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Ductape Those floors came out looking really good! You should be proud. When we rebuilt our latest house last year, during demolition, I found some old pine boards in the converted garage that was used as the subfloor and the floor. Due to the shoddy building practices of someone many years...

My wife and I have had the hard wood floors refinished in two of the homes we currently own. I hired it out to flooring professionals both times. The last house we had done just this spring, was a rebuild house. 60 year old white oak floors that had layers and layers of wax on them, pet...

I bought my Deere 5055D tractor a couple of years ago. After wrestling the MX-7 brush cutter by hand, trying to get the 3 point to line up for about a year, I decided to get a I-Match 3 point hitch connection system. I absolutely love it! Back up to the implement, lower the I-Match to the...

Hey all, I have not been on this site for several years. I used to own a 2001 JD790 MFWD tractor, but I sold it last year. I just purchased a new JD 5055D tractor. Do any of you have one of these tractors? Any tips or hints on these? The 790 was a workhorse in itself and I put about 1000...

Hey, quick question....I have a customer that wants an outdoor jumping ring built on his property. My question is: What type of material do you put down in the ring after you have excavated the dirt out and made the ring level? His daughter does horse jumping and is fairly good at it. He...

Well, guys, the tractor bug has bit me again. I have had my 790 since the middle of 2001. I put a #70 loader on it and have put almost 500 hours on it. Great little tractor. Works great in our landscaping business. I now have the itch for a 990. My dealer just got one in the other day. He...

Hey guys, I have a small problem on my 790. I work around rocks and a lot of brush and stumps. About a month ago, I latched a hold of a small stump with the tie rod and bent it just about in a "U" shape. Ok, I limp it back to the barn and very carefully, back it on the trailer. I take it...

Hey guys, I just acquired a 6' 3PH IH sickle bar mower. This unit has a belt drive attached to the PTO shaft and has a long pittman bar on it...which is obviously rotted out. wondering if any of you old IH guys might know a model number or a group of model numbers that this unit might fit...

Well, I thought I would post it here. I have a JD 757 Ztrack commercial mower with a 25 HP Kawasaki 2 cyclinder gas motor on it. Do any of you folks have one of these and have you had problems with the engine running on one cylinder? If you have, what did Deere do about it? Did they replace...

Ok, I posted this on another "less read" section. Sorry, here it goes again!!! OK all you CUB fans, heres the scoop. I am doing a tree cutting job at a old house in Nashville. In one of the deteriated and collapsing barns sits a Cub lo-boy 154 with old R1 dry rotted tires, a woods underbelly...

OK all you CUB fans, heres the scoop. I am doing a tree cutting job at a old house in Nashville. In one of the deteriated and collapsing barns sits a Cub lo-boy 154 with old R1 dry rotted tires, a woods underbelly mower (5' I believe) has not been run in years. No 3 point hitch. I would like...

Guys, One of the unique auto dealers near me took a unique trade the other day. The dealer stopped by a restaraunt I was eating at, and just so happened tto see my truck, trailer & tractor sitting there. He approached me and said he had just taken a trade in on a Harley Electroglide. I went...

Well, guys Just added to my fleet of John Deeres. Went to the dealer yesterday and picked up a brand new JD 757 ZTR with a 60" deck. Talk about a fine mowing machine !!! It has a 25 hp V twin kawasaki engine in it. It has cut my mowing time almost in half. I have around 6 acres of lawn...

Hey guys... I have a #70 loader on my 790 and was wondering if you guys have problems with the bucket curl leaking down. I have probably 150 hours of dirt and rock moving on it. When I pick up a full load, within 50 feet or so, I have to curl it again. It doesn't make any difference if the...

Hey, I tried the neatest trick today with my 790. I rotated the two front wheels and gained what looks like about 10" on my front wheel base. WOW!! What a difference in stability and ride smoothness. Oh, guess I should clarify. I have R4's on my MFWD 790. Anybody tried this? Any problems...