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By God's grace I am celebrating my 83rd Birthday. I have been blessed with many friends along this journey.

After reading these post on how expensive new cars and pickups are, I have come to the conclusion at my age (82) years young that I will just keep my 1998 long wheel base crew cab 3500 SWR pickup with just 42,000 original miles until I no longer need a pickup. Found a couple of pics of my 98 chev.

1 of my tow pickups. I don't use it much for towing. It is a 1998 1 ton single rear wheel Chev. It has 44,000 original miles on it. Tow mostly with my 2007 3/4 ton GMC

By God's grace I am celebrating my 81st Birthday. I have been blessed with many friends along this journey.

Was preparing to sharpen the blades on my Titan 8' mower. Tractor had been left overnight in my shop. I started the tractor to raise the deck with the 3 point but it will not even try to come up. Hydraulic oil is at the proper level and the electric fuse is good. No codes. I removed the mower...

I have a 2007 GMC 3/4 4x4 that I bought new. I tow with it most ever day. It has 160,000 miles on it and still has the original brakes pads and rotors. They pads still look good with no groves in the rotors. I have been well pleased with the truck. One of my trailers.

This has been a year long project. I completely disassembled the tractor, sandblasted all of the parts, powder-coated the frame, axle, brackets and all other parts that I could. All of the sheet metal parts were painted and clear-coated. Before the work was started. After it was completed...

Its a 6 hp engine. I have removed the carburetor and cleaned it 2 different times. It gets spark, fuel to the carb. I can start it by full choke And squirting gas into the carb. Stop squirting gas in to it and it will stop running. I removed that carb, install a new one, same problem. I then...

It is a great blessing for me to be celebrating my 80th Birthday. God is good to me and blessed me with a great family and countless friends.

I have just about completed my complete refurbishing of my 1975 Roper Garden Tractor. It now has an electric 3 point hitch. Before After

Update Building my workbench in my new shed.

Well, today I have been blessed with another Birthday. My 79th. It has been a blessed trip.

Update Building Shelves in my new shed. This shelve is 4' x 50' These brackets will be installed as Cantilevers 3'or 4' above the shelve for storing sheet metal.

Up Date on my project Electrical This section has the control circuits for the 2 overhead door openers. Circuit to the container for 1 8' LED light and 1 plug. The rest of the pictures are of lights and plugs.

Winter in Amarillo Tx. 2009 My wife says we need to get indoor plumbing.

Got the ditch dug and the electric direct burial cable installed. I put the cable in conduit for additional safety. The cable is 8/3 stranded with a ground. Sure has been cold here the last week or so, around 5* low with around 15* high. Now that I have the cable installed I can work inside...

This is how I moved my 40' container. First I built this tool to lift it. Then I lifted the front and pulled in position.

2007 3/4 GMC Still runs great.. no problems. 155,000

Today I trim out the overhead doors. My shop building, 40'x50'. Now I will start the inside work. 1. First will be the wiring. 2. Then I will build a bunch of shelves. The first shelve will be 4' deep and 50' long. 3. Then add as needed. I started this project on 11/4/2017 and...

Getting the overhead doors installed today.

Almost there.

Got a little more done. Been really windy and cold the last few days. Not getting very much done. The base the walkthrough door will set on. Have the walk-through door installed. Starting the metal for the front of the building.

How we put the 31'6" roof metal from the trailer to the top of the roof.

More framing and starting to install the roof metal. Building the threshold for the overhead doors. The floor will remain dirt for now. The doors will need something to rest on so I am using 8" purling with 2 4"x4" steel post under the purling to support the weight of the vehicle and not...

Framing for the overhead doors. Picked up the metal for the roof. 31'6"

Got a little more done on my shed.

Here are some pictures of the shed addition as it relates to the surrounding property/buildings.

Some additional framing pictures. Welding in the rafters. Almost done with that phase of the job. Here you can see the permanent header. The temp. header has been removed. Starting to install the horizontal rails (2"x4" tubing)

I built a pad for it and it sits on crossties and the ties are filled to grade between them. Reason for the pad is so I could get it high enough that I can get the tractor under the shed. The narrow end is to the North and the house protects it from the wind from the south and west. Hardly ever...

A few more framing pics. Attaching fram to the tail end of the rafters. The top of side metal will attach to this part. Digging additional holes for more support post. Building the rest of the main mid-span header.

Like this.

I started out with a 40' shipping container. I built a shed and it was attached to the container. That shed was 20'x40' To start this addition to the existing 20'x40' shed, I had to remove the TRIM on the existing shed, 2 nd picture. Origional shed. I removed the blue trim. When I get...

Additional framing and some construction details. How the new rafters are attached to the existing shed. First attached with screws. Then welded with E 6011 1/8 rod. Be advised, I am not a welder.

Eddie the big tractor is holding the rafters up off of the temp header (wood post with temp header). I am using the little tractor to put in place the permanent steel header. That header is mid-span of the 30' addition I am adding on. The header is made with 1.. 4"x4" x 1/4" sq tubing and 2...

Getting ready to add 1200 sq. ft. to my equipment shed. Day 1 Removing trim.

Something I learned the hard way 2 days ago. NEVER let a 1/2" high power drill motor get loose from you while drilling a hole. It spun in my hands and the side handle hit me on my left hand and literally ripped almost all of the webbing between my thumb and index finger completely off. Now that...

I cut a lot of fields for different customers that have tall thick grass, such as CRP type grass, Most of the land is flat and clear of debris. I have an idea about modifying a shredder. I thinking of removing the round flat 3/4" stump jumper and add 2 more blades on each stump jumper. I would...

Killed a big rattler this afternoon on a property I mow. Glad I saw him before he could strike me. Believe me he was trying while I was removing his head. 9 rattles.

I have this new ZTR. 25hrs. Its a Big Dog "Biablo MP" While mowing or just traveling, the left side will momentarily stop pulling for just a second. This causes the front of the mower to move to the left. The operator corrects that movement to get it back straight, then the left side starts...

My subsoiler Doing my pasture

Here are some pictures of a kitchen that I had tore out and completely rebuilt. I took it all the way down to the studs, re insulated, wiring ,plumbing, and new Sheetrock.Also moved a couple of walls and re sized 2 doors. I built, installed and finished the cabinets.

Velocity plus is the type of deck. The model of the Scag mower is a "Turf Tiger"

I have had great service with this mower. It has a liquid cooled engine. It is now 3 years old and trouble free. Has a 61" deck, you can order it with a 72" deck if desired.

This is my 2007 GMC All original Has 148,520 miles original brakes pads

I was moving and spreading dirt with my 8050 Branson tractor (400 hrs.) and the joy stick "locked up" on the "up & down" part of the control. While trying to move the joy stick, the cable broke. A new cable was installed and still does not work. Upon further investigation it was determined...

Here is my PHD storage method. Back up to it, connect digger to boom, disconnect digger from tractor, swing digger under the shed.

Getting ready for a day of mowing.

I recently acquired my RF 110 John Deere

Don't EVER rope a deer...Believe me you will regret it.. I had this idea that I was going to rope a deer, put it in a stall, feed it up on corn for a couple of weeks, then kill it and eat it. The first step in this adventure was getting a deer. I figured that, since they congregate at my cattle...

Just acquired this 110 RF. Its been sitting in storage in an old rail road box car for a number oof years. I cleaned the fuel system and the carburetor, installed a new battery, new drive belts and got it started.

This is my equipment trailer after I added 32" to the rear of it.

I didn't move the axles because they were already way back. That was one of my problems, I had too much hitch weight.

I added about 32" to my eq. trailer.

Yes, A 720 John Deere

I purchased this old low-boy a little over a year ago. It had been setting for about 6 years. I got it running and decided to refurbish it. The old 60" deck was in bad condition. I modified a 60" ZTR deck to fit and work under the 154.

The budget finally allowed me to pave my driveway. We have been wanting to get this done for quite some time.

Follow up on my trailer frame extension. Load fits much better. Pickup sets nice and lever as well as the trailer

I have a 16,000 GVW bumper pull trailer that is 25'+ a 2' dove tail. When I haul my tractor and my ZTR I have a little to much toungue weight. I am building a 30" extension for it so I can move the tractor back closer to the rear end. This will move enought weight from the front of the trailer...

:welcome: From Texas That sounds like a fun project. I refurbished A JD 720 a year or so ago. I really enjoyed that project. Before: After:

:welcome: From Texas.. I have a heavy duty commercia Scag Turf Tiger with the Kawasaki liquid cooled engine. This will be my 3rd year with No problems. It has the 61" velocity plus deck. l

I have a 16HP kohler 2 cylinder engine that runs on one cylinder. It has new plugs. Both cylinders fire when they supposed to. 1 cylinder makes power and the other one does not make more than 25% power. I checked the compresson on both cylinders and both of them have 120 PSI and will hold that...

50+ mph winds and heavy snow. Some drifts' looks to be 8' down by my barns. I can see my cows and horses are in the barn. Probably wondering when am I coming to feed them. May be awhile yet.

Here is mine. Back up to the boom, lift and attach digger boom to jib boom, lower digger, pull pins, drive away then swing digger under the shed.

I acquired this mower in a bunch of parts and pieces. It had been painted and the model name plate is missing. I have it all put together and am building a hot rod to play with.It would be a great benefit to me if I knew who built it so I can get some needed parts for it.

Just finished with my 2015 blue stem grass hay crop. 50 acre field 265 4'x5' round bales. Loading hay in the field. Hauling hay. Unloaded

This is the floor support for a storage building I built.

Hooking up my subsoiler.. Sub soiling my pasture ATTACH=CONFIG]440498[/ATTACH]

I had to do the same thing.. I doubt your tractor will have enough lift

Touch down on my land

I would make sure the one I bought did not have the integrated drive system. Much better with 2 pumps and individual wheel motors. My :2cents: My choice is Scags. One tough machine.

Don't trust all cables.....some will break..

A trailer with 7 thousand lb. axles will give you 14 thousand total capacity. Your equipment weighs less that 4500 lbs. The trailer would have more than enough capacity to transport your equipment. This is my trailer and it has 8,000 lb. axles under it.

This is what I use. Attach digger to loop..disconnect from tractor and swing it under the roof. The shed has a wall now on the end. Very easy to connect/disconnect.

Here is how I build my corners

To cold to work outside so I built some picnic tables and chairs for my little Great Granddaughters.

My project is successful. I have a 3 point hole digger that will hook up to a quick hitch. In testing in the shop 1.Range of motion excellent. 2 Can lower the gear box to touch the floor 3.Raise gear box to 6 ft. 4.Drive line problems solved. 5. Will give it a dig test tomorrow. 6. Will try to...

I just clicked on one of the attachment and it opened just fine. 1st. 2nd 3rd 4th

Back in the summer I had bought an old complete 3 point hole digger with this idea of converting it to the quick hitch set up. Here are some pictures of my 3 point hole digger conversion to a quick hitch hook up. I started with the modification of the yoke. First step is to move the lower...

I was wondering if a person could some how set up a 3 point hole digger with a 3 point quick hitch. I would like to try and see if it would work. Has any member done this before? Or is it even possible.

My trailer (Texas Pride)is a 25' with a 2' dove tail. 16,000gvw with 8,000# axles with brakes on all 4 wheels.

FYI. I was out brush hogging, finished the job and pulled up behind my trailer, shifted F/R selector and transmission to neutral. Prepared the trailer to load my tractor. Got back on the tractor and the tractor would not move forward or backward. Found the F/R switch had one side of the...

A lot would depend on the weight, size and how high you need to lift them. Here are a couple of pictures of a jib boom that I built and used to set the arches over the entrances of my drive way. The arches are built with 3" diameter x 1/4" wall pipe. Very heavy. This jib boom is attached to...

This is what I built for my phd. Back under....lift boom....connect phd boom to the swing boom....disconnect from tractor....swing boom under roof. It balances very well and 1 person can connect/disconnect in under 5 mins.

I had the dealer to install a remote service valve on my Branson 2400. It was to be used to operate the hydraulic third link. It worked for about 1 day. Now it will does not work. Now when I try to extend or retract the the cylinder ram, it causes the relief to operate. What would cause this?

I will be building a new barb wire fence and need advice on setting the corner post and the brace post. I am thinking I need 3 post and a stub for the brace on each corner. What would be the depth of the holes to insure the post does not come out of the ground when I pull and attach the wire.

Mine sleeps in my shop.

Leejohn It was heavy. The vertical pipes are 3" with 1/4" walls. The horizontal pipe are 2" and 1/4" wall. Another project..Building a pen for my Guineas.

This is the set up I used to set some gates and to set the arch way for my entrance way. The gin poles are about 10 or 12' long. This worked very well.

:welcome: From Texas..

I really like my Scag mower.

:welcome: From the Texas Panhandle I just had the same problem with an old ztr mower. I used a puller like this one. My clutch came apart but it left the inner bearing race on the crank shaft. I attached the puller to a pulley above the where the clutch was and pulled it off. Some times a...

Building is in place and anchored down. Putting concrete in hole. Having a little bit of a problem moving this into the hole. I will have to get a friend to bring his tractor over and we will double up and use a long 1/2" cable and pull from across the hole. About all that is...

After a long day, I have the building moved onto the new floor. Almost there Here is the way we, myself and 2 men, moved the building. Cut the form retaining stakes off even with the top of the forms. We placed 1 3"diameter pipe , has 1/4" walls, and was long enough to reach from one form...

I have the concrete for the floor poured(Friday). Wet it a few times over the weekend, light rain Friday night. My planes is to move the building up on the floor and anchor it down. I am open to suggestions for the best way to accomplish this. I would rather not put any heavy equipment on the...

It had an under ground hall way that connected the shelter to to an entry from within an old 2 story house that burned down about 25 years ago. Then the mobile home was installed at the end of the under ground hall way, but never was connected to the entry. That hall way was also collapsed and...

We have the floor poured. I will let it cure for a few days,then move the building onto the floor and anchor it down. Side walk will have a small curve and tie into the apron in front of the door. (next pour)

I recently purchased a 10 acres with a home and a Quonset building.This land joins my land. In the distant past a previous owner buried a shipping container and used it as a storm shelter. The next owner poured a concrete slab and built a 24x30 Quonset shop building over it. Problem and how...

I framed mine with 2"x4" red steel tubing. It will have full pull out drawers.

I used 4"x4"x1/4" wall sq. tubing. These were welded to 6"x6" x1/2" anchor plates in-bedded in the concrete. I have 2'x3' piers under each post. I would think it would be hard to attach your metal to drill pipe.

I have a Scag Turf Tiger 60" water cooled ztr that has served me well. Super good mower. I also have a 54" Dyna Mow ztr that is as tough as they come.

I acquired a used Dyna Mow ztr mower and need some help with it. It is a 5223 C series Model# C23KAW SN# 23KAW-102 Has a 2 cylinder Kawaski engine (FH 680V-AS01), not sure about the AS01 part of the model In original condition I need the wiring diagram/owners manual if it exists. Short...

A good project for these cold winter days. 2"x4" rectangular steel Bench will be 32" high,36" deep and 20' long 1. frame..2x4 rectangular steel. 2. 5/8 plywood..forms the back of the lower cabinet..top portion will become peg-board. 3. All ply-wood installed. 4. Drawer guides are supported on...

I haul a 6640c Branson tractor with an 8' 3pt mower on a trailer with finders with out any problems at all. My trailer is 25' with a 2' dove and stand up ramps

This is a funny video https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151854843182857

I have not weighted it, but it will weigh around 4,000 lbs.

I had that trailer build by Texas Pride trailer manufacturing co. in Madisonville Texas. Wonderful co. to do business with. I pull it with a 3/4 Ton GMC pickup. Duramax/ Allison. I also use a Load leveling hitch.

16,000 lb GVWR. 25ft with 2ft dove tail. 8,000 lb axles. cross members on 16" centers under floor, also 6 cross members on the sub frame. I had this trailer built to haul my equipment and hay.

I have a 40 footer and I built a equipment shed and attached it to it..Wouldn't be without it.

I have been shopping for a ZTR for some time. Decided on this one.

Today is the day to start installing a septic system for my shop. Tha health department said I only need 60 ft. of field line. Set the distribution header up for 3 additional lines if ever needed. ATTACH=CONFIG]329881[/ATTACH]

This is mine..

Project is now completed Trim to tie container roof to shed roof. Trim matches the trim on my shop. This swing arm will be used to dismount and mount my PHD. Swings under the roof for storage.

More progress on my project. Installing the decking. The decking was also used to square the roof framing. Here I am setting the permanent steel post All post are set Removing temporary post and header Welding in all of the steel components

I would like to build a shed and attach it to my 40 Ft. container. It needs to be high enough to get my tractor (102 inches) under it. My first step is to raise the height of the container by 15". I will accomplish this by moving the container off site, build a dirt pad, add cross ties, fill...

Here is mine.

Here is the frame for my work bench. It is 20ft. long and will have drawers and shelves with doors It will also have 8x4 peg boards. Pic. #1 is the left end and the other one is the right end.

I took my Branson tractor to my dealer today and had the 9620 model backhoe installed. Can hardly wait to play with it.

Amarillo Texas Blizzard 2-25-2013 19.2 inches of snow with wind at 60/65 mph and a clocked gust of 75 mph.

For my 74th Birthday today. My wife made me the best cream cheese cake with cherry topping. Sure was good. Thanks CEO.

I would guess it to be 1 full cord after it it has been split and stacked. My trailer with 2 full cords.

Pic. of the one that I built.

I am new to posting a thread. I was wondering if anyone has a Branson tractor, if so, how do you like it. I have a 6640C and so for I think it is a great tractor. I would post a picture if I new how. Thanks for any info on the Branson tractors.

I am a new member from Amarillo Texas. I have a new 2012 6640 Branson cab tractor. It was delivered today. Does anyone else have a Branson tractor? If so, how do you like it..