Recent content by Osconda

Hello Folks, I have a very slow leak on the front left axle. Enough to accumulate a lot of dirt on the wheel between washings. I'm going to replace the seal but wanted to get some idea of what this job entailed. Since it's front-wheel assist it looks like I have to pull the axle. Not sure...

Took my tractor in last year while still under warranty because one of the loader hydraulic cylinders failed. They replaced it, no problem. The mechanic told me he backed off the hydraulic pressure some so the cylinders wouldn't fail again. Since that time, I've noticed my lift capacity has...

I was out sighting in my deer rifle last Saturday when my son-in-law calls me on the phone. He was borrowing my tractor to get some sight prep work done for a home my daughter and SIL will be building soon. He says, "Ever had the loader not want to curl back up? I was pushing on this tree...

I've been doing some landscaping around my place and I decided to move some of the rocks around and put them where I want them. This is about the largest rock the loader can lift. The grapple itself weighs over 700lbs. I'm glad I've got a heavy box blade.

My friend borrowed my tractor and bent up the little weenie toolbox that comes on the back the later model Boomers. The way it was tore up is a long story. Had a piece of 8" square tubing left over from a construction job of the same friend. I had previously made a chain box for it before...

I keep getting this error: Error creating thumbnail! Error code: 127 Command: "/usr/bin/mogrify" -size 120x98 -quality 70 -geometry 120x98 '/home/tractorb/htdocs/photos/data/632/19625Image00003-thumb.jpg' What am I doing wrong?

Busted a line the other day on the loader, so I had another one made and topped off the fluild that was lost. This line went to one of the cylinders that curls/dumps the bucket. Now when I want to lift or curl the bucket, it hesitates just over a second before the loader even moves. Didn't do...

Last Saturday I was working on my 1/2 mi. driveway pushing a little road base around filling in the low spots, when my tractor just quit moving. I thought that was real funny. . I tried backing up and nothing. I remembered about having to clutch pedal it first any time I start it or get off...

Not until 120 hours later on my proof meter did I notice that there was a lot of play in my top link. I was switching out my box blade with bale spear and it seemed like the top link was really loose where it connected to the tractor. I pulled out the pin and checked to see if one of the...

SpankN8 beat me to the punch with his posting . I built mine about 6 weeks ago but never posted it. Finally took pics last weekend. Chain Box I used 6" square tubing. My FEL brackets already had holes drilled in them to mount the box. It holds a 20', 5/16 chain with room to spare. A hole...

There are no air filters available for my tractor other than buying the NH filters that are rather expensive. My tractor has a dual filter setup (innner and outer). The inner filter is about $37 & the outer $35. The outer one gets the dirtiest and is hard to "blow out" to keep clean...

I've been thinking about all the headaches a lot of the folks living in the flooded areas will have to go through. Aside from initially taking care of the bare necessities, there will come a time when people will have to clean up and rebuild. I'm not saying I would, but I'm thinking about...

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I have many left over burn piles when some areas of my property was cleared with heavy equipment. What remains in the piles is topsoil, ashes, & rock. Rock can vary from basketball size down to a grain of sand. I want to screen out tennis ball through basketball size. I want to build a rock...

When I bought my tractor I also got a root grapple for my loader. Picture of it here: http://www.rootgrapple.com/GRAPP40.jpg It's a piece of cake to quick detach my loader bucket and attach the root grapple but the hydraulics is a different story. Here's the details.... When I received the...