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It looks like that will be the way this one is done also. Thanks.

StoneGate

Concrete floor in a Pole Barn
Barns Pole Barns
Replies 20 Post by StoneGate

I have two Kubotas, and am looking for a better way to transfer fuel to tractor...I use a 5 gal. plastic container and a kerosene pump with batteries by lifting jug onto top of hood or steering wheel and using small pump to transfer fuel...How do you fuel yours?

How do you fuel you tractor there must be a better way
John Deere Tractors
Replies 5 Post by FERRARI

I want to add some work lights to my BX23. However I cannot find any wiring diagrams for this machine. Does anybody have a location for this information?<br>
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Lacking wiring diagrams, does anybody know the purpose of the white wire and connector that sits above the engine?<br>
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The Kubota manual mentions an accessories fuse. Does anybody know what accessories this part of the wiring is intended for? Are there connectors located somewhere on the tractor for these accessories? Is it ignition switched?<br>
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Thanks in advance for any help on the electrical system.<br>
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Bill<br>

BX23 Electrical
Kubota Tractors
Replies 2 Post by Wrangler2k

I have a 1984 MF 20C loader/backhoe wanting to know average selling price? Getting ready to go to auction.<br>
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around 1000 hrs<br>
recent paint<br>
tight pins<br>
some slight hydraulic leaks in 2 hoe cylinders but not enough to repair at this time.<br>
All electric guages, lights etc. working<br>
tires fair

Fair price for 1984 MF 30D loader backhoe
Massey Ferguson Tractors
Replies 1 Post by SGTRanger

There are (2) basic ways to set up a mower. 1) To have the contact wheels engaged on the mowing surface (running on the ground at all times) which also sets mowing height. 2) the gauge/contact wheels are just set slightly above (1/4-1/2") the (dirt) surface coming in contact with only the blades of grass when set to the proper height.

If you are operating in condition #1 set the gauge wheels at the same height (Right,Left, Front & Back)for the desired grass length. There are no further adjustments that can be made for leveling. Most JD's advise you to setup to run for condition #2. I generally have mine set up in condition #1 because of real uneven terrain with renters and their kids mowing. It stops them from scalping the lawn and knicking up my blades since I set it high.

If you are operating in condition #2, put the mower on a flat piece of concrete and lower it such that the gauge wheels are not in contact and put it to your desired height. Measure the blade height from concrete to bottom of blade tip while reaching through the side discharge chute. This measurement should be taken directly in line with the spindles. (If looking down on the blades from the top, the blade position would be at 3 o'clock. Cut a wood block of that height and lift the deck by hand not to disturb your lever settings and place the wood block underneath the left blade at its outer edge. This would be at the 9 o'clock position on the left blade. These two heights should be reasonably the same. You should be able to reach underneath and feel the height. If not, one of the lift arms usually the left side has a threaded connector like a turnbuckle. Usually you need to pull a hitch pin and disconnect from the lift mechanism and spin this "L" shaped threaded rod around to raise or lower. Each rotation of this will raise or lower by the amount of the thread pitch, lets say 1/16 of an inch. You will need to make several adjustments to get it right if the JD guy didn't do his job. You will find that if you raise and lower the left side, the right side will also move. You will need to remeasure every time you adjust on both sides.

Make sure your tires are inflated to the same pressure on right and left side. I'd suggest slowing down around corners since that is where you say you are having problems. Because of the size of mower it may be swaying as you turn. You may want to push down on the right side and see if the deck has allot of sway in it. If so, maybe something is loose or out of adjustment. You should also inspect the height of the blades from front to back. (ie 12 o'clock vs: 6 o'clock) Usually the front is just slightly lower, such that it does the mowing rather than the blade cutting in the full 360 rotation path. If it has allot of dip, it could cause varying heights through corners. Not all mowers have adjustments for front to back.

Try this out and look for improvement. The G100 Series is a nice tractor at entry level which replaces the Sabre models. Either way it should cut level. I'm assuming it is new or just slightly used.

Help with uneven grass
Garden and Landscape
Replies 4 Post by yooperpete

I use a five gallon plastic gasoline container with the drip-proof spout that has a lip that has to be rested on the edge of the fuel tank fill opening in order to open.

Hopefully the plastic used for gasoline containers is also good for diesel fuel. Anybody know?

I own a BX23 so five gallons will refill the tank even if I let it get pretty low.

The good thing is it is a little bit of exercise filling the tank.

The bad thing is forcing yourself to go refill the container after you use it. I was going to buy two of them in order to have an extra refill on hand. But then I know that I would only end up with two empty containers when I need them.

How does every one fuel their tractor There must be a better way
Kubota Tractors
Replies 26 Post by Wrangler2k

Todd, I would question why all that had to be done to that machine.

We put far more hours than that on a CUT in a single year in some cases and they don't need that done to them after 3 years.

IMHO, either get it incredibly cheap, I mean REALLY cheap, or keep shopping.

Best of luck.

JD 870 JD FEL JD 72MMM JD PHD and JD Snowplow
John Deere Tractors
Replies 4 Post by Murf

I am usually the one dissenting opinion on this subject.

It has been my experience that B/H's for CUT's spend most of their time doing one of two things, sun tanning out in the yard where they have been set down, or sitting behind the operator as VERY expensive ballast for the FEL.

IMHO, the average CUT user would be better off to rent a Mini-Ex, which can dig circles around the average B/H-equipped CUT, for $200 a day and use the savings to buy something really usefull. Besides, there is little risk of damaging your CUT from over stressing it without a B/H.

In most cases I suspect the interest alone on the price of a B/H would rent one for the two days a year it would be used.

Best of luck.

Tell me about a woods BH
John Deere Tractors
Replies 2 Post by Murf

It is VERY true, the delaer warned us about it when we got our big new JD (yes Randy, I bought a Greene tractor, LOL)delivered this spring.

Luckily for us it's not much of a problem since our property is VERY sandy so it isn't a 'hop' to us, it's a part revolution spin.

What they say aboput ballasting and traction in that article is very good info. though. A lot of it is very applicable to CUT's also.

Best of luck.

Power Hop
Just For Fun Off Topic
Replies 8 Post by Murf

Strangely enough with the recent D-Day rememberance ceremonies fresh in our minds comes this story, emailed to me by relatives in South Africa.

"HARARE, ZIMBABWE - Zimbabwe will nationalize all farmland and abolish private land ownership, the country's land reforms minister said on Tuesday. John Nkomo said all land will become the property of the state and property deeds will be replaced with state-issued 99-year leases. "There shall be no such thing as private land," Nkomo said.

Under President Robert Mugabe's controversial land reform measures that began in 2000, almost 5,000 white-owned farms have been handed over to landless blacks. Mugabe had argued the seizures were necessary to resettle blacks kicked off their land during British colonization. "Ultimately all land shall be resettled as state property," said Nkomo.

Critics say much of the best farmland is not being used because the resettled farmers are too poor to afford equipment, supplies and seed. Production of two of the country's biggest money earners – food and tobacco – has dropped dramatically.

Humanitarian groups have warned that the country is facing a food shortage. The United Nations estimates Zimbabwe will produce less than half the food it needs for this year and has little money or resources with which to buy or trade for food on the world market. The European Union has responded to Mugabe's behaviour by imposing sanctions on his government, withdrawing all observers and restricting government representatives from travelling within member states. But that only served to underscore Zimbabwe's status as a pariah nation, abandoned and black-listed by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund because of Mugabe's policies.

The 78-year-old Mugabe has been widely criticized by the British government and press freedom advocates as a dictatorial autocrat who holds power through bribery, corruption and intimidation. Critics accuse him of hiring unemployed teens to harass people into voting for him in a door-to-door campaign of terror. These same teens are accused of beating supposed MDC supporters to death in public.

Zimbabwe is facing an unemployment rate estimated at 60 per cent with a soaring inflation rate of 116 per cent while the average Zimbabwean income has been cut in half since independence. Starvation is threatening more than half a million people in rural areas and an educated urban elite is said be getting bribed, threatened or killed by vigilante electioneering attributed to Mugabe."

It seems the concepts of freedom and civil liberties hold little value for some people.

The strange part about all of this is it's only been 20 years since Zimbabwe declared it's independance after a bloody civil war "to escape the tirany and opression of British rule".

Yeah, right.

Buying that Perfect Small Farm
Home Improvement
Replies 70 Post by Murf

Thanks, after adding the cost of shipping in, my local dealer is not so far off base!

Kubota L4300 price from distant Deen Equipment
Kubota Tractors
Replies 6 Post by BSTFLT

I was thinking of it as 'mental air conditioning', and no I don't mean the breeze that blows in one ear and out the other as my wife asserts there is.

Pete, while there is some concern about the lateral or torsional forces on the FEL arms, the front of the machine is light enough that the front tires lose traction and skid sideways long before that much force accumulates.

In 20+ years of doing it we have never had any problems yet.

BTW, summer has arrived in Toronto too, it is 90 deg. F. and high humidity here, 101 deg. F. with the 'humidex', still no match for the A/C on the Kubota, I cut 15 acres of hay this morning in cool comfort.

Best of luck.

Suggestions for Snow removal equipment attachments
John Deere Tractors
Replies 20 Post by Murf

Thanks for the link -- I checked it out and it looks like it will be really helpful. My guess is that my wife will start spending lots of time on that site.

Putting stalls in barn
Parts and Repair
Replies 9 Post by Oliver

I received my hitch and drawbar yesterday. Looks like a nice setup. Looking forward to using it.

Receiver hitch for iMatch
John Deere Tractors
Replies 82 Post by ncrunch32

sounds like you have a pretty nice setup.

Kubota B7800 Price Check
Kubota Tractors
Replies 64 Post by kubotaguy

Neat. What kind of tires are those?

Truck Tires on a CUT
Parts and Repair
Replies 5 Post by acerguy

My mid-mount mower deck will not stay in the up position. When I position the control up it immediately starts to move down. I adjusted the back nuts, but it continues to move down.

BX2200 hydraulicproblems
Kubota Tractors
Replies 2 Post by bert

dkheckmanl, these a little on the pricey side but VERY solid built machines with 7 guage steel mowing decks.

Riding mower with a flip up deck
Garden and Landscape
Replies 6 Post by Chief

Looks like JD released the info on the new 20 series tractors. These all have John Deere turbo diesel engines, and the smallest 4120 is 43 hp ramping up to the 4720 with 58 hp! I'll be most envious of the first one here that buys one. I thought the 20 series would be replacing the 10 series, but it looks like they will be sold side by side to fill out the top end of the CUT line.

Specs on new 20 series JD tractors
John Deere Tractors
Replies 1 Post by kwschumm

thanks dk35 vince, have 40 hours on my lk3054xs and love it. moving alot of dirt to build a shop and so far so good. wish I would have bought a box blade rather than a rear scraping blade though. Hit some rocks and had to beef up my blade attachment. afaid to beef it up to much thinking I rather have it go rather than having something crack on the tractor. thanks again.

oil filter
Kioti Tractors
Replies 3 Post by kingsfan