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I'm listing this for a older friend. He's selling his Cub LoBoy, with a 59" mowing deck and 54" International blade. Tractor is located just outside of Cambridge on Maryland's Eastern Shore. I imagine he would deliver it within a reasonable distance. The engine was rebuilt by a professional...

In researching my saw problems, I ran across a Canadian guy who lives and breathes chainsaws. I highly recommend his videos, which cover about all the bases. He favors Husqvarna, but most of what he messes with apply across the field. Tinman's saws will find his channel.

I hate to be that guy, but my lightly used Echo CS 490 won't start. Running when put away, now, nothing. I have spark- and new spark plug. Won't even fire when dosed with ether starting fluid. Kill switch is working properly. I'm at a loss. The gas isn't a problem- other chainsaw is...

Stopped by the John Deere dealership this morning (they handle Stihl products, and I needed some chain files) and I noticed that had a good complement of new tractors out front. Being a Kubota man, I was just a bit curious to see what they looked like... I saw that every hydraulic rod was a...

I just learned of an interesting Chinese seller of many things. Here's a link to something that might interest us tractor users. I have no experience with them, and certainly no financial interest, but I was told by my brother in law that some of the stuff he's gotten from them was good...

Needing to move some heavy black walnut logs, destined for a sawmill (I hope) and realizing my loader couldn't lift them unless I bought a set of pallet forks, I decided to make a 3-point hitch attachment that will allow me hoist one end up with a chain. Using tube and plate scraps, and some...

Just posted this on oils and lubricants, as well, but I noticed a good deal on Mobil Delvac 15w-40 engine oil at my local Walmart today- $10.98 for a gallon. They had a lot of it, must be a special deal?

I noticed an end-cap display of gallons of Mobil Delvac oil at my local Walmart today- gallons of 15w-40 for $10.98. I thought it was a deal.

I just got an email from Messick's in PA informing me that they are having a big year end sale on all sorts of useful stuff. No affiliation, just a former customer who liked doing business with them. Worth checking out if you need anything, like Kubota filters or kits, fluids,etc.

Bought an old, but good, 4' bush hog. Works great, except the tail wheel drags sideways when going forward, which is not great. Curiously, it tracks well going backwards. I am quessing it needs a little more rake, and I am considering cutting a deep notch in each side, bending it back about...

I got a PTO shaft with an older brush cutter, and I knew the shaft needed its U joints replaced, so I took out the old cross pieces. Before spending the $24 to get new cross kits, I thought to check the length, and found that with a min. 6" overlap of the inner and outer shafts, it was about 4"...

My L3400's is an HST, and when I leave the seat, especially when the tractor isn't fully up to operating temperature, it often will die. I realize there's a switch of some sort related to the forward/backwards treadle, and it seems to be the issue. Usually, with enough wiggling I can find the...

If your like me, you probably have a lot of time on your hands these days. One think about my L3400 that bothered me was my tendency to apply the parking brake to prevent creep, and then to forget to release it. No big deal, but in low range, you can travel a bit before you have the "dah!"...

I've been happy with my slightly used 48" Commercial Z turn with the steering wheel I bought a couple years ago- really cut my mowing time in half. Other than a deck belt tensioner spring coming loose, which was easily fixed once I figured out what had happen- a pin came out of the fastening...

I have a question for you hydraulic experts out there: my neighbor has loaned me his old gas powered hydraulic log splitter, a rather large 30 ton unit. It works great, and the old Briggs and Stratton engine starts easily and sips gas- all good. But, the ram cylinder leaks fluid, a little...

Been cold here, but no snow needed removal, so our tractor has sat in the barn, keeping fresh in the cold. I needed to haul a wood splitter and move a heavy cast iron bathtub, so I took it out, first time in maybe 3 months? I was surprised to discover the rears had flat spotted, perhaps...

I have to mow about an acre here in Maryland. Mostly flat, but lots of scattered bushes and trees, three buildings and a large garden, so there is lots of twisting and turning. Using our Husqvarna graden tractor with a 42" deck takes about two hours, and as I am getting old, bouncing around...

My wife, knowing about my tractor forum interests, and watching me plow some snow today (first time this winter!) sent me this link: How to Clear a Path Through 60 Feet of Snow, Japanese Style | Atlas Obscura I grabbed some photos from the link... too bad there wasn't a video!

Okay, a car guy sent this video to me, and although it isn't about tractors, it is about can-do attitude and make-do fortitude. Note to moderators: just watch it before you dump it? Streamable - simple video sharing

I bought an Echo cs-490 last year, and used it for perhaps 5 hours. Nice, saw, and with a replacement chain that was more aggressive than the "safety" chain it came with, it cut well. I hadn't used it for maybe 4 months (stored with ethanol-free canned gas) and just tried to start it. I...

There's a disappearing island in the Chesapeake Bay, and a guy who owned a house on it tried, unsuccessfully, to move enough sand to prevent the rising waters from taking the house. This skid steer was left, and it soon too will become a navigation hazard.

I am not really in the market, but I had some time to kill and a handy Kubota dealer, so I stopped in. If I were to buy something, it would be with a low-height cab, like the B3350 (barn door limits and no easy fix) and FWIW, a brand new B3350, with a SSQA loader (no model #) and a third...

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Okay, I will start this by saying I am a Kubota guy. But, I stumbled across this Deere video, watched it, and thought that Deere seems to have something pretty nice here! I don't know what they cost, (the dealer in the video stated they cost more) and I gotta admit I am not up on Kubota's...

I got tired of being limited in how angled I could turn my trailer, due to the trailer itself hitting the drawbar, and rather than try to raise up the ball itself, I just set it back, giving clearance. I wouldn't do this for an on-the-road hitch, but for a tractor, it seems fine. Problem solved.

Sort of off-topic, (it's oil, for sure) but I thought some might find this interesting. Our Russian friend who works for sustainability groups like the FSC was just in Alaska, and sent these photos from the pipeline.

Being a rural homeowner, I had a little experience with chainsaws, but no real need. I got along with an Echo 270, but then we got a fireplace insert, and an opportunity to get a lot of firewood when a neighbor had 7 or 8 large trees bulldozed to clear land for a horse riding rink. I looked at...

I recall a thread about carrying logging chain, and I just finished a small mod so I could carry some chain. One side is for short chains, the other side with the bin carries some 20' lengths. The extra weight is a benefit.

Just noticed a classified here on TbN for a cherry Bx 23, low hours, clean, etc., for $3000! If it's real, somebody will get a deal!! Used 2005 Kubota bx23 For Sale $3,000 - KennethTiatro - TractorByNet.com

I often need a shovel when I am working with gravel or dirt, and I got tired of having the shovel bounce out of the bucket or off the 3-point when travelling, so I finally got around to making a simple holder. I noticed the loader mounting arms had pre-drilled, unused holes on the back side...

Saw this at our State Fair, and couldn't resist. But, no loader, so not interested. I noticed the filters were marked with 1051 hours, so it's had some use.

My title simply means that if you wear boots instead of soft loafers, and you don't have a nice Grand L Kubota (other brands no doubt also have this feature...) with its custom rubber deck mats, you will wear thru the deck paint and wind up with bare metal, worn paint, and more patina of use...

Having added LED lights to several Kubotas, I usually use the factory's wiring for one set of rear work lights, and run a hot wire to a relay for switched power for front lighting. I just ran across this nifty little fuse block, and thought I'd share. A fused 10 gage hot wire from the battery...

I always add a small, inexpensive (but waterproof) LED voltmeter to my tractors. This one cost $7 on Amazon, requires simply a hole, a switched 12V power source, and a ground. It tell me how the charging system is working, and if the battery is okay. Better than the idiot light, I think.

My neighbor finally got around to replacing his old Deere tractor. He was interested in my Kubota L3130, but quickly decided it was too small for his needs. (well, his hired man's needs- this is gentleman landowner with hobby cattle, not a farmer). He got a new cabbed Deere 5055E recently...

Some of you may recall I posted photos of an old 72" rear blade I had acquired, asking for help in identifying it. After using it, I tore it apart and cleaned it up, primed and painted it, and installed refurbished and some new hardware- the old bits and pieces were rusted, worn and no longer...

A friend loaned me an older gas powered log splitter. We will both be using it from now on. It is marked "30 ton" and "Central Hydraulics" but nothing more is left to read. It does not have any sort of filter that I can see. I am thinking about installing a 25 gpm spin-on type hydraulic...

I just bought this 72" scraper blade, and I am curious if anyone can identify it? I will clean it up and repaint it, and might even look for decals, if it is from a company still in business.

Our Russian friend is in the Northern woods there, and just posted this photo. Looks like it works.

Our 500' downhill stone lane is still covered with snow and ice- it's as clear as a plow could get it. When we left this morning, about half way down I noticed my neighbor's RAV 4 blocking the lane- right front wheel in the ditch to the right side, hopelessly stuck in the snowbank. I was...

Just saw this... good deal, but the shape may be less than ideal? 120 mm ammo box from our friends at Surplus Center. 120 MM MORTAR SHELL AMMO BOX

Not sure how to title this, but after getting my "ideal" tractor set up for snow plowing, I realize I really want a cabbed tractor. Sitting out in the falling snow as I approach 70 has lost some of its charm. My problem is our storage barn- with a little work, I can maybe get 88+" of...

Kubota L48 aux. hydraulic kit for sale I ran across an ex-Kubota dealer who has a stash of goodies- I bought wheel spacers and chains from him, and I see he has some goodies for Kubota L48 tractors for sale. He seemed like a good guy. I posted this because I think it could be shipped. L48 Kubota

I guess I have exhausted potential projects on our "new" tractor, now to just wait for some snow. I decided, as a final mod., to add a crossover relief valve to the plow's angling circuit. Easy, since the hoses were already two piece, and in the right lengths. If I ever use the plow, and do...

Got our "new" L3400 all ready for snow, so let 'er rip. (Please, nobody mention how nice cabs are- simply can't use one unless we get a new barn, and that ain't gonna happen.)

I lucked into a Kubota rear wheel spacer kit, and some tire chains, being sold by an ex Kubota dealer who still had a small warehouse full of stuff. I asked about a crossover relief valve, to protect my HLA 1000 snow plow's hydraulic cylinder, and the tractor, of course. He came up with a...

When we replaced our big, heavy L3130 with a more petite L3400, we also got rid of the L3130's filled R-4 tires and got nice fat turf tires with the L3400. The better not to squash the lawn with, my dear, and having had turfs before, I preferred how they work in snow. In order to get traction...

Snow plow... and wheel spacers??? When we replaced our big, heavy L3130 with a more petite L3400, we also got rid of the L3130's filled R-4 tires and got nice fat turf tires with the L3400. The better not to squash the lawn with, my dear, and having had turfs before, I preferred how they work...

A little background: for years, I maintained about a 1000' of an old gravel lane using a B8200 with a loader and a 5' heavy Deere rear blade. Most important use was clearing snow so we could come and go. About 500' is a straight slope, but with a bank rising up on one side and not much room...

Actually, they're already mounted, but I want to reverse the way they are fitted to the inner disc, putting the valve stem on the outside, making it accessible, and increasing the width slightly. These are filled R-4's, on a Kubota L3130. At present, you can't measure the pressure with the...

So, I ran across this old car, needs some work. I believe it has what's called a "short block?" Parts may be hard to find. Nice fall colors, however.

I just ran across this lengthy article on Tier 4 emissions- I think it okay to link to it, since this is a discussion forum. What Tier 4 Final Brings | Construction Equipment

I did a couple of (quick, I will admit) searches for anti-stick coatings for snow blades, and didn't find anything. I am pretty sure that TbN has had lots of discussions about that, and perhaps a patient soul will direct me to some? In the past, I have tried silicone spray, graphite paint...

A Russian friend who does environmental watchdog work just posted this photo from the Russian Arctic oil field area where she's trying to stay warm. Looks like some serious snow traction equipment! (and yes, that big tractor is BIG)

Having liked having LED lights on my old tractor, I had to install them on my newish tractor, as well. Instead of 18W I upgraded to 27W floods. The ROPs looked like the best spot to install them, and I noted two spots where I could bolt them on without drilling any holes. The folding hardware...

Actually, not so much a wiring diagram as information from someone who has done this: I am getting ready to install 3 27W LED flood lights (two forward, one reverse) on my L3130, and I can figure out how to wire it, but... I notice a spare fuse location on the fuse block, #6 I think, and...

I just today finish painting my loader bucket... a 2004 LA723 loader, but the inside was pitted- I guess the last owner hauled manure? but otherwise in pretty good shape. I had needle scaled and wire brushed it, cleaned it up, and primed it with two part epoxy primer (I really like that stuff)...

So, I stopped by Wally World for a gallon of Rotella T 6 synthetic 5w-40 diesel oil today. I notice the jugs had $5 rebate stickers on them- all the better. Bought the oil, but discovered upon getting home and looking at the sticker that it is good for purchases from MARCH 1 thru the end of...

Sorry if this topic has been worked to death in earlier threads, but I didn't see it, so here goes: I have a quality chain saw, which I use only rarely. Like maybe 4 times a year, usually after ice storms or some event that caused trees to be where we don't want them, and clean up is required...

So, when I posted some photos a couple of weeks ago of my "new" Harbor Freight" trailer project (it's a kit, and I started "improving" it when I put it together) I hadn't figured out just how I would finish it. I decided to add rails around it, some mud flaps to keep spray off the lights, and a...

I hesitate to post this little "project" because it isn't fine work like some posters entertain us with, but for someone looking for a small, inexpensive trailer, this might be of interest. I had an old trailer that was rotting and rusting away, and rather than rebuild it, I grabbed a 4' x 8'...

My wife drove a Honda hybrid for 10 years, and when it was time for her new car, she went for a Toyota Plug-in Prius Hybrid. The fact that Toyota was offering 5 year 0% financing with a $4000 rebate made it an easy choice. But, more importantly, we like the car, and she's been averaging around...

A while ago, I wrote that I had ordered a pair of the 18W LED lights. I had thought originally about mounting them on the ROPS, but the idea of them being so close behind me, glaring, didn't seem desirable. I dug out some heavy wall rectangular steel tube, some bar stock, and played with my...

I think I know how to put these together, but someone with experience might make life easier for me. I just got some of these AMP waterproof connectors from China, about 40 cents apiece, but no info on how to put them together. I think the make pins go into the larger half, from the inside...

When I got my low hour used B8200, I changed all the fluids, front to back. In the ten years since, I have only added about 220 hours to the clock (now at about 660 hours). I change the engine oil once a year, never mind that I never have put on more than 50 hours. It lives in a closed barn...

Well, after drooling over some of 4shorts projects involving lighting, I finally did a little, crude project of my own. I found what seems to be a decent 10 LED truck light at Wally World for about $15, but it required a box to mount it in. Since I almost never have to take my tractor out on...

If you need a 6000W portable generator, Honda engine, free shipping, then this is the deal: Hitachi E60 11HP 6,000 Watt Generator but don't wait.

I am trying to replace my old bayonet base 25W incandescent bulbs with new LED bulbs, but I can't find a bulb number to work with... Kubota just calls them 67111-55790, which is dandy if you want more of the same, but not so handy for cross referencing. Anyone have any experience with this...

What should have been a simple job got complicated yesterday: we finally got around to buying our own 120 gal. propane tank, and after they switched out the old rental tank, a pressure test showed an underground leak somewhere between from where the 1/2" copper line went into the ground and...

We have taken the plunge and commited to getting a solar PV system installed on a small barn that is well situated for it. We hope to generate most of the power we use in our home on an annual basis. The barn's roof is a simple gable, 5/12 pitch, pretty low to the ground. The material is...

I was Home Depot last week, for a small hand tool I needed to finish a job, and just when I walked by, two employees were marking down (and I mean MARKING DOWN) some power tools. They had a Lincoln 125 HD Weld Pack, in a box, new and complete except for the spool of wire and the face shield...

We used a e.l.m. Aquastar 125 propane demand water heater (summer's only) in our home for about 10 years- two people with serious water conservation habits. This water heater uses a standing pilot, and comes with an optional power vent kit (which we needed because we had a horz. vent out the...

A couple of years ago, when one of my brothers had to re-roof his house, he hired a crane to remove 5 large solar heating flat panels, and decided to not to re-install them. A friend and I took a truck and trailer out to the midwest, and came back to Maryland with the 5 6' x 8' panels, 2 120...

A friend sent me some photos from Fargo, ND, that must be going around on the internet. If you haven't seem them, here're two that got my attention. I won't be complaining about the snow again. Made me remember reading about guys who had to tunnel thru snow from the farm house to get out to...

Not sure which forum this belongs on, but here goes: My wife is always asking me, whenever I buy another piece of equipment, what someone would charge us to do this or that. I am curious what the going rates are for clearing a 700' long, hard gravel (sloping, but straight) lane of snow might...

I love to push snow as much as the next guy, but I woke up this morning to 23" of heavy, wet snow, with more coming down, and my B8200, with turf tires, doesn't have what it takes to push it aside. I have been relocating it, bucket by bucket, for hours, and I have barely made a dent in the half...

I don't like to recommend tool suppliers, but I just needed a 23 gauge pin nailer for installing 40 little glass stops, and hated the idea of spending a lot of money for something I wouldn't use that much. I got an Air Locker nailer from Toolmart, after searching Ebay and coming across their...

Here's an unusual problem: I am installing solar heating in my shop- two big flat plate collectors, circulating oil via a pump, heating via a small oil cooler with a fan behind it. I bought what seemed to be the perfect cooler thru eBay- an Earl's NASCAR flat plate oil cooler, cost $400+ new-...

A friend, who knows I lurk on this site, asked me what I thought about the tires he's about to buy for his "new" used tractor- a Ford-New Holland 1320. It has dry-rotted rear tires, and he's looking at 11.2 x 24 R-3 turfs for the 10" rims. He has gotten a price of $250 each, installed and on...

I noticed in the Harbor Freight sale flyer that came yesterday that they have their 3 point quick hitch (item 93691) on sale for 69.99. They say it's good for up to 45 hp tractors with cat. 1 hitches. It's cheap enough to try, if you want to experiment without spending much. I'd be interested...

Several weeks ago I posted comments about trying to remove a block fitting on my Kubota B8200 so I could install a block heater. I needed a special socket to get the fitting out- and I wound up "making" it from a 1 5/16" socket. It worked, the fitting is out. (Heater is in). Here's a photo...

A year ago, I got a block heater for my Kubota B8200. Last weekend, I tried to install it, but I only got as far as trying to remove the fitting on the side of the block where it will install. They recommend a special socket, which no one seems to have heard of! Basically, the old fitting is...

I am looking at Club Cadet garden tractors, and I wonder if their hose coupling fitting on their mower decks actually works to clean them. If it did, that would be great, since I have yet to find an easy way to clean out the matted grass after mowing. Scraping seems to be the only way. I...

Anyone out there ever install a block heater on a B8200? I've got one, from Kubota-made in Canada, where they need 'em, and have a rough idea of where it goes, but I've been too lazy (and it's been too warm) to actually

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Anyone out there ever install a block heater on a B8200? I've got one, from Kubota-made in Canada, where they need 'em, and have a rough idea of where it goes, but I've been too lazy (and it's been too warm) to actually get to it. Plus I have to remove the loader, another dis-incentive.

I decided to use my Milwaukee 1/2" hammer drill to mix some thinset mud the other day, using a paddle mixer. I had a bad feeling as I mixed, really laboring the poor drill, trying to go slowly enough not to throw the dry mortar out of the bucket while I added enough water for the cream-like...

Well, I finally have to come begging to TBN for some help! I got my trusty Kubota B8200 out last night after the plumber and his backhoe left, having done a septic line tie in and leaving a jumble of soil to be smoothed out, only to discover the loader was boogered! I don't think the...

I just happened upon a good deal at my local Home Depot (Baltimore County) last Sat.- a stack of Porter Cable BSI 5250 W 10 hp generators, marked at $500 that they had just gotten in the night before. Two were gone, according to the staff, who had no idea why they were marked down, since they...

I think I understand how it works, but hopefully someone KNOWS... The hour meter on my B8200 must read time elapsed based on rated engine speed, which, I think, is 1 hour indicated for each hour at 2600 RPM. Now, what I would like to know, does it read 1 hour for each 2 hours at 1300 RPM...

And, a bottom view that shows just what I was talking about... Total investment was under $50.

Many readers will remember the discussion last summer about home-made tooth bars. Inspired by another poster, I found some combine teeth at TSC for about $5 each (each consisits of two German-forged steel teeth connected by a short crosspiece) and got a piece of 3/8" x 4" bar stock. Here're...

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Kubota's Power steering kit added to B8200- first posted last spring.

Before I come across as a Kubota-owning jerk, let me say that I am serious here: After enjoying the TBN for 5 or 6 months, I have formed the impression that a lot more Deere owners have posted questions/complaints about their tractors than have Kubota owners. (those are the two makes I mostly...

I'm thinking I'd like to ad some bolt-on bucket teeth to the Bush Hog FEL on my Kubota B8200. Bolt-on since I want to remove them for scraping, snow removal, etc., and since I want to minimize weight, this being a small set-up to begin with (48" bucket, rated at 670 lbs lift capacity). I...

Anybody know what a MX2200 is? I notice a used one listed here in the Baltimore area... I can't find any specs on it, having looked in the "normal" places, which makes me all the more curious about what is this beast. "like new, hydro, 4WD, 260 hrs, FEL, 60" MMM, ... $10,500" is about how the...

I am helping a friend rebuild his '87 Deere 2355. We just discovered that the reason the hydraulic pump seal is bad is that the whole pump is trashed. We need to find a rebuilt pump. The local dealer will provide one for about $1100 total. Hopefully, we can find one for a little less. The...

I am helping a friend rebuild his '87 Deere 2355. We just discovered that the reason the hydraulic pump seal is bad is that the whole pump is trashed. We need to find a rebuilt pump. The local dealer will provide one for about $1100 total. Hopefully, we can find one for a little less. The...

A friend is rebuilding a 2355 that had a barn beam drop across it, and he's about done, except the hydralic pump needs a new seal on its shaft, and he found out that his pump, the larger of two available on that model tractor, (2.4 cubic inch?) has to have the pump disassembled to remove the...

After reading about the Sunpro guage garage sale, thanks to Inspector507, I think, I checked it out, and got the 2 5/8" triple set for a modest $15- I installed them on my B8200, which had American Std. pipe fittings(!?) on the oil sender and at the thermostat housing, so no hassle installing...

Having just installed a set of gauges (oil press., coolant temp. and voltmeter) I tried to find out what is considered normal coolant temp. for my Kubota B8200- ie., what the thermostat operates at, for want of a better spec. Can't find it anywhere in the Kubota manuals or PDF parts file I...

I added the Kubota power steering kit to my '87 B8220 recently- what should have been a straightforward deal got complicated due to the Bush Hog Loader bracket being where the steering cylinder wanted to go. Got that moved and reinforced, and now I can steer with one finger. Still, I think I...

I am curious if anybody out there has run into the problem I have: in trying to install a Kubota power steering kit on a B8200, I am finding I have to trim almost 80% of the steel off my left side Brush Hog fel mounting bracket for clearance of the cylinder/hoses and servo. I am going to...

I just bought a nice used Kubota B8200 (470 hours), with four wheel drive and turf tires, a loader and a rear blade. Having used the tractor pretty hard to clear the blizzard that dumped 29" of snow here, I have come to the opinion that I want to add power steering, and would like to hear from...

I just bought a nice used Kubota B8200 (470 hours), with four wheel drive and turf tires, a loader and a rear blade. Having used the tractor pretty hard to clear the blizzard that dumped 29" of snow here, I have come to the opinion that I want to add power steering, and would like to hear from...