Recent content by strez

Did the 300 hour service on my TC-30 (w/HST) today. After replacing both filters, I went to top off the hydraulic fluid with what I thought was hydraulic fluid. Oops. I spilled in about 1 cup of 10W-30 before I realized my mistake. I'm inclined to do nothing, thinking that little bit of...

Hello. Thought I'd post about an annoyance of mine - perhaps somebody out there has some good ideas that will help me out. Subject says it all. I have a TC30 with R4 Industrial tires mounted. When I have an implement attached to the 3-pt arms (box blade, rear blade, et al) I cannot for the...

See here.

I managed to rupture one of the hydraulic hoses on my 7308 loader today. See the attached picture for the hose in question. Since my warranty has just recently expired, this will be a do-it-yourself repair. Is this as simple as remove the hose, put a new one on, and refill the hydraulic...

Hello. I've got a piece of property on which I want to install a 400' driveway and level a gently sloping (10:1 slope) 75' X 150' area of land. The 75' X 150' area is pretty dry, but about 50' of the driveway will go through a very wet, spring-fed piece of land. I had an excavator come to...

I saw a used one of these for sale down the road from my house. The asking price is $200. The implement is slightly used -- rusty from sitting out in the weather, but appears to be in good shape otherwise. The main question I have is whether or not this type of aerator will work well -- I've...

What do you think of this? Seems like a good deal compared to this. Granted, the Northern Tool one looks like it's a lot better built, but I think I could buy the less expensive one and weld on a 2" receiver and be all set for moving a few lightweight trailers (<3000 lbs unloaded) around the...

My dealer quoted me a price of $5,200 for a Great Bend Backhoe, model 751, installed. See here for a link to the equipment manufacturer's web page. Is this a good piece of equipment and is it worth the price? Thanks!

I'm approaching my first 50 hour service interval on my TC30 and was wondering if there was anything I should be aware of. I am planning on changing the engine oil & filter, HST filter, Hydraulic Filter, & Fuel Filter. Also planning on lubing all of the grease zerks. Here are a couple of...

What do you think of this? I'm considering purchasing one, but would like some opinions before pulling the trigger. Seems like a reasonable price @ $160. Thanks!

A buddy of mine has a Ford 1220 CUT (for those not familiar, it's powered by a 3-cyl diesel, around 18HP or so I'd guess, with a HST). A few weeks ago he gave me a call and told me that the CUT seems to have lost it's power. I stopped down and helped him replace his air filter (very clogged)...

I just took delivery of my new CUT (see sig below). What a machine . . . Anyway, I've got a question about my loader. I've seen pictures of other 7308's, and looked in the owner's manual for mine, and they all have some sort of brace which extends from the front of the loader downwards...

I just took delivery of a new CUT (see sig below). One of my first tasks was to dig out a ditch which runs along the border of my property to help divert some ground water. When I started digging in the muck, I managed to get stuck. The way I got out was by dumping the bucket, sticking it...

OK, here goes a dumb question. How do you raise and lower a MMM (specifically, on a New Holland TC30) to adjust the cut height?

TC30 w/60\" Bucket & 72\" MM Hello. I've been lurking here for a while gathering up as much info as possible before making my first tractor purchase. I've decided on getting the following: TC30 w/ Hydro -- $12,600 7308 60" FEL -- $3,400 72" New Holland MM Mower -- $2,600 What do you think...