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I wanted a couple hundred pounds on my L3010 when I ran the sickle bar mower or my crane with the loader removed. The best deal I could find was 70 lb'ers in stock at a local JD dealer. I had to trim the mounting fingers a little to get them onto the stock weight rack on my tractor. They cut...

I purchased on-line a pair of front tires for my old 2007 Polaris Sportsman 500 4-wheeler. There wasn't much selection for the size I needed. They came in today. They were marked as 23X8R-12 6 ply nylon tubeless radials. The nylon surprised me. What is the significance of them being nylon ? My...

These are OFA Eko 9 chains. I like "H" pattern chains for my R1 tires because they can't hide between the tire lugs and become less effective. I mount them using the "drive on" method - it is so easy. It's been shown before but worth repeating I think. I have a length of rope with a hook on...

I have a neighbor friend who is an artist that works in bronze. Every once in a while he will bring over a bronze plaque and ask me to weld 10-24 nuts on the back so he can mount them in a wood frame he makes by routing out a recess. So far I have done about 10 of these, a couple at a time. I...

Saw this and it looks like a good deal.. gg

This happened to my wife's friend today. She is elderly and lives alone in a rural spot. She got in the car to go to their little weekly rug hooking session at the town library. Her habit is to lock the doors. She started cranking the car over and it wouldn't start. She cranked until the battery...

I spent the last couple afternoons doing my annual road side mowing. I do it late because of the large number of migrating birds that feed and rest in the high vegetation along the road and small fields during September and October. I use a 30 hp L3010 and a 7' sickle bar with a hydraulic lift...

Found this in the woods. I can see that it is for lifting something like an I-Beam maybe. It looks like it has a specific purpose. It was near a high tension power line ???? Someone knows what it is, Thanks gg

I got a ragged 1" long cut on a Sportsman 500 front tire. We have a lot of vertically grained shale here so it was probably a sharp rock, The cut is where the R1 type tread meets the side wall. I am going to tube it. It runs at 4 psi so there is a lot of flex I would guess. Should I patch the...

I stopped in the local hardware/equipment store yesterday and saw this hanging prominently at the checkout counter........... gg

Went by this today and thought it was worth a picture gg

The bracket holding the lower snatch block on my winch got tweaked so there was a bind when the block was at 0* (straight) I mounted the bracket on the winch and bolted a couple draw bars to it. Then applied just the right amount of pressure with the loader. Good enough for government...

One year old - bought almost exactly 1 year ago to replace my ancient Prest-O-Lite regulator. Apparently a bad move. I use it very sporadically. Today I tried. When I went to adjust the Acetylene pressure with the torch valve closed it was jerky not smooth. It would go putt and the pressure...

Somehow last winter I got it in my head that I should build a roll cage and sweeps for my woods tractor. I spent a lot of time thinking about it and before I knew it I got started. I've been at it for a while working in spurts. The first thing I did was to modify/enhance my grill guard to give...

Welding over head. Use a large wet towel for a blanket except this time forgot the wet part - Dumb. Finished the bead and saw smoke then fire. Anyway there is a hole burned in the black vinyl seat. The vinyl is adhered well to the inner sponge so there are no loose flaps. I don't really care...

I've seen some recent advise that a chipper w/o hydraulic feed is not desirable. My BearCat is manual feed and honestly feel hydraulic is not necessary on it. I have never run other brands so I don't know about them. I put a video at the end so you could see how mine works. The top of a...

3 years ago I bought a used Kubota M5640 with 700 hrs on it. Since then I have added another 450 hrs. It has a L1002 Loader, a (WR Long ?) 3rd function valve, and a single Rear Remote. All part of the original package according to the seller. I am planning on adding some hydraulics and was out...

I want to replace the badly leaking angle cylinders on my old Fisher plow. A quick check shows a Fisher branded part for $120, Buyer's OEM part for $90, and RCMP replacement part for $76. All have identical specs. Having no experience with replacement cylinders, is there much difference between...

I have a lot of finger diameter glossy buckthorn I want to cut and saw a used 345R . I am wondering what people have to say about it. Thank you. I can never beat the stuff but hold it in check by cutting. I am getting tired of the hand loppers and wonder about a brush saw. gg

The arm rest on the control lever side of my dozer was wiggley - drove me nuts and I wanted to fix it while I was doing some other maintenance stuff. The rest is mounted on a hinged .065 (1/16") sheet metal bracket. You need to lift the rest to get at the transmission dip stick. I'm just a...

Ordered a pair 13 X 5.00-6 tires for my self powered bush hog. They came crushed totally flat to minimize the air space from Asia I guess. What a different world it is now. I got them pried open and put a ratchet strap on them to try to get them into shape. They are very stiff and really want to...

Just thought this was interesting - in a sick sort of way. I have never seen it before. My self powered bush hog has been giving me fits lately. Turned out to be a sticking float valve. Sometimes stuck open, some times closed, and some times just right. The plating on the needle is flaking off...

I had a hard line rust out down in the bowels of the dozer so I need to replace two lines. Where they have to go and connect in there is no room for hose or compression fittings which I have managed to make work in the past. So this is my first try at weld/braze-on fittings and I am on shaky...

This is an off the wall question but I am just trying to figure out how this happens to get a better under standing. I have a small dozer and when I get a hydraulic leak in a line or hose down stream from the control valve it will drain the tank. Has happened 3 times over the years. Some times...

EDIT: I couldn't figure out how to make the photos work but they are down in Post #7 all glumped together. Sorry. I have been running this Craftsman Drill Press since I was 14 years old. At that time, 60 years ago, it belonged to a man down the road who built metal tables with ceramic tile...

I bought a used M5640SUD Utility Tractor a couple years ago. I wish it had more adjustability in the 3ph. The previous owner told me he had the lower links switched over to the extension type for easier implement hook-up which was a Kubota change at Serial # 60,000. When I look at what is on the...

I have been thinking of replacing my ancient Linde torch set. It has no arresters and needs new hoses plus tips are not available except used and abused ebay. If I look at a medium duty Victor set like the Preformer 2.0 it covers what I need as far a heat goes at not to much money but I need to...

Not a tractor problem but a 3 cable Fisher plow with isolation module in my truck. There is a 15 amp inline fuse from the battery to the iso module labled P/T (Park/Turn) fuse. This fuse blows a couple time a season and I lose the directionals and parking lights on the plow but the truck lights...

I got a 7 1/2 foot plow last fall and mounted it on the M5640 tractor. It worked out well. So this summer it gets a new cutting edge and a paint job. The trip/cutting edge and mold board were bent pretty good so that it would bind when the edge tripped but still worked somehow. I decided to try...

$86 for a new one. Can't see how to get it a part w/o cutting. So on the off chance that someone knows some tricks on fixing I ask for help. Other wise I will probably cut it open or improvise a new latch. If you have done that let me know also. Thanks. gg

On my M5640 I have to change the hydraulic filters once between Hydraulic Oil changes. The filters are at the bottom of the sump so I have to drain the oil and then put it back in after the filters are changed. I back to the top of a bank and place my oil pan connected to a 10' pvc pipe down to...

I am going to do some rehab on an old Fisher plow and want to remove the trip edge springs, One of the spring assemblies has a rivet on the top of the bar which retains it on the plow. It can't see any purpose for the rivet but before I grind it off I thought it would be best to ask why it is...

Or wouldn't you ? I acquired this blade and used it on a SSQA plow I built last winter. The plan was to refinish it when plow season was over. It looks like it was used as a dozer blade and is also pitted but smoothed off. I don't care to much about the final looks but would like the snow to...

Just wondering because I lost two out of 12 on my tractor yesterday. I was using it hard pushing back high frozen snow banks on an icy based road. At first I thought I must have broke them but on checking the remaining ten I found two more that were loose. So not sure now but suspect they came...

I wanted to put a plow on the M5640. I found a guy who wanted to restore a '91 F150 and would give the plow to someone who would take it off the truck. So I did. The plan was to sell the pump, valve/control, head gear, and truck frame parts and start out ahead but that hasn't happened. I...

I built a tractor snow plow from an old Fisher truck plow. The angle cylinders were full of ancient ATF which I emptied out but I wanted to flush out the cylinders several times with tractor fluid before I allowed any to return to the tractor tank. I have 1/4" QC's on the cylinders so I can...

I have only had one welding helmet so don't know how others compare. It is an inexpensive self darkening Metal Man with a variable dark adjustment. Not knowing any better I would say it works great. However, in the dark mode the clear viewing angle is very restrictive. The plane of the lens has...

I bought a SSQA plate. It doesn't fit like it should. I think I know what I want to do but maybe there is a better way. Here are some pictures. First this is how other SSQA plates fit. Note the top pocket and how the plate fits flush against the loader mount. If I take the SSQA plate and hang...

Question on when you are working with square tubing and most of the welds are on one surface. In trying to keep things straight/flat and limit the amount of deformation in general can you help yourself by putting the tubing surface with the seam in any particular orientation relative to the...

I posted this in the Snow Removal forum yesterday w/o much luck yet so I thought I would try here too. I have acquired a 1990 vintage Fisher Under the Hood plow system. I was after the blade and A frame but the guy wanted it all removed so I took the push plate, pump/tank, valve, and mechanical...

I have acquired a 1990 vintage Fisher Under the Hood plow system. I was after the blade and A frame but the guy wanted it all removed so I took the push plate, pump/tank, valve, and mechanical joy stick too. It all works, at least it did. Now I am wondering what I might be able to do with the...

The last couple Private Messages I received I have almost missed because the New Message Alert does not come on when I open the Forums page. This is new. Maybe since I switched to Chrome a while back but really don't know. Do I have to reset a setting of some kind ???? I run Chrome and Window...

I like to use a coarse wire brush on my 4 1/2" grinder to remove slag. I have used Forney and DeWalt brushes which are easy to come by locally. They both seem to throw a lot of wires, at least to me. It never bothered me much until I got flat tires on both the one ton and another on a self...

I blew one of these hoses Wednesday last week. Decided to replace all three and had to break the connections in this box w/o putting to much torque on the old steel lines. I started spraying with PB Blaster 3 or 4 times a day. Ordered new cables from DisCount Hydraulics Thursday morning...

I had my loader off yesterday and was just about to coat the retaining pins with a thin coat of Never-Seize before I remounted it. Then I thought this might not be the best thing to do - I better ask. It is 18 years old and the plating is starting to wear off in places on the pins. So leave them...

This may seem like a dumb question from someone who has owned this tractor for 17 years but I need help before I do something drastic. The QD's on the rear remotes are the push in and pull to disconnect type. Always worked fine. I disconnected my side link and connected in a dump trailer...

I am putting a 2"receiver hitch in the 3/8" thick butt plate of my winch. I run it on a 30 hp L3010 tractor that weighs about 5000 lbs. My little dump trailer is 4' X 6' and is rated for a 3000 lb payload. Can I just weld the receiver tube into the plate with a circumference bead on both the...

I have a trailer I use in the woods. I want to put some side boards on it and use it to TOSS blocked-up and/or split firewood into. The bed is only sheet metal so it will take a beating. It is less than an 1/8" thick, 0.104 or 12 gauge actually. I was going to use a piece of plywood as a shock...

Not a tractor issue but this is the best place I know to get solid advise on most anything. I need to change out my water logged pressure tank. I would like to be ready with everything I need and have it go smooth. I have a new tank that is exactly the same as the old. My initial plan is to...

I have only had it a couple days now and already love it. I've been picking away on a dump trailer rehab lately. Yesterday I put this trailer jack on. The first actual job with the new welder so I figured I would post it. I wanted the fold-up jack on the inside so it wouldn't get rubbed by a...

If I have a welder with Dinse-25 female panel connectors for the welding leads can I build or buy a set of compatible extension cables using AWG 2 wire ?? If I look at the Dinse sight it says their -25 connector will handle 25 square mm wire or AWG 4 max so #2 is to big. If I look at other...

I bought a used tractor a while back and it came with a Hydraulic Top Link. It has Dual Pilot Operated Check Valves on it from the looks. I just started using the TL. It runs smooth sometimes and chatters/jerks some times. It seems that the chattering occurs when very little or no hydraulic...

I bought a used Pronovost dump trailer a couple years ago. It is a great little trailer. It is advertised as having removable sides. I wanted to remove to sides to make a flat bed. "Removable" is a little misleading maybe. The corner posts are 1-1/4" square tubing and the corner pockets they...

I want to weld a 2" X 4" X 1/8" channel to flat bed/floor and against a wall so I have some 2" vertical fillet welds at floor level to do. I have an AC stick welder. My question is what stick angle and weld direction should work best. I was going to try a down hill weld with a flat stick angle...

I bought a used 1.5 ton Canadian made Pronovost 503 dump trailer two years ago. It has Carlisle 18 X 8.5 - 8 field tires. They seem to be discontinued, I can't find them listed or any info on them. I would like to know what would be a proper tire pressure. Any idea ?? Thanks. gg

I had to make a split bushing today so I could use a Cat 1 top link on a Cat 2 implement. I brazed the short bushing pieces to the washers so the parts would be easier to find in the tool box and easier the assemble. Brazing was fast and easy. Maybe 5 minutes. I never hear anyone mention brazing...

I had to bring a hand full of small tools outside to work on the tractor. I thought it would be clever to stick the real little stuff to a good strong magnetic welding clamp so I wouldn't loose things in the snow. But I out-smarted my self as usual. Now I have a couple drill bits where it is...

I have always used Stanadyne Performance Formula year round as a fuel additive and anti-gel. I have also bought my fuel at the same truck stop for over 15 years and trust thier fuel. Well today I plugged the filter - never happened before. It was cold, minus 5 F and the tractor soaked at minus...

I got a used M5640 with a QA FEL this summer. When I mounted a grapple for brush work on it the QA levers looked like they might be subject to unlocking from the brush. I have been keeping my eye on them and sure enough just before lunch one side came unlocked while moving some rough slash...

Practice, experiment, or just burn some rods and end up with a useful chunk of steel instead of junk. If it doesn't come out perfect don't worry. No one will see and it will be all ground off by next spring. I am doing my Fisher shoes. Used 6011 to welded on some 1/2" pieces from the scrap...

I use it road side mowing in high grass and weeds which is hard duty. Once a year I replace all the broken cutter parts. This year it is one knife section and two guides which is pretty typical. gg

Did a transmission oil/filter change on a new to me M5640 (gear transmission) today. So the first time and a learning experience. No sight window just a iddy-biddy dipstick. Manual says 10.5 gallons (I realize this is for a dry transmission). I put in about 9.5. Over filled by about 2". Above...

I bought a used 2012 M5640 early in April 2017. It was a private sale. The guy still owed Kubota Corp on it. He said he would pay off the loan and send me the title when he got it. I didn't know tractors had titles. I trusted him. He says he paid the loan off the day I took the tractor home and...

I recently bought a used 2012 M5640SU with a V2403 engine and it has 700 hrs on it. It is the first turbo charged diesel I have owned. Often on start-up, and especially when cold, I hear a short fairly loud whistling whooooosh type noise which seems to be coming from the turbo. I did not hear...

I wanted a removable but rugged shelf for my saws and sawbox. Behind the seat seemed like the best place. I made a shelf from 1-1/2 X 3/16 angle and expanded metal that is 27-1/4 ( 1/4 less than the ROPS opening to avoid a interference fit ) X 12. The shelf is cantilevered off a couple pieces of...

I have a new to me Kubota M5640. It has a new to me all plastic sediment bowl/fuel filter assembly. I wanted to clean it. When I unscrewed and dropped the sediment bowl I expected the filter element to stay on the tractor but instead the bowl and filter all came out as one piece. Seemed odd to...

I bought a beat up used winch. The lead in 1/2" of the splines on the tractor end of the pto shaft are all deformed as if the yoke was only partially on the shaft in a hard pull. So I need to replace the yoke. I have the correct size yoke in my junk/spare parts box but I don't have a cross. My...

I need to come up with a nice rugged tool box. I have always made them from wood. But I see there are a lot of nice weather proof plastic boxes available like this one. I stole the picture from rasorbackq's thread. Thank you. Hope you don't mind. A box like this would be better than one of my...

56 hp gear shift 4WD - partially syncro Xmission (3rd & 4th gears) Hi All, I am wondering if anyone has experience with one and what there thoughts are. There is a used one that I am thinking about looking at. It is a couple hours away so any info or opinions would be helpful. Thanks gg

There is a blade for sale. He says it is a TufLine GBD84. I cannot find any info on this series. I only see GB1, GB4, and GB5. Does anyone know what these GBD blades are or where I can find info on them? The poor quality pictures he put up look like it is lighter than the GB1 series but it is...

I did a 1600 hr maintenance today and took some pictures of my oil change system. I have a 55 gal drum set down the bank and under the tractor there is an old galvanized oil pan that I put a shower drain in the side of. The two are connected with 2" pvc and flexible couplings. The oil fill...

I used to do this kind of job by the bucket full. It would take 8 to 10 round trips. Each trip the bad spot would get soupier. Now it takes 2 trips and there is no shoveling involved. I got 3.03 ton (6060 lb or 2.25 yd +/-) of 3 1/2" crushed road base. First load. Well over 3000 lb...

I needed to replace my Makita corded 3/8 drill. It had a nice keyed chuck. I was leary of keyless chucks but they all seem to have them. I bought a 3/8 corded Dewalt. First hole happened to be 3/8" in 1/8" mild steel. Chuck slipped on starting with a 1/8 pilot hole and again at the end of the...

I do a lot of work on woods roads. The only way I had to haul rock or gravel into the woods was bucket by bucket. A while back I bought a small used dump trailer to make the job easier on my front end and faster. But I needed a good way to transfer material from my one ton into the trailer. I...

I want to make a loading pit or trench so that I can drop my trailer height down 1-1/2 to 2 feet from grade level. I will be backing up a 14,500 lb one ton with dualies on top to within a couple feet of the lip. I would like to use logs or a log for cribbing (10' wide) but don't have a feel for...

I use my Sickle Bar as a roadside mower so it has a hard life when the grass is high and I can't see. Once a year, if needed, I take the bar apart and replace any broken knife sections or guard/guide teeth. This year it was only broken teeth from trying to cut a rock. It comes apart easy. The...

One of my male QC on the rear remotes up and decided to crack and split today :confused: Anyway, it was a Pioneer 8010-4 ag male connector. I went to a local hardware that has a variety of stuff like that. When I first plowed thru there unorganized pile of QC's I couldn't find a -4 but there...

I have and old stand alone trail mower. The two 1/4-20 caps screws that hold the intake manifold/carb/air cleaner to the cylinder have always vibrated loose. (I use red small screw lock-tite and it hold for a year). Well I finally stripped the lower hole. It has a B&S engine. My plan was to...

We have a new guy poking around gg

Last week I took off my winch and left it standing in the woods while I graded the road. When I came back the winch had flopped over forward (must have been the wind :laughing:) and the pto shaft was sticking out from under it looking like a broken leg. The U-joint was jammed onto the winch...

Put an extension on the top of my dozer blade for working in the woods. I guess you could call it a brush/tree guard. It also braces up my spindly looking root rake hanger brackets. I just had time to get it tacked in place this morning before it started to rain. gg

In the past when I make torch cuts I just hack it off and say well there that was easy. But now I would like to make some cleaner cuts like I have seen others do that will be in the root of a weld and places I can't get my grinder. Here are some of my hack cuts I made the other day in 1/2"...

It just dawned on me that I am not getting anymore double posts. A big thank you to who ever fixed it !!!! Was there a big party over this and some how I missed it or did it just silently go away ?? gg

I just bought a Milwaukee PortAband and am seriously considering a Swag PortAband table for making straight cuts on smaller pieces. The reviews on them seem very good - to good to be true actually. All perfect, except for a past problem with the miter groove sizing. Can you guys confirm that...

It takes two men and a monkey to move my BearCat chipper in and out of the corner where I store it. I made a set of caster thingys for it that I can slide into the frame when it is time to put it away. Now I can move the chipper around pretty easy. A good mud season putter project. gg

I noticed this clean set of track prints I made yesterday. We have ice under a thin layer of snow. To me this shows how a good set of ice chains work. The right track is the unchained front. The left is the chained rear. Notice how all of the weight on the rear tires is on the chains all the...

Cut a swarth going down the hill to get a view to the north. Up on the top were small trees. The trees got bigger as I worked my way down. The last tree looking back up the hill. The view from the door yard. That is Burke Mountain if you know this area. And from inside. The hard...

I am very new to stick welding. Working on my 2nd 5 lb box of 6011. I did a little project to make my learning more interesting. Might be a ahead of my ability but nothing to lose. I have a roll around work/welding cart I built with my O/A torch that I use a lot. Once in a while I wish it had a...

My dozer dash has 3 push button switches with rubber dome covers like mower primer bulbs. START, ETHER INJECT, and HORN. Well the mice have eaten the rubber covers and I am looking to replace them w/o having to replace the entire switch. It looks like the cover is molded onto the retaining nut...

I bought myself an old tombstone AC welder and I am learning how to use it. This is my "ventilation" system plus I have the cellar door open a crack. Works good. I can see all the smoke going into the "hood" as I weld. I don't even set the smoke detector off and my wife says there is no smell...

When ever I had something to weld that I couldn't do with my torch I would hire a professional to do it. If he was welding on my tractor or dozer he would always ask me if there was any electrical stuff I wanted to remove before he started because he would not be responsible for any damage. I...

My drive to work this morning. Starts out in the door yard then up thru the woods a ways and onto a new road I put in last summer. Goes past the logging area and ends in a little landing. Headed to the mill with a load of spruce and fir. https://youtu.be/ZoCcp5o-jA8 gg

I was using my winch this morning and just about stalled the engine but she took right off again as soon as I disengaged the winch clutch. I was wearing hearing protection so I didn't really hear but more sensed something was different. Probably took me most of a minute maybe a little more to...

Not directly tractor related but I know there is lots of gardening knowledge here so I will ask. My wife has been growing a vegetable garden for as long as I can remember. She pulled her carrots today and she found two that were eaten from the bottom up. Only a thin skin was left where it was...

Here is one of my typical old balsam fir stands. It all has stump rot and in decline. Notice the woodpecker holes. Coming in under the fir is yellow birch and maple. I cut the fir last winter to release the hardwood. During the cut I winched all of the trees up to the location of the tractor...

I spent most of the weekend doing this. This will be the second of two main skid roads for this winter. I played leap frog with the dozer and tractor thru the woods. The old skidder trail was grown in some. I cut it by hand and dragged the smaller stuff into to the woods. For the bigger stuff I...

About a year ago I was running my sickle bar mower. I needed to make a square turn so I backed in a tight arc with the bar about 6" off the ground and then BANG just as I remembered the stump that was there. The way the mower was swinging around there was plenty of speed and momentum when it...

I guess I went over one to many bumps carrying 1/3 cord loads like this and bent the angle at a lift pin. For a $119 carry all frame the you can't beat the TSC unit. It will take the weight on smooth going but bumps are a killer. We had a rainy day last week so I straightened the angle and...

Some how I lost a snap ring on my snatch block. The sheave moved over enough to allow the cable to fall between the sheave and the frame during a pull. So the cable ran on the pulley shaft rather than the 3 1/2" diameter sheave. When you pull a wire rope around a small diameter with a lot of...

I was using my blade when it suddenly got loose and dangly. When I set it down the bolt the blade hangs from when lifted was bent and the disc under the nut was way up. I am guessing that I let the angle joint get to sloppy and the vertical pipe that swivels when the blade is angled was pried...

One day last March driving home from the sawmill I spotted a nice truck mirror in the snow bank. Its been laying around in the garage since because I didn't know what to do with it. Today I got the idea to put it on the tractor. I think it will be useful. Especially on the road. gg

I took the long ride to my nearest Kabota dealer to get some filters and along the way passed a big cornfield with last years stubble. There was a huge pile of manure ready to be spread and along side it was a similar sized pile of what looked like carbon. The fine granular stuff you get when...

I don't have a welding bench. I make do with a 5' length of 3/8 plate 12" wide and a couple saw horses. Move it around, outdoors, garage, or basement like now. It gets old. I saw this thread and got inspired to build a 2' X 3' welding cart...

After yesterdays rain all my nice packed skid trails were like wet concrete. Rather than go out in the woods and trash them I played in the shop. My seldom used tongs caught my eye and I started playing around. I made a toggle latch. Here it is open 24" Lift the cross bar and it releases...

I put the chains on today. This type chain is supposed to be sloppy so it can walk around the tire. You are supposed to be able to fit your balled up fist between the side chain and the tire sidewall when they are right. But after 8 years mine were getting really to sloppy. I had to cut off 2...

Just got 8.1 - Ugh On XP I could rotate a photo to portrait using the windows pic display rotate command and when I uploaded it to TBN it would be in portrait format like it should. When I do the same thing using 8.1 The picture is rotated to portrait on my computer display but if I upload the...

I did a Lucas CAV throttle and kill shaft seal repair today. When I got it all cleaned up I could see the linkage was really worn. Taking off the linkage Layer by Layer The short end of the spring was somehow lodged in a solid place but on reassembly I can't get it to catch anywhere. I...

Just got back from a visit to my daughter and family out in OR. We stopped at a logging museum featured at Collier State Park just north of klamath. Here is a high pressure steam tractor used out there for logging after the Civil War and before the advent of internal combustion engines in the...

The alternator on my dozer quit charging so I had to take it out and get it rebuilt. Turned out to be the internal Voltage Regulator. I didn't have much room to get a tool on the belt tensioner nor a helper to hold it. The only part of the belt that I could see or get at was at the alternator...

I originally used light duty 3/8" flat Cutting Edges (read cheap) on my LPGS. Here it is 4 years ago. After an awful lot of use the front edge has worn down to be almost flush with the skids and it no longer cuts well in packed gravel. The rear edge wore less. I decided to put on a pair of...

I run size 3 tanks on my torch set. Yesterday when I went in to trade my empty Acetylene tank for a full one they gave me what they called the "new style" size 3 at Air Gas. It has the valve recessed below a deep rim welded to the tank top and a vertical rather than horizontal fitting for the...

I got a floppy mirror and for the life of me I can't figure out how to get it a part. I assume that I can tighten it up if I can get it apart. Hopefully that is the case. Any help will be appreciated as always. Thanks. gg

My splitter opens to 26 1/2" on the auto-return. It wastes a lot of time if you cut your wood 16" or 18". I made this 3 piece adjustable stop. Bracket w/ bolt weld in for a shaft A paddle and a pusher bar. Holes in pusher allow for stove wood down to 12" Loose assembly Cylinder and...

I have a 22 ton (@3000 psi) splitter that opens to over 26". It has an automatic kickout return detent valve. I cut my wood 18". This morning I put a stop on the splitter to kickout the return detent at about 20". It appeared to be working great until I heard a snap after splitting 1/2 cord. The...

Spring is finally coming so I mounted the WR Long Tooth Bar I got last month. Used a 3/4" hole saw that had a 1/4" pilot. Marked and drilled a 1/4" hole from the inside then used the piloted hole saw from the outside.

I ued to carry my Cant Hook Like this It worked pretty good but wasn't that handy to get at some times in tight woods or when the tractor was in the barn against the wall. I was also afraid I would catch the hook on something. So yesterday while it was raining I made some brackets. I...

I have been watching for a fairly local used M series 4WD tractor for over a year. I found a M6800 w/ shuttle shift advertised about 3 hrs away. It has 2500 Hrs but looks pretty clean in the picture. I know it is a huge variable but in general what does 2500 hrs mean on a tractor like that. If...

I have a 5' Kubota Heavy Duty Round Bucket. The inside is not flat where the tooth bar brackets mount. On my first pre-purchase inquiry I asked for some dimensions so I could figure how a tooth bar would mount. They asked for some photos which I sent. I got this response: This is a very...

This may be to simple to post here but what the heck, it might give someone an idea. I got tired of getting up close and personal to the butt end of a snowy log while I tried to push the pin end of a choker underneath and then grab it on the other side to pull it through. The pin always seems to...

I am seriously considering putting an Iowa Farms toothbar on my bucket for digging and grapple work with logs and brush. I have a question though about it's use with stonewall sized rocks. I move a lot of them around fixing up my broken down walls. Will the tooth bar make these jobs any easier...

Check these out. baler wood splitter gone bad - YouTube Hay baler wood splitter, John Deere 14T, split wood fast - YouTube

As I was backing the tractor out of the garage this morning I glanced down back and saw what I thought was a turkey caught up in my wife's blueberry frame netting. She leaves the netting on in winter to keep the deer from eating all the terminal bud and last years new growth. When I got down...

My glow plug relay would intermittantly chatter and when it did starting the tractor was harder. I thought I better take care of it before winter. I was told the problem was either the glow plug relay or the controler. I went with the relay first because it was cheaper. From the Messick's...

I need to replace 3 steel 3/8" ID hydraulic lines on my dozer. ( A slow leak turned into a big leak ). I have never worked with steel lines. I know they are not available as spare parts. Will I need to replace these with rubber lines or can steel lines be made up at a reasonable cost ? Who does...

I had a section of road that was getting pretty boney on the right side with the road base exposed on that edge. Just the normal migration of material to the outside of a bend and lots of snow plowing. There was plenty of material on the left side. I made a couple pass with the rear blade angled...

I made a 20 wide X 16 inch deep table for my splitter from some scraps of angle and flat stock I had. I wanted the table removable so I welded two mounting ears to the splitter and attached the table to them with two bolts. The top is just a piece of scrap 5/8" CDX plywood with a 16 gauge...

I found this video of a highly automated BMW plant facinating. So few workers and so clean. Way different than any plant I have spent time in over the years. Thought some of you would enjoy it. BMW F30 3-Series Factory Production Tour (1080p HD, 15:00) - YouTube

This spring I bought a Husky 22 Ton Splitter. I plan on pulling it with my wheeler. It had a broken hitch and a mangled kick stand. I put on a hitch and was going to make a new stand but when I was in TSC the other day I saw a 1 ton weld-on trailer jack for $25 and bought it. It even rotates up...

I wanted to put a 1/4 NPT Pressure gauge on a NPT swivel fitting to allow easy angle adjustment of the gauge but when I got the parts and looked at them I am not sure it will seal. The gauge stub is flat like a plug and it will sit on top of the cone in the female swivel. The gauge bottoms out...

If you have a long driveway to maintain then a Land Plane Grading Scraper with Top and Tilt will certainly help you do it. I graded today for the first time this year. It is so enjoyable to use this equipment. Some how I forget over the winter how easy it is to do a good a job.

I stupidly took the winch off my tractor and left it standing on soft ground. It tipped over and flattened the pto shaft under it. The action was like bending the shaft in order to pry it off w/o pushing the release pin. The release pin was jammed. I got it loose by knocking the shaft back in...

My 11 year old L3010 has started making a buzz noise, intermittantly but getting worse, when the glow plug light and relay switch off. The timing seems normal and the tractor starts fine in the cold. The buzz sounds like the relay chattering. It lasts for 1 to 2 seconds. Before I just change the...

I inherited an older Linde torch set. It came with a old 10 lb tube of 1/8" X 36" flux coated brazing rods that I am trying to identify. The rods are Harris. I can barely make out the label. I think it says ALLOY F C WHITE HEAT 712 *K 1 FB Does anyone know what this is ...

The UPS man brought me a Self Release Snatch Block yesterday. I never had one before but I use regular snatch blocks all the time while running my winch. Mostly to avoid snags, avoid damaging good trees, and getting around stuff and corners in general while getting a log to the tractor. If you...

I have had my Fit Rite Hydraulics TnT system for about a year. It is a great tool and has really enhanced the capability of any of my dirt working impliments. It took me a while to get the knack of making fine adjustments on the fly but once I did I was able to a better job easier and faster...

I am considering bidding on a Kubota M6800 on auchon. This will be a first for me. What kind of experiences have you auchon buyers had ? You don't get much time. Can look/drive on Friday or early Saturday morning and auchon is on Saturday morning.

This M6800HD is up for action and I am looking for any comments you guys might have. I am looking for a deal on something to use in the woods so cosmetic is not important. The front wheel looks funny and there is wear showing. Any value opinions would be welcome. It is an hour away and I can see...

My one ton dump has an electric over hydraulic system to extend the telescopeing cylinder. It calls for dextron II hydraulic fluid. When it is cold like yesterday, 10*F, it is very slow. I have to keep the revs up and my eye on the battery voltage then raise the bed in shifts. Is there a...

Here are some small scale logging pictures of my site from this week. It is timber stand improvement work. I am cutting over mature balsam fir which has butt rot so that new growth can start in the sunny opening. Some times I loose quite a bit off the butt log. All the slash will protect the new...

I am getting my roads ready for winter. I have always used sappling sticks for plowing markers. It is kind of a pain cutting and sharpening them. I use about 100. I saw these and wonder if anyone has used them and how they stand up to plowing abuse. They might be worth it if they last. 72"...

I have a friend that built a rig to remove the 10% ethanol from gas by adding water. He does 5 gal at a time. Adds 2 qts water and then drains off 1 gal water/ethanol. He uses the straight gas in his outboard, chainsaw, mower, etc. We went fishing yesterday and the outboard ran great. My...

I have a Cummins 239 in my dozer. The fuel system it has a lift pump, a spin-on filter, and a Lucas CAV pressure pump. If the fuel tank is full the fuel level in the tank is above both pumps and filter. I have discovered that the pressure pump leaks a steady drip from around the throttle shaft...

:oI have to replace the 2nd and third tooth sections on my First Choice sickle bar. I have removed the blade bar and the tooth bar. The third tooth section will be easy - drill out the old rivets, replace the section and install a new section with new rivets. The second section is mounted in the...

There are some sickos in this world but even so for some reason I thought this was a little funny. It happened a little north of here. This was on msnbc news. "Vermont authorities say a man was arrested after driving a large farm tractor over several sheriffs' cruisers, crushing them. Five...

I needed something to move some Allan Blocks. I searched CarryAll and saw lots of very nice units made by the likes of JDGreenGrass, CompactTractorFan, GeneralLee, Folio, and many others. From the info given I decided to go with the $130 TSC CarryAll Frame which is rated for 1000 lbs. Mine is...

I was out in the woods with my pole saw doing some white pine trimming and I came across a clump of stuff I had never seen before. It was near an old cellar hole. I found out it was Poison Hemlock. I learned that it is not considered invasive here in VT but is becoming a big problem in the mid...

Has anyone ever put a tractor type logging winch on their dozer? Without really knowing how, or the draw backs, I think I would like to do this. The lift mechanism and hydraulics seem straight forward enough. It is hooking up to the pto I don't know about. Seems like the transmission pto would...

I have owned a small Dresser TD7G dozer for a short time. I am still learning my way around it. It has a 239 cu in air asperated 4 cylinder desiel. One of the daily maintenence items listed in the op manual is to open a petcock in the bottom of the fuel tank to clear water. This is not practical...

I don't know if it is just me or if others have this same problem? But after driving off pulling a hitch with my winch control rope dragging on the ground one to many times I decided I needed to change something. No matter how many times I told myself not to leave the control rope on the ground...

I have a 3 yard dump truck. It has an electric over hydraulic system with a telescoping cylinder to lift the body. The hydraulic tank has no drain plug and probably holds about a gallon. The system uses Dextron for fluid. In the maitenance section of the manual there is no mention of fluid...

I mounted my chains today and snaped a couple pictures for the benifit of anyone who is trying to find an easier way. This is not a novel or new approach. Many already use this well know method. It is almost to easy. I learned it here on TBN several years ago. Hope this might help someone else...

I have a small Dresser Dozer with a 4 cylinder IH or Cummins D240N motor (not sure when they changed over). It has no glow plugs and I have not had it long enough to know its cold weather quirks. It is the first deisel I have had w/o glow plugs. In the summer it starts in 2 or 3 seconds. This...

I have been managing to chage the ten gallons of oil in my tractor with a 5 gal bucket because there are multible drains on the tractor and if I start with the highest one I get about 4.5 gals. It is cumbersum and prone to spillage. I needed to change the transmission oil in my dozer, which is...

I need to replace a 3/8" angle cylinder hose on my small dozer. The hose runs along the top of the blade arm and under the cylinder so it is somewhat protected. I can't find any markings on the old hose to tell me what it is. The dozer has a 2000 psi system. Is R2 hose the thing to use or...

I am considering buying a corded electric impact wrench for work on equipment with rusted nuts and bolts up to about 1/2" or 9/16". When I started reading the reviews available they were way to varied to make sense. Some said they couldn't even remove car lug nuts and some said strut and shock...

I have a new to me Dresser dozer that specifies API CC/CD SAE 10W oil for the hydraulic system. In a footnote it says the hydraulic oil must pass the TO-2 test. Can anyone tell me what the TO-2 test is ? Does this make it special oil or can I use any good quality API CC/CD SAE 10W oil ?? Thanks

I saw a post a while back which said when you change your front axle oil you should recheck the oil level after operating a while because air bubbles make it hard to fill the axle properly. Well, I did my front axle 200 hrs ago and today was doing an engine oil and filter change. I remembered...

I was cruising my woods and found this funny fir tree. You might get a chuckle out of it, I did.

I ordered a TnT kit from Fit Rite Hydraulics and installed it today. All went smooth and I can tell that I am going to like it. Brian, from Fit Rite Hydraulics, was great to do business with and was extremely helpful. The Top Cylinder was easy enough. I just ordered one that covered the range...

This splitter has been for sale by the side of the road since last fall. The price is coming down but is still to high. Started at $1500 now $950. I was thinking of making an offer much much lower but don't want to buy something that won't stand up. It has a 4"X24"X2" 3000 psi Prince cylinder...

I finally got my 3rd function valve project finished. Here is a link to the project thread http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/hydraulics/202187-finished-3rd-function-valve-project.html Now I can run the grapple with a lever right beside the loader lever and my 2 rear remotes are freed up for...

Back in March I started a 3rd Function Valve project. I made some parts and ordered fittings and hoses. This was shown in this thread http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/hydraulics/198367-photos-third-function-valve-project.html Then I stopped and waited for decent weather to finish. We finally...

This little guy came by last week. We were surprised to see him so early. I usually put the bird feeders in the first week of April and we don't see any bears until around the 15th. There is still plenty of snow and it was a cold day. He must have woke up hungry. Probably the first winter he...

I am getting ready to install Top and Tilt on my L3010 and have been thinking alot about how I will use it. One question that came to mind is; Are there some impliments where you would remove the TnT cylinders and go back to standard links, either for safty or to prevent damage to the TnT...

I wanted to install a new valve to control my grapple and get it off of the rear remotes so I can use them for TNT. I wanted the valve control to be near my FEL lever. Last Nov teg posted a very nice discription of a similar project he did. I stole alot of his ideas. THANKS teg. This is a link...

The lift cylinder on my Fisher snow plow always has a little fluid dribbling down the out side. Not enough to make blue drips in the snow or require adding fluid during the long plow season. But I keep looking at it and wondering if it is bad enough to warrent repair. The plow is 10 years old...

I bought a Prince MB Series valve a while back when I saw it come available at Surplus Center. I am going to use it like a 3rd function to control my grapple. I am now starting that project. My question is: Will I need to paint the valve to protect it from the elements or is it OK the way it is...

I am thinking about getting a small crawler to keep my woods roads open in the winter. I found a jd 2010 with a blade that is running and in my price range and am wondering what kind of work I can expect out of it. Any other advise would be appreciated as I don't know much about crawlers. The...

I have a Land Pride RBT1572 Rear Blade. While dragging a woods trail the other day the blade suddenly got all floppy. When I looked at it I could see that the large vertical cylinder that acts as a hinge pin for horizontal rotation had either dropped down out of the hole in the upper plate or...

While out in the woods I dislodged the valve stem on a 7.2 X 16 front ag tire. I reseated the valve stem and it appears undamaged. Now I have to inflate the sucker. The temperature is 10F and it is mighty stiff. The axle is blocked up so the tire is off the ground. I have a portable 8 gallon...

I saw Santa test driving a tractor at Paul's Farm Service today.

It was another beautiful day for working in the woods today. Conditions are about perfect now with 5" of dry snow and temps in the teens. I took down a good maple that was uprooted and leaning about 30 degrees from vertical and headed 90 degrees away from my skid trail. It was hung up in other...

I was skidding out some firewood this morning with my L3010 Gear Transmission tractor and Farmi Winch. I got a small log I was winching hung up behind a very short stump and thought I should be able to get over it. I pumped the lanyard a couple times with medium pressure and it didn't come so I...

I was inspired by sodamo (THANKYOU) and his thread "Just Another 'Tool Box'" where he mounted a piece of bar stock across the fenders behind the seat to support a tool box. I stole his basic idea and made a shelf for my saw and stuff behind the seat. I used two pieces of 2X2X1/8 angle that I...

We had a half baked ice storm today so I figured it was a good time to get the chains on. For years I have been using a loop of light rope tied to the chains and hooked on the tread lugs to pull the chains up and around the tires by driving forward when mounting the chains. Without much trouble...

I have an older Bear-Cat 5" Chipper/Shreder model 554 thats works great chipping which is my main use. It is the same as the Woods unit. My wife wanted me to shred her pea vines. They were green. Huge mistake. It was like someone threw 5000 yds of fish line in there. It took a long time to...

I have posted some of my resent small time logging operation on "Todays Seat Time" and it was suggested that it might be appropriate to make it into a thread of its own. So I collected the posts together for this thread. Started my fall logging today. Have some fir to cut. Quite a few are...

I have a grapple on my bucket which I control from a rear remote valve. There are two 1/4" hydraulic hoses about 14' long running from the RR QDs to a set of QDs mounted on the FEL near the grapple. I am going to add a new valve mounted near the FEL valve to control the grapple and use the...

My L3010 has a 7 GPM hydraulic capability. If I was going to choose between a 8 GPM max or 20 GPM max single spool dual acting valve to control my grapple would one be better choice than the other? Independent of size and cost. Thanks.

When mounting your tractor how many of you run the shift lever up your pants leg when wearing shorts or get it caught on your saw chaps strap ? :laughing: Or is it just me ?

Resurfaced a 500' stretch of my mile long road today. Took 10 trips to the Pike crusher plant, which luckily is only 4 miles away, with my Dodge Ram 3500 dump to get 36.5 ton of 3/4" "Sta-mat". I tailgate spread each load then rough graded the whole thing with my Planer/Box-Drag. Next I did a...

I was looking at a thread by dstig1 on his PTO and winch and became interested in calculating what my Farmi Winch and L3010 could do. Are these numbers reasonable ?? L3010 PTO = 25 hp @ 540 RPM (engine @ 2700RPM) Kubota Spec Torque at PTO shaft = ( 25 hp X 5250) / 540 RPM = 243 ft-lbs I...

I went to change my Hydraulic filter today and noticed that the magnetic ring on the new filter was broken. About a 1" section was broke away from the ring. There were numerous small pieces like sawdust at the two breaks. It was suggested to me that I could remove the broken magnet and replace...

I finally got the chance to try out my grader. It is 60" wide and 54" long. The blades are square to the sides and 24" appart. It weighs 550 lbs. or 110 lbs per foot of width. I set it up with a slack chain for the top link and let it set all the way down on the road. This way it will follow...

I have been looking at top link cylinders and see that some have a check valve on them. I just cant seem to figure out what a check valve would do. I could understand a pressure releif valve but not a check valve. I assume it is a double acting cylinder operated off of a set of remotes. Can some...

Two men were cuttng down a large white pine on a farm in Monroe, NH. One, who was 62 years old, was operating a large farm tractor. He was pushing on the tree with the tractor to help direct its fall. When the tree went down it became entangled with the tractor, flipping it over. The operator...

We finally had a good day and I was able to finish my back yard mechanic steel cutting for a grader/planer project. I have wanted one of these for a couple years. I used my grapple for a vice to hold the steel plate and cut it with a sawz_all. I clamped two pieces of light angle back to back...

Hi All, I am building a road grader. It is a low (as possible) budget project. I am not a machinist but have a lot of patience. I have almost finished cutting all the steel pieces and will need to drill four 7/8" and two 3/4" holes in 3/8" material for the lift arms and top link pins. It looks...

I have been nursing a slow leak on my left front tire all winter. It was finally warm enough to take a hard look last week and I found some wood debris between the rim and tire bead - looked harmless but decided to get it out. It turned out to be a piece about 4" long jammed in there. The leak...

Has anyone tried putting a tooth bar on their rear blade to make a ripper of sorts. I would like to try it but am not sure if it will take the abuse. I would like to rip sod and small roots and scarify my packed road? gordy

Its almost time to change the Hydraulic Filter on my Kubota L3010 again. If Im really quick and not to spastic I can do it without losing much more than a quart of fluid but sometimes more and always messy. I keep thinking there must be a way to do it without losing oil. Ive thought about trying...

I received this e-mail from a friend. The film is 11 minutes long and shows a "Snow Tractor" invented by Henery Ford. If you havent seen this be fore it is worth watching. Subject: FW: Snow tractor 1926 Snow Tractor - rare original video of an invention by Henry Ford that never went...

My son wants to put in about 100 feet of drainage at the base of his concrete foundation on a 50 year old house. The footings are down 7 or 8 feet. He thinks that if we rent a back hoe or small excavator we will be all set. I told him I thought it would be very difficult trying to dig a ditch...

Is there any easy or best way to remove crab grass from a gravel driveway and turn around area? The stuff is so tough my rear blade wont shave it off. I have not tried a rake but can borrow one if thats the way to go. Thanks for the help

Does anybody known of a 3pt spreader made for sand that will go on a 30 hp Kabota. Ive found some that will spread salt but none for just sand. Thanks.

I bought a pair of Tellefsdal Super Ice Chains (made in Norway) for my L3010 a couple years ago and love them. I lost a connecting link that goes on the tread part of the chain that Tellefsdal calls a T-COUPLER. When I called my dealer for a replacement he told me that he has had T-Couplers on...

I have a Kubota L3010 Manual Transmission and need to change the hydraulic fluid. (500 Hrs). It holds about 10 gallons. I dont know what to expect when I remove the plug(s). I'm thinking of trying to use three 5 galllon buckets. Will I have time to change buckets without spilling to much on the...

I got a sicklebar mower about four years ago which I use mostly for road side mowing. The machine hangs off of a yoke or squareish inverted "U" which mounts to the 3PH. One lift arm on each side at the bottom of the inverted "U" and the top link at the center of the top of the "U". There is also...