Recent content by gckshea

I call bull$hit on the EPA. Chicken Little just doesn't pan out in raw numbers of under 25hp diesel engines. This will bankrupt producers/manufacturers, and outstrip practical economy of consumers. Planned obsolescence of these diesel particulate emissions systems will create additional...

Yes, good post. I have an XR4140, so apparently has the LS engine and not the Shibauru engine. Some numbers are definitely different for me...depending on which site I look at (NAPA, Donaldson, CNH, LS, Messick's, etc.) Very confusing.

I live in E. Tennessee, so I did a Dealer Locator search. The nearest dealer? Huntingburg, Indiana, 246 miles from my zip code. I rest my case.

Simple observation. I'm not doing a scientific analysis. Just look at YouTube, online articles, forums, and Massey is one of the least mentioned of newer tractors. Sure, of older tractors MF has a grip, but something changed (AGCO) and presence of MF in general has plummeted....my observation...

Well, my question prompted some interesting comments. My initial intent was to address why Massey seems ghostly in the current CUT foray of Kubota, JD, Kioti, TYM, New Holland, former Branson, and a number of less known. Massey hardly makes their list. Yes, in the ag world, Massey has a little...

Greetings All! Just a general topic question: With all the tractor talk and newer brands, rebranding, emerging models and buyouts, where is Massey Ferguson in all this? I never see reviews, or comparisons including MF. Are they a "has been" brand now? Do they fail the current markets? Poor...

I did replace the linkage bolts...sure was bent, which is odd...why was it bent? Anyway, I figured new bolts would cure it, but only slightly improved movement...it's still a geometry issue. Aha!!! I decided to try and shim the lever AND spool linkage bolts with plain washers of varying...

Hi All! I have a circa 1998 Woods BH7500 3-point mount backhoe. I just had all the seals, O-rings, and spools changed out in the valve control block due to leaking and erratic flow in various cylinder movements. Great! The thing doesn't leak any longer. BUT... After reinstalling the block of...

I have a Stihl msa-120c. It's 12" picco chain, but it sure cuts some wood. Surprised the heck out of me and my wife, since it was just for pruning and small trees. Nope...it for whatever needed up to 8" trees.

In my case, with a box blade, a landscape rake, and even my brush hog, I use longer length of the top link more often. With a box blade, it doesn't take much shortening of the top link beyond level to get good engagement of the front facing blade. Any further inward tilt and the front blade...

Nope, no regrets whatsoever. My 2018 LS XR4140 is so easy to use with shuttle shift and 4x4 trans. It's just no big deal

Mix it with used motor oil. Who will know its origin? And it all goes in the same holding tank anyway, out of our sight. Probably shipped to China and they just dump it, just like your "recycled trash," plastics, paper....ends up on container ships in Seattle and Lond Beach, if it goes anywhere...

I have a 2018 XR4140 with the LS engine, not the Shibaura. But, yes, I'd love to see a sticky that cross references all the filters. It's been a bear finding published cross references, and my local NAPA was clueless.

For all the fabbing and cobbling together of implements, I'd just go rent a chain trencher and be done. 80' will go fast, and if you run into rock or some impediment, you have an easier time with a trenches to redirect and circumvent. On the tractor it takes some space, clearance, and turning...

My Woods 7500 three point backhoe has developed a slow leak/drip from what appears to be the lower spool relief valve on the second block from the left (looking at it from the back of the tractor. Are parts for these old control valves still available? Is it cost effective to rebuild? I did see...