Recent content by NCL4701

Well, that’s a bunch of good luck and bad luck all mixed up. If warranty or insurance don’t cover it I’d sell the tractor as is, sell all the implements, and get something more suitable for your property. If warranty or insurance pay for it, I’d still sell it all after it’s fixed. I certainly...

I read the question as the same tractor/cutter combo had been used the entire 20 years. I agree correct PTO shaft length has to be verified the first time it’s run on a different tractor. 🙂

Leave it as is. “I have read that if the drive line is too long it may damage the Cutter or the PTO.” That statement is correct. If the PTO shaft in its fully contracted position is longer than the shortest distance between the tractor PTO and implement gearbox, it will bind. If it binds...

Finished mowing the meadow by the road I started a couple days ago and moved on to the next meadow. It was a good day for a radiator genie.

Agree…

Picked up this little tobacco field beside the public road in land swap deal with a developer a couple years ago. It hadn’t been mowed or cultivated for probably 3 or 4 years before that, so 5 or 6 total years of whatever grew there. The contractor that installed a gas line just past the field...

Your chosen variety of potatoes reminded me of the classic children’s story, “Stone Soup”, which is somewhat based on the real traditional use of your type “potatoes” for flavoring. Example. Just be sure to remove the super hard potatoes before serving.

Your second photo clearly shows the front axle had rotated backward 90 degrees. That pipe looking thing the wheel is hooked to (the knuckle) should be vertical, not horizontal. No telling what all is busted under the front end, but that axle is no longer attached to the center pivot. Even if...

Short answer, no. Maybe I should. I do grease every 10 meter hours and put in new until it comes out. That’s all I’ve ever done to non-sealed greasable pin type joints on farm/construction type equipment. Haven’t had any problems with premature wear yet. Not a big fan of pristinely cleaning...

From the perspective of a now retired insurance adjuster who directly handled or managed exactly this type claim for 35 years, file a claim and collaborate with your insurance carrier on next steps. Be sure you understand how recovery charges play into coverage. Some policies, it’s an...

https://www.kubotabooks.com/AutoIndex/index.php?dir=Tractor%20Owners%20Manuals/ Scroll down to L3240. That WSM includes the 5240. Appears to be in 3 parts.

@GrumpyFarmer made a really good point in post #12. “The top link does go off and on really easy, so if you just have an implement that you don’t need the top link with it’s no hassle to swap the link out.” And in post #11. “… it’s a real game changer once connected. IMO the juice is worth the...

I normally have my top link attached to the float valved remote. No check valves. From the standpoint of a bush hog pushing and pulling on it over undulating ground, it moves very easily in float. From the standpoint of an average strength 220lb, 58 yr old man pushing and pulling it, there’s a...

I seem to recall you mentioned in a recent thread you’d considered a PTO generator. If you go that route, I’d suggest checking out an IMD with Automatic Voltage Regulation (AVR). When I bought mine, the folks I dealt with in South Carolina were very helpful and easy to deal with. They’re a day...