Recent content by green duck

I have recently acquired a JD 7100 planter. It is a 12 row unit. It seems to be in pretty good shape, mostly only needing a few bearings and tension springs. It definitely needs a good cleaning and repainting. I plan to convert the unit into several 1 and 2 row planters to sell for gardens...

I have a heavy duty 6 foot bush hog on a cat-1 40 hp tractor. I want to use my bush hog on a cat-2 100+ hp tractor. I will be able to make a way to hook the cat-1 implement to the cat-2 tractor. My question is, since the pto shaft on the bigger tractor is bigger, can I use some sort of a pto...

Like the title says I am building a new road, through some woods and across a pasture. I will need 3 or 4 culverts for this road. I have plenty of hills to cut down for dirt. The road needs to be 15-18 ft wide. My question is can someone recommend an alternative to buying 3 culverts for $400...

I have a very large oak tree that I want to dig up on my property. I want to dig it up instead of cutting it down so I don't have a huge stump out there. I have a big John Deere backhoe. So, how should I do this so that sucker doesn't fall on me? If you imagine the tree as a clock, I was...

I am building a new barbwire fence and plan to use metal corner post. The reason I want to use metal is because I have a bunch laying around, i.e. 4''x4'' and 5''x5'' square tubing. I plan on concreting in the "H" corner post. My question is, how do I attach the barbwire to the metal "H"...

I have been looking into buying a MF 5445. The tractors I'm used to driving are JD's in the 8000 series. So the idea of cluthless shifting sounds good to me. I have seen this JD joystick and was wondering if it could be installed on a MF 5445? Front Loaders : Comfort & Control It's the...