Recent content by PaulL

Yes, holes and bumps are the biggest worries when running sideways on a hill. I generally find that running slower deals with most of that - when going slowly the front wheels find the hole first (not a stability problem) and you stop/manoeuvre. Going slow on an LX is still faster than a skid...

OK, so I have two things to check: 1. See if I can connect just the motor hoses to the supply, and see if that goes. That checks the motor and the couplers (although I may have another set of couplers, which would remove that from the equation too). Since I get the stalling with no motor...

Mismatched in what way? They seemed to plug in fine, and I think my MX has standard pioneer. Although the female fittings on the tractor don't have collars on them, you just pull to disconnect, which I haven't seen before. Are they perhaps some special valve type, and need a special male...

OK, a bit further research. It works partially, so I wondered whether just using it would free it up over time. Interestingly (having thought some more about it) it's pretty clear it's not the individual valves. With no valves on the block open, it should just be an open circuit. If I open the...

The supplier thought it would run of a remote circuit, and it has bayonets on it, which to me implies it would run from an outlet, not plumbed in. A power beyond circuit would not normally have bayonets?

I spent time today disassembling the whole hydraulic block, and looking inside. Nothing much to learn inside there, it looked pretty much like I might expect (not that I know that much). No loose pieces. When I reassembled it it all worked briefly, which was very exciting. Then it stopped again...

These are what I have. No idea where you'd get an equivalent unit in the USA, but they're Chinesium, so someone will be importing them. https://www.implementsdirect.co.nz/collections/pallet-forks/products/novaquip-3-point-linkage-pallet-forks-700-kg

I have a new MX5200. In theory it has 30lpm flow, or a bit more. I purchased a sickle bar hedge trimmer. It's a Chinese / cheap one, but from a local agent. So there's a level of support, but not brilliant. It hasn't worked well from when I first assembled it. I initially thought it was just...

The BX2350 was the plastic one. Probably a bonus for you given the salt spreader, and those panels look to be in mint condition, which is rare. I had one, and mechanically it was super sound - it's the same as all the other BX models underneath, despite the plastic panels.

I'm always interested in people who find hillsides scary on their tractor. Because there's such a massive variation in what people find scary - there are people who are scared on hillsides that other people would do in a flash. When you mow with the LX, what are you doing to manage stability...

What sort of mower? Seems most any skid steer will dig (bigger ones obviously dig bigger). But a mower will require a specific hydraulic flow. Any particular reason you want to mow with a skid steer, and not with a tractor? Surely your LX is an obvious choice for mowing? I always feel like a...

It looks like an after market bucket that someone welded up a joiner to keep the level indicator working. But I could be wrong. Edit: looking closer and zooming in, no, it does look like a bent SSQA arm. It doesn't actually join through to the level indicator.

Isn't that some sort of janky connection to the bucket level indicator? My new MX came with a bucket level indicator. I have no idea why. The top of the bucket is parallel with the bottom of the bucket, so when the top of the bucket is level the whole bucket is level.

How many is "a lot"? Is it plausible to rent a machine to do them all in a couple days, then buy a BX without a backhoe? Do you have other tasks for the backhoe? I haven't had a BX backhoe, but I have had a small mini-ex, which most people will say is more capable than the BX. It can dig...

You have a smallish property. I'm not convinced on slope being a reason for more HP, the BX is traction limited not HP limited, even in the BX1880. I'd personally get the BX2380, but really it comes down to whether $4K is a lot of money in your budget. If you can stretch to it I'd do it, I...