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I figure they'd cost me around $2200 for all 4's as I would need rims of course. But I'd gladly spend the money on fronts as i've seen how they don't beat up the lawn as much.

Wish we could get those sizes here.

Where can I find a cross over for the 7x16 R1 or do they even make a radial tire for this size?

I think Branson one of the better choices but I just wish their dealer network was a little wider.

Your first assertion is correct.Your second assertion is also correct but is not his case. He can make his Kioti comparable to the weight of a half ton p.u. Load the tires, fel and some other stuff and he approaches 5000 lbs.

I don't think the Donax is a marketable item to the regular consumer any longer. I do know that the Rotella stuff is cross referenced with the Mobil 424 as interchangeable.

It isn't so much HP as the weight of the machine. Nowadays it seems to go hand in hand that tractor frame size equates with hp figures with 40 hp and more stepping up to a larger frame. I mean you can move that water wagon with 14 hp in a 4000 lb tractor. That unit will outwork (pulling...

Basically that is the same stuff in my 2013 manual. When there were Shell and Citgo gas stations, (I mean real gas stations and not the convenience stores they have morphed into).these oils were more readily obtainable. Most Mobil stations are also convenience oriented. When i asked a proprietor...

You gotta love the TractorbyNet place. A guy from New Zealand who joined 4 yrs ago, hardly posts and yet comes up with the answer for a guy in Kansas. Brilliant happenings!

When i purchased mine, the manual stated to change out the entire fluid @ 50. I think Mahindra saves money by putting in the cheaper stuff at the factory. If the intention was indeed this, they covered their butts by saying change it out at 50 and they cover their costs of the initial oil by...

Well, you don't say where you are so I don't now if you have sissy woods or real woods. I've also used my 50's in the woods extensively. If a fender got bent, I just hammered it out and spayed it with JD green. Like new and didn't cost $250 like I spent to replace the plastic fender part on my...

Not always a true test. You can "meet a spec" minimally and still be considered meeting the spec.

Plenty of folks use it so I'd guess they'd recommend it. But the devil is in the details so you would need to know what these folks owned as tractors.. It's cheap for a reason. The key is to find an oil with the matching additives and The Travelers can might say "good for Mahindra" but all...

Depends how you use it. Bring it into the woods and see how you like it. Hope you like aluminum too. I owned the two of the 50 series JD's and tried to stay with them on a trade, I was sickened by what JD did to their new tractors in comparison. These new JD tractors could not live in my realm...

I wouldn't fret all that much, Gordon's post (17,639) shows what loggers do when making firewood. The "cutting bed" is made up of the rounds. When we had "firewood days" as opposed to mill stems, the skidder would come up on the first turn with a 7-12 stem hitch. We'd cut up the first stems...

I use my "potato digger" for poking and dislodging rocks as well. What I find is what I buy from the store such as Tractor Supply, simply serves as a base. I always add metal. Their "carry all" for instance is rated to 1000 lbs. I built mine up to carry 2000 lbs and it does it.

I think you're correct. Do you see vampires dealing with this nonsense of repetitive acknowledgment of "birthdays"? They never get old.

So that was what the hell caused it. To think, I thought it was genetics.

One question DM, what is a person calling himself "Dodge Man" doing with a Ford pick-up?

I say let her do whatever she wants. But first, get her a leather strapped Mickey Mouse watch. The first time my wife used a chainsaw (she was in her 30's), she was cutting up some slash with a little Homelite Super 2. She was doing good for the first minute or two and then the chainsaw bounced...

If this were Egypt 4000 years ago where they had a god for just about everything, you'd be the " God of Patience."

We have what's called a universal trans/hydraulic fluid tractors. So it's all the same stuff you pour in to cover both the hydraulic part of the tractor as well as the gear part of the tractor.

This is a tougher one to ascertain. Warren Oil Co. is who makes Mahindra stuff. Napa sells "Coastal" oils also made by Warren. My manual states you can use Chevron THD or Texaco but try and find these and they are no cheaper when I was trying to find alternative hydraulic /tranny fluid. People...

Did Mohammed even state they weren't going to be allowed any longer?

I've seen so many weird things that trees did that they weren't supposed to do. This tree in your pics says everything that it should fall downhill- crown heavy side. The notch demonstrates that as well. Imagine your surprise when the tree wants to go the other way. How about a tree whose...

Well that kinda sucks. If you have a Napa dealer near you, here is a listing of their cross reference filters for Mahindra 1526 shuttle http://www.nfhconnect.com/Lookup/ApplicationLookup?Section=4 Just scroll to "off highway equipment" and then scroll to Mahindra brand on "select make".

The tooth bar does make the 100% difference. Would have never attempted this job w/o it.

There's nothing to excuse. I have always used Mahindra filters. For the amount of time they are in the tractor and the limited use the tractor gets (maybe 50 hrs per year), its just easier for me to go down to the dealers and buy their filters. When I happen to be at Walmart or Tractor Supply...

You ain't wrong. There were about six or seven rocks of this family within the hillside with this being the largest. There was no way this tractor was going to lift this rock out of its lair. After I dug around this thing, I had to chain this up and drag it out. This entire hillside job took 15...

You can use Rotella 15-40 and Rotella 5-40 in the winter if you have cold winters wherever you are. They are also heavy duty diesel oils. Been putting that in mine for the last 8 yrs and my previous JD for 28.

This hill side came up to where the tractor's back tires are in this pic. Based on your statement, I guess I have to put all of this dirt and rocks back then eh. I just love it when people come up with statements on how others should use their equipment based on what they've read instead of what...

Yeah that's dangerous to do DM.

I love your pictures. I think them very nice.

I'm not certain what you're trying to describe but Yes if you're talking about the back or felling cut. Cut as level as you can for the felling cut. It's quite dangerous to do otherwise. Tree can slide and break its hinge and fall in the opposite direction intended. If you're not talking about...

I find Slim Jims helpful to lure them in closer. Takes their attention away (or mine) from the action.

Dropping trees is an inherently dangerous thing. I've been doing it for 56 years and can be killed tomorrow. There are all kinds of people on a forum and this one is no exception. "Explanation" is one kind of communication but for that person who has been at this for two or three years, I feel...

You may have cracked the ring gear as well so check that too. I did the same to mine and both gears were missing a tooth. It is not a difficult do it urself job.

It only helps Skearns if people knew what you're talking about. You cannot take as much for granted. Even the phrase "holding wood" can cause a question mark let alone "stall cut or "dutchman". If you talk "loggerese", a lot of people won't know. John Mc clued me in once when I stated I could...

There are many compacts with insufficient battery output in mind. The one's they put in are just too small especially for winter turn over. They don't last as long as a result. My old JD 750 had a battery the size of a bread box and at least they made the battery box able to handle that size...

One had to do something while awaiting the turn. I found sq grnd chains advantageous for stands of soft wood. Some guys liked it for oak but filing was easier with semi. I only swapped chains when I damaged one. I would do my grinding at night when I got home. Also, they're were no grapple...

Two things: 1. Your example for a notch sway directional cut not necessarily barber chairing is not what I mean. I mean that when your wedge top cut is either over running your bottom cut or comes underneath. You want that "V" to meet. A "swing dutchman" let alone a full "dutchman" is a...

I've seen the one's you talk about and I would not call them a "pro" in the least. A "pro" to me was someone who stayed put as a logger for at least 5-7 years and preferably 10.. Those guys knew a "little something" about tree harvesting. I did it for 30 and never thought I knew everything. Most...

The Humbolt is good for stems going to the mill. Also, western logging is dealing with large trees where even a "wedge" can weigh more than 150 lbs. The Humbolt makes the wedge sort of fall out rather than have to be wrestled out. It is good however if the tree has a lot of swell out at the...

With the depth of the Titan bucket, with wet snow, you can have as much as 2000 lbs in there. If the bucket weighs 700 lbs, you want your loader in the 2500-2800 lift capacity level. Dry stuff weighs less than half of the wet stuff. It is obvious this bucket was designed for the increased...

I find that quartering stuff like this with wedges and maul first while these rounds are on the ground, much easier than what you're doing.

There is noting stopping you from getting a Tomahawk and increasing its depth and and height with strategically placed plywood for leaf gathering. You can design it so it slips into your bucket and releases with just a bucket tilt. With a couple pt 2x4's for its bottom to rest on and coated with...

Check the hot wire going to the glow plug rail. They often come loose and can cause your symptoms.

Funny one Goe

I have a 3016/3616 service manual. I got mine as a "disc" from the dealer where I purchased the tractor.

Not necessarily. He is smelling unburnt fuel. Most of the time unburnt fuel will smoke "white" as it applies to a diesel engine.

I used to have patience like this. If they can sell E.D. pills, would be hoping there'd be a P.D. pill as well.

To me, citing scripture is no different than what a person has as an avatar. A "belief" stated is just like a "picture" in that they are both "chosen" representative of what the poster prefers in their lives. The characteristics of which being not a rebuttal, an argument, skin off your back or...

I guess Just you win the Old P contest of using that word in a sentence. Seriously thinking to moving to Echo chainsaws from the usual Husq, Stihl, Jonsered choices. I think I'd only need their 501 and some 60-65cc saw they might have.

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I'm too much of an "aesthete" to have spelled that correctly. I do better with books that have pictures. I dunno Old P. I think that Log Hog comes in handy when you've choked the stem too deeply and part of it goes under the tractor. Hate when that happens. Imagine, $309 for some tube metal and...

Here's the butt and yes everything else remained copesthetic . That branch snapped at the tree obstruction but stayed attached. I like to cut some more ornary stick outs about half way through. They snap going through the woods but I don't have to go back and get them as their fibers hold them...

I don't know how John Deere remains competitive in the compact tractor realm. They are not what they used to be with their old 50 and 70 and 4003 series tractors. Plastic parts galore. Aluminum gear housings and sub standard capacities as a result. Plus they are not ashamed to charge for this...

0% is the biggest scam going to sell anything from cars to furniture to tractors.. All of the "interest" one thinks they're NOT paying, is already imbedded in the price of the item and you have had no say what the interest rate is.

The one I used a few years ago had a 72" bucket. The biggest problem I had with the one I used was I thought the shifting was very balky. Hard to get engaged and not like "breathing" as I was used to with a smoother shuttle shift. Shifter was between the legs and wouldn't have been too bad if...

There is a 5% leeway for tire sizing from the manufacturer for roll out specs.

I'd want at least a 4 gallon output off the tractor ps pump. You probably won't have power steering at the tractor while diverted to the winch.

Yes

I find a good piece of equipment to get rocks out w/o trying to use the fel at first and ruining your bucket, is a middle buster. Just be sure you have sufficient 3 pt lift capacity to man handle the 400Lb rocks. Most 3 pts easily have this type of capacity. click here: 456 × 456

If it's like this, just hook it to your tractor and yank it out. That winch is getting in your way:)

Old Path has one of the best set ups for small tractor logging on here. Theoretically, none of us should go out in the woods skidding trees without something rigged up to our tractors such as he has. Doesn't take much as you're rounding a curve with your tractor hitch load nudging up against a...

50' of this with a chain attached at the end with a grab hook will do a lot of work. I've used this method extensively logging in dense woods.

If you don't have some type hydraulic power ports on your tractor, Gee Ray's contribution will get expensive. Forget the electric winch. If you do not plan on any logging beyond your stream side, I wouldn't invest in a pro logging winch either. John Mc already gave you very good solution and...

I plan to. I made the bucket part. Just finishing up on some welds on that. Have to configure how I want to mount it on the quick hitch plate. Would like the bucket to be removable in case I want the plate to mount something else to. That will involve angle and channel iron , drilling and...

Talking about the trailer. Not the telehandler. Everything seems to attach to the front end of these machines. Is there one where the seat swivels so "backing out" becomes the same as steering forward?

Problem with getting trees out the forest this way is steering a 50' rigid conveyance thru the woods. Not gonna happen and believe me, you don't want to be looking at a screen to come out of the woods. I don't see any rear winch attachment for telhandlers. Perhaps the best way is to forward them...

That must take some rigging. I have no mind picture concept using one of these for what I have. I'm thinking things would have to be chained to the floor and such like the frame pullers for auto repair?

I guess my first concern was ground clearance. How would one go about lifting and walking a hitch of stems out of the woods with such a conveyance? Or I'm I asking too much of this magical machine?

The piece illustrated is a rear step off a van truck. Someone backed into it and kinked it up. Just wondering if there is a way to begin to isolate the inside kinks with a shop press as the lips on this thing keep getting in the way. No room to pound it out. It's just an awkward piece of metal...

I'll tell ya, these tele handlers beat a tractors versatility hands down. Now if you could only take them in dense woods and use them to skid logs, it'll be a life long crush for me.

If the frame didn't get tweaked on the initial impact, I doubt it would get tweaked with a correction. I cannot tell you how many times I've done this (come along) with no result other than what was my intention. If you are worried about this, and you have a clamp wide enough, just tie the two...

I'd attach it back on the tractor, put the brakes on and pull it out with a come-along chained to a tree.

Ok. Your snow falls can run the gambit of wet to dry. Your tractor looks like a nice unit and do I see wheel weights on your rears? At any rate, I still like my idea of building a 6' box blade and designing it so you can add additional metal for snow drops to increase its capacity. The guy in...

That's a beauty. Should serve you well. I think you did the right thing getting some of your implements right off the bat.

Rocks are tough. I think I'd go with a middle buster to dislodge them first. Yes it'll take a lot of passes but you won't bust up equipment as pictured nearly as bad.

I think you're trying to do too many things with this as you have it planned currently. In your shoes, I'd build a 6' scraper with design that I could put additional plate on for snow to increase its volume for lighter material. For drainage cutting, I'd probably get an adjustable scraper blade.

You don't state what your tractor is nor where you are. There are too many variables as a result. Do you get wet snow? How much does your tractor weigh? Is it 4wd? You willing to put chains on? It seems to me that you would want to measure volume of your idea with the weight of your heaviest...

I feel a bit manipulated.

Anyone ever try building what I would call a "wood chute bucket" for their fel? Something that allows you to pitch (not stack) in your splits into this "bucket" and then simply walk the tractor over to your dump site and unload the wood with a touch of the joystick, into narrow confines with...

I have two welders. Both small because of the lack of any appreciable service out to the garage. Both welders (one stick the other wire feed) are rated for 140 amps. I have 10/2, 30 amp 220 circuitry there now. The small, flux core wire feed I recently acquired has only a 115 plug (daughters...

So with this trenching bucket I'm building, I've run into a snag and I'm too ignorant about welding to devise the solution. I'm stitching 1/8" material with a 7014 1/8" rod and will run the joints with a wire feeder once I get it. The 7014 does fine when the adjacent metal is 1/4" welded to the...

****. That does suck to hear. It seems like yesterday we got to see Shield's distaste for 115 volt welders and his head butting with the Sodo guy. What a few years does to the situation. To echo S219, I wonder if someone I.T. savvy could help him out with one of those voice thingys that write...

About to step into the world of wire feed welders coming from stick machines.. Two questions: 1. How much welding in terms of linear measurement (feet or inches) before you have to replace a tip? 2. How many inches of welds can be had with a .30 2lb roll? Same as 2 lbs of stick? This will be a...

I have this 30" long 24" wide 1/4" thick metal I want to weld to a similar piece to create a right angle with the two like an "L" with a stick welder and 7018 rod. I have these little 3.5" "right angle welding magnets" but they're too weak to hold even laying these pieces on their sides as...

Need to dig a culvert ditch across my drive. The ditch will need to be about 16"-18" wide and 16' long and 2' deep. With no back hoe, was thinking of a front end attachment. The problem for me is that most of the stump buckets I've found are built like a "wedge" and widen out considerably. Not...

Was wondering if anyone here retrofitted a hydraulic, height adjustable wedge to their previously stationary wedge machine. I know some here have built splitters from the ground up with these but have seen nothing available for an existing horizontal splitter change over. It looks to me I would...

Having heard various opinions about getting combustion air for your wood stove from an outside source rather than the room its in. Wanting to listen to some real world experiences, just wondering what anyone truly noticed with any warmth advantage or not who decided to go the o.a.i. route. I...

Harbor Frt has a 12 ton press on sale for $99. Is this press strong enough to straighten a kink in a 1" round bar tie rod?

What is displayed in this pic is 5 days worth of wood burning 24/7 with an "air tube" wood stove placed in the basement heating about 1800 sq ft.. This is with temps 18*-40* and is mostly red oak. Just with wood, I can keep the house between 65*-68*. I am thinking about getting a gassifier...

Something broke inside the outside wheel housing of the mfwd axle. A gear tooth or bearing as it only locks occasionally. Just wondering what other people found when this happened to them if they did their own work.

2 yrs ago, my wife had colon cancer. Everything went well except the tumor was occluding the entire width of the colon. It had also broken through one lymph node so it was staged as a grade IIIA. Her chemo was horrendous having to go back to the hospital 3 times because of complications. She...

I've been doing firewood or wood for 7/8ths of my life. The axiom as it applies to firewood especially being "the least you touch the wood, the more efficient the process". From my experience, this is dead nuts true. For this discussion, let's take the wood processor out of the picture as it...

Let me preface this by stating I have only driven geared tractors and tried out hydrostatics when the dealer dropped a couple off for me to try at my place. This week I was in Kentucky helping my brother in law with this new horse farm. I drove and used two geared tractors: A Kubota M5400 and a...

My 27 gallon spits out water as if it thinks it's a faucet even though it's emptied after each use.. I need something to get rid of the water and those little collectors you attach to the compressor outlet I find are worthless. It seems the collection needs to be moved further away from the...

Was at the sea shore this past week. Came home to find a friend dropped in...right on the right side of the garage and only feet away form my beloved 2000 Dakota R/T with 37K on it and about 7K of performance engine work. Just before we left for vacation, I washed it and moved it from the bay it...

Is there a special crimping tool for this type of plastic insulated terminal? When I use the regular tool, they look like crap. 12 Pcs Quick Splice Insulated Wire Crimp Terminals & Male Spade Connectors Set | eBay

Craftsman 30 gal. oil less. Attempted to start it one day recently. Motor ran weakly for about 3 seconds and then it tripped a breaker. Tried it on different amp plugs and still always blew the breaker. No air in it at start up. Turns easily by hand. Tried a new capacitor (cheap enough at $9) of...

Anyone ever see anything like this? I've seen the stump grubber buckets but they just point into a hole you want to dig and are limited to depth. I'm looking for something with a 2.5' to 3' depth of dig that would just sort of "slide" into a deepened space and excavate from the bottom up such as...

Had a friend recently buy a Dolmar 510 some months ago. Has had nothing but problems with it and dealer states Dolmar no longer supports their saws as Makita has bought them out. Anyone else hear of this rumor?

At the animal hospital my wife techs at, they are wanting a generator. They have an X-ray machine that has a momentary output of 140 amps at 220 volts. It dims the entire clinic when first engaged. Since this is the biggest power draw there, what are the watts needed to support this draw?

I just bought a used 16' 10T gvw flat bed trailer to haul the tractor. Unfortunately, it is one of those that has the fenders above the bed. I can easy load 10'-14' tree stems on the trailer with the tractor but then you have to drive them home while your tractor is at the logging site. I do not...

"Hey, can you take a few trees down" Can't tell you how many times I've heard that phrase during my former career. "A few" can mean anything from 3 to 300 trees depending on who one is talking to. So my brother in-law makes the same statement to me. I go over there to scope it out. You can see...

We've all heard of how police cruisers parked on the side of the road on a vehicle perp stop, get hit by drunken drivers. Like moths to a light, it happens quite often. We recently had a small dump and because my friend had just gotten his tractor, he decided to do a little plowing. He goes out...

Today while dragging stems out, the 3016 belched when the gearing was set too high for the load (3rd gear up an incline) The tractor just about died but caught and was moving exhaust out the air cleaner for a few seconds. Forward setting made the tractor go in reverse and reverse...

Cannot get my latest pics uploaded. It states which files are valid instead of the link to the pic. Pics fall under "valid" types but will not upload. Used same camera and lens as before with no trouble. Any suggestions?

All of us that have our cuts and scuts exhausts exiting toward the side are probably aware of the carbon trail left on the boom of the front end loader. I didn't think much of it except to clean it off now and again but the other night, I was made aware of something that could be a problem. It...

One day while splitting wood with my Northern products horizontal splitter made in 1998, I ripped the wedge right off the splitter. The mistake I made was to clean everything up and re-weld the original wedge back on. This wedge is 8" high. What i should have done was to order a 12" high wedge...

A welder once related to me that lack of use can negatively effect transformer welders. I was wondering if this is can be true for inverter type boxes. I purchased a little 140 stick welder from one of the advertisers here. I do not weld much at all but I wanted something that could. I used it...

Anyone here use their power washer as an effective and quick covering fruit tree sprayer?

It is my understanding that amps x volts = watts. This figure can then be multiplied by a PF or "power factor" to assess a more "real load". My question is how do they assign a PF value? Also, anyone know the wattage usage of a 1/20 hp single phase 220 volt motor at run speed?

Anyone know how this rating works? Why are ratings of cfm's higher at lower pressures? If a compressor is rated for 8 cfm's at 40 lbs, is there enough stored air in it's 30 gallon tank to run a 10 cfm consumption tool?

Must have done at least 7 or 8 of these over the years. Inside the spade connector, there are wire terminals that simply corrode out. I've put grease, used tape to keep out the weather, and even silicone on these connectors to little avail. I'm wondering if it better to get the molded type and...

It seems that many manufacturers have reverted to break bending their mold boards as opposed to rolling them to acquire a radiused surface. Obviously this is a cost saving measure which is fine if it works. Currently have a Woods with a 14" high curved scraper blade that snow rolls over...

As I usually plow my own lot, but for the price of fuel, it's a pretty cheap to do it. Not today. Things were going along just peachy until the tractor slid off the embankment. It was in slow motion. You know it's happening but no matter what maneuver you use, it gets mired more and more...

This is happening more and more lately. I've had the 3016 shuttle just short of a year and half. I've used the traction lock maybe 5 times in that period. Of late, when I push the pedal down it fails to come up. I've had to disengage the break strap and alternately push down on the left and...

Certainly hope so as there is always room for it and I'm needing room. 10"-12" more coming tomorrow.

So I drilled the hole too big. I have to start again and fill in the hole to re-drill. Is there a rod that makes this easier as it may be my imagination, but it seems weld metal is awfully harder than mild steel?

Was wondering if anyone is shooting this cartridge. Thinking it should blow up a coyote's head with authority. That other rimfire cartridge (.17 WSM) doesn't seem to be gaining much traction. Only guns I know chambered for this cartridge are the $1800 VOLQUARTSEN and the crappy $369 Savage...

I've seen plenty of these in my life. Not in these surrounds however. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XqZUWKAJ_ok

Anyone with a 16 series Mahindra have this bolt sticking out as well? Perhaps it's a fill indicator but I just noticed this. Doesn't seem to tighten much so I do not want to force the issue w/o knowing if it's supposed to be.

SIL is looking at a 2008 4wd 150 p.u. Truck has xtenda cab and only 46K on the odometer. It has the 4.6 V8. It has also had 2 owners. This truck has low mileage for it's year but I am wondering how a truck that really looks brand new presently, would not keep an owner satisfied where the did not...

I'm wondering how our friends in Buffalo are making out. I'm thinking a snow blower might be the useful tool there with 3' in 10 hrs.

I split my wedge off of the splitter so now I have to re-weld it back on. The splitter came from Northern 16 years ago but I am assume they used their own splitting wedge when they built this one. At any rate, they call for a "low hydrogen" rod to weld their wedges on. Low hydrogen to me means a...

Anyone using a solar voltaic array to power up an electric hot water heater?

My old JD stated to change the hydraulic fluid every 400 hrs after it's first 200 initial hr change.. My new tractor states to change it every 200 hrs and with the initial change being 100 hrs. Not being aware of what other manufacturers are stating, beyond speculation, why the differences in...

Last year I put in a new chimney lined with sectional stainless chimney liner. It's insulated. I produced maybe a gallon of creosote but it had already fallen into the clean out door. I put a light in the chimney to check out the liner and there was no creosote on the liner. It was just...

I have an aunt on my wife's side who lives in New Hampshire in Hooksett. I've seen her maybe about 12 times in the 30 years that i've known her. This past week one of my wife's sisters brought her down for a visit. We never talked much as she is just about totally deaf even with aides. At any...

This engine was a replacement for the engine previously on the pressure washer. I took it out for it's third season of use. Since I store all my equipment dry, I put fresh gas in and I cranked the starter pulley and it seemed harder than usual. Did it again and the starter rope broke. Fixed that...

I've looked but I can't tell if my tractor is a boy or a girl. How'd you know what to name your's?

I need to join 2x3" 1/8" wall tube to 1/2" plate. (need to extend tooth bar to fit wider bucket). Using a stick machine, I am assuming I would set the amps cool enough not to burn through the tubing but hot enough to join the 1/2". I would also think to tack up the joinery first. Any tips? Thanks.

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So....this is how the Facebook phenom started. Why didn't anyone of us think of this before the college kid. Seinfeld (the show about nothing) should have given us a clue.

This isn't a promo thread about the new inverter I just purchased as I am sure they would all act the same. My welding experience can fit inside a thimble so excuse me for being so "awakened". I used to weld with a 100 amp 115 volt Century that I was lucky if it produced 70 amps. Wouldn't strike...

I've gotten prices from $89 to $279. Are they all coming from China? TSC has a SpeeCo for $279 and includes top and pin adapters. I'd pay the extra if they were made here. Can anyone shed light on this?

This is what I heard from my small engine repair guy: that ethanol is going to be phased out within a 4 year period. I did not ask him if this was an "inner business" memo and since I don't get any newspapers, was wondering if anyone else heard anything about this. Also, I know its real...

A couple days ago perusing electrodes to get, I came across a rod I never knew existed. Beyond all the specialty rods that I will never hear of, I thought this was particularly interesting because there was a familiar ring to it. There was the 6010, the 6011, the 6013 and then all the 70XX rods...

So I got the 500x DD and began sharpening. There was a learning curve with about the first 10-12 bits. Now sharpening exactly per instructions. Not impressed. Is this thing supposed to sharpen drills as good as new? because none that I have sharpened are. I've drilled at both angles. Even did...

Well if our tires were transparent, you'd be able to see. But I believe I saw my "load level" on a frosty morning just after it rained the day before. The rears were covered with this "frost" like appearance to about 3" below the top of the wheel and went straight across to the other side of the...

Today was the first time I used the 3016 for skidding . Previously I had a JD 750. The difference between the two is night and day. I was done in half the time. Where a 60' oak 18"dbh would take 4 or 5 trips with the Deere, the 3016 took two. One for the trunk, and more amazingly, one for the...

Anyone know of a stick welder that puts out more than 85 amps if attached to a 115 volt circuit? Everlast has a 140 amp welder however that rating is for 220 volts. Eventually I'll have something hooked up on 220 This same welder is good for 85 amps on 115. I have a 115 volt 100 amp welder now...

Anyone having trouble jumping on this site? Can get to the homepage but when trying to get particular forums I get "cannot find server" message. I know they were attacked by adware this past week but now I cannot navigate at all.

Anyone having trouble jumping on this site? Can get to the homepage but when trying to get particular forums I get "cannot find server" message. I know they were attacked by adware this past week but now I cannot navigate at all.

I just shelled out $80 to renew two motorcycle registrations. 2 years ago it cost me $50 for the same registrations. The state gave the reason of creating funding to repair roads and bridges but I thought my regular taxes do that. My Durango used to cost $40 two years ago. That is now up to $80...

I don't recall how to do this but I need to know the volume of a hexagonal shaped firebox that measures 18"w x18"h x22"d. Thanks

My tractor came with no rear work light. It does have two wire feeds coming out the back labeled: horn no more than 2 amps, work lights no more than 3 amps. If I splice these two wires together, can I run a 55 watt halogen I have which draws a bit over 4 amps on these combined circuits? They...

When I was 11 yrs old, i'd just finished a peach and then buried the pit about a foot underground. A couple years later it grew into a "peachling". I planted it in my fathers yard and when i was 26, moved it to my present location after my parents died and my sister did not want the tree. It...

Anyone mess around with expanding their present compact tractor buckets for things like saw dust or snow removal? I know there is a company that specializes in Kubota BX stuff. I could be mistaken but I do not believe anybody is making anything for the typical 60" compact tractor bucket.

I just got mine today and was looking at the head lights. I thought they were duals but the "side" head lights do not have a bulb. It only looks like there is a place for a bulb. Do the 3616s have an extra headlight bulb? I'm not understanding the design if not.

One of the weak links on a tractor especially if you go in the woods with it. On my old tractor, I was able to unscrew the tie rod ends, slam a pipe on it, weld the pipe to the tie rod and screw the tie rod ends back in. On the new tractor the tie rod ends are welded to the tie rod so I cannot...

Anyone know if this light plugs into a harness somewhere on the 3016? How is it switched or does it go on when you put the front lights on?

If anyone here has switched wood furnaces from the older type (such as an Englander) to the newer epa types such as PSG Caddy, Energy King 385, Kuuma, Blaze King Apex etc. I would like to know your thoughts. From what I am seeing, fireboxes seem smaller on the new types so burn times are not 12...

I was wondering if anyone is running this wood furnace and if it heats your home sufficiently enough.

On a 115 volt welder whether stick or mig, is there any advantage to plugging these into a 30 amp circuit?

Anyone know the rear scraper blade width capacity of a 3016

Did anyone with a 3016 gear with shuttle find it awkward to use at first? I'm coming from a tractor with shift lever between your feet. I could shift faster than the shuttle feature. Also my present tractor has 2 levers for the fel instead of the one joy stick which I do not seem to like as...

No…. this is not about a prison story. I have a deposit on a new Mahindra 3016 gear. I tried it again today and I find it awkward compared to my JD 750. I love the 28 yr old JD but am concerned about how well it will stay together. Almost every time I use it I need to replace something on it...

I noticed today that Mahindra does not have a screw in end for the tie rod. They are welded on. I've bent this piece many times on my old tractor but the solution was simply to unscrew the tie rod ends and slam a larger pipe onto the rod itself and screw the tie rod ends back in making this...

I am wondering if anyone's tractor does this same thing. Coolant level up to full in radiator and overflow bottle. I'll run tractor for an hour and anywhere from 1/4" to 1/2" coolant level diminishes. No matter how many times I'll fill it up, does the same thing. First suspected a bad radiator...

. Currently most ethanol blended gas is E10 or 10% ethanol. We are now headed for E85 or a 15% blend that some areas already have. I had to laugh when I read about an interview of a Jeff Broin who is of the ceo of the largest ethanol producing plant in America. He stated he'd like to see gas at...

I'm not sure what size or model no. Yanmar is the equivalent . I need the loader SCV valve and am wondering what brand valve Yanmar used on their mid eighties tractors. The one on my JD os a Cessna 2 spool.

Mine has gone awry. Loader goes up by itself and does not remain in first position unless I push lever. JD does not sell the spool assembly and instead one has to buy the entire housing for $700 which includes the spools. Have checked the used market, Cessna/Eaton and even some Yanmar sites to...

Awhile back someone was kind enough (KennyD?) to give me some part numbers from the John Deere sight with instructions as to how to access the parts catalog. As none of my efforts have succeeded after a half hour of trying, I would appreciate some help once more. I need the schematic parts break...

I've been looking at liners to line my current 7x11 flue tile. All the flexible stuff I've seen looks like junk to me. Its so fragile you cannot use a metal chimney brush. I was thinking about installing some rigid lining down my 27" chimney but the guy wanting to sell me the flexible stuff just...

For any experienced welders on the forum this is the side of a Quadrafire 5700 wood stove. The other side also has a crack like this in the same location. This is a weld seam on the inside of the stove where they welded the air tube manifold so it is cracked right through. Obviously heat created...

As I am a nuts and bolt type, my first thread got me to thinking about actual circumstances that may begin to depict wood burning efficiencies better than statistics. It seems that the sq footage capacity of any given stove are measured in South Carolina someplace ( or so the guy who sold me my...

There are plenty of wood burning folks on this forum so I'd thought to ask a question. The wife and I are talking about moving and building a 1 floor house. I was thinking I do not want to stop burning wood but there has to be something more efficient than burning 4 cords of wood for a 1500 sq...

Learned some more of my tractor with this snow storm. It was the the largest amount I plowed (27")with this tractor. I answered my question about a suitable width for a snow pusher I wanted to acquire. I thought it could handle a 6 footer but had I had a 6' snow pusher on, I would not have done...

I'm looking to replace the power steering hoses for my JD 750 compact. I cannot seem to find their parts number on line and was wondering if anyone knows how to get this schematic online. ( I tried for 2 hours but not vey good at this computer finding stuff)

This company has a relatively new inverter stick welder out in the 160 amp range. Does anyone know where these welders are made?

First if they say necessity is the mother of invention, I need a new mama. I do not have a quick hitch. I have a pin on bucket. Now a days, the bucket is used the least of everything I have but it has an important role in that it serves as a mounting platform for tines, teeth and forks. As I...

I've got a 3000# tractor. It uses a 6' rear blade quite well. I'd like to find a snow pusher for the 3 pt hitch but because these gather and retain more snow weight, I am at a loss as to get a 6' or be safer with a 5' and I do not know if they make a pusher for the 3 pt. Looked on line but can't...

I checked the archives for this question but could only go through two pages before I lost patience. This is a hard question for all of us chainsaw junkies. I have owned and sold a bunch of chainsaws stemming from my professional days and then from my chainsaw addiction days but I asked myself...

These small inverter welders that are rated to 140 amps can only do so with 220-240 connections. At 115 v. these welders are not quite achieving 90 welding amps for the most part. A 110 volt mig is rated at 140 amps and can weld to 140 but many seem to think that anything beyond 1/8" thick...

If anyone has an Ariens ***/vert splitter, they make a "table" that bolts up to the splitter somehow. As I do not have a log lift on my horizontal splitter, I'd like to create some kind of small table area that I can roll logs onto directly from my loader bucket. I was wondering if the anyone...

I got the new ags today. They are 8 ply made by BKT. For the life of me, I don't know how I'm going to remount these as they are unbelievably stiff. I have 30" tire spoons but I think I'll need to put a pipe to these to get the new ones on. Theses tires are only 9.5x 24's so the flexibility...

The legitimate calcium pumps for loading and emptying tractor tires cost $1000. Local dealer does not want to deal with calcium as he is strictly a Rim Guard enterprise. I just want to reuse the calcium in the tires I have to replace and was wondering if anyone used a cheap utility pump that...

As some know I've been checking out an alternative to front ags that would be a bit more lawn friendly for that occasional foray onto the grass but still have lugs for traction. This seemed to be the radial tire. To replace the 7x16 ag would require a different rim and with the radial tire...

This is a picture of tires on the front of a European compact tractor (Deutz Agrokid). They seem to be a perfect blend between R1' and R4's. They are wider, have cleats and seem soft and chewy. I like em but all I see on tractors sold in the states are 1's or4's and some R3's. Anyone know what...

Greetings... I am about to pull the trigger on a new tractor. Was going to get the ags as mostly this tractor is used for logging however I have about maybe 5 years left of gettable wood after 34 years of logging the area. After that I will be buying (oh the horror) stems and using the tractor...

Been testing a bunch of tractors lately. I have a geared tractor currently and could never see the great advantages of hydrostatic drive as my tractor is so easy to go from forward to reverse with the flick of a shift. I have been trying out "shuttle shifts" mostly and I'm beginning to sniff a...

Anybody use this tractor for pulling in stems out of the forest? The seat seems a bit uncomfortable with no suspension and I guess with loaded tires (R1's) and fel and some wheel weights I can get to around 4000iLbs for the tractor which should pull in a 3000Ilb stem. Lift seems good at 1640Ilbs...

. For the last three years I've been looking at all kinds of c.u.ts. i've been wanting a new one even though my needs have diminished after having no more horses. The essential part of tractoring for me is wood gathering and snow removal. For about 35 years I've been burning 5 to 6 cord per...

Just got back from the local Mahindra dealer after wheeling about a new 4010 w/fel. This is a substantial tractor and though beefy, it is not so large as to become clumsy in tight woods such as we have here in N.E. It weighs over 4000# with fel and tires loaded which is a must on this tractor if...

The nearby Mahindra dealer got in some Landtracs. Look like nicely built tractors. Upon looking at the color (purple) with black rims, my senses did not know what to make of the color chosen. I mean it looked kinda nice but nothing in my mind build drew me into wanting this color tractor. This...

Can anyone tell me the total weight of a CK 27-35 with a loader and tires filled?

There is a turn screw just visible in the upper portion of this picture that is situated on the surge relief valve of this 750 JD. Does anyone know how this screw regulates and what effects on the overall hydraulic system it may possibly have ?

On this jd 750 I have, I am doubting I am about to put this shim kit in the right place. I say thins because when I took it apart, very little looks like the photo. There is no seal, no check ball, nothing was in the cap as described by some and this spring look larger than what's in the...

Having gotten sick of stacking the wood for drying and then unstacking and bringing the wood into the woodshed, I thought to go to a more efficient way of handling and that was moving the wood on pallets. Or so I thought. I built these easy on-off pallet forks to carry all the wood you see in...

I drove by interesting site today. A guy had a Takeuchi 165 right in the middle of the woods logging about 2 acres. I've seen plenty of excavators on landings and even some on logging trails but I never thought to use one as an extractor or forwarder attached to a trailer as I do not think they...

Inverter welders that are able to run on 110/115 voltage, get a significant kick upward when powered by a 220 amp circuit. (from 100 to as much as 160 amp welding output) I question if the same thing can be accomplished with a 100 amp transformer welder that runs on 110/115 if it was modified...

What is a good tool to smooth out a 1 1/8" inside radius cuts made with a torch in 3/8 metal plate? Hand filing is getting old rather quickly. Do not have a drill press able to handle this diameter.

Well, the clocks went back last night. Some of you know this is a pet peave of mine along with a bunch of other stupid things the government does. It got me to thinking of a different way to get this done. I am wondering why we cannot first go back 1/2 hour say from Oct.1 to Nov.1. for the first...

I need to weld up a 1" thick splitter wedge onto the beam. As I have a 70' run of 10 ga. wire out to the garage, I know this will only support 30 amp output. Is there sufficient heat range available to weld this thick metal only drawing the 30 amps?

Wanting to know if anyone uses this mower with its bagger. Is it effective for leaf pick up or too cumbersome in size.

Rex 600 Fire Wood Processor - YouTube Here's a link to for all you vertical wood splitter owners to get ideas for a more effective wood splitter head. This machine is working with a 26 ton ram so this head design may work for alot of vertical splitters if incorporated by some of our talented...

Just got power back from Irene yesterday (6 days). Coleman generator worked great. Did everything from freezer,refer,well pump,lights ,coffee,microwave. Will not do washing machine. Maker also advises against running washer with a generator because of uneven voltage or sinewaves. No voltage...