I found a used 2010 Kubota RTV diesel With 1300 hours on it. It looks to have been taken care real good and does not look to have been beat on. How many more hours could I expect to get out of it. It is priced at half the cost of a new one. Just wandering how long the RTV's are running.
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As M-5 said bigger tractor. you could try taking bucket of and using a quick attach spear might work. That loader is only designed to pick up about 1850 pounds at the the pins on the bucket.
you can order parts from Import tractor parts . com. They have most of the parts that you will need. Also if the loader is plumbed in to the wet lines. The loader will be very slow, if it is done right it will not be bad. To me it is priced high.
First of all do not put your scale under your chute. your load cells will last alot longer if you make a platform or get a platform and put it in your chute or just right behind it. load cells do not stand the rocking back and forth of catching cattle in the head gate.
Also make sure they get...
A and A scales has that scale for 599. So that is a good deal. They also have a good load cell package so you can make your own platform for $395. Have used the sheep version and works well .
http://www.palletscales.net/scale_kits.htm
Mirafount waters with out heaters will freeze. We ran 50 head of yearlings on a Mirafount and it would still freeze up at least here in WV. We changed out to a Ritchie Water with a heater.
Had a Ford battery in a tractor that lasted 18 years one time. Tractor ran every day. Just replaced the batteries in my truck the NAPA was still good the Advance Auto special was dead. They were 6 years old.
I have used alot of different chutes and they all generally have advantages and disadvantages to each chute. The last chute that we bought was a For-Most. It is the best one that I have ever used. It beats Priefert and Pearson the others hands down. I will not buy any thing else. For-Most...