It is an ion from wal-mart. I think for the price ($20-$30) it isn’t bad, light weight and easy to pack around. The price may have changed some since I purchased that one.

I am not going to say you can or can’t bypass the seat switch. Like any safety that is bypassed the owner of the equipment would take full responsibility for anything that happened.

That’s what I thought. Btw I’m learning a lot with your videos thanks a lot for all the tips you put out there.

@@CarlosRomero-tp8wv thanks for the feedback. I will try to make some more once work slows down a little. Been on the road a lot and haven’t had time to create any recently.

Im just going to go by this. www.deere.com/assets/pdfs/common/qrg/3d-series-north-america-edition.pdf

With my experience with oil it should be engine hours or time. Once the oil is exposed to oxygen then it starts to degrade, the additives can deplete over time and make the oil not the same as it was originally. I would rather change it early for a cost on my end vs the oil loosing some of its properties and causing extra wear on my engine.

To be honest I don’t know. I can try to get a speed when I’m home again.

Dont worry about it. I thought you may be travelling around 3.5 mph, thats all, thanks @@rsmstuff3178

3-3.5mph is how fast I was going.

@@rsmstuff3178 thanks for your reply, mighty little tractor there !

Thank you

I still like the gear drive. I have probably done more than I should with the tractor and I don’t know that the HST would be able to do the same. If I was going to be doing mainly loader work I could see where the HST would be a plus.

Thanks. Someone locally has a 3043 D for sale with really low hours…so I was considering.

I ordered the fittings and JD put the correct fitting on the hoses to match the fittings that came with the kit (installed on the valve block).

I think it is for a kicker attachment to throw the bales onto a wagon.

@@rsmstuff3178 that makes sense ..I just had never seen that around the Bristol Tn area

I don’t know, nothing was said about that when I was at the dealer getting hoses made. I had also taken the tractor back for a noise that I was having and it was repaired at no cost. It was the front axle moving in the bushings.

I can agree with that. Thankfully for me it is pretty flat where I’m at.

I still have it tore apart. Time has not been my friend since I took this traveling job.

Parts can be found but you have to do some digging for them.

CAT 1 pins.

Yes it can but there is a liability by doing so.

I have more parts painted. Just haven’t had that much time with traveling for work.

I have beet juice in my rear tires. The lift capacity will not change with the ballast. The loader will only lift what it can. The bale on the back is to increase stability,and give more traction on the rear tires. The front axle kind of being a pivot point. The more you have on the rear the better and if you had wheel weights that would help more.

The only 2 things that I have had is: 1- the manual throttle pedal coming off ( I have a video on what I did to fix that) and 2- the play in the front axle bushing (there is an adjustment bolt for it) are the only problems I have had with the tractor. The only other problem was the third function valve sticking. Sometimes I would like more power, then I remember that this tractor will do really anything I need, the only thing more power gets you is to do work faster. I like just having an EGR valve for emissions. This is the KIS tractor to me (Keeping It Simple).

@@rsmstuff3178 Thank you for your quick reply and for your videos... they have been very helpful. Much appreciated!!

Well that stinks.

@@rsmstuff3178 I do like the rest of the tractor a lot it’s an animal with ice pick chains and a winch

@@Cat3406e I wonder what the pressure is at the hydraulic pump. I guess I need to do a video on that. If the pump pressure is not correct then you won’t be able to lift anything. When I get home this weekend I will see what it takes to get the tools to check it.

I can agree with that.