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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 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...

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...

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...