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I'm an old dog too, thank you for the hints, I am used to Photoshop, so at least I got my question and pictures up as attachments even if I didn't master how to get a link into the text. Maybe the next post! Thanks much!

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...

Pejepscot, I also have Photoshop and have been wondering about image size and pixel resolution to make a picture to post here. Could you tell us how you got your images to post in the message so nicely? Are they in Photobucket or ? I saw the hints, but I am still not sure.

Thank you so much for the labeled pictures! Fabulous!

Cr555, I am a 5'3" lady, and would have troubles if the seat on mine didn't move forward enough. I think pedal extenders or platform heels ( even as a joke :D:D:D:D) would be scary. Not sure what the controls on your tractor are like, but mine take some practice, eg brake is on the left and...

I have been checking the NOAA weather website altogether too often for news of El Nino, since it usually means a warmer than average winter for us in lower Michigan, and less snow. As of today the ocean temperatures have reached high enough numbers to declare El Nino, but the atmospheric...

Points well taken. I had only thought to use tractor to park horse trailer in tight spots easier than with my truck, but it is pretty heavy. A former neighbor saw her husband die looking out the kitchen window when he flipped his tractor. I never knew what he was doing that went wrong. It...

Thanks everyone, as I mentioned in a previous post I hate learning too much the hard way. This new rig has a fairly steep learning curve, but will help me keep my little farm going a few more years (I am older than the Ford 8N, so labor saving devices are important, especially ones that will...

Argh!!!:eek: could be scary. Thanks Wolfman I'll look at the balance of the horse trailer, hadn't thought about 3 pt going up. Should be a way to manage spreader safely.

Can someone please tell me if there are any cautions to using the 3 pt hitch to pull things like trailors that I am missing? I had a simple 3pt hitch draw bar on my old 8N that a friend put on that he used (but I didn't). I was surprised to find that the owner's manual for my new 3560 sternly...

Another possible problem might be tne height relative to your tractor.. I have discovered with a big blade I just got that the swivel and offset features don't work right if the support beam isn't horizontal, and this might be hard to get with your 3 pt hitch as is. I thought I might have to...

Hi Ray, thank you so much for the hints, I don't have a box blade, still trying to get the rear blade set up correctly, but there were several hints that do apply, esp last one. I enjoyed seeing the photo of the grader, wow what a contraption! I will post pictures as soon as I figure out how...

Love the hydraulic angle adjuster and the wheels!!! Now all I have to do is learn how to weld things....

After last winter I might have gone overboard, but besides trading the 1950 8N in on a 4 wd l3560, I loaded the tires on my old Ingersoll lawn mower/garden tractor, put its snow blower on and yesterday put chains on the rear tires. The idea is to use the Ingersoll to make paths across the lawn...

Hi Shaun and Mag Karl, well the dealer delivered my blade today, and so I asked about the "float" referred to in my user manual, and found out a couple of things. There is no special spot on the lever in spite of it being labeled on the diagram as "float" in the all the way down position. It...

Thanks MagKarl, I am hoping for a lesson on how the 3 pt hitch works when the dealer brings my blade. That will clarify what you are saying which makes sense to me. However I just looked at the manual and it says 1. Position control. 2. Draft control if equipped. 3. Mixed control if equipped...

Hi Everyone, computer problems at this end, second try at posting a reply, so short version is Thank you all for the thoughtful and helpful replies! I learned a lot. Will try the hints out as soon as the snow comes back. Great forum, lots of nice people logging on. Sheepfarmer

Thanks Jennifer!

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...

Hi Jennifer, today it was between 12 and 22 degrees F and so I hopped on and turned the key. Sure enough the glow plug symbol appeared, though not for long. So thanks to your question and the helpful posts I am also reassured that it is functioning normally. Now on to the problem that my 130...