What's ailing my bota 4610"

[Anonymous Poster]

Re: What\'s ailing my bota 4610\"

I have been behind the seen reading TBN for quite some time. After reading the problem with Smoky Mountain's tractor, it reminded me of what the Kubota dealer told me about a month ago, while shopping for a new tractor. He said that Kubota ships all tractors to him with just enough fluids (oil, hydro etc) to make the tractor run safely. He was complaining that each tractor he gets in, he has to spend time and money toping off all the fluids. He even told me he had ask the Kubota rep why, and was told in so many words, that 1 quart per tractor X 1 million tractors is a lot of $$$$. Is it possible that smoky mountain's tractor was not topped off with hydro fluid when he took delivery of the tractor????? If that is true, perhaps when it was on the steep incline, no fluid could circulate thru the hydro pump.

 

[rdbrumfield]

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Is that a tiller on the back? If it is I would taken the blades off one side on the outer and the ones next to them and put a cable on it right up through the front tires to whatever up front. It would have sucked you right up the hill. Hind sight what a wonderful tool. Glad you are out of your fix.

 

[JeffInDaUP]

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Congratulations!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Jeff...U.P. of Michigan

 

[19th_VA]

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10668 posts and counting--a record? Way to go SMM. Don't listen to all the Monday morning q-backs! The present is what matters.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

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What else is there to say, I have followed this almost every day since new years. WHoooooooo. Congrats. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[SmokyMtnMan]

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not a tiller on back...it's a log splitter....probably part of the cause for me being not able to get out
John Milller3...ha...can almost feel those fireworks down here, guy...thanks, that was fun
someone asked about name of tractor...it didn't really have a name before....the old L2250 was BooBoo....guess this one should be christened Jezebel...for obvious reasons
Dozernut, mine had also been on slopes like that before and always pulled out....sometimes losing power and having to 'feather' the pedal but never any failure to actually move.....possible that i lost more fluid when attaching hyd. log splitter than i realized

guys, I realize that if I were sitting there following this post, I would have just been amazed at why this guy didn't do this or didn't do that or why it was over there so long and not pulled out...I am amazed myself, but honestly it's hard to describe where that area was...my son calls it the 'end of the world'....one dozer showed up with not enough cable, another one didn't show, another bigger tractor couldn't pull it out, also most around here are older folks or don't have equipment for this type of thing, and it's a very isolated area here. another thing..i'm just learning some of this tractor business, not that creative and innovative yet.
but...one thing's for sure, this board can be very proud of it's members, it's purpose, the rapport and support here is second to none. I will treasure this post and your comments for all time. And for those who just don't understand...i wish to paraphrase another common expression which i think sums it up..
"It's a tractor thing, you wouldn't understand"

thanks guys so much

by the way, the Kawasaki mule is out now too.

 

[DarinRay]

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SMM,

We are all just so glad you got "christened Jezebel" out we don't care about anything else. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif WELL except what the final verdict is on what caused this poor girl to disappoint you in the first place. I tell you I've had plenty of things in situations where it seems that no matter what I try nothing helps and then I get to feeling worthless in these situations. Then what makes it worse is that you start realizing that everyone you know can't help because they are not equipt with the certain means necessary to even offer support. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif But then after pulling hair and racking brain you get a break and everything comes together finally. In this case you found this awesome board for help, I think everyone has in the past and will continue in the future. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Just please SMM let us all know what the problem is and etc.

Darin

 

[Boondox]

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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( this one should be christened Jezebel...for obvious reasons )</font>

Don -- The champagne was excellent! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Since we didn't have a name for the tractor that night we settled on Penelope for no particular reason. At any rate, it's the sentiment that counts, right?
/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Pete

 

[Egon]

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Hey mon; you got her out all on your own. Nothin wrong with that.

Maybe should rename her cliff climber!

Egon

 

[Anonymous Poster]

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What a bunch of FLATLANDERS.GAUTHIER in W.VA.