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I chose Galaxy, for a few reasons... One was that Galaxy is part of Yokohama. Just thought it was appropriate to have Japanese tires on a Japanese tractor... -Paul

Looks like you're running R1 fronts with R4 rears. I'd be wary of a mismatch in rolling circumference. And, I would check the RCs before running it in 4WD on a hard surface. -Paul

I'm running RimGuard in the rears of my L2500. Installed sticker rear tires last fall (Galaxy Earth Pro). Also running inner tubes. Right after I installed the RG and when I aired up the rear tires for the first time, I found that just 3 PSI was enough to take all of the 'belly' out of the...

Ya, Geohorn, that was immediate thought also. Most bottle jacks will not work in the horizontal axis, so he'd need to take the deck off the tractor to straighten it with a jack. Also, I'd get a guy over that has an acetylene torch over to put some heat on the bend at the same time. That way...

Just a potential word of warning. I had to replace a couple of zerks on a RC54 mower deck. Metric would not fit, SAE would not fit. Had to get a couple of Kubota zerks. As I recall, they were like, $2-$3. Each. Paint on ujoint looks original, so you might be in for a parts chase also. Good...

Seems like there is positive camber on the front wheels of many farm tractors... One thing to realize is that we rarely drive our Gs on flat ground! So, perhaps the camber improves front traction on uneven ground. Hugo, one upgrade I did on my G1800S is to install a couple of handles on the...

Well, having spent the last 11 years of my career inspecting petfood manufacturing facilities, I would take issue with your general characterization of petfood ingredients. There is a wide range of 'quality', and yes, some ingredients do include "offal" which is material that cannot be approved...

My bad, I guess. That'll teach me to trust tractordata... Nevermind. -Paul

The seat on my L2500 was torn up badly also when I bought it with 1400 hours on it. The faded paint your L345 makes it look like it's spent quite a bit of time outside, too. I got a generic seat off eBay, and the stock bracketry bolted right up. Metric bolt holes in the seat, too! I can try to...

Well, I'd be shopping some 6.00-16s for the front VERY aggressively. Don't know the earlier model series very well, but on my L2500, that front driveshaft is not very beefy. 15mm. Mine was tore up when I bought it, splines stripped off both the shaft and the front coupler. Reason: mismatched...

Nice looking machine! Creampuff! I'm envious. When it was running, did the RPMs register? if so, hour-meter is probably working. Front tires look much larger than the stock 6.00-16s. And, the LF tire is a Carlisle, so it's been replaced too. Looks to me like LF has been replaced recently. But...

About 40 years ago, I bought a box lot of 4 or 5 electric motors at a farm auction, for probably $10. I remember just wanting to put a couple on the shelf for random projects. At least one of them was junk. When we started beekeeping about 10 years ago, close friend 'lent' me a nice stainless...

I used to have an ancient Maytag washing machine. Actually, I had 3 of them. Very easy to service and repair. When I took a wife, she began to complain "that old washer STINKS". Nothing I could say or do would change her mind. So, about 7 years ago, we bought a brand new Maytag. Wouldn't you...

The key to yellowjackets' survival is their queen. Just like bees. Spraying insecticide around and killing a few workers really does nothing - you have to eliminate the queen. These insects also become more defensive with the lowering angle of the sun in the late summer and fall. How big is...

The starter solenoid could be hanging up. On my L2500, when the solenoid is energized, there is a very audible clunk as it throws the pinion back to engage the flywheel. If you don't hear that clunk, solenoid might be sticking. I use my tractor infrequently, and the old battery typically gets...

How bad is the leak? Doesn't look very bad from the pic. If so, I wouldn't worry about it.....until the leak stops (axle out of oil). Seriously, time to get some data to determine how bad the leak is. I could have changed the front pinion seal on my L2500 when I replaced the driveshaft. It's an...

Man, that thing looks 15 years old! I've cut some that large before. I typically leave the 'aerial' part just hang in the tree until it dries and falls off by itself. [When I was a kid, I got a nasty case of poison ivy rash from swinging on dead poison ivy vines - in the dead of winter! In Iowa...

I'd avoid the alcohol, because it will actually dissolve the urushiol oil and spread it around. If you use cold water and soap when you wash, virtually all of the oil will be washed off. Compound names that end in -ol (like urushiol), are technically alcohols. But, if you chill a compound like...

Amazing, isn't it? The genetic improvement in livestock over the last 40-50 years is truly amazing. -pigdoc

Funny, that's the same place I was bit by the tick that gave me Babesiosis! I pulled it off successfully and never got a rash of any kind. About a month later, the symptoms started. Oh, I had guineas once. Whole lotta work to keep them alive. They have too many wild predators themselves around...