Recent content by RaydaKub

My worst was before we got married, I was going to change her Century's oil. I drained it and changed the after. The filter was accessed behind the passenger side wheel well. I got it on and tightened it, then filled up and had her back down off the ramps. Fresh oil all over the driveway. When...

Not sure, but I believe this may have been a 50 series tractor. The 23D the OP talked about is based on the BX2230. The 50 series has a longer body than the 30 series and the loader mounts on the 00 and 30 series are WAY heavier built. There just isn't as much room as the newer models. When in a...

The JD1 series you can buy the backhoe separately. For the BX series, you may see backhoes for sale, but unless you find a buyer who has great fab skills, the only market for one of the backhoes is someone who should already have one. The 2 digit BX models were/are all sold as TLB’s and the 4...

We have fiber to our house and I broke it one day. Cost me $60 and the guy fixed it in about an hour. The fiber was less than 1/2 millimeter across and maybe 1 millimeter with the shield for each fiber. He used a special tool to line up the 2 ends to within a 30,000 of an inch, then melted it...

OK, general question, even though I'm quoting deserteagle71: If this 3.5 Ecoboost can pull like a diesel, then why are they building 7.3 Godzilla engines? This is 446 cubic inch of pushrod tech. The hp numbers are almost the same, but torque actually favors the 3.5. 3.5 Horsepower: 400...

Even that would be inadequate however. It's much more relevant for a SCUT than a Quad-trak, but how much does the operator weigh? Is there a toolbox mounted on the side? How big is the hole you are going to hit (gopher, woodchuck, fox, badger)? The tires are filled, but to what % and what...

Too late. I'm already in 4WD before I try the diff lock. Except as we all know, 4WD really is only 2WD until you use the diff lock, which then gets you into 3WD. There's no lock on the front diff, so it does what it wants.

There's a guy on Facebook by the name of Stan Beech who had the pins break on his BX25. He took it all apart, then put in new pins that were larger. Had to machine out all of the holes that the pins fall into as they engage. As I recall, there are 4 pins and they are 10mm diameter. He put in...

And the trade-off is to spend 2 days on the road with a $125 hotel bill in between? Edit: $6 may make a difference on whether the trip is made at all, but not in how it is made.

Rochester (Oronoco) to Custer. Have done it a number of times over the last 20+ years. I90 can be really nasty in winter. Frequently closed just for visibility.

It’s 640 miles from my house to my b-i-l’s cabin across MN (70mph) and SD (80mph). When you’re on limited vacation, you just want to get that done in 1 day. With potty stops, you just push it. 76-77 in MN and 84-85 in SD gets you there with some daylight left. The cost in gas becomes irrelevant.

"The tractor is light, has no power steering and loader work will wear out the wimpy front axle faster." My dad welded up his own loader for the 8N made out of F20 Farmall frame. He used it for 30 years scooping silage every day, used it to clean the feedlot yearly, snow all winter long, and...

I've had my BX2230 for 11 years. The FEL really opens up a world of new jobs you can tackle, but you have already heard that. But if you keep this tractor, my one recommendation is to replace that gawd-awful sloped, rock-hard seat. If you put any number of hours on, that thing is a killer. None...

I bought my BX used (off eBay!!) at 591 hours. 11 years later and I am approaching 1400 hours. I have tackled many tasks I would never have imagined trying to do without it. I think my favorite is clearing snow. The snowblower I bought doesn't care if it's wet or not, it still launches it 50...

Bought a Subaru at Sam's for under $200. Worked well. The next year I couldn't get it to fire at all. Small engine shops said to throw it away cuz there would be no parts. Bought a washer from Northern Tool, an M15781120F. 3. The salesman upsold me by $75 to a model that had a continuous duty...