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    Mowing  To weld or not to weld: busted MX6 follow wheel

    Howdy folks, So yesterday I was doing a little bit of mowing and I backed my MX6 into a pine tree. DOH! What stinks is that I was in neutral with the power reverser just about to start going forward. I have actually done this a couple of times in the past, and nothing has ever broken. Anyway...
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    Sulfur / Rotten Egg Smell in New Deep Well

    Howdy all, I had a 700' deep well drilled for our new home last September. The well sat there and didn't really run at all until we moved into the house this past April. After being in the house about two weeks, we started to notice that wonderfully aromatic smell of sulfur / rotten eggs...
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    What material for new driveway approach

    Howdy fellow TBNers, Just about finished with our new build. We had a 30x20' concrete apron poured at the approach for our two-car garage for now. I wanted to wait to pour more concrete until we move out there and get a feel for our entering / backing out of the garage habits. So right...
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    2015 Silverado HD: 19K bumper pull!

    Saw this today... wow! And that's with the OEM hitch. I guess it's some new hitch design? And 7000# payload?! :shocked: 2015 Silverado 3500HD: Diesel Trucks | Chevrolet Here are a couple vids: 2015 Chevy Silverado 3500 HD Diesel - YouTube 2015 Chevy Silverado 3500 HD Diesel 4WD First...
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    F250 Flatbed Frame Mounting

    I just bought a good, used 1999 F250 SC 4x4 V10 for a pulling / farm truck. It came with a J&I flatbed on it with a gooseneck plate, etc mounted in it. I got to looking at the mounting of the flatbed and had some slight concerns with the way it was mounted to the frame of the truck. First...
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    Buying a new GN trailer: tilt or deckover?

    Howdy TBNers, I'm in the market for a new gooseneck trailer to yank my 5075E+MX6 around. My estimated weight: 5500 - Tractor 1500 - 553 FEL 1000 - Filled rear tires 1500 - MX6 9500 total, appx I just picked up a 1999 F250 Supercab 4x4 V10 with the 4.30 gears, so I have around 14K to play...
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    Filtering water from deep well (700 feet)

    We recently had a deep well drilled here in East Texas for our new home. It's drilled 700 feet deep and I think the pump is hung around 580'? I could be wrong there, I don't remember. My well guy says I don't need to filter any of the water for sediment or contaminants, but he's also a...
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    The Wallenstein Arriveth: My New BX62s 3PT Chipper

    Look what came off the truck today! :drink: I didn't get the chance to fire her up and put anything through it yet, but I really love the quality of the construction. The paint job is better than on my new 5075E! :laughing: Perfect fit in the ole Chevy: Got to put the new Frontier pallet...
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    Where to buy a Wallenstein 3PT chipper

    Finally have decided that I'm going to pull the trigger and buy a 3PT chipper. It seems like every time I rent a chipper for the weekend to pull behind my truck, the very next week some high winds come through and make a big mess of everything I cleaned up. :mad: So I have my eye on a...
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    Driving tractor on the highway

    Last night was the first time I've really gotten out on the road with my tractor. We did a hayride for my daughter's bday with some friends, and we probably went about 5 miles total. I wasn't more than a 1/2 mile from home, going about 10-12mph when I noticed a little wobble in the tractor...
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    How often do you run in 540E / ePTO?

    Just used my 5075E w/540E for the first time today with my MX6. I LOVE this feature. It was so nice to run at 1700rpm and not 2400. And the cutter ran flawlessly. So that made me wonder... how many of you guys with 540E on you tractor run your PTO like this a lot? How much - all the time...
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    New 5075E with PowrReverser Delivery

    FINALLY got my new machine last night from the dealer. It came in almost two weeks ago, but didn't have the 2nd rear SCV that I ordered. So that took ... 2 weeks ... to get put on. :confused: Anyway, it's all a wash now as the new machine is sitting comfortably in my shed! Here are some...
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    The Ultimate Marketplace - ever heard of it?

    I got a call from someone with this outfit out of Omaha - The Ultimate Marketplace He said he saw my listing for sale on TractorHouse.com and told me that he works to facilitate private buyers by getting them financed to move on machinery they don't have the cash for. So they have a network of...
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    New John Deere 5075E Open Station w/PowrReverser package

    A couple of weeks ago, I ordered a brand new JD 5075E MFWD with the 553 FEL. I took advantage of the new transmission package offering from JD on these open station 5000E series tractors and got the PowrReverser / 540E PTO package that also comes with the digital dash. I had been scouring the...
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    Price Check  2013 5075E with PowrReverser

    I reached out to a couple of dealers about the prices on new 5065E/5075E machines. My local dealer seems to have a pretty good quote thus far: 2013 JD 5075E MFWD -553 Loader -PowrReverser 12/12 Transmission -ePTO / MFWD indicator / digital dash (part of the PRT package) -Std. features...
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    Help me choose my next John Deere tractor

    Howdy all, I've been stepping into researching a tractor that I could upgrade into from my 2007 5103 2wd / 512 FEL. I bought this tractor from a guy that I bought some rural acreage from, so it's not my ideal tractor, but it's done well for what I've asked of it! Only has 250 hours on it, so...
  17. econometrics

    Why doesn't my MX6 suck?

    I'm wondering if anyone else out there has suction issues from time to time with their MX6? I have mowed with it three times this year now and each time, I am leaving behind rows of bermuda sticking up that the mower doesn't seem to be cutting. Specifically, it seems that when the tractor is...
  18. econometrics

    Remote, battery-powered watering

    Howdy all, I have a 65 gallon spray tank that I have elevated about 3' off the ground to water a small garden on some land that has no power or running water right now. I only have 8 plants to water, and have an irrigation system set up. The problem I am running into is that I cannot find a...
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    MX6 Rear Wheel Height Setting

    Howdy all, Any of you guys running your MX6 shredder with the rear wheel down as far as it can go (raising the rear of the cutter as high as it can go when cutting)? I'd like to cut my smaller side pastures a little higher this year before summer sets in, and wanted to see if anyone else had...
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    Question for the Pond Pros

    I just bought a piece of property that has an appx 2 acre pond on it and I'm definitely a pond noob! It's been there for around 40+ years, according to an older neighbor who knows everything about the whole section. :laughing: Anyway, the neighbor to the east of me has a nice sized pond...
  21. econometrics

    Disking Bermuda for Native Grasses

    Howdy all! I have about 15 acres of bermuda that hasn't had cattle on it for at least 6-7 years. It's mainly just been cut with an MX-6 a few times per year. In the next 1-3 years, I'm going to start bringing in natural grasses to replace the bermuda all-together. I'm not interesting in...
  22. econometrics

    Box Blade for Small Stump Removal

    Howdy all, I have a Frontier BB2172 box blade for my JD 5103 (with FEL)- with the 5 steel shanks. I just mowed about 3-4 acres that had quite a few 3-5" trees that had grown up that the previous owner of the land I purchased did not clear. I cut most all the trees down to about 6-12" of...
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    Uno mas from Texas

    Howdy everyone! I've been reading around on the site for a few weeks now and thought it would be time for a formal "hello". My wife and I are closing on appx 100 acres in a couple of weeks - first time land owners. We're excited! So I have a lot to learn, and am looking forward to doing so...
  24. econometrics

    2011 JD Gator 825i Purchase

    Hello all! My first post at the forum here. I've been lurking for a while now, doing some research on buying a UTV for some land my wife and I just purchased. I really went back and forth between the Polaris Ranger 800 and the JD Gator 825i. I like the workhorse qualities of the JD, but...
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