Recent content by Couple of Achers

I have had a CR for many years. I use it both for spring clean up and fall leave collection. We love it and would not want to be without it any longer. I ordered the 3pt hitch adapter for it and specified Cat 1. It came with the right size pins for the lift arms and top hitch. One thing I...

I have a BX23 and had to order new kits for the control valve detents. Not sure if that's the right verbage or not. But it's the things that screw into the bottom of the control valve that has springs and things inside. The one that controls the loader arms fit and worked perfectly. The...

Has anyone priced a new BX2670 yet? Just got a cash price on a BX2670 with 60" mower deck and joystick for $13,800.00. Just wondering if that's in the ball park.

After discing for awhile today I noticed between two of the disc blades I was plugged up. After clearing the mess I noticed that the disc blades are now loose on the axle. There are two nuts on the ended of the axle. I loosened the lock nut and attempted to tighten the inner nut. It seems...

My owners manual for my bullet/torpedo/nipco heater says to burn kerosene or #2 diesel. I have always run #2 diesel fuel. The problem I have now is I need some fuel and this time of year in MN, due to the temperature, the only diesel fuel you can get is #1. I have 200 gallons of #1 it in the...

Because of all the different opinions on what constitutes a cat1 hitch or a limited cat1 hitch, I thought I would take some time this morning and try to squelch any more bantering. It also gave me a good excuse to take these measurement once and for all, since it is something I have been...

This may have been discussed before, but I guess I wouldn't know what to search for. Not even sure if this is the correct category to post it in, but here goes. I have seen log splitters with the splitting wedge that was stationary and the ram pushes the wood through the wedge. Then others...

Theres been a lot of talk about weight boxes here lately so I though why not add to it. Has any one else added wheels to their weight box? A local fabricator makes these weight boxes. I asked him if he would make me one but add a piece of pipe on each corner and drill them so I could insert...

Provideing the flow of the tractor is adequate, can you run a hydraulic pole saw off a full detent remote valve without any further valving? In other words, is all the necessary valving contained within the pole saw?

But I am pretty handy with an air nailer and a saw. I know there has been other man lifts posted here, but them ones I remember were all fabricated with metal and a welder. Since I neither have a welder, or even know how to weld (wish I did), here is what I came up with a few years ago. Works...

I have followed a number of older threads discussing the Powerhouse 3pt splitter but most of them end with I have just got one...... For those of you who have now had one for a time and have used it, could you give us an update at to your likes or dislikes. I am in the market for a 3pt...

Just finished up converting my snowblower chute from manual to hyd. A 4" stroke cyl. did not have enough movement, and a 6" stroke had to much. But I did not want to limit the movement so I decide on the 6". After some discussion on the Hydraulic section on how to either limit the stroke of a...

Here is one of the handiest things I almost threw away. Long story on how I ended up with it, so I'll skip that part. Anyway it is the 3pt hitch assembly off a rear blade. I used the blade to make a front mounted snow pusher and had thrown this in the iron pile to be hauled away. Not always...

My nephew Josh proudly displays his first deer ever. Ten pointer. Not bad for your first deer. A guy could hunt a long time before you get another 10.

After pricing a 3rd function joystick feature for my Kubota L4740, and after actually seeing it installed on one, I did not care for either the installation or the price. So I took a different path. This is not anything new here. I'm sure many of you have done a similar thing. I just thought...