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I got mine today after the post office lost it for about a week! Scott at Hockfire saws was great to deal with, refunded my money then the saw showed up the next day, I had to resend $$! Anyhow seems like a nice unit (not started it yet). Very small and light, smaller and lighter than my little...

So I ordered mine today! And I’m going to blame it on “airbiscuit” because he’s where I saw this first ! Thanks alot, like I really need an eighth saw!

Well if you are going back to the $99 with prep and shipping, put me at the top of your list when they come in!! I’ll take one.

He quoted me $139 shipped to South Carolina yesterday

Yes, you can buy the Joncutter at Amazon but it’s $155 there

I talked with that guy yesterday, price is $139 now, including shipping to SC. I wish it was $99.

So you call it Farmertec, but he calls it Joncutter… so which is it or are they the same? Got a link for the seller? I don’t really need another chainsaw, but I’ll gladly waste 100 bucks on a less than 6 pounds saw that works good.

Well, I dont “need” another chain saw but I love my Echos, I have a C301 top handle I have had for many years and a 501p that I’ve had for just a few, but this guy sounds nice!

Question for you about the other ponds on the property, where do they drain off at? Where’s the overflow? Is there any? Maybe you could cause them to overflow towards that pond?

I own Stihls and Echos, for the size you are looking for I would suggest an Echo 501p. Yes its a pro saw but light in weight with tons of power.

I have not yet, so much to get done around here, hoping this week!

I can get it to siphon just fine. I just can’t get all the stuff out of the bottom once there’s no more fluid obviously the siphon quits.

Yeah, that just might work!

Yeah, that was exactly my fear with this!

There in lies my problem,the hose downstream of the tank has filter in the tank. It’s clogging up with stuff which is giving me a hard time.

So I have some stuff in my fuel ( Kubota L3540) , I tried to siphon it out to no avail and I really dont want to pull the tank so I was wondering of I could vacuum it out with my shop vac??? What do you think?

Great idea!! I was dreading removing the fuel tank to clean it out, this just might do the trick! Thanks I will try this!

Thanks for the help guys, So here is exactly what has happened this time around. Been using the tractor and it was working fine. But the other day I noticed a large O-ring on the ground and immediately thought the filter cup, I had been working on it in this place a few weeks ago and apparently...

Just had the cap off to add fuel, and it was running fine till I bled the fuel system, so I'm thinking that is not the problem.

Kubota 3540 diesel.. Ok, my manual sats when I need to bleed the fuel system, I need to open the breather valve on the fuel pump, start the tractor and let it run about 30 seconds then shut the air release valve. So I do exactly that and it will run for about 30 seconds or so and then die, and I...

Yes the fuel filter bowl on my tractor is clear.

Interesting, I blew out the feed line but never thought about the return line, I will track it down and give that a try, thanks. If that doesn't work I guess I'll pull the tank if I can figure it out. I have the WSM and nowhere can I find any reference to the fuel tank!!

Ok, kind of an update on this. Now about 4 months later I'm having the same problems again, so I re-did the same thing. Checked the fuel filter, it was new in May and looks great so I rinsed it, blew it out and reinstalled it. Drained the tank by removing the line from the tank to the filter, it...

Yes, I should do that, and will next time I get it out. The tractor that is.

Alrighty, took your advice Alrighty, took your advice and went to strain and reuse that fuel. I had drained it into a white 5 gallon bucket and when getting ready to pour I could see the line between the diesel fuel and water. So I poured slow and kept an eye on things so as to not mix them...

And did the hose fix it, or did draining the tank do it, and what to do with the 5 gallons of fuel I drained out of the tank?

Well.... unfortunately the fuel filter end I cut off so as to match the correct size at the parts store.

I do still have it, what kind of tests?

Throw it out??? It might come in handy sometime!😄😆

So I mowed today and the tractor seemed to run like it used to, since I started this whole thing its rained a bunch and I was out of town for a couple weeks (off to Texas to see my first grandbaby) And the grass/weeds were tall and thick so I really tested this thing! Ran through the 5 gallons I...

So I drained the tank, didn't really see anything in there, I replaced the fuel line, put some additive in and added 5 gallons of fresh fuel. Took it for a short mow to at least run fuel through the entire system, seemed better but tomorrow I'll go out and give it a go and see how it does...

And what do you think of something like this...

Yeah, I was thinking about replacing the fuel line so maybe I will.

I talked to the mechanic at the Kubota dealer, and he did not think valve clearance would cause this problem. Have not heard of a soot plug but I'll check it out, thanks.

So I looked and didn't really see anything in there, even put an inspection camera in there that skidded around the bottom and while it didn't really show anything it did come up completely clean so not a bunch of sludge in there or anything. I'm running out of ideas!

Ok, just drained my tank and put an inspection camera in there and cannot really see anything in there, I can not find the outlet screen with the camera unfortunately to see if anything is blocking it. Now I have a full workshop manual for this tractor and NOWHERE in it does it mention the fuel...

Bout the same, starved of power, going slightly uphill and with tall thick grass.

Going to see about draining the tank today and seeing what's in there... More to come!

So you just drained the tank, or did you clean it as well? And if so how did you go about cleaning it? I plan to drain it in the morning!

Yes, everyone I talk to says fuel starvation, including the dealer mechanic!

So I'm headed out to mow some flat land to use up some of the fuel in the tank Then I'll drain the rest and have a look in there... I'll let you guys know. Thanks for the help!

On my tractor I don't believe there is a fuel lift pump, Straight line from the elevated fuel tank right down to the fuel filter.

Probably medium high.

And where is that write up? Filter bowl looks fine, I never noticed any bubbles in there. And yes, two new o-rings last week with the filter change. And thanks.

Just talked to my dealer about my problem, he is also pushing the fuel as a problem as well. He did not think the valve clearance would be the problem. I told him I had changed the filter and blew back through the tank and it was still doing it and he was a little perplexed. He thought I should...

I looked and I could not find a Kubota 3310 listed on tractordata.com

Nice tractor, I have a 3540 which is pretty close.

Ha!! don't give him any ideas!

Nah... that wagon will be fine! You have been abusing it for years now!

Valve clearances have not been checked, difficult to do? Fuel filter looks fine, the one I replaced was not that old and looked good also.

Ok, got the right line this morning, blew through it and could hear the fuel tank gurgling, Still even without a mower I cannot get to 2500 rpm going up hill. Any other ideas?

So I have 2 small fuel lines that run from the top of the tank to the filter assembly and was going to try to blow them out. When I pulled one I got a strong stream of fuel coming from the filter where I detached it, plugged the hose back in and went to the connection at the top of the tank. I...

It, I believe, has been a slow progression to this point, not like an overnight change, has kind of snuck up on me. Sometimes when I'm mowing my field, a large oval, on the long flat sides its doing fine, but at one end going up as I'm turning around sometimes I have to almost stop the tractor...

" Again, the symptom of diesel fuel starvation is it may idle and work OK - but if you throttle up, it eventually runs out of power " That does seem to be my problem. I'll do some more looking, thanks! And also only seems to happen mostly on a uphill grade.

I have no clue about the fuel lift pump but since my fuel tank is above the engine I doubt it. I'll have a look at the manual, thanks. Where did you detach the fuel line to blow it out?

I replaced air and fuel filters yesterday, nothing seemed different just driving it around, if it ever quits raining, I'll hook a mower up and check it out.

And what do you use for organic pesticide? And what bugs does it protect from?

Nice pics

So I'll check fuel and air filters this week, thanks guys and I'll let you know what I find out!

Thanks, but it's been a little while sense I have checked, and I will do that!

Thanks, my dealer here has been very good to me over the years.

So its really just a crock of shizzle then?

A 901 was my first tractor "if" I remember right!

And???

I have an L3540 Hydrostatic 4 wheel drive tractor, have had it maybe 8-9 years. This problem seems new or has been slowly getting worse and I'm just starting to notice it.. When I have a mower on and either going on flat land or downhill it seems to be fine, BUT on even a slight upgrade I seem...

You have 100+ acres... buy her a cow!

Thanks, it keeps me busy! One of my weird things is the tree chairs, I have several on this property, and have left them everywhere I have lived.

I have mostly SYP with a few hardwoods scattered in along the riparian corridors. I do have a lot of hardwoods down in my bottoms and around my ponds but its hard to get to and the ground there is pretty soft. Probably more than 95% pine. Thanks on the racks, and glad to have them full. Only...

Ok, so I finally got a chance to get back into the woods and I have one more firewood rack to fill so it was "playday" for the last couple! I decided I wanted to cut this tree, it was down along a small creek and a nice deer travel corridor if I made one of my little seats I can hunt from here...

I'm not sure any of us here are....

I HATE that when I hit those log stops! I put a little sign up at my push handle to check for those! I don't have a debarker but then again I don't have a winch so I don't get my logs so dirty. Yeah, yours seems to be up in the air more than mine, mine sits on timbers on the ground.

Ahh, ok I thought you just got it. Pretty easy to use actually although you might get a lot of waste to start out till you get used to it.

Nice glad to see it finally showed up! Is that one automatic or a pusher?

The deepest part is 6 feet, so just stand up.

I like no people around, no close neighbors is great! And I own all the property around my house, so I'll never get any!

So once it gets warmer, 32 this morning and had to get the fire going, this is what I have to look forward too!

You will have to get a pool then! ;)

HAHAHA... and here we go! :D No, the pool is not heated other than by the sun...

I used more than that here is South Carolina... maybe 2 - 2 1/2 cords.

Oh, here you go, went for a walk this morning and took aa pic of one of the logs, second pic with the wife for scale.

Thanks I appreciate that!! I'm just one little guy cutting for my use is all, been doing it a long time!

Nice job! I have a stack of them I'll send you! :D

I totally agree, and I thought about that, unfortunately, after the fact!

Well the ones I was talking about have been somewhere in that river for years it looks like, So I'm thinking they are probably not good for a whole lot. And there does seem to be a lot of them here in my part of South Carolina! Oak, hickory and sweetgum are the main trees in my firewood...

I get some gynormous logs floating down that river!! I'm a bit amazed sometimes!

Like I said, it was a heavy leaner hanging over my saw yard. Cut the face cut and when cutting the back cut internal pressure took over and it broke loose too early! but its down now so just clean up time left.

I do NOT want to make an episode of swamp loggers!

And here is a blow over I'm not going to mess with! I'll just let the woods have it!

Yeah, I tried pushing it off the stump with my tractor to no avail, finally got a couple lengths of chain so my tractor wasn't too close and pulled it off! The ground there is leaning pretty good and I don't particularly like that when I'm on the tractor, but I got it done! Now I get to buck it up!

I hate those!!

Sounds like a good plan, Dang it Rob!! It's all your fault!

Well rats!! This, like the oil cap escaping, its my first! Heavy leaner!

I am so sorry!! Maybe you shouldn't look at my next post!!

No, I had just filled the gas and oil, made sure both caps were tight so I'm not sure. I was cutting in and around a bunch of vines so I'm guessing the cap got caught on one maybe, the cap even has a keeper (like they all do) and it still got pulled out!

Weird thing last week, got done cutting for the day and noticed I had no oil cap on my saw!! In all the years I've been cutting I have never had that happen before, ordered a new cap but after a big rain Thursday I went out and the rain washed the debris off it and I'm back in business! And now...

Just have to drive fast!! I'll write you a note in case you are late!

Well heck, you were almost halfway Rob...

Ya think?? Just take big steps! I'll hold my breath!:D

So got around to playing again, this time a firewood tree not a lumber tree. Its a pretty good sized sweetgum right on the edge of my saw yard. Tree down And my oddball way of marking and cutting. And started splitting this afternoon after PT.

Nice, I wish someone would come over and cut some trees for me!

Very cool, I get those around here from time to time.

How do you know when its time to start tapping?

I've been around, just haven't had anything to contribute! And just leave that porcupine place out of it! Troublemaker!

HAHAHAHA ya you!

HAHAHAHA... here we go again!! (its always that dang Loaderman!:p ) Makin up for Oldpath being gone! And dang it, it feels good when its 100 out and 95 percent humidity! And my kids say hi!

Thanks Arrow, it felt good!

Swimming pool?? WTH? My biggest problem with firewood is a lack of hardwood trees, I have a spattering of oak and hickory and a lot of the time not in a place I want to cut them. I do have quite a few yellow poplars, AKA tulip trees down here, and gobs of sweetgum which makes up maybe half of my...

Well maybe its firewood elbow!

WOW, are we just a bunch of old guys on here?? Yes I'm 68 so I fit in, also have had both shoulders redone so I'm doing a bit less cutting and stuff right now. Lately been fighting Plantar facetious in one foot which has flared up my arthritis in my other foot/ankle. Finally getting well enough...

Dang!! I wish I had known you were going to go to the one in Florence! Thats the one that is close to me, we could have met up face to face! Next time let me know!!! Heck we went to that one on opening weekend, you would have thought they were opening a new Disnyworld!!!

Ya think?? :D

I've been to a Buc-ees in at least three states. They have one about an hour from me now in South Carolina!

Nice, and I have that same cup!

Curious where you come up with that number, 85 cubic feet for a cord of wood as far as I can ever tell it was 8‘ x 4‘ x 4‘ which is 128 ft.³

And the stacked cord is 128 ft.³ interesting

What about that infamous Rick, can you sell Rick there ?? :ROFLMAO::LOL: Sorry, I couldnt resist!

Agreed, and I have all those things too! Dang, last count I think I have 6 chainsaws!

I've thought about selling some here and there, yes the small amounts, but just didn't seem worth it to me.

I never understood buying firewood, the only real reason I deal with a wood stove is due to the "free" fuel I can get off my property.

Gordon, great pictures and story! I'd love to have a little dozer but I'm afraid of the trouble I would surely get into with it! When we bought this place I had a couple openings clearcut in the woods and a road running all the way round the place by a big local logging company (big business...

I certainly hope so Rob

Oh... we have seen it overloaded and abused!!

Ahh, that stinks.

So thats a wagon wheel , yes?

Oh... funny man! NOT! And lets see,its the afternoon so its probably raining, not enough to do any good, just enough to piss you off! NASTY PLACE! Thanks for the ride down memory lane...NOT!!

Cooking alive here in the mid-high 90s but maintaining just fine. Waiting for it to cool off a bit to cut some more lumber trees.. too freaking hot right now!

Me too, she still bears the marks now a few years later.

Yes she was kinda ok, sick for a few days but finally ok. How the heck are ya doing?

Went to change targets on one of my ranges with my daughter, wasps had built a nest underneath, soon there was a fog of wasps, we ran like hell... she still got stung 17 times!! not a pretty day!

I agree I am lucky to have a dealer that cares, heck they even did a "house call" once to work on my tractor in my garage and didn't charge any extra for it.

I bought my Kubota used from an individual and my local Kubota dealer (Pageland South Carolina) treats me great, always have!! Kudos to them!

So I have 100 acres here and a 37 PTO hp 4-wheel drive Kubota and it does just fine. I move some pretty big logs here and there as I also have a small saw mill. Make sure you get 4 wheel drive, and a front loader. I change the attachments on the front more than I do the rear! Bucket, grapple...

I just don't have trees that big around here..

Thanks for the curlicuing lesson Gordon! :LOL:

BWAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! NOT A CHANCE!!

Yes, this was you... I'm a homeowner with a 16 acre property. Last summer I bought EGO electric power equipment, including a ZTR mower, leaf blower, and weed whacker. I also own a New Holland 33HP diesel tractor with a flail mower attached, a Stihl chainsaw, and a Stihl weed wacker (string...

Agreed, but you were the one touting "no emissions"..

You keep on stressing that it "emits no fumes" while that might be correct for when you are actually using it, but its fumes come from the power plants making the electricity to charge those batteries, and all the mining and processing needed to make those batteries. Yes, I like my battery...

I'm retired and no longer have to work all day with stuff and over the years have slowly gone electric on a lot of stuff, ALL my battery powered stuff is either Dewalt or Makita, proven tools of the trade(s). I have Dewalt pole saw, hedge trimmer, weed whacker,12" chain saw, blower, 21"...

I can absolutely see where I'm going with the bucket on, not sure what you are talking about.

When it's HOT out and I'm mowing a flat field, I'll sometimes raise the bucket a bit for better airflow to the radiator, not sure it really makes a difference, however.

I may try this.. never thought to just remove the bucket!

So I had called the local Kubota dealer and talked to their head mechanic before I saw the post up above. He said to set the pump to bleed , open the throttle wide open and crank it, it took a bit but finally got it running. Hope I'm not so absent-minded next time!! And thanks for that quick...

I picked up a new fuel filter and cleaned the outer air filter and reinstalled them both. The manual says to open the airbleed on the fuel pump and open the petcock for the fuel bowl/filter (I have done this many times without issue) Today I went through the bleeding procedure but, here's the...

The deer here are my crops! Along with pigs and turkeys.

I've never seen that problem, deer seem to come back right away with either one. And thank God I live where there is no snow!!!!!:p:D:LOL:

Check this one out, I've bought a couple PTO shafts from them and been happy with both of them, and at a great price. If this one does not fit your digger/tractor combo look around, they have a pretty good selection...

So when I first bought this property it was almost all woods with some trails, I wanted a mower that wouldn't stick out so far behind my tractor for the tight turns on the trails. I bought a Caroni Flail mower for just that reason, seemed to work fine although you had to go pretty slow with it...

Stain, natural aging, and a coat of Wolman Coppercoat (Wolman 5 Gal. CopperCoat Green Below Ground Wood Preservative 1902A - The Home Depot) last year and the year before and when it was being built.Here's the thread if you are interested. ((New shooting deck)) No cedar, its all lobblolly pine...

Again, thanks..

Sorry not sure of the brand and the almost empty bucket is out in the tower right now. The color is just called natural in a semi-transparent stain. Love the Graco, been running Graco sprayers for many many years. Was a painting contractor for a long time, this sprayer is brand new only the...

Awww thanks! Oh wait, you were talking about the tower huh? :LOL::LOL::LOL:

All my battery tools, mostly Dewalt and Makita. Circular saw ,pole saw ,drill driver’s, impact wrenches, fan, hedge trimmer, Weedwhacker, push mower, and more than escape me right now.

Great answer Gordon!

So I finally got around to staining my little shooting tower, didn't go too bad.

Do you have any side by side pictures of these blades?

OH, and here we go again!! :-) And no they re not the best looking part of colorado , the best part is the sign stating you are entering a different state.. or the exit sign!

Vevor is pretty good, I've just bought 2 pto shafts from them, the price direct from Vevor was cheaper than at amazon, AND free shipping

Probably wouldn't use it enough to justify buying it.

Yep, that's the exact one I was looking at, 3 oz a pump, no thanks. I muscled those 5's up there and was done pouring in 10 minutes.

THAT I understand! :D

The 5 gal bucket pump I looked at delivered 3 oz per pump, for 10 gallons that's 1280 pumps, I don't think so!

Man SR, I wish I had a dozer!!

You'd love my place then, pretty much just beach sand! Hard to get anything to grow though, I've given up on food plots!

I have a marked measuring stick I keep on my tractor, and I just hold it up there and just spray with the can. I hold it close so I get that narrow line. Yeah, that stump I'll probably leave as is, as you say not much good wood in there. I might clean it up and shorten it, depends how tired I am...

Yeah, I had to balance a 5 gallon bucket over the funnel! And thanks.

So kinda on the same line, yesterday I was in TSC , was thinking about one of those pumps to transfer my fluid from the 5 gallon bucket instead of muscling it in there, read the instructions and it said each pump equaled 3 ounces.... so 10 pumps per quart and I needed to put in 10 gallons.. talk...

So I tried my suction gun, about the size of a grease gun, it would have taken me all day, maybe all week, so I pulled one of the rear plugs, oily hands but a done deal!

So I took down an oak tree to mix with that sweetgum I took down last week, the oak was not looking all that healthy anyway. Both trees measured at 100 feet tall, Yes Skeans to you thats probably just a sapling but its what I have here. :D So same cutting technique as before Sorry no stump...

I do have a suction pump I may try it, just afraid the volume is too much. I'll let you know, heading that way now.

It, as stated above, has a dipstick. My last one a 3010 had the window.

Thanks, I was afraid you were going to say that.

Ok, I have a Kubota L3540 HST with loader. Changed the trans/hydraulic fluid and filters today. Followed my manual to the letter, drained the system, R&R both filters, the book says it takes 11.1 gallons of fluid, I put in 10 gallons and the dipstick says I'm quite a bit overfilled. Let it run...

I've left those chairs in the woods pretty much everywhere we have lived, at least 4 states now. Just something weird I do.

Firewood time. Tall sweetgum and my way of doing things. The tree in question On the ground And my way of marking, 16 inchers. I cut them all about 3/4 of the way through, the roll the log to finish, and keep my chain out of the dirt After finishing the cut, they are ready to pick up...

Wow, lots of advice here I've read some but not all. Some good and some not so good at least in my opinion for whatever that's worth, here's mine, I have a hundred acres of reasonably flatish land and pretty sandy lots of trees. My 37hp Kubota does fine, a little more power on occasion would be...

Oh... swimming pools are good!

Well other than when it gets windy and it ends up IN the pool!;)

I mostly just have dirty beach sand here!!

Yes, smoking grilling! I took down a big cherry tree and thats all I use it for. Mmmmmm

Dang, I was one of those people!

Cherry wood is also very good cooking wood. you could sell it as that too.

Not a fan of the flip caps myself.

I'd love to see the framing underneath, that might make a difference on how/what you do. Can you stick your head and a camera underneath and take some pictures?

Hey, tell me about that little tool box on your ROPS.. maybe even a link please.

I pretty much always go collect my deer with my tractor. Easier to put it in the truck that way.

So very cool Rob!!

It was on topic.. I'm sure he shot that nice turkey in the woods, or at least close to the woods!

Google it, There's some you tube videos on it out there, chicken and turkey is done just the same. Unless of course you go the Biker Chick method with the chicken. ;-)

Basically cut the backbone out, split the breast plate so you can open the bird flat, cooks quicker and more even. I do turkeys and chickens both this way. And don't pay any attention to that sawyer guy!:LOL::ROFLMAO:

No, wont waste it for some tacky burgers!! I'll clean it proper, brine it overnight the night before then smoke it low and slow for most of the way, then raise the heat for a nice golden crispness!! YUM!!

Yep, I am definitely not a trophy hunter, just looking for fridge fodder..

But you dont need to shoot the biggest one, at least I dont. And cooking in a Kamado rights a bunch of evils as well.

Yeah, I guess I come and go a little, but I'm still here. And I'm ready to gobble a couple gobblers!

The wild ones taste better, IF, you know how to cook them!

We can hunt deer over a feeder but not turkeys.

????? Have you never had a thanksgiving dinner?? Mmmmmm... smoked spatchcocked turkey.. so GOOD!

Absolutely!! I run my feeders all year long, but I have to switch them off about a week before season as you cannot hunt turkeys over a feeder.

And spring is in full bloom here... YAY! And its almost turkey time..

And whats with all the adds here all of a sudden? :mad::mad: