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  1. MechanicalGuy

    Front mounted brush cutter with open cab

    Am I crazy for thinking I'll be fine wearing a motorcycle helmet while using this on the front of my mx 5200? We have the 6' wide version and a pto hydraulic pump and typically I use it with a cab tractor... But motorcycle helmet and maybe a heavy chest rig set up and I feel like this would be...
  2. MechanicalGuy

    Flow control valve for power beyond supply for loader?

    Hello. I'm looking to put a needle flow control in the line going to my loader. Kubota MX5200 with LA1065 loader. My thoughts are to go with a 3/4" valve for the purpose of throttling the speed of loader functions way down when me or the mrs's needs to be in a basket on the forks to reach high...
  3. MechanicalGuy

    Where do I get a 55gallon drum of udt2?

    It seems like people had a source for these back years ago when I joined. I need to replace my fluid. I'm a few hours past the recommended swap range on my MX5200.
  4. MechanicalGuy

    Found a new use for my box blade rippers...weedy shrub control...

    If i lower the rippers and tear up the land that is plagued with privet and woody shrubs, I can remove most of the shrubs and within a few weeks the field will look great and grassy. Is there an implement or technique that works better than what I'm currently doing? Does a disc harrow do this...
  5. MechanicalGuy

    My MX 5200 gained $13k in msrp since I purchased 3yrs ago

    Stuff been inflated. Glad I bought it when I did. My paycheck hasn't had that affliction of inflation added to it.
  6. MechanicalGuy

    Look what I found in the brush overgrowth at Paw Paws farm.

    Who made it? The tag is faded.
  7. MechanicalGuy

    It's 2021, and the big three don't offer very "great" trucks for towing.

    I'm looking for a gas dually for farm use and occasional towing (tractors, excavators, skid steers, lawn mowers) around a slightly hilly 25 mile radius between several properties, the family farm, and my new house and property. I'm not impressed at all with the offerings from the big three. Let...
  8. MechanicalGuy

    Please tell me this isn't what I think it is

    there are only three tractors on the local lot and this is what the lugs look like on one of them:
  9. MechanicalGuy

    Why does my MX5200 HST go in and out of 4wd so easily?

    I'm sure it's normal, but I'm asking how is this accomplished. Surely there isn't a syncronizer ring is there? I can be moving and shift in and out very easily. Why is this?
  10. MechanicalGuy

    Need help bending 1" steel and torch tip size requirements

    Oxy/Acetylene. I've got plenty of experience heating and bending smaller steel, but this is a piece of 1" thick about 4" long in cross section and I can't put enough heat into it with a #2 cutting tip to get it glowing orange all the way around so I can bend it with a pipe wrench. Does anyone...
  11. MechanicalGuy

    What is this leaking on my mx5200? I don't know the fuel circuit on my tractor.

    Here is a close up and a pan out view of the area: There was a pin hole in the rubber hose that was clamped to some device. What is this? It was a diesel fuel something rather.
  12. MechanicalGuy

    Rear Blade  What can a rear blade do for me that my box blade can't? Road and ditches mainly

    So I have a Kubota MX5200 with the rear tires on the widest recommended setting and I spent quite a while trying to decide on a 72", 78" or 84" box blade. I'm so glad that I ended up with an 84". Any smaller would have been a mistake. Now I'm making ditches and leveling/grading roads with my...
  13. MechanicalGuy

    Anyone ever mount a level to there box blade for grading out roads?

    I have a mountain, with twisty mountain roads going up and down and winding all around, 128 acres of land my wife bought. I'm wondering if mounting an oversized level like this; Would maybe help me figure out how to grade out all the roads for water run off. The roads aren't flat at all and...
  14. MechanicalGuy

    Another dealership assembly blunder? Or new hydraulic fitting type?

    So I've got a 160hrs on my mx5200 in the last 10 months, and I've never seen what I saw yesterday. I noticed while looking at the loader cylinders, it appears as though the plastic cap was left in place as the fitting was screwed into the cylinder. This looks to have happened on two ports, one...
  15. MechanicalGuy

    Help me figure out how to get factory Kubota 2nd rear remote on MX5200 please (float)

    I'm getting a ton of conflicting info from the threads that I've searched, the dealers that I've talked to, and my research. The threads and the dealers seem to suggest that I need L8304 & MX8452. I've had that quoted at $253+$244 for a total of $497 + shipping. The dealers could not tell me if...
  16. MechanicalGuy

    Cheap, sturdy, handy chainsaw holders.

    So I've seen no shortage of high dollar expensive chainsaw scabbards. Here is my solution. I use my bike rack that fits into a 2" receiver, which also doubles as my weed wacker holder when I'm driving around or in my tractor, and I bolt on a piece of pressure treated lumber that I've made a bore...
  17. MechanicalGuy

    New property has rutted tire tracks drive come in here and educate me on what to do

    We had a water problem and water was flowing down the drive when it rained. That has been taken care of with a culvert. Now we have pooling in the tire tracks. We can't even think of driving on it when it's wet because the tires will sink down badly and rut up deeply into the clay soil. What has...
  18. MechanicalGuy

    Kubota mx5200 first oil change. Book says 10 quarts, 6.75 came out..

    I put 8 quarts in and it is at the top of the dipstick full level. My manual says it holds 10 quarts. I changed the filter also. This has to be a typo in the manual. What are your experiences with the 5200 or the 5800?
  19. MechanicalGuy

    Talk to me about the rear remote hydraulic valve type...mx5200

    Okay, I am putting in a hydraulic top link and I will be mainly using the rear of the tractor for bush hogging and box blading. I put a hydraulic remote in place when I bought the tractor new because it would give me options. I didn't specifically ask for a spring centered valve, but it seems...
  20. MechanicalGuy

    Is this a proper blade for a box blade?

    It looks proper to me, but I don't have the knowledge or experience to know. The price is good on this bb but I don't want a flat bar for a blade, like I'm told the less expensive ones come with. It's a Lowery branded unit made in Boaz Alabama. It looks great to me. Is there anything to be...
  21. MechanicalGuy

    A new way to mount a box on a Tractor? I've never seen it anyway.

    I bought these pipe brackets at McMaster Carr To mount this box right here: I've looked at a great many places trying to find a good spot, and I think this looks good and is convenient.
  22. MechanicalGuy

    Loader  Third function does not work with curl, only lift lower on mx5200, is this typical?

    Dealer installed third function for grapple but it doesn't work with curl simultaneously, only by itself or with lift. Is this a characteristic of the valve, the installation, the tractor, or something that I'm not listing? Just trying to understand "why".
  23. MechanicalGuy

    Making a counterbalance for my mx5200...give me your opinions...please

    So I have a new mx5200 with filled tires and 100lb wheel weights on each rear wheel. I will be using the weight for a small profile counterbalance for mainly gravel and clay dirt fel counterbalance. My initial idea was to put as much scrap metal in the 55 gallon drum as I could fit, and then...
  24. MechanicalGuy

    New Tractor came with 13.6x28R1 instead of 14.9x26R1 like online website shows. Why?

    Dealer couldn't tell me either. The MX5200's on his lot had the 14.9x26's...mine came with 13.6x28. I don't understand why there would be two completely different sizes of ag tires. Dealer couldn't say why.
  25. MechanicalGuy

    Oil & Fuel  Do Hydrostatic Transmissions of Kubota Tractors belch Oil all the time?

    Watched a Youtube and the owner says he thinks this sucks but it's just part of Kubota tractor ownership. Now tell the truth. Is there ever oil coming from the rear end or transmission of a new kubota with a hydrostat? I bought a brand new car one time and it's transmission was covered in oil...
  26. MechanicalGuy

    Help me understand why the NX4510 is 16 inches longer than the DX or CX4510

    Please. What is fundamentally different? I haven't figured it out yet from looking at the brochures and there are none on the lot to look at. I'm really trying to understand what the differences between the DK4710SE and the NX4510 (both in Hydrostatic transmission) are. Thanks
  27. MechanicalGuy

    How does a 40-50 hp kioti tractor steer? What kind of steering knuckles does it use?

    I can't find this online anywhere and i dont have a dealer close to look at them. Do they use bevel gears to turn and transmit power simultaneously?
  28. MechanicalGuy

    Comparison  Tractor sizing and comparison and choices...Help me identify potential candidates!

    Tractor sizing and comparison and choices...Help me choose- UPDATED wtith Land Pic So I've made a matrix to identify important parameters and characteristics of potential tractors. I'm looking at models in the 45-50HP range specifically, but I've included some above and below that threshold...
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