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    Needing skid plate advice

    Well, this is my first big expsense to fix my tractor since I have started the mowing business. The other day I was mowing and pulled up a china berry root ball, well the next pass by I went down the low spot and high centered the tractor on the root ball. I lowered the fel and put it in...
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    Vegetation killer rates

    I do not have the container with me but I will be applying Round-Up or similiar killer. How much converage will a 25 gallon sprayer provide with a hand spot sprayer say on a 6" wide stream?
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    Estimating dirt yardage for a job

    I am new to this aspect of tractor work. I have a job for a customer, where he wants to raise the level of his parking area up about 3 inches total, to be level with the rest of his yard. Right now his property slopes down a good bit and all the water runs right through his parking spot. So I...
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    Tractor work prices in and around Houston, Tx

    Hello everyone! I was hoping ya'll can give me some input as to prices for tractor work here in southeast Texas. I have a 5105 with fel, bb, and 6' shredder that I will be using in a part time business - just starting. I already have an ad coming out but think I will charge somewhere between...
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    5105 Instrument Panel

    I have a 5105, the question I have is with the LCD hour meter and weither it is back light with its own light or not. If memory serves me correctly, it was lit green from the LCD panel. Now I can only see it from the 194 bulbs that light up the gauges. The hour meter works just not the light...
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    I Match and 5105

    On my 5105, I am having problems hooking up my MX6 and Bush Hog SBX 720 The top hook on the quick hitch does not fit into the top link on the mower - not high enough. When I try to hook up my box blade - same thing So if I raise or lower to top link assembly on the tractor will that make up...
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    Mowing  Rates for mowing

    Hello, I am new to this forum! I have a JD 5105 w/ a MX6 shredder. I am considering starting up a business maintaining lots and small acreage tracts. Does anyone have any suggestions on how much I should charge? Currently I have a potential customer with two residential lots each about 1/2...
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