Recent content by sheamus

Haha, yeah he loaded it in truck with the old tractor. I think I have convinced the wife we can buy one.

Haha. Yeah, he is my wife's great uncle and lives over 100km away, and hist tractor is likely 10,000lbs, so even a car hauler wouldn't get it here. I thought about building an extension... I couldn't stop thinking about it, so I went out and took it apart and flipped the gear box so I could...

These are good options if I owned it. :) I am borrowing it. The guy I am borrowing for likely hasn't used it in 30 years, but he isn't interested in getting rid of it. The brackets for the U piece are welded on. So flipping it would push those arms down 3-4" (height of frame, plus bit bracket...

Now that you say that, I have seen that on larger tractors. But I don't have it on this one.

I just had someone tell me their father used to have one like it, and you could flip it upside down like I suspected. Trying to decide if it is worth the effort, I am worried some of those old bolts may snap off in the process... they likely haven't moved in 60 years.

I borrowed a MF Model L post auger from someone to use with my Bobcat CT 2035 tractor. It seems to not use the top link of the 3pt hitch. I got it connected, but I can't lift it enough to get the auger off the ground. See the images. Has anyone had any luck getting one of these to work with a...

So I found an old set of pallet forks on our property. I removed the mounting brackets (allis-chalmers) on them, and added a quick-attach bracket. The left fork adjusts in/out to change the spacing between the two forks. The problem is that the sliding is really rough in some spots and loose in...

That auger is $2500CAD here, so I would say you got it for roughly 50% off retail. Nice find. I have not used one of these, but I don't think the hydraulic help with the lift too much, your 3pt hitch system will handle that, and would be more powerful than the ram, I assume. Post augers don't...

I remember going to farm auctions when I was a kid, and RB handled a lot of them, no technology other than a microphone and notebook. I have met a couple of the people who took them into the online arena... good, smart people. For me, if you have RB yard near you it is worthwhile. But if you...

Thanks for all the advice. The problem is here that for the first month of winter we get a big dump of snow when it is still hovering around 0, then it will warm up and melt etc. Not like the prairies. But I am going start with some of the advice here before I go making modiciations to the...

Had the first dump of the season, so i got to try out the ne (to me) snowblower. I threw a lot of rocks. It was only 0c so the ground was soft and the shoes sunk. I tried to control the sinking with the 3pt hitch raise/lower but it was tough to get it right. The driveway is slightly higher in...

Thanks @FOP. I believe the CT2025 has the same front capacites as the CT2035, so I will need the same. I don't see any mention of CK-4, only of CJ-4 and ACEA E9. What engine oil did you use?

1. In the manual, for engine oil, it mentions I can use 5W-40 synthetic. In the part numbers section of manual it lists bobcat part numbers for various oils, but not one for 5w-40 synthetic. Can I just ignore this and use Pennzoil 5w-40 synthetic? 2. For differential/front-axle, the manual says...

Well the fact that my math is off that much makes it a lot more affordable. :) I am just having a heck of a time sourcing anything other than CaCl. So far the only shop that I have found that carries anything but CaCl uses agrilime, but they won't sell it or fill anything but a new tractor off...

I am wondering how much fluid I will need. This is my tire: Rear Industrial Tire, 15 x 19.5, 7385101. By my math that is roughly 215L (about 55 us gal) per tire. Does that sound right? The cheapest I can find water system antifreeze is $35 for 19L (Canadian Tire) which means about $800 CAD...