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    Checking hydraulic fluid

    Look back aft under the hydraulic couplers maybe there
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    Tractor backhoe digs up some pavement and blows a tire

    When I use my BH I extend the outriggers to take all the weight off the rear tires, jacked off the ground. I also use the front bucket to lift the front end off the ground.
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    DK45 radiator questions

    $900 C with ought the damage
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    DK45 radiator questions

    Friday took the day and went to the city to pick up the new rad. When I got there I noticed the box containing the rad was a bit damaged so we unboxed it to find the top tank was all busted up. The pressure cap and plastic flange it connects to fell out on the floor. A hole about the size of a...
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    DK45 radiator questions

    Plastic I'll have a new one the first of the week. I can't be without the tractor so I'll install the new one and if my repairs are successful there will be a spare. Thanks
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    DK45 radiator questions

    Is the radiator on DK45 plastic or metal tanks. Mine needs repair and wondering how to proceed. Musta happened last thing this afternoon noticed coolant running out of small maybe 1/2" nipple on bottom right of rad. Brush poked up in there I expect. I'm scheming how to repair it and I this is...
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    Best way to mount hydralic hookups for grapple

    Seems to be an easy and efficient method. It's grapple off and snowplow on in 10 minutes and most of that time is my sore sorry old body trying to function.
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    Unnecessary Backhoe

    I have a DK45 with a KB2485 BH. 2012 model yr. I have never removed the mounting brackets but I would guess eight caps crews would remove both brackets. Removal would also give you added ground clearance maybe 6 or 8 inches max. The hoe assembly slides on and off fairly easy. It's handy when you...
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    Starlink

    You are right newbury. I had an extra ott in there. I've had this saw 20 years and it's perfect for me.
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    Tell us something we don’t know.

    "Happiness isn't having everything you want, it's wanting everything you have." I think that's what my 45 year old gay son said!
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    Tell us something we don’t know.

    When younger I played hockey left batted right or left. Now at 70 I remember those days \
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    Kioti CK35HST cruise control problem

    My dk45se cruise control works on smooth going. I believe there is a bump switch in there that disconnects for safety on rough going.
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    Starlink

    Installed my starlink a week ago. It's wonderful. I can actually use my computers now. Best speed before was 1.2Mbps down 0.5 up. Now is 250Mbps and 50 up. I have no obstructions, I have a 0260 stihl.
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    Dog pics

    Mick gone a year ago he was 15. The little Yorke just two weeks ago he was almost 17. Truck seems empty now.
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