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Batteries "last three years" because electronics never turn off? The battery in my Kubota is 12 yrs old, but it keeps in the shop and does not get cold. The battery in my 1998 Toyota Rav4 is eleven years old and still going, it lives outside and still starts at -30C, sometimes 2 ~ 3 weeks...

To minimize tire wear, air up all the tires to the max bead-seating pressure indicated on the sidewalls. Tire wear is caused by the tread area "slipping" as the tread flattens out and curves as the loaded contact patch rotates around the tire. If the tire is inflated to max-pressure, that...

If when connected to only the suspect-battery, the starter cranks real slow, or does not crank at all, and then when connected to a jumper battery, the starter behaves properly and starts the tractor, the problem is probably not the starter. If the starter is fudged and drawing too much...

The idea of the battery store leaving the battery on-charger overnight, then taking charger off and immediately testing next day is hoakey at best. A real test would be put battery on-charger overnight, take off-charger, and leave for 2 weeks then test amperage output. That would be a...

Got the manuals, thank you Chewwy for the links. After reading the manuals, have the controls figured out, specifically how to disable the "Auto Throttle Advance". Tractor spent the day baling, very capably driving a New Holland 315 square-baler.

2008-ish Kubota L3540 HST with 723 loader. Theres a long back-story. Tractor came to us by a lock-stock&barrel purchase of some farm-land. It was sitting in the bush for at least the last 10 years, and the (5 years ago deceased) previous owner left the tractor in the corner of the yard...

The DPF emissions gadgetry will fail and cause you to need to spend money to make it better or make it gone. Even if you operate the unit in accordance with recommendations - high rpm, hot, etc, - it will fail. Eventually. If you operate your unit as a UTILITY tractor, doing little chores...

Because they can... dealers do business in a manner that is profitable for them and not so for their customers because they can. Yes, it may seem that owners of the brands being treated "unfairly" should be afforded some protection from the "big evil" established brands. "The gummit"...

OP asks "Why manufacturers would...." because they can. Competent, prudent design and manufacture builds and rates an assembly for X pounds of load. That does not mean it fails/collapses when loaded at X+1 pounds. That means there is some undisclosed design margin - for...

A "skid steer" as its name implies, steers by skidding. Every time it "skids", it chews up some ground material. FWA tractors have front and rear - and sometimes mid - differentials, so there is alot less "skidding" to maneuver around. If you are handling logs on frozen or well-compacted...

Wow.... 14 PAGES of free advice on how to spend your money... worth every penny you're paying for it... You do not mention if you have snow removal to do, if thats part of your gig you will need a loader, or at least a 3pt blade. I have 1.5 acres. 2 @ 20x75m gardens - off site at the family...

Tracked vehicles - bulldozers or sno-cats - are sketchy to operate on a slope. They can climb straight-up or descend straight down real well, but operating in "side-slope" conditions is genuinely scary. Those grousers on the tracks make great "runners", and the wider the tracks, the...

I'm with Yomax... 13 pages of advice for a novice... Being a novice (mig welder) in the same state as Original Poster, that you already have and are reasonably competent with a stick... and now wanting to broaden your capability and take on tasks you wouldn't dream of tackling with a stick...

All better, back running again. Went to town and picked up a fuel filter, $7.14 Canadian pesos including tax at Extreme Kubota in Camrose. Turned the fuell tap off, removed filter. Placed funnel into gas-jug to catch fuel. Opened fuel tap. Fuel drained out. Took floor jack and jacked up...

Its time for a fuel filter change anyways. I think the fuel filter is going-on 10 years / 150 hrs since last change. So I will change filter. In doing that, I will drain tank through the filter housing. Is the fuel system on this unit totally gravity? I do not see any sort of lift-pump...

Tractor: 1987 B6200 HST, D850 3cyl 15hp engine, Allied loader, ~2800 hours. Against my better judgement, I loaned it to a neighbour to use the loader to move some snow and crap from his horsebarn. I don't usually loan-out stuff, but this fellow is a decent guy, and always helps everyone, so I...

It sounds like your battery is fudged. Every time your battery is discharged and re-charged, electrons are moving from the electrolyte to the lead and zinc plates in the battery. That process is not perfect, and each time electricity moves, a small amount of sulphate (basically a salt crystal)...

In Europe, farming operations have less distance, and tractors with trailers/wagons are commonly used to transport commodity from farm to market delivery point, and it makes sense that those trailers have brakes. In North America, distances are farther, so farm to delivery point is highway...

BRAKES!!! With a load of water, be VERY aware of the load you're pulling, the brakes you have, and the potential need to stop. Most tractors only have enough brakes to barely stop the tractor, much less a heavy rolling load. Big Fendts are the exception, they have GREAT brakes. This...

In 2000, I paid $7k CAD for a 15 yr old Kubota B6200 hydro with loader and tiller and belly mower. When a Kubota or similar compact tractor shows up across Kijiji (what Canadians use instead of Craigslist) it is at least $10k, no matter how old it is. I know that $7k 22 yrs later has inflated...

Gord Baker above... "These are NOT Fuel Filters unless Mazda has a Diesel"... Yes, Mazda has not "A" diesel, but many diesels up and down their product line from sub-compact cars through the larger SUVs. Everywhere else in the world except US/Canada lots of small (by our standard) vehicles...

This is the reality of a globalized economy where a North American manufacturer complies with OSHA and environmental regulation out the ying-yang, and workers are paid a wage they can (mostly) live on. And a boatload of sea-cans full of this product sails across the big-pond fueled by $20/bbl...

So I looked at putting the heater aft of the rad and fore of the alternator, just no room there. Plan C, theres lots of room ahead of the main radiator, but the downside is the hose from the heater to the engine is about 17inches, longer than we like, too much heat loss between heater and...

My mid 80s B6200 hst has 3200 hrs on it. Still runs ok, a few quirks, dents, and stuff, but solid. Allied loader, muratori tiller and finishing mower keeps the jungle down. Put a clutch in it at about 1400 hrs, springs in clutch hub blew up from tilling rocks. Anyone have a high hours B6200...