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I've been giving serious thought to the purchase of a used tracked skid steer for use on my own property. I own a small tractor that I used for most of my chores, but my property is heavily wooded and I'd like to be able to run a brush cutter in between the trees to open things up. There's...

I bought my tractor new over 17 years ago, and the ball joint broke while I was running over some very rough terrain in the woods, so I'm not REAL upset that it broke. I was unhappy that a replacement part is so expensive. $300 is absolutely insane for a $50 tie-rod end welded to a short length...

The part arrived fairly quickly from an eBay seller who had one in surplus, so I paid just $15 for a replacement tie rod end. But the replacement was not exactly as was removed from the tractor. I had to cut the threaded bit of the new tie rod end to make it much shorter, and cut the old ball...

I did as you suggested and went to the Moog webpage and found a tie-rod end that should work. I'll have to cut off the ball joint from the old tie rod end, thread the rest of the tube, and thread the new tie-rod end into the old tube. Just in case anyone else wants to do fix this problem for...

THAT is what I was trying to find. THANK YOU!

I'll check with the local dealer, but I found one online for almost a grand.

Right side. Yeah, the price seems insane, which is why I was looking to replace the ball joint. It looks like it's a common failure, and Branson now offers and update kit with heavier components, but for nearly $1000. de KC7TEN

I just broke the ball-joint on the right side tie rod of my Branson 4220. Unfortunately, the ball joint is welded onto a short piece of threaded pipe, about 5 inches long. I did a quick search of the Branson websites, and it looks like they want almost $300 for the part. Do any of you know of...

My Branson 4220 has just developed a problem, or at least I just noticed it. The gearbox grinds hard when I try to shift the PTO into the 1000 rpm position, hard enough that I cannot get it to engage. It shifts normally into the 540 rpm position, though. When I shut the engine off the shifter...

I imagine someone here has run into this before and can offer some useful advice: I'm building a house in eastern Tennessee, which is just about complete. I intend to use blown-in insulation in the attic, but I'm unsure how to insulate the wall that divides the attic from the great room, which...

Greetings all. A little over three weeks ago I had a new sod lawn installed in the front yard of my house in east-central TN. A week later the back yard was installed for a total of about 12,000 square feet of Kentucky bluegrass / fescue mix. I lost confidence in the guy who installed the...

I'm building a house on 20 acres in eastern Tennessee. The property is wooded, but it was likely logged 50 or 60 years ago, as most of the trees are under 18" in diameter. I'm looking to clear the underbrush and saplings from between the larger trees, leaving the woods more open than they are...

I'm pretty much a bike nut. Right now I have five, down from a high of 8. I recently moved cross country, and couldn't bring them all, but I couldn't bear to part with some of them. The pic attached is of one of my all-time favorites, my 89 Yamaha RD-350. This is nearly the same as the RZ's sold...

Last Wednesday I made a lumber run and loaded up my 24' box truck with T&G paneling for the interior of the house I'm building. I decided to just leave the lumber in the back of the truck, out of the weather, then to back the truck up to the porch and pull lumber as I need it. In the meantime I...

I had a similar problem after I ordered a hydraulic top-link that was a bit too short. I just extended the connection point of the tractor using a couple of steel plates. They're bolted through the original top-link position and add a few inches. I've never had to remove them, but I could in a...

Here are a couple of pics. Do you want something specific? Yes, I use the ports in the back. The same hydraulics that run the 3-point lift get disconnected from the 3-point and attached to the hoe. I added controls for tilt & top, and that's been really handy, too. In reading through this...

Assembly is complete after about a total of 1 hour. The only "problem" I ran into was that there are two different lengths of bolt used to attach the discharge chute, and I didn't immediately see why. A quick call to the technical section of Woodland Mills and I was golden. (The discharge chute...

I removed the packing material this morning. The entire package, as shipped, weighed about 850 pounds. I think about 250 of that was bubble wrap and plastic! Everything looks good under the wrap. I spent half an hour putting the in-feed chute on. The side panels are a little heavy for one guy...

My new chipper arrived this afternoon. Pretty fast shipping, I ordered it on Friday and got it on Wednesday. The unit was well-packaged, nicely protected. It's the end of my day, so assembly will wait til tomorrow. A couple of pictures are attached.

This morning I ordered a new WC68 wood chipper from Woodland Mills. I looked at several similarly priced models, including the 8" version available on eBay for a little less money, but finally decided that the WM model is right for me. The eBay model, out of California, has its hydraulic hoses...

Hello all, and thanks in-advance for your advice. I've always had great luck asking questions of the guys on this site. I have a Branson 4220 tractor, and it's been great. A year or more ago, though, the glow plug timer started to work intermittently, meaning that it might or might not come on...

My apologies if my questions have been answered elsewhere, but if so I don't see it. I have an old Vermeer 625 chipper that's powered by a very tired Kohler Magnum 20hp engine. The old girl still runs, but I have to keep a close eye on the feed rate and the engine oil. I see that Harbor...

I was using my Branson 4220 in the woods last week, and ran over a root ball. The ball rotated and the stump (only a couple inches across!) rotated up and hit my hydraulic oil filter. The result was a broken filter housing and a ruptured filter. I'd guess five gallons of oil poured out, and of...

This is a question without a lot of background, but the group here is pretty knowlegable, and I hope one of you can help. I have a Vermeer 620 chipper powered by a 20 hp Kohler Magnum engine. The engine label is completely worn away from the engine, so I have no clue what the spec is, and...

I own a Branson 4220 with the BL20A loader. I'd like to add top and tilt, and I'm finding lots of general information, but not much specific. I guess what I REALLY need to know is whether the control for the FEL will allow for "power beyond". Can I just tap off that control and run a new...

Howdy: I bought a new Chinese flail mower from an outfit in Oregon. It works okay, but after relatively few hours the drive-side bearing on the drum has failed. I spent a little time yesterday trying to get it out, but didn't have any luck. This thing uses a "swellable sleeve", held together...

Anyone know where a fellow can buy a service manual for a Branson 4220? My tractor is about two years old now, one more year on the warranty, so I reckon I'll need the manual pretty soon. I've asked at the dealership where I bought the tractor, but so far have had no luck. The tractor's...

Looking for a little advice here. I have a 42 hp Branson tractor that works pretty well on my ten-acres. I've been doing a lot work trying to get the brush and small saplings out from between the bigger trees, and am thinking that a mower may be in order. But I'm not sure whether a rotary or...