Recent content by sth5591

A little bit of an update, I went out and played with the lever a bit. When the tractor isn't running the lever actually seems to spring down to the lowest position. When it is running it will fall at whatever speed the lowering speed knob is set to. But it will hold position if I hold the lever...

Thank you! If it ever stops raining I'll go out and try this...

I'm working on a ballast barrel for the back, a 55 gallon drum with a drawbar pushed through it and filled about 3/4 with concrete. I think that should work pretty well and hopefully be heavy enough. A guy at work offered me a lightly used tooth bar for $150 today, so I'll probably take that too.

Thanks for the links, definitely some useful info on those sites! I'll have to check that spring/pin on the control lever tomorrow, is it possible that it could just be loose, causing the handle to fall down?

I picked up a 1998 L3010 last week and love it so far, but I have a few questions and concerns with the 3 point hitch on mine. The control handle seems very loose and floppy, and when you raise the arms all the way up they will drop back down without me pushing the handle down. I adjusted the...

Yes, I definitely want to get a tooth bar soon. And a brush hog, and a rear blade, and lots of stuff.

Removing trim wont work, it's hitting the main board. I am in the process of building a ballast box for the rear, just need to get some free time to finish up my welding, we'll see if that makes a difference. I hadn't thought of it.

Do you think if I let enough out to clear it I could just leave it that way? I know in my former days of off-roading, less air = more traction. We would just air the jeeps back up before going down the highway. Would it hurt the drivetrain or the tires to have them aired down somewhat?

It's actually hitting the header board of the garage door, if I could make it under that I could push the door up and clear it.

I need about an inch of clearance, but it's a paved driveway and poured concrete garage floor, so no digging. I did consider letting some air out of the back tires. :confused:

I just got a 1998 L3010 without a folding ROPS and it is entirely too tall to get into my standard garage doors. Has anybody converted their ROPS to folding or just chopped it down and rewelded? It seems like it would be simple, but the vertical posts go up at an angle which could make adding...

Thanks for the input. Just to be clear, I wasn't trying to rip out trees with it. I have a lot of brush that grows out in groups of 5-10 stalks from one root ball, can be anywhere from 1/2"-3" thick, and 5-15 feet tall, Basically I was using the loader at about 6 feet up and pushing them over...

It wasn't anything too crazy, digging under the roots of some brush and lifting up the bucket to pull the roots out, normally they would pop right out but a couple times there was too much there and the bucket wouldn't move. Also found a big tree root while trying to dig brush, and it managed to...

I went down today to pick up the tractor, it was a little more beat up (but only cosmetically) than I expected, but nothing serious. He tried to get me to pay full asking price for a little bit and then accepted my offer $10,250. Only thing the tractor really needs is a bit of bucket TLC, but I...

Hello all, I picked up a 1998 L3010 with 2200 hours on it this morning, and immediately put it to work ripping out a row of brush with the FEL. It seems to me that I am really beating on the tractor digging out root balls, but I am completely new to tractors. I did quickly learn that I need some...