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We are working on getting our steam traction engine back home where she belongs. She was used in the timbering, lumber and shingle industry here in Shingletown from 1905 to about 1938, when she was parked as an exhibit on the side of the road. She's been overhauled and then her boiler went bad...

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I've been looking at one to use my rear blade (not BB) for snow plowing work and also attaching my Fresno digger to the front for delicate jobs in tight spaces.

Nice buy - I have one as well but not with the attachments. Strong little tractor and I love the ag tires on mine - makes it think it's a big boy. Painted it a few years ago - not white though.

Glad to have you aboard. You are about as far south as I am north. But you don't have a volcano, huh?

Okay, I've been doing some thinking (painful) and trying to do this project as inexpensively as I can. I happen to have sever 10' lengths of Superstrut that was originally intended for a ground mount solar add on on my ranch, which has since been sold. I'm going to use this for the A-pillars...

Agreed. It does take a bit more wire (often) and a little more planning, but that breaker is not the way to do it. If you want a single switch for all lights just put one of these in the circuit right next to the breaker box, if that's convenient and use it to do all the lights in the place.

I think the best way is to come up against the willow, engage it with the toothbar but don't push too hard, and roll the bucket back while creeping forward. That is what I do with the manzanita that I'm trying to get out and it is a bit tougher than a little willow. I suppose, if you put the...

I saw this great little idea when looking for something else on YouTube and said, "Hey, what a great way to get rid of a wire basket I have laying around." Besides getting rid of some of my treasures from my metals pile, the wire basket is great because there are no wood chips to contend with...

Black goes with everything - While I'm cheap and would certainly use a Kubota OEM bucket if I could find one at a really good price, and I wouldn't paint it, it would sure look odd with my blue tractor. Everyone would think I had a Mercum.

Yes, I don't know why it's true, but it is. I can't say it is a "feature" of FF couplers because I have had occasional residual pressure in ag style as well but the FF are certainly very consistent in this regard. As I said, relieving the pressure in the ag style is very easy, a tap on the end...

Of course you can just get a portable tig/stick like I have. Just throw it in the back of the car and take it wherever you want. 450 lbs of love.

This is what you're talking about? This is sagebrush. This is Scotch broom This is French broom

I'm probably going to install one of these to relieve pressure on the line so I don't have to always crack the line open - not very good for that connection really. These are good to 5000+ PSI and are only $40 at Surplus Center.

For future reference, the first photo is of flat face connectors and the second is for Ag style. The reason I asked is that using a piece of board one can tap the end of a male AG style connector and release a small bit of built up pressure in the system that may have developed from...

Measuring the Power Service can be a bit of a hassle - I broke the glass measuring cup I found just laying around in the kitchen but you need not mention that to my DW. I use 5 gallon cans and a rattle siphon to fill my tank until I get my diesel stoves hooked up in my shops and start buying...

I like that. I have space inside my towers and plan on making an open basket a bit larger than your ammo cans made out of expanded steel. Same general plan though. I donate tractor time for fire protection slash deposits and we use a trailer unloading technique I developed to speed up the...

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Or a Freno on the TPH, I have one of these bought at an auction along with a buzz saw. I bought it for the arches and TPH stuff but I might keep it to dig with.

I run a program where our neighbors can bring their wildfire defensible space trimmings to a central site where we unload them and pile the debris - limbs, small logs, leaves and pine needles - for later disposal. I use my G3038h with forks and a hand built debris forks attachment to handle the...

I found a photo of the Yukon working across a hillside. Looks pretty good, actually. Also, it has front and rear PTOs. And is available with a loader.

Here is another drawing of the subframe assy on my hoe/tractor showing better how the various parts interact.

I think 4x4s are an overkill the factory subframe on my LS uses 2x4 (I think, the snow on it is deeper than I want to hassle with right now) I'll take a picture of it for you. The LS is a ladder type and it connects at the front of the tractor with very simple slide in brackets and at the back...

Will do Woody. Here is a photo or two of me putting up the trusses with my tractor and a home made boom pole attached to my tractor's fork lift frame via the receiver welded to it. The boom is a simple bent 1" pipe with some re-bar supports welded to it and cable guy-cables going back to the...

Have you considered putting a duckboard floor in the bottom of the pit to bring it up to a better height for working under a vehicle? Wouldn't need much, depending on your height and the duck board sections could be pulled up to let a taller person work if necessary - or to find the tool/part...

About two years ago, I had two slabs poured for two 20 x 24 metal shops with 9-foot walls. I ordered the metal and got going on the shops this summer, got one frame up by myself and my brother-in-law came over and helped me get one and 2/3 of the 24' side walls up before he decided that was way...

Skeleton rock bucket will work nicely.

I have one like this that sat for 20 years and all I did was a tuneup and she cranked right up.

Nice. I'm going to start working on 2018/2019 season soon as the snow stops. I use a similar plan on the baskets but they are those 275 gallon oil tank cages that I got for free from a friend. They are already pallets I just cut down the fronts for easy access and fill them up. They stack too.

That sounds like an offer you can't refuse. Again, I have both all-metal and timber/lumber/metal buildings and I like both. Both are engineered for 6' snow load and each type has its positives and its negatives. If he builds all-metal and has the time and skill you can order a kit and have...

Mine is pretty much like this one $145. I believe mine is a 21" though.

Yes, thanks for that I did that on my B21, never got sticky but just as preventative maintenance. It is #27 on this photo and I drenched the darn thing but didn't improve things.

The pedals do not return crisply to neutral when I release either one as they always used to. This came on pretty suddenly, not gradually. It is more pronounced when the tractor is cold but is still not crisp even after reaching normal operating temps and after using the hydraulics some to get...

Do not forget to factor in the cost of insulating the ceiling. The original owner of my property/barn (we bought the property next door a few years ago) cut costs and did not insulate the ceiling of the unheated space and we have been paying the price ever since. What happens is, you get a...

I run mine at whatever speed works, depending on the snow. Most seasons, with freshly fallen snow, I run at 2000 RPM or even a bit less and it all seems to work (I get 540 on the PTO at 2510 on the tach). The drier, fluffier stuff goes where I want it at even 1800 RPM and that is all that is...

Here is kind of what I was thinking.

I purchased the property next to mine for a few reasons, not least of which was the 36' x 48' metal pole barn, with 12' x 48' carport along one side, on the place. Besides the obvious, I didn't want some pot growers moving in and setting up a grow operation within sight of my main home. At any...

Oooo, I LIKE that. Reminds me of the old horse drawn graders they used to build and maintain roads in the old days. I almost bought one several years ago, simply because it was very cool. These babies can be converted to tractor wor as well.

The fire cycle.

I have kept my hoe installed for ballast but I'm going to build a dumping carryall box that will have a 4" concrete "floor" on it to provide about 800' of ballast hanging on my TPH. It will be essentially like the Titan box but larger and like this. It will give me the weight I need and won't...

You may not like my suggestion but I would suggest a manual pole saw for these reasons: 1. Manual pole pruners are lightweight, easy to handle, and will not leave you with a sore back. 2. They can be found in much longer lengths than powered saws - up to 21 feet, and pretty easy to handle too...

When I lived in the Santa Cruz mountains, I had 10,000 gallons of water and 4" hydrants in two locations that I could use, all gravity feed at 50 psi. You are not at the fire risk that we were with 6 months (give or take) of no rain at all and sitting in the middle of a mixed redwoods and...

Well done. I showed it to my 24v '98 3/4 ton and it nodded yes and showed its Juice with Tude.

Here is how those brackets will work. Each FEL tower will have one 1/4" plate bracket welded onto each side of it and the two brackets on each tower will be welded together at the back with a piece of plate, just like the tower is. This is what the top looks like that will become my canopy...

I really need the ballast on there all the time as I'm apt to do a lift at any time - that's why my hoe is usually on the tractor. The carryall would be exactly that, but its "floor" would be a concrete slab weighing in the neighborhood of 600 lbs. No need to change TPH implements or load and...

Got me thinking on that - I have another 20x40x9'-walled workshop to build so I will be using my 1 hour cobbled together gin-pole to lift the trusses into position. Maybe I'll work something like this up instead and make a permanent gin-pole to use for whatever as the needs arise. Use 2-2"...

Yes. It does work well. Depending on what you want to lift and how, I think that one could even make a lifting plate that would put the lifting point even with or aft of the pins maybe one of our mechanical engineer friends could tell us if putting the weight close to the cylinder lift points...

Many thanks again to DieselCrawler for sharing his wonderful fabrications - a delight to see and learn from. I have started my project, but only just. I will try to document it a bit as I go but I know that I cannot do justice to DieselCrawler's work. All I did today was take some...

I have a backhoe that I usually leave on my tractor all the time and it provides almost perfect ballast when I have my (too big for my tractor) 4n1 installed and loaded to overflowing. It seems ideal for my forklift attachment that stays on much of the time. When I dropped the hoe with the 4n1...

Rent one of these. They come up to 12k lift capacity.

Gottcha!

I have a 4n1 and they do work well for this but not quite as well as a grapple or even a skeleton rock picker. On the other hand, you'll never be able to pick up a pile of gravel on your driveway with a grapple, and you can with a 4n1. We have manzanita growing on public land that adjoins our...

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Okay, a simple hitch pin, similar to, but smaller than those used to connect a ball hitch into a receiver. The one on my LS is similar size, I'm sure about 3/8" diameter. It makes sense (Kubota sense) as to the price too because it is an "assembly" there is no part number for the pin on your...

Not sure which "pin" you are talking about. Pretty sure it is not an ouch clip or hair-pin, not for that price anyway, I buy pins of various sizes there often and you can also find a smaller selection at Harbor Freight. If you have a TSC near you, go and check as their supply is pretty good...

Thanks, very nice unit but a bit out of my willingly-paid price range. I think I'll try building a box for a 7" designed for inside the car. Maybe something like this for $80 delivered? Anybody built a weather proof case for a monitor?

You are right. Actually two snatch blocks would do that job. But changing direction is important when felling a tree, which is what I often do, as you don't want your tractor pulling directly in line with where your tree will fall, unless your line is much longer than the tree is tall.

Consider buying a pair of forks as you will use them often for many tasks, never a one-time use item like a grapple might be. Easy to build a set of brush forks that slip over the two main forks. Mine are buried under snow right now but maybe this rough drawing gives you an idea of how I...

You would only need 100' of rope to pull something 90' or so away and it is lighter and less expensive then cable - and not as strong. The alternatives are a hydraulic winch (if you have the GPMs to run it) or a PTO winch, both of which are costly for an occasional use. An electric winch is...

I've had flat-fenders, and three CJ-5s and also a Gladiator and a J4800 but I always coveted a farm jeep.

I don't know what year your Kioti is but I know the CK35 did not come with an SSQA for a long time - my buddy dfkrug has one and is hampered with a pin-on. The one I quickly cobbled together in an hour or so did the job nicely and is only intended to last as long as the project will take...

Ah, good idea there. They should handle quite a bit of HP and will already have a splined PTO fitting on it. They are 90 degree so maybe on its side would be the way to go. The ones I've seen actually run the speed up, in the neighborhood of 1:1.5 (or so) but they are available new from...

Thanks for the posting. Nice work on your fabrication. I do like the idea of a thumb on my CUT, and put one on my B21 that had no SSQA. However, with my LS I have SSQA and so I wonder about the value of investing $555 (delivered) for The Thumb when I can buy a light duty, two-cylinder root...

Thank you so very much for doing this. Stunning bit of fabrication that will be duplicated (I hope) by me for my tractor. Scaled up a bit though due to my tractor's height vs yours. Here is how they handle the rope tangling issue on the portable capstan winches - I believe this could be...

I'm with you there!

I wasn't sure where to put this post but I thought this was as good as any, since there is no tool or shop forum. Anyway, I purchased an Ironman 14" dry cut metal saw from Northern Tool. I cannot say enough good about this saw compared to using the chop saw I've had and used for years. It...

Yes, the pruning saw is a good idea, didn't think of it because I carry a small chainsaw with me - Stihl arborist's saw. If you have ever had one snap back on you, you will know why it is so named.

Third time in two days.

Just for interest sake, this is the portable logging winch I've used a couple of times - just to play with. It pulls around 2k lbs. Your strap it to a handy tree and off you go - often used with a snatch block. It seems there are a couple of nice features on it that could be incorporated onto...

You should have a set of remotes installed on the tractor. Those can be set up to provide continuous fluid flow for your hoe, when it's on, and in and out controls for your hydraulic top link when you need it. Right now you likely have a set of hoses that the hoe connects to and when you take...

Anybody seen this warning label on a new lawn mower? Yup! Didn't use to be on them but then, it happened when a guy had the bright idea to use his mower to trim his hedge. Makes drilling a hole in the wrong place child's play in the bonehead department, eh.

We always learn best from our own mistakes but if we pay attention, we can learn just as well from the mishaps others experience, and at a much lower cost. My heart goes out to you guy.

Think I'll stick with my CJ-5, it's paid for.

Here is a TPH mounted unit in action - this is a Fargo brand I picked up at auction - not so much for the scoop as for the TPH assembly that I thought might come in handy if I needed to build a TPH attachment of some sort. Much easier on a tractor than by hand.

Debris forks are great to have. As I mentioned, I keep my forks on 80% or so of the time and I live in woodlands so lots of debris to pick up and dump. They are covered in snow right now, but I made a real simple set of debris forks that attach to my forks (I have to take a picture of that...

I put this list together for me and for friends contemplating getting a new tractor. I also posted it on a " Small stuff that I didn't think I needed" thread. It is somewhat comprehensive but I'm always adding to it when a good idea comes up for something forgotten - like I always carry...

You need a good place to store your chains. I have two on my G3038H. First is an open "cage" made of expanded steel and mounted to the left side FEL mast between the mast and the hood - there is a surprisingly large amount of space there and it's handy to the getting into the cab, chuck the...

I needed to be able to lift my metal trusses onto the 9' studs of my new metal shops (two of them) so I built this little gem in about an hour and it worked like a charm - not much additional lift in it but it sure did the trick exactly as desired. I welded a 2" receiver onto my forks base...

Having a complete thread is always valuable DieselCrawler - I'd love to see your project so I can steal your concepts. Thanks. Is there a particular reason you did not attach your front posts to the top of the FEL masts? I see you use that spot for a mirror and I do as well but mine are full...

Has anyone researched and located a higher capacity generator that would direct-fit or adapt to a G3038H. That anemic little charger LS put's on certainly does not do much for my charging confidence or my desire to fit a winch to my tractor. I have a 140 amp Powermaster on my Jeep and I really...

I'm looking for thoughts and suggestions from the gallery. I have the roof section from an old fiberglass runabout of '60s vintage. It is about 20 inches wider than the ROPS but still a few inches inside the rear wheelbase. It is very well constructed and in great condition. I have about 6...

My tractor & hoe are about 1.5 yrs old and I've had the metal end cap on the return blow off multiple times. The dealer/distributor, Mike Lane of Los Molinas, CA has worked with me right along, going above and beyond in many cases, but this is a messy PITA. The cap's ears break off and the...

I have a Nu Century two-axle dump trailer. The single acting solenoid is controlled with a joystick, not a two button remote. The solenoid is intermittently operable for up - down being a simple vented bleed-back is unaffected. The solenoid/return valve assembly is attached directly into...

No photos yet but I'll post them next week. We are selling our Ranch in the Santa Cruz Mountains and the buyer wants our little (old) B-21 so I was going to be "CUT-less". I told my DW that, since our new plac was flat, adjoined two paved roads, and was only 2.5 acres of forest I really...

Yup

Anyone. The float detent in my B21's boom control valve has never worked (used tractor purchase) - it is supposed to lock when the lever is snapped all the way forward but it does not. The float works fine as long as I hold the lever forward but this is simply unworkable for any road work - I...