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    72" brush hog on a L3301

    Sounds about like I expected, a bit bigger than K wants but used sanely, it shouldn't be an issue. 7 or 8' would be pushing it!
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    72" brush hog on a L3301

    Yes, I know that 5' is the max recommended, but right now I have a 4' hog, left over from my smaller tractor days, that I feel free to abuse on sage brush and other tough jobs, but it severely underworks the 3301 when cutting field grass (not a lawn.) Short of charging into very tall and tough...
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    Freaking Auger...

    I have a PTO post hole digger, bought way back when all I had was a Ford 8N. Now that I have the third function valve and hoses setup for some other attachments on the L3301, that hyd. digger looks great. Luckily, I have no more need for a lot of holes, and even better, no rocks, so for my...
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    How heavy of a trailer can a L3301 pull?

    I've pulled my 12' dump bed trailer, 10K capacity, all around my steep mountain property, but the load was only sagebrush. On the level, I just finished a big fencing project that required me to pull a 4000 lb load, couldn't really tell it was there and it sure saved me a lot of manual labor...
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    What About Your Tractor Makes You Swear?

    The perforated floorboards on my L3301.....with the way I enter it, I found myself with my weight (150) on my left foot, while twisting to sit down, and kind of torquing on my ankle to be inconvenient, after doing it often enough. So I riveted a smooth aluminum plate on just the left side, it...
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    What About Your Tractor Makes You Swear?

    Don't know about your M9000, but I have trained myself to always flip the seat up on my 3301, which irritates the dog and cat no end as they otherwise will camp out there. Talking to a neighbor down the road the other day, who was running a borrowed 3301 for a few days, without even thinking, I...
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    What About Your Tractor Makes You Swear?

    Look at it this way:since tractors were invented, farmers in the field (away from their wife and kids) have no doubt long used colorful language while hooking up implements. It's a good way for us modern folk to keep in touch with those who have gone before us, like putting on tire chains, it is...
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    Picture of your tractor on your trailer

    Too bad this site is such a PITA to load pictures on. And yes, I know about the pic shrinking free sites, maybe I'm just lazy but they too are a PITA. So anyway, turns out my trailer made expressly for my U 25 mini X, works great for the L3301 also. There is no deck, in an attempt to keep...
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    What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

    I'll try it on my 30 ton boom truck's joints, like a tractor after a while it get's pretty messy near the greased joints. I've got a gallon container of WD, plus a big sprayer. Thanks for the tip!
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    Diesel Fuel storage tank

    I have two, both bought cheap. One was nearly new, but lower propane prices made it obsolete. I don't use them for my tractor though, but for for my airplane, which prefers mogas, which I haul from town a couple times a year. In 30 years, using a quality filtration system , no issues...
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    Fuel Prices

    I went into town today and to the gravel yard there to get 3 ton of road ballast, and as long as I was down off the mountain with the 1 ton, got a partial load of E-0 fuel for the plane, 150 gallons. Grossed out at 17 K, I didn't really want the extra weight of the fuel but I never drive the 1...
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    Another Safety Issue—- Seat Switch Deactivated?

    As I recall on my L3301, all it took was a small zip tie clamping down on the flicker switch, or whatever its called. Easy peasy!
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    Another Safety Issue—- Seat Switch Deactivated?

    Got rid of my mine the first day, a brand new L3301. No thanks. I also disabled the beeper when traveling gizmo on my U25 S mini excavator, are you kidding me?! But, I didn't remove it entirely, (as I may sell it, unlike my tractor, which will be buried with me) just wired in a defeat switch...
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    Another Safety Issue—- Seat Switch Deactivated?

    Got rid of my mine the first day, a brand new L3301. No thanks.
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    Fuel Prices

    I'm close to hauling my 300 gallon bulk tank into town to get another load of E-0 premium mogas for my Rotax 912 powered plane. The last price I saw 2 days ago, was $2.12! I may wait until it goes under 2 bucks.... At 3.5 GPH that's a fair bit of flying. I filled a 55 gallon drum of off road...
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    What about non-tractors ?

    I have both a L3301 and a Kubota U 25S mini excavator. Now I want a Kubota loader! There is a fair bit of overlap in what the various rigs can do, and it is fun being able to choose the best tool for the days work.
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    What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

    2 x 6 bottom chord is what caught my eye on those shed trusses. Looks like they were engineered to handle stuff stored on them, not just roof loads. Like bonus room trusses. I see more trusses then anyone on this site probably, with my crane business, and those are unusually stout! Feel free...
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    Removed gigantic stump with tiny Kubota

    I tackled a similar sized stump with my U25 Kubota, and after about 30 minutes gave up! I really didn't need to move it, other then on general principles, and I thought it would be easy. I Didn't want to excavate a big hole all around it. Then I had the bright idea of hooking my 56,000...
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    What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

    When I moved from my previous property I had been on for 28 years, to the new place 13 years ago, I took all my firewood! The first and only time I saw the wood bin empty, the last day I lived there. When building, it is very enjoyable to heat that night, with the wood scraps from the day's...
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    Sage brush puller?!

    The Titan Attachment's tree puller (though I refer to it as the big plucker) came in today. It took me about 30 minutes from the time I got home, to the first time I pulled a sage brush. That time included changing out a couple of hydraulic fittings, and pulling the tie downs and off loading it...