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    Help with hydraulic top link

    I installed a hydraulic top link in my Kubota L2501. It works great except for one thing. If I drop my box blade to the ground and move forward the top link will compress a couple inches before becoming solid. If I then adjust the top link to where I want it, it will be fine until I lift the box...
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    Pull behind brush cutter

    This isn’t a tractor implement I suppose but more of an ATV implement, but with the knowledge base here I’m sure you will be able to help. My local cross country ski club is looking for a pull behind brush cutter that can be pulled behind a Atv or UTV, to make trail clearing in the fall time a...
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    Need help with which implement

    I live on an small acreage in town limits of 1.5 acres. I don't have a long driveway but I do have a fair bit of the area covered in crushed rock for the driveway and parking that does require a fair bit of maneuvering to maintain it. There are some areas that are fairly tight and close to...
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    L2501 rear axle seals

    I have stored my tractor outside for the past few weeks instead of my heated shop like I usually do. Yesterday after plowing snow in -28c I parked it in the shop again and today I came out to what looks like both rear axle seals leaking. I am very mechanically inclined but This is my first...
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    Operating RPM

    I have a L2501 and during general use like plowing snow, driveway maintenance and loader work I run the engine around 1800 RPM which seems to work fine. What rpms are theses tractors designed to operate at that is safe on the engine and gives peak performance
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    Running rough

    I have an L2501 with 379 hours on it. It has run flawlessly up until now. Yesterday while plowing snow it all of a sudden started bogging. It was -27c out so I immediately thought it was freezing up. I limped it back to my heated shop and left it overnight. I just started it up now in the shop...
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    L2501 issue

    I have a L2501 with 335 hours on it. It has run flawlessly ever since I got it but it has started acting up lately. Every so often the engine acts up and starts running rough and then it clears up and runs fine. I noticed it the very odd time earlier this year but it seems to be happening more...
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    B2601 counterweight

    My sister has asked me to build a counterweight for her husbands B2601 for a surprise gift that she wants to give him. What would be a good weight for this tractor. I built a 600 lbs one for my L2501 but im wondering if I need to go that heavy for the smaller tractor. I built mine out of...
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    Hydraulic valve with float

    I am in the process of building a firewood processor and it is going to have a hydraulic winch to pull the log into it and move it to be cut. I have been tossing around the idea of adapting an old electric winch drum to the hydraulic motor so that I can have a freespool option but was wondering...
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    flow control valve

    I am needing to install several smaller screw piles (pylex) for a deck that I am going to build and I have been tossing around the idea for building a simple hyraulic instalation tool to bolt onto the bucket of my tractor and be run off of my third function. I would build a basic frame and just...
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    Box blade blade depth

    I am going to add some removable end plates on my rear blade to help keep material contained for redistribution when I start to landscape my yard. Buying a box blade for the job is is out of the question so adding the end plates is the route Im going. Im just curious as to how much lower the...
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    Leaf cleaning option help

    Last fall I was too busy to clean up the leaves after they fell from the trees and this spring they are a big mess with the spring melt clogging up the drainage around my yard. In the past I have just raked them up which takes forever because of my large yard and an abundance of poplar trees. I...
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    Power beyond port vs tank port

    Can someone please explain to me the difference between a valve with power beyond port and a valve with a tank port. I may be wrong but from my findings but power beyond ports are used when another hydraulic control valve is to be used down stream of another valve to supply hydraulic power to...
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    Rear remote question

    Last winter I installed a electric/hydraulic third function for my grapple on my L2501. Now I am wanting to add a set of rear remote. The power beyond from my loader valve goes to the third function valve P port then from the T port back to the tank. To install the rear remote would I run the...
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    Which flow rate

    I have a kubota L2501 HST and in the manual it says that the hydraulic system pressure is 2205psi and flow is 5.15gpm (main) and 3.13gpm (ps). What does "main" and "ps" mean. Which flow rate would would I have if I used the power beyond on my loader valve to install rear remotes.
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    Skidding winch

    Been looking for a way to make a simple but effective skidding winch to help make my firewood harvesting easier. I want it for my L2501. I don't need anything like a big pto skidding winch, especially for the cost of them. I found this hydraulic captan winch which looks really easy to build and...
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    Plugging in your tractor

    At what temperature in cold weather should a tractor be plugged in for safe easy starting.
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    L2501 and Rototiller

    What size rototiller would a L2501 be able to handle. It would be used in sand and clay soil if that makes a difference. A 60" wouldn't quite cover the rear tire width.
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    Post hole auger size

    There is a post hole auger coming up in a local auction and if I can get it cheap enough and it will work for my purpose I might buy it. It comes with a 24" auger. I realize that a 24" auger would probably be too big for my little Kubota L2501, especially since I have alot of clay around my...
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    Dry/wet creek bed idea

    I am searching ideas for when I landscape my yard and have come up with an idea for water drainage of the area. We want to building a dry creek bed through the middle of the yard to help channel the snow melt and rain water away from where we don't want it in the yard. My wife has always wanted...