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    Operators manual for 2004 John Deere 5320.

    It's in a 3 ring binder. Like new. $25 plus $10 shipping.
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    Brush Grubber

    So the long arm one looks like you have to get close to the tree and swing into it (hard right turn) to then be able to close the jaws, as opposed to the others where you drive straight forward into the tree and close. Do I have that right?
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    Brush Grubber

    Holy smokes! It must be holding up well! You buy the HD version?
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    Brush Grubber

    What types of trees and diameter do you normally pull with it? What size skid loader?
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    Brush Grubber

    So how is this tree puller holding up? The Intimidator and CL FAB ones everyone recommends are $3800-$5200...... I need one for my 70hp skid loader and everyone says to buy the more expensive one....any issues with yours?
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    Health Care Prior to Medicare?

    Great thread, I'm right there with many who posted. Currently I'm 64.5 yo and Medicare will start 7/1 for me. I plan to get a Supplement to cover what Medicare doesn't. But, to get here, I've retired twice. Once in March 2021, then went on Cobra, that took me to Oct 2023. Then I went back to...
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    JD 4300: opening up the gearbox to repair broken PTO and range shift

    I decided not to split the tractor to fix the range shift selector fork. I'm going to button it back it back up and just run it. My question is, when I removed the PTO cover, there was no gasket. It wasn't leaking, but I want to be sure when I put it back together, that it doesn't leak. I was...
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    Overwhelmed with Choices

    I've owned a number of tractors, from 20hp to 64hp, over the past 15 years. Here's my recommendation, first - get a Hydrostatic transmission. First time tractor owners will usually use up a clutch because they don't know how to operate a tractor properly. 2nd - read your operators manual...spend...
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    4300 Range Shift Repair

    Thank for the response...I guess they are lost forever at this point..
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    JD 4300: opening up the gearbox to repair broken PTO and range shift

    I very much appreciate your help! Apologies in advance for not getting all the terminology of the parts correct, I realize it makes it harder for folks to understand my questions. For me, a picture really is worth a thousand words.... I think there are snap rings (20) on the end of the forks...
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    JD 4300: opening up the gearbox to repair broken PTO and range shift

    Yes, I was trying to get as much info as I could, with pictures, to better understand what I'm going to see once I get in there. It's still only 12 degrees here, so I'm not in a rush to get into the unheated garage to get the rockshaft cover off yet. And for me, one of the shift forks themselves...
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    4300 Range Shift Repair

    I sure wish the pictures were available for this write-up. Would help me a ton to understand what I'm looking at in my Shift Fork repair. Any way to get these pictures back?
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    JD 4300: opening up the gearbox to repair broken PTO and range shift

    I think I saw the ebay listing that had all the gears and goodies, for just shy of $2k if it's the same one. Good idea asking them to separate. I did think about welding - not something I could do, but maybe someone more experienced could....Appreciate the help!
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    JD 4300: opening up the gearbox to repair broken PTO and range shift

    Glad to see you're still around ! Ok, Thanks for the heads up. I need to look at the repair manual to find out what these bearings are, where they are, and where the AUX valve is so I can identify what you advised. It needs to warm a bit before I get back at the tractor, at or below 0 isn't...
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    JD 4300: opening up the gearbox to repair broken PTO and range shift

    Hopefully you're still around helping folks on this forum. I bought a JD 4200 that is stuck in A range, B and C range only gives me Neutral... following these write-ups, I popped the PTO cover and took off the inlet filter screen underneath the tractor. There were very few shavings on the...
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