tractor manuals for free

[murphy1244]

The easy way is just change the air when you change your clocks for daylight savings time... Oh don't forget your smoke detectors batteries either!

I had a guy tell me when we were about 30 or so that he changes the air in his tires every time he does a tune up.

 

[gooseman80]

Lol. I have the opposite problem with vehicles.

Every Haynes manual I've ever had goes into great detail for simple things like removing a windshield wiper and when you get to a complicated part it will say something like "remove the flux capacitor". The reason I bought the book was to understand how to remove the d**n flux capacitor!! Duh!

That's weird because my Haynes covers complicated things like rebuilding a motor or tearing into the transmission.

 

[paulharvey]

I'm still trying to find out how to lube the muffler bearings

Just take it to the dealer; they will probably only charge 2-4 shop hours for the job.

 

[buickanddeere]

I would think that a manufacturer would want someone to operate and maintain their equipment per their specs so I feel that if you own the equipment, you should be able to obtain a free manual for it. I'm still looking for a free operator's manual for a Ford 3600 (1979 or 1980). I had my tractor guy order me a service manual which I can understand why might costs something seeing that service companies don't make money off do-it-yourselfers, but I just don't feel it's right to have to pay for a operator's manual. Would be nice to know what all the levers and buttons do, you know what I mean?

Do you do free work for strangers that you may never see again and never have any business with? Why should a manufacture have to supply manuals because some dolt lost the book?

 

[delo1234]

I have a MF F240 tractor. Some one else disassembled the rear fenders and now I am not sure how to reassemble them. Does anyone have any info on this?

 

[GManBart]

I have a MF F240 tractor. Some one else disassembled the rear fenders and now I am not sure how to reassemble them. Does anyone have any info on this?

The shop manual won't help you, but the parts manual should. Go to the link below, click on "Guest User, View Books" and type in 240 in the model section, and select Massey Ferguson in the "All Brands" drop down section. You'll need your 240s serial number to know which parts book to look at. The book will give you a diagram showing all the sections, brackets, bolts, etc, and how they connect.

AGCO Parts Books

 

[garthus]

I have been scanning manuals and putting them up since 2003 on the Internet Archive. They are free to download:

https://archive.org/details/farmingequipmentmanuals

Also if you do a deep-web search filetype=pdf you can find manuals.
Gerry

 

[CentralTxfarmer]

A long shot but looking for a manual for a Tye grain drill model 104-4474?
Or anyone know where a good source is to buy from - I keep an eye on EBay.
Thanks

 

[CentralTxfarmer]

I appreciate all your work but that website is **** near unnavigable.
Maybe I'm missing something or it doesn't work on a smartphone ???

 

[RickeyS]

Does anybody know how to change the oil in your the bumper? I am scared to do it. If I do will it void my warranty?

As far as free, well I have bought plenty of manuals and got some for free. I never complain if they have it for free download. I actually prefer pdf over printed anyhow because I generally find things faster. If the manufacturer wants to charge a small fee for pdf I am fine with that too so long it is nominal. If it is not then I guess I will just post on the forum and ask for help. I have already learned a lot here.

 

[DAJack]

Hello! I am looking for a free tractor manual for a David Brown 990. If you could help me out with this I would appreciate it.

 

[Soundguy]

as low as 8$ on ebay.

 

[Winn01]

Try barriosbooksales around $30 for some

 

[kub0]

One would think that Kubota would , in the interest of safety, make it as convenient as possible to access the Operator Manual. It is ridiculous to charge for what is essentially a safety item. Whenever possible I download the manual from the manufacturer's site and save it on the computer making it possible to print off the relevant pages for the particular item I am working on. Doing so keeps the manual in readable condition with out grease spots or torn pages. I don't need the entire manual in front of me to find all the grease zerks or change an oil filter etc. I can understand charging for a workshop or parts manual. After all they have to keep their repair shops busy. The claim about the expense associated with making them available on line does not make any sense. I cannot imagine a company of that size not having all their manuals computerized. If they cannot make a simple PDF file available for download they have a serious problem in their IT department. It's all in being able to gouge the owner for another $15 or $20. Yes I do have the manual that came with the tractor but don't want to cut it up just to be able to scan it.

 

[RickB]

One would think that Kubota would , in the interest of safety, make it as convenient as possible to access the Operator Manual. It is ridiculous to charge for what is essentially a safety item. Whenever possible I download the manual from the manufacturer's site and save it on the computer making it possible to print off the relevant pages for the particular item I am working on. Doing so keeps the manual in readable condition with out grease spots or torn pages. I don't need the entire manual in front of me to find all the grease zerks or change an oil filter etc. I can understand charging for a workshop or parts manual. After all they have to keep their repair shops busy. The claim about the expense associated with making them available on line does not make any sense. I cannot imagine a company of that size not having all their manuals computerized. If they cannot make a simple PDF file available for download they have a serious problem in their IT department. It's all in being able to gouge the owner for another $15 or $20. Yes I do have the manual that came with the tractor but don't want to cut it up just to be able to scan it.

No need to call Kubota out specifically. They are far from alone.

 

[Leejohn]

Check this out Index of Kubotabooks/Tractor Owners Manuals/

 

[AxleHub]

One would think that Kubota would , in the interest of safety, make it as convenient as possible to access the Operator Manual. It is ridiculous to charge for what is essentially a safety item. Whenever possible I download the manual from the manufacturer's site and save it on the computer making it possible to print off the relevant pages for the particular item I am working on. Doing so keeps the manual in readable condition with out grease spots or torn pages. I don't need the entire manual in front of me to find all the grease zerks or change an oil filter etc. I can understand charging for a workshop or parts manual. After all they have to keep their repair shops busy. The claim about the expense associated with making them available on line does not make any sense. I cannot imagine a company of that size not having all their manuals computerized. If they cannot make a simple PDF file available for download they have a serious problem in their IT department. It's all in being able to gouge the owner for another $15 or $20. Yes I do have the manual that came with the tractor but don't want to cut it up just to be able to scan it.

Let's not confuse a design and mannufacturing ability . . . with too high of customer relations skills. Kubota is in it to make money.

Let's also recognize that "free manuals" does require cost, effort, and constant monitoring.

So lets look at a company who is stunningly good on providing information to customers and product owners at no charge to users . . . Cub Cadet. You can get owner's manuals and parts manuals and even some shop manuals on engines and mowers and tractors by year for . . . What . . . 15 or more years on All of their products. Its truly amazing.

 

[sixdogs]

Let's not confuse a design and mannufacturing ability . . . with too high of customer relations skills. Kubota is in it to make money.

Let's also recognize that "free manuals" does require cost, effort, and constant monitoring.

So lets look at a company who is stunningly good on providing information to customers and product owners at no charge to users . . . Cub Cadet. You can get owner's manuals and parts manuals and even some shop manuals on engines and mowers and tractors by year for . . . What . . . 15 or more years on All of their products. Its truly amazing.

Same with Brillion. Parts, owner's manuals for current or something 50 years old. What's not to love with that? They are first class.

 

[kub0]

The manual for the L3240 and up series is for pre 2010 models and obviously scanned, probably a copyright violation. I maintain, an operator manual is a safety issue.

 

[AxleHub]

The manual for the L3240 and up series is for pre 2010 models and obviously scanned, probably a copyright violation. I maintain, an operator manual is a safety issue.

An operator's manual represents a warranty issue to me. The Manufacturer gives you guidelines on the use and purpose of the equipment in order to know exactly how to abide by the warranty requirements and liability of the manufacturing process.

They provide a written copy of it so users cannot deny its existence. Most do not offer a free pdf version because that could be altered and manipulated by users with currently available software. The manual speaks to safety also which is part if the manufacturers obligation as liability as well.

But while I like pdf file access . . I certainly do understand why ir is not given away freely by many manufacturers. They've already provided a manual. And if they do offer and charge for pdf files . . They have verification by receipt of who got them and in what condition they were obtained.

As an example. Lets say you were able to blindly acquire a pdf service manual and then you altered a couple key items in that manual deliberately and then passed it along to others who followed bad instructions. How would anyone know it was you and the company was not responsible ?