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I've had my new to me tractor for about 4 months now and have put a few hours on it and am pretty happy with it so far. The only real complaint that I have is that the foot throttle is too sensitive and I end up getting the thing jerking back and forth when I push on it with my foot in the...

Okay, I wasn't really looking at a John Deere, but this mower has been on craigslist for a while now and I think it is a good enough deal that I may end up buying it. John Deere Z425 Mower The guy has said he would take $2,000 for it and says it runs and mows great. He would keep it but he...

Okay, after upgrading to a new to me 55hp cab tractor I've been wanting for years, I've decided I can justify upgrading my mowing equipment from the used $500 mower that I have strapped on the front of my ATV and get a zero turn mower. I only mow about 1 1/2 acres around my house with quite a...

Okay. I've never really been one to let people borrow my stuff. Well, I let people borrow my truck, trailers, tools, etc., but in the past my tractor and other motorized equipment have been tricky to operate and I never felt comfortable letting someone use them. I always offered to operate it...

Pretty much what the title says. My 1996 Kubota L4200 is needing a new front axle and the repair price tag is close to $5k quoted by the dealer. I'm looking at closer to $2k buying a used front axle tube and differential, but I'm leaning toward fixing it and then getting rid of it. I've...

Okay, I've had something leaking hydraulic fluid for a while now, but it's getting worse and I'm ready to get it fixed now. Tractor is operating fine, but I'm tired of the mess on the floor of my barn. Looking at the parts diagram, the cable shift assembly is all one part and it's expensive...

Okay, My seat has always been broken but it is pretty much gone now. I would probably be better off bolting something directly to the floorboard than the broken mess I have now. I've put it off for a long time because just the suspension base (that's what's broken) is $275 from a discounted...

Okay, this seems like the complete opposite way to think about picking out a tractor, but I'm seriously considering upgrading to a tractor so that my 3 year old son would be able to ride with me occasionally. My brother in law has a John Deere 6420 and he let my son ride with him in the buddy...

I'm looking at renting a travel trailer to take hunting in Wyoming this fall. I've found a local place that will rent me a 24' lightweight trailer for $650 for 9 days to get there and back. It weighs 4,000lbs and is well within the capabilities of my Chevy 1/2 4x4 Z71 pickup. I was talking...

I've been posting in the Kubota Owning/Operating forum, but so far have just been posting back and forth to myself. I guess I should have posted here instead. Anyone have any suggestions on my issue? Thanks, Nathan Here's the link to the thread -...

Well, I never figured out what was causing my problems with my L4200 last year, but it has been working well for the last several months so I'm hoping it was just some bad fuel or something. The new problem is that this weekend doing some brush clearing hydraulic fluid started spewing out of...

I was out brush hogging some tall weeds today with my Kubota L4200 (45hp diesel - 1996 with 1,050 hours) and was giving the old girl a pretty good workout. Nothing she hasn't done before but a workout all the same. Going through some Russian Thistle and Careless Weeds 5 to 6 foot tall. Mowing...

Okay, I've always had leaky seals on my front axles on my L4200. I keep the oil checked pretty regularly and put kitty litter on the floor of the barn. Not worth the several hours of time to replace the seals. Yesterday I started to use the tractor and when I first started out, on every full...

I'm always checking craigslist for stuff and there is a 6300w craftsman generator with electric start on there for $600 which seems like a pretty good deal. It has a 220v outlet but it is only a 20 amp outlet. Is there anyway to work it so that I could run my 50 amp 220v welder on it or should...

I have a line on an extra joystick loader valve with all the trimmings. I was thinking that I could use this for 2 rear remotes pretty easily. It is going to be a little bulky, but I was thinking I could figure out a way to get it mounted where it wouldn't be too much in the way. Am I missing...

It was probably a year or so ago but someone posted on digging holes for trees with their FEL. They described how they did it and dug some nice 5' square holes to plant some larger trees in. I've searched high and low and can't seem to find the thread. I have a toothbar on my FEL and I think...

I've been thinking about getting a sprayer for a while now and saw a 25 gallon ATV sprayer on sale for $170 that seems like it is almost too good of a deal to be true. http://www.moultriefeeders.com/productdetail.aspx?id=MFH-SPR25D At first thought an ATV sprayer seems like the ideal option...

Okay, I've used my 8 foot tandem disc a few times now and I have some questions. It is not a lightweight disc, it probably weighs around 1,000 lbs. It is the heaviest 3 point implement I have and I have a 7' Bush Hog Medium Duty box blade that is listed as weighing 710lbs and the disc is a...

Well, I'm not sure what happened by my fuel tank is leaking on my Kubota L4200. I'm pretty sure it started on Saturday after mowing on some rough ground so maybe I stressed it or something. I circled the area in red where it is leaking. It appears to be leaking from the inside of the hole...

Well all this talk about Cabs has got me thinking. (Plus getting stung by a bunch of bees while mowing). I've just been looking around at tractors again, and found a 1998 L4200 that is basically my tractor but a couple years newer and has 640 hours instead of 993 hours and it has a Cab with AC...

I just don't understand my local dealership. Over the weekend I finally got fed up with my leaking steering cylinder and pulled the sucker out. The rod has a blemish and needs replaced. I pulled up the parts manual on my computer that was provided to me free of charge by TractorSmart.com and...

Okay, I planted a mixed 5 acre plot of winter wheat and oats last fall. It did excellent and had beautiful seed heads and limited weeds. I mowed down a patch of it for dove season and it is drawing the birds in very well. I had planned on mowing an acre or so every other week during dove...

Okay, this has been covered a dozen times and I know there are several rules of thumb on how big of implements to use based on the hp of the tractor. I've heard a lot of 5hp per foot of implement statments for about every implement imaginable. My specific situation is that I have a 45hp 4wd...

Now that I have 160 acres of land that is 100 miles from my house I'm wondering if any of you have duplicate attachments that you keep at your properties? I have 42 acres around my house so I still need to use the attachments around the house too. I can haul the tractor and 1 attachment on my...

Is it okay to use a small backhoe on a medium sized tractor. I've seen a few of the 6' dig depth 3 point backhoes go for a reasonable price but they generally show they are rated for up to 30 hp tractor. My tractor is 45 hp. The backhoe has it's own PTO pump so it wouldn't be an issue of my...

I've been patiently watching for a decent used box blade for almost a year now and there are 2 for sale right now. Both are Bush Hog SBX models. I really don't "need" a box blade but it would be nice to have to help fill some low spots in my road that is difficult with my 7' straight blade. I...

I thought I would start a separate post for this from the cistern question. On my new land I'm going to put a travel trailer down there to leave so we can spend the weekends in comfort if we get the oppurtunity. I'm trying to decide if I should put in a cement pad to set the trailer on or just...

On my new property I have about 1 acre that has been used pretty much as a junkyard for probably the last 20 or 30 years. It has a few large trees and is fenced off from the rest of the property and I am planning on putting a travel trailer on it so we can spend the weekend down there in...

First some background. I'm in the process of buying 160 acres of ranch and recreational land southeast of Snyder, Texas. It has 110 acres of range land and 50 cultivated acres. Currently it has a tenant that is paying a modest amount to run cattle on the place. He plants winter wheat and...

For most of you this would be no big deal but it was pretty exciting for me. We got about 3" of snow yesterday and had a good wind blowing so we ended up getting some pretty decent drifts on the crossroads where we turn to go to our house. I BARELY made it home last night in my 2 wheel drive...

I was looking through the latest flyer and there were several items that looked pretty good. Anyone have one of the 10% or 15% off coupons in an email or something? Thanks, Nathan

Okay, my 5 acres of sunflowers and sorghum that I planted for wildlife ended up being pretty much a total bust due to lack of rain. I now have 5 acres of weeds with a little sorghum scattered around here and there. We did get some really good rain over labor day and now the weeds are really...

Was checking out ebay and saw this planter about 350 miles away. eBay: Pasture Dream D-2 PLOW SEED FERTILIZE (item 300022244762 end time Sep-04-06 12:34:41 PDT) It looks pretty decent, but I couldn't find anything on it online. Should I wait until I find a decent grain drill closer or does...

Okay, I'm starting to plant some row crops and trying to figure out row spacing. The rear tires on my Kubota L4200 are on 53" center and are 70" from outside to outside. I think the biggest problem is that they are R4 tires and are 17.5" wide. Most of the farmers around here have their rows...

Okay, I had a leaking hydraulic hose on my loader and when I was running some other errands I noticed a place that makes hydraulic hoses. Instead of trying to makes something work I thought I would just have them make the hose exactly the length I wanted it. 26". I got it home and put it on...

Well, we got some rain so I got out on my tractor and new to me 7 1/2' disc and made 2 passes over some ground that had been planted in wheat 4 years ago and has just been fallow since. I then got out my new to me 2 row planter and loaded 1 hopper up with sunflowers and the other hopper up with...

Okay, I've got my pond up and running and there are birds coming in for that. I've got 18 acres of CRP for cover and lots of native grasses. I want to put in a 5 acre food plot to make this a bird paradise. (Of course I have ulterior motives with a shotgun this fall) I've read that sorghum...

Okay, I've been looking at discs for a couple weeks. I think I need one to loosen up the soil to plant a food plot for birds. I think I want to plant some sorghum and sunflowers. King Kutter has a nice box frame for $1,250 for a 7 1/2' one for my 45hp tractor: I found a decent looking used...

Well after a mix up with the materials the barn is now officially underway. They got here about 10:30 this morning and I stopped by around lunch. Dimensions are 30' x 40' x 12' tall. Here is when they were just setup and getting started: And this is what it looked like at 6:00 tonight...

I just had an idea that might be stupid but thought I would see if anyone else has tried it. I have a shop made 16' flat bed utility trailer. I am going to get 2 yards of pea gravel to put in my pond. I was thinking about loading it up and hauling it home (the gravel pit I'm getting it from...

Okay, my steering cylinder is leaking on one side. A new cylinder costs about $400 but I would think this could be repaired. Is there any way to open it up without taking it off the tractor? Here is a picture of the overall room there is to work on it: And here is a close up of where the...

I've been moving some rocks up around a pond. So far they have all been small enough to pick up with the loader, but the next batch is going to be a little more of a challenge because they are all a little bigger. The heaviest implement I have is the mower so that's why it's on there and I...

Okay, I've been waiting for my local tractor supply type place (Gebo's) to get in a subsoiler. They still haven't but they got in a middlebuster. I went ahead and bought it and switched out the shank to a subsoiler type chisel point. I asked them what the difference was between the subsoiler...

Okay, I got a "Grab Bag of Kubota Parts" off ebay and it is basically 3 Hydraulic remotes for an L305 or L345. I bought these thinking I could use them on my L4200, but they are not stand alone hydraulic valves but seem to tie into the tractors hydraulic system directly, which must be under...

Okay, I have a definite oil leak. I'm 99% sure it is hydraulic oil and pretty sure it is coming from the steering cylinder. I took a couple pics: There is a slight leak on the actual axle hub but the one in the middle of the axle is a drip, drip type leak. There is a hydraulic cylinder...

Okay, I thought I had fixed the seat on my L4200 GST but it already broke again. One of the parts in the seat suspension assembly is reamed out and it seems like I will be spending a lot of wasted time and effort fixing it only to have it come apart again. Also I've discovered that the actual...

Not 100% sure what forum to put this in but this seemed like the best place. I've been watching the sales at Harbor Frieght and was checking to see what some of you thought about some of the items I'm thinking about buying. I have my Dad's old stick welder and with the new barn I'm going to...

Okay, I won an auction on ebay for an assorted box of hydraulic parts. I'm thinking I might be able to put some of it together to get me a set of remotes for my tractor. They guy listed some part numbers and they are legitimate Kubota part numbers but I can't figure out what they belong too...

Okay, I'm about to pull the trigger on one of these tooth bars from Ebay. Seller has 100% feedback and the price is decent $264 + $75 shipping = $339 and looks like it is pretty good quality. Ebay Toothbar Has anyone here bought one of these? Any pros or cons to their design that anyone...

What\'s wrong with my seat? Okay, I'm pretty slow I guess. I can't figure out what's wrong with my seat. It is unstable and tippy and I don't feel comfortable on it. I got the tractor used and I'm working through several hopefully minor issues to get everything sorted out. Here are some...

Okay, I've thought about using my new tractor and loader for scaffolding this summer when painting the house. My plans are to get some of the clamp on pallet forks and make a scaffold setup out of 3/4" plywood and a frame that will use the pallet forks at the widest that they will go on the...

Okay, I'm about to pull the trigger on my barn. I know everyone said that 30' x 40' would be too small but that fits in the budget and I put an outline on the ground and parked all my equipment inside it and I think it will work for now. With that said, I do have a question on what is the best...

Okay, The front tires on my new to me L4200 GST are a little on the worn side. I could probably get another year or two out of them but I'm kind of wanting to go ahead and get some new ones on there. The R4's on it are 10 X 16.5. It has R4 17.5L X 24 on the rear. The parts manual calls for...

Okay, I don't want to start a war on oil brands or anything and have searched trying to find the answer, but on the Kubota website it has this blurb for recommended engine oil for my L4200: <font color="red"> "Engine Oil (Below 32°F use SAE10W or SAE10W-30 or 10W-40) (32°F to 77°F use SAE20...

Okay, I've decided the first real project for my new tractor will be leveling and building up a Pad site for my 30' x 40' metal barn. The front is level and it slopes off about 2' to the back of where the barn will sit. I've been quoted $1,800 to have it done by a professional but this will...

Okay, my tractor is missing the top link. I can buy a generic top link for $25 either on ebay or at the tractorsupply type places. I thought it would be nice to have a gray top link to match everything and just checked online for a Kubota top link (Part no 35080-71100) and it is $183.32! Why...

Okay, I've about decided on getting a 30' X 40' steel building put up. I've been quoted $12,150 for it with a 4" slab, overhead door, 1 entry door and a window and 12' tall walls. What is going to go in the building is my Kubota L4200, 2 - Suzuki 250cc ATV's, Yamaha FZR 1000 Motorcycle, 46"...

Okay, I've been tinkering with my new to me 1996 L4200 GST and have a few questions. Kenny mentioned that there should be 2 springs in the forward and reverse lever but I can't figure it out. The parts diagram only shows one: (Part 60) (These pictures are very small - 13kb so I went ahead and...

Just wondering if the ebay Kubota parts end up cheaper or if they are the same price as parts from a reasonable dealer? For my L4200 I could get all the filters off ebay as follows: Kubota Engine Oil filter (70000-74035) --- $7.51 Kubota Fuel Filter (15521-43160) ---------- $3.20 Kubota...

Okay, I'm stuck in the office and haven't been able to use my new to me L4200 GST more than an hour tops since I got it last Friday. I test drove a L5030 GST as well, and ran my L4200 for about an hour smoothing my driveway and had a few questions about how those of you with the GST...

Well I thought I was on to something when a set of triple rear remotes that would fit my L4200 were on ebay and the top bid was $680 yesterday. Auction ended today and they went for $1,025! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7601001527&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1 I...

Okay, I'm not a certified mechanic (I'm a certified public accountant though ) so I don't plan on tearing down my tractor and rebuilding it or anything like that but I do think I need at least an owners manual for it. Looking online I found what seems to be the best price for the owners manual...

Okay, I now have my new tractor and I want to put it to use working on my 2,500' long driveway. I've always used my old Farmall M and a 7' straight blade and it really has done pretty well. I angle it 15 degrees and run it down each side of the road and push the gravel toward the middle...

Well, I've been searching for about 9 months for a loader tractor. Originally I was looking at older International utility tractors, and finally started looking at new tractors. I ended up with an orange tractor instead of a red one though. I almost bought a brand new Kubota L5030 and then...

Okay, after almost pulling the trigger on a brand new L5030 yesterday, I just happened to come across a used L4200 last night for what seems to be a very reasonable price. Here are a couple pictures: pic 1 pic 2 Price quoted is $11,900 for the tractor with just under 1,000 hours. It is...

Okay, I think I've narrowed all my choices down to the L4330 or L5030 with GST. I tried out the HST and GST models this morning and really like the GST better for my primary useage. The L4330 is $24,000 with a LA-853 loader w/ toothbar and the L5030 is $26,800 with the same loader. I'm going...

Okay, I'm happy with the local dealer and they seem friendly and checking prices they don't seem way out of line, but I noticed an ad today when traveling in a different part of the state and saw a dealer with quite a bit better prices. My dealer has a no haggle price on their MX5000 with a...

Okay, I was about set on a Kubota L4400 then on a Kubota MX5000 (both manual transmissions) and now am leaning toward an HST. The kubota has a really nice HST with 3 different ranges in the GL4630 and GL5030 models. I checked out the CaseIH DX45 model with the HST and I couldn't really figure...

Some of the manufacturers are really pushing the benefits of the curved loaders and hoods that are out now (i.e. Case IH, New Holland) Do these really give you a big advantage on being able to see what youare working on over the standard loader and hood like on a Kubota? Thanks, Nathan

Okay, I think I have my tractor choice about decided. I'm leaning strongly toward an MX5000 Kubota with a LA-852 loader. Tractor is 3,500lbs, add 1,000lbs for loader, 800lbs for box blade and we are at 5,300lbs. I'm now trying to decide if I need to get a trailer for it or not. I want a 7'...

Okay, I'm still trying to narrow down the tractor that I need and have about decided on the XM5000 with the LA-852 loader. I will be using this as my only tractor on my 42 acres that would need to be used for grading my road, mowing pasture and brush, plus some occasional loader work. The...

I was able to test drive a L4400 and liked it but they had a L4630 there and the powershift transmission looked like it would really be handy. The 4630 had a lot of nicer features also but the powershift was the one I envyed the most. The L4400 was $19,500 and the 4630 was $24,300 I think. It...

Okay, I've been shopping for a used loader tractor for almost a year and can't find what I consider a reasonably good tractor at a reasonable price. I have 42 Acres, 1/2 mile gravel driveway, main useage for tractor is smoothing the driveway, mowing weeds, etc. I currently have a 1945 Farmall...