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    Tires  Check Tire Pressure with Liquid Filled Tires

    My dealer set up my 2004 790 with fluid in the rear tires as I requested. The fluid they used is not calcium chloride, but a washer type fluid. My question is how do you check the pressure now? I depressed the tire valve stem core and got a little fluid spraying out. It looks like the tires...
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    Sun Shades - Where to Source?

    I need some relief from the sun. I would prefer not to install a hard top shade on the ROPS as I have lights mounted on top of the ROPS that I would prefer not to disturb. The type I'd like is a three brace fabric type that folds open and closed easily. I have only found one manufacturer on...
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    Ballast  790 Front Weights

    I have a desire to use the tractor with rear attachments without the FEL on occasion. Especially, with the rear finish mower. I purchased four front weights Friday with the retainer pin, but the weights don't fit. In addition, the manual states the correct weights are 42 lbs. The ones I got...
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    On Board Tool Box JD 790

    I sure could use a small tool box mounted to the tractor in a convenient, or not so convenient, spot. I went to the New Holland dealer this weekend to look at rear finish mowers. While there we crowsed the tractors and found tool boxes mounted on the rear. The NH box was pretty cheesy, just...
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    Mower Confusion

    I'm the first generation in my family raised off the farm, but spent plenty of time in my youth on my grandparent's farm. However, during that jaded youth my curiosity never caused me to ask about the varieties of mowers. Recently we purchased a new '04 JD 790 4WD with loader, scraper blade...
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