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That's incredible 😲

Anyone have experience with a Blecavator? My buddy is building a home on a large lot and we're looking into options for dealing with the existing rocky topsoil. The topsoil has a decent amount of rocks the size of potato's and the odd watermelon-sized boulder. What size rocks can a Blecavator...

Thanks for the feedback. I don't really know anyone with PTO driven equipment so I appreciate the feedback. I've done a disturbing amount of research and can't disagree with anything you're saying. There's a lot of hints in building a good power rake in all ground engagement equipment so...

Update. The hard stuff - cutting keyways, building double-strand sprockets, aligning\tacking the teeth, and tensioner and now done. Also tweaked the drawing quite a bit. (one of my hidden agendas was the learn Solidworks) My brother-in-law laser cut the AR400 teeth for me. The tensioner...

amhicks21, i had no idea those existed, that's pretty neat! I already spent money on the (AR400) teeth and my applications are fairly light duty, so it's too late for me. This method looks so much more appropriate than how the name-brand companies implement carbide teeth. I think they're...

Things are moving fast. Would greatly appreciate feedback from the welders on the forum. :) https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/threads/gmaw-feedback-please.469302/

I'm building a power rake and don't have much welding experience. I'm maxing out my fabrication skills to be perfectly honest and most of the reason for building my own power rake is to learn how to weld. https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/threads/power-rake-build-54.467414/ Would...

Finally ready to start welding. Everything so far was manually cut\milled\drilled\spun\sanded. I still need to make the side shields and top bar "aperture" stuff but the welder is looking lonely. Those are snowblower tires\rims if anyone was wondering, they are modified to be centered on a...

I think I'm a bit too far down the road to look into keyed shaft :oops:. What is the purpose of a tapered lock bushing? Can I safely use it without a key or is it more to keep the sprocket from sliding axially?

I started designing\modeling a power rake over the winter. (Got frustrated with sketchup so I purchased a student version of solidworks.) A couple weeks ago I started the build. It will be used by a GC2300 (22.5hp) and my brother-in-laws 26hp (L2650?) Kubota some info: 54" x 6" sch40 main...

Thanks so much for the input guys.

Hello, I'm starting a power rake build this week and am fortunate enough to be able to have the "teeth" laser\fiber cut out of AR400. (I found a good deal on an offcut of AR400 from shop this is closing it's doors.) The more I read about welding AR400 the more confused and paranoid I get...

I went through a similar situation. I had access to an oasis of machinist, toolmaker, maintenance and QA equipment that we were (more or less) allowed to use on nightshift and then found a new job in an office full of geeks and computers. I ended up with a made-in-Taiwan 14x40 lathe that I use...

The pickin's are good when you have a half a continent of rainforest to pluck from. (y)

While we're on the subject of Brazilian built bridges. Low effort temporary bridge onto cargo ship lol. (pretty sure sure they're speaking Brazilian Portuguese)

PTO Shaft that is. :D I'm thinking of building a 3PH snowblower over the next few months. My tractor is a class 1 GC2300 machine. Just wondering how extreme I can go in cutting a PTO shaft. My C-to-C length in my drawing is 17" - almost no angle, this seems really short but I have...

he's a little guy. almost lost him in this brush.

we have a dog with stomach problems (since puppy and to this day) and this has been our experience too. He is now 13. His bowl is full 24/7. only sucks when he has guests over. :P

What part of the Cenozoic did a pile of readily available dog food kibbles start appearing in plastic bowls? :unsure:

Building a plow frame and need some input from subject matter experts regarding the hydraulics. (SCUT GC2300) I noticed the angle kit for the Kubota BX2763 uses a simple (single) double acting cylinder. Is there anything special about the cylinder in this kit? I ask because I'm wondering...

The metal foundry stuff is pretty crazy too. I bet there's a lineup at the door for when someone looses a finger.

we need tractorbynet mythbusters team :P

guys, I can't find anything wrong with the machine. what I think is happening is that the counterweight (425lbs) or the box blade (462lbs + leverage) is pinning the back wheels to the ground. when one of the front wheels lifts high enough off of the wheel-plane, the frame twists. I believe...

It's looking like I need to take a break from moving dirt and get underneath the tractor with a flashlight and some wrenches. I'll let you guys know if I find anything. I'm 20/80 on thinking this is normal vs something-is-loose. I was mostly looking at the crossmember near (1). I'll see if...

Dmacleo, which part are you talking about?

lol. maybe it's built in feature? tractor is saying "oi! take it easy! 😧"

I noticed that under rare conditions that my hood will move left\right. eg. if i put all off the tractors weight on one of the front wheels - climbing a 8in 'bump'. This does not occur 99% of the time, it just happen to catch my eye while using tractor fairly hard. The other day the left...

Agreed. Especially in areas with extreme heat or cold. No reason not to go bigger if you can on a tractor as weight and envelope are much less of an issue. Longer\Wider battery tie-downs are easily available at auto parts stores. Note that 'Group Code' or 'Group Size' (which is likely shown...

i just came in from trying to mount versa turfs. I gave up. I have decent tire spoons and lube. It took me about 15-25 min each to get the turf tires off. I got the first bead onto the tire no problem, I'm just not able to get the final bead on myself. I think I could do it with an extra...

Haha . I took that pic 2min before I took the paint off of the teeth. They are 23TF teeth from Titan. Sharpened. I shimmed the shanks to fit the 1/2 strip of CRS. My eyes went wide when they showed up and I saw how big they were. I was tempted to use just the shanks.

I ended up building a traditional tooth bar. It worked great for my application. It cleared the large amount of brush, logs etc I had in about the time it took me to build it! I think I need 2 pre-tractor-days worth of work in 1 hour! Was tempted to crush my old lawn tractor cart. 😁 I...

https://tractoraddict.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/paint-code-and-application-guide.pdf according to this link ^^ i wasn't able to find 'Massy Ferguson Paint Manufacturing Information' easily.

I bet there's a roof over your tractor. my front tire tread actually looks great (270hrs), just take away the severe cracking due to sun damage. they litterally ripped apart within days as soon as I starting pushing it in 4WD.

spun rim inside of a beat up front tire\tube and ripped the valve off, ordered versa turfs (fronts only for now), put in another tube as a temp fix, ripped another valve. tractor is parked. tires are so bad that I wont even post a pic. the internet safety police would go berserk. 😊 ...now I'm...

OOT: Irvingj, did the GC2310 come with an RPM\HM gauge?

Understood! Thanks guys. I can visualize what's going on now. I was thinking in terms of a double acting cylinder on the FEL. It would be comparable to a chain lifting the 3PH arms.

I have a 5ft box blade on my 3PH. It's leaning forward. (Cut going forward, bulldoze/backsdrag driving in reverse.) When I'm in reverse I noticed that the lift arms aren't completely locked. If, for example, I hit a hard patch the lift arms will follow the contour of the ground. The leaver...

no doubt. just read the reviews. This particular box blade 'Princess Auto - Power First' (Candian Harbor Freight) are known for bad shanks. Even still, it was pulling full boxes of dirt with turf tires. I didn't think a 5ft box would work as well as it did. :D

This little brat of a tractor handles a 5ft box scraper surprisingly well. (y)

replaced all fluids and filters, replaced all hydraulic lines, new orings on the FEL controller, built a tooth bar and a ~425lbs of ballast. starting to put this little tractor to work! got a 5 tooth-and-shanks kit from titan and dusted off the welder. painted yellow to help prevent more...

A local company dredges a very large "kettle lake" and sells the spoils as top soil. They have decent reviews. This is what the soil reports https://www.kettlelakesoil.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Soil-Analysis-Report-April-2021.pdf...

Agreed. Whether it's drywall or a tractor, there's 1001 different approaches and opinions to painting. eg. I attempted to research POR15 primer the other day. some people love it, some people say it's crap.

thanks for the opinions guys. I'm pretty good on a CTL - originally i was going to use a harley rake on a CTL and do my entire yard at once. i'm trying to divide the project into 3 managable chucks with cheaper alternatives + the GC. DMW, that's a great document. A rental yard about 45min...

Looking to use a tiller to redo my lawn. The grass was killed with glyphosate 2 weeks ago. Dirt under is not incredibly hard. My plan was (for most of the area) to till good quality topsoil into the existing top soil and then use box blade and drag harrow to get the humps and bumps out. The...

Yep. Dumped a couple loads into the backhoe FEL for placement.

I'd be more worried about balance than cooling.

wow, maybe you got a version the engineers built, before the accountants got involved. (y) My machine is a perfect example of why you should NOT leave your tractor exposed to UV. The parts of the lines that were exposed to UV looked twice as old.

Everything works. thanks again the the help guys. Had a bit of a scare because the FEL (boom) would hardly lift the tractor's front end up. turns out 410lbs of ballast with the parking brake on wouldn't allow it, the back tires bite in hard and it goes into bypass. once the parking brake...

Thanks for the tip. I'll have a look, I'm sure a bad ground can cause all kinds of hard-to-solve issues. I ran out and got a 45° crimp fitting and did some eyeballing. For people going with higher psi lines (Princess Auto & connect equipment), consider a 45's on the two fittings closer to...

Thanks so much irv! I'm 99% sure I have it figured out now. You have slight differences but I have enough to go by to hook up the lines with confidence. Gotta love the 101 differences between machines from the exact same generation :D I was second guessing everything because the dealer made...

I had all 3 control-to-tractor lines made new. got cocky and took all 3 lines off without labeling. figured the correct connections would be in the manual like they are for the FEL lines. welp, the manual shows only 2 lines and the various parts diagram only confuse me more. I'm second...

Anyone notice that the piranha tooth bar doesn't disclose the material they use? Anyone want to prove me wrong?

This has crossed my mind a few times. It's the combination of teeth and the 'holder' (forget what it's called) that makes it too expensive for low use. If I needed something replaceable on a budget, and/or had a very large machine, this would be something to consider.

The clutch on it is also completely fried. That's the reason why the mixer has some distance from the conveyor. There were some close calls lol.

Appreciate the response. I actually have a 54in(?) box blade available to me and was going to use it with the tooth bar. I've only ever used large track loaders, and FELs on SCUTs so it's hard for me to imagine grading with anything but a bucket. Never seen rippers in action on a lawn...

Hey Everyone. I'd like a tooth bar for a project that will probably consume about 30-50 hours, only problem is that I don't believe i need one long-term. I enjoy fabricating, but don't want to invest time into something that will become a boat ancor within a few hours. I have access to a cnc...

I love it when the neighbors can't decide if your a redneck, or brilliant. Right now in Canada the cost of premixed concrete is through the frickin roof, especially if you're dealing with smaller quantities on the weekend. It's a great way to hand mix a couple yards and free up the guy who...

The CASE 685 is pretty much in a well deserved retirement. Only time I see it is when there's a concrete mixer on the back. :D

My brother-in-law tried this with a treadmill he found on trash day. It worked... really well! He was able to mix relativily large amounts of concrete by himself while myself and one of his sons spread out the mix. The contraption completely eliminated what was previously very hard work...

I believe I push the pedal with my right foot and push the park rod into 'park' with my left foot. I put very little pressure on the brake to do this though... and the leaver goes into park with very little effort. The reason for my question is because it feels like i'm not really doing much...

Wow! I can't believe I haven't come across that mega thread. Great info in there. Learned a few things. Yes, i'm aware of how to engage the parking brake. it's an awkward version of how my cub cadet lawn tractor works.

Thought I'd ask before I start tinkering. How exactly does a the parking brake work? I can move the leaver on my 2300 with my baby finger, how is it possible to keep the tractor from rolling? Is the cam in this diagram the physical mechanism that puts the tractor into park?

I had to google that :D

The tires are badly sun damage so I'm not sure if they will survive much longer. Two years ago I barrowed the tractor and moved about a triaxle worth of dirt. No issues. I was surprised how good the traction was.

Got impatient. I ended up getting some stuff from the local concrete accessory\tools distributer called Concrete Lift off, it's a relabelled version of the stuff shown. I put a small amount of this stuff in the corner of the bucket, it sat on the paint like water, but sizzled over the...

purchased a tractor with concrete splatter and residue all over the bucket, some parts of the sheet metal, and even a blob on the windshield. The concrete is 1-2 years old. Do "safe" concrete dissolvers actually work? I see a lot of mixed reviews. Or should I skip right to muriatic acid and...

It should be a simple task, but it can get quite frustrating trying to find documented dealer paint codes and part numbers for MF tractors. I found what appears to be a definitive answer to paint codes for the sheet metal, wheels, and chassis of a large list of AGCO products. Just search for...

repaired the missing exhaust pipe and converted to the more reliable side exit. the small stump that was remaining also had a crack in line the one of the welded brackets. They really buggered up the muffler design on the first-generation GC2300s. I cut off all the original supports and...

To anybody reading, this is great advice. the previous owner replaced this exact line on my loader with custom hose without a 45. The bulkier aftermarket fittings rubbed against the old line and it's now leaking. Thanks again DWM.

why did MF use bubble gum grade rubber for the steering wheel bushings? Anyone see an issue replacing them with plastic or metal?

Lol I'd paint the rest orange but I'm pretty sure that's a crime against humanity. 8P It was dark when I took the pic. My friends were demanding I send them a picture. Just a bad pic. It is quite faded but certainly not the devil's orange.

Thanks again for replies guys. You guys have me taking notes! DMW. With my luck I'm definitely going to look into a skid plate. Was this ever an OEM option? Thanks for making me aware of this. I have several roots and branches I need to clean up that might be looking for revenge.

Thanks for the replies and suggestions! I've already read each one 2x! JWR, I got the tractor from a family friend for less than I paid for my CC XT2 in 2015. :D I was thinking the same thing, a lot of issues for suhc low hours. I think the age of the tractor and the easy going attitude...

Picked up a 2300 with 153 hours. Spent a lot of time in direct sunlight as you can see. has a curtis cab. Will be using it for a lot of dirt work over the next couple of years, after that, primarily snow removal and general use. previous owner didn't care too much about keeping it looking...

My neighbor is fencing off a 90 inside-corner right on the property line. He is using 8ftx5" posts about 40ft apart. Wire 'farm fence' is being used. I noticed that he didn't use horizontal or diagonal bracing on the corners like I see all along the country roads. This is on soggy ground in...