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Hi, Last year I purchased a G1800 mower. Unfortunately I hit a rock and broke one of the bolts that held one of the side blades on. Yesterday I removed the deck in an attempt to replace the blades and had hoped I could drill out or otherwise remove the broken bolt. So far I have found that...

I want to pump water from the lake that is approximately 100' below my house for a sprinkler system. I can not use a submergible pump. Lets say the pump is placed 5' above water level. The suction hose has a filter that is placed 4" deep in the water. The water will be pumped through 200' of...

I am considering one of these to use as a standby generator for my home with the added convenience of being able to put it in the back of my truck and use it in the field. They weigh 500+ pounds so the B21 would be used to load and unload. Kubota's specs are online at Kubota Engine America...

The bottom bundle is 96 2x8x12 Spruce.

I am buying an Upright XRT27 to use building my house. The engine noise will make it hard to talk to the crew on the inside of the wall. The manual talks about an emergency brake release for the wheels and a lever to lower the platform in an emergency. From that I believe that it stays in...

I have 660' of 2" gasketed SDR17 water line in the ground. Watching the meter it spins about 2.5 gallons per hour. I have two hydrants attached to the line. I turned off shut off valves on the hydrant Ts and the water usage continued. We have had 8.5" of rain in the last 2 weeks. The ground...

I am too far along to change plans but thought I would share some pictures. The backfill consists of a 4" drain pipe at the bottom followed by a 2' to 6' wide section of 36 yards of 1 & 1/4 grave (sewer rock)l in 2' to 4' of depth. That is covered by landscape cloth and then city put (crusher...

My Floor Truss provider recommended 18" 2x4 floor trusses on 16" centers. These trusses will provide a L/600 floor. My Wife and I would like to reduce some 17'4" trusses to 12" floor trusses while keeping the longer 22' 8" trusses at 18". The 18" trusses provide additional space for...

I have 870 square feet (87' x 10') of 8" thick poured concrete walls that I want to apply waterproofing to before backfilling. The slab has up to 8" of gravel underneath it and has two large french drains. There is gravel underneath the footers as well. When I back fill there will be 1' to 2'...

We had a break in last month. They cut four locks and stole several things. I know thieves tend to come back so I have gated the entrance as well as I can. It could be opened but it should at least be annoying and cause delay.

I am hoping to install over 500' this weekend. In the past I have used schedule 40 but my plumber talked me into SDR 17 this time. Can anyone provide tips and explain the process of assembling this pipe. Thanks.

I am building a house with a drive out basement garage. I need to establish a sold base for the long term use of the driveway and for short term use by concrete trucks. Most likely the concrete trucks will be front chute 6 wheel drive models. Originally I had planned to install a 6" base of...

Is a set like this any good? Shop Campbell Hausfeld 5 Nailer Kit at Lowes.com We are starting a new house (http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/rural-living/193082-starting-new-house.html) and I need a (some?) nail guns for customisations that I would like to make along the way. I also am going...

A Komatsu PC300LC arrived this morning and started clearing trees. It will be excavating for the basement tomorrow. I had a lot of fun watching the 85,000 pound excavator work! Arriving and unloading Trees are easy work for it Stacking rocks to use for a retaining wall later The house...

I want to build a walking and if possible gator trail down a 30 degree slope. I have decided against building the trail straight down the hill. I can not pave it and do not believe it would hold up to use without paving. I am considering the possibility of using a mini excavator to cut into...

I am considering buying a Genie Z45-22 Aerial Manlift. It is rated to lift 500 pounds 45 feet in the air or 22 feet out. I do not know much about these machines but I am assuming that they are capable of lifting more close to the ground that way up or our. I am building a house from SIP...

I was at a scrap yard looking for a piece of 4x6x3/8 angle to strengthen the back of my bucket and lucked into a CAT branded cutting edge that is 5' long, 10" high and 1/2 or 5/8 thick for $20. The 4x6x3/8 angle is mounted to the back of the bucket and has three 5/8" nuts welded to the...

I was having problems with the rear bottom rear edge of the bucket on my B21 FEL Bucket tearing open. I am sure that the material had been thinned by my and previous owners back dragging material. It had been welded twice but continued to tear in new locations and the metal was so thin it was...

Last year my daughter asked for a hay ride for halloween and I did not have a draw bar. I decided to make one to use a full size truck receiver hitch. This is built from 2" channel, 2" by 1/8th flat bar and 2.5" 1/4" walled tubing all the materials were scrap. I pulled it out again for the...

Can anyone tell me more about B21 buckets? The parts manual lists a 56 and 56R bucket. Mine has a 48" bucket that is having some structural issues. I am considering replacing the bucket before I continue to invest in this bucket. I have seen sales literature that mentions a heavy duty buck...

The tachometer on my B21 sometimes over states the RPM. The tachometer maxes out at 3,000 rpm. When it is working correctly full throttle is below 3,000 rpm. When it has the issue it will read way beyond 3,000 rpm when the throttle is over 1/2. Initially this was intermittent but it has...

Who knows what this is? Despite being top heavy it towed just fine. Most of our time was spent loading and unloading. Even with fork lifts it was a significant challenge. These are the other two we loaded first It took about 7 hours to put 4x4s under the three pieces, load them, move...

I called KTAC to renew the policy on my B21 today. I asked if I could add my 20' equipment trailer to the policy. They said yes and added fire, theft and accident protection for the trailer for about 1% of the replacement cost. I often park the trailer where I am using the backhoe so it is...

Hi, I am considering buying used equipment and starting a rental business renting equipment at around 2/3rds the price of the larger rental companies that rent newer equipment. Our initial inventory would consist of a B21, a JD 110 TLB, a wheeled skid steer, a tracked skid steer, a 5K pound...

If so with what? I am considering filling my tires instead of using wheel weights on a John Deere LX279. I would like additional front end traction for turning on a slope and will need additional weight for using a tiller next spring. Would appreciate any advice. Thank you

While waiting on the fuel pump for my LX279 I picked up a 30 inch mechanical tiller. The John Deere website and JDPC list the tiller as an attachment for the LX279 but a dealer told me that the LX279 is not intended to use ground engaging attachments. I am planning to acquire the lift kit or...

I am making progress but would appreciate any advice. I am aware of and using tips from these two threads LX178 quits/won't run until cool - TractorByNet.com and http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/john-deere-lawn-garden/170236-lx279-fuel-problem-17-horsepower.html I have not checked for a...

Hoping to find someone with a large part availability and discounted prices. Thanks

I am considering a 2002 LX279 which needs a new hood and would cost around $1300 including the new hood and stickers. The seller says he has mowed 1 acre of yard with it since 2002, that he serviced it regularly but never waxed it. The LX279 has a 17HP water cooled Kawasaki FD501V engine and a...

We found two of them in an old barn. They are roughly chicken sized.

I got one of these http://www.thegreatindoors.com/shc/s/p_10165_26151_07175221000P for $134 on closeout this evening. I would like to wash my tractor using gravity fed water from a 55 gallon barrel. I am hoping that the pressure washers pump will be sufficient to handle the gravity flow water...

Last winter I found an end of year sale on fruit trees and planted 14. The pears, plums and cherry are all leafed out. The cherry trees have blooms. A few of the peach trees have a few leaves while others have red limb sections that appear to be new growth. The apple trees do not have any...

Above 2500 RPM or so the tachometer starts bouncing around and over reporting. It does not happen at lower rpms and calms down after a while. This started recently after sitting for a few months. Any ideas?

The inside dimensions of the bed are 4'x7' I bought a home made 4x7 trailer that was setup to tilt to load a four wheeler. It had 12" solid metal sides and a wooden floor. Then I added 2x12s to the top of the metal sides to increase capacity for light materials and decrease blowout of...

Has anyone tried it? I am thinking about locating a used 4'x8' or larger tilt over trailer, basically a 4 wheeler trailer, putting a solid deck and sides on it then using it to move 2/3rds or so of a yard of dirt at a time. Some of these trailers have 3,000 or 3,500 pound axles.

I saw an ad for a utility trailer with mobile home axles that said that Dodge or Ford wheels could be substituted for mobile home wheels. Does anyone know how this is done? I also recently noticed a friends trailer that had been built by his grandfather. The axles were mobile home axles and...

I bought a 2007 GMC truck last week. Unfortunately it has 20" wheels. The manual says not to use the 20" wheels offroad. My previous truck had 265/75R16 Goodyear Wrangler Silentarmor tires. I am considering either trading the 20s for smaller wheels or installing 275/60R20 Silentarmor tires...

Does anyone else think this is a scam?

I was thinking about buying a few of these 5/16" x 20 Ft. Grade 70 Trucker's Chain $29.99 - Harbor Freight Tools - Quality Tools at the Lowest Prices I would rather buy from Tractor Supply but their chain is twice as expensive.

Mine is smoking. I will probably order it from the dealer. But $110 to $150 for a solenoid seems like a lot to me. Does anyone know where to get them less expensively? The part I am looking for is for a B21. It is Kubota part number 17454-60010 . Woodward model 1503ES-12A5UCSS. Thanks in...

I typically use a stick to clean off the old grease before greasing. How do you guys do it?

Fortunately it was a cheap fix. I tried to move an over turned stump in a muddy area and buried the right rear side. I was able to drag it out with the backhoe but the wheels were useless. Afterwards I drove about 50 feet up the driveway I am clearing to a point where I could turn around then...

The bottom edge on my B21s FEL bucket is not straight any longer. It has a little bit of a smile to it. Any suggestions on straightening it out. I have thought about clamping it to a large piece of angle iron? My uncle suggested running a bead of 7024 rod over the top to draw the metal.

Specifically on a B21. I overfilled it. I am going to drain the extra. But it leaves me wondering what happens if you have too much fluid?

I have been trying to figure out how to removed the backhoe on my B21. I noticed that a worn away sticker contained partial instructions. A local rental place let me take pictures of the instruction sticker on their B21. I hope this will help others. Removal Installation From the...

My dipstick is yellow, the hydraulic fluid is clear. When I pull the stick there is fluid on the end but I cant see how high the fluid goes up the stick since it is clear. Does anyone have a trick? What would happen if I added too much fluid?

Kubota offered this as an option to the B21. Are they any good? Does anyone know of one for sale?

Would anyone like to sell? If so please let me know. Thanks

I want to use 3 point implements with my B21. My B21 did not come with the top links, stabilizers, etc. I am not really sure what the parts are called and the parts manual does not include any dimensions. My local Kubota Dealer is crap. I called them to try to order a set of factory parts...

I have a Kubota B21 and would like to be able to attach a rock rake and box blade to the end of the backhoe instead of removing the backhoe and attaching to the 3 point. Does anyone make a 3 point adapter that replaces a backhoe bucket? This would be faster to attach as well as providing down...

Where do you get it?

My Uncle has a B6200 that will not lift a rock rake attached to the 3 point. It will not lift very high even with nothing attached. It is not leaking fluid. It is old, dirty and abused. Any ideas where to start looking?

Where do you buy paint and what brand to keep your buckets orange?

These ramps are 6" feet long. They and their mount are built entirely from scrap. The ramps are built from heavy duty old sign posts and 2" channel. A piece of the larger pipe is welded to the end of each ramp. The mount is made from two heavy pipes one of which fits inside the other. The...

This is we added to the trailer to prevent the rear end dropping while loading. It was made from steel laying around and is yet to be painted. They are built from 3" and 2" steel square tubing. The hanger is made from a 4" piece of the 3" tubing with one side cut off and two holes drilled...

I am trying to install the suspension so it sits like this but I am having difficulty getting both springs on top of the equalizer. I can get one up at a time but not both. Can you tell me what order the springs should be connected in? Currently I am thinking about removing the top...

I am looking for a some kind of brake to use on 5/16" cable. I need to brake a load going down hill on the cable. Can anyone suggest a brake solution? Thanks

The mono spring suspension (tandem axle) keeps doing this. I have lifted the trailer and straightened out several times. The trailer was like this when I got it and even without a load it ends up with one axle higher than the other. What do you suggest?

These are the Peterson Tractor Lights which are available at Walmart for $11.44. Peterson Manufacturing Company And the controls in a Radio Shack project box I suggest using some locktite when installing the lights. The nuts have a tendency to vibrate off and are a strange (perhaps...

The seatbelt on my B21 likes to tangle up instead of rolling back in. Does anyone know where to get a reasonably priced replacement?

Does anyone know a part number for or where to get a B21 battery? Mine is a 2005 battery and seems to be weak. I may try to find a longer battery that will fit in the narrow battery tray. Has anyone installed two batteries in parallel for twice the amperage. The B21 has a small alternator...

Does anyone know where the work light wiring should run? My B21 does not have have work lights. So I bought some to install. The work light slot in the fuse box had a blown 15A fuse. I installed a new 15A fuse and it blew as I pushed it in. There must be a short somewhere. There are no...

The front bucket on my B21 is a little bent on the top and bottom. Looks like it has been overloaded at the lip on top and bottom bulging them out a little. Is it possible to straighten the bucket? Are there shops that do so? Thanks

How expensive is it to add another hydraulic valve for a backhoe thumb on a B21? Do you have to go with dealer parts or can I used third party or used parts?

I am considering the Bro-Tek but I am not sure if it is available for the B21 / BT751. What else is available? Are there any less expensive hydraulic options?

If you wanted to build your own bolt in tooth bar where would you look for inexpensive teeth? I have found a few online for $15 or less. Looking for weld on or possibly bolt on teeth that do not require adaptors. Thanks

I found this video on removing the BX24 backhoe YouTube - Removing the Kubota BX24 backhoe is B21 backhoe removal similar?

The brakes are very weak. Are they adjustable? Has anyone posted about brake repair anywhere?

The brakes seem weak on my B21. Are they adjustable?

I have a box blade and rock rake available as soon as I can find 3 point arms for my B21. I am about to start cleaning up after a bulldozer on a 4 acre lot. There will be a 600' x 16' driveway and a 200' x 200' yard. The dozer will have pushed the trees over. Several guys want the trees...

My B21 came without the 3 point hitch hardware. It is supposed to be stored on the side of the hood but is missing. I have ordered a operators manual so I can learn to detach the backhoe and stop asking so many stupid questions. Can anyone point me to aftermarket replacements for the missing...

The battery is charged, the clutch is in, is in neutral, the forward / backward pedal is centered. The engine does not turn over, just like if the clutch was not in. What else needs to happen to get it to start? I parked it with the stabilizers out on a slight slope. I wonder if that could...

Do they help a lot clearing brush? I have a dozer coming to push over the trees. I tried clearing some brush today, nothing bigger than 2 inches in diameter. I had to run over, push, pull, etc with the bucket before it would come loose. Might have been faster to use the backhoe. Would a...

I turned the key off and removed it before leaving the dealer. It had to be jump started this morning. Could I have left anything on with the key turned off? Also is the starting procedure to turn the key to the spot right before the starter cranks for 10 seconds to allow the glow plugs to...

When buying should I get a title or a bill of sale? Is there a problem if the seller does not have a title? I know titles are not filed like car titles but I am not sure if they exist at all. Thanks

I would like to drive a B21 down a 200' long 22.5 degree 50% slope stopping along the way to auger about 20 holes. The current plan is to tether the B21 to a heavier tractor at the top of the hill to keep some pressure on the back of the B21 and keep the front bucket low. What do you guys...

I know Caterpillar and some other companies have databases stolen equipment so you can check before buying. Does such a database exist for Kubota?

The tires are worn, would guess they are original and some hoses are rough. What do you guys think would be fair price?

I am thinking about trying to mount a hydraulic anchor to the backhoe of a B21. Any tips?

How long is a B21, what size trailer would I need? Thanks