Recent content by PaulL

A well specced trailer with good brakes on both axles will substantially reduce how much it pushes your truck around. Yes, if you get a sway on a 3/4 ton will control it better. But for occasional towing, and if you're loading sensibly, and you're not relying on the truck to stop the trailer...

I figured I needed to have another go. Apparently I wasn't obvious enough the first time. :)

Sure you do. A tractor that isn't in the appropriate hours bracket is clearly worth less. Look how many conversations have been had on here "that's too few hours for its age, clearly something is wrong with it". Putting more hours on a tractor increases its value. It's a duty that tractor owners...

Looks mint. I hope you're going to be very very happy, and expect you will be. Now you need to put some hours on it - at the age it is it really needs extra hours to get to where it should be. Strict regime of 16 hours every weekend will go some way to remedy things.

Live PTO doesn't really matter with an HST. L3200 is basically the same tractor as an L2501, but pre-emissions rules. They detuned it to reduce the HP when the emissions rules came in, so that it went under 26HP (which was a threshold where the emissions rules became more stringent). There...

The other end of the understanding that took me a while to notice. The hand throttle is setting desired RPM, not a throttle opening. The governor actually controls throttle opening (well, I guess injectors), and it's working to keep at the exact RPMs that you set. So actually neither of the...

Unlikely to need to be replaced. It is relatively common, and usually comes down to grease, adjusting one or more of the springs or rods (depending on how exactly it works on your machine), and cleaning dirt and gunk that may be stopping it freely returning. On my old BX I consistently had this...

I was told this in NZ. The dealer I brought from just needed an address within his region. My brother's address worked fine.

Late to the party. Of the list you provide, the L2502 is the buy. Not much more expensive, and new. Second for me is the B2601 with backhoe. For random jobs that you don't even know need doing that's a good implement. When people say "tractors don't depreciate like cars" what they mean is that...

The BX has a suspended deck, only the LX has a ground following deck where the wheels hold the height. As you say, the BX wheels are anti-scalping only. I don't think the OP is saying that his deck occasionally touches the ground (which the anti-scalping wheels would stop). He's saying his deck...

If you're not mowing, don't want a cab, don't need a PTO, the L2502 is best value for money. LX is a nicer machine, and B2601 is for those who are a bit more financing constrained or have to park in a particular sized spot (like me).

Ah, there you go. Didn't even know they were cup washers, they look kinda flat. That should be an easy enough fix. And if they have lost their cup through the various things I've done to them (like spinning them till they're on fire hot, so they lose their temper perhaps), I can just get new...

Much of the fun of a new (to you) machine is learning all these things. When I first got mine taking the loader or mower off was a full escapade. Now it's 5 minutes or less, and I know most of the things that can go wrong (through doing them all one by one). In particular, I know to never take...

When I loan equipment, I accept the risk that it comes back busted. When I let inexperienced people drive equipment on my property (usually because it's fun to do stuff with family), I accept the risk they break it. Many people would offer to repair or replace if they break stuff. But they're...

If it were mine, I'd bite the bullet and take the oil pan off. Look inside it, work out what you can do to get the plug out and fix it. Get a new oil pan if you need to. All the options people are providing are good, but most of them feel like quite a bit of work, and all of them come with a...