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    3d Printing for PT

    I have an Anycubic Photon resin printer and an Anycubic Kobra FDM printer. I have no problem running mine either but their are a lot of variables that can impact many aspects of printing. For example, I can be running, in Ohio, the exact printer as someone in Alabama but if their house is...
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    Our new PT425. It’s new day…😊

    Congrats! Also, thanks for the pics! I forgot how nice clean tires can look. 🤣
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    3d Printing for PT

    Love my 3d printer but they still have a long way to go to be a consumer friendly tool. If you are technical enough and don't mind the tinkering though it's amazing how they can provide value and fun. Nice to see you were able to apply it to a PT improvement!
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    Probably been 12 years since I've visited the forum

    slloooowwwly "catching up" 😀
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    3rd function, PT-180

    I am a few months late on seeing this thread but there used to be some decent pics of Beechwood doing this to his 180. The threads are all still here but the pictures seem to have all been removed: https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/threads/mini-hoe.50741/...
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    Probably been 12 years since I've visited the forum

    Good hearing from you both! Picked up mine in 2005 and don't regret a thing after 20 years. Well, I would have liked to buy bigger and had more attachments but back then it was a very tight stretch to the budget to get what I got. Now that I could do more the projects have lessened and I...
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    Probably been 12 years since I've visited the forum

    I still have the PT 180 and thought I'd swing by and say hi. Wondering who all is still active on the forum? Hope everyone is doing well! Bill
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    425 vs 1430 on lawns

    The other thread on the capabilities of a PT as a fork lift made me wonder how much difference there is between the 425 vs the 1430 on the lawns (imprinting, rutting, etc). By spec the PT website says the 425 weighs in at 1387 lbs and the 1420 at 2560 lbs. I'm guessing those are dry weights...
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    PT capabilities as an all-terrain fork lift

    Hi Aaron, The kind of wagon I was talking about was one with bigger tires like this: I wouldn't think pulling that would rut more than the PT carrying a 700# load directly but I'm no expert either. My thought also was the better the ground conditions the more you could take in a single trip...
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    A small pole building for the PT

    Well after several years of reading on here about others building homes for there tractors it is now my turn. :) I need to replace one of those Harbor Freight portable garages that pretty much desinegrated after it's third season. Held up great at first but once the material started to "thin" it...
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    Electric chain saw for custom pole or boom attachment

    Not wanting to hijack Bobs Boom thread I figured I'd reply to one of his messages here as a start to this one... I've looked at some small electric saws like this 12" Remington. This one is 1.5 HP. 1 HP equals 746 Watts so it would be about 1200 Watts. I have to check but I think my inverter...
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    Grading  Single blade mower deck for the 180

    Couldn't find the post where someone asked for a picture of my mower deck so I figured I'd start a new thread. This is the underside. It's a lot like the rough cut with a center bar connected to a spindle and then two short blades attach to the ends.
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    PT attachment on Bobcat

    I have a friend who wants to put a PT stump grinder on his Bobcat 542B. The Bobcat specs are 8 GPM @ 1,575 PSI ( specs here). The 180 specs are 8 GPM @ 2,000 while the 4xx series is 8 GPM @ 2,500. Seems odd to me that the 180 specs seem like a closer match to his Bobcat. My question is...
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    Muffler glow...

    Never noticed this before so I thought I'd ask. I was snowplowing with my 180 after dark about a week ago. When backing up to park it I saw my muffler was a nice cherry red! This was the first I ran it after dark and it was also very cold that night so maybe that just made it stand out but...
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    Winter items to do on the tractor...

    Just thought I'd share some work I am about to do on the PT180 over the next week or two. Bought a solar trickle charger from Harbor Freight (currently $13 on sale) and a cigarette plug from Wal-mart (Don't remember the price). I will be mounting the cigarette plug somewhere under the console...
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