Recent content by Shenandoah MF1760

My youngest went to a scrap yard and got 4 brake drums from a semi for cheap, also with a hole in the center as well as several little ones. Gawd-awful heavy buggers!

One thing you don't mention is the size of the tractor or the flow rate on the hydraulics. As seen in my logo picture I have a Laneshark LS2 that attaches to my FEL. The new ones have hydraulic positioning which I wish I had as it can be a struggle to reposition. I use mine to clear my...

Yes. I have a 1760 with the 2814 FEL and I bent the same side you did. I believe mine happened when a branch came through my grapple and undid one of the QA levers resulting in the grapple falling off the FEL on one side while it was lifted. When I went to replace the cylinder I discovered...

Too many tabs open and a distracting wife.

My tractor is ~100 miles from the house on 25 wooded acres, no structures. My solution was as HayFarmer suggested. I got a 40' hi-cap or hi-cube shipping container which is a foot taller than the standard ones because I have a cab tractor. I also had the vendor (XCaliber Container) put...

I'll go along with this. I have more than a couple widowmakers on my land. I swear one of them has a skyhook attached. I've thought of using tannerite, I'm just not sure how far away I need to be or if I can get a clean shot with all of the rest of the tree around it.

One factor to consider is the noise. The PTO generators I've looked at want you running at rated PTO speed which isn't going to hurt the tractor but will be loud up next to the house. I've had to deal with multiple days without power due to hurricanes and after years dealing with generators...

I found a number of Chinese sources, but I'm loath to send anyone to them. I have worked for a Chinese company and they'll try to get away with anything they can. This is freely admitted to by the Chinese nationals I've worked with. I wouldn't trust a grade 8 bolt of theirs to be anywhere...

Not a stud, but this may be a source for the future if you're not happy with what you've found.

Dear God don't let my wife see that!

Maybe so, but starting at $22K and not having the Ferris suspension puts it out of consideration. Looks like it's built like a tank though. If I was running a yardwork company and didn't have to ride the thing myself...

Seems a bit weird to quote myself... In performing the dealer search on the various models I was unaware of, I discovered that my local Massey dealer also handles Ferris. So far I kind of like what I've seen of them. Now, off to the forums...

That answered my question about whether the deck would float with the front suspension. Thanks.

I might have agreed with that if I still lived in Michigan, but Texas in the summer with high humidity sucks all the fun out of the process. Add to that the long sleeves, slacks and hat the dermatologist says I need to be wearing...

Lots of good advice here. I like the idea of checking of the forums of any model we've come to consider. I was all about diesel when I was looking at buying our Kawasaki Mule. The dealer was even discounting them at less that the gasoline version. Then I test drove the Mule around their...