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 | bvbilski
Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 32 Edinboro, PA 
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2003-09-23 64669
Just finished the 50 hr service. Oil was very clean. Very few metal chips and they were quite small. Does Kubota have a customer survey for new owners to provide feedback?
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 | Art White
Join Date: Jan 2000 Posts: 6898 Waterville New York 
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2003-09-24 64744
They do and you have several coming from them out to 24 months. It is important to be honest and not to exaggerate on them unless you really dislike your dealer. They do rate us from your responses and they are on a curve. ....
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| bvbilski
Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 32 Edinboro, PA
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2003-09-25 64861
The dealer has been great so far. I was more interested in providing some feedback on the tractor itself. It has exceeded my expectations, but there are a few things they could improve. ....
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 | Chief
Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 4297 Southwest MiddleTennessee
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2003-09-25 64862
If you saved the oil in a clean container, it is not a total loss. I save my 9 gallons of Hyguard for use in my log splitter. It is definitely cleaner than the oil that is in it now. ....
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| DK35vince
Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 689 Western,Pa. 
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2003-09-25 64865
Chief,
I did the same thing.I did my first transmission oil change at 100 hours.
Ran the oil through a screen with a magnet in it.
Then reuse the oil in my Cad digger backhoe.(call me cheap)! ....
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| Chief
Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 4297 Southwest MiddleTennessee
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2003-09-25 64869
No way Vince! Cheap is so none avon guard (spelling). I rather fancy the term "thrifty" ;-) I am as thrifty as they come! ;-) ....
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| Art White
Join Date: Jan 2000 Posts: 6898 Waterville New York
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2003-09-25 64876
You will get a chance to give them some points of interest. I have yet to find the perfect piece of equipment but there are some that might be just a little closer to it. ....
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| TomG
Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 5406 Upper Ottawa Valley
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2003-09-26 64891
I'm about to change hydraulic oil. The garage I deal with takes back used oil but doesn't really like it when I change hydraulic oil., The volume throws off his collection schedule.
It turns out that my brother-in-law wants it. He says he's used hydraulic or auto transmission oil in his chainsaws for years and also uses it to undercoat his trucks. Used engine oil is a no no for undercoating since it is acidic and also contains detergents that hold moisture in the oil.
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| Chief
Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 4297 Southwest MiddleTennessee
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2003-09-26 64895
Hyd. oil is a bit thin to use for chain bar oil in a chain saw. I would not use it in my Stihl. ....
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 | DRankin
Join Date: Jan 2000 Posts: 5116 Northern Nevada
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2003-09-26 64898
Maybe he is using it for the oil/gas mix. Tom? ....
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 | Peters
Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 3034 Northern AL
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2003-09-26 64925
Chief;
If you live and work in the real north then like the diesel and engine oil, you run a summer/winter blend. At -20 C hydaulic oil is about right. Remember that don't cut until the leaves are off the trees up north. We would cut all winter for next year.
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| TomG
Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 5406 Upper Ottawa Valley
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2003-09-27 64956
Around here it isn't uncommon for people to run winter bar-oil year around. If nothing else it's an excuse not to work the few days a year it gets really hot around here. What my brother in law does and what is recommended or even a good idea are different things. He's also probably never owned a new chainsaw in his life, and what he does has worked for him for a long while. I'll have to tell him that my hydraulic oil is all-season so there's no worry. Not that he he'd worry anyway. 'Oil's oil' he says and it's nuts to buy bar-oil.
I buy bar-oil myself in two flavours but I may still have the jug of summer oil I bought. My main summer chainsaw use is having it in the truck on bush roads to take out fallen trees so I don't have to backup for miles.
Around here firewood tends to be made a little earlier than Murf's experience but that's mostly because everything shuts down during the hunting seasons and good luck finding a contractor. Firewood still isn't a summer job for most people.
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