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So my repair failed again, found 1980-1986 Toyota Corolla uses the same blower motor. 35$ on rock auto. Works perfectly. Day after installing it I checked and Kubota has dropped their price to 90$ from 900$. Well that would have saved me hours of searching for a cross reference!

There's a destroyed 8000$ shaft from the bottom of a Meyers like that in my buddies scrap heap! He still gets ugly when you ask him about it lol.

Old thread but to answer Daryl, my L5030 is around 3000 hours now. We have 4 tractors now so its not used as much for long periods, mostly loader work and odd chores. Our M120 is over 5000 hours now, the Allis is over 7000 hours, the Massey 5455 is over 5000 as well. Recently working on our...

Nice, I've been looking for one of those motors for months now. They cross to a new Eaton 74318DAP 40.6 cc motor I believe and you would want to sit down when you get the price at a dealer.

I'm beginning to wonder if there is a serial number break where they fixed the lagging front axle ratio the L5030's had with R4's. My L5030 is an early model. Mine used to bind badly with the original R4's.

I'm very sorry to hear this, I ran them for years/ hundreds of hours without issue. Loaded rear tires, loader on the front. Still have the worn out R4's on rims out in the tire pile but swapped to 15.50 wide R1's a couple of years ago for more floatation, they are about 33" tall. These do...

Last update, take a look at the R1 tire options on the MX5100 vs the L5030 or 40 series. They run the same 9.5x16 and 14.9x26 or 13.6x28 rears. The R4 option bumps the fronts to 12x16.5 on the MX5100 where it didn’t on the L5030.

And I noticed above, my comments on the MX5100 are actually the MX5000, sorry about that. I’ve not looked at the MX5100’s in detail. I presume they had next tier emissions and the sleeker hood.

The original rims work fine. The R4’s I swapped to are 16.5-12 not 12.5’s.

Found the Massey compacts use the same motor and blower wheel. About 1/2 the price as Kubota.

not trying to be negative on the MX, I like them. The front axles are 90% the same as the L30 except a few gears. This means they have the good steering and top bolster on the knuckle. The rear end design is the older type series without the external lift cylinders. The Grand L10 series had...

The MX5100 actually have a different ratio in the front diff and the side gears. The rear end on them is based on the older L4610 design without the external lift cylinders that have a different rear ratio and lead/lag mechanical ratio.

Yes the original 10x16.5 is way too small for the loader capacity. The 12x16.5 are good, I've got just under 3000 hours on the tractor and wore out two more sets of 12x16.5's. Ran a set of 32x12.50R15 on implement rims for a winter (they have better traction in snow) and now am running a set of...

Bought one but doesn't fit the hole and looks like headliner needs to be cut? Thought I matched up the original to a nissan pathfinder one but that didn't work well.

Bah! 600 hours later my cheap repair has failed again and not enough commutator left to work with. Gonna try a surplus centre version.

I check in once in a while. There are now a good collection of videos on Youtube of homebuilt crushers. I've been thinking about building one with high manganese steel excavator track pads used as the wear faces or I can build an 8 ton dump trailer and get crushed rock for 8$ a ton at the...

On the older M's, if you get the fast flashing hitch light, not the slow hitch lock one, you can read the codes by: Turn off tractor. Hold the hitch lower button Turn key to on but don't start the tractor. Once the hitch light comes on it will glow for a bit then go out. Let go of the lower...

Just to clarify, many years later, the bi-speed turn just turns the driveshaft to the front axle faster when activated. There is no individual wheel stuff going on, its simply a little gearset actuated by a solenoid. The solenoid is turned on by a switch on the kingpins that senses turn angle...

RE the original issue, there is extensive info in the workshop manual to diagnose the hitch problems both using the computer or manually checking voltages/resistances. It also has a badly translated description of the things that trigger the hitch lock (slow flashing light) and they seem to be...

I still have my L5030HSTC, its now 13 years old with a little shy of 2500 hours on it. It wore out the 4th set of front tires so I finally tracked down a wider tire for it. Tire - R1 31x15.50 R15 (33x12.50 R15 would also work) - These are used on trenchers and manlifts, cost about 200$ each...

I think there is a bit of a tall tale there. In that area of michigan doing dry hay you have at most in the best part of July 8 hours to bale, and you likely need acid to do that. Most days closer to 6 tops. Lets run with 8 hours, and a baler from the late 70's like a JD 336 to get you some...

The loader won't be damaged by weight, the relief valve stops it from lifting if too heavy. At the bucket it should lift about 2400 lbs based on Kubotas old naming scheme. You can look up the specifics of the LA1002 on websearchs of old kubota sales lit.

1. The q/a adds weight and pushes the load out. 2. The static friction of the pins and pivots makes a difference when close to the limit and its really hard to calc. If you can't pick it the driver of the truck may charge you extra if you hold him up on his route. I have had to half lift...

First why are you suing? Did you have no insurance? No general contractor? Who didn't supply heat to the building? Anti-freeze in an infloor system is a design choice, if you use it you need to increase the pipe sizes or shorten the loops or put bigger pumps in because it doesn't flow as...

Use the dock. 853/854 will not lift 2000 lb 4 ft deep pallet from back of truck if the forks are on a q/a. You can just curl the pallet off barely and it is touchy. I got caught by this as I had moved the pallets fine at ground level but the lift drops off as you raise the loader. You need...

I've got RTU round up that is 3 years old. It freezes each winter. Still works the same. Did it settle or dry out?

My father lived near a port when growing up, some folks he knew had jobs moving imported cars from the ships to compounds in the city for the dealers and it was always a race. I believe they were paid by the vehicle moved. When a load of a new car, the Subaru 360 came in (look it up quirky...

I've never done the brakes on a newer trailer without buying a loaded backing plate and bolting it on. Yes I know I can buy pads and magnet and spring kit for more but why? My "good" proper Dayton axles have multi-leaf springs, bolted backing plates and the large bearings. I've looked at the...

I'm running a 2003 Mac machine at home with an OS that was end of lifed 3+ years ago. Nothing spectacular happens. Its not our main machine so its not browsing the internet picking up viruses etc. I also run XP on a virtual machine on my other Mac, I'm not too worried about it. Make regular...

Not sure why so many people seem angry about small electric cars on the road. There is a pile of people who don't drive far. Every time I get gas I watch half the people only put 5$ in the tank, they don't seem to mind the inconvenience of going to the gas station every day.

Don't worry, the little parking drum on the rear doesn't hold the disc on much at all, we are talking rims. My 2001 F350 is a pain, I have a 30 lb chunk of hardwood with a handle to make a giant sledge, just wail back and forth on the tire and rim until it pops loose. Sometimes takes 30-40...

You said yourself they are being used once and sent for refurbishing. That sounds like one time use to me. Pretty hard to use a nice flatbed trailer if you have to send the axles in for rebuild after each use.

Our house is high thermal mass just because we have passive solar and wood heat and we need to soak up / slow down the temp swings inside. If you have a heat source that you can modulate like oil, propane, gas, etc there is very little point to thermal mass. Its almost always a better...

We had a 584 and 585. If someone big has stood on the pedal with the pins not aligned it damages the linkage. Was such a pain to get the diff locks engaged we didn't bother. So glad our MF is on a toggle switch.

I believe SAE sells the design standards for ROPS and FOPS if you care to look it up. Often the fixed rops is a few inches shorter and will fit under the door.

What tires are on it? Most of the 30 series front rims are not reversible. The rears are. My front R4's have the valves stems out and have guards even though the 2 rims are slightly different designs.

On ytmag a poster had one that ripped out the anchors and blew away in a windstorm. Can't recall if the vehicles inside were damaged. They don't work up here as we get too much snow, they just collapse.

If they are the single use axles they aren't up to long term use. If they are the normal style but just dayton hubs and rims reuse to your hearts content.

I think you'd need something with the rear gate, our rear discharge would apply it at way too high of rate for 1:1 lime value woodash. Low quality ash with 3:1 ratio would maybe be ok?

Yup. Their answer was I should have paid for the extended warrantee they offered at time of purchase. There is a nice thread on Edmunds' about this issue but I'm guessing almost all of them have been fixed by now. Just beware buying grandma's low milage matrix or vibe from 2003 or 2004 as it...

Meanwhile we had to put a new manual transmission in our Toyota Matrix days out of warrantee for failed pinion bearing in 2006. Wouldn't even give me a break on parts to rebuild ours. Tried to find used, not a single manual available as they had all been picked. Had to ship a Corolla...

Problem we see here is the low mile 6.0's that are cheap often have blown motors, I assume they run them with antifreeze in the oil for too long?

Here the guys making balage cut in the morning, ted once at noon, cut for the next day in the afternoon, rake at 4 or 5 pm, bale and wrap that night. They can start their first cut on time where us dry hay guys are stuck idle. They can even get it put up with 2 cloudy days and some tedding...

I now have 2 trailers that have mobile home style axles but were factory built trailers. One is a long float, the other is a telephone pole trailer. The axles have bolted backing plates and full size bearings. Can be converted with new brake drums. They are certainly legal for Canada if they...

I think Lasco was on the right track, they mount them on an escavator. I think I've seen them adapted onto pole hole diggers too by old timers.

Those would be the ones I use. I get them from my buddies burn pile at the orchard. Most of time the corners that attach to the pallet are what is damaged. You can cut 1x material to slip in the sides. The edges would damage apples so they don't do this repair but its fine for me.

When almost all existing anti-fouling paints are toxic, its hard to police if you add an exception.

You do understand the old anti-fouling paints are extremely toxic? Thats why they worked so well to kill stuff that tries to attach to it.

Well the JX is the very basic model but the neighbours JX70 made it to 500 hours with a clutch adjustment and new ignition switch as the only repairs. Clutch problems appear pretty common, was your reverser dragging when shifted from clutch adjustment problems?

I've used several types of pallets in the past but switched to apple bins this past year. They are low enough to fit under the end of the 3 point splitter we use so split wood falls right in. They don't hold as much loose but rough stacked 6 bins = cord. We stack them 3 high with the loader...

If the tractor will lift the bushhog at idle a new pump ISN"T NEEDED and more important won't fix it! Darned parts changers instead of mechanics. If the hitch was trying to lift but could only lift when the oil is cold or the engine is reved up a new pump might be suspected. I would complain...

The long logging bob sleds here used with horses in the 1800's/1900's were rear steer too. Diagonal chains made the rear steer opposite of the front bunk.

Door skins are cheap, don't buy a scrap vehicle for body parts unless you have a good reason. They are rarely in better shape than your truck unless they come from dry.

If its like here the density is very high, thousands per acre. Not really stump grinding territory. If you doze out the stumps you could bushhog it for a few years and the trees will stop coming up for a while.

No offense to the dealer but they didn't do a proper diagnosis, very last item to look at after getting junk in filters is injection pump replacement.

People have a lot of misunderstandings of 4wd. Those awd's with open diffs and open middle diff drive much better on ice/black ice/freezing rain. A 4wd with no centre diff and even worse one with true lockers in the axles are terrible on ice. The lack of diffs force the tires the slide if you...

People have a lot of misunderstandings of 4wd. Those awd's with open diffs and open middle diff drive much better on ice/black ice/freezing rain. A 4wd with no centre diff and even worse one with true lockers in the axles are terrible on ice. The lack of diffs force the tires the slide if you...

Its different in different climates but here wet compressed slugs like your item 2 result in either white stringy mold or black slimy mess in the bale and likely fire here. They are never found in my dusty hay because they don't make it to storage before getting filtered out. All our problem...

To the mason dixon poster, yes we get black ice here, happens every fall and spring rarely in the middle of winter as there is so much residual salt on the road. The patches of it are often intermittent though so you can coast over them. Probably 10 days of driving with it per year locally...

Fairly common to weld old leaf springs to the landslide to build them up.

Thats a typical scene here after a clear cut. There are 3 usual approaches. Dozer with root rake to pop out all the stumps, forestry mulcher to grind everything, escavator with thumb and rake. All leave a mess after for you to clean up. The old timer way of doing it here was to run...

We built a shop and partitioned off a living space as temporary but has become permanent. Built ourselves almost without debt. If I was to do it again I would have taken the first 5k and bought a cheap mini-home to live in while house was built. Living in a place under construction with a...

Deutz-Allis - can still get a Deutz Fahr though. Bolens - lots of them still around

I run all used tires about 40,000 miles per year. We have a cool climate and the UV isn't like the southern US. I'm always blown away by the shrivelled dashes in southern US cars, just doesn't happen here. Old tires in direct sunlight take about 25-30 years to obviously dry rot here. In the...

That sounds a lot like spray arc.

As some people have noted ABS computers have come a long ways in 15 years. Many disable or modify their pattern of operation at low speed and low temperatures now. I think a lot of people forget what sliding without abs feels like and blame the abs. I alternate between abs and non-abs...

They also have the same problem on trailers as cars. When parked any length of time the rotors rust and stick to the pads and are very grabby until polished up again. Sometimes have to drag the trailer with locked up tires to pavement to get the tires rolling again. Once they get pitted they...

There are only a few with pto and 3 point hitch. Prices unbelievably high in north america.

Axle case seal is a pretty generic term, what seal actually is leaking?

Yes just like almost every other F450, F550, C3500HD, F-super, C4500,C5500, Ram 4500 transport truck etc etc. When you have 4.30 and 5.13 ratios 85 mph is an imaginary speed to travel at anyways.

Yup, the pipe is already a truss in a way. The center is mostly useless unless you are supporting the pipe from below with a wheel or similar point load and you need to prevent collapse of the pipe at the point.

Those box springs drive me nuts. All the mattress places around here won't warrantee without buying their boxspring. I've seen the inside of enough of them to know its just a spacer with no purpose unlike the old spring mesh ones of the 40's. We do not have one btw but its because we have a...

Side discharge gehl with the slinger hammers/flails works well to break up the ash curds. I used a lime spreader and it was not ideal, plugged up, left big chunks and my ash had already been run through a crusher.

I've priced them here a few times and the truss style with an actual snowload rating are pretty darned close to the cost of a pole building. An ag use pole barn here can get a tax exemption already. The single pipe ones are hit and miss, they collapse sometimes and the cheap ones usually have...

That's what I'm doing right now until it warms up, I've taken the connector apart and can see I need to cut 2" of the harness off to get good copper. May try to recrimp the terminal onto it.

I don't know about large, I'm looking for a 6 or 8 rotor, they are about 27 ft to 36 ft I think.

I've had troubles with the main fuse box plug up on the positive terminal of the battery. The wire is full of corrosion and the connector too. Haven't found a replacement plug yet but have cleaned what in there as temp fix.

Chains can both fly or disipate the energy by a single link getting shot off like a bullet. Generally a very bad idea to jerk a chain or use it near it breaking strength. As to the folks saying they could be out in a minute I don't think so. If you lifted the front end with the loader the...

99.999999% likely its dusty from mold growth from excess moisture. It takes a massive amount of mistakes setting up rake and baler to pickup a noticeable amount of dust from the ground such that its everywhere in a bale. You could tell in hay test results or in teeth wear but not likely by...

I will tell you the lift numbers on the 3 point don't really matter that much. Even with a loader on you won't be able to use that hitch capacity unless you get a big bucket of dirt first. My snowblower is a big side chute model Normand that sticks way back, with blower raised the tires barely...

Huh? Most Kubotas have just a sheet metal return edge there. Gets damaged pretty quick in the life of the tractor especially on the light material version bucket. Our Kubotas is pretty light gauge sheet metal while our MF's quicke bucket is something like 1/8" steel and quite rugged.

Distance is a problem but I've got 2 deutz fahr proper tedders for sale, 4 basket, one is 13 ft the other 18 ft. I was asking 1500$ for the pair with a pallet of spare parts. Been for sale 2 years no takers.

True haybobs are ok if you keep teeth and springs on them. But they are still narrow and slow. Most of the other ones aren't great. I have a Fransgard Ti-4000p and have to say for a combo machine its fantastic as a rake. I've never tedded with it as I have a real tedder.

We always carried one on the sleds. I had a collapsing swede saw and axe on my sled. Every snowstorm you had to clear new trees off trails.

No its got the swath boards in the middle for raking like a haybob.

No pressure sensor on the hydro. The hydro simply is a message telling you to start the tractor the hydro needs to go to neutral same as if you have your foot on the pedal on startup. Likely seat or other issue. My seat switch had to get zip tied on day 2 as well. Constantly shutting off.

What is the tooth spacing on your chisel? A chisel is different things to different areas of country, something like a disc ripper or just old time chisel plow? Staggered rows or all on one tool bar? My gut is you'll want to keep them on. If they aren't slid all the way in now you may gain a...

I used to be a snowmobiler and now a property owner. I don't mind them as much as the atv's and dirtbikes. Spruce trees dropped over trails stops the lazy ones. Fences stop roughly the same ones. The only way I've found that works half decent and is hard for them to remove it pushing up...

I'll attach my Kubota L5030 spreadsheet I made something like 10 years ago. The mechanical ratio is listed for an L5030, its different for different tractor models, can't assume this number! Hmm, seems to be missing the calculator part but you get the idea.

The main clutch is much larger and cheaper to replace than the pto clutch pack. Fantastic for starting large pto loads where other CUT's would not last long. Feathering the pto clutch pack not recommended, use the main clutch.

Not the same as chicken barns here by far but the barns here have poor snowload rating vs normal people buildings. If they are spaced on 4 ft centres here, its wise to reduce to 2 ft before putting anything of value inside.

I like the line setup! Those quick release snatchblocks are the best friend to a tractor winch. I ran a farmi for several years in our woods. Fantastic machine. Wish I had it back actually.

Should be fine, you could probably pull a larger chisel with that tractor if you are pinching the last pass too much. Are they axle duals or snapons? Duals sure are nice running around on plowed or disced ground to reduce how rough it is too.

Most Kubota's now are straight hour meters not mechanical tach based hour meters. The backhoes must be some of the few remaining with mechanical tach hourmeter.

Some mdts have low tow ratings for other reasons. With low gearing cutting off a driveshaft or axle shaft is a real possibility. I think there are a few different groups of people here - throwing an inexperienced driver into a 1 ton at max tow on a busy freeway with hills, merging and 70 mph...

Yup, a bunch of the SAE test is absolutely pointless for us flatlanders leading to internet folks telling us we are dangerously overloading our trucks because we don't have the highest hp engine option. I don't need to go 0-60 mph in under 30 seconds at max tow. I don't need to climb a...

If the building isn't insulated and no other heat source get some tarps etc on the floor asap! Hay, straw, fiberglass anything with insulation value to retain heat from your zones and from the subgrade. If the PEX freezes in one location and spreads from there and the water is free to leave...

Lost the boots on my L5030 almost 1500 hours ago, joints still in good shape. Parked outside 100% of time. Do more damage replacing them all the time than letting the joint be exposed to weather.

Kubota battery is 12 years old and still going strong. Wish I could buy another of the same brand again but no luck. Japanese supplier.

Hello folks. The fronts will have an lead ratio ie they cover a bit more distance than the rears on a properly setup tractor but its only something like 0-5%. Several Kubota models including mine have 10-16.5's and actually lag which isn't good. I replaced them with 12-16.5 on my L5030HSTC...

Looks like an off brand grey market machine with a Buhler loader maybe? In any case, full bucket with loader up on a little tractor like that without tires loaded is so easy to roll it isn't funny. Edit: Its a Mitsubishi MT20 tractor, grey market which explains the no rops. About 20-25 year...

Friend just went through this process. Coworker essentially stealing from employer via manipulating contract. Coworker union leader, friend not unionized. Friend starts repairing tamper contracts so they are fairly awarded, coworker finds out and is mad. Coworker setup friend to look like he...

Looks a lot like the welding I did on my "plow tracker" also added a cement block rack in the rear so we could fill the rear all the way up.

Why? I've never had trouble with chaff and properly tuned knotters. They push it out of the way on their own.

Snow plow oil and brake fluid has a water absorber in it that becomes saturated over time as plastic isn't a perfect vapour barrier but other than that we use old sealed oil all the time.

I happen to like my srw 1 ton, I'd be happy with that trailer as a 5v'er on my truck, but part of it is the snow here. The only thing worse than an unloaded 2wd pickup in snow is a 2wd dually in snow. In terms of stability, big rims with shorter sidewalls all bring a SRW close to DRW feel but...

Good video. I think the speed was fine. I run a much larger rear mount blower on my L5030HSTC but still have to pile up the snow in front to make it feed aggressively in light fluffy snow like that. With the side chute open on it, the fan has a lot of capacity, more than the auger unless...

Thats true, its not fair of me to say most loggers are dishonest, but of the 6 logging outfits that have worked around here, 1 was semi-reputable. Some quick examples: Neighbours had 100 acres cut, friend of theirs overheard their logger laughing in the barn about how he was fleecing these...

I'm quite happy with the stock bucket level indicator as I've got 1400 hours using it now and know what 1/4" on it translates to at the bucket but that cam would be great! My biggest complaint using the forks is you can't see them when they are set narrow. Digging rocks is fine as you can feel...

Snake cam or fibre optic scope? I think they have them at the border for searching cars for drugs.

Yeah, in Canada there is a maximum per class, motorized equipment is all lumped together. You don't have to take it all but it has to reconcile once you sell off later and you pay/receive the difference in year of disposition.

What tractor? Sometimes you have to hang a sheet of conveyor belting under low tractors. Its the same issue for round balers or big square balers.

How far is the move? There are a few around that have had the roof split into 3 pieces and crane sets trusses with purlins/roofing attached on the truck to move to be set on the poles. Strip steel and wall girts and xfer to new building. Others have hired just cutting the posts off and...

Loggers operating without a forester supervising them or having cruised the lot first to know what the harvest should work out to tend to be very dishonest.

I'm not lawyer but here you have a hard time filing a lien without a capital improvement having been done. I know the power company gets shafted a lot too, they are pretty aggressive removing meters if bills get behind, even from people on ventilators etc.

I'm just basing off my own but we had 34,000$ in purchase, salvage value right now private sale is about 22-24,000, trade-in is about 18,000. It had 600 hours at purchase, roughly 2000 now. I've have had the tractor since 2005 I think? So- 7.14$/per hour - 1250/yr if I was able to recover 24k...

Our business owns our Kubota L5030HSTC - a huge % of the cost on low hour machines is depreciation. Ours is getting close to 2000 hours now and gets about 200 hours per year. Cost works out to about 50$ per hour looking at what current resale is. The larger ag tractors don't seem to suffer...

If moving people the F150 crew cab is nicer and better ride than the 250/350. More room in the back seat of F150 crew cab too.

I think I'd get the high capacity inline. I have a 348 now and like it but I think the high cap inline would be another step. NH 575/5070 is supposed to pump out a bit more hay than my JD too.

We use apple bins I get for free. They get stacked in a tarp building after sitting out for a while. I used to use pallets with a roof on them but they always got wet on the sides in the middle of winter. I've never had trouble drying the wood in bins or pallets or anywhere really, just...

The superduty built in controller needs the pressure sensor in the MC. F150 does not.

Or use a solar powered calculator inside without permission?

My 336 has baled lots of wooden fence posts over the years, folks pull them for the snowmobiles in the winter and forget to put them back up. Chomp chomp.

The F250/F350 srw currently are basically all the same components and have been for a long time. What you get different: 2 vs 4" lift block on the rear end 250/350 Different rate spring packs/coils depending on option codes, in some cases the diesel gets close to the max spring rate and there...

I picked up a used JD 348 and ran it next to my 336 this past summer. It has about 20% more capacity than the 336 which is nice, the wide pickup is even nicer. We don't push too fast as we want nice bales but 500 bales an hour with both running was very easily doable.

They would have a tough time up here with a case against electric cars, many buildings have block heater plugins for people to freely use that are about 1500 watts. Some companies a bit north of here have entire parking lots with plugins at each spot for block heaters. I guess I've plugged in...

Only way I can drag the L5030 down is using the hydraulics combined with large PTO load or pulling large trailer up hill. Deadhead and it will almost stall the tractor if it was already loaded down. If just sitting there it barely changes the rpm.

I'm not BS'ing here either, I have ruined the bearings in the front axle of my Kubota and rebuilt it. In my case it was complete disintegration of the outer bearing and cage.

That is not why they are dished. Most of the manufacturers include a statment saying to only use loader with adjustable rims in narrow position for removable centre models. Dish rims usually say do not reverse the rims. Even my large ag tractor warns about excessive axle bearing loads with...

The contact patch has moved out, the centreline of axle has not therefore there is a larger bending moment on the axle which means the bearing have to resist the load + the bending moment. Moving tire out = more lever length for tire loads to act on bearings. I'll use my L5030 as an example...

Kubota L5030HSTC with LA853 loader with q/a that pushes out a bit and hla 42" forks w angle block in rear to space q/a bracket to right angle. Tires ballasted. Will lift a 1998 Geo Metro 4 cylinder auto 2dr with 4 spare tires inside to 6" with curl circuit, not the boom circuit. Forks inserted...

Re snowblower comment earlier, my 7 ft blower is the highest pto load I use on my L5030HSTC, it has to be run at or near pto speed in deep snow or you won't get much done. I drive the hst pedal to the governor, that is if I lose much rpm I slow down until it recovers. I do this for about 5-8...

Yes moving the tire so the centre line of the bearings isn't on the centre patch of the tire increases the stress on the bearings. Not sure why people don't get this. Take a chunk of pipe and hang 100 lbs right where you are holding it, pick it up. Next slide the weight out 12 inches and try...

The F150 controller does not (or didn't used to) read brake pressure like the superduty model so no pressure sensor required. Pretty similar to a prodigy control in a nice package for the dash.

You will have no brakes on the trailer.

3-4 times a year? Unless you have to travel in heavy traffic at the speed limit I'd be happy with an F150. I usually tow my 16,000 lb loads of hay 100 miles monthly with our F350 but had to borrow my brother in laws 4.6 F150 last week, took the load down to 13,000 lb and it towed fine but I...

Normand make some good products, I have a snowblower they make and a hay wagon.

L5030 cab model - no trouble with seat tension on 180 lb in it other than I wish it had more travel. Bottoms out only when going way too fast on road which is quickly followed by smashing head on roof liner.

Folks who haven't been here long don't realize there have been a few purges / mass exodus's over the years like on all forums.

Why should it get way more fuel economy? Hwy mpg is almost all about drag and its got about 1/2 the drag of a small car or motorbike. In town weight becomes the main factor so without becoming an expensive hybrid or incorp some kind of regen braking there isn't much you can do.

Sigh. Torque is not a unit of work. It is rotational force. Please would they start teaching this. Folks if you take a torque wrench put it on a bolt and hang a weight on the handle, if it doesn't move there is no work being done, force only. Its a rotating system not linear, the units get a...

Kubota L5030HSTC - niggly things - cab roof too low - fixed in the next series fuel tank hard to fill with jug with loader on - fixed in 2 series later tires the wrong size for the ratio between f to r - not sure if they fixed Diff lock pedal very hard to keep held in, nearly impossible unless...

I hauled a 12 ft'er on a trailer with the fenders between the gangs once, when it left we loaded it on a deckover crossways and torched the bolts for the hitch off.

Re exhaust studs - I think mine has had 2 or 3 broken since I bought it several years ago, once it heats up they seal right up so there is only a slight noise. I'm guessing if I replaced them they would break again so I'm gonna let it be. Re the plugs, mine is an 01, I'm not sure if the plugs...

Tractors already have this on the 3 point, one side is adjustable.

I agree with the hassle of old dozer in terms of repairs. In terms of digging, if the rototiller will turn the soil easy, a small dozer cutting terraces works fine. Thats what was used for old logging roads on sidehills around here. You only are cutting with half the blade and if you hook you...

If you don't want to run with locked hubs on the highway you could replace the bearings with bushings like old time axle so they are a bit less maintenance. Like Terry says bit of a pain but if the axle shaft hasn't failed you can regrease it. Don't need a special tool unless you want to...

An old small dozer would work pretty well - around here an old small dozer is about 2500$.

An old 2wd 50-60 hp tractor with a big finish mower works wonders compared to what you're using. Our fields are rough, I love jumping in our 100 hp MF vs bumping along in the 50 hp Kubota. We have used a little 50 hp IH though in years past which is quite smooth too.

I was just going to add to this thread, I now have a bit of time in a New Holland TN-85F, a Landini 85 hp orchard tractor that I can't recall the name of and my MF with the big radials almost rubbing the wheel liners and sometimes kissing the fuel tank. All have radials. The long wheelbase of...

I've replaced a few using my chinese metric and sae assortment, no problems. You can soak the old ones in solvent for a while and clean them up. Mine were broken off.

Like the other posters said, the 853 normally has a quick attach and can take any skidsteer bucket. I'm very happy with my 853 on my L5030. Its on par with ALO quality, I'd say its even a bit better than my ALO on my MF. The ALO euro quick attach is much better system though.

Doesn't take much at all, just enough so the inside surface tracks the air temp better so nothing condenses on it.

I love this one I saw on agtalk a few years back.

That is a power issue not diesel vs gas issue. I finally ran into that with my 5.4 in my F350, took a different route with my usual load and couldn't do the speed limit up a hill even floored. I suppose if there was miles of that it like in the mountains it could get annoying.

I run ladder chains on R-4s. They don't wear asphalt much if you don't spin, it leaves tiny white marks all over though that clients don't like. If you spin you will damage the pavement in a hurry. R1's are only better than R4's if you get skinny ones. Turf's have much more snow/ice...

Round up on fence lines = broad leaf weeds unless you are spraying all the time. The round up kills everything then the seeds that land there from all sources have nice bare dirt to germinate in. Broad leaf herbicides may be better choice as they leave the grasses.

See lots of hitches fail. First the chev's with the defective hitches, notice them tilted towards the ground about 15 deg pretty often before they fail but most are fixed now. Second, rust failures are common here. They just rot out and fall apart. Had one rot out that failed luckily only...

I tow a 27 ft bumper pull flatbed loaded to 15,000+ with a srw F350 gasser. I would say if you are in the mountains and don't like revs you might not like the ford gas motors as they are designed to spin fast to make their hp.

Their are 2 problems with twin cylinder on the side like that though, because the fluid is free to move side to side there can be a bit more twist in deck when dumping off center loads. Other problem just that it makes room for side boxes tight. On LD1's truck he got lots of dump force as the...

Also in Canada, on our property I can park as many campers as I like and camp in them I suppose, only problem is the sewage needs to go in an approved system, not dumped on top of the ground. Some cities here have anti-camper rules because people would end up with one in the driveway, one on...

Need it with rear blower, defrost too unless you aren't doing much. In warm wet spring blowing you can't keep the cab unfogged with the snow hitting it. Really could stand for some wipers on the doors too, often can't see out them beyond the little part at the top the blower can keep bare.

In response to some of the tit for tat in the thread earlier: -Front wheel spacing isn't that important once you get past a narrow front end/tricycle tractor. The reason is an inexperienced operator shouldn't be operating your tractor such that the rear tires are coming off the ground, ever...

Lol I'm just cheap, I don't know any mechanics now that would open an electrical component! I should have taken pics or video but I'm afraid I never think of it until after. I have to do the axle seal again, I'll try to get that one.

The rear axles in the ww2 jeeps weren't exactly the strongest! Designed for cheap and fast production. Luckily not much hp going through them.

Just for folks reference, at about 2000 hours my heater fan gave out. Pulled the cab roof off and popped the fan out. Brushes worn out and the copper leads ran against the commutator down to the ceramic in the middle. I thought it might be 100$ for the motor, nope, 700$ at our dealer. Try...

The drawbar can't really generate lift on the drawbar more than a couple hundred pounds. Its just the 2wd tractor wasn't heavy enough for the unbraked load. The big problem is bumping along on a tractor a tire will unweight going over bumps and will skid when a load is pushing you. If one...

I'll add, you likely won't want to add all the soil test recommendation in one shot. A good rain will send a lot of it into ditches and down the road money wasted. Ag advisor can tell you how much per application.

You're talking the Bale Baron with Hesston knotters. They are about 80,000$ in Canada, about on par with the Arcusin prices. Bale Bandit is a bit cheaper, something like 50,000? Lot more used bandits around, can get them under 20K used now pretty often. In australia did you get the mcconnell...

Well if you're gonna run it with a bad COP you can't really expect good mileage? My F350 drops 4 or 5 mpg for a single bad cop. Its a 5 minute job to change. Re rust, my brother in law has a 2004 F150 4x4 that looks brand new. Has never spent a night in a garage and is daily driven year...

They are a great baler but getting older. JD balers have been the same along time, the plunger bearing is often ungreased and ruins a wristpin. Gearbox should have oil, run them and make sure they tie.

Nope, but there are a few slowzuki's out there. I've seen the plate in at least 2 provinces but the one in BC was on a motorbike.

Yeah we tried chaining a dodge ram and using a ford 5000 to pull the ball mount out. Waste of time, won't happen. I've got another hitch from a dodge caravan in my scrap pile for the same reason.

If you're talking to me, we don't leave the ball mount in. If you leave it in for a winter here it doesn't come out again without torching it out. I'm just talking one trip in the salty time of year. My brother in law thought he was smart and greased the shank all up and thought it would be...

Tessiers, thats exactly what they meant. You either have to cut them to a fraction of original or add a pile of steel to make it strong enough.

I have the opposite problem up here, due to the salt they generally won't come off ever. Pretty much have to buy a new ball mount to change sizes as removing the nuts removes all the threads. Even anti-seize is no match for the salt.

That's almost unbelievable, you have the manual? My 01 5.4 has got 12 mpg every tank that had no towing or city driving. Towing our 27 ft flatbed it drops into the single digits. I have heard some 2wd reg cab folks with the 5.4 and std get up to 15.

Kubota L5030HSTC, it handled the little ih/hesston rounds 2 at a time with nothing on the 3pt hitch.

Burdock, I have only had luck spot spraying 3-4 times per year. Mowing won't do it. Grows in our lawn even.

Goldenrod is a natural progression species here in unworked fields. You can fertilize or lime all you want but if you don't cut it regularly it will grow. I have had good luck cutting it right before it goes to seed. Eliminates about 30% of the plants per time doing that. Earlier and there...

Exactly. Total drive ratio is far more important that the actual ratio. You can get your total ratio from deep gears in the transmission or in the axle or by putting small tires on. People forget the large diameter tires that come on the trucks now vs 30 years ago, and the huge change in first...

Engine failures happen in any vehicle. Our Toyota had it's 1.8L 4cyl fail before 60k miles, under warrantee at least. More important are how many are failing.

Do you need your bed? Are you ever going to own a small dump truck to pull it with?

Very common still. Have to pay extra to get the style you can unbolt and move the building.

Very common still. Have to pay extra to get the style you can unbolt and move the building.

You got it. They just rust out. They really don't vibrate much when installed right. The old engine blocks are massive and rigidly mounted.

We ran the CIH version of the little hesston for a while. Makes for a lot of bales, and lots of tying, square baler was as fast in terms of tons per hour.

Finally got the right direction augers on the highest capacity model. Nice to have that twine capacity. We only can hold 4 spools on each of our balers.

The new 4 door lwb ones aren't bad, just remember your WD hitch. Used to tow with our 2dr sidekick a fair bit, a 2500-3000 lb trailer. Worked ok, at least as good as a small car.

If you search online the home depot flatbeds show up in lots at auctions frequently. Usually sell for 6000-9000. There are a few on used dealers lots around here with 17,000$ price tag on the window!!!!!!! Nuts, it can sit right there for that, its just a 2wd 5.4 superduty. Re buying flatbeds...

Re: rust, assuming daily drive on a highway, here if you do absolutely nothing, a new car last about 10 years before rotting out. If you wash it regularly you can get about 12-13 years. If you undercoat every year with a good product you can get 15 years if you're lucky. Cars that only drive...

I'm gonna go with still a waste of time here. Between the salt, sand, dirt, bugs etc... I'd rather put that money into mechanical maintenance of the car to get some lasting benefit. I do powerwash under our vehicles multiple times in the spring to try to remove the salt from the winter, have...

Unbolt the knife head bolt and try to move it in or out. Usually there is a jam that you can't see but can feel although typically causes the slip clutch to smoke and the reel and rollers stop too.

Lots of propane powered trucks in BC, guy I went to school with had a nice late 60's chev from BC, built for propane only. Very high compression engine, maybe 14 to 1 if I recall. Once in a while would need to heat one of his propane tanks in -30 C weather if it had been parked too long or it...

I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess you guys don't have gravel driveways or farms? I vacuum the car out once a year but its instantly dirty the next time you get into it so I definitely wouldn't pay someone to clean it. Same for kid climbing into car seat from moist gravel, sand and dirt...

They won't even sell the little engines we get in Canada in the US! Toyota Echo hatch and sedan and the newer Yaris where/are massively popular up here, I don't think they ever sold the hatch version of the Echo in the US due to lack of market demand.

Mine sit on the floor of the truck and tractor as there isn't a toolbox sized right for them but they also get an old sport sock slid over them. Catches some drool and means there is at least a rag for my hand always on the gun. Try to keep a second rag over the tip but lose it often, roll of...

I may be wrong in this but the high mileage UK focus has a much smaller engine or a diesel doesn't it? Most cars there will have a 50% smaller engine that when they come to our market.

Could use the old russian/chinese natural gas bags strapped onto the roof!