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  1. sheepfarmer

    error 406

    Getting Error 406 messages today, and also couldn't establish secure connection, and server error messages this morning. Thought it had something to do with AdBlocker plus, so turned off, could log in, but then it worked ok with ad blocker back on although ad blocker is allowing the ad on the...
  2. sheepfarmer

    Photo Posting

    Since we so often ask for pictures, it would be great if someone or several tech savvy someones could post concise directions that could be placed at the top of the existing sticky thread, or make a new thread. Much of the information is there, but it is buried 8 or 10 posts down. E.g which...
  3. sheepfarmer

    Toolmania?

    Ok somebody should have warned me! Plenty of discussions on implementitis, and not sure what to call the disease where you just HAVE to have a bigger barn or shed for the tractor and the implements. Even plenty of threads on which tools should be in the little toolbox on the Kubota. However...
  4. sheepfarmer

    Has anyone made a pto detacher gadget?

    Thought I'd ask here, since many handy folks read this forum. I have a new flail mower and the collar of the pto shaft attaches and detaches from the pto of the tractor by pushing down on a spring loaded button. Or it would if my thumb were stronger. One hand is needed to pull or push on the...
  5. sheepfarmer

    Caroni flail mower & Quick Hitch problems

    This is really long, sorry... I have a new Caroni flail mower that the salesman had told me would work with my Woods quick hitch on L3560 after I measured various parts of the hitch etc. Well it finally arrived, and it won't work without some major modifications to either the QH or the mower...
  6. sheepfarmer

    FEL is crooked

    My FEL has been crooked since I got it, one side of bucket is about 1.5 in lower than the other. The dealer noticed it in my barn when he dropped it off and told me to check the tire inflation, but it slipped my mind. I thought it sat crooked on the barn floor because the floor was sagging...
  7. sheepfarmer

    ROPS and trees--a cautionary tale

    A friend who has had a long career in excavating and earthmoving was admiring my new bota, and told me to be sure to pay attention around branches. I've broken off quite a few with the ROPS already, but he pointed out that a big unbreakable branch can catch on the ROPS and flip the tractor on...
  8. sheepfarmer

    Lucky Stars

    Thanking my lucky stars and the powers that be...I pulled the ball for the trailer hitch back out of the receptacle on the truck to store away in a box inside the truck, and discovered that the nut that holds the ball to the bar was loose. Not down below the threads but enough to explain why...
  9. sheepfarmer

    panicky truck owner, kerosene smell

    This afternoon I brought my 2003 Silverado diesel 4x4 truck back from the stealer where I had its 100,000 mile service done. Transmission fluid and filter, oil and filter, fuel filter, transfer case, front and rear differential service. That truck prior to this had never leaked a drop of...
  10. sheepfarmer

    Fuel cooler?

    I've been staring at the parts diagram for the 3560 and in the section for the fuel system it shows a "fuel cooler". It looks like a little old fashioned steam radiator, so no doubt that's what it does. Can anyone explain to me why one would need to cool the diesel? We have just spent 3...
  11. sheepfarmer

    warranty coverage, constant speed engine?

    Looking at my warranty I noticed that the emissions control related coverage was 5 years for all engines EXCEPT those under 25hp or those which were "constant speed engines rated under 50hp with rated speeds greater than or equal to 3,000 rpm". These latter two categories have 2 years coverage...
  12. sheepfarmer

    Computer virus

    I had the misfortune to have my first ever computer virus, and I have been around computers since the operating system had to be toggled in in hexadecimal, and data was stored on paper tapes. Every single data file, except .tif files, were encrypted and became unreadable. My virus protection...
  13. sheepfarmer

    Will your Kubota work on the space station?

    I was listening to Car Talk and someone called in to say he'd been wondering if his wife's Miata would work in space. Said he'd been trying to take his mind off things prior to a ride on the Vomit Comet. The guys said they could think of two things that relied on gravity, the gas might not be...
  14. sheepfarmer

    black box with arrow over posts?

    Anyone else getting this box on their display? It obscures most of a post and looks like it might be a link. Afraid to touch it in case it is a hack. It appears usually toward the end of a thread.
  15. sheepfarmer

    Info on newer engines, DPF, DOC, tier 4, etc

    I thought I'd start a thread to compile information on these newer engines because it has been a culture shock to go from a gasoline engine with carburetor, manual choke, and gravity flow for the fuel to these newfangled (and quite wonderful) Kubota products. From the look of several posts I am...
  16. sheepfarmer

    Another mandatory recall, for L3560, 4060 etc series

    Stopped by my dealer to ask some questions, and tech happened to look up my tractor and found this "Mandatory Campaign" for the L --60 series tractors that was issued in December after my tractor had been delivered. It is for a "Closed Crankcase Vent" problem, where, at temperatures below 0, a...
  17. sheepfarmer

    Not enough lift in 3pt to adjust blade well?

    I am getting acquainted with new 3560 HST and a new blade after Ford 8N which didn't have one, so learning from the ground up here. BTW love my new Kubota! Power steering! Fuel tank fill reachable from the ground!!!! In a thread below, "adjusting blade" there are great hints for getting...
  18. sheepfarmer

    hints for grading and snow plowing?

    I have a new L3560HST with a 6 foot bucket and a back blade ordered. I've only ever used a Farmall cub with a small front blade and a Ford 8n with a manure bucket, and so have no experience with these attachments. I'd like to be able to scrape snow away from gates and keep some pathways between...