Senile Texas Aggie - comic relief for the rest of you

[Mike CHS]

I started out that way then called the Kubota dealer in a town near us and told them what I wanted to end up with so they made all of the right choices. The 1st dealer didn't seem like he wanted to offer me any deals so I called the dealer in the next town over. He worked out all of the same options and got the tractor for $3,500 cheaper than the first one. I did try a similar package with Deere but didn't like their attitude either so chose the Kubota with the best deal.

 

[greybeard]

I chose no snow blowing or plowing attachments, blades, or sweepers.

Ground Pressure Relief valves are for implements used in the front of the tractor..usually a front mounted flail mower, scraper blade, sweeper or snow blower.. It allows some down pressure beyond the weight of the implement but still is terrain following. Those are the only 4 implements that I know of that Kubota recommends needing a GPR for.

If you get a cab tractor, and maybe even if you get an open station tractor, you may want a TnT for the rear.
I don't know if their kit includes the hoses and hyd cylinders or just the control valve and lever.
TnT replaces the threaded and manually adjusted top link, and the hand crank on the right lift arm with hyd cylinders so you can level or adjust rear implements in both front-to-back and side-to-side planes quickly and easily from the tractor seat..

 

[Bruce]

You lost me way up near the top starting with the valves there STA!

The TnT kit seems quite useful. So does the "3rd function" (follow on video)

 

[greybeard]

My nephew has TnT on a 80hp open seat Kubota and it is nice, especially when hooking up to an implement if the tractor or implement isn't sitting level.
Pretty sure tho, he bought his piecemeal as after market parts and installed the whole thing himself instead of paying Kubota's price.
I installed several grapples for front loaders--customer bought the grapple and I installed the control valve and hoses. I am NOT at all a fan of a grapple that fits ON the bucket, tho I did install one for my b-i-l using hyd power from what is known as the Power Beyond port. The sides of the bucket keep you from grabbing much stuff with bucket mounted grapples.
You 'can' plumb in to the return line from your loader valve, running a hose from there to another detented open center control valve, and let that hyd circuit's fluid return thru a Tee at the oil fill port or a plug that is made for that in the transmission housing if one is applicable for your tractor. The downside to that is, you can't use the spool valve you just put on and the loader at the same time, which is why the auxiliary valve has to be springloaded/detented to neutral..the loader's valve has to be able to return thru the center of the new control valve.
You have to use an aux valve that is configured the same as the loader valve tho. If loader control valve is closed center, then the aux valve has to be as well. If loader valve is open center, so must be the aux valve.

 

[Bruce]

For those of us that don't know squat, probably better to let the dealer install all that stuff!

 

[greybeard]

For those of us that don't know squat, probably better to let the dealer install all that stuff!

I agree, especially on a tractor that is still under OEM warranty.

 

[Senile_Texas_Aggie]

Thanks so much, @greybeard, for the explanations. And thanks especially for the Youtube link. I found 2 more channels that I hope will explain a lot more about tractors. I am going to watch those channels and then revisit the Kubota and visit the Massey Ferguson web sites.

I have finally remembered to take a picture of our gate and of @Baymule's favorite plant, namely green briars. The picture I took is about 2 weeks after spraying them with glysophate. You can still see the brush piles that we cleared 2 months ago.

Senile Texas Aggie

 

[Bruce]

The picture I took is about 2 weeks after spraying them with glysophate.

 

[Baymule]

Greenbriars! Glad you are eradicating them, it is a process. I hate those things!

 

[greybeard]

sey Ferguson web sites.

I have finally remembered to take a picture of our gate and of @Baymule's favorite plant, namely green briars. The picture I took is about 2 weeks after spraying them with glysophate. You can still see the brush piles that we cleared 2 months ago.

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Senile Texas Aggie

The greenbrier looks about like I would expect from a glycosphate/water treatment. Slight leaf tip curl and that's the normal extent of it's effectiveness on a shiny, waxy leafed plant like greenbrier.

This is equally troubling if it's what it appears to be. Little locust trees sprouting up.