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i have cut pieces off of the foam pipe insulation and put it around any places so the hoses rest on those pieces instead of rubbing on bare metal. this i think have saved me on worn hoses.

giving another update, shortly after getting everything back together, and driving it around and trying to move mulch and other stuff around the property,it seemed like it was struggling to go up even a very slight incline. i called terry and he suggested checking the pressures off of the tram...

martt, the capped fitting is where a hose actually connects to. we hadn't got to that point yet because we still had to pull the pto pump out, get the tram pump mated to the engine, rotate the pto pump 180 degrees to get the correct hose ports on the correct sides. i did order those magnets you...

want to give a uptate on it all.sorry for the delay but had to wait a bit between alot of main job working late, my mechanic farmer friend same thing. anyway, i got the whole assembly (tram pump, pto pump etc) back. while he was holding it i attached the bottom hoses but then we had issues...

i want to give an update on the tram pump. sorry its taken so long. i called terry and he was able to fix it. he said it got damaged and scored by metal fragments. during the call i realized where the metal fragments came from. during the last snow storm in late march in which we got 3 ft of...

well with the help of the farmer i got the tram motor and pto motor out. we had to take off the front cap(finger pointing to) that allowed us to get the pto motor out. then we were able to get to the hoses that were on the right side of the tram pump( if looking from right side of tractor)...

well i got the gas tank drained since it was just about full when it crapped out. had to undo the screws that held the hydraulic filter to it and tied it up to the cover so i could swing the gas tank out of theway. i was able to remove and cap the easy hoses. iit looks like i have to remove...

thanks everyone, i had a local farmer get the pt towed up to the garage today. i got the hoses ziptied with different colored and sized zipties so far. stiil have to unscrew the big hydraulic filter housing from the gas tank and also have to remove the battery so i can get the gas tank moved so...

i called terry back and i described the tram motor and he said since i my tredle is hydraulic i didnt need a jumper hose. he said turn the bolt head (barely seen above and to the right of the 3/16 lettering on hose) anywhere from 1/2 to 2 turns and he said that should free up the wheels so...

thanks everyone, the oil level is good. the parking brake is off. i called terry today and he had me jack up the rear end and use the lift arms and the bucket to lift the front end. he had me then shut it off and turn each wheel to see if one had was harder to turn. the rear left did not...

engine seems to sound the same. no difference in tone. thanks

hi everyone, my wife was using the tractor for about 2 hours and was moving mulch from one part of our yard to where she was dumping it. after her last dump she tried to back up and she couldn't. she then tried to go forward and it didnt move forward. she called me over and i tried to get the...

Hi everyone, i have a post on power trac website for selling a 1430 snow thrower. i was contacted by someone saying they wanted to buy it. i told him the price and after a couple of emails he said he would send a check and asked for my cell phone to ask some questions about it and mailing...

Thanks for the responses,I bought a replacement thru amazon and it said it was a direct replacement but after taking it out today everything looked the same except for where the choke cable goes into. So not sure if it has to be modified or not and I'm not sure what it would take to do. Again...

hi, we bought a kawasaki 1996 bayou 300 4x4 from my wife's cousin last year. it wasnt ran or used for several years. we brought it to the kawasaki dealer and had the carburetor overhauled in may and the machine looked at to see if any other issues. it ran fine up until several weeks...

Hi we bought a 96 Kawasaki bayou from my wife's cousin in may. We had the carburetor rebuilt by the Kawasaki dealer in June.it was fine until the other day.i was turning it on every couple days just to charge the battery. Yesterday I started it and did other chores when I came back it was off...

i noticed that my sleeves over the steering cylinder hoses were wet from oil. i had tightened them up but they still seemed wet. the hoses are the original ones 11 yrs old and the way PT had zip tied them down it was at 90 degrees or so and assuming that they are starting to crack a bit. so i...

deja vue all over again. it's been amost a year since the PT wouldn't start/turn over. last time it was the on/off switch that burned out the starter. now very similar. on Monday morning I used it to plow the snow off the driveway. I put it in the garage and that afternoon my wife went to...

hi I was going to move some snow banks back tonite. I started the tractor and had it ideling out in the driveway. I started moving towards the snowbanks and heard a squealing noise coming from the engine compartment. I shut the 1430 down pulled the hood up and tried to see what could be...

Well we bought the bullett and decided to spend the money and get a 1430 snow thrower. after last winters snow and a pain in the butt to try to remove all of it from the driveway after plowing it, the wife finally said lets get the snowthower. so here it is, got it a day or so before...

has anyone purchased the 6 blade grass cutter disc and attached it to the brush cutter frame? i purchased one last fall and started to take the brush mower apart to attach it and cant figure out how to get the big round bowl of the old brush cutter off and how to attach the disk. any...

Hi, i have a 1430 and has anyone found a alternate source for the fuel line from the inline fuel filter to the engine? i want to replace the inline fuel filter. It looks like a braided type of hose and a crimp on connectors to connect at the inline fuel filter and at the engine. i called keith...

Does anyone know about what angle to put a QA plate on a non power trac attachment? i'm thinking of getting pallet forks from this company within the next month or so. Micro Pallet Forks for Compact Skid Steers i can measure the height from my pt attachments but not sure of the angle in which...

Hi all, here are some pics of the ice storm that hit us thrursday nite. We lost power thursday nite around 9:30 pm and did not get power back until 3:30 pm sunday. All you could hear thursday nite were the crack,crack of the branches snapping and trees coming down. it soundled like gun shots...

i've had 2 wheel motors that leaked over the the last several months. i sent the 1st one in to PT to get fixed. I thought that after that one was repaired i could order the seal kits and try it myself. when the 2nd wheel motor went i was able to do the seals but i couldn't repair the front...

The other day i was going to do some work outside when i noticed an oil puddle by the right wheel. i was going to pull the wheel to see where the leak was coming from. I removed the cotter pin and put a 1 5/8 socket on the nut. I then put an 18" breaker bar and couldn't remove the socket. I then...

Well i reached the 100 hr mark on my 1430 and i was changing the engine oil and was wondering when you take out the plug on the bottom of the engine most of the oil will come out of the hole that power trac has cut in on the bottom of the frame but the hole doesnt go completely under the...

My wife and I found someone selling a used 06 gas HPX gator with 46 hours on it. He's asking for $7500 for it. We will be trying to talk him down. What would be a good price for this gator. It is very basic. The only option he may have on it is the power lift bed but we dont know for sure

i was wondering for those with the diesels, do you have any sort of heater to help with cold starting. i store my 1430 in a unheated garage and It took me about 7-10 times for it to turn over and start. i have added a additive to the fuel several days prior to trying to start it. If you do...

I was brush cutting the other day and noticed the brush mower wasn't cutting normally. I raised the mower deck and saw one of the non-blade bolt heads sheard off. I called terry at Power Trac and he said remove the 5 bolts that hold the blade assembly to the deck and you can seperate the deck...

Was there a modification made by someone to the towing hitch on back of the 1430 or higher models so you can put some sort of towing adaper on the back and pull a standard trailer around the property? thanks

Well everyone, I flew down to Tazewell on thursday, toured the showroom with scott. Demoed the equipment on friday morning and purchased it friday afternoon. It got delivered Saturday nite. Spent Sunday "playing" er working hard in the garden tilling the soil and putting in raised beds then...

Well after lurking around this site for a year or so. The wife and i finally decided to buy one at the end of the month. i'll be going down to tazewell and making the purchase.We're going to get a 1430, with a 4n1,mini hoe,stump grinder,tiller, and rake. Before i go down, is there anything else...

Hi everyone, my wife and i are considering buying a power trac and have posted this question at there forum and had gotten some decent responses but would like to hear from a larger group. we recieved the paperwork from the leasing company that power trac uses. (Tommorrow my wife will be...

Hi all, we recieved the paperwork from the leasing company that power trac uses. (Tommorrow my wife will be calling the leasing company so they can help explain it better.) My questions are, after looking over the paperwork from the leasing company we can see it's an advantage if you already...

Anyone who has a 1430 or 425 located in MA, Southern Vermont or Southern New Hampshire or even Northwest CT willing to let my wife and I test drive them and use the various attachments sometime within the next month or so. So we can decide which one would be best suited for us to possibly...

Hi all, Fairly new to tractorbynet. Originally i was looking at the big 3 tractors until i came across one of the threads that pointed to power-trac. My wife and i have recently built a house on 16 acres (in the NW corner of MA Within 15 miles of Vermont and NH) of which 3 include the...