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| Three Generations of Service  |
 Supplies for 800 hour service on the tractor. Air, oil, fuel, trans and hydraulic filters, 5 gallons of Kubota hydro fluid, 2 gallons of Rotella synthetic and a gallon of diesel-rated antifreeze. Air and fuel filters came to $150 all by their lonesome! $35/gallon for the oil. $25/gallon for the hydro fluid. And that's with my military discount! Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | ||
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Tractor servicing supplies are expensive, imaging adding $100+ hour labor to it if you had a kid at a dealer do the service! IIRC I paid just under $500 for essentially the same stuff to service my 9 year old Deere after I bought it used. No car is as much fun to drive, as any motorcycle is to ride. | |||
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| Three Generations of Service |
Yup, I figured I could pretty much double that for dealer service, plus I'd have to haul it up there 60 miles and go get it when they got around to doing it. I don't like being with my tractor that long. Plus the "oil and filter" guy is usually the most junior grease monkey in the shop and God only knows if he has a clue. Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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| Three Generations of Service |
Well, diddle me with a pointy stick. I usually buy available filters from NAPA thinking they'll be cheaper. Just for giggles, I checked with Messick's, an on-line source for Kubota parts. Genuine Kubota Air Filter - $31 vs. $85 at NAPA Genuine Kubota Fuel Filter - $18 vs. $66 at NAPA. Kept the receipt, I'll be taking some stuff back to NAPA... Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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Does the air filter consist of two filter cylinders an inner and outer one? I think Deere sells them together or you can also buy just the outer one from Deere separately and it's the one that really gets dirty. No car is as much fun to drive, as any motorcycle is to ride. | |||
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| Three Generations of Service |
Yes, two piece. As long as you change the outer regularly, the inner should last basically forever. Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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LOLOLOLOLOLOL just wait until you buy a yacht. One 2020 70' Sportfish I manage has 2-2600HP 16 cylinder 2000 series MTU's. Parts are about $5,000 to do a basic service. Just under 90 gallons of oil!!!!!! That being said I always use OEM filters because they're trusted and aren't much if any cheaper off brands. Motors burn together 175 gph to push the boat 35 mph at cruise speed. I once ran the boat from North Miami, FL to Nassau Bahamas 8am-3pm, owner and GF got on board (flew in from DR), slept on the boat, and left at 7am right back to Miami. Burned over 2,000 gallons of fuel on that one, plus $450 customs and immigration, $1800 crew, $500 dockage. | |||
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| Run Silent Run Deep  |
Big boy toys…big boy money. _____________________________ Pledge allegiance or pack your bag! The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money. - Margaret Thatcher Spread my work ethic, not my wealth | |||
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| Staring back from the abyss  |
Same here, only a bit further. The shop here does "house calls", but they charge out the ass for mileage. The good thing, though, is they only do one mileage charge, so if several people need some service they'll schedule them all the same day and you divvy up the charge so it's not so bad. I just did all that on mine last year and as I recall it wasn't quite as much as you paid, but still a lot. ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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Just having a good time |
Ordered 2 seal kits for my Kubota L-39 from Messick's. $402.00.  " I didn't fail the test,I just found 100 ways to do it wrong." - Benjamin Franklin | |||
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| Three Generations of Service |
Ouch! Seal kits for what? Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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| Three Generations of Service |
Gosh I love owning big toys. Decided it was time to service the 60" mower. Replace the belt, sharpen the blades, grease it, etc. Blades worn plumb out, 2 of 3 blade retainers cracked. $130 for blades and retainers, $50 for the belt. Ima hafta get a job. Not... Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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| Just having a good time |
Hydraulic cylinders. one boom cylinder and one stabilizer. I could have bought aftermarket but on seal kits I will not. " I didn't fail the test,I just found 100 ways to do it wrong." - Benjamin Franklin | |||
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| Just having a good time |
I have a ZD-1511 mower that is a great mower. I mow 7 ars and just got 3 sets of blades and 1 set of dust covers. $303.31 " I didn't fail the test,I just found 100 ways to do it wrong." - Benjamin Franklin | |||
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| Three Generations of Service |
That's insane! It's been a while but I don't think I ever paid over $100 for a cylinder kit. Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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Reminds me of my Amsoil bill when I buy fluids for everything in the fleet. Like you I have to go out to the garage, inspect every vehicle ODO, write everything down like an accountant. Double check my “cart” before I check out to make sure I didn’t fuck anything up. Then pay the bill. 6 different weights of oil. About the same cost for me when I have to buy diff oil (gear lube) or transfer case fluid. Everything is bank these days. What am I doing? I'm talking to an empty telephone | |||
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Odo: Odometer. God bless America. | |||
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Thank you. Bell Labs had guidelines for technical writing. The rules for using a TLA* specified that it had to be defined the first time it was used. There was a list of "well known" TLAs that were exempt from that rule. *TLA: Three Letter Acronym. הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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| Three Generations of Service |
Oh, good. I'm glad you clarified. I thought "TLA" stood for "Three Letter Agency".  Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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