Recent content by tessiers

Thinking of a new mower. Currently using a Hesston 1091 sycle machine, looking at mounted disc mowers. Dealer is suggesting a Kuhn GMD 24, 7'-10" cut. Will be running it on a JD 3020 about 70hp with loaded rear tires, he says no problem at all. He also has a GMD 20 to look at and the JD...

I just bought an old GMC 6500. It has a 366 (or maybe a 427 how do I tell the difference) v-8, 5 speed with 2 speed rear, 16' silage body. It was an old fire truck, has under 25000 miles on it and is as clean as your gonna see around here, with the salt and such. The guy I bought it from...

Getting ready to pull the trigger on a John Deere 7775 skid steer. 2700 hrs, no leaks I could see, starts and runs well, sounds good, hydraulics strong, 4 brand new tires. Will be used on a farm, concrete and gravel mostly. Thought, experience?

Anyone have a woods dual 195 Loader, just bought a JD 2130 with one on it, looks fairly new, but not much info on the web about them. I was wondering about specs?

Just picked up a 2130, for what I considered cheap money. Any experience with them? I have a 3020 that is bomb proof, hoping the 2130 will be as good. The 2130 is a 77', Live PTO, tires fair, Brakes good, Woods 195 Loader. The big problem is the front end, the steering Bolster is slopped...

Just bought a JD 2130. Got it from another local farm for $4k. Runs good, I drove it home, steering is sloppy, front bolster is worn pretty bad, I have that out at the moment being bored and bushed. Independent PTO, Brakes are decent, Woods 195 Loader, Tires OK, nothing special, but have a...

Re-building a steering box from the late 50's in an old Michigan tractor shovel model 75a. when I opened the box up there were 2 nylon thrust bushings top and bottom of the worm gear. I am quite skeptical they are original equipment, anyone know when they may have started using nylon? I'm...

I have a small loader, that I would like to switch over to skid steer quick hitch, how much are they rated for? Loader has about 8k lift capacity. Will I just rip the quick hitch up? Would like to be able to put a bale handler and pallet forks on and still have them for other tractors.

I'm guessing lift capacity in the 4000 lb. range, machine weighs close to 12k, sand/gravel is 3800 lbs. per yd. give or take. I think this machine has a 1 yd. bucket. I'm running tractors in the 8k-9k range, with equipment behind them, so the weight should not be an issue, the biggest part of...

Going to look at a Michigan loader, what I think is a 75a, straight frame rear steer 4x4 6cyl Gas Cab. Thinking It might be a decent old farm loader, gotta be better than a tractor loader. Anyone have any experience with such a beast. My use would be very light, manure, snow, round bales and...

Anyone know anything about Praytrac tractors, a friend of mine had one given to him. It's a TK-45, I'm guessing about 50 hp? It is currently in my shop with brake trouble, wonder about parts for rebuilding wheel cylinders.

Second one that I have bought in the last couple of years that doesn't work brand new. I even swapped it out with a working one on another tractor to make sure it wasn't me. Just a simple 1 wire 12v generator conversion. I hate to be too hard on them, but this is crazy, I have 3 hrs. tied up...

I guess I'm old school but I bought a JD 3020 tractor this year. I figure if they ever make a new tractor better than the old one's I'll buy it.

I have a 1970 MF135 Perkins diesel. Last year my hydraulic pressure was at about 300 psi give or take, I bought a rebuilt pump and installed it and everything worked great PSI over 2000. Over the course of the year, maybe 200 hrs. the pressure has slowly dropped to 500 psi again. Is there...

I have a 1970 MF135 Perkins diesel. Last year my hydraulic pressure was at about 300 psi give or take, I bought a rebuilt pump and installed it and everything worked great PSI over 2000. Over the course of the year, maybe 200 hrs. the pressure has slowly dropped to 500 psi again. Is there...