Yeah, we got a perfect year for rain, trying to get the last 200 acres of hay cut and waiting for this coming rain to pass.. bought the tractor new in 96, love it. My boys call it the "blue clue" because nobody but the old man has a clue, which way it's going, how to turn the house around, or how to operate it. Old rig for an old man.... John
Hey Feller, yeah, I've looked at them. Better ideas keep coming along and if I had 30yrs left I would go that direction, but from here I don't figure I'll be able to wear out the ones I have. My old Boss upstairs has been good to me but I figure my rope is getting short... John
Is that a M125X? I've got the same tractor if so. Was mowing a waterway the other day and just about f'd up! It's been a wet year and mowing is thick, thick, especially down low. I was going about as slow as I could and knew about where a washout is going into the waterway and still ran off into it. Never saw it and I was looking for it the whole time. Well it's even bigger than it was this spring. Tractor slid sideways and took me straight into that waterway. Just about turned that sucker over. That Kubota has an inclination warning alarm. I now know! Talk about useless. I didn't need freakin alarms to tell me I was in a bad spot, distracting as hell while I'm working pedals, levers and steering wheel...with my pants full. Lol!
I was taught a trick. Plenty guys used propane, but you know...My buddies old man used to go to Hot Springs and get scuba tanks filled. 3000 psi with no regulator will air a big skidder tire up in seconds. We are probably lucky we didnt get killed! lots of guys foaming and putting chains on when tread gone now.
It's a 135, but I hate it. Boys get along with it okay but I don't like the seat AND I have to figure out what buttons to flip, push or pull every time I get in it all over again. I got my first education on it right after we got it. Darn thing is too light in the ass end, picked up a pretty good sized hackberry tree that had blown down and was going to take it to a brush pile. Was on a sideling place and went to back UP the hill and the real wheels would just spin, so I stopped, put it in 4 wheel drive with the front wheels cut to the right and started to finish backing up, that right front tire ran right back under me and I damn near flipped it upside down. Just so happened to have my hand on the bucket lever and dropped the lift and it sat back down, but it's useless as a loader with out something hooked on the rear for weight . I told the boys to just get 1 round bale if they are the big ones, you can turn the silly thing over on level ground.... John
They are light. Good for mowing but not a workhorse tractor. I get along good with mine but I don't do any heavy work with it either. Hay, bush hogging and planting tractor...no complaints. It has been reliable so far. Knock on wood. That feature< i forget what they call it, where the outer front tire turns faster than the inside when turning, is probably what got me out of that ditch but it's usually pretty useless.
Yeah, I know the one, if I had of accidentally had it on when I pulled my stunt I would have flipped it. I figure that some brilliant engineering feller that has never seen a farm designed all that....... John
It'll turn fast and hard, kinda unexpectedly like in that mode. I don't like it either. Nice looking hunting spot you've got there.
I will tell you something you need to know, if it's like the two we have, the computer that runs every thing is UNDER the battery which sits in front of the radiator (more good engineering, so when it leaks or over flows the fan can suck it through the aluminum radiator) and cannot properly cool. After the first one of ours quit we fabricated a mounting bracket to move it up on top and to the side into the air flow and have had no more trouble, plus don't contaminate your hyd fluid with any other brands by switching remote hoses going to different implements with an implement that's been used by a different brand tractor. The longer hoses and cylinders can hold a couple of gallons of oil and the big oranges are really picky about their own oil, take it from me it's an expensive lesson.... John
I'm aware of the hydraulic fluid thing but I'll look into the computer issue. I don't remember without looking but I don't think mine is like yours. I may be wrong though. So you raised the battery on yours? It is in front of the radiator on mine too.
No, leave the battery where it is and get the computer out from under it and mount it farther up into the air flow, we just fabricated a different bracket. You will have to take the battery out to see the darn computer, it's idiotic where they put it.... John
You peaked my curiosity so I went and looked. The battery sets flat on a tray and it's tough to see under the tray but I sure don't see a computer or wiring harness that looks like it'd feed one. I do see the loom going to the mfwd. Mines a 2008 model fwiw.
