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My cousin's daughter just bought some hunting land. I bought this old spring tooth as a welcome to thge neighborhood gift.

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I'd have your realtor tell their realtor that you have been actively looking at other properties, but that he might be able talk you into making another bid. That way you don't seem too eager.

Make sure your PTO shaft isn't too long. That could damage your tractor. Also, most rotary cutters I've seen have kind of a swivel at the top link so it can give some slack on uneven ground. Please post a picture of yours. If you don't have that, or its travel is insufficient, you may...

The first thing I would say is Slow Your Roll You don't have to jam it to everything, break stuff, work till dehydration, etc. You don't have to buy new gadgets to hook things up. Use a pipe to help position the implement to your 3pt for hook up Installing the PTO shouldn't be difficult. It...

Too bad they don't have a compact tractor (or maybe their generator) they could throw in on the deal if you increase your bid.

I would prefer a compact tractor (Kubota B, of John Deere 2xxx series) over a SCUT (Kubota BX, of John Deere 1xxx series). Your usage/location is helpful information. In that case, a subcompact would be fine. My neighbor has a Kubota GR2120 garden tractor. It is amazing how much snow he can...

This is just like rhubarb custard pie, only easier! Yum

Pretty nice

I like the Kioti options (CK 2620 and CK 3520) I would also consider a Kubota B2601 or a LX2620

Just out of curiosity, how big and deep is the pond?

To me,a 4 footer best suits the size of the tractor, not just in terms of power, but also maneuverability, and intuitive use. I have to say that a stump cutter has saved my bacon more than a few times when I ran over stumps that supposedly knew they were there. By the time I hit the clutch...

Agreed. Even if you don't make another offer just now, your realtor should be finessing things behind the scenes.

Some trees blew across my sister's driveway last night. I'll be taking my Echo CS2511TN to do it. At 5.2 lbs, Arly should treat himself to one if he gets that camp property.

It's hard to know who the decision maker(s)s, especially after a death in the family. Maybe it is just the widow, but she wants assurance from her children that this is a fair deal. Maybe it is up to the children. In any case, I would expect your realtor to be more in the know. They are an...

Good luck!

So this will be your camp/cabin? Are you thinking solar and/or generator?

Decimal point error ... $10/foot

I checked about bringing power to our hunting land (about 1/4 mile) It was about $1.00/foot.

I hope you get it. I like the pond and elevation

I de-greased and de-rusted things the best I could. Then I gave it a basic paint job. All the shafts turn, and all the zerks I could find took grease. I couldn't find any zerks for (front) shaft that drives the seed plates. Here is a pic of the base. Should there be a zerk in that hole -...

You'd think in these modern times they'd use circuit breakers ;)

Oh no. So sorry for your loss.

Does she do your plumbing?

I would just drill holes through them and drive sections of rebar through them (an into the ground) Stagger the large and small but ends.

Soaking in Diesel. Now we wait.

Not something I'd like to do weekly.

A 4 series John Deere would be a nice tractor. I wouldn't rule out a 3 series either if you find a good deal. I always struggle with the backhoe question. There a those who say they would never be without one. There are those who who say they seldom get used and/or are a pain to...

Those tiny seeds like to be 1/8"-1/4" deep. My homemade tire chain drag, followed by a roller or cultipacker does a nice job of that.

We have plenty of deer also, but we've found another way to spend more money on hunting. A person should never itemize what the true cost per pound of venison is :oops:

Given the prices cultipackers are going for these days, I am posting a video of a DIY version. The poster says if he did it again, he would have used single wall culvert. I probably would have used a different shaft with pillow block bearings, but this is a pretty good option.

Nice!

Nice. Your sub spoiler and potato plow, and for a drag, 3 truck tires bolted together. is tillage on a budget! I'd like to see pics of all. PS: is Finlayson a suburb of Duxbury?

Not to hijack this thread, but it would be interesting to see pics of your build, specs, drive/steering mechanism, etc,

My wild guess is - If someone offers you $500, take it!

The disc was yard art, and the axles were frozen but easy to free up. All zerks took grease. Caught people napping at an online auction for the S Tine toolbar Got the drag at a yard sale Made the chain drag Roller was on online auction, but detached from frame. Just needed new pillow block...

We just worked on one of our food plots today, so I thought I'd start a thread. I've been able to pick up implements for pretty good prices, but it takes patience and lots of looking. Here's what I have, and pics to follow. I am working on fixing up an old corn planter, and I'd like to have a...

Seed Plate

This isn't identical, but there are many common features

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Thanks. So far, all the shafts turn. The seed plates turn. The fertilizer agitators are froze up. The disc openers for the fertilizer are froze up. I was able to get one fertilizer hopper off. I'm wondering if it is a McCormick. Red frame and yellow wheels, and there is some blue paint...

A dull knife cuts you faster than a sharp one.

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edit - blurred license plate

It looks like it was originally red with yellow wheels. Looks like the previous owner converted it to a 3pt hitch mount. The wheels turn, the chains move, the plates in the seed hoppers turn, the horizontal shaft going to the fertilizer hoppers turns, but the agitators in the fertilizer...

The disc will "roll" over the shallow stumps. It will probably take many passes to get it where you want, but that's half the fun!

Start at 15:00

Echo will be having their annual sale SOON.

I'd rather raise pups than goats.

I like power, but as I get older, weight matters more. I got an Echo CS-4910 (50cc) that was professionally modified. It screams - 50cc, 10.4 lbs.

These would be my choices (for different reasons) 10.6 lbs Price 10.8 lbs Power 13 lbs Professional

Actually, the dock was harder to move than the tower stand. It was steel/heavy, and the first go was on 3/4" river rock, and up a hill. It was hard to get traction. I had a set of caster wheels that helped with the process.

Here are pics of me moving things. One doesn't include an ATV, but I was kind of proud about being able to move a Tower Stand all by myself.

I have to say that Ultrarunner's posts improved the thread, and one included a pic of a UTV, so there is that.

His 3pt leaks down, so wheels would help keep the skids from gouging.

Those are guide wheels off a New Holland bale pick up. The black mounting bracket is angle iron. The yellow is the adjustable mounting bar from the baler . I now have a bigger tractor and a 5' rough cut mower. I use it on trails and rough ground. I bolt a 6" fixed castor wheel from Harbor...

Bolt some guide wheels on it

The blades are "lose" so they can swing back if they hit something like a rock or a stump. In normal operation, centrifugal force keeps them extended in cutting position. Fill the gearbox with 80w-90 gear oil. If it leaks, use cornhead grease.

Let us know how your effort at selling it goes.

The astute buyer will pay more for a complete disc. I still say there's a pretty good chance that someone will say, for $200 I can scratch up a food plot on my hunting land. Take off that rear gang and put a bunch of weight on it, and it will be functional, It's cheaper than this ;)

As compared to this.

It is usable if you remove the single rear gang. Someone would give $200 to use it for a food plot, and sell that rear gang for whatever you can get for it.

Any guess on how that happened

Now you can have fun

You have an extra set of rear tires?

Let us know how you like it

Very nice. I use these blocks for weight on my disc. Cheap, and about 37# each.

I want your planter!

Give us pics and a follow up report

This is cheaper

This is a cheap fix

It helps if you can dislocate your shoulder like Houdini,

Or this.

The frame didn't bend from pushing, it bent from being lifted up while there was a build up of wet heavy snow on the frame. His reinforcements look great to me. It is a strap winch which helps. If he wanted one other level of protection, he could attach a (deformable) spring clip, or a heavy...

Chainsaw and a grapple to get the trees down and burned. A forestry mulcher to "civilize" the woods. Connected to a Compact Track Loader?

How many acres?

Did it run when parked?

If the for sale ad says Ran when parked, it's vintage.

I think your plan is sound, but don't you ride your ATV recreationally?

If he can get 11,000 hp out of a 1.5 L diesel, I'll sign uo to be a sponsor!

I think the OP has a ways to go before he hits any performance/durability limits. Here, hold my beer.🍺

This

Not professionally, anyway 😲

All your equipment has character

So much for physician, heal thyself.

That was my point in posting it.

Here's what around $8 grand will buy new

We see the pictures of the ad. What did the text of the ad say?

It's a BX2230 (edited to correct model #) at 1,700 hours, it's a teenager Turf tires work better in snow than you would think Tractor and mower are worth $6,000 - $6,500 Tractor/mower/loader are worth $8,000 - $9,500 YMMV

I would say anything from the 70s is vintage, and maybe even the 80s.

Porta Potty

Make sure you check the oil in the gearbox. I wouldn't get within 6 feet of that screw splitter - literally!

So, did the OEM ever acknowledge their weak design?

Well then, a disc!

At this point, I think a picture of the property would help.

It would be simple enough for them to post a dyno graph.

Do they post dyno results?

Has KFI ever acknowledged their wet noodle design?

How much was it?

Tell us more about the module, and keep us updated about your project

If I was going to use just one, it would be a drag harrow. That said, t doesn't take much use to justify a $180 purchase. I think that straw rake would do a nice job of removing the trash, and preparing the seedbed after it has been leveled.

I like the idea of a drag harow for leveling, or make something like this.

Tow behind version for your lawn tractor.

I think you may have 2 issues, Leveling the area and Smoothing the area. Here is a super cheap implement for smoothing the area/seedbed prep, and your sand and woods debris.

The mid 70s smog control Detroit gave is is a good example of that! Today's automobile engines are way cleaner, with scads more horsepower.

Dumb, Dirty and Dull Manufacturing went overseas, and that's the cheapest place for it. We are able to compete domestically in Advanced Manufacturing, but those companies are already struggling to find skilled talent. I'd rather see an upskilling of America (i.e. technical colleges) than...

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The floor of their car

I don't doubt that you like your M's. Being boastful about putting diesel particulates into the atmosphere is curious.

Asthma ... lol

Bet you can buy used ones cheaper

Not sure of the condition of what you would be installing it on after 50++ years ;)

There may be an executive order, but no manufacturer in their right mind is going to backtrack, only to face the same standards or lawsuits in the future. I haven't heard of any changes in standards in the countries we export to. Dare to Dream though.

Both,And

A pole building is the cheapest amount it would take to replace the storage function of xxx square feet. The replacement value of the trailer would be much higher.

I'll say it again. The trailer was providing xxx square feet of storage. The minimum value would be the cost of the same xxx square feet pole building (unless the trailer was only minimally damaged)

Whether The neighbor steps up Insurance gets involved Attorneys get involved The OP should itemize for themselves the nature/value of his loss so he knows what a fair settlement would look like.

This was another comment on that thread... I have found that leaving a powder coated object in the environment that it is supposed to survive in, is the best way to get that crap to bubble.

I've removed powder coat by using carb cleaner or laquer thinner. The trick is to soak it into a rag, wrap it around the part, then seal it in a plastic bag. The bag prevents the solvent from evaporating. Let soak for an hour and the coating comes off like a grape peel.

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A picture of the stuck PTO connection would help.

Go for it!

One benefit to chaining to a tree and driving forward with a jerk, is that is much easier to see the gears inside the tractor ;)

What type of PTO release does your mower have? Are you 100% certain it isn't engaged/locked?

If you want to trim 10' high, the bucket mounted Trailblazer sounds like just the ticket.

I wouldn't try brute force. I had a PTO shaft on a tiller that was locked up. I tried pulling on it with the loader (brute force). Didn't work. I sprayed the heck out of it with PB Blaster, put strap through the PTO yoke, and hooked it to a come a long on a tree and applied tension. I let...

It strikes me that a Tractor/Loader model would be more functional, and puts you farther way from falling branches.

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The 3xxx E series has an aluminum rear axle housing - the R series s cast iron. Wouldn't be a deal breaker for me, but is for some. Same for the 2 speed hydro, I'm still kind of fuzzy on the heavy duty series.

In the 3 series Deeres, the D series is a super economy version (gear transmission), the E is the economy series (2 speed hydro, aluminum rear end), R is the deluxe version (3 speed hydro, more refined). Not sure what the heavy duty model is other than it says category 1 and Category 2 hitches.

His audio books are a laugh a minute for a road trip.

So, what did you end up doing?

So around here (NW Wisconsin) the Electric company buries its cable deep, and where it is supposed to go. The telephone company takes the path of least resistance, and sometimes buries as shallow as 6". A couple of years ago the electric company was burying new underground cable - where it...

As I understand it, Diggers Hotline is paid by the utilities.

These books were prett funny

I can't gauge your loss, or what you are hoping to get, but one approach would be to ask for a Pole Building the same square footage as your trailer. It doesn't matter the age or condition of the trailer. It still served the function of xx square feet of storage.

I have good neighbors. If we get 6+" of snow, I remove snow from 6 of their driveways. While they appreciate it, I think most have no idea how much $$$ I have in equipment in order to make it look easy.

It's like the guy who asked the doctor for half dose Viagra. The Dr asked "do you have trouble getting aroused?" The guy said "No, I just want to quit pi$$ing on my shoes."

Dirty or stuck injector?

I hope you take pics and share with the manufacturer so they can fix the flawed design of their mount. I hope they gave you a break on the cost for replacement.

I cut 8' tall brush with a 15hp Shibaura and a 4' rough cut mower.

Two years ago, we had some logging done on our hunting land. I asked the loggers what kind of chainsaw they had with them. They said none. If their workers comp carrier caught them with a chainsaw in their truck, they would drop their coverage. All the cutting is done with their feller/buncher.

I do about 5 - 8 hand filings in between having them sharpened at the shop. Things don't get too out of whack that way. I've watched loggers hand file, and they really have the touch - muscle memory.

You don't realize it's a scam😳

That was quite a fire. What was the neighbor's demeanor? Did he offer anything up? I would start by taking an inventory of what was lost/damaged. What was the objective value of the house trailer? What was its worth to you? Was it covered by insurance? Is there a loss of appearance or...

Tomato / Tomaaato They keep your file at the right height in the cutter, and trim your rakers at the same time,

Buy a chisel chain and do a comparison test. Then you'll go out and buy a second chisel chain ;)

My favorite is the Weather Underground 10 day forecast. It is the best visual graphic, and dense with information.

Watch the fine print on Christian Health Ministry, speed of payment or lack of payment.

I hope you don't get caught by the fine print.

Starting at what age?

I think if you are flexible on time, a hotshot might be able give you a discount if they a=can find a load for part of the return trip

Find a local hot shot trucker? $1.50 - $2.00/mile?

So, it's been leaking since Thanksgiving? There's not a tire shop, garage, or implement dealer you would trust to go out and check it out?

I like the tractor and I also like the building in the background.

As thread drift goes, that's microscopic.

My prediction is that at some point the OP will do this and not tell anyone. He will continue to be entertained by the posts on this tread.

Maybe the neighbor is a flat earther ;)

Are we off to the start of another Rounded Drain Plug, or Pallets in Fields?

170hp 220hp w turbo

Swap both the bar and chain

Should work on a golf cart though unless that thing is really fast..

Please post a pic of the roller. There aren't that many moving parts.

I'll have to try that as an experiment. It feels kind of like my younger days with muscle cars, some had 4 speed transmissions that were stiff, and some were sloppy. It doesn't seem dysfunctional or bound up.

It's just a sticky mechanism. It's not that it takes a lot of force, but a steady pull is not as effective as a sharp pull/yank with no more force, Kind of like the difference between a tire wrench and an impact wrench.

That was a bargain

My 40hp New Holland is sometimes difficult to get in or out of 4wd. If I pull hard or push hard on the lever - nada, I have to push or pull sharply. Kind of SNAP it in or out of 4wd.

John Deere Cornhead Grease!

I have the dealer sharpen after about 5 hand filings. This has been my file guide journey. Touched up the chain, but pretty inconsistent by angle and side to side Not much better Improved angle and side to side consistency, but funky to use Worked great! Roller helps keep angle...

Chickens usually practice such good personal hygiene, so apparently they are being infected by the CIA :eek:

Is that a chainsaw, or you just happy to see me ;)

A snowmobile club trail goes through our 80 acre hunting property. We have a written agreement (not easement), they do a nice job of maintaining the trail, and pay us $50/year for the 1/2 mile stretch. They are good at communicating with landowners. They have lots of stay on trail signage...

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At some point, on your schedule, on your terms, you could always widen that section of trail about 10' or so. Takes about 2 hours +? No harm no foul.

The roller one used to be my favorite file guide.

I enjoy my CUT(s) more than I would any fishing boat 😳

If you have an active crown fire, you'll need some Chapstick, so you can kiss your a$$ goodby!

It depends 100% on a full understanding of this

Also,maybe consider a nozzle that can also shoot out a narrow stream of water so you don't go through all your water quickly. It's amazing how much fire one of these could put out with a small stream of water..

Or, make your own,