Recent content by RamTruckMan

I have a zetor 8011 that has gray smoke? Haven't found any antifreeze in the oil pan yet. The antifreeze seems to be going down, though. What is the most likely culprit? Head gasket or some type of a seal that would be a quicker fix. The tractor runs fine.

2006 year, 600 hours, clean looking 2WD, Shuttle Shift What are they seller for. Any opinion on reliability?

Any recommendations for good paint to cover 100 year old barn that has never been painted. I painted roof last year with elastomeric roof coat. It went on nice and seems durable. Time will be the test.

Anyone ever use this product? Requires no hookup to hydrualics. Evidently, just push or turn a knob, push toplink in or out, turn the knob back to set at desired lenght.

Anyone have a review on "International Hydraulic" cylinder? They are really cheap. Just wondering if the quality is as cheap as the price.

Anyone every design and make a bin to fill a cement mixer? I would like to make some bins to hold gravel and sand to fill my cement mixer. I would fill the bins with my tractor front end loader. The trick is to get the correct amount of sand and gravel in the mixer. My mixer is just a...

I bought a used three point backhoe. The backhoe is about 10 years old but was barely used. The seller said it was only used about 20 hours and hadn't been used the last six years. The paint is still inside parts of the bucket. Anyway, the boom cylinder call be pulled in and out manually...

Can a PTO Pump, be reversed (hydraulic under pressure to turn the PTO input coupler on pump) to make a hydraulic motor?

Just wondering if it is possible to run a snowblower off of a hydraulic motor. I want to install my three point snowblower on the frontend. I have a 28 HP tractor and was wondering if my hydraulic pump would be large enough to run a hydraulic motor on my five foot snowblower. The big question...

I ran across this informative article on Diesel and Fuel Oil. I thing members will find interesting. http://www.amghummer.com/Diesel/DieselFuel/about_diesel_fuel.htm

I want to run wiring to my metal building located 600 feet from the house. I want to use my welder which has a 50 amp plug. Does anyone have know what size aluminum wire I would need for a 50 amp load at 600 feet.

I was thinking of installing a power inverter on my tractor. I know 1 horsepower is equivalent to 750 Watts. Does that mean a 2000 watt power inverter would run a 2 horsepower electric motor? Do these inverters work?

Does Position Control mean that a tractor doesn't have any draft control? Does it mean the lever just lowers and raises the implement?

Locating the fuel tank located under the tractor appears to be a poor location. Is there a problem "banging the tank up" or even tearing it off.

The dealer offered me a Century 2028 with C50 FEL and a rear remote after $700 cash rebate for $14,000. Does that sound like a reasonable price?