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Pretty big news, is anyone else experiencing a cell phone outage? We're out, AT&T towers, Cricket. I'm seeing news stories that Verizon and AT&T are out.

They want a lot of money for it. Care to speculate why the hours are so low? https://www.tractorhouse.com/listing/for-sale/229382071/1999-kubota-l3710-less-than-40-hp-tractors

Was looking for a thread "Household Debt" and can't find it. Do thread get deleted when closed or just locked?

Well, that was strange, every time I tried to post a message in a different thread, a pop up add would come up in my message and screw up the font size. I restarted several times but more pop up adds kept coming. It didn't happen while posting this message.

My wife and I have a significant portion of our savings in 2 checking accounts earning almost no interest. We went to our bank yesterday to discuss CDs. We were told they have 2 "special " rate CDs right now, a 7 month and 11 month for a little over 5% APR. The problem I see with those CDs is...

Hey! I'd like to thank anyone who clicked "good post" on any of my posts. I finally made 1000 "good post" score! Does anyone know when the "good post" button was introduced?

Not a big deal but disappointing. I replace the key switch on my 1999 L3710 Kubota yesterday. It starts great now, thanks to my wife and her long thin fingers I didn't even have to take the dash apart. So, I drive it back to the shed to put it away and a stream of hydraulic fluid shoots out of...

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It seems like the writing is on the wall. I expect the UAW to strike before a new agreement is reached. If they do, how will it affect the "Big 3" and other companies. I've read Ford has the most members (57k) working for them with GM (49k) and Stellantis (43k) a close second and third. I'm...

Dang it! I was going to post happy 20th anniversary to myself on July 12th but I missed it! Oh well, a day late and a dollar short as usual! :LOL:

Sunday morning the Merlin app identified a Scarlet Tanager by its song. I couldn't see it so I played several calls with the app and sure enough, out he came with his bright red body and black wings. It's the first one I've seen on the property in 20 years. The Merlin app is very cool for any...

We bought this little battery tiller/cultivator last year to help with weeding. We didn't get to use it last year since it was a late purchase, but so far this year it's really helped out. I can cover a lot more ground compared to a hoe. It runs about 30-40 minutes per charge and I can probably...

Last Thursday afternoon we got hit with 80 mph straight line winds here in Central Illinois. Power went out about 1:30 pm. Reports claim over 1200 poles damaged or destroyed. Power is still out for over 50,000 as of today. This is the first time in 23 years of living here that power has been off...

My wife and I are determined to stay ahead of the weeds in our garden this year. Last year was a disaster and they completely took over. (she was working weekends) We have a couple cheap hoes from box stores but they are junk and won't hold an edge because of the cheap steel they're made out of...

carolinacoops.com On Fox news this morning. 5, 8 , 20 thousand dollar backyard chicken coops to save money on eggs 🤣 🤣 We don't even save money on eggs without spending that kind of money on a coop. The feed makes it about a wash.

I'm pretty disappointed in my search for a black leather soft toe work shoe. I want a shoe that's made in the USA. Red Wings are "globally sourced" now. The only shoe I've found that I like are these and they out of stock in regular width. There are quite a few available from overseas, but most...

I've been kicking this idea around in my head for a year or two. I'd like to be able to fish off of our dam and it's pretty steep. I've already have holes in the bucket of my tractor that I attach redneck pallet forks (4x4's) to. I'd like to attach 4 4x4's and plywood to the bucket to make a...

Having a new set of Michelin CrossClimate2s put on wife's Edge ST next Saturday. Everything I've read and watched on these tires is very positive. 60k rating, super in snow/wet. $400 ea. for 21s. Does anyone have experience with them?

https://www.planbsales.com/ross-chastain-2023-kubota-1-64-nascar-diecast...

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This morning I posted a discussion about the Oz/Fetterman debate in the Front Porch forum. I checked back and it was gone so I posted it again. When I looked at the list again my original post was there, so I deleted the second post. I just checked and the post is gone again. Checking my...

The company I work for recently received a notice from our power company regarding protection of equipment running on 3 phase power. It seems the Illinois general assembly passed an act called Future Energy Jobs Act (FEJA). This requires our power company to implement "Voltage Optimization"...

I just tried to place an order with MSC Industrial supply for Vactra #2 way lube that I've been using for over 40 years. For the first time in those 40 years it's on backorder. They say they have outstanding orders for over 2000 individual gallons. It's available elsewhere but for a premium...

Yesterday my wife was on her way home from work at 7am when a steer came charging across the field toward her SUV about 1/2 mile from our house. She had to take evasive maneuvers turning into the neighbors driveway and driving behind his house. The steer looked to be pushing 1000 lbs. and was...

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0854LXY7F/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I would call this a cultivator. I just bought one and wondered if anyone has used one. It will be used to remove weeds after the garden is tilled and plants have emerged. We till with our 6 ft. 3 point...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/lyme-disease-has-infected-over-14-of-world-population-new-study-finds/ar-AAYsczh?ocid=BingNewsSearch The demographic that's most at risk is men over 50 who live in rural areas. The region where Lyme disease is most prevalent is Central Europe, with about...

My father who just turned 80 and is still driving a car with over 330,000 miles on it, is looking for Pennzoil 5w30 conventional motor oil. He drives 80 miles per day on his rural mail route and changes oil every 3000 miles. Suffice it to say he goes through A LOT of oil. As one can imagine he...

As everyone probably knows, it's a terrible time to purchase a vehicle. We went SUV shopping yesterday and it was a joke. One new car dealer we stopped at straight out said, we are marking up all new vehicles a minimum of $4000 over MSRP. That was Hyundai and Honda. The Ford dealer claimed they...

Hi All, I have a question regarding responsibility for providing a rental car by at fault drivers insurance. My wife was t-boned at a 4 way stop yesterday. The other driver was at fault/ticketed failure to yield and our car is at the repair shop waiting for an estimate. It may be a total loss...

Hey all, I developed a leak in the hydraulic hose going from the tractor to the loader yesterday on my l3710 Kubota. I probably lost a quart of fluid. I managed to get the loader off the tractor and finished snow plowing. I got a replacement hose made and bought some fluid. Quite a bit of fluid...

Who buys these warranties that people keep trying to sell me? Extended car and house warranties in particular is what I'm talking about. I have no idea what the rates would be but I'm sure it's difficult to collect on them. Kevin

Hey all, I've been the sole breadwinner in my household since I was about 25 years old and I'm 57 now. Prior to that I had roommates. My wife came to the US in 2007 and did work at an entry level job for about 2 1/2 years before our son was born almost 10 years ago. That income was so small I...

Hey All, I don't know about anyone else on the forum, but here in East Central Illinois there seems to be a rabbit population explosion this year. In 21 years on this property I've never see close to as many as we have this year. I suppose it could be due to a drop in coyote population but I...

Hey All, we installed an invisible fence about 8 years ago. We've had one wire break and were able to repair it several years ago. It seems we have another break now but we're having difficulty locating it. We have a locator kit which includes a very cheap AM radio with horrible tuner. It's...

Anyone, A friend of mine has a late 90's L3600 he inherited. It never had a loader on it and was only used to mow. What are the chances he could find a loader to fit the tractor? I don't know if it's even plumbed for one but I doubt it. Kevin

Looking for a solar battery tender set up advice. Will be used on L series Kubota. Need about 16' lead from panel to control and at least 6' from control to battery. What panel size, control, extension wire, etc. Can you recommend. I'm electrical novice, plug and play would be best option...

Hey All, Is it possible to purchase quality garden tools in the USA? I'm talking about shovels, hoes, rakes, etc. Last year I bought two garden hoes and both are made from junk steel that won't hold an edge or even take one for that matter. The same is true with the shovel I bought this year...

Hey All, Luckily I'm able to send this message today. About two weeks ago we had a smell in the house that we thought was a dead mouse. It was coming from one of the furnace vents in the floor. We even got a second opinion and we all thought "dead mouse". Well, our propane tank was under 5% so...

Hi All, How would you clean a 10" 80 tooth carbide tipped saw blade? I've been cutting a lot of willows around a pond and the blade is really gummed up. I was going to try wd40 first. I also have gasoline, brake fluid, and several other chemicals to choose from. Kevin

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So, after a 10 day wait, I finally got the Blue Max string trimmer/brush cutter and I have to say, I really love this thing! It's got way more power than my $300+ husqvarna 324l ever had. The Blue Max is a 2 stroke 42.7cc and I only paid about $140 for it. First off I have to say, the trimmer...

So, I ordered a Chinese string trimmer on Amazon July 31st. I'm not a Prime member and I usually go for free shipping when not in a hurry. My wife is having probably 30 people over this Saturday and at least a dozen will be camping at our place. My string trimmer died which is why I ordered a...

Hi All, I was given a used Stihl Farm Boss by a friend who's moving into the city (SCORE!). He says it starts hard but runs well. It's well used by outward appearance. I'm tempted to take it to a Stihl dealer to have it serviced but I'd like to know what they would do to it. Maybe I should just...

Just a question. I have a 4x6 Cub Cadet Big Country with a 20hp Honda engine. The battery has been dying a slow death over the past year but it's never failed to crank over and start. The dash display started showing battery voltage while running the other day. It was fluctuating between 8-10...

I was having a conversation about emergency transportation fixes the other day and was wondering what other Macgyver fixes others had come up with. I will relate two of mine. In high school a buddy and I were on a road trip in my early 70's Mercury Comet and the throttle cable broke right...

Hey All, Reading this forum, I constantly see complaints about a lack of work ethic in "today's youth" or the population in general. I waited a long time to start a family, I'm in my mid 50's now and I have a six-year-old son. I'd like to hear other's successful experiences raising a child and...

Not really related to anything but I was noticing all the pacific ring of fire activity in the news overnight and wondered if it could all be related. There was an earthquake off Alaska, a volcano in Japan, an earthquake in Indonesia where a volcano has been active recently, and an active...

It amazes me the number of people driving full size trucks, some 4x4, every day to work and back. When I first moved to my current house I drove a 4 cylinder Ford Ranger and was getting about 25 mpg. I then went to a 6 cylinder F150 in the early 2000's and was getting about 21 mpg. When the...

Hey All, Does anyone know of a tire treatment that works to stop "dry rot". I've got a set of Michelins on my old SUV that have started cracking. I bought them new about 5 years ago and they have about 30,000 miles on them, about half the tread life I'd say. The vehicle is parked outside 100%...

I realize a lot of people value their pets much more than our family. I guess it's just the way I was raised. My wife, being Filipino and raised poor, was raised in a similar way with regard to animals. In our family budget, people come first and that includes retirement savings. At the present...

Hey Fellas, Just wanted to relate my experience replacing a brake line on my 2001 F150. The line that runs down the frame from the cab to the rear axle rusted out and luckily I was almost home at the time. I called my usual mechanic and he said he doesn't do brake lines anymore because of...

Has anybody tried the Dawn, Epson Salt, vinegar DIY weed killer? Thought about trying it but why waste my time if someone already proved it doesn't work? How To Make DIY Weed Killer | How To Instructions Thanks, Kevin

I'd like to make a cheap swing for my 5 year old. I was thinking about sinking a 14 ft. 6"x 6" in the ground about 4 ft. deep in pea gravel. I'd then put a cross bar, probably a 4 x 4 at the top with some bracing and hang a swing from one side and a climbing rope from the other. Do you think...

Hey all, I'm trying to figure out what type of grass I have in my "lawn". Most of my yard is a mess of weeds, clover, and various types of grasses. It was originally a hay field when I bought the property. About 10 years ago I planted new grass seed in a small area, about 15' x 15' when I moved...

Are there any Solid Works users here? Did you take a class or self taught? We have several seats available where I work and my coworker taught himself to use the program using a book. He's no expert but he's doing pretty well. I just bought a new laptop and plan to teach myself Solid Works. I'm...

My neighbor gave us about 10 lbs. of goose breast yesterday and the only way I've had it is marinated, wrapped in bacon, and grilled. It's very good that way but I'd like to find other ways to prepare it. Does anyone have any favorite recipes? If we find a good way to prepare it there's probably...

All the weather forecasters are predicting ICE for the next few days. Luckily I don't have to go out for anything in it. Power might become an issue since we don't have a generator. Let us know when you're getting ice and the result of it. The weather channel says there are about 10 million...

I thought about posting this in the appropriate regional forum but it seems pretty dead there. I've been watching news on the California drought for the past few years. To say it's been bad is an understatement. Northern California seems to be out of the woods but Southern California is still in...

Merry Christmas, did anyone have to put together anything this morning or have stories from past Christmases assembling things? I got my wife a new Coach watch this year and with her tiny wrists I had to remove 2 watch band links. That's something I never attempted before. I ended up getting my...

Has anybody been a customer of both services and have an opinion on which one is better? I've been a customer of Dish for over 20 years. We've never upgraded to HD because I didn't want to start a 2 year contract and have always thought about switching to Direct for the new customer discount...

"Harvested" over 140 bushels of grass today. The Walker GHS holds 7 bushels per load and I filled it 22 times today. We've had a lot of rain lately and I let the grass get pretty long. I mowed as short as I can which seems like about 1 inch long and man did it make a lot of grass to put on the...

My lovely wife Jena has been trying to kill a mole that's been digging up her flower garden for quite some time and today she finally got it. I bought that new potato fork specifically for the task. My Grandmother used to kill moles that way years ago and the method still works. We also have a...

It's got 500 hours on it. Dump bed with 1200 lb. capacity. 20hp Honda engine. It weighs over 1500 lbs. and has a very low center of gravity. I got a pretty good deal on it from a friend, I only paid $500 for it. Has anyone every used one of these? Kevin

This spring my Walker mower voltmeter has been running in the red at about 14 volts. The meter is red from 8-10 volts, white from 10-14 volts, and red from 14-16 volts. Would you assume that it's a bad battery in this scenario? The battery is several years old, it was still charged this spring...

Here in Central Illinois I'd like to take my chains off the tractor this weekend but we've had so much rain that the yard is soaked. I have to cross the yard to get from the tractor shed to my driveway so I better wait a little while longer. When do you take your chains off and where do you...

My 2000 Walker literally has 33 grease zerks and another 30 oil points that I hit every spring. The engineers at Walker love their lubricants. This is not an April fools joke btw. When I first started shopping for a zero turn 3 years ago I inquired about additional maintenance for a zero turn...

I went to start the Kubota one day and had a dead battery. The battery was relatively new so I was hoping there wasn't a problem with the charging system or a short or something. As I hooked up the charger the emergency flashers lit up and started flashing. It turns out a feral cat had stepped...

I was watching tv last night and saw a light go past the window out of the corner of my eye. I looked out to see if there was a car in the driveway but didn't see anything. Then my wife saw a light pass by the kitchen window. She says, "hun, come here!", we both look out the window and there is...

I tend to watch the petroleum market very closely. I'm not sure why but it fascinates me, I guess because it effects the economy so greatly. 2015 was a very volatile year for the oil industry and it seems like the only place anybody is making money now is in tankers and storage facilities. The...

After spending the day cleaning up some garbage that one of our dogs got into, I started wondering how much money I've saved over the years by not paying for rural garbage service. It's always been a bit of a pita but I still think it's worth the hassle of taking a bag of garbage to the dumpster...

I came home from work tonight and my old Border Collie wasn't there to greet me at my car door like she had been for 16 years. She'd missed a few times before but not many so I didn't give it too much thought. After dinner she wasn't there to get any leftovers and I figured something was wrong...

Check out these Humvees for auction. The first link is a 1994 that sold for $5K. The prices are dropping like crazy. 1994 AM General M998A1 Humvee HMMWV in Fort Gordon, Georgia, United States (IronPlanet Item #585870) This link is for all Humvees listed on ironplanet. Humvees for sale in...

As you can tell by my username I don't care for trespassers. The other night at about 9:30 a car came into our driveway all the to the back of my house and turned around. As they were leaving I saw the headlights. There's really no way you can get that lost to not realize you are on private...

I woke up for work this morning and heard what I thought was our water softener regenerating. It's in a walk in closet in our manufactured home along with the well pressure tank. Upon further inspection, I found that the pressure tank had sprung a leak and was spraying water everywhere! I ran...

My first encounter with mower blade shear screws was on my Walker zero turn. When I bought it used, I had no idea what a great engineering design they were. That was before I tried to mow a 30 pound rock in tall grass. The Walker has a geared deck out front and when the deck wheel hopped the...

Hi All, We purchased a soil testing kit since I hadn't tested our soil in about 15 years. We're on our third year in our current garden location so I was hoping it would be improving considering we compost and put grass clipping on it. Sadly, it seems the same as the rest of our ground as far...

I had never heard of Acute canine idiopathic polyradiculoneuritis (ACIP) until this morning. Our vet thinks that's what's wrong with our dog. She's about a 60 lb. mixed bread that looks like a yellow lab. She laid down yesterday and couldn't get back up. It was one of the strangest things I've...

Edit: The driveway is actually mostly crushed limestone with a little bit of gravel. I'm looking for advice on grading my gravel driveway. The driveway was in the worst shape it's ever been this spring in the 15 years I've lived on the property. The frost did a real number on it and a power...

Hey All, I was wondering whether or not you start your diesel tractor as maintenance and if so, how often and how long do you run it? I've had my tractor for over eleven years and average less than 25 hours of use per year. I think it had just over 400 hours on it when I bought it and I still...

Opec holds the line on output. I suspect trying to damage long term oil production in the US. There may be collusion with US gov. to hurt Russia but I don't think this admin. could pull that off. What will these lower prices mean for the world economy....or....are they a signal of something...

Has anyone noticed that Levis jeans, in this case 505's have changed recently? I just put on a new pair today and noticed the front pockets are at least 1 inch shorter than the other pairs I have. To me the material seems slightly thinner too. I also noticed that the zipper is different. The...

I went out to plow this hill that is part of our driveway this morning at 6am in the dark. It had been covered with ice the night before and we got about 7 inches of snow on top of that. The tractor has chains on the rears and the tires are loaded. I've never had any problem with traction before...

I was sitting down to dinner when my neighbor (the fireman) called my cell tonight. He says, hey, can you come pull me outa the ditch? Seems he was dodging a herd of deer right down the road from our houses and put his Chevy 4x4 in the ditch. He drove it a couple hundred feet in the ditch trying...

Hey All, We've got 2 dogs that live outside. One is about 40 lbs. and the other is about 65 lbs. During the winter months they go through about twice as much food as they do in the summer. I fully expected this but the other morning I figured out what part of the reason is. There were at least...

Looking for answers, 1999 L3710 Should I be getting a glow plug indicator @ 60 degrees F on cold start up? I swear it used to but I haven't seen the indicator light this summer. If I have a problem I don't want to wait for cold weather to work on it. Thanks, Kevin

Story from TBN homepage Briggs & Stratton Develops Advanced Fuel Formula - TractorByNet.com I've never been a fan of ethanol and I don't like the politics involved in it. I'd be fine with it if it could stand on it's own two feet without subsidies. What do proponents of ethanol think of Briggs...

Hey All, My wife and I are going to start pickling a couple batches of cucumbers today. This will be our first attempt. We're borrowing a couple of 5 gallon crocks from my mother. She hasn't pickled in a long time and has had some success and some failures in the past. She gave us a couple of...

I just wanted to thank everyone for their contributions to TBN. I've been a member for 10 years and have gotten a lot of helpful information here. I don't post much as you can tell. I guess I'm averaging 34 posts per year, lol, but I do read a lot. All this means I've owned my tractor for 10...

Does anyone know where I can find some fuel hose for a Homelite Super XL. The hose on the saw measures 3/16 (.188) OD. The carb inlet that it goes on measures 5/32 (.156). I'm not sure what the hose would be called out as. The 3/16 OD is important to get a good seal on the grommet where it comes...

Ok, Here's why. Our family members are big fans of Walmart and we shop there all the time. After a shopping trip last Sunday I was so disappointed that I had to write them. The store was a wreck and many items that we were looking for were completely out of stock, especially infant supplies i.e...

Hey All, Ok, it's not a compact tractor but I thought maybe someone here could steer me in the right direction. I bought a used 2002 mower with about 1000 hours on it the other day. It's powered by a 20 hp Kohler Command CH20. It seems to be a bit of a "hard starter". I have to crank the...

Hi, Seems like there's a lot of knowledge here so I thought I'd pick your brains on this one. I've got a meat grinder that I just used for grinding up some cranberries, it seemed to work well. In the instructions it recommends coating the cutter parts with vegetable oil for storage which I...

Hey All, I'm looking for the current MSRP for a Woods or Gill PL72 Core Aerator. I don't want to bother a dealer with the question since I already own one. I'm actually trying to figure out what it's worth so I can try to use it as partial trade on a used lawn mower. I've looked all over online...

Can someone speak to the advantages and disadvantages of front vs mid mount ztr mower decks? Price, maintenance, durability, speed, etc. Thanks, Kevin

Hey All, I bought an MTD Troy-Bilt lawn tractor for 1,500$ about 10 years ago and have basically used it up. I'm trying to figure out what to buy next. I mow about 2 acres of relatively flat lawn. The thing is, unlike a lot of guys on this site, I hate maintenance. I barely do the maintenance...

I'm interested in summer fill propane prices. They vary so much from place to place. We're in central Illinois. An hour north of me there are two places selling propane for under $1 per gallon. I had to pay $1.70 per gallon. I know other suppliers near me are charging $1.60 and $1.50. Can...

Does anyone have any idea why the engine doesn't stop when I turn the key off on my L3710? I can also remove the key while it's running. The electronics all shut down and gauges go to zero but the engine keeps running. I have to pull the fuel shutoff knob to kill it. It's not a big deal but it's...

Hi All, My 1999 L3710 has been sitting for about 3 months since we haven't had any snow. I went to start it to get it out of the way so I can get my riding mower out and it wouldn't crank at all. I had lights but I pulled the battery out anyway and charged it. I put it back in and still have...

Hi All, I've been living in a manufactured home for over ten years now. We have no basement and no safe place to take shelter during a storm here in central Illinois. I want to build a cheap effective tornado shelter. I have a bunch of large fence posts left over from a fence project along with...

Hello All, For the past few years I've had a major squirrel/mouse problem with a truck that doesn't get driven much. I've managed to trap and kill 2 of the squirrels and I have mouse poison all over the truck. I can see about 20 squirrel nests from where the trucks parked so there's no way I...

Just got a quick quote for replacement front tires for my tractor. They're 10 x 16.5 R4's. How much do you suppose they quoted me? Here's a hint, I almost fell over when I heard the number. He's supposed to call me back with another number tomorrow. I'll put up the price quoted per tire in a...

Hey All, Here's a short story for you fellow Kubota owners. I live in Illinois and have quite a driveway to plow. There's a ravine with steep grades on both sides that's impossible to get up in a 2 wheel drive car or truck when it's snow covered. Several times per year I have to park on the...

Just thought I'd drop a note about my experience changing the primary drive belt on an MTD/Troybilt riding mower. The mower is about 8 yrs. old and the belt was slipping, cracked and worn. It's the belt that goes from the motor to the trans. I followed the instructions in the manual but when I...

Ok, I called my local TSC to inquire about a 72 in. CountryLine Tiller. She told me they'd have one in early next week. I gave her the sku # and she said it's the same model as the one online I was looking at. The online price is 1,999.99. She said the local TSC price for the exact same item is...

I've got an L3710 HST Kubota (37 hp). I'm tilling in soil that's got a lot of yellowish clay that's faily tough although not that bad in spring. I have almost no rocks. Would you recommend a 60 or 72 inch wide King Kutter tiller for this application? I'll be tilling 3 or 4 gardens per year and...

Hi All, Being the cheapskate I am, today I pulled an old Sunbeam grill out of the weeds and decided to try to get it working instead of buying a new one. It had been sitting for years and still had a full tank of gas with it (old style). The regulator was shot and leaked gas out the side of it...

Hi All, Just thought I'd share a quick fix I performed on my FEL in case anyone else experienced the same problem I had. Anytime it got below freezing my FEL lever would not go to the down position (lever up). The problem was water in the aluminum cup on the bottom of the valve. (dealer told...

Hi All, I don't post much here, but I'm curious. How many hours do you put on your tractors per year. The main reason I have a tractor is to get in and out of the property in the winter. Other than that I use it once in awhile for mowing or digging a post hole or as a really nice wheelbarrow...

Hi Board, I'm considering feeding out a couple calves. I had 2 horses before so i'm sort of setup already. Here's what I already have and don't have. I have: About 1 acre fenced with horse fence with a hotwire at about 5 ft. I think I'd need to work on the hotwire. Another 3 acres with the...

Hi Board, I haven't been around the board much lately and the thing that brings me back isn't a good one. This weekend I was doing some FEL work for my neighbor. I had my box scrapper on for ballast. I noticed a problem with my loader. It was raising very slowly. I thought it was the control...

Howdy All, I've been away from TBN for a long time, almost 2 years I think. My SO left for greener pastures but I kept the tractor! LOL Anyway, my battery is in need of replacement so the other day when I went to start it I was worried about having to crank it over very long. It was about 10 F...

Hi folks, I'm just getting started designing a storage shed. I'm going with pole barn construction. It will be either 24 x 60 or 30 x 60. I need to do some measuring before I decide. The longest thing I will park in it will be my L3710 Kubota with the loader and 6' rotary cutter on it. The...

Hi All Just an observation I made recently. I believe when I got this L3710 2 1/2 yrs. ago I could take the engine up to around 2800 RPM. Now the max it will go to is 2500 according to the tach. The engine sounds perfect to me the same as it always has. It's got 470 hrs. on it, I've put about...

Being the owner of a Kubota, from experience the fasteners had all been metric. That is until today. I went to the trouble of going to the local TSC and buying a set of metric hex key wrenches, only to find that my Kubota loader has SAE fasteners on the valve assembly. The Husco valve must be...

Hey All, I've got a L3710 Kubota with a L681 Kubota loader on it and the control valve is a little leaky. If I jiggle with the control stick I can get it to stop leaking but it's annoying could become dangerous if it gets worse. I'm wondering how hard they are to rebuild and whether or not the...

Howdy, I'm looking for suggestions to free up my control valve on my LA681 FEL. It's not that bad right now, but I don't want it to get any worse if I can help it. Sometimes when I'm using the loader the control valve won't go back to center all the way and you can hear the valve leaking. The...

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We've just about got it knocked out. A few odds and ends here and there and then put down the footing. I've decided on crushed gravel and sand. I still need to cut the top of the posts off even with the top of the fence. We stained all the cedar posts before setting them and backfilled them with...

Mainly because of the ease of shipping, my local dealer carries Woods equipment, I plunked down the big bucks for a Woods/Gill core aerator.(5ft.) I'm using the aerator on our pastures. The clay soil we have here in Vermillion county Illinois is some tough stuff. I sure wish I had some topsoil...

My wife was mowing the other day when the UNIDEN portable phone she had clipped to her pants fell off and was run over by the mower. The blade actually hit the phone and she didn't realize the phone was missing until she got done mowing. She retraced her path back along the woods where she had...

Picked up a 3 point fertilizer/seed spreader from TSC yesterday for $421.00 with tax. It was made in Italy, huh!?! Well I used it for a little fertilizer and pasture seed today. I guess I'd have to say I'm satisfied so far. Here's a pic of the spreader on the Kubota and the tractor model. LOL...

Hey all, I'm looking for some anecdotal evidence to support putting in a fireplace insert. A friend of mine bought a house with a fireplace recently. It has a metal firebox and double wall stove pipe in it now but the front is wide open. I've told him that I think a good fireplace insert with...

I was just wondering. I got a PM from a new member that doesn't have any posts at all here. They were asking for my address. If this is an isolated incident fine, but if I'm not the only one, maybe someone should be notified. Kevin

Ok, I have to tell ya'll this one. We live on a dead end road, surrounded by wooded ravines that make our property very difficult get to except by our private road. Friday evening I got home from work at about 5:20 and I noticed that our dog Luna was in her kennel. Since this is not the norm...

I'm looking for local sawmill to get some rough sawn oak for a round pen to train horses. Just thought I would ask here in case anyone knew of a mill in east central Illinois or west central Indiana. I haven't checked lumberyards yet. Does anyone know if they would carry rough sawn oak? I'm...

Just thought I'd share this experience. When we put up our first fence on this property we used the clay that came out of the hole to backfill. It worked well enough on most posts but we did have one that got loose after a few years. The next fence section we put up we used peagravel for...

Well, I finally got around to finishing my 400hrs. service today. I had a 2.5 gal. container of Super UDT in the shed, so I pulled out the manual and the tractor and proceeded to get to work. The only thing I had left to do was change the fluid in the front axle. I thumbed through the manual and...

Makita 10\" Slide Dual Compound Miter Saw Ok, I'm just about to buy the Makita 10" Slider. It's got a 13amp motor and looks like a very nice saw. Price comes to $425 or so after rebate. It's probably more saw than I really need but I've been using nothing but a 20yr old B&D 7 1/4" circular saw...

L3710 Kubota with loader $18,000 Oak forks $0.00 Not asking the wife for help taking off the truck cap PRICELESS!

I think I got a pretty sweet deal this weekend. I bought a 2002 F150 with 30,000 miles on it. Its pretty much plain jane with a V6, power steering, auto trans. and air conditioning. It's a longbed with a nice fiberglass topper. I gave under 10K for it and on the way home I got 23.5 MPG on the...

I fought the \'75 Troybilt and Won! Went toe to toe for 3 hours, called a few people for help, couldn't reach em, still won in the end. Fighting out of the red corner: 1975 6hp. Tecumseh Troybilt tiller. Fighting out of the blue corner: A 40 yr. old guy that hates working on small engines...

Yea, I bought a 4 stroke Ryobi string trimmer about 3 yrs. ago. I must say I've been pretty disappointed with it. It runs fine for about the 1st ten minutes or so, longer if I'm easy on it with a lot of walking and not much cutting. When I really put it to work on a fence row it just can't...

Just a quick rant. Am I outa line? I bought a 21 horse riding mower from Lowes last year. The motor is a Briggs. They are still selling the exact same mower this year. I changed the oil but not the filter after the break-in period. This year I stopped into the store to pick up a filter for an...

Several days ago our dog Luna was lounging around in the yard all day, she got up and went for a walk somewhere and came back about 10 mins. later with a faily large gash on her face. Luckily she had just gotten her distemper shot the day before and the wound wasn't bad enough to need stitches...

Well, we started our first project of '04 this weekend. It's a 16' x 10' deck/porch on the end of our house. It will have a roof over it so I guess it's a porch I went down to the local TSC Fri. and picked up a 3 point PHD. Last year we used a 2-man 5 horse but this year I decided my back...

Do any of you do realtime chat about rural living? I do once in awhile at Backwoodshome.com but its like pulling teeth to get anybody in there. I'd like to find a chat room that is active with down to earth people to converse about rural life and self-reliant living. Kevin

Yuck, we made breakfast this morning. I asked my wife if she thought the eggs were "off" tasting and she agreed. I was thinking to myself that they tasted like fish and asked her what she thought they tasted like. Without any prompting from me she said "they taste fishy". We fed them to the dogs...

o\'ring or gasket found entering filter Here's the deal. I was changing my hydraulic filter on the L3710 this afternooon. When I removed the filter that was on the tractor I found a piece of rubber (not the filter gasket) trying to enter the filter. It's about 6 inches long x about 3/16" wide...

I'm about to spend some $$$ on a set of rear chains. Has anyone done business with this company and if so, do you recommend them? Kevin

Is an L series HST supposed to have a safety switch on the clutch? I realize it has a neutral safety switch but I thought it was supposed to start without the clutch pedal depressed. While doing my 400hr. service and checking the "starting system"(I bought it used) it said to try and start the...

Does anybody follow \"safe operation\" suggestions? While doing my 400hr. maintenance today I was reading the manual. The first day I drove my Kubota I was in "violation" since I hadn't actually read the entire manual, or even all of the yellow pages in the front. I can honestly say I have...

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Just placed an order for filters and fluids at a price of almost $300. Thats not including air filters which I just replaced. I went with the Super UDT fluid. It might be overkill but I don't plan on buying it again for a couple years. I just got this L3710 this year so I'm still outfitting it...

Just a thought, has anyone ever thought of or tried to convert a boxscraper into a heavyduty aerator? It seems like the frame is all there and a guy could buy some parts to add on fairly easily. Kevin

Hey all, the warning light for the air filter has been coming on more often than I think it should. I was mowing a field one day and it came on for the first time. I understand that one. I took the outer filter out and blew it out with compressed air. The light came on again after about another...

Well..., It was supposed to be Monday but you know how those things go. Originally they were supposed to get started in June but hey....they're here now! The bridge came out today and they moved a whole bunch of blue clay with the Cat 330L and 5 yd. bucket. They dug a good portion of the pond...

I didn't realize until now that the L3830 has a 3 cyl. engine. For some reason I thought the two tractors had the same engine. Would somebody like to explain why Kubota went with a 3 cyl. ? I see that displacement on the 4 cyl. is 113.3 inches and 111.5 on the 3 cyl. Is the L3830 a totally...

We've got very small drainage creek between our property and my neighbor to the north. There is deep ravine and bridge at the bottom of it. Starting Monday a contractor is going to tear out the bridge and put in a dam. The dam will be 10ft. taller than the bridge is now and we're going to knock...

Caught these 5 walking through our front yard this evening. Kevin

Just curious, I think I've got the largest Kubota that takes the MMM and someday I might get me some turf tires and mower for summer. How does the L series do with a MMM? I'm not planning this for the near future, it's way down the list. How do they mow? I would think the ground would have to be...

I mowed the neighbor's field this week. I'd say it's about 8 or 9 acres. He'd been bugging me to pick up a mower for several weeks and I finally did. The grass and weeds were very tall and combined with the rough disced field it took me over 3 hrs. to mow it. It may have been closer to 4 hrs...

Hi fellas, I picked up a 6ft. King Kutter rotary cutter last weekend. It's a cheapy as far as rotary cutters go but I'll only be using it about 3 times per year. Once I figured out how to get it adjusted to my liking it worked very well. I've mowed about 15 acres with it so far. It was the first...

I loaded my 17.5-24 R4s about 40% full today. I aired them up to about 18psi. I noticed the book calls for 20psi. Is this considered a max. pressure, and if so, what is considered a min. pressure? I've read recently about a guy running 9psi. I'm not sure what kind of tractor or what tires he...

They\'re loaded Well, I loaded the rear tires with 30 gals. of washer fluid each. They're 17.5-24s so I'm just guessing they're about 40% full right now. Is that a pretty close guess? Is there any reason 40% would be any more harmfull to the tractor than 75% full? I figure 240lbs. / wheel is a...

When I bought my used L3710 with FEL this year I actually asked the dealer about loading the tires. He said something to this effect. We don't recommend loading the tires because it causes additional wear and tear on the tractor and it's not designed to need it blah blah. This is a large...

Well, having read some good things on First Choice implememts I decided to try and find a dealer in my area. I tried to contact the company through their website but never heard from them. Today I called their toll free number and talked to a guy for a few minutes. I asked if there were any...

Hi All, Well, it's the first butchering day of the summer for me today. I'm not really looking forward to it, but I've only got 3 to do. It's really just a warmup for things to come. We don't breed until spring to lessen the chores over the winter. The next round of butchering will be 14 in a...