Tregeta me too buddy, me too.

Tregeta me to

Same, currently 4:15 am

I fell you

I don't either, but I have a couple I am friends with that do. The woman is good at running the tractor. The guy...not so much, so I do what I can to help them keep things running.

Very good way to remind yourself to stop and check.

Exact same here ! Ditto !

I like when he flicks his arms around all fast when he talks.

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🤦‍♂️ OOPS!

Let me guess.. you own a small garden tractor Kubota.

Make sure its your tractor....verify with the paperwork that the serial number(s) match...if not you'll have all sorts of warranty issues and service issues. May sound stupid but it happens, paperwork gets shuffled, they grab the wrong pile of paperwork as they jump in the delivery truck, etc.

He has videos about this

James T Limbs can lever you off the tractor! I ducked a big one, forgetting the roll bar behind me that caught it and acted as a fulcrum as we moved on forward... only made that mistake twice and lucky to get no worse than thrown clear.

Paladonius Not grounding all implements is an OSHA regulation and heavily finable.

Joshua Beardsley so now do you ground them or not? Been out of the game for a few years ago don't know if the regs have changed.

Paladonius edited my comment.

@@Paladonius Oh the insurance industry hates claims. They have probably increased regs since back then.

I don't have fancy expensive equipment, never have. However, taking a little extra time to keep my lawn tractor properly serviced has kept it in good condition for several years...my old garden tractor was 21 years old, and it got used and abused mowing 2 acres a week for all those years, and it still looked new. I had to replace the seat on it once as it had cracked over the years, but I always kept it covered after use. Actually used an old table cloth to cover it with and simply tied a rope around it to keep the wind from blowing the cover off it...and it was parked in my wood shed all the time when not in use, it wasn't out in the weather directly but it wasn't in a climate controlled building either. Never had any trouble with it up until the connecting rods decided to part ways sadly, loved that old Craftsman GT6000.

A 20 ft shipping container makes a wonderful garage for your compact tractor. Light utility (next frame size up, still appx 60 inch bucket) may need a "high cube" to have it fit with ROPS up.

I agree. I put a large tree stump hang off the corner in my subcompact's FEL and it bent the bucket. No easy fix either. The entire loader assembly would need to be straightened by a body shop since it is now torqued.

I bought a B2410 in 2001 and just replaced the battery last year! Other than a hood prop I bent, a link that bent from a swivel point that rusted, and replacing the front spindle seals, it has been a hard worker. 6' finish mower, 5' tiller, Woods backhoe, 4' roughcut mower, and hours and hours of work. My one and only complaint, placement of the brake pedals.

@@acdii If you have not replaced any hoses, I'd check the paint color. Same experience as yours with batteries, good, but Kubota hoses, oh boy.

Now that's funny

What color is your forehead? Orange, green, red, or white? Have you added a blinker to it yet?

I lowered mine before I even got home and totally removed the top section after a couple days of owning it. Bypassed the seat safety switch too the first day haha.

One way to easily remember is to get one of the bicycle flags on a fiberglass pole and tie it to the front end of the tractor. Set it so it is just the height of your garage door or maybe an inch or two higher. Easy reminder since it will hit first and move towards your face.

I like how he tries to explain a complex problem. With simple and easy solutions.

Dalton Chanch we’ve experienced this,bought a 2nd hand (used) tractor a couple of months ago, just this week we had to put in a new wheel bearing in the rear right axle, damn thing had never seen a grease gun in its life

Actually if you have too much grease coming out around a pin or bushing it can be sucked back in during operation. What this means is that you now have dirt mixed with grease around your pins and bushes - Just as bad if not worse than not greasing. If you can see the grease coming out during daily greasing you have greased too much. It should only push out during operation and when hot. 2 pumps of your grease gun should do the job.

Good point. That grease that's hanging out of the joint isn't doing a darn thing to help that bushing/ bearing. As soon as you see the grease coming out, it's time to stop instead of letting a glob of grease drop off and land on your floor so you can step in it and track it all over the place.

I think this can go either way, we have an old backhoe with really worn out pins and I like to push a little extra grease out of that sucker, but if it were a newer machine I would go a lot easier on the grease. On the newer machine I would increase my frequency but reduce the volume.

@@dorhocyn3 I would add that most of us are told to pump grease (and now, electrically) until we see at least a little coming out of the joint, where that applies. Otherwise how do we know any grease actually went in? Esp true with electric guns. They can make lots of noise and pump nothing, when out of grease or air locked.

even after owning my machine for 6 years, I managed to do this after doing some work on it inside and then forgetting I placed the ROPS up, a split 2x6 came within inches of my head

Smh...rookies

Thanks for your honesty!

Thumbs up for honest sharing, for the benefit of anyone reading this... reminder that it can and does happen, so we pay attention to these things. ty

@@ronbond9766 I don't have that problem. My porch is 14 ft. from the concrete floor and the shop door is a 12'x12' rollup. Makes it easy but getting anything inside is a challenge since it is full of "stuff". Now the warm weather is here so I can start working in it to clear some room.

Joey Oliver hell I don’t know my dad has an old old farm all tractor and it sits out in the rain, sun, snow and it starts right up and does whatever is needed out of it, your statement of false

A tractor is not a Ferrari

Goes for your cars and trucks too. I can't believe all the people with nice vehicles and their garage is too full of junk to be able to park them inside.

Don't buy your new tractor from a dealer that leaves them all outside.

@@Gruuvin1 near impossible from what I have seen time on lot is what I am looking at

EOSJOE yup, if it’s there, find out where it comes from.

Smh...unless it's actually puddling don't worry about it just check the fluids and the grease points...equipment leaks fact of life

Actually, equipment shouldn't normally leak. You may have a battery vent or coolant overflow expel some fluid under normal conditions but that's about it. There may be leaks that are deemed not worth fixing but it's still not normal. I watch my equipment very carefully. I always check the garage floor and periodically inspect underneath the chassis and I've never seen a single drop under my compact tractor or garden tractor.

EOSJOE the fluids always leak

Yep, tractors don't leak like they used to but it's normal with heavy equipment. I just wanted to let you know that cylinder leakdown isn't abnormal if happening over a long period of time but can be depending on how quickly it is happening. You shouldn't have any noticeable drop while simply holding the bucket off the ground during use. I can run a box blade, tiller, drag, post driver, whatever all day without the FEL leaking down. Check your FEL cylinders for scoring or leaks past the seal.

they do ship to canada...got my engine block heater from them. + instructions to install it...:)

Ice to eskimos

Ciaran McNeill Let's see him do a roundhouse kick.

haha wow spot on!

Check the lug nuts periodically. If you run it often, then check them whenever you grease all the places which should be greased.

If you have that much water in your hydraulic system then you have bigger problems then your filter splitting. That means you have a cracked breather cap or too low hydraulic fluid allowing condensation to build up in the tank and collecting in the fluid. Water in hydraulic oil in devastating to a pump. The water gets suspended in the oil as it draws from the bottom of the tank because the oil floats on top and when the gears mesh together to generate the flow necessary the water droplets explode and turn to micro pockets of steam which then start to pit the surfaces that the pump gears spin on. There are no rotating bearings in hydraulic pumps .They are lubricated by the film of oil that they are pumping . So as these surfaces become pitted by the micro explosions of steam they corrode the surfaces and the gap becomes larger and allows pressure to escape around the edges of the gears which then doesnt allow the pump to build up pressure to do the work. IE . Less the loader can lift and less the backhoe can dig out. Just remember the 3 C's of hydraulic fluid. Cool ( nothing above 110-120f) Clean.( 10 micron max size return filter size) Circulating ( same size reservoir as the pump does in a minute for intermittent use and double with a faned cooler if a constant running motor is in the system. Mahindra is a tractor designed and built in India. You have to ask yourself whens the last time you've seen alot of National Geographic videos of Indian people running snowblowers in sub freezing temperatures? When John Deere builds their tractors in the upper midwest and it can get to -40f in the winter in those areas . See my point

@@buildthings79 Mt Everest marks one part of the border between India and China, but they probably don't try to keep the snow cleared. :-)

Why?

That's not their problem....and many garages have a slight grade to the floor on purpose and you better hope its towards the door for drainage.

The best tractor ever made...

Informative video. Good job messicks. And I’m a Mahindra dealer. Credit where it’s due.

David Seals we just got a dealership about 45 minutes south of me I'm thinking about checking them out

I've had more of those problems with a deere

Aaron, give them a shot. If they don't take good care of you give me a shout.

Don't forget about backing out...

None of my vehicles have ever fit in the garage. My wife's vehicles do fit, but she has to close the mirrors to get it inside. I don't know why, but the door is not wide enough for a standard car or SUV.

lol, same

I don’t think he means leak is in drip externally but more like an internal bypassing of the piston seal and allowing the loaded cylinder to slowly creep in one direction

LA Prepper there is a pin for the backhoe but he doesn’t mention it and of course after using the backhoe you have to remember to put it back in lol

in a lot of cases yes. however, its not wise to rely on them. Always pull the main backhoe arm as far up as you can, then pull the dipper in as you tuck the bucket inside of it. This way, in an emergency, the bucket will remain safely tucked inside two massive chunks of steel and aluminum.

For the booms yes, for the stabilizers, haven't seen them on the compact units, Woods, Kubota, or Deere. I have a woods, and the arms do leak down over time, especially more after a few years of use. Also for those that have their own seats, they can flip up and rest on the controls, so if no control locks, then a lever can be pushed that releases pressure on something. Always use the locks, even when just moving from one place to another.

Doesn't stop the Outriggers though

Good to know, I'll keep an eye out for that, even for a used tractor, I'll ask if they have one et up for the specific tractor, can it be included with sale, ty.

there is an indicator on your dash, its about 95% of wide open.