Recent content by IH2424

Agree with the tractor weight being important. Just talked to my neighbor - he is searching for wheel weights for his NH 37 Workmaster. He has loaded the rear tires and puts about 1000 lbs in his ballast box and he says it is still too light - the tractor is just too small for his needs. He...

Consider a ballast box also. You may be fine with traction pushing the blower. But if you have to lift it, that will take a lot of weight off the rear wheels, especially if you are trying to back up on an incline. I have saved my neighbor a few times with my old ag tractor when he got too far...

Consider replacing with an 8 volt battery. I see comments on Yesterday's Tractor website about guys doing that to get a bit more juice to the starter on those old tractors, especially for winter. Mine were both converted to 12 volt when I got them, so I have no experience myself. Tim

Another vote for the Window and Door version of Great Stuff spray foam. I have replaced almost all the windows in our 100 year old farm house over the past 20 years and used it on every one. I did make the mistake of starting with the wrong foam and did spring one of the casings - i had to...

Stain for sure. I have enough paint to scrape on the old farm house and two garages. I built my wood shed in 2004 and put on Cabot "The Finish" white stain. It went on and looked like paint. 18 years later and it still looks pretty good, but I am going to have to do something with the north...

I just try to figure out what my old farm tractor has saved me over the years, then compare that to what I have in it. 35 years of plowing snow @ probably $500 a year, 35 years of producing firewood versus buying it or fuel oil - say another $500 a year. 35K. I have about 6K in it for...

I bought a 6x12 single axle with 4' end ramp to haul our two-up snowmobile on. It works great for that. Also so far brought home a load of mulch and was able to spread it right off the trailer when moving it around with my little Kubota. I got one with 2' high metal sides to keep road crap...

Ii have a B2620 - 19 PTO HP, and a 4" Woods Brush Bull. It handles it fine, but I do have to slow down in heavy goldenrod and weeds at times, especially if I am going uphill. It would not run a 5' brush hog in the area that I mow, probably not even on the level very well. If I had a choice, I...

One issue I didn't see mentioned is that your ability to use wheel extensions with a MMM is affected. My Kubota B was very tippy, so I ended up putting 3" wheel extensions on the back. I think with the MMM you can only add 1 1/2 extensions. I suggest a little time in the seat to see if your...

Tractors of that era were built to last forever, with minimal care. As long as it seems to run OK and the rear tires are in decent shape, you will be very happy. They are simple enough that you should be able to do a fair amount of repair and maintenance work yourself, if you have the...

I have that 48" Brush Bull behind a B2620 - 19 hp PTO. For what I mow - mainly golden rod and grass, that is all the tractor can handle in some spots. It would not pull a 5' mower on the slopes I mow. At times even the 4" mower lugs the engine down. That price does seem kind of high to me...

After 30+ years of owning only farm tractors, I finally bought a Kubota B. I was shocked how much less stable it was on any kind of slope. Its much better now after adding 3" wheel extensions, but still scary at times. I would suggest looking for an older farm tractor in the 30-40 hp range...

Have you considered an older, but much heavier farm tractor? They will have the weight and ruggedness needed to skid logs, plus no electronics to go bad. One with 45 hp would probably weight almost twice what your modern tractor does. There is no substitute for weight when working in the...

I had a 2001 and loved it! But the electronics were a weak point. The power seat quit moving, a power window quit working. Everything rotted away under neath by 2015, but thats more an issue with New York state salt on the roads. I thought the engine and tranny would last forever. I would...

Every shed ever built was too small before it was finished!