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Larry; looks like you're going to get a majority vote here. The proper fluid and correct filters are free compard to parts abd labor. Wet brake chatter is another issue caused by using a one size fits all fluid. Frank.

Hydraulic Fluid
Kubota Tractors
Replies 8 Post by hardwood

I don't know if bush hog and Deere hoes are the same machine. I bought a #48 hoe for a 4300 I had, then changed it over to a 4310 just last winter. We do use it a lot,in fact we never take it off the tractor. It's never given us any trouble of any kind, we just grease it acording to the book and keep on diging. Frank.

Questions regarding JD 48 backhoe
John Deere Tractors
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Sherie; I was in the livestock business a long time, but never horses, just cattle and hogs so I really don't know a lot about horses, but it seems to me that enough feed is going to be needed and enough manure produced that a front end loader is going to be a must. In a compact that means that 4wd is a must. If you don't mind going with a used unit and can use a gear drive rather than hydro you can probably save enough over a new unit to find an "H" Farmall or a "B" John Deere that are in good enough shape to be dependable and a decent used spreader for 2-3000.00 for the tractor spreader pair. I don't know if you come from a livestock background or not, but most spreaders around here aren't traded or sold till they are junk, so if you aren't knowledgable about them find a friend or relative to go spreader shopping that is familliar with spreaders. Hope this helps, Frank.

23 ACRE HORSE OPERATION
Operating and Attachments
Replies 4 Post by hardwood

Chris, glad to hear back, still seems impossible to me that we can communicate so easily with people on the other side of the globe. If you're seriously considering a backhoe go back to the Kubota dealer and get his recommendation on what your tractor is capable of handling. I don't know much about Kubota's, but I do know from reputation that they build fine equipment. Dealers who have been in business for quite some time and have built a good repeat customer base won't sell you something that he knows you won't be happy with because he want's your repeat business too.

4-way FEL for Kubota
Kubota Tractors
Replies 10 Post by hardwood

Steve; Sounds like the dealer is offering you a fair price. But I'm afraid you'll be buying an orphan. Unless you have a special puropse that doesn't require much traction and plan to keep it forever, don't buy it. 4wd is an absolute must in almost any use situation especially if you plan on geting a loader. R4 tires are the only tire you should consider, again unless you have a special need for them, turf tires are almost impossible to trade off around here. Frank.

New JD4300
John Deere Tractors
Replies 6 Post by hardwood

Tractorhead; Tom is right the tiny ones are mighty slow, kinda one step above a spade, but like Tom, my spade speed has droped off real bad. I don't know what size your tractor is capable of handling in a hoe, but get a bigger one if you can. I've got a Deere #48 on a 4310, the size and capabilitys of the #48 handle 98% of my needs. Not as fast as a full size hoe, but I'm not supposed be in a hurry anymore, (Yeah right). Frank.

BX1500 backhoe
Kubota Tractors
Replies 12 Post by hardwood

Jonathan; I think most of us here have bought that first "Perfect Tractor", then traded it off a year or two later for one a little bigger or with more user friendly features, etc.. So if your first one turns out to be a little less than you expected or a need arises later you did'nt forsee now trade up, they hold their reasle about fifty times better than a new car long as it's a popular model. My crystal ball tells me that in the next few years we'll se dramatic improvments in cabs being offered for CUT's, and we'll all probably want one. Remember the old saying, "The bigger the Boys, or Girls the more the toys cost". Have a ball, Frank.

Cab options with Kubota
Kubota Tractors
Replies 12 Post by hardwood

Trbomax; As Blizzard said, surely others up and down strem are having the same problem caused by the parking lot drainage. Who was there first, you or the parking lot? Around here we have lots of pond construction using existing creeks as a water source. By law you cannot when building a pond back water onto public right of way or another persons property or submerge a pre esisting tile outlet. So common sense tells me that the pond backup issue should also work in reverse that if the parking lot has caused the problem then the owners of the lot or lots should have documents on file somewhere at the courthouse stating that code was followed regarding drainage from their lot no matter who was there first. There is a similar issue in a nearby city here where housing developments were built leagaly above the floodplain 25 yrs ago, but since then the old downtown busineses have been starved to death by the superstores going to the suburbs. The superstores and the streets required to get to them have since paved over God only knows how many acres of land thwe now drain into the creek thru the 25 yr. old development to the point now where a 2 inch rain is a major flood problem. I really haven't kept up on that situation enough to tell you how it's going, but it has been dragging on for years. Best of luck. Frank.

ditch retaining wall construction
Garden and Landscape
Replies 25 Post by hardwood

Tim; Welcome to the world of compacts. As most anyone else who has read my posts here will tell you I've allways preached, find a dealer you're comfortable with first. Find out how long they've been in business, usually a dealer that also sells ag equipment in a smaller community will be more concerned for their customer than the big city garden center type dealer, and also have better prices. I've tried a couple times to deal with the big city places and they were allways much higher priced. Any of the big three, Kubota, Deere, or Ford NH have good equipment. I'd be a little shy of lesser known brands with a scant dealer network. Nothing at all wrong with buying used, but there again a good dealer that will put some warranty on the tractor is worth a lot. Buying private is fine too unless problems develop with the tractor then strained relationships can result. Far as my recommendation on the tractor and the price, others with more knowledge on used tractor prices would do better than me, but long as you stick with one of the big three your tractor wiil hold it's resail value should you decide down the road to move to a bigger unit. Frank.

Help for a Newbee-JD 4010 JD445 other
John Deere Tractors
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Mudman; Somtimes owners manuals give the hyd pressure, sometes not, but a repair manual or your dealer should have that info. Best to find out first how much pressure it should have then put a guage on it to see if things are still up to snuff. Frank.

hydrolic pressures
Loaders Back Hoes
Replies 5 Post by hardwood

I don't keep up as well as I'd like to on what's being offered on new models, but it would'nt surprise me that the next series of 4000 Deeres would offer a factory cab with sound equipment as an option. Our ten series in the seven and eight thousand farm tractors don't have CD, but hey do have tape/am/fm/NOAA weather band. The twenty series offers a CD plus satellite radio. Just an interesting observation, a week or so ago a semi passed me on I-380 between Cedar Rapids and Waterloo Ia. It had three NH compacts that looked to be new tractors. One had no cab, one had a soft side cab, and the third looked like a factory cab. Was that an aftermarket cab, or does NH now offer a cab? Frank.

CD players
Website Operations Howto
Replies 10 Post by hardwood

Sgt1985; The dealer was right. On new equipment paint can be a problem, but if left unpainted they will rust after time. I've got a big old oilcan that my Dad had like you see on the old films where the guy is oiling the big steam locomotive. I keep it full of used oil and a couple times a year just make the rounds of stored equipment including what is stored inside and give anything that has to be kept free, pto couplers, any threaded adjustment points, etc. with a liberal amount of used oil. Real cheap and very effective. Have a great weekend, Frank.

driveline
Website Operations Howto
Replies 8 Post by hardwood

Galfarmer; If you only have a small lawn that is'nt a problem with a push mower I think you'd be on the right trail to get the Bushog and forget the finish mower. Mid mount finish mowere do a fine job, but are pricey and a real pain to put on and take off. A good quality rear mount finish mower will cost about the same as good quality single blade Bushog type machine. If you have rocks to deal with the finish mower is'nt your answer, the bushog will handle the rough stuff better, be sure you get one with a "Stump Jumper". A stump jumper is simply a saucer shaped pan with the blades fastened to the outside of it instead of directly to the gearbox shaft. the blades are free to swing from the point where they attach to the edge of the pan so they are better able to stand the shock of hitting a rock, stump or whatever you may run over. It's still best to remove as many rocks as possible, rocks are hard on blades no matter what kind of cutter your using. Have a great day, Frank.

King Kutter Finish Mower
Mowers Field and Finish
Replies 23 Post by hardwood

Just for curiosity I looked up the three largest JD farm tractors we have on the farm, #1- 00 model 8410, #2- 96 model 8300 and #3- 99 model 7810. The prices listed were pretty close to the asking prices around here except the 8410 was maybe 5- 10 % higher than asked locally. I just haven't saw enough 4000 series in the dealer ads to make any comparisons. Tractors vary quite a bit by region, for example in Dairy country a particular model might bring a premium for use on a bunk feeder trailer, while the same model in grain country might not be anything special and hard to sell. Looks like to me thay are using an average of prices asked by dealers. The steel cost increase will of course affect the cost of new tractors just like anything else, so that eventually btings up the prices of good quality late model tractors. Frank.

used tractor prices link
Kubota Tractors
Replies 5 Post by hardwood

Broken; Just a couple other thoughts. Whether you build or buy a sprayer, when you're done using roundup and want to use another pesticide to for example spray your fruit trees, tomato patch for blight, spray the lawn for grubs or whatever get a good quality tank cleaner to get all the roundup residue out of the sprayer system. I've never saw it at TSC, but most any farm supply outlets that handle larger volumes of pesticedes for farm use will have it on hand. Just follow the directions on the can, some call for leting the cleaner soak overnight in the sprayer and some don't I've used both kinds they both work. When you're done for the season pour a couple tablespoons of oil in the intake of a roller pump, turn it a few times by hand then you won't have stuck rollers the following spring. I don't remember what the tank cleaner costs, but I don't think it was all that much. We got a beautiful inch of rain over night here, the corn and bean futures will probably take a nose dive today being a good portion of the corn is planted in our aeria. the Ag business sure keeps you guessing these days, but I've allways loved a challenge. Have a big day, Frank.

3-pt sprayer
Operating and Attachments
Replies 8 Post by hardwood

HuckMeat; yes I can understand your problem. In a year of use you probably would'nt consume a hundred gallon of fuel, so it hardly seems worth the effort to put up a permanent storage tank, but yet packing it in in 5 gal cans is a pain and messy too. Long term fuel storage can give you problems with water condensing on the inside of the tank and there is a mold of somekind that can live on fuel, I don't know much about it tho. I don't know about other states but in Iowa farm fuel is road tax exempt off the delivery truck and is dyed red. Once in a while the State DOT will set up a sting and wait along the road near salebarns, impliment stores and other places the farmers with diesel pickups frequent. Soon as the farmer pulls out onto the public road the DOT will pull them over and dip the fuel tank. If they find red fuel there is an awsome fine something like ten grand. Far as I know farm delivered fuel and truck stop fuel are the same stuff only during cold weather you can get winter blend probably easier at the truckstop rathere than the small amount you'd need for winter from the fuel truck. Hope this helps, Frank.

Diesel Filling Supply
Parts and Repair
Replies 18 Post by hardwood

Brokenarrow: Sounds like you had a great weekend. Most anytime you're pulling a heavy drawbar or 3pt. load use the 4wd., you won't hurt it, that's what it's for. during road transport or light mowing low draft type work turn the 4wd. off. Having the 4wd. off while mowing or other tight quarter work that doesn't require the extra traction makes tight turning lots easier. We must be kids at heart yet, I spent Sat, and Sunday after church with the 4310 and the hoe cleaning up old fencerow rocks and brush. We gotta be nuts, but sure seemed like fun to me. Just a note on the serious side please fasten your seatbelt and practice working safely, these are awsome machines, but we have to respect them. Frank.

Awesome experiance
New Holland Tractors
Replies 4 Post by hardwood

I'd said I'd stay shy of the design part of the floor, but perhaps the use of torsion box structures to span the joists would add an imense amount of load bearing strength. Peters; I'm sure your familiar with torsion boxes, they simply two sheets of 3/4 ply with a 2x4 frame spaced on 16 in centers sandwiched between them held together with construction adhesive and deck screws. We used to mount some super heavy shop machines on them with heavy duty casters on the four corners to make them portable. I honestly think you could park a pickup on one without hardly flexing it. The stronger it needs to be you simply use 2x6's or 2x8's then with full inch ply instead of 3/4. Please understand I don't have any idea of the load bearing strengh in actual numbers of these boxes, we just built them till they looked twice as strong as we needed and never did break one. Just another thought. Frank.

How to design floor in shop
Home Improvement
Replies 15 Post by hardwood

I've really never known if there are torque values for hydraulic couplers thresaded onto hose fittings, We try to not overtighten them. the JD "O" ring type couplers are tight enough when the base of the coupler contacts the base of the hose fitting, the "O" ring is at proper compression at that time. Pipe thread type couplers and hose ends only need to be tight enough to not leak, overtightening will distort things in extreme cases. On JD 4000 tractors with the engine off, moving the remote lever to both positions will relieve the pressure. Machines with hydraulic hoses sitting in the hot sun will generate real high pressures in the lines form expansion of the fluid being hot. Our metnod might not be an approved cure, but we simply take two wrenches and loosen the coupler from the hose end just enough that a small amount of fluid can escape. It doesn't take much probably less than a teaspoon full to relieve the pressure. Caution, only loosen it enough that it drips out not squirts out. On some systems that have extra long hoses I've installed a pipe "T" somewhere in the line with a high pressure ball valve that can be released more easily than loosening fittings. Hope this helps. Frank.

Working on hydraulics
John Deere Tractors
Replies 10 Post by hardwood

Drankin; I never gave that a thought about stirring up any political issues, sorry if I did. That's one of the reasons I enjoy the board is to discuss common intrests and get all the politics, business concerns and all the rest of that baloney off my mind for a while. Now I'm wondering if the Independent party and all of the other lesser known partys have a mascot too that we're discriminating aganst. Help me out here I might be in over my head. Frank.

After A Couple of Dos Exxis
Just For Fun Off Topic
Replies 14 Post by hardwood