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" A clutch will slip long before hydro pumps run out of pressure"<br>
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Johnin,<br>
Why would the clutch slip ?<br>
If a clutch slips before the tractor runs out of power or before losing traction there is something wrong with the clutch !!

Hydro pulling power
John Deere Tractors
Replies 49 Post by DK35vince

Does the engine pick up the load if you put the hydraulics into bypass? (i.e. can you here it lug down and smoke more due to the load?) It almost sounds as if the govenor is not properly compensating for engine load. If the engine stalls out under a heavy load you would get tons of smoke if it was. If it was a hydro problem, sounds like the suction filter & screen is restricted but that would not necessarily kill the engine in the manor you are saying.

755 Low power
John Deere Tractors
Replies 14 Post by Chief

The biggest thing is the grille is different. Some conditions caused the 7500 to overheat as material was sticking to the grille and causing blockage. The new grille has nothing to hinder debis from falling off. The second it's a lower price!

B7500 vs B7510
Kubota Tractors
Replies 5 Post by Art White

You are looking at three very good machines, no doubt. The one observation I would make though is that the Unimog is in a class by itself, it is capable of things like road travel that tractors only dream of.

I have no personal experience with the AC but have heard from friends in a wine producing region near here that they are good machines.

The Ferrari is an excellent unit, they are popular along with Same's and the Landini's among Italian-Canadian truck farmers and thoise with large personal gardens.

My best advice would be to find and talk to a few owners and find the best DEALER in your area, that is the key to success.

As for the issue of soil compaction, that is NOT so much an issue of total weight of the vehicle, it is a result of the pounds per square inch transmitted to the ground. In other words a 4,000 pound tractor will apply the same weight to the ground as a 2,000 pound tractor with a half as much tire contacting the ground.

Best of luck.

Italian Tractors
Other Tractor Brands
Replies 11 Post by Murf

I've heard of several people doing it,but for just one tractor it probably ain't the way to go,even cost wise.Course to each his own I guess,maybe if you had a lot of sperience importing things,which most people don't,it might seem more better,I wouldn't think about it myself,I'm to poor. Richard

Direct from China
Jinma Farmpro Agracat Nortrac
Replies 14 Post by gauthier

In the early days of RADAR, technicians adjusted the equipment for maximum output by putting their arms into the beam and feeling the "warmth." You could substitute the word "cooking" for warmth. These early sytstems used longer wavelengths working into large dish antennae. Todays marine radars combine very high power pulses into a very small aperture. Powers typically range between 2000 to 4000 watts. Microwave ovens are often rated for 750W. <br>
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A microwave oven and a marine radar are different because one is intended to maximize the heating effect, but both work on tissue the same way. One of my old amateur radio transmitters had an effective radiated power of just over a megawatt and it could knock birds out of the air. (This was pointed upward and was used to bounce signals off the face of the Moon.) The equipment had automatic shutdown switches so that you could not be inadvertantly exposed through an open access panel or port. <br>
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Diathermy used to be used for deep tissue heating, but that has now been largely replaced by ultrasound treatments which are much safer. Diathermy uses the same sort of RF tissue heating but at a much lower frequency and power level. As I said in a previous post, the eyes are the most sensitive organs in the body to this sort of damage, so never look into a radar horn. <br>
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Distance from the horn is also important. You get 0.1% of the RF exposure at 300 ft that you get at 10 feet from the radar source. This follows the square law for distance. <br>
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I am not sure of the power levels used by early police radar guns. Today the high efficiency doppler units can transmit pulses of just a watt or less. Still, I would not want to put one too near my cajones. <br>

Radar Mast
Website Operations Howto
Replies 21 Post by AC5ZO

Kubota, I did buy kubota UDT and filters. There was not much out there for aftermarket filters that I could find. Altogether I spent about $160 with oil and gear lube. I could have saved $40-50 with store brand hydraulic fluid but...

One thing I would get is a cheap 12-15 gal rubbermaid pan to drain into. I would have caused less mess. Your wife can use it to store fancy doilies in when you're not using it to drain oil. :-)

50 hour maintenance
Kubota Tractors
Replies 4 Post by shortmagnum

Compared to my '03 NH LS180 skidloader -- about the same price --the Tructor is more versatile.

TRUCTOR
Utility Vehicles UTV/ATV
Replies 5 Post by earthwrks

Russ: Any of the Lenar offerings 40hp or better --if so have they gone through the Nebraska testing?

KAMA and Tai Shan Tractors
Jinma Farmpro Agracat Nortrac
Replies 50 Post by edward_dugas

Hood Large Chasis Part # LVU12063 $231.00, SEAL, HOOD, MID AND LRG CHSSS Part # LVU13713 $5.51. I take it the hood hinges and hardware are reusable? What is your dealer charging for these two parts?

4600 Hood
Antique Tractors
Replies 3 Post by Chief

Eric, I've heard conflicting stories of problems with underfloor radiant heat on wood floors. It's confusing and hard to know if there's a legitimate problem or not. I figure that heating the floor to some moderate temperature, like 60-65 degrees, and using the heatpump to make up the difference may minimize any problems.

We also have a ceiling fan on a 10-foot downrod in our vaulted area. The fan helps a lot but there's still a 2-3 degree temperature gradiant floor-to-ceiling. Our heatpump also has a desuperheater to provide hot water but I turn that pump off in the winter since heatpumps heating performance is already marginal. We use propane for the cooktop, water heater, dryer, generator, and have it stubbed out to our fireplaces and outdoor future hottub.

Retrofit radiant floor heating
Home Improvement
Replies 26 Post by kwschumm

My fault.... it just needed more snow to work properly. Worked like a champ with a foot of fresh powder though a slight breeze returned about 5% to the operator! Cab would sure be nice.

Woods Snowblower
Snowblowers / Snow Plows
Replies 5 Post by davescott

Snow is the thing that keeps fire ants down there where it's warm, the snow puts out their fire up here in the frozen north, LOL.

Best of luck.

going for land speed record
Home Improvement
Replies 5 Post by Murf

Voltage, current and the related horsepower is the same in Metric or Imperial measure (he says with his tongue firmly planted in his cheek).

Best of luck.

PTO Generators Observations
Shop Tools
Replies 85 Post by Murf

The Paris-Dakar rally is on! It is being covered on the Speed channel. On my Dish system, there is a half hour update in the morning and late afternoon. Next Saturday they are going to be playing all the updates back to back. The segment title only says "Auto Racing" so you may have to dig into the information a bit to find it. <br>
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Many of my Baja racing friends have participated in this rally over the years. It is worth a look. <br>
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Offroad Rally Coverage
Just For Fun Off Topic
Replies 1 Post by AC5ZO

I found the actual number...... in the BX1800/2200 brochure.

The loader relief pressure valve is set at 1780 psi.

Hydraulic pressure
Kubota Tractors
Replies 13 Post by DRankin

Mark, the splitter head is normally amde up of 3 pieces of steel, sort of a splitting sandwich, except they come together at about a 25-30 degree angle. The center piece protrudes out in front of the two side plates by about 1" which is sharpened to a cutting edge of usually 45 degrees. This center plate is hard steel like that used for B/H buckets, cutting edges on FEL buckets, and wear edges on snowplows. I have a ready supply of them myself from our worn down plow facings.

I believe Northern Tools sells them also, if not any welding shop which does heavy equipment work will have the steel in stock.

Likewise any hydraulic supply shop will handle the cylinders, valves, etc., but IMHO half the fun of doing it yourself is scrounging for parts (it's also cheaper, the farmer in me comes out, LOL). Heavy equipment wreckers are good sources for big cheap cylinders. Scrap steel, I mean well seasoned steel, is a good start for the frame, most scrap yards are full of lengths of large H beams (sometimes called I beams) from demolished buildings, normally it sold by the pound for a little over scrap value.

Best of luck.

Looking for educational material
Just For Fun Off Topic
Replies 24 Post by Murf

Sounds high to mee too. I paid somewhere in the mid-high 16's (can't remember the exact figure, I purchased my tractor last June) for my B7800 with R4's, LA 402 loader, and 72" MMM.

B7800 w FEL 16500
Kubota Tractors
Replies 4 Post by Jelliott

A logging update: My spruce plot is pretty well thinned. The trees were so thick that I could not fell any, the canopy was locked together at the top. I had to cut each one off completely (almost never recommended) and yank the base of the tree out with the tractor. By the end I could grab 2-3 at a time. Those I took ranged from 5" to 16" at the base leaving mostly 8-20 inch trees. This thinning should really benefit the plot in 20 years or so. I should take another 3-4 cords out but I have one truckload now (~14 cords) and I wouldn't have enough for two. Oh yes, the kubota performed flawlessly.
Dave

Log Skidding Cat Chokers
Operating and Attachments
Replies 35 Post by shortmagnum

When you have done it a couple of times it should take no more then 5 minutes to remove the hoe and install the three point hitch.

BX23 questions
Kubota Tractors
Replies 10 Post by Art White