Recent content by boustany

Not strictly tractor related, but useful for all U-joints I had to replace the rear U-joint on my 4Runner. 4Runner U-joints come in at least 2 types: 'innies' where the U-joint is inside the circ clip and 'outies' where the circ clip is inside the U-joint. As luck would have it, I had a...

So, I'm getting 'encouraged' to build a green house for the CFO. I'm not thinking anything big, maybe 10x10. I've done a bit of reading, but I don't know where to begin. Any suggestions, comments?

Here's the story. My brother has a 20ish year old 25 ish horsepower Kubota CUT. I don't know the model number. It has an FEL, also made by Kubota. Here is the problem: his 3 Point Hitch only 'floats' when hist loader 'floats'. Mine floats all the time i.e. it lifts stuff up, but if you use a...

Pulling a \'Difficult\' Shear Pin In the Kubota forum I let everybody know my Kubota front mount snowblower had a factory installed Grade 5 5/16 x 2" bolt as a shear pin. As a result, when I hit 2 rocks on 2 occasions the 60H drive chain broke instead of the shear pin. Removing a sheared bolt...

In a reply to an earlier post, I commented that I had broken the drive chain on my 60" Kubota front mount snowblower twice upon encountering a softball sized rock. The chain is a 60H and not exactly particularly fragile. It isn't supposed to break. I went to an industrial hardware store and...

A little while back there was a post on backhoe dollies. I mentioned my tricycle design, and got an email asking to post picts. Sorry for the delay but I can finally comply, so here goes. First, this was 'inspired' from a previous post on TBN I can no longer find. The short (8" or so) upright...

I read on a TBN post that a 3-way valve can't run a hydraulic motor, and that, it won't work with my FEL if I swap the hoses (up & down reverse). Well, I NEED to know if my FEL control on my 3010 is 3 way or 4 way. I swapped the hoses and the FEL works perfect (besides being backwards). Any...

So our dumb dog (look it took him 2 encounters with a purcupine to figure out they weren't toys) is now learning about skunks. Any suggestions as to how to get the smell out of him? My wife believe a dog's place si in the home.

Read about this in the paper yesterday. Rated 100 Km/Hr, has done up to 120 (100 Km = 62 mph). The only problem is: no PTH! A little pricey : C $330,000, or over 20 X what I paid for the BX2200. http://www.sfu.ca/casr/101-vehmpev2.htm

A while back I asked a few questions about hydraulics so I could control the chute deflector of my snowblower to hydraulic (vs. manual) operation. My problem was that the most suitable cylinder I could find was 4" too long and had 1" of extra stroke. So I decided to try modify it. Hey - it...

Hard to fit the entire rock garden into the picture, but she did it all with her BX2200 this summer. Well, maybe I moved a couple of the bigger rocks ....

Well, the TPH control jabbed me in the back of the knee once too often yesterday, so I decided I was going to shorten it. I got out my grinder and used a cut off wheel to take about 4" off that sucker, leaving just enough for the know to protrude. Anyway, long story short. It turns out that...

So, its labor day, which for a Canadian means winter is just around the corner. One project I've been thinking of is converting the deflector on my Kubota Front Mount Blower to remote control (I have to change the angle a fair bit when I blow). Now, I looked at electric, but its clear to me...

Here's the problem. When I mow, in particular, I bounce around a fair bit. The auto-retractor seat belt takes every advantage to tighten, and doesn't let go. Every few minutes I have to stop, unbuckle, and rebuckle. Any suggested strategies for stopping this?

This is a dupe of a countrybynet post. There's more traffic here, so .... Any experiences, comments etc., about outdoor wood fired boilers? Where I go deer hunting in northwest Michigan it seems lots of folk use them for heating. They ain't cheap (C $10,000 or so) so I want to know as much as...