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Trust me I use it well for hogging, even tho it looks like I only need a mower in this pic. It's the only pic I had of the 6' cutter

I been running a six foot land pride with my mx5200 for 6 years. Match made in mechanical heaven imo. Thing is perfectly sized.

Nice pics. It really emphasizes your post to see what you're talking about.

My helmet has a face shield that is pretty stout.

Our property is covered up with t posts and fence posts and barbed wire that is hidden from years of overgrowth. That is something to think about.

Am I crazy for thinking I'll be fine wearing a motorcycle helmet while using this on the front of my mx 5200? We have the 6' wide version and a pto hydraulic pump and typically I use it with a cab tractor... But motorcycle helmet and maybe a heavy chest rig set up and I feel like this would be...

I don't take offense, but I've used both and the clamshell is far superior for grapple functions imo. The other type excels in lifting tasks like forks. I have forks, so I don't see the need for that type of grapple.

This is how you rake brush towards you and then roll the stationary part of the grapple forward to trap brush and logs. I can pick up big logs too.

A clamshell style is superior for brush movement imo. That's what I have. I don't see utility in the other style of grapple. In fact, my fil and my uncle both liked my grapple so much, that they both bought the other style like you show, but neither of them use it. My grapple still sees use...

Electric are not more reliable than hydraulic. Cheaper, sure.

My locale has that for about $500. I purchased the 3/16" for ~$250.

What thread are you reading? Properties: - 20 acres where I live (flat and ~90% wooded) - 120 acres "up north" (Flat to rolling but there are ravines ~97% wooded)

It don't deal with rocky soil. I can't believe I have to actually say that. Not to mention there are so many vines it would entangle a tiller in minutes. A tiller wouldn't last a half hour making roads around here. A harrow does great. Less to mess up too when rocks are encountered.

A tiller? Talk about a bad plan. Using a harrow and then a bb is how it should be done. I wouldn't dream of attempting that with a tiller.

I came here to echo what I've already seen. Your plan is no plan. It is a failure of thought. None of your first post will work like you describe. This is not a situation you can afford to be in right now. Come up with a more realistic plan.

I'm going to add my two cents in here, I agree that an mx5200, they look big in the showroom, but let me tell you mine feels small or just right on our 20 plus acres of properties. Jeff convinced me that my L series wants weren't going to be fulfilled as well as an MX machine could fulfill...

Thanks for the thorough and detailed response. Thanks for the thorough and detailed response. I thought that I'd be able to put a single flow control in the supply to the loader, meter-in, like I've seen on many hydraulic circuits before. I'm trying to think of why this circuit would need a...

Hello. I'm looking to put a needle flow control in the line going to my loader. Kubota MX5200 with LA1065 loader. My thoughts are to go with a 3/4" valve for the purpose of throttling the speed of loader functions way down when me or the mrs's needs to be in a basket on the forks to reach high...

I have used fine steel wool to clean up rust on cylinder rods with great results

Could be the wrong tractor for you. What are you using it for? A small tractor like that for utility purposes can be really handy if it's hst. The gearing is great for bigher ground engaging tractors, but hst is perfect for a tractor that size.

JD puts JD to shame with their anti consumerism repair practices.

So the cost isn't necessarily because Ferris likes their stuff more than 'Bota, it's because they're saddled with regulations from the federal government because they aren't playing the 24.8hp game...the Ferris is a full 48hp Cat engine and therefore running a dpf and maybe more. Thanks federal...

I just checked, $38.6. Yikes.

I'd test run a ferris before I'd buy another mower of any type. Ferris is the perfect mower imo.

I have a Kubota mx and a Ferris lawn mower and there is no recess my lnl can't reach. I use one at work too. Never a problem. Some of y'all must have some small equipment.

Both of the lock and Lubes that I bought both came with rebuild kits as well don't forget that

The internet shows power lube is a spray on product from crc. Not sure wtf you are comparing to lock n lube for.

Kubota recommends 400hrs. I might just buy two 5 gallons at a time. I thought years ago people had found sources for $5-600 a drum.

You can't go wrong with lock and Lube I can tell you that much.

It seems like people had a source for these back years ago when I joined. I need to replace my fluid. I'm a few hours past the recommended swap range on my MX5200.

My in-laws just bought this same one. I have only sat on it so far, started it....I was shocked at how short the seating platform is. My legs are cramped terribly. My Ferris 52" IS800 has way more leg room. It ain't for tall guys I guess. The diesel engine sounds just like the one on their...

I ordered my top link from agrisupplyusa and my side link is a Kubota unit. I've been happy with both for several years now. Be careful when using your cylinders, as mine allowed my ripper shanks to contact my tire and tear a lug. The tilt function will also cause wallowing of the holes in your...

My manual shows 22psi rear.

Torvy is right. It's a trade off. My sgc 1072 is 450lbs and 6' wide and perfect for gathering brush and sticks and will pick up more tree than my loader will handle. I love it.

I had always assumed it would take an ecu flash but this thread ( i haven't fully finished reading it yet) made me wonder if not just adding a larger turbo could get me there. This thread has got me thinking a little anyways.

I may do something like this on my mx5200 to get more uphill horsepower out of it

My mx5200, after nearly 4 years, is tough to beat. My only complaint is the loader is a little weak, and the regens happen quite often.

I can't wait to read this full thread someday

This is literally the opposite of the truth. Rods are tension members, not compression members. Rods in compression buckle. You may be confusing the term "rod" from a practical standpoint, such as thinking "connecting rod", but the subject is allthread or threaded rod, which is also described...

I have a 7' wide heavy duty Lowery Manufacturing behind my MX 5200 and I wouldn't have one that didn't cover my rear tracks. I've seen the Land Pride ripper bar rip open from being too small and weak of steel. Let me see if I can find the pic.

Ball ends wouldn't help this. And most tractors don't have ball ends here anyways. If you get a hydraulic side link and move it to its extents on both ends, there is a good chance that you will wallow these holes out.

Not sure what exactly you're talking about. The links in my picture, as well as the cylinder, have a clevis fitment. There are two pieces straddling the lower side link hole. That makes three holes in a line that aren't spherical ball end joints, but instead are just holes through thick steel...

Looking for a part for a Suzuki and a rare implement from Kubota are not even remotely comparable. Op is a failure.

These are the holes that wallow out because they don't have the ability to have different heights;

Because the lower links, depending on how your tractor is set up, don't have enough play to allow different heights on them. My mx5200 doesn't anyway.

Like I said though, my blade has a tilt cylinder so the side link is only good for my box blade-which does have use That side like will also cause some hole wallowing on the three point if you use it to the best of it's ability.

Oh, my scrape blade has three cylinders already, so I don't need the side link to float unless I'm using the box blade. I went all out on a scrape blade, but I forgot that some are cylinder-less.

I agree with the top link. The side link has limited use. It's only useful with a box blade imo. I use my hyd side link very little.

Don't see a box blade. That's probably my most used attachment.

I absolutely love my open cab tractor, but if you got to depend on one year round probably should be a cab.

Do the math on weighted wheels, water in wheels, implement on the back, loader on the front, and magically the 3700lbs you think you understand, turns into 7300lbs. It's okay, a lot of internet experts do that with tractor weights. They forget about loaders and such. I didn't say I was lifting...

It's not particularly strong for sure, although it is made of ar400. I use the float detent so that it's only the weight of the loader bearing down on the lid. It is a very effective means of scraping up brush and gathering in a handful. I've been doing this for 3+ years with great success.

I'm talking about cylinders will break if you leverage them wrong, you'll bend the mast if you push too hard...I've managed to use mine very hard and not break it yet, but I've bent several tines, including the 1/2" end tine, and I've also put a slight bend in the mast. Not to mention the three...

Be careful they're easy to break.

No one, and I mean no one, is walking around talking about their dollar being "up" or "high" or being worth a lot. I think 99.8% of anyone reading his post absolutely understands what he was getting at, even if there was a slight technicality regarding the semantics of his words. When I talk...

It's a fact that it's purchase power for domestic goods is at a low. When it takes $42k to buy what it took $28k just three years ago, it has dropped in purchase power. Relative to other currencies may be a different story. The car I bought last year in March is $5k more today. The truck I...

The width is needed for maximum grapple brush width effectiveness. Brush is so light that if it weren't awkward I'd prefer a 96 or 104" wide grapple. That same grapple in that picture has picked up a 40' telephone pole with ease and also a 20' x 20" diameter solid oak log that was heavy enough...

There is a huge advantage to going wide. I use my 72" wide to grab brush and it wouldn't be the same if it were only 60 or 66" wide.

Hydraulics typically restrict supply of fluid, pneumatics the exit of the fluid (gas). This is due to the compression of gas and the stiction of the cylinder in an air or pneumatic situation. Flow is typically restricted in one direction and free flowed in the other direction on commonly...

They're worthless on the rear unless you just happen to have the perfect implement collection.

I have a pirahna bar. Love it. Grapple too. The box blade is a no brain thing though. Just drive around mindlessly and it pops them up .

I was not aware of the pre 4 status. I assume u mean emissions. Tier 4.

I use the top and tilt on mine quite often. Top never comes off the tractor actually.

If i lower the rippers and tear up the land that is plagued with privet and woody shrubs, I can remove most of the shrubs and within a few weeks the field will look great and grassy. Is there an implement or technique that works better than what I'm currently doing? Does a disc harrow do this...

I ended up with three rear remotes and a front third function too. I wanted a hyd box blade but the used ones were all so small and the new ones were super high dollar. I ended up with a 7' HD unit that is totally bad ass. Not hyd though.

I'm farther ahead by having the tractor already, obviously. I think we all understand that the dollar is dropping. I think I put it in the op .

I believe I paid 28k and one the website now it says msrp of $42k with loader. My $28k was actually a lil below msrp as I got a half decent deal at the time. It was the only dealership willing to deal with me. I remember the transaction well. But you also only buy an mx 5400 or 6000 now...no...

Stuff been inflated. Glad I bought it when I did. My paycheck hasn't had that affliction of inflation added to it.

Well I'm just the in-law son. Not my gig really. I help out a lot, but my real job takes most of my time.

I don't know how we'd get by on our 1000+ acre beef farm without the three 100 horse tractors we have. But we have 200-250 head at any one time.

Pressure treated wood bolted to both sides and it holds two chain saws. Easy and quick. Ugly, for sure.

Mr Obvious says; Hope you didn't buy a stolen trailer

I paid $300 for a white plastic top from Amazon. I love it.

Not to mention poeple keep buying gm junk after the northstar engines failing for 7 years with no remedy for buyers, and the junk transmissions that they've been selling in their 1500 trucks and suv's. You really gotta pick and choose what you buy, because they all make junk...even the Japanese...

Yeah the ecoboost i drove didn't scream at all. It was stout.

That may be, but it would keep me out of any GM product. It's a shame how poor they've been for so long. Reminds me of the Northstar engine that was a time bomb in Cadillacs for so many years. 1993-2000ish. GM is downright shameful as a car company. I used to like gm. They haven't gotten...

I would not own a GM truck from 2015-present. GM couldn't make a transmission to save their lives In that era.

On another note chains and binders will last a long time if you want to leave stuff out.

Lol. User error. I've never left anything out in the weather for more than a few days and I've never lost function. Put your **** up.

Good news. I've been driving on the zf8 speed for 10 years and 70k on one, 200k on another, and 40k on my last. It's legitimate. It is truly the worlds best automatic transmission.

2017 yukon had a lemon trans. I don't think I've ever heard about issues with the 10 speed... but the 6,7, and 8 speeds were not up to par.

There certainly is! Chevrolet/GM can't make a reliable transmission in at least 2015-current truck and suv models in the 1500 platform. Those are bad trucks. Nearly every 1500 series that GM has made in the last 7 years is suspect.

I have a very old sicma or sigma that was at the farm when we bought the farm. It is 6' and works well. Been left outside for who knows how many decades. Still had oil in all the gearboxes. Slip clutch works well after I took all the bolts loose and freed it up. I think sigma is italian. Look...

Wow. I even seen a setup that looks worse than mine in this thread! Mine holds two chainsaws. I just used the chainsaw to bore a slot into a treated wood piece. Two of them one on each side of the loader arm.

If the Stumpjumper is bent it will keep the blades from moving freely mine got bent using a forklift on it one time

It's called forced technology transfer. The chinese copy and use the same methods to make their tractors after a big shot company decides to save money by building in china. It's happening with all products. If you decide to make your product in China, the chinese will copy it exactly, and...

I can't imagine taking the loader off for anything. I've never taken mine off and 90% of my tractors' utility is with the loader. I always have the grapple on, or the bucket, or the forks. I can't imagine driving around without the utility of a loader.

Simple to do with hydraulics. Unpin, rotate, re-pin. There sure are a lot of "wtf" posts itt.

For what reason? The cylinders are sized so they don't damage the blade. They are appropriately sized. You're not doing yourself any favors. You're making things hard on yourself.

A couple things; 1. Brian is very high on his cylinders imo. Bad plan to for go the cylinders and then get him to make them later. 2. I have an 8' land pride and I unpin it constantly, and unless I'm on a very steep angle, it's super easy to turn and position because it seems to be perfectly...

If I am understanding the op correctly, you cannot expect your bb to work like that. You must buy a hydraulic bb or deal with your rippers being up and down. You cannot expect you bb to do something it is not designed to do. When I rip, my rippers are down. When I don't rip, my rippers are up.

Why is this stupid? An f250 has up to a 15k towing capacity. The 307 weighs 18k. Trailer and all it would be overweight, but if that's what you have, it wouldn't be that crazy. I'm not advocating for it, but it's certainly do-able if you are careful, isn't it? That said, I bought an f350 for...

There is nothing stated incorrectly with his post. But yours is definitely wrong. Gas engines are just getting broken in good at 200k. If you keep fresh synthetic oil in them, they'll outlast you nowadays. Compression and power are better at 150k on a gas engine than when brand new. Ask me how I...

That drawbar will be much much more inconvenient to use than something attached to your three point on your tractor. It would be something to be used on long straight stretches but it would be inconvenient to turn around inconvenient for small short areas I wouldn't touch it

I just bought a 2022 7.3l 10 speed DRW CC xl model F350 4x4 for a little less than 51k. 2wd is useless for my needs. There are dealers that are 2-4% under invoice. My dealer was $2k under msrp. I had to wait 4 months for delivery. That 2wd for 49k isn't at all desirable to me.

More gears are better if you're stuck with a 6 speed. That's a fact. Even your beloved Ram is aware of that fact and will feature at least 2 more gears in the very near future.

Posting screenshots of what you're looking at is a great idea

I have one...it never crossed my mind!

Blade tip speed is only 11,000fpm 🤔

Who made it? The tag is faded.

A text phone number doesn't mean that's a scam it means people are trying to protect their phone numbers from be picked up by a bot.

Not exactly true. Politicians are bought out and the voters don't consent to their behavior, we just go about our everyday lives and expect people to be honest. I'm not going to go into more detail than that, I know that's a simplification, but it's not "our" fault for buying cheap goods. I...

Look what they claim: I don't believe it.

I could maintain a half acre with a wheelbarrow and a chainsaw. A sloped half acre? Sounds dangerous for a tractor.

Why would 100 acres have anything to do with needing a backhoe? Bush hogging, yes, but a back hoe is a really specific piece of equipment. A loader? Most definitely. What will you need to be doing on a routine basis that you'd need a backhoe?

🙄 As if the Ally doesn't? You just like to be contrary. I've seen it many times before. Towing power. Lol. That comes from the engine ya rube.

Undoubtedly I could find a fan boy who would testify to anything if I were looking to validate something wrongfully, but I am not looking to do that. I am relaying what I've read and seen and talked to people from the standpoint of trucking needs. People who put mega miles on trucks say that the...

Thanks for the link. It really backs up what ive already read: Also, I hope you weren't implying that youtubers aren't "real world" somehow. I have youtube videos as well. It's just people like me and you making real vidoes about their experiences.

No, that article did not state that the Aisin was better than an Allison, if that is what you are implying.

The point of this thread isn't how much you think of the Aisin, it's about getting an economical gas truck. You can't get the Aisin/Cummins combo for less than 55k. I'm not looking for that as "economical". I have listened to numerous hot shot truckers who put hundreds of thousands of miles on...

the Aisin may be up to the task, but it is NOT as good as the Allison. You can feel good about yours if you want, but no one, and I mean NO ONE, has said that it is as good as the Allison. I never said the Aisin couldn't be shifted manually. and it isn't about "outpulling" a cummins, I want to...

FYI regarding the Ford 10 speed; Tow Piglet has nothing good to say about it after tens of thousands of miles on at least one truck with it, DS Trucks didn't have 10k on his and had a shifting problem that he thinks he was able to "tune" out of it with a high dollar laptop and a computer tuning...

well if you want a truck, you're kinda limited these days. $30-45k for 200k on the ODO for the used trucks, gas OR diesel, and it makes more sense to buy new. I'm just not at all happy with the truck market now. Not on any level.

I'm looking for a gas dually for farm use and occasional towing (tractors, excavators, skid steers, lawn mowers) around a slightly hilly 25 mile radius between several properties, the family farm, and my new house and property. I'm not impressed at all with the offerings from the big three. Let...

I would say you have a mild case of ocd. This is absolutely NOT how the bar was designed to operate or install and you specifically thumbed your nose at their engineering. Those tabs would have bent out to fit your bucket perfectly. You put a lot of extra effort in for really nothing. Those tabs...

This is a fictional dystopia that does not exist.

Some people come on forums for interaction with other human beings

:rolleyes:

I always test my brake setup.

No, they aren't, and yes it does.

I love my surge brakes on my boat trailer. True hydraulic reservoir and hydraulic lines...most trailers have electric brakes that are not as good. Mine have a reverse lockout and a mechanical stop if needed.

I think he was talking to the op. Toys was referring to the utv.

It really depends on how heavy your Tow vehicle is, if I'm towing something like that with a 2500 truck I'd feel pretty confident, but if I'm towing a 3000 pound boat with my sedan, I'm going to want trailer brakes. But if you're gonna make it a habit, brakes are the way to go. I towed my...

I use my float valve on the blade angle so that it follows the Contour of the road at times.

No, you want it much wider so that when you have it at an angle it can cover Your Tracks. Mine is 8' wide but my tractor width is about 6'.

I paid $4000 for a 6 way hydraulic scrape blade.

Sounds like you should get a top n tilt system for your box blade for sure if you have all those needs. I got one and it's quite useful.

I get to hear it from my work buddies so you do too. Some of those welds need to be tied in better.

Not terribly so. The weight is the big factor. I can spin my tires all day long. That is horsepower that I cannot apply to a ground engagement implement if I don't have the weight needed. Where that comes in handy is when I'm bush hogging. I can bush hog better than you, but not necessarily run...

The 7' width isn't too much for your tractor. If it won't hook up to the three point, that may be a problem. I run 7' hd bb on my mx5200 and I believe that tractor data lists our tractors as the same weight, or yours slightly heavier. With tire weight and a loader, that would be a great width...

First step is to show a picture of what type of grapple that you are running. It makes all the difference in the world if you have dual lids or not, and what orientation the cylinders are in. a cylinder will do the opposite direction commanded if the piston seal exhibits enough leakage when the...

The grapple is easy, it’s the third function setup that takes effort.

I’d try something that gets down close to 12” deep. Start with scarifies and see if they can do anything constructive or just buy one of those rippers that goes 18” deep. I’m sure any agitation will be better than none.

A second pass over the debris on the ground works wonders. But I guess you already knew that too huh?

You just agreed with me, I said gas-powered version wasn't worth a crap "gp" 40. The gp in gP40 stands for gas powered. You, then me:

My brush hog leaves no evidence behind. Maybe it's a technique difference. I back into stuff with the hog tilted back at about a 30* angle and then let it down onto whatever with my hydraulic top link. It leaves no evidence of what was there before. It's a thousand times better than the gp40 in...

I watched this link: That is going to be really high priced, I imagine, and it isn't very capable at all. That will be a regretful purchase if made. My medium duty bush hog will do that in about ten seconds.

I just looked at the gp40, and that is a straight up piece of junk at any price. I'd cross that off my list.

That's not the axle weight-listed, it's axle weight bearing listing.

Gonna have to wait this self inflicted **** out. Used trucks are worse. This economy was thrust upon us, now we're in a big pickle.

From Lowery Manufacturing: This is the kind of stuff you see on websites if it's made here.

I looked over their website and I'm inclined to believe it's chinese made stuff. They use phrases like "American company" and they give you phone numbers for engineering, which leads me to believe that it's another "engineered in the usa" but made in china company. I see nothing indicating usa...

A good medium or heavy-duty bush hog can do that

I mistook that part. But my medium duty bush hog takes out 2" trees with ease as well. Yes I agree, that will be a pricey investment if that is what you are doing.

They aren't doing 3000psi at 20gpm. That's ridiculous. Those are some fake numbers. Who is making you believe that is the standard for driving a bush hog?

Titan is junk made in china. Bush hog likely has a usa fabricated deck and a chinese gearbox. Bush hog.

I do exactly all of that on an mx5200. 8' blade 6' hog&grapple Pirahna tootbar on 6' bucket 54hp HYDROSTATIC

Lol. Some advocate you are. Why mention it then?

I absolutely love the Kubota MX series with the HSt transmission, but I could see the need for some 65 to 85 horsepower tractors with an HSt for loader work. I'm thinking hay tractor, grapple tractor. My mx5200 hst is the tractor of choice for numerous tasks around the farm, but it's too small...

But it's not what people see when they go buy a new tractor. The manufacturers probably don't even reference these tests even if they come out on top. I've certainly never seen a reference to one before your post. Link me up. I did a search and it didn't immediately gratify me with tractor test...

No one advertises that information, because it's just another way for their competitors to lie and cheat and they don't have to publish it. It would just be a big lying contest.

We'll see bigger hst machines every year for awhile. Hst is getting bigger because the demand is very much there. The mx machines were snatched up around my area if they were hst. Geared leftover were all that was on the lots when I was shopping. The Kubota m62 tlb is the biggest hst machine...

The original post I interpreted as how does it have the same hydraulic specs with different horsepower, and I answered that by stating that the engine turns the same hydraulic pump on all the models.

It requires changes to timing and fuel ratio and boost pressure. That is what this thread is about.

The mx series that I listed are the same engines. Injectors and all. Tuning is the only difference, that's what his question was, so explained it.

Lol. U have it wrong. U must be from that stripe.

It's not a larger engine, that's what this whole thread is talking about. I think it got off track, because I think the original poster was talking about different horsepower engines turning the same size hydraulic pumps.

There are suspicious washer marks on the other one though. Maybe that's just the end of the wrench socket that marred up the paint.

I presumed he meant the hydraulic specs, so I answered that.

I've never seen a taper facing out so it caught my attention and the other two tractors had the lugs installed as to what I would expect. I don't know if those are washers or a flat face on the nut. The second picture definitely looks like a washer though.

there are only three tractors on the local lot and this is what the lugs look like on one of them:

Brand name went heavily into my criteria due to the fact that I wanted a solid product with a solid reputation.

Mx5200 (52hp)/5400(54hp)/5800(58hp)/6000(60hp) are all the same motors.

They are only working within what our government has created as a framework in regards to horsepower and emissions compliance.

They all run the same hydraulic pump.

An MX series tractor will look very big on the dealers lot, but on your land it will seem small or just right. Jeff talked me into an mx from a smaller tractor and it was great advice.

Not in my experience. I have two dealerships that have done work on mine. The first was semi prompt and did my valves and third function in a week or so after getting parts. The other dealer spent weeks letting my blade sit while they put mowers together and neglected my blade. I finally went...

Kubota was no more expensive than kioti, LS, Branson, and Mahindra. At least not when I shopped two years ago. Deere carried a heavy penalty though.

Yeah it’s working, I just don’t know how and I figured someone would on here.

On an engine where there are hundreds and of moving parts this is tried and true, on a hydraulic system where you have very few moving parts by comparison, and no break in lube to expunge from the system, and all the pump parts are completely submerged in hydraulic fluid continuously, this is a...

I like to tell people that it will do the work of 10 men, sometimes I only say eight, but U get the jist.

The hydraulic fluid isn’t subjected to a combustion process and rarely even gets hot, 50 hr. Fluid change is merely a way to promote their service department.

One of my favorite things to do with my grapple is open it all the way and tilt it forward and use the top clamshell as a rake and rake up yard debris and brush. Use the float function as o keep it up on the ground and curl back as you drive backwards. That’s a really good looking grapple

At 72 in wide and only 400 Pounds or just a little over, the land Pride grapple was much more suitable for my needs with my Kubota MX 5200. Not even including the price yeah, because that was much better than EA's grapple as well. It has been a stellar for the past two years. Ar400 steel...

I'm sure it's normal, but I'm asking how is this accomplished. Surely there isn't a syncronizer ring is there? I can be moving and shift in and out very easily. Why is this?

Not if you’re using synthetic in a highway driven automobile.

The three point hitch stuff is actually standard. 5/8 pins stabilizers in my Kubota, top link pins all standard too 7/8 and holes in end of hitch legs. The three point hitch stuff is all standard. its a little like the 3/8 drive ratchet. Standard because it was invented by an English nation...

That was the point of the video and advertisement

This

I went back to 2016 in your created threads and didn’t notice it. Got a pic?

:rolleyes: You have to take your hand off the loader valve handle, it takes at least twice as long for that reason alone.

I thank Jeff9366 in my head all the time for getting me into an mx series instead of the L series I was going to buy. The mx just looks so big on a lot, but on our properties it looks pretty small. I’d be in your same situation if I hadn’t taken his and all the other advice suggesting that I buy...

“Orders” lol

I’m gonna go with “never”.

They’ll most likely charge the same for the kit installed or not. You aren’t going to get out of paying big bucks for all the apparatus to make remotes possible. And grapples are very hard to find used, because no one lets go of them once they have one and see how useful they are. When I was in...

With the loader in place my oem lights don’t do well either so I mounted three led lights on my rops two forward and one back. They work like yours, very well.

Wish you would have posted a pic of the unit

By cost; $3800 6 way power 8’ scrape $2400ish grapple 6’ $2200ish 6’ med duty bush hog $650 forks $850 7’ hd box blade bucket with tooth bar

I would spend time looking over the qd that you say did this. There is something wrong with it.

They don’t pop off easily. Only if they are housed in a certain type of snap ring enclosed housing will they pop off off pulled on by the hose. I drove off without disconnecting my 400lb grapple once, and they just drug the grapple across the dirt until I disconnected them. You have issues if...

I would call Messicks. They beat the hell out of my local dealer on nearly everything.

Well you didn’t list the bush hog loader model or specs so I’d only be guessing.

That’s a lot less capacity and smaller tractor than mine, 1500lbs vs 2250lbs lift and 2700lbs vs 3900lbs breakout... I can see why you feel like it’s weak if you’re used to a bigger machine

Free is nice but it won’t work without heavy modifications. It looks like a lot of work and welding to make it right and get bore centers lined up and parallel. Neither end of that cylinder is correct for mounting to your blade. You must straddle the clevis on each end. A cantilevered force will...

I've only ever run out of front loader when buried in a pile of red clay dirt or when grappling an enormous tree trunk. That sounds bad on your end. My loader will pick up the back end of my tractor with filled tires and a bb on the back too. Mx5200 w/LA1065.

I looked at all of the brands, and I saw no savings more than about 5% over Kubota when I was doing my shopping. But there was a huge price increase for going green.

My brand new Kubota MX 5200 certainly does, but my father-in-law's 15 plus year old m108s doesn't