Recent content by Mike476

Thought I'd post how happy I am with the LED fog lamps. The tail lights are run of the mill trailer lights, I've put a flasher in-line so I can use them as either running lights or flashers. Fog lights are on a separate circuit. They sure do light things up with minimal draw on the electrics...

Painted my MF 135 with a gun from a $40 Canadian Tire HVLP set (comes with a paint and touch up gun / regulators for each and all the accessories) outside in my driveway on a calm day in June. You will need to have access to air obviously if you don't have your own compressor. Took everything...

Most of my milling came from logs off my own property so skidding them to the saw wasn't difficult. If I were to look off the property though I'd have to look hard at the right trailer to tow with. Nice little mill the Hud-son, milled with a comparable mill a friend lent me a few years ago...

My breakdown of a 135 rear end is a little different than the TO 30 but my manual states the same thing; drill the collar and chisel for removal. For installation it states heat to 800 degrees F and seat against bearing cone before it cools.

Before and after shots

MF 1660 with a 7 foot rear blade. Snow blower for the paths and walkways between outbuildings. Moved a lot of snow already this year.

For the frame size here it is next to my 1/2 ton Ram 1500. From what I've read the QPS won't be offered in the new 1700 series, which is replacing the 1600 series (tier IV). So far I have no complaints at all with it, great range control, 12 speeds, smooth transitions from forward to reverse...

OK, that's enough...................

I spent most of my youth in north-eastern New Brunswick in the 60s and 70s (Mirimachi). Back in those days snow arrived in October and left in April. None of this cold and then warm, snow and then rain or freezing rain and then back to snow. I can remember the police driving through the...

Like you I spent a lot of time talking to everyone I could, from farmers to builders to try to come up with a plan that was in budget, would be stronger than anything I planned to use it for and would endure well past our intended use for it. My wife and I had milled most of the framing lumber...

Just built a 26X42 barn. Compacted dirt, laid concrete block, starter course of shingles on top of that and then 6X6 pressure treated as my sill, framed up from that. Just had over 100km/hr winds and driving rain last week, no anchors and building stood it no issues at all. A lot of wieght in...

As the Kid said, proper fluid is important. To answer your filter location question for the 135, a pic is worth a thousand words. The other thing to check are the seals on the standpipe. With the tractor running look through the filler port when operating your 3PH, if there is a waterfall of...

I'm going to be home again in a few weeks (for a few weeks) and I'm thinking I want to either lay stone or concrete in the walkway in the barn. It is 24 foot by 7.5 foot, I estimate 3.5 - 4 yards of concrete to get it done or 180 sq of stone. Both involve similar prep, I would prefer the stone...

Unsure if the retaining pin for the actuating arm shown in the above image is installed on yours.

Actually MF does ofer the Dyna in a smaller tractor, my 1660 I just bought last month has one in it. I got the chance to put a few hours on it while home, love it so far.