Recent content by p0diabl0

I was sick with a cold or somesuch and backing up a trailer in one of our horse aisles. Nailed a water line. Added an extra hour of work to a hot day.

I made my own for mucking stalls - granted we clean out stalls into muck buckets then dump them in this bucket on the tractor, as well as the rear dumping carry all. It's constructed from steel fencing, a blank SSQA plate, some scrap steel, and clad with rubber conveyer belt thrown away from a...

The tractor supply one comes in at least two flavors that I've seen. I had to cut into mine quite a bit to get it to work. The top link on mine wasn't down nearly as far as the one currently posted on their website. Consequently I had to use the QH hook in a different position from my other QH...

Update - it's good again, at least, good enough. The geometry and available holes made chaining or blocking difficult but while looking around for chain/blocks I noticed my fairly sturdy 40ft cargo container that is probably better to push on than a eucalyptus tree. I threw it into 4wd/low and...

Thank you all for your advice. I agree that the crosstube is likely bent. I will try something like has been recommended and block it off or chain it up and see if I can use the hydraulics to bend it back. Could try pushing on a tree but we mostly have eucalyptus here and they fall over if you...

One of my employees says she noticed the front bucket wasn't hanging right - no idea how much work had been done with the bucket hanging on the left side of the SSQA only. It bent the plate downwards. I can still muscle attachments on but it is no longer anything resembling "quick" attachment"...

Harbor Freight is cheapest but you have to take into account you WILL want to get a new top hook as the stock one doesn't stick out far enough ($40-50) and everything is size for Category 3 so bushings for all your implements (~$10 per implement at tractor supply).

Sure but it would at least be Front Wheel Drive at that point.

Five year old L2501 works fine in every other respect but when the 3pt is at full height (or within ~5% on the lever) the tractor is clearly trying to still move the arms even though it can't. This of course causes a lack of go power and makes the loader bucket up/down movements very slow...

Interesting idea. Do you think if I got a set of these to bolt onto the ROPS it could serve as a wheelie bar? https://smile.amazon.com/Torin-ATR39001B-Swing-Back-Trailer-Capacity/dp/B08KTRGXD5/

I've got an L2501 with one. A new top hook made things easier. Also with the way my 3pt is adjusted for maximum swing, if the top link arm is adjusted most of the way inwards and I pull the 3pt all the way up it will make contact with and break my rear turn signals/lights. Fair warning...

I have an L2501, the HF quick hitch, and a 5' Brush Hog that was left on my property when we bought it. No go with the quick hitch - it adds 4" and the shaft falls out. Not all the time, not every time, but I only use it about twice a year and it's easier just to take off the quick hitch for the...

Absolutely. We're nowhere there yet for big machines but it should be relatively simple for something in the compact/subcompact range. Tractor manufacturers aren't exactly known to be cutting edge though so it will be a while. Bobcat already makes an electric skid steer. I've got an electric...

I'd rather do the 3 point thing, add rubber wheels that can touch the ground to turn the barrel like a push mower as you drive.

I had the cheapo HF Chicago Electric flux core for a while. I have a 30 amp RV hookup in my yard and you could tell - it used it when needed. Plugging it into a house outlet wasn't nearly the same.