My new hired hand

[Burk]

B7510 w/ 60" MMM. 48" BB and FEL. My Daughter and Son in law have a B2150 w/ 5' tiller, 5' york rake, 5' aerator and 5' blade so I have other attachments next door. I know he's a little dirty but we have been playing/working almost
everynight.

I've mowed 4 times now. I have the mower set at 3". I may lower it a little.

Filled in an old hog pen. My kids all took hogs for 4-H and we raised some for the freezer. Since the kids are grown it was time to fil it in. The FEL worked great. I still need alittle practice, but i'll be ready for grass seed this weekend.

Started removing from a water run. I have 3 springs running into it. It's starting to become a bog. I hope to have the water running in one spot instead of running al over by the end of summer.

Moved approx 18 yards of mulch my wife has asked me to do for the last 2 years.

We're still experimenting with the mower height and things we can do with the equipment. For what I've done so far the tractor is a great match. I had to trim my trees to keep from getting beat to death, but they needed it anyway. I like the 1/4 inching valve,

The problems, the stick for the loader vibrates to much to suit me, I had water in the left mower spindle, I always bump the PTO in gear when I'm getting in the seat (my back side gets in the way), NO CUP HOLDER and always remember to lower the ROPS before pulling into the garage.

I don't know what to do for the loader control vibration. I repacked the mower spindles. I'm trying to loose weight, this should help with knocking the PTO in gear. I found a cup holder at a boat supply, but I really don't want to drill a hole in it yet. And I've learn my lesson about folding the ROP before I put it away.

All in all a great tractor, good deal and a happy owner.

 

[chim]

Re: joystick rattle - the metal "flipper thing" can be adjusted to put enough pressure on the stick to hold it tightly when not in use. Whenever I'm using the loader, the rattle is a non-issue..................chim

 

[om21braz]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Moved approx 18 yards of mulch my wife has asked me to do for the last 2 years.)</font>

That alone ought to help convince my "CEO" to let me have one ! LOL

Might nice hired hand Burk !

 

[robertm]

The B7510 does not have the "metal flapper thing". The joystick now has a nice rubber boot and a lever you flip up and over in a slot to disingage the joystick. I had the same rattle problem on my old B7500 (with the flapper), and now on my B7510 with the non-flapper.

 

[DaGoatMan]

Burk,

You have the same Landpride box blade that I have. I like mine so far. Well built little blade.

My 7610 loader joystick does the same thing. Mostly when idling. If running the tractor at above 1000 rmp the noise is barely noticeable. It is one of those things that Kubota could have paid more attention to, but I will live with it for now. Maybe someone on this site will find a way to solve the problem without adversely affecting the loader operation and share the fix with us all. Maybe a rubber bushing or something like that. I think I will take a closer look at mine soon. Good luck with your tractor. I love mine.

 

[robertm]

As stipid as it sounds on a $15000 tractor, but a small bungee (with just enough elasticity) hooked to the bottom of the joystick mount, up and over the stick, and back down to the mount holds enough pressure on the stick to keep it from rattling, but does not inhibit the joystick movement or use.