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You may be familiar with diesel fuel stuff, but I gonna assume that diesel is new to you.

Say you have a cup of diesel and a cup of gas . If you light a match anywhere near the gas it will blow up. You could take a match and but it out in the cup of diesel.

Diesel is crazy powerful and why it is used in Tractors packs more punch than gas.

So to get a diesel started you need heat. The engine glow plugs have to get hot for the diesel to ignite.

Unlike a gasoline engine cranking will NOT be good enough to start it, a diesel needs hot glow plugs and cranking.

Old shibaura SD4000a not starting
Shibaura
Replies 4 Post by Smitty2

Sit on your coat or carry a cell phone.

Blowing Snow in short Sleeve shirt
Snowblowers / Snow Plows
Replies 5 Post by greyhorse

It may help if you indicate if this was after an attempted repair of the brakes.

John Deere Gator 6 x 4 How to Adjust Brakes
Utility Vehicles UTV/ATV
Replies 2 Post by greyhorse

I think it is a combination of things.

10 to 20 years ago Baby Boomers were getting older but not too old and they were buying toys to help them as they aged.

Some had horses and stalls that could use a tractor in tight quarters, where other 3ph ballast would be too much in the way.

Others read all the ballast ideas and jumped in. Sounds like you.

Now the Baby Boomers are too old for all that stuff so you do not hear about it. But you still need ballast but it is just not a talking point.

Tractor Weight Box
Tractor Projects
Replies 4 Post by greyhorse

TEACH YOU CHILDREN WELL<br>
<br>
You who are on the road<br>
Must have a code that you can live by<br>
And so become yourself<br>
Because the past is just a good-bye.<br>
Teach your children well,<br>
Their father's hell did slowly go by,<br>
And feed them on your dreams<br>
The one they picks, the one you'll know by.<br>
Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you will cry,<br>
So just look at them and sigh<br>
And know they love you.<br>
And you, of tender years,<br>
Can't know the fears that your elders grew by,<br>
And so please help them with your youth,<br>
They seek the truth before they can die.<br>
Teach your parents well,<br>
Their children's hell will slowly go by,<br>
And feed them on your dreams<br>
The one they picks, the one you'll know by.<br>
Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you will cry,<br>
So just look at them and sigh and know they love you.<br>
<br>
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The little things we remember from our fathers
Everything and Anything
Replies 2 Post by greyhorse

No plan for reasonable replacement.

Is the wear and vibration so bad that you have no choice?

2005 Cub Cadet 6284 Drive Shaft Vibration Fix
Cub Cadet
Replies 12 Post by greyhorse

The usual rule of thumb was to check at least annually for cracks and wear. If the running surface is shiny, suspect slippage and fix. <br>
My manual says to check tension of the fan belt daily or every 10 hours of use, but I've checked it maybe once in 15 years. <br>
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If you don't mind getting stuck in the field with a broken belt, no reason to change the belt till it breaks or starts slipping. <br>
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Well this prompted me to go check the fan belt on my tractor. It was so loose I'm surprised it turned the alternator or water pump. <br>
The belt was basically shot. The OEM belt is no longer available but NAPA had a listing and it will be in Tuesday.

How often to replace Compact Tractor Fan Belts
Parts and Repair
Replies 4 Post by chashm

[QUOTE=StudioDTK5;199588] That is a nice looking 6284.I have one as well.Mine came with the factory blade, but no loader.I purchased a Westendorf loader for mine. It works well.I will post a few photos of mine later. [/QUOTE]

Thanks for the message. May I ask you about your #6284 and if it vibrates when you start it up and at low idle.
Mine does some vibration at startup and when I run the engine at about 900 to 1,000 rpms it levels out. It appears to come from the drive shaft, and that is why I removing it to install new u-joint and have it balanced.
The previous never used the rear PTO.

Just got Cub Cadet 6284 refinish and filter cross reference
Cub Cadet
Replies 14 Post by BeenThere

This a interesting though old post on a solution I would have not guessed.

Be great to get an idea of at what age a fan belt get s dried out in years and or hours?

Kubota L2500 overheating problem
Kubota Tractors
Replies 10 Post by Smitty2

[QUOTE=lsheaffer;87476] I have manual for most Hinomotos. [/QUOTE]

I am looking for a manual for Hinomoto E222

Fluid to use in Hinomoto
Hinomoto
Replies 21 Post by tdwatson

Have no experience with Land Pride or King Kutter mowers rough cut or finish mowers. But things to look at and consider:
It's weight. Metal is heavy. Normally light metal is more easy damaged and fails. Sheet metal of many rough cut mowers is what fails quickest.
The thickness of the metal. If given in gage smaller number is thicker than larger number, same as with shotgun shot or wire.
Look at the blades and how they mount.
Look at the pto shaft that comes with it. Is one simple shaft and other has slip clutch? Is one a shear bolt and other uses slip clutch? Is the pto shafts same hp rating? Does the third arm mount allow some movement to allow the mower can ride up over high spots.
Look at the gearbox if any noticeable difference and the hp rating of them.

Woods Landpride Bush Hog KingKutter Brush cutter
Mowers Field and Finish
Replies 3 Post by kthompson

Unfortunately farm implements have never come with very good instructions probably because they're being marketed to people who already know what they are and how to use them.

The advent of the compact utility tractor which is often owned by non-farmers lead to a disconnect in this knowledge.

There are a few tips and tricks and techniques that can make a massive difference in how an implement and or the tractor is on perform. For example one item that I feel every CUT should be equipped with is a hydraulic top link. By lengthening and shortening the upper link you change how that blade engages the ground. In the case of a box blade if you lengthen the upper link the box rotate back onto it's 'heel' in the front cutting edge is raised. If that front blade is raised to just barely above the existing grade as you drive forward any high spots get shaved off in the dirt then spills down into any low areas at the blade clears. The same is true of a rear blade as you angle the blade encounters the ground. If you shorten the upper link the cutting edge gets closer to 90° to the ground surface. This causes the blade to scrape more than dig. If conversely the upper link is lengthened it puts the cutting edge add a shallower angle to the earth which causes it to bite in faster.

Similarly with a rigid upper link and draft control you can adjust with some experimentation the amount of load the box blade creates and thus adjust how much it cuts and how much material gets carried along with it.

Best of luck.

What is 3 point hitch draft control
Operating and Attachments
Replies 34 Post by Murf

[QUOTE=MHarryE;199571] For CUT .... until I got my CTL - now the tractor mostly sits idle during winter as the CTL clears snow so much faster. [/QUOTE]

Hi Harry,

CUT stands for Compact Utility Tractor.
CTL stands for Compact Tractor Loader right?

Do you have two Tractors or you add the Loader to one tractor and use in the winter vs a front mounted Snow Blade on the same tractor.

I thought a Snowblade would be better than a loader for removing snow on the same machine.

But I see you have an L Kubota so that the bigger size may be the clincher.

Curious how the loader is better than the blade for your use?

Thanks for any help. Snow should be far away but never too soon to prepare.

What Rear Tractor Implement Do You Use Most Survey
Operating and Attachments
Replies 22 Post by bosco2

The original poster placed this question under John Deere Compact Tractors, it should be in the Utility Vehicle forum.

Moved to Utility Vehicle Forum.

JD AMT Gator brake
Utility Vehicles UTV/ATV
Replies 5 Post by DennisCTB

[QUOTE=HOEMAN00;43109] I have a 35D w/ 84" MMM and when locked up u have about8" of clearance under mower.Taking mower off is couple minute job after I did a few times andcut a 10" long RR tie to put under each wheel.Unhook front pins, pull up on blocks, unhook rear pins and PTO.,slide out.Goes on in reverse order and hook PTO up last(slide on a creeper from behindis the easiest).I take mower off about once a week.I left 43" circle of uncut grass whenSSturned full lock w/o brakes.That is turning pretty sharp.It does a superior job to my 72" woods RFM. [/QUOTE]

This is from many years ago but has me scratching my head on the technique as it is hassle the way I am doing it.

Wondering if the poster meant that he made 4 railroad tie ramps for all for wheels to get it up on blocks. Hmm wish he had posted a pix.

Compact 101 How big is too big
Operating and Attachments
Replies 31 Post by bosco2

I bought my unit used and don’t have a manual. How can I find out what kind of ignition I have?

1987 John Deere Gator AMT 600 has no spark
Utility Vehicles UTV/ATV
Replies 7 Post by Shautzy1

[QUOTE=dualhvision;199551] A little off the subject, what part of east Texas, I'm wanting to do the same thing, there's 120 acres here that I live on and I love rescuing animals, have some raccoons that lost their mother, ....[/QUOTE]<br>
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120 acres is a lot of land for raccoons. You must be one nice person as most look at raccoons as a nuisance.<br>
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They are kind cute looking when they are not rummaging through your trash or are rabid !<br>
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I have to concede though that I once saved a new born squirrel and brought it to a wild life refuge in a shoe box after nursing it with an eye dropper so they could save it . <br>
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Best of luck to you.

Raccoons and a deal on a Yanmar 1500
Yanmar Tractors
Replies 9 Post by DennisCTB

I would go with cutting it as high as your finish mower will allow. Particularly if you have no ability to irrigate, without water close mowing is fatal.

I do not know about southern zoyzia but this should apply to northern varieties.

Best height for lawn mowing
Garden and Landscape
Replies 4 Post by Nottoold

Cracked shingles.

Lifted shingles, missing shingles

Lots of shingle silt in the gutters like you have to muck it out.

The forward edge looks thickened.

How do you know if you need a New Roof
Home Improvement
Replies 19 Post by Nottoold

Success really depends on the slope and drainage. Fine dust is great when no erosion is an issue.

Bad drainage and paving is a better friend, though it can be pricey.

Best way to Maintain Gravel Drive
Tractor Projects
Replies 7 Post by Nottoold