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I might as well offer my suggestion since that's what you're looking for. I use a bucket style grapple with a single lid and it serves my needs because: 1. Now I have a smooth bucket 66". 2. I have a grapple for picking up brush or whatever. 3. I install my Ratchet Rake on the bucket for...

Yea I see what kind of socket you're talking about. Thinwall and the center can be removed easily and a lot less expensive than a reg socket. I'll sure check them out when buying. Thanks.

I found a picture showing the steel plate I attached to the cylinder to help protect the fittings against limbs. So far it's protecting them. You can see in the picture I attached it using U bolts made from 1/2" all thread. I'm trying to think up another way to build another guard that...

Once I rake up a big enough pile I grapple it up and go.

This is the Ford 907 it has 1 "C" size belt. This is the Mott 72 I use mostly for finish cut. It has 1 "C" size belt and 96 stations = 192 blades. I haven't had time to look at the Bush Hog FH 174 haven't even taken the cover off but it does have the twin belts that are tied together as...

One more vote here for the Ratchet Rake it's a great tool for what you described. Then as mentioned by jeff9386 follow up with a landscape rake if needed. I've owned one for several years now and use it on my skid steer mostly but have used it on the FEL of my backhoe tractor.

This is a 72" RR I have on a 66" grapple bucket. It's held up great with heavy use. You can see where the chains are right at the end of the bucket but works fine. The straps some use should work ok too. As far as it hanging out past the bucket I don't see how that's much different than...

Found some pictures just hope they turn out. Also about the arbor, if you have a buddy that does machine work it could be made fairly reasonable. That's probably what I'll have to do since I don't have the machinery for that.

I finally built my stabilizer hook up while not as custom looking as yours it works. It's built from 3/8" plate and maybe it'll be stiff enough not to bend we'll see. Thanks again for the idea.

I pondered between the Piranha and the Ratchet Rake before I purchased and ended up getting the Ratchet Rake. Not real sure why but happy with it. That's a good looking tool you have and I see some advantages over the Ratchet Rake if I put one on my grapple bucket. When you are clearing do...

Different parts of the country I'm sure call things different. Around here we would call that ripping or chisel plowing. I got this picture from the sleasynet but this is what we would call subsoiling. Around 20" deep with very little disturbance to the top of the soil hence the term...

You may already know about adjusting these nuts but I'll show the pictures in case somebody else wants to know how to keep down pressure from not becoming an issue. This is the nut and running it to the top will keep the lift arm from sliding up: This is the way I leave mine so as to let...

That back blade appears to be a Gill/Woods HBL-96 or at least its built the same. The blade looks and is shaped different than the Gill but it may have been replaced. Anyway I have a HBL-84 7 footer and it weights 560 lbs without any hydraulics. It is capable of 3 way adjustments but only...

I knew somebody around here had to save that picture. When I first saw the balloon moving I just thought the folks that lived there maybe marked it for someone to pick up then I got close enough to read it. The guy that sent me the picture I marked his name out.

This is a type of agitator that goes into some of the spinner spreaders. It's the one for my Cosmo P500. It's just as boomer 1025 said it might not work so good on ag lime. It does a lot of agitating I have to use a large piece of cardboard cut to fit my spreader to keep fertilizer and seeds...

That's the same size I put on my backhoe. Made all the different in the world for what I use my old farm backhoe for and thats cleaning out ditches and clearing fallen trees and brush. I would like to make it hydraulic but most of the time I leave it where it's set unless I'm digging a ditch...

I grow rocks small ones and large ones and for some reason they like hiding on the edge of the fields and the field roads. My roller finally bit the dust. It had a dent where it looks like a previous owner might have dropped the mower off a trailer or something like that. It lasted a little...

I was thinking on adding a swinging hitch on my Mott as it don't have the slot. It would be based on the design of my finish mower. Do you see any reason this wouldn't work.? It would be an easy fix. I quoted IslandTractor so everyone would see what my question was about. Anybody have an...

Yea your JD 390 is heavier. 90.5" cutting width and mine is 72". It wouldn't have to be the JD but I'd like to have one with about a 2' offset. That would be so handy. Mine jumps and carries on until the knives get going and when I shut it down it does it again at a certain rpm. It does...

Here's the pix from my son:

Good fit for your tractor. I have the Tomahawk grapple bucket and it's give good service. I wanted a smooth bucket for my Ratchet Rake and a grapple for picking up debris is the reason for the combo instead of a root grapple.

May I ask a question on this thread since I am now a flail mower owner. You folks have been dragging me along for a long time and I'm sure you been wondering what the extra weight was.:) Got an old Mott 72 several weeks ago, put in some new cuttershaft bearings and enjoying how it cuts. I...

Dad caught this bobcat in the chicken pen. He was deer hunting close by because my sister has been missing some chickens on a regular basis. If they come across a easy meal they will return again and again. While they are not killed indiscriminately they have to go once they learn bad habits...

It's possible the flywheel is worn but more than likely it's the Bendix on front the starter. You can go to Youtube and see how to install this or take the starter off and take it to a shop for repairs. New starter is somewhere around $170. This Bendix as shown in the picture is around $12-15...

Good idea. My old ford has a running board you rest your feet on but no step to get to it. I'll see if I can source 2 steps and weld them together that sounds like a better idea than trying to make the steps from scratch. Might could even find a double step. I always worried about knocking...

First off don't laugh at my retrofit drawing, on the other hand it is rather hideous:)so go ahead, any way what I was thinking maybe build or get someone to build a plate that will attach to the holes on the top hitch that are not being used and let it lay down at an angle along the 3pt on the...

Until I seen that chart I wouldn't have thought there would be much difference. Not a good picture but the only one I could find right now. My Brillion has the notched wheels.

I've been stalking these 2 for a while. I'm getting closer, fresh tracks they must have been hiding behind that trailer.

If the tine modifications on your tiller show any promise might could use a design simular to the half shells. Incorporate something on the inside of the shell to rest against several tines after installing. At least that way you could leave your tiller intact. Of course that would be only...

Well this is certainly ironic. I bought an old flail mower yesterday and guess what, it's a Mott 72 just like yours I think. Upon taking the bearings off the (drum, shaft, cutter bar) whatever you call it I noticed the bearings extended side faced toward the drum and the bearings extended side...

Learned the DoD has a Battalion of these and is training a team for a Storage Pallets Analysis Recon Company for a mission they'll call SPARC for short.

My 1966 year Ford 3000 only has 1 safety switch. It's located beside the left hand gear stick and has to be in neutral before you can start it with the switch. No seat switch or seat belt on mine.

The view in the right lower shows the 3 release levers. The throw out bearing pushes against the 3 adjustable bolt heads closest to the center (1 on each lever). See if damage is obvious when you get around to breaking it down for repairs. When you get to that you may want to start a new...

Here's the one from mine. I would have said the same thing as Dave M7040 about it being a NF thread but it actually is a 12-24 or at least thats the bolt I have it screwed onto. This one has a built on washer.

Despite this gentlemans efforts things happen. Condolences to his family. This area is a small close knit community that I have drove through several times. There's no excuse for this kind of occurrence I'll call it because its hard to call it an accident. Tractor driver killed in wreck...

Try to determine exactly what's stuck. If the part that's still on the tractor feels jammed tight with no moving at all then it's probably like 5030 has stated. Lot of the yokes on those pto shafts are open inside and you can see the end of your pto stub after you remove the cross (universal...

KEY PART NO. PART NAME QTY 1 JD7806 LUBRICATION FITTING 1 2 AW25293 HYDRAULIC CYLINDER BARREL 3 P45231 LOCK NUT 1 4 E17411 WASHER 1 5 R30200 O-RING 1 6 AW21652 PISTON 1 7 U10289 O-RING 1 8 T42763 GUIDE 1 9 P50631 O-RING 1 10 A33953 BACK-UP RING 1 11 U46683 SEAL 1 12 C12431 SNAP RING...

It came down to 2 choices when I got mine and I choose the Jaws or scissor type like an alligator mouth. If I choose the one you have (Which was my 2nd choice) I thought about adding a couple things to make it more useful for me. The pieces as shown in yellow wouldn't have to be but maybe 5"...

The same machine most all loggers use a tree cutter. A lot quicker than felling with chain saw. Skidders would gather the trees and take them to the de-limber then drop them at the loader. The loader would place the tree on a cutter located on the same trailer but at the other end from the...

I don't think my grapple "'bucket" would have the same results. :) Of course I beat myself up about "bucket" or "root" but I found the grapple bucket suits my needs simply because I didn't have a smooth bucket.

I just seen in the lower left of my screen it says (Javascript size) after the download fails. I'm using a desktop PC (windows 7) slow DSL is all I can get. The picture that did load was taken with an old camcorder. The ones taken with my iphone won't load but they used to until about a week...

I can't upload in either mode. It starts uploading and stops at about 25-30% then restarts and goes to about 25% uploaded then quit trying to upload. It let's me post pictures that were previously uploaded.

I may have a hard time explaining this but here goes.. I need to remove the backhoe from my machine so as to move the tractor into my shop for a motor rebuild. I will have to run the tractor with the hydraulic hoses removed from the backhoe hydraulic bank of valves and was needing to know how...

Man killed after tractor rolls over him - Rome News-Tribune: Police/Fire Hate this happened. God bless the family. I knew this man just through being distance neighbors and its sad and tragic this happened. Frank is like the rest of us around here, he was almost born on a tractor. Don't seem...

After the large nut on end of shaft has been tightened should the piston still be free to spin slightly? The threads on the shaft are interference type threads and the nut will hold in place most anywhere you quit tightening. The pictures are not the best but you can see the machined shoulder...