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That brings back memories of watching the steamers prep at the round-house near the stockyards as a young boy. Hours of noise and smells; coal dust and steam. Shouts and clangs and rumbles and whistles echoing over the noise of livestock unloaded next door. The unique odours of lubricating oil...

That's more for assembling a shaft itself; U-joints have to be in phase with each other. But if you are not disassembling the shaft then you should be fine.

Outside? Doesn't the hose fit over the fitting? The description specifies "Fits 28MM I.D. Hose". From that I would think the important thing is to measure the Inside Diameter of the existing hose.

Nicely done Sir!

No difference in gearing. Kubota just sized the tires for each to match the tractor's gearing. My guess is that they geared it for a certain combination of commonly available AG tires and the somewhat oddball turf fronts were the result of matching a common rear turf size to the gearing. But...

The Ag tires used different rims. They were never available in the same size as the turfs. Turf tires are wider to put less pressure on the ground. If you want Ags, then you need rims too. I found the Predators are a nice compromise. More aggressive than a turf, not as hard on the lawn as an Ag.

Depending on what you are after, Kooy Bros. might actually be faster. Shipping from someone closer could reduce shipping time from dealer to you, but first the dealer has to have/get it themselves. Kubota's warehouse is in the GTA and KB gets daily deliveries. A small rural dealership might...

Kooy brothers in Toronto is a reputable dealer. They seem to get stuff from Kubota within 2 days and they do ship. But I don't think Kubota allows on-line stores.

Just to be clear here: You have a 4wd tractor and are looking for 20.5×8.00-10 ? Lots of options in the previous 2 pages. I personally am using these Predator golf cart tires, (a knock-off of the AT2 ATV tires) which have a bit more bite than turf tires: Or there's the Kenda K13 (and a...

Woodruff keys are an alignment tool. They are supposed to be softer than the parts they are aligning.

Not limited to GM or pickup trucks... 38 years ago I'd respond to a collision and sort out the dead from the seriously injured. The vehicles were often repairable. These days the vehicles are a tangled mess of crumpled metal but the occupants are all standing around outside taking selfies...

The "no ballast with backhoe" recommendation makes sense. Not so much from a machine damage perspective as from a soil pressure perspective. Normal backhoe setup transfers and concentrates the tractor's weight from the wheels to the outriggers and the outriggers are closer to the edge of the...

The tires are rubber too. So long as the liquid is compatible with the tires, the stems should be fine. Even metal stems use rubber sealing washers at the rim... What you do need is one of these: https://www.amazon.com/Water-Adaptor-Liquid-Fill-Tires/dp/B01N311XNI And some sort of a pump. I...

Well THAT would have been nice to know 10 years ago! <lol> I pumped mine via the standard stem after removing the core. I did buy a fill adapter with an air bleed button. Basically, one locates the stem above the desired fill line, pumps in some WW fluid (or other fluid of choice), shut off...

I hate when that happens...