Recent content by amhicks21

My boss saw a bed slide poking out of a dumpster. 2 tiny welds to make it good as new.

Ive made the mistake of using majic multiple times. Its terribly soft even with hardener and takes forever to dry. Rustoleum has never done me wrong.

I personally would wait based on my usage. I like to operate very fast. That being said, I don't use drags so I dont know how much power they even require. Its possible you'd even be able to run that MX in high but not having personal experience with one I wouldn't want to speculate. What I can...

I have about 3000 hours on l6060's. I do practically everything in high gear. I plow snow with a 10' plow in high high and only drop to high low when its very heavy snow. I pull a 15' batwing and grade with an 80" preseeder in high low. You'd have no problem pulling an arena drag in high gear...

Looks like you're making really great progress. One thing im a little concerned about is using single keyways for the gears. Ive had problems over the years with the preseeders I use even though they use 6 spline shafts. I think there's a high chance that keys wont hold up. another thing the...

Weld it and then weld plates along each side and it'll be stronger than new. No problem. I absolutely wouldn't only weld the crack though.

I can't imagine the scenario where its more likely that the glass of a tractor sitting on a trailer would be more likely to break than the tow vehicles windshield. I've been hauling cabbed equipment with the front facing forward pretty much daily for over a decade and never got even a single...

I've got a suggestion concerning your tooth selection. One of my primary jobs for the past 15ish years is finish grading. I use an 80" ati preseeder most of the time that originally came with steel teeth similar to the ones you're considering. when new these teeth are 2" tall and have to be...

box spring, water shutoffs, elevated manhole covers, steel pallet straps, wire fence, t posts, barbed wire, tons of concrete and a cable pedestal. I got stuck cutting hundreds new residential development sites over quite a few years.

definitely doing light work at a job where it was fired up in the morning and left idling most of the day. I'm picturing something like pulling plant orders at a nursery or golf course maintenance . we've got a little wheel loader at work with 14k that was used in a similar way at a landscape...

No, I haven't personally heard of any compatibility problems but I only use what is supplied in bulk specifically for landscape use. I suppose its possible to have problems if you're using what a tree service grinds up if the trees were carrying pests, disease or toxins but I think the risk...

I've been planting trees for almost 20 years. The primary reason newly planted trees die is too much or too little moisture. The most effective way to regulate that is with mulch. Its a good idea not to pile it directly against the trunk though as this can cause rot, disease, or other infestation.

I used to install phone line about 20 years ago. for just short shallow runs we used just a flat plow disc cut in half with a handle welded to it that you'd just step on and work back in forth to make a narrow 6" deep trench that you'd just push back together with your feet. If you want...

the end of useable life for most cutting edges still leaves you with like a 4" blade which should be just fine to build a land plane out of. Maybe most places scrap them at that point but I do lots of metal fab and at the least they make good ballast when cut up so I keep them around. Maybe I'm...

I'd just go ask a local snowplow contractor for some old plow blades. I always have a bunch sitting around with the intention to use on projects but they are a pain to weld and cut because of how hard they are. They'd probably almost give them away.