Recent content by Gerald

This happened a while back, when the tractor was almost new. I ran across it today looking for something else. I didn't try to fix it myself, but after watching someone do it that knew what they were doing, I would try to fix the next one. He didn't even take the rim off the tractor. Just...

I took this pic out the front window with a 10x lens. They were about 500 ft. away. Just a pic I thought some of you would enjoy. When they are that little they are cute. When they are older and in my garden is another story. Gerald

Anyone had any experience with one good or bad? It looks like it would be just the size I need to clear some land of small pines and limbs on about 5 acres. I would rather buy one than rent, so I could take my time doing the job. If it is gray market, would parts be hard to find? It would make...

This all started when I noticed a squeak in the kitchen floor. I crawled under the house to see if I could fix it. Oh boy, all the mold and mildew on the wood. No water leaks just wet dirt. I called the local crawl space expert and got a quote of ............ready for this....$11500.00 to fix...

I had a 72" bucket grapple on my 3830. It was so heavy the loader was overloaded to start with. Found this on Ebay, Grapple Works like a champ. I already had an extra valve from Construction Attachments. Gerald

After reading another post,"Squirrel for supper tonight". Made me want to try some squirrel and dumplings. There seems to be a bumper crop of squirrels this year. It was really good when I was a kid. Our squirrel season starts Aug 15. That seems too early to me. My father told me never eat...

The forecast is for 42 degrees in the morning. I guess I will get to see how well my new pellet heater works. I saved a lot of money ordering it from stovesunlimited.com over buying it locally. They are in Washington state, I am in Georgia. It was a long way to ship , but it got here just fine...

I found another gear in my L3830 HST yesterday. My driveway is about 500 ft. long with the first of it downhill. Driving back from the road, foot flat on the floor, I thought why not try the cruise. Cruise lever next to range lever, it will go into neutral at that speed. Georgia overdrive! I...

I just sold all the pine timber off 20 or so acres. That left 80 stumps in the front yard. Today they are grinding the stumps. What to do with all the mulch? I was thinking of spreading it out on the yard, wonder how long it would be before grass would grow there? Making a pile of it would be...

I remember as a kid hearing of a trader mouse. I now have one, no joke! I have pigeon holes off my work bench with misc. screws, nails, pencils, and such in them. The other day no pencils but a pine cone where they were. Just trashed the cone not thinking anything about it. Today I moved my 3...

Hello to All, I've be away from TBN for a while, too much work. Now I am semi retired, more time for the tractors, I hope! Now for a question I hope someone can help me with. On two other tractors, both 3010s I installed a hydraulic top link. They both worked fine. Last weekend I finally got...

"Merry Christmas" to everyone on tractorbynet. I know this is early, but I wanted to wish everyone a good one while I have time. I don't post here very often, but I read the posts every day and enjoy every one. I work on computers and to check modems I log on to tractorbynet, good working...

That's just got to be what he is saying! This time of year most of his grass is dead. After not using the tractor for a couple of weeks it was fun to get it out and do a little something with it. Just thought I would share this picture with everyone. Gerald

Today, I finally finished installing a hydraulic top link on my L3010. Works like a champ. Made it from parts, no remote kit, saved a few bucks over the remote kit. The cylinder was no trouble to figure out, how to plumb it was something of a mystery. The instructions with the first valve I...

I have a new 2910 that jerks when it first starts moving. The jerk almost feels like a shift, very predictable time and speed of the tractor when it happens. I notice it the most in high range, but it does it in medium range also. I drove a new 7500 and it did the same. My 3010 is very smooth...