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Out cutting grass, listening to the Radio. 5 year old killed, falling out of bucket! 13 year old driving tractor! Apparently pulling a packer. Deceased kid's siblings also in the bucket! Sounds like something my Dad would have orchestrated! Fortunately, I was only ever ALMOST run over when...

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One of their impressive NG sets. They have a tiny Yanmar for nighttime use that keeps things alive. They have a l

It happens from time to time. It could pass for distracted driving! I have to attach to the ROPS, not much else there.

I'm driving this rental as my 08 Duramax is in the shop for hail damage. Nice driving truck! Takes pot holes better then my 3/4 ton. But the steering is so freakishly sensitive. Not one for gimmicks, but the backup camera makes me back up like a pro! Shows two green lines that move in an...

The valve splits the third function to run my hyd SS coupler. I have ripped the lines off twice, mostly from hoses ending up in the wrong place on large swing tools. Now, I try and put excess hose on a large spring, and that has been 100% successful. Remember that the (break away) couplings...

I had to do the same thing. Toward the end of my 3" superduct run, the bedrock was just about at the surface. I kind of enjoyed this one-time project. Plus, it gave me a chance to use my (auction Find) hydraulic hand breakers. Just think. The money you save on a gym membership can go...

I always thought some motion detection would be good on these EL lights. This is the light. It used to be a 12 inch RV style but I recently switched it out. Obviously today LED would be better. And the clockwork switch with LED locator.

I had the pro 12. It came from Go transit. My feeling was that the walk behinds got so big, that about the only thing they were well suited for was mowing with a commercial deck. And it did an awesome job. I went on a quest to get all kinds of attachments, old and new style. I got a...

I had my Onan mounted to a 3ph carry-all type of contraption. Major PITA! Then, I built this trailer. MUCH, MUCH better. I made the tongue detachable, for better storage.

I had one heck of a surprise on Monday, when this showed up. 45 Ton of Chicken Manure for the guy that farms our place. It came from two hours away and cost $2500.00 CDN. Never knew such rigs existed! But an even bigger surprise awaited me in the cab! 18!

I often try and get substitutions for hydraulic filters. Mostly for convenience but sometimes price. I just found a sub for my mower. Textron or Jacobson 178025 filters. I got Donaldson Filters. It took a while to find the right sizes. Some subs are shorter. But here's the thing. Micron...

I actually designed and built this to gather up the debris on a lawn after felling a tree, but it gets more use for the above described purpose. The tines can float (on a rod) or be arrested.

A little help goes along way.

My sister got me one of those common off-shore park type benches at a yard sale. The sides being of some cast material, and wooden slats joining them. The mounting point or tab, for the front slat has half broken off. Anybody know of a fix? The recipe for the casting material is probably...

Well, it's done and mostly over with. I think, the only reason they speak of hundred year old ceder shingles, is because nobody is stupid enough to take them off. I paid, and yet helped out. Hottest days of the year.

Hypertherm Powermax 800 with upgraded torch. Sometimes through my misuse, I end up with dross filling up the kerf. I never seem to be able to cut through the dross with another pass. Usually I just break off the piece and grind it off. Is there something about Dross I should know about...

I think Harley (or the buying company) stopped making this rake because it was too expensive to make. The Tines are very usefull in stirring up material for the rollers. I would guess the RPM to be about 100 RPM but I could find out.

Here are more pics of a job at my place. Before and after. I think final pic is seeded and rolled. Borrowed SS.

Whatever you do, don't let them in the house. They will take over your most expensive, comfortable chair, and you will never get to use it again!

At times like this, I would have loved a solid axle, better yet, def lock!

I have seventy foot tower on a good high spot. There is power and an equipment shack along side. It was always my dream to host an Internet Service Provider. I know you don't get much. Usually just free service, and YOU pay the power bill.. Well it happened. I was finally approached. I...

I need to insulate my attic. It's long, long overdue. I wished I could have used blown rock wool which I am told is not available anymore. So I will probably go with blown cellulous. The light fluffy one, not the shredded (dusty) newspaper kind. The original glass bats were of the tar paper...

Finally the rain came, enough to make a burn safe. Not the biggest, but VERY satisfying. It always amazes me, how virtually nothing is left.

Looking for advice. The contractor wants 1500 Canadian to remove my old cedar shingles. I will dispose of them. A friend has offered to help me, remove them, plus I might hire a couple of extra hands (that hopefully don't fall off the roof!). It is not a big roof and not steep, which might...

Something I have pondered before. Whether to ground a steel roof for lightning, whether you can do this effectively and how? I am replacing my house roof with steel sheets, formed to look like shakes. We have lightning rods, but they wouldn't seem to make too much sense if the roof is steel...

Guess it just depends on what resources you have at your disposal or what you are prepared to spend. I like the car hood idea. The pioneers had much less to work with.

Well, Assumption really is the mother of all frick-ups it seems. I have a 48 Volt Gator Utility Vehicle. Basically, the same system as an electric Golf Cart. I spent a lot of time installing a Motorola VHF radio recently. It was obviously 12 Volt, negaive ground. No problem. I just went on...

I got this one, simply because it became available, cheap! And I love it, except recently noticed that although I can pick up brush and stones, it won't pick up a pile of logs. Drives me nuts! They just get squeezed out til I only have one or two. I also have the pallet fork with a grapple...

Not exactly my pride and joy, but with only 1400 hours and not a computer or exhaust fluid in sight, what's not to love? Going on a trip tonight to have the steering cylinder seals repaired.

A friend who is blessed with gas wells on his property, bought this Brand New Generac Genset. 1800 RPM, Mitsubishi, 4 cylinder, 16 valve, overhead cam engine. It arrived, he popped open the carton and became livid, when he saw a rubber timing belt. Now, typical of how the world is today...

I actually thought of, and built this rake for similar applications. The tines are conventional heavier tines, but individually float, so they don't dig in. They can be arrested as well.

Just Flip her over. Same way you'd work on your truck!

This is as far as I've gotten. More work then I figured on! The beauty is, once the electric valve is in, your options are limitless. Maybe some day, even direct brain interface! lol The last pic is the control console. The splitter behaves normally using the joystick. The multi position...

I hired this guy last summer to deliver 70,000 pounds of retaining wall stone, in this rather sharp rig. First he insisted on parking on the road, and coming in the thousand or so feet driveway, to take a look. Then I had a really hard time convincing him to follow me accross a harvested field...

I like the OLD SKOOL revolving lights. The LED stuff isn't nearly as good at a distance and too directional. Good thing for the cage on the second pic. That light is held on with big magnets in case I hit something.

There are several versions and the one PDF I saw, claims 25 MPH which isn't too shabby for something that has a 5000# plus capacity. The hundreds of tractor pics, variations and attachments is just mind boggling.

I came across this recently. Finally a real UTV. Big Wheels, a real transmission and doesn't look like it was a design collaboration between Elvis, Evel Knievel and Liberace. What I can't possibly understand is why they didn't incorporate two person seating. It does have a hefty price tag...

Anybody else own these and use them on FM? They have no tone control and have no base at all. And that's saying something from a guy that isn't a big base fan. I have used my Work Tunes Brand Headset for Years and they sound great! Worst thing is, this STANLEY product has been taken over by...

It had been around minus 22 C over night. I plugged in the tractor (JD 6200) for around an hour and a half late in the afternoon. It was around minus 10 C all day. The engine turned over and made a lot of smoke but never fired. It did start to kind of run on it's own with just a little help...

My 80 year old Mom's fridge has quit. All her food spoiled, I had to take her to the ER, and her car battery was dead. It never just rains! Anyway, I had a really tough time trying to google this. The compressor tries to come on, but sounds like it is trying to compress something and can't...

I have had this on a tractor since 1972, but I don't farm and have often wondered how it works. Does it work? How does the system know what depth your implement is actually at? What effect does this draft setting have if using your 3PH for other applications? I have never noticed a...

Investigators say "Speed Was A Factor" I have duals and should have used them. Never even crossed my mind. For the steepest sections, I was backing up the hill.

Not sure why the first picture disappeared.

Trying every trick in the book to get those tires back on. I (stupidly) let the air out hoping that undercarriage would sit better on that little trailer for transport.

Best, just make one of these, like I did. No more guess work. Every Alternators frequency is determined by the speed of the rotor. Newer Inverter style gensets usually produce AC, then make DC, and make 60 HZ AC electronically. Thus, the motor can run at various speeds depending on load...

This grapple was actually built to handle pine branches. You cut a million off, pile them on a trailer, loose half of them on the way to the burn pile, and unload the trailer by hand. There had to be a better way. This was my solution. You pile the branches on and compress them as you go...

We had gone to the dealer to look at 5000 series tractors. There was a 6000 series in the service department that I climbed aboard. I just had to have one. And at the time, there was no PST or GST tax on the 6000 but was on the 5000 making the choice easier. Shortly after buying the...

This is not what this particular grapple was built for, but it was fun anyway. I now have a JD 640 to SS adapter and would use a more suitable grapple.

One of many things I built after my experiences with the BIG ice storm. DVMs tended not to have frequency functions back then. It's big and clunky (the way I like things) uses no batteries, and has no computer. The nicest thing is, you can easily adjust the two red lines with the knobs and...

I was fortunate enough to get about a dozen of these carriers twenty or so years ago. I welded some mesh onto some, which doesn't look nice, but it works. Others are as received and used for long logs and fence rails. Good for getting the wood off the ground. These had been used for storing...

This is my (boat anchor) inverter. Took three girlie men (including myself) to get it up on that shelf up near the ceiling. I don't believe my monitor has split screen. But I have two monitors. Handy, so I can have one at the genset and one in the house, or walk around and turn loads on and...

The Former, out of control, "street cat" And her step brother "barn cat" just goes to show, even city and country kitties can get along.

Once I saw that there was no apparent damage, I thought this quite funny. Upon reading the thread about the guy who lost his life when a tree fell on him, I realized that this is no laughing matter. I never push a tree with a loader, but "thought" I was pushing over a tree that had broken off...

How about a steering wheel that one can simply rip out, then attach to the side of your tractor for starting? No DPF required on this tractor either. In fact my friend keeps saying that it will run on just about any fuel, even butter milk!

A Couple of miscalculations as far as a trailer for your tractor. And then a trailer for your tractor, high floatation was the idea!

And the Cushman after a little oopsie! It has four wheel drive but practically racing slicks!

The Cushman 6150

I bought the Alamo, well, just because (at auction) and used it to cut about 35 acres of fields that farmers did not want at that time, plus a little custom work. I left my fields to the fall when the vegetation was dried out. So the grass was high, but not hard to cut. It would have been a...

I saw a documentary once saying how cats helped build the grand coulee dam. I excavated my foundation last year for waterproofing and other features. What a nightmare! And I have to say, the Cats were of little help.

This question relates to a .177 cal pellet gun but I think it applies to any rifle. You usually aim a rifle in, for a fairly horizonal shot. How should one compensate if shooting either at a steep angle up or down? And just curious, but how flat is the trajectory of a department store quality...

Some pics of the finished product in use. Sandblasted and painted.

These were the forks as I found them. I think I may have paid $500.00 CDN. I have used them to pinch and carry large rocks but this is bordering on abuse! Oh, I did make the mistake of welding a SS plate straight on. Now, I don't have much upward tilt, but can bring the forks down past...

This loader had two OEM Female Pioneer couplers out front. They had an integral ball valve and a drain hole (I believe) that I never saw a drop of oil come out of. To disconnect the implement, you would close the two valves and I never had a problem disconnecting the couplings. Disconnecting...

There. I like to think that this is my own innovation. That is an Eight Foot "Frink" blade. Also a $150.00 auction find. It has a trip edge that I am having trouble with. The edge trips too easily and then the machine (Kubota R510 wheel loader) just slides sideways if there is ice under the...

I was given some Diesel Fuel. It was in a VERY large tank, that did not get turned over often enough, so they opted for a smaller tank. I suspect that there has been a lot of "Kleen Flow" Diesel Additive added to this fuel. My little Kubota 40HP loader struggles to get up a steep slope...

I am trying to figure out a simple way to move a single 3 foot x 8 foot solar water heating panel for a hot tub. I have an old C band dish mount. I know it tracks in a polar arc. Would it be of any use to track the sun? Can it be modified? It does not have to be perfect.

My salvaged solar collector has tempered frosted shower type glass. Is there an optimim distance that the glass should be from the collector plate, as far as wavelength or focal distance is concerned? The housing is about seven inches deep and I want to know how much insulation I should put in...

For years I faithfully used compressed air to blow of mowers and equipment after use. I just discovered that my 4 stroke Makita leaf blower works better and faster. The bonus is, that I don't have to be near my shop either.

I never realized that unlike most nicad or other battery packs, the terminals on these batteries are completley exposed. I had removed a fully charged pack and placed it on my bench, cluttered as usual. Later, coming into the garage, I smelled plastic burning! A metal square had come accross...

Any experience on what cuts black Diesel soot on a Loader frame? I have tried industrial car wash solution but this isn't the answer. Something that won't hurt the paint and finish. I have a steam genny and that might do it but would rather not mess with that thing. It's too dangerous! My...

Well, despite the jig I built to keep the drill on course, The best I could do was come out two inches from centre which was not good enough. I thought I would give it one last try and went the other way, hoping I would hit the hole from the other end, which is remarkably what happened. So...

Welcome to the Harley. The only one (Harley) worth having. The thing is quite useless unless you have all the functions. And yes, it has to be level, otherwise one side will be lower than the other when angled. The machine does a beautiful job, no doubt about it, but that's only half the fun...

I have a Lincoln CV 250. I still need to orient my work so I can weld downward. The weld just runs away on me in any other position, unless of course I just peck at it or turn the heat down and get no penetration. Also, on heavier stuff, I always end up using WAY to much filler. I try and...

I have owned a Stihl 034 and now have a couple of 036 sawss. Not a lot of use, but almost from new these saws lost all of their bar oil. I buy jug after jug and most of it ends up on a rag to go into the fire. I am so discouraged by this, because otherwise they appear to be a good saw. The...

Sometimes if you can't decide between cutting and crushing. Build yourself some neat implement, and in the dark, while in a hurry you can find a nasty pinch hazard! Lost the tip of one finger. Same thing as posted above, stitches required through the nail. I was so luckiy. In our little...

I learned a long time ago, even though I have to remind myself often, not to JUMP off a piece of equipment. Here my foot got caught (due to inappropriate footwear) on the steps of my loader. Nothing seems to humble one quite as quickly as having your face smash into the ground faster then...

Is there a comparison? I am a cannuck (my apologies) and don't have too much experience in south of the border shopping of this sort. I just bought a pair of 10,000 pound ramps and a friend wants me to get him a hydraulic press from Northern. I pick this stuff up in Niagara Falls, as shipping...

This is my portable welder I don't really want or need another welder. This is not what I do. I am in the security business, and offered to fix this gate of a customer. The daughter closed the gate on a lanscape guys trailer.

Any idea how long these detents are good for? My 430 has 550 hrs and the detent just failed it seemed one day to the next. You feel it's there, but it won't hold. The assembly appears still bolted up tight. Aside from robbing the Aux which I don't want to do, is there any other fix other...

I have a remote welding job to do. Only four inches in some 3/16" angle iron material. I don't have a portable welder. I have access to several, but this is time and travel consuming. I have a small 3.7 KW Diesel generator that won't run my SEARS BUZZ BOX My Other welder is a Lincoln CV...

I am thinking about adding a John Deere Electric Gator to my fleet. Can someone enlighten me as to their evolution? I only notice that the Beds seem to have gone from Metal to what looks largely plastic on the newer ones. Where there other differences? Were they all 48 volt? This is of the...

I built a simple hydraulic top link some years ago. It worked good except without explanation sometimes just moves on it's own. I know, I don't have check valves in there. So anyway, I am looking on E-Bay and find some good choices, with check valves. But I would also like to get a side link...

I have never had much luck with cordless stuff. I bought Ridged 18 volt tools, only because they have a lifetime warranty. Anyway. A friend was telling me that he borrowed a 40 Volt Oregon Pole saw from his shop. Since he was coming here on the weekend, I asked him to bring it. I was quite...

This machine with 450 hours has always had a rough idle. But bumping up the RPMS just slightly, usually smoothed it out. Now it seems that I have to go to a really high idle to make the engine stop shaking. I checked the motor mounts and they appear fine. I looked at the fan, thinking maybe...

I don't have the zerk fitted flat steel bar under my machine at the articulation point, like some machines have. I can't really figure where the squeal is coming from, but it sounds like your typical dry bearing. Any ideas on where I might apply some (obviously) much needed lubrication? And...

I need a 1/2" or so hole drilled down the middle of a not installed pressure treated 6x6. I tried drilling a perfect 1/4" hole through a hard wood chunk of 4x4, then screwing this onto the properly cut off end of the 6x6 and using it as a guide for a two foot long continuous 1/4" bit. Then a...

I could be wrong in various points but here is my experience. I crawled around the ground for almost an hour trying to figure out how to do an engine oil change on this thing. I started to take things apart that I did not need to. I finally as a last resort looked in my owners manual. I...

These arn't my machines but I hired these guys and brought in the rock truck hoping to get a jump on spring. I like to think I helped at least bit to extricate this big TOY! Shortly after, we just called it a day!

I have three spindles that I believe were out of a Gravely Deck. I intend to use them on a Steiner Deck as they fit perfectly. However, I am a little confused. Two spindles have a keyed pulley shaft and the third has a splined pulley. Looking up parts drawings, I could thus far find no...

First, how come Steiner never got it's own section? Second, I was reading a post about someone wondering if Steiner or Ventrak mower would fit a PT. Is this to say that there three makes out there that use this same particular mounting system? I thought the PT had a boom and therefore driven...

I was just reading a thread about this evil brine they use for snow and ice abatement. It is destroying my truck! I have a commercial pressure washer. None of this 2, 3 or 4 thousand PSI garbage, but about 1500 LBS with a good amount of volume. That's what matters! But cleaning the...

I'm definitely not a morning person, and have always been deeply stirred by sunsets. I just came accross this one, I took a week or so ago, in the beginnings of spring, looking out my front window. The only thing missing is the ten or so Deer that have been hanging around here lately. Hey...

OH, OH, Situation just got worse! Two more mowers and a trencher! Christmas came early!

I am building my dream of a log splitter. In the process, I managed to obtain a surplus Wallenstein Horizontal Splitter. I was a little dismayed to see that the wedge is on the end and the pusher plate on the cylinder. As I am going to skid steer plate attach this to my loader, I won't be...

One of my favourite toys. A bit of a rube-goldberg, but I have never seen another just like it, and so glad I found it..

I bought a Diesel Mule, in the early 2000s. It did not come with a electric bed lift. I found this a bit of a nuisance and decided to add the OEM electric/hydraulic unit. It didn't take me long to realize that this thing could lift almost nothing of any significance. First load, some heavy...

It's been a few years now, and although I wasn't too impressed with the Steiner 430, it has deffinitely grown on me. I really, enjoy getting on that thing now. It has found it's place around here. But the attachments are a source of grief. They always seem to represent an ostacle course and...

I managed to get this discarded clamp table from a cabinet manufacturer. I welded a couple of fork pockets onto it for transport. I have it sitting on a concrete apron outside my big shop door because I don't have room for it inside. Sadly, I still seem to do way too much welding on the...

I am working on building a rotating bucket with screening capability. It will be similar to a product called a "Flip Screen Bucket". I have most of the design worked out, but my problem is in how to locate and arrest the bucket for the digging position. I see they have rods going to the...

I have an Alamo forteen foot. It is a real plessure to use. You are nicely away from the dust and pollen and cutting that kind of swath makes you smile. I used it to cut around 50 acres that no farmer was interested in any more. Now with the popularity of cash cropping, that has changed and...

I am building my own immitation Flip Screen Bucket. You need to Google it to understand it. I did a test last night to determine RPM on the Char Lynn, Eaton Geroler motors I am going to use. I tried to get displacement data but haven't got that yet. I don't have any large flow on my...

I once came accross this at a used equipment dealer and still think about it. Building one that is. Actually got a spare grader blade for scrap price last summer just in case. I wonder though. A real grader has enourmous weight, especially in the rear tandem wheel end. I wonder how stable a...

Front and back both have deffs. No locking on the Steiner. From the few years and varying conditions I have used mine, I have never even thought about it. I have never cursed and wished the deffs would have locks. I have been badly stuck a few times and now that I think about it, I wonder if...

I have so much stuff buried, it's not even funny. Criss crossing and going every which way. Incoming Hydro Electrical Services to Buildings Yard and Driveway Lighting Cables (Some go 1000') 600 Volt 3 Phase Water Lines Drainage Lines French Drains Air Lines Telephone Cables Internet Cabling...

Man, these pictures sure make make me long for those warm summer days. There really is nothing I would rather do then this sort of thing. But you couldn't pay me a million bucks to do it for someone else!

Just a before picture, but it was much, much worse. I had him dig a small hole, took him like twenty minutes and put all the pesky stones in there. Not only did he fill the hole, but I made quite a sizeable burm.

I took this picture of the picture takers heading up the highway. (See how they like it). Quite impressive to see actually. Has anyone seen the various abnomallys (sp?) of some of the terrain mapping when things get messed up?

Wel, another day in paradise! Could not get my fancy nozzle through the "T". Took it out and took a piece of 3/4" pipe to see how the pex went through it. As I suspected, the curl of the pipe forces the tip to slide along the wall and then hits the "T" fitting. Usually I take a step drill...

I have a princess Auto Digital Style Load Tester. A friend of mine who deals in a lot of batteries keeps giving me used batteries that are "supposed" to be good. A got about eight different ones lately, and after charging them to around 13 volts for days on a small Schumaker charger ,my tester...

I used to have this Dynalift. Got it stuck once in the wetlands and yes, with some work, it extricated itself. I kind of miss the old girl, especially if I need to tweek something on the underside of my Ride! Scary as heck when twelve tons starts sliding on ICE!

I don't know what happened to that picture. One moment it was there and then gone, saying only attachment. I would love to try a 60" rear discharge mower before making a commitment, but I have little funds for this and won't be buying one from a dealer.

Bought a single lid last year. Good price, not EXACTLY what I wanted, but it's amazing and I kick myself for not having bought one years ago! Wish I had double lid. It would just handle irregular timber and brush better and I am sure would put less stress on the whole unit. As far a not...

I'm in the same boat! Man, what a mess! And we take such pride in keeping things nice. I had, and still have an excavator on site and got him to take a few stumps out closest to the roadway, and then loaded them up to take for burning. I quickly realized that this would put me in the poor...

Not the worst for sure, but enough to really play havoc with a tight schedule. EDIT: I have a 4 or 5" cylinder with a good 4 feet or maybe a little more stroke with shackles on each end. I just plug it into the closest remotes. Got it free from a friend. It probably came off some large...

I wanted a grapple of this style for the longest time. I could not afford the one I wanted and I have friends (with lasers) that could have made me one, but with high strength A400, I still could not afford it. Anyway, a friend spotted the above in a super shopper magazine. Some guy had...

Your pictures reminded me of something I saw in a Mennonite shop some time ago. Most thought invoking!

This thread is specific to a certain recent incident, but is also general. The other day I backed our JD 6200 out of the barn to blow snow. It has been cold here. At time minus 35C in the mornings. The tractor was plugged in (coolant heater only) for a couple of hours. Started but didn't...

This guy was always a nuisance for the farmers, being almost totally hidden, but when I hit it with a snow mobile, one warm summer evening, it's number was up!

This picture doesn't do it justice, but this is the kind of chaos that always seems to exist inside any of my buildings. One thing about having more space though. There is always a good chance that there is someplace to put something and sometimes never in the same spot twice! I HATE, I mean...

I built this a few years ago. Earlier we built another barn, but quickly ran out of room. In that barn, which is high, I have pallet racking and keep buckets and such things on the racking. Or snow blowers and various mowers on pallets. Problem with that is that too often things are in the...

I live in heavy snow country and recently built a 80 foot long drive shed with a classic shed roof. I don't really like this style, but I wanted a thirteen foot drive in height but without the overpowering look of a huge high roof on top of that just on account of the location. So the pitch is...

A pic of my attempts to provide some sort of a "warm" snow blankie! A picture may help to set the scene better. It's the mound that runs in front of the garage. I guess the concrete pad extending out from the garage does not help, and I wonder how much of that I should cover. This mound, now...

I have a 3/4" Plastic Water line that runs about 300' from an underground pump house to the house. Several factors have caused it to freeze: The pipes were only installed at a moderate depth of 3-4 feet. I lowered the grade in spots three years ago to level out my parking lot and removed...

I think I already know the answer. Someone gave me a free hot tub a few years ago. I heat mostly electrically at .15 CDN/KWH, no time restrictions. I disconnected the hot tub element, not wanting to add to my electic bill. The first year, I used loops of black pipe as a solar heater, which...

A friend was having trouble with his White 1265. I thought it was a frozen sump. Anyway, in the end it truns out the drive on the pump sheared off, and it was a year old pump. I know with a positive displacement pump, you can blow the pump apart if the relief isn't working. It happened to...

I have been finding a big puddle of oil under the rear end of the tractor lately. It seems that the Stupid tiny bottle that is supposed to catch the droplets of oil that are lost when you plug or unplug a coupler is FULL and over flowing! So where is this AMOUNT of oil coming from, to create a...

Сель�кий Трактори�т - YouTube What Do You Think? Why do Russians bother with front wheels at all? Do these people have more fun then we do or are they wreckless?

And THIS is why you should always take the biggest tractor you have into the bush! Sorry about poor quality, it was a scanned Polaroid. Actually I have to kiss the oil mans azz cause this machine (JD 6200) drinks fuel like I simply can't explain! Maybe it's not broken in yet with only just...

Just curious if any of you guys know. I am not sure of the model number. It has four cylinder cummins power and a Sunstrand dual hydrostat unit. Is there anyway to make these things freewheel to get them off the road or into a shop for repair, lets say? Most of my various hydro equipment all...

I have never worked with an oil burner,nor have burned waste oil in a burner. Just thown it on brush piles or sprayed it on the laneway. Can one burn waste oil in a domestic hot water tank? How much does it have to be filtered? Does it require fuel oil to start, and then switch over? That...

I have various Hydraulic Jackhammers I can plug into the front or back of the machine as well as a concrete chainsaw. Great tools when working in bedrock! To exticate the backhoe, I dug the fangs of the JD grapple into the dirt and then used a four foot cylinder I have with shackles at each...

Just some action pics of my Kubota R510, a machine I am really, really happy with!

Maybe I should have gone to the Duramax Site, but I thought I would stay here. I got stuck the other day in my lane with my 08 Duramax. Good, snow tires, but conditions just became too much. I will start with the front tow hooks. I got my tractor, had various chains and straps, and while...

I did a search for this and couldn't find anything. Maybe someone would be kind enought to tell me how to do a search making BOTH words together a requirement. Thanks. I have thought about getting a HUGE but light bucket. Maybe two yards or so. Something to clean my parking lot. A blade...

Found this pic of when I took the machine to a GFs cottage to cut the grass for her Mother! Used the Sulky, cause I figured I might stand a better chance against the Rattle Snakes! lol

I used this Gravely for years. A neighbour always thought a helicopter was coming on account of the single cylinder Kohler. I had to have those laser cut plates put on the back, plus more that were later welded into a single pack that weighed around 200 pounds just to balance the thing...

Who needs modern conveniences anyway? I was looking at a book of Toronto of 1967 yesterday. YES, those were better times. At least in this country and particular socioeconomic class. Change was slow but good. We had a new shopping mall (Yorkdale). It was the only one in Canada. Now there...

Man, I thought I had trouble with stones. Can't stick a spade in the ground anywhere around here! You have to see the pictures from Italy about the huge rolling stones? Google it. Sorry, no good at posting a link. Somebody who knows this stuff may be able to do it for me. Good thing they...

Does anyone have experience with the failure of this type of joystick? I don't know how many models JD used this on. It is a two piece tube that has a large knurled collar for tightening the lever in place, or loosening it, so tht you can kind of fold the top part out of the way when the...

I have always been a fire bug. What can I say? Play SAFE! Just remember to burn your old ashalt shingles at night!

I just sold a deck over beavertail trailer, bumperpull, fourteen feet flat and three foot tail. I am looking for something smaller but vow I will never buy any trailer that isn't galvanized! One winter up here and a trailer looks ten years old! One friend has had so many trailers and most...

Just thought I might share some of these action pictures from years ago. JD 770 with 60 Inch Blower, Doing my 1000 foot driveway. Never bothered to put the big blower into operation that winter. Once you have a front mount, you are spoiled for good! I think the Blower was actually easier to...

Would someone kindly tell me what the difference is in one traditional Diesel engine that needs to be bled after running out of fuel and another doesn't. It sure is nice when you don't have to crack all those lines! Without a manual, how would one know?

Does a laser only shoot out one beam? Does that mean if your receiver is only a foot long and the laser isn't hitting it, that you are out of luck? Trying to understand this. What is the difference between a single slope and dual slope? As far as the rock rake goes, it would have been the...

IS the pump on the mower or is the tractor supposed to deliver the flow? I have a 16' Alamo Flex Mower with shaft drive. Often thought, if hydraulic would be better. So I can only comment on the rotary mower. I can't use the machine up, only down, with the shafts in their proper position. I...

Does anyone have any experience using laser controlled grading equipment? I have a Harley Pro 8 rake and have figured out a way to make the height adjustment be laser controlled quite easly and cheaply, relatively speaking. Does anyone think this might be usefull, or is it just more trouble...

I always had trouble seeing far away. I wear contact lenses. At 53, the last ten years has been tough, being an electronics technician. I enjoyed excellent close vision for many years. Now, it's all a struggle, and I need so much light, it's not even funny. Working in dimly lit places and...

I made this for cleaning up tree branches after felling a tree. The tines can float to follow terrain or be arrested. I cut off part of my finger when pulling this thing off in the dark and finding it had a nasty pinch hazzard on account of that floating design.

I was just curious if anyone has the money to purchase a new piece of powered equipment, but is considering used instead, on account of: complexity and computers, the inability to repair your own equipment (without a laptop and proprietary software) pollution control equipment unproven and...

Sorry. Don't have the hang of importing pictures. Heres another I had posted in pictures of Snow Weapons. Edit: Maybe someone can tgell me, why sometimes the pictures shows up and other times only the file name.

I have a Kubota R510 with Cab and backhoe. It is an awesome machine! I could go on and on about it's many attributes. I wish I had a newer articulated loader, like a Case or JD, but would really miss the backhoe. That is a full lift of roof sheating.

This is a project I have been hoping to finish. Came with a Wisconsin V4, and I am trying to put in a small Deutz.

Here is another tip I got from my Rocket Science Friend. I switched my 220/240 volt electric water heater to run on 110Volts. This does several things: It cuts the wattage in half (I believe) and frees up genset capacity for other things. The 110 operation vs 220 is not an issue for load...

I have this most annoying issue with the control cables freezing up. Especially on our open station JD 6200. Can they be successfully removed and lubricated or is replacement, generally the only option? I suspect they got wet and are probably slightly rusted internally.

A friend of mine who is an electical genius first introduced this idea to me. Not sure what code has to say about this. It allows you to run a generator and always have it nicely balance for load. You put an appropriately sized transformer on the genset output and run 240 into from the...

Seems I have issues with my bulk fuel. I am getting deliveries at different times of the year in two tanks, one dyed, one not. How can I check the viscosity of the fuel at any given time? It's hard to treat the fuel (as with Lucas Extreme Cold Treatment) if you don't know what you are...

I have just ordered a new Bulk Tank Fuel pump with Goldenrod water block filter. My other tank just has their straight 10 micron filter. I intend to change that to a water block as well with the 17 micron filtration. I am told, it will absorb up to 1/2 cup of water and then it will restrict...

I have had problems over the years with running Diesel equipment in the cold. However, it is worse then usual and I wonder if someone knows what might actually be happening. As for the symptoms, they are identical on three different pieces of equipment. Machine starts easily and runs, then...

I was thinking of installing a lift kit on this machine. Basically so it can accomodate larger tires and extend the useable season a little, as the OEM tires are worse then useless in anything more then a few inches of snow. But the Mule is of the older style with a flat portion in front of...

I'm sorry if there is a thread that addresses this. I did a search and looked but there is a huge number of grapple related threads. I would like to build a grapple. One with curved upper AND lower tines or claws. So that when the loader is tilted forward, it resembles a claw grabbing...

I put a posting in a truck forum but did not get any help. I need to know how to electrically test the pressure sensor that goes on the master cylinder for the OEM (totally stupid and overly complicated/expensive) trailer brake system. I know it can be done, because I have done it, the first...

I am just in the process of replacing a clothes line. The old one was lagged into the bricks of the house and attached to a tree at the far end. Now the tree is dead and I have installed an old salvaged (With wonderfull creosote) hydro pole. I will install a buried anchor to keep the pole...

I hope that this post isn't premature. I bought this machine in Canada in 01. It was a decision between JD, this and Polaris. I opted for the 4wd Diesel with defferential. JD didn't offer front wheel drive on the gator, and Polaris didn't have a defferential, chewing up turf on turns. In...

Does anyone out there know these machines intimately? Either they are not that common or they just don't break that often is my guess. I would have no problem taking it to the dealer, if I thought they knew anything about it. I don't feel like I should pay to have some mechanic figure out how...

Does anyone know what Steiner uses on the 430 MAX for Aux couplers. What series name or number for a given manufacturer? Steiner only has internal part numbers and I don't like their prices. A friend gave me some 1/4 " Pioneer couplers that we were sure would fit, but don't. I want to remote...

I wonder if someone can help me with this. I was using this machine for an hour or so in -3 degree C temps, blowing snow. Then all of a sudden, the blower (which is quite heavy) would no longer lift, at all, regardless of engine RPM! The power steering works normal, as does the chute...

I finally got around to building my rake, for the front of my Steiner. I saw no need to make it angle especially given the articulated nature of the machine. I really just wanted it to rake up branches and debris, from felling huge dead trees. I thank the information I got here for getting...

I am baffled! I was using my professional 12, and a quick attach non-square blower. It is a two stage blower, with the whole drum that turns to determine blowing direction. I have not used this thing for a while, and wanted to blow the snow away from around the house, before the impending...

Hi People; I have a big problem and quite a disappointment. Over the years, I noticed that not all snowblowers are created equal. The best blower I ever owned was a Lucknow 6.5 foot behind a Universal 445 tractor. Nothing I owned since, has worked as well. Recently, I bought a 7 foot Mckee...