Recent content by KY Gun Geek

A little excitement at the farm yesterday- A dump trailer we use to haul muck was being lowered after dumping a load when the bed suddenly dropped about 3 feet. Nice bang, and oil all over the place! I wasn't there so I don't have first hand observation of the failure. Person who was there...

I have recently upgraded (traded) my 2 5 year old Woods 15' light duty (BW15LH) mowers to 3 15' regular duty (BW 15.50). One was delivered 12/30/2018 (taxes), one about 9/15/2019 and one about 9/20/2019. None of them have a lot of hours - I used the older ones through most of the summer, only...

So this is a strange one to me (means I’m going to learn something!). 5105 is hooked to a manure spreader. Noticed today that when the clutch pedal is depressed, the pto starts to turn slowly. Not completely repeatable, seems to be more likely to happen when tractor is at operating temp than...

Did my research and settled on a WoodMaxx 8h Arrived crated up as promised, assembly was pretty straight forward. Nothing terribly remarkable. There are some threads here discussion issues with the feed speed control. Here's what I measured on my new chipper: Setting Speed(RPM)...

Bought a new to me 5085e with from a dealer with about 635 hours 4 weeks ago. Don't know anything about history (other than the JD system says a parking pawl was fixed under warranty at about 125 hours). Weather here has been crappy (cool wet spring) which has curtailed much tractor activity...

Recently bought a 5085e with 650 hours. Currently have a 5085m and 5093e. They older tractors have a different set up for the rear remotes. The last 2 pics are the remotes on the 85m and 93e. Note the dials and a knob. I have a guess from turning the knobs as to what they do I can't find a...

Ok - I own it! Pulled a real dork move and shattered the glass door on my 5093e cab. Had something to do with operating the tractor with the door open... Moving on, pretty sure only the glass is broken, the handle, latch and hinges seem ok, so I'm looking for glass. I think I have the right...

New employee has sparked a bit of a debate about the use of hand throttle. First - we are talking about geared tractors only (specifically here a JD 5105 and a 5055d which are 50ish hp dry clutch with NO shuttle shift/power reverse/etc). I say this because the searches I've done turn up...

Looking for a PTO shaft that is 1 3/16 round smooth to 540 6 spline (I think). Yes I'm sure about 1 3/16. I say that because I can only find 1 3/8. Agrisupply carries this one (Fertilizer Spreader PTO Shaft - Series 1 | Grizzly) which seems to be the right size (about 27" out to 37"...

As stated above, wired in a diode and a new switch. Switch failed again in about 30 to 45 minutes of operation, maybe 25 or 30 cycles. When I got the switch, I got an extra switch, and per the discussion above, I got a relay. My source for the diode is Radio Shack, and the switch and relay is...

Got my hands on another switch and some diodes today. Switch is same as above. Diode is 50v, 6A. The 50v is a little light, but I figured I would give it a try. I have some 1000v 10A coming. Before I get to the install I did a little science experiment. I touched wires together (to...

Working through installing a diverter to run a grapple lid on a JD 5093e with an H260 loader. One is activator switches being eaten - here's a link to a separate thread about that: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/hydraulics/375263-diverter-jd-h260-switch-problems.html The other issue is...

Working through installing a diverter to work a grapple lid on a JD 5093e with an H260 loader. I have 2 issues that I don't think are related - slow bucket curl, and switch destruction. I have posted 2 threads to keep from confusing things. Here's a link to the bucket curl thread...

Hey - I thought I would share my experience with those walking down the grapple purchase path. I'm starting here with the background, then I'll post some action shots, and some "aging" pics so you can see how things are working out. First comment is that I am extremely pleased with what the...

Sorry to dig up an old body here, but, I'm finally getting around to putting a diverter on my JD 5093e and an EA 72", and thought I ask for an update. I bought the grapple in August or so of 2015 and have been running it off the SCV. Functional but slow, and kind of a pain. So, though I...