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The Grand L5240 with cab in my sig. Overdue for a coolant flush and fill. I'm always a bit wary of coolants these days as there are so many types and mixing some of them can create big problems. I THINK Kubota uses regular old green coolant, like classic Prestone, that has been around since...

We use a basic propane torch to light our fireplace, as it works great, but they are all so cheap chiwanese junk now that they don't last and our current one is refusing to start very well now. I'm looking for the type that is directly on the tank (no hose) and has a self igniter. Anyone know...

I have ongoing needs to pull garbage trees around the property to keep things neat and have been slacking off on this to the point where I really need to start attacking this. We're talking about small trees up to maybe 2-3" max and clumps of small stuff mainly, buckthorn, poplars, basswood...

Here are 2 things I like to make on weekends when I have a little time. Spicy Egg Scrambler 3-4 green onions, chopped fine ~1/2 a jalapeno, chopped fine ~1/2 a serrano, chopped fine 1/4 cup or so of mushrooms, chopped fine (I like portabellas) 1 clove garlic, minced or crushed (I use the...

I'm finally getting around to putting in a laundry sink and cabinet and have run into a snag. The standpipe into the wall is set really low. The plumber set this one much lower than the others for some reason and it didn't become noticeable until I went to install the drain. It is centered...

From an announcement in today's Minneapolis Star Tribune: With great sadness the Northern Tool + Equipment family announces the loss of our beloved founder, Don Kotula, who passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 20, at the age of 78.Don was a passionate entrepreneur who founded the company...

I recall seeing a thread on here a couple years back about pepper grinders with some good recommendations. Either I am losing my mind and it was not on TBN or the search function is useless. I can't find anything at all. Anybody have better luck searching? Or just any recommendations for...

So I was using my broom to clear the 4" of snow we got overnight and was going along fine. I get down the drive and back up and at the top use my momentary switch to swing the angle from right to left (it was full right and I wanted to go full left) and it moved left and then stopped dead...

I have an 8" flue running something around 20' or so. Does anyone have a decent source for a sweep brush online? The local stores only seem to go up to 6". It has stayed pretty clean from hot fires (and inspection), but it is time to give it a pass or two to keep things happy. thanks, Dave

Running into these the past few days while clicking on the next page of a thread. No rhyme or reason to it. Try again and it might work, or may take a few tries to work. Or try another way to get to the next page and it might work. Anyone else notice and any fix coming?

9 years ago i sold a friend my L3130 when i go the 5240 w/cab. I warned him that I thought the PTO clutch was slipping a bit based on what i saw when using my logging winch. He wasn't too worried about it. Fast forward to now and after several years of him using a chipper on it, the clutch...

My wife and I have been big fans of the Lysanders chili seasoning and had a good size stash of it, but they discontinued it a few years back and we are out of it. Most other seasoning mixes we have tried have been "meh" at best. I did some web searching to see if the recipe is out there but...

Like the title says... Anyone have experience or know of any systems that can cutoff the well pump and shut the water in the event of a line break inside the house (or outside for that matter)? I haven't done the google search yet as I am more interested in what real people have tried and what...

Anyone have a decent match for the red color in a rattle can? Had to make a couple small welding repairs and would like to get it close. It is a Tuffy from probably around early 2000's so in the MTD era for sure. Thanks, Dave

The thread view counters seem to count individual posts until 1000 at which point they just say 1k, 2k, etc. Given the high traffic on this site, it might make more sense to keep individual post counts until 10k so you can see more detail. Or even always. Just a thought...

Picked up a new tool chest to store stuff for the new Bridgeport. You could mount the handle on either side, so that left 2 threaded inserts just sitting there on the opposite side, so I made a little shelf to contain the hold down kit and cutting oil, etc from some leftover 304 scraps. 14 ga...

Posted in my build thread over in Build- it-yourself but I figured here might get more direct answers to this. https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/threads/sweepster-rotary-broom-rebuild-and-modification.433024/ Last post has the question on this topic...

I got a new carb for this old tiller I am fixing up (that thread is in the Rototiller subforum) and started it up to see if it was worth saving. Well it runs. But Hoooo-wheee does it smoke like crazy. Must be burning oil real bad. The spark plug was quite black but it appeared dry not oily...

We got my MIL's old Troy Bilt Tuffy after she passed a few years back and I am getting around to dealing with it now. Carb needs help, no surprise, so will probably just replace. But here is the main question. All gear oil leaked out due to a couple bad seals on the wheel and tine axles. I...

I'm going to start this thread a bit ahead of time so I can actually get input along the way rather than just showing finished pics as there are some areas I am less certain of. I have started taking apart bits of it but probably won't get seriously into it until Spring/early summer when it...

I have bought a plate in the past off ebay but it was a while back. Apparently they have a new policy of not saving things older than a year or two. Thanks a bunch! I would prefer a US made source but all I see is people saying "US shipping" which of course means they bought a container of...

I had plenty of leftover stainless (304) from my railing project, so I figured why not use it to make a mount for a sprayer on the back of my mower. I picked up a 26 gal broadcast and spot sprayer for the 2,4-d and other stuff and a smaller 10 gal spot sprayer just for glyphosphate. I made...

I'm looking to make a frame for the back of my X738 for a sprayer. I have not yet pinned down the model of sprayer, but it will probably be a 16 or 26 gal unit from Northern. Filled with water that comes in at 128 or 208 lbs plus the sprayer which looks like 25ish. Then add a stainless frame...

Just saw yesterday in the paper that Youngblood lumber is closing down. I was really shocked and saddened by this as it is like losing a family member. This was the premier hardwood lumber yard in the entire Metro area for anything and everything, including tons of sheet goods. And they gave...

Like the title says...I'm specifically looking for a portable air compressor to drive finish nailers, air up tires, maybe an occasional framing nailer for minor stuff. Right now i have the very common Porter Cable pancake compressor that I have been using for probably 20 yrs now. I hate it...

Thought I would throw this out there for giggles. Made this last summer by modifying a table I bought off a guy for $20. He was a one-man injection mold shop. Pretty rare in this day and age, but he decided to hang it up and retire finally as things were getting pretty thin and there wasn't...

I've seen some info on adding the Mid PTO, which my tractor currently does not have. My understanding is that it can be added by removing a cover and adding in the PTO gear without splitting the tractor (apparently you need to split it to do this on the non-cab version). So My question is...

Anyone heard of Jenkins attachments out of Minnesota? Any idea where they stand in quality and price? Great? Junk? In the middle?? Jenkins Iron & Steel Skid Steer Attachments Thanks, Dave

I think I am starting to catch on, but still a bit confused on this, and if what I am thinking of doing would work. I had a thread on mounting a rotary broom on my FEL a while back here: https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/kubota-owning-operating/395975-grand-l-5240-rotary-broom-2.html That...

Anyone have any clues on the front rotary broom for the -40 series? And a rough price? I'm not having much luck finding info on it. For giggles, I priced out a broom for a new -60 series and it looked like $7k+ from the "build your own" Kubota website. That's nutz!

I have one double door in my new house build that i have been working on for the past 5 years. It is the main door to the master suite and it is about time to start building those doors. I do not want the type where one door is fixed in place with manual deadbolts or such and then only one is...

This would normally be something I would ask on welding web, but...ya know. I am modifying a table I picked up for $20 into a welding table of sorts. I'm adding a 1/4" steel top and some reinforcements, but I also wanted to weld on a few receivers so I could mount vises, etc like so many have...

Seems like the site is down last night and still tonight. Hacked? Server blew up? Or???

I've got a Robin/Subaru engine on my splitter (Super Splitter) and it is now giving me trouble. I started it up a couple months back as it had sat a while and I wanted to make sure it was working. Started and ran great for 5 or 10 min. Flash forward a few weeks and I had a friend come over to...

Title pretty much says it all. I have searched in this subforum but have not found anything talking about it. I know there have been some problems in past versions. Did they fix them here? What is really new? Thanks! -Dave

I've been having a lot of trouble with CL for the past month or so. I keep a few searches running in a News reader that runs off the CL RSS feeds. I use Search Tempest in these feeds also to check some of the nearby cities that are close enough for a drive for the "right thing" (I'll explain...

Posting this to help a friend as I am not familiar with these systems. It is a Mastercraft boat and trailer combo. The trailer is a single axle with hydraulic disc brakes (surge type brakes) in the ~5k lb range. He went to bring it in for winterizing/storage and found the brakes were dragging...

I need a mowing solution for our new place. It is pretty steep and built partly into a hill. The lot rise 60-100' from the street to the building pad area (unevenly, of course), and there are some very steep sections due to grading. Some parts are close to 40 deg, which is not area that I am...

So I am thinking ahead to next year. I am going to weld up some SS railings and mesh for a 3 decks/porches on our new house. My power supply is a Miller XMT304, run on single phase 220. It can do MIG, TIG (DC only) and stick. So far I have only done MIG with it on plain steel, though I did...

I need to make a couple of post bases, as the posts are not a standard size for typical hardware. It looks like the best method (with what I have on hand...) is to weld them up from plain old bar stock. These will get buried in concrete next year, so they need more than a rattle can of primer...

I did my 50 hr service and realized the shop sent me the wrong hydraulic filter, so I did the engine and the HST filter (gorilla-tightened! It took a chain strap wrench and a 3' 2x4 lever to loosen it...) previously. Once I got the right hydraulic filter today, I replaced it and figured I...

Wood chippers, PTO Woodchippers, Woodland Mills Ontario Canada I have a friend that is interested in getting a chipper for use probably 2-3 times a year. He has a 25 PTO HP tractor, so at the low end of the range for this, but use will probably not be heavy. Another friend pointed him to this...

I added a 3rd function to my new tractor. I did it before on my L3130, so I knew what needed to be done, but the new L5240 has a different setup for the hydraulics that made it a bit harder to do. That mostly just meant more expense in the hydraulic lines/fittings. Such is life. Here are...

Does anyone have a wiring diagram or can scan one that includes the PTO switch circuit? I was putting in a 3rd function on my new tractor (yes, new) and it would start yesterday but will not start today and is giving me the "PTO on" error as the only reason. I have searched through everything...

Barlow's delivered my new L5240 HSTC this AM. Of course, I immediately got to work adding my 3rd function to it and prepping to weld on grab hooks and a receiver to the bucket... Here's the obligatory pics, though it is just a regular off the shelf tractor, so I'm not sure why everyone always...

I am upgrading my tractor and will need to do a 3rd function again. I'm trying to source the components at lower prices now that I know what I'm looking for (mostly), which leads me to my question. The Bosch valve on my old tractor uses the "6B" spool type from the drawing below where the work...

I had to flip around the rear tires last winter for snowplowing as we needed chains on the Ag tires, but they would not clear the fenders in the "normal" position. So a friend and I did it, and it was painful. These tires are close to 1000 lbs each with Rimguard in them, and 2 guys can't do...

I thought this was an interesting story on the founder of Erskine Equipment who passed away this Christmas. I figured folks here might be curious given how popular their equipment is. Obituary: Roger Swanson sailed around the world -- 3 times | StarTribune.com

OK, I need to add chains to my Grand L3130. I am storing it at a friends house at the moment with the condition that he can use it for snow clearing this winter. Steep drive, ice has become an issue. I bought chains that were shipped directly to him. Fronts were no problem to mount (Ags - 8x...

I tried searching but didn't find anything. Is this headlight bulb some special Kubota-only thing, or should I be able to find it at an auto parts store? It doesn't say much on it as far as identification and it doesn't look like a normal bulb to me... This is for the Grand L 3130

I prefer posting my welding questions here vs WeldingWeb as the atmosphere is much friendlier here... I have an older Honda civic 1998 that I found has a cracked exhaust manifold. It appears to be a very common problem. See pic. Given 193k miles on the car, I don't want to spend a ton. I...

I thought I would post this up for people to find during searches when looking for info on trailer sizing. Here is what a 16' trailer looks like with an L3130 and a 72" boxblade and 48" grapple on it. Really pushing it. It fits OK, but I was barely able to get the lift arms onto the trailer...

Some of you may recall I have had problems with pressure relief on my 3rd function diverter that I added for my Grapple. No matter what I do to relieve the pressure it is always very hard to connect and requires me to use a bar clamp to pull the fitting tight while alternating relieving the...

Like the title said. I was using forks to build a natural stone retaining wall last week and they worked quite well. What would have been nice was a feature to push the rock off the forks at times. It got my creative juices flowing. I was thinking a scissors type mechanism with a hydraulic...

I'm seeing the TBN app crash and have issues today, after I did the major operating system upgrade yesterday. It was working fine, then just started crashing for no reason. Now working again (for now?). It said something about possible version not being current or something. That could...

I decided to put the build all in one place, so it is easier for others to find if they want to reference it later on. Here's what it cost me. I did well more than was absolutely necessary, but I will keep it for a lifetime, so I prefer to do it right now. Plow Used 175 Cushion...

In my welding class we did a ton of out of position work, but it was all stick. I got to the point where I would call most of my vert up "acceptable" with stick. We did literally about 5 min of MIG in the last class, just for giggles. We didn't try anything out of position there as it seemed...

Just ran across this on CL in my regional search. Looks like a clone of the Markham/Gator style, though the price seems a bit stiff... No connection to it, just FYI on something I ran across... ***NEW)grapple light duty(NEW***

I am refurbing and modifying an old Meyers ST90 snow plow for my tractor (SSQA from truck mount conversion). It looks to have sat outside for years. The angle cylinders have a few pits on the exposed chrome, but don't look real bad. I have no experience in what is good vs bad for this or how...

So I've got a cute-and-fuzzy bunny taking up residence under my front sidewalk. In the city right now, so shooting is out of the question. I borrowed a 110 Connibear from a friend but it is pretty rusty and has tripped a couple times with no effect (may not be working well). The rabbit or two...

I'm going to start fishing on CL for an old plow to modify and adapt to the SSQA on my FEL. The question I had is what size is considered about right? It is a Kubota L3130 with Ags and the rear tire width is about 66-68". I'm thinking 6' is not wide enough. Is 6.5' OK? Is 7.5' too wide...

Lincoln 250 welder arc welder I may not have been around welders forever, but I have seen a bunch, and this is a new one to me.

So my 10k loboy trailer has the typical jack in the nose, right behind the coupler. It's a solid Bulldog 8k jack, problem is that it is too close to the front so I can't open the tailgate on my PU as it hits the jack. Sure there are things I can do like putting a blanket over it or something...

Quality Trailer 2005 32' 2 car hauler Never seen one that long as a BP.

This is for erosion control after some excavation work. I'm told a typical square bale is good for ~150 sf or maybe up to 300 if you spread it thin. I'm having a hard time finding it for decent prices, but I am seeing some of the larger round bales around (4'x5'). Obviously they are larger...

I'll play with Obed's thread title for mine as it is pretty close to what we are doing too. I'm going to use this to document our progress towards building our house. It's on the looooong time frame. Several years back I started referring to it as our "rolling 5-year plan"...because it was...

I made a guard for the back of my grapple earlier this summer out of 3/4" 9ga expanded metal, and that has helped a lot, but I found that there are times when the grapple is up, usually when dumping high up on a large burn pile that sticks would poke at my grill, and were denting it, and risking...

So I recently got a nice upgrade to my welder with the new Miller XMT 304 and a wire feeder I picked up at an auction (separate thread). The bonus was the heavy duty welding cart that came with it. Made from 1.5" x1/8" angle and 1/8"/10ga plate shelves. It has space for 2 bottles on the back...

I took them apart last week to see what they looked like. This is the first time I have done that since I got the trailer used a year ago (yeah I know...). These don't look so hot to me... It looks like these are 12" brakes. I didn't measure the shoe width, but it looks like 12x2" is the...

There was this box in with the welder I just picked up. I see a Hypertherm packaging card in there, so I an guessing these are for that as they sure aren't for the MIG welder (plus a few pipe fittings...). I assumed they were for the MIG gun until I opened it when I got home. It was on the...

I managed to find a great deal at an auction and picked up this Miller XMT304 CC/CV and S32P suitcase feeder for dirt cheap. Now I will sell my previous Thermal Arc welder with this upgrade. I even got the cart, which is pretty basic design but VERY beefy. The shelves are 1/8" or 3/16"...

Just for giggles the instructor had us doing a few random things in our final class Thurs. I wanted to try TIG, so he set me and another student up. We used some 12-14 ga steel and SS. I didn't bother with Alum as I don't have AC capability on my home unit. It really wasn't too bad. If you...

Some of you will recall my previous posts last fall dealing with my grapple falling off. Here is some of it, if you are curious, but basically it turns out that the grapple as designed is not perfectly compatible with the SSQA on Kubotas as the Kubota plate is stepped back slightly at the tip...

We're doing some test plates in class for AWS cert practice (not that I'm going to get a cert, it's just good practice). The teacher has us doing G3 vertical up plates with all 7018 1/8" on 5/16-3/8" mild steel (with backer strip - startup and runoff tabs). Running about 120A, usually. And...

Last night, we started into overhead position. Laps, butts, Tees. Mostly 6010, but then when I was doing fine on all of those, I grabbed some 7018 and did that in overhead too. Looks better in person than in the pic, IMHO... Only one tiny little spot of undercut where I slipped. It was done...

The guy I picked up my welder from had a set of Oxy/Acet tanks/cart/torches that he was getting rid of too. I don't have room for them right now or I may have jumped at it. But it got me thinking about the leased/owned tank thing. I wouldn't want to accidentally buy a used set of tanks that...

I am happy as a clam. I have a Lincoln AC/DC tombstone I picked up last summer for $150 and it worked OK for the things I needed last summer. But I started a Stick class in Jan in which we are using ~$4k Miller XMT 304's and I have gotten spoiled. I've been watching CL for something, and it...

I need to do a couple upgrades to my trailer this spring. I have another thread running on fork pockets and I think I have that sorted out OK. The other one is the fenders. The ones on there are getting pretty rusty and cannot handle being stepped on, even though I do it at times (sometimes...

I am thinking of adding a fork pocket under the deck of my trailer to hold my QA forks. Does anyone have any pics or links to how these are generally done? I'm thinking some kind of U-channel (channel, bent plate, or angles welded together) plus a couple of chains to keep it from popping out...

Here's a snow blower and story for ya. No, it's not me or anyone I know. I just got a giggle out of it: Skidsteer Snowblower

49 1/2" x 11' Goose NeckTrailer Has anyone ever seen anything like this? Makes no sense to me...

Here's a little project I just finally finished up. I really needed a place to hold my toolbox and a chainsaw on the tractor as I use it heavily for clearing our land. I figured that since I had a solid toolbox already well stocked, that I should just make a holder so I can drop it in when I...

I haven't had the need to do this yet, but I see mention of a backing strip for some welds. I get the general point in that it helps stop blow out and holds everything together a bit better for a cleaner full penetration weld, but one thing is missing from every description I have seen of...

So I just cracked 1000 hrs on the tractor and the light came on to do scheduled service. I'm going to get to most of it here in the next month pretty much when it's time to put it away for the winter. But in reading the manual there are a ton of things they tell you to replace every 2 years -...

I swear someone here recently posted a drawing that showed the actual size profiles for the various sizes of common quick connect fittings, but I can't find it (figures...). Anyone remember it and can point me to it? The quick connects I have on my new grapple appear to be the flat face skid...

I am building my grapple system now. I got a Fasse valve kit (great people to work with) and have ordered the 48" Gator/Markham light duty grapple rake (with extra tines - seemed a wise move). The grapple should show up early next week, but I want to be ready for it as much as I can. I guess...

I'm looking to add a grapple to my loader and need a diverter for my LA723 loader (Kubota L3130 HST tractor). I'm not sure what size the lines are as I am not familiar with hydraulic components and fitting sizes (plus I do not have the tractor on site with me to check this easily). Does anyone...

I'm rebuilding this for a friend, but I have no experience with these units. I marked the tines before pulling it all apart but all the markings (except one) washed off in the clean up process. Do I have the tines on correctly, or are they reversed? Thanks, Dave

I picked up a Lincoln AC/DC tombstone for dirt cheap a few weeks back on CL. Now I finally have some scrap steel to start practicing with. I took a Tech college class about 12+ yrs ago that covered all kinds of welding from OA to Stick, MIG and even TIG and one shot at submerged arc (the...

So after reading the recent thread on hitch capacity, I decided to look into mine more closely. I have the stock OEM receiver on my 2005 F250, and the sticker says 5000 lbs/500 tongue load carrying or 10,000lbs/1000 tongue weight distributing. Right now I am running a plain old ball in the...

So a friend of mine sent me his old skidding winch, a Farmi JL304 that is right about 30 yrs old. He used to use it on his Ford 9N for his firewood business when he was in high school and college. It had been kicked around a lot over the years and was in sad shape with the main post bent and...

Yeah, a noob... So I try to do "the right thing" and put the parking brake on at various times when i get off the tractor. I have a very steep hilly wooded area I am working in, so it makes sense to me at times to do this. Now last week I managed to forget to pop the brake off 2 times when I...

New member, though I've lurked a bit here and there. Just picked up a used L3130 with 950 hrs on it. Good overall condition. And I'd like to keep it that way. I have the owners manuals for the tractor and loader, but that is all. For all my vehicles I like to get the OEM shop manuals so I...