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Cast iron is a product full of challenges when you weld. Cast iron is porous, it isn't pure iron, there is a component of air, other impure gasses. Heat it to molten, there is a risk of poor fusion. Then! you have a metal with low tensile strength. ALL welds shrink in the cooling process. A weld...

If I recall there is 1/2 inch difference between your pitch & mine. The absolute authority of Dresser crawlers claims to have found a flaw in the parts system. First year warranty issue, he arrived with the wrong parts.

I visited you once several years ago. I was well impressed with your world. I could improve on your welder. I was surprised about the differences with your crawler & mine. If I recall something like 500 difference between your serial # and mine. As I remember these tractors were available with...

My first tractor at age 9 was a Cub. Dad & I built a homemade wooden snow plow. Push rods, hop hornbeam trunks, pivoted under the seat. Made a L shaped of square tube piece passed through the casting behind the front axle. A plank cross member there had a square hole to keep the push rods...

Mine is Bill, My perversion is anything made of iron. I grew up 1/2 mile from the IH dealer, so most of my iron is red. I apologize, IH stopped making bulldozers too soon, mine is Dresser, TD7G not far in serial number from Gordon Gould. My backhoe is Case 580 SuperN. At the antique tractor...

I got a lesson last week. Our volunteer fire chief has had a long range goal: In his life he wants the fire house, shared by two very small towns to be an emergency shelter for all of the townspeople. His vision included a giant generator big enough that everybody in town could bring any load...

A generator in good condition is about two components when it comes to starting motors. The generator component will have limited output capacity. Most will tolerate surge load very briefly. The concern is overheating a component. Engine & drivetrain os the other. Motor loads spike the current...

There is a lot can go wrong. A hint might be in the way it has been stored. Weather is a problem for these & even shed storage where some blowing rain & snow can blow on it is bad. Mice, insects, & even temperature changes are a concern. If Yours is of the variety I think it is the internals are...

I have a different opinion. I sold, installed & did service on Generac standby generators when yours was new. For reasons take too long to express, I stepped away from Generac, (then Guardian) 10 years ago, my son wanted to get back in. We are electricians, and hobby mechanics. These days we...

Try a pipe sliced to accept the cutting edge, might help. Shoes must be very large to help with your rig. Any way to lock your loader boom near the ground & float only the bucket curl?

I built a homemade rig with a Fisher snow plow. It took the place of the bucket. The pivot point of the float is forward of the steering wheel 5' above the ground. It was not a great success! It seemed the tractor had a lot in common with an 8000 LB pole vaulter. In a later rig, My son took same...

I've had numerous makeshift plows in my life. Currently I use a Case 580 Super N with no snow equipment, just a bucket. In my youth we had a different climate. 1970/1971 we had enough snow to ride snowmobiles onto the roof of a high elevation 1-1/2 story camp near here. Recent years not so much...

Mine on a 1950 Farmall Cub would occasionally break the bottom plank. Neighbor made me shoes of 14 gauge flat stock to weld up & bolt on helped a lot. Eventually replaced the bottom plank with American Elm. Never broke a plank again!

1965 I was 9 years old, Dad bought me a 1950 Farmall Cub. Wasn't a big tractor, but better than the crappy little snow blower. I soon was clearing six driveways in VT. It was a big job with the anemic blower. Plow had two push rods made of Hardhack (Hop Hornbeam). They bolted at front to 3" x...

You haven't said how big the trees are. I have pulled trees since 1987 when I bought a Power Wagon with two PTO powered winches. I set the truck far away from the tree, use a ladder to climb 20' up the tree trunk. A 20 foot tall tree trunk is a heck of a lever. Most trees 24" and smaller come...

A weak weld will have 60,000 PSI strength. Fusion to weldment is usually the point of failure. Still the weld is over engineered for the application. This is unsightly, but won't fail attached to a compact utility loader bucket.

Diesel fuel is about 1.5 times the energy potential in a given volume of fuel. Diesel explodes more steadily expanding to push the piston down, less of a bang that gasoline gives. More power is extracted from equal energy from a diesel. Because compression is greater, motor components must be...

I'm not sure what is wrong with your valve. Could it be repaired by a competent hydraulic machinist, or a used valve from a salvage yard? 25 years ago I bought a JD 410 1973? model year. After an hour run time it hadn't power enough to lift the rear bucket & front bucket was very slow. It was...

Those are dangerous in more ways than one. The Dayton wheels are getting less common as older trucks cease to be on the road. It is critically important to keep them at correct torque. Buy a torque wrench, use it often. I had a triaxle trailer with Dayton wheels. It was a nightmare keeping tires...

In many cases a generator is capable of more load than it's prime mover. Cheap generators this is more often true. Buy a bargain generator at a big box store, it'll stumble starting motor loads. As the engine stumbles, magnetic field in the motor crashes & less magnetic choke leaves little to...

1987 I bought an old tractor, then a Bush Hog 105. My land included two small "meadows" totaling ten acres. 1946 the land stopped being used for cattle. By 1967 it was overgrown with 8" cherry trees. those trees were cut down & left there. By 1987 when I bought it each stump had sprouted 8 to...

Dot requires 4 chains for the tractor, a fifth for the bucket. Experts will insist cross chaining is best, it isn't always practical. I haul a number of lighter tractors & automobiles. I also haul a 16000 LB backhoe & a 14000 LB dozer. I have 6 5/16 grade 70 chains 12' long & for the bigger...

Wild guess here, I don't own any Kubota. My new to me Case 580 Super N has so many alarms! It has taken a while to get used to them. I had an alarm come on soon after I bought it looked like you describe, but with a wrench. Turned out to be time for engine service. Before the complex exhaust...

Difficult is PTO. Likely it won't engage well when nothing is moving, or when moving fast. Lots of variety in these. My last truck; low low, ease the clutch just enough to move the vehicle 1/4 inch, If cable actuated, it'll mesh. My present truck low, ease off the brake just enough to feel a...

A friend has one. His has a Fast Hitch & an adapter for three point equipment. The locals get together for antique tractor pulls. There are a few older guys have BIG tractors heavily modified for the purpose. As they age, it's never sure they'll show. They probably average $50,000 spent on a...

I weld aluminum all the time with AC. Aluminum forms an oxide layer almost immediately. Oxide melts at about twice the temperature clean aluminum does & you can't make filler stick to it. I have tried welding DC. You have to run Electrode Negative. It only works in thick stuff. Form a puddle...

I started the house in 1980, moved in in "81. Plan A was to store wood in the cellar, and have a dumbwaiter to the first floor. 8 cords went into the cellar. Two years later, the bug population it supported was a big concern. I switched to a big Mason's wheelbarrow. It was new, clean, and I...

It has duals already. Fire truck will become dump truck to replace this. Willie

I always liked the IH utility tractors, a nice one came up for sale ten miles away. I bought a 1100 hour 385 with 2200 IH loader, and 5' hog. The cutting edge on the loader bucket has paint. The seat is still perfect! Somewhere in the mid eighties, It is still a nice tractor. 35 hp is a nice...