Recent content by SGBotsford

Yeah this post is ancient. Maybe this will help the next guy. Caught a huge wad of bailer twine on my grasshopper. Box knife wasn't enough. Raised the deck and took off the blade. Still not enough. Ran it for a minute and the spindle got hot. So: Opened the top plate on the deck. removed...

I have a B7100 manual shift 4WD that needs a front axel assembly. This is an older unit -- early 80's Anyone recommending a source for parts? From Kubota locally they would be about $CAN 3,000 if they can find them. Tractor isn't worth *that* much. I'm posting in multiple places. email is...

Changing a hydraulic hose on my deutz. Had to take one hose off to get at the troubled one. Putting it back on I cross threaded it. Now I realized something was wrong, and only put 1/6 of a turn on it. Back up, and I had a fine metal filing on both sets of threads. Broke that off. But it...

I needed: Metric socket set. Needle nose pliers. WD 40 #2 phillips screwdriver Helps: cordless impact wrench or drill. Adapter to put sockets on wrench/drill. A: Remove left panel. Held on with a bunch of 8 mm hex head phillips screw (It's a bolt head with a phillips star) and 2 12 mm...

I have issues with lawnmower blades. Couple times a summer, I take the blades off, sharpen them on the belt sander, and put them back on. There's only two chances per revolution of the blade to get a grass stem, so if I mow fast, I do a crappy job. Occurs to me: Anyone put diskbine blades on...

I run a tree farm. I've had a serious problem with pocket gophers for years. I'm currently more or less on top of the pocket gophers, but they have left the aisles between the trees very very rough and bumpy. So far all the articles about smoothing fields have been variations of till and...

This is a one man farm. I do use dripline with larger pots. But the small pots have to be herded together into a mass for winter anyway (they cool too fast). It's best to keep them that way to start with, and transplant them when they get crowded. Even with the larger trees, I have close to...

I'm growing willows in containers for reclamation. At present the pots are on tarps (weed control) and are watered with overhead sprinklers. Water is my limiting factor. Willows do well with flood irrigation. I'd like to set up a bunch of small ponds, each one about 30-40 feet by whatever...

One pic is my new wood shed. The neat stack is only done because I had to get the pile out of the way to put on the roof. The second pic is my usual way of handling wood. Stacking is such a pain. Doubles or triples the amount of time you are dealing with wood. At a minimum in adds one more...

I want the following features: 1. Choose forward or reverse with the flip of a lever. Not interested in disassembling the machine every time I want to go from forward rotation to counter rotation. 2. Multiple speed gear box to better match tiller to ground speed. (The low speed on my...

I have an ongoing love hate relationship with this bone shaker. I've had the rototiller (39") on it almost since I bought it, and I think it was off once to try to blade the driveway with a 6 foot snow blade -- an amusing exercise, as the tractor moved to the left as much as the blade moved to...

I have a 1995 Grasshopper 721 mower with about 4000 hours on the clock. Motor still ticks like a charm, but the right hand power unit is starting to get weak. Replacing this is $1500. Seems steep for a mower I paid $4200 for 5 years ago. Is this likely to be a case of a bunch of seals that...

I have rough pasture that I'm expanding into with a tree farm and u-pick orchard. The area is subject to pocket gophers, and while my dogs regularly snack on them, they just aren't keeping up. I trap them too and if I run 6 traps I can generally keep on top of them -- sort of. Currently I'm...

Last winter I drove the grasshopper lawnmower with this engine into the garage. No problem. This spring it wouldn't start. Would turn over, but not catch. Changed plugs. started. Twice. Then wouldn't start. Took to the dealer. He did general maintenance, started it a bunch of times...

I have a tree farm. I keep the area not in trees as grass. I have pocket gophers. I like having the gophers as it keeps the drainage good. Never have puddles. BUT The push up hills of dirt, which is tough on the mower. Even if I knock them down enough to not hit the blade it makes for a...