Recent content by GeoHorn

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    Kubota identification

    SuperTech ST16 is the cross-reference for the common Kubota HH164-32430 oil filter… (exorbitantly priced at $3.84) … https://www.walmart.com/ip/Super-Tech-ST16-10K-mile-Spin-on-Engine-Oil-Filter-Fits-Chrysler-Dodge-Ford-and-Toyota/157871171?classType=VARIANT&athbdg=L1600&from=/search...
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    Another Bucket Level Indicator Thread

    I will voluntarily fore-go my usual “Beta-testing” fees …and, in an effort to promote entrepreneurship… will accept your shipment of the “universal-fit-for-all-makes/models-of-tractors” bucket-levelling device. I hope it will clear and not interfere with the Forks, Grapples, and various...
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    Happily tractoring this morning until my tire cried

    It’s those damn squirrels “CHIRPING”! THAT is the CLUE! Squirrels should Never “Chirp”. That’s for the BIRDS. Squirrles should “Chatter”… until SHOT. Then they are skinned, dressed, de-boned, dredged in flour, salt-and-peppered, and simmered in Chicken-stock for an hour,…. Next DUMPLINGS...
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    Operating Temp Question

    I don’t know what the “color ranges” are in your model tractor. (My own Kubota has no color-bands…it has a “C”… an ‘H” ….and an Index-mark at the mid-point…where my tractor spends most of its time when operating…and NEVER goes above that mid-line index. My personal advice (based on a career of...
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    Determining a tractor's age

    If the local Kubota dealer…gave you “exactly the same date range”….. likely used TractorData to provide you with an answer. (instead of actually going into Kubota-records to determine the actual date (not range) of original sale to original owner) My K-dealer gave me the name and contact...
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    Entomology question

    Females lay 100-200 eggs in a “case” which may hatch almost simultaneously. You may have come across some of these. Praying Mantis‘ are “generalists”…they eat almost Any/All other insects…. both beneficial and not equally…. (including each other.)
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    seems high price

    Yep… and likely made in the same factory by the same folks that makes them for Kubota.
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    Air in oil. What is normal?

    edited It is Not “nonsense”. Sometimes even AI can lead one to proper understanding. Google “is it normal for a hydraulic system to aereate?” …and see what results. Without relying upon the AI explanation itself….Take a look at some of the references provided there…including the...
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    Telephone etiquette

    The town nearest me built a new Burger King ….and I decided against my better judgement (and previous decision to avoid BK in the future after they moved their hdqtrs to Canada to avoid U.S. Taxes)…I thought I’d try them for a breakfast sausage-biscuit. I drove thru and picked it up and went...
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    Telephone etiquette

    IF you are a dealer or shop….and you need to transport a tractor: 1- One of the most dangerous activities to machines and men…are loading and unloading and driving that thing around in traffic. 2- To accomplish the task…either to move it ten miles….or just around the corner…will require ah...
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    Air in oil. What is normal?

    I respect Dans’ expertise with hydraulic systems but I strongly disagree that “Anytime you pump oil through a hydraulic system it creates aeration”. In a healthy system NO aeration should occur. Aeration is harmful and is the result of either low supply in the sump (where the pump sucks air...
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    fluid for front axle case Kubota L 3130

    When my left front bevel-case began to leak…. I replaced the seal myself as it was not rocket science. (although I learned that seal is not as simple as I thought either… it’s a fairly sophisticated combo seal)…. then I filled the front axle with 80W90. All is still happy 3 years later...
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    Pto clutch not engaging

    Huh..? (I don’t worry about extra-terrestrial life in the universe .…. I’m concerned we might be out here All Alone - attributed to Carl Sagan)
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    need to dig shallow trenches - no backhoe

    I successfully dug a 150’ long french drain more than a foot deep using an ordinary single-blade scraper….. by tilting the 3-pt as extreme as it would go…and using the low-side / end of the blade.