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I would check to see that the valve below the seat in the front is fully open. It is the one with a round knob and is between your feet. It controls the amount of flow to the lift. Just a thought. If it is set too far to the close side it will cause the exhaust to become wet on the top of the muffler. I have the same tractor.

YM 3110 Lift
Yanmar Tractors
Replies 7 Post by paburns

Around here which is the Kudzo of West Tn the ol farmers have a saying"The only way to get rid of Kudzo is to move off and leave it for someone else."
I have used various poisons all with some effect but if it is deep rooted it is impossible to poison. By deep rooted I mean having large nodes ( 20 lbs and up) down 20-30 deep.
When poisoning the top runners and leaves can be knocked back to clear gound but they will return. After several years of agressive poisoning the leaves will still come back but be very small and misshaped. Hard to even recognize as Kudzu.
I tried for four years to clear a 1/2 acre hillside and finall just planted it thick with Ky-31 and mowed it every week. I had used so much poison that it was hard to get a stand of grass. When I moved away after several years it still had Kudzo growing in places. Lots of luck.

How to deal with Kudzu
Mowers Field and Finish
Replies 11 Post by paburns

John
I recently build a house in the country with 2 acre yd. I used a tiller on a lot of it and it does a good job but is very slow in my clay soil with a few inches of topsoil at best. When it seemed I would never get finished my brotherin-in -law farmer across the road took over and in one day did more than I had done in two weeks. He ran a disc over it about three times--next came the box blade to level it up ---then used a cultipacker on it with scrachers extended about 2-3 inches. I then fertilizered and seeded. It still took a while to cover it with hay but that is optional in some areas depending on the time of year ect.
Bottom line--disc it good and throw the box blade to it. Much faster than tilling and does a better job.
This is just my own experience.

Preparation for new lawn
Garden and Landscape
Replies 13 Post by paburns