Recent content by blunosr

Hi, I have a 4wd MX5000 with loaded rear tires. Do you think it would pull a 3pt, 3-bottom mould board plough in Sand-Loam? It's an old Ford plough with tripping shares, coulters. My next question is will the tractor pick it up off the ground with the 3pt ? I think this is probably a very heavy...

Hi, I made a video of some of the things I do with my 2005 Kubota MX5000. I thought you might be interested. Stuff I do with my tractor - YouTube Bye for now,

Hi, I'm making a fencing attachment and for the spike I'm using very heavy wall (7/16) pipe, and a pin that I got at the junkyard, which I think probably came out of a bulldozer. The pipe is 2 and 3/8" OD so you can have some sense of scale. The pin (now the point) is extremely hard, I had to...

Hi, I wanted to estimate the size of one of my fields, which has an irregular shape so I figured out how to do that using Google Earth. More to the point, someone else figured it out, and I watched it on Youtube and got it to work. I bought the land as 40 acres (as advertized), and I always...

Hi, have any of you thought of burning hay bales for heating? I have loads of hay that just rots in the fields, and I would like to build a "wood" stove, that burns the small square bales, and would heat water for in-floor heating. Seems to me that would be frugal. I'd save heating costs, and...

Hi, I'm about to paint my FEL mount on my old Ford 5000, and I'm wondering what the difference is between paint thinner, and reducer? What do you use to clean the parts before paint? Thanks,

Hi, I posted a similar question over on the Attachments forum, sorry if you're reading it twice. I'd like to get a list together of attachments/implements that are reasonable to build, and that would give me some Winter projects. I have a Bobcat, and a couple of tractors (one of which can use...

Hi, I'm pretty handy, and a reasonable fabricator. And I like to be a frugal as I can. So, I'm wondering if you can give me some suggestions for good attachments to make/build. My next plan is to make a middle buster. I would also like to make a row hipper. I have a Bobcat, as well as a...

Hi, I'm re-mounting my FEL and am drilling lots of large holes in 1/2" plate. I have been using motor oil as cutting fluid, but it seems to me that real cutting fluid is some kind of soap? I've used lots of cutting fluid on lathes, and metal band saws, but I just don't remember what it's really...

Hi, I'm giving my old Ford 5000 a little attention today. I took the front end loader (FEL) off because I want to remount it with the rear axle mounts 6" higher. That will make the top of the rear arms level with the ground, and the vertical posts straight up. This will also give me a chance to...

Hi, I would like to get as much advice as possible regarding what to do with my land prior to retirement... I know, big request. I have 8 and a half years before retirement. I teach school and own a house in a city out West (BC, Canada), but I am from Nova Scotia, where I lived my first 31...

Hi, I have always loved getting out into the shop at Christmas time. This year's project is a tipping transport box. I remember the folks around home always having them and I want something similar. Since I had some scrap lying around, this is what I've come up with. Its test fitted to my old...

Hi, I went to the junk yard to get some pipe for a project. I thought it was steel, but it isn't very rusty, so I checked and found that its not magnetic. I think it might be the pipe that a sucker rod goes through for a pump jack on a well site. It is 1 3/8" inside diameter. It doesn't have...

Hi, I have a 2005 Kubota MX5000 and the book says it is category I/II. I am in the process of making a tipping box and need to know how wide to make the lower links. Cat 1 is 26" wide, Cat 2 is 32.5" wide. What should I do? It will be mostly used for firewood gathering, but sometimes I might...

Hi, I have a 2005 MX5000 and the book says it is category I/II. I am in the process of making a tipping box and need to know how wide to make the lower links. Cat 1 is 26" wide, Cat 2 is 32.5" wide. What should I do? It will be mostly used for firewood gathering, but sometimes I might put a...