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this is just a hobby so I’m not looking to spend a bunch of money. I’ve got a 45hp bobcat ct4045 tractor. Is it big enough to pull a hay baler and how much $ would I need to spend? Just looking how to make the small square bales Thank you

Looking at a Iron-craft ctgr60 for my bobcat ct4045. $1,500 price. Is this a good price on it? Will it hold up well? Looking to move brush, logs, rocks and uproot small saplings out of the ground I don’t use my backhoe on. Thanks.

Update. Read remote hydraulic was in down position, not neutral. Problem solved but not sure how to delete post off.

I’ve got a ct4045, 110 hours, making a hissing sound and I have no rear hydraulics. My front hydraulic’s on the loader works fine. Hissing is on the side with the hoses but I’m not seeing fluid coming out. Any suggestions? Thank you.

Sounds like you understand what I’m saying. We had a huge storm last night. I’ll check it out next days I’m off and see how it looks. Nothing better I’ll try this.

Yes. Sorry if I suck at explaining this. Water flows straight downstream. Loggers put a culvert in to cross it. They then broke the culvert. Over the years it backed up and cause a unnatural 90 degree turn into my field. I dug the culvert out so the water can now naturally flow downstream...

Soil is not sandy, just rocky. I’ve got tons of rocks everywhere. I do have some clay in a spot. I’ve got that whole another pile I can fill on the back. So the “V”, you suggest I dig out the middle and repack it in?

Your spot on. I thought about throwing down some concrete mix but I just want to make sure the water will flow down stream before I do this or it would cause bigger problems. It is flowing better after I smashed everything down with the backhoe. In summer time this creek dries completely which...

Should I dig all that dirt back out and order a truck load of clay soil? take that other dirt pile and fill it in the back and plant grass seed?

Sorry for lack of pictures and maybe I’m bad at explaining myself. “Digging it” got it right. The water was forced to turn a “unnatural” 90 degree turn when loggers broke the culvert. It busted. The creek is only 1 to 2 feet deep but the 90 degree turn washed 6 feet deep into the field past...

I’ve got another big pile of dirt. Would it be a good idea to dig out half of what I placed in it and smash/compact it down with the back hoe bucket and then place this on top smashing it down as I go?

How much do I need and how thick? We’re talking 20 feet long by 2 feet tall roughly maybe not even 20’ needed.

Also I took the culvert out altogether. I don’t need it. Loggers threw it in to get across years ago when I didn’t own it and I guess their the ones that collapsed it and started this issue.

Darn. That makes sense. What do I do at this point? Can it settle over time under its own weight? I have another giant pile of dirt ready to go behind this one that would fill another few feet but it has rock in it. I’ve got about 18 hours wrapped up in this project.

I’ve got a huge washout about 6 feet wide and 6 feet deep due to a culvert that was crushed years ago. I managed to use my tractor backhoe to fill it in and dig the culvert out but somehow the water is just leaking through the ground where I placed the dirt and running through into my field...

Thank you. I’m pretty sure it isn’t 6 inches but I’ll check it out next time I get a chance. Prolly just need to order one anyways, easy dumb expensive mistake….

Haven’t hooked it up to the tractor yet but it slides right in same size. Not sure how much overlap I’ll have when I hook it up. I just didn’t know if you needed so much overlap to be safe.

I broke the male end of my pto on my cutter. Unhooked my cutter and drove away forgetting to unhook the pto from the tractor. Pulled apart and I reversed it into a pretzel…. Can I use the male end on my tiller to use on the cutter or is it too short and a bad idea?

I got it back together. Thank you all!

For the life of me I cannot get my pto shaft on the tiller to slide back together and I don’t know why. Any ideas?

Bobcat rotary cutter.

Found this about 2 and a half hours from me. They said it’s still available but haven’t answered any of my questions on weight/pan size and spacing of the disc. Maybe they only made so many types in this 6’ size that could narrow it down? Looks heavy.

What do you mean dual gang? I may I have to cut what I want in food plots in the winter months and till early spring while everything is dead still.

So I’ve got an overgrown field I used my cutter on and tried to till it only getting a couple passes and now having to stop and spend hours digging out vines/briars/grasses. So I can cut it lower, in future I can try and cut it at 3 hights to break things down better. But most the stuff just...

Well I was just trying to get really heavy. My main focus is maintaining a stand of switchgrass which will be about 4 acres. I also want to disc my food plots combing 1.5 acres. This is a 10 acre field nice and flat. Also discing for native forbs 50% disturbance. Maybe a couple acres. I’d...

I’ve 700lbs of fluid in the tires. I didn’t get wheel weights. Just fluid.

Yes the model I got came standard with rear remote. I reread your first post and see what your saying. On a disc that’s on the 3 point the tractor tires are pulled more into the ground making more traction. On a hydraulic disc with wheels the weight isn’t on the 3 point which isn’t pulling the...

By TPH you mean a disc barrow that’s connected to the 3 point hitch? And it is harder on the tractor to pull a disc on wheels that’s hooked up on hydraulics?

So I found Athens plow company and seen a pull type disc 1646lbs giving 82lbs per disc. I have a ct4045 bobcat that’s 45hp and it’s rated for it but I was surprised how much heavier per disc this is than the normal 35-40lbs per disc I see. However I seen this one used going for over $5,000...

I got it working. Was cooler out this morning and it hooked right in. Thank you.

Got it fixed. Was a cooler morning this morning and they hooked right in. Guess I’ll be using a wrench next to relieve the pressure. Thanks

My hoses aren’t that long. I’m afraid they won’t reach. currently though I’m trying to reconnect my hoses and I cannot get my hoses to connect for the life of me.

I cannot get my hoses to reconnect for the life of me. I’ve been pushing on them forever, I’m gonna sore as hell over this. What am I missing? I moved the joystick on the front loader to relieve pressure and I moved the joysticks on the backhoe to relieve pressure. Thanks.

Yes. I can reconnect hoses and move them up. Everything is perfect working order, just wanted opinions on what I was doing.

I had already unhooked all the lines. I didn’t expect not to be able to drop them. After reading the comments though I’m gonna keep them pinned up and try being the bucket up so that cylinder isn’t out as much too.

So I need to keep as much of the cylinders inside as possible both stabilizer arms and bucket. I believe the log would hold it without tipping over. It’s 20” diameter, if anything I’ll cut another just like it and put them side by side.

So I’m not knowledgeable on trailers what so ever. Just upgraded my tractor and seen an old trailer from 1999 for $3,000 that is rated for my tractor/backhoe. The guy is a farmer and the trailer has been used to haul hay and a 75hp tractor. Never had brakes, axle or suspension replaced. I’m...

I cut a 20” log as a backhoe stand to rest on. When I pulled away I thought I could bleed the stabilizer arms down just like I do my front loader bucket but it wouldn’t go. Is it ok to leave it like this and just let it bleed down on it’s own? Or do I need to completely raise those stabilizer...

Thank you all. I won’t do it until I get my cutter. I’d rather not have a food plot at all this year and keep my tiller new for the next 20 years of using it than messing it up.

So my cutter still hasn’t come in yet and we have a lot of raining coming which is perfect for a fall food plot. Would it be ok on my tiller to till up a spot that has waist high grass/briars? I’d rather wait if it will cause a problem with the tiller and just assume to not have one at all if...

I just bought it about 2 weeks, haven’t even made the first payment. My thing is though if all the dealer is gonna do is take a dremel tool and shave off 1/16 of an inch or so of metal, I have a buddy that has one I can do myself in 10 minutes versus waiting on the dealer to do a easy step job...

So the top pin for the thumb won’t match up in the hole. Didn’t take a hammer to it yet but my guess is it’s off enough to where that won’t work. Doesn’t look as though anything is bent out of place. Do they all fit this bad?

How can I bend this back and if I have to get someone with a welder to heat it up will the metal lose strength? It’s not a terrible bend and maybe I should leave it but it bugs me being there. It didn’t happen while digging as I’m pretty easy on the machine. Believe it happened while pulling a...

Nice lol. Yeah I’ve removed serval trees and gotten decent at it since I’ve bought my property. I went and got a older guy that’s a retired forester to help me and they’ve landed where I wanted every time after his advice. One time though I had a big tree I knew was gonna hit another smaller...

It would be much easier to not cut the tree first but it worries me of the tree falling back on the tractor. If I had a 15,000 pound backhoe or excavator I wouldn’t worry so much but it weighs a little less than 7,000 pounds. May try it on a tree that’s leaning first to see how it works. My...

I’m using the backhoe for it not the front loader. That backhoe is pretty powerful, I’m just guessing I need to sit further back with it so I can try and reach under the stump.

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So I’ve got a stump where I feel I popped all the roots and probably went deeper down than I needed too. But the stump is very big and I think it’s just the pure middle holding on. My technique is I just carefully dig a trench all around it trying not to pick the machine up or move it. I don’t...

What is WOT? It is new.

I have a bobcat ct4045 and I’m wondering what rpms I should run my backhoe at? I looked through my manual on the backhoe and I’m not seeing anything. I’m assuming it’s between the normal two lines for running a pto implement. Also I’m not good at running the backhoe yet, terrible actually, and...

I’m just looking to make what I’m hauling legal if I was ever in an accident. I’ve got 3,500lb axles so I can haul 5250lbs. I’m looking at hauling roughly 6,200lbs. I'm confident my Gatormade trailer will haul something 1,000 pounds heavier than the rating but if I’m ever in an accident I’m...

I have a gatormade trailer with 3,500 lb axles. How and where would you go to get a axle upgrade? Afterwards if I was in an accident would I be at fault with an insurance adjuster or would he honor that I upgraded my axles? The trailer stamp would have the same weight unless I took it...

How much was your Gatorade trailer? I currently have a 18ft 7,000lb but need one that can haul more weight.

I just noticed a bobcat ct 4045 only has a 3 cylinder engine. Looking at kubota's similar weight/hp class with L4701 is a 4 cylinder engine. How much power difference is this between the two? Also I've noticed bobcat has bigger hydraulic flow which means a loader and backhoe should move...

I'm not the most knowledgeable on this but the function that comes standard would it work on a disc harrow that had wheels to raise and lower it?

Good point, I'm being quoted R1 tires so each tire probably is a few inches narrower.

Yes, tires will be loaded. R1 tires. 4 wheel drive. Southern Indiana. At one time it was a well cultivated field but then had cows in it for years and now untouched for about 4 years. I will be disking stands of switchgrass every 3rd year which will need to be heavy. Disking other parts to...

Also I thought the 4,000 series came standard with a rear hydraulic remote hookup?

I'm looking into buying a ct4045 with backhoe. What is the width from tire to tire? I looked online and the overall width is 70 inches but when the dealer quoted me a tiller and box blade it was 60". They don't have any on the lot and just wondering if 60" will cover the tire tracks.

I'm looking at buying a bobcat ct 4045. 45 horsepower and 3745 pounds bare tractor. What size disc should I be able to pull with this? Bobcat doesn't make disc so I don't think they have a rating of what size it can use. This tractor comes standard with rear hydraulic hook up so I could use...

Nice, I also considered dropping my bucket with the quick detach, raising my loader arms up and driving upwards as close as I can. My property is less than 15 minutes from my house so maybe it won't be an issue not resting the hydraulic for a short time when it's just the loader arms. That...

Awesome. What size tractor and trailer length is that? The tractor I'm looking at is 10.5 feet not including FEL length or backhoe. Dealer didn't call me back so I gotta wait until tomorrow to get more measurements.

18 foot trailer. I don't think it's long enough to fit it.

Thanks. I'm just wondering driving it around too though? Is it an issue to drive it with no front loader? I have 18 inch diameters logs cut at my property I'm hoping to get to a sawmill in the near future then I won't have to transport but for now I gotta make this work.

Can you drive and transport a tractor with the backhoe attachment on but no front loader? I have an 18 foot trailer and looking to get a bobcat ct4045 with backhoe. Issue is I'm seeing its gonna be too long. Tractor is 10.5 feet alone, with front loader I doubt I'll fit the backhoe or a...

I have a cutter and tiller rated for a kubota b2601 and I'm trading the tractor in for a bobcat ct4045. This bobcat is 45 hp and I'm wondering if it will break my implements being a higher hp? I'm assuming the implements will work as long as there's enough play in the shaft to reach the pto...

That is an awesome setup with the weight. Can't believe you was able to add so much. What size tractor do you pull that with? Hydraulic top link is new to me, you can control it up and down from a function? How much did that cost?

You think the ground would be too soft to make the 2nd or 3rd pass if needed from the first pass? Something I didn't think about. Around October is when I'd disc for the native forbs through thick vegetation and it's pretty dry that time of year. Yes the backhoe must come off and I realize...

I am looking at a L3901 with backhoe. Disc though I'm looking at DH1060 which is 549 pounds. If I add 200 pounds of weight to that disc I'd have 47 pounds per disc going into ground. That's equivalent to DH2572 disc. What pound is considered a "heavy" disc? My plots initially worked from a...

Most my work will be in a 10 acre flat fallow field. My woods plot I feel I'd have decent luck with a using rip teeth off a box blade or eventually getting a spring tine harrow. Should have good luck with small seed such as clover/turnips.

If I could get by with disc alone that would be great. I just figured if I ever wanted to change a plot it would be nice to have a tiller or plow, especially for the initial breaking of the ground first time.

I would say 2 acres total food plots. Initially I'll have more getting switchgrass in but I'm looking to just run 10 foot strips around it. I'll disc a few acres to enhance native forbs but that won't be every year. I would say constant every year less than 2 acres.

Looking to trade in my tractor and considering trading in my tiller with it to get a bottom plow instead. I'm definitely getting a heavy disc and I feel once the initial tilling/plow has been done all I'll ever do is disc. Discing to enhance native forbs. Food plot would be...

Can a BH77 with a mechincal thumb grab rocks like these without breaking the equipment?

Haha good points, I'm not looking to leave it bumping. So the notches ones tear better but leave clumps and the smooth ones will break those clumps up leaving smooth? As far as aggressive setting on the angle I like your point keeping it easier on the machine. For enhancing native forbs I...

Nice field and pics. At one time this was a cultivated field but that was a very long time ago. Didn't think about the weight of a cow and hard ground but they haven't been in there for over 4 years maybe? Why smooth in the back? Wouldn't I want notched front and back?

Looking to purchase a L3901 with a DH1060 disc that's 548 pounds. According to the spec sheet that's 34 pounds per disc, 16 disc. If I add 203 pounds of weight I'd have 47 pounds per disc equivalent to a much heavier DH2572. I've seen the DH2572 on youtube and liked how much it rips into the...

Bxexpanded makes one. They make the ripper too.

Thank you.

I'm looking at purchasing a bh77, 16" bucket and ripper. How hard is it to switch between these? I was going to get the quick attach for the backhoe but my dealer said it's fairly easy to switch them out but I cannot find any videos of anyone doing it. Thanks.

It is a natural creek. Years ago they put in a culvert to drive across the creek but it collapsed and backup the water which eventually washed out a rut into the field running down. It's not natural that it flows this way and the rut needs buried back and culvert pulled. This creek goes dry...

Culvert collapsed, it's not very deep and I have no need to replace it.

Guys I've had more thoughts on this. I took my tractor to the dealership for trade in and getting quoted on a L3901 with backhoe and disc harrow. I've got some more pictures of a washed area with a culvert that needs dug out and the wash out needs filled. I may put in drain tile also. Before...

Alright so I've watched a lot of videos and priced a lot of tractors. I know this is smaller but for the same monthly payment as I have now I can get a L2501 with a backhoe. Yes an MX could pull a 3" or 4" tree out of ground with a chain and handle the terrain better while working with loader...

Awesome. Do you feel a bxexpanded ripper would help with stumps?

I like that plate between the bottom teeth but I cannot find one like that. Where did you buy yours?

I don't plan on ripping out stumps. Only the rocks. I'd use the bigger tractor and logging chain to hopefully pull some small trees to remove their root ball.

I'm now looking at bobcat CT4045 with Ag tires. 3,745 pounds which would be more once I add fluid to tires and a box blade. 44.9HP. You guys think this would be reasonable for my property? These things wouldn't be one time, I will also come up with new ideas to do. I really like that...

The TLB backhoe come off so I can use other implements or is it permanently attached? Digging stumps and rocks with success was that with the MX backhoe?

Thank you. My debate now is if I do get one 4,000+ would I be stupid to take a very expensive grapple and get rocks out? I don't want it to bend. Pallet forks I assume are cheaper and it would be their only purpose, not that I'd wanna bend them but it wouldn't much matter other than resell...

Nice weight added. When I bought the tractor he told me he was gonna add fluid but I don't think they ever did. I never got charged for it and from I understand they never put it in without charging. I'll need to check into adding weight as I only put a box blade on the back. My biggest...

Thanks. My final decision is to go big and if not I'm gonna sit on what I have until I can. Anything under 3k pounds isn't gonna touch it. I've also looked at John deere 5045 model that's 5k pounds with grapple. YouTube video of a guy using the grapple to pinch it simple pulled it without...

What was the price on your tractor? I think bobcat is offering free loaders. This tractor would be roughly the weight of an MX I believe but a less hp.

My acreage is hilly and rocky. Currently clearing 3/4 of an acre that will never be able to be tilled but will go into native shrubs. Next is to clear my logging trail and the top part which is over an acre total. At one time the top part had a dozer go through it. The logging trail is...

What do you mean by secondary tillage with the disc? I didn't think about wether or not that size could handle an effective enough disc.

Thank you all for the advice and comments, means a lot as I don't want to make the same mistake twice. I do feel the L3901 would be a mistake and need something twice as heavy at the least. What if what I really need is a backhoe attachment with a thumb? From day one I just wanted food plots...

What size do recommend? The L series is 1,000 pounds heavy than what I'm used to.

This is an idea of what I was trying to pick up and move with my b2601 which was unable to pick it up and was sliding, back end coming off the ground, got stuck on the stump whiling sliding. Getting old.

Some of these smaller trees I'd expect to be able to grapple them out by the roots. I don't think I got pictures of the old stumps.

What size rocks can a disc hold up to? Some of my pictures are not loading but this is an acre I had dozed off and I ran my tiller across it at the shallow most setting and 5 bolts broke out of it. Would a disc be more forgiving?

Big rocks I'd like to grapple out of the ground. My current tractor won't get these out even with a tooth bar.

I currently have a b2601, r4 tires and I'm really disappointed with it. Been an ongoing issue. I have a tiller, brushhog, boxblade with it. Kubota now does 84 months on the L series and I'm considering getting the L3901 with R1 tires and grapple. I'll include some pictures of my projects...

How deep will a box blade dig a trench? I've a got a small creek that is spilling out into my field and flooding some of it. I want to dig s trench and run it to a major creek that runs along the other side of the property. Kubota b2601, southern Indiana. Also will the water just keep making...

I bent my pto shaft on my cutter. To get a replacement I need to know if it's a slip clutch or shear pin. I have all my paper work but apparently Kubota has no idea what type I got even with the serial number.... anyways how do I tell the difference, I'm clueless?

I'd like to upgrade to a Massey Fergosun 1739e tractor. Weighs 2,800lbs tractor alone. I'm wanting to dig a trench for a pipe and dig out lots of stumps average around 12 inch diameter. How long would it take a tractor this size to dig a stump? I live in southern Indiana and the land I have...

This is at a local rental place in town. They have skid steers that weigh over 8,000 lbs. This would have to be an easier way?

What is the best way to remove these rocks? Yes I'm able to dig them up but it's one after another and doesn't end. I feel like I could be here rest of the year. Got to be a better way. Looking to till this land up for a food plot and plant shrubs on the hillside like blueberries and...

Trying to angle my box blade to make a ditch along this hill to help divert rain water from a driveway I'm putting in. After about an or so of passes this is all the deep I am. Is this the expeditions of a box blade or am I doing something wrong? B2601 kubota.

What's the best grapple for digging up rocks and keeping them but letting dirt fall through? Also pulling up small saplings and small old stumps. Thank you.

Hard to tell in the photos but I've been able to build up this small section about 6 inches higher over 4 days of work using my loader. It floods bad in the lower spots. The water is coming in off the neighbors hill and down my hill meeting up and running across. I picked up a box blade today...

I have a kubota B2601 and live in southern Indiana. At my hunting property the drive is under water. I have mounds of dirt around knee some places higher that's full of creek rock from when the county put a bridge in. I'd like to smooth all these mounds down and build up my drive. I also...

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Been at this few months now. Clearing woods to run a tiller thru is feeling like an indefinite task. Considering a disc or bottom plow. Most my clearing is on a slight slope so when I removing stumps and rocks it's a little scary when the tractor picks up from the ground a bit on a slope...

Still new to owning a tractor. I picked all this clean, looked better before the leaves fell. My question is how much can my tiller withstand? Tons of rocks, I dig one out to find 5 more.... So I put the guard down so the tiller is barely scraping the ground. Still hits some sticks and rocks...

Started the tractor and had light smoke coming out of the front. Looks like oil, not sure if would've continued to come out or not. Maybe I should've ran it for 10 or 15 minutes? I know fuel leaked out some.

Where do you guys hook a chain up to on the back of the tractor to pull out stumps and so forth? Thank you.

Very new to tractors and I rolled mine yesterday. Got it on its wheels and left it so everything will settle, fluid wise, in case of leaks and it was dark. I did notice a small spill by the hydraulic fluid. I'm wanting to check all my fluids and not miss any been reading the manual and it...

I've had my tractor for a week so I'm very new. When I purchased I ordered a woods tooth bar from the dealership, still waiting to come in and they will install. I'm wondering now though if a bxpanded piranha toothbar would be better as the teeth are closer together and not so spaced out...

I bought a kubota b2601 tractor less than a week ago. I'm inexperienced with tractors as this is my first one. I'm wanting to remove saplings with front end loader roots and all so I can come in with a tiller for food plots. Love to hunt. This stump here is on the bigger side of what I'm...