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Don't waste money of front end weights. Best front end weight by far is a FEL. Just leave it on all the time. And for when you want more front end weight, pick up a rock or dirt with it.

4400 front end weights
John Deere Tractors
Replies 6 Post by Morgan

Must be bad deisel. You think you're bleeding the air out, but you're really bleeding out the fly eggs, leaves, water, rust, and duck doo doo that got into the deisel you bought at Agway that sat in their tanks since 1987.

Kubota B8200 hard starting
Kubota Tractors
Replies 25 Post by Morgan

Bernie, I sympathise with you about John Deere. I have had the same problem with Ford. I bought a 1921 Ford Model T "Tin Lizzie" last year from an old man who had it sitting in his back yard for 50 years. The seat material was damaged and the spring broke right through the upholstery and hit me in the butt, when I sat down. So, I took the car to Ford and asked them to fix it for me because it was faulty craftmanship on their part. Why would they manufacture a seat so the material would break through so bad that the spring would come through? It can be a safety hazard. I called the Ford executives in Detroit and they said the car was out of warantee since it was 81 years old. I said it didn't matter that the warantee was expired, it still made their company look bad that they used a material for the seat that would let a spring through into your butt, it can impale somebody and maybe even kill them if it went into their organs down there. What if a pregnant woman sat down, she might have a miscarriage and kill a human baby, that's murder. So I demanded to speak to the president of Ford, whose name is Henry Edsel II, and he said he would replace the car at no charge with a 2003 Chevrolet. I said that was not good enough I wanted a Rolls Royce.

Don t buy JD compact tractors You may be sorry
John Deere Tractors
Replies 70 Post by Morgan

Murf, I have a B6200 myself and I'm not convinced that the fuel cutoff is a solenoid. Mine fuel cutoff is a cable that pulls on a lever and I think the fuel cutoff is purely mechanical.

So, if the fuel pump is mechanical and the fuel shutoff valve is mechanical, and the engine is a deisel, it won't stop when the battery dies because it does not rely on anything electrical to run. It's a deisel!!!

My Kubota runs fine when you shut off the ignition. I bet it would keep running even if you took out the battery and all the wiring. I bet you could start the engine and remove it from the tractor and it would still be running, so long as it got fuel, just like cutting the heart out of a turtle (In biology class when I was a kid, the teacher took a live turtle and cut it open and cut its heart out and set the heart on the table and it was still beating!!!!!!!!

B6200 kicked -off
Kubota Tractors
Replies 25 Post by Morgan

Try turning the key to the upright position once the engine starts.

Coil light stays on
Kubota Tractors
Replies 6 Post by Morgan

I have to ask a really dumb question. I have a bush hog for my Kubota. I have a B6200 with a standard clutch, which also is the clutch for the PTO, so the only time the hog works is when the tractor is in gear (or neutral) and the clutch is up.

My question is, I have heard of double clutching and active PTO and stuff like that. What can I do to rig my machine so the hog stays on even when my foot hits the clutch? How do I double clutch it? How can I rig up my rig so it has an active PTO so the hog doesn't stop every time I want to shift gears? It's a real pain, especially since I'll be going along in 3rd gear on easy brish and then hit a patch of tough brush, so I have to shift into 1st gear to get the brush, but when I do that the hog loses power at a time when you need power the most.

I don't know much about tractors really, I just pretend I do so I look good on the internet.

laugh for hardcore orange guys
Kubota Tractors
Replies 4 Post by Morgan

They are all good. Get one.

New to the board and new to compact tractors
Kubota Tractors
Replies 2 Post by Morgan

Oh yeah you asked how much money.

2 new ag tires $100 each
4 new 16 inch rims $50 each (the original 2 were rusty)
2 14-inch Honda car rims as spacers $39 each
labor to mount 4 tires to rims maybe $75 total
4 inner tubes at $16 each
100 pounds of calcium per tire $?? each

now get a calculator, I think it's around $600 total

BX22 Wheel spacers
Kubota Tractors
Replies 20 Post by Morgan

Circumference ratio is the same as diameter ratio. Just measure the diameters, don't bother with the rest.

B7200 vs B6200 tires take III final time
Kubota Tractors
Replies 7 Post by Morgan

Hey if your front/rear diameter ratio is not exactly to specs and you're going to be working in loose soil or mud or gravel it won't matter, the tires will slip in the dirt and make up the slack. Just don't go on asphalt. No interstate travel. Off road only.

6200 vs 7200 tires AGAIN
Kubota Tractors
Replies 13 Post by Morgan

What year was it made??

If you don't know post serial number, and somebody will tell you.

B8200
Kubota Tractors
Replies 3 Post by Morgan

Best rim guard is a tube!!!!!!!!!!!!I just loaded my 4 rear wheels and told them to use tubes, the tubes were only 12 dollars each!!!

Actually, I heard "rim guard" brand is a sugar solution. It this true?

Sweet.

RimGuard
Kubota Tractors
Replies 6 Post by Morgan

John Fundy,

The tires specified for turf for the B6200 are 29 x 12.00 x 15

Your ag tires are 8 x 16

B6200 turf tires
Kubota Tractors
Replies 8 Post by Morgan

Mine also is 1990, serial number B6200D62864.

Your paint was probably drying in the Japanese sunlight outside the factory when they were building mine inside.

What year is my B6200
Kubota Tractors
Replies 9 Post by Morgan

I guess it depends on how far you haul it and how fast (highway travel vs. local roads). I use a 6 x 12 single axle car carrier to haul my Kubota and that's a huge upgrade from the old trailer which was actually smaller than the Kubota itself!!! It was an old boat trailer made for a 21 foot boat that I modified myself to have a bed maybe 4 feet wide. It was dual axle with 4 small wheels. I had to get a new trailer when I turned my B6200 into a dual with 4 calcium-loaded wheels in the back!! (100 pounds of calcium in each tire!!)

So with the calcium and FEL it weighs maybe 2500. I would have gone with a twin axle and electirc brakes if I ever planned to go highway speeds. But with those 4 loaded tires my weight is mostly in the back even more than the engine and FEL weight so it will balance.

By the way, a Chevy S-10 pulling an 8 X 16 trailer would be quite a sight.

Trailer Size
Kubota Tractors
Replies 25 Post by Morgan

No. Where did you lose it?

Ever Seen R4 for B7100
Kubota Tractors
Replies 9 Post by Morgan

1st gear 20 MPH
2ns gear 43 MPH
3rd gear 87 MPH
4th gear 146 MPH
overdrive 167 MPH

oh wait, you said KUBOTA 7100. Never mind.

B7100 Ground and PTO Speeds
Kubota Tractors
Replies 7 Post by Morgan

Orange dealers might charge you $1000 but when I got new wheels for the rear of my B6200 at www.macfaddens.com they only charged me $50 each for the rims (brand new ones!!!) and $100 each for ag tires (brand new ones!!) that's $300 total for the rear. I'm sure the front would be cheaper.

Orange dealers charge so much for tires because people think wow, these are tractor tires. Woo hoo! But the rear tires of B6200 are only 16 inch tires, that's the same size as some car tires. No reason they should cost any more than car tires.

B6200 w Loader
Kubota Tractors
Replies 3 Post by Morgan

About 10 years ago they were selling B series that ended in 200, they were I think the B5200, B6200 B7200 B8200 and so forth, the biggest one was the B 8200 I think. Maybe you can pick one of them up cheap and maybe it's comparable in HP to the new B 7500.

Mowing with a B7500
Kubota Tractors
Replies 32 Post by Morgan

As far as the poll goes, I never wear ear protection on the Kubota or when I use a chain saw. The only thing that gets me is the wood chipper, but even then I don't wear protection. Eye protection, yes, but not ear.

The only time I need ear protection is when Neil Young comes on the radio, or Michael Bolton or Whitney Houston. YECH! Then, I need the best ear plugs possible.

Quick poll
Kubota Tractors
Replies 24 Post by Morgan