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Thanks for the kind words. Been slacking majorly on TH-cam uploads lately. It depends on the money. I sold mine for a couple of reasons, but the biggest of which was I needed a cab tractor for my son to safely ride with me. Used tractor prices are nuts now so I made money on it. I still think the JD300 is one of the cheapest options for a heavy duty loader tractor. Nothing else comes close that I'm aware of. For digging out ponds it'd be awesome. Might need chains depending on how soft it is in there of course. With new hydraulic pump and injector pump if you could grab it for under 5,000 I think you're good. I think a lot of people don't know what they are since they aren't green and so they don't come with a crazy price. Looking on tractor house, the 1020 lighter duty green ag version of the same tractor is selling for 8,000 ballpark while the jd 300 with loader is 3,000 ish. Crazy

I sold it a couple years ago, sorry. As I recall, it was wired for a push button start. Turned the key on, and gave it a few seconds and then pushed the start button to turn it over. I let all my deisel stuff idle for a minute before running it. Three minutes if it's below freezing

I don't have the tractor anymore but I found what appears to be the wiring diagram online if it helps: www.mytractorforum.com/threads/wiring-diagram-for-a-300.677961/

Ah man, that sounds bad. Yea, when I got showered I had just started it up so at least it wasn't hot. Last year I was using a Kubota to cut first cutting hay much later than normal because the rain didn't stop till late June. Grass was so tall by then, it wrapped around the pto shaft into a giant grass ball in about three seconds and tore all three hydraulic hoses apart as they come out of the back of the tractor to the mower. I got showered that time to and then had a fun trip to Napa Autoparts to build three new hoses at $600. Painful day.

Thanks for the kind words

Sorry for the slow response. I ended up selling it a while back. It's a stout machine but not great for hay work. I've got a couple old massey fergusons now, a 135 and a 175. If you haven't already, i'd check the filters anyway even if the last guy said they were replaced. Theyre a pain to get off because they're upside down under the tractor but it'd be good to know first hand. If the hydraulic system has indeed been gone through, then yea it's maybe a transmission issue. If he went through the whole hydraulic system though, it could just as easily be something stuck in the hydraulic lines. When the hydraulic pumps blow apart little pieces of it can go down the line and sometimes not found right away. If the last guy had to rebuild everything maybe the last pump blew apart like that. No major leaks?

@@alexherman1803 thanks for the reply! After using it for a little while the brakes stopped working and are a bit intermittent so yeah probably crap in the system. One of the front cylinders leak a bit. This year I've gone through almost a gallon of hydraulic oil. At the beginning of the year I started digging an underground Garden. I only got down to about six feet before it got too hot. I noticed when I back out of the hole that the transmission will start slipping if I don't Raise the the front bucket. I believe it's just lowering the idle enough for the clutches to grab. The trany seems OK if I drive uphill but reverse not so much. I noticed a foot lever and lever on the left side I believe. Do you have any idea what it does? I've tried using it but don't really notice anything but maybe a very slight faster gear?

​@@Laurel-Crowned There's two PTO selector levers on that side and a differential lock. Here's a link to a controls and instruments page from the operators manual which I still have. Edit: sorry forgot link imgur.com/gallery/yG6BFGL

I feed it to the ewes as well. For the most part yes, it's the only other feed aside from hay or pasture except when I periodically get free pears or apples from nearby orchards.

Thank you. She is a standard size jersey. 51" at the withers as I recall

@@alexherman1803 Thanks for your response. I have heard that Jersey Cows can be prone to milk fever. Have you ever had the issue? Any ways to prevent? I know that a lack of calcium and glucose in the cows system is what causes it.

@@kl1958 I hadn't heard that before. I haven't had milk fever luckily but my main complaint about jerseys is their bad feet that seem to need to be trimmed unlike other breeds. The milk is unparalleled though of course.

@@alexherman1803 Well glad that you have a healthy animal there. Thanks for your responses. Stay healthy my friend.

They're sometimes called "hog waterers". There's several on Amazon but here's one listing www.amazon.com/Baimeixun-Stainless-Automatic-Drinker-Drinking/dp/B07D1XCLCF/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?keywords=Hog+Waterer&qid=1645583034&sr=8-4

Thanks! The plan is to keep doing that from now on

Just checked it out. Love your sheep videos!

You're right about everything except for the weight. This is not a large breed like commercial hogs. It is a mid size breed and they don't reach that size in seven months. Idaho Pasture Pigs are part Kunekune which is a very small breed.

That would be awesome. Get someone to make a mod for sheep to attack, or a sheep custom game

Nice! It's still working well for me. I did have to replace one of the nipples that began to leak this winter and I had to re caulk the spot where the pvc pipe comes out of the drum but otherwise still going strong.

Yea its diesel. I sold it last summer though and bought a case 1390 because I needed the additional hydraulic hookups on the back for hay implements and the cab is nice in winter. I did like that old 300 though. Pound for pound I don't know what else has the same kind of lifting power for that size tractor.

Maybe you need to mount a cylinder to keep it from flopping

@@jimcox6687 It swivels so that it can form to the angle of the bales. It is handy if the trailer is parked on a slope for example.

I can't speak for the accumulator personally, though I wish I had one. The grapple works great but it's a very simple design and there are other brands that work just as well. I'd base your decision off of the size of your tractor and the size of your hay fields. I'd imagine the accumulators can be tough in small fields with tight corners. Also if your tractor can handle it, i'd recommend an eight bale grapple. Mine is nice to squeeze into tight spots but loading is slow since I'm only able to pick up five or six bales.

@@alexherman1803 thank you Alex

Nice! I ended up doing the same thing. Just picked my breeders up a few weeks back. The IPP breeding stock is crazy expensive though due to them being such a new breed. I did a double take when I saw how much people were asking for them.

@@alexherman1803 I hear ya! It seemed like everyone was buying up pigs and broiler chickens and anything else they could get their hands on a few months back. Hope you and your family had an amazing Christmas!

@@CelticRootsFarm Thank you!

@@alexherman1803 How much did they weigh when you butchered them?

@@greenghost6416 Around #230. Not huge but I was happy with it given my feed bill was near zero.

Yea its very slow compared to commercial breeds on high protein grain. These guys are only getting spent brewers' grain though (which is low protein) and grass. I didn't buy any feed for them, it all came free so growth rate wasn't a huge concern. What you give up in growth rate you get back in taste though. I just butchered these pigs a few weeks ago and the pork is amazing. Completely different from something store bought.

Thank you!

I can't say from experience since I don't have those where I am, but it is likely it would get trampled down over time assuming it isn't too tall.

Yea there are tabs or posts just behind the rear axle shown at this time stamp th-cam.com/video/trCh6kK8qtM/w-d-xo.html. That left foot lever is really odd indeed. You're talking about the one just in front of the pto lever? In the manual it calls it a "Mid PTO selector". Mine never did anything that I was aware of and to be honest I don't understand what a "mid" pto even is. My PTO worked just fine but required the clutch to be engaged. I just sold the JD 300 last month and bought a 1982 Case 1390. I still have the digital manual for the JD 300 if you have other questions.

@@alexherman1803 thanks for reply , ok I think I will mount lower arms to those and jury rig a rock shaft. The mid pto was on the front of the trans. Pointing forward for a belly mower or snow blower but I have never seen a shift lever , they just ran at the same time as rear . I think you will be happy with your case , the little john deere has a lot of problem with 2000 lb bales . My jd 4630 was a lot better , just way to hard to start at -20 or colder , and the loader was not as good

@@lesgallivan4159 Interesting. Yea mine handled big bales and grain totes fine but that was with that box scraper on as a counter weight plus the wheel weights. -20 F? That's pretty damn cold. Diesel starts to gel a little around that temp. Maybe having a coolant heater and a block heater working in tandem would help.

@@alexherman1803 1500 watt circ heater , block heater , oil pan heater , 2000 amps of battery, tarped in , still have to let it run for couple hours before hydraulics would work , -20 wasn't to bad ,-40 was bad , colder than that I just left it run all night . Thats why I bought the 300

Nice! I'm sure you'll enjoy them. They are very good natured and easy keepers

Let me know how it goes...hubby and I want a few as pets and to keep up our land! He fully we can get them next year.

So much dang mud. It's been a wet winter