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Bulldog, Was actually laughing at eserv's quick comment quip not your economy measurement. 1.07 is pretty good, way less than my M4500 is supposed to consume at the rated drawbar HP (3.3 GPH), and it's an easy 25 HP less tractor than your 9000. That's actually why our dealer claims Kubota went...

Thanks for the reply. Sounds like it is about normal for that tractor then. Like I said, I've seen & used worse. RC

About 1.07 GPH.... Haaaa! I love it! This thread is starting to get a little like talking politics & religion at the in-laws house at Thanksgiving dinner. Little sorry I started it. BTW, did you happen to notice there's a Poyal Purple add at the end of the thread page. That HAS to be some kind...

Here's a question for Service Dept Vic (whom I am sure I saw on a re-run of Dirty Jobs on NetFlix last week!) What's a realistic expectation for the brakes on my M4500. They're just... well they just seem a little on the weak side. The adjustment seems to be pretty close by the Workshop Manual...

Guys, Backpressure, no back pressure, gas, deisel... It's all about the manufacturers intended design parameters. It impacts deisel engines to a lesser extent because they are not dependent on a carbueration/fuel injection system that draws the fuel air mixture in through an intake...

Hey Bulldog, No, no leaks, and no sign of oil consumption. I use some synthetics in certain applications, Shaeffers moly/synthetic in my motorcycle and Mobile 1 in the old Cub Cadet that runs my snow blower (it has the old starter/generator and won't crank fast enough to start when really cold...

I suppose the typical stock items are different in other areas. Here though it seems like everybody carries 15w-40 multigrade for their off-the shelf deisel oil, even Auto Zone and TSC. The exception might be some of the synthetics and I just can't bring myself to put $6 a quart oil in a 16 year...

Ok, what are you guys running for winter oil??? 'Round here it seems like the only thing available in deisel formulations is 15-40. That seems like it might be a little thick at -6 F like it was this morning. Have an M4500 with the 6 cyl 2300 motor. Seems to start fine in the cold, and I let it...

Ditto what Charlie says. Cracked heads are repaired all the time. Take it to a reputable automotive machine shop and have them look it over/give you an estimate. Repair cost varies depending on the head and the method of repair used (most common repair is a tapered cast iron screw, or...

Spousal sticker shock... I know the feeling! Bought my first Kubota this fall, an M4500. My wife was like "why would you want to buy a different tractor"! Of course I was intending it to replace a 1945 Farmall H that ran nice but needed new tires, and didn't have; 3 point hitch, live PTO, or...

Jason, Assuming the head is good and you're going to do a re-build go ahead and spring for the new pistons. There's no point in going to the trouble of putting in new sleeves, rings, bearings, gaskets etc., and then trying to save 30 bucks per on pistons. There are a lot of things that can be...

Most of the land pride stuff has holes for both category I and category II 3 point hitch. M7040 has category II right????? If you've got the top link in the category I hole on the blade it will cause the tail of the blade to lift less than the vertical movement of the lower links. That combined...

Smullen & Dan, Loading tires on a tractor is a cheap way of adding weight, but that's about the only benefit. Otherwise it is hard on the tires, rims, and less efficient for traction than adding wheel weights. BUT, IT IS CHEAP, which is why we, and most other people loaded our farm tractor tires...

All-right I just bought a M4500, was looking for an affordable 45-50 hp tractor and this came up. I'm a IH/Farmall guy by birth and admittedly don't know a lot about Kubota stuff. This tractor has all of 970 hours on it which seems pretty low. It's a little bit of an odd duck as far as I can...