Recent content by mowmow

  1. M

    B3200 Pulling Power

    OK that helps. Actually, I hadn't noticed that once you get into a group/section, the listing of diagrams includes those FIGURE numbers. That alone gave me a 10x speedup. THANKS!(y)
  2. M

    B3200 Pulling Power

    Thanks Russell - The B3200 seems to be the dogs style. Interestingly, the dogs for the right side ("X" in the image below) don't engage directly axle-to-axle, but rather they operate with the differential inside the 10:57 gear reduction, so that plays into the stresses, etc, but furthermore, it...
  3. M

    B3200 Pulling Power

    Fair enough. I just don't like the wording of these sometimes. Assuming the diff lock pedal pushes a spring that tries to engage the diff lock itself, then in all likelihood, "engaging the diff lock when one wheel is spinning and the other is completely stopped" is often unavoidable, unless you...
  4. M

    B3200 Pulling Power

    What I see here is that you should avoid shocking the locking mechanism, which makes sense. Regarding not turning while locked, I'm not sure what the danger would be here on dirt - I hope it's designed heavy enough for that, not that it's a good idea unless somehow necessary in a pinch. Are...
  5. M

    B3200 Pulling Power

    Well thanks guys! I will take this as a simple learning experience on my newish Kubota and be comforted in the idea that nothing was likely wrong with the tractor here. (y)
  6. M

    B3200 Pulling Power

    Wow, so many responses! I'll try to reply to each here: 1) By FEL you mean front end loader, yes, that's how I eventually pulled it. My rear tires are fluid-filled BTW 2) Always use Low range for this. Yes - I only tried Medium to briefly see if there was any difference in behavior. 3) Both...
  7. M

    B3200 Pulling Power

    Hey everyone - I'm a new Kubota owner and new to the forum. I already took my first online steps by joining this forum and adding "Kubota" to my Firefox browser's spell checker so it stops suggesting "Bogota", so I'm ready for my first forum post! I recently purchased by B3200 used and it has...