Recent content by DKCDKC

Pictures look like nothing happened. There are no dents or any visible damage, just the steering wheel and dash are loose. I can't see much with the diagrams so you're right, I'll just have to take it apart.

Using a bush hog and FEL with my 2013 3038E to clear some overgrowth yesterday. While pushing a pile of brush a large log (abt 12 inches diameter) popped out over the bucket, slide down the hood and hit the steering wheel hard. After clearing the log I drove home. First noticed that the...

I have a 5 ft BB on my JD 3038 and a mile-long, hilly, curvy gravel driveway. I can bog down if I take too much at a time - but several smaller pulls do the job. I use a back blade to pull gravel in twice a year then BB to smooth out. I have worn the BB side panels so much I'm welding on new...

Didn't go in for some of the rock back in the 60s, but did hit a couple Beach Boys concerts... Loud but good. Was more into folk and folk rock and we're losing those stars now too. Only Paul remains of Peter, Paul and Mary. Pete Seeger and almost all the guys in the Kingston Trio and...

Might depend on what you intend to push with the RR. I use mine for really heavy brush removal and grading. I am pretty sure that forks would not be strong enough to withstand heavy use - and I don't know how you could easily mount them anyway.

I've got a mile-long gravel drive - and had it for 30 years now. I have tried all sorts of things over the years. I tried a landscape rake for five years and it did some good, but I shifted back to a rear blade followed by a box blade. I deliberately made my road a little wider than normal...

Love my Ego battery saw. I live at the end of a mile long driveway through a forest. When trees or branches fall across the road, it is wonderful to go cut it up and get it out of the way right away without having to gather stuff and work to start my big gas Stihl Farm Boss. I have cut 14...

1000 hours on my JD 3038e - bought new in 2012. Never regretted it - never been in the shop for other than routine maintenance.

Interesting reading. I have a full mile long gravel drive with moderate to steep grades, lots of curves and fully in a forest ... Located in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. It's a weird shaped 112 acre tract resulting from an estate settlement. And we chose a home site a mile off the highway...

The mixture is key. I have a mile-long and hilly gravel drive. Put down some 1.5 & 2 inch stone - thin layer. Then an inch or two of half inch stuff, then what we call crusher run - a mixture of small gravel and dust. It has held up quite well now for over 20 years. I tend it with a box...

I have a 2021 Subaru Forester Touring and am delighted with it. I had a 2015 Outback before that was totaled by a careless guy in a truck, but immediately bought the Forester. I live at the end of a curvy, hilly mile-long gravel driveway and found most other car models simply can't take the...

I trim along some fences and my driveway by strapping an old heavy push string trimmer to the side of my FEL, firing it up and simply driving slowly letting the trimmer do the work. It handles hitting wires, rocks and such pretty well. I wouldn't do it in my yard, but it works in the field.

I bought my first tractor, JD 2030 25 years ago, but from a JD mechanic I knew. He swore it was in great condition. And it was. I traded it in in 2012 because I wanted a smaller tractor my wife could drive - and went new on a JD CUT so I wouldn't have to worry about repairs for a while. And...

I find that common sense is the best guide. I have operated a CUT 3038 for 11 years now mowing and doing other work. When I get to a hill that makes me uncomfortable, I slow way down and lower my FEL to just off the ground. I want my COG as low as possible. Sometimes, as I proceed, I just...

I have a 2012 3038e with almost 900 hours - much of it working in forest land and bush hogging. I have never experienced any problems with running over brush, stumps etc. with the undercarriage. Indeed, the tractor has never been in the shop for anything other than oil changes etc.