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In the summer I keep it (tractors, mowers, & vehicles) right at max since I figure the oil helps cool the engine. In the winter I keep it at or above halfway between min and max, figuring less oil to heat up and less oil to boil the condensation out of. Since my kubota doesn’t yet use any oil...

sounds like a plan. Also’ if the L gets stuck you’ve got a way to pull it out.

It's a thing of beauty! Congrats.

I wimped out and took it to the dealer. Is is something I'd like to learn how to do, but hopefully when the "next time" rolls around my excuse can be that I'm too old and not that I'm a big scaredy-cat. Thanks,

Some of my excuses/thoughts 1) Often there's something parked or stacked in front of the other loader implement (and I'm more in the "5 minute" camp than the "under a minute" camp--I need practice, 2) That's just at the distance where I oughta go find my glasses to help line stuff up, but I...

Does anybody else keep a mental or written "bucket list"? Easy as it is with to swap between the bucket and the forks (mine are SSQA), I'll still keep a mental list of "next time the bucket is on I ought to move that pile of gravel" or "before I take the forks off that pallet ought to go out...

Wolfman, I just discovered my 5740 has this issue at about 840 hours. It's probably been going on for awhile, but I had occasion to pull it onto a concrete slab to grease the mower last week and saw a puddle start to form. My fluid is really clean, so at first I thought I was low but it turns...

I actually used a Gravely L to “maintain” about 10 acres 20 or so years ago. It worked, but it wasn’t pretty. I have had real tractors since then, but still use the gravely for certain tasks. I enjoy using it and enjoy using the Kubota. The gravely was my dad’s so there’s some nostalgia there...

Thanks D2Cat. I did find some of your old threads on this-very helpful. I have the same concerns, especially with the loaded tire. I need the tractor to move snow in the winter but could afford to take it apart for a few days in the summer. I was thinking to get most of the parts in hand sooner...

How can I figure out if my curl has regen and how bad that would be? Our local shortline dealer now does Kubota so I stopped in to ask them what was up. They quoted 6 hours labor ($1000 for labor alone) and can't even guess at what the parts will cost due or a kubota parts blackout/IT upgrade...

I did check with summit. They don't have a kit specific to this tractor, but said their universal kit was a perfect match. They also said to check youtube for installation instructions, so I'm glad I have you guys. (Merry Christmas, BTW). If I need to take the wheel off that would move it...

Well then, it's unanimous! I'll give them a call and hopefully they can tell me what I need and then sell it to me. Thanks, Bob

Hi All, I see this has been discussed the the "best" kit seems to change as time goes by, and many of the links from the 2018 and 2020 threads are broken. I have an open-station L5740 (with the LA 854 Loader). I currently have a grapple, using the rear remotes to close/open the grapple. This...

While these are not the tool for THIS job, having a good set on hand is a good idea. I also like to keep some left-handed drill bits around to use before (and if the extremely lucky, instead of) the EZ-outs. Obviously, if it's already spinning you don't need an ez-out.

I did something similar to GrizBota's approach, only my goal was to put more (70%) of the weight on the rear wheels. I carry IBC totes full of green firewood across sometimes bumpy ground and don't want to destroy my front axle. This gave me numbers closer to what NorthIdahoWolfman came up...

My manual implies that this extra time is to warm up the (hydrostatic) transmission fluid: It does say to operate at 50% of rpm until the time passes. I try not to lift anything heavy or rev it too high during that time (but move around to hitch up an implement, for example. With my gear...

Not worried. I should have said that it was "less of a concern for me" due to my typical usage. If somebody needed to worry about such issues, is ain't me.

Thanks for the report. This is what I was guessing but it's good to hear from the trenches. I'm not as worried about sheering at higher temps as some. As an acreage owner (vs a real farmer) I don't really push my equipment for long periods during the summer. Mowing pasture once a year is...

We do see -30 here, but I hope to never have to run the open station tractor below -10. Kubota says 10W-xx below freezing. We're well below that so I'm looking forward to seeing how the 5W-40 works (well, not looking forward to the testing at temp, but looking forward to finding out)...

I hate to say it, but maybe Wally knows best? Or at least what sells where? The 5-40 was on the shelves at the Wally World here. There was at least as much 15-40, but the 5-40 was available. Mine calls for 10W-30 but I don't even know if 5W was a (common) thing when they built it 12 or so...