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    JD Van Blunt Grain Drill Depth Questions

    sounds like a FB drill with power lift, three are two settings on the power lift changed, with a pin or bolt,, and there are springs on the down pressure of each disk, and there cotter pins on the top of the spring shanks, to limit. the depth, the power lift works the down pressure bar...
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    Starting with PTO Engaged

    the only time I try to start my tractor with the PTO engaged is when I have this big air compressor hooked up, as with the fly wheel the location where the PTO shaft and the fly wheel attaches is a weak point and you can shear 6, 3/8 bolts like butter, so start it as slow as possible, mine does...
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    Patenting an Idea?

    I have made and used an Item in my fences for about 4 years now that has made working my cattle a much easier and simpler process, the idea is not new, and not (in my way of thinking even special), but it works very well and I do not see it being marketed by any of the manufacturer of fence...
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    want to build a freeze resistant building, IDEAS?

    I want to build a building at least 30 foot wide, and it may in time extend to 90 feet, long, currently the idea would be to build most likely a 30 by 30 foot building, my thoughts are to build a bunker, or potato cellar type building, dig down about 4 feet, and then berm the walls with...
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    Plasma cutter question?

    a few of the other things I have been workin on, remodeled the stand for the bead roller, as I am making a fence for it and the stand was in the way, a rolling shear, made the stand for it, used a lod 16.5 rim, a vice stand, this is my welding vice, if I need to I can make tabs to bolt it to...
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    Plasma cutter question?

    some pictures of the shear and the add on's
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    Plasma cutter question?

    I am interested in getting a plasma cutter, and I want a good unit, but I look at, hobart, lincoln, intertherm, and running in the $1500 +range for a 30 amp unit, and see east wood, and harbor freight, woodward, some others, (yes i know there imports), but the price of the units are...
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    difficult roads, and mechanical concrete,

    was looking for tire retaining walls, and came across this called mechanical concrete, where old tires with the side walls are removed and rock filled, it looked like a possible idea for some of you with problem roads and long drive ways that are hard to maintain, Mechanical Concrete(R)...
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    116/111 John Deere PTO clutch problem

    116/111 John Deere PTO clutch problem when I go to click on the deck, with the electric switch on the dash, 90% of the time the deck runs, but on occasion it does not, here is the puzzle to me, if I change the engine speed (throttle) slow it down and speed it back up the deck starts off, if...
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    excessive heat in hydralics, not over loading the system, ideas

    I set up a winch on the front of the tractor so I can creep it very slowly using a trencher that is three point, or covered to three point, finally tried out the winch this after noon, even with out a load and just running the drum with out cable the motor was getting warm, was going to put...
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    Air compressor from PTO... need CFM for sand blasting

    there are built in unloaders in some compressors the unloader is in the head of the compressor, and then some unloaders are just in the air line before the tank, and they dump the air and not put it in the tank at a preset pressure in the tank, As far as the hook up to the tractor use a PTO...
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    Hydralic valve question?

    I have an Idea, (YES, I know it is a dangerous thing for me to have an Idea). any way I want to build a loader bucket for placing concrete, the main reason for the bucket is to fill some steel pipe posts, the pipe is about 10 gauge, and my idea is to put a few rebar sticks in the post...
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    Had a learning experience with my welder, just thought I would share, (engine drive)

    Bought a new welder, about a month ago, and was welding great, I had a small project, I needed to weld, and the welder would not weld, finally I turned it up to max and got the mower deck welded, so I call the dealer, and called the service number no help but to give me a name of a repair...
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    Ranch/homested powered tamper for posts?

    as I get older,I find tamping post holes more tiring than it once was, and have seen commercial tampers/compactors. that I have seen the electrical poles tamped with, but there expensive, and use a large amount of air, to run, any one seen a ranch version? some thing a small compressor...
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    Cheap storm shelter?

    If I was doing it again I would probably just roll the whole tank in the hole and then either fill with some gravel and pour a floor or put in a floor and make lift out sections for storage under the floor, some thing like the picture,
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