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I am a township supervisor. We have a complaint from a resident whose yard keeps getting messed up by cattle from the beef farm across the road. We're not talking about a large farmer, about 20 beef cows and their calves. I've checked his fences and from what I can see without going on his...

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I have a M5-111 with about 200 hours that has started having noise and vibration when steering, worse at high RPM’s. I’ve been doing a lot of PTO work at 2000 rpm (=540 PTO) but today running hi idle I notice the noise and vibration with every little steering movement. No, the front wheels are...

Insurance paid the owner of this New Holland T4.120. A friend picked it up feeling that since there is still oil in the transmission and engine, some parts may be usable. He does show quality restorations of antique farm equipment. I think it’s a challenge but wouldn’t it be great to see it...

Is there a trick to get a dealer to work on a tractor. My nephew forgot to enable auto regen when his electricity went out. Tractor driving emergency gen for 20 hours, was near 99% at start, was at 160% in the morning, wouldn’t regen, so in a week dealer picked it up. It’s his main feeding...

I've read posts that pre-Tier4 tractors are valued higher than the newer equipment that is Tier 4 compliant. Today in one of my industry publications I got mid-year results of equipment based on age. They only broke down 3 segments and I selected dozer as most equivalent to tractors (the other...

My wife was mowing in a fairly strong wind last week, 25mph with gusts to 42mph. Wind was from the west, and one time when she turned east a wind gust flipped up the hood and snapped the meager mounting tabs. I ordered a new hood after finding Messick’s has 7 in stock. If they stock that many of...

I've put up with rodent odor in my cab last season not having time to tear into it, but getting ready for drilling small grain this year, it was time to get rid of the source. I took off the quarter turn fasteners at the rear of the headliner and sure enough, there were seed hulls. Next I...

My M7 was down for 18 days due to a leaking o-ring in the suspension - o-ring not serviced separately, odd size, needed to replace entire hose and expedited shipment took 18 days - did I ever say Kubota service sucks? So I swapped the baler to my L6060. Now the L6060 has plenty of power for a 14...

15-year-old dies in accident with skid steer tractor | www.WDIO.com This accident about 30 miles from me. Haven't heard any more details than in this report.

Learned this morning my wife's niece's husband died one of the most gruesome deaths. They are estranged; she hadn't heard from him recently and tried calling. When she couldn't get in touch she drove to the farm to check on him. He had fallen off his tractor and under the rotary cutter. Coroner...

Distancing has required innovative graduation celebrations in rural communities. My great-niece texted me and said, "Uncle Mike, can you take me in the graduate parade on your tractor?" So I spent the day washing and polishing, then headed in to town where Katrina and I added graduation decor...

Copyright FlightAware - This is from France, Chalon-Vatry airport in the Champagne region. Always wondered why we don't commonly see the front 3 point hitch like this. My job took me to France for a 3 year assignment 20 years ago and thought how great they were cutting grass before the tires...

My first tractor with DPF and/or DEF purchased in 2013 and this week first problem. Received items in pic in the mail. Don't look like much of a problem but instructions: 1 - park on firm surface, set brake 2 - lower all attachments 3 - set controls to neutral 4 - release hydraulic system...

Have 190 hours. Steer cylinder mounting brackets have failed twice. First time my wife called, tractor stopped. I drove home, discovered brackets holding cylinder failed, hoses were only thing supporting cylinder and one came loose, least all oil so tractor stopped. Replaced brackets and tie...

Somebody once asked me about pictures where a ROPS saved a life. I was sorting pics and found this accident. Operator normally would have been compacting this slope driving up and down but in this case he was near the top compacting along the slope. The slope is not steep enough to overturn the...

Two days cold temp between -40 and -55. Kubota M110GX failed to start for feeding livestock. Started fine when it was in the -30 to -35 range but at -40 it no go. This morning the weather broke and -16 so no problem. Problem isn't gel. We really haven't had this cold since the early 1990s but...

This is an outside dual on my nephew’s 250 HP 4wd tractor. Tire looked a little better than this, but not much, when he bought it used 6 years ago. All the outside duals are similar. No reason to change - it keeps going. So how bad must a tire be to require changing? Worse than this!

Man injured after tractor hit by car | Duluth News Tribune Another neighbor was hit by a vehicle last winter about 4 miles from this accident. In this accident Mark suffered multiple fractures of both arms, broken ribs, plus additional injuries but is able to move his legs and appears not to...

My 91 year old neighbor was bringing a large round bale from his storage area to his cattle yard and due to frosted windows didn't see the delivery truck coming down the highway. Truck hit him in the right front wheel, broke the axle attachments and knocked the axle a couple feet over to the...

I have paid off 3 Kubota loans using auto-pay. They all went by the book, proof of payoff shortly after last payment. Now I want to trade 1 year before the loan is paid off. I have 12 payments, per their documentation, but Kubota has given a number about $180 higher than the remaining...

Dropped by my nephew's this morning and saw this tractor tire being repaired. I recognized the Rim Guard right away but was surprised by the rim rust (thought Rim Guard was supposed to prevent that) and the sticky mess. Rust is just superficial, but they said this has been the most miserable...

My wife is very supportive, said "Accidents will happen,", but in fact I really messed up. I took the loader off my M135GX Kubota for chopping hay, and now that is done I reinstalled it to move large round bales. Since chopping has never gone 109%(rain delays), I removed the loader in a bad...

Indication how the new tractor market is right now can be measured by these 3 flyers I received this week: Mahindra - 84 months zero percent John Deere - a whole bunch of offers inside including long term zero percent, discounts, or combinations Kubota - $5,000 off on a tractor they do not yet...

Cook man dies while cutting tree | KBJR 6 & Range 11 | KDLH 3: News, Weather, Sports for Duluth MN / Superior WI / Northland | Iron Range Neighbor of mine, felling trees and skidding them out to an area where his 77 year old father cuts and splits for his firewood business. Scott worked on our...

Ester day I received yet another Deere discount offering up to $16,000 discount in addition to regular trade in value if I trade my 90 - 135 HP Kubota built between 2007 & 2012 on a John Deere 6M. The first discount offer I received expired in February. The next one expired at the end of...

Hen I finished plowing snow today I oil dripping from the bottom of the LH front axle. Oil collected at the bottom cap but noticed most of the oil was on the inside of the rim. That can only come from a leaking axle seal. Tractor is a L5740hstc-3 with 630 hours. Replacement looks pretty...

Late to be posting but in December I received my first mailing offering up to $17,000 plus book trade-in value to trade my M135GX on a new Deere 6 series. Promotion went from about $7,000 trading for a 6D to $17,000 for an equivalent horsepower 6R dropping to only $15,000 for the highest...

A few years ago my brother in law bought my sister a TT75A primarily as a raking tractor. She has liked it so well that this year he bought a Workmaster 75 for their tedder. The Workmaster has not been as reliable as the TT75A and is now down. My sister was driving it between fields and as...

Army Buying High-Speed Backhoes - Diesel Progress - June 2014 200 HP built in USA, 60 mph road speed, digs to 13 feet, nice loader capacity, and a place to store my M-16 standard. Bullet resistant glass too.

Japanese engine and equipment manufacturer Kubota has announced its plan to build its first European agricultural tractor facility, the British Farmers Weekly has reported. Work on the site near Dunkerque, France, is scheduled to begin in December of next year, with production to commence by...

Minn. tractor driver killed in traffic collision | kare11.com KELLOGG, Minn. - Minnesota troopers say a 65-year-old man who was driving a tractor in Wabasha County has died after being rear-ended by another vehicle. Earlier in the week a farmer was crushed under a skid steer. I only heard...

Found out the hard way that if the lever used to couple the bank of connectors doesn't move freely, you need to bleed off the pressure in the loader. Last week I removed the loader on a cold (in the 40's) damp day. Yesterday was our hottest day of the year for Northern MN, in the mid-90's...

The grandfather in this item is a person who worked at the same Caterpillar plant as me prior to my retirement. He was into restoring tractors. Although I haven't heard for sure, I believe it was one of his restorations meaning an older tractor with no ROPS. I got to know a lot of the guys...

Having done my second Kubota hydraulic filter change this year, I was wondering about the note to clean the particles off the filter magnet on the filter that is removed. Since the new filter comes with a new magnet, what is the purpose of cleaning the old magnet? Am I missing something? Are...

Would be interesting to know more about this accident. Sounds like the tractor flipped over backwards while trying to pull out a stuck tractor. No ROPS? Chain hooked higher than the drawbar on the towing tractor? Those thoughts make me shudder because in my younger days I had a tractor...

Three years, 3 deliveries. MX135GX is the brew arrival, RTV 900XT was last year, and the mosly hidden because its broke down L5740 was the 2011 purchase. Now if it would only stop raining so I could put the MX135 to work. My nephew says I can haul manure for him but that seems too gross for...

Loader control linkage cable broke on my Kubota L5740 Saturday. Ordered it for my dealer first thing Tuesday (darn holiday weekends), will be at the dealer next Monday. In the meantime I had to use my Cat 301.8 mini-excavator to move 200 yards of gravel delivered Tuesday and Wednesday...

Was installing a culvert today, had finished with my mini and moved to the tractor to finish filling in gravel and suddenly the loader stopped lowering. I pulled up the boot on the joystick and everything was tight. I had the guy I was working for move the lever while I checked underneath...

I know most everybody on the forum owns CUTs or SCUTs, but I think there are a few around with larger Kubotas. My M135GX is due to be delivered today or tomorrow. I picked up the manual and went over the controls with the dealer yesterday. First, I assume the power shift transmission is...

Took an early retirement in 2009. Plan had been to do a considerable amount of traveling. Now, 4 years later, I have not set foot on a plane since returning from my last business trip although I have around 1,000,000 frequent flier miles banked. When I took overseas assignments my wife and I...

Have the quote from JD dealer, and the discounted price I'd about even with the Kubota build your own list price. I am looking for a tractor 110 - 120 engine HP, with power shift as a must. The tractor will be used for haying and tillage - pulling a 4 bottom semi-mounted plow most likely, but...

Another tragic accident involving a youngster working with a team of horses. Farming whether with mechanization or horses/mules is a dangerous business. Our veterinarian retired from a large animal practice in Southern MN, moved north but has continued to work primarily with small animals. He...

Visiting my wife's family in MO and the farm of which we are part owner, my brother-in-law, who manages the farm, said that the L3000 he uses mainly for light work around greenhouses because if its small size was making a random clunking sound, forward and reverse, any gear. The tractor has...

Body Found in Lakewood Township | Northland's NewsCenter: News, Weather, Sports | NBC, CBS, MyNetworkTV, and The CW for Duluth MN / Superior WI | Breaking News Not much information yet as to type or age of tractor, ROPS equipped or not, etc.

Does anybody know how to keep their coolers from plugging quickly? Sunday afternoon I cut some grass and brush for the last time this year. I cleaned the radiator and air conditioner screens well before cutting. I worked about 3 hours and really didn't see dust in the air but the next morning...

Motorcyclist dies after hitting farm implement | kare11.com Looks like the tractor driver was doing everything right and then some. On the right side of the road, flashing lights on, additional rotating beacon, but the motorcyclist still hit him. Roading home after dark always makes me...

I am out checking fields to see if we can spray. I've gone through this ditch before when the water was higher, but I plunge and get stuck. Okay, time to try out the diff lock, but no improvement. Why - the water is only hub deep although the engine and transmission are dragging , but this...

I have a King Kutter Professional series 84" back blade. We had almost no winter but in February we finally had a snowfall where I had to reverse the blade so I could push in reverse. Wouldn't you know that that was the time that the part welded to the back of the blade pivot tube that holds...

Have been looking for an assistant for my tractor and mini-excavator. My wife wasn't too keen on spending the money but took her to the dealer today and had her drive. Whole different class from the Polaris 6x6 she has been using what with the power steering and all. She had the check written...

Before retiring, I had a L3710 for doing general stuff around my 40 acre farm. I got my fuel from the on-highway pumps most of the time, always 5 gallon cans. In April I traded for a L5740 and do a lot more stuff on my farm plus odds and ends for my cousin and nephew. Consequently I go...

Not sure Brian at FitRite Hydraulics would say this is an intended use of his top and tilt but... We had 5.5 inches of rain Monday and our river flooded a bit leaving this log on my shore blocking my pontoon boat which I had pulled out of the water when it started flooding. The loader wouldn't...

Surely others must swap equipment with neighbors & relatives. If it is equipment with hydraulic cylinders, oils will mix. In my case my cousin has JD & Ford, both of which use hydraulic fluid completely compatible with UDT in my Kubota. My nephew, however, has all International/Case/CNH and...

Minnesota cold winters and hot summers, along with retirement, convinced me I needed to replace my tractor. I finally decided on a L5740 equipped: L5740-3 HSTC LA854 loader w/quick attach coupler & 72" bucket Rear wheel weights x 6 (3 per side) Rear remotes x 2 to go along with my existing...