Recent content by John D

I had three of these fall in the back of my truck from work. They used to be hooked up to a field tarp lift and we did away with the lift so I snagged them thinking I will use one of them for a splitter. Can anyone tell me what size they are. Thanks

In my old age I dont like driving T post's but had 45 of them to put in so I built this thing. Not pretty but it sure saved me alot of time. Built the frame from some 3x3x1/4 angle and had a pc of 3 inch pipe that I filled in with some solid round stock at the top end and welded it to the center...

I had to reseed the pastures this past weekend. The ground was hard so I used the boxblade rippers to start and then a C tine cultivator. I pulled up alot of sandstone rocks. After picking them up by hand for an hour I got to thinking about a landscape rake and the pitch stall fork ( cleans out...

I was cleaning out the horse pens the other day and bumped a tree with the FEL in wich that bump made a bump on my head from a limb that fell out of that tree. So I said to myself no more. I had some 90s off a hand rail and some pipe so this is what I came up with.

Got all these ideas from you guys and thanks.

Took this last night durring our little rain shower of 3 1/2 inches in 15 minutes??

I was given this spreader and it was in bad shape. I took it apart and had to torch the gearbox off the funnel. got to thinking I realy dont need a spreader so I thinking useing the frame for a wht box. a 55 gal drum fits it OK but Im going to have to add some things to make it work. Im useing a...

Took these this morning with my camera phone on the way in to the ballpark. rosedale and 820. jb

will it work?

I have been given the use of a 6ft aer-way and got it home and its about 1 1/2 inches not being wide enough to fit the Imatch. is there a longer pin I can get or do I have to custom build something. jb

OK give me the tricks you guys use for makeing the oil change alittle faster. draining and changeing the filter. no prob. refilling with 9 qts. a pain in the butt. I had to use a msr cup and pour real slow or it would overflow back through the filler hole. not like the Ol truck were you can just...

Before I call my dealer and just show just how much a rookie I am?? I have a Deere 5103 bought new. I have out 80 hours on it and havent had to use the rockshaft position control lever but last night wanted to test it out. the lever seems to be stuck (hard as heck to move) I did a greese job on...

Well after finaly getting a tractor and cleaning out stalls,runs and pens I now have a mountain of manure. I have heard its not that good for gardens. I also have a large hill of oak leaves that has been composting for a little over a year. can this be used for anything? should I add them...

A big brown truck just droped off a brand new green Imatch here at my work. my dealer had to back order and it took 2 weeks to come in. felt like 2 months?? thing is...should I take off early today and go play with it or wait another four hours. jb

Im new here and have been reading and learning. Im a new tractor owner and been going slooooow. after reading about useing seatbelts I made a sign and put it on my dash that read USE SEATBELT!!! any other good tips I need to know about other then common sense?