Recent content by Shady oak

Never heard of using ATF. What ratio?

I owned semi trucks for 28 years. I now own two diesel mowers and a diesel tractor. With the exception of adding #1 for winter blend in the snow blower "mower" I have never to the best of my knowledge blended #1 in anything else. I live in MN and while I did have a gell up and added 911 to a...

Never Seize! One of the worlds great inventions! 👍🏻

I had a woodland Mills’s W88. It was a good piece of equipment, which I sold due to no more wood burning in the house. That said I had it on a 955 Deere and it was a load. It weighed 1000 lbs. The hydraulics lifted it fine, but it did make one insecure. I never went across side hills, I backed...

Harbor Freight! Take those two words and work backwards from there!

I am not sure if you have removed "used" as an option? I would look at a Kubota F series front mount. Something no older than the F2560 model on up. 25-30 hp 3 cyl diesel, usually a 72” deck, commercial grade, built like a tank. You can buy a good one for under 10K, and it will likely still be...

Been dere done dat! Mine was a fire hydrant. Stopped in a Kubota dealership while talking on my phone out in the lot. 15 min later I got off the phone and pulled ahead into a hydrant that I had stopped in front of, to close to see it. Got the bumper hooked to the hydrant and they had to pull it...

22 mph. Which I realize is a problem for people who want to do a lot of road riding.

I have a Kubota rtv 500. 2014 model. This is a gas machine. 2 cyl. 950 hrs and no repairs. I like the hydrostatic. It won’t win a road race but is handy and reliable. If you want something bigger that will get more done, the diesel versions of these are built like a tank. Plus it’s likely a...

There is an enormous amount of engineering and technology that goes into pollution control on modern diesel engines. The list of failed engines is proof of that. That said it is highly unlikely that Detroit, Cummins, and other manufacturers are going to redesign an entirely new engine, which...

I made one of these also. Foolproof, cheap, and easy to make!

If it picks it up, then move it. Especially on flat ground for 80’ ! Needless to say terrain is key here. If the 3ph is stressed out, then you don’t want to be going downhill, while turning the trailer. Let common sense be your guide!

The old Mack 237hp would also. It was funny to see the smoke coming out of the air cleaner, and having 5 gears in reverse!

A 6v53 did not have to be passing by! It only had to be in the same county. lol

I had a DD13 in a Cascadia and would buy another in a minute. Had very little trouble with it and hauled 80,000 tanker loads for 365,000 mi. Btw, these transmissions are auto shifts, not automatics.