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... will it work on my tractor? NH's website says it weighs ~628 lbs, so it seems like it would work ... ? Does it require rear remotes? (I have none) It's about an hour & a half away. Is it worth a 3-hr round-trip to look at? Used 9 ft New Holland 451 Sickle Bar Mower Thank ya'll.

I had 3 or 4 gallons of leftover glyphosate mixture sitting in my 25 gal sprayer from when I sprayed weeds 4-6 weeks ago. (I didn't intend to leave it in there that long, but life got in the way :o) I opened the tank yesterday, planning to pour it into a 5 gal container to store it ... it had a...

... & I think he would prefer the same. Our new home site (not yet built) is on 60 acres, but the small, only above-flood-plain area is close enough to neighbor that I can see his house pretty easily. I'd like to install or plant something on our side 15'-20' inside the property line that's very...

Neighbor has a large oak close to our shared line, so its large limbs overhang onto my property. I want to cut the low ones so I can mow the fence-line on my tractor, meaning I want to cut them up to 8'-10' above ground. Can I do that without the neighbor's permission? Not trying to start a...

My parents have a decorative statue of what I think is a sandhill crane inside their house leaning against a glass sliding door. Apparently this guy/gal saw it & took a likin' to it. Stayed outside looking in for quite a while, & didn't seem bothered one bit as I got within 10' for pics. I...

There's cotter pin, shear pin, hitch pin, etc. etc. I certainly don't know all of 'em, maybe not even most of 'em. Sometimes I can't think of the name of one I'm trying to discuss. Sometimes I don't know what somebody's talking about when they mention one. Was hoping this thread could list them...

Right at midnight. I was the only car within prob 1/4 mile ahead or behind, so it was pretty dark except right where my headlights shone, ie my lane only. No streetlights or city glow. I was in the middle lane of the 3 lanes. At 76 mph I whizzed right by a big rig's spare tire/rim laying right...

My manual says adding water (75% filled) to my 17.5L-24 rear tires adds 515 lbs of ballast (with 2 lbs of CaCl per gallon of water) Is that 515 lbs per tire, or total? At 8 lbs per gal of water, 515 lbs would be about 64.4 gals of water (excluding the CaCl), which is almost 13 five-gallon...

I'm drawing a set of plans for permitting a new barn for my friend, & our county requires that a plot plan with certain details (boundaries, house locations, new structure location, well, septic, etc) be included. I have a copy of his survey. I'm neither a surveyor nor a pro draftsman or...

Trying to decide between a 1-story & 2. For the same size house, which costs more? It would be a monolithic concrete slab. Maybe there's not enough difference to say? Or maybe there are more factors you'd need to know - Ask away. Tks!

Occasionally I notice a TBN ad the split second after I've clicked to go somewhere else. I go, "Oh, hey, what was that?!" & try to go "back" to see it, only to find a different ad in its place. Is there any way to see that original ad again?

This is probably not the season for it (dormant now), but I have a couple grassy areas, maybe 3 acres total, of Bahia grass. I have no hay'ing experience whatsoever but would like to cut some of it to see if it passes as "hay", using my parents' mini horses as testers :). My idea would be to cut...

53 acre wooded (PINE) parcel was for sale for $350K (here in FL) Owner went ahead & harvested the trees & then sold it for $134K I don't know the prices of timber ... Does it make sense that he might've sold 53 acres worth of pine for $216K? ($350K - $134K) :shocked:

My friends & I like to sit around campfires/ bonfires at my place for hours on end, & these fires sometimes take a lot of attention in order to try to maintain an even heat output, so you don't have to move closer & closer to the fire, & then back away from it when somebody puts more wood on it...

I assume "wagon" is the right name ... I was around this big ol' wagon a few years ago that had a thick wood deck, flat deck (no rails), deck about 4' off the ground, big metal wheels, front wheels turn with a tongue (from what I remember), 8 or 9 feet wide, prob 18 or 20 feet long, sturdy as...

I'm building a pole barn where one corner would be under the edge of a large oak's canopy. The only limb that would be above the barn is dead, so I plan to cut it off. (very dead; wouldn't be surprised if it just fell off but of course don't wanna wait!) The limb is about 30' above ground. It's...

Well, we're gonna find out. Preliminary write-up/ plan here, with pics, results & discussion to follow. I bought a couple 3-packs of small but very bright handheld LED flashlights at HD. (The package comes with the 3 flashlights, 2 of the strap-on LED head lights, & 15 Everyready AAA batteries...

What I mean is, if you need to lift something that your loader can barely lift, do you go ahead & do it? Or do you try to only lift things that don't seem to be excessively straining it? That seem well within its capabilities. For that matter, same question for other uses. If you need to push a...

Yesterday my hard drive started running constantly & I can longer access the internet or our LAN. Anybody heard of this? I have had Microsoft Security Essentials running for quite a while now (maybe a year?) & all seemed fine with that, until now. I've tried starting in Safe Mode with...

I let my carb'd '07 Mule 610 sit in my enclosed barn for about 8 months without driving it, & when I went to fire it up recently it took quite a bit of cranking, then started, but instead of smoothing right out upon starting, & quickly gaining full power as it warms up, it requires partial choke...

I like to always have a work towel/ rag handy for wiping my hands off. Some years ago I bought a 3-pack of black bath towels at Kmart. Black of course doesn't show dirt/ grease etc. To make it most handy I realized I could simply tie one around my ROPS & let it hang there. In the pic I have...

I need to un-seat & dis-mount a tire on my Kawasaki Mule 610. I don't know how to do either! Should I leave this to the pro's? I've already let the air out, but the bead doesn't want to un-seat. Stays jammed in there tight. Is there a way a mere mortal without special tools can un-seat it...

I can't think of what it might be called ... but I'd like a steel loop, or hoop, that I can add to the end of my 5/16" (G70) tow chain so when I want to pull from the trailer ball on my tractor, I can just toss the hoop over the ball & go. Its inside diameter would need to be at least a little...

Just wondering. Some of my lazy friends put un-split logs on the fire & wonder why the fire just smolders. I hit the piece with my maul, put it back on the fire, & now you have a good fire. But ... why?

I calculated that my tractor/ loader weighs 6,156 with no 3PH implement. Add say 1,000 lbs worst case scenario (my dad's old beast of a rotary cutter) ... & round up for other junk riding along (chain, etc.) ... so 7,250 I'll call it. Can my un-modified '05 Nissan Titan King Cab with tow...

My friend showed me 2 containers of glyphosate-based weed killer he has, both of which mentioned "salt" ... something like "contains glyphosate such-&-such salt". I don't see salt or sodium mentioned in my generic glyphosate concentrate, thank goodness. But, I was wondering if the mention of...

I've installed metal roofing on barns 3 times, but never on a house, which is what I'm interested in doing now. My shingles are going on 20 years old, so I'd want to metal roof over them, if possible. I'd like to use the regular ol' galvanized silver 3'-wide 5-ridge metal roofing available at...

Just wondering if anyone knows if this 25-gal, 12V tank & sprayer is decent at $150? CountyLine Deluxe Spot Sprayer, 25 gal. Capacity - 2137081 | Tractor Supply Company I'm wanting to spray weed killer along my new 3,400' fenceline. I'd set the tank in the bed of my Kawasaki Mule & drive the...

:o Something that may be so simple, but I don't understand ... When I move my FEL lever, what exactly happens? Is a port or valve opening? I don't understand why the tractor goes from fairly quiet where I'm hearing only the diesel engine running to a hydraulic pump also running when I operate...

I'm no tractor mechanic, & I've wondered a few times about how a tractor can keep itself cool enough when it's flippin' 100 degrees outside. Well now I know - The other day I got off the tractor & put my hand right in front of the front screen, & the air flow over my hand was very powerful &...

Maybe ya'll already knew this, but: Today I discovered this nice little slot in my L3940's LA724 loader (slot on both sides) that holds my machete (one on each side if you want) in a secure, easy access location, no mods necessary, just drop it in / lift it out. Haven't found any downsides to it...

I have a Stihl HT101 polesaw. I installed a brand new chain last weekend & made only about 3-4 cuts, cutting the tops of recently installed 4x4 fence posts. Seemed to cut those fine. We've been using this saw to cut 4x4 fence post tops because I can use a level & get a nice flat-top cut...

I have over 2 acres with many, many small-ish trees I want to remove, ranging from little 1" diameter saplings & smaller that I can & prob will just bush hog, up to 5"-6" trees that I can push over, but the root ball doesn't always cooperate by popping up some such that I can continue scooping...

I've realized that many things I do during a typical day require gas or diesel, sometimes large quantities, sometimes less. And that's fine with me; it's enjoyable; I like to operate machines. However, with billions & billions of people also using gas & diesel daily, it's bound to run out at...

What I'm looking for is a pliers type of tool that I can use to just walk up to my no-climb horse fence (2"W x 4"H holes) & crimp it so it puts a little kink in the horizontal wires, to tighten up areas that are wavy. IIRC Red Brand no-climb horse fence used to have an intentional wave all...

I've been using a 9" diameter auger bit on my dad's Howse PHDM26 3PH auger. That bit makes a much bigger hole than is necessary for the 4x4 fenceposts I'm using, requiring more back-filling, more tamping, & unnecessarily disturbing more soil than needed, so I'd like to change the bit to a...

Living here in FL, where it's pretty flat, I don't know the answer to this: Are the two lots pictured the same "acreage"? The one on the left is clearly 1 acre (208.71' x 208.71' = 43,560 square feet = 1 acre). However, the one on the right is 1 acre when measured in the horizontal plane, but...

Don't own one, but I've read that pro grade zero turn mowers have pretty thick mower decks. Just wondering if it would be reasonable for somebody to make a "bush hog blade option" for heavier duty finish mowers? (assuming it's not already available) The idea would be, when you want to bush hog...

Yesterday I was using my grading scraper to level/ smooth the dirt along a new fenceline. I was doing a lot of raising, lowering & feathering of the 3PH lever. Oddly, my 3PH dropped a couple inches all on its own & then held firm there. I re-lifted it & that worked fine, for a moment ... but...

You can play with a big dozer or excavator: Vegas Earth-moving theme-park lets patrons operate heavy machinery - Boing Boing (Eddie Walker can ignore this thread :laughing:)

That stinkin' thing! I will have entered my user name & be about 1/2 thru entering my password when that popup interrupts my password typing & I can't tell which part of my password is entered, as in where I need to continue typing to finish it correctly before submitting. Can this be altered...

Below is a pic of the old ~600' "trail" driveway on the property I plan to build a house on. Much of the lot is just below the flood plain, & this trail is just a whisper above it (~1 ft), so there are 2 spots that become muddy during even a light rain. My limited experience so far is that the...

Last June when I was shopping for my first tractor, I posted a thread asking what's the Cadillac of tractors, using Cadillac to (right or wrong) represent the one with the most gadgets/ features/ options: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/buying-pricing-comparisons/173869-cadillac-tractors.html...

There are many HST vs gear vs shuttle (etc) transmission comparison/discussion/debate threads on TBN. Which is better, the pro's/cons, etc. Certainly the details / differences need to be understood by buyers, but I wonder if this might help boil it down: If you own/owned an HST machine(s)...

A thread on slip clutches caught my eye one day last week - I was never even aware that the rotary cutter I've been using since last June has one, until spotting it last weekend. It's an old, rusty Ford cutter that that I've been greasing in hopes of course of keeping it going as long as...

Back into a tree with the box blade, push on the tree & lift the 3PH at the same time to lift the root ball up & out of the ground. What do you think? OK to do?

Tonight I finally got around to adjusting my L3940's Auto Throttle, & it works great now! :thumbsup: For those that don't know, the Auto Throttle is set at the factory to immediately wind the engine up to full throttle (2700 RPM) just about the moment you touch the HST pedal. The engine's...

Mom, with extremely little gun experience, wants a weapon to guard against home intruders. She's got my old .22 rifle right now, & we've shot it, loaded it, un-loaded, etc. but even that's dicey. I don't trust her with it, & it's probably too big for her to swing around & hit something in an...

Just an idea: How about a revision to the utility grader (land plane; road grader; road scraper; whatever they're called) to convert it to a combination utility grader & box blade. Add a flap / blade on the rear that can either be put up where it would lay on top of the grader's frame & the...

Saw my tractor's drawbar layin' in the dirt the other day :mad: Somehow I lost the clip and the pin :mad: Had to go buy another one today: 7 bucks :mad: The good news: They told me to put the pin in from the bottom, so the clip is on top & out of the way of branches snagging it, etc...

I'd like to try my hand at making hay. I have a tractor, & a rotary cutter :), but am curious how cheaply I could give it a try? What would I need? I'd prefer the square (rectangular) bales vs the big, round jelly-rolls. Is this a situation where the "cost-to-enter-the-market" is so...

Been replacing an old 4-wire barbed wire fence with new fence for 6-7 months now, & encountered a problem this past weekend. See diagram below. New fence is 4x4x8' p.t. posts, 8' spacing, Red Brand "non-climb" horse fence wire mesh, & a single 1x6 rough sawn p.t. board along the top as the last...

I'm interested in a 2nd FEL bucket, the kind that looks like a root rake ... or like the bottom half of the typical grapple. Instead of a solid bucket, it's made of large "teeth" you can see thru to the stuff you're trying to scoop up. What's it called? Where do you get them? Thanks!

Me & dad have fenced about 1,350 feet so far. 8' posts spacing. ~170 posts. Augered all of them until this past weekend when the posts were pretty close to an AT&T fiberoptic line, & ATT said we had to hand-dig them (they helped). I don't know if they can enforce that, since I'm diggin on my...

Yesterday I drove my tractor around a corner on the vacant land I bought 9 months ago, so that I was next to the fence line my land shares with neighbors that have dobermans. There's a 4-barbed-wire fence between us. As I made the turn 2 dobermans were running back-&-forth inside their corner of...

What's the difference? I need a 4' round bar I can use to manually manipulate my 3PH auger. I bought a 4'L x 3/4" diameter Hot Rolled round bar, but it bends too easily. Turns out I can fit a slightly larger, about 7/8" bar in the auger's hole, but should I get Cold Finish or Hot Rolled, so...

Heck, the 8 inset zerks at the bucket end of my loader's arms already look about like a Buddy Bearing. Wonder why they don't use them where possible ...

I can't seem to find them. Tractor Supply only sells the solid, one piece couplers that do not adjust / tighten/ loosen ... the same as the one that came on the gun I got at Home Depot. I want the ability to loosen the coupler if it gets stuck on a zerk fitting ... ... which happened to me...

Here at work last week, & then again Saturday, a guy in a minivan asked us "if we wanted some free new equipment" & that "his boss told him to just give it away". What the heck? Anybody else heard of this? Obviously it's baloney - Just wondered what the scam is? My co-worker answered the door...

I re-fill two yellow 5-gal diesel jugs about once a week for my tractor, & it seems like there's got to be a better way. I'd like to 1) get more fuel per trip to the station (maybe 25 to 50 gals) & 2) not have to hold 5 gallons in mid-air while it starts to empty into my tank. I'd prefer to...

First one - In PA (not mine):

Just curious ...

The zerk at the top of my LA724 loader's rollback cylinder broke off, & I'm having a fit trying to find a replacement. No problem with the threads; It unscrewed right out. Took it with me to match it up. Tried Tractor Supply, Discount Auto Parts, Home Depot, & finally ... my Kubota dealer (way...

I confess: While I paid my dealer to do my initial 50-hour service, I never checked the hydro fluid level myself until tonight ... 155 hours in :o aka 105 hours after the 50-hour service. So, I was surprised when I pulled the transmission dipstick out & could hardly see anything :shocked: I...

I bush hogged quite a bit of 3'-4' high whispy stuff last weekend & discovered that its dusty tops/ seeds clogged my HST oil cooler, along with normal dust /dirt. How do you all clean this oil cooler? My manual just says it must be clean from debris.

The 4110 is my dad's. He saw me un-curl my bucket & drag dirt backwards with it the other day. My bucket stays put wherever I un-curl it to, including when pushing down very hard & dragging backwards with it. He commented that his bucket (loader?) doesn't stay when he does that ... If he tries...

I greased everything I could find, every zerk fitting, etc ... then realized the one thing left: The bucket level indicator rod. Man, that thing was making an awful screeching. Hard to zone in on it when you're by yourself trying to operate the loader valve & also get your ears close to a...

Is this something you'd have to see in person & test/ try before offering an opinion? (which concerns me since I have such limited welding experience (aka comm ed class only) & know no welders) Is $750 fair, or what you would offer him? (I pasted the ad below, but here's the link it's from...

Considering a toothbar (again), & was wondering if it could be modified to be pinned in place (like 3PH implements) instead of using bolts, so it could be quickly/ easily removed, or quickly/ easily folded back into the bucket? Also, how easily are the teeth removed (on models with removable/...

I bought two steel square tubes from metalsdepot.com, & it arrived with a coating of oil/ grease, I guess to keep it from rusting. I guess this is typical since the steel pieces at Home Depot all seem to be oily, too. What should I use to clean that off before painting? Any ol' degreaser, or...

I bought a Ryobi 10" drill press 7 or 8 years ago, not really focusing on the 10" part, just wanted a decent drill press, & it did the trick for what I needed at the time. A friend of mine needed to drill some 4x4s, so also bought himself a 10" drill press, & was disappointed to find out a 10"...

Sometimes when steering, the steering wheel sort of "bumps" against a "stop" for just a split second ... like I've turned the front wheels against something that's stopped them cold, but then a microsecond later all is good again & low effort steering resumes & returns to normal. I'm one to not...

My dealer filled my rear tires with water prior to delivery without even asking me, which I thought was fine, I guess, except I would've preferred something that wouldn't freeze or rust the wheel. But it was done, so whatever. So, although my tractor lives under cover, it's an open barn with...

Was visiting a remote MS tower site. Decided to carry my machete around after that :) What do you think made them?

I have a book called "Welding Basics" that has a chart showing the thickness in inches of metal from 10 gauge to 24 gauge. It says 14 gauge is 0.069 inches. However, a website I just ordered steel ("Carbon Steel Square Tube") from metalsdepot.com states that 14 gauge is 0.083" thick. ...

Overnight low of 20 ... but feels like 10 ... Here in FL?????? Hello Al Gore ... Come in Al Gore ... Please turn your jet engines on us if that'll warm us up ... Oh & explain this whole low temp thing while you're here. Thank you Al Gore :laughing: ps I know some of you are much colder than...

I had a new well put in on 9/10/10 at my new vacant lot. I've had very little need for it so far, so it hasn't been used much yet. But I noted very brown, iron-ish water coming out of it, so first chance I got I bought a new hose & let the well run wide open for 3 separate days, about 6 hours...

I have an '05 Nissan Titan King Cab with the OEM towing package, rated to tow 9,500 lbs. My Kubota Grand L3940, front end loader, & loaded tires weighs 6,156 lbs. With a box blade or bush hog, chains & other stuff I carry I'm sure it's pushing 7,000 lbs. That leaves about 2,500 for trailer...

The driver's side hazard light bulb on my L3940 quit Sunday, & I forgot to pull the old one for replacement. So I can bring a new bulb with me next time, does anybody know what bulb it takes? If you haven't seen some of my other posts, I drive my tractor about 4 miles from my parents' barn to...

Kubota says about my Grand L3940's PTO: 1 Speed Rear Live - Hyd. Independent 540 rpm @ 2550 Eng. rpm Electric over Hydraulic PTO Switch (-3 only) The manual says: "To avoid shock loads to the PTO, reduce engine speed when engaging the PTO, then open the throttle to the recommended speed." ...

Saturday I was clearing trails. Put the FEL against a dead ~35' tall 6"-7" diameter tree. I pushed it slowly so it wouldn't break in the middle & the top half snap back at me. Well, a thin vine at the top hung onto the top anyway, so the tree's middle went forward & partially broke, while it's...

aka "Tractor As I Say, Not As I Do" aka "Confessions of a Tractor Dare Devil" aka "I Know This Ain't Smart, But I'm Doin' It Anyway" aka "I Did _____ & Am Surpisingly Still Alive To Tell About It" I couldn't find where one already exists, so maybe it'd be good to list what you've done with your...

Good grief was it ever DUSTY this weekend here in N Cent FL. Tractor & operator completely covered. New air filter is gonna be needed sooner than previously scheduled. The sad thing is, my local gov't has labelled my dusty land "wetlands" ... HAHAHA!!! Where's the "wet" part?!?! :confused2:

I've posted about the hornets & yellowjackets on my land here in N central FL. Both got me. I learned during all that that yellowjackets live in the ground. Well, doing some fencing this weekend, turns out the flyin' things in the pics also live in the ground. What are they? They look to me...

Impressive excavator skills. [VIDEO] (Sorry if somebody has already posted this)

While clearing some of my new property I've ended up with quite a few stacks of cut hard-wood that I don't need for firewood, so I plan to split it & sell it by the road. I'll load it into peoples' vehicles. I did this one other time 4 or 5 years ago in a different area of town, but can't seem...

Just occurred to me is all. It's the one "work area" that's always clean. Strong. Portable. Right height. Easy to take with you :thumbsup: Another good reason to own a truck. That's all, just an observation.

Does that put the Hydro vs Gear argument to bed? :laughing:

1) Curious about peoples' experiences toppling over: - Did your ROPS bend? - Did you get hurt? - Did you have your seat belt on? - Do you feel it saved your life, or at least saved you from injury? 2) Do ROPS' work when folded down? My manual says "Fold the ROPS down only when absolutely...

(Post inspired by Huskerplowboy's "Dog Mahal" post) Hope all you rough/tough tractor owners can forgive the fact that cats, not dogs, are the subject of this project :) For a number of years we had our 3 cats indoors-only, including of course their litter boxes. It always bothered me that they...

In my "How to kill bee hive in ground?" thread I told about getting stung. Here's what I think I learned: I didn't realize how far you had to go to avoid getting stung some more: On the 'net it's written that bee stings involve the release of pheromones so others know where to come get you. I...

This afternoon I was machete-ing away at some vines on my "jungle" property. One vine was laying on the ground across a really dead piece of tree trunk at the base of a living oak tree. I went to cut the vine at ground level, & POW, bees are stingin' me & buzzin' all around. I ran, fast & far...

Was pulling out trees of various sizes this past Saturday. Needed 4WD on almost all, sometimes even differential lock. Pulling one tree, it just wouldn't go; I realized oops I had put the tractor back in 2WD; when I put it back in 4WD again, the tree came right out :thumbsup: Just saying, for...

At my new 21-acre jungle-like vacant property, so far I've bush-hogged a two-lane trail I can drive in on just fine, & I've established exactly where the future house will go. So, right now this ~700' driveway is mostly dirt in the tire tracks with a weed/ grass center strip. It's fairly level...

I'll post a pic ASAP, but I just found that my brand new fence has been attacked ... yes my fence was attacked :laughing: ... Some friggin' loser nailed a real-estate-sized plastic sign to my brand new fence, advertising Seamless Guttering. What the??? How do they figure this is OK??? I pried...

I have a 28'x22' barn/ garage with a metal roof I installed myself (metal from HD) ... & it leaks/ drips only when it's raining (i.e. not from sweating). I used the twist-nails with the soft lead washers pre-attached to them. All nails are on the top of each metal sheet's "^" ridge (i.e. not...

When I was 14-15 I helped my parents physically build our house (2-story). Then, when I was 22-23 they helped me build mine (1-story). So, I do have experience building a 2-story house, but with wood joists (2x12's). I'm thinking about building my next house, a 2-story, with a concrete 2nd...

Received the "Debris Rake 2" I ordered from Ground Works Welding & Fabrication. His advertised text: "This item is a clamp-on debris rake, but it works great for hay, manure, logs, brush, or anything that you may need to move that is wider than your tractor bucket. The tines are 16" long and...

I'm really wanting to know if a 3/4" hole can be drilled in the sides of my bucket by a regular ol' Home Depot bit, or is this gonna be something I'm gonna wish I had left up to my dealer? Thank you ...

I have a one-year old Walmart 12V deep cycle battery I just charged overnight with a Sears DieHard charger I've had for over a decade. I've never felt real knowledgable about battery charging; Just connect it up overnight & hope for the best. I did read the manual but never used the charger...

It would seem you could use that money to buy even something like a box blade, get about the same weight benefit (no?), & even be carrying around something that might accidentally come in handy, versus just dead weight. What am I missing?

... for a limerock road in N Central Florida. This road tends to get little depressions, from where tires hit water & spray the water out off the road, & is "wavy" from where the limerock delivery man didn't spread the limerock as he drove, he just dumped it in small piles, & it was never graded...

Earlier this year I bought a wild/ natural 40-acre parcel of semi-low to low land that currently has anywhere from grass to whatever grows in sometimes swampy areas (blackberry bushes, saplings). We haven't had any sort of flooding since the '04 hurricane season, therefore even the lowest areas...

This is in reference to this JD thread: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/john-deere-buying-pricing/179889-so-why-do-you-buy.html Specifically in reference to Roy's "Why buy a Deere? Because we want the best..." and "Yep...Kubotas...fine tractors and well suited to those who can't afford the...

60 acres for me. I know that's by far not the most ... But, how much do you have? Post yours & we'll figure out who's got the most. I envy those that have enough land that you can actually go into it & not see, hear or even know civilization is out there somewhere :) I can get far enough in on...

Caster wheels these days cost a fortune ... except at Harbor Freight. So, I bought a set of four of those, & of course found out they're junk. Do you have a source for decent wheels that don't cost a fortune? These will be holding about 1,000 pounds total & rolling on concrete. Thank you ...

This is the seat safety switch connector on my L3940. I'd like to buy another one of these so I can jumper the aftermarket one, plug it in, & have done no damage/ mods to factory connector/ wiring. Where can I get one? Thank you ...

Never welded before. Complete welding idiot here ... I'd like to be able to weld up tractor implements/ attachments, up to 1/4" steel I guess. Can this be done with 110V power? Or 220V? Is MIG what I should be looking into? Is it OK to buy the recommended welder at Home Depot/ Lowe's? I'd only...

I'm trying to utilize the two welded-on nuts on the front of the ROPS' hinges & can't figure out what size & thread they are. I've tried a 3/8" regular threaded U.S. bolt, a 3/8" fine threaded U.S. bolt, & a 10mm metric bolt ... and none fit. They all thread in about one full turn & stop. Oiled...

Anybody else think 2x4's & other lumber from Home Depot/ Lowe's seems a lot more curved/ warped than a decade or 2 ago? Maybe it's just me, but when I buy boards & put them in my (enclosed but not air-tight) barn, seems that in less than a week they're incredibly warped, basically useless to...

My HVAC worker friend found this way back in a tiny remote corner of an attic near a duct. What are these two tools?? We have no idea so far ...

... feeding it lime? A local EPA guy told me those huge 100-year-old Live Oaks thrive on lime. I just wonder if you could "help" a smaller Live Oak, that seems to have hit its max size, get way bigger buy fertilizing it with lime. I know they grow very slowly.

7 footer. There's one for sale locally, says excellent condition (aren't they all?!) ... haven'y seen it yet. But will my 3-ton, 40.5HP, 31.5HP PTO tractor handle it, or is it just too much? I don't try to bush hog 2"+ diameter trees (I saw those down), but I want to be able to mow heavy...

... Anybody disable or jumper past theirs? I ask because I took a quick look yesterday & see two different wire pairs. One pair goes to a switch mounted under the right edge of the seat, sort of below the seat belt bar. The switch is depressed when the seat is down. The other wire pair goes...

What to do when you're bored driving the ~5-hour FL panhandle at 77 mph? Try to snap decent pics while keeping your eyes on the road, of course! Can't see squat in this one, but I thought it's a cool pic, & shows that those guys mow even in a down pour (bye-bye bug splats):

Got a $13 steering wheel turning knob at Tractor Supply last weekend, installed it last night, & it is awesome! I'm no weakling, but my Kawasaki Mule 610 4x4 requires quite a bit of effort to steer, especially in tight turns, like on trails, etc. After installing that knob, it makes me want to...

Would you all suggest I lift my rotary cutter/ bush hog fully with the 3PH when travelling the 4-mile route from my tractor's home to my new property I'm working on ... or raise it a little and let the cutter's single wheel carry it? There's a pretty noitceable difference in hydro whine when...

... for anybody that cares :laughing: Weight in pounds: Kubota Grand L3940 HST + foldable ROPS: 3,627 Front end loader (model LA724): 1,168 Bucket (model "Square 72", "Quick Attach"): 331 Water weight in rear tires (tire size 17.5L-24): 515 each Total: 6,156 Wow, tractors are heavy. And...

Until my recent Kubota tractor, I've only ever owned a little Sears 42" riding mower & haven't tried out a ZTR, so I don't know ... Will a $4K Home Depot ZTR have about the same mowing capability, as far as grass height/ thickness, as my 14 HP (I think it is) 42" riding mower? Or can they...

Went to pop in 2" ball with a 1" shaft into my Kubota drawbar ... & it doesn't fit. Dangit! It's not like it doesn't fit by a lot, like a 7/8" shaft is needed. It's very close. It seems to be the thickness of the paint inside in the hole plus maybe a sliver more of metal. Am I missing...

A local AT&T underground locations guy told me I can use sulfur around my socks & beltline to keep chiggers away, but I can't figure out where to get it ... Tractor Supply says they don't have it. Any ideas?

Disc'ed today, then used the FEL to level a very small ~10'x~20' area, & these two odd things happened while using the FEL: 1) At one point the HST pedal wouldn't go down to go forward, at all. Wouldn't budge. It worked fine in reverse, but wouldn't budge downward to go forward. Cruise control...

Took me a week or so to stop bush hoggin' long enough to snap some pics, & now some rain to get me off the thing so I can post 'em ... but here it is; After looking high & low, kicking tires, test drivin' a few, weighing pros/cons, agonizing over what I really need vs what I want vs trying not...

Just needed for around the county, no highway use, for a Kubota L3940 with FEL. 2005 Car Trailer 20', slide in ramps, 8000lb winch

Checked my local Home Depot, Lowe's, Tractor Supply & another locally-owned place, & these are the lowest prices I got for each: 4"x4"x8' #2 PT $6.97 Home Depot 1"x6"x16' fence boards aka corral boards $6.97 Home Depot 200' roll of no-climb (2"x4" holes) wire fencing $250 Tractor Supply With...

I recently purchase vacant land with the intent of building a house there some time in the future (2-5 years). Just wondering if it's advisable to get property insurance on it? i.e. What if some trespasser twists their ankle in a post hole I dug & haven't put a post in yet ... or a big, dead...

And I have. So far at my new, completely undeveloped central FL 60 acres: - Three bouts of chiggers in a 1-month span - Hornets' nest: 3 stings - Approx. 16-18 ticks (not a one actually attached, yet, though (that I know of)) - Wasps: Several nests, but just 1 sting so far - Two short, fat...

I drive a Nissan Titan King Cab (aka "extended cab") & pull a 24' boat sitting on a tandem axle trailer. The whole rig is about 48' long, tip-to-tip, but I don't know the wheelbase of the truck+trailer. Wonder if you all might be able to tell me a reasonable minimum driveway turn radius...

I own this camo Kawasaki Mule; Camo is great for not showing dirt & scratches. Wonder why no tractors are available in camo??

Goals: Mainly for mowing (some within trees), ~5' wide tractor with highest HP I can get for running a 6' flail or 6' RFM, & maybe a 5' or 6' bush hog. Somewhat lighter weight than the average ~40HP models, so it's easier on the grass. Seems like the New Holland 2035 Hydro is a good choice...

I'm looking for opinions like: "I love my JD (whatever brand you have) ___ (model), but I'm pretty sure the __ HP PTO rating is too high." Or "... the FEL lift capacity is rated too high."

I'm in the market for a tractor, either in the ~33HP range or ~40HP range, not sure yet, close on new property this Friday. Should know which is needed pretty soon. In the "small runabout" category in the boating world, there's Cobalt & then there's the rest. Cobalt is far & away the best boat...

I'm very new to tractors ... A local dealer (no brand mentioned, yet anyway) has several models on his lot that have been on his lot for over a year, & are priced lower. One way lower, & I think he said it's been on the lot over two years. I asked what year this one was, and the sales guy told...

I've read the pro's & cons of an HST vs gear. Just wondering if anybody really hates HST's? Or maybe you have a particular task & your HST is just flat-out the wrong transmission for the job? I have roughly 13 acres of bush hog type mowing, probably a few times a year, & then up to about a...