Recent content by Trev

I've got a JD4300 with a JD 550 tiller. I was tilling the other day, and at the end of one pass I raised the tiller and suddenly the entire tractor began to shake badly. I mean so badly the rear fenders were flapping. I immediately idled down and disengaged the tiller, looked carefully...

This isn't strictly tractor-related, but I've heard of similar problems with tractors.. so perhaps it's close enough.. I changed to my summer tires over the weekend, and didn't drive my car until this morning.. about 16 miles to work. I went out at lunch, and found a strange thumping feeling...

R4\'s on the highway I've seen a lot of posts talking about R1's wearing out quickly on the road, in comparison to R4's. My question is, how bad is highway travel for R4's? My wife keeps getting me into these situations where I have to drive 10 miles each way to till a friend's gardens...

Bird, you okay?? Bob

A family story Hi friends, new and old. It's been a while since I've been around here.. some of you may remember me, some not. But a couple of folks have sent me private notes asking if I'm still incarnate, and I thought I would share what we've been through over the last .. hmm .. how long...

Howdy, My next door neighbor bought a new GT235 about a year ago. I know this isn't a forum for Garden tractors, but perhaps it's a general enough question that it isn't too far O.T. Here is what he just wrote to me: </font><font color="blue" class="small">( I made a huge mistake last night...

Does anybody here have much experience with selling implements they no longer need/use? My only trip to eBay, a couple years ago, resulted in such a flurry of spam that I left in disgust and never went back. I do have a friend who loves eBay, however, and who has offered to handle selling...

I wonder if anyone here can offer hints on routine maint of a JD272 rear finish mower? Mine came on a JD4300, MY 2000. It's about due for maint, given the estimated hours on it and given the squeak I now hear sometimes where mowing. Okay, first step.. consult manual. It says to remove the...

For those of us who've used computers for years, SpinRite has always been the tool of choice for hard drive maintenance and emergency data recovery. It's been out for 16 years or so, and has never had an equal. Unfortunately, it was never able to run on NTFS or Linux drives.. until now. It's...

Weird, everything was working just fine.. I did some work without an implement attached, pulling railroad ties with a chain, let it sit for a few hours until the rain stopped, then went out to hook up my rear dirt scoop. Attached the scoop, tried to lift it, and nothing at all happened. Tried...

Young lady's Chernobyl Story You folks might enjoy, if that is the correct word, this fascinating journey through the area surrounding Chernobyl.. by a young Russian lady. I wish my Russian were half as good as her English. She's a biker, and takes rides through that area on her Kawasaki...

I believe this story will be of interest to most folks here. It's tangentially on-topic, in that it deals with business ethics, management, and computers ... which of course all of us here use; and we all certainly have to deal with business ethics (witness the current thread about the problems...

I posted on this a while back, but have new data.. and I'm wondering if anyone can shed light.. My JD4300 with front blade instead of FEL began showing some signs of minor problems.. the SCV lever was sticking to the side rather than returning to center. I decided to have the dealer take a...

Implements section of user\'s profile Did this section of the profile get shortened? I remember I had mine all set at one point, but it's now been truncated. There is another thread going on about the importance of keeping the profile up-to-date, so I went and made sure mine was okay. I...

Someone in another thread mentioned putting a glove over the SCV whenever there was something in the loader he didn't want to lose. Great idea. Something I do is hang the power cords for the engine and hydraulic heaters over my forward/reverse lever (SyncReverser.. ), so it's impossible to...