New to me B6000

Greetings All!

I just purchased a B6000 that I found on Craigslist. I have been wanting/needing a SCUT/CUT for a while. I have 3 acres and a looong driveway as the main house is at the back of a pie shaped lot.

I was thinking of a new or one season old Kubota, but the prices are too dear even if I was to finance it. Dropping the better part of 20K is just too much, as I also have other things to spend that kind of money on.

I always kept an eye on Craigslist to see if anything interesting came up.

One B6000 came up, it had the rototiller on it only and looked pretty beat up. A few days later amazingly another B6000 popped up that has the rototiller and a FEL. I really want/need the FEL.

This one supposedly sat in a garage for a long time and was only used occasionally until it was sold to the guy I purchased it from.

Once I got it home, now the list of stuff that needs to be fixed/replaced will begin. I will be contacting the previous owner and getting a full list of what he did and had done. There was some injector work done prior to my purchase. My list of parts is beginning to grow already.

One thing that bugs me is that the FEL seems to be tweaked. I saw this before I purchased it and mentioned to the seller. It seems to work ok, it just bugs me. Is this common and does anyone know how to rectify it? I have seen pictures of other B6000's that appear to have the same thing.

I did get a manual included in the purchase. One thing that is noted in the manual is a "accelerator pedal". Was this an option or is it a standard item? I don't see any vestiges of this device on initial inspection.

I am pretty sure that this is a North American machine as all the placards are in English including the plate mounted on the transmission. The serial number starts with B6000- . The funny thing is that the badge mounted on the grill is in Japanese!

I downloaded off the web some manuals, but some of the pictures and diagrams are pretty difficult to see, and quite honestly the Japanese tainted vernacular is not all that easy to read.

Any initial advice for the newbie will be greatly appreciated. The list of my questions is starting to grow in leaps and bounds!

Sorry for the long first post.

Here are the pix:

Thanks for the info! I am in contact with Vic to start the maintenance/parts replacement dance. According to the s/n the tractor is in fact a US model. Who know's where the Japanese badge came from. I kind of like it.

The FEL works fine, and I did check the limits prior to purchase. The 3 point lift on the rototiller screeches at the limit of the travel. Saw a post on a search that said there were some adjustments that have to be done. On inspection found an mechanical actuator rod with two adjustable blocks on it. Will have to check into that.

I would like to get a wagon/cart to haul around stuff in. Thing is that the rototiller looks like a major job to remove. It also serves as a counterbalance to the FEL. Would there be a good way to mount a wagon/hitch leaving the rototiller in place?