Recent content by PlasterProspector

Really great thread. I feel like I have a much better understand now.

This is wonderfully helpful, thank you. So then, as I understand, when I press down on the pedal I'm increasing oil pressure which changes the angle of the swashplate, thereby causing the pistons to begin to pump, which increases the displacement as the engine continues to turn the whole thing...

So on an HST tractor are cylinders actually being turned off and based on the amount of transmission oil flow? What then does the swash plate actually function as? Does it slow the transmission oil flow? How does this variable displacement result in the torque curve we see that peaks early and...

I've dug through the forums here and even read some scholarly articles on the subject but I still don't understand how revs affect the performance of the HST when using hydraulic implements like a loader. I can feel the difference it makes in pulling, cutting and ground engaging implements but...

More often, I want to know when my bucket is curled correctly to hold full loads when it's above my line of sight but at varying heights. When I'm loading something like a big dumpster and I've got a bucket full of miscellaneous objects that need to clear the lip before dumping I worry about...

Ha, me too. I've got lots of layers and a yellow helly hansen pvc suit that goes on over that though so we'll see. I hog with my bucket low. My cutter is a glorified rock detector regardless of conditions. How was your quality? Did you have to get lower than usual? How'd it go? I can stick to...

I've had a few pernicious inches on my property and I'm way behind schedule on clearing the land. Anybody here ever brush hog with 2-4" on the ground?

I tried a plug once but it ended up not working because I didn't have an air compressor handy to complete the seal. I appreciate the reassurance, guys.

My MX6000 is pushing 7000lbs with FEL and loaded tires calculated in (and that's without counting 3pt attachments). Turf or not, I'm going to make a horrendous mess so I use R1s and NEVER worry about traction. This thing has so much traction you'd swear it could swim.

It feels rubbery and google is showing me similarly colored rope plugs. They may have just plugged it when they were dealing with the other puncture. I'm hesitant to mess with it as it's a filled tire.

Maybe it's a tire plug?

Hey folks, so I got this tractor new last Fall with the rear tires filled. Now I'm finding this kind of orange goop that looks like it might be coming out of the tire, like a sealant. It's not my grease, which I include in the picture, because the color and texture are wrong. I thought maybe it...

Sadly, my soil is extremely soft and perpetually waterlogged. I'd worry about a dozer getting around ok. I've also got an F250 so I was looking into dump trailers. The way we've been mostly clearing it is slowly piling the stuff, then having multiple people handload my bucket rapidly which I...

Oh my god, I got the R1 tires and you're not kidding. I take that thing out early in the morning and it's a damn excavator.

That's the same view I take. It's not mine, it's just my turn and when I have kids I want them to have a better turn than I did. Stewardship.