Tractor Service & Repair in Lumberton, TX

Follow the hour intervals in your operator's manual. Each model has its own, and that's the number to go by. The ones owners skip most often are the air and fuel filters. An air filter is a small part that protects a big engine, and dust from sandy loam loads it up quickly. A fuel filter is what stands between your injectors and whatever got into the tank. Check both more often than the oil if your tractor works dry, dusty ground.

Most often it's a condenser or radiator packed with dust and debris. When the tractor can't breathe, the A/C can't cool. Chaff, leaves and pine straw build up on the screens and fins until air barely moves through them. The same buildup is what leads to overheating. Leave it long enough, and overheating can turn into head gasket trouble. Blowing the radiator and condenser out regularly is the simplest guard against both. If cleaning doesn't fix it, the shop can find the cause.

It can do a lot of damage, and the repair costs real money. Water in diesel fuel causes hard starts, rough running and corrosion inside the fuel system. It's worst on a tractor that sits between jobs, since condensation builds up in a tank that isn't kept full. Keep the tank topped off when the tractor's parked for a while. Drain the water separator if your tractor has one, and change the fuel filter on schedule. If it's already running rough, bring it to the shop before it strands you.

Yes. We work on other brands too. The shop works on almost anything it can get parts for, including equipment with Kohler, Briggs & Stratton or Kawasaki small engines. That means tractors, implements and mowers, wherever you bought them. Call the store with the make and model before you load it up. It's also worth describing what the machine is doing, or not doing. That gives the shop a head start on what to look at first.

Before the spring rush, if you can. Spring is when the shop is busiest, because every machine that sat all winter goes back to work at once. Batteries go dead, carburetors gum up from sitting, and blades and belts show their wear. Bringing your tractor in during the slower months heads a lot of that off. Late winter is a good window, before you turn cattle out or start cutting brush again. Plan the visit for a slow month, not the first warm week.