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I have 30hp at the PTO, on 6. Not an issue if you rip the grass with a subsoiler first. The Hydro lets you creep along at about 1km/h so its done in one pass to full depth. I think the biggest mistake with a rototiller is just trying to go too fast.

I have the same tiller also known as chinese yct-066, Its all right enough. But in new areas I always go for an explore with the subsoiler in two directions first, finds all the big rocks!

Get one that is a few inches wider than your back tires so you can cover your tracks. I have a Westward Branded, Chinese built one, works great.

No part 2 yet I have to get the wife to take some action video from the side, but its snowing today so it might be a tall order lol. The ziptie on the right was only for alignment but has already been made obsolete on the left side. Currently printing off the right side with the update that...

I put some time in this winter to fixing the the John Deere quick tach manual pins only issue. Finally warm enough to install and start testing it out, worked well changed the bucket a couple dozen times before it got dark.

Good lesson in not modifying and maintaining the shear bolt / slip clutch mechanism on the PTO shaft. Tough transmission though.

Build a good product, forever have your name associated with it.

If you are cutting a large lawn auto steer is a nice option, it may seem silly but only overlapping only 10cm saves a pile of fuel and time. Plus it does the turns and headlands automatically. Not to mention the finished result looks pretty good.

Zero turn is great if you have tons of obstacles. The gas powered ones are fast but eat fuel like crazy. If you have long straight runs zero turn gets to be a chore to control. Zero turn is a one trick pony only cuts grass. If your area is predominantly open a little diesel tractor is much more...

The new ones are the most reliable, until they are not. Reliability takes maintenance, so any brand that has parts readily available and somewhat generic is the best pick.

Had to take a vw jetta filter off with a 24” pipe wrench once….. hope you can get it without that level of hassle. Ive noticed a troubling trend, lube rack people bucking on filters with an electric impacts. No training, big problems. Factory filters are also a chore as the oring is not...

Hire a bulldozer for the roots, clean up after him. If you can get a permit to burn, and its safe to do it gets a pile of work in very little time.

But you can always buy the new model year, before the end of the actual year. I bought a 2010 cummins in the fall of 2009.

Get cats Had rodent issues until I sourced some good semi feral barn cats, within ten acres do not even have moles anymore. Feed them just enough they know where home is, and in the winter.

Other than the old truck being a rolling oil leak from dried up seals, lets say all the rest worked. It will eat more fuel than two new ones. At current fuel prices the operational cost difference could be put towards a newer one. Also just like tractors the newer trucks are generally much more...

When a dealer is selling lots of big stuff like combines, the commissions make them seem to forget the smaller transactions. Deere seems pretty good but you are paying top dollar no matter what. Buying small 3 point implements from most dealers is a painful experience over the phone. Much...

Maintenance I like to do because it lets me know everything that is going on with the tractor. But big repairs are sometimes more cost effective at the dealer.

Think about a train locomotive, smooth steel wheels on smooth steel rails. Weight should be proportional to the job. Ballast is your friend.

Why are NFL linebackers not 90lbs? Its the Laws of Physics, not the theory of Physics. If you want to move 10tons, Its a lot easier if you have that much mass or more built in to the equipment doing the moving. Proper machine size and ballasting works wonders. Being very heavy but with...

I had a large bobcat come out, was $200/hr cdn operator and fuel included. It covered 2ac/8hr day through 12” poplars and brush. So $800 an acre or $1600 a day, it did not even leave stumps. Can’t cover the depreciation wrecking a mower even for that money. The hidden rocks he found, I am glad...

If its just a couple acres, this is the ticket. Why bust up your own rig?

Just hire a forestry mulcher, everything will be ground to paste in a day. then use your compact to clean up after.

Use ULSD, run within 80% to rated rpm, dont idle around, should have no worries. Tier 4 on a CUT is not bad because your running them hot enough doing most PTO tasks, like cutting the lawn. Run it like a power tool and not like a museum piece and you will be fine. We had a strech of -40C and...

The magnum would be lucky to have liquid in the rear. The way its currently set up its rears light and requires an implement to keep the rear down. Physics in action. Learn how ballast works and you are glued to the ground.

Ballast is hugely important, If your too light you will just spin your tires. On a road compaction is not an issue, be as Heavy as practical. its much easier to move 10,000lbs of snow, if you weigh that much or more to start with. Cast iron weights are not sold as fashion accessories. Its also...

Step one reduce your rear tires pressure until the contact surface is flat. Then get your ballast figured out. Chains are only needed on crazy slopes like in the mountains, they work but are a pain. On the flat its all about ballast and contact. Studs sounds like a very expensive procedure...

No airless, would not paint a car with one. But for spray can type jobs they are exactly whats required.

Found some confusion in this thread. DPF - Diesel Particulate Filter, all diesels including tractors over 25.5HP DEF - Diesel Exhaust Fluid, dilute Urea in water to be injected after the DPF into the SCR. DEF is not a part on the machine. SCR - Selective Catalytic Reduction, The SCR is...

Yes the new cans suck, I have switched to airless sprayer for most paint purposes. Paints now are mostly waterbase so cleanup is easy. Also at the price of cans it just makes sense.

Its been -30C or colder all week, hit -42C last Thursday. Northern Alberta is the land global warming forgot. 0w40 synthetic, ps diesel antigel (brand really does not matter), block heater after -20C for the new electronic diesels, transmission heater with hy gaurd low viscosity hst fluid. Any...

I think the current codes are fine, the biggest safety prevention feature of any machine is the operator. Ive yet to see a parked machine have a wreck. Like buddy with the hydradeck, a little to fast for design. You cant bubblewrap the world for people who ignore physics.

Look for shedded. Look for an old guy who bought it new and put 88hrs, and 6 oil changes through it in 5 years. That approach has worked for me. The 75hp and below units 50/50 end up being yard decorations. I do 300hrs a year even at that pace it will be a decade, and electric tractor time...

Just a quick suggestion before chains, If your tires are at max inflation and the tread is high domed they will not grip great. Let the pressure out until the tire tread sits flatter on the ground. Makes a pile of difference, if that or ballast does not work add the chains.

1.4 The test requirements for ROPS are intended to provide protection for an operator wearing a seat belt under at least the following conditions: (a) a 360° roll about the machine longitudinal axis on a hard clay surface of a 30° maximum slope, at forward speeds up to 16 km/h, without losing...

I would still go with the yanmar, its easier to get parts in North America. Can get them from either deere or yanmar. No Kukje dealer in the area.

There is a reason Deere uses yanmar for all its little tractors, they are an extremely reliable power plant. I would go with the Yanmar.

Its the reason I started loving cummins, a coworker on a pipeline job was starting his at -25C not plugged in….. but no grid heater, he did not realize you had to wait to start, he would just turn the key past. I figured if the engine lasted as long as it did with no special treatment and no...

After -45C cummins really need to get plugged in or you are staying home. I do not plug mine in unless its -20c. Synthetic oil is worth every penny.

From Northern Alberta, ive tested it lots. 6.7 always starts. Not like the -10C plug in hybrid powerstrokes lol. Here is a guy at -37C not even an issue. 6 in a row and built to tow!

To put it another way, the 6.7 starts at -40C without being plugged in. No aids other than the grid heater. Not the best for it but it will do it. Lets see anything from before 2000 pull that off, the list has almost no members. The old mechanicals, might as well stay home in the cold. The new...

Still don't understand the maintenance argument electronic vs mechanical. Only diesel issues I have ever had have been the old mechanical ones. The mechanical pumps run really rough on a good day too. We sell off our fleet trucks at 600,000km none have had engine issues since cummins went...

Have a 220L diesel tank I can move with the forks. Fill it up 3x a year, has an electric pump. Saves tons of time, back ache, and spillage. Also nice having some reserve when they pull the diesel shortage bs every fall.

I bought my tractor it was 5 years old and had 88hrs, do I care about the starting hours or years anymore, hell no we have had so much fun together. Also you do not want to be an overly difficult customer, complaining over non existent problems can get you in the extra markup on maintenance club.

I have used it extensively in the woods skidding, the trees bounce off the plastic. Hydro static is very nice no gears always the right speed no shifting. Only problem to start was getting enough ballast in the right places the stock tractor is very light. Once that was fixed its a champ.

They probably burned up 12 hours easy, just loading and off loading, moving it from one side of the yard to the other, also they probably started it a few times to show its features to other customers at the dealership. out of a 10,000hr lifespan its 0.1%, its new.

LOL Tell me Citiots (city idiots) are trying to micro manage rural areas, without telling me Citiots are trying to micro manage rural areas.

I love the plastic on the Deere, no dents, no rust, no paint chips, no rattles.

Usually spot them in old timers yards melting with rust never alone usually a collection, they wont part them out, fix or scrap them they just sit there. Usually hoarding junk machinery is good alzheimers / dementia disease flag.

I would not go smaller than my 3038e on 10 acres. But if I go any larger frame size it would be completely useless as a lawn mower and garden tractor. Mostly depends what you are doing with it. But at 2200ft asl, Turbos make all the difference.

If* maintained, used but not abused, 10,000hrs. But don't kid yourself, if your using it you will be fixing it all the way along.

Lets see some photos?

It took a bit of time but i fabricated a bracket to hold the steering motor much tighter to the steering column to save space. The 1x2" piece of steel makes a handy conduit for the steering cable. Last was making the GPS antenna match the JD colour scheme, looks pretty good. I got the...

It finally happened i got one **** of a deal on an EZ guide plus and a steering motor $250CDN!!! So naturally i am going to put in on my compact tractor, I have a few pics of the install. Not for the faint of heart........ It was not really meant to install on this small a tractor. The first...

I push with a hydrostatic 3038e, 6ft snow pusher. Set the rubber blade 3/8" above the shoes and it catches no gravel, dream to use. No problem on stock R4's running 16 psi in the rears, and 750lbs 3pt Ballast.

To make the lettering was quite the process. First I took a picture of the front end of my dads old AR John Deere. Then after some photo shop touch ups, imported into Autocad Fusion 360. Then traced it out, compiled a CNC file then cut it out with a plasma table. The letters are 1/4" mild...

Hello, Longtime reader first time poster. I was brushing and had a stick go through my grille. So i devised this retro grille guard to resemble an AR deere Radiator. It sure catches a lot of attention, especially from Two Cylinder fanatics.