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I don't know of any RV trailers that have surge brakes. They all electric.

A boat dealer would have a tech that knows surge brakes, though

 

my closest guess to ask. please be safe man.
boats techy it may be.

 

Used the scrap blade on the B7100 to do the shared road to our house today. Back did ok I'll know more tomorrow and Monday.

 

Been giving more thoughts to a tractor. Never owned one before, only driven one once... my brother-in-law's for a test drive. This is available about 50 miles from me. Grass cutting is handled pretty well by my zero turns. Would use the tractor mostly for moving stuff around, cleaning up branches and stuff after storms, etc. Thoughts?

 

Looks like a nice package but how did they get 600 hours on it in 4-5 years is my only question.

I know that’s not many hours on a machine but it seems like a lot on something not being used on a farm for production.

 

I dunno. I haven't yet contacted the seller. Looking online I see others with less hours, and some with more hours. Figuring it's 5 years old, that's like 120 hours per year, or 10 hours per month. But in my ignorance about tractors, I don't know if that's a lot... or too much.

 

That's a very attractive price for that set up! If you want it? Move fast or it will be gone ....

On the surge brakes: we pulled the wheels off today.. all 4. Pads had plenty of life on them.
Evidently they were just so far out of adjustment that they were not grabbing.
The tongue was sliding in & out fine. Fluid is fine. We vacuum bled them.
Then we lifted the trailer off the ground & set the drag on them. It seems to have brakes now!
Headed home in the morning so we'll see!

Thanks for all the advice & will report back when home.

 

It’s really not that many. I’d say they used it to clip a pasture or field with the bush hog just from the pictures and that’s where the hours came from. It looks great in the pictures.

 

That’s awesome, hopefully you got them fixed and they work good on the return trip. Safe travels!

 

That’s only like 25 minutes a day every day for 4 years. Or 2:20 minutes a week that could be what it takes to brush hog the back 15.

 

I guess I’m just comparing to my 1993 with 1,203 hours


I average about 25 hours a year since I’ve had it, won’t be that much now since I gave up the bush hog job last week I’ve been doing.

 

That’s looks like a pretty solid deal compared to what I have been finding

 

It is a manual shift tractor not a hydrostat - this can be a plus or minus depending on your preference.

 

I wouldn't worry about the hours, long as it was maintained (fluids, grease, ect). Even 120 hours isnt that much. I put 50-60 hour a year on ours. Probably going to be even more since I started using it for just moving crap around with pallet forks a lot more. Easy to rack up hours doing that when you just let it idle instead of turning it on/off too.

 

@koditten what would you charge, labor only to remove a V-twin, clean it up, new head gaskets, adjust valves, and reinstall if customer bought gaskets?

Just curious is all.

 

I was pretty sure it was a manual. The thing is... I don't KNOW the plusses or minuses. I drove manual transmission cars for 40+ years if that makes a difference. But I don't know how (or if) that applies at all.

 

Everyone will have a different opinion obviously, here is mine.

First, manuals in tractors aren't shifted on the fly like an automobile, you stop and select a gear to use, if you want to change gear you stop and select again.

If you are mowing/plowing fields for hours where you put the tractor in one gear and drive the manual is fine. The manual also uses less horsepower through the transmission therefore leaving more horsepower for your mower or PTO device.


For any other use (my opinion again) the hydro is superior especially for the new or occasional tractor user.
Hydros are easy and intuitive to use, push the forward pedal and the tractor goes forward.
The farther you push the faster you go, release the pedal and the tractor stops moving. Reverse works the same.

Using a loader or snow plow is far easier and more efficient with a hydro.
Mowing in closer quarters is faster & easier with a hydro.
Creeping along or moving in tight quarters is easy with a hydro.

 

Ok, thanks for the explanation. Based on that info, a hydro would probably be best for my types of chores.

 

I really feel the hydro is best for most homeowner type chores/operators.

The L Series Kubota is a nice utility tractor, be aware it doesn't have a mid PTO so you can't mount a mower deck under the tractor. That L3901 and any modern tractor 26 HP & up has emissions controls - computer control and a diesel particulate filter.

Kubota also offers a L2501/02 rated 25 HP that still has mechanical fuel injection.
That said big K seems to have these systems working very well and reliable, just more info to digest.

 

That's a 4 hr job after the engine is out.

Knowing twins ,if I saw the fins were clogged, my OCD would make me remove the flywheel so I could properly blow out all the fins and bolt holes as well.

Shop rates are min $100/hr.

I'd have to say for a gentleman's fee, I'd do it for $350 ish if I could have it for a week so I could take my time.

A shop is gonna charge a lot more.

There are not many peeps that can do the job, so by rights you could charge a lot more.

I got a guy in my circle that over pays me 2x what I charge. He tells me he is going keep me happy because he can find no one else to do this kind of work.

Edit:

I should point out that I usually pick up and deliver. This way I'm in control of the time table.

I really got tired of peeps saying they will drop it off Saturday morning, then get pushed off because something happened on their end. I just charge more for the job. Customers don't seem to mind at all.