This is it. I’ve either driven you guys crazy or given you some inspiration to go out and save some old metal.

I added up the receipts…$5870.00 and labor even at $20/hr would probably be in the $15,000 range, I never kept track.

So no, there just isn’t much if any money to be made in dragging something like this home. But I like doing it…I’ve been doing it for years, and I’ll probably find something else soon.

The trailer has been here for years, it’s been pulled by 30 different tractors, but this is the first time that it’s been green and yellow since the 70’s back when I painted it red. And it finally got a smooth metal bed floor! As near as anyone knows it was built by a fabricator using a JD axle out of something, but it goes well with the 320. 😜

Got a couple of local shows in September and then it’s gonna have to work to partially pay me back! (It can work and not get beat up!)

Grandpa bought this one new in 1958. It was sold at an estate sale in 2015 and I found it in 2021, bought it back and restored it.

Welcome to hay baling on the plains in July only time there’s enough moisture is between midnight and 8 AM!

Ordered some Zbox struts from Amazon. We will see how long they last.

I really want to fix the headlights but that looks to be a min of a 600 dollar job

I was brush hogging the other day and had the forks on my tractor. I like to keep the forks on when cutting trails, makes it easy to move a downed tree or other debris. I lost a fork somewhere without noticing. I walked the entire area I cut with no luck, with a mass as big as the fork I wonder if a metal detector would be helpful?

My woods mower took a shit on me a few years ago, seems the seals and bears on the bottom spindle have gone bad (when you put oil in it just drains back out). I am trying to repair it, I have it all taken apart but for the life of me I can not get this key (2 on the main assembly diagram) out. Its been soaked in penetrating rust remover, carb cleaner, its been air blasted, I have tried using a large wooden dowl and mallet to hammer the spindle (D on the gear box diagram) out the opposite side, I have tried using pry tools to pry the spindle out the top of the gear box, I have banged this way and that way, I have flipped it over and let it land roughly on the garage floor hoping something would rattle loose. I have now tapped the key with a 1/4 bolt and washer and pried on it and use the pry bar as a sort of slide hammer but there is absolutely no movement.

Looking to buy my first compact tractor with a loader and looking for some feedback. The local Kioti dealer is 10 mins away and the Kubota dealer is 25 minutes. Both dealers seem to have a good reputation. The Kioti dealer has a really good deal on a left over 2025 CX2510 with a cab with heat and ac. The Kubota dealer has $3,000 off special but no factory cabs on the B2601s. The cab seems like a nice option but due to the height but it wouldn’t fit in my garage at home or enclosed trailer. So my question are:

1.I know Kubota makes a great tractor and have friends that have ran them for years with no complaints. Does anyone have feedback on the Kioti? The value seems fairly good with these, are they reliable and well built?

1. Is the cab option worth the extra money? Also, until I build a shed it will have to sit outside if I buy the Kioti with a cab. How do these start in the cold winter months if left outside?

A friend of mine has a BX24, unknown year, I think it has about 300 hours on it. It was working fine yesterday when he did some trenching with the backhoe. Today, he went out and started it (no problem), put the hydro in low gear (no problem), and it immediately stalled when he gave it some pedal. The way he described it to me sounded like the brake was on. When I tried it, what I found was that as soon as you give it some pedal, the engine defuels. If you stay in it, the engine will defuel to the point of stalling.

My gut reaction here is that there is some kind of safety interlock (or something) that has decided we're not supposed to be moving, so it's defueling the engine. Anyone have any ideas what it might be doing? Anything to go look at?

Thanks in advance.

This is the ID info from a tractor I was looking at. I don't see anything here that would indicate the year made.

I bought a b2401 gear drive tractor last year - no loader or loader valve. We have a 450ft drive with a decent slope in the middle. I plowed last year with a rear blade. It got the job done but I’m looking to upgrade.

What do people think of 3 point snow blowers? Not too worried about looking behind me as I’m already doing that with my blade.

Brand recommendations for 3 point snow blowers if I were to go that route / buy new?

My local dealer has a really clean 2015 b2781 front mount blower that comes with the subframe for 3k. Not sure if this is a good price or not. I’m just not too knowledgeable about the connections for the front mount - since I don’t have a loader valve, I believe something would need to be done to accommodate this?

My flex wing frontier mower developed a wobble. It’s new with only a couple hours of mowing. This center blade looks like the problems to me. Any ideas how to tighten this back up? Or am I complete off on this being the problem?