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Haven't been here in a while. but was motivated to post this for others. Yanmar 2000B...bushogging 2 weeks ago, gets hot, shut it off. Open radiator and...what a mess, looks like it's full of sand! Remove it, take to radiator shop, get it recored. $250 as opposed to $350 for new. Reinstall and...

Worked YM2000B all day, went to restart it to put back in the barn, turned key backwards accidentally, to "TS", as I was getting in the seat, oops! Turned to the right, and ... nothing, and all lights, everything is out. Must have blown main fuse somewhere? Is it located behind dash with all...

My YM 2000B won't start...here are the symptoms, (battery is charged & good) When I trun the key, I have gauge lights, turn to start and hear a click and then nothing. Next turn there are no gauge lights, everything is dead. Wait a few minutes and turn of the key makes gauge lights to work...

OK, I just installed a ROPS with seatbelts on my Yanmar. I have never had one before and it has been years! Is the general consensus to always wear the seatbelt? It is just so strange to me to strap in. Isn't roll bar enough? Does everyone 100% of the time use the belt? My old Ford has ROPS and...

I have future plans for building a lake on my land and am shopping for a professional dam builder in central NC. When I check the yellow pages I see a lot of grading companies, nobody specifically mentions dams. I am not talking about digging a shallow hole for a pond. I am going to build a dam...

Got in to a debate about when to fertilize new ground for pasture grasses. I always disk it up good, spread the fertilizer, disk that in, wait a week or two, and hopefully rain, then broadcast the seed. Other guy says he fertilizes after it comes up. What do you guys say?

Anybody else got long weekend plans like me? I'm going to cut up my 2 acre food plot field currently in winter rye with the BB rippers, in anticipation of planting clover in about a month. Figured that will give me time to get my soil sample back from the AG dept. Gives me a hot date with the...

I'd like to hear from those that have remote property that brought you to this board. How far away is it and how often do you get there? I'll start. I live in suburbia but have 100 acres in the country 37 miles away. Takes me about 42 minutes to get there, and I'm there just about every weekend...

After changing my fuel filter, I turned the bleeder screw and the head twisted off, leaving the screw in place! Any thoughts on how to get it out, or will I have to replace the whole assembly? See photo attached.

Took a couple of shots of my cabin getaway this weekend. It is a stick built "dutch barn". I modified existing plans, raising the wall height, adding windows, and deeper lofts. Sleep "upstairs" in the lofts, with open floor space below, cabin is 12' X 20' built for a serious low budget! Great...

I am researching propane heaters for a small cabin. There are blue flame models, (convection) and infrared ceramic plaque heaters, same BTU. Anybody have experience with both to compare? Glo-Warm is the manufacturer, sold at Home Depot and on sale right now! Thanks for any input!

I have a 50 lb bag that I can't plant because of a drought in our area. It's a mix of clovers, rye, and alfalfa to make 2-3 acres of food plots.

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These three tractors are within 3hp of my target of 30HP. They are so similar I can't determine the differences. They are all the same size, same 3 cy YM engine, etc. Can someone enlighten me? Why would JD need 3 so close to each other? Kind of like the Chevy Tahoe vs GM Yukon...same truck...

I have read about this but cannot visualize how it works. My old tractor just goes up and down smoothly. Does it mean that there are "stops" every 1/4 inch? Does that make it hard to hook up implements? Help me understand what it means real world. Thanks!

My dealer has both brands so I have done a walk around of both units. Both machines are 30HP, 4WD, HST. Looking for experienced owners to weigh in on which one to purchase. These two are the closest competitors with the specs I need, and the $$ is close.

I borrowed a JD with HST, (my tractor is old and geared). I thought I was going to be ruined, but actually the opposite happened. I'm used to "set it and forget it" ex: when bushhogging, set the speed and go. With HST you have keep that pedal pressed the whole time. My leg got tired! I guess I...

I want to build a 20' x 40' pole barn, (20 deep and 40 wide), basically I'll have 4 - 10' wide "bays". Anyway, can I span the 20 feet with one truss? I'm thinking about a 24' truss set on poles 20' feet apart to achieve a 2' overhang. Roof will be tin. Make sense?

The last warm spell and a little rain have done wonders for my secret patch of oats! The two pictures show the plot and then the woods they were carved out of! The creatures love it!

I recently cleared 2 acres of pine trees to make a field. There is a 80 year old chimney in the woods, and I wanted to make the field around it, like a center piece. Well, one thing we grow really good in NC is rocks! I'd pick them all up, and after a good rain they would breed more! So I...

They are blanketing the outdoor mags with inside cover ads, ex: Field & Stream, Outdoor Life, etc. The ad says "since WW II..." what is their origin?

I've got a 50HP skid steer that lifts about 2000lb. I use it to maintain my dirt roads mostly. Don't know that I've ever lifted close to the max amount. Also have a 24HP 2WD Yanmar for bushogging, disking etc. I'm thinking of selling the SS and YM and buying one 30-40HP 4WD tractor with FEL so I...

I am in need of a drag to cover wildlife seeds in a food plot. How about this? Local HW store sells chain link gates for kennels - 42" wide and 6' high for about $25.00. I've heard of using bed springs, this is similar, what do you think? Maybe weight it with 2x6 lumber? Opinions?

Anybody have photos of their food plots? Attached is the beginning of mine. Freshly cleared 2 acres, going to plant "Turkeytown Mix" a mix of clover, alfalfa, & rye. Anybody else?

Has anyone planted Pennington Natural Game Mix in their food plots? 3 Questions: Did it come up OK? How long before it matured? How tall did it get? At almost $80 per 50 lbs, I'd love to hear from someone who has used it! Thanks!

I have to replace the lower pins on my disks. Anyone know the size nuts are used? I know they are bigger than 1" from past experience, anybody know? BTW - TSC has pins on sale for $2.25 right now. Thanks!

Hey Farmers out there! I am putting food plots in the woods for deer. I disked it up and spread lime and fertilizer. My question is: should I disk again to work the lime and fertilizer in or just let rain seep it in? The seeds have to be planted shallow, not more than 2" deep, they don't...

I recently acquired a used skid steer, ScatTrak 1300D. Pulled the wheels off this weekend to change the tires and found one that had string wound tightly behind the hub. I pulled most of it off, it was packed up in there and covered in grease. Then pulled another wheel and found the same thing...

My clutch has started going almost all the way down with no resistance and only engages in the last inch or two of travel before it bottoms out for shifting gears. What is going bad here?

Check out this web site. It is a track conversion that bolts onto any SS, right to the hub. Don't know the price, probably expensive but a cool engineering idea. Just an FYI to this group! http://www.loegering.com/VTS.htm

I have a nail in my front tire. Will putting a plug in it work or is that a futile effort? How about that slime like, green stuff you pour into the valve stem? Anybody with experience out there? It may have gotten off the bead, I can see more edge than I used to. It's in the middle of the woods...

While bushhogging down a steep trail through the woods in low gear I suddenly started speeding up with little ability to steer! The cause? The AG wheels had lost traction and were skidding along the dry trail! Pucker factor of 8! Had to hit the throttle to regain traction and then picked a...

Can tractor FEL's in the 30-40 HP range compare to the power of SSL's? I am considering clearing small patches of 9 year old pines and making trails through the woods. I don't have an FEL on my CT, and I have seen a Bobcat working and was impressed! I could buy a used Bobcat for less than an...

I found a late model, (don't know the year, he says 2002), 1500D Scat Trak with 1400 hours. I could buy it for $8000. Seems like a good deal to me, what do you think?

While using my YM 2000B this weekend, something fell off my throttle linkage and now it will not stay in position, it just springs back. I don't know what it looks like, but there is a bracket there with a threaded hole and nothing attached. The bracket has a twist in it and one threaded hole. I...

I've got a section of about 5 acres of 10 year old pines. It's a timber tract from a paper company so they are planted like corn! I want to turn it into a field. I know...bulldozer time! But that is big bucks. Would you cut all the trees off about 2 ft from ground and then pull stumps or hook a...

I have a YM 2000B. My bush hog and carryall all fit great, but I just bought a box blade and the spread of the lower arms (24") puts them into the tires. The guy I bought it from was using a YM1700 and it fit fine. His arms spread was 30". I can't turn the pins in (like I did for the carryall)...

Tryed to fire my tractor up after sitting two weeks and the brand new battery was dead, as in it read... 1 volt! So I charged it up, reinstalled and checked things out. Getting 30 volts AC at the Hitachi alternator, and 14.4 at the battery, all good. Sooo...something is discharging it while it...

I'm running a 24 HP YM 2WD. I have hunting land that has red clay logging roads with ruts, and want to put food plots in the woods. I have cut the trees and bushhogged open areas in the pines for the food plots. Trying to do it all with one implement, I'm thinking about getting a box scrape. I...

Here's a crazy post. I got stung by yellow jackets while bush hoggin' in NC. Came back the next week to kill them and an animal had dug up the nest and ate all but a few pieces! Brave little sucker whatever it was! Anybody heard of this? Racoon? Fox?

I live in North Carolina and am wondering when is the best time of year to bushhog my trails, if the goal is to only do it once or twice a year?

My YM 2000B was running...then poof...white and blue smoke and then a slow stall out. Dang! So I drained the fuel and changed the filter and then crank, no fire. Crank crank, no fire! Ran the battery down..now I'm frustrated. Came here to TBN, plugged "won't start" into search and bam! Got the...

My newly aquired 2000B has a small plastic bottle with a hose at the bottom that goes to the engine between the plugs. Guy says that it drips fuel when you use the glow plugs, but mine is empty.Is that right? Do I just keep a little fuel in it?

I have been offered a YM 2000, total refurbed, looks new to every detail, for $3600. Is this a fair price?

I have an old timber tract of 10 year old pines I want to plant small food plots for quail in. I have cut the pines and bush hogged some open areas that were briars, popular saplings, grass, etc. What should I use to get it ready to plant - disk harrow or tiller? I'm in NC so soil is pretty hard...

Anyone know the capacity of the cooling system on a 1500 so I can get the 30% AF right? Thanks

Been looking at the Nortrac 20 HP 4WD at Northern Tool to use for light bush hogging once a year and using a PTO tiller to plant small food plots for turkey and quail. Obviously the price is half of JD or KB or NH. Northern says they stock all parts and do the service. Anybody out there using...