Recent content by Jordanbear

My MF 451 has had a slow leak in the power steering system for years. tractor is a 2003 and it's done this since it was about 3 years old. Tractor only has 800 hours on it. No one could find the leak but it dawned on someone recently that it could be leaking into the engine. I have to...

I just got the light on my 451 indicating the 3-pt hydraulic strainer needs a change/clean. I did the change at 100 hours per the book, and then the book says "every 1000 hours". The tractor is just below 500 hours now. When I called the dealership the guy said "oh that has to happen...

What's the opinion on the best means for using the tractor to move snow? We have a gravel driveway, not level, with outcroppings of rock (not level, never will be.....) Tractor is MF 451. The bucket is not currently quick release - so I'm looking at ease of use as well as cost, and how well...

I know this will vary by tractor and type of work, but any idea how many hours you get to the gallon of deisel? We have a MF 451 and for some reason the fuel gauge stopped working this week. I may have over-filled it? But at any rate I got to discover how to deal with air in the fuel line when...

Not sure if this goes here or in the oil section but here's the question. When we bought our tractor we were told that it should have all the filters/oil etc. changed at 50 hours, to get rid of any gunk created by the breaking in process. We hit 50 hours in the middle of hay season, so now...

We're looking at a disc mower and wanted to know if anyone had any recommendations about these 2 brands. Of course the literature about each talks about different aspects, and the different sales staff want to sell their product and don't know about the other. I want to compare apples to...

So what's the protocol on this? I'll be leaving out names on purpose. We've been looking at tractors for a few months, figured out what we want, and it's actually sitting in our barn, on trial. We get to the part of making the offer, and our slightly lower bid is sort of brushed over...

Hi - I'm new, and browsed around old messages, but still have a few questions. Can someone please explain the differences between a drum mower and a disc mower. I've seen a disc in person (little oval plates with knives attached), but all the photos of mowers show the whole machine, with the...