My First Real Tractor!

Kustrud · Oct 10, 2017

clemsonfor said:
PTOs are plenty durable. I mow stuff that's too big for my tractor. If I can get it bent over and under the bushhog or tractor I will slowly mow it down. You don't hear about many failures of these things. The back PTo can be taken out as a unit from the back so anything that needs to be replaced is easier I am sure than on some tractors. you still need tools and know how, pullers and presses but you can get these things apart. That said I have not heard about a bad bearing really that I remember let alone a busted gear??

They easily will till and bush hogging is probably more of a stressor. Especially when encountering things like small trees etc.

As for weights what ever you can get the cheapest to hang up there. There all about the same. some have had luck buying at like lowes for their yard tractors. I just have a solid metal bar that's 3"s and a 3" ID pipe filled with lead on the front of mine to make a 2 pipe front pipe bumper on mine. Welded to some brackets made from just angle iron.

Awesome, thanks for the info!

Kustrud · Oct 10, 2017

California said:
How tough is the pto? These Yanmars are high horsepower to weight ratio, designed mainly for powering a rototiller that needs all of the tractor's horsepower.

There is no form of strain relief, slip clutch or sacrificial shear pin, in factory configuration. Running the rototiller into an immovable object while running at full power simply stalls the tractor. Generally without damaging anything.

Good to know, thanks!

Kustrud · Oct 10, 2017

I found a King Kutter Middle Buster been used once for $90 I'm about to pick up today! May test it out today and try to rip some weeds/grass up behind the house.

California · Oct 10, 2017

Kustrud said:
I found a King Kutter Middle Buster been used once for $90 I'm about to pick up today! May test it out today and try to rip some weeds/grass up behind the house.

Go for it! I've always wondered if these Yanmars have the traction to pull a 'boat anchor' like that. It should work fine .... Please report how that works out! :thumbsup:

winston1 · Oct 10, 2017

Your ought to make some nice furrows if that is what your after.

Kustrud · Oct 10, 2017

Using it to break new ground for new deer plots. Then go over it with some discs or a cultivator to break up and even out the surface a bit- whatever I can find first haha!

I have used these before behind garden tractors and they are GREAT for breaking new ground!

I cannot wait to test it out!

clemsonfor · Oct 10, 2017

It will work beautifully.

clemsonfor · Oct 10, 2017

It will work beautifully.

My uncle has one. I have never pulled it behind mine though.

Kustrud · Oct 11, 2017

Alright, so I think I about have this thing ready to work. Only two outstanding issues:

1. Gas tank was being melted by bolts on engine when it was overheating. Should I just slide a piece of sheet metal in the straps to sit between tank and engine?
2. Hydraulic screen housing is slowly leaking - I did not add silicone/RTV yet. Should I do that instead of getting new gasket?

Thanks!

clemsonfor · Oct 11, 2017

Didn't u drain fluid? Take it off and use rtv to out back on it won't leak. The gasket sold is just paper. Do it proper with rtv and will be fine. Mine is.

I would try to space the tank away from bolts if the only way to do that is with she metal do that, but iF the two touch wouldn't the sheet metal just heat up and then melt of is the larger surface area dispurse the heat more? Maybe the metal and an old piece of inner tube on the tank side?