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I am considering purchasing a used truck and someone suggested I check the average miles per hour by checking the engine hours and dividing the actual miles on the truck. I looked at my current truck and it works out to 35.33 mph. (71,225 miles / 2016 engine hours) I'm curious to see what...

Here are a couple pics of what I haul sometimes. This is my old trailer. My new trailer is similar but 4' longer. I just feel that a dually would be better for hauling this kind of load.

Wow! Lots of great answers!! This is the kind of discussion I was looking for. Thanks for all replies. I'll try to answer a few questions and some of my observations. As for the $9000 difference, I was thinking I would offer $8000. The truck has about half the miles mine has, and that has...

I have been considering going from a 3/4 ton truck to a 1 ton truck. My current daily driver/work truck is a 2012 Dodge 2500 4 door 4x4 with the 6.7L with 71,000 miles. I found a 2012 Dodge 3500 4 door 4x4 with the 6.7L with 37,000 miles with a flatbed. The dealer has offered me the truck...

Here are pics of mine. It's a Top Hat 28' with a 2' dovetail. Some of the options I ordered are: 14 ply tires spare tire 2' dovetail Spring assist ramps 102" wide Drive over fenders dual jack stands with toolbox between (probably should have got the 2 speed jacks but that was about $500 more.)...

Well, I got it back together today by myself. I only changed the 2 bearings and the seal on this side. It seems that I caught it before as much damage as the other side. I was able to pick up one bearing and the seal from a local Kubota dealer, and the other bearing I found at a shop that...

I did get the valve issue figured out. I had to fabricate a fitting and run the return hose so that it dumps directly into the fill cap. The only problem is that it's not vented, so I have to pull the dipstick and let it just set up on top of the hole it goes in. I'm using a Spectra GL 422...

A big part of my business is renovating athletic fields. This is a short video of laser grading a field with my Kubota L5740. It's pretty dusty out there, and I'm very glad to have a cab.

Last week a friend and I bought a 1979 Ford 550 industrial backhoe. It is to be used 3 or 4 times a year at the deer ranch in Texas. The backhoe 'bucket curl' and 'boom up' aren't working properly. The previous owner said he loaned it to someone about a year ago, and he believes they replaced...

Got it all back together last night. Total cost for parts was about $400 including 3 gallons of UDT2 oil. It took my brother (a professional tractor mechanic) about 2 hours to get it all back together. I'm not sure how long it will last since the gear was in pretty bad shape, and we didn't...

Here is an expanded view of the parts.

Got the parts ordered this morning. They should be in Wednesday morning because today is a holiday. About $280 plus freight, and 2.5 gal. of oil. Not as bad as I was expecting. The gear teeth are chewed up a good bit, but I decided not to change it now, because I would have to change the...

There is a good bit of scars on the shaft where the bearing sits, and my mechanic (my brother) thinks that the new bearing will not seat on the old shaft, so I'll order a new shaft. Also, you can see the retaining ring is broken. I'll get pics of the gear later today. I'm thinking this is...

Yesterday, I was loading sod with my front end loader and I could hear and feel a chatter. Suddenly, it got a lot worse and the left front wheel locked up. It would not roll at all. When I looked at it, oil was pouring out. Turns out the bearing failed. It must have been bad for a while...

I have a 2011 Kubota L5740C and the fuel gauge recently quit working properly. It never shows full anymore, and it stays somewhere in the middle most of the time. Today, it stayed at 2 bars most of the day, but when the actual level got low, the 'fuel' message showed on the screen and the...

Picked it up yesterday and went straight to work with it. Everything is as I wanted. I expected the dove tail to drop off a bit more than it does, but I think it will work for me. I'll probably add a latch to the toolbox, so that I can lock it with a padlock. The lock on it is fine, but I'm...

I had started a thread a while back with the same title as this one, and I can't find it now. When I do a google search, I find links to it, but when I click on the link, I get a page that says I do not have permission to view this page. What happened to that thread? Was it deleted by...

Yes it does. Makes it a little wider.

My magnets are delayed by USPS, so I went to my local CarQuest and they had some in stock. Got it mounted up yesterday. Here is what it look like on the bench before sticking it on my attachments. Next are some pics with it in place. I really like the option of being able to move it around...

The kit came in today. This is what was in the box. The installation instructions consisted of a list of what is in the box. My most difficult task was finding a place to get power. There is a plug available under the dash, but I already have 2 other items running off that plug. I ended...

I just ordered this system. I like the fact that it is a 'system' and all components are (supposed to be) compatible. And, the 'refurbished' system shows the monitor measurement as horizontally at 9.1" which I suspect would be the same as the 7" diagonal monitors. The only thing I don't like...

Since we are showing off our grandkids, here is my grandson, John [B[/B]

Is there a way for me to search for two (or more) words and get only results that have those 2 words? For example, today, I wanted to search for threads on 'sod rollers'. I entered 'sod rollers' into the search box, but I get every post with 'sod' and every post with 'rollers' in it, which...

I'm looking for a sod roller attachment similar to this one. I'll need to have it within about 10 days to roll out 30,000 sq ft of sod. I had borrowed one from one of the sod farms, and it was made to attach to a front end loader or a 3 point hitch. I've found one on Ebay, but was wondering...

Got it down at $2.31 for road use diesel today. It sure is nice to fuel up my truck for $63 instead of $105.

Another new low today of $2.59 at the same store where I paid $2.77 last week. This is near Lafayette, La.

Just got my fuel invoice for the month and here are some numbers. 2012 Dodge cummins diesel 4wd - 2064 miles....average cost per mile for fuel = $0.27 2010 F250 - 5.4L gas 2wd - 1080 miles....average cost per mile for fuel = $0.22 This picture was taken about a week ago, and you can...

Hit a new low for diesel today at $2.77. And you can see the gas is at $2.40 at this country store for only $0.37 difference.

I paid $2.99 today at a small truckstop/casino north of Lake Charles, LA.

This picture was taken on November 16 and is in the same food plot as the first picture above. Notice the doe and yearling.

A couple weeks ago in Texas hill country.

I hate days like today. Cranked up the old F350 (332,000 miles) to work on the lights, and she ran really rough so I shut her down. Looked under the engine to find a big pool of engine oil. So I cranked her back up just long enough to load her on the trailer to transport to my brother's...

I have 2 of them. The one in the front is a 2008 W4500 diesel that I purchased about 1 month ago with 79,000 miles on it. After putting about 300 miles on it, it went to the shop for all 4 injectors to be changed. The cost for this was about $2600. I checked the fuel mileage on 1 tank so...

I'm looking for a specific bullet for my 25-06. I like to use the Winchester Ballistic Silvertip in the 115 grain. (Winchester number is SBST2506). I've searched about 30 online sellers, and all of my local dealers and no one has had any for about a year. I have emailed Winchester to see if...

Planted on October 11, got a good rain on it on October 13, and took these pics on October 23. I see lots of tracks, but I don't see where the deer are eating the wheat or clover yet.

We got our plots planted Saturday (October 11). We plant about 16 acres of our 1200 acre lease. I know we are a little late, but I couldn't get enough members together any earlier, and our rifle season opens November 15, so we have about 5 weeks.

Yesterday, I purchased a 2008 Isuzu NPR HD diesel. There is no owner's manual with the truck and I haven't been able to find anything online. There are some buttons on the instrument panel that I don't know what they are for. There are 5 buttons on the left side of the steering wheel and I...

Down here in South Louisiana, we have lots of mosquitoes so we use lots of 'deet' repellent. Deet seems to leave permanent stains on glass and plastic such as a watch face, or eyeglasses. Someone must have sprayed some on the inside of my truck windshield and now I can't get it off. Does...

I searched the internet, and could not find any spacers for my L5740. And it was easy for my machine shop to just make some up. As far as I can tell, there is only one way to install these rims

I had some spacers made at a local machine shop. We went with 3/4" thick and it was just enough. Probably should have used 1" You can see the clearance now is just about as wide as an ink pen.

After reading this thread I added some protection to my hazard lights.

I just picked up a set of turf tires and rims for my L5740 and when I went to put the rears on, I was left with only about 1/4" of space between the tire and the cab post. I don't think that's enough. I searched for some spacers, but didn't find anything made for my tractor. I will...

My wife works at a local shop and that's where I bought it at her discounted price. I could not find a brand name on it, but I assume it's made in China. I also added one in the back where an existing light was mounted.

I added a 12" LED light bar to my Honda Mini truck and took this short video in the dark. You can see the original headlights on dim and bright, then I switch on the LED. This bar has spot lights in the middle and flood on the ends. I also used a wire harness for about $20 which has the...

Sorry to change the subject of your thread, but I just had to post this pic to prove that I was at Coff's Harbor.

This was today's load

Put a few more hours on it today. Finished laser leveling a football field, then loaded up and headed to the next laser grading job. It's really nice in the cab, but it's still a bit noisy. But, I just put my earphones from my iPhone in and I can take phone calls without having to stop each...

I traded my 2009 L5740 open station with about 750 hours for this 2011 Cab with just under 300 hours. My daughter and son-in-law left Sunday night and drove to Tulsa (about 9 hours) and made the swap and got back around midnight Monday night. I've put about 9 hours on it since I got it fitted...

I have found someone locally who has a Kubota MX5000 with some Galaxy 41/18LL-16.1 rear tires and rims that he wants to trade for my 17.5L-24 R4's. He also has turf tires on the front that he will trade too, but I'm not sure of the size of the fronts. I'm pretty sure the bolt patterns are the...

Well....I spent hours today trying to create a time lapse video with no success. Here are a few more pics of the process. We are scheduled to plant the fields on Tuesday.

I set up a camera that takes a picture every 1 minute. I will convert those pics into a time lapse video and post it here, but that takes some time, so I'll do it later. Here is a pic showing the entire rig as I was working yesterday. You can see that the blade is 'on grade' with the green...

Got the rig on the job site yesterday, but I couldn't use it with the laser control yet, because I busted a connection while loading the blade on the trailer. Called yesterday to have one sent to the job site overnight, but it got sent by regular UPS instead. So they sent another one...

I have a Trimble GL422 Dual slope laser package. The receiver is a Trimble LR50 and the control box is a Trimble CB25 This picture is of the valve and solenoid mounted on my 8' Landscraper blade. And, the pics below are of the new solenoid or coil that I have not mounted yet. I'm going...

My L5740 has about 624 hours on it now. I bought it with about 475 hours. I decided to change the hydraulic/transmission oil and filters myself. The filters cost me about $130, and 10 gal of oil cost me about $220 including tax from my Kubota dealer. There are 3 places to drain the oil. One...

It does a much better job than my old Bush Hog did, but this is a lot more heavy duty. I'm surprised you have yours on a 27 pto hp tractor. My tractor is a 50 pto hp, and it handles it well, but it seems that would be big for a 27 hp. Edit...Not sure what's going on with pictures, but I...

I had a new fitting made hoping to direct the oil flow downward so that it wouldn't spew out of the vent. You can see the new fitting on the left and the old one on the right. It didn't work. As soon as I got the rpm's up on the tractor, oil began spewing from the vent. The picture below...

Picked up my new Ansung YJR74 tiller this morning. I traded in a 2007 Bushhog RTS74. The new tiller is a lot more heavy duty than my old one. I purchased a bigger tractor last summer (2009 Kubota L5740), and this new tiller should fit well on the new tractor.

Got it hooked up today. I put the valve in the line just to verify that there is no more pressure. Right away, it started spewing oil out of the vent hole in the fill cap. I called my guy at the machine shop, and he will try to fabricate another connection with a diverter welded inside to...

Got it back from the machine shop today. It turned out to be very simple, because the oil fill cap was 1" NPT threads. We originally thought it was something different. I will take the male QD off of my 'return' hose and attach it where the red plug on the right side of the pic is. It will...

Thanks Aaron. I had picked up this at Tractor Supply, but when I got to the machine shop, he said that it wouldn't work. So he gave me the galvanized reducers. I went back out and put it all together and plugged it into the tractor. It's getting late now, so I'll hook up the blade tomorrow...

I picked up the fittings to put in a valve. I'll plug one end into the tractor, and plug the hose from the blade into the other end. I got most of the fittings from my local Tractor Supply, and the valve at a local machine shop. I'll put it all together tomorrow and try it out to see if I...

Any Skype users here? I will be traveling to Australia for 30 days and I'm trying to figure the best way to communicate back and forth to Louisiana. I know that I can use Skype to make calls back to the USA, but how do I use Skype to RECEIVE calls while I'm in Australia. I think that I can...

Yes, here is a pic of the filler cap. And, I know for sure that I did operate the 3pt hitch when the first coil failed. The only way I could get my tiller and my blade to fit on my trailer was to hook the tiller on the tractor, raise it all the way, then hook the blade on the drawbar, and...

On the tractor, the QD is a poppet style, and on the blade, they are ball style. I'm gonna change those before I use it again. Here are some more pics of the valve. I don't know if any of these ports would be for a gauge. And at the tip of my ink pen is where the oil comes out when the...

Here are pics of my male QD on the blade, and the female on the tractor. I'm going look at the valve to see if there is a place I could put a gauge.

Here is a better look at how it's set up on the blade. I found a model number on the valve body of VDN-13973, but I don't get anything on a google search of that number. You can see the oily area below the 'coil' where this new one is starting to leak. I just want to prevent ruining this one too.

I have a laser grading system on an 8' blade that I use to grade athletic fields. As long as I had it on the New Holland TC45 in the pics, it worked fine. But, I bought a Kubota L5740 and on the first grading job with the Kubota, the valve shown in the pics failed. And, that valve cost about...

Just wondering if any members here are Rotarians? I have been a Rotarian for about 20+ years, and have served as president of 2 clubs, and currently serve as president of a 3rd club. I am in District 6200 in South Louisiana.

I am considering adding GPS vehicle tracking to 2 or 3 of my trucks. I have a lawncare/landscaping business, and I want to have a better handle on where my crews are throughout the day. Does anyone have any experience with these systems? What should I look for in a system? What should I...

Sorry for taking so long to post these pics as you requested. It stayed at the welder's shop for about a month getting the 3rd function, and the 2 rear remotes added. Then it went to the deer lease for a few days, and finally to work on paying job for a few days. Now, all my FEL and 3 point...

I recently bought a used Kubota L5740. After a few hours working with it, the engine would just die for no apparent reason. After some searching, I have determined that the switch in the seat is not working properly. Sometimes when it would start to die, I would bounce on the seat and it...

What info can I find with the serial number of a L5740? I'm considering purchasing one, and would like as much info as I can get. And, would a dealer have such info? I'm not buying from a dealer and don't have a relationship with any Kubota dealers, and I'm wondering if they would give me any...

I have a diesel 4020 that developed a water leak. You can see it's on the side of the block. I am assuming it's a 'freeze plug'. My question is.....how do I fix it?

Are there several brands of tractors made by one manufacturer? Or, made in the same factory? I'm talking about under 100 hp tractors. I've seen and heard hints that some are made by the same manufacturer, but branded differently. For example, New Holland and LS tractors look VERY similar...

I found this survey today. It shows how most equipment manufacturers are rated by their dealers. Lots of good information if you are looking to purchase equipment. You can see how each manufacturer compares to the average of all manufacturers and in lots of different categories...

I am considering purchasing a Mahindra 5035 PST. I currently own a 2006 New Holland TC45A. I really like the New Holland, but I stopped by the dealer a few days ago to see what I could get on a trade for a new New Holland just like the one I own. Well, they don't make the same tractor any...