Recent content by Sid Post

Icon tool remind me a lot of Snap and Proto "professional" tools of years past. Pittsburg pliers, screwdriver, and crescent wrenches aren't very good but, the other stuff in generally pretty good for homeowner use or limited farm needs. Fine tools like hex wrenches will work but, they aren't...

https://www.harborfreight.com/search?q=pulley+puller This is apt to cause a lot less damage. That much heat on a tractor that small is apt to cause a lot of damage to the drive line.

Yes, a great way to cause oil leaks as well as expensive damage to repair. A bit of grease on the shaft and yoke works really well for me. If I can't lever off a stuck pto with a big screwdriver, it is time to go to plan B which doesn't include brute force or a hammer. It is amazing how many...

AGM's typically don't have corrosion because they don't off-gas much, if any at all. Lead Acid batteries, even the really good ones, off gas due to the charge cycles.

Thanks everyone! It sounds like an AGM battery with a proper charger to maintain it is what I need and what I want. The NOCO chargers are what I normally use today and should serve me well with these AGM batteries.

In my youth, cheap Walmart type batteries had a short life and high failure rate. Sears Diehard batteries were better, were twice as expensive, and did not last twice as long. The Caterpillar road grader battery I put in my car lasted until it was totalled many years later. Contrary to what...

Depends on the batteries and the charger. A few kilowatts of solar panels on a 48V storage bank of large lead acid batteries that were maintained with water and acid as needed during their life ran 8 years of high duty cycle off-grid before storage capacity started falling. We are talking...

I have a pair of Kubota tractors that don't get frequent use so, now that their batteries are at the "end of life", I am thinking about replacements. I know vibration from the motor and field can knock the plates over in car batteries and kill them, so, I was thinking about AGM options on the...

A Honda Gx ~20hp gasoline engine and a Kubota or ... Diesel engine has some meaningful differences in oil and filtration needs!

That would be illegal!

Or $1100 for a ~$100 PTO shaft! Really a rip-off IMHO. I could see $200 or $300, but 1/3 the cost of a complete midmount finish mower is ridiculous.

Sounds like driving a rear wheel drive pickup in my pasture when it rains!

The vast majority of them were made for light industrial applications. Simple things like plumbers lifting sections of PVC pipe and similar stuff to racks above shoulder height.

I see those at collector and farm shows occasionally. While handy for a homeowner, they don't have the lift capacity for non-homeowner tasks generally.

I'm in a Massey 5711D and transport with the bucket loaded below the top of the hood for stability reasons. Otherwise, it is a good way to turn over a $100K tractor! 😲