Recent content by djzander

I ran my tractor in 4 wheel drive on the road for about 5-10 minutes in high gear (HST) before I realized it. I was running at least 2650 rpm. Do you think I may have damaged anything?

Mowed the side hills of my pasture last weekend. 5 foot brush hog behind MX5100 with loaded tires. Grass about 3 foot tall. Pasture is like a big bowl, there's about a couple acres of flat in the bottom, the sides go up for maybe 30 to 40 yards. angle maybe as high as 30 degrees. What I did was...

Only have 70 hours of experience on my tractor so I'm not a seasoned veteran like a lot of guys on here. The most important thing I've learned safety wise is when using the front end loader never use it without ballast of some kind on the rear of the tractor. MOST IMPORTANT. I have a home made...

operating at higher rpm prolongs longevity?? please explain

MX5100 HST 4wd does hydraulic produce more pressure/power as engine rpm is increased? If yes about what speed in max pressure achieved? Medium duty use on a 2013 MX 4 cylinder , mowing/ a little bucket use , not excessive lifting. brush hogging a little post hole digging, tilling. 6 acre...

So I raised gate 6" and sawed it in half. two 4' gates vs one 8' gate. Good call. a little more dirt added and moved around and I don't think i'll need a drain/trench. Oh, well , learned the hard way. I had a small 10' diameter pond before about 10" deep right in front of gate. what a rookie...

"Set gate higher and fill in level area slightly sloped to drain?" That's a real good idea. What didn't I think of that. Glad I asked . Thanks

I can do that when I get back there , i'm 120 miles from the property. back down there this weekend, Do it then. Thanks, I get where your coming from.

So i got a MX5100 with a bucket/FEL. I am needing to cut a little trench to drain off some water from a low spot i created digging out some dirt so my newly installed fence gate would swing clear. Its a 8' wide gate. Now I got a little pond right in front of the gate. The ground runs down...

Fyi I just pull the radiator drain out, once the Radiator cap was off it drained pretty quickly.

well only i could find that wasn't already mixed at 50% was the Zerex G05 extended life. So that's what I used . It aint green. Wallmart was either dexcool or preston and it was all diluted with water. I didn't look everywhere but Advanced auto had the Zerex. Maybe TSC has the green stuff?

Ok Thanks for the advise Mr wolfman . I’d been looking around the engine for something to unscrew! I have distilled water. Is that what I should re fill with and drain or is it ok to use tap water garden hose as I’m going to drain it out again. I have 3 gallons of distilled. Whole system holds...

Is there a drain plug on the engine block? where is it located on the MX5100. Good idea to pull it also?

OK, its in the operating manual . every 2 years or 2000 hours. Drain plug in radiator. Any recommendations for cleaner to flush and antifreeze type though?

2013 Mx5100 HST 4wd Have a little over 100 hours on it. Works well but 6 years old. Should I change the antifreeze? And can you point me to some instructions /tips? What is the correct antifreeze to use? Thanks