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Interesting thread. Glad I found it. I have a 6’ cheap disc built on angle iron, and a 27hp Bobcat tractor. It’s 4 wheel drive, but does not have ag tires. I’ve got a small 3 ac field that’s grass and poison ivy. I’m going to try and plant some clover, and anything else that might attract...

Sad to hear this. Hope it’s not characteristic of the re-introduced Bobcats. My 2012 has been great.

That looks good. I was only considering a 3 point sprayer because I don’t want it in the back of my Side by side, because my grandkids ride back there all the time. The little trailer might be the ticket. Thanks

I just have a couple of small foodplots, and one 2 ac field I want to spray. I talked to the local coop but they won’t spray because of my trees. (100’ booms). So I’m going to get a sprayer. It looks like the one with the 12 volt pump would work ok for my small stuff. The question I...

Thanks. I don’t mind doing a few extra passes. I was thinking of putting a few cinder block on board also. I’m talking a total of less than 12 acres. I’ve never pulled a disc before. I know zero about setting it up. No idea how much hp I need to pull it. Was hoping with four wheel drive...

I’ve been looking for a few months. I’m finding mostly junk. All for around $1000. I’ll keep looking. Thanks

Thanks, I did look those up. I also see my 3 pt hitch will lift it.

Thanks. Have to stay out of the fields when they’re wet, that’s for sure. Wish now I’d gone with AG tires. Thanks again

Found a relatively inexpensive 6 1/2’ disc harrow at RuralKing. Made by King Cutter. Doesn’t seem very heavy duty, but I’m just going to use it for a couple of acres of food plots, and maintaining 9 acres of CRP. I don’t have AG tires on my CT225, but have the utility tires. Think my Bobcat...

Thanks John. I’ll investigate the rust issue. Mine have been working fine for a while now. Knock on wood. Jeff

It’s funny, the pictures make it look flat. I was in low with the front wheels pulling and my left heel on the rear diff lock to get up the backside. It looks flat here. Hey, Eagle 1, I’ve been through Viburnum a bunch of times. Alway on a motorcycle. Ha! Beautiful country down that way.

I got both ends done, and a little bit more along the top. I’m just not comfortable getting on anything steeper. Maybe I’m way off, and the ct225 with loaded tires could tilt a lot more. I’m just not going to find out. I’ll weed eat the rest when it cools off.

Roustabout, I didn’t see your post until after my last post. I may look into that. (Getting some younger guys to just weed eat it). Probably only need it done two or three times a year.

I’m thinking I can go up and down at an angle. In case it’s too steep to go straight up. But obviously keep from getting sideways on the hill.

That’s my fear. They’ll go right through the dam into the pond. Then the water follows the path right back out. (Once the trees die). These trees were just a few years old. I don’t think their roots went all the way through the dam.

I have a CT225. I’ve spent the day chainsawing the backside of the dam. Pond is 8 yrs old. I haven’t tried mowing the back side. I noticed sycamore or cottonwood trees, locust trees, and some elms were growing up near the base of the dam. question, whats the best way to mow back there. I...

I guess I’ve been lucky. I’ve pulled those connectors apart three times, but haven’t damaged a hose. I wonder if a section of hose and a couple of radiator clamps might patch it? But if it’s only dripping, it’d probably still be dripping. Hope you find a easy solution, but my guess is...

I’ve only got 200+ hours on my 2012. The hydro does make a fair amount of noise. Could be my fault, as I let the fluid level get low last year. I almost always have on hearing protection, so I don’t notice it very often. Still runs like new..

Mine is working ok. Not perfect, or as well as it did when it was new, but it works. For the last year, it seems like 90% of my seat time on the tractor is dragging or pushing downed trees out of the way. We had a huge wind storm come through and I lost 100+ big trees. I’m on and off the...

With retirement I settled down to two reliable easy to take care of bikes, that get me where I want to go. Honda CTX 1300 and a Yamaha Tenere 700. I don’t think I’ve got another Alaska trip in me, but did get all over CO, WY, MT, and SD last summer.

Something else I better check. Hope you get it back up and running soon.

Very helpful! I should have searched the Kioti threads. It’s at least good to know I’m nit the only one that’s had trouble with my PB. Thanks!

So far, so good. I’ve got it to work. I just have to really push down hard on the brakes. It stays locked. From the warnings on the above posts, I’m being much more careful about lowering the bucket and using that for a brake also. For whatever reason, it seems like a lot of my tractor time...

For me it’s just the getting up and down to do gates, doors, and anything else. I was used to leaving the engine running for every time I hopped off the tractor for something. Now it seems like I’m starting it up all the time.

I’ve tried to get a good look at it. There are three notches in the bar. They appear to be fine. The plate that drops into the notches looks ok. Mine started off popping off a time or two. It evolved into just not holding at all. I’d shut down and use the loader to hold the tractor as best...

Well I’m guessing I’m the only one that’s having trouble with the brake lock.. LOL.

What’s the secret to adjusting the brakes, so the parking lock (or whatever it’s called) work? Wouldn’t stay on at all, tried some adjustments and now it will hold, but it’s really sensitive. Plus I’m pushing down pretty hard. Only have 220 hrs on it, I doubt It’s worn out. Lots of hills...

I recently bought a receiver hitch for my three point hitch. I’m in hilly country, but where my 25’ trailer is it’s pretty flat. I haven’t moved it yet, but I’m really confident it’ll do the job. Much better visibility than with my pickup. Plus getting the trailer hitched up will be way...

Ok, this just gets weirder. I hauled the mower deck up to the JD dealer yesterday. Everything worked perfectly. So zero cost to fix it. Ha! I have no idea why it was dead earlier, but works great now. Maybe bouncing in the trailer loosened something up? I did have this part drop out from...

Well I screwed up. I was mowing leaves out of the yard, pretty deep. When I hit a buried garden hose. I knew it was there, but thought I would clear it. I am an idiot. The hose got cut up and one piece tangled. I have removed hose pieces and the blades turn fine. Belts seem fine...

I ended up getting a 2013 X540. Has 420 hours. It痴 a little rough, so I was able to talk them down to $2500. It runs very well. They just replaced deck supports, mower belt, plugs filters and oil. It needs headlights maybe a new grill. The hood is intact and not cracked. Looks like a...

I amlooking at a JD Lawn tractor to replace my dying old Craftsman. It an X540, looks like new, except a torn seat. It is a 2006, with 1100 hours on it. He is asking $3,000. Is this a fair price? It really looks nice. Older gentleman has had it. He has taken good care of it. Kawasaki...

Hitting the Missouri Tour of Honor sites on my Honda 1300 CTX. Unicorn bike, only made one year (2014) but I am liking it. Edit, somehow a picture (thumbnail) got added from a bike trip to Chicken Alaska. I tried to delete it, but cannot figure out how to delete a thumbnail pic.

:D Had a good day. Normally we bring out our Honda UTV to haul deer, but I think the started is shot..

I mow at farm and home. Fighting a very inexpensive snapper for home use. At the farm besides brush hog behind my bobcat I mow a lot with a 20HP Craftsman 50? The deck is about shot. It痴 been welded back together twice now. I知 thinking of getting rid of it and moving on. I found a...

I just bought a 28 cut. 12.5 hp Briggs Stratton engine, electric start. It has maybe 20 hours on it. It was bought in 2007 and has been sitting a long time. It may have been stored vertically. The previous owner said the bars on the rear were for vertical storage. He put in fresh gas...

I致e got a Craftsman lawn tractor with a Kohler pro 20 V Twin. 50 cut. It says model 917.273061. It started to develop Fuel leak a couple of years ago, but it was only when I had the tank almost full. In the last month it seems to drip pretty steadily with any more than 1/4 tank. I took a pic...

Had to put the old Setter down a month or so ago. He made it to 15. By far my oldest Setter. I tried a Drathaar, but that dog was the craziest dog I've ever seen, let alone, tried to train. I just got a real crazy one, bad luck. Well I went back to a Setter. Found this young lady down in...

Got back from the Smokys on Sunday night. Had a blast. It's like NW Ark. there aren't any bad roads in the Smokys. :D When I left early Saturday morning I had to ride the Tail if the Dragon in the dark. Although there was a full moon, it was crazy. Some of it was first gear. You just can't...

IT, hope you are still enjoying your ride. I heard yesterday there was snow around Jackson WY. Hope you aren't in snow! I wish I was still out there.. Another pic from the Continental Divide Trail.

Traded my 08 BMW 1200 Adventure for a used 14. Took it out on its first big trip last week. Went from St Louis out to Rawlins WY, got on the Continental Divide Trail, and made it as far north as Butte MT. Then booked it back home to MO. 3,500 miles (approx) in five days. Had a blast. Need...

Found the culprit.. Hasn't found a button, switch, or knob he didn't want to push, turn, flip, etc..

I've got a CT225 getting ready to mow again. Backed up to the brush hog and the arms will not lower. Hydraulic fluid is just below the low level notch on the dipstick. Loader is going up and down just fine. LookIng at the linkage underneath, it looks fine. Everything appears to be connected...

Rode out to Colo a few weeks ago. Had a blast riding some of the passes out there. I did get into some hot windy conditions out in KS.. 108 with a south wind that was trying to blow me off the road. Ha

Not sure when it happened, I was clearing some ground of brush and downed trees. When I got back to the barn, I was going to raise the bucket all the way up. It comes up about two feet and stops. No more.. I checked the hydraulic connections (from reading the post earlier about hydraulics.)...

Got a new pup last week. The old guy isn't liking him one bit. Drathaar pup, named him Dirk. He's been a pleasure so far. (Just four nights though.).

My CT225 wouldn't start last week. Just a humming sound when I turn the key, either way. I thought it might be the battery, so I put it on a trickle charger for a week. Tried to start it again on Saturday, same sounds. I thought it might be a bad battery, so I took it out and had Battery's Plus...

Isn't Niehaus up by Litchfield IL? I've been by there before. I had a quest at one time to own a Valkrie. I found one later on Craigslist.. Loved the smooth power of that bike, but I had become used to much smaller bikes, and couldn't get used to the small fuel tank, and lower mpg. But I loved...

Richard, You find these great threads. I love motorcycles. Riding motorcycles. Took 20 years off when the kids were little, but got back into it when the youngest turned 16. Now have a BMW 1200 GS Adventure I've put 50,000 miles on it. My other bike is a 650 thumper (single cylinder) bmw x...

Quick question.. Anybody pulling a 6' Woods mower (brush hog type) behind a CT225? I pull a 5' mower now, with zero problems. My neighbor does not think my little tractor can handle it. My neighbor passed away late last year, his wife already sold his Kubota tractor (I don't know what model...

I have to admit.. This 225 is the first diesel I've ever owned. I'm still running the tractor, and I imagine I will most of the winter, but do I need to do anything to prep it for cold weather? Isn't there a diesel additive for cold weather? I've put a whopping 40 hrs on it since purchased new...

I'm always in a hurry, and seem to get frustrated a bit too easy. My 05 Ranger started leaking oil a few weeks ago, I've had radiator, and electrical problems in the last year also. I bought it pretty well used from a Polaris/Honda dealer. It was all the budget would allow. They had a 2010 Honda...

Don't know much about these old lawn tractors. This one has a 42" deck. Buddy of mine put a new (used) engine in it, and a rebuilt starter. He says everything else is ok. My question is, can a tractor this old handle weekly mowing? Not a huge yard, will take 90 min or so. I don't want...

I bought a old 5' Mohawk brush cutter. It came with a three foot PTO shaft, when I first hooked it up to my Bobcat CT225, it was very apparent the PTO shaft was too short. The guy (junk dealer, I'll call him) I bought it from is going to extend the male portion of the PTO shaft by 6". I think...

I should search first on this question, because I'm sure I'm not the first to have this question. Our place had a sewage lagoon for a septic system. I've no experience with a lagoon system, but I can make a assumption or two. Our lagoon does not hold much water, it just doesn't get much use...

Well, I guess I was trying to move a little too much brush. A branch got up under the front end and popped off a coolant line. I was moving some "just cut" downed timber off the field. Making a brush pile. I heard a funny sound under the front end. Got off to check things and coolant was...

Guess I've been busy on this site, as I've got 100 posts already. But, I've found a lot of good info here, and a lot of nice folks. We have 40+ acres up in NE Missouri, but are only part timers up there. Live down in the St Louis area on 3+ acres. It's pretty much hillside in St Louis, so I...

Got it to the farm yesterday. Had about two hours before other commitments pulled me off of it. Started off with stump removal. Didn't get it done, the stump was a lot more sturdy than I anticipated. :o It does fit in the barn though. Ha

Going down to southeast Missouri tomorrow to look at a CT225. It's got the industrial tires vs the ag tires I wanted, but I hope to get by with them. I guy down in Neelyville, Mo bought 50 of them when they quit making them. He's got two left. He had three last week when I talked with him, but...

I started a new thread for this. It's one of the first decent deals (from my inexperienced perspective) I've seen. It's a 2001 KIOTI DK35 with loader Detailed Description 2001 Kioti DK35 4WD tractor with 685 hours, NEW Front Tires, & 1 rear hyd valve Fuel: Diesel, Weight: 3,872 $7,500. (Be...

Howdy, I'm from Missouri. Small farm (not primary residence) 44 acres, for hunting, and getting away. Now it looks like I need a tractor, if I'm going to make some of the changes I need to make. Plus, a tractor looks like a cool toy.. Ha, I admit it. But I'm a cheap b#%^€£¥, and I don't want...

I found a CT 225, new, loader, ez hookups, hst, either R4 industrial tires, or narrower "crop" type tires.. @$14,000. I've been reading, looking, at various sites, for what seems an eternity. Haven't bought it yet, but close. First post, I can take blunt recommendations.. I've got 44 acres, just...