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My 1710 has a very short fixed clevis type drawbar. It is much too short for pulltype PTO powered implements. I recently saw a photo of a 1510 on Craigslist that had a longer drawbar on it and the guy sent me a photo of it. It was a swinging drawbar but he said he had bought the tractor used...

I have had a Fold-A-Cover truck bed cover on my 2005 Silverado since it was new. I have really liked the cover and it has served me well but after 11.5 years one of the sections is delaminating. I talked to company and they want $190 for the replacement part plus $60 shipping. I can purchase...

I hadn't seen this thread before either. I have to agree with you - conventional is not the way to go for a handy tractor which is why I bought the small Versatile Bi-directional (150 model) - it has most of the features you guys are mentioning. 70 hp, rotating seat and control panel to go...

My wife called me at work today and said she was in the basement and heard water running but she couldn't find where it was running and asked me if I had anything on outside. No I didn't. She said she couldn't find anything leaking but where could water be running? She had called the city...

Not sure what you mean by fixed axles? My daughter loved it. Here she is driving it both directions.

I just had to do it a Versatile 150 Bi-Directional. Now I have joined the world of hydrostatic as well as articulated. I am not sure of the year. This model was built 77-81 but it only has 3900 hours and has not been used hard. It has set outside though and so it needs some TLC. I can't...

I am looking for comments on MGD Tractor and Equipment in Lebanon, PA. They have a used tractor on Auction Time that I am interested in and am wondering how they are to deal with. Any insight would be appreciated! Feel free to PM me if you do not feel like publishing your comments.

Here is one where I had dinner a couple of months ago. Amazing structure! I am just wondering how they cleaned all those rough cut surfaces.

OK I need some help on this one. I have been wanting a flagpole - 25' or better - but not wanting to pay $1000 for one. Today I happened upon a sailboat mast that is 27' long and I thought of a flagpole. I figured if it can hold a sail it can handle a flag - right? Now my next question -...

here's mine on the way up.

If I read all of the postings on on the web on woodburning fireplace inserts I am doing about everything wrong but it makes sense to me and today, when I pulled the insert for the annual chimney check before I light it up, the chimney looked cleaner than it has in years. There was about 3/16"...

Thanks for the explanation. I agree that this would work well for moving wood. The TnT would be real nice but I do not have rear remotes or enough pump flow to run them well. I love my rear forks and they spend more time on the tractor than any other implement. Just used them today to...

Today there was an auction here locally by the school corporation to get rid of some old stuff. One of the items was a 1988 White Farm Boss FB-31 tractor with BushHog loader (48" bucket) and a 60" back blade. It is an Iseki built 3 cylinder diesel.) It had 2036 hours on it. To put it mildly...

Just mowed my lawn this morning and I got to thinking about this thread. A number of mentioned the importance of a good seat. I do not have a seat with suspension but got thinking are your lawns really that rough that you need one or are your derierres a little sensitive?

I wouldn't own a mid mount mower - not after having my front mount Deines with a flip up deck. Two pins and the deck can go vertical and sit there for me to clean or do blade work. Plus I can get closer to trees and shrubs without getting scratched. Having to jack them up to get deck access...

I recently was at a local MF dealer and was talking to the owner. We were talking over the different types of tractors and things and he mentioned that what he had on the lot was just a sample of what he had - there were about 30 tractors sitting there. he said he already sold over 35 this...

This past weekend I had to disassemble my ZTR to put in a new blade clutch. This is 1997 machine (Deines) that I have owned since it was new. It has about 850 hours on it. Kohler Command engine. Working on the engine is fairly difficult while it is all assembled especially with my big hands...

Here are a few pictures of the Forks I had built. The fab shop built this for $400 including paint a couple of years ago. I misstated the fork size in my earlier post - my memory is failing. The forks are 4x2x.156" wall. Also the Cs to attach the forks to the tubes are on top of the tube as...

Here is part of an oak I cut last fall. Front end view and back end view. The back is a crate on the forks with tow rows of rounds in it. Their is only a single row in the scoop. It was a good load even though it was dry.

I am looking for new rear tires for my Ford 1710 tractor. I currently have 13.5 x 16.1 Diamond tread on it. I do like the flotation but there are times when i would like to have a little more traction. I was considering these I-3 Power Implement type tires. Does anybody have any experience...

I am planning on putting in a boat lift - permanent, i.e. not pulling it out in the winter - with an all-steel carport type structure over it. The structure is 12 x 31'. I am looking for suggestions on how to get this built out in the water. This is to house my 24 ft pontoon so I have that to...

I have an IH4700 Single axle with a diesel engine (GVW 25,999). Is it possible to pull a gooseneck trailer with this or is it too high? If somebody did it how did you do it?

I ran my 5' Bushhog Squealer mower for about 45 minutes the other day and i noticed oil foaming out of the vent in the gearbox. I had checked the oil before I started and what was on the dipstick looked very clean and no evidence of moisture. I have not changed the oil in this gearbox for...

Here is a photo of my drawbar. I went to the New Holland dealer and their information did not even show this setup but I went to tractor house and looked at photos of 1710s and all the photos that showed it had this setup. now I am really confused.

I had been looking for a hiller for my CUT that would make raised beds in my garden. I couldn't find anything that I thought would give me the depth I wanted so I finally designed it and had it made. I think it did pretty well. As you can see it is a toolbar with hiller disks and a pallet...

I have been wanting a sickle bar mower for a few years and found one - a NH 455. Got it for $300. It has not been used for at least 20 years and the sickle is rusted bad and stuck maybe due to corrosion. It also has a busted lift spring and cable and needs a little paint. Otherwise...

Had some fun today. I had a trip for work but had to kill about an hour so since i was close I stopped into Bingham's in North Vernon, Indiana - a large used machinery dealer. i had seen where they had auctioned a 2+2 yesterday and I wanted to take a look at it. I find those tractors kind of...

I have been looking for a sickle bar mower to trim along the edge of my pond as well as cut a couple of acres of grass. I will also be reaching under the trees and bushes along the fence line to cut the multi-flora rose and some saplings to keep the growth in check. I have found two 7' pull...

Here are a few pics of the damage I did. The last two photos are the excavator in trouble. If the bucket wasn't down I am not sure where the machine would be but definitely a lot more tipped. The first two photos show the mess I made that I now get to play with my tractor to clean up. the...

I am renting a small tracked excavator to repair the banks of my pond/lake (about 14 acres under water). I have had some erosion of the banks in some areas and muskrat damage in other areas. We have had a really dry summer so the pond is as low as I have seen it in twenty years. The pond...

I got to looking at it after my previous work and it still had a lot of little cracks in it. Went back to the store and bought a couple more pails of sealer and this time mixed in a lot of sand - to the point that it was the consistency of drywall mud and then literally troweled it on in the...

I have a seat on my lawnmower that is from Michigan Seat that is in good shape except that the U-Shaped ribbing that clips the vinyl to the edge of the metal frame and holds it in place keeps coming off. Any suggestions on how to hold it on? It seems a waste to buy a new seat for something so...

Read thru a couple of threads here and thought i would still ask the question with photos. Looking for suggestions on what to do with my asphalt driveway. The top looks very rough but it has very few real cracks and is about 40 years old. I was wondering if I should seal it, top coat it, or...

For years I have been tilling my garden and then putting it into raised beds by hand. As I get a little older it becomes harder to use the shovel to put it into the raised beds. Any suggestions for creating the walk through trenches? The trenches are about 16" wide - just wide enough for...

I will post this even though I feel a little foolish. I had a guy run my 1710 out of fuel. I had done this before and because I knew what was happening I had shut it off very quick and got it started after bleeding the injector lines at the injectors. This time that didn't work and I tried...

Was having an issue with my Ford 1710 hydraulics so I started browsing and came across this site. Spent about four hours reading - what a great group! Lots of good info here. I agree with most of the information reported here about my 1710 with FWA and FEL with turf tires. It is a great...