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    I have no idea what to buy

    When I bought my rural "Summer Home I know I needed a tractor. (1990).with a 750ft gravel driveway , even with 4WD, I knew I needed to plow with the Wisconsin Winters. I looked at IH Case but was afraid they would go out of business. Kubota was big in the compact market even then, but I wanted...
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    Traction  stuck in the mud

    In NW Indiana , My JD 345 gets stuck when mowing on rural property. I have a Utility Tractor, rescue vehicle, but it amazes me how little it takes to stick the so called garden tractor, which is really a lawn mower. I felt like the Village Idiot, as the wheels would coat with mud and the deck...
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    Ford 1520 Price Check

    I bought a 1520 4wd, hydro in 1990. It has never been stored outside and still runs like a clock today. I have seen others beat to a pulp.... Condition and maintanence is everything. I would pick and choose the machine to buy, and pass on another guys problem
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    Foam Insulation

    I have a new Pole Barn 24 x 36ft x 8ft walls and a 6/12 gable roof pitch, to shelter my equipment. Unfortunately, in "Rains" inside. When there is snow on the roof the roof sweats loiike aglass of ice tea and wets my equipment,m Tractor/ trailer, accessories. Watching "Mke Holmes" I want Closed...
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    My 1988 Ford 1520

    I bought this little Jewel in 1988 after agonizing about buying American and buying a product whos manufacturer would not be out of business in a few years. "Arnold" lives at my rural place, in Wisconsin. I haven't visited in 6 weeks and my expensive car, in the semi heated garage is stone dead...
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    Snow Equipment Owning/Operating Pictures of your snow weapons

    Good thing I do not have to push snow for a living!!
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    Winter Storm of Feb 1-3

    Acouple of more pics
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    Winter Storm of Feb 1-3

    We had about 24" in the Chicago area. Snow is always a problem in the City. Rural property is not a big deal to clear, if you have the equipment. Good luck guys..
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    Winter Storm of Feb 1-3

    Snow in NW Indiana... 24" ... and now it is 5F...
  10. J

    Pictures of you on your tractor

    Nice and Clean !(Brand New, no doubt)! "Hercules" and "Arnold" (named by the little woman)
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    What kind of equipment would you use to finish this swale?

    The excavator dug this "Swale" and was stopped by the Midwest winter, in December. He has a full size excavator, D-4 Dozer, Skid Loader on tracks. I have a Utility tractor (60HP), with FEL, HD flat blade, HD Box-scraper. Option A - to let him finish in the spring/summer. Option B- to see what I...
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    Our Tactors

    I am a Ford /Now New Holland guy in the compact and Utility tractor product. Not for any other reason than 20+ years experience with this well thought out product. When I hear about the JD, or the foreign stuff, bending the FEL arms etc, it does not surprize me. I am a M/E by education and it...
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    How Long should Dealer Have your Machine?

    I am a NH Guy with a NH Utility tractor and a Compact NH I have owned for 20 years. I have owned JD Garden tractors in the past, and I recently bought a 345, semingly in good condition, low hours, runs well, for a good price,from a Medical Doctor, moving to Las Vegas. There were some issues but...
  14. J

    Woods Brush Bull

    I am mowing 10A of heavy brush with a NH-4060 and a BB720 Woods Brush Bull. The mower grinds the dense brush to mulch but I do have one problem. The 7" cap screw that holds the mower together (Located just under the top link connection to the mower) likes to shear! I use the mower for counter...
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    NH-4060 review

    My first review of the NH-4060, EHSS, R-4, 270TL FEL... Woods Brush Bull..... After 18hrs...... Totally pleased with this machine! The EHSS is actually easier to operate than a hydro once get used to it. ... The "Inching Pedal" is not a clutch, in the conventional sense. ( we manual trans...
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    NH-4060

    Well Guys... I bit the bullet! I owned a "Ford" 1520, new, since 1989. I guess I didn't know it was too small, so it served me well in maintaining my rural place (with a woods 1012 Loader and Woods Blade. rotary Tiller, Post hole diggers and RM 59 mower). So the time came to buy another, to...
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    Price Check  NH-4060 Pricing

    NH-4060 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am trying to buy a new 4060 Boomer w/ 270TL FEL w/ Q/A , EHSS, ROPS, R-4, and rear cvs , in the midwest. The price seems to me a moving target . which has escalated 6 1/2% since I received the first...
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    NH-4060

    I am trying to buy a new 4060 Boomer w/ 270TL FEL w/ Q/A , EHSS, ROPS, R-4, and rear cvs , in the midwest. The price seems to me a moving target . which has escalated 6 1/2% since I received the first quote form my "Chosen Dealer", in 12/09. I do not expect anything more than a fair price. What...
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