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So the new place needs a little bit of air. I don't paint with it so I'm not thinking I need a 60 gallon. 30 gal would seem plenty. I like Quincy stuff but over the last few years, their offerings of 30 gal compressors have been eliminated. The largest garage type they make went from 27 gal to...

Salesman came buy the dealership yesterday peddling a Solectrac (spl?) tractor. The owner jumped on and rode it around for awhile. He said it was pretty smooth running, quiet and responsive. The salesman stated that this tractor would save over $12,000 in fuel costs over a similar diesel powered...

It is my understanding that Mahindra corporate is having a price jump by July 13th. Any new tractor orders after that date will carry the jump.

As a young lad, I possessed certain toy construction equipment that was mostly orange. Tonka trucks usually came in yellow..Some of mine were orange. Toy tractors were usually red. I often wonder how these colors of our youth, had any subliminal effect on our purchases as adults. I seem to have...

The piece illustrated is a rear step off a van truck. Someone backed into it and kinked it up. Just wondering if there is a way to begin to isolate the inside kinks with a shop press as the lips on this thing keep getting in the way. No room to pound it out. It's just an awkward piece of metal...

Anyone ever try building what I would call a "wood chute bucket" for their fel? Something that allows you to pitch (not stack) in your splits into this "bucket" and then simply walk the tractor over to your dump site and unload the wood with a touch of the joystick, into narrow confines with...

I have two welders. Both small because of the lack of any appreciable service out to the garage. Both welders (one stick the other wire feed) are rated for 140 amps. I have 10/2, 30 amp 220 circuitry there now. The small, flux core wire feed I recently acquired has only a 115 plug (daughters...

So with this trenching bucket I'm building, I've run into a snag and I'm too ignorant about welding to devise the solution. I'm stitching 1/8" material with a 7014 1/8" rod and will run the joints with a wire feeder once I get it. The 7014 does fine when the adjacent metal is 1/4" welded to the...

About to step into the world of wire feed welders coming from stick machines.. Two questions: 1. How much welding in terms of linear measurement (feet or inches) before you have to replace a tip? 2. How many inches of welds can be had with a .30 2lb roll? Same as 2 lbs of stick? This will be a...

I have this 30" long 24" wide 1/4" thick metal I want to weld to a similar piece to create a right angle with the two like an "L" with a stick welder and 7018 rod. I have these little 3.5" "right angle welding magnets" but they're too weak to hold even laying these pieces on their sides as...

Need to dig a culvert ditch across my drive. The ditch will need to be about 16"-18" wide and 16' long and 2' deep. With no back hoe, was thinking of a front end attachment. The problem for me is that most of the stump buckets I've found are built like a "wedge" and widen out considerably. Not...

Was wondering if anyone here retrofitted a hydraulic, height adjustable wedge to their previously stationary wedge machine. I know some here have built splitters from the ground up with these but have seen nothing available for an existing horizontal splitter change over. It looks to me I would...

Having heard various opinions about getting combustion air for your wood stove from an outside source rather than the room its in. Wanting to listen to some real world experiences, just wondering what anyone truly noticed with any warmth advantage or not who decided to go the o.a.i. route. I...

Harbor Frt has a 12 ton press on sale for $99. Is this press strong enough to straighten a kink in a 1" round bar tie rod?

What is displayed in this pic is 5 days worth of wood burning 24/7 with an "air tube" wood stove placed in the basement heating about 1800 sq ft.. This is with temps 18*-40* and is mostly red oak. Just with wood, I can keep the house between 65*-68*. I am thinking about getting a gassifier...

Something broke inside the outside wheel housing of the mfwd axle. A gear tooth or bearing as it only locks occasionally. Just wondering what other people found when this happened to them if they did their own work.

2 yrs ago, my wife had colon cancer. Everything went well except the tumor was occluding the entire width of the colon. It had also broken through one lymph node so it was staged as a grade IIIA. Her chemo was horrendous having to go back to the hospital 3 times because of complications. She...

I've been doing firewood or wood for 7/8ths of my life. The axiom as it applies to firewood especially being "the least you touch the wood, the more efficient the process". From my experience, this is dead nuts true. For this discussion, let's take the wood processor out of the picture as it...

Let me preface this by stating I have only driven geared tractors and tried out hydrostatics when the dealer dropped a couple off for me to try at my place. This week I was in Kentucky helping my brother in law with this new horse farm. I drove and used two geared tractors: A Kubota M5400 and a...

My 27 gallon spits out water as if it thinks it's a faucet even though it's emptied after each use.. I need something to get rid of the water and those little collectors you attach to the compressor outlet I find are worthless. It seems the collection needs to be moved further away from the...

Was at the sea shore this past week. Came home to find a friend dropped in...right on the right side of the garage and only feet away form my beloved 2000 Dakota R/T with 37K on it and about 7K of performance engine work. Just before we left for vacation, I washed it and moved it from the bay it...

Is there a special crimping tool for this type of plastic insulated terminal? When I use the regular tool, they look like crap. 12 Pcs Quick Splice Insulated Wire Crimp Terminals & Male Spade Connectors Set | eBay

Craftsman 30 gal. oil less. Attempted to start it one day recently. Motor ran weakly for about 3 seconds and then it tripped a breaker. Tried it on different amp plugs and still always blew the breaker. No air in it at start up. Turns easily by hand. Tried a new capacitor (cheap enough at $9) of...

Anyone ever see anything like this? I've seen the stump grubber buckets but they just point into a hole you want to dig and are limited to depth. I'm looking for something with a 2.5' to 3' depth of dig that would just sort of "slide" into a deepened space and excavate from the bottom up such as...

Had a friend recently buy a Dolmar 510 some months ago. Has had nothing but problems with it and dealer states Dolmar no longer supports their saws as Makita has bought them out. Anyone else hear of this rumor?

At the animal hospital my wife techs at, they are wanting a generator. They have an X-ray machine that has a momentary output of 140 amps at 220 volts. It dims the entire clinic when first engaged. Since this is the biggest power draw there, what are the watts needed to support this draw?

I just bought a used 16' 10T gvw flat bed trailer to haul the tractor. Unfortunately, it is one of those that has the fenders above the bed. I can easy load 10'-14' tree stems on the trailer with the tractor but then you have to drive them home while your tractor is at the logging site. I do not...

"Hey, can you take a few trees down" Can't tell you how many times I've heard that phrase during my former career. "A few" can mean anything from 3 to 300 trees depending on who one is talking to. So my brother in-law makes the same statement to me. I go over there to scope it out. You can see...

We've all heard of how police cruisers parked on the side of the road on a vehicle perp stop, get hit by drunken drivers. Like moths to a light, it happens quite often. We recently had a small dump and because my friend had just gotten his tractor, he decided to do a little plowing. He goes out...

Today while dragging stems out, the 3016 belched when the gearing was set too high for the load (3rd gear up an incline) The tractor just about died but caught and was moving exhaust out the air cleaner for a few seconds. Forward setting made the tractor go in reverse and reverse...

Cannot get my latest pics uploaded. It states which files are valid instead of the link to the pic. Pics fall under "valid" types but will not upload. Used same camera and lens as before with no trouble. Any suggestions?

All of us that have our cuts and scuts exhausts exiting toward the side are probably aware of the carbon trail left on the boom of the front end loader. I didn't think much of it except to clean it off now and again but the other night, I was made aware of something that could be a problem. It...

One day while splitting wood with my Northern products horizontal splitter made in 1998, I ripped the wedge right off the splitter. The mistake I made was to clean everything up and re-weld the original wedge back on. This wedge is 8" high. What i should have done was to order a 12" high wedge...

A welder once related to me that lack of use can negatively effect transformer welders. I was wondering if this is can be true for inverter type boxes. I purchased a little 140 stick welder from one of the advertisers here. I do not weld much at all but I wanted something that could. I used it...

Anyone here use their power washer as an effective and quick covering fruit tree sprayer?

It is my understanding that amps x volts = watts. This figure can then be multiplied by a PF or "power factor" to assess a more "real load". My question is how do they assign a PF value? Also, anyone know the wattage usage of a 1/20 hp single phase 220 volt motor at run speed?

Anyone know how this rating works? Why are ratings of cfm's higher at lower pressures? If a compressor is rated for 8 cfm's at 40 lbs, is there enough stored air in it's 30 gallon tank to run a 10 cfm consumption tool?

Must have done at least 7 or 8 of these over the years. Inside the spade connector, there are wire terminals that simply corrode out. I've put grease, used tape to keep out the weather, and even silicone on these connectors to little avail. I'm wondering if it better to get the molded type and...

It seems that many manufacturers have reverted to break bending their mold boards as opposed to rolling them to acquire a radiused surface. Obviously this is a cost saving measure which is fine if it works. Currently have a Woods with a 14" high curved scraper blade that snow rolls over...

As I usually plow my own lot, but for the price of fuel, it's a pretty cheap to do it. Not today. Things were going along just peachy until the tractor slid off the embankment. It was in slow motion. You know it's happening but no matter what maneuver you use, it gets mired more and more...

This is happening more and more lately. I've had the 3016 shuttle just short of a year and half. I've used the traction lock maybe 5 times in that period. Of late, when I push the pedal down it fails to come up. I've had to disengage the break strap and alternately push down on the left and...

Certainly hope so as there is always room for it and I'm needing room. 10"-12" more coming tomorrow.

So I drilled the hole too big. I have to start again and fill in the hole to re-drill. Is there a rod that makes this easier as it may be my imagination, but it seems weld metal is awfully harder than mild steel?

Was wondering if anyone is shooting this cartridge. Thinking it should blow up a coyote's head with authority. That other rimfire cartridge (.17 WSM) doesn't seem to be gaining much traction. Only guns I know chambered for this cartridge are the $1800 VOLQUARTSEN and the crappy $369 Savage...

I've seen plenty of these in my life. Not in these surrounds however. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XqZUWKAJ_ok

Anyone with a 16 series Mahindra have this bolt sticking out as well? Perhaps it's a fill indicator but I just noticed this. Doesn't seem to tighten much so I do not want to force the issue w/o knowing if it's supposed to be.

SIL is looking at a 2008 4wd 150 p.u. Truck has xtenda cab and only 46K on the odometer. It has the 4.6 V8. It has also had 2 owners. This truck has low mileage for it's year but I am wondering how a truck that really looks brand new presently, would not keep an owner satisfied where the did not...

I'm wondering how our friends in Buffalo are making out. I'm thinking a snow blower might be the useful tool there with 3' in 10 hrs.

I split my wedge off of the splitter so now I have to re-weld it back on. The splitter came from Northern 16 years ago but I am assume they used their own splitting wedge when they built this one. At any rate, they call for a "low hydrogen" rod to weld their wedges on. Low hydrogen to me means a...

Anyone using a solar voltaic array to power up an electric hot water heater?

My old JD stated to change the hydraulic fluid every 400 hrs after it's first 200 initial hr change.. My new tractor states to change it every 200 hrs and with the initial change being 100 hrs. Not being aware of what other manufacturers are stating, beyond speculation, why the differences in...

Last year I put in a new chimney lined with sectional stainless chimney liner. It's insulated. I produced maybe a gallon of creosote but it had already fallen into the clean out door. I put a light in the chimney to check out the liner and there was no creosote on the liner. It was just...

I have an aunt on my wife's side who lives in New Hampshire in Hooksett. I've seen her maybe about 12 times in the 30 years that i've known her. This past week one of my wife's sisters brought her down for a visit. We never talked much as she is just about totally deaf even with aides. At any...

This engine was a replacement for the engine previously on the pressure washer. I took it out for it's third season of use. Since I store all my equipment dry, I put fresh gas in and I cranked the starter pulley and it seemed harder than usual. Did it again and the starter rope broke. Fixed that...

I've looked but I can't tell if my tractor is a boy or a girl. How'd you know what to name your's?

I need to join 2x3" 1/8" wall tube to 1/2" plate. (need to extend tooth bar to fit wider bucket). Using a stick machine, I am assuming I would set the amps cool enough not to burn through the tubing but hot enough to join the 1/2". I would also think to tack up the joinery first. Any tips? Thanks.

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This isn't a promo thread about the new inverter I just purchased as I am sure they would all act the same. My welding experience can fit inside a thimble so excuse me for being so "awakened". I used to weld with a 100 amp 115 volt Century that I was lucky if it produced 70 amps. Wouldn't strike...

I've gotten prices from $89 to $279. Are they all coming from China? TSC has a SpeeCo for $279 and includes top and pin adapters. I'd pay the extra if they were made here. Can anyone shed light on this?

This is what I heard from my small engine repair guy: that ethanol is going to be phased out within a 4 year period. I did not ask him if this was an "inner business" memo and since I don't get any newspapers, was wondering if anyone else heard anything about this. Also, I know its real...

A couple days ago perusing electrodes to get, I came across a rod I never knew existed. Beyond all the specialty rods that I will never hear of, I thought this was particularly interesting because there was a familiar ring to it. There was the 6010, the 6011, the 6013 and then all the 70XX rods...

So I got the 500x DD and began sharpening. There was a learning curve with about the first 10-12 bits. Now sharpening exactly per instructions. Not impressed. Is this thing supposed to sharpen drills as good as new? because none that I have sharpened are. I've drilled at both angles. Even did...

Well if our tires were transparent, you'd be able to see. But I believe I saw my "load level" on a frosty morning just after it rained the day before. The rears were covered with this "frost" like appearance to about 3" below the top of the wheel and went straight across to the other side of the...

Today was the first time I used the 3016 for skidding . Previously I had a JD 750. The difference between the two is night and day. I was done in half the time. Where a 60' oak 18"dbh would take 4 or 5 trips with the Deere, the 3016 took two. One for the trunk, and more amazingly, one for the...

Anyone know of a stick welder that puts out more than 85 amps if attached to a 115 volt circuit? Everlast has a 140 amp welder however that rating is for 220 volts. Eventually I'll have something hooked up on 220 This same welder is good for 85 amps on 115. I have a 115 volt 100 amp welder now...

Anyone having trouble jumping on this site? Can get to the homepage but when trying to get particular forums I get "cannot find server" message. I know they were attacked by adware this past week but now I cannot navigate at all.

Anyone having trouble jumping on this site? Can get to the homepage but when trying to get particular forums I get "cannot find server" message. I know they were attacked by adware this past week but now I cannot navigate at all.

I just shelled out $80 to renew two motorcycle registrations. 2 years ago it cost me $50 for the same registrations. The state gave the reason of creating funding to repair roads and bridges but I thought my regular taxes do that. My Durango used to cost $40 two years ago. That is now up to $80...

I don't recall how to do this but I need to know the volume of a hexagonal shaped firebox that measures 18"w x18"h x22"d. Thanks

My tractor came with no rear work light. It does have two wire feeds coming out the back labeled: horn no more than 2 amps, work lights no more than 3 amps. If I splice these two wires together, can I run a 55 watt halogen I have which draws a bit over 4 amps on these combined circuits? They...

When I was 11 yrs old, i'd just finished a peach and then buried the pit about a foot underground. A couple years later it grew into a "peachling". I planted it in my fathers yard and when i was 26, moved it to my present location after my parents died and my sister did not want the tree. It...

Anyone mess around with expanding their present compact tractor buckets for things like saw dust or snow removal? I know there is a company that specializes in Kubota BX stuff. I could be mistaken but I do not believe anybody is making anything for the typical 60" compact tractor bucket.

I just got mine today and was looking at the head lights. I thought they were duals but the "side" head lights do not have a bulb. It only looks like there is a place for a bulb. Do the 3616s have an extra headlight bulb? I'm not understanding the design if not.

One of the weak links on a tractor especially if you go in the woods with it. On my old tractor, I was able to unscrew the tie rod ends, slam a pipe on it, weld the pipe to the tie rod and screw the tie rod ends back in. On the new tractor the tie rod ends are welded to the tie rod so I cannot...

Anyone know if this light plugs into a harness somewhere on the 3016? How is it switched or does it go on when you put the front lights on?

If anyone here has switched wood furnaces from the older type (such as an Englander) to the newer epa types such as PSG Caddy, Energy King 385, Kuuma, Blaze King Apex etc. I would like to know your thoughts. From what I am seeing, fireboxes seem smaller on the new types so burn times are not 12...

I was wondering if anyone is running this wood furnace and if it heats your home sufficiently enough.

On a 115 volt welder whether stick or mig, is there any advantage to plugging these into a 30 amp circuit?

Anyone know the rear scraper blade width capacity of a 3016

Did anyone with a 3016 gear with shuttle find it awkward to use at first? I'm coming from a tractor with shift lever between your feet. I could shift faster than the shuttle feature. Also my present tractor has 2 levers for the fel instead of the one joy stick which I do not seem to like as...

No…. this is not about a prison story. I have a deposit on a new Mahindra 3016 gear. I tried it again today and I find it awkward compared to my JD 750. I love the 28 yr old JD but am concerned about how well it will stay together. Almost every time I use it I need to replace something on it...

I noticed today that Mahindra does not have a screw in end for the tie rod. They are welded on. I've bent this piece many times on my old tractor but the solution was simply to unscrew the tie rod ends and slam a larger pipe onto the rod itself and screw the tie rod ends back in making this...

I am wondering if anyone's tractor does this same thing. Coolant level up to full in radiator and overflow bottle. I'll run tractor for an hour and anywhere from 1/4" to 1/2" coolant level diminishes. No matter how many times I'll fill it up, does the same thing. First suspected a bad radiator...

. Currently most ethanol blended gas is E10 or 10% ethanol. We are now headed for E85 or a 15% blend that some areas already have. I had to laugh when I read about an interview of a Jeff Broin who is of the ceo of the largest ethanol producing plant in America. He stated he'd like to see gas at...

I'm not sure what size or model no. Yanmar is the equivalent . I need the loader SCV valve and am wondering what brand valve Yanmar used on their mid eighties tractors. The one on my JD os a Cessna 2 spool.

Mine has gone awry. Loader goes up by itself and does not remain in first position unless I push lever. JD does not sell the spool assembly and instead one has to buy the entire housing for $700 which includes the spools. Have checked the used market, Cessna/Eaton and even some Yanmar sites to...

Awhile back someone was kind enough (KennyD?) to give me some part numbers from the John Deere sight with instructions as to how to access the parts catalog. As none of my efforts have succeeded after a half hour of trying, I would appreciate some help once more. I need the schematic parts break...

I've been looking at liners to line my current 7x11 flue tile. All the flexible stuff I've seen looks like junk to me. Its so fragile you cannot use a metal chimney brush. I was thinking about installing some rigid lining down my 27" chimney but the guy wanting to sell me the flexible stuff just...

For any experienced welders on the forum this is the side of a Quadrafire 5700 wood stove. The other side also has a crack like this in the same location. This is a weld seam on the inside of the stove where they welded the air tube manifold so it is cracked right through. Obviously heat created...

As I am a nuts and bolt type, my first thread got me to thinking about actual circumstances that may begin to depict wood burning efficiencies better than statistics. It seems that the sq footage capacity of any given stove are measured in South Carolina someplace ( or so the guy who sold me my...

There are plenty of wood burning folks on this forum so I'd thought to ask a question. The wife and I are talking about moving and building a 1 floor house. I was thinking I do not want to stop burning wood but there has to be something more efficient than burning 4 cords of wood for a 1500 sq...

Learned some more of my tractor with this snow storm. It was the the largest amount I plowed (27")with this tractor. I answered my question about a suitable width for a snow pusher I wanted to acquire. I thought it could handle a 6 footer but had I had a 6' snow pusher on, I would not have done...

I'm looking to replace the power steering hoses for my JD 750 compact. I cannot seem to find their parts number on line and was wondering if anyone knows how to get this schematic online. ( I tried for 2 hours but not vey good at this computer finding stuff)

This company has a relatively new inverter stick welder out in the 160 amp range. Does anyone know where these welders are made?

First if they say necessity is the mother of invention, I need a new mama. I do not have a quick hitch. I have a pin on bucket. Now a days, the bucket is used the least of everything I have but it has an important role in that it serves as a mounting platform for tines, teeth and forks. As I...

I've got a 3000# tractor. It uses a 6' rear blade quite well. I'd like to find a snow pusher for the 3 pt hitch but because these gather and retain more snow weight, I am at a loss as to get a 6' or be safer with a 5' and I do not know if they make a pusher for the 3 pt. Looked on line but can't...

I checked the archives for this question but could only go through two pages before I lost patience. This is a hard question for all of us chainsaw junkies. I have owned and sold a bunch of chainsaws stemming from my professional days and then from my chainsaw addiction days but I asked myself...

These small inverter welders that are rated to 140 amps can only do so with 220-240 connections. At 115 v. these welders are not quite achieving 90 welding amps for the most part. A 110 volt mig is rated at 140 amps and can weld to 140 but many seem to think that anything beyond 1/8" thick...

If anyone has an Ariens ***/vert splitter, they make a "table" that bolts up to the splitter somehow. As I do not have a log lift on my horizontal splitter, I'd like to create some kind of small table area that I can roll logs onto directly from my loader bucket. I was wondering if the anyone...

I got the new ags today. They are 8 ply made by BKT. For the life of me, I don't know how I'm going to remount these as they are unbelievably stiff. I have 30" tire spoons but I think I'll need to put a pipe to these to get the new ones on. Theses tires are only 9.5x 24's so the flexibility...

The legitimate calcium pumps for loading and emptying tractor tires cost $1000. Local dealer does not want to deal with calcium as he is strictly a Rim Guard enterprise. I just want to reuse the calcium in the tires I have to replace and was wondering if anyone used a cheap utility pump that...

As some know I've been checking out an alternative to front ags that would be a bit more lawn friendly for that occasional foray onto the grass but still have lugs for traction. This seemed to be the radial tire. To replace the 7x16 ag would require a different rim and with the radial tire...

This is a picture of tires on the front of a European compact tractor (Deutz Agrokid). They seem to be a perfect blend between R1' and R4's. They are wider, have cleats and seem soft and chewy. I like em but all I see on tractors sold in the states are 1's or4's and some R3's. Anyone know what...

Greetings... I am about to pull the trigger on a new tractor. Was going to get the ags as mostly this tractor is used for logging however I have about maybe 5 years left of gettable wood after 34 years of logging the area. After that I will be buying (oh the horror) stems and using the tractor...

Been testing a bunch of tractors lately. I have a geared tractor currently and could never see the great advantages of hydrostatic drive as my tractor is so easy to go from forward to reverse with the flick of a shift. I have been trying out "shuttle shifts" mostly and I'm beginning to sniff a...

Anybody use this tractor for pulling in stems out of the forest? The seat seems a bit uncomfortable with no suspension and I guess with loaded tires (R1's) and fel and some wheel weights I can get to around 4000iLbs for the tractor which should pull in a 3000Ilb stem. Lift seems good at 1640Ilbs...

. For the last three years I've been looking at all kinds of c.u.ts. i've been wanting a new one even though my needs have diminished after having no more horses. The essential part of tractoring for me is wood gathering and snow removal. For about 35 years I've been burning 5 to 6 cord per...

Just got back from the local Mahindra dealer after wheeling about a new 4010 w/fel. This is a substantial tractor and though beefy, it is not so large as to become clumsy in tight woods such as we have here in N.E. It weighs over 4000# with fel and tires loaded which is a must on this tractor if...

The nearby Mahindra dealer got in some Landtracs. Look like nicely built tractors. Upon looking at the color (purple) with black rims, my senses did not know what to make of the color chosen. I mean it looked kinda nice but nothing in my mind build drew me into wanting this color tractor. This...

Can anyone tell me the total weight of a CK 27-35 with a loader and tires filled?

There is a turn screw just visible in the upper portion of this picture that is situated on the surge relief valve of this 750 JD. Does anyone know how this screw regulates and what effects on the overall hydraulic system it may possibly have ?

On this jd 750 I have, I am doubting I am about to put this shim kit in the right place. I say thins because when I took it apart, very little looks like the photo. There is no seal, no check ball, nothing was in the cap as described by some and this spring look larger than what's in the...

Having gotten sick of stacking the wood for drying and then unstacking and bringing the wood into the woodshed, I thought to go to a more efficient way of handling and that was moving the wood on pallets. Or so I thought. I built these easy on-off pallet forks to carry all the wood you see in...

I drove by interesting site today. A guy had a Takeuchi 165 right in the middle of the woods logging about 2 acres. I've seen plenty of excavators on landings and even some on logging trails but I never thought to use one as an extractor or forwarder attached to a trailer as I do not think they...

Inverter welders that are able to run on 110/115 voltage, get a significant kick upward when powered by a 220 amp circuit. (from 100 to as much as 160 amp welding output) I question if the same thing can be accomplished with a 100 amp transformer welder that runs on 110/115 if it was modified...

What is a good tool to smooth out a 1 1/8" inside radius cuts made with a torch in 3/8 metal plate? Hand filing is getting old rather quickly. Do not have a drill press able to handle this diameter.

Well, the clocks went back last night. Some of you know this is a pet peave of mine along with a bunch of other stupid things the government does. It got me to thinking of a different way to get this done. I am wondering why we cannot first go back 1/2 hour say from Oct.1 to Nov.1. for the first...

I need to weld up a 1" thick splitter wedge onto the beam. As I have a 70' run of 10 ga. wire out to the garage, I know this will only support 30 amp output. Is there sufficient heat range available to weld this thick metal only drawing the 30 amps?

Wanting to know if anyone uses this mower with its bagger. Is it effective for leaf pick up or too cumbersome in size.

Rex 600 Fire Wood Processor - YouTube Here's a link to for all you vertical wood splitter owners to get ideas for a more effective wood splitter head. This machine is working with a 26 ton ram so this head design may work for alot of vertical splitters if incorporated by some of our talented...

Just got power back from Irene yesterday (6 days). Coleman generator worked great. Did everything from freezer,refer,well pump,lights ,coffee,microwave. Will not do washing machine. Maker also advises against running washer with a generator because of uneven voltage or sinewaves. No voltage...

I've owned just about every manufacturer of chainsaws with the exception of the above named. The reason was that no one around here sold them. So now a rental shop has gotten a Dolmar franchise near by and I have a desire to own one. I'd be looking for something along the lines of a limbing saw...

Cannot get parts for a mid eigthy Kawasaki engined 3.5 hp rototiller. Needs a new carb which is no longer available. I do have a spare 5 hp Honda GC160. It is not a 6 to1 gear reduction motor and wanted to know if this is an essential ingredient for a rototiller?

Many times I've used a technique of falling a tree into another tree so it would purposely hang up. This is so you do not have to hit something with a full fall. This particular tree had the chance to slap the house with its last 5 feet or so of length. I had the tree (18" oak) nestle slowly...

Those with the type of wood stove that have the air tubes at the top of the firebox allowing for secondary burning, I have a question. If I do not have the draft moving up the chimney, my ws of this type begins to smoke out the bottom. So I understand this happening with a poor draft and a just...

In 2008 I had 685 threads. In 2010, I have 697. I have posted many more times than that and was wondering what the count criteria is.

Back in the 70's- 80's, a company in Vermont made both the Yellowbird and Wheel Horse rear tined tillers. These were small 14" 3.5 hp tillers effective for smaller areas. Mine has the Kawasaki motor and is currently baffling me as to why it will not run properly. First, the tiller ran great for...

Here in the Northeast, most of us are supplied energy by a company called National Grid. This company has instituted what is called a "demand charge" This is a charge that is added to a usage charge. NGrid has convinced state authorities that in order to supply the region enough electricity or...

On the previous advice from members, I went out and purchased an external hard drive with one terrabite for about a hundred bucks. I then discovered I was only using 22 gigs of my 80 gig hard drive that includes pictures on it. I could not justify spending the money for such a large storage...

Of all the asinine things we do as a species, this has got to be near the top. First, all the premises we heard when growing up were all wrong. "It was for the farmers" but farmers hated it as a result of animal schedules being thrown off. "It saves energy" but that may have been true during Ben...

This is a picture of how I move logs to the splitter. This oak one weighs about 900Lbs and is as far as my fel would lift. I can easily get under a log like this with my front tine bar but I know with all the wigglin and wagglin the fel goes through moving to the splitter, this cannot be a good...

There has been much discussion on this forum about welders and such. As I have little experience with them, I'd lke to ask about a comparison that my limited experience has led me too. I have only welded AC stick. A tip from one of the posters (Highbeam?) stated that the 7014 was a sweet rod to...

Currently, I have a 100 amp Century purchased many years ago. Granted I hardly use this machine but that may have something to do with how hard it is to use. (AC only, always sticks) I'm thinking I need something better but I have a couple of problems. First, I only have 10 gauge wire going to...

I have an older (2002) computer that is doing nothing in my cellar. Can I use its hard drive to back up my current computer and if so, how do I do that?

Not much else can beat up a tractor more than logging in the dense woods of New England. I 'd like to know if anyone uses this size Mahindra ( 2615 same tractor?) to skid their firewood in or the like as I think it is a good size for the woods. Questions come to mind such as ground clearance...

This device is used to clean wood stove chimneys from the ground. It attaches to a drill and there are flexible rods that you are able to snake up the chimney. I just bought this and the wife threw away the instructions as she thought they were just another useless pamphlet on the coffee table...

The recent death of our boxer coupled with my wife's assertion who is in veterinary medicine, that canine cancer is in such prevalence, many opinions and good sense have come through. Being of simple mind, I have a belief system going that cancer may not be the natural ender of life as we are...

As others have experienced within our forum family, yesterday my seat time involved digging a grave for our pet boxer of almost 13 years. My wife being in the veternary field, actually delivered this litter. Unbeknowest to her at that time, she then received one of the pups 8 weeks later as a...

Even though I did this kind of stuff for a living, I get a great deal of satisfaction with the challenges of skidding out with a compact tractor. The finesse aspect is certainly tweaked with a small tractor as opposed to a full size skidder. In the second picture, I wrapped the stem first...

At one point in time, our woodstove was in the living room. We moved it to the cellar so the kids wouldn't break their little heads on it about 30 years ago. Now, this new woodstove which I automatically placed in the cellar when we first got it 3 years ago isn't cutting it down there to heat...

I've ownwed a horizontal splitter for 11 years now. Before that all splitting was done by hand. Unfortunately, a 4 way wedge to fit my splitter cost over $200. It has a handle on top to remove it when splitting smaller pieces. I split wood between 8"-20" and my question is are these wedges...

Anyone remember or knows what fitting size goes on these old Yanmar series JD tractors? I am assuming they were on 1/4" hose lines?

Has anyone thought to come up with a fitting that would slide over the teeth of a Markham toothbar or similar type extending the grab of the teeth a few inches. This contraption would come in handy sliding a loader bucket under a tree stem and transporting the stem without the use of chains or...

Guys , Take a look at this welder please. It is a DC welder with 140 amps 220 volt input. I need a new one for around here and this is a toss-up beteen this and the Hobart AC welder @ 205 amps. In 35 years of living here, I've used a welder 5 times so I do not need to spend much more than this...

I notice the non-flip helmets (auto-darkening) for welding range in price from $60 to $300. Speeds of darkening seem to approach each other so I am wondering what would be the factors to cause such a pricing difference?

Recently, while watching a tractor pull contest at a local fair, I got to thinking as to exactly when does a front wheel assist tractor that is smaller, get to the same work ability as a larger 2wd tractor or is there any equal point at all. While watching the 3500# class, I said to myself "my...

This generator was originally purchased in 1985. (10500 w) It was never used and just sitting in a barn collecting dust. Are their any concerns for this item because of its non use?

Since I am not sure where to post this and since I am considering a 7800 watt pto generator as an attachment, this may be a logical place for my question. I've been reading a bunch of old generaor posts and can't seem to find an answer there. My well point cover states I have a 1and 1/2 hp...

I am about to pull the trigger on a 2615. w/ag tires. My dealer is hesitant or doesn't know about my request to increase the tire size all around the machine. I told him I would gladly pay for the tires. It comes standard w/11.2 out back and I have requested 12.4's along with the increase in...

This is a job at my daughter's house that was going well until I hit this rock which was just a little bitty thing when a tooth scraped into it. I had to dig around the rock to budge it. No matter how I tried, the bucket would not even curl this thing. I am doubting if anyone makes a tractor in...

It is getting extremely more and more difficult for me to get parts for my 1985 JD 750. These days I am hearing more of "no longer available". I know this is a Yanmar product as is the above mentioned tractors and was wondering if those tractors are also tough to get parts for especially since...

I have a 23 yr old JD 750. Its worked hard all its life. After I dump a load out of the bucket, it wags on its pins like it isn't connected to the cylinders. It also takes a while to respond to full dump position after the load is out and I'm trying to clear the last material out of the bucket...

Some of these avatars forum members have are great pictures. I have looked but can find no way to blow them up for easier viewing and I am not sure they have this capability. Does such a way exist?

Just received a Markum TB. My bucket has a 1/2" thick cutting edge. I cannot seem to get the toothbar cutting edge flat against the bucket floor. I can pull out the toothbar and then it lays flat but the bucket edge is not up against the teeth. Where is this thing supposed to rest in the...

If anyone ever restored a tractor, what was the best tool you used to get rid of rust in those tight places on the tractor for painting prep.

Yesterday I saw an old 1986 4wd 2950 kubota. I was surprised to see 13.6 x 24's ags on the rears. Owner said it came that way but he was not the original owner. This tractor had the same tie-rod configuration as the L2800 and L3400 but they looked beefier. Are the present L series mentioned...

Green is all I've ever owned but I am sure taken with some of the pics around here as to what the cut Kubotas can lift. Most of the things I see some Kubotas are working with would have my tractor on its knees. (literally) Never thought I'd give Orange a second look but I gotta hand it to them...

I've been calling this company since a bit past the middle of Feb. leaving messages with no response. Melissa called me back yesterday and I got to order my toothbar. She stated to me that they were having trouble with their message receiving and that the last message I left last Wed. was the...

20 some odd years ago, John Deere used a 67 loader on their smaller compacts. (650-750). I have been trying to find a Quik-Tach for my 67 loader but I am having difficulty finding anyone building one for the 67. There are ones for the 70 loader which John Deere used on their 670 and 770 and I...

Went to take a look at this geared tractor. (L3400) What is turning me off is that the tierods are in front of the axle. This could wreak havoc in the woods even with a fel in my mind. Is this a problem for anyone owning this tractor or does it just look that way.

When I first bought my JD 750, the salesman stated that if I adjusted a screw somewhere on the loader, I could increase the loader lift. I'm thinking it was on a valve somewhere and the only screw I notice is on the loader control itself. Can someone inform me on this?

I just contacted ATI, The msrp for a 54" 200 series bucket is $845 for the bucket and another $165 for the cutting edge bringing this to over a thousand dollars for a 54" bucket. You cannot deal with them directly as they only have dealer net work. This seems like quite a bit for this size and...

Rock buckets for my tractor (JD 750) approach $1000. Plus I'd have to take it on and off for snow plowing or wood gathering as both can happen in the same season. I have an idea for a bucket insert that is not quite a rock bucket but a little more than a toothbar. If I knew how to post a...

If you're like me, you carry your chainsaw in the bucket of the tractor or in the wagon its pulling. The wagon isn't a bad place if you're hauling a wagon but I always find the bucket as an atrocious place to put the saw for a variety of reasons mostly dealing with needing to use the bucket in...

Anybody got a trick to make new bearings spin more freely. I've tried rotating the bearing with a drill while applying WD40. That actually seems to make them worse. I wonder if lapping compound first then WD40 would do the trick. Some of you old Soapbox Derby participants may know a method. I...

I need to pick up split firewood from the splitter pile and dump the load into a cart and bring it to the wood stack. The bucket on my fel does this pretty miserably bringing in few splits and much dirt. Gotta be a combination that does this much better. Any suggestions?

Recently, I had to replace all the differential bolts as they had sheared off on both sides of my JD 750 causing me to have no rear drive. After everything is zipped back up and all cone and backlash adjustments made to spect, I now have a whirring, hissing noise under the rock shaft cover...

I have a 4wd JD 750 with ag tires. For 20 years I have been logging and snowplowing a 300 ft drive with no tire chains. Until this year everything was fine. Perfect situation of wet and ice here in the Northeast. Normally a 60' 15 inch oak I can take out in 2-3 skids. This year I was making 5...

My 750 CT battery no longer is being charged by the tractor. The alternator seems good. I've been told that the voltage regulator is bad. Went to dealers and can buy the piece for $106. Seems outrageous to me. Anyone know of a better place to buy. Cheapest on the net I've found is $89. This...

Dealer wants $106 for this item. Does anyone know of an establishment that has these at a better price?

The 750 has 9.5x 24's out back. Has anyone attempted to put an 11.2 x24 on this rim or knows if this rim is wide enough to utilize this larger tire size?