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Dealers frequently have new seats that were pulled to install air rides. Since they've already been paid for, you should be able to get them for a discount.

I've been using the standard beet juice. No worries if Elkzilla pokes a hole in the tire.

I just finished swapping everything out on my L5460. H4 headlamps and H3s for the work lights. Autozone stuff (Osram) worked fine for signal. I did toss the top flashers for a heavy duty LED. BTW, the H4 dust cover interferes with the LED so an exacto knife took care of that. High output...

Gravel always wins at some point. However, when floating the blower, it will tend to sink less into stuff and hopefully bridge over the small divots. We'll see.

The stock skids on the Kubota blower have trouble with gravel roads and self destructed. I upgraded to an ARMORskids set which is much more heavy duty, 2 feet long, and much thicker steel. Should be much less likely to sink in.

I had a JD 1025R with a blower on front. A few winters ago in -14 degree, I could do about 20 minutes and had to come in to warm up. Repeat and it took longer to warm up. The new set up has be doing in 45 minutes what used to take me 2+ hours. The blower is heavy and the skids need to be...

Yes and sometimes. On the Grand L series, you have to get up to a 5460 or 6060 to get the LA1055 loader. Only then does the calculations (tire size and beet juice, heavy load on the 3-pt, etc.) provide for the lifting capacity. That was important to me as this loader will pick up a one ton...

The tribe has spoken. You can fill it with gravel, but that doesn't fix the pothole. When the ground thaws, a grader/scraper (with scrags) can be used to break down the wall of the pothole. The aggregate is remixed by the unit and no more pothole. Going over the road/drive before winter sets...

You'll use one of the rear remotes. Recommend going larger diameter on the cylinder if you have a choice, say 2.5 inches. I have a large Cat 1 on the block with a selectable 1/2 on the implement end made by Kubota. Problem is when you have a brush hog or any other heavy implement, the...

If you're mostly rural, check out Les Schwab. Our local LS does it all the time.

Basically, the seat "upgrade" relates to Kubota not offering it as a factory upgrade. They send the unit to the dealer with the basic seat. You're buying a new seat and paying for the swap out. I got blown up when I was 25 so the air ride is a notable improvement. WARNING. If your tractor...

You actually have two jobs. One is limited timeframe (construction) and the other is long term (maintenance). If you "size" for the first, you'll likely be overkill for the second. Also using the second for the first means you're teasing the job along vs. just getting it done. Consider...

RM43 is my go-to on my spread. Economical.

First of all, size and outfit for what you need now, keeping in mind the size figure for the future. I had a 1025R JD. In -10 weather, the "massive' 18HP going to the front blower meant I was doing about five hours freezing the Gilhooleys off. I needed to put more years into my ability so...

Make sure you get one that's 32" extended, especially if you use a quick hitch. Also, the larger diameter, the better. Consider a cylinder with a blocking lever on it. The issue is when you have something like a brush hog in back and you're transporting it, the flexing torque on the top link...