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    How to back up a pivoting axle trailer

    …and I recommend avoiding backing up if at all possible.
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    How to back up a pivoting axle trailer

    The military calls mine a “trailer”
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    Looking for inexpensive AW46 - Hydraulic Oil

    If you have a local distribution center for pick up, shipping is pretty cheap for this https://buysinopec.com/collections/hydraulics
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    Titan Stump Bucket Sale - not so much

    I bought clamp on pallet forks from pallet forks.com many years ago. Free shipping and lifetime warranty. Bent one of them and they replaced it free. Being hard on equipment , broke a pallet fork frame and asked for replacement. Not anymore. The stump bucket I bought for my skid steer from them...
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    How much does it cost to build a pole barn and what kind is best..

    In SW Florida, got free used telephone poles from power company (you need a way to transport them). Bought unused lumber trusses on Craigslist. Reused metal roofing from old barn. Doubled the size with more free telephone poles. Used 32 Ft metal trusses from barn tear down on Craigslist for the...
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    2000 lb or 4000 lb pallet forks?

    I have had good luck with Titan pallet forks out of Georgia. Bought a couple pairs from them. Bent one lifting a boulder. Sent them a picture. They sent me another one free of charge. Shipping was always free. Haven’t bought from them in a couple years because I have what I need now. I imagine...
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    Shear Bolt Broke On New Deck. PTO Shaft & Gear Box Holes Don't Align.

    Good luck with the JD dealer in SW Florida. Unless you’re commercial , it takes minimum of 6 weeks to fix my JD 430 during the mowing season (summer). Need to mow every 6 days, the grass grows so fast. Finally had to by a back up mower…
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    Zero Turn w/ Kawasaki FX850v: Mowing RPM / Full Throttle?

    I have a JD 997r for my residence and love it, but in no way can afford American tracked armor (except for maybe a halftrack), but, you have an M60, and can’t afford a Kubota diesel?? BTW, I don’t always mow at full throttle because I don’t need to. Wondered if it had any deleterious effects in...
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    New Member

    Been lurking around for while. Bunch of smart people on this forum. Love to have them for neighbors. Too lazy to join. Not to mechanical, not too much extra time, but a big dreamer. Live in Florida on 5 acres flat land. Have a John Deere 430 lawn tractor, but gave up trying to find implements...
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