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They arrive crated. At least that's what I saw at Kioti dealer

Yep. Pull the pins, swing them way out, and you can back up to implement easier. Then you use them to adjust where you want the implement to ride left-right, whether that's centered or offset to one side. You will get tons of opinions on how "tight" to pin them to restrict side-to-side...

I guess I'm too late, but i did mine at 50 hrs and it was a waste of $. In my LS, when I switched from whatever hyd fluid they used to Kubota SUDT2 I immediately noticed a decrease in HST whine and my loader felt a little less "jerky" (although that could have been purely psychological, but the...

I don't think there IS factory oil. The dealer adds it and they choose what to use. Deere or Kubota is going to use their stuff, but Kioti & LS - and maybe many others - whatever the dealer stocks is what gets used. If it meets spec, that's it. So you'd have to ask your dealer what he filled...

I have about a 1200 sq ft area that's dirt with thin layer of pea gravel I want to keep clear of grass/weeds. I do regular glyphosate concentrate but stuff grows right back. RM43 would be just once a year & nothing grows back in that area? Or is something else better for that? I don't care...

That makes sense now. I get it & see what I was doing wrong. Wanna see how I tore up my tiller next? :)

I should replace arrow #1 or #2 or either with chain? If #2 I can picture that in my mind and looks like it would solve my problem. If #1, that's where I get confused since no matter how I set the BH down - on 4x4, on blocks, whatever, I have to adjust toplink to either attach or get the level...

Those pics are the yoke replaced with chains, not the toplink replaced with a chain. Am I misunderstanding?

I sold mine. It was a typical skid steer rock bucket, 72". Don't get one of those unless you really have a strong loader. Mine was great for hauling brush, tree limbs. Could really pile a lot. Absolutely would not separate rocks from dirt though which was primary reason i wanted it...

So I fixed it after work today and got to looking at it & just don't see how to use a chain in place of toplink????? How do you adjust the front-to-back angle? Or do you run the toplink in and just use a section of chain from it to the bush hog? Almost seems like you'd have to jack up the...

Nope, have flex link. And it's in straight line on flat level ground so it can swivel. I'm not installing the flex link in a bind. I have an area with a short but steep bank. Maybe 3' elevation change. Crossing that might be the issue - or coming down off it. Will pay attention there next...

Yes greased. Will have to get a pic. It's like the fork was smashed straight down from the top. Wheel spins freely, shaft pivots freely.

OK.....I'm doing something wrong.....way wrong.....and about to install my 3rd tail wheel fork on a 6' Bush Hog BH6 that's almost 3 yrs old. I figured the first one was due to the hydraulic top link failing, leaking down before I noticed, and i was just loading it up too much. But most of last...

I picked up an older ZTrack front mower and that is what it specs for the hydraulic oil. Not Hy-Gard, not 303, not something I'd typically use for hydraulic oil. So just plain old 10W40 oil in there? I'm changing hyd oil & filter. Mower has about 2k hrs on it - straight plain dino oil...

Dealing with the coyotes in hopes to get deer & turkey back on my land. Used to be all over the place - groups of 30+ turkey almost daily, frequent visits by deer. They may have just found greener pastures and just coincidental, but I noticed fewer and fewer until almost none deer & turkey...

Absolutely! I just had a track loader clear a long path over an area I couldn't even traverse with my tractor, let alone deal with the small cliff-like dropoff or huge rocks in the way. He built me a berm so high I don't even have the dump clearance to reach the top & won't for a while...

Thinking about upgrading trailer & looking at options. What are pros & cons of a deckover vs a standard equipment trailer with the fenders? I don't know enough about them, but just looking online it seems the biggest advantage is the wider platform. The only disadvantage I see is longer ramp...

Any issue shooting these things on private property in NC? I'm typically a live & let live sort, but now that the coyotes have been dealt with, these things are going nuts. I'm seeing up to 8 a time on game camera & they're becoming destructive. Destroyed 3/4 of my pumpkins last year...

And what size.....??? I'm going to hang steel targets along a winding 250 yd path I cleared along a creekbed with real high natural berms. Idea is to have a long lane you can walk down and engage targets with pistol, PCC, or AR with 22 conversion kit. Not going to be centerfire rifle...

Bush Hog BH 6. My impact driver is a smaller 3/8 one about the size of a cordless drill so I'm sure that isn't up to the task. Does anyone know what size/spec impact driver, socket size, or anything else I'll want to have on hand to do this? It's a remote site so don't want to make extra trip...

Is there something I can plant once on about 1/2 acre that will just keep coming back year after year for a food plot? I don't want to spray, till, replant every year. But would like something to attract deer (turkeys too if plants do that) in the fall. There's plenty for them to eat on...

A hydraulic and manual/standard toplink installed at same time? I like my hydraulic toplink for box blade, but it is an absolute nightmare for a bush hog - leaks down so fast the bushhog ends up riding on the tailwheel over rough terrain and mangling the fork. So I'd like the hyd toplink in...

SO before planting I sprayed roundup (generic concentrate from TSC), everything browned up about a week or so later, tilled, & planted. Same sequence as last year and that kept the weeds/grass down pretty well while my pumpkins grew. Eventually by the time pumpkins were mature there were some...

Do you have something similar to this control? On mine that adjusts how the HST reacts from real grabby to a long coast to stop....

What's best way to apply something like this basic 10-10-10 granules? Several small planting areas tilled already but will till 1 more time before seeding. Will spread this with a walk-behind spreader (like you'd use for your lawn - that's all I have). Question is, do I till that in after...

That 310J is nice!!!! This did a lot of work for me, but also required me to pretend to be a heavy equipment mechanic (which I am not!). Around here, about best you'll do under $25k is ~20 y/o 310, ~9k hrs, overall good, ready-to-work shape. Which is fine - will cost some $ maintaining &...

But quite frankly you can slowly dig a very small hole. For many of us in the "rent it crowd" it just makes more sense. If you really need a backhoe so frequently that it has to be there on demand you probably need something a little more substantial than a smallish tractor mounted one...

F150 - just make 3 trips :) Even a smallish tractor without a loader is a little over 8' long so would need a pretty long trailer. I can't see 2 of anything (unless garden tractors or something really small) on even a largish rollback. For reference, this is my previous one (small) on a 16'...

So Sling finally sent the free stuff from when I signed up. Apparently I didn't fill out address fields when I signed up (which I think is odd, most stuff like that doesn't let you complete without filling out all required fields and surely I must have entered a billing address along with my...

OK...but am getting confused.....I've read "supersweet", "field", "seed",etc. So for this year's crop - what I want to pick and eat/donate....if I have 4 different varieties of "sweet corn" growing in close proximity.....will the corn be just fine? I don't care if the seeds are no good for...

Yours are probably slightly different but there are min/max levels on the dipsticks & you should be within those ranges. Not great pics but you can see how my F/A one is. What you can't tell from the b&w grainy pic is it is orange plastic & you can't really see clean oil on it. Also note...

Mine are for various reasons. Some to answer questions or just have some info out there for others. When I was tractor shopping I didn't find a lot of good info about the Kioti NX so did a couple short videos talking about it or certain features so others know what they are. Kioti certainly...

Was going to do some corn & summer squash this year. Can get those in & done before time for pumpkins to go in the ground. Not a lot of corn - maybe 4000 seeds or so. The descriptions for various seeds say "isolation required" and the rows or 2 areas to plant aren't really far enough apart to...

So it's been about a year, a little over 100 hrs with the NX now. And have never once thought "I sure am glad it has that seat safety switch!". But can't count the # of times I thought the opposite and I muttered curses under my breath at it. I'm really trying to think of some beneficial...

So these finally arrived on Friday & picked up at my LGS. I thought it was pretty good deal. $710 for both, free shipping, no tax, $20 xfer fee. From Sportsman's Outdoor Superstore. I wasn't thrilled that the free shipping option took a long time to actually get sent, but for the price...

Very nice! Looks like you used the same bench plans I did :)

Had a quart of the generic concentrate (41%) roundup from TSC. Maybe 12 oz left, a little less than a year old, in original container with tight lid, stored in my garage so it went thru hot and cold. Mixed 4oz in 2 gal water in pump sprayer & did around my house. Couple days later, everything...

She didn't say it was a promo rate but on their website looks like 24 months. 2 yrs from now, maybe some better alternatives? But no mention of introductory offer, promotional period, anything to indicate price she quoted wasn't the "real price". The confirmation email with price change...

Hard to go wrong with this one....

Soooo....got the airTV tuner and antenna setup. That lets me stream the OTA stations to 2 devices simultaneously but only have 1 antenna. I get 14 channels. Got Roku up & running on upstairs TV. That one had picture going to TV, sound going to AV receiver with surround sound. Was simple setup...

All the recent posts here on the subject got me motivated enough to do it. This is the plan & what I signed up for. Can change/cancel if I did something stupid, but I *think* I will get OTA channels on 3 TVs, have a simpler interface, and mrs cmv still can find lifetime/hallmark movies easily...

Replaced my builder-grade, plain plastic loud bathroom fan with a lighted one a few yrs back. Well, it's getting rusty and looks like a turd so is getting replaced again soon. When I put 1st one in, I noticed it just vents between the ceiling and 2nd story floor. There is a vent on exterior...

Need to replace our grill. It's nothing fancy - just a stainless 4-burner with a side burner & runs on a 20lb propane tank but is pretty much entirely shot. Was just going to get another basic one, but mrs CMV has some specific things she wants and checking the usual places I'd get one...

Oh....really put some thought into camera placement. Don't do like I did :) Here are examples of my novice thinking when I installed it so you can learn from my mistakes: I thought this would be a good angle and coverage for package thieves or people messing with cars in driveway. Pretty...

I got a Dillon 650XL reloading press a couple weeks ago (used). Did a tiny bit of reloading on it so far.... 4200 .223, 3600 9mm

These are off my phone app, but typical for what to expect for 1080p camera. Note the interior one, it's in night mode with no interior house lighting & overcast day outside - without color night vision, you'll be B&W a lot indoors without a lot of light. But in case you're trying to decide on...

For those of us who have lost patience on the pic... this is probably reasonably close:

Gonna guess you aren't mowing the entire lot weekly and maintaining a groomed lawn over the whole thing. The terrain has as a lot do with mowing speed. If the land is real rough, you slow down a lot or it just beats the heck out of you - there is no suspension on a tractor like a car. Bigger...

Mom is still getting around well, but developing some balance issues. She is more active than a typical 25 y/o (that doesn't still live with his parents) - I wish I had her energy. But....she lives alone and has unusually steep steps to get to her basement where laundry is. And an odd...

Soooooo much stuff I buy there and very little disappointing/garbage/waste of money. Some of my favorites: 3 generators. The 3000/3500 inverter, the 3500/4300 & the 7250/9000 regular ones. The inverter one is so quiet - you can stand right next to it running a good load and have a...

Can't comment on the Titan brand since have never seen one. Mine is a Bush Hog RT72G & was $1850 for reference. From looking at link, they seem pretty similar, but mine has 54 tines. 9x6 configuration vs 7x6. If that matters at all, I have no idea. Just from the pics, the skis on mine seem...

My old backhoe had a shot alternator and something that would discharge batteries even with everything off. So I swapped batteries in it every time I used it (only had to start, then hold fuel solenoid open so no big deal it didn't charge itself). I used these from Advance Auto. Pretty easy...

This isn't bad...just a regular set of pallet forks. Carried that tree about 1/4 mile that way. Of course could have just thrown a chain around it & drug it too....but an example that pallet forks can move something like that simply where it would take some lashing to use your regular bucket...

SO on my facebook feed I see this sale ad for Mahindra 20S HST. Pictured it has a MMM and FEL, says savings of $12k off msrp, and shows price of $11k. While not tractor shopping at all, that just looked like a great deal for $11k. Could do a lot of tasks my NX is overkill for, mrs CMV could...

Way off topic - sorry - but figured you guys would know this & get me going in right direction.... Replaced washing machine a couple months ago and ever since have had a bad water hammer effect in our upstairs bathroom. Always had a tiny one, but now it's unbearable. Used to, could hear the...

Was sorting thru some old stuff and came across fuel filter element left over from my LS tractor. Part # is MT40223960 which is the OEM New Holland p/n but it was for my LS XJ2025H. I *THINK* it crosses to an LS 2020, 2030, 2023, 3025, or New Holland Workmaster 25 or Boomer 20/24/25/30/35. Up...

Oosik....maybe if we had Grand L's instead of NX's, RTFM might help a lot? No idea, but would suspect for the same "gadgetry" on both, Kubota probably has much more detailed documentation. While I really like my Kioti and a positive opinion of the brand overall, their documentation is severely...

Got me thinking and went back thru old pictures on my phone. This is 2 13 yd piles from company A followed by an 18 yd load from company B. What should be 26 yds compared to what should be 18 yds...look about the same. So either company A is delivering a lot less than advertised or company B...

That's kind of what I'm thinking.....around 20 yds vs 26 yds is what it 'seems like' I had to work with. The grayed out portion of my cross section sketch shows the material I should have had left over. Mostly anyway, +/- a yard.

Had 2 tandem loads delivered yesterday of fill dirt. Just plain old Carolina red clay. 13 cu yds is one tandem load (advertised, sold by volume, not weight like stone). Was extending a shooting berm/backstop. Addition is 16' wide, 6' deep, 7.5" high. So picture piling that against an...

Obviously I know they can freeze....can one freeze without destroying/damaging the tote itself is what I'm getting at. Mine are full thanks to all this rain. several 330 & 275 gal sizes. If left uncapped? If left with 8" or so headspace? If left half full (half empty pessimists)? I want to...

My land/range has an elevation change about midway so I need to be elevated to "shoot down" at the 300 yd berm. Otherwise would have had to build that berm 15' high. Anyway, making a platform to shoot from was much simpler solution. Version 1.0 lasted several years but was too small, a little...

Depends on the loader really. And size of the rear tires, overall machine weight too. I can easily get my rears off the ground with just loaded rears if nothing on the back. Kubota MX will do same & i'm sure many others - those are only two I've experienced though. My smaller LS wouldn't -...

Not that I recommend doing it, but it worked. Super simple way to double the weight :) Point is you can easily add weight to one with stuff you may already have. I'd also stick with 6' even though you can pull wider a lot of times. Same as bucket width so you just know where it is, covers...

Quick question about tiller setup. It's been working fine and doing a great job. But I get "skid marks" on both sides of the tiller path. Best I can describe (should have taken a picture) is a swath 72" wide of fine powdery dirt, nice and smooth, but a small "trench" along the left and right...

^^^ interesting - I'd have never thought to put them on the sides like that. Here are examples on my LS of how the bolt-on hooks didn't fit well due to bucket construction. Would have probably worked just fine since it didn't have tons of lift strength. But looked like the plate would want to...

So for not really knowing what I'm doing and getting 3 month's worth of rain in 1.5 weeks a little while ago, I'm happy with results from pumpkin growing experience so far. Picked a lot this week, a few weeks earlier than planned & think all that rain was reason. About 250 so far, probably ~75...

This is how mine are - just basic 5/16" weld-on grab hooks. Other than a 3rd in the middle maybe, I wouldn't want any other way. IF you're interested, the toothbar is this: Amazon.com: Titan 72" Bucket 23TF Tooth Bar Universal Size Skid Steer Tractor USA Made: Home Improvement Required some...

The issue is your interpretation, not the box. Most people would read that description and think "I can put up to 800 lbs in it and it won't break". Very few would read that description and think "I can just fill it with material of any density and it will weigh 800 lbs".

Bought an Echo CS490 - 20", 50cc chainsaw. Bought the $6 Echo scabbard for it. But with the included tip guard installed on the bar, the bar won't go in the scabbard. Do people just not install those guards? Seems really odd that the scabbard made for the saw won't fit with a safety device...

So Thought I broke something....3 pt arms would go up, but not come back down. Draft control all the way down, move handle back and forth, just up, up, up, no downward movement. Tried rear handle and watched linkage - what I could see looked fine. So after tinkering for a while and now 3pt...

Still impressed by what this loader can do. Not a huge tree and no idea what it weighs, but had no issue lifting whole thing off ground. Tree was fallen over but some of root ball was still in ground. Had no problem plucking that out either. Keeping my chain on the bar while turning this...

I would climb it and sit right there and have at it with chainsaw. But I'm not good at that sort of stuff - just what I'd do.....

Manual probably doesn't say you shouldn't light yourself on fire before operating either so not sure I get the point you're trying to make? No one is saying you can't lift max loads or do it safely. But your manual most likely does - in multiple places - caution about how to work with loads...

Just some general info and notes for others. Mine is USA spec, open station NX4510 HST, but I think the whole NX family uses same parts & capacities... Replaced 5 filters: Wix WL10113 - $39 + $7 freight since they had to order - O'Reilly auto parts. Originally ordered from NAPA online, but...

So everything is growing well mostly. ANY that we tried to transplant died right away. The ones I did, I dug pretty far around them and took a big ball of dirt along with plant. No exposed roots and dug far enough away I wasn't chopping roots. So either I should have let them get bigger...

These two cost about the same and are easily bought anywhere. Is one vastly better than the other for tractor? Can I use either as universal and do tractor, implements, trailer wheel bearings, etc? Would be nice to just use one for everything.... ps...regular equipment/utility trailer -...

This is how they are so far: Typical spot in a row: One of the larger ones: Some still just sprouting while their neighbors have been up and growing a while:

So all 4 patches have sprouted and seem to be growing well. 3 of them (white Flat Boer Ford, white New Moon F1, orange Kratos F1) were done in tilled areas and planted in rows. Spread 10-10-10 granular fertilizer at about same rate you would do a lawn before tilling. 4th area (orange Field...

I very frequently see industrial pallet racking for sale on local clist. Lots of flexibility there with overall height, rack spacing. Way less $, super strong, and ready to bolt together and use. A lot better and cheaper than anything I'd make on my own :) This is an example: Pallet racking...

OK...dumb question - can I fill a typical wheelbarrow front tire with Great Stuff expanding foam from a can? Can probably just buy a solid tire for $15, but figured I'd try the $4 solution first if that would work. Removing stem and getting foam in there seems simple enough....just don't...

If it were me, I wouldn't chose the NX5010 over the 4510 unless you had a specific need for the ~10% more HP. Just happen to have brochure sitting here so did a scan for you. Very little difference. If your $1500 is close guess on price difference, that's enough for a set of SSQA pallet...

For our pumpkin patches, doing a drip line type deal made from mostly 1/2" schedule 40 PVC. No utilities at out property, so transporting water in IBC totes. Got the first one (smallest) done today and tested it out. Works pretty well, but place the pipe is just slightly out of level means...

Kioti NX4510 HST No Stall Feature - YouTube Short video pushing into a pile and taking a full bucket load at real low RPM with no stall engaged.

Found a good deal on a slightly used skeleton rock bucket 72" locally. 3" spacing and teeth. I want it to sift large amounts of dirt w/ rocks I've pushed off the top 6" or so of an area. I'm assuming it will separate the larger rocks and leave behind dirt and smaller gravel sized pieces which...

I need a new trimmer. So tired of these things only working a few years then they豎*e junk. Engines fine, but shafts, heads, whatever they豎*e just junky. Are ALL this way and just nature of the beast? I really want to buy my LAST one which is what I thought I did last time but although it cost...

Don't know if i posted before, but this is what I did to "fix" my ignition key. Due to location, I was continually bumping the key with my knee, bending the key and wallowing out the key slot. Was afraid I was eventually going to break key off in switch. Thought I had better pics on my phone...

Re: What would be "best" way to capture rainwater from a shipping container? Seems to be working. Light rain and little stream of water going into tote.

Reason I chose the NX over something smaller was the loader. I don't have utilities at my property so I move water there in IBC totes. Transferred one today. The Kioti lifted it. Didn't like it, but it did it :) . Full to the 1200L mark (317 gal), so that was 2644 lbs of water, 175 lbs of...

Re: What would be "best" way to capture rainwater from a shipping container? So got it done yesterday. Definitely got the low cost materials and doesn't have to be pretty parts right :) I used vinyl gutters, self-drilling metal screws, aluminum flashing tape. Just screwed the gutter right to...

THANK YOU for this thread. I kind of dismissed it - my machine is brand new and I asked they guys to go back over it real good before delivery just to be sure. Figured no need to do this, but would keep in back of mind for when 50hr service time comes along and do it then. But then the...

What kind of tractors are these? Why is someone using these items as a compact tractor?

Was fighting my box blade wanting to jump up over a lot of stuff or float over grass vs cutting. I can't say I would recommend others do this, but it did work and was an easy field expedient solution to make the box blade behave a little more how I wanted it to. Have a friend's BB I was...

It seems the more I go, I just keep uncovering new ones <sigh> This is what I'm dealing with giving me grief The softball and smaller sized ones - they're easy. Bucket and/or box blade catches them and takes them along. Football and larger - esp buried or half buried - just make everything...

My other tractor did not have draft control. This one does. But either it doesn't do what I think it does, or it isn't working correctly. If I have it set at 10, the 3pt won't lower. If I have it set at 1 (or 0 - whatever lowest is), and lower the 3pt, the draft control lever works exactly...

Getting some areas ready for planting. Tearing up sod and just getting started. My land is FULL of rocks. I had it to where all the ones that got in way of mowing were gone, but zillions of them at ground level or slightly buried. I'm ripping up the ground using my box blade with 6 teeth all...

Bush Hog BH6 - YouTube Just cutting some various stuff with Bush Hog BH6. Boring for most of you, might be good idea of capabilities of a light duty rotary cutter for those who are new to this stuff :)

Kioti NX4510HST 3pt - YouTube Demo of the 3pt area with extendable lift arms, how the adjustable arm works, and general ease of hooking up a bush hog. The smaller CK3510/4010 SE is very similar so useful info for those considering CK SE as well.

Kioti NX4510 HST Engine Smoothness - YouTube I watched Neal's (Messick's) video where he compared a Kubota to Mahindra and he pointed out the difference in engine smoothness with them side by side. That stuck with me as I was shopping and I paid attention to different machines and how smooth...

Why I Chose Kioti NX4510 HST - YouTube Video on some of the reasons I went with NX4510 and the features I liked

KIOTI NX4510 HST Linked Pedal - YouTube Just a short video showing my new machine going over some rough terrain to see how much better the ride would be and a demonstration of the HST with linked pedal in operation. :)

FINALLY got delivered today. Too wet to mess with it much and not great pics since a dreary day. But for little I did use it, I really like it.

Standard (not high cube) 40' container, collect water in 330 gal IBC totes. I put "best" in quotes since that will mean something entirely different to every reader here. I define it for this projects as (1) easiest, (2) lowest/lower cost materials, (3) doesn't have to be pretty, (4) sturdy...

Sadly I'm fresh out of both gold and depleted uranium :) I agree swapping implements for a ballast box is wasted time. But one of my berms that i fill from the rear is a tight space. So the compact box is less worry than even a box blade. Big enough machine now that I could probably fix the...

Using lemon sized crushed concrete now which was perfect weight before but leaves a lot of air space and now would like it heavier for the bigger loader. Sand or concrete heaviest thing to reasonably use? Tungsten heaviest thing I could think of but would be insanely expensive, even that much...

I have a basic landscape type utility trailer w/ 2x 3,500 lbs axles, brakes both axles, 16', with reinforced and spring assist gate. Was great for my small tractor and thought I'd get by with the new one, but wasn't considering 900+ lbs of loaded rear tires. I have 5400 lbs capacity...

And delivery might be as early as this weekend!!!! Sometime next week worst case. I think I did pretty good and a fair deal on both sides. $27,700 NX4510HST w/ KL6010 loader Hydraulic top link Ind tires Filled rears 2 weld-on grab hooks front bucket Delivery (15 min away) 6' Bush Hog brand...

Can you offset a rotary cutter/bush hog far to the left or right adjusting stabilizers to keep it that way to make it easier to mow against fences or keep tires a little further away from drop-offs? Not so far that you're rubbing a rear tire, but enough that you're notably far to one side...

I don't think there is an other option...this is what they come with standard. When I wrote ask the dealer, I meant ask him for pallet forks since that is a common item to have in stock. At least gives you a starting point on price.

Will be getting a new BH brand rotary cutter. Light duty, 6', BH6 model. I initially asked for slip clutch, but am now 2nd guessing myself. Not a drastic price difference. My 5' TSC current one has been a champ and kept on trucking thru a lot of stuff well over it's 1" cut rating, softball...

Still debating exactly what to get, but for the choices I'm satisfied with the quotes from dealers on purchase price. For argument's sake, let's say I'm going to offer Dealer B's quote to dealer A which is about $600 difference. Otherwise dealer A is offering attachments at cost with purchase...

Nice brackets! I just used a piece of angle iron. Drilled it to accommodate standard U bolts. Mounted just under top of bar vs over it like you did - figured fewer branches and stuff smacking the lights. I too found my stock headlights useless since loader is always in front of them. So I...

So we got a conditional (temporary) farm exemption. Here in NC, that's good for 3 yrs, but then you have to show $10k in farm income and get a permanent one - the conditional expires after 3 yrs and you can't get another. Was joking with the wife when it arrived that will have to get whatever...

My pistol berm (up to 50 yds) is 12' wide, 8' tall. That's more than enough for two shooters at pistol range. Rifle (up to 300 yds) is 16' wide, 8' tall. Getting dirt up that high - with anything - is difficult. 2x base = height was not working for me in reality. After roughly about 4'...

I need to stay off the dealer lot. Every time I go I end up looking at something better :) Roughly $6k difference. The NX seems to come with everything the SE does minus a rear remote. Of course much bigger, bigger loader, more HP, etc. What would be the downside of choosing the NX other...

Just wondering....what does it take to break one? I have a 5' TSC light duty rotary cutter - the angled back one they sell for $1200. It's taken a lot of saplings over its rated 1", lots of softball sized rocks, chunks of dead wood, and just yesterday a concrete cap block - the ones that are...

Have different thread in Kubota forum since was really leaning toward either L3901 or L4701 to upgrade my little LS. In general, loader performance, especially dump clearance, is extremely high on my priority list. Otherwise, HST, SSQA bucket, ind tires are important. Everything else is...

Just filling those berms a few times per year....bullet strikes tend to loosen up the dirt :) No dump truck to load. I work around now by (1) renting a large backhoe - super easy with 1.25+ cu yd bucket, unlimited lift strength, real high clearance or (2) gravel/dirt inclines behind the berms...

Going thru the "this vs that" for a tractor upgrade - possibly. While larger machine in general has some advantages to me, I think loader capability is going to be much higher on the list than most everything else. Some of what i do is maintaining 8' tall shooting berms that I fill from behind...

Still keep thinking about upgrading to something a little larger....I like my little LS tractor, but larger bucket, more lift capacity, more HP, and higher dump clearance would make a lot of what I do much faster/easier. Looking at used (Kubota) and have a hard time justifying used over new...

Has anyone relocated/re-engineered the ignition switch? The placement on mine is absolutely AWFUL for me. Even though I'm aware of it and try to be careful, I'm nonstop bumping the key with my knee and bending the key. Just a matter of time until I actually break it off in the switch. I...

One for sale locally...couple years old, ~200 hrs. Looks like just tractor, FEL, pin on bucket, and ag tires. Assuming nothing wrong/broken, what is fair price for it from private seller? I don't see any prices online for just the tractor and FEL - just package deals. From those and...

Got the 9" ones from WM that are $19 ea. I disconnected my front headlight connectors and then just tapped green & black wires there. Sleeved some wire and routed from under hood to rear of machine following hyd lines as much as possible. Lots of zip ties to keep wires where I want them. I...

This is what I ended up with. Worked really well. As pointed out earlier, it was exceptional cutting into a small hill for digging. Once that was done and I was trying to dig down a little, was a lot more difficult. But some thick roots, decent size rocks, it handled it. Not nearly like...

So seems strong enough....got a new IBC tote and was able to lift it with ~80 gal. Pallet forks - 305, empty tote - 175, 80 gal water - 670 = 1,105 lbs. From bed of truck, couldn't curl back and had to keep bumping loader stick to "nudge" tote up 1/2" at a time. But it did eventually lift it...

I have a digging project for a friend coming up so want to get a tooth bar ordered this week. so 2 questions: 1. Titan, BXpanded, WR Long, etc...does brand matter? Will be occasional use and I don't expect to be doing huge amounts of digging - I understand my little machine isn't an...

Been borrowing a friend's 5' box blade. Works pretty well for most of what I've used it for, except if I drop the teeth all the way down. That turns it into an anchor pretty much after about 2-3 feet of travel. My owners manual says use 4' implements. Been looking at clist for deals on box...

I overheard part of a conversation at local tractor dealer this weekend. Salesman was talking to a young couple looking into smaller tractors and about 5 AC. Note: I didn't hear entire conversation and wasn't trying to - just heard a small bit that caught my attention. They were talking about...

This is the back corner of my berm and shows how I constructed it. About 7.5'. That's my pistol one and that [ shaped construction let me pile the dirt pretty high without needing excessive amount to reach that height and still be moderately thick at top. I did my rifle one the same way, but...

I posted before about feeling that the breakout/lift force on my loader seemed a little light. Also about how when I set the bucket or loader arms down on level surface, the right one hits first by about an inch or so. Well, today I was moving and IBC tote with water and the platform it sits...

I read (on the internet so it MUST be true) that you can run a larger finish mower than a bush hog due to lower HP requirements. Any truth to that? Now that I've cleared out a lot with bush hog, I have larger area to mow. Tractor doesn't mind the 5' bush hog at all. What does that translate...

A lot of threads here and the before/after pics of a light bar mounted on the ROPS looks like it makes a HUGE difference. I see lots of interesting pods, bars, etc on Amazon but wattage ratings anywhere from 18 to 500+. So a couple of questions: 1. My factory headlights are 55/60 W. If I...

I did the shipping container after looking at a lot of various options. I couldn't build as large a structure for less $. And have it water tight, moderately secure, and mouse proof at least. My machine is smaller and fits just fine with ROPS up. But I will add this: Cost for a 40' vs a 20'...

I just have a basic big box store chainsaw. Ryobi 16 in. 37cc - nothing fancy and probably a toy compared to 'real' one. But for all I need one for, it's acceptable. I mostly use it for dealing with downed pine trees or getting low hanging branches clipped to mow under easier. With a...

Would it be possible to make a small plate with a vertical piece of round bar stock to go into the draw bar mount? That could hold some stacked plate weights. Seems like that would be close in enough there would still be clearance for a box blade. Could be a way to have easily added/removed...

I didn't mean ballast + spacers - just spacers in general. I can see where that ADD is confusing since wheel spacers just came out of left field :) Filled tires or not, do the spacers have a downside? My trailer is a typical landscape/utility type. Had the place I bought it weld some extra...

If I fill my front axle, it leaks when parked. Probably all the time, but see the puddle after parking. Oddly, not all the time, but 3 out of 5 times when left parked overnight there will be some gear oil on floor at center of front axle. So either I'm overfilling, or the dipstick is...

A little background - my land is all Carolina red clay. Won't perc, holds water, takes at least 10+ days to dry out, a little less in full summer sun. Years ago was a land clearing/demolition land fill for a highway widening project and has been closed from that use for 10 yrs. They went way...

Mine came with the 2102 and the bucket in picture.

I don't trailer my tractor often but wonder if ratchet straps are sufficient/safe or are chains necessary? Pretty light at maybe 2300 lbs for the tractor w/ FEL + any implement. Trailer is a typical landscape/utility with a reinforced mesh back gate and rail all around. 2x 3500 lbs axles...

I didn't get a draw bar with my tractor. The mounting is all there, just the steel bar with holes is not. Asked original owner and he said it did not come with one. I found the p/n and a couple places that sell online, but $65-$70 + shipping seems really high for what it is. I don't have...

Been borrowing a friend's box blade and have got a lot of use out of it, but need to get my own. It looks to me that the box blade will do everything the rear scrape blade will but has the added benefits of being able to drop teeth, more weight, use in reverse, not let material escape at the...

This is what the boot area on mine is like. You can see how the boot is longer than the connection. Just makes it real difficult. Maybe not cut that boot entirely off, but several inches back so I can see and manipulate the u-joint and collar connector? I can't have the PTO running and be...

I am a shameless noob...no point trying to disguise that :) Have some real basic bush hog questions though. I have the 5' TSC one. Came with my tractor. Cleared out some real nasty stuff in just one pass and did a whole better than what I was expecting - although having never used one...

I didn't like the size of the plastic tool box. Fine for spare pins or screwdrivers or flashlight, but a lot of things that won't fit that I thought might be handy to have. I wanted something a bit larger & figured a .50cal ammo can would be a good size. So looked thru the garage for stuff I...

I noticed that when I let the bucket down, the right side always hits first. Didn't think much of it and assumed uneven ground. But had it on my concrete driveway and noticed there too. Just too make sure, I turned around and faced the other direction and same thing. I also checked and...

At my property I have a couple options for storing things not in use, but none of them wonderful. I don't have a lot now, but guess the collection will grow over time. 5' bush hog, 5' box blade, ballast box, pallet forks, and the tractor itself. No barn or large garage-type building. No...

Going to go ahead and change it tomorrow along with everything else. Might be just wasting some time & $, but at least i will learn how it's done and be more prepared next time. Taking it home after work today and doing everything in my driveway vs out on my property that has limited tools and...

Big brown truck delivered a big red box today. Got this ballast box from Titan Distributors (not sure if that is same Titan as sticky at top of this page???) on Amazon Amazon.com: Ballast Box 3 Point Category 1 Tractor Attachment: Home Improvement. I thought $259 was a very fair price for how...

So it sounds like I *might* waste a little time and the cost of fluid, but there would be no harm changing the hyd fluid this weekend as part of the 50 hr service even though the manual doesn't call for it yet. I *might* benefit from getting some foreign material or condensation out early...

Got all my filters & fluids to do my 50 hr service. Would there be any benefit to changing the hyd fluid at same time? From the recommendation here for Kub Super UDT-2 I did some more internet research and have read about it quieting down whine, giving smoother operation, etc on other...

Bought a slightly used LS XJ2025H and picked it up Sat morning. Had 37 hrs on it. As of last night just over 50, so did a lot in just 2 days. I really like my little tractor, but being a novice have nothing to compare it to. But for just a guy maintaining some land the things I like list is...

Bought a slightly used (~40 hrs) 2017 tractor. A little smaller than what I was looking for but was what I could afford and seems like it will be capable for what I need to do. Has the loader, R4 tires, and a 5' bush hog. Let me start out by stating I'm a tractor novice. Other than the very...

'83 JD 500C Having some type of transmission problem with my backhoe. Starting out in 1st or 2nd gear, there is hardly any power. If I'm on flat ground it will go. But if I'm trying to push (like getting a big scoop full from a dirt pile) or start uphill, it won't go. All hydraulic...

I don't know what an enginebreather is. Decided to watch it happen as the machine was started and found it is coming from the top of the starter - looks like it's the housing that covers the bendix and holds the solenoid? Appears to be coming from this area: This is a [very crappy] video of...

83 JD 500C backhoe. I put a new starter on a few months ago. Now when running, it leaks frothy oil in a steady stream where the starter is mated to the engine housing. Is there supposed to be a gasket there? I don't remember one on the old starter which was the original from '83. Seems like...

Worth 1,000 words..... Top is what I had. Bottom is what I think I should have. Purple wires I'm not sure if they should be there or not.

83 JD 500C backhoe. Electrical is 100 different kinds of screwed up on the machine. I had the starter relay (or solenoid relay or starter solenoid - I see it called several things but I"m not talking about the solenoid that's parked on top of the starter but the solenoid/relay before the...

Another new problem with my '83 JD 500C backhoe. It won't start from a stop on a hill. Has the 8 speed powershift transmission. If i'm in first gear and pointing up hill - even a fairly mild incline - it will not move or else will creep for 20 seconds & then start to go. Goes just fine on...

I loosened the hydraulic line at the cylinder and used a cherry picker and the stabilizer lifted right up. Every pump on the jack handle on the cherry picker gave a squirt of hyd fluid out of the connection as it was moving up. Red star on pic shows which connection I loosened. Does that...

Lurked here for a while but now have a specific problem that I couldn't answer by searching. I have an 83 JD 500C backhoe. It does everything it's supposed to but has lots of minor issues as one would expect on a machine that age. One of the issues is the stabilizer cylinders leak down...