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See those auction special tripples heading south on I25 through Denver occasionally too. I always stay well away as most look to be wrecked & not in good shape. I doubt the brakes are up to the task of stopping the other 2 under good circumstances, much less emergencies.

On an open center hydraulic machine like a CUT you generally can only get 1 function to work at a time. The exception to this would be lift & curl on the loader as they have some special plumbing in the valve block. If you want to use a red function, lift the 3 or or something, things get slow...

Yup, those type of hooks are what you should be using if it has a suspension. They stay on, even if some slack develops.

Part of the reason I replaced it with a L4060hstc. Not that I've really moved any bales in the 6-7 years I've had the new machine.

I've got the 2" & 1" versions of Amazon.com. Basically a seatbelt like retractor built into a normal ratchet strap. Been pretty happy with them. The ratchet only goes 90 degrees instead of the normal 180. Straps are a little shorter, but that's fine for my uses. They also have clips on the...

Peruzzo makes what is basically a hydraulically powered weed eater head that hangs off the side of the flail mower. For trimming fence lines. I don't remember if it was self powered with a hydraulic pump off the flail gearbox or ran off the tractor hydraulics. At any rate it was $1-2k 5 odd...

URL in that old video no longer works. Ratchet Strap | Wrap A Doodle Doo | United States seems to be where they are at now. $40 for 2.

I cut around 5-6" high for better grass health. I deal with raised tire tracks a lot. Not worth it to mow fields & pastures low enough to get rid of the tracks.

More likely they are relying on the battery to buffer the PWM output from the controller. You can run a car without a battery, at least older ones. But that is really hard on the voltage regulator & diodes. If you have 2 controllers outputting exactly 12v both would push equal amperage to the...

Each Starlink satellite is only in view for 15 minutes or less. So the dish has to track it across the sky at a pretty good clip & then sync up with the next one before the first is out of view. Gen 2 dishes were motorized, but only to point towards clear sky. The antenna in all the dishes are...

My toy hauler has 400watts of solar connected all the time. It stays live even when towing or plugged into shore power. Multiple charge controllers or converters output 12v nominal with each other just fine.

Depending on the service level, you can use it in motion. Plenty use it on boats & some use it while driving. A tree would be more stable than those.

I run a King Kutter tiller & it does ok.In some places it's the OEM co TSCs County Line brand, in others it's Tarter Gate. Similar quality. I've mostly switched to using a T3 arena rake for ripping & grooming.less dust & noise. If your tiller can't quite cut it, pre-rip it. Get a subsoiler & do...

The newer Fords do have a checklist built into the infotainment systems. It activates when you plug in a new trailer. I'm not sure if there is an option to check ball size though. I skipped over it the last few times, so checklists are only good if you use them.

Or they just backed up in front of a 3pt disc sitting in the middle of a field. Parked & took a photo. It's not like driving through a tilled field is hard. Tire tracks in front of the tire, which happens if you put a vehicle in reverse.

The 40 & 60 series all have weak front wheel bearings. It's not the end of the world. Keep an eye out for oil leaks & get em fixed if they leak. Everything has issues, Kubota has good parts & support.

Ya, worn out seals. The worst oil you can get in the store today is probably better than the best you could get in the 50s. Lots of modern heavy equipment specifies engine oil rather than a hydraulic oil for hydraulics. ATF is just hydraulic fluid with red dye & probably friction modifiers...

At 4,500lbs your not going to be doing that much with a stump bucket. Not nearly enough traction to dig into dirt, much less a stump or roots. I have a 1.5' wide bucket spade & my similar weight Kubota L4060 can barely get it into the ground. It took me 15-20 minutes to dig a hole big enough to...

I'm about 50 hours & maybe a year behind you. Issues with front wheel bearings & axle seals, but nothing with the engine or emissions in my 4060.

Ya, will give it a try. Beat on it with a sledge & drift while the jack had tension on things. At least its safer than loading up the chain like a 10 ton spring again. That was sketchy as hell.

You can see the hoses of the new to me oxy-acetylene torch in the photo.

A flail has a couple more bearings & belts than a rotary which eat a bit of HP. A bit more drag on a roller than a tail wheel I expect. Flails mulch a lot more, so cut each blade of grass multiple times, which takes more HP. So a flail will take more HP than a similar width rotary. Not a huge...

It won, al least with me for now. It broke my chain. Same setup as before only wits a single chain under the jack & used the blade bolts to hold it. Worked the blade carrier bar near the shaft with a torch until I could ever so slightly see a dull red spot. Pounded on it with a drift & sledge...

Get the $120 actuator rather than $50 one. The cheap one is a bit to slow or weak, depending on which cheap one you get.

I never take the loader off. I can't be bothered to take the 5-10 minutes to do it. I've taken other Kubota & JD loaders off but haven't bothered with mine in the 1,000 hours I've put on it. I usually take the bucket or forks off though.

I put an electric one on my previous tractor. Linear actuator for power SSQA?. I have picked up a manual diverter & small cylinder to do it hydraulically on my new (well, now at 1,000 hours) L4060. I installed the manual diverter on the boom on the 3rd function. But I have never gotten around to...

You have more HP than my L4060, but the same frame. My 7.5' Peruzzo Super bull is 1,500lbs & the max I should be lifting. It's probably a hair big to be honest, but I like it.

Starlink https://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/10887818365 Maverix fiber https://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/10887821780 From my phone in the same exact spot a minute apart. From my wired desktop 8 could get about 4-6,000 megabit down & several thousand up. Mostly a limit of speed test...

My cabbed l4060 was valued at the mid 30s by the dealer a year ago. A blower & a backhoe are $8k each. Not clear if a hoe was part of the deal. My l4060 is a little short on hp for serious production work, but does me fine for a side gig. At my Colorado altitude I probably have less hp than a...

A deckover power tilt is what I ended up with. A bit steep to load the tractor, but not to bad. No fenders or rails to load stuff from the side is really nice. I had a 16' gravity tilt for a bit. Really low to the ground, but easy to load a tractor on. Fenders and a 6" lip around the deck made...

New 3/4" drive socket from HF & an 8' pipe got the blades off. Sketchy levels of force making the stump jumper look like a pringles chip was not successful on the stump jumper. No heat, gonna try & scrounge up a oxy acetylene torch for my next run. I'm still not certain if the blade carrier is...

Ya, 2nd gen moves a bit, mostly at startup or when stowing. Gen 3 (and the mini I assume) just has a kickstand & is manually aimed. Plenty of people chopped the motion system off the 2nd gens for a flat or permanent mount & they worked fine. I expect now that they have a lot more satellites up...

My previous machine was a L3200 & it was way to light to run anything seriously offset. The Peruzzo above is fully offset in the picture. It will slide left around 2-3'. It twists things as much as I'm comfortable if offset fully & I lift it. I usually center it before lifting it off the ground.

My l4060 (40hp) lifts & spins my Peruzzo Brush Bull 2200 (7.2', 1,500lbs) ok. It's a bit heavy for my machine, but works pretty well. 1,200 hours on the tractor, probably more than half are mowing. I wish I had the 20 extra HP of a L6060, but not enough to upgrade the tractor or get a smaller...

You end up getting grease in your gear oil. Its not like grease isnt a lubricant, so its not that big of a deal. You are only putting a bit of grease into a fair bit of gear or hydraulic oil. I run an old flail mower gearbox with failed seals on pure grease.

I was under the impression that the blades were mounted to the stump jumper, not arms underneath. Will work on pulling them off on my next shot at it. Colorado weather slowed down my efforts a bit. Got to love a weather forecast of high of 76 with 2.5" of snow. Even worse when the weatherman is...

I just gave away my Stihl brush cutter I've had for pushing 30 years. Dealing with 2 stroke, fuel in general & wearing out plastic/rubber parts just got to be to much for my use these days. A 40v Ryobi brush cutter has 75% of the power & pushing 45 minutes to an hour of run time. But the time...

Same. Built 2 of those. First was the mount for a snow plow. 2nd was to replace the first when I sold that plow & tractor. I use it occasionally, but not that often these days. A deck over trailer makes loading things so much nicer without sides or fenders.

I did this with my old flail mower. $80 for new seals was more than the mower was worth. Still have it as my backup & last I used it the gearbox was doing better than the rest of the mower with multiple cracks in the deck. This one belongs to a neighbor & they want it done reasonably right. I...

I've got a LandPride 1860 rotary cutter with a leaky output shaft seal, possibly other gearbox issues. I got the castle nut off the bottom, but am not able to get the stump jumper off the gearbox. Crowbars, 7' tamping bar, propane torch heating up the outside of the splines, no luck. I can't get...

My 2024 F350 came with a pair of AGM batteries instead of the standard wet cells. I hear that has been the norm for Super Duties, at least the Power Strokes in the past year or 2.

I see at least 4 paddels in that photo. Not great control for the size, but something. Plenty of people float down a river with nothing but their appendages. I wouldnt take that down most rivers, but wouldn't be scared about a lake.

Same, like mine. Never remove it.

I like my deck over power tilt Diamond C. The deck angle is a bit steep though. Some compliments drag loading & unloading. A SUV loads fine, but wouldn't recommend it for a car, much less sports car. Not having fenders or sides interfering with loading stuff over the sides is super nice. Makes...

Ya, flipping a switch doesn't add weight & traction. Unless it's activating fwa or a diff lock. Spinning tires needs you need more weight or traction, not more power.

The 60 series grand Ls don't even have a clutch pedal. Sometimes it won't go into gear when shifting. Just leave it in neutral, tap the go pedal either direction for a microsecond & it then it will usually shift in fine. PTO is a button with its own electronically operated hydraulic clutch. On...

I nearly rolled my L3200 lifting large bails helping a friend I had a rotary cutter on the back & 2 50 lbs sacks of something on the back of the cutter. Lots of ballast weight with even more ballast leverage due to the cutter length. I think I had loaded rears by then too. It would barely lift...

We've trenched in the yard a few times without locating my stuff, but did have 811 do their thing. First time between the house & the barn over the top of the water, power & phone lines up to the barn. Weren't to worried about hitting them as we were replacing the power line & dropping a new...

If it's a mechanical injection pump, no, you need to mess with the pump, not electronics. If it's an electronically controlled pump, sure you can spray more fuel in for more power. As long as you have enough air & can keep it cool enough. No way you save fuel & increase power at the same time...

You'll end up with a mess if you are printing PLA. It overheats easily and the part cooling fan can't get it to solidify fast enough. ABS needs a heated enclosed chamber, but isn't a great option these days. It warps to easy & gives off noxious fumes. PLA & PETG are better easier to use options...

I'm well aware, I've been at IT engineer of various sorts for a few decades. The biggest benefit is bragging rights. [emoji6] Interesting fact, the web browser becomes the bottleneck for speedtest.net around 3 gigabit. If you run the app you can get to 6 gigabit or so. Iperf3 to my firewall gets...

CUTs top out at 8-10 of hydraulic flow. Usually less, especially with hydraulic losses. At 2,500psi that's only 18hp as a best case scenario, probably more towards 10, maybe 15hp of usable power. That's pretty low to cut a trench 3' deep & 6" wide. The smaller push ones are usually 18", maybe 2'...

My SSQA PHD spins way slower than my 3pt ever did. If I recall 8gpm at 2,500psi is 18hp. So at best most CUTS are putting out 18hp to a 3rd function, likely a fair bit less with hydraulic losses. Your average CUT 3pt will be 20+. So you are loosing power & RPMs. I find the down pressure makes up...

Same for Colorado. 3 day lead time. Free. Covers all utilities, power, phone, gas & fiber internet. A new ISP came into the neighborhood a few years ago. I now see them on 811 requests I submit. They also have a rack behind my barn with a 500 odd strands of fiber plowed 4' deep. They pay rent...

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L4060hstc. 40hp & 6 speed Kubota HST+ tranny is barely slow enough. A geared machine wouldn't be slow enough & a normal HST may not be as well. Bradco 612 trencher I got off Craigslist, some propane company stopped using it for installs. 3' by 6" blade. Due to angles it would dig a trench a...

My solution was to get good all copper jumper cables. Cut them near one end. Slap Anderson's on both ends. Long set plugged into the Anderson on the truck. If I needed jumper cables for something else I just plugged the short bit of cable & clamps in.

https://powerwerx.com/anderson-power-powerpole-sb-connectors Genderless plugs, so there is no male or female end to get backwards. At least the power poles got popular in the HAM radio world for a good self cleaning quality connector for frequent disconnection. Anderson Power Poles for...

My 2014 F350 did fine with the manual range stuff on the auto tranny. Used it a lot with the engine brake towing a 15k lbs toy hauler down the side of the Rockies. Just punch the - button on the shifter & lock it into a lower gear or the + to raise the max gear. I think you can drop it in manual...

If it were for my side hustle doing tractor things is have gone with gas. It does better for short drives & is cheaper. I also tow a 15k toy hauler up & down the side of the Rockies so went diesel. I want the engine brake as much as the extra power. It's also nicer to use real truck stops to...

In the car market you get better prices for financing a machine than paying cash. Dealers get a kick back from the lender, so can be more aggressive on pricing. Financing a purchase & getting that discount, then paying the loan off in a month is a thing. Dealers hate it as the lender claws back...

My Peruzzo came from Iowa Farm Equipment back in 2017. Needed new roller bearings a year or 2 ago. They had to fab up a new style mount for them apparently, which took a couple weeks to ship. Have a box of spare hammers I don't remember when I ordered. Nothing suspicious in my dealings with...

I'm running a Peruzzo Super Bull 2200 (7.5') on a L4060, same frame as this Kubota, only a few less HP. It's a bit big for my machine at 1,500lbs, but has been working good for 5ish years or so. It's an adjustable offset mower, not a ditch bank mower. There is now way I could offset it more than...

3d printing, at least in the consumer space means filament printing. Filament printing is not waterproof. Some filaments are better than others, but intrinsically many many layers means many joints & cracks. Resin printers can produce water tight prints. But they aren't big enough for any...

I was moving a stock panel with my former L3200 years ago. Pallet forks + the 100, maybe 200lbs panel. In 2wd & went down the slope behind the barn. Cut to some panic with the go pedal & brakes not doing anything & some pallet forks sized holes in the tin. Always have an implement on your 3pt...

My l4060 is going strong at 1,100 odd hours. I've had front wheel bearing issues, once under warranty, once recently. I believe the l5?60 & L6060 have a beefier front axle. I wish I had the extra 20hp for mowing & roading the machine. Traction wise it's iffy wether I'm limited by traction or power.

Make sure you get something IPS 65 rated or higher if you are going to mount it on a vehicle. You might be able to get away with IPS 53, but I wouldn't risk it. https://clarionuk.com/resources/ip-ratings/ Find out what the wattage for your block heater is. I think they are usually in the...

I bolted some old beat up truck boxes I got an auction for $5 to a pallet. Added some pipes to put shovels in vertically. It was my "fencing pallet" for years. Dropped at the work site & could keep using the tractor. Recently upgraded it to a job box. I had a 3pt forklift for a bit. It was a...

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I've made 2 welding a Quick Hitch to a SSQA plate. First one was the mount for a snow plow. It sold with the plow & old tractor. I used it once to wrangle my flail mower to do some maintenance on the bottom. I made another after selling the first to move implements around. Used it to mount a...

I made a ballast box out of an old air compressor tank. QH compatible, although the top hook just grabbed a hole in the tank rather than a pin. Used it maybe once in the past decade. Just easier to leave whatever implement was last on, or grab the next implement. Only once did I need ballast &...

I've got over a thousand hours on the L4060 & hundreds on my former L3200. Pretty much all of those hours are with a QH. I end up changing implements most times I use things. The mower, snow blower, tiller & a few other use a PTO shaft. Annoying to hook up & worse with the QH. But apparently I...

L4060hstc, 72" tire track. 74" heavy Gannon box blade. 60" land plane. 7 & a half foot heavy flail mower. The box blade is ok but a touch heavy, as is the mower. The LPGS will stop the tractor when it's full. I wish it were wider to cover my tracks, but I'm sure I couldn't pull it properly. I...

I just got the dumbest wheeled charger I could for that reason. Manual switch & timer, no smart anything. Handy for testing things like motors or using as a power supply. I use smart chargers or maintainers for normal charging or maintaining.

I use https://a.co/d/7GwXqZd Permatex teflon pipe dope. It's done ok for me for the bits of hydraulic stuff I do. I hate the Teflon tape. Keep thinking about the Locktite hydraulic thread sealant stuff, but haven't gotten around to it.

I assume you are talking about regen braking? You still need normal brakes as a backup in case the batteries are full, can't charge or have some other issues.

100% I tend to stock up on fuel in the winter so I dont have to wory about gelling. In thoery less power than summer fuel, but none you'd ever feel outside a lab or industrial scale monitoring.

I'm happy with the kit I got. Blue plastic lines, dont remember if they are aluminum lined or not. I did a half ass job installing them, so they aren't straight & sag. But thats on me & not the kit. Way easier than black iron & cheaper than copper. I used hydraulic lines to connect the tank to...

Wasn't completely my intent. They do have their downsides. In the situation above the extra weight of the gooseneck & the fact they have more pin weight may or may not push him over payload or rear axle capacities of his truck. You have to do the math & get weights off scales. The math isn't...

Finally looked at your page... I'm sure float on the plow is what stops you from having issues. Interesting idea.

If I put my loader into float in this setup (fixed stainless plow), my front wheels will be off the ground in 5-20' or so. 8' wide plow is a bit wide for my machine. Not sure if one around 7' would do better. My old L3200 with my old home made plow (yellow) hat had a chain to float just the...

I had a 32' bumper pull toy hauler. Weight distribution hitch, many passes over a Cat scale, fiddling with weights, etc. it was always a white knuckle affair over 65. Sold it & got a 35' 5th wheel toy hauler (actually had a gooseneck hitch on it). Steaming across Wyoming at 70 with gusting 50mph...

Most of the rolling ones are "smart" electronically controlled ones. I had to look hard for my dumb one. It has the knob for the couple 12v or single 6v range & another knob that is the mechanical timer. You have to calculate how long it will run before it starts boiling the battery. For that...

I picked up a big rolling one recently. Mostly because I wanted one with the manual knobs & no smart electronics. Makes doing things like using it to test starters or power electronics projects easier. Realized it only does 20@ on 6v though, which is annoying. Half the reason for it was the 6v...

50-75 amps is good to charge a dead battery. That will get a low battery to starting in 5-20 minutes. 200 amps is usually towards heavy equipment or starting the vehicle off the charger without waiting for the battery to charge. My 5/10/30/75 amp charger has been fine for me for a decade or so...

My Danhuser on my L4060 works very ok. Mostly just slow due to low flow tractor hydraulics. You can't really spin it & move the loader at the same time due to open center hydraulics. So the auger stalls when you move the loader. But those are universal tractor issues any hydraulic PHD will have...

BatteryMINDer SCC-180 12-V, 16 Amp, 180-Watt Solar Battery Charger/Maintainer/Desulfator - Designed for Cars, Trucks, Motorcycles, ATV, Boat, RV, etc. Amazon.com On my hydraulic tilting deck trailer. Panel that came with mine didn't fit or was only 5w if I recall. Put a 20 watt Renology panel...

Horsepower = (Torque x RPM) / 5252, which translates to Torque = (Horsepower * 5252) / RPM. Given tractors run at 540 rpm at the PTO it makes things easy to calculate & compare. 243 ft/lbs if my feeble math skills are accurate. At least at the PTO, where you'd dyno a tractor at. Worrying about...

They were clocked correctly. The shutter for low beams wasn't straight. It looked like: _______/--------- For both left & right. The lower bit on the left was to lower things for oncoming drivers. Higher on the right to catch signs & things on the side of the road. If you get the angled bit to...

Back to hauling something wrong... Somebody using a big truck to apparently haul a very small package a week or 2 ago. Looking at the photo, the truck looks lopsided, but I think that's just my camera work.

I put a kit from The Retrofit Source | The Best Brands in Automotive Lighting in my 2009 Tacoma a couple years after getting it. back in the day they were allegedly the best source for HID stuff. Worked pretty well, but had to replace the controller board once (under warranty I believe) & one of...

Leakdown overnight is either a valve issue or blows gland seals. You can figure out if it's gland seals by hydraulic fluid coming out. If you remove the piston seals & cap off lines, a cylinder will not leak down. The cylinder has a fixed volume & you can't shove more rod into that volume...

3d printers melt plastic. Generally 150-300c. So under 575f &most plastic used is a liquid way under that. Doesn't matter what fillers (carbon fiber) are in there, it's still plastic. Even oil cooled brakes are going to melt in minutes if not seconds as brakes or clutches. Not even counting on...

Talk to a lawyer, not a forum on this one. Was the mobile mechanic the dealer? Or some random mechanic.

I built a ballast box out of an old air compressor tank. Used it maybe twice in 8 years. I just end up using the fail mower, box blade, or whatever was on there last. More bulk, but I rarely need the maneuverability. Only once was it an issue. Putting an A/C unit up into the rafters inside a...

Same. Have shoes on & it still catches & tries to drive over the top of the blade. I've tried plastic pipe on the cutting edge & it doesn't last 50'. Haven't tried slitting steel pipe or welding tabs onto that yet. Although that trick is more for not digging into unfrozen gravel than float. I...

Was going to post that. PowerPoles for dry, Deutsch connectors if you need sealed for possibly wet areas. Metripack/Weatherpack would be the 2nd choice for a sealed connector. https://powerwerx.com/150-piece-anderson-powerpole-connector-case Been using Deutsch connectors for a while, but Big...

A bit of a stretch, but snapped this on my way to work today. Technically not hauling anything,but prepared to. Who puts roof racks on a quarter million dollar Lamborghini?

Loader float is useless when going forward. As you've seen loader angles mean the tractor always ends up trying to climb over the bucket or plow. If you want float on a plow, you need to build or buy one with float on the plow itself. My first plow I made myself. 3pt quick hitch welded to a...

Front axle bearings are as often as not the weak point on these machines. Heavier loads will eat them up much faster. I've had 2 leaky front axles in 1,200 hours on my L4060. They ended up replacing bearings both times as they were a little rough & it's cheap/easy to replace when you have the...

I've got an 8' plow on my machine. Should probably have a 7 or 7.5', but it's what was in stock locally when I got it. It's worked ok enough for the past 7ish years I haven't cut it down or traded it out. But you can feel the leverage with it hanging out that far ahead. I ran just the blade for...

32hp L3200. I picked up a yellow manual angle plow & dabbed up a mount using a 3pt quick hitch welded to a SSQA plate. Loved the float, but it stuck out way to far. To much leverage to push me to the side. Sold that plow with thel machine when I upgraded to the cabbed L4060hstc (40hp). I now...

My neighborhood is dirt roads. I'll road my tractor about half an hour on the dirt roads rather than load it up on the trailer. It's just faster that way. I'll top out at about a mile on the paved roads before I load up. 40mph paved roads around here. 40hp machine usually running around...

Amusingly I don't have a "break away" battery on either of my current trailers. The travel trailer has a house battery that also is connected to the break away switch. It's plugged in when sitting & has 400 watts of solar. I pretty much have to test the battery every time, unless I want to camp...

Metal is a good conductor of heat & plastic is not. So when temperature drops metal gets cold faster & causes moisture to condense faster. The same reason your mirror fogs up before the walls (or a plastic container) after a shower. It doesn't stop condensation, but slows it a bit. Also...

A common mod on the cheap arbor presses is to remove 1 or 2 teeth at the very bottom of the shaft. That way you can rotate the handle without moving the rack when it's all the way up. So you can index the handle so it's at the optimal angle to lean on it where you need it.

And back when the gen 2 disheys came out they were still loosing money on each one at $500. I assume the gen 3s were designed to be cheaper & with economies of scale they are probably making money at the cheaper price.

If a deal is to good to be true, it isn't. On the off chance it was real, it's gone as that's the kind of deal you drop everything to get, even if it has some issues.

I'd be mildly concerned about exhaust leaks & an increased chance of fire. Definitely doable safely, but you just have to pay a bit more attention to proper ventilation for fumes & heat. Personally I'd stick it under a lean to or something rather than in my barn.

I picked up a Schumacher Electric Wheeled Battery Charger and Jump Starter, SC1446, 2-in-1, Manual Timer-Controlled, 200 Cranking Amps, 6 Volt, 12 Volt, For Car, SUV, Truck, and Marine Batteries Amazon.com. Same thing & price as at TSC, but no hour round trip to pick it up. Time will tell if it...

Original 2 pin Power connector for VHF/UHF Power cords - Power source side is either the connector or it's mate. Often used in HAM radio stuff. It's an auxiliary plug for general 12v key on power. On open station machines it's under the fender rather than over. They are on the Economy & Grand L...

One of the big benefits is synthetic line doesn't whip. It just drops to the ground, unlike steel line & chain that goes flying. At least so I hear. I don't have any yet, but planning on it for the winch I'll be getting for the side by side. I've only used my 12k winch a couple times in the...

I wasn't looking for "works properly", I was using a 12v pack on a 6v starter. I was hoping for a click & enough signs of life. I figured it was iffy to test & that the booster pack may have been the issue, but it's about all I had at the time. Starter is now repaired. Looking for something I...

I've got several battery tenders & a smart 12v charger that will do up to 80@ as well as a jump pack or 2. Generally my smart charger does fine for most things. However these days I also have a 6v 1966 JD 420 crawler loader in need of a charger & my current ones won't do 6v. I also recently mis...

They do some good testing, been a fan for a while.

I run a 7.2' flail on my L4060. I wish I had L6060 to spin it, but it works. I'm usually limited by power. When it's in the mid 90s I get limited by cooling after a few hours. At 1,500-1,600lbs even close up that's as much as I want on my 3pt. No clue what that means for your L6060 & a towed or...

They are just Granmar seats. Others have figured out which model elsewhere on the site. Not like tractor seats are rocket science though & a drill could sort out most mounting issues.

Oh, just realized that was unattended, not unintentional. Yes, with air ride you need to toss something heavy in the seat or hot wire the operator presence detector. It's 3 wires, so more than just an on/off switch, but not much more.

My arm rest has shut off my PTO a number of times over the years. Never had it start it. Twist & lift to start is "hard". Push down to stop is easy to bump.

To this day Top Gear's rendition of Jessica is my ring tone. They were great entertainment, but a lot of their reviews were fabricated BS. They went out of there way to fabricate running out of juice by starting out at partial charge & other issues on several electric cars.

Suspension seat is a spring. Air ride seat is an upgrade. I've got air ride on my L4060hstc & it's nice. Bad back, so I got the nicer seat when I got the machine. Never tried the standard spring seat for any length of time. 0 issues with being to close to the rear window hitching or looking...

I have a Peruzzo brush bull 2200 behind my 40hp L4060. It's a bit heavy & I'm tapped out on HP a lot, but it runs it. I can cut wrist sized scrub oak with it. I've ran into football sized rocks a number of times & the machine is fine. I did take some damage finding a 70lbs chunk of railroad...

Torsion axles aren't really serviceable. It's a big square tube with a small square tube inside. Between them is rubber that compresses when the small square tube twists. No way to replace the rubber I'm aware of. You can replace the spindles though I believe.

I've had 2 torsion axle trailers. 1970s Boller & a late 90s Casita. The Boller had no movement left in the suspension & the Casita was ok, although I was thinking about a new axle, mostly for a lift. There is rubber between the square axle tube & the square axle shaft. It squishes as the inner...

A crossover relief valve needs 2 equal cylinder volumes to work. A pair of single acting cylinders for angle on a snow plow is a common setup. A single double acting cylinder will not work with a crossover relief valve. The rod end has less volume than the cylinder end. So if the valve opens...

I haven't seen much difference traveling vs at home. Minimum of 20 megabit up & 80 down. Usually more towards 100-200 down, but it varies. Worst case scenario is plenty for 2 IT professionals working remotely & doing zoom meetings or streaming Netflix.

Same. Old worn out heavy 74" Gannon box blade & a 60" Land Pride LPGS. Both will stop my 40HP Kubota L4060 with a full load. I mostly use the LPGS as I can make it move a little material a ways easier than get effortless smooth road with the box blade. So the LPGS gets a bit more use. I could do...

I could go an inch or 2 more to the right. The cylinder runs out of stroke & the PTO shaft would hit the shift hose. A mark or 2 on the hose when I didny have the banjo fitting rotated fully away from the PTO. Fixed now, but I still try to leave it a few inches from testing that it hasnt rotated...

Mows fine like this, but picking it up shifted like this is sketchy. To much flex on the flail frame & 3pt for me to feel safe about things not breaking. With a 72" track the tractor itself is reasonably sable with things side shifted, but not great. Due to the 3pt flex I never really tested the...

Just saw the offset stuff. I can slide my mower about 2.5'. The black belt guard ends up even with the left tire puts a lot of torque on the 3pt & the machine if it's in the air. So I really only side shift it much past center when it's on the ground. I can dangle about 3' of mower past my left...

My 1,500lbs 7.2' Peruzzo brush bull is a little big for my L4060, but runs fine. I really wish I had a L6060 in heavy thick grass, but not enough to upgrade. Your 4060 will handle the bigger one just fine. May need to go a bit slower. But slow & wide beats fast & narrow. Smoother on you & the...

100%. Go to Harbor Freight or the auto parts store & get the $30 assortment of standard zerks & the $30 box of metric zerks. You'll only need a couple now, but they will last for years. So nice to just replace one with one on hand than to fight a damaged or clogged one.

More so when a thread passes 10 or 20,000 posts.

Some googling supports the assertion of a random guy on the Internet. https://www.thezebra.com/resources/driving/driving-barefoot/. Things I didn't know this morning. [emoji106]

I'd hope he figured out the HVAC issues in the past 3 years...

As per MythBusters Episode 184: Driving in Heels driving in high heels is as safe & fast when racing as normal shoes. I can't see flip flops being any less safe than high heels.

Mowed part of the yard today. Took the opportunity to grab a video mowing in reverse & the resulting half the material that gets missed. Not the greatest video, but should give the idea

Flails don't cut well in reverse at all. I assume because of the roller pushing grass down, but don't know for sure. My Peruzzo has hammers, but my old Ford 917 has side slicers. Both only cut half the material in reverse. If I drive forward over what I just cut backwards it cuts fine.

Wire is always going to be better than wireless unless you have mobility or access issues. The only reason WiFi is popular is because it's expensive to run Ethernet everywhere & you can't wander around with a wire plugged in easily. Wireless is less reliable, less private & shared rather than...

From what I understand its only an option when its built & first registered. OEMs won't mess with re-rating them once they leave the factory or get sold.

Peruzzo brush bull 2200. 86" & 1,500 lbs. A bit big for my L4060, but I've put 600+ hours on it. It will side shift to hang 3' beyond my right tire. I wish I had the extra 20hp of a L6060, but not enough to upgrade the tractor or downgrade the flail.

A mill has been on my to do list for a while. I picked up the Precision Matthews 1340gt back in 2018. Pretty happy with the Tiawanese quality over China quality on it. A mill has been next on my list since then. A decent looking (at least on Cragslist) Bridgeport seemed to be arooun $4-5k...

Why don't you just rain on the parade. Looks like I won't bet getting a new drill press, lol. Didn't even think about the fact the shank went into another taper that is in good shape. I can deal with the belt alignment issues & swapping belts for now. Will probably keep an eye out for a good...

I have a 17" Steel City drill press. I replaced the chuck because the old one was having issues. The new one is having issues staying on as well. At this point the taper on the arbor is rather chewed up & was likely the cause of the original chuck issues. Pulley alignment has always been a bit...

Ratchet straps will chafe or cut if they rub on stuff. I cut one half way through early on cranking it down on a bar stock grill guard. It wasn't even sharp, but did damage to the strap. I generally use chain & binders for all my machines & implements now. I still use straps for other stuff or...

Fired up the generator in the 5th wheel last night. Had to spin it 4 times I think. It finally caught & ran fine. Hadn't started it since the fall & we have a foot of snow falling today. Wanted to exercise it & make sure it was working if we loose power.

If you are buying the trailer new, you should be able to get it derated. Factory should happily put a smaller number on the tag to keep you legal. May be free or a cheap option.

A dull blade mean a ragged cut. A ragged shattered stump is something you can drive over fine. A sharp stump can spear your tire. Sharp blades or knives are better for a lawn. But if you are doing any rough, brushy, or small tree mowing you want dull blades or hammers.

My Peruzzo brush bull flail is 7.2' & weighs over 1,500lbs. It has heavy hammers on it. Will chew through wrist to almost forearm sized scrub oak. I'm generally running out of HP on the 40hp Kubota L4060 rather than flail capacity. Although cutting like that I'm creeping along. Normal grass...

Flails mulch more than a rotary. The extra mulching eats up a bit more HP. If you are HP limited a flail will cut slightly slower than a rotary. I hate a 7.2' (2200mm) flail on a 40hp L4060hstc. Usually cutting 2+' grass or brush. I'm limited by HP. A rotary would be faster, although I'm not...

I have a 40hp cabbed machine & pile of attachments with a truck & trailer to haul it all. Along with all the proper commercial insurance. I generally quote jobs at $100-125/hr. 2 hour minimum. Some regulars fer billed by the hour. Most people get a fixed price quote. Make sure to include...

Same. I've tried ABS & PVC. Neither lasts minutes. Not sure how people make that work unless they use some steel pipe.

The limit on the loaders on economy Ls is the amount of rear ballast to keep the back end on the round, followed by the front axle, primarily the bearings. Bumping up loader capacity on the loader is just fount to break things & roll the machine.

Leaving the PTO button on is another one.

My home made plow for my former L3200. $100 plow from a garage sale that was probably for a small Jeep or something. $100 3pt Quick hitch welded to a $100 SSQA plate. A couple of pipes welded up to stick in the plow mount holes & catch the QH hooks along with a piece of chain. I love the float...

Does your plow have a trip edge? Realized I couldn't see one. Plow blades have the cutting edge or whole mouldboard on a sprint. So when you hit something the sprint let's the edge or whole plow pop offer the obstacle safely & keep going. There should also be a crossover relief valve on the...

Not sure if I agree that his plow is to bit, but it's distinctly possible. Ive thought mine is 6" maybe a foot to wide, but it works pretty decent for me 75% or the time. That 25% of the time for me includes 6+’ drifts. My bucket isn't really even suitable for those, hence the blower on the...

Float on the loader doesn't really work as you've seen. My first plow had a pivot on the SSQA frame & a chain. Float on the plow worked food. New plow has hydraulic angle, but is a solid mount. You have to adjust loader height & curl a lot. I want to rebuild the mount with an underslung pivot &...

Titan pallet forks were notorious for this kind of loose fit. They face me a partial refund to weld shims over the SSQA on the fork frame so the pins would be tight. Less likely for the OEM bucket & a 2nd impliment to both have that issue for you though. I often have the opposite problem when...

Hooking up supply lines backwards can blow out seals. Input of valves are ratesd for 2,500psi. But the tank port is only rated for a few hundred psi at most for back pressure. Also putting a 3pt hoe on a tractor is a treat way to snap it in half. No modern OEM makes one, or will warranty a...

I think that may be a felt tip marker line, not sure though.

The higher the combustion temps, the more efficient the engine. So as materials & engineering support it upping temps is a no brainier. The main downside is NOX. You get more oxides of nitrogen created at higher temps. And NOX is one of the main smog & greenhouse gasses. Then you get regulations...

Bearing buddies are for boat trailers that get dunked. The pressure keeps the water out, but often blows out seals or greases brakes. I'm not sure if rotating while greasing helps. It pressurizes the outside of the bearing away from the seal. Dexter EZ lube also has a grease zerk in a similar...

And Fallon has half a hydraulic one now. Plumbing & valves installed. But putting in the cylinder building brackets is probably a spring thing. Less work to do an electric one. Remains to be seen if hydraulics are worth the extra effort over a linear actuator...

Same, knew exactly what was going to happen. Not sure if it's the Dunning–Kruger effect - Wikipedia or something similar. But it's always the unknown unknows that get you. Stuff you never even thought about. Easy to mitigate a dozen different ways, but you just never knew you even should think...

You can custom order trailers with lower ratings to get around some of the ratings. You can end up overloaded easier, but avoid some of the CDL stuff.

I have a Diamond C power tilt deckover. Good quality not great, but plenty good. Power tilt deckover makes for a bit of a steep deck & some impliments drag a hair at the end. A gravity tilt is a lot lower, but you have fenders in the way for loading stuff over the sides. I've had a couple...

All the Grand Ls open or closed station have that wite there. It's under the fender on open station machines. I think even the economy Ls have it under the fender. If I recall https://powerwerx.com/oemt-power-connector-source-side is ether the plug itself or the mating plug. You'd think...

I've got the wide 24"? wheeled magnet from Harbor Freight. I wish I'd gotten the skinnier one, 18" I think. The wide one is annoying to manuver through the shop. Using it on uneven ground means there is more to drag on a high spot of plant.

Powering an 80% efficient hydraulic thing with an electric motor that runs at 80-95% efficenct. Or run the 80-95% efficient motor electrically directly... Adding conversions always decreases efficiency. The only way that could be "better" would be if the pump pulled less juice. In which case...

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You keep touting no ballast to new people or people with smaller machines which is quite hazardous. Your big M series machines are much more stable than 40hp & lower machines. My L3200 (2,500lbs no loader or ballast) was very dangerous without ballast. A 150lbs gate on the forks with no ballast...

I've got all 22' Diamond C deckover power tilt these days. Deckover means no fenders & an easier time loading stiff without wheels. It's also got great ground clearance. Power tilt on a deckover means a rather steep deck angle & impliments dragging near the tail. Power means working about...

Ya, I've seen your setup before, or at least a similar one here on TBN. Planning on something similar if I get around to chopping up my newish plow. Dismount the plow frame from the SSQA plate then put some kind of hinge on top of it. Its on my to do list, but has been there for a few years...

My old plow on my old machine worked great with that setup. My new plow for the newer cabbed machine is a solid mount. I keep thinking I'll rebuild it with a hinge & chain to get float. It stuck out to far, but otherwise worked great. The farther put, the more leverage it has & the more it can...

Because they have more components to manufacture & are more expensive. They are standard on the Grand Ls. They have to cut some corners to make a cheaper machine & that's a smart one to save a few bucks but still function as needed.

My light bars are overkill. To much effort to weld up heavier brackets & put in a new fuse panel with all the wiring. The time i do something similar some pods are going in with stock brackets & wiring.

I've been reading through their archives for a few months now. Definitely the TBN equivalent for old JD tracked machines. I'll definitely get it back up & running soon. All the internals are fine. Just relatively easy to access electrical stuff. Not hard to figure out with maybe a dozen wires...

Carb rebuild got it running again. Could have used a bit more tuning, but it ran pretty decent. Busted out the new hot pressure washer & cleaned all the machines & cars off. As I half expected, that killed it again. Pulled the cap & rotor. Cleaned them up with some emmery paper as they were...

I had similar thoughts when I got my first machine a decade ago. Modular & infinitely swappable sounds cool & useful. But optimized tooling is the standard because it just works better. These days I just use the mower, box blade or LPGS as ballast & dont wory about it. My old L3200 was a light...

Found photos of the plow & moving a flail around. Also found pictures of a 3pt forklift I forgot about. Got it cheap off Craigslist. It was heavy & ate up most if my 3pt capacity without anything on the forks. I sold it as I didn't want to break my 3pt. It would lift far more than my 3pt would...

I built a SSQA to 3pt adapter. But the reverse of what you are talking about. It let's me mount 3pt impliments to the loader. It was originally a mounting bracket for a snow plow. I just welded a Quick Hitch to a SSQA plate. It worked well for moving impliments at times. So after I sold the plow...

Fuel usage & speed too. Roading my tractor with vs without an impliment cuts my max speed on a particular hill from a little over 7mph to under 6. 1,000lbs or so on a 40mph machine that is in the 6k range with loader & loaded tires is noticeable at times. I wouldn't run without loaded tires...

Ballpark you should be shooting for about the same weight on the 3pt as you are lifting with the loader. For an economy L that would be a little over 1,000lbs. 1,500lbs on my Grand L.

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True. But a 72" wide box blade that weighs 1,000lbs will be stronger than a 72" wide back blade that weighs 1,000lbs. You also really aren't going to find a back blade small enough for a L2501 that is really heavy duty, unlike bigger ones for bigger tractors. They probably exist, but aren't...

A ballast box is just a heavy thing on your 3pt hitch. A box blade is heavy. Generally they will ge around the same weight. A ballast box is thin steel you fill with dirt, a box blade is heavy steel with no way to fill it with anything. Some people do strap logs or heavy steel bars ontop of a...

Linear actuators have limit switches internally. If you leave the switch in either position it will just extend or contract all the way, then turn off. Thats how I had my first power SSQA wired & it worked fine. I think I had a 10@ breaker for a 15@ actuator. That way it tripped if the actuator...

The engineering & weight for a purely mechanic system would be prohibitive. SSQA levers have to transmit upwards of 100lbs of force each & move a foot & a half. Trying to move 2 at the same time, you are looking at moving a lever 3' and either 100 or 200lbs of force. Trying to get all of that...

"Rated to 2250". Most tractors run about 2,500psi & skid steers hit 3k. You probably want to avoid that one. Also the offset mount on mine looks funky & wrong. But it means you can see it from the cab instead of it being hidden behind the hood. You have enough problems bumping the machine...

I have a Danhuser hydraulic PHD. At best a tractor under 60hp has around 15hp on tap via hydraulics. A 3pt has an easy 30hp or more, depending on HP & sheer pins. My old L3200 put a lot more power into the 3pt PHD than my new L4060 into the hydraulic SSQA. But I now have reverse & down pressure...

Mine ran great for an hour. Then it died, gas started pouring out of the carb. Waiting for the carb rebuild kit to show up, but have the carb fully disassembled & cleaned. Foat needle didn't look to be in good shape. Tore a gasket pulling it apart. Kind of what I was expecting with an antique.

If you have crappy valves, you TnT cylinders will drift. Having gone through 7ish OEM Kubota valves, I've only found 1 that doesnt suck. I gave up & had the deaer put a DPOV on my side link & the one good valve on my toplink. I love float on the toplink & wouldnt give that up. A DPOV breaks...

PSI (2,500ish for tractors) times square inches of piston surface = force. For a 2" bore cylinder thats 4 square inches & 10,000lbs of force. I've got a 1" bore cylinder with a 5/8" rod for my build. 0.785 square inches & just under 2,000lbs of force. I got the small cylinder to minimize the...

I picked up a use Mi-T-M HSP-3003-3MGH | Gasoline | Direct Drive | Mi-T-M off Craigslist this weekend. It has Honda gas engine that does 3,000ps at 3gpm. A hair more volume, but about what you get for a standard cheap home gamer gas pressure washer. Bigger commercial ones will hit 4,000psi, but...

Same. Fitrite on my old L3200 worked great. OEM TnT on my new L4060hstc took 6 months & 3 tries. None fit well, most leaked, some in cups per minute. Finally got my money back & waited for Fitrite. Took a while as expected but fit perfectly. One of the cylinders developed a pinhole a few years...

Kubota Grand Ls have a hydraulic self-leveling option. Not completely sure how it works, presumably some sensors & an actuator that manipulates the curl valve based on sensor input. A pretty expensive option if I recall. No mechanical self leveling option on the Ls though. May be on the Ms, I'd...

That was my process. Chopped up an old propane can to make a forge. Ratchet straped the tank to a trailer then used a big wrench to pull the valve. Fill with water to displace anything flammable. Cut it up with a grinder after it mostly dried off.