Dangerous Kubotas...(long)

Bird · Aug 16, 2000

That's what I was guessing, JimBinMI. I thought you wore your seat belt./w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif And I thought you were back in school working and wouldn't have time for tractor talk during the day./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif But, yes, the brakes and HST on my Kubotas work like yours do.

Bird

paccorti · Aug 16, 2000

I'm curious. I guess tractor brakes do not have a vacuum assist like a car?

JimBinMI · Aug 17, 2000

Bird,

I'm back to work next week Tuesday, students start Aug. 28.
We had some friends move to Ft. Worth area and their kids already started school. We won't get out until June 13! /w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif

JimBinMI

We boys and our toys!

Bird · Aug 17, 2000

paccorti, a separate thread on tractor brakes might be interesting because I don't know a lot about them myself. I know that my own (B2710), and a lot of others are strictly mechanical wet brakes, work well, and work the same whether the engine is running or not. And of course the park brake uses the same components, i.e., simply locks the pedal down. A diesel engine does not provide the same vacuum that a gasoline engine does, so as far as I know you generally do not have anything vacuum operated unless you have a separate vacuum pump. I used an old Oliver 1755 baling hay quite a bit and really don't know how the brake system works on it, but I do know that it had good brakes with the engine running, not as good with the engine off; similar to cars with power brakes. They worked, but took a lot more pedal pressure and the pedal did not travel as far down. Maybe someone else can explain how that system works; hydraulic boost perhaps?

Bird

Bird · Aug 17, 2000

Yep, JimBinMI, I think all the schools in this part of the country are back in session. Maybe my memory's just not so good, but I seem to recall us going back to school right after Labor Day when I was a kid. Seems to me they sure start early nowadays.

Bird

JimBinMI · Aug 17, 2000

Bird,

Michigan wanted to mandate legislatively that schools couldn't start until after Labor Day, but they didn't have enough support. What they did do is mandate that you can't have school the Friday before Labor Day so it would create a 4 day weekend to boost Travel and Tourism dollars in the state! If we did start after Labor Day, with current days required to be in school, we wouldn't get out until third week of June! /w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif

JimBinMI

We boys and our toys!

MChalkley · Aug 27, 2000

Del - I read your message with great interest. I'm just catching up on almost a month's worth of forum messages - a daunting task - after being very ill from heat stroke. More on that in another post later, but though there's more here than I have time and energy to comment on, I'd like to say one thing: My L4310 should have brakes very similar to your L35's mechanically, and they will slide my non-stock high-traction heavily ballasted radials on my gravel drive. I think yours should, too, so I'd transport it (not under its own power) on down to the nearest dealer for some under-warranty service.

Mark

Bird · Aug 27, 2000

Mark, I started a couple of times to post a message asking if anyone knew what happened to you, but then I thought maybe you were just on vacation (some vacation, huh?). Sorry to hear you were ill. Hope all's well now. Welcome back.

Bird

gordon · Aug 27, 2000

Ditto to what Bird said. Missed your wit and knowledge!!! Glad to see you back and hope that your feeling better. Now you need those fans that I told you about!!!
Gordon