Recent content by TASMAN17

that's a good idea - didn't think of that

suppose you can if barbs are far enough apart to allow enough spooling on the ratchet, but not sure I would. Chain strainers work well to pull wires together and tie off under tension, or use as come-along here and there to tension while then mounting wire to a braced set of posts. I've found...

Garbage in, garbage out. If they are primarily being fed by grazing now, then the seeds they pass will be the same ones your pasture is already producing. Running through with a harrow on a regular basis is important and doesn't take as long as mowing - important to break up the clumps and...

I would think popularity too, not just how many were once sold, but how many are still in use today, not that I have any stats to back it up. Bottom line though is all tractors are still dangerous - high clearances, center of gravity, PTO, overloaded buckets etc. Old tractors even more so -...

My 8N has the Sherman - used it once or twice just to see what it would do, but since I don't really run it on roads or till with it never really saw much use for it for me. Pretty much run every thing geared down here for the torque and dealing with hills and very rocky ground. Interesting...

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My horse has the same complaint

All that said though, the old girl does still look cool. Maybe I can just hide her around the back...

for what it's worth I had a similar journey, started with an 8N on my first place of about 5 acres, mostly due to budget. Did all I asked of it but there were definitely limitations. I used it to bush hog some pasture, scrape and plow a 150' gravel drive. Without a live PTO you really couldn't...

yup, it's official, I am an idiot. Couldn't stand thinking about it anymore, went over to the barn with my reading glasses - the nut is welded. Notched the plate on the bottom with a cutting disk, smacked it once with a cold chisel, and out she spun. I just wasted a good part of my life. Only...

maybe I will try notching the metal plate on the underside with a cutting disk get some grip on it and try to spin it out . And carry a pair of cheater glasses on me too

yeah, pretty much my style ... flail at it, mess it up, ignore obvious signs it's not working, go for a complicated fix... and THEN go and check a diagram.

tried but not much purchase, but that's why I asked - it it is that way I will attack harder from below, thx

i've been soaking it in PB Blaster a while and working on it, but I didn't have my reading glasses w/me and getting too old to see up close. Looking at the schematic tonight got me wondering if the to mount nut is welded to the mount frame. Tomorrow I will have to hit it w degreaser and wear...

(2) threaded bolts welded to a round plate at each end, rubber hockey puck sandwiched between the two plates