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Don't know whether this would be the same procedure for your tractor, but here's what the manual say for a 2004 3130HST. (I've done it several times with no problem.)

"1. Fill the fuel tank with fuel, and open the fuel cock."
"2. Open the air vent cock on the fuel injection pump." (on my model this is a little plastic knob about the size of a nickel. my manual has a little picture showing where it is located)
"3. Start the engine and run for about 30 seconds and then stop the engine."
"4. Close the air vent cock."

Once I open the air vent cock my tractor has always started after maybe 5 or 10 seconds of cranking. The one time it ran out of fuel and I tried to start it without following these steps (it was my first time), I never got it started until I broke down and read the instructions.

Good luck.

Kubota B2150 Starting After Running Out of Diesel
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Replies 7 Post by jrestill

Looks like you've already figured it out, but just for the record I had a similar problem with my 3110hst a couple of years back. there was snow up under the seat in the switch area. I never did figure out EXACTLY what it was, but it was clearly related to the snow since once I got everything cleaned out real good the problem went away. I built a snow-proof shed for my tractor this year. Alas, no snow far this year of any consequence.

7510 stalling -- seat kill switch
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Replies 12 Post by jrestill

Anyone have experience with chains on L3130, FWD, Hydro? Specifically wondering about clearance issues on front wheels. Running R4s. Thinking about setting up all four wheels with chains from tirechains.com since I occasionally need to deal with icy sidehills. Won't use extensively, but want to make sure I'm always going in the direction I mean to go in when I do have to clear winding and steep 1200-foot gravel drive.

Using chains on a Kubota L3130 Clearance
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Replies 7 Post by jrestill

Agree that grapple is amazing aid if you have a lot of wood to move around. I have a Borgford with skidsteer type quick attach. just a minute or two to change from regular bucket and another couple of minutes to hook up the two hydraulic lines you'll need to open and close the "mouth" of the grapple. The Borgford I got for my L3130 was pushing $3,000, but that brand has been discussed quite a bit on this site and I've never heard or seen anything but the highest praise for them. (They have them smaller and bigger, but the price is not all that much among the different sizes.)

Grapple Bucket
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Replies 3 Post by jrestill

Thanks, Beagle, but on this model I'm looking at closer to $335 to change it out than $35. On the HST3130 the xmission and hydraulic system fluid is one and the same. 10-plus gallons.

200-hour hst xmission fluid change
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Replies 6 Post by jrestill

CORRECTION to my post above. left out the all important NOT word. I can NOT speak with authority about anything but the specific pieces of equipment I have.

Quick detach accesory for 3pt hitch
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Replies 7 Post by jrestill

I got the Borgford grapple for my Kubota 3130 after seeing posts here and then checking around. Extremely happy with it. Can't believe what it will do once I developed a little "touch" with operating it. Don't recall exact price (not at location where have receipt), but it was pushing $3,000, including shipping from West Coast to East Coast. My Kubota is set up with the skid steer type quick attach and grapple a piece of cake to hook up with it. The Deere owners would be better source, but from your photo, looks like your bucket is not skid steer type. However, I'll bet the Borgford folks can set you up with whatever could be compatible with your rig. If you can get past the cost going in, I don't think you would be disappointed with their equipment.

Need a grapple rake for my FEL
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Replies 36 Post by jrestill

Bingo, DK35!

Your diagnosis was right on target. Fortunately, I didn't HAVE to use the tractor the other day when it was shutting down during a brief but heavy snow storm and didn't get back to it until today. I very, very gingerly opereated the hydro pedal by hand while standing beside the machine and got exactly the same result: a clicking switch and shutdown. When I got in the seat and tried it, everything was fine. I'm thinking I probably had some snow packed up under the seat somehow that was interferring with the switch.

3130HST Shuts Down
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Replies 4 Post by jrestill

Folks with more experience than me might suggest you could get by with something less, but I bought a 3130HST last summer for my 14 hillside, heavily treed acres in Virginia that sounds a lot like yours, although with less snow. I don't use a belly mower or a snow blower, but I don't see how you could go wrong with an orange 3130HST. Coincidentally, that's right in line with what AnnBrush said, who, I think, has a lot more expertise than me.

Best tractor to purchase for 10 acre lot
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Replies 8 Post by jrestill

Mark,

Everything that has been said so far is right on the money. Here's an additional thought, although I'm sure it's not something my lawyer would want me "recommending." So I'm not recommending it. That said, I found it useful a few months ago when I first got my tractor that I would very carefully and slowly -- and UNINTENTIONALLY -- lift a wheel off the ground in a controlled situation such as trying to lift a log in a hillside situation. In a few instances when I would feel a wheel begin to lift up (and see my life pass before me) I would quickly let off on the load and the wheel would settle back down without any harm. Again, I don't recommend that trial and error method, but it did give me much better feel of what it REALLY feels like when one begins to tip. A couple of times I actually purposely did some things under load on the FEL that I throught probably would make me start to tilt, but VERY slowly and carefully so I could release the pressure before anything bad happened. By the time I got around to doing serious work, I pretty much knew what my rig would and wouldn't do on a hillside. I'm no longer too worried about it tipping over in the shed, but continue to be worry abound running over that unseen rock or stump that can quickly and unexpectedly turn a marginal situation into a full-blown tilt. I try to keep a close eye out, but still have run over some surprises that gave me a scare. I don't think you can ever be too careful about that.

Tipping over
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Replies 13 Post by jrestill

Recently bought a magnetic block heater and even more recently learned that the oil pan on my new (130 hours) 3130HST is made of something other than steel, i.e. the magnet doesn't "stick" to it. For the life of me I can't find a flat surface to place it on any closer than the bottom of the transmission case, which is not going to do much good starting on a cold morning.<br>
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Any ideas?<br>
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I suppose I could rig some court of strapping or clamping arrangement to hold it to the oil pan, but hoping for something simpler.<br>
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Block Heater Location
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Replies 32 Post by jrestill

Muph,

Could you please elaborate just a little on the Big O 6" weeping tiles

I'm familiar with plastic and steel culvert. also and the PVC french drain, which I suspect is not suitable for cross-road drainage unless it is really buried deep.

I have a half dozen salvaged iron grates that I could use to bridge an open depression in a spot where I want water to cross.

But the weeping tiles you mention might be my best solution. what are they made of and how deep do you need to place them?

thanks.

evaluation
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Replies 22 Post by jrestill

Hillslider:

Wow! Sounds like a good place to be moving FROM, at least as far as your Kubota dealer goes. So far, so good with mine, in Warrenton, Va. I brought up 50-hour service. His response was that they'd be more than happy to do it, but that there really wasn't any reason for me not to do myself. Of course, I didn't really have a time problem. Spread the job over several days, including getting materials together and tools organized, etc. Notice you're in West Virginia. You didn't happen to deal with either the Kubota guys in Winchester, Va., or Woodstock, Va. did you? I don't have any expereience with them, but would want to be forewarned if one of them was yours.

Did you happen to notice how many quarts your front axle took, assuming you did that when you cleaned up after the dealer?

50-hour service mission accomplished
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Replies 10 Post by jrestill

All I can say is I'm certainly not disappointed with my 3130hst, just turned over 50 hours and parked for a day or so until i can get to the servicing. can't wait to get it back in service.

Almost all my work sounds similar to what you talk about, working on hillside, heavy into clearing, digging stumps and so forth.

Haven't really skidded yet, but have done a couple experimental lifts of stacked fallen logs with the 723 loader and am really impressed with what it will do.

The key thing is to GO SLOW on hills, which brings me to final point. You seem to be dead set against HST and sure you have your good reasons to that. But to me, as an inexperienced operator, I'm glad I followed a lot of advice on this thread and went with the HST, mainly from the safety aspect. It is so easy to do things at creep speed and I find that important when I'm horsing around heavy stuff and trying to keep all four wheels on the ground at the same time.

Bottom line is I'm amazed at what my 3130 will do. Better than I ever expected.

L3130 The right tractor
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Replies 9 Post by jrestill

Bob,

I haven't approached dealer yet. Just over 42 hours on tractor now and thinking I'll bring it up when I go by dealership to pick up supplies for 50-hour service.

float detent failure
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Replies 7 Post by jrestill

Got my 3130HST with 723FEL last Friday. Fantastic. Last time felt like this was when got first bike for Christmas back in the '50s when getting a bike was a big deal for a poor kid.<br>
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Does even more than I expected.<br>
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Will share experiences later for any novices still wondering whether to take the plunge.<br>
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One quick question. I don't have a place to lock it up yet and am a little nervous, although my place is well out of site up a wooded hillside from the road.<br>
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What I wanted to do for the time being is park it between a couple of big trees (I have plenty) so no one could put it on a trailer or rollback without doing some serious chainsaw work first, but at first blush I haven't come up with a simple way to keep someone from starting and driving away.<br>
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The old "take the distributor cap with your" won't work on this baby. Is there something similar on the diesel?

Christmas in July
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Replies 5 Post by jrestill

Murph,

Here's another thing to think about. What if she does get her own tractor and then decides to sign up for tractorpoint? You may want to keep your "delete" button well lubricated.

Dooooh why did I do that
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Replies 14 Post by jrestill

Thanks to all for the "consultation." I just called dealer to have him go from 573 to 723 loader, but with the 66" bucket compromise suggested by Greg. (I also remembered this time to ask him to weld a couple of hooks on the bucket.)

FEL size 3130
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Replies 11 Post by jrestill

Art, thanks to you and others responding to my Aug. 5 "ready to jump in," I think I've pretty much settled on 3130 with either hydro or glideshift. Now i'm wondering if you would elaborate a little on your reference to glideshift being preferable to hydro on hills. I'm assuming the hydro would get me anywhere the glideshift would, just maybe with not as much load??

kubota L3130 fst- is it enough tractor
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Replies 6 Post by jrestill

I've been thinking about jumping into the Kuboda pool since buying my 14 hilly, wooded acres five years ago and have decided to go ahead and make the leap before the Aug. 31 financing deals expire.

Thought I had at least mastered the questions to ask at my first encounter with a dealer after spending quite a bit of time reading this board since I discovered it awhile back. I thought wrong. My dealer, highly recommended by a number of people in the area, was quite civil and helpful even though he had a couple of other potential customers waiting in line. Bottom line is I think I gave him the impression I knew more about what I was looking for than I really did.

To get to the point, I came away with a quote of $13,967 (plus tax) for a new L2600 with the LB402 loader, ag tires. Would be $900 more for L3000. Only as I was leaving did I realize they come only with the manual transmission. Didn't have time to wait and the dealer was with someone else, but I did butt in just long enough for him to tell me would have to go to the L3130 to get other xmission options. I said "so we're looking at a rough ballpark of $3,000 or $4,000 more for that" and he nodded. Having gotten home and done some more reading on the board, I'm guessing the L3130 might be a little pricer yet.

I will get back him to him later for something firm, and also have to check with another highly recommended dealer in the area.

Meanwhile, any of you vets have any helpful thoughts? I'm naturally not inclined to spend more than I need to, but fortunately am in a position right now, a rarity for me, to be able to swing the finances on the more expensive rig if I convince myself it's worth it. I'm already thinking it is.

I'll do a little mowing, about three acres with quite a few medium-sized trees I'll need to maneuver around, a considerable amount of moving mulch, topsoil and such around as I get to developing garden and orchard, quite a bit of snowplowing and other maintenance of my quarter-mile hillside driveway, and a LOT of snaking firewood logs around to feet my outdoor wood furnace, as well as getting oak logs to my neighbor's sawmill and getting the cut timbers back up to my housesite. (Incidentally, my dealer price for 6' blade is $469 and $849 for 60-inch Bush Hog. I'll probably get a box blade later after I see just how much I can't do with regular blade. Main thing I want right now is to be ready to push snow this winter.)

In short, I'm thinking I need something fairly hefty, in the 27-30 hp range, but am also thinking I'd probably get pretty tired of the manual shifting since a lot of my work will be on somewhat challenging terrain and often in tight quarters in amongst my trees. And since at age 60 I'm afraid my legs aren't going to get any stronger. Besides, I fully realize having a little fun makes the work medicine go down a lot easier. (I've used a Bobcat and rented Case wheeled loader and backhoe a little bit and am just not sure I have enough coordination left to run a FEL and backblace and remember to shift, too. All the while trying not to slide down the hill.)

Sorry to be so long-winded, but since it's my first time to spew here, though I would give a pretty good feel for what I'm up to.

Guess if I boil it down to one question, it would be: Do you guys think I would be wise to look at something smaller than an L?????, but with the luxury of hydro xmission or bite the bullet and shell out extra bucks even though I could sure put them to good use for other projects.

Thanks.

ready to jump in
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Replies 6 Post by jrestill