Recent content by muddstopper

I can give a partial answer. Rail is usually removed becaused it failed testing. The test cars cover a lot of gound in one day and the result is usually bad rail scattered all over. While one stick of rail might seem like a lot of scrap weight, it cost a lot of money to go pick up one piece of...

I have a spypoint celluar game cam set up to watch my deer feeder. I dont pay for the subscription so I only get the free 100 pics a month. When I am using the feeder, it can take 100 pics in just a few days. I also have blink wifi cameras. The infared isnt that great and the lens tend to fog up...

41 years experience messing with rail. Your 90lb rail doesnt weight 90lbs per ft, it weighs 90lb per 3 ft. Just supported on each end, it will bow like a sting under its own weight. Even 132lb rail will bend and flop when its hooked to a crane. Selling it to scrap yards isnt easy either. Most...

My 342 has 21 hrs on it. Where I have to park it in my shop, I have to leave the bucket up about head high. It has set for weeks and the bucket hasnt ever leaked down.

Yep. Whats worse I was talking crap abput buying a lemon tractor and buddy told me it was a lemon operator. o_O

Someone had put in a breaker box and 30amp hookup for a camper before I bought the house. I changed out the plug and now use it for when the power goes out. I have to flip the 200amp main breaker before pluging in the generator. Two years ago I was able to pretty much run the entire house off a...

Lots of merit to the dont do it comments. I built this trailer myself a long time ago. Built a few others before and since. My problem now is the actual physical labor involved, I aint 30 or 40 years old anymore. I cant run a weld bead without holding the stinger with both hands. Use coke bottle...

I hate to tell this, but there was nothing wrong with my lift. Somehow I had knocked one of the rear remotes out of neutral and it was robbing oil from the 3pt. shifted the remote into neutral and lift went back to working. A little embarrassing considering I hauled the tractor the 56 miles to...

LS mt 342h

Another bad news update. Tractor now has a total of 22.9 hrs on the meter. 6 hrs of that time was with the brush hog. Last hr of mowing was with the lift not working. I heard a loud pop and 3pt just dropped. Something broke internal on the lift. Taking back to dealer next Tuesday. No telling how...

Well, what should of been a easy day, fix flat, haul tractor home and unload. Nothing is ever that easy. got tire fixed and when I started to pull off, the brakes on the truck felt spongey. Blown brake line on front of truck., Unhook truck, put in brake fluid and drive home to fix the blown...

The axles are 3500lb. 7000lb total/ Tractor weighs 3900lbs without ballast, both back tire are filled. Loader weighs 780 with out bucket so call it 1000lb. Not sure on the bushhog weight, guessing around 1000lbs. Around 6500-7000lbs total. The trailer is double framed and will handle a lot more...

Blowed a tire on the trailer today, of course it ruint the fender. I have been thinking/leaning toward selling the trailer and buying one a little longer and heavier. I built this trailer several years ago and it has served me well, but I am just feeling my axles are a little light for the...

I was brush hogging a small field today and the lift on my 3pt just quit. Tractor only has 24 total hrs on it and only 6 of those hrs are using the bushhog. Field had been mowed for hay and all I was doing was knocking down the johnson grass that was in small clumps scattered in the field. I did...