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    Cub Cadet 7272 & Food Plotting

    I have a Cub Cadet 7272 2WD 27hp tractor I use for doing a few acres of food plots for deer in western Pa. My problem has been the past couple years have been wet and I have been losing traction more and more when working the plots. For example, I have an 8' cultipacker single row 16" wheels...
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    Cub 7272 size plow?

    I have a 27hp 2wd 7272 and am doing some food plots with it and would like to pull a plow with it. How many bottom and what size mold boards will this tractor pull?
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    7272 Radiator Hose heater

    I am looking to get an inline engine heater that goes in the lower radiator hose of a Cub 7272. Anyone know offhand what the hose diameter is on this model? Thanks
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    Cub Cadet 3225 wiring diagram

    Anyone know where I can get a wiring diagram for the 3225 online? Thanks, Jerry
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    Residential Wind Turbines

    Been looking at residential wind trubines to produce my own electricity and wondered if anyone on this site has any expirience with anything like this? Thanx
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    iso 150 gear oil

    I need to change the gear oil in my disc mower and it calls for iso 150 gear oil. I am haveing trouble finding gear oil listed at iso 150. Any help on where to purchase this oil? Thanx
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    Where to get a metric Tap

    Hi, I just bent the left tie rod on my Cub Cadet 7272 tractor. Cub wants $100 for a piece of pipe tapped inside one end so I want to make one myself. Problem is, where can I buy the tap to do the threads. I used a thread gage and the threads are 17mm x 1.5mm pitch. I'm haveing a hard time...
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    7272 hydraulics

    I have a Cub 7272 and last year I bought a subframe mount and woods backhoe for it. To attach the hoe, you have to remove the threepoint arms, turnbuckles, etc. Now, whenever I take the hoe off and put the arms back on, the threepoint won't lift as high..in fact by several inches. This is...
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    Backhoe  Backhoe bucket size

    I have a Woods BH70-x backhoe with an 18" bucket. I have a ton of 4" drain pipe I want to bury and am considering a smaller bucket. The options for Woods are 9" and 12". I like the idea of a 9 inch hole but wanted to see if anyone has any expirience with this size? My concern is dirt...
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    7272 Squealing Hydraulics

    I have a Cub 7272 and added a sub-frame mounted Woods backhoe last fall. At the same time I changed the hydraulic-transmission fluid and filter. Now when I run the tractor, if I operate the front end loader or the backhoe, there is a screech from the belly of the tractor. I am assumming this...
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    concrete walkway

    I am getting ready to pour a concrete walkway in my barn an am new to the process. I formed up the walkway with 2x4's. I want to put in the wire or rebar to hold it all together. I'll get this at a Lowe's type store. What exactly do I ask for and what do you guys reccommend. 4" pour. Also...
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    Lady Bugs

    Hi, Every year around this time our house becomes a magnet for lady bugs and I can't seem to find much info on how to get rid of them. Our current method is sucking them up with a handheld Vacuum but 10 minutes later is seems like you never sucked any up, lol. So, has anyone here ever found a...
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    Filters...Again!

    Well, its time to do the maintinance stuff on my CC 7272 again. I did the cross reference dance on the Wix site and called around and came up with some interesting results. ......................CC Part#............Wix Cross #.....Napa Gold Cross # Fuel...
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    Barn Support Beams

    I need to do something with the support beams for my old barn. Pic 1 is of the ouside of the barn so you can get an image of the style of this barn. Pic 2 & 3 show the base of the posts and how they are sitting on large rocks. Pic 4 shows how the posts connect to the main beam. And pic 5...
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    GPS

    I want to get a portable GPS unit and wanted to know everyone's expirience and reviews of different models and what to look for.
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