Recent content by B2710

I did pick up 2 buckets of Shell S2 Tellus iso 46, just hate to dump 300.00 of new oil down the drain...

This for all the oil experts... broke a line on my KX040-4 excavator. Lost about half the hydraulic tank which is about 5gal. Sent the son to the dealer to get hydraulic fluid, they sold him UDT even with him telling them it was for an excavator and he refilled the tank. When I saw the...

Yep, carry a 18v ryobi leaf blower on the tractor, without it there would be no way to cut the wooded fields since I am not near any electricity... but this may give me an excuse to get a new tool... a gas operated air compressor for my trailer...

Here is the linear actuator I picked up to do the same thing on my MX6000, still figuring out the mounting plates... I just do not have the wherewithall to do hydraulics but my bobcat skid steer has hydraulic QC and I like it, not very fast, likely the same speed as the actuator will be...

I do keep spare belts and many other service items for all my equipment. One thing on belts, or at least my experience has been OEM belt manufacturers seem to change a lot nowadays, some belts are the same part number but do not work or last as long as the originals, but when I find a good one...

Have new MX6000HSTC that I am brush cutting a overgrown pasture with weeds 3-4' tall (mostly marestail or horse weed), but it seems the AC condenser, oil cooler, and radiator fills up with chaff much quicker than all my other tractors (MF50, L45, L3310 and B2710). Weeds are about the same as...

I just picked up an MX6000HSTC. I wanted a 7" brush cutter (specifically BH 317 two spindle as I had one previously on a 70hp case tractor that was perfect) but the dealer talked me out of saying in their experience a 6" is better all around for the MX6000HSTC based on personal and customer...

Hmmm, now maybe I can afford one....

I did not get a code but the dealership wants me to bring my L3310 in for a ECM update as soon as possible to prevent getting the code.

Dealer filled the rears on my cab L3310 as part of prep before I picked it up. Glad they did, it is tippy as is, could not imagine how bad it would be if the rears were not loaded.

Wow, that looks like my fluid at 200 hrs...I normally use the shop vac trick if the fluid is not required to be changed... but I may dump it on my L3310 for the 50hr servive.

I was just speaking to a friend last week who is a sales manager at a dealership. He told me the new paradigm is that they will cut stocking inventory by 50% based the past year and set an expectation for salespeople to have at least that much in ordered sales, which saves them a lot money...

In you best non-threating voice, ask him to do it now as you paid several months ago with the expectation of services and the car has been there a reasonable amount of time. If he pushes back, then ask for the pre-payment back and get the car. Just don't do anything that can be used against...

Dealer...

Foamed my skid steer and tractor front tires several years based on the recommendations of local home builder, best free advice I ever got. Have never looked back and never had a problem. Adds some beneficial weight to the front of the tractor.