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I have now had my Rhinoceros (Xiniu) XN08 for nearly 6y, imported from China in 2018. My main TBN thread so far has been about importing it, and modifying it to do what I want, and not get damaged...

A bunch of these have landed in the 'hood here. 2020 Yamaha UMAX. 48V SLA battery-powered, 2WD with differential and dumpable cargo box. Super-quiet. Anyone have one of these? The new ones offer lithium batteries, but at a 50% premium.

I agreed to fix the leaks on a friend's old 80s era Kubota B8200. This tractor is common around here, and the way the cylinder goes together is just about my least favorite. The end cap (gland) uses a springy wire that is captured by a groove inside the lip of the cylinder barrel. I have done...

I got one of these recently. Price was right (free, delivered). It has a transmission problem that I plan to fix. Anyone have one of these? Not much on Utube. This one is 2wd, with diff-lock, 3-cylinder Mitsubishi gasoline-powered 4-stroke, with hydraulic dump. Trans is a synchronized...

I recently imported a new mini-X from China, and it has been very useful. The buckets that came with it, however, leave a lot to be desired. They are too flimsy, too shallow, and use soft cast steel teeth. This will be the 2nd bucket I have made from scratch, since I made one for my...

Last fall, I went looking for a CUT with HST for my neighbor. Something fairly new and low hours in the 2000-3000 pound weight class (naked) with loader. Slim pickens in the local used market. So I got a quotation from the Branson dealer 100 miles from here, and got a price for a 2610h with...

Recently got another tractor project, a 30 year old Kubota B20 TLB. Neglected, and needing lots of minor repairs. Question: has anyone who has owned, used, and/or worked the integrated backhoe, BT650 or BT750 know much about the Auto Return feature? It seems Kubota gave up on this function...

Well, I have been using my Chinese excavator, and I now have almost 30 hours on it. For those who have not seen my earlier thread on how I got it, it is a 1-ton unit called an XN08, made by Xiniu, aka Shandong Landworld Machinery. I knew it would happen eventually: I threw a track. By that I...

I recently imported a new 1-ton mini-X from China, and it needs an hydraulic thumb. It came with a mechanical thumb installed, but it is flimsy and won't do at all. I made an hydraulic thumb for my backhoe years ago, and it is indispensable. So, over the next several days, I will post pix and...

Can anyone identify this tractor? It looks to me like a grey market Japanese CUT, given what looks like rice paddy rear tires. The FEL looks home-built. The 'S' logo makes me think of Satoh or Shibaura, but I have not found any logos like that yet. I only have these pix to go by. I do not...

It has been a while since I posted a Big Project on TBN, so here we go again. I have been on a quest for a mini-X, so I imported a new one from China. It has been complicated and took a lot of time and energy, but it is here and working. Over the next week or so, I will post about my search...

Kemp, TX is halfway between Dallas and Tyler, TX. They have a mini excavator I want, if I can figure out shipping. Of course, I would have to pay an inspector first, and pay for the unit in advance.

My backhoe attachment now has maybe 200 hours on it and I need to do some repairs. My hoe is a clone of the Woods 7500 unit, but somewhat beefed up, and made in Bulgaria. It has served me well....trenching, excavating my mountain trails, and moving tons of rocks and logs. I have damaged my...

Just got back from the World Ag Expo in Tulare, CA. 75F and sunny, but the usual horrible stench of cattle effluent. Anyway, here is the new Kioti. As usual, no one was there who know the fun technical details. The brochure seems to indicate the engine is 39.6hp, gross, but has the same...

I was helping out the owner of one of the 2 CK30s I bought back in in 05. Seems he had another pump failure...the 2nd one! The first one was maybe 5 y ago, and the pump was replaced back then. It seems that Kioti replaced the original Casappa, made in Italy, with a Joyang, made in Korea...

Well, it's been a long time since I had a broken tractor to fix, and now I have a new one. This is a 50hp hydrostatic tractor, made by Landini in Italy, a GX50H. It uses a 4-cylinder Yanmar Diesel, and features a compact size (only slightly longer than my CK30) with 4x4 and lockable front AND...

Well, some would say, never. And terminology does matter. I am prompted to write this after getting one of those emails from our hydraulics guru from Down Under, Bendan Casey. In it, he equates a "ram" to a "displacement cylinder", or a cylinder without a piston seal. Some folks call any...

Lots of new blue tractors on display at the World Ag Expo last week. It was in the mid-70s, too.

Well, not completely homemade; I started with a Suzuki Samurai. Moving dirt around with your tractor, one loader bite at a time can be pretty inefficient and frustrating, esp when you need to move the dirt more than 100 feet or so. 500 feet, and you REALLY want a dumptruck. So.....I have...

Last week, I noticed that my parking brake would no longer stay in one of the 2 positions I use. The more-on position, which I use on slopes, was kaput. The other position, which I use on level ground (not that I have much) still worked. Anyway, the PB is very important, so I popped off the...

....or..."Hydraulic Chainsaws for Fun and Profit" A long time ago, I fantasized about building a boom-mounted chainsaw to connect to my loader. This would allow me to trim branches off trees from the seat of my tractor. The loader can already reach more than 8 feet high, and the boom I...

Well, I recently finished another backhoe subframe. This may be my seventh or eighth? I lost count. This is for a 2001 John Deere 4300, and a new Prairie Dog 7.5, a Woods 7500 clone. I recently rebuilt this former rental tractor; the thread is here...

I was taking some engines to the metal recycler last summer, and I decided to stop at the Sales side of the business to see what they had. It never ceases to amaze me what folks throw out, and this day was no exception. I found this 60-inch Bobcat QA 4-in-1 loader bucket, with a somewhat bent...

My bro just picked up three sparkling new excavators from the Kubota plant in GA, and delivered them to a dealer in PA. What the.....?! No loading dock! This is how they unloaded these 9000+ pound babies.

This is another chapter in my refurbishment of a 2001 John Deere 4300, started here: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/parts-repairs/247806-2001-john-deere-4300-hst.html Now I am ready to tackle the body. It needs a new hood and fuel door, which are missing, and I need to repair some of the...

This thread will show the repair efforts I went through to fix a sloppy FEL on my 4300 ex-rental tractor. This is a chapter in my refurbishment project on this tractor: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/parts-repairs/247806-2001-john-deere-4300-hst.html This loader is the smaller of 2 OEM...

I am starting this as a new thread, but it is really just one chapter in my concurrent thread, 2001 John Deere 4300 HST tractor extensive repairs and refurbishment: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/parts-repairs/247806-2001-john-deere-4300-hst.html This is my 2001 JD 4300, and I need to...

This is my second one of these 4300 ex-rental repair projects, and as I wind it up, I will be posting the process here. Unlike the last 4300 I did, I will start new threads for the different major repairs, and link them here. That way, a particular repair is not buried deeply in such a long...

A tractor recently came up for sale at a dealer in N. CA. It's a 2001 with HST, 4x4, and loader. The MFWD is broken, but the engine runs and the tractor moves in 2WD. I have been looking for a few years for just this kind of project, an HST NH CUT needing repair. I want to dissect a blue...

I am fixing up some JD 550 3-point rototillers and I need to buy new drive shafts. I notice that lots of units out there do not use shear bolt or slip clutch protection. I don't do any rototilling with my tractor. Those who do: do you use protection? If not, what happens when you pinch rocks?

Here is a good article that may interest a few tractor folks: https://hydraulics.infusionsoft.com/app/optIn/9/38e2d9fe400084df/21460740/1ef61601e3c91423 Brendan Casey has published numerous useful articles on the practical application, maintenance, and repair of hydraulic systems. His subject...

I saw this plate on a new economy compact at the New Holland exhibit at the recent WorldAgExpo. It's a Shibaura 2.2 engine on a T1530. It says it is compliant with the newest CARB standards for off-road Diesels for 2010. For 7 years or 5000 hours anyway. I wonder what happens then..... NH...

I have wanted to build one of these for a long time, and at last I have completed it. I have already used it to trim some of my many trees, and to lift and attach the last pieces of metal roofing to my new wood shed. I have created a video of the new manlift in operation.....the link is at the...

Not many tractor owners are willing to go thru the process of making a custom subframe to mount a backhoe attachment securely to their tractor. I want to encourage anyonewho is reasonably handy to consider doing this....it is very rewarding, and you can endup with a TLB setup that comes...

I saw this video on Youtube, and it is not for the faint-of-heart. I don't know how long it will be posted, since it is a Kioti CK30 sold by a dealer. I only happened across this video because it came up on the "related video" teaser list while posting a video of my own CK30. I was not so much...

Anyone about to buy a new Bobcat CUT? I have a coupon I will send you, but it must be used before July 31, 2010. This will give you $250 off the price you negotiate. I will get a coupon for implements sent to me after you buy. First-come-first-serve. When it is gone, I will post.

This thread has resurrected an issue I have with my Kioti's HST and HSTs in general: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/bobcat-tractors/165728-attacking-power-problem-ct225.html This issue was talked about in other threads over the years, including this one...

For you non-professional steel fabricators out there, here is the latest method I use for drilling holes between 1/2" and 1 1/16" in steel plate, up to 5/8" thick. A lot has been written on TBN over the years about holes, but this is a surprisingly economical way to go. I expected to see more...

Years ago, I helped to install a 4-in-1 bucket on a Kubota L2550DT. This is a Construction Attachments unit, and it is HEAVY. It easily eats up half of the lifting capacity of the BF400G loader. When I tried it out, I was less than enthusiastic about 4-in-1s on these older tractors. I have...

This is a brand new Bobcat CT230 compact tractor w/ 30hp Diesel engine, 4WD, Hydrostatic transmission, Power steering, tilt steering wheel, foldable rollover protection, 540RPM PTO, and front end loader with joystick control. The total weight, with loader (no other implements) is approx 4000...

I got my first TIG welding lesson a couple of weeks ago. A friend was nice enough to give me some hands-on exposure and guidance with his welder. Anyway, here is a project he just finished. It is the instrument panel and brake/clutch pedal shaft support. I am surprised to find that is is...

I bought the Workshop manual (rev DEC 2004) when I bought my tractor back in 05. It covers the CK25/CK30. I am about to open up the 3-pt cylinder housing on my Bobcat CT230 and I notice that Chapter 9 (Hydraulics) ends with page 9-54. There seems to be some areas about the position control...

This douglas fir tree fell last Sunday, due to wind, and a weakened root system. It was lying across my private road, very close to my neighbor's house. The tree was 41" in diameter at chest height, and about 110 feet long. The slope is about 90%, and our county road is downhill, about 100...

I have searched the archives and not found my answer. I just got a new Bobcat CT230, which is the same machine as my Kioti CK30, which I have used for years. I was testing out the new machine with a box blade, and I noticed that the 3-pt hitch initially would raise the BB up pretty high...

Anyone know where the system pressure relief valve is located for the Daedong M27 tractors? My CK30 service manual shows it in a diagram (called a safety valve), but not where it is located. There is nothing obvious on the gearbox or three point cylinder housing. I want to lower the pressure...

Just got another new tractor. As is my habit with any piece of equipment I get, I thoroughly checked it out. I found one FEL bolt that was barely started and a hydraulic pressure test that showed 3000psi at the loader! This means that either the FEL relief valve is at 3000 and the system RV...

Just received my new CT230. I still can hardly believe the price.... Under $12.5K for tractor, including bobtach 7TL FEL, AG tires, and single AUX remote valve. Delivered, including 9% sales tax. That is considerably less than I paid for my 2005 CK30 with more expensive R4 tires and no QA FEL...

As I am about to button up the top of my JD 4300, I still have a mysterious part that I found in the bottom of my main gearbox/ final drive housing. It was just lying in the oil sump. Does anyone in the vast collective TBN knowledge base have any idea what this is?

Over the next few days, I will be posting the process I went through to convert my Mixer80 3-pt concrete mixer from PTO drive to hydraulic drive. I am posting this in the Hydraulics forum because it illustrates what's involved in the conversion of potentially ANY PTO-driven implement. First...

Any one out there mount and dismount your own tires? I know some have purchased the Harbor Fright tire changer. I bought mine years ago, and as with some other HF tools, it works, but you need to modify it a bit.... First, you have to mount it onto something that won't move around with the...

Here is the deal that Bobcat is offerring until the end of next month. I don't know why they are offering such a deal on the CT230, and this dealer document implies that not all Bobcat dealers get this deal. This dealer is all over the west coast. The CT230 deal is below cost, according to my...

I know this is worth its own thread. Go to this thread to see how I changed the seals in my JD4300: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/parts-repairs/146974-john-deere-4300-complete-rebuild-3.html#post1727328

The deal is just too good, so I am ordering a CT230 today. The standard tires, according to Bobcat West, are 7-16 front and 9.5-24 rear AGs. That is very strange, considering that I bought a Kioti CK30 with 7-14 and 11.2-24 AGs before. The tires on the Bobcat will substantially change the...

This thread is going to be a little different from my others. This time I am going to post updates long before the project is finished. That way, events are fresher in my mind, and I think this one is going to take longer than my previous rebuilds. Some things may not work out as expected...

There is a JD 4300 for sale on Ebay that is broken in half. I am posting one of the seller's photos here so it is saved for posterity. This will be evidence that you CAN break a CUT in half....probably caused by hoe abuse. This tractor has a 4-in-1 and 48 hoe on it.....ITEM #130312019641...

I am considering the use of a 12V clutch, like you see on your car's AC compressor, to run a hydraulic pump. The pump would be about 1/5 cu in/ rev, and I would like to be able to get 1500psi out of it. Anyone try that? I am concerned that the belt(s) and electromagnetic clutch be able to...

I just saw the new L45 at the World AG Show this week. It looks like they have not only added some power, but they have also addressed at least 2 big limitations of the old L39: now there is a HST, and an integrated backhoe thumb.

I just converted my Kioti tractor over to the TLB-style engine speed control, from the standard dash-mounted lever. Tractor-Loader-Backhoes (TLBs) have their engine speed controls accessible to the driver while operating the hoe OR drving the tractor. My Kubota B21 used a control lever on the...

I have been lusting for a 4-in-1 bucket for my Kioti CK30 loader. I had one on my B21 and I got a few hours using it, so now I must have one for the long term. I was pleasantly surprised that you can do a lot with this kind of bucket, even on light tractors. My CK30 is 50% heavier than the...

Anyone have a Chinese 4-in-1 bucket on their loader? If so, what size and how does it hold up? I see that some Chinese tractor dealers offer 4-in-1s as an option when you buy a tractor from them. I would like to buy a 54-60 inch unit and adapt it to my Kioti loader. I have had two 4-in-1s...

This thread will describe what I went through in the design and build process for a hydraulicly operated thumb for my Prairie Dog backhoe attachment. Those who have seen my previous DIY thumb postings will note the many similarities to my Fixed Mechanical Backhoe Thumb (1st and 2nd...

It seems that for those of us in the boonies, you can never have too many water tanks. The plastic ones, made of cross-linked polyethylene (PEX) or linear polyethylene, are the most economical, but how do you transport them? When you buy them new, the seller delivers them and rolls them into...

This project has been on my list for a long time. It made it to prime time when I realized that my backhoe bkt was broken. I use my b/h for digging up and lifting many rocks, which puts a lot of stress on the bkt teeth. I have the cast ductile iron (or cast steel) bolt-on teeth that are seen...

This is my second design of a fueling station for my compact tractors. Some TBN members may recall my first approach, a modified jerry can that used air pressure to dispense fuel. http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/102731-diesel-fueling-made-easy-easier.html It worked, but a...

I came across this 1998 Kubota B21 TLB this summer, and I bought it as an interesting repair project. It was owned by a small water company, which took good care of it, having frequent maintenance done at the Kubota dealer. It seems to have been stored inside and greased frequently. This...

I just added a B21 to my stable. Currently looking for PDF-type manuals. Anyone know where the tractor serial # is located? I acquired this tractor partially disassembled, but a tire date stamp indicates it is prob a 97 or 98 model. I think they were made from mid-90s to 2006.

I don't buy a lot of fuel, but I learned years ago that I hate to lift fuel cans and pour then into the filler on my tractors. I have seen several threads about this and how tractor users preferred to do it. My current solution is not ideal, but it is a great improvement. This does not...

For you Kioti experts: What is the problem with the Kioti factory website? All it has is a "Find a Dealer in Your Area" applet. No links to tractor data like it used to have. A couple of banner ads and a link for financing. It has been this way for months. Fortunately some dealers have...

Here is another of my full custom backhoe subframes....this time for a Kioti CK30. This one was my hardest and most ambitious so far. I have now done full custom subframes for an L2500, two JD 955s (2 diff kinds of subframes), a CK30, and a factory old style subframe from Woods for an L2550...

Here is my 2nd generation home-made backhoe thumb, designed for my Prairie Dog 7.5 subframe-mounted hoe. I posted my 1st gen thumb last year as some may remember, for this same Woods 7500 clone. First, for you backhoe owners, a thumb of any kind will be a tremendous addition, at least...

For you west coasters, I highly recommend you consider attending the World AG Expo next month in Tulare, CA. It is especially valuable if you are looking for a new tractor, like ones the dealers don't have yet, such as the Kubota Grand L 40s or the Kioti CK35 and DK45HST. I have gone several...

Ever wish your loader bucket was WAY bigger, like when you want to haul trash or firewood? Well I've been there...often. So I decided to build a replacement bucket for my loader, a bucket that could carry 1 cubic yard of material (heaped). Of course, this won't be a cy of rocks or wet dirt...

There is a no-reserve CK30 on Ebay, starting at $12K, no reserve. In Detroit area. I can't remember ever seeing a CK30 on Ebay.

I need metric adapters for a Kioti 2375 backhoe and a KL130 loader. Does anyone know the size for the hose connection to the hydraulic cylinders? How about a source, too? I want to connect my pressure test guage to the hose end at the cylinder, and I want to adapt same to a hydraulic PHD. My...

On a CK30 with optional single remote hydraulic valve, the handle has become stuck in the forward detent position. Has this happened to others? I wonder how much force should be used, without risking bending the handle. I know I can disassemble the valve if I have to.

I am thinking of getting another Kioti...this time a CK20HST. I am concerned about the tractor being tall enough to run a PHD with standard 42" PTO auger. A quick search reveals that some TBN members have PHDs for their CK20s. Are they shorter augers? I want to use a Worksaver model 500 and...

Does anyone know if Kioti charges a fee to transfer the warranty on a tractor sold that is still under warranty. If they do, how much do they charge?