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Amen to the above. Bought a 8' foot box blade from EA long before their self created financial train wreck but won't further support a business that took many customer's money and didn't deliver.

Stumping with a root ripper is great fun.

I have no experience with the Landini Vision 105 however I thought I would stop the annoying backup buzzer on my Kubota M59 TLB by unplugging the electrical connections to the buzzer. Worked great UNTIL I shut tractor down and attempted to restart. No clicky no signs of life. Turns out the...

Not really. I'm a country boy so acreage in Faiview NC and where most of the toys are kept and home in Knoxville because TN has no income and death taxes. Best of both worlds.

BX Expanded facility is located in Knoxville and about 10 minutes from my home there. Visited BX to see if they would build a custom QA for my M59. After much thought on BX's part they said they did not have the skills and their working material thickness was not sufficient to meet the loads...

Nope My fellow Tennesean, TOC is short for TN One Call. Website: Home TOCs portal: https://gcv3.tn811.com/geocall/portal TOC is a state wide database and ticket request center supporting Call Before You Dig to prevent damage to public utilities USIC is the current state contracted utility...

Hello fellow TN resident. TOC is shorthand for TN One Call. The local TN utility supplier is requesting the contracted utility locator ( usually USIC ) to locate all public utilities within 50 feet of the "X" mark in advance of digging or boring at or near the X. USIC will not locate/mark...

Root/ Frost ripper on custom quick attach that mates to the KX40 excavator tools and a few stumps. Stump with huge tape root was 24" plus dia

Burning Rials is probably cheaper, by the ton, than paying for pellets or cured firewood. The current 2024 foreign exchange on Rials is officially 42,xxx Iranian Rials to ONE USD but actual rate in use is 767,xxx to one USD. xxx used in FOREX info because the inflation rate is so high its...

Just as so long as you stack them nicely like this. The, ever so considerate, Iranian govt has decide to slice 4 zeroes off their currency to make the populace happy. Iranian currency inflation since 2018, if memory serves, is running at average of 38% per year. Someone just purchased a...

Like RjCorazza, I applied milky spore, see attached pics, to lawn and my japanese beetle population and resulting rose and turf damage went to zero after about two years. Takes some time for spore to spread itself through the ground and kill off the grubs. The spores stay active in the ground...

Greedy no, just opportunistic and willing to help someone in need.

You need a bigger ranch to justify the heavy equipment ;););)

I would be willing to provide a no charge 30 yard dumpster for you to fill with cash.

You need to grow a few extra arms and hands like this Hindu god. The extra faces also help out ;)

The 3rd function for use on the M59's FEL is a momentary button on the FEL joy stick and is electric over hydraulic ( an electric solenoid opens the hydraulic solenoid and it immediately closes when button released). You will quickly learn how long to keep the momentary button depressed. A...

I purchased a 72" Bradco root rake in 2016 for $4,600 for the M59 TLB which has a 75" track width because I want the grapple to pick up everything in the tractors path so I don't run over what I want to remove. I scale at 10K+ lbs with loaded tires, grapple and backhoe. I think your budget is...

^ Much appreciated. Always interested in expanding my tooling knowledge.

Always looking for quality British standard tools - gauges, tapes & dies. Koken, Stahlwille, and Gedore are my go to for quality British standard tools still being produced. Who are you aware of? An unusual spanner ;)

Very interesting. I would have thought metric would be go to unit, given Germany and Japan make the high end stuff, so is the Whitworth thread common in the microscope sector or just in one supplier. Which microscope producers use Whitworth thread? What is the unit on the "0.8"? Always...

Thanks for Whitworth link. Fun to read through it again. My introduction to Whitworth was 45 years ago when family friend asked me to help remove body of English car so he could do a frame and running gear refresh on a early 20's car. Been collecting and using BSW, SAE, and Metric tools since...

Did CA or San Diego provide any financial benefit to your purchase of electric vehicles? A CA friend, 15 years ago, went the electric car route because CA incentivized the purchase of electric cars and the PV installed on his property. My memory was 50% of cost for PV was paid by state so it...

Give that man a "Good Post" for a correct answer. I will however ask why you would even consider I have a poor understanding of the British imperial system as I clearly indicated is was a 1/8 not a 1/8 inch ( as in a SAE unit). Now what is your response to the second part about it being used...

One clue. Its foreign but was used on cars built 1928 to 1931ish in USA.

So who recognizes this 1/8 open end wrench?

EscapedSuburbia, You beat me to the response on Net contributors. Here is some more detailed info for what appears to be latest year info is available for which states in 2023 contribute more or less to Fed in income taxes that they get back in "Federal" funding. Lets call it what is really is...

Its a scam per KS Secretary of the State web site OR a zombie web site that someone is keeping alive or paid period hasn't run out. From Marshall web site ( indicates located in Goddard, KS. From KS Secretary of State site - Business Dissolved. Doesn't indicate if State "adminstratively"...

If we move to metric then what am I going to do with hundreds of these tools? Here is a 1/8 open end wrench on a ruler with scale in inches. Lets see where this takes the thread.

Gsganzer, I really hope CA gets their ship up-righted as I too have spent many wonderful work trips to various CA cities and the opportunity within the existing CA business and personnel base is great UNFORTUNATELY the profligate spending and then the taxing to backfill the hole seems to be...

First, my apologies to Ultrarunner and any other TBN member from CA but they don't call it "The land of fruits and nuts for no reason". A place where much, but not all, of the governance is based on spend and then tax to backfill the profligate spend. What I can't wrap my head around is why...

Please post link to original article. Thanks

Newbury, A EULA is a one sided document wholly in favor of the selling/ producing company that you have no standing to revise so presume the worst that any interaction with the software is reported back to the selling/ producing company. User beware!! You can limit what get reported by proper...

Newberry, Trailer tires are load and speed rated. So far the comments have been about load rating ( number of plies ) but not about speed rating. I migrated to N speed rated tires after suffering blowouts, on highway, when towing well below the rated tire load on L speed rated tires. As speed...

Very nice well thought out and executed work. Have you considered how to remount the root ripper? Smokeydog and I both encountered the same problem when remounting a root ripper using our QA equipped M59s. The ripper wants to roll to one side so Smokeydog added ears to keep ripper from...

LouNY, Be careful with where you haul with that combination with truck rated pull of 11K and trailer gross rating of 14K. State troopers have a pretty good idea of what truck is rated to pull what load and you may get a serious looking over. DOT fines get expensive fast. The trailer...

Yes, I have explained the financial trade ( cost recovery/ saving big dollars ) to my wife more than once and that is why I use the 50% recovery rule as justification in my conversation. Here is another example. Had 27 Leland Cypress, 50-60 foot tall, in front of a decaying fence due to...

Great way to eliminate weeds 😁

Thanks for the heads up. Another reason I am part of this forum. That's the kind of exciting day no one ever wants. Good to hear you ran it to ground. (pun intended :rolleyes: )

That would be the sequel to Caddyshack 🔥🔥

Pricey is relative. A TLB tractor is only as good as the tools that is can use so the rock bits are not pricey because there are only 4 other choices when facing rocky soil. Don't dig there ( not an option in rock infested W NC [ see pic] ), use the back hoe or excavator ( leaves a very big...

A SSQA mounted hydraulic auger either on tractor or on skidsteer/tracked loader works really well in rocky soil. I have two different styles of auger bits. One with spade teeth on leading flute edge and others called rock frost bits with carbide tipped cutting edge flutes along with hard...

Aquabird, I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the financial train wreck Everything Attachments went thru a short time ago and the resulting non delivery of numerous paid for orders. Left a bad taste with many members here. I bought box blade years before trouble began but will not ever ever...

Perhaps we should start the TBN Mutual Insurance Company specializing in tractors and off road equipment.

No I wouldn't think you were nutz, however I do have problem with the shenanigans that go on in the book keeping and legal juggling the insurance play in order to "justify" raising their rates with the individual state regulators. You have the benefit of offsetting those costs, to some degree...

An interesting conclusion on your part and one of the benefits of this community. Another way to look at your problem is. If you were to take the $50K or $100K and invest it and realize an average return of 10% then you could peel off 10% long term gain each year and pay the tax on gain ( max...

Dieselscout80, Thanks for link. I now will NEVER consider buying a New Holland product now that I can see the lack of thoughtful engineering design they put into making their products. In your link there is a post #3 and pic labeled ref 8 that supposedly indicates the connecting rod came into...

The important part that you have not provided is the tree root ball dia. Root ball dia drives the hole dia and as Leonz says a tree auger ( tapered auger ) is best for planting trees, shrubs, etc. as it provides space for you to amend the soil and loosens immediate soil for good water uptake to...

Someone has given you some bad info or some "genius" on the internet is peddling garbage. When you are adding oil to the engine it is stopped so you get an accurate reading on the dip stick. Any crank case vent, even if attached to the valve cover, would not allow oil, that you are pouring...

Here is a post from someone who clearly has the experience and describes what is needed, why its needed, and how to use it EXTREMELY well. Excellent response to Longleaf Man's request.

Where do you put your spoil pile? This, excuse my french, useless implement forces you to continuously move your spoil pile as you dig. At some point the spoil will begin to fall back into your trench. Backhoes have a swing function allowing the operator to place spoil away from the trench...

Perhaps the two of us can keep this topic alive. :unsure: Has AI progressed to the point where it is capable of becoming a TBN member??

I suggest we start betting on how many days before OP replies. 30 days is my bet. What is the winning prize? Suggestions

Redbug's guidance is the most informed to date.

Not to be too picky but a ball bearing is filled with bearing balls, so your bearing was short a few bearing balls.

It is amazing how a little nub sticking out of the grows manages to grow so big. Was tidying up lawn by removing rocks so I didn't hit them while mowing. Ran the M59's hoe out to full extension, 12 feet, and started lifting. Rock wasn't moving. Ran up the engine rpm and tried again. Now I'm...

Don't really know how people are going to be answer your question as throw distance is dependent upon walking speed and weight and shape of material being spread. However, using a Chapin spreader with rotating disc to spread the slow release fertilizer granules, the throw is about 3 feet either...

Airbuscuit, You beat me to it. The OP appears to have lost interest or is lost in that 4000+ acres of timberland. Just being snarky BUT the participants need more input otherwise we are just flappin our gums.

Longleaf man, Please elaborate on what is involved with creating a firebreak on your property of 4000 acres. Firebreak width, length and do trees ( what dia and height) have to be pushed over and away? A TLB tractor ( Tractor-Loader-Backhoe), of sufficient weight and hp, would be suitable for...

Based on machine never staying in your possession due to partners position, I'd being looking at negotiating a long term rental or 3 year lease of 8-20K lb machine and compare that to buying used. Benefits of never owning are: You don't have to worry about resale. You don't have to worry about...

It is with great sorrow that I learned Smokeydog was involved in a tractor accident a day ago and quickly passed away. His thoughtfulness, knowledge, and willingness to share will be greatly missed. I miss my true friend.:cry:

I don't know anything about the qualifications of the "experts on the internet" so you should take 4570Man's guidance to heart as he is your only response to date who I know has extensive excavator experience and moves earth for a living. Bottom line. Start digging and you will find out, real...

Thanks for the background info. If you have the opportunity, invest in a top n tilt package for your 3PH implements. Anytime you are working on landscape, driveway, etc that is anything other than dead flat the ability to change the approach angle of power rake or box blade or any other...

BackRoad, nice job and probably pretty quick with the 8 foot rake. Here is pic of my rake just after receipt. I wonder how the two rakes compare given different soil types and buried debris ( rocks, roots, etc)? Your drum has bars whereas mine has carbide tipped studs.

A rather tongue in cheek response, but it is now time to contact the Ukrainian military and get a few of their drones equipped with automatic rifles and AI software and train them on identifying and eradicating marmots. The first weeks of training could be risky so keep any pets inside. I...

Mkelcy, Have a look into Harley rake, aka power rake, as they are purpose built for leveling earth. They come in both 3PH with a set of guage wheels and the less desirable SSQA run on a track loader. The power rake, with its spinning drum breaks up the high spots and the wings keep the...

Duffer, A Harley rake will work on breaking up what you have described as chip and seal. You might also look for a 3 PH tiller and run it just deep enough to break surface up. Might be able to find tiller easier than power rake. ps. I added top n tilt to the M59 and my work output increased...

Duffer, Please include picture since an "old driveway" could be anything from asphalt to pea gravel interspersed with grass. Based on my experience with 6' power ( Harley ) rake powered by PTO on 3 PH on 9000 Lb M59 tractor, I would not be attempting to run a power rake off FEL end of a 37 hp...

Lived in CT for 50+ years and insured with Amica for almost 30 due to Amica being mutual insurance company that returned % of premium back to renewing customers along with their auto rates were very competitive. However, I did have a 4 month difference of opinion on a totaled car. Auto policy...

RandyT, Thanks for info on carb setup. Kind of moot point now since it appears OP has decided to dump the whole problem and buy a "new one". Based on your excellent details of each cylinder being served by its own air fuel mix, I again believe the power loss on L cylinder is entirely due to a...

So based on your response, I presume each barrel feeds only its dedicated cylinder and each barrel will have a low and high rpm circuit with the barrel OR is one barrel dedicated to low rpm and feeds both cylinders and separate second barrel for high rpm feeding both cylinders?

I know nothing about this particular engine, however I'm agreeing with RandyT. You likely have a fuel starvation problem on the L cylinder BUT this only makes sense if each cylinder has a dedicated carburetor. If they do then try manually pouring gas directly into carb just after rpm point the...

Saucymynx, Don't quite know how to answer this as your question is missing several key points 1 What length of fence? 2 Type of metal fence including height as fence cost vary widely. Anti climb is many times more expensive than basic cattle fence. 3 Wood treatment type, length and cross...

ScipioUSA, it would be helpful to contributors if you listed your state as knowing your seasonal climate likely will result in more useful answers. The only way to move bats out of a their roost, short of killing them, is to prevent them from entering the barn. I suggest watching where their...

Ultrarunner, Do you have a gmail account that does not have 2FA ( two factor authentication ) enabled? Log into that account and then open https://www.google.com/android/find/?login You will be presented with list of android phones associated with you and a map of where the phone last...

Joe1, Have a look at the currently running related post 3 pt. auger/post hole digger Specifically Post #41 where I attach a graph detailing hydraulic flow and pressure and corresponding torque and auger spin rate for the McMillen X1475 SSQA hydraulic auger

Petdoc, I had good look at highly magnified lower pic of post #65 and both pics of post #1 and conclude that your right hand hub/ axle failure was a single dramatic event, likely overloading, due to Kubota's improper weld at axle to flange joint. Both post #1 pics show a annular brown band...

I see the shoe is now on the other foot. An interesting trip down memory lane

Carl_NH, That is why I attached the chart detailing flow and psi. One needs both in the proper quantities to do work.

I don't know much about Kioti so can't speak to what pressures the hydraulics are run at. The M59 hydraulics run 2800-3000 psi ( if memory is correct ) and the KX 80 runs at 4000 and 4500 psi on different circuits. The higher pressures are why the KX 80 will out dig and out lift the M59 even...

Thanks for up date and pics. Looked at enlarged pic of the "old" hub and see annular series of pits but no cracks. Are the cracks you see radial or annular? If the overloading were equally distributed across both front wheels, I would expect to see significant cracking in this hub, but I...

Joe1, First impression. a big NO. What your not stating is type of auger. Hydraulic or 3 pt? Second impression. There is no way at 21 pto hp that your going to move clay on a 18 inch dia hole regardless of auger drive type. My auger preference is hydraulic mounted on FEL via SSQA so you can...

EddieWalker is spot on with his point of not buying too small and you should be looking in the 50+ hp range given your stated projects and objectives. I personally started with a 60 hp machine, the used low hour Kubota M59 TLB with 230 hours, and later bought a 24 hp Mahindra Max 24 for the...

To answer for Blueknife Loader- you have that since you indicate you have SSQA. SSQA- excellent. check that off list to run hydraulic auger off FEL Remotes- You will need a set of hydraulic couplers at end of loader arm, typically flat faced coupler also known as skid steer couplers, to run the...

Kids in CT would takes dad's plow truck out during the winter and would break off most of the mail box posts on one side of the street. I replaced post and added a 9 foot lolly column ( steel tube filled with concrete) on either side of the post with 4 feet buried in the frozen ground. Amazing...

Your point about hot fluid is model specific. My Kubota M59 has 3 hydraulic pumps so the flow through the FEL accessory circuit is part of the same flow the FEL would normally see and no heating is discernible when using the SSQA attached hydraulic auger. The SSQA mounted auger has 3 big...

It gets worse than your reply, although your reply points out a significant deficiency in teeter totter similarity. The teeter totter is for all intents is a nearly rigid system unless you were to place two extremely heavy loads on teeter totter ends at which point bowing would occur in the...

There is a simple solution to see the actual static load on the front end of the tractor however is requires money and effort. Once the "heavy" load is in place then jack up tractor's front end so each of the front wheels are off the ground and place a unyielding metal plate ( 1/2" steel ) onto...

3 pt. augers only turn in one direction so they can get bound up while in the hole whereas hydraulically driven augers on skid steer or tractor, via SSQA, can be reversed when bound up and can be backed out. Lots of comments in different threads about having to dig a bound up 3 pt auger out...

Looking at this another way. What is the cost for a 4 inch thick concrete slab at 9 feet wide based on concrete material only. If your going to excavate 12 inches to build a base for the plastic grid, why not excavate 8 inches and put in 4 inch gravel base and then add 4 inch wire reinforced...

So many questions, I have, and so few answers. 1 Pictures on web site site are new installation. What does it look like after one year, two year, 5 years, etc? 2 What is the base these snap together plastic things get placed onto and what is cost to build that base? 3 I would expect any dirt...

You don't indicate the number of footing, their dia and depth. This is important in choosing an auger and how it is to powered. Regardless of the above, I suggest you rent a skid steer and the appropriate sized auger and extension suitable for the concrete footings onto which you place the...

Even if the manufacturer provides a written limit for front axle load how are you going to know when you have reached it given the mounting points of the FEL and their relationship to load transmission to both front and back end of the machine. That is exactly why, after Kubota America's...

Petdoc, Your going to need more data than what you mentioned because the loader arms and piston attachment points are between the front and rear axles. You've entered the arena of FEA/ Finite Element Analysis as it applies to structures. Way beyond the conversation on TBN. As an aside, I...

Been there and done that BUT only penetrated the saw carrying case before remembering where the saw was. Keep the saw carrying case with the grapple teeth holes in it as a reminder. Stuff in the grapple is out of sight when carrying grapple low or as I did, got occupied with where I was going...

rScotty, The voice of experience.

This is a very common problem for parents who are taking care of their parent with alzheimers, who will get up in middle of the night and wander out of the house and am unable to tell whomever they encounter where home is. Investigate tracking and monitoring for alzheimers patients.

Mahindra or more correctly Mahindra Group is Indian multinational conglomerate with hands in many different industries so I was confused when you indicated Mitsubishi had acquired Mahindra. https://www.mahindra.com/our-businesses

Please provide more details on length and depth of drain to be buried along with nature of soil ( rocky, sandy, clay? ) and whether flat or on slope. What is the thickness and height of the proposed retaining the wall and what is the grade like beside driveway that requires a retaining wall...

Thanks for info. Based on the link, it appears Mitsubishi has contracted or formed a relationship with Mahindra Group to produce tractors on its behalf and is not buyout of Mahindra by Mitsubishi. This would explain why the Max 24's engine is from Mitsubishi while the rest of the tractor is...

Not an E-M-F but one that existed on both sides of the pond and bodied by Brewster. I'm curious as to your other experiences with pre war marques.

As a Mahindra max 24 owner, I'm aware of the Mitsubishi engine in the tractor but was not aware that Mitsubishi had acquired Mahindra and am unable to find any documentation of the aquisition. Do you have information regarding Mitsubishi's acquisition of Mahindra?

My second car was a Dodge Polara, 383 cubic inches with dual quad cross ram induction, with 3 speed push button automatic located to left of steering wheel on the dashboard. Most recently a 3 speed no syncromesh manual and cone clutch made from leather on a 4000 pound car. Max engine rpm is...

My first car was a hand me down Subaru DL with all of 83 cubic inches. A 4 speed manual with cable that connected the clutch pedal to the throw out yoke. Cables lasted about 60K miles and would break. Drove home more than once using no clutch. As I was arriving at light, where traffic...

There is also a similar show in Jan in Lebanon, PA called Cabin Fever where hundreds of machinists, engineers and others who bring their working steam, electric, kerosene, gasoline, etc driven models to show. An absolutely amazing array of engines and toys from 1/50 to 1/2 scale. Someone had a...

Sigarms, First, excellent forum ID from someone who owns many 936s. One for each vehicle. FICO score/ credit rating scores have some serious problems and your increasing decreasing FICO score based on percentage of credit usage, albeit fully paid off each credit cycle, is a major identified...

Absolutely agree an automatic is the cats meow when plowing or towing so long as one uses them wisely. Having plowed heavy wet snow in CT using a Ford 350 superduty with 2 tons of sand in the bed to provide enough traction to keep truck from pivoting around the angled blade. Have pictures of...

Most of what people call automatics in today's cars are not the automatic transmissions, containing a torque converter, that many of grew up with. The "new" automated manual transmissions, not the CVT stuff, uses dual clutches, gears and hydraulic actuators to actuate the clutches while engaging...

Please elaborate on your manual vehicles without synchromesh. I have several of the "pre war" cars with straight cut brass gears and cone clutches and am always interested in what else has been saved and loved.

25 years ago the manual transmissions were capable of supporting the torque output from the engines of the times BUT some had pretty stiff pedals to depress the clutch plate and you were lucky if you got 100K miles out of a friction plate. I'm thinking that's why my left knee gives me...

Clicking or lights mean you have enough voltage and current to the starter solenoid ( clicking) or to the lights but insufficient current flow to the starter or starter has failed. Most likely issues in order of ease of testing/ resolving. Verify battery "good" by load testing as this is...

Alcohol, in sufficient concentration, is also corrosive to brass. Don't know its effect on valve stems as I've never run it in tires.

My conclusion, based upon reviewing Bio-Ballast SDS, is based on the freeze point depression due to dissolved solids is likely sugar since undissolved solids have very little effect on freeze point depression and the flash point is very similar in both SDSs. Corn waste makes sense since its...

Bio-ballast is very likely another sugar based concentrate based on the SDS at your provided link. SDS flash point ( decomposition point ) for sugar is 365'F per Bio-ballast SDS is ">375'F" and pure sugar degrades at 365'F or 185'C per Crystal Sugar SDS. Bio-ballast SDS...

I realize this thread is 10 years old and a final outcome was never posted, so here goes. Based on my experience with towing a 26' 14K Lb rated flat bed loaded to within 500 Lbs of rated weight and pulling thru mountains of NC and KY, I have no issue with wheels getting too hot to touch. Warm...

About 5 years ago I had local Kubota dealer add top n tilt plus swing to the M59. Absolutely love it. The ability to manage the box blade and power rake while sitting in operators seat is huge improvement over manual adjusting the 3pt linkage. Your productivity will increase by a least an...

Rebeldad1, Those ratings you specify are very diameter and temperature dependent. As the dia gets bigger the ratings, especially the pressure ratings, drop. The following link is to temperature derating for CPVC. If you see 120'F, a hot day, in an enclosed space the CPVC gets derated to 0.65...

Hay Dude is spot on. READ THE OPERATOR's MANUAL. Mine comes in two parts. The truck and specific one for the Duramax diesel I own a 2016 GMC Sierra 3500 dually with now 150K miles and its currently 6 degrees when wind chill is added. It runs as well now as it did 8 years ago and its does...

Marty889, Sorry for not responding sooner. Weather in NC is abnormally cold and wind chill is brutal even for someone who grew up in New England and likes to go skiing when every one else flees from the slopes due to the cold. You can ski faster when the slopes are clear of obstacles. :D I...

Marty889, You mention you have 4 different tractor dealers to choose from. Was machine cost the deciding factor or were there other factors that made Mahindra the preferred choice?

Couple comments from someone who used to plow snow in CT using an 8' plow ( 800 Lb ) on Ford F350 4x4 Super Duty ( 6000 Lb). Plow width, when angled, and tractor width are important since you don't want to be running tractor wheels on one side in unplowed snow BUT the wider the plow the more...

I'd have to see the lease with all the fine print before I'd call it a good deal. If lease is $299 a month + unknown amount for tax + unknown amount for insurance and limit of 200 machine hours per year and give it back with no strings attached then min cost is approx. $7,600 or min per hour...

My dear wife okayed purchase of new KX-080-5 to clean up property in NC and provide relief and recovery for the neighbors, many who lost everything after Hurricane Helene. My appreciation to 4570man for his input on excavators. Had some pretty big land slides with largest being 1700 yards that...

Orahov, Impressive. So your either a financials guy or an engineer. Both love building spreadsheets to get the hard facts into one place. However, I would provide the following cautions and comments as a owner of both several Kubotas and one Mahindra. Your spreadsheet does not capture...

Looks like you have several options for posts. The bolting to exposed rock is an option but limestone is relatively soft stone so side loading such as a gate may cause anchor failure but use in a straight fence line would work well. Have you considered smaller diameter posts such as iron "T"...

What size and shape ( dia or x by y dimension) posts are you trying to plant and how deep do you go before you hit the TN blue stone? Rock augers are available and work very well in the softer stone or ground littered with hard stone. I prefer running the hydraulic driven auger off the SSQA...

Thought I'd share this interesting 3PH implement. What possibly could go wrong????

rice_harvester, Please pardon me but I'm thinking your asking the wrong question. What I don't see is what you want to accomplish and what is the best machine for the job. The best machine, once you have detailed your objectives may not be an excavator. Also, there is not much difference in...

I'll try to respond as I understand your questions. Keep in mind my experience is Kubota and Mahindra. I will not buy another Mahindra as my experience with the Max 24 TLB has soured my opinion of the brand. Its a low cost tractor that suffers in too many areas to appeal to mass market solely...

I'm agreeing with mikester, buy the OEM kit since most of the top-n-tilt kit is the valves and the handles that are R side at your elbow. The only part that is not valves or handles is the two hydraulic cylinders that replace 2 links. Your likely to spend far more time ( yeah that is a cost )...

I love my local black bears because they usually find and dig out the ground hornets/ yellow jackets and feast on the grubs. I just look for smashed down grass and dirt piles when mowing and pay special attention when I see those signs. Occasionally the bears can't dig deep enough and I come...

Ok, thanks but I was looking for info on what brands of 15 hp excavators you were considering BUT bottom line still no since a 15 hp machine does not weight enough to lift a ditching bucket of any size much less a loaded ditching bucket. Add the assembly for tilt for approx another 50 pounds...

NO based on the information you have provided in your question.

I cant add much to the topic other than the following You have 4 acres and probably 150 tree stumps plus another 150 after cutting the last of needed trees. What I haven't heard is how many of those tree stumps must come out out since the future house or other construction ( yard ) need to...

Please provide some estimate of the amount of "stuff" you need or want to get rid of and keep under future control and also how much time you want to spend now and into the future. I personally use the backhoe with thumb and pluck out everything up to 6" dia. but you have other choices such as...

I think the operator left something behind. How do you explain this to the boss? All credit to https://www.yahoo.com/news/truck-bed-slams-highway-sign-184734353.html

Not to deviate from original thread, but the top n tilt was bought after acquiring the box blade and then a 72" wide power rake ( Harley rake) and I got really tired and annoyed with having to constantly get off tractor to adjust something on 3 pt. The finished jobs look so much nicer and take...

TWD, I can't help with who makes a good box blade since I bought mine from EA years before they went out of business. I purchased a Severe XTreme Box Blade Category I & II V2.0, 96” wide so I can grade the entire driveway width in one pass and blade path cleans a width wider than my dualie. I...

TWD Did you buy the machine new or used? How many hours are on your machine and how many hours since ALL 3 hydraulic filters and hydraulic fluid replaced? Has anybody added or "fixed" a leaking hose or connection anywhere in the hydraulic system and possibly contaminated system with dirt...

Kudos to Smokeydog for his mention of KX to SSQA adapter in another thread. Here is what he provided info on. https://www.skidsteerattachmentdepot.com/product/kubota-kx040-excavator-to-skid-steer-quick-attach-loader-adapter/ Hope the above helps

Okay, I'll dive in. Patents are a two edged sword. A patent gives the user exclusive right to produce and sell the patented process, idea, product, etc. BUT in return the patent must be so descriptive as to allow a reasonably capable person to reproduce the patented article once the exclusive...

Walter63, Have a look at USA Attachments. That is where I purchased my M59 to KX series quick attach coupler, giving me access to the KX tool line ( new and used) which is far more extensive and less expensive than the M59/M62 specific quick coupler and bucket only choices. I have found them...

Ahhh, the reminiscing continues. Good times. My garage is dug into a dirt bank on two sides with lower edge of roof about level with top of bank and about 4 feet from bank. Black bear decided the buzzing it heard in the eaves from the soccer ball sized yellow jacket nest sounded like dinner...

I'm of the opinion the bolts are much cheaper than teeth so I'd want the head on the bottom, in the recess, and the nut on top with some extra thread proud of the nut. Then I'd peen over the threads to permanently lock that nut onto the bolt. Either way, if excess threads beyond nut, are up or...

Some people are lucky and others have to do it the hard way. When I upgraded the M59 backhoe with custom quick attach to use the KX excavator attachments, I ended up with the hard way. Always lubricated every grease nipple on machine every 8 work hours with molly grease but the pin attaching...

rScotty, Not as rare as you might think. Smokeydog has suffered similar front end tire deflation events with his M59. Lesson learned so I will find the highest load index within the 10 ply tire offerings ( load range E ) and use bolt in brass valve stems AND now have a spare mounted tire so I...

I'll partially disagree with DarkBlack in that the tractor has two centers of rotation. Front axle and back axle. If large load ahead of front axle then any weight behind the front axle acts as a counter balance. The further back the weight is behind the front axle the greater the lever...

Rear tires loaded with Rim Guard. Machine came that way when I bought it out of PA with 230 hours on it. The Backhoe with KX series excavator buckets or 9 foot box blade provide back end weight. Machine scales with hoe and 6 ft root rake at 10,693 per multiple passes across different scales.

Not one to argue with answer directly from Kubota customer service, but I thought the front axle max load was a bit light in their response since each wheel, at 4140 Lbs, can almost fully load the front axle with max rated load of 4410 Lbs. The M59 loader max lift is 3968 Lbs at pivot pin so...

Kubota Customer Satisfaction just replied back to my email to them from earlier today so I'm posting it for those with the M59 machine. Here is their contact info if you want to go that route https://www.kubotausa.com/contact Then choose “Send us your question” My Q to them: Please provide...

rScotty, Thanks for reply. I had a front tire dismount while picking up a large rock with grapple. Severely biased rock to grapple's R side and R tire valve blew out of rim before I traveled with rock. Before I buy 2 new tires, I want to know wheel rim load rating rating and front axle load...

Does anyone here have information on front axle load rating for M59 TLB? My local TN dealer just shrugs and says they don't know. Messicks is going to call Kubota technical rep for an answer but nothing so far. Ive looked over operator and Workshop manual and found no info on front axle rating...

Smokeydog, Looks like you have been busy. Been away from TBN for last couple weeks, clearing son's property and installing fence with tools insufficient for the job. Do you have any concern with USA's implement weight for the BX hoe?

4570Man, I see, what appears to be a manual valve, that can be turned to direct hydraulic flow to the thumb or to an attachment plugged into the coupler. Is there an equivalent valve on the opposite side of the stick? Do you have any thoughts/ feedback to these valves and their location on...

rScotty, I am currently looking at what is involved with being able to couple up attachments in "reverse". The custom quick attach coupler is a standard KX 040 coupler with "custom" pin bosses to fit the M59 and the coupler does not change the leverage arms so the "custom" coupler is not less...

Williy, Well this thread took a hard right into left field. I wonder if Ford has been making the propane conversions for UPS and possibly FedEx and the engine in your video is the extension of those lessons learned. Lets take this thread in a totally new direction.:D

Here is my Taiwanese Proform 66490 filter cutter I bought in 2020. It came with spare cut off wheel. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000CP8DFW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Here is Chinese less expensive now available knock off...

tomplum, I do have a filter cutter and have posted several times about the nine Honda CRV filters I cut open in 2020. https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/threads/please-tell-me-this-is-not-the-way-oil-filters-are-made.461283/page-13#post-6468849 I stop trusting the commercials and hype and...

Thanks. The info is appreciated. The KX040 ripper I have on my M59 will dig 21" deep at which point the ripper mount plate is also into the ground. I'm curious to hear how your ripper performs against various types of trees and their stumps. Your 303 and my M59 have very similar bucket curl...

5030, Everyone has their preferred way to get rid of organic material. Like Smokeydog, I have so many valleys, nooks, and crannies that I don't bother chipping, burning, or cutting anything up. Depending on the exit path width, the whole tree gets dumped. Many times cut tree into 12-14 ft...

Dakota_male, It must be nice to have heavy steel just laying about. What thickness did you use for ripper blade? MIG or stick for welding? How long did you make ripper ( dig depth before hitting reinforcement at coupler)? What is bucket curl force? Trying to compare how your 303 compares...

I S854, I can't help with the relatives but I can provide feedback on the HF rolling magnetic "broom". I have acquired 5 of them over time since they work so well indoors and out. They work fairly well on gravel as long as you drag them and not push them ( tends to dig in). Also work fairly...

Contact your local utility company. They frequently have piles of damaged posts ( hit by vehicle, damaged by weather/high wind) and want to dispose of them at little to no cost. You will have to deal with random lengths. Best time to ask is just after nasty weather that caused many people to...

bdhsfz6, I am going to politely disagree that a hydraulic thumb is "only slightly more useful for moving rock" unless your talking about moving rock from one location to another some distance away. A hydraulic thumb allows me to keep the pressure on whatever I have grabbed ( rocks, logs...

smokewagon, I am not fond of hypotheticals. Is this a real event or are you just flying the flag to see if people solute it?? If real then what, in dollar terms, constitutes a "significant" increase. What was the agreed to price before hypothetical increase?

Stuckmotor, Have you considered two of the $125 HF lawn mower lifts ( one each end ) for significantly less money than the $600 for motor cycle lift https://www.harborfreight.com/automotive/lifts-cranes-stands/motorcycle-atv-mower-lifts/mower/300-lb-atvlawn-mower-lift-61523.html No need to...

Vigo327, A different pic for your viewing pleasure. I modified the M59 to accept attachments that fit the Kubota mini excavator (including KX121, KX040,KX71,KX91,KX033, U35 ) so I could buy and use all the many different quick attach attachments ( buckets, ripper, rakes, SSQA plate, Post Hole...

4570Man, Post #4 was very much a tongue in cheek comment. If I want to pull small trees ( less than 6") or shrubs just grab with thumb and pull up and out. Eeeezy Peeezy and so much fun to do. I'm curious where did you buy ripper. Mine came from USA Attachments. They have then in stock for...

Vigo327, Like this? Playing around earlier this year.

Must be all that nuclear waste someone's dumping in Indiana to make thorns like that. If anything like what you have in your hand showed up on my property, I would get out the flame thrower and burn it in place after calling the fire dept.

Is that from a Locust? I have locust in NC and thorns might get 2-3" long. What kind of diabolical plant makes that thorn?

I need one of those stump buckets for digging these out.

I have never seen 11" long thorns on a Locust tree. Please post a pic of these amazing thorns.

MossRoad, Easy or not, if the local public service agency ( Fire, Medical, Police, Municipal dept for road maintenance) gets involved because a property owner complains and the public service considers it a problem then the heel digger in gets the attention of the police dept. I had a...

bdhsf26, The HOA and ROW are two separate and distinct items. Concentrate on the ROW documentation to solve your narrowing of the ROW. Since the ROW is documented and recorded at county courthouse then NO property owner, within the subdivision map, may erect anything within the ROW, held in...

Sigarms, Everything in life is a gamble, your education, your job, your marriage, buying a home, having children, your investments, etc, etc, etc. The more effort one puts into educating ones-self the better the gamble ( choices that are made ). Education is one of the highest return gambles...

HP942, As far as the home owners increase goes, blame multiple factors: Inflation(High), cost of building and building materials( Crazy high), sky rocketing house prices(Ludicrous), and depending on where your insurer does business, the attempt to recover for incurred losses. I shop the...

No experience with any of the pre-mixed 2 stroke fuels. I can't justify spending crazy money for stuff I mix myself from 87 octane that contains alcohol and Echo 2 cycle oil. I had a MS290 chainsaw powerhead fail ( seized ) after 20-30 hours run time and Stihl warranteed and immediately gave...

This is always an alternative. :LOL:

william... Couple options come to mind short of disassembly. 1 Thread the existing piece, still attached, and then add a threaded coupler and a short section of threaded rod 2 Weld an extension onto existing piece and then thread it . Both are less intrusive and don't require opening up a...

Plant em in the ground. Makes good fertilizer.

RSKY, A frustrating and sad situation. My wife's aunt had a clause in her Will intending to deter any conflict in settling her small estate ( less than $400K) that specifically stated any party who contests any portion of the will is immediately removed from the Will. As with all legal...

MossRoad, Very good points about lawyer being appointed in Will and that all lawyers are not equal in skill or ethics. I too have seen the spectrum in all aspects of life. Closed on some property where counsel to the seller made a serious math error in calculating who bears what costs and...

RSKY, A lawyer is not required for Probate of the will, however, depending upon the family dynamics or complexity or quantity ( dollars or variety ) of assets held by the deceased, a lawyer may be beneficial in the Probate process. Always best when family is able to amicably settle an estate...

Sigarms, Bottom line. A really good Estate Law attorney is worth their weight in Rhodium ( currently $12,000 per troy ounce ). Absolutely agree that Trusts are great tools. Trusts avoid probate entirely since they have a designated trustee already in place to act on your behalf. Trusts are...

Sigarms, I would be careful with using only a Trust instead of a Will and Trust(s). A will is a catchall document that describes to the probate court what the various estate holdings are and might ever be and how to transfer the holdings in any of a number of events including incapacitation...

turbo36, You are right to question Snobdds generic statement. Every person has their unique financial position, however there are some rules of thumb, which I abide by, in the big picture investment universe. Absent all other invest able options, the S&P is a good go to for investment without...

Please help me understand why you consider the drawbar length to be important as the only important specification for a tractor drawbar is that it should be mounted substantially below ( ideally at lowest possible point ) the center line of the rear axle to prevent the tractor from rotating...

Mountainbuck, Cut as most people would by notching close to the ground, at point below the barber poling, at point ninety degrees from point tree is currently leaning. Back cut and tree will fall over on its side.

SO? Not familiar with that shorthand.

How did you get yourself out of the soup? My brother who is into 4x4 has several vehicles including a dual rear axle unimog. Big boys and their big toys.

nybirdman, Perhaps your posts, or at least the concrete surrounding the posts were above the frost line. Northern NY in a cold winter with ground clear of snow possibly/ probably freezes to 3-4 feet. I know one year in lower NH the ground froze to 6-8 feet on open field, free of snow, and we...

Smokeydog, If my memory serves, the M59 has 3 modes for driving wheels. Unlocked, where I believe a single rear wheel is driven. Locking of front and back, where both front wheels are driven with a standard differential between front wheels and the existing rear wheel is engaged. Locked and...

Please ship me 528 pieces at 10 feet per piece of oil field pipe to NC. No need to dig a hole, just drive them in. ;)

Sea2summit, You make me feel like I am back in grade school and math teacher saying " You must show your work otherwise I will mark it wrong". Interesting notation. 😁

Streetcar, Sika's web site provides the following guidance on lifespan. https://retail.usa.sika.com/en/support/specialty/what-lifespan-sikar-postfixr-fence-post-mix The "it will last for several years of service" response it not something I find acceptable. "Several" is a number greater than...

Streetcar, Several huge differences in what the power company is probably using for urethane foam and what guys walking into the local hardware are going to be able to purchase. I spent 20+ years in advanced elastomers and there are many grades of urethane for many different applications. I...

Ahhh, fun times with new toy.

Yeah, polyurethane foam. Thats what I thought but I wanted to see what Learning2tractor responded with. That crap don't last since polyurethane breaks don't with moisture and UV and becomes brittle in about 2 years. Then someone taps your fence post and it falls over. I'm a compacted soil or...

Learning2Tractor, Diagonal on 4x4" post is 5.65" so add a min of 1 inch to each side of diagonal for 7.65". Bore a minimium hole size of 8". Augers come in 8" & 10" Never heard of foam. What is foam?

4570Man, Are you involved with the future race track in Cumberland County?