HOW TO GET A KUBOTA MX5100 HST 4WD OPERATING MANUAL BEFORE BUYING?

[GILLYS CHILLI FARM AUSTRA]

How can I get my hands on a KUBOTA MX5100 HST 4 WD with loader and BH OPERATING MANUAL before I actually order it?

I'd like to know more about it before I put the order in, yet it seems to be impossible which makes me think there might be problems to operate them than appears the case by not permitting a buyer the oppurtunity to look at before instead till after when you realise it does not do what you'd hoped it would.

Sometimes you cant remember everything you want in a tractor until after and when I;m going to be spending good money...cant afford to make any mistakes.

Anyone got a pdf which can be downloaded?

Thanks guys.

 

[weldermike]

I was just looking through my operators manual last night for my mx5100, and it basically just goes over fluid changes, general tractor safety and knowledge, grease fittings, etc. if your dealer doesnt have one on hand to drive and test, maybe find another dealer that does. You can always purchase from your original dealer, but at least youll have some first hand knowledge of the machine to know it will suit your needs. I am very pleased with mine, although I have only had it for a month, but it is a complete animal compared to my l4400 that I traded in. Smoothe, easy to operate powerhouse for its size. And built like a little tank!

 

[creekbend]

Have you tried EBAY? Possibility? Good Luck.

 

[RaydaKub]

Could you rent one for a week to try it out? That'd be way better than reading a manual.

 

[TripleR]

As mentioned, you can always buy a Operator's Manual, but as RaydaKub points out, nothing beats seat time.

I really like Kubota, but recommend that prospective buyers look at different makes and models to find just the right one and right dealer.

Good luck.

 

[weldermike]

Yeah bud, listen to those guys. I bought an l4400 in june, and had to upgrade to a mx5100 a few months later. At least my dealer didnt beat me up to bad on the trade in.

 

[GILLYS CHILLI FARM AUSTRA]

Thanks TripleR and weldermike I'm yaking notice.

Another thing I have to decide upon is tyres, I have a 15 Acre flat to undulating land with about a third rather steep land with a 40-45 degree angle track to maintain one in every 5 years. [to be used as tourist scenic walking track]

My first jobs are going to be getting rid of some pine stumps and some old pine trees yet to be felled...they regarded as weeds by our environmental people so I dont need a permit. A great deal of landscaping and moving dirt around and possibly enlarging a dam when we get our next dry summer...it been pouring rain over last few weeks so dam never going to let low this year.
[ and snowing up in our little mountains...Mt Hotham..in summer ...amazing.]

Then got a fair bit of water and sewer pipes to lay over time and repair and re-route a new pathway to be used as a scenic walk and then a fair bit of extra planting of native and flowering plants to attract more wildlife birdlife to attract the tourists...but as I intend to also grow chilli on some of the leftover I'm not going to worry too much about chilli eating rabbits, birds, foxes, possums and kangaroos/wallabys ...one reason I chose chilli in the Yarra Valley Wine growing region in Melbourne Vic 3775 Australia.

I did a Grape growing course years ago on possibly growing wine grapes but decided against it because of all the poisions which needed to be sprayed on them...was glad I never did as now there is a glut of vines planted in original beautiful horse country.... And when we had some serious bush fires in 2009 ...the vines got smoked and useless for wine making ontop of the worldwide wines glut.

Luckily the tourist balloon enthusiasts still get the benefits of the magnificant views of the Yarra Valley in the mornings... tho...you wont catch me going onto one of those...lol

After I have done most of landscaping and driveway maintenace ...i'll settle down to growing a few Acres of Chilli plant varieties, a little garlic another rabbit favourite im told...lol...and lettuce and garden fresh vegetables mixed in and Watermelons are now starting to grow well in this Yarra Glen region... my brother up the road accidently grew some delicious water melons over last five years...never heard of in this colder neck of woods in Victoria. I'm sure its not really going to be that easy to grow my chillis and corn but even I dont like hot chillis but I do like Corn, Water Melons, fruits I already got ....

The soil around here never been cropped so is true virgin organic soils ..its either been native bush, pine forest or cattle and horse grazing land so we dont have the poisoned land problems they have in other spots. Dieldren was a problem about 50 years back and now some farms cannot be used for growing vegies or selling cattle which graze on such properties....some rich brown volcanic mountain soils are now used for growing non edible flowers Tulips... Tesselaars are very famous in the Valley for Tulips..they have annual Tulip Festivals..

So I suppose my question is are Ag tires [we spell it Tyres] going to be the best way to go. It will get muddy in winter on the flat.

 

[TripleR]

The Ag v Industrial v Turf is never ending; we have used all three and have tractors with all of them. Our L5030, JD2305, and BX2660 have Industrial and the M8540 as well as a couple others have Ag.

For me at least, when you add mud to the equation, Ag is the way I would go. We don't make a living with our tractors, so unless we are mucking out a pond, we don't use them in muddy conditions. If it rains we park them, so Industrial works well for our uses.

 

[GILLYS CHILLI FARM AUSTRA]

The day came two days ago when i took delivery of my SHINY new orange working machine...DIESEL KUBOTA MX5100 HST 4 WD 4 IN 1 FEL, with KANGA SLASHER & REAR PALLET FORKS but no OPERATING MANUAL for the Kubota, just for the FEL. HOW ANNOYING CAN THAT BE..?..

 

[Deano]

Pictures...we don't believe you!!:laughing:

 

[GILLYS CHILLI FARM AUSTRA]

Do you believe me now? lol

 

[GILLYS CHILLI FARM AUSTRA]

Funily enough my property was once known as MARYLAND...LOL

 

[GILLYS CHILLI FARM AUSTRA]

I've never driven a Tractor...only a TORO Ride On mower....and im loving it already even though ive made a mess in our wet soils...its been raining on and on for ages...never been so wet and its slowing both my learning curve and my works on the property..and i need that Operation Manual..**** it...lol

 

[k0ua]

I've never driven a Tractor...only a TORO Ride On mower....and im loving it already even though ive made a mess in our wet soils...its been raining on and on for ages...never been so wet and its slowing both my learning curve and my works on the property..and i need that Operation Manual..**** it...lol

Since you don't have manual, are there any specific questions we could help answer? I am pretty familiar with Kubotas. Perhaps we could help? Nice looking rig by the way:thumbsup:


James K0UA

 

[GILLYS CHILLI FARM AUSTRA]

And I need to thank all you loverly helpful TBN contributors and TBN for being on the net to help us under educated wanabe farmers over the last several months for all your opinions and advice which I had no other way of getting even from my dealer. He so used to selling them to experienced farmers he not got the patience in answering many of all my questions, so I even rang up Kubota Australia for their technical advice...all helped to crystalise my selection of the MX5100 HST 4 WD 4/1 FEL etc KANGA SLASHER, and KANGA REAR PALLET FORK. So thanks once again...im still dumb and need to learn where everything is...lol

 

[GILLYS CHILLI FARM AUSTRA]

Yeah thanks kOua, im a bit embarrassed to ask this question but it will save my life.... but where is the parking brake the warnings on machine state to use the 'parking brake' when getting off...ill put a pic in of where i think it might be a little lever on left bottom of seat? left of when sitting in seat...

 

[GILLYS CHILLI FARM AUSTRA]

It was fun trying to learn how to use the FEL, picking up some clay i wanted to move was a messy task, soft in winter,...hard as rock in summer...lucky i dont have lots of it ...was introduce into garden experiment....clay has lots of minerals but no one worked out how to untrap them yet. there are 1000's of clay use patents in USA...im still looking to find who wins gold with clay..lol

 

[k0ua]

Yeah thanks kOua, im a bit embarrassed to ask this question View attachment 275074but it will save my life.... but where is the parking brake the warnings on machine state to use the 'parking brake' when getting off...ill put a pic in of where i think it might be a little lever on left bottom of seat?

The parking brake actuator is not shown in this picture.. turn the camera the other way. and not a small lever under the steering column. If it is build like my L3400HST was. and I think it will be.. here is what you do.. make sure that both brake pedals are pinned together, with the bar that pins them together horizontal. Then stomp the brake pedals as hard as you can with your foot while flipping this little lever under the steering column forward then hold it with your hand, while letting your foot off of the brake pedals. then remove your hand from the lever.. The brake pedals should stay locked down. To release the brake pedals just stomp them very hard and release them. and they should come back up, the little lever will flip backwards by itself under spring pressure. savvy?

James K0UA

 

[k0ua]

Yeah thanks kOua, im a bit embarrassed to ask this question View attachment 275074but it will save my life.... but where is the parking brake the warnings on machine state to use the 'parking brake' when getting off...ill put a pic in of where i think it might be a little lever on left bottom of seat? left of when sitting in seat...

Now as for the little lever on the left bottom of the seat with the down arrow.. that is the differential lock. Here is how and why you use it. When you are stuck in the mud and one rear wheel and one front wheel are turning (assuming you are in 4wheel drive) you can stop the turning, of the wheels by centering the hydrostat pedal, and then with your left heel, start applying downward pressure on the little L shaped lever , then apply a little forward or reverse hydrostat pedal to start the tires (tyres) to to moving again, keep applying pressure until you feel the differential lock to "kick in" or fall into a detented position. you can hold down the differential lock with your left heel, and hopefully now both rear tires will begin to rotate simultaneously and pull you out of the hole you are stuck in, still only one of the front tires will spin, or maybe both, depending on their traction equalities. You have no control over them, this applies only to the rear tires/wheels. Now when you come up out of the stuck hole you were in, let off of the differential lock lever with you left heel, and continue to move, you should hear and feel the differential lock become disengaged by itself. by a loud click sound. sometimes you have to turn a little bit so that one tire is traveling a bit more than the other for the disengagement to occur. I guess you have figured out the 4 wheel drive lever on the left that couples and uncouples the front drive shaft to apply power to the front differential/wheels/tires. and the knob under the seat is the 3 point drop rate valve. it's purpose is to control how fast the 3 point hitch an implement on the rear drops when you lower the 3pt lever on your right side by the seat.. depending on the weight of the implement, it will come crashing to the ground if the knob is adjusted too much counterclockwise (anti clockwise?) and will drop too slowly or not at all if adjusted too much clockwise. If you accidentally move the knob too much clockwise by your foot, the implement will not drop at all. It will only go up, and never come down.. Happens all the time. anything else?

James K0UA

 

[GILLYS CHILLI FARM AUSTRA]

thanks k0ua it makes so much sense now when i think about it lol very embarrassed i knew it was a brake but got confused so what is that knob for anyway..lol ....those two peddles stay together with that yellow flip thing but when do u take it off?