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Unfortunately it’s a common enough issue with newer Kubota engines fitted with a DPF, especially when they don’t get regularly hot enough to do a proper burn. Hire fleets must love them :dead: Not really heard much from CES either. Bought several bits and pieces from them, had some more quotes...

I believe (but I’m by no means an expert on them), is that it’s down to the sensors sensitivity of the infra red heat “signature” it’s detecting. Windy weather plays havoc, as these sensors are (generally) pretty cheap and are fairly blunt in their measurement of changes in the heat patterns...

Almost bought an KX080 8 tonner from them, lovely machine but was put off by the DPF on the then newly introduced Tier4 engines. Bought a Volvo from CES instead. I should have said, Hosplant cut their teeth on Takeuchi diggers (rather than Kubota), and were one of their biggest dealers, but...

Depends where in the country you are. I split my Kubota spares shopping between.. 1. TNS, my local ag dealer, that holds Kubota groundcare / amenity franchise 2. Cautrac, based outside of Colchester, they also have a depot in Bolton if you’re up that way 3. Hosplant, also in Essex, as said...

Have you got any remote alarm or CCTV installed yet? I’d install 1. A break-beam perimeter sensor 2. a remote SMS/alerting alarm with a *pair* of 127dB master blaster klaxon sirens & some high power strobe lights 3. A couple of CCTV cameras with off site recording and motion detection. With...

Sure, but there’s easily 100x more trucks/lorries on the road than tractors though. Chances of getting killed by a truck are far higher than with a tractor, purely based on numbers on the road 24/7.

I see it like a pyramid that should be done in order 1. correctly sized foundation brakes with S-cam (commercial axles) 2. Slack adjusters, automatic 3. Air brake (or combo air/oil chambers if you must share your trailer with neighbours!) - however air only in combination with fitting an LSV...

Last time I did it, just took the droppers straight down using plain T’s. At the bottom of the dropper I had a brass drain off valve. I’d fit another T about 6 inches above the drain off valve and then mount a reg/filter unit with outlet to the side of the T

Big air (no jokes) makes a lot more sense in a ‘factory’ environment where you share the use with lots of users. The tools can be made tougher and it’s a pretty safe way of moving energy around. Though the compressors are mostly rotary screw type and variable speed to match the load. They’re...

They’re already here (and have been for quite a while)! Perhaps just lurking or looking, scoping or checking on the vibe. They’re sniffing around alright TFF already gets referenced, even if not explicitly acknowledged, in the (mainstream UK) press Not to forget TFF is after all an open...

Yeh flow is always better adjusted at the spool, where you can. Stops heating the oil unnecessarily (and wasting power/fuel) too, which is what you’re doing when you shove it through a restriction.

As above a DPF is a “closed” honeycomb of ceramic that traps the soot. It’s a fancy sock. It will eventually fill up with enough soot that it needs to burn this off, aka “a regeneration”. Even so after x regenerations they eventually bung up with the resulting ash from burning the soot, and you...

Trying to find a comparable online review of both to see how they compare to one another....

Not really tried it, but that’s my understanding. You scan or take a photo of your invoices and it processes them for you directly into Xero. At the moment I manually enter, but attach the invoice to the transaction, either directly by forwarding the email with invoice attachment to my Xero...

Should be pretty easy to check continuity with a multimeter. You may find the contacts inside get pitted with age/use. That’s normal and a common failure point, as they can fuse/weld themselves together. Traditional coil type relays will “click”. New generation solid state (electronic) relays...

I’ll sell you my pair of Reach RS units (excellent condition) and then you can RTK survey all your fields, drains and features using ReachView.

Apologies for the thread diversion, but seeing the console display above reminded me I have an intermittent backlight (LED) problem on the fuel side of the display. The backlight is badly flickering, looks like an LED fail or dry joint on the board. Anyone else had this?

Got this on email from Xero today. Looks good.... On 18 March 2020, you’ll be able to automate pesky admin tasks and say goodbye to manual data entry. That’s because Hubdoc, which has a retail price of £15 a month, will be included in Starter, Standard and Premium plans for free. We acquired...

Most farms have plenty of wire about, either feed some down the pipe or bend a couple of lengths into dowsing rods. Choice is yours ;)

Yeah 3 different CAN buses on the tractor; K-bus, V-bus....and for implements ISObus.