Milestone on the hour meter

[terrifictimbersllc]

First thing Friday morning, milestone for me and my mill.  42HP Kubota.  17-1/2 yrs with the mill, 11 years in business.  The hobby phase (6-1/2 yrs), 200 hours.  11 years business, 3800 hr.  Wish I could get a new LT-50 WIDE with this engine.

[PAmizerman]

Awesome. I've been watching my hour meter as well. I've got the same exact mill as you and am approaching 3000 hours.
I love my mill. Keep up the good work and just think of how many thousands of feet that mill has sawn. Crazy to think about what those Mills are capable of doing. And still going strong.

[4x4American]

Now before you go to sell it start sawing backwards to run it down lol

I'm getting close to 800hrs on my super 70.  

[Lawg Dawg]

That's awsome!   I've got about 250 on my 6 month old LT 40.  Quick question, how do you clean the sappy finger prints on the control console? :P Thanks Corey

[woodmills1]

My 2005 LT 70 HDD62R has 1664 hrs and I love it.  Made 54 1x6x8 out of one log yesterday.

[Crossroads]

Keep up the good work Dennis! In 8 months as a part timer I've got 175 in my lt40, I hope I can squeeze several thousand hours out of this 26 hp Koehler 

[terrifictimbersllc]

Quick question, how do you clean the sappy finger prints on the control console?  Thanks Corey

Can't tell if you think mine is dirty or I clean it.  :laugh: I don't think I have ever wiped it off with anything.  Except when there is glare on the display I put ATF on my finger and wipe it all over the display. 

[Dave Shepard]

At my current sawing rate, it will take me another 30 years to get 4,000 on my mill. 

[Percy]

First thing Friday morning, milestone for me and my mill.  42HP Kubota.  17-1/2 yrs with the mill, 11 years in business.  The hobby phase (6-1/2 yrs), 200 hours.  11 years business, 3800 hr.  Wish I could get a new LT-50 WIDE with this engine.

I'm a kubota fan as well. Mine has over 11,000 hours now. You could buy the wide 50 and swap Motors with your current mill and get some of your money back

[terrifictimbersllc]

What if you had to do to your engine so far in those 11,000 hours?

[Percy]

What if you had to do to your engine so far in those 11,000 hours?

Front crank seal at around 8000 hours. I've never had the valve cover off. Oilchainge every 100 hours. It's running like day one. If it died today, it wouldnt owe me a nickel 🤓

[4x4American]

Every hundred hours holy crap that's like once every 2-3 weeks!  That's alot of oil changes!  I do mine every 250 on the sawmill.  

[PAmizerman]

I do love my Kubota too but I think I'll go electric when the time comes.

[Percy]

Every hundred hours holy crap that's like once every 2-3 weeks!  That's alot of oil changes!  I do mine every 250 on the sawmill.  

Ya it is kinda often. What it said in my manual somewheres....My first mill hadda 35hp wisconsin and the manual said every 50 hours...so thought I was getting a treat with the kubota.. ;D ;D

[Chuck White]

As a general rule on small  GASOLINE  engines, if the engine doesn't have an oil filter, change the oil every 50 hours, if it does have an oil filter, change the oil & filter every 100 hours!


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[terrifictimbersllc]

Kubotas rec on my 42hp diesel engine is oil/ filter every 200 hr except for the first change at 100 hr.

[4x4American]

Any diesel engine I've ever known the spec is 250 hrs and in some cases every 300.  The cummins in my truck calls for every 10 or 15k miles I can't remember which.  And the new commonrails on big trucks my friend was telling me theyr calling for every 30k miles or something around there

[Percy]

Kubotas rec on my 42hp diesel engine is oil/ filter every 200 hr except for the first change at 100 hr.

Ahhhh... I might have misread....and wasted a pile of money 😳😳

[Chuck White]

Edited post #14.

[terrifictimbersllc]

Kubotas rec on my 42hp diesel engine is oil/ filter every 200 hr except for the first change at 100 hr.

Ahhhh... I might have misread....and wasted a pile of money 😳😳

Maybe not, I'm thinking 11000hr for you, I should go to 100 hr too.

[Dave Shepard]

ULSD is allowing the additives in the oil to last longer. Oil doesn't wear out, it only becomes contaminated, or the additives get used up. My '99 Dodge Cummins recommended 3500/7000 mile intervals and today that is doubled, at least. The 7000 mile interval was for highway use where there would be fewer engine warm up cycles. When a diesel engine cools, it pulls air into the engine, which has moisture in it. The moisture combines with the sulphur contaminants in the oil to make H2SO4, which is battery acid. With the greatly reduced sulphur now, the oil can be used longer. 

My Perkapiller is a 250 hour interval, but is more likely to get changed yearly, or about 100 hours.

[4x4American]

Thanks for laying down the skinny Dave

[Peter Drouin]

I do it at 200 hrs. Cat and John at 500. I buy the long lasting stuff.