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  1. MapleLeafFarmer

    Sliding Rear Windows on pickups

    anyone have any experience with trucks that have sliding rear windows with a cap on the bed? I am adding a fibreglass truck cap over the bed of a Ford F150 with a sliding rear window. Any experience if this screws up how the sliding window vents or works? Without cap window venting works...
  2. MapleLeafFarmer

    Colorado passes RIGHT to REPAIR Law

    the state of Colorado has signed a bill Tuesday making Colorado the first state to ensure farmers can fix their own tractors and combines with a “right to repair” law — which compels manufacturers to provide the necessary manuals, tools, parts and software.
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    Hydraulic oil settling out

    So we all know paint settles out over time with its additives and clays settling to the bottom. So we stir or shake. How about our 5 gallon pails of hydraulic fluid. Does its additives settle? Anyone shake before pouring from their bigger containers?
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    Amazing how much a little tractor can do

    Not mine, the pic came from a house west of me, but shows how much a little garden tractor can do with a good operator and patience. Wednesday we got a little snow storm after most had already melted away and me thinks the operator did well getting her driveway open to the main road.
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    Start up advice appreciated!

    Thinking I might have problem starting and working the woodlot tomorrow. Not my equipment I mean ME!!!!
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    Dieseling in VERY cold weather

    After 50+ years of using diesels I must say my new Kubota L series maybe the best I have ever had when very cold outside. Here is a short story on last weekends snow blowing adventure I made. Wanted to blow about 6" of snow we had over the weekend and the wind rows the RM's graders leave at the...
  7. MapleLeafFarmer

    Tree Spades

    hello... does anyone have any first hand wisdom or experience (or recommendations) for a tree spade for a utility tractor? I have a small Kubota (L3301) with backhoe, snowblower, front loader, grapple, pallet forks, etc... and would like to see if there exists a v.g. quality small tree spade...
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    Snowblower  Pull vs. push rear snowblower

    ahhhh.... winter in Canada and the seasonal arguments about what is better. - Front mount snow blowers - rear mount pusher snow blower - rear mount pull snow blower - front snow box pushers - rear blades - etc... now around the coffee table neighbor brings up another option that has been...
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    Biodiesel

    Is all diesel sold in U.S. biodiesel? I live on the border of US / Canada and in summer I use Cenex Ruby Red that I believe is 20% biodiesel. No complaints as I use enough to keep it fresh and DPF seems to regen every 27 hrs or so and never had water in separator. So no complaints and cheaper...
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    Kubota bucket capacities

    wondering if anyone has a source to find out what are the volume capacities for various Kubota buckets may be? Wondering what the yardage (cubic feet or whatever their standard measurements are) for: 50" standard bucket on my B2620 66" light material bucket on my L3301 thanks in advance
  11. MapleLeafFarmer

    L3301 FL weak lift / curl

    hello... I bought a new L3301 with FL / BH / Pallet forks / 3rd function, etc... and now have 20 hours on it. I feel the FL lift and curl to be weak. for background. I live on an good sized acerage. 100% pine forest covered and soil sample is 96% sand down to 9'. Small layer or organic matter...
  12. MapleLeafFarmer

    For Sale: Wallenstein BXM-32 PTO driven chipper / shredder / mulcher

    Wallenstein BXM-32 PTO driven chipper / shredder / mulcher for tractors up to 35hp or slightly bigger. I know its wrong time of year but will give it a try otherwise I will list back up in the spring. ス price so $2,000. New price lands it in about $4,000 Like new, always stored inside and...
  13. MapleLeafFarmer

    Extra Hyd. Valve Kit

    for the Kubota experts out there... I am looking to add a hyd. bucket grapple to my little B2620. My B2620 came from Kubota with a front bucket and a rear frame mounted Backhoe. Plus some other goodies. The question I have is about working the cyl. on the bucket grapple. When I remove the...
  14. MapleLeafFarmer

    BH65 BH thinking to sell

    Hi folks... I have a BH65 backhoe that came on my B2620 tractor. (BH with sub frame) Simply I can not see keeping the BH as I do not have any work for it. Thinking of selling it for $4500. Have never really used it, 2 years old, stored inside my garage, only played around a few hours. Would...
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    Backhoe  Kubota Hydro Question for Log Splitters

    Question I hope a good soul can help me out with. I have a Kubota B2620 with BH65 backhoe and about 60 hours on it. Absolutely love it. Would like to add a 3pt log splitter to it. Something like Wallenstein WX310. Wallenstein WX310, WX350, WX360, WX370 PTO Logsplitters Couple of questions...
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    B260 Hydro fluid question

    well... did a 50 hour service on my B2620 which included - hydro filter change - hst filter change - fluid change Changed the fluid because I felt like it was a cheap insurance step and oil not that expensive. Problem is I did not take out/clean the strainer. If I take the strainer out now will...
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    Any Septic Field installers out there?

    next spring I am going to install an above ground, pressure dosing sand mound septic field at my cabin. I have the permit to install in hand and now just researching some of the specifics. My question is about compacting the sand and loam material. I realize each jurisdictions will have...
  18. MapleLeafFarmer

    Starting and Running w/o battery installed

    So is it damaging to a new tractor to jump start and run w/o a battery? I went out to my hunt camp where I keep a B2620 (fel, bh, snowblower, chipper-shredder) and found I left the battery back at home 2 hours away. Thought maybe I would just use the jump start feature of my battery charger to...
  19. MapleLeafFarmer

    BH65: extending digging depth?

    Hi all: I own a Kubota B2620 with a BH65 backhoe. Awesome tool and use it a lot as I built my 1200sq ft hunting cabin on 10a of land.(i border on 10's of thousands of acres of crown land almost all never used) Pony wall foundations, garage pad, buried water lines, pulled stumps, trenched 800...
  20. MapleLeafFarmer

    Engine oil question

    Probably a way to over thought of a question but looking for advice from the experts please. I have a Kubota B2620 hst tractor. Almost at the 50 hour mark. I changed out the engine oil and filter at 25 hours with Rotella. All is good. Run s perfect. Uses no oil. MANUAL reads for low sulfur...
  21. MapleLeafFarmer

    Shutter plate

    on my 2012 Kubota B2620 under the battery is a "shutter plate". This is what the Kubota manual calls it. Any idea what its for or what it is supposed to do? Thanks
  22. MapleLeafFarmer

    Field Fencing just north of northern border of Minnesota

    Hi Friends... looking for some advice from fence "experts". I am building a cottage / hunt camp on a 5a 100% treed lot I purchased which is next to 10's of thousand of acres of crown / huntable land. I am going to fence the lot to help keep my dogs from bolting when they see a deer, rabbit...
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