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Effective April 1 thru June 30, 2007 Kubota has initiated thier 35th Anniversary financing and rebate program. Basically 0% for up to 36 months (with no rebate) on most smaller tractor models (not available on L39/48 or Grand L40's and a few others). Rebates are available on just about every...

Recently there have been several threads where dealerships have told buyers some things that just are not really true. For example, the thread where the dealer said a grapple would overload a tractors hydraulic system. Or another thread where the dealer said chains were bad for rear tires and...

I am seriously considering a leftover Grand L4330 w/cab. I was quoted $29,900 with FEL and fully optioned cab. Several members have emailed me saying that the deal is either good or maybe I can do better. Any opinions out there? I have put my B2710 up for sale here in the TBN classifieds...

This afternoon my son got the Kubota stuck in some mud. A few days ago I had cleared an access from my driveway to my back clearing project and the dozer caused a few ruts about 2 feet deep. The ground is naturally soft with a high water table. My son took the Kubota over to get some wood...

In the fall of 2005 I purchased a 1963 International TD6-62 crawler with a Drott Skid Shovel loader and 4-n-1 bucket. After using it hard for a few hours the hydraulics started to act up by going into bypass under load and overall just getting weaker. With winter approaching I felt it was time...

Went to my local high volume off-road supplier yesterday for some fuel for my dozer. He is now only selling ULSD and the above ground off-road tanks and pumps were marked ULSD <15 ppm sulphur. I was told the tanks were purged (the lady didn't say how) prior to the new fuel being delivered. It...

Since several other threads regarding the coming changes to diesel fuel have gone somewhat astray and off topic, I have decided to start this thread to provide up to date info regarding the changeover. There seem to be plenty of rumors and mis-information out there regarding what is what and...

Since it's raining today I thought I would get some pics of my grapple installation. The grapple came from Andy Tatro and the controls came from WR Long. I decided to go with the third function electric/hydraulic solenoid rather than a diverter. I did modify the WR Long setup a bit by...

I'm finally getting around to posting pics of the light duty gauge wheels I built over the winter for one of my dethatcher customers. Although the wheels themselves are fairly heavy duty, the adjusting mechanism is light duty, meaning that for this application, (a dethatcher) they are more than...

There have always been posters who insist that drilling a hole in the ROPS or doing anything to the ROPS will void your new tractor warranty. Based on my investigations (at least for Kubota), this theory is fiction. Nowhere in the Kubota Warranty Information Guide does it even mention the...

Ski lift chair to garden chair Well, not everything that comes out of MadReferee's shop is tractor related. Last Christmas a friend got an old chair lift from a local ski resort (mt Sunapee in NH) as a present. I recently converted it into a permanent chair for his garden. He will be doing...

I finally completed the tailgate for my Country Manufacturing wagon and it works beautifully. It looks and works like it was standard equipment. This fairly inexpensive modification now makes a very good dump wagon even better and much more versatile. The goals of this project were: <ul...

Here is another of the latest creations from the shop of MadReferee. This was made for another TBN'er. This a heavy duty pallet fork / carryall. it is designed to carry up to 1500 lbs or so and I believe that it will carry even more. The forks and risers and top cross member are made from 2"...

Here is another of the latest creations from the shop of MadReferee. This was made for another TBN'er. This a clamp-on bucket receiver hitch. The actual base is 18" long with 10" extending under the bucket. The nice thing about this design is that it fits over a bucket toothbar frame so you do...

Here is one of the latest creations from the shop of MadReferee. This was made for another TBN'er. These are clamp-on bucket forks. The actual fork is 36" long and extends under the bucket by another 13". The nice thing about this design is that it fits over a bucket toothbar frame so you do...

My brother just called and asked what the expected lifespan of the oxygen and acetlyne in his tanks is. Seems he has tanks that have not been used in about 15 years and there is still some content in both according to the gauges. He wants to know if he can use the tanks untill they are empty...

I just got off the phone with my steel supplier. To say that I am in shock is an understatement. Now I knew the price of steel has gone up since I last ordered in November 2003 so I kind of expected higher prices by at least 50%, but 165% higher was too much to take. Here are a few examples...

For the past several weeks gauge wheels for rakes and box scrapers have been big discussion items here on TBN. The price for landscape rake guage wheels has been reported to be around $225 give or take. Well that is more than I wanted to spend so I decided to make my own for my homemade...

By popular request, I have created build plans for the 3pt lawn dethatcher that I built a few weeks ago (Here and Here ). The plans include a complete materials list along with a cut list, build instructions for the dethatcher platform, general purpose hitch and park stands and photos and...

Here are some pics of a 3pt lawn dethatcher that I just finished building for another TBNer. The unit is 2 parts: the 3pt hitch and the dethatcher platform. This allows for future additional attachments to be used without building another 3pt hitch. The dimensions of the dethatcher are 68" by...

Early last fall I decided that I would need rear remotes on my B2710 since my new snowblower would have a hydraulic chute rotator. At the same time I figured it would be nice to have TNT capability. Determined to learn from those TBNers who have gone before me, I read all previous posts on...

Muhammad, Did you recently make some changes to your ad-server? I have noticed hanging pages and long delays from the server when trying to load pages. This happens on two different systems at 2 different locations using 2 different isp's (one using a full T1 and the other a 768 DSL) with...

MY B2710 keeps blowing the 20 amp fuse for the flasher circuit. I can put a new fuse in and everythng works fine. I go out and do some work and when I finish the flashers no longer work and the problem is the fuse has blown. Now I have checked the obvious connections at the lights. The wires...