Recent content by Mace

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    Front wheel seals

    I just got a box from the dealer to replace the front wheel seals and bearings on my 1500D. There are an alarming number of parts in the box. Am I getting in over my head, or will it be fairly straightforeward when I open uo the wheels? I am very good at turning wrenches on the power plant of...
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    Update on my 1500D

    I have been using the heck out of my little tractor for a couple of months now. A lot with a post hole digger and a box blade. I have been very happy with it. I have noticed a bit of oil leaking at the left front wheel...just enough to show, nothing that really has me concerned. The only...
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    Beautiful Irony

    I just wanted to take a moment to reflect on the irony of looking for tips toward having a simpler, more peaceful rural living using the internet, which could arguably be called the current culmination of man's technology. A technology that in mosty aspects is being blamed for the current trend...
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    Finally got a photo

    I had two major achievemnts this week. First I got the wife on the new YM1500D. Second, I finally got a picture of it to post. I have been extremely happy with it thus far. I have put about 75 hours on it without so much as a hiccup. I know my shovel and wheelbarrow miss me, but I'm just cold...
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    It's Finally Here!!!!!

    It\'s Finally Here!!!!! My 1500D FINALLY showed up. Everything works great. The hour meter shows 240 hours, but according to the dealer it is 1240. I had to disconnect the little bars inside the lift arms to get them to spread far enough apart to mount the PHD......Dug a three foot post hole...
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    Yard Hydrants

    Hello all. Looking for tips in installing several frost proof yard hydrants so that I can retire the fifteen lengths of garden hose I keep dragging around. I have saved up enough to be able to install 5 of them around our 5 acres. I have never put one in before....just looking for tips and...
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    New Member

    Hi. I just found this discussion board. I am very excited about the information I have learned already. I am awaiting the delivery of my very first tractor, a YM1500D with FEL, box blade and PHD. I cannot wait until the time I can place my chopstick post hole digger in the shed for good...
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