Dirk Lately
Bronze Member
- Joined
- Jul 21, 2008
- Messages
- 52
- Location
- near Portland, Oregon
- Tractor
- Kubota L3000DT, Bobcat 341, Taylor 414ce
Hi!
I just bought a tractor, my first ever. I'm very excited!
It's a 2003 Kubota L3000DT with an LA402 loader and a B4672A (small 3-point mount, PTO driven) backhoe. I paid $13500. (Please don't tell me I got ripped off!!
)
Tooled around with it a little last night for the first time, it was great fun. I plan to use it for a house-building project (trenching, landscaping, carting materials around) and then to subdue and maintain my 20 acre lot near Portland Oregon. That will mean mowing and hauling trees around, mostly. I think.
My biggest problem at the moment is that I didn't get an operator's manual. I don't suppose anyone here has one, or a scan of one?
Other questions: I can't seem to get the backhoe off. The pins are in too tight, particularly the ones on the hitch lift arms. Could this be because the lift arms are pressing down on the backhoe? I can't seem to release the pressure, regardless of how much I play with the stabilizers and bucket.
Oooh, here's another question: the lift arms have never been used, because the backhoe has never been removed. And they don't seem to work. Could this be because the little unlabeled knob right under the seat is all the way closed? What the heck is that knob for, anyway? It is extremely hard to turn.
Is there a way to get the lift arms to "float"?
Whew. Sorry about the long post. And thanks in advance for any advice!
I just bought a tractor, my first ever. I'm very excited!
It's a 2003 Kubota L3000DT with an LA402 loader and a B4672A (small 3-point mount, PTO driven) backhoe. I paid $13500. (Please don't tell me I got ripped off!!
)Tooled around with it a little last night for the first time, it was great fun. I plan to use it for a house-building project (trenching, landscaping, carting materials around) and then to subdue and maintain my 20 acre lot near Portland Oregon. That will mean mowing and hauling trees around, mostly. I think.
My biggest problem at the moment is that I didn't get an operator's manual. I don't suppose anyone here has one, or a scan of one?
Other questions: I can't seem to get the backhoe off. The pins are in too tight, particularly the ones on the hitch lift arms. Could this be because the lift arms are pressing down on the backhoe? I can't seem to release the pressure, regardless of how much I play with the stabilizers and bucket.
Oooh, here's another question: the lift arms have never been used, because the backhoe has never been removed. And they don't seem to work. Could this be because the little unlabeled knob right under the seat is all the way closed? What the heck is that knob for, anyway? It is extremely hard to turn.
Is there a way to get the lift arms to "float"?
Whew. Sorry about the long post. And thanks in advance for any advice!
