Recent content by JimRB

I am with Hay Dude. I replace them when they have issues. But if one curl hose goes bad I replace both. Same for lift and dump hoses, I replace in pairs. I have not replaced the hoses that come from the manifold to the loader but have replaced the curl and lift hoses. My tractor has been sitting...

Cable company has not marked their buried cable a few times on my property. I have not hit the main line but I dug into the neighbors feeder, or I pounded a fence post into the last 100 foot run. As others have said, local knowledge goes away when folks retire.

Adam Booth gives some great lessons in hydraulic cylinder operation, inspection and resealing. Here is just one video of many he has done.

When I drive to the quarry for gravel and I ask for 3,000 pounds, the drive on scale on the way out agrees with what the operator read on his scale. As someone else mentioned, maybe get two bales weighed on a drive on scale and now you have a set of calibration bales for the day. Fresh in the...

I have black rubber hoses from Sears and Home Depot that work fine or over 2o years. In the barn the rats love chewing on them so crummy vinyl hoses out there.

Did you get a 17 and 19 kit? When I fixed my curl cylinders for a different model loader it had all the seals, o-rings, backers, and wear guides in the kit.

You are tearing off the existing trusses when the weather gets better? Visit the good lumber yard or truss company for ideas. Hips an valleys are opportunities for expense and leaks. On our house I have a 30x36 footprint with the rafters spanning the 30 foot. 36 is east to west. The 22x22 too...

I ran my 2511T the other day to remove some small 4-7" pines. It is a nifty little saw. Next saw up in my collection of 3 is my Stihl MS210. 2511T is much lighter. 2511T is super easy to start. I had not run that saw in a year and it was just a few easy pulls. MS210 is easy to start but not as...

Letting an engine idle for 30 minutes is a bad practice. Get it started, let it idle for a minute or two if you must and get to work. I run Shell Rotella T6 synthetic in my diesel tractor and diesel truck. Delvac 1 synthetic in the diesel car. I start up and go in all my diesels. Well the car...

Where are you located? Does it have the subframe?

I have an Echo CS2511T that seems to work ok. I thought about a Stihl but they did not really have a warranty. Not that I have used this Echo that much to get close to a warranty issue. Starts pretty easy.

We have 9 acres with horses. Over a mile of weed wacking the way the pasture is chopped up. Weed wacker gets fired up a few times a year. Lawn mower sometimes to mow close to wire fence. That product looks interesting but mowing/weed wacking once in a while and a bit of chemical mowing works...

Last time I had one apart that much I hit the surfaces with sandpaper until it looked kind of like a brake rotor. Kind of hard for the braking material to slip if the steel sliding surfaces look like mountains. Not sure my little metal lathe could chuck the sliding surfaces. That said I am sure...

I ordered seals from JD. I had what I needed and could put things back together quickly. Spanner to take off gland nut. A big socket or wrench to take of the nut on the rod. I did both sides. If one failed, the other probably is close to failing. Take pictures as you take it apart. Just 3-5...

It has been a few decades ago. I had brake shoes relined. Not sure if I could find a shop that does that now.