As close to the dream property as I am going to get, at least for now

[CTM1]

You need to get Joe on board to help. He'll tell you what you're doing wrong

I'll pass on that one as I and a few other neighbors stopped talking to him a few months ago. We just could no longer take who and what he is.
Now he has blocked off the power line so other neighbors can no longer drive the quads through to visit each other, but yet he still drives his quad through my property. So typical of Joe to have one set of rules for him, but another for everyone else. There is a woman running for President that does and thinks like that..

 

[JohnL48]

I'll pass on that one as I and a few other neighbors stopped talking to him a few months ago. We just could no longer take who and what he is.
Now he has blocked off the power line so other neighbors can no longer drive the quads through to visit each other, but yet he still drives his quad through my property. So typical of Joe to have one set of rules for him, but another for everyone else. There is a woman running for President that does and thinks like that..

Yup, sounds like Joe

 

[Don B]

I agree with the mouse thing. I bet a wire is chewed somewhere. I've had trouble with them chewing wires on my four wheeler. I've had really good luck with my Kubota tractor.


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[CTM1]

Sept 10th
It is the opening day of our early bear so my friend was on stand, so I was on my own today. I started pulling panels and checking every connection, looking for frayed wires etc but I came up empty, so I headed home a little frustrated. After grabbing some lunch I said I have to give it another try so off I was for another 30 mile round trip, armed with jumper cables, some sand paper and a sun shade.

Every connection that had prongs got sanded. Sometimes the dash lights would come on and sometimes not, sometimes I would hear whine coming from the fuel pump and at other times nothing. After about an hour of tinkering out of the blue I hear her try to start for a fraction of a second. I could see that the lights on the dash were dim, so I figured let me try to jump it. I hooked the jumpers up and after several minutes it became obvious the power was not flowing from the truck to the tractor. So I cleaned the trucks terminals as the positive terminal was looking pretty ratty. So I gave it another shot and the tractor was now getting juice, but I still had no dash lights. I played around some more with the key connection and the dash ligths were now strong, but it still would do anything. I took a break and grabbed some gatorade and Famous Amos chocolate chip cookies. Shortly after I took my position in the captains chair and looked skyward, but sawing nothing but the roof of my sun shade, I crossed my fingers and turned the key and she fired right up. I proceeded to shut her off and turn her back on a few times just to make sure this was real, and thankfully all was right in the world once again. So it was now replace panel time, well after I was done replacing the panels and I took my seat once again and she was dead again. Yes, this time there were some colorful words, loud colorful words. So out came the cables again, and off came one of the side panels and BAM she started. Not wanting to take any chances I left her running, put the side panel on, unhooked the cables, shut the truck down and I was off to disc. I ran her until dark.

Still stumped here, my friend tested the battery and it was putting out 12volts yesterday. So is it a bad battery, is the alternator DOA or is there
some other gremlin waiting to rear its ugly head again.

So glad I brought the sun shade, while there was a nice breeze the sun was strong. First time I have used it it fifteen years.

Well if all goes well tomorrow I will be able to finish with the disc in Field 2 and have at Field 1 and be seeding by the end of the day. Then I will do my rain dance.

PSA the little screws that hold the panels on have a nasty habit of falling into the dirt under the tractor, and then they are a pure joy to find.

 

[dogdoc]

When the first battery went bad in my Kubota it would not turn over but all the dash lights came on. I took the battery in and had it tested and it tested fine. Did not buy a new battery and figured it was something else. I went to one of the big tractor forums and they told me to try jumping the tractor with my truck. I did and it started fine. Worked all day and never turned the tractor off. The next weekend it wouldn't turn over again. I was told by some of the experts on the tractor forum that even though the battery tested fine they guaranteed it was still the battery. I went ahead and bought a new battery and that fixed the problem. I'm sure you checked the terminals. My guess is it is the battery or bad connections to the battery. The battery would have to be completely dead to not light up the lights on the dash.

I don't know how big of a job it is to remove the alternator. Take the battery home and and charge it good then have it tested under a load. If it takes a good charge and then tests good then I would be a little suspicious of the alternator. We have an independent Interstate Battery Store that sells blemished batteries. I picked up a new blemish the other day for my tractor for $44.

todd

 

[OkieKubota]

To check alternator just get it started and pull the power cable off the battery. If it dies the alternator is bad. If it keeps running look elsewhere...

 

[JohnL48]

This is almost getting to painful to read i would get a new battery. You can have the volts but it takes amps to crank it over. Also alternator should read at least 14 volts when running.

 

[Elkaddict]

CTM--hang in there, it's worth it. It may well be time to be thinking of lawn ornament locations. Just remember that working rough ground means repairs. This year, we've replaced disc/bearings, a top link, 3pt hitch stabilizers and wore out a a fertilizer spreader. I too am looking for a spring loaded chisel plow to supplement a heavy duty disc.

 

[Don B]

Check your ground cable. Especially the connection at the frame. Sounds like a bad ground to me.


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[CTM1]

Can't find my volt meter, but when I went to start it today it was dead. I put the cables to it again today and after a few minutes it started.
After running it for a couple hours I stalled it going up a hill and it would not start, so I had to jump it again. I had taken off the ground cable the other day and cleaned the connection to the frame and my friends volt meter said it was properly grounded and that it was working.

OkieKubota "get it started and pull the power cable off the battery"
I have to say this is not something I would look forward to doing as the belt is spinning right next to the positive battery terminal and I value my digits. Going to see when my friend can make it over next to test the alternator.

If the alternator turns out to be good I guess I will take the advice of dogdoc and John and pick up a new battery, a cheap blemish battery would be nice, but in my area it is slim picking about where you can buy a battery.

Today was a rare day as nothing really went wrong, it was almost disappointing . We had heavy winds last night and I left my sun shade up. Of course when I pulled in today it was no longer covering the tractor, it was several yards away in the bushes and thankfully was no worse for wear.

Finished with the disc in Field 2 and then changed the angles of the gangs to be less aggressive so I can use it tomorrow to lightly cover the rye and oats that will go down. Sprayed Field 1 and a new part of Field 2 that the disc could not win over. All in all a good day, a productive day.

With the weathermen saying rain on multiple days later this week it looks like I might be in good shape.

Thanks for all the tips and advice guys.

 

[JohnL48]

Craig,
Take the battery out of your truck and use that and see if its the problem before buying

 

[CTM1]

I left a trail cam out since last Dec and had not checked it since late March. Much to my surprise the batteries were still listed as "fair" and I had 403 pictures.

I was really hoping to have more buck pictures but this is it.

Fawn hunters on patrol.

This little guys looks like he was recently dropped.

Seeing this fawn made me remember an encounter I had the day the lime truck came. Later that afternon when I went back with a friend to spread a few of the piles the driver had left I came upon a tiny fawn beded in the grass. As luck would have it drove to the right of the fawn and not over it. It just held tight so I slowly got off the tractor and was literally a few inches away from picking it up to move it when it leaped up and took off with its wobbly legs. I turned to my friend and said "did you see that", and he said yeah I saw the rabbit run off. It was so small he thought it was a rabbit. I guess he thought it was a rabbit on roids. It was my first time ever seeing a bedded fawn, just thought it was a cool experience.

 

[CTM1]

CTM--hang in there, it's worth it. It may well be time to be thinking of lawn ornament locations. Just remember that working rough ground means repairs. This year, we've replaced disc/bearings, a top link, 3pt hitch stabilizers and wore out a a fertilizer spreader. I too am looking for a spring loaded chisel plow to supplement a heavy duty disc.

I see you parted with some dollars this year for repairs. I wear a pair of shooting muffs when I am on the tractor, but I can still hear the rocks banging and clanging off whatever implement I am running, it makes me think of dollars leaving my pocket.

 

[CTM1]

Craig,
Take the battery out of your truck and use that and see if its the problem before buying

I read that as "take the battery out of Joe's truck"
Not something I thought of doing, but I will give it a try. Thanks

FYI the battery in the tractor is only from 14.

 

[Chainsaw]

Stopped in for a two minute break; couldn't stop reading until the last post on the thread was read. That's a lot of adversity for sure;The lime truck driver had no idea what his odds were working that field. He's lucky he didn't run into a washing machine or a half buried boat or something. That land wants to stay as it is. Good luck and keep swinging;it gets easier after a few more thousand dollars.

 

[Weasel]

Nice bear mount! Sounds like a typical day in the life for land & equipment owners like us. Good luck figuring out the tractor issues.

 

[Blizzard Ridge]

Yep, this guy name Murphy and I should have met.
For someone like me who lacks any real mechanical experience old equipment is obviously not the way to go.
In my next life there will be a shiny new Green or Red tractor, no more Orange and most likely no Blue.

I honestly hope you never get a new tractor for my own selfish benefit This is the funniest thread I have ever read. If there is anything that can possibly happen it happens to you. I think most of us have had the issues you are having but usually not in sequence. I had an old red tractor that put me through most of these things that happen to you. I broke down and bought a new blue tractor after another day of tractor failures and obscenity filled fits of rage my wife made me go buy a new one. Great thread I hope those plots grow like never before after this battle you are having!

 

[CTM1]

Stopped in for a two minute break; couldn't stop reading until the last post on the thread was read. That's a lot of adversity for sure;The lime truck driver had no idea what his odds were working that field. He's lucky he didn't run into a washing machine or a half buried boat or something. That land wants to stay as it is. Good luck and keep swinging;it gets easier after a few more thousand dollars.

"Washing machine or half buried boat" now that would have been ghetto fabulous, but all the fields that were limed were plots last year and had there been such items my tiller would have surely found them.
Outside of finding a couple of old shotgun shells last year and a meal rod the other day I have not found any other man made debris in the fields.

Thanks for the support and I have to agree that this land has its own agenda and we are in conflict.

 

[CTM1]

Nice bear mount! Sounds like a typical day in the life for land & equipment owners like us. Good luck figuring out the tractor issues.

Thanks. I am looking forward to actually picking up the bear and bringing it home, but I have just not found the time as of yet.
I think the tractor will be getting some TLC come Nov when all its chores are done.

 

[CTM1]

I honestly hope you never get a new tractor for my own selfish benefit This is the funniest thread I have ever read. If there is anything that can possibly happen it happens to you. I think most of us have had the issues you are having but usually not in sequence. I had an old red tractor that put me through most of these things that happen to you. I broke down and bought a new blue tractor after another day of tractor failures and obscenity filled fits of rage my wife made me go buy a new one. Great thread I hope those plots grow like never before after this battle you are having!

Glad you are enjoying the thread as I enjoy sharing it, the good, the bad ad the ugly.
I got the tractor at what I feel was a really good price with a few attachments including a backhoe, so I figure if I have to suffer a little or spend a little I am still ahead of the game. At least for now.

Rain is all I need now, copious amounts of rain, but nothing biblical as the lock on my reservoir boat is rusted shut and I cannot find my bolt cutters.

PS I am green with envy over your blue, and any wife that gives her husband the green light to spend money on tractor has to be a keeper.
You chose wisely.