Recent content by Jcichy71

I went from a Hydrostat 18hp New Holland that was getting burned out mowing hills (I would have to stop mid mow and let it sit an hour) to a gear drive 31hp John Deere and I couldn't of been happier with the upgrade. Not to big/small. Handles snow, stone/grading driveway, backhoe, mowing and...

In my experience tractor-ing (limited 🤷🏻‍♂️) when I start getting stuck I find it best to stop spinning tires and get pulled out sooner than later… at the very least likely less damage. I also got some big ol’ chains for the rear tires of my JD 950 as I use my machine mostly in the dirt, woods...

Good strategy is have a place picked out for lunch close by and don’t be afraid to walk away… they think they have you until you hop in your truck and drive away… alot of times they will call/message before you get to far!

+1 on the bigger is better, I have a 31hp John Deere that splits time on my 3 acres (snow, mowing and projects) and up at the deer camp (firewood, road maintenance, projects) and it often feels “smaller” than too big

My 04 3500 came with LINE X and it held up great for the 8 years I had it. I shoveled stone out of it, firewood, deer blood you name it. When I bought my ‘21 it had a plastic drop in and I took it out almost immediately. The truck had 12k miles on it and the plastic liner had already scratched...

Awesome, thanks for the replies!

I measured it best I could, seems to be about an inch and a quarter freeplay from my measurement. Should I try to tighten it up?

I have a 1987 JD 950, two stage clutch, owned it about a year, put about 30 hours on it. I am prepping a site for a garage build, moving alot of stone… lots of short drives and shifting. Anyways, I have noticed when shifting gears it will often grind slightly going into gear. It shifts into all...

I put about 10 hours on my 1987 JD950 this weekend up at camp and noticed loading it on the trailer a small pulled of hydraulic “sludge” on the front axle below the Hydraulic pump. Was hoping for just a bad o-ring or gasket and today I popped the hood to see what it was. Turns out there is a...

For anyone that finds this useful, the voltage regulator was the problem. I check my voltage i was at 12.45 and swapped it, fired back up and checked it… 14.12

Is this the guy I’m looking for? Defiantly appears to be the older style

Awesome thank you, I ordered the replacement and I’ll dig around for it tomorrow!

Ok great I’ll add that to the to do list… where is this located on the tractor, under the cluster?

I was wrenching around on my new to me 87 950 tonight. Just finished changing the oil and went to run it to check the level, it really didnt want to start… clicked a few times than finally slowly turned over and chugged to life. Upon further investigation my voltage at the battery while...

Yeah I’m thinking my best option now is just stick with the turf’s and get myself a good set if chains