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My uncle thinks he wants the John Deere 4320 hydro. Any opinions out there? Thanks. Dave

My quick Web research shows they stopped the 3650 in 93. I think 15k is high for machine that old 17 hours aside.

I think that tractor could be 20 years old. HOw does it only have 17 hours?

MY uncle is looking at buying one of these beauties brand new. Dealers are right next to each other (Union, Maine) and have decent reps. cost is about the same too. Kubota is 46 horse vs the JD 42 but other than that the lifting specs, weight, features are about dead even. He is leaning to...

Thanks guys, It would only make sense in this case if the Ford engine would have bolted right in and worked with minimal extra work. I doubt anything will happen now as the International is 36 years old, not as solid as I originally thought, and that 446 pulls pretty good even if it does suck...

Well I guess the answer is no, the block castings for Ford are different that the DT 444. While adaptors can be made it might be more than I want to deal with. For the record, the 446 gas job does pull pretty well!

Hi, Neighbor just bought a gas job (446?) '76 loadstar 1800 with a 5 speed. Sucks the gas! But it is an ex firetruck with a newer 14ft dump body with only 18k on it. He also happens to have no less than 3 rusted out late 80's/early 90's F-350's with the non turbo 7.3. Is that 7.3 a DT...

Thanks, yeah, I tend to agree, if you don't go looking for trouble, you might not find it. My replacement caps are metal and I'm pretty sure the original ones are also, but my rig is mid '80s. Dave

HI, Out at the barn this weekend and noticed a fair bit of fluid draining from the bottom of one of my front axle portals. A quick inspection confirmed the bottom cap had popped off much like a freeze plug and that the other side was popped as well, but no fluid telling me I missed that one...

Bill. I like your setup and may very well copy it. After you replace the toplink with a chain, I wonder if a shock absorber or two would help give you some down pressure but also have some give? Welding a a piece of rr track to the blade might help also if you want down pressure. I think...

Hi, THe front wheels on my '85 Kubota L2850 are getting rusty and now chafe the tubes so they don't last very long. Tried some wire brush action but might be time for some new wheels. I am sure New Kubota wheels are way more than I want to pay. Does anyone know if there is a generic steel...

Here is what I did. I started by welding some angle at the top of the bucket to secure a 3pt carry all frame. 2 pins hold it in at the top of the bucket out of the goo and it is a breeze to take on in off. My dad promptly pretzled the carry all, so I made a heavy duty one out of some scrap in...

I have been meaning to make one that runs off the PTO on my Kubota. I want to take a 4x4 front axle with an open diff and use the short shaft side and find another short shaft and weld it in the center of a drum and shorten the long side tube to take the drummed shorter shaft. I would use the...

Good thread, I have mosquitos here and have been looking at some none chemical ways to reduce and have heard that the propane traps work well. I guess the propane attracts them them the same as our breath and then the get stuck in a trap. THese traps can be kinda spendy and they do burn up...

I bet it is just an old sticker or perhaps the last of the old stuff, my understanding was all diesel sold, even off road, is ulsd as of last December.

Before you go to crazy repolishing, look up surplus center.com and see what replacing those two cylinders will be. Depending on the size, it might not be too bad. I have dial up, so I can't see your unit, but is it a name brand or not. Could be a fluke, but sounds like maybe the original...

Dave, What is your intentions for the structure???? If you want to run livestock, bank barns were made when families had 12 kids to do the chores (like shoveling poo, lots and lots of poo) and bucket loaders hadn't even been thought of yet so you can't exactly use your 50 horse tractor to get...

They also make slip couplings to allow about 4" of movement up or downs as the ground settles/heaves. They are code in NH.

can anyone answer my question????

Hi, Found a junker Airens 15 horse lawn tractor and made it do this.... YouTube - Captain Canaan Rides Again I also use it to pull my sheep tractor around with it. I have changed the engine oil, but am wondering about the hystat unit. What kid of fluid goes in there? ANd how hard on it am I...

It was behind a neighbors house and it looked like an elephant sat on it and when I inquired it became mine.... Now what is up with the crane and your lawn tractor????

Hi, I got bored an made an old Airens do this for the local parade.... YouTube - Captain Canaan Rides Again when I am not doing that I pull my sheep tractor around. I found this tractor out in the woods and have changed the oil and what not on the motor, but what/how do you maintain a hystat...

These saws are very high quality and they are only 2-4 hundred more than a comparable cabinet saw. They have a contractor model also and I think that is $1200. Isn't your finger worth more than $400??? I bet that is cheaper than your deductible on you insurance if you even have it. They use...

might be worth seeing what a mini excavator rental would run you or see if some on nearby has a decent sized FEL.... I think a handy man jack would get old after 5 posts or so and you want it done.

After I typed this this morning, I went out to my leaky hose pile and grabbed two 1/2 hoses and replaced the hose clamps with pex crimps and they work great with nothing to snag. I now just need to find something for my 1/4 hose and Mylynch may have provided the answer. Thanks. Dave

Hi, I have tried barb couplings with hose clamps to repair air hose in the past, but they have always leaked. I wonder if pex style crimps would work with 1/2 hose, but the other day my nail gun fell off the ladder and pinched a hole in my 1/4 flexible 100 ft $50 hose and I am wondering if...

The problem is the virtually all gas these days, 93 octane included is now 10% ethanol and that absorbs moisture and that creates problems. If you can get Av gas, that would be a solution. Additives can help, but shutting off the petcock and running the motor dry is probably not a terrible...

I have run some woven wire (and do make sure it is woven wire, not welded) and what I do is try to find a good anchor point, usually a tree but corner posts set in the ground will work and make sure I horseshoe nail it very well. I then stick a pipe through the roll of wire and suspend the pipe...

I find it hard to believe you cant find a decent used mower for your machine that is ready to go for similar $, THat said, you could also use a PTO powered pump to run your hydraulic motors and I bet that pump would become useful for other things in the future if you like to make things. Good...

How much $ you want to spend? A loop of stout rope around the bales tied to the barn and drive forward will unload. On the other hand, I have seen old schoolbuses that can self load and unload and a gooseneck that swung out to self load in Farmshow. How many bales can you haul with your...

Just for comparision sake, I weld 2 inch reciever stock or simply mount a ball on the implements that spend the most time on my tractor. The flail, the counterweight/skidder and my rear blade. That way I don't have to remove an implement to pull my trailer around the yard.

I have always thought a larger FEL mounted on a smaller 2 wheel drive tractor with reversed controls and a flipped transmission would be a sweet loader in confined spaces.

Zilch, If you have decent overhang I would keep it raw wood. I am sticking with raw wood on my house. LOts of old barns in my area, over 100 years old still have their original pine siding that has never seen a drop of paint. I'm not saying the siding looks brand new, but in 100 years I...

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THanks Red, THe winch is made from a car axle, so I can probably use the stock discs, but the master cylinder is what has me thinking more than I want to. The go cart master may be the way to go as a source. I assume you can lock it like an E-brake for your dump? Are the go cart cylinder's...

Pine and Toy, To clarify, I said put as much overhang as you can handle. What you can handle on the coast of South Carolina may be different from what you can handle in Oregon's Willamette valley. IMO, It just makes good building sense to have as much overhang "as you can handle" and I behoove...

Toy, If I were to build a house like your neighbors(and I probably wouldn't) , I would do it under a 3ft overhang on a one story house. Overhang is a key ingredient to protecting the boards and I strongly recommend as much overhang as you can handle for any construction. Your siding and paint...

ANd to be clear, I recommend nailing only one side of the board so that as the green wood shrinks it won't pull itself apart and split. I use ring shank nails and the batten nailed in the middle passing between the boards.

SMiley, Have you ever stained your boards? I don't know if I will mine. If I was nailing with common nails. I might nail both sides angled, but the ringshanks from my nail gun hold very well. I cannot pull the battens off. I also usually do 1x10 boards also, but narrower boards might be ok...

I have a sawmill and I have built alot of things with green lumber. from sheds to barns to houses First off, many building inspectors say they only like inspected lumber, but they may not know the actual requirements for your area. I would first look up your local law and you can frequently...

6011 and 06 have the kind of responses I was looking for, and I have some mid 80's Toyota 4x4 PU's I might do that to. A buddy of mine pulled in the yard with his late model Subi last night with an obvious exhaust leak, and when I gave him **** he said it was unfixable because the aluminum head...

I have 40 acres and if I was going to scrap it, I would just tell my neighbor to to do that and keep the $ as I would feel like a smuck taking it off their hands and making a quick buck with it. I could use some kind of utility vehicle as I have some livestock and burn wood and have a...

Red dirt, DOn't know if your still active, but I am curious about your disc brake setup on your rear bucket. I need to do similar for a logging winch I am planning up.

Neighbor wants to give me a good running but rusted out 4x4 automatic legacy sedan for no $. Mother bought it new in '92. Anyway, I am thinking I should get it to make into a gatoresque vehicle or something, but hey group brainstorm.......

The problem with concrete below the post is it can form a cup that fills with water and rots the post quicker. If you tamp some rocks/gravel in there first it helps the concrete to form a ring which drains better.

I too have allways put some rocks in first to hold the post where I want it and prevent the concrete from making a cup below that post and then just pouring dry, right out of the bag in next and maybe some more rocks on top. If I am feeling it I might run a garden hose over it or run around...

If it were me, I would rip it all out and start over or ignore it. Charles is right that something below the concrete has settled or shifted and patches are only going to continue to crack/collect water. Pat is right that you can use the broken concrete in your new pour. It looks like you...

Why do you want to get away from concrete? I think you will find concrete to be cheaper than most wooden alternatives especially if you are comparing PT lumber and consider longevity and future maintenance. Concrete is the second most widely used substance on earth ( first is water) and it...

Hi, I built a "sheep tractor" this spring using (4 )30 ft telephone poles as a base, but it self destructed over time due to a bad design on my part. BAsically I thought allowing the corner joints to flex so it conformed to the land was a good idea so I attached each corner with a short length...

Hi, Lean Hay year in NH and I have more open land than fenced land but not the time to fence. Have any of you experienced the portable fence units and solar chargers like premier one? Are there other/better brands? How many people do you need to move a unit? How practical is it to move a...

THe cameras are they way to go... There is 1000+ acres like yours right up the road from me. Landowner lives in NJ. Some locals cut a gate and tore up some land and denied it vehemently. Their stories changed when the photos emerged and they paid for the damage done. That said, if you are...

HI, I have a 14" Dewalt "dry cut" saw which may be the same technology as the cold saw. It has a carbide tipped blade and cuts steel very fast and clean , but I think the ergonomics of the saw are poor. Metabo makes one I like better. On the cheap side, I also have an old radial arm saw with...

Interesting catch-22, Fastenal takes care of their regular customers, but at their street prices I would think they would have a hard time getting customers. When I first bought my sawmill I went to Fastenal to price Lennox bands. They wanted $50 a blade when I could buy the exact same band...

Hi, The problem is the machine wont start after a while due to dead batteries, but it is manageable if I put it on a charger once in a while, but I figured I should look into fixing it up. Was working on the roof yesterday (I am using the Lull to do this) but poked around the alternator...

I just had another idea, You could roll out "driveway fabric" on the sand first and then put 4 inches or so of your concrete mix on top perhaps with the mesh or rebar in the middle. Wet and tamp or roll and you would be in good shape.

Tread, Have you confirmed that you can get all this concrete delivered to your site at minimal cost? I would think that would be the crux of this whole project. If you can get bags of it you may consider buying a tent like carport or something to put over the bags of concrete mix while you...

THanks folks, Too wet to play outside today, but there are some disconnected small wires. I will see if any of those wires power up with the key or if they are always hot. Now where would I connect one of these wires to the alternator? I don't believe this machine has any lights on the dash...

Hi, It is pissing rain right now or I would go snap a picture, but I have a hurricane fence gate that I rachet strapped to my ROPS. If I felt I needed finer protection I would put hardware cloth on it, but it hasn't come to that. Easy on easy off.

Yes you should be able to dump the extra pump.... Send it to me... and as Art said, there is a block on the side of your engine it is about 4 inches long and 2 inches tall about an inch thick on my rig that has some plugs in it. Hopeful it will be clear which is the outlet plug and which is...

Well if it is free and you can get it to your place easy enough and it isn't going to rain for a few days, go for it. Even if it breaks up and ruts it will still give you a better base than what you have now.

Unless they are giving you the concrete at an awesome price you might be better off buying straight cement as you already have the sand. I suppose a load of gravel gate spread wouldn't hurt, but it sounds like you have stuck issues so the your FEL's will get a workout. These 3000 lb bags sound...

When you say Sakrete, I think of concrete mix, not cement, but is it cement? And is it really in 3000 lb bags? What does that look like? How do they move them? Any way, what I might try is to do is spread it as evenly as possible. If they bags are really large and on a big flatbed , you can...

HI, There is nothing on the Lull (big construction forklift) to put an electrical load on the machine except the fuel pump and starting it and it doesn't need the fuel pump. There are some wires that are disconnected so I was just trying to see if the alternator was good by seeing if it put...

HI, This alternator is on a LUll telehandler, but it is not working. I took a meter and can't seem to get much out of it when it is running , but where would I check? I assume it would give me 14+ volts between the bottom bolt obviously grounded and one of the top two, but no go. Any...

My guess is a ball for a sicklebar mower and it articulated a bit at the joint as it went around. I don't think that part connected directly to the PTO rather the other end of the pitman arm where it connected to the sickle.

THanks guys, My problem is I have too many other projects going at the moment so this 149 is probably going to sit out in the woods for awhile, but I do have some hydraulic junk laying around so who knows. How can I sneak the cub back in the barn without the wife noticing?

HI, THat Harrow you have there is designed for breaking up clumps of soil AFTER land has been plowed with the old style one or two (Or more ) bottom plow. If you look around I bet you can find such a plow for your 3pt hitch for cheap as most folks have switched to rototillers, BUT I don't know...

KTM, I have been impressed with Trader Daves stuff in the past. Most is made in Pennsylvania and heavy built. I was going to get a back blade from him but my father showed up with a new "name brand" Woods unit that i have been thoroughly UNIMPRESSED with. It is rated for a 40 horse machine...

KTM, Up here in Canaan there is a a guy, Trader Dave Johnson 632-7322 He's "on a hill but he's on the level" so they say. I think he gets $600 for his 6ft box blades. NOt name brand, but they seem decent for the money. He also has a variety of used equipment. Hop on your dirt bike and take...

Hi, I have a buddy who has a '99 16 horse Airens (HT?)and he needs a snowblower. I told him to check with a dealer for compatibility, but in the back of my mind I don't think it would be to hard to make most any garden tractor blower work. A little welding and fab work and maybe some belt...

I bough a used 5 foot field mower and have 27 PTO horses. In real heavy stuff I will drop it into low range, but it is rare I need to do that. I wish I had a 6 foot so I could clear the rear wheels making it easier to get close to fence lines and stuff. I have a six foot flail and that needs...

Thanks Merk, I assume I would replace the friction PTO and add a hydro pump there. MAybe a self propelled logsplitter?

Hi, I have a couple old cub cadets sitting around and the oldest is a 149. I have seen that folks have put backhoes and loaders on these. While I don't want to do that, I was wondering how people power these attachments. Do they tap into the hy-stat somehow? If I could run a log splitter...

Well thanks Egon, Based on your info I went out and sistered replacement springs next to the old broken ones and only tacked them along the sides in a few places and it seems to hold up now. At least they didn't crumple on the first load of Firewood like the first time around. I would have...

Egon, Did you temper those springs? And how much abuse do you subject them to? Thanks.

Hi, Wife has camera traveling right now, but Yesterday I made a toothbar for my tractor that slips on and is held by a chain binder that wraps around the back. I cut apart two bundles of unknown vintage (but old) leaf springs and cut them all to the same length with a chop saw. I used a...

KC, Does you drag move material the wrong way? To the shoulder instead of the crown?

I saw one made from an old brush hog gearbox in Farm Show. These have slip clutches and or shear pins for some protection from big hits. It was mounted on a 3 pt carry all frame and had a steel plate base. The grinding wheel itself was made much as has been described here. two heavy circular...

HI, Sorry for the delay, The book that sums up homeowner skylines and even a capstan system off a truck is The Harrowsmith country guide to wood heat A good book to practically solve these kinds of problems.

HI, I just looked at a book in the Library. and saw a book which I think was called Home heating with Firewood or something close. The author discusses a homemade skyline, but also a chute system and a few other options for you. He also sites a resource another gentleman wrote about home...

I was thinking about this the other day. If you used front 4x4 axles from a truck, but they were too wide, you could shorten them fairly easily like the guy did who built his own tractor on this site, If you did two, you could have 4 wheel steer, and I would go hydraulic so you could easily...

Thanks guys, I had forgotten I asked this but I plan on seeing my neighbor soon. Maybe you have helped him out.

Hi, My neighbor has a 35 horse Kioti and when he clutchs it does not disengage the PTO at all. My rig has a two stage clutch, Does Kioti? Thanks, If I can help him out with info I will.

THanks guys, I have checked these things and it appears the problem is the idler. It all spins fine, but there is some belt residue on the retaining wire below the idler. I swapped in a different idler (pays to have a junk pile) but it didn't work out because of the geometry. I thought...

Hi, I picked up a "free" Hystat 15 horse Ariens and got it going without much effort, but the mower (electric PTO) keeps throwing/burning/shredding belts. THe blades seem to spin freely. Any ideas? Thanks

Blu and 250 are onto something here. I should point our that a leaf spring has enough carbon and hardness in it as it is. Yes a heat and quench will make it harder, but if you can clamp and bolt/weld it on "as is" it will still last a really long time. Almost any excavator bucket has been...

OLd automotive axle shafts make good bale spears...are you into welding?

Here is what I did. I started by welding some angle at the top of the bucket to secure a 3pt carry all frame. 2 pins hold it in out of the goo and it is a breeze to take on in off. My dad promptly pretzled the carry all, so I made a heavy duty one out of some scrap in the back. OLd mold...

I hada "cheap redneck" way to do this thought.... OLd leaf springs(fairly high carbon) thrown in a good brush fire and heated to red hot and then quickly removed (you will need tongs) and clamped to a peice of angle or the edge of your bucket to flatten it. two sections of leave would...

I will share what my knowledge is... ONly metal that has a high carbon content can be hardened by a simple quench. If you take a peice of rebar for instance and heat it and quench it, it wont do much (unless that rebar happened to have some carbon in it) "back in the day" thay would wrap hot...

Tom, You are talking about dangerous stuff and I can't officially recomend you do it. THat said, you didn't buy a tractor to only mow your lawn, so if it were me, I would drag the logs "full lenght" down the hill using a 3pt "logging plate" in low gear with the revs high and seat belt on.(you...

Thanks Cali, I have been running 50% homemade bio in my different machines for a while now, but every once in a while I get a little spooked when Mahindra or some JD service tech say no to the bio. Your data seems to reinforce what I always understood to be true. Bio Diesel lubricates...

IOwa, I can see the newest tractors with emissions equipment needing ulsd, but what about folks like me with 30+ YO machines? If I run a higher sulfur heating oil in them am I hurting them? I mean 30 years ago the diesel was high suffur too, Right? ANd you raise a good point, I think I can...

I happen to have in my collection a Partner F-55 which was bought out by Poulan in the 70's and it happens to be a decent saw also, but dont confuse a modern "20 hour" Wild Thing (how could you with those graphics?) with the saws of 10-20 years ago!

Hi, neighbor is threatening to give me an Ariens riding mower. I think it is a Hy-stat and I will probably grab it regardless, but I understand it shreds/throws drive belts on a regular basis. Before I put the engine on my saw mill or something, Is there an easy fix for this (for some...

My father and a neighbor both have identical 30+ year old JOnsereds...they won't die! I have a 10+year old Jonsered I bought used that keeps going also. I have have heard nothing but good things about Dolmar and my experience with Husky has not been good, even though they own Jonsered now...

Homestead, I will look around the shop, but I did see a book from the 50's somewhere that had had a bunch of farm projects in it. ONe of them was a PHD and it used an automotive rearend as the gearbox. input was where the wheel would have been and the output was the "pumpkin" end. It sat...

THanks DG, That clears up the cummins ford stuff. At least the myth was based on some reality. Now anyone know who makes the ulsd motors that Ford uses in Europe?

Hi, As I understand it, Ford Stopped paying Navistar for a bit because Ford Felt NAvistar made the 6.0, s poorly, but Navistar's Counter is that Ford DESIGNED the engine so it is really Ford's fault. Is this true? IF so, maybe a Ford built 4.4 F150 motor isnt something you want to buy the...

Hi, I have an 02 f 350 with only the manual hubs, but I keep them engaged most of the time. I do disengage them before getting on the highway for a long trip, but My dually seems to spin if the only the humidiy rises, so I am always pulling the joystick. BUt I also was under the impression...

It does seem folks like those things. I have seen them from the about $75-$300 depending on the design (some can take a gooseneck) Personally, I weld square reciever tube on most of my implements so I dont have to take them off just to to move a trailer around. Just pop the ball on and go.

Hi, My torch cuts look like poo-poo on track so I used my cold cut saw to cut my self an anvil and it made a nice cut, but it took some teeth off the $100 blade in the process. TO be fair the blade was at the end of it's life anyways, which is why I tried it, but I think it might shorten the...

My concern with not heating the waste is that you run the risk of not cooking out the oven cleaner and wrecking your pump. Used motor oil and tranny fluid works to, but if there is metal shavings in there you wont be very happy for very long. Does that mechanic magnetize the tranny fluid?

Teg, ANy idea how big a tractor that was designed for? I dont think my CUT is cut out for slepping things around with that...if you know wha I mean. NOw if it had its own wide axle and an 8 ft tounge to leverage the weight of my tractor and I could use my PTO to power it, then maybe.

I to am impressed with the 2x3 screen. Could you take a car or truck axle and flip it verticly and mount a rim that attaches to the screen on the outer edge so it acts as an eccentric and then connect a 10 horse or so (Or you pto if you had to) to the pumkin to act like the rotex? Support the...

When you process (heat and treat) the grease to "biodiesel" you burn out alot of "junk" and you dont need a do anyhing to your diesel machine. Biodiesel does gell more readily in the cold and has less power, but it does smell a whole lot better. "Greasel" is when you only strain the french...

I used the "Big Foot"form on my barn 3 years ago and was happy with them

Ductape, I have been using a 40-50% mix all winter w/out troubs in my f-350 and tractor. I throw some anti gell in for good measure If you have to buy new oil then it is not cheaper, the waste oil is the way to go, but I too share concerns about waste availabiltiy in the future. THere isn't...

Joe, I dont know offhand what model it is, but it doesn't have as many letters as yours. I understand they make different levels of quality and I assume I am at the bottom while yours is higher, but I still feel a 34 horse machine shouldn't be able to put a noticable deflection in a "40 horse"...

if you are bored... http://www.forestryforum.com/board/index.php/topic,11938.0.html

My tractor is 34 horse and I have a 6 ft Woods blade, which incidently I think is a POS. I have had to reinforce it despite the fact it is supposedly rated for 40 horse.

I have one of those things in the barn, but I have never used it.... I wonder if you could put it on a hyrdraulic motor and mount it either in a skidsteer or a mini excavator and run the unicorn into logs while you are safely away from it...could you back into a log mounted like that and split...

Could you buy some 1" rebar and make your own screen and suspend it on some automotive coil springs and rock it with a rod connected to a riding mower wheel or car "steam locomotive style? Or is the thing worth $3000 in scrap steel? You said it is very used, but what is there to wear out on it...

I agree... there have been some guys around here (but I haven't seen them personally) that have done their PU's they put a highter rear gear ratio to keep up with road speeds.but it didn't sound all that inconvienient. I think I saw a tractor in Farm show that ran on it also...old gas job.

I think they were about 1/4 inch...they were pretty stout and they mounted so solid I thought I could get away w/out bracing them, and that was of course my great undoing. They were fine just going straight ahead, but going around a curve did me in....but come think of it, the plates didn't...

John, I only use the front blade for clean up or pushing straight ahead into a pile. I have quite a bit of driveway between my place, out to the mill and up to my parents. on a one lane driveway I can use the wing and the rear blade angled the other way to clear a 12 ft path in one go, and...

I did, but I didn't brace the ends back to the blade (and I knew I should) and bent the edge of the blade pretty good. Some companies make ends speciffically for that purpose. Mine was some scrap steel plate (might have been some steel connectors for big beam construction) that happend to be...

HI, What did you coat your blade with? Does it make it slick? I made a wing blade out of an old meyer, but wet stuff does stick and I am thinking of coating it.

Hey, I used to have a neighbor in the tire bussiness and he hooked me up with used but not terrible tires for my dump truck for only $60 a pop (mounted on rims) so it may be worth checking with a big rig tire shop, but a hard shouldered semi tire might dig in more than turf tires

I have seen a few that basically work like a trailer. THe mast has it's own axle and wheels to take the weight and a bit of a tounge to help leverage heavy loads. A pto driven pump W/ a separate hydrulic system. If you had an exsisting lift you could cut it half and use the lifts' hydraulics...

Hi, Here is how I am dealing with the NH winter. I whipped up a wing blade for my machine just before the first snowfall this year and boy am I glad I did, It excels at "half mast" pushing back snow banks. I would have been doing alot more loader work if I hadn't rigged it up.

Hi, First post here, and I am asking this Q for my neighbor....he has a 27 horse Lamborghini W/ a Mitso motor that is increasingly hard to start in the cold. He has a 50/50 mix of Kero/diesel, and he has tried the ol' glow plug it twice(Or three or fourX) before starting. It will run fine...