Recent content by Tom Brown

I have an oil drip on my LS125. It drips slowly from the right hand side of the machine, between the wheels but towards the front wheel. Initially, I assumed it was a bad seal but I pulled the window panel and can see the front of the hydraulic motor is inside a sealed case. If the seal went, it...

Thank you, Earthwerks. Those are the implements I have been looking at. I don't want to break my toy machine with a grown up implement.

Thanks, Ken. The error here is mine. I was looking at Bradco 617 and Boxer 36 mini skid steer trencher. I was confused as to the specs of each. While I can find a used Bradco 617 at an amazing price, I will look at the Boxer which does not seem available used. The boxer is light enough for my...

Does anyone make an adapter for the LS120/125 to allow it to use standard bobtach implements? I understand the weight limitations of the machine but I'd like to pick up a Bradco trencher.

Interesting. My 125 starts better in the cold, although I've never tried it without being plugged in at -40. When it's plugged in at -20C, it will fire immediately and come up onto idle within 5 seconds of cranking. It takes 20+ seconds of cranking when it's +20C out. When I was having fuel...

Thanks for the link, Earthwerks. That's a great idea. I'm going to look at peeling back the skin on a new seat and see if I can come up with something nice. If I'm successful, I'll post back with pics.

I wish somebody would make an electrically heated tractor seat for this type of equipment.

Ken already has this covered but I'll add a comment. I'm also a new operator and was surprised at how jumpy/bumpy a machine can be on a hard surface. There have been a couple of times I've had to take my hands completely off the controls and wait for the machine to stabilize. If you've ever...

My LS125 has not been a particularly good starter. It always starts but I normally have to do quite a bit of cranking to get it to sputter to life. Once running, it's great. Last night, I left the loader outside. It was -15C. I just assumed it wouldn't start well, if at all. After being plugged...

I live in an area that mostly has clay based soil. We also have pockets of sand under a thin layer of topsoil. The clay is like concrete. Shoveling by hand is almost impossible. I can dig it with a potato fork but I break a lot of tines from bending fatigue. Mostly, I dig with a pick. When you...

I'd like to buy the aux. hydraulic setup for my machine and, of course, don't want to pay dealer price. Any ideas where I can search? I've found some Bobcat and lots of Case but no NH.

By the way, I understand the regulars here are sharper operators than I'll ever be. The technique descriptions are not meant to insult you guys who know how to do it. I thought it might be nice for some green operators, like myself, to have a couple of ideas they can search for. I would have...

That would be a dream, to have excavator attachment. My skid steer is just a toy so I doubt it will ever happen but you never know. This stuff is so nasty, it comes out in large chunks, like digging a pile of bricks that are cemented together. Sometimes the bricks roll into the bucket and...

I've just finished hacking out about a dozen yards of tight, heavy, slightly moist, soil. Our soil here is nasty with extreme clay content. It was like trying to cut through concrete, just before it is fully set up. Maybe it's worse as the soil is rubbery enough that it's tough to pierce into...

Thanks, Scott. I hear you saying you get what you pay for. That sounds like good advice.