Service Schedule
Oil changes, greasing, filters and sharpening — by the calendar and by engine hours or miles, with reminders before anything is overdue.
See What’s Due →Equipment and Maintenance
Tractors, mowers, saws, trucks and generators — service jobs by the calendar and by hours or miles, a log of every repair, and reminders before anything is overdue.
Service Log
Log the work, the hours and the cost. Parts and repairs go straight to the Farm Ledger.
Log Work →Your free Equipment & Maintenance
Keep your records in one private place — free for every registered member. Only you can see your data, and you can download it any time.
Common service intervals
Starting points from typical owner’s manuals. Your own manual wins — dusty work, heavy loads and hot weather call for shorter intervals.
Tractor
- Change engine oil and filter — every year or 100 hours
- Grease all fittings — every month or 10 hours
- Check and clean air filter — every 3 months or 50 hours
- Replace fuel filter — every year or 200 hours
- Change hydraulic / transmission fluid and filter — every 2 years or 300 hours
- Check tire pressure, belts and coolant — every month
Riding mower / zero-turn
- Change engine oil and filter — every year or 50 hours
- Sharpen or replace blades — every 6 months or 25 hours
- Replace air filter — every year or 50 hours
- Replace spark plug — every year or 100 hours
- Grease deck spindles and wheels — every 2 months or 25 hours
Push mower / string trimmer
- Change oil (4-stroke) or check fuel mix — every year
- Sharpen blade or replace line head — every year
- Replace spark plug and air filter — every year
Chainsaw
- Sharpen the chain — every month
- Clean air filter and spark arrestor — every month
- Flip bar, clean groove, check sprocket — every 3 months
- Replace spark plug and fuel filter — every year
Log splitter
- Change engine oil — every year or 50 hours
- Change hydraulic fluid and filter — every 2 years or 150 hours
- Grease beam and wedge — every 3 months
Truck / car
- Change oil and filter — every 6 months or 5,000 miles
- Rotate tires — every year or 7,500 miles
- Check brakes — every year or 15,000 miles
- Replace air filter — every 2 years or 15,000 miles
ATV / UTV
- Change engine oil and filter — every year or 100 hours
- Clean air filter — every 3 months or 25 hours
- Grease and check CV boots — every 3 months
- Change transmission / differential fluid — every 2 years or 200 hours
Tiller / cultivator
- Change engine oil — every year
- Check and tighten tines — every year
Generator
- Run under load for 30 minutes — every month
- Change oil — every year or 100 hours
- Fresh or stabilized fuel — every 3 months
- Replace spark plug and air filter — every 2 years or 200 hours
Well pump / water system
- Check pressure tank air charge — every year
- Change sediment filter — every 3 months
- Test well water — every year
Trailer
- Check tires, lights and hitch — every 3 months
- Repack wheel bearings — every year
Wood stove & chimney
- Sweep the chimney — every year
- Check door gasket and firebricks — every year
- Test smoke and CO detectors — every 6 months
Hand tools
- Clean, sharpen and oil — every 6 months
Take Care of What You Have
Add each machine and it starts with the usual service schedule for its kind — change the intervals to match your owner’s manual. Log the hours or miles and the work you do; jobs that are due show up in your Today list and email digest, and parts and repairs can go straight into the Farm Ledger. Chore hands can log work too. “Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.” — Proverbs 27:23