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My experience having trailered many items on numerous types of trailers (yes, I've been one of those pulling a full size backhoe behind a 3/4 ton truck), is that you can't every have to much truck or brakes. If the load makes you feel uneasy in a good situation driving down the road, imagine what's going to happen in a panic situation. I'm currently using a 2500HD diesel/Allison to pull my 4400 on a 16' trailer. Even with brakes on both trailer axles, when I have the FEL and backhoe on the tractor, it still not going to stop in a hurry. Another important consideration is that trailers are also rated at a particular speed. If you look at most equipment trailers, their rating are at 45 to 55 mph. If you are pulling a trailer on the interstate at 65 mph, you are most likely exceeding the capacity if you are near the limit of the axles to begin with.

How to match Truck to Trailer Load
Kubota Tractors
Replies 101 Post by husky125

While doing my 50 hour maintenance I noticed I had busted off two Zerk fittings on my 7308 loader. I got the one on the side pin out ok, but the one that the quick attach locking pin slides thru seems to be a press fit? Are those metric or standard fittings?

Zerk fitting replacement
New Holland Tractors
Replies 4 Post by dutch74

I went to my Farm Bureau agent and had him write an artisan contractors policy for liabilty and property to cover the tractor and attachments. It runs me $650 per year. This includes $1mil. liabilty and $20K in property. This provides me coverage no matter whose property I'm working on. I was concerned about coverage when transporting the tractor even if to do work on my own property.

Tractor Insurance
Kubota Tractors
Replies 6 Post by husky125

I have a very nice 2002 BX 2200 with a 60" belly mower and about 180 hours on it that I'd like to sell. Any thoughts on what I should ask for it? I live in north Georgia- any suggestions on how to advertise it? Appreciate the help y'all.

Want to sell BX 2200
Kubota Tractors
Replies 3 Post by rjframe

Have you tried looking up the parts diagrams online on the JDparts website?

1963 john deere 2010 gasoline
Antique Tractors
Replies 2 Post by Chief

Iowafun, you sure don't sound very excited about your new tractor purchase? Congratulations on a fine machine by the way. ;o) I think you will be much more enthusiastic about the machine once you get into using it. Make 'em give you a hat and coffe mug at least! ;o)

Sigh Now I ve done it
John Deere Tractors
Replies 23 Post by Chief

I think Chief and Ken have pretty much covered everything, but I would like to add that this is operator error and no fault of Kubota. If they didn't have the crossbar and you bent the loader then you would complain about that. I take my loader off every week and it takes less than 5 minutes to remove and put back on. I have never had the bar hit my hood (knock on wood). If you follow the manual you shouldn't have a problem. JParker or Beagle has never said anything about hitting their hood either.
This board is about helping and discussing ideas not about complaining and whining. Go sell your tractor and hire someone to do the work for you because apparently you are unable to use a machine correctly.
If anyone thinks we are giving petushead unfair treatment, just review his posts to previous threads.

hey look
Everything and Anything
Replies 28 Post by kubotaguy

If you have found the fuel, spark, and compression to be within limits. Try looking at the govenor. If the govenor linkage is not moving through its full range of motion, is binding, out of adjustment, or plain just is not working, this could account for the sudden loss of performance. You are going to need a shop manual to check out the govenor and make adjustments if needed.

Ford 2000 3 cyl gas
Antique Tractors
Replies 10 Post by Chief

I've notice on my 7800 when the tractor sets overnight the MMM mower will bleed down to the ground but the bucket may only drop down an inch or so (can't store the loader on the ground due to room). Is that normal for the mower deck to bleed down or should I have the dealer check it out?

Hydraulics quot leaking down quot
Kubota Tractors
Replies 8 Post by kubotaguy

I use my rear cutter quite a bit since sometimes I want material to come off to the side of the blade rather than be carried in the box. The rear cutter is especially handy in rough work for cutting down hills and also for short shallow excavation work.

A rear cutter can save a lot of time since a rough pass can be made in reverse and then a 'leveling' pass can be made going forward all without turning the tractor around. Maneuvering can take a bunch of time. However, it is good to remember that 3ph's are designed to pull rather than push. It's pretty easy to bend the lift arms or for the scraper to float up and jam a 3ph against it's mechanical stops.

New box scraper
Operating and Attachments
Replies 18 Post by TomG

Russ, Cheif gave you some very good advice. As he said both are fine tractors, but you have to decide between a basic workhorse tractor or one with the creature comforts we've all been spoiled with. So far as justifying our investment in the compact tractors and their endless pieces of equipment that can be bought or built to use on the tractors, each of us have our own reasons, I think we can herd them into three basic groups. Group one;. Lots of folks on the board make their living with their compacts, so to them a new piece of equipment must add something to their business bottom line, so cost is very important to them. The second group, we'll call them the middle age working class with familys to raise, houses to build, college tuition to prepare for, etc. If you are in that class probably the basic tractor is your best chioce. Even the basic ones with good care will retain their resale for a good long time. Then you get to my group, the retired or semi retired folks who have did their thing with the house payments, college tuitions, etc., etc.. You still have your choice between the basic and the deluxe models. I'm mildly interested in a new S-10 size basic standard cab pickup, "Wowzer" did I get a wake up call, you can buy a new 4410 Deere for what there asking for that tiny pickup. guess which one will be worth money and which one will be in the junkyard in ten years. I have folks ask me how I can possibly afford two compact tractors. In a true business sense, not on your life could I justify them, but on a more realistic side, those little compacts give me more relaxation than a team of shrinks could ever do. I kind of think of one being my motorboat and the other being my motorhome of which I don't own either one. So it's to each his or her own, If you enjoy motorhomes or motorboats in your retirement years, go buy one and enjoy yourself. If your thing is compact tractors go buy the nice one and enjoy yourself. This is America, the greatest nation earth where we still do have the freedom of choice. Have a great day, and thank our troups for defending our right to have all these freedoms. Frank.

looking for info
John Deere Tractors
Replies 6 Post by hardwood

It's a little tough to trouble-shoot w/o a wiring schematic, and I also don't know the tractor. I'd probably let a dealer figure it out.

Here are a couple of thoughts. If the gauge reads empty when the tractor is off and goes to full when on then the gauge isn't mechanically stuck. Some connections use three wires--a hot from the battery, a send to the gauge and a ground. I think the gauge always would read full if the hot and send wires were reversed. Some gauges are ballasted so they read full deflection at 9V (that prevents the gauge changing due to varying alternator output

The resistance in the sender unit would be calculated for 9V rather than 12V. A wrong gauge, one with an open ballast or one combined with a wrong sender may read full all the time. Some test procedures us a 9V battery to test a gauge. The resistance through the sender unit should change as the fuel level varies. I think the resistance could be measured from the hot wire to ground (preferably when the battery wire is disconnected).

fuel gage
Kioti Tractors
Replies 6 Post by TomG

Wildman, etal: Thanks for the tips. I, too have many trees in the yard/woods near a stream. I've been laying some underground electric and the Sub-Soiler tooth would have saved me lots of shovel work and chopping of roots! I'll be looking for one at TSC this weekend!

2210 with R1 s--why did I wait so long
John Deere Tractors
Replies 17 Post by bmeyer

On a similar note, I am trying to decide between a JD 4115 and a Kubota 7800 or 2910. Both handle the 72" mmm and seem to have a capable FEL. JD is rated at 24 hp and Kubota is rated at 30. I have always liked green but the spec sheet seems to be tipping the scale to the color orange. Anyone else go through this one?

John Deere vs Kubota Compact Tractors
John Deere Tractors
Replies 36 Post by dklopfenstein

If it's like my TC33D then there is no steering shaft or steering box like in a pick-up truck. It is steered all by hydraulics. A hydraulic cylinder moves the steering linkage. It sounds like you are low on power steering fluid and it is getting airated. When you let it sit some of the air settles out of the fluid. If it is low....fill it and keep rechecking it because it will take a while to get all the air out.

Please help Steering Probelm
New Holland Tractors
Replies 7 Post by treeman

DRankin, I went over to the red line webpage, according to them they have a product that does what PS will. Any reason why your buying from two different manufacturers?

Diesel Fuel Supplement
John Deere Tractors
Replies 39 Post by jamesrm1

Aaaaahhh, B-arrow, we have a winner. Someone is actually going to use this info to better their business. Sometimes a business person has to walk into their jobsite and pretend to be a new customer. Look at the exterior of the building, do you have a bunch of junk sitting around? Is the shop clean and orderly? Do you help customers quickly or do you wait for them to ask first? Are work orders always completed and readable? etc etc etc

My experiance with New Holland
New Holland Tractors
Replies 46 Post by treeman

Murf
Awesome!!! I would like it, never turn down a proven "freebee" !!!!
Thanks Hardwood, I will definitally do that!
Lucern
I second that, in fact I think I sould be throwing a steak and beverage party for all the guys here helping me along! I know I have more than likely saved $1000 in wrong purchases or purchases that I should of made and did not that would cost more later to add on. This board tops the top for me on my favorites, number 2 is MICHIGAN SPORTSMAN (habitat improvement site) Not spamming guys its a free bee!!!!!!

Subsoiler
Operating and Attachments
Replies 7 Post by brokenarrow

Art,

I just finished the "FST versus HST" thread and now I see that I am indeed talking about the GST. I'm sure I saw HST on manual but perhaps that was an option on some models.

L4150 w FELand BH value
Kubota Tractors
Replies 6 Post by andyk1

Dave..we use round pots made of coated steel mesh. We put the cheapest, smellyest cat food in perforated jars inside. Then we look for 400-500' of water depth in a glacier fed bay and drop them for one tide cycle (12hrs). Shrimp like the glacier silt and they run deep.

4 pots on one 700' line clipped on at 30' intervals. We use a gas powered pot puller. Wrap the line around the capstan and pull them in about 5 minutes. Empty, rebait and drop again. My record for one pull was around 220 shrimp.

I'll post a pic of the "Andrea" (32' Willard)

Shrimping this wk-end
Just For Fun Off Topic
Replies 10 Post by Wildman1