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Thought I'd post up my experiences today in an attempt to save someone a service call... While drilling holes with the L3130 today, the 3pt hitch brought the Post Hole Digger up out of the hole - but then it wouldn't go back down again. It was literally frozen in the UP position! Which - of...

Need to lay some water lines down. I can rent a 35-45HP ride on trencher for about $390 a day, or I could buy a Middle Buster or Subsoiler for less than $200. In the "reviews" section of Tractor Supply - both the subsoiler and the middle buster implements have reviewers who say they use these to...

I know three things about this photo - and that's all I know... 1) That's me with my hands on the wheel. 2) The photo was taken in April 1961. 3) it ain't a Kubota... :laughing: Heck - I have no way of knowing if it's even a John Deere, but I thought I'd start here first. Any ideas as to what...

What are the consequences of having too much PTO HP for a given attachment? I'm looking for a medium duty rotary tiller and the min/max ratings are in-between my available tractors PTO HP ratings. Our L3130 is rated at 24 PTO HP and the M7040 is at 64 PTO HP. Most of the medium duty tillers...

Looking at the purchase of a Muratori MZ6 185 Rotary Tiller. It's listed as "medium duty" and at 74" wide it will cover the tracks of both our L3130 and M7040. The literature on this model rotary tiller says it's rated at 45-50HP with a MAX of 55HP. Well, my tractor choices fall between with the...

Looking to pull the trigger on a mower this week. We have a home on just under 19 acres. The back half of the property is still "untamed" and will likely remain so for awhile. The front half has a 5+ acre vineyard (which is why I opted to NOT look at a zero turn). After talking myself into the B...

I'm interested in putting a weather station up and wanted to know what you're using. Reviews would be appreciated - good or bad. I'm most interested in one that can do soil and leaf mosture as well as weather. So far, all I've found is a unit from Davis, but I'm not real impressed with the...

So... Bought a new truck in January of this year. It's a 2012 Dodge Ram 3500 Dual Cab Dually 4x4 with the 8 foot bed. LOVE the truck, except for one itsy bitsy detail - it's white. Now, don't get me wrong - I really like white trucks and mine looks fantastic. However, white also seems to be...

How long AFTER the application of a liquid fetilizer can the pasture be tilled (disc harrow)? Is there a "rust" issue for the disc harrow if done too soon? Is it better to disc BEFORE the application? Liquid Fertilizer in this case is 20-20-10-10 (Nitrate/Phosphorus/Potassium/Sulfur) with a bit...

Croton Capitatus... AKA Woolly Corton, Dove Weed, Hogwort... Got a pasture full of the stuff. Tried shredding it but it just lays over and pops back up after I make a pass. Have to run the same row 2 or 3 times to get it cut. Now - this is the same shredder I set on fire a week ago, so perhaps...

Ran the shredder for the first time this year. Noticed it didn't seem to be cutting very well, but I needed to knock out some overgrowth before I hit the field with the disc, so I kept going. There was this "smell" inside the cab that I couldn't place. Kinda like electrical stuff burning. Tried...

It's a retorical question silly... However, I just spent two LONG afternoons going through THREE bottles of Turtle Wax Bug & Tar remover - all to clean a couple weeks of fly dodo off the new RAM 3500 Crew Cab DRW Looooong bed. Evidently, flies like to use white trucks as bathrooms and rest...

I just had a complete service done on my L3130 at 195 hours - which is great. Unfortunately, five hours later the tractor thinks it's time for it's 200 hour service and the service light is on. Anyway to reset the service light? Or do I need to take it back to the dealer?

I have Huisache trees on my property - lots of them. They're similar to Mesquite in that they have lots of thorns and grow like weeds. You can chop them down pretty easily - and a bush hog will make quick work of them - but they just grow back again. I've maintained the front pasture all along...

I have a pair of CAT branded work boots (lace up - steel toes - deep "lugs" on the soles) that I bought several years ago when building a house. The boots no longer fit right, so I'm looking to replace them. The M7040 has steps with sharp "points" to help you keep your footing, but the lugs of...

The dealer delivered our new M7040 today. Snapped a few shots... Unfortunately I had to rush back to Houston, so I didn't get to drive it but for a few minutes. This tractor is WAY different than the little L3130 and it's gonna take some seat time to learn all the in's and out's. Need...

Before I start - this thread is not intended to be a "one brand" over another discussion, but rather one on the issues associated with any Dual Cab Dually - be it Chevy, GMC, Ford, or Dodge. :thumbsup: I have a 2009 Dodge RAM 1500 Short and Wide with the 6 cyl that I bought new. It's a great...

My L3130 which I've had for 10 years - has a Cat I hitch and all of my attachments are of course Cat I. I just bought a new M7040 which comes with a Cat I / II hitch. The factory setting on the M7040 is Cat II. I understand switching to Cat I is simply a matter of changing out bushings -...

I'm "tractor shopping" for a new M7040 this week. I have quotes on 2WD and 4WD models - both with front end loaders. They look great on the dealers lot and certainly satisfy the "want" part of the equation - but I'd like a second set of eyes to assist with the "need" factor. A little...

Like the title says - I'm fixing to order a PTO Post Hole Digger to "plant" 130+ 6" CCA Round Wood Posts. Do I want the 9" or the 12" Auger? Seems the 9" is only going to give me 1.5" per side for backfill "room". Is that enough to tramp, or should I go 12" so I have 3" per side?

I need to fence off 4 acres and protect said acreage from deer. Internet research indicates there are a million and one (exact number no less) ways to keep deer off your property. And the cost for the various solutions seem to vary almost as much. The "given" seems to be the deer can jump higher...

I have two posts 570 feet apart. I want to create a straight line between the two posts for a fence. I assume there is a "trick" to getting a straight fence line over a long distance, but so far the technique has escaped me. So, how do you do it? I looked at buying a transit, but the...

Checking in as a "new" member, but I was actually a member several years ago. Over time I've lost my original user name/password and none of my current e-mails matched anything in the TractorByNet database. So, had to register again. I figured this was going to be a place I would come often...