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I cheat! Both my FEL attachments (4-in-1 & forks) are on pallets in a concrete-floored shed, and the pallet-jack makes it easy to pick them up and manoeuvre them into the exact spot. The attachment is the Euro hitch. Same goes for equipment for the rear lift arms, except for the 6' slasher which...

OK, I think I understand now. Incidentally, they were only two-wheel rear drive, but the diff lock feature means it's highly unlikely you'd ever get stuck in slush too badly. Sort of halfway between 2WD and 4WD. Comfort wise, I'm 6'2'' and there's still more travel available on the seat rails...

I don't get the reference.:confused: Is it complimentary? Or sort of an Appalachians-style thing?

Here in Australia, it was a Ford BA series, RTV variant. The RTV apparently stood for Rough Terrain Vehicle - beefed up & raised suspension, diff lock, under-body guards, different diff ratio, 4 speed automatic, 1 tonne carrying capacity and drives with the comfort of a normal car. Fantastic...

I have a Ford cab/chassis with 4.0 litre straight 6 engine. The other day, after several recent starts, it just wouldn't start again - no cranking, no clicks, nothing - but after removing and replacing the 60A ignition fuse (fusible link) all was good. After starting, just for interest, when the...

We use VoIP with our existing analog Panasonic "cordless" phone system. The base unit plugs into an ATA (Analog Telephone Adapter) which is a small adapter box made by Cisco. After programming it, it then takes an ethernet cable from the router to complete the connection. Our Panasonic system...

I've had this one for about 20 years now. It's super heavy duty, and was made by an engineering firm about an hour's drive away. As you can see, the head-stock pivots so there's absolutely no stress on anything when going through a dip, or when pushing it backwards up a slope. By adjusting the...

I would think having both solid could put excessive force on some links/parts when going through a dip for example?

Wagtail, yeah - we really are spoiled with the range, quality & price of decent full bodied reds here. Back in 2020 I went to an aviation conference in New Orleans (NBAA) and one of the aircraft companies took a few of us Aussies out to dinner one night. The Penfolds Bin 389 flowed like water...

Those strap wrenches are good (if you have the room beside the filter can). Then I moved on to a tri-claw, as in the photo below; but for my Yamaha ATV where space is really tight, I bought a cup type - brilliant!

I've had one of those for a good many years, mainly for water pumping and big hose fittings. In particular securing camlock fittings into 1 1/2" HDPE pipe. To fit those barbed aluminium fittings, I need to heat the end of the pipe in boiling water for 20 seconds or so to soften it enough to bang...

2017 Outback - the slightly upmarket version with sunroof, leather seats and a few other goodies. Didn't want the sunroof (and have never used it, not here in Australia - we try to keep OUT of the sun!) but from memory it had RCTA (rear cross traffic alert), blind spot monitoring, and a couple...

My neighbour has just acquired an old posthole digger in good condition apart from pissing oil. Before he opens it to inspect the gears, bearings, etc and replace the seals, he wonders if anyone here can ID the gearbox? It has no exterior markings:

Hi all, thanks to your suggestions, I soapy-water checked the bead, and found the leak! A close inspection revealed some tiny woody fragments wedged in the gap, but not visible from a distance. Lost nearly 2 psi overnight. The local (20km / 12 miles away) tyre service is coming down early next...

Thanks for the replies guys - much appreciated. Give me a couple days and I'll report back.

My Kioti RX8030 (76hp to give you an idea of the size) is just over two years old now, and has just developed a slow leak in one of the rear tyres - maybe one psi per day (and it's only got 13psi to start with!) The R1 tyre and rim look perfectly seated, and I thoroughly cleaned the area around...

I didn't know whether to put this in the Lawn & Gardening section, or here in Land Clearing Equipment - but this is the right place, given the nearly 50 years of tough yakka it's done! (Blade, not whippy-snippy nylon string) We had the engine overhauled at half life (about 25 years ago), and...

I've owned a Davis Vantage Vue for a couple years now, and have had to clean the rainfall module twice. So I'll make it an annual exercise to climb a ladder, undo two bolts & take it down, clean the module & put it back up -- a 15 minute job, so not a big issue compared with the usefulness of...

My woodchipper (WC88 - Woodland Mills) uses a directional valve which features the same sort of arrangement to adjust the force required to move the infeed roller selector valve from one detent to another - ie Forward - Centre (neutral) - Reverse How it works, and I discovered this only last...

Do you remove the lid first, then drill the hole, then put the lid back on? If not, how do you ensure than no plastic swarf falls into the pail?

You got it.

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/ballandean-queensland-woman-loses-both-her-legs-and-arm-in-machinery-tractor-accident/ar-AA14uz0C

It's a bit of a kludge, but if the car radio head has an earplug jack, something like this adapter would do the job.

It wound up tight as, and gave the clutch a good workout...

Takes me back to my flying training in a Cessna 172. We'd be on a cross country exercise, cruising at anywhere from three to seven thousand feet, and the instructor would pull the power back to idle (to simulate an engine failure) and have the student (me) look around for a suitable forced...

Tractor won't fit through the gate into the house yard, and even if it did, it might be a tad overkill to use a 75hp tractor with FEL to collect lawn clippings! 😊

UPDATE: I bought a new tube. Installed it, pumped a little air in to seat everything, and all good, so clipped the filler on to the valve stem, held the trigger until the gauge registered 30 psi, then released the trigger. What happened next was all very quick. I heard a faint hissing, looked...

Why is it that small wheels with inner tubes keep going flat? One of our wheelbarrows with a 13" wheel, with inner tube, just won't hold pressure. I've removed the tube, inflated it, and it shows no leaks. The valve does not appear to leak. But after re-assembly and inflating to 30 psi, next...

Here's what I did with my new Kioti. I didn't want to drill holes and drive screws in to the OEM tubes (top and bottom), so welded angle iron to the tubes, also bent some strip steel and tacked it down both sides. I regard the expanded grill as being sacrificial, to protect the (no doubt...

Did any of you guys ever have an early (50's) VW Beetle, with the fuel reserve toggle down by your left foot (Australia - right-hand drive)? I can remember on a few occasions, when running low on fuel, I'd fiddle with my toes (barefoot) to flick the lever into "reserve" mode before attempting to...

I have a magnetic broom (old broom with powerful magnets taped all along the head) which I used to find one major fragment, the piece of steel rod, and lots of smaller chips, but I could not find the second major fragment. It must have been ejected via the chute along with all the other bits...

The offending item must have been delivered in a load of mulch years ago, and spread under our olive trees. During pruning and chipping yesterday, I raked the prunings into a heap and into the chipper! The anvil (bedding plate) on the Woodland Mills WC88 is totally unscathed. Must be made of...

You'd love this then! There's a chain of them in Australia, built along the lines of the pub in a Ken Maynard cartoon strip. You do a double-take when you first see one for real:

Now that's just good "house-keeping". I just remembered I had an obsession at one stage over locking the doors at night. I'd lock them and go to bed, but even though I knew I'd locked them, I just had to get up and re-check. That happened for quite a while. I'm not sure how I got over that OCD...

I'm nearly finished putting up a new mini-shed and run for the chooks. The old one is getting tired, and offers no resistance to vermin (mice and native rats). So it's a pre-fab garden shed, on a concrete slab we poured, with an outside run I drew up on a CAD program I'm learning to drive. OK...

Not exactly in keeping with the concept, but you use what you've got. 2.4m x about 1.6m (8' x 5'), the flat bed of the ute (Aussie for "Utility Vehicle", in US a Flat-bed pickup, I guess) serves as my portable work bench and works a treat!

Build 'em in deserts? Nah, not here - that's too far from the population centres hugging the coastline. Put 'em in good farmland - much more convenient!

Not long after getting my first tractor with a FEL (47hp LG/LS) my brother and I were cleaning out the rocks & boulders from a section of creek at the bottom of our property, so it would be deep enough to form a good reservoir to pump from. I had the tractor right in the creek, facing upstream...

Perhaps there is some air still trapped in the hydraulic system? I would try giving the hydraulic system a good workout. Full movement, all directions, quite a few times. It cannot hurt, but may just flush out the trapped air.

Getting more of a feel for what's going on here. The different thread types, major diameters, thread counts, etc is a bit of a nightmare! It now looks like the tapered ends of the adapters definitely mate with the hose fitting. The tilt cylinder adapter has the o-ring on one side (and is a...

Regarding fitting the hydraulic hoses for the angle and tilt cylinders - the adapters supplied for the angle cylinder have parallel threads on one end, and tapered threads on the other end. I had the idea that these adapters relied on an o-ring to make a good seal on the cylinder, however there...

I've just taken delivery of a new Australian badged, Chinese made 8' grader blade. Does anyone recognise this as one imported into and sold in North America? And if you happen to own one of these, did you have to modify the stand as I did? (Pics below)

My first thought was something evil, maybe KKK.

I just had to remind myself you weren't talking about English pencil erasers here. :mad:

In this part of the world, they're commonly just called a "shifter". Then again, we call a "torch" what you guys call a flashlight.

I don't think Michael will mind my posting this. I asked whether a 38mm roller would be detrimental to the service life of the cogged belts.

When I initially contacted WM Au, they sent me four new belts (plain V belts, not the cogged ones!) which are still on the shelf. I'm keeping that set for emergency spares. WM Canada recently also suggested mis-alignment of the pulleys was the most likely cause of belt deterioration, rather...

Thanks guys - points taken. Max size of prunings is 100mm diameter, but mostly 75mm or smaller, with lots of even smaller leafy branches. All fresh green wood as well, nothing older than 2 days. So the machine just eats it all. I wouldn't think the machine is over-working itself. And just so no...

My belts fell apart in the first year, with around 100 hours use. The replacements (2nd photo) have been on for 18 months and another 100 hours or so of operation. There's a big workout coming again this April/May with the next pruning of the olive trees. Maybe I should regard them as...

Well, that's interesting. I simply ordered four belts, assuming that four from the same manufacturer would be identical. I had not heard (until now) that belts could be ordered and supplied as a set. And that might explain why two of them are "looser" than the other two. Not by much, but...

The first photo I posted shows the original OEM belts which totally failed, and which were replaced with a new set which star in the second photo. These are now showing signs of cracking/deterioration - hence the bigger roller. But as long as the current belts (second photo) retain all their...

I had adjusted the belts' tension as per the manual (6mm deflection under "firm" pressure) but, maybe I wasn't firm enough. I'll toughen up, apply even firmer tension, and reset the springs. And are you guys using toothed belts, or plain?

I've owned a WC88 for nearly three years now. Great machine. Our tractor then was a 47hp LG (now known as LS) and from memory it's PTO delivered around 38hp. We used it to chip prunings from olive trees. Average max diameter of pruned branches was around 100mm (4"), but the 8" capacity meant...

I've just fabricated a bigger diameter tension roller for my WC88 to hopefully extend the life of the belts. The belt manufacturer (Gates) recommends a minimum diameter of 6" (152mm) for a backside idler (tension roller), but the WM design is only 38mm (1.5"). Is anyone else out there...

The outer layer of the aircraft windscreen is usually tempered glass.

After 500 hours on the new Kioti (well, 15 months old, but still feels like "new"), the front windscreen of the cab had many many grease splodges as a result of greasing all the zerks on the loader & bucket every 20-25 hours. So - how best to clean the glass? From many years of flying corporate...

Good idea, but --- it's opaque black! 3.78 litres = 1 US gallon

The problem in "pusher mode" is that even with the two front swivelling wheels on the mower, when trying to turn uphill, the weight of the mower is just too much for the quad bike's front wheels to effect any change in direction. Even with 4WD selected, the front steering wheels of the bike...

You sound like my lovely wife of 50+ years. Doesn't go much on people, prefers animals, and reckons you're doing well if you've got 3 or 4 REAL friends in your life! Hope the wedding goes well for you all, and as others have said, that your daughter has a good man to spend her life with.

What sort of cat's that? Cougar? or just a big feral?

Trail cam! My neighbour has a large avocado orchard, and something/s was doing severe damage to some newly replaced trees. We suspected feral pigs, trail-cam confirmed it, big trap then set up, and problem solved. Then some time later, their deck was being visited in the wee small hours. From...

I wonder whether going over a bump with that large boulder in the grapple might have been the "straw that broke the camel's back"?

As I went out to close the door to the chook pen for the night, I noticed this industrious little chappie, for about the sixth night in a row. Can't see him during the day, but every night, there he is: And then onto the brew shed, and saw this magnificent chap (or chapess?): Life's good...

With the owner's permission, I'd be draining a sample of fluids from the front axle/hubs, also checking what the fluids on the dip sticks for the engine and transmission look/feel like. Not definitive, but "might" provide some insight into it's maintenance.

My 2021 Kioti (in Australia) has a Tier 5 engine. This straight from the horse's mouth today, so to speak (my state-based tech rep). My machine does not have DPFs, DEFs, or any other obvious Tier 4 emissions gear. I believe the Tier 5 engines feature lower noise, vibrations, etc. Certainly the...

One instance I had where a multimeter caused me a wrong diagnosis: The airconditioner on the (previous) tractor stopped putting out cold air. OK then, check that the electrically operated clutch on the compressor was getting 12v. Yep, multimeter registered 12v when ac knob rotated to the ON...

I'm not familiar with specific CUTs and small utility tractors, but the RX8030 level floor (ie - no hump) is a plus for me. So that aspect could well be a candidate for your list. I'm also around 6'1", and don't have to do too much contorting to get in & out of the cab, however whenever the...

A bit late with this, but was just annotating the photos in Photoshop:

Yes - stock standard:

After I added a grill guard, I checked with my local Kioti dealer for a spray can of Kioti orange, but they were out of stock, so I visited a spray shop. After visually matching the original guard frame with different swatch books, we (not the "Royal" we!) made a selection, and it was as close...

Here are a couple pics which hopefully will be helpful! The starter motor for the Kohler gets it's power from the ATV, and I've disconnected the charging circuit of the Kohler. I didn't want to have the ATV AND the Kohler both pumping charge into the ATV's battery. It might not have been...

We bought such a mower in 2003 and found it was quite unwieldy on any sort of a slope when trying to turn uphill. It has three cutting discs, for a total width of 60 inches, and was powered by a Kohler 16hp single cylinder. The manufacturer recognised the steering limitations, and offered an...

In my childhood, Mr Morgan - the milkman - rolled up every morning and filled the empty saucepan which had been left on the front steps the night before! Health Departments would be in apoplexy now!!! (But I'm still here...)

So THAT'S how you got your username! :cool:

Hi from the mid-latitudes of Australia - and welcome to TBN. Nice to have you here.

I used the Timberline for a while, but found I couldn't get the grinding burr to consistently rest on the bottom of the chain. After a few sharpens, the undercut of the cutting tooth disappeared (Angle X), and came closer to a right angle over time. So I've gone back to using a file with the...

Factory plastic still on the seat after all this time - amazing! But well done you. Enjoy it.

But if you wanted different sized holes delivered, you could transport them one inside the other, yes?

I always got a chuckle from The Wizard Of Id. One of my favourites was when the arms salesman made his pitch to Rodney: "Can I interest you in some arrow-proof armour?" Says Sir Rodney: "You sold us some last year!" "OK then, how about some armour-piercing arrows." And talking of twists...

A mate of mine has a Toyota Huski 4SDK8 skid-steer, and has a need for a slasher (rotary mower/bush-hog). Is the idea of running a mower on the front of a "Bobcat" sound? He's heard that they can "run hot", but would this be caused by a mis-match perhaps - ie too big a slasher for the...

At the risk of this thread deteriorating into a serious thread, sometimes it helps to look at things from the other perspective. I just love this one:

I got hold of one of these decades ago, and it was a real hoot watching the shocked and puzzled expression of drivers when they started their engine with one of these pushed on to the end of their exhaust pipe. Now the design's been brought into the 21st century, and they flog 'em off as...

It's a job for people with very long and slender fingers who are careful not to damage the fine fins of the radiator, while at the same time don't mind skinning their knuckles! In my fan replacement job, my wife wouldn't step up to the job, and my fingers are kinda fattish, but I finally got the...

I'm just so pleased that I saw the deterioration in time (refer photo posted earlier on the LG fan). The damage to the radiator would likely have been severe had it disintegrated! And thinking back, it was a really tight fit replacing it with the new one. That's when I bought a set of ratchet...

I had a plastic fan blade failure on my old LG (LS) 47hp. Tractor had done less than 1000 hours, but was able to get a new one from Korea (vis the Australian dealer) in about 10 days, for not a lot more than AU$100 delivered, so pretty happy with that service and price. Old one just was falling...

Two of the "musts" for me with the new tractor were (1) a cab, and (2) that it would fit in the shed. Reference (1), with summer mowing/slashing for 30 or so acres of pasture, it's nice to climb in to the cab on a hot and humid day, crank up the (excellent) aircon, and get the job done in...

I'd only had the new Kioti for less than a week when I reversed it into the shed with the door open. There's not a lot of room each side of the tractor, and the shed post and the door handle came together. The crunch of breaking plastic caught my attention! The impact ripped out the lower...

I'm trying to understand the figures here. Breakout Force is quoted for the pivot pin. So does this assume that with the pivot pin stationary, the breakout force is that which is applied by the bucket cylinders? And if so, by extrapolation, can one then calculate the breakout force at the lip...

Hello Michael Having just celebrated (in a quiet way - a bottle of bubbly) our 50th wedding anniversary just last week, your post is very very close to thoughts I am increasingly having, and I'm becoming teary and emotional as I type this. We're on 40 acres, and yes for sure, it's taken both...

We've been doing a fair bit of clearing over the years, of woody stemmed weeds/trees usually from a half inch up to around three inches diameter, and find "Access" does the job well. Mixed with diesel 30:1 (diesel:Access). From the supplier's website: Access Herbicide is a specialised herbicide...

Thank you Eric - great video. That's an education for me here at 27 degrees South (just south of the Tropic of Capricorn). With summer on the way, all my tractor activities for the next 6 months (slashing/mowing, and spraying) will have the aircon cranked up to full cool!

The manual for my non-Tier 4 RX8030 (excerpt below) is very specific regarding the importance of warm-up/cool-down periods. But how do you guys with Tier 4 turbo-charged engines reconcile the requirement for extended warm-up times at low rpm, with increasing the frequency of regens? Or is that...

Well, I've settled for the moment on 19psi fronts & 13psi rears. That's based on having a 500kg load on the loader (bucket off, forks on, 500kg on pallet) in which case I would also use the slasher/mower/bush hog as rear ballast. With no load front or back, the pressures will be higher than...

Roundabouts near international airports are fun when arrivals from "other side of the road" countries, hop into a hire-car...