Useful Website for general information about tractors

[Grrrr]

This is a great website for general info about tractors.

http://www.tractorsmart.com/enter.htm (Click on Info tab)


Split into categories:

• Power Take Off System and Different Types (engine, PTO, transmission)
• Three Point Hitch (draft control, position control, response control)
• Tractor Transmissions (non syncro, syncro, powershift, power reverser, hydrostatic)
• Tyre Balasting (how much liquid to fill different tyre sizes)
• 4WD Tractor Tyres (speed matching, comparisons)

I have used info from here countless times to answer questions that come up again and again.

 

[tinkertoys]

That is some good stuff. Thanks.

 

[urednecku]

Interesting link. Only "parts" they carry for my M7040 is filters, but there is some interesting info there.

 

[shinnlinger]

When I first saw this link I thought what can I learn from that? But I actually learned a little bit more about my draft control, and I wonder if it would be helpful to use on my rear blade when plowing snow? I can set it, but if I start loosing traction in a heavy snow the blade might AUTOMATICALLY raise instead of me always messing with it. It does give me something to fiddle with and keeps me warm, but I might need to check out the draft control feature, which my tractor has (top link sensing)

Thanks.

 

[k-dog]

I think the guys that used to run that site sold it.
It seems like it used to be run by two brothers. The one guy, Ronnie Bowman saved me over a $1,000 on my old Kubota B-7200. The input shaft rode inside the crank on a bearing and the bearing went bad and wobbled out the end of the crank. I thought I was going to have to replace the crank (cost of the crank alone was $800 not to mention labor). He told me a little trick that would work and I wouldn't have to replace the crank. He had me press a bearing in the flywheel and let the input shaft run on that.

 

[alongston]

Nice find. Thanks for sharing!