jacket worker bees die in the fall when cold...

Note the two above Kubota tractors (both of them were mine at one point in time). One is a 2002 model year, the other a 2018. The older machine has a loader frame - which could be described as a subframe - going from the loader tower to the front brush guard which is very firmly mounted to the...

Generally, the weight and horsepower of a machine limit how much it can damage itself. Tractors from India are generally inferior quality.

Loaders still do have subframes. The older ones had a frame that went to the front and to the rear of the tractor. The newer ones only go to the rear, but it seems the mounting points on the transmission case are made more beefy.

...And you are not alone in abusing your machines. Even the behavior you describe should not break a tractor's case. This little Deere didn't do this to itself, it my opinion.

That's how tractors are made...the engine block bolts to the transmission housing and rear differential / axle. The front axle is suspended from below the engine. The tractor bodywork is bolted around the engine and transmission case. There is no "frame" per se, but rather the strength of the...

I live next door to you in NH, along the border. We are getting the same swings. Its certainly been a minimal snow year. I enjoy snowmobiling and although we've gotten a couple of rides in, we've had to travel each time. Normally I can leave right from my shop.

First off, why are people suggesting that Deere "covered this under warranty" or that "dealer financing insurance" paid for the loss. Did anybody look at the ad? Its a 2011! 13 year old machine. There is no warranty; financing insurance from the manufacturer only applies on new equipment. That...

Best would be to not require electric cars...

I always said the same thing about the VW diesel TDI cars. When the EPA was made to look like a fool because the VW's were cheating on NOx emissions, they came down on VW like a ton of bricks to set an example. 90% of all VW TDI owners traded their car for a gas model which literally got...

Keep in mind DEF reduces oxides of nitrogen, while the DPF filters particulate matter. Of the two, I'd keep DEF. Although it can have faults like the heaters fail in the tanks, it has zero effect on how your engine runs or how long it lives. The DPF, on the other hand, if it plugs...your engine...

CARB, the EPA, and many other tax-payer funded agencies struggle to find a reason to be. They served a purpose, but have gotten addicted to the power and most importantly, the money that flows in. There is an economic principle called the law of diminishing marginal utility. It states that...

Good luck getting a Group 31 battery into the tractor battery compartment.

Electrical power would be the biggest concern. If you look at the alternators on most <60HP tractors, they are like 45-60A. The battery is often <600CCA. There's not many good places to mount a second battery. If you insist on doing this, get a high quality deep cycle AGM battery. Some tractor...

Below is a pic of my L4060 when it was brand new. How would the travel of the hydraulic cylinders not limit the ultimate travel of the 3-point lift arms? In the background you can see the gooseneck I mentioned (its also generally how I move my tractors around). Being a dovetail, even if it did...

I pull a 30-foot gooseneck trailer that weighs 6,000lbs empty with both my L4060 and MX6000 tractors, using the simple 3-point hitch attachment pictured earlier in this thread. That attachment uses the lower arms and upper link so the hitch cannot spin around, with the GN ball on the top. Like...

If you read my previous posts, I state on at least two occasions that if you can keep your equipment inside, that's going to be better - at least cosmetically. Unfortunately with tractors, the paint quality is usually not that great and the plastics fade quickly. I think JD green holds up maybe...

I live in central New Hampshire. We get a lot of snow, cold, and road salt. The truck sits outside. My tractor is a cab tractor; everything inside the cab seems as protected as something inside the truck. Some things are more exposed, but if you look in the front wheel arches of a pickup, you...

The way I look at it, my truck has sat outside since the day it was new in 2005. It's a dually pickup and won't fit in my garage. I've kept it washed up, waxed, undercoated, and well maintained. It's not rusty at all. The front brakes are original despite the 150k miles on the clock. It's needed...

These are tractors, not sports cars. A tractor should be designed to be reliable and operate well in all weather conditions, from extreme heat to extreme cold and during heavy rains and snows. Many farm tractors stay outside much of their life. Sure, keeping it indoors keeps the paint and...

I'd check your coolant level. I've bought multiple new tractors and a couple of them must have had an air pocket in the system. When I took delivery, the coolant level (in the overflow tank) was at cold full. After a few hours of use, there was no coolant in the overflow bottle, even with the...

Interesting. Sounds like Mahindra's system of just keeping the DPF hot enough when needed to burn off soot. Obviously, restricting the exhaust system is going to cause power and efficiency loss, and potential long term damage to the engine, I would think.

Yeah, if there is a way to bypass without side effects, I'd do the same. I know for certain the Kubota DPF (and I believe the Deere) are fully integrated just like a modern diesel truck. There is no possible way to bypass, and the engine uses direct fuel injection with a high pressure fuel pump...

@Torvy I hope TYM improves and does great. More competition hopefully will mean better quality and prices for all. I knew that Kioti made at least some of their own (Daedong) engines. I also know that TYM and LS do not exclusively make all their own engines as some have other brand engines in...

I would like to point out a couple of things: 1.) New Holland dealers will fix New Holland tractors under warranty, even if its just a NH-branded LS tractor. You will get the NH dealer and customer service experience, and possibly better parts availability because of this. NH dealers are not...

I'm assuming you mean you are fixing problems yourself. But if you buy a machine brand new, I would expect the dealer to fix any problems under warranty. I work on everything myself as well - but if its under warranty I'm not fixing it unless its something easy. And sometimes, only the dealer...

I like the big "C" on the side of anything motorized, including trucks. However, Kubota diesels are generally excellent, and Cummins isn't perfect. My 2019 RAM 3500 with the HO Cummins is apparently subject to an impending recall due to an emissions "cheat" device. And this is after the recall...

I cannot understand a person's thought process when they buy one no-name tractor and it burns them...and then they decide to buy another no-name tractor. You aren't saving money if your tractor is in the shop and they can't fix it and don't want to help you.

The vast majority of road-side mowers I see are New Holland. However, for the non-contracted portion of interstate mowing my state does (NH), they have been buying Kubota for 10 years now. Kubota sells the most compact tractors in the US. In my opinion, the Deere compacts aren't that great...

Mowing with the bucket on doesn't help keep the chaff out of the radiator screens, I think it makes it worse. The bucket makes contact with many stems of grass and releases their chaff into the air just a couple of feet in front of the radiator and the fan drawing air in. I mow without the...

The old F-550 has a v-plow and I also have a newer GMC3500 gas dump with a plow as well. I do my driveway and a couple neighboring driveways which are right. The tractor is more maneuverable than the plow trucks in tight quarters and can stack higher. Plus I keep the plow trucks at my shop which...

Air to air is not necessarily better at all. Each has pros and cons. The air to water design allows a more compact intercooler which can be placed anywhere. It enables Ford to be the only HD pickup truck on the market to offer a factory winch because it won't block the intercooler. In very hot...

Nobody is ordering 6.4, 6.0, or 7.3L engines now since they have been out of production for years. However, there are quite a few 6.7L trucks in service. We have a pretty large trash company running a fleet of 20+ current-gen F-750 diesel trucks; our city's DPW runs a fleet of F-550 diesel dump...

I've got a 60" Polaris ATV snow blade which I don't use because the ATV is too light for the heavy snow we often get. A 60" blade on the front of my tractor would be silly and the rear wheels would be in unplowed snow. I could consider the 3-point SSQA adapter, my rear blade does go all the...

Reason I ask is because a friend told me her dad did this using an interior door that he had from a remodel project. Somehow attached it to his bucket and supposedly works great. I don't have a door but figured I could "make" one pretty easily.

Which Ford are you talking about replacing the water pump on? The 6.7L has two water pumps. I have all the special tools for Cummins and Ford for the filters. Your most frequent services should be the easiest. Water pumps sometimes go 200k. As for the 6.0's, they are serving me well. Both are...

I have not seen any used snow blades with SSQA for cheap money at all. I actually have a 9' Fisher hydraulic angle plow that I could weld a SSQA plate to, but I think that's a bit too heavy for my tractor and risking bending the arms, despite the plow having a trip edge. One sheet of 5/8...

I have a Kubota MX6000 cab tractor. Normally I use a 7' rear blade for snow plowing. However, it is a pain to be looking behind you all the time. What do you guys think of making a wooden front plow? Here's what I'm thinking: 1.) Buy a 1/4" SSQA metal plate 2.) Buy a 4x8' sheet of 5/8"...

Pretty sure its a 3.2L engine. Ford stopped offering these in the last couple of years. I know they can be hard to work on for certain procedures, not the engine's fault...just that its in a van.

I own a 2019 RAM 3500 6.7L HO Cummins with the Aisin transmission. Its a nice engine with good power; the transmission is durable but clunky and slow shifting. Compared to my 2017 F-350 with the 6.7L Powerstroke, the RAM is slower and if anything gets worse fuel economy. Its also harder to...

We have a 2014 Outback purchased new as one of our company cars. Fuel economy has been great, in my opinion, for a large wagon with AWD. The car has 140k on it and has a new engine in it, and the first engine needed a head gasket. It has no power and the interior is really cheap. It does go good...

I cannot understand why Subaru insists on continuing to build flat-4 engines. This nonsense of keeping the weight low is complete fluff. The engines are not powerful, are known for having several possible issues - including high oil consumption and headgasket failure - and are more difficult to...

US Military used GM 6.5L diesel engines in the Humvees the entire time (not a great choice, admittedly). Current Oshkosh JLTV (Humvee replacement) uses a 6.6L Duramax. "The Beast" presidential limo uses a Duramax. The Secret Service has an armored heavy box truck in every motorcade which handles...

Or Powerstroke, so long as its an antique 7.3L or a modern 6.7L.

Frankly, the 5.0L Cummins was never very good. RAM was wanting a smaller diesel to offer in their 1500 series trucks, and because of the long standing relationship in the HD trucks, Cummins offered them the 5.0L V8 diesel. RAM tested the engine and ultimately turned it down. Their analysis is...

I've had an L2501. Mine was HST, but great tractor. Engine performs better than its rating. Obviously its not a huge tractor, but I think a 7-foot blade is fine. I ran a 7-foot blade behind my B2920 which is considerably smaller and lighter than an L2501. I also would go with the cheaper and...

That makes no sense. No matter how heavy or powerful a vehicle is, it still has rubber tires on ice. They will spin. Dual motor still means there is a differential between the rear wheels and the front wheels. The wheels will slip and then the traction control system will attempt to brake the...

Congrats on the new machine. Not that it matters now, but I went from a Grand L 4060 (same as yours, less power) to an MX6000. Both were / are cabs. In fact, the cabs are actually the same. Grand L gets a nicer seat (although you can get an air seat on either), the nicer display on the dash, a...

This is not true. All the MX models with a cab have tilt steering. Open station does not.

The L2501 has a significantly larger engine that is also underrated by the factory to fall below the 26HP threshold for no DPF. It also has direct injection vs the Summit indirect injection. The 2501 has more PTO power and is rated at a lower engine RPM. It has a larger fuel tank, and...

Thanks for the response Summit. I'm aware no tractor is made in the USA, at least completely. JD makes a number of their utility tractors in India. Most Kubotas are made in Japan although some are made in the US, but Kubota is a Japanese brand to begin with. Although I did offer some...

Having the 3rd function and rear remotes is nice, but then I see turnbuckle sway control on the 3-point hitch and no telescopic ends. That makes getting implements on and off a pain. There might be aftermarket solutions, but I'd rather have the 3-point hitch features instead of the remotes and...

I'm dumbfounded by this comment. I think its great that this guy put a turbo on his 2501. Perhaps you should be buying a fresh supply of N95 masks for the upcoming election year Covid hysteria again, and get injected with the latest greatest boosters because that's what the government says. What...

When you are backing a tractor with a 1200+ lb flail mower up a slope too steep to drive up, and you're doing it a hundred+ times in a row on a hot summer day with the A/C on in the cab, and the HST is performing well and getting the job done...yeah, you don't need to overly complex Yanmar...

Another option which is often forgotten is the Simplicity Legacy XL garden tractor. I think Simplicity stopped making them in the last 5 years or so, but they were made for 20+ before that. They could be had in 2WD or 4WD, Kohler Command gas or Briggs diesel, and some had a 3-point hitch and a...

Not really. Bobcat was previously an American brand. The Koreans bought them years later, and now the Bobcat name has proliferated across many different types of equipment. Originally, Bobcat made only skid steers; and they were great machines. Now you see the Bobcat name on everything from...

When some of the brands you mentioned were in business (Allis-Chalmers, Farmall, IH, Ferguson, etc, etc...value brands didn't exist.

I'm not sure your argument is super valid when it comes to buying a tractor vs buying a car. If there was only one Subaru dealer near you and the next one was 100 miles away, and Subaru had a reputation of not being able to get repair parts in a timely manner (or at all), and many other...

Rather than label an entire manufacturer's product line as "junk," a better term might be how trustworthy a brand is. I think everyone acknowledges JD and Kubota are extremely trustworthy (there are other brands too, especially as you get into large Ag tractors, but I think we're primarily...

Interesting. In my opinion - and its just my opinion - Mahindra is the worst. Its a huge company and half their models are made by someone else anyway - but everything is so hodgepodge it doesn't surprise me parts are hard to come by. If I was forced to not buy a JD, Kubota, NH, or Yanmar - I'd...

The 6.4L Powerstroke (also made by International) has one very good thing about it - the high pressure Siemens K16 fuel pump. The current Ford 6.7L has used the Bosch CP4.2 high pressure fuel pump since it came out in 2011, and that pump has a poor reputation for reliability. The older 6.0L...

Seems crazy to still not take 6.0L's in trade, at this late stage in the game. The newest 6.0L equipped trucks were from 2007, and vans from 2010. Anything that old is going to the auction anyway. The sad thing is by now, the problems of the 6.0L are well known and there are fixes for all the...

Good to see all these older guys still out working their land and properties. I've had 4 open station tractors and 2 cab tractors. Currently, I have one cab tractor. That said, there is definitely some truth about the cab being a hindrance when it comes to trees, and even visibility. For...

If this woman was laying parallel to the tires, the high clearance tractor may have passed cleanly over her and the operator wouldn't have known a thing until the mower hit her. I was flail mowing and hit a fawn in this manner, really was terrible. Usually they pop up and take off because the...

I'm also running a Woodmaxx FM-78 behind my Kubota MX6000 which has 52PTO HP. Even with that PTO rating, and being only a 6-foot 2-inch mower, there are still certain types of grasses and growth which will slow me down or bog the tractor. I have run this mower with Y-knives and this year I'm...

I financed a $16k zero turn lawn mower through a bank I had no previous relationship with and they did NOT require any proof of insurance, which seems insane. Nevertheless, I insured it anyway. Kubota offers a lot of zero percent interest deals on their equipment, but the dealer steers them...

Woodmaxx FM-78. Its $3000 on the money. It is designed and tested in Buffalo, NY at the Woodmaxx facility but is made in China. I have the same model and use it commercially; it works great and has been reliable. It's a 74" cut and needs 30-65 PTO HP which your Branson will supply. I'm running...

I mow this capped landfill twice a year, and my mower lays it down. I think this looks quite good. Mowing with a Woodmaxx 78" mower.

My general rule of thumb is that a gooseneck should be heavy enough to require a dually to pull it, or you're probably better off with a bumper pull anyway. Gooseneck trailers are more expensive than a bumper pull, since obviously they have a lot more steel in them, which also makes them...

Solar panels have a huge footprint required in order to generate meaningful power. It is true that they don't pollute the air whatsoever. However, compared to a modern natural gas powerplant, they really perform very poorly. The gas plant has a far smaller footprint and generally more output...

Keep in mind that loading the rear tires of an MX6000 adds about 1176lbs of weight, or the difference between the M6060 vs MX6000. I seriously considered the M7060 or M6060 tractor compared to the MX6000, but ultimately chose the MX because I wanted an HST transmission. The MX6000 is the...

Neil's videos can be interesting. There's no doubt he's a Kubota fanboy, although his dealer also sells New Holland. As many people have noted, though, larger this or that doesn't necessarily mean stronger. For example, a new Ford 6.7L Powerstroke diesel has a piston connecting rod which is much...

I would say that is possible in certain situations. I had a 2016 F-350 crew cab 4x4 6.7L diesel for awhile, and it could get about 24mpg on a 100 mile round trip route I frequently drive. The Gladiator might get 23. The difference is that the Jeep does do better in all city driving. I think the...

Sharp RAM, firebird93. You can still get a RAM regular cab new, but its the older 4th gen "Classic" similar to the one you have now, and your trim packages are very limited.

A half-ton, crew cab truck is extremely versatile. It has more room inside for passengers than basically any car on the market barring none. The rear seats can be folded up to the back wall, allowing a flat floor that is large and can accommodate a lot. The seats are comfortable, the cab is as...

No, a backup camera is not paramount. It makes it easier, but people have towed trailer for decades before backup cameras existed. I have several trailers. One of my trucks is a 2005 F-350 dually, crew cab long bed. It has no backup camera, and yet I can back up to the trailer and very nearly...

Wow, lots of people have towing tips. That's great. I missed what the OP has for a tow vehicle and what he might be planning to purchase for a trailer, but I think most people are saying the same things: longer trailer is easier to back up, practice at home or in a parking lot...driving forward...

My first vehicle was a 1996 Ford Explorer, 4-door Limited V6 with 2WD. It also had the bumper ball for towing. I used it to tow a 2,000lb trailer regularly for a couple of years and it did great. Although this generation of Explorer was known to be the rollover risk / Firestone tire debacle, I...

49 hours removing an exhaust stud? It would be far cheaper to just replace the whole head, or at least remove the head and pull the stud out on a bench. That’s just foolish. That truck is fine. The frame actually looks pretty good, and the dump body is mostly in pretty good shape. There are...

The early v10 fords were good. Later 3-valve designs were more problematic. That truck looks to be in decent shape minus the lower cab. I’d buy it. I just bought one myself, a 2003 F550 4x4 with the 6.0 diesel and 5 speed auto. The 6.0 is a known problem, but I’m familiar with them and have...

Both the GL and MX are great tractors. I replaced my L4060 with an MX6000, both cab versions. The GL has far more "features" which make operating it easier and nicer. The MX is a little heavier duty. Its not just the larger front tires...the whole front axle is quite a bit thicker than the front...

You can buy a 40HP Briggs Vanguard EFI engine in many high end commercial mowers and it makes more horsepower and more torque than say a 25hp diesel small tractor. Why not?

Soon, they'll have us all running electric trucks and tractors with chinese batteries. Oh, we can keep our diesel equipment, but the price will be $15/gal

I run a landscaping business and I buy quite a few trucks. I’ve had four Ford 6.7 trucks and now two RAM 6.7 trucks. No problems with either, but I don’t keep them long enough to be a problem, except this old 6.0 Ford which I just enjoy for some reason.

That’s a maxed out truck. Keep in mind the 2019 and 2020 Cummins 6.7 engines use the problematic CP4 high pressure pump which is also used on the Super Duty from 2011-current.

Just used the truck to pull my 16,000lbs of gooseneck trailer and Kubota tractor up a very steep long grade from a dead stop. Truck pulled in 1st gear really as well as the Cummins with 1000lb-ft. But the Cummins would have shifted up a couple of gears and kept pulling. Nevertheless it got the...

They are expensive in terms of labor, but a modern diesel from any of the Big 3 is even more costly. Oil changes on a 6.0L are quite pricey, especially if you like to run ArchOil or similar additive.

Read the whole thread. I have a 2005 F-350 crew cab dually with the 6.0L diesel. It now has 115k miles on it, and is working nearly every day. From day one? The turbo, EGR cooler, oil cooler, and EGR valve have been replaced. One alternator. FICM rebuild. 100% stock zero mods. I consider it to...

Hah, got this thread confused with the giant flail thread and posted there. Here's how I welded my uprights, and also a pic of my two tractors mowing this summer - one with the Titan, and one with the Woodmaax. You can see the warping of the Titan mower housing.

Here's both the Titan and new Woodmaax together a month ago mowing. You can actually see the Titan mower housing warped. You can't see it, but the roller is ready to fall off and the roller won't turn, so I just dragged it. It did mow OK; the gearbox / drum / hammer knives have been fine. The...

Here's how I welded my Titan uprights to the top link. The Woodmaax is still made in China, but it is vastly better. The bearings are Japanese, the belt has a spring tensioner, the roller is larger, the grease zerks are protected, the chain mesh deflector is solidly mounted, the driveshaft has...

I have purchased aluminum wheel spacers from Bro-Tek on several tractors in the past, on the rear wheels, to widen the stance. I noticed they also have front wheel spacers. Would adding front spacers help reduce rollover risk on side slopes, given that the front axle is on a pivot? Would it...

I'm in the market for a new flail mower and don't want to pay top dollar for an Alamo or Vrismo. I've had the bottom-end Titan flail mowers, and they simply don't hold up. I can list all the weaknesses. So I'm strongly considering buying a WoodMax FM-78 mower to go behind my Kubota L4060 HSTC...

Re: What逞ｴ the steepest slope you閾ｴe ever plowed? I don't plow, but I do flail mow some pretty steep stuff.

Kubota has a little half metal circle guard for the valve stems; does Deere do something similar? See pic. By the way, I love your signature.

This is the only way to do it, in my opinion. Worth the money to not have to stand up on the platform or tire and hang on to a full 5 gallon can in the beating sun on a hot day, especially when you need to pour at least two of them in. Plus you have to haul the cans in your bed and fill them up...

I used a heavy duty Bush Hog PHD on the back of my Kubota B2920. Its not as small as a BX or 1025R, but not much bigger. I had no trouble at all with it drilling holes for sono tubes. 21PTO horsepower.

Can't believe I never followed up. I've had the tractor for a couple of months now. Turns out my dealer threw in the rear work lights, radio, and rear wiper as part of the deal. I had already ordered all this stuff online and had to send it back. There is no Kubota branded radio, so the dealer...

I've run Kubotas for years, flail mowing large fields with grass anywhere from 2-3' in height. After some hours of mowing, the temp gauge starts to creep up and will fully overheat if you were to continue. The problem is all the pollen and chaff at the top of the grass lifts as the front of the...

Well since you're in Eastern VT and I'm in Western NH our grass probably isn't all that different. But some areas are very dense and somewhat wet, and the flail mower bogs in that area. Here's an example of my grass:

Yeah, no worries def38. Appreciate your comment. As for my Titan mower, I ran it for another 8 hours yesterday. Unfortunately, one of the flail knife supports on the drum broke off, leaving the knife supported only on one side. It still mows and doesn't vibrate, but I'm not sure how to fix...

Here's a photo of mine, assembled and attached to a mine. I made a couple of passes through some 4-foot tall brush which it effortlessly cut. That's a good point about the square, non-reinforced rear end. If you back into something, you could bend the housing enough to cause the blades to make...

Thanks a lot guys. Do these aftermarket valve kits just "bolt on" or is some fabricating needed? The Kubota B-series is a little different, I think. For example, the loader valve comes with the base tractor, but no loader. It is mounted down on the side of the transmission, kind of inside the...

I have a 2013 Kubota B2920 with LA364 loader. Last fall the dump and curl function of the bucket suddenly became very erratic, particularly curl. Also, hydraulic fluid would leak out of the associated spool valve mounted on the side of the tractor. Dealer sold me a $90 seal kit. I parked the...

Really? Geez, somehow I manged to mow this 30 acre capped landfill on R1 ag tires and it doesn't look rutted up to me.

Hi folks, I have a couple of older tractors with indirect, mechanical injection. Just bought a new tractor with common-rail direct injection. In the past, I've used my 60-gallon transfer tank and pump in the bed of my pickup to fuel up the tractors when they are in the field. That tank has a...

Another update to my Titan story. The Titan rep asked me to check back with him after the 4th of July to make sure he had all the parts. He did not, and instead chose to ship me another brand new 72" flail mower. I received it last week. I couldn't be happier with Titan's service. In some ways...

An update on my mower. Yesterday I tried to make another pass to see if the shaking was any better. It was not. The entire rear roller assembly broke its bolts and fell off, taking out a couple of flail knives in the process. The top link uprights also had their cracks worsen. One side sheared...

So I bought an MX4800 which has an additional two liquid to air heat exchangers in *front* of the radiator screen. In my experience, during field mowing the radiator screen, front grille, and even radiator fins themselves plug with grass / pollen / chaff after a few hours and the engine temp...

Excited to have just purchased a brand new MX4800 HST 4x4, even though I can't pick it up until July 3. Dealer needs to install loader, load tires, etc. This tractor is going to join my 2013 B2920 and 2002 L4310 which have both given excellent service. Does the MX4800 have an identical engine...

I am an experienced tractor operator and I use my machines to mow 3/1 slope which I mow on the sidehill and not up and down. This is a capped landfill with distinct tiers and berms so mowing up and down is simply not practical. I've been performing this job for 4 years now and not had an...

Here's a picture of my old 4-foot Vrismo Mighty Max. Very heavy for its size but it has mowed a huge amount of tall grass behind my small B2920, and I've even used it behind my larger L4310. And one more pic showing a section of the sloped field this small tractor and flail mower combo has...

I've been mowing fairly steep sidehills for two years now with my Kubota B2920, and 48" Vrismo flail mower behind. There are a bunch of areas with a lot of "pucker" factor. Even though I haven't rolled it yet, there are several places I feel like I'm right on the edge. I move at a creeping speed...

I have three trimmers - a 2004 Honda 25cc 4-stroke, a 2013 Husqvarna split-shaft with Honda 25cc 4-stroke engine, and just yesterday, a new Honda 35cc 4-stroke with the bike-style handlebars. So you can see what my trimmer preference is, anyway. That aside, every trimmer I've owned has either...