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I have an 05 7510 w/302 loader,60" mmm. 263 hrs and was offered 8k on a trade last week. Not neaerly enough. You should get one for 11,000 dollars in that hr. range and year. I would expect 10k on a trade anyhow. Later. ihookem.

Kubota B7510 Price on 2005
Kubota Tractors
Replies 5 Post by ihookem

When it's hot just make sure you keep the rdiator screen clean or it will overheat. My Bota 7510 will overheat with a dirty screen and so will most. My Bota gets hot when I run it hot in 90 degree days when I run it hard hogging and cutting tall alfalfa and weeds.

Newbie advice between JD2305 BX2305 and GC2300
John Deere Tractors
Replies 25 Post by ihookem

It will do everything you need it to do but it doesn't wheigh enough to pull that big boat out. It will pull it on flat ground but you could loose it trying to pull the boat out of the ramp and that could hurt. I pushed a double axle trailor with 3 tons of rock hooked up to an f-250 diesel truck. It moved it when I bumped it on accident and could have easily pushed it around.

Kubota BX24 right for me
Kubota Tractors
Replies 12 Post by ihookem

Hardwood, there is a little secret the world does not know about. North east Iowa, it is full of little tiny towns that have not changed much in a long time. Nice small "cat rivers" too! And AAhh the Mighty missy! No place on God's green earth quite so sweet as the Missy along the south west corner of Wisconsin and north east Iowa! Hills, hardwoods, farms on the hills and valleys! I love it out there. Me and my wife look for land in that area to retire some day. I have fished from Lake Pepin to Bagley over the years and love it more than the U.P. or northern Wisconsin. The fishing is as good as Canada quite often, sometimes better, but noone knows it.

Working Vacation
Home Improvement
Replies 6 Post by ihookem

Cut my taxes or light bill in half and you can put one in my back yard, well maybe not that close but we have to do something about our energy supply. There are eighty eight of them going up about 15 mils north of me. Every time I go past the two we have had for ten years I see it as at least a small middle finger pointing at opec. we can cut oil and gas with windmills and they don't pollute at all. It will lower demand for natural gas cause power plants are leaning towards natural gas and away from coal for pollution reasons. In time we will be making real clean syntheic diesel fuel with coal and it is not more expensive with coal if crude stays above 60 bucks. We have to get tough with these idiots that cutter is talking about cause it will mostly kill geese and there are too many anyways. They don't want wind power, nuclear, coal or natural gas. Problem is there ain't nothin else. They use just as much electricity as anyone.Cut their power off and they will be the first to scream to high heaven. Wind power all the way, depressed states hit hard will benefit. The midwest plains is nothing short of a wind storm some days. Wind mills are expensive but when the windmill is payed off the power is less than anyhting, with no pollution! One windmill powers 3,000 people by us and they are small compared to the new ones going up!

Windmills for electricity
Home Improvement
Replies 48 Post by ihookem

I'm sure at this point it's Stihl or Husky, but there are differences in each model of both kinds. I have noticed when a Stihl model has an even number in the middle it is a hundred bucks more or so. I think these are better made saws. I don't know the difference though. Husky also has 3 types. The XP models are the pro saws. The price also shows it's a different saw. I would get the smallest pro saw you need cause it will be the last saw you will buy if you're a casual user. Art said he's got an old 034 Stihl, I got one too and an 026. Nice saws but with the 034 you better really hang on, the 026 ain't half the animal. Don't ever cut when worn out or tired especially with the pro saws that buzz at 13-14,000 rpm's. It depends on you but I buy about the best these days cause at 44 years old I'm tired of saving an extra fifty cents to find me spending an extra dollar later on. By the way maybe Art can explain the differences in price between the same size Stihl and one is a hundred buck more?

I need a new 14 or 16 chain saw
Garden and Landscape
Replies 26 Post by ihookem

For a few grand more than a Tundra you can get any diesel and the 3/4 ton to boot. Plus fuel mileage is better. I know undras are good but I really think they are over priced for a truck that's a 1/2 ton at best. The big three are at war with diesels and are putting out awsum trucks.

Tundra Ad misconceptions
Pickup Trucks and Trailers
Replies 33 Post by ihookem

If you buy a 2wd look at the used ones, they don't retail well at all and can be picked up for a very good deal. Also, if you go 2wd get some chains for snow and soft ground. You will need a size bigger for traction with a 2wd so for almost the same price you can go a little smaller size tractor with 4wd. I will never go without 4wd, there are just too many times you will need it and when you get 4wd you will know what everyone is talking about.

Kubota 2wd or 4wd
Kubota Tractors
Replies 18 Post by ihookem

Boulter, are you crazy? You should have gotten a tractor years ago! And you are 80 years old? Shoveling snow by hand? Lifting wood into the truck? Moving stones and digging holes by hand? HUH? The smallest tractor with a loader beats all this by hand. Anyway post hole diggers don't work when it hits a rock. You will need a back hoe or dig by hand. A good point on this thread is go with a big used 2wd ag tractor. They are everywhere and don't hold the value of a compact tractor. Good idea! That got me thinking of 2 old brothers that lived together in norhern Wisconsin. They had a 50 horse or so and it plowed snow like nothing, even 2 feet at a time. I It was a wierd gren color, A Duetz, maybe an Oliver. Had a loader and they would ram the big piles of cut fire wood till the loader was full, then dumped it close to the house and us 30 year old (kids) would help load it in the garage. Going through the woods won't be so easy though cause they are bigger. Go on tractorhouse.com and look at all kinds of tractors and you might get some good ideas. By the way, with all that sand, grow carrots and sparagus. But pigs? Are they even worth the stink? I grow Cornish Cross chickens. They are easy, taste so good it's unbelievable and after eight weeks they are in the freezer. Later, Steve.

Contemplating a small tractor
Operating and Attachments
Replies 21 Post by ihookem

I have been using Amsoil in my GMC duramax for 40k miles (only) but started using it for extended drains. At 15k miles drains it is the same price as regular oil.I am going to go 25k with 5-10k filter changes though. Wisconsin winters is where it excells cause we all know most engine wear is the first few seconds of start up. I have not put an Amsoil sample in the freezer yet to see if it stays thin but am sure it's better than regular oil. I know a guy who has a Ford diesel and has not changed oil in 70k miles. Doing an oil analasis every 15k with a 30 dollar Amsoil filter once a year the test comes back as good oil every time. Do a search on 409,000 mile oil drain interval and you will find a Mack truck owner that went 409,000 miles without an oil change(Amsoil of course) Taking the engine apart in front of mechanics and engineers and finding the engine was still in good shape. They put the engine back together with the same parts! You will find more stories like this soon as time passes and more owners use Amsoil. I have used Mobil 1 lots of times but will stick with Amsoil cause they insist 25k changes are ok for their oil. Mobil 1 claims 1 million mile engine life at 15k intervals but that is a far cry from the oil change intervals we are starting to hear about with Amsoil.So maybe Mobil 1 isn't all synthetic. Amsoil is cheap compared to engine rebuilds, and changing oil every 3-5k miles is granpas way of doing things and is down the path of non radial tires, points (remember them?) transister radios,and black and white tv's. Someday regular oil won't be sold. I also am partial to Amsoil cause it's from little town of Superior, Wisconsin and not from big oil that has enough advertisement money to get the whole world to believe them. With the little money Amsoil spends compared to big oil for their synthetics it's amazing they have not been bought out from BIG OIL for BIG $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ and shut down. They are doing well and it's probably cause they are the best. Next oil change in my Kubota will be Amsoil

Amsoil Oil do you use it
Parts and Repair
Replies 31 Post by ihookem

Pete, you must be on your new tractor. How is it working? You're starting to like it right.

New Holland TZ25 DA - not feeling the love
New Holland Tractors
Replies 23 Post by ihookem

Art, milk is going for 21 dollars a hundred. My milk farmer neighbor says it's finally worth milking again. Anyway Art, what brands are cheap engines and what brands are good engines, just wondering. And by the way, it drives me nuts when my 14 year old daughter buys a pint of water for a buck!

Kubota B2150 Engine life in hours
Kubota Tractors
Replies 26 Post by ihookem

I have an 05 GMC 2500 diesel I get 20 mpg hwy,and when I pull my bota 7510 I get 16-17mpg hwy. You can figure on loosing 1.25 mpg per 1000 pounds you are pulling. The diesels have no peer when pulling, you have to remember you have a trailer on though cause you can hardly tell. I have 3:73 axle. Also, don't put biger tires on or you will burn more fuel especially when pulling.

GMC Diesel pickup
Pickup Trucks and Trailers
Replies 6 Post by ihookem

I e mailed them once and it was a big sob story about him selling it cause it was his brother's in England that died in a car accident and he's in Texas. The price was cheap because in England there is no demand for them. Mai himm two days laer and a whole different story. Now it's in Georgia???? At 2600 dollars for a 7510. Had to be a scam. At those prices I'd have several tractors.

ebay Tractor pricing
Kubota Tractors
Replies 22 Post by ihookem

Better listen to Chief, I was on tractorhouse.com and those M series tractors are mor affordable than I thought. Almost enough to get me thinking.Chief, I'm sure that 4410 can pull a 6' rottary cutter cant it? I got a 7510 Kubota and just bought a 4' Howse rottary and does awsum until it gets in high alfalfa. How do you do 100 ac. with a 4' cutter? I do 22 ac. three imes a year and by the time I'm done I'm so sick of it that I'm wishing to see the snow fly!

Kubota 3240 HST or John Deere 3320
Kubota Tractors
Replies 7 Post by ihookem

You will be amazed at the power and movability of the 7610. I doubt you need any more power. If you do it for money or a job them maybe a 7800 is better. I have a 7510 and can plow a 1000' driveway with 6" of snow in an hour even with drifts. I can spread 15 yds of small stone nice and flat in a half hour easy. mow 1 ac. of grass in an hour. The 7800 will be faster in the open areas, but will loose in tight spots if boulders or trees are around. My only complaint is the turf tires are 4 ply and I got 4 flats in 187 hrs on the tack. I would get bar tires instead of turfs.

Kubota B7610 or Kubota B7800
Kubota Tractors
Replies 12 Post by ihookem

I have a 4' Howard tiller. I never heard of reverse tine but should work fine. I think 4' is good for most soil if not too dry. I also have a post hole digger and is awsum. I also bought a Howse 4' rottary cutter for tall grass and am amazed at how clean it cuts thick alfalfa and prickery ash about 1" thick. What is the advantage of a reverse tine though??

Kubota B7510 TILLER MOWER ADVICE
Kubota Tractors
Replies 6 Post by ihookem

I mow 22 ac. three times a year for my church. I have a 7510 60" mmm. and it gets old after one complete cut. The high weeds with the mmm is worse than grass. In low range it takes about 40 hours for 22ac. Ringing ears,sore backs, head aches are the norm. A 2230 will do it though. If I had to do it all over again I would have gotten the 7800 so the extra 9 horse would let me keep it in high range. A 2630 would be nice with the extra 6 horse. I still think I might take the dive and trade for the 7800, but another 7-8 grand? It comes down to your pocket book and time available, but the 2230 will do it.

BX2350 purchase concerns
Kubota Tractors
Replies 8 Post by ihookem

Thanks for the replies on this sight. I get better and more helpfull advice on this sight than at the dealer. I decided to try plowing at 2000 rpm and it didn't squeel at all today. Thanks everyone.

squeeling sound with 7510
Kubota Tractors
Replies 12 Post by ihookem

a 270 works.

What is Deer Proof
Garden and Landscape
Replies 16 Post by ihookem