Recent content by DVerbarg

Pout, pout... After having lived in the country for most of my short 37 years we are selling our house (just signed a contract today) and moving to another state and will become suburbia dwellers. This will necessitate selling my TC40D/SS (and attachments) since my soon to be new neighbors may...

For those of you who have been around here for a couple years or more you might remember that one of the reasons for buying my TC40D was to do the grading around the house. Unfortunately I did not buy big enough for that job and coupled with very busy work schedules during the summer have not...

In the past there has been discussions around having an overrunning clutch in order to make the hook-up of PTO implements easier. In the proces of replacing the control shaft for the hydro transmission on my TC40D I read quite a bit of the shop manual and ran across this basic text (from page...

TC40D doesn\'t want to start Hmmm, After a few weeks of no use I went out this weekend to do some mowing and the TC40D would not start. The battery was totally worn down. Figured the kids must have been playing and turned some lights on but all the switches were in the off position. Figured...

After hundreds of FEL loads at full weight capacity over bumpy ground the grade in the front yard is beginning to look nice. Dug in some french drains over Memorial Day weekend. Did some mowing this morning and decided to smooth out the back fill over the french drains. Was just about finished...

Is the PTO on a Hydro Boomer Class III driven by gears or is it hydraulic? Just got to wondering. While using a post hole digger the auger stopped at one point, the tractor engine lugged but kept running. Real quick I pulled up but it got me to wondering if there was a clutch involved somewhere...

Reading about MarkC's Pro-Ears and the benefits he has seen(heard) has raised the question of whether the Pro-Ears would be an advantage when operating the Boomer series tractor. Does anyone know the decibel level of the TC40D or ClassIII Boomers on the operator's platform. The Pro-Ears keeps...

Ok, this is really of the topic but not real fun. Tonight my 9 year old daughter had a cotton blanket on a wood coffee table and was using fingernail polish remover. Unbeknownst to her remover was dripped on the blanket. At bed time she picked the blanket up and "rrriiip", we now have a coffee...

Just thought I would start a rumor that seems to have some validity. Was at the auto body shop getting a bumper repaired/repainted and noticed some red, Case Red, tractor components scattered around. Hood, fenders, instrument cluster (with 0 hours ), etc. Found out from one of the guys that...

The snow from this past week was a great excuse to get out and have some seat time. Unfortunately the seat time required to keep up with the driveway and the blowing snow kept me from TBN . Finally had my first breakdown on the snow blower. Heard many stories of others and the constant...

I was inspired by seeing what others had done to make their TCxx units warm-up better in the cold weather and ordered the parts from McMasterCarr. Parts arrived as expected and went out to install. Brrr is it cold out there! As I got ready to cut the coolant hose a couple holes in the FEL...

Need some ideas for a problem. Built a new house this past year and still have a few items to finish (well, maybe a few more than a few ). A couple months ago we had a stamped concrete sidewalk poured. At the last minute my wife remembered that we intended to install a french drain for the...

Have a TC40D without any remote cylinders (besides the front remotes for the FEL) and am considering adding at least two remotes for the rear. All this talk of a hydraulic top link and wanting to have a remote for use with a haybine or snowblower chute (or maybe just wanting the fill the extra...

With all this snow I decided that the 'ole blade just wasn't good enough. Started to look for a blower (of course they are all sold) and was more than a little amazed at the different price differences. Yeah, yeah there are differences in how the pieces of equipment are made, but as I discovered...

I am wondering if anyone has experience using a front loader with and without a toothbar. I've been digging into piles of clay and black dirt from a basement excavation (1300 cubic yards total) and have been redistributing around the basement as backfill, low spots on the property, etc. I do not...