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Only other thing since you mention a mower would be either disconnect the PTO shaft or make sure it’s well greased. Being inside it may not be much of a problem but if you’ve ever had a PTO shaft stuck on your tractor’s PTO you know getting it off can be a bear. Just a little rust can stick it...

The “correct” answer is to check the owner manual and see if the weight of the trailer is within the rated trailering capacity for your tractor but I doubt that’s the answer you’re looking for. I have a 30’ 9,000lb bumper pull camper I sometimes move with my L4701 which I am aware is a larger...

Welcome to the 21st century. Having a similar experience going from older tractors to a modern machine, I’m sure you’ll enjoy the major upgrade from the Farmall. At least for me, the biggest difference is the hydraulics. Having a capable loader, a 3 point with much greater lift capacity, and...

With all my implements definitely keep it off the dirt. For things like box blade and rotary cutter that don’t sit flat, screw an appropriate thickness block on each side of the pallet or dolly so it sits flat when off the tractor. Spending 20 or 30 minutes customizing a pallet or dolly for each...

I would list off all the stuff I’ve hit over the years to try to make you feel better but there’s probably a limit on the length of these posts and I’m sure I’d max it out. I’d be thankful all I took out was the tire rather than knocking the crap out of the rim and bending the axle or busting a...

That’s cheap enough it’s probably worth trying.Thanks!

This might be stupid, and if it is I trust someone will point that out, but having a shiny new (when I bought it) open station L4701 getting enough that the orange paint on the operator station deck is now down to the yellow primer and well on the way to bare metal bothers me. It stays in a...

I’m not particularly familiar with the J-bar grapple but from what I saw when I looked them up on the internet they appear to be similar in configuration to the Tar River grapple I have (pictured). I’ve never had the quick attach lever pop off. I have had it come close a couple of times but saw...

I’ve had that happen a couple of times when I didn’t get the quick connect fully seated. First time it was a bit concerning. Second time I just disconnected the non-functioning line and reconnected. Both times everything “looked” right but obviously wasn’t.

Mine usually stays about 100 yards away in the basement of a house that’s been unoccupied and used mostly for storage for about 15 years. Still maintain heat and A/C in the house (for the sake of the house and some of the contents) so the tractor and implements should be comfy there. Right now...

I take the loader off my L4701 to bushog three specific areas where we have numerous trees that make it VERY tight. If I could just take the bucket off and that be sufficient I would but I really need all the clearance I can get. I could have gone with a smaller tractor but some other jobs I’d...

Sorry about the messed up reply. I obviously need to quit trying to post from my phone.

Couple of thoughts that may not be worth much. If you have any similar pins laying around; extra top link pin, hitch pin for that thing you used to have, etc., see if you have one that fits. Diameter has to be right but length just has to be long enough to secure and short enough not to hit...

It has been a few months back when NC was still in our COVID Phase 1 lockdown with the stay at home orders, my wife and I got to talking that it was really strange to not go much of anywhere and be “stuck” at home. Not long into that conversation we started thinking about people who were forced...

Short answer: 900lb a bit over a foot behind the pins works well but I wouldn’t want any less. I have a L4701 with the LA765 loader. R4 tires, loaded rears. About half the hours on it are loader and grapple work. Most of the time the counterweight on the 3 point is a Landpride boxscrape with...

Can’t speak directly to the clutch question as my L4701 is HST. You do lose some HP with the HST. Manual that came with mine shows 39.3 PTO for gear drive and 37.8 for HST; less than 2 HP. If that difference is a big deal you might consider a larger tractor. Most of what I do is loader work and...

I live about 100 yards from my 83 year old father. He still has the 9N Ford I grew up with and the Farmall H (complete with trip bucket manure fork redneck re-engineered into a dirt bucket) he grew up with. Both still run and are as usable as ever. The starters on both of them hang once in a...

I bit off topic but I have about 75 hours on a Woodland Mills WC68 chipper. Price was significantly less than other units in the same size range. I have been very impressed with quality and performance. It has chipped everything from dry white oak to wet pine so long as it fits in the chute. If...

Posting from my phone so spell check is messing with me a little and it’s my second post so not sure if I attached the photo correctly but if I did the message I got back from tech support should be attached. Made me feel a lot better closing out my file on this and getting the tractor back to work.

Sent a message to Kubota tech support with photos of HST S/N Saturday asking if subject to the notice as I had received the letter. They answered this morning and said not subject to the notice so I now have that in writing. Allegedly there will be a letter coming out to owners of non-effected...