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The M62 being a purpose built tractor loader BACKHOE, the backhoe subframe was engineered into the tractors from day one, is the MX the same or is the backhoe an afterthought and as such has lighter specs etc. I have an M62 and LOVE IT... if you do more farm than backhoe it's obvious the MX is...

A huge shout out/thank you to #40Fan on the Orange Tractor Talk forums for reminding me of the 2 37710’s needed…. I was “Jack n Coke” late night parts ordering combined with having a blond moment and hadn’t ordered, (thus the above additional order)… thank you again sir!!!! People like you that...

Another happy Coleman Equipment customer, I love these guys…… highly recommended, great shipping price and great customer service on the phone.

Yea well I beg to differ, as my last purchase clearly reflects… I’d forgotten about that exchange, which I won’t post here, you can go read the email exchange between Paul and I… but all your gaslighting mentioned above isn’t what really takes place in my experience. I won’t go into details but...

Touche, you bring up a good point.

Yup, Amazon Prime doesn't have the 5 gallon pails and buying a ton of the bottles would do my head in. I gave up Prime when I left the city, we're lucky to get "within 2 week" delivery out here, never mind "2 day" LOL

No worries, I wasn't offended..(handing you the bong). :LOL:

See, solar panels I went and picked up myself cus they were closer than a K dealer... still had two bust panels when I got home due to the way the forklift driver loaded them.. arg

Thanks for the comments, yea I'll have to just start doing a regular road trip and buy in bulk... no biggy, was just having a heavy flow month yesterday when I saw the $150.00 disparity....

Jimmy's who I bought my box blade, Bobcat auger and grapple from, it's always an all day flipping affair driving there due to the distance, yes that's my closest dealer.

oh ok, so we're to have our farms on Broadway Ave downtown.. great tip... thanks for your input.

Yea I wish, not at these gas prices.. LOL

I hardly equate the fact that I live almost 3 hours from the closest dealer to my smoking weed.

Amazon didn't have the 5 gallon pails, and I prefer to support local companies, not Jeff Bozos, Amazon is taking the lazy way out, I prefer my money go to support a small community, not send a bunch of bimbos into low earth orbit.

Some of us don’t have a dealer close but thanks..

You totally missed the point, I wasn’t talking about it being expensive, I was talking about the huge disparity between what Messick’s charged and Coleman charged, I find it hard to believe any difference in distance justified the disparity.

Please don’t…. This isn’t about what’s in the pail or why you don’t think it’s worth it, this is about shipping, nothing more. No red herrings please, the thread will only turn into urinary Olympics (pissing match). Thank you.

Yes I agree…. Bingham is my local dealer here in AZ but I may start going to vegas, they’re closer than any Bingham location.

I’m in AZ, I think Messick’s is in PA, Coleman is in MO… but everyone has noticed these disparities, not isolated to me.

That doesn’t explain how Coleman can charge so little and yes I’m aware how heavy it is, I’d prefer to buy local as well, I’m two hours from the closest K dealer.

Yea it sucks, his M62 video was what made me decide to buy mine… hopefully they figure it out…. When shipping costs more than the product, (which has happened to me previously with them) something’s wrong.

I love Neil's Youtube videos and love to support them, much to my demise but enough's enough... how do people afford to support them with these kind of outragious prices on shipping? We all know they've been like this forever but all they're doing is chasing my business over to Coleman EVERY...

Bummer, my situations a bit different, I deleted my seat switch long ago. It’s not my engine dying like a safety switch issue, the engine stays running all movement just stops. I can turn off the ignition and turn it back on and it’ll go forward and backwards no problem and that works fine for a...

I’m having this exact problem, did you find a resolution?

Thank you kind sir….

Click link to see what I did…. Hauled off a Joshua tree that rotted out and fell over. https://share.icloud.com/photos/097UQLu7NwRcBNnWAgd4m2zAQ

I’m very happy with my 78 and highly recommend them. Andy at Columbia (their US based distribution) has been great to deal with when I’ve needed anything. PS: If you get one, make sure you get the riser box, it makes a huge difference. Jen

Got chyea... ok thanks, wasn't sure exactly what you were saying, thanks for explaining...

Can the cougars read the stamping on the casing or do you have to yell out that they're FBI 158 grain's (wasn't aware the FBI started reloading/making available their own brand of ammo) to discourage them as you put it, just curious....(I'm just playing with you). :) Federal did make a 158 grain...

What's your point, it doesn't make it any less ridiculous, here, you want something more current (PS: THAT story may have been from 2007 but the smelt have reined king in Cali every year since then. I present to you...... (it's a good year, I mean century to be a smelt in Cali). April 17, 2023...

1: Oh, so you're saying the politicians intelligence level has greatly increased since 2007 then, that's good to know (however it's false, and getting worse, the chocolate milk issue was today, small gas engine ban is current and I didn't even mention all the nice modern diesel trucks being...

Lord have mercy, what the hell’s next, polar bears with chainsaws? OMG… forget I said that, it’s too late!!!

Yea I guess the concern is dogs running off away from you or from your property line and then a kitty following it home, that’s what happened in Canada more than once…. Plus the bastards will stalk you while you are out when hiking, I have mining operations in BC and Arizona and they’ll sit on...

Shhhh you’ll wake the un woke, they’ve forgotten about the flooding already, a Kardashian was in the news between both events.. Smelt Lives Matter!!!!!

Yup, so do I 😉

They actually bury the snake mesh here down under the surface as well to ensure they don’t go under. That said those holes in the fence look plenty big for that size body to fit through. They also do climb...

You know I was joking.. right!

Never mind Cougar, a smelt has more rights in Komi than any tax paying human being. https://www.farmprogress.com/grapes/delta-smelt-shuts-down-major-water-supply

Bears may be afraid of dogs but sadly (at least with our Canadian mountain lions) while that dog is out scaring the bear off your property, they can actually lure big cats in that otherwise wouldn’t have visited…...

I’m not sure using as an example, the same state that just banned small gas engines, lawnmowers etc (and who’s Governor it was just shown on the news wants to ban chocolate milk, why, aren’t African American cows worthy of selling their product like white cows are permitted to do, what’s wrong...

From British Columbia, where I'm originally from... LOL

It's like when I worked in Software Development at Boeing after leaving Microsoft. My friends back at Msft would comment that it must be like going back in time, no longer on the bleeding edge. My response was "yea but when Windows crashes, you reboot, when my software in a flight control system...

Yea they will, the Mohave's, even without their heads... and as the photo above shows, green my ass.. they blend in perfectly with the ground color. I also heard the little ones have self control and will do a full venom dump if they bite you so can be worse than the older wiser Jack Nickelson...

I moved out of bear and cougar country into an entirely different pajama filling feces party. Who sees a Kubota tire and who sees what I almost stepped on at 5am?

Those are an entirely different type of bear, I refer you to the above comment re eating while looking back over your shoulder…. They’re more docile and less dangerous but I’d still sit on my ass and keep my mouth shut while around them if you catch my hint ! https://midwestbearfest.com/ Jen

🤣 Hamburger therapy sounds do’able 😉

Who the hell gave a bear a pistol to begin with, he must have been given speed loaders as well, I can’t imagine trying to tactical reload individual rounds with those big paws, that’s probably what put him into the subsequent rampage.

That’s all fine and good till some “hero” like you does it while at the same time taking out our little towns only supplier of Mama Burgers, Root Bear Floats and Summer jobs for our youth, happened to our town when I was back in Canada. Thanks for the effort but please balance your harsh...

I rest my case Re people are retards. Yet this parent will turn me into CPS for home schooling.

I think those of us who spend our days on our fields enjoying tractor therapy would be quite shocked at the decline of common sense in the general public recently. When they’re not falling off rock cliff faces while grabbing a selfie they’re making things above them in the food chain an omelette...

I'm pretty sure fingers and toes aren't considered 'property' and you'd be ok in the eyes of the judge if you had to shoot. LOL

One man's hot tub is another bear's soup bowl. :)

He does good work, you should see him using his M62 to get a bucket out of a VW van, pretty impressive. :)

3 cool tractor mods/fixes, I came across in my travels. For the L3301 but are fairly universal so may fit your Kubota. The one replacing the tiny little 3 point triangle handle nut is a great idea, it would also fit the little lock on the slide for the hydraulic valving when you remove the...

Thank you sir. ❤️

I bought the L3951 and the frame hangers to store it when I bought the tractor, no worries, great tip on the flat face, that's what I put on the front connections as well. Question, your thumb, does it use one of your rear remotes or is it separate and run by the foot pedal only? Have you had...

Thank you for this…. Wish we could buy it without the defective valves so we could use fit rights but oh well… thx again jen

You're a sweetheart but you don't owe me a thing. I remember how much my heart sank when the same thing happened to me. I thought for sure I'd ruined my tractor, I had no idea that any company had figured out how to not only stop an engine from starting but when you try to start it, make it...

Can you still quick disconnect/change buckets once you install the thumb kit?

Looks like everyone who uses the Kubota valve bodies has this problem, see link below where I mentioned in the comments he should come read your/this excellent thread. I wonder if we can buy the Kubota kit without the crap bodies and get those from Fit-Rite like you did. Does anyone else make a...

That’s awesome, I’m so sick of clouds of dust and dirt when I use my M62, what kind of moron designed our tractors like that? You should sell those, I would totally buy one from you. Jen

Sorry, it was Colorado, I thought it was San Diego but that was a tank, not a 63 ton dozer.

Marv was a beautiful and gentle soul... but everyone has their breaking point..... (full length movie below). I had a burgandy 1974 Nova like he had and is shown in the video...wow does that bring back memories (I had a 72 and 74). https://www.facebook.com/reasonablemufflerman/

I can see you on your M62 now, all steel plated like the guy who drove the killdozer through San Diego years back... with your 14' backhoe boom fully extended out with a can of ether in your bucket with the thumb pressing the can top. LOL, you peeking through a 2x4 rectangle hole cut out of...

Are you breaking the bead and doing it yourself (handing you the can of ether and a match) or taking them in?

Thank you!!!!!!

Would be nice if they weren't "half assed" pardon the pun.. LOL... I'd rather have to buy a straight air nozzle and know they were fully protected than this half round protection leaving the exterior facing surface wide open for damage... I'm sure it helps reduce risk but why Kubota, why only...

k... we need to talk cus that's my next purchase, I should buy through them, may be worth the road trip... (thumb and rear hyd)

You've re-instilled my faith in you. :) Can you elaborate on which hose you had to replace, I may get a backup made, thanks.

You're scaring the hell out of me with your over extension of your cylinders here... not my place to say it but personally you'd probably be safer having that bucket back halfway with the leading edge dug into the ground than with that cylinder reach... but I'm no expert.. you're not back...

I agree, I have found zero use for the crawl mode.. .was hoping you had more success.. speaking of buckets... I found a seeeeeemookin deal on a WB bucket.. of all places, EBAY!!!!!! HUNDREDS dollars cheaper than my Arizona Kubota dealer... It was only like $149.00 for shipping/freight from Mass...

Interesting..... I have a slow leak in my front right, assumed it was just me...

So... talk to me babe.... you trenched... how did it go?

Love this thread.... is it still working ok my friend?

M62 gets my vote, but I’m biased.

Thanks Mower...... great info....

Wow... that's an EXCELLENT point!!!!!!!! Thank you..

Yea I'll give them a pass but thanks.... checked out their site and while they have choices for ice cream truck driver and hot dog cart owner, they had f all for anything related to excavation, land work etc... and I highly doubt hot dog carts pull up fiber optic lines so don't need the hassle...

Thanks, re banks I meant for business accounts, not loans but thank you. All of your points are hugely valuable, thank you. Jen

Thanks, no re license, thanks re Hiscox, have equip as my M62 is still financed but thank you again for info. Jen

For any of you who have started small excavation companies, any recommendations for insurance (prefer a company that at least knows what a tractor looks like, not a company that insures hot dog stands and anything else they can make a buck on, even better if you've had a claim and had a positive...

DAMN... if I could get my M62 to spit out little loaders every time it warms up I'd be a millionaire. 😝 On the other hand, if you mean louder, mine does the same thing. Jen

Neil discusses it a bit in this video... BUY IT!!!!!! You'll love it https://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/threads/broke-in-the-new-bobcat-grapple-today-what-a-blast.53509/#post-489708

Thanks, yea I suspected there was no intentional grease path, no excess... thanks for the input.

This guy does some great testing of various items, the test jigs he builds are way cool... This video by tractor Mike is pretty good as well.

I limit my TSC purchases to stuff other than purchases as important as lubricants after some horror stories I read... https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2018/07/12/tractor-supply-smittys-hydraulic-fluid-lawsuit.html It doesn't matter what kind of grease you use if it doesn't have a...

:) I don't use Messicks, love his videos but I'm not about to pay $65.00 shipping for a .50 bolt. I bought one item from them, a RACK360 that broke the first week. https://apps.kubotausa.com/illustrated-parts/

Well considering that I bought it out of their rental fleet, it makes sense they'd have a quick clip there as they're changing buckets with every client probably.... that being said, I went and looked... and it looks like you're the one that's being a rebel... LOL

Hi Stubs... You're probably right, it came like that, I should swap that out for a bit more secure solution.

OH DUH!!!! Sorry, you meant the plastic/nylon part inside the nylock nug... right, I understand now... yup, see what did I tell ya.... check all of them :) This is mine, you can see why it didn't click to me... like what's the point of a quick coupling if you have to get out and take off a bolt...

I don't recall that nut, do you have a piccie?

I bought it from the Kubota dealer at approx 50 hours and noticed it before my first grease which would have been at 60 hours but to answer your question, I think I'm at 175 hours right now. They had it in their rental fleet for the first 50 hours of it's life and I agree, it does not appear...

I much prefer the way Kubota does it, it was an easy fix to do on my part.

Well I checked out the snapped off bolt head (I still had it) and also checked another that I had pulled that had not snapped yet but I wanted to be safe (and compared it to the spot it was in). You can clearly see that grease does not get in that passage on the end of the pin, and they way it's...

Great points, I'll probably back off that lock nut a bit, it's floating but could be a bit looser. I'll probably source some grade 8's at some point but I was torn between "do I want to make a cheap bolt harder to break and risk damage to the boom ect or do I want to consider it a cheap pseudo...

I'm religious about the 10 hours, mainly just because it's so much fun using the Milwaukee cordless grease gun. What blew me away is that for that bolt to clean sheer would have required a lateral rotational force ON the pin of such high amount, it must have been dry and the boom grabbed a dry...

Something else to check on your Kubota, based on our chat today about you having that yellow ***** cat thing in your yard, don't worry, I won't tell them.... sheeesh ;) but I digress, here is the thing I mentioned on Youtube, figured others may find it handy as well so here's a link to the post...

Fellow Kubotan's..... I made this video for a friend (named Darrell obviously) at the last minute and had no plans to put on YouTube so forgive the poor camera skills and narration. After giving it some thought, I feel others may benefit from it. It sure woke my eyes up to how quickly a very...

Same here, I was told my M62 quick connect uses the same connection as the mini x's. When I bought mine I bought a Werk-Brau ripper and a couple buckets from the Kubota Excavator line (if you click on the picture you can see the Kubota part numbers). Jen

Thank you.. yes found it, much appreciated.

Do you mind sharing where you were able to get it, I'm looking for one as well. Thanks Jen

Did you ever get a workshop manual for your M62, can you please share the part number for the manual, I need to order one. Does anyone know where we can get an online version as well, happy to pay/legit but would be great to have it on my iPad, thanks. Jen

That was exactly my second comment to him (on his youtube video) after mentioning the cut out, and to make sure they were hooked up and set right.. exactly.

I think maybe you should just hook up a charger to the battery, crack a beer, get up in the seat and just spend 15 minutes or so turning it over repeatedly to enjoy the sound of it firing up.. LOL

it makes you wonder how many trips have been booked into the shop to resolves this resulting in service work, service calls or hey while you're here why don't we etc etc etc...

I'm just glad we were able to figure out what was wrong before you had to call in help (visuals of $$$ signs floating skyward) from the Stealer... (dealer).... and to be honest, what made the difference is that you were not too proud to reach out to the community for help... that's why you got...

Woooo hoooo what team work.... We did it buddy!!!!!! Well done!!! I posted your experience over on orange in case anyone else has this happen. https://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/threads/m62-no-start-sounds-like-thrown-rod.51642/ PS: I'm sure I'll be reaching out to you when I put on my...

Cheers, thanks. Jen

Then I better not show these two photos, it'll really push them over the cliff ... the 2 most imporant items... Jen

Picked up the 24" and the 12" and a nice ripper for calichi (Arizona is full of the stuff)... (the ripper photo is from their web site, the one I ordered is a QD).

I'm in love....... my M62 is being prepped for delivery and should be arriving any time... I have a ton of fence posts to put in on my property, any issues with running that auger on the front hydraulics, I was under the assumption from the Messicks video's that it was good for a grapple but not...