Recent content by MadGunner

After living with the PTO Link for more than a year, I'm not convinced there's a big improvement. Maybe I'm saving time with implement connections, but it can still be frustrating either way... Using the PTO Link, or using the standard tractor PTO shaft coupler, effort remains needed, and best...

What is the best red paint to match the Branson metal components? What red was used for the brush guard mod?

I'm a big fan of self-leveling loaders... The BL200 SL is definitely worth the extra cost (approx ~$1K) when buying bundled with the tractor. No worries when lifting anything using bucket, forks, grapple, etc. Without self-leveling, wrist work on the joystick keeps your load from spilling...

Barndominiums are popular in many areas now, but weren't so common when this thread started years ago. Today, lots of people are building residential and multi-purpose structures with steel. There are also a lot of post frame construction buildings that go up a lot like a metal building, but...

Driving the Branson 5520Ch around the property and mowing some grass. Deferred mowing. I avoid cutting the grass during spring and summer on the back field, allowing wildlife to prosper. Mow it down in winter, limiting tall plants from invading savannah. A few years in to turning this...

$60 for the adapter is lower cost and effort than replacing the drive line tubes inside the PTO shaft assembly. A pair of inside and outside drive line tubes is likely to cost around ~$100, and may require a couple of drill holes for roll pins, and possibly cutting a few inches from each side...

The PTO Link adapter adds about four of inches in length to any attached PTO shaft. If you use Pat's Easy Change 3-point Hitch System, the hooks add about four inches in length to the two lifting arms. If you use *both* the PTO Link and Pat's, the two effectively match lengths, negating any...

The goal is to buy a tractor that will survive 20+ years, mow and shred, collect logs and debris, clear fields for food plots and native grass planting, build and maintain gravel roads, and comfortably fit my 6'2" 265-lbs medium-build frame, with sufficient leg room to enjoy spending many hours...