Cool. I have lots of work to do at my place up north.

 

Agree on pricey land pride implements. They had some rebates that got them inline with aftermarket stuff, but otherwise I would have skipped.

 

@JohnnyJ Here are a few pics to get you more excited about your L2501. The first pic is our pile of "big rocks", all of which my "little" L2501 plucked out of the ground.

Excavation work around our recently-built Quonset Hut.

This morning's excavation work around the house. Soil is red clay and rock.

 

Currently got a Northern Tool Nortrac 45XT in my garage. My advice is with these is if you can walk away from them do so, if you can't run. The engine is a shibaura, which is great engine used in other tractors, everything else is Foton Lovol specific and if you can't read mandarin good luck. Its a great tractor at first, but finding things like Filters is a big pain in the dick. I'm about to rip off the fuel filter system and replace it with a Fass/ CAT mix of parts.

 

So My Dad's tractor is up North for the foreseeable future and my Buddy needed to get this project done, so he rented this little bastard it did a great job despite the shitty operator in the seat. I was impressed with how well it dug in that wet nasty clay, we added an egress window and window well for a future basement bedroom.

He was less than impressed with my photography skills

I still stand beside my earlier comment about Kabota's stupid rocker "go pedal" I still hate it and would never buy a Kabota for that sole reason.





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I still stand beside my earlier comment about Kabota's stupid rocker "go pedal" I still hate it and would never buy a Kabota for that sole reason.

Consensus amongst the treadle pedal is that it just takes a few hours to a day to get over that hatred.

 

Best part of my old Bolens garden tractors are the treadle pedal. Leaves both hands free for mayhem.

 

ya I guess I do have a bit of a chip on my shoulder regarding those pedals.

My old man has a old Toro Groundsmaster it is a beast of a mower, it has a 3 cylinder Kubota diesel turning a 72" deck, it can knock down a yard in no time But the dam thing has one of those rocker pedals also and I hate mowing with it.

 

My TC33D has this style pedal. I love it. I HATE that the dumbasses put the brakes on the same side. You cannot use the independent brakes and pedal at the same time. Picture from the webbernets

 

My TC33D has this style pedal. I love it. I HATE that the dumbasses put the brakes on the same side. You cannot use the independent brakes and pedal at the same time. Picture from the webbernets

I thought that was intentional with hydrostatic trans'? Not sure I would want to work the brakes at the same time i'm working the hydrostatic transmission

 

It got dropped off today. I played around on it for a bit removing some old rotted stumps.

One thing I didn’t think about is the garage has 7’ doors and the tops is taller than that, so I will have to either flip it up and down or park it in the barn.

 

It got dropped off today. I played around on it for a bit removing some old rotted stumps.

One thing I didn’t think about is the garage has 7’ doors and the tops is taller than that, so I will have to either flip it up and down or park it in the barn.

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Don't forger to put it down, ask me how I know lol

 

yeah, I was joking with my wife that we will need new garage doors.

 

I jammed it in there so good it was stuck, I had to air down the tires to get in unstuck.

 

Apparently Lou had a sleepover last night, The Old Man got his 2023 honey do list done and he decided if he left Butch at my place Mom would leave him alone to enjoy the rest of the summer. I don't think it will work.

 

I picked up a Branson last year used. It came from a hemp farm in Empire, Michigan. Bought it through Hodge's in Fenton. Nice machine, only had 300 hrs on it. Minor damage on one fender( small crack) but over all in good shape. All the cat 1 equipment I had saved was to small. Most things for cat 2 are fairly heavy and expensive. I am considering one of the adjustable flail mowers for it. I just have to many ditchs and banks for a flat brush mower. Have any of you used one of the tiltable flails?

 

I named my tractor "The Kubota". It's pretty creative, I thought of it myself.

 

You guys must be the reason people name their Jeeps.

 

what's that white rhino?

 

Ha! I never named it that. The name came from T-way and I never referred to my Jeep by that name. But......... I used it for a screen name.

You have NEVER heard me say something like "I'm gonna go get White Rhino". Instead you heard me say "I'm gonna go get my Jeep".

 

Ok...

So I found a legitimate design flaw with the bota.

There is zero protection for the tierod and drag link; they at least are above the bottom of the axle; however they are right directly infront of the axle; so if you come up to anything solid, the tire rod hits first and you'll never know it. Then "BOOM" bent TF tire rod and a tractor that steers both directions at once until you get a new tie rod.

The parts aren't expensive, $125 for the whole tie rod assembly; still. Shitty design.

 

Ok...

So I found a legitimate design flaw with the bota.

There is zero protection for the tierod and drag link; they at least are above the bottom of the axle; however they are right directly infront of the axle; so if you come up to anything solid, the tire rod hits first and you'll never know it. Then "BOOM" bent TF tire rod and a tractor that steers both directions at once until you get a new tie rod.

The parts aren't expensive, $125 for the whole tie rod assembly; still. Shitty design.

By that logic, every straight axle 4WD with the tie rod in front of the axle is a shitty design.

Don't run into stuff you're not supposed to with your Kubota.

 

Ok...

So I found a legitimate design flaw with the bota.

There is zero protection for the tierod and drag link; they at least are above the bottom of the axle; however they are right directly infront of the axle; so if you come up to anything solid, the tire rod hits first and you'll never know it. Then "BOOM" bent TF tire rod and a tractor that steers both directions at once until you get a new tie rod.

The parts aren't expensive, $125 for the whole tie rod assembly; still. Shitty design.

While it is a shitty design, I cannot ignore the hole int the grill too, might be a little driver error 🤣

 

That is a shitty design compared to my LX. Mine has a double ended ram on the top front of the axle with short TREs going to the knuckles and small guards in front of all of it. It's high up, it's compact, and it's tight to the axle and frame.

 

Yep, I believe the MX series/Grand L series have a similar design. Much better IMO

 

you know what is more fun than a compact tractor


---( long pause )----


two compact tractors

 

This weekend the Girl got a chance to play on Papa's tractor, she said " It was fun for the first 20 minutes then it was just WORK DAD "

RBB

 

Spent the Sunday clearing out overgrown yew's from a fence line next to the garage. The stump bucket was great for loosening them up so we could pull them out. Need to smooth out the area and maybe add some dirt to level it. My wife wants to split some hostas and move them there.

 

Time for bib overalls and a straw hat.

 

Spent the Sunday clearing out overgrown yew's from a fence line next to the garage. The stump bucket was great for loosening them up so we could pull them out. Need to smooth out the area and maybe add some dirt to level it. My wife wants to split some hostas and move them there.

Sounds like a productive day! Clearing out the overgrown yew's and making room for the hostas is a great plan. Adding some dirt and leveling the area will definitely enhance the Security space. Gardening projects can be so rewarding!

 

I spent at least 4-5 hours hauling brush out of my woods starting on Friday. I picked up a root grapple at auction cheap. I like it better than my bucket grapple for this tractor. Today is day 6, and there is still flame on my pile out there this morning.

 

Grapple is definitely on my list eventually. So far I've resisted but I know once I have one I'll kick myself for not buying one sooner. I should just go over and try out my dad's to help with my decision one way or the other.

Thank you for burning that godawful grill, I wish more people would follow suit.

 

You will absolutely kick yourself. I loved my bucket grapple, but I got tired of popping it off when I wanted to do serious bucket work. My tractor just does not have the lift capacity to lose 250lbs. Though that is partly due to the previous owner putting on an oversize bucket too. I would not mind a smaller bucket.

 

Seriously considering buying this. Anyone with experience with Yanmar? 2020 YT359C $35,000 850hrs Looks clean

 

For that kind of money go buy a new tractor I picked up one of these 2.5 years ago and love it, use it all the time, have around 500 hours on it and those are my hours not someone else.




2023 TYM Tractors Series 4 T574 Cab U000865 | UTS Equipment Company / United Truck Sales

2024 TYM Tractors Series 4 T574 Cab U000865 | UTS Equipment Company

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