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I have a winch on my trailer with a receiver mount. It's great until you have to install the winch on the trailer. It's gained weight in the last twenty-five years. I have a tongue box which I want to keep using for tie downs. I'm thinking about putting a narrow box on the front of the trailer...

I've looked at several of the land plane builds but I have one question. I can't tell by the photos what I need. I'm using the Gordon Gould build as a reference. I have 4 inch angle to mount the cutting blades I'm "borrowing" from my box blade. What is a good vertical angle to mount the cutters...

I recently acquired a new trailer and I’m working on installing a receiver for a winch. The toolbox is welded against the front rail, so that adds a level of difficulty. Putting a winch in the box would be ok, but there’s not enough room to mount the fairlead. I’m thinking about laying a piece...

I'm thinking of purchasing a Kubota L6060 which I figure with loader and loaded tires comes to around 6000 lbs. I sold my old trailer as it was only an 18 ft. 7K. What's puzzling me is with all of the reading I've done is what I can haul. My truck is a 2014 F250 4x4 CC with a 6.2, 4:30 gears...

Yesterday I was moving snow with my Case DX35. It died suddenly, just like it was shut off. Now it’s crank, no start. The filter bowl is full of fuel, but I’m thinking since it didn’t even bog down it seems like there could be an electrical problem like a bad fuel shutoff solenoid or something...

A while back I bought a trailer axle with 74 spring centers. The idea was to build a lawn mower trailer. Well, I bought a 60 inch zero turn which I’m sure some of you know the chute adds another foot, which makes for a very tight fit. I could tie the chute up when loading, but would rather have...

I had a 40x60 slab poured for a new shop late last year. Apparently a little too late. Anyway, the concrete plant didn’t use air entrainment because they were told the concrete was going indoors, which was true, just not that day. The concrete was poured and the last section got wet and of...

Here's a TSC LED lightbar I made out of 11 gauge tube and bolted to my conopy mount. I can't get a real clear photo of the final product.

I just bought a used Bush Hog 6ft finish mower. Looking at the manual a front center roller was optional, which mine doesn't have. Is the purpose of the roller to keep the center from digging into the ground if it slopes off each side of the mower? Worth adding?

I just bought a used Miller Dialarc. It's been several years since I used a stick so I laid down a couple of beads to collect your thoughts. Thoughts?

I found a newer Miller Dialarc 250 I'm considering buying on CL. I'm not really familiar with the dialarc model. I haven't seen it yet other than photos but it looks clean. My question is, in your opinions, are the big transformer machines still worth buying, this one in particular? Something...

OK. I didn't get photos during the build process but here's a few of the finished product for your enjoyment and/or criticism.

I'm looking at replacing our 20 y.o. Craftsman lawn "tractor". It has the hand control hydro lever which has worked well. Now it seems most are foot controlled. We mow maybe an acre with a number of trees. Do the foot pedals work OK or do they get tiring dodging obstacles? I see most of the...

Here is a grapple I built for a friend. You'll likely notice it has a bit of an overbite. I built it using my bucket as a guide and his is a little different. Anyway, from those that have used one similar to this, is there any reason I should trim the tines? Or leave them as is?

Well, it's been nice enough the last several days to actually do something. I've used my new plasma cutter quite a bit. All I can say is unbelievable! It rocks! It rolls! Everything in between! Did I say I like it? It looks like my torch will be used mainly for heating from now on. Now it's...

Well, I did it. I ordered a Hypertherm 45xp with a 50 ft. torch. Can't wait.

I'm still looking on the web at Hypertherm 45XP plasma cutters. I found one that comes with a 45 and a 15 degree hand torch. I've looked a little bit and haven't come up with much on uses for the 15 degree torch. Anyone with experience on what they're good for? I don't want to buy something...

I'm planning on buying a Hypertherm 45XP very soon. I have a question about the CNC interface. If I'm reading the info correctly all the 45's come with a serial interface while some models add a CPC interface. Is that correct? While getting a CNC machine in the future sounds great I'm not sure...

I have a Case DX35 which was running fine, right up to the point it didn't. It has a fuel issue, the filter bowl was almost empty. I went with the easiest first, added some fuel to the tank and replaced the filter. I opened the bleeder screw and waited for fuel to run out. Had to crank for a...

I'm trying to replace the battery in my DX35. There are no dealers close by so I went to an auto parts store and bought a replacement. Now my problem, the Case battery had little stand offs on the side of the battery which the clamps pulled down on to hold the battery in place. The new battery...

I'm thinking of buying rear tire chains for my Case DX35 before next winter. My brother-in-law brought up something I never thought of, even after having chains break on work trucks before. He thought in the event of a cross link breakage it would fly around and damage the rear fender. With the...

I also posted this in the Case forum but tractor is dead in a bad place. Tonight I was moving some firewood around with the tractor. Stopped, put it in idle, set the brake, lowered the loader and splitter, forgot to take it out of gear, jumped off and it died like it is supposed to. Jumped...

Tonight I was moving some firewood around with the tractor. Stopped, put it in idle, set the brake, lowered the loader and splitter, forgot to take it out of gear, jumped off and it died like it is supposed to. Jumped back on, put in neuteral, no start. PTO light is on, moved lever, same thing...

Here's a few photos of the tooth bar and QA lifting plate I built.

A friend recently scrapped an old fork lift but kept the forks and brackets and will sell them to me for $200.00. That doesn't seem too bad considering the price of new forks. I would have to cut up the bracket and re-weld it to a QA plate. My only concern is the forks will only slide to a max...

I'm going to build a snow pusher with a rubber cutting edge but having never seen one up close I have a question about them. Can anyone tell me about what angle from vertical the cutting edge is? In photos I've looked at it appears they're angled forward about 30 degrees. Does that sound about...

I bought a Speeco 3 pt. splitter and want to make sure I have it all straight before use. The pressure side from the remote with the lever tied to that position goes to the inlet on the splitter valve. The outlet from the splitter goes to the other side of the remote. The splitter came with...

I bought a well used Meyer plow late last year,just finished it up except for painting and adding a diverter valve on the loader. I'm fairly pleased with it since this is the first thing I've built from steel. Unfortunately we've had little snow this year. Opinions? Ignore the date on the...

I'm going to build a grapple for my DX35. Can anyone tell me where to buy pre-made hinge bushings for the pivot points? I've searched but not having any luck. Maybe I'm calling them the wrong thing. Thanks.

I'm considering putting rim guard in my rear tires but I'm not sure if I want to go with the maximum fill. Are there drawbacks to using small amounts of fluid,maybe 10-15 gallons per tire?

I'm considering purchasing a used DX35 that doesn't have a loader. I will probably buy it if I can put an LX116 on it for roughly the same amount of money as buying a used one with a loader. I'm expecting to pay more because the loader will most likely be new since used ones seem pretty...