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I have similar tires on my Ventrac 4500Y. The first pair (factory-installed) lasted ten years. The second pair (installed by my Ventrac dealer) are now coming up on one year old. The tires have performed well. Most of my use entails mowing on slopes and moving snow. I have never lost...

Agreed!

I love my Ventrac 4500Y.

It might seem strange to people in Eastern and MidWestern States... it certainly seemed strange to me when I first read about it... but restrictions on capturing or changing the natural flow of rainwater are common in the arid West... and not just in California. A whole body of law has evolved...

The above is an extract of a very good and comprehensive post by John_Mc. (Not me.) The one thing that I would add is that, if one gets a low-voltage reading while cranking the engine, the significance of that reading depends upon exactly where one is taking the reading. If the battery is...

That link does not work for me. It triggers a 404 error Message ("Page Not Found"). However, this one does work for me.

I may have overlooked something, but I did not see any mention of antifreeze changes in the Owner's Manual supplied with my Ventrac Model 4500Y. Is there a specified change interval? (I have used a hydrometer and a voltmeter to test the health of the antifreeze in my Model 4500Y.)

I decided to get a Ventrac 4500Y (with a Kubota Diesel engine) to deal with my mowing, snow clearing, and other needs. As another forum member wrote early in this thread, a Ventrac will not do everything that a CUT will do, but what it does do, it does excellently and safely, so long as you...

My Ventrac 4500Y generates 25 hp, and that seems adequate to the task. The front-mounting snow-blower attachment that is designed to work with the tractor is 52 inches wide and is a two-stage unit. It can throw snow anywhere between 25 and ~ 75 feet, depending upon the consistency of the snow...

A zero-turn near a stream or pond embankment can all too easily turn into a death sentence. A fellow who mows my neighbors' lawn lost one of his best friends in exactly that fashion. My property has much to much in the way of slopes to ever allow me to use a zero-turn. However, the hinged...

My driveway, which is approximately 500 metres long, is paved. In certain spots, it needs repaving. It also has three fairly steep slopes. The steepest slope is 14° (~ 24%), and contains an S-curve.

I'm interested in acquiring one of these. I would appreciate it if anyone who has fitted one of these filters to a Ventrac would provide a link to the specific product, or the name of the manufacturer and the model number of the filter.

P.S. – My driveway is ~ 500 metres long.

A Ventrac 4500Y (with 25-hp Kubota Diesel engine) was exactly the path that I took, after receiving a lot of good advice in this forum (especially from Jack W.). I have never regretted it. I have the HB580 rotary-broom attachment and the KX523 snowblower attachment to deal with snow. I have...

We have installed two of these: <Mole Chasing Windmill>, in one section of our property. To install the windmills, we used steel pipes rather than grounding rods. (The instructions suggested using the latter.) When the blades are turning, the device makes a rattling sound that gets conducted...

It depends upon in which State the O.P. and his neighbor live. In Maryland at least, and probably in many other jurisdictions, it also depends upon whether you put your neighbor on notice that the tree was dead or diseased or, for some other reason, a threat to your property. Link.

Several years ago, I began to have problems with my largest Stihil Chain saw, an MS 460. The saw would be hard to start, and after it caught, it then would run roughly. I called the dealership from whom I had purchased the saw to make an appointment for service. The fellow there with whom I...

You're most welcome. The way that I suggested you handle your situation is exactly the way that I myself handled the purchase, sixteen years ago, of the property where I now live. There was a buried 2,000 gallon tank for home heating oil near the front of the house. The tank had been in the...

It would be much safer to require, as "a condition precedent to the Buyer's obligation to close the transaction," that the owner will have removed the tank and will have provided a complete report, prepared by a qualified professional, describing the removal process, and attesting to the fact...

I believe that applicable laws make anyone in the chain of title responsible... at least as far back in time as the age of the tank. A clause in the sale contract that makes the seller responsible is all fine and dandy, but it is only as good as the seller's willingness and ability to honor its...

(I haven't logged in here in a while. We got hit very hard by a "bow echo" storm on the 12th of July of this year. Lots of trees got damaged or destroyed. Still picking up the pieces. I hope everyone is well.) prs, I think what I would do if I were in your situation is to make up a short...

You are correct. My Ventrac is a Model 4500Y. It has a three-cylinder Kubota Diesel engine.

I made up two such extenders. One uses: three straight six-inch (15-cm) red brass nipples with 1/8-inch NPT pipe thread at each end; four 1/8-inch NPT double-female couplers; one male grease fitting; and one female grease fitting. The other one uses: two 6-inch grease-gun extender pipes...

Do you know whether you were able to remove the piece of debris from the line or from the fuel tank? If not, the problem might recur. A flashlight that can focus to a tight beam and a siphon pump, e.g., <https://www.napaonline.com/en/p/BK_7311031?impressionRank=1>, might enable you to suck the...

Hi, Murph. I have made two. One is described here. The second one uses two 6-inch extension pipes with 30-degree bends in them, similar to this one. Below is a picture of the second one sitting atop Broomhilde.

Link Link Hat tip to X for the links!

Thank you. It took some effort, but in the long run, it has saved a lot of time when I am trying to find something. With profound apologies to the Second Law of Thermodynamics...

Nice! Here's my 4500Y...

One of the minor details that I would have liked to have seen incorporated into the Ventrac Model 4500 series is a retractable seat belt. I realize that the retraction mechanism and the storage magazine for the seat belt would take up space. Perhaps the mechanism would then physically...

Re: PTO Pushrod Pops Out Every Now and Again This happened to me this morning when I was about to try to squeeze some mowing in before the rains came. I brought the engine revs up to about 2100 rpm and pulled the yellow button to activate the Power Take-Off. The PTO engaged. The mower-deck...

One of the required maintenance tasks that we Ventrac Model 4500 owners face is to periodically grease the zerks on the universal joint that couples torque from the engine to the hydraulic pump. On my Model 4500Y, I have found that the rear zerk is fairly easy to do so long as the zerk is...

The broom is great with snow, up to approximately 15 cm (6 inches) in depth.

Not specifically a Ventrac issue, but I thought that I would tap the collective wisdom of my fellow Ventracians. The wooly bears and the Farmer's Almanacs are suggesting that we are in for a good bit of snow this coming Winter here in the Hereford Zone. I have adequate machinery for moving the...

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I just got by email a NAPA sales flyer that includes mention of the Peak PKC0BU4 4.3-Inch Wireless Back-Up Camera. There is a range of positive and negative reviews of this particular system at the Amazon web site, and at other web sites. I have been thinking about trying out such a camera...

There is no need to cut the K&N 25-1480. You can simply pull it onto the filler neck in one piece. However, if you want, you could cut the K&N 25-1480 into two or three separate loops, each approximately 1.5 to 2 inches, so that you can swap them out. You would be cutting horizontally so as...

Here you go...

On January 29, I encountered an intermittent problem with stalling while clearing snow off of my driveway. I had also experienced a bit of stalling over the weekend of January 22-23-24, while clearing the driveway (and that of my elderly neighbors during and after the Make Winter Great Again...

Pictures from the clean-up of the big snow storm that hit Northern Maryland starting early in the afternoon on Friday, January 22, 2016, and lasting until the wee hours of Sunday, January 24.... I think that it is time for an auxiliary auger.

When I purchased my Ventrac 4500Y in December of last year, I also purchased an HB580 Broom and a KX523 Snow Blower. We had a good bit of snow this past Winter, and I ended up using the HB580 Broom substantially more often than I used the KX523. The HB580 Broom is useful for snow depths up to...

Re: LED Headlights and ROPS Worklights JackIL has informed me that Ventrac is now installing LED headlights on the 3400 and 4500 Series tractors in place of the halogen headlights previously used. The new LED headlights have a hybrid dispersion pattern that is something of a cross between a...

My downloaded version of the Operator's Manual (0910081_KN4500_Operators_R05.pdf, Revised 06/12/14 09.10081 Rev. 05), at Page 66 of 88, states that: -- one should Check [the] Hydraulic Oil Level daily; -- one should Check [the] Rear Transaxle Oil Level every 250 hours, and yearly; -- one...

Broomhilde Bats Clean-Up It's time to change attachments... And here are the results of Broomhilde's work.... And now it is time to rest.

There's No Business Like Snow Business! Approximately 8 inches, when all was said and done. Phase One: Phase Two:

It looks like it is time to detach Broomhilde and attach John Z. ...

Wow, this looks fantastic...

Another Session with Broomhilde. We had to deal with a Wintry Mix that fell today. Broomhilde made it a piece of cake.

Another Day, Another Session with Broomhilde...

Baby, It's Cold Outside! Blown snow at the base of a large oak that stands near the S-Curved Hill... At rest, awaiting the next call to duty... This weather is for the birds...

We Finally Got Too Much Snow for Broomhilda to handle. So John Z. got a chance to show his stuff. The snow started out light and fluffy Saturday morning. By 11 PM that same day, the snow had gotten much denser, and was starting to change into sleep. I adjusted the skid shoes on Sunday...

Still More Pix of Today's Brooming Session. Too many pix?

More Pix of Today's Brooming Session.

More Snow! We got another 3 to 4 inches of snow overnight. Light, powdery stuff. Broomhilda handled it superbly. I did the long, narrow part of the driveway, as well as our elderly neighbor's driveway, and my son got some seat time clearing the outer portions of the S-curved hill, and most...

Hi, Murph. Scott Rehm of Ventrac provided me via email with the instructions in the form of a PDF file. Now we are all set. I installed them after today's brooming session. Scott called me just as I was idling the tractor, letting it cool down after the work session. The procedure...

From the back, with the seat in its raised position.... The arm rests... The right arm rest, viewed from the left side... Both arm rests, viewed from the front... My take is that I need to use an Xacto® hobby knife to cut X patterns in the portions of the side panels that contain the...

Further to the above, here are some pictures of my seat, and of the arm rests. From the back, with the seat in its normal position.... From the left side, with the seat in its normal position.... There is an "indentation" in the left side panel. I can feel a plate behind it, with a hole...

Traction Test. Sunday night into Monday morning, we had freezing rain and sleet here. By Monday morning, the driveway was glazed with ice. It was too slippery to walk on without Stabilicers strapped to my shoes. I decided that this would be a good traction test for the 4500Y. After warming...

Hi, Murph. I am considering: the Wallenstein WX540; the Wallenstein WX640; , both of which are horizontal/vertical hydraulic log splitters, and the Split Second kinetic (and horizontal-only) log splitter. I have oak, hickory, and black walnut to split, including some very large...

I am thinking of this carrier.

Instead of 6 to 10 inches of snow, we got an inch of heavy slush. Broomhilda handled it in fine style. John Z. is getting jealous. Before... During... And after... My elderly neighbor was out shoveling her driveway by hand. I told her that she needed to get back inside and...

Looking Good...

We got enough snow to justify a couple of brooming sessions, but not enough to justify hooking up the snow blower. Unlike many parts of New England, and Eastern Long Island, where my step-brother and his wife live. The snow came in two bouts. Late Sunday night into Monday, then again Monday...

Weather Underground has updated its forecast for Monday. Earlier this evening: And just now: Can we get it up to 6 to 10? 12 to 20?

Hi, hpc! I have ordered the foot pedal, but I have not yet received and installed it. I am also awaiting a rear-deck 12-volt socket... for some electrically heated snowmobile gear (helmet, maybe also a pair of pants, a jacket, and a pair of boots). I got more seat time today. Overnight, we...

Snowballs... And it looks like there is more snow on the way.... I was originally planning to go to a model-train show in Springfield, Massachusetts, this weekend, but I will be staying home. It looks like it will not be a good weekend for traveling in the Northeast, and I would...

Scenes from this morning. I need a wood splitter.... and a cart for hauling wood.

The S-Curve. (Hat tip to JackIL for telling me about the Acura ad. It appears on page 9 of the January 12 edition of The New Yorker magazine.]

Further Progress on the Garage Reorganization Now there's room for diesel-fuel cans.

I do have a Pola scale model of a Lanz Bulldog, , but I would also love to have a metal scale model of a 4500. Of course, I would not mind a coupon for $300 off on my next attachment, either.

To Falls Road and Back During the night, a good bit of snow had come down from tree branches over the driveway, the result of winds. My wife had to go to a dental appointment. To make sure that she would not have any traction problems, I set out to do a clean-up with the broom on the sloped...

It will be a quiet night in Lake Snowbegone....

Garage Reorganization Mostly Complete; Ventrac Construction. The items on the floor of the center slot of the garage will end up on the newly-installed shelving, the Cabrio will re-occupy its rightful place, and our other 3-Series (a hardtop) will re-occupy its own rightful place (the slot...

Shin Protectors Looking at the hitch bars on the power broom, I decided that inadvertently bumping into one of them could be a painful experience, as well as a source of black-and-blue shins. As a result of my garage organizing, a pair of Werner Ladder Company Model AC19-2 blue foam Extension...

The Eagle has Landed.

I have a question about the Ventrac Model HG150 electrical generator when driven by the Model 4500Y tractor. The short version: How many kW of electrical power are available at the HG150's output when driven by the 4500Y? The much longer version: ====================================== In...

Hello, Ventracians. This is my first post. For the past couple of years, I have been reading here and in other tractor fora, trying to learn about tractors, and about what type of tractor would be suitable for my needs. I have never owned a tractor. Until the past several years, I never had...