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LOL. Well our overnight temps atm are 23-24C. Miserable. Plus 60% + humidity. 38 today... -12 sounds great...send some snow while your at it :D I am sorry I have not yet reported back on this. Between the heat and a shoulder injury I haven't got out there. I will post when I've done some...

Thank you for the remarkably quick responses and great advice. I'll try to get to it tomorrow, we're having a monster heatwave this weekend and it's already too hot to go out again.:(

Hi everyone, My L 245 (2WD) is very low hours and runs like a clock, but the tacho/hour meter doesn't work. I took off the engine end of the cable and extracted the inner, it's in one piece and appears good. I was careful to try and re engage the drive when I replaced it. The oil and charge...

Thank you for that. Good information. Maybe I'll have to go round twice :) This may or may not be a useful data point. The previous owner sent me the owners manual/parts book. In it is noted my tractor number and that it was purchased in 1980. The number is 51295. I don't know if that will help...

Russell King: I am hopefully about to buy 4 acres. I say hopefully because I have for a couple of months now been trying to get some clarity on enviromental restrictions on the land. I currently live on small acreage but it's mountainside so the brushcutter has to be brought out for much of it...

Yep another heath robinson effort :D Probably more reliable than the woods and quicker to detach... I'll be mowing around and under trees, so there's going to be a lot of watching where the edge of the mower is. With a mid deck your not twisted right round as much. I'm coming around to a rear...

Yeah I figured that out regarding the rear pto driving the deck. Blessed bother. As I said earlier if I rigged a hydraulic pump to the front pto I could run any deck off that and tap it for a fel if I get one. The woods solution just seems complicated and prone to failures. Woods don't make...

Thank you for that. Good thinking on mounting a mid deck and fel. Maybe I should just wait and see what comes up on ebay and gumtree... There is a tpl mounted 5' finishing mower near grafton (4 hours away) for $660, new. Gosford is further in the same direction so I could take my big trailer...

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Kubota-Front-End-Loader-/291056975993?pt=AU_HeavyMachinery&hash=item43c4590079 I assume this won't fit my tractor ? The description says TLH275AD 1157. Just it's the right price and not TOO far from me, about 10 hours drive... coldwater tractors will ship me a new...

The only job I have for an FEL is spreading top dressing particularly under trees. The block I'm moving to is flat. The other work for the tractor is mowing and eventually mowing under the trees. Mixed orchard, hobby farm 4 acres.. I also thought about a rear bucket. for the little work it...

Heat maybe ? I'd seen that one before. I can see how that pulley system works but it's a bit messy. I've not seen those type of mowers over here. The superior is a neater solution. I've got the phone number of a wrecker near me so I'm going to call them and see if anything is available...

Thank you both for the information. RC60-27's come up pretty regularly here. I haven't seen one of those front pto kits but if I can find a wrecker. I don't know if that seller would sell to me but I bet the postage would be horrendous to Australia. Likewise if I can find a superior rear PTO...

Thank you, that's what I was after. I need to find some tractor wreckers here in south east queensland and see if anything is around. :D And scan ebay etc...

Thank you for your response. Finding a 5' deck isn't a problem. What I don't understand is how it gets power off the tractor. They did fit mid decks to them I just don't know how they got around the PTO issue. I've seen pics of a heath robinson setup with belts running round a pulley on the...

Hi, I just bought a L 245 F, 2wd. It's in good condition as far as I can tell, but bare. I would very much prefer to fit a mid deck mower over a rear 3PL mower. I am in Australia. From what I can gather there is some sort of kit to fit a PTO for the deck ? Is that right ? Is there an online...