Recent content by GrumpyFarmer

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    I was called an un trusting old fart today

    If I had a nickel for every boating accident I have been in where precious cargo was lost😉…(in all honesty I was in a serious one while in college enroute to a duck blind (I was very happy to have my SP10 in a floating case…I wish I had a floating case for all the other incidents😉). And let me...
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    Alexia

    Mainstream media not figured out difference between man and woman yet to be able to move on to next topic and be able to worry about such silly things as nefarious bad actors wanting to take advantage of our good nature. (Media is part of the problem and been lying to us since or deceiving us...
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    Weight question

    Well that sounds like a kick in the sack…can you not get close enough to hook up the hoses and let hydraulics do the lifting? What do you have on (or that you could use) with the 3pt that you might be able to use the 3pt to lift the loader up with and then block it up? (Might be able to do it...
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    MX5400 Will Not Shift into Granny Gear

    Is the machine currently in gear and you can drive it? id probably do a couple things: 1. Put all levers into neutral and start anew (follow manual) 2. If still can’t get to the desired gear, I would drive to a location that has a gentle slope, and the come to stop, keep clutch depressed, and...
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    MX5400 Will Not Shift into Granny Gear

    When you are trying to move the range gear shift lever, are you completely stopped and using the clutch pedal?
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    MX5400 Will Not Shift into Granny Gear

    Good day. where on machine and which lever is not working for your use? (From perspective of operator in seat and looking forward) (maybe review owners manual and clarify what really asking…I don’t believe there is a granny gear on MX, at least not as OEM)
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    I was called an un trusting old fart today

    I wish my doctors office had the same ability as your car dealers…I think it amuses them to ask me to fill out my address and health history every year…can’t just ask what’s changed, got to start all over and fill out every line. probably the same reason doctor’s Office can’t (won’t) say what...
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    I was called an un trusting old fart today

    Don’t sweat it and certainly don’t hold them in (pun intended😉). If someone’s rational is that ‘Grok’ (or whatever ever gender neutral chatbot) told them to - is their justification, then you have established they are in LaLa land. Once in LaLa land there is not point in asking questions or...
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    Diesel Prices

    I just drove back from CO…from here to there Illinois (I saw 6.15) seemed the highest across I70 and followed by Colorado. We stayed near Florissant and it was creeping’ up close to 6/gallon around the Colorado Springs area and just north of there. (Pray those peeps get rain…it’s pretty dry...
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    What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

    I have added accessory lighting to both my girls and it’s really helpful if finishing up after dark or doing odd chores after dark…on the little one, I have not installed the rear facing lights(yet) , it’s so bright that after looking forward if I turn around to look back my eyes can not adjust...
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    What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

    Looks like a clean install…I hope to see some action photos after dark…
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    Another Bucket Level Indicator Thread

    OP if I f you want it, do it. Personally I would not pay extra to have a level indicator period on my machine. I’d be more likely to pay to have it left off or removed though. (I’ve also damaged a hood from firewood falling of off the bucket 🫣…it wasn’t because of having/not having a bucket...
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    Grand L70 series Rops ?

    OP, I will be the first to say that forks are a very versatile implement and I use mine a lot. That being said by your description, unless there is truly a requirement for a tractor, a tractor does not make a good forklift. are your fork use hourly, daily, weekly, monthly etc? One or two...
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    Telephone etiquette

    Want to see their brain stop working, Tell them about a party line, phone booth, or a phone bank at a hotel or airport and see how they process that. after they regain consciousness, invite them to lunch that only accepts cash and let them drive a manual transmission. It’s doesn’t get any...