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    How Does This Work? Voodoo Engineering?

    It be done say 2500 on the post.
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    Pto shaft on tiller not sliding together

    It will only go one way, slick. Looks to me as no problem except being labor bound.
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    Left turn on 2 lane. Stay in R/H lane or L/H to let cars continue on?

    Yeah and turn across a lane that is not your right of way. Real good there. It was okay until you had a wreck...
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    FORDSON SUPER DEXTA PTO

    I have a Power Major. Just put a Bush Hog on it and push the clutch down and let the Bush hog coast. Everyone has gotten used to modern conveniences.
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    Metal Piece Found in Hydraulic Fluid, Advice Needed

    If everything still works fine leave it alone. May be from a past repair.
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    Impala head gasket blown

    I will swap in gas engines all day every day for 600 bucks. Just make the check out to Citizens Against Social Healing. You can abbreviate it CASH. I SWAPPED them all the time. In with some used car dealers. They'd buy things with bad engines or transmissions. Diesels are a little more...
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    Anybody attempted to remove skid steer tires that have been foamed?

    No he has forklift masts that fit bobcats. The one he uses have a tail wheel in the back that swivels. It lifts the rear skid steer whéels off the ground so it only turns on front two wheels. Tail wheels just swivel like casters. Does not tear up yard grass. I have one also but not a mast on...
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    PTO Extension

    Take guard off tractor. Lube all your pro shafts so they work easy. I've dug basements and septic tanks. I've built 185 ft drilling rigs. Most all in between. I would not extend the tractor side.
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    Tire pressures

    20 front and 13 rear. Been running those pressures for decades on tractors that size.
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    Wire rope tension

    Just tighten opposing ones the same. Don't overcomplicate things.
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    Anybody attempted to remove skid steer tires that have been foamed?

    We had a roofer friend that always had a skid steer with a mast on it. He always wanted our bald tires. Bald is easy on people's yard and don't tear grass. He used old skid steers with tail wheels.
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    Vines/briars getting caught in tiller

    I have never used a tiller on non disced ground. I would cut with a Bush Hog, then skin it with a lawn mower, disc, then tiller. Thats just on new ground. I have cleared land with a lawn mower. Poor little lawn mower.
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    Anyone like traffic circles-roundabouts?

    I went through some in Dubai that were maybe six lanes and jam packed from all directions. Horns honking everywhere bumper to bumper. Alaska has several. First time I dealt with them was in England. Right hand drive its a wonder I even lived over that. Didnt see any in central America...
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    Help

    Check wire from solenoid to battery pos. Ground too. Sometimes wire corrodes in the lead. Seen a lot of money spent because of a wire connection. Safety switches? Seat, clutch, neutral?
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    2015 Yukon XL

    I've been places where it was 1000 miles to town either way. I won't go in a unit bearing ride.
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    2015 Yukon XL

    They all have unit bearings.
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    Is there any food you do not like?

    I would say coopossqu, but it's okay because I pick the possum out of it. Usually only have it on the holidays.
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    vermeer 505 super i baler problem that i can't figure out.

    We took all belts off and got them the correct length. Never had a new bales. Always run these 2000 dollar jobs. I think your roller that moves is not moving smoothly and giving the appearance of slack. Also make sure tensioner has full range of motion and a smooth action. Check for...
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    Ford 1910 Air Intake Hose

    You can go to dealer parts. They can search other dealers to see if the other dealer has one in house. They can ship it.
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    Typical hydraulic leak down time?

    You need to put everything down when not using. Found a little boy under a back hoe bucket once. Wasn't good. Instructions say put it down or pin it up. Front and back ends.
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    Which tractor for small operator? 5'1" petite farm owner

    I'd keep the old tractor. New ones have too much problems. I worked at Kubota new Holland. Familiar with John Deere too. I would keep the older one. It will still outlast these new ones. Besides too much plastic.
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    2015 Yukon XL

    I hate unit bearings.
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    Crazy idea?

    Hydraulic ram assist. I still have high boys.
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    Fram tractor hydraulic fluid?

    He wasn't directed at anyone. You are.
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    What size drill bit for lug stud.

    I'm just a yay hoo with a shop at the house, but I have a 30 ton press. I'm sure somebody you know has a press. Probably a die grinder also. And can make your dreams come true.
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    Electric Trailer Winch Question....

    Ive had a winch on my trailer nearly 20 years. Made a mount and a battery box right beside it. I'd advise a worm gear style winch. I have an old Ramsey. You can get a Koenig or pierce, there are other brands. I have several but the warn dealer advised the worm gear. Just bought a15k...
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    Enough Trailer for my Tractor??

    You didn't give us a price but asked if it was worth buying. I think it is because a good deal is a good deal. I have one like it and will haul 15k if I need to. Key is good trailer transport type tires if 15" or some LT tires if 16" , flats are a nightmare on the road. Once I had two flats...
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    Just discovered my Kubota has skid steer front tires.

    The skid steer tires are an upgrade.
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    What size drill bit for lug stud.

    And ream from the back side. Leave the face near normal.
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    Driver's License... What Vehicle did you use?

    72 Ford F100. My parents sold it while I was in Panama during the Noriega deal. Guess they thought I wasn't coming back. I bought a 67 and left it on base during my trip to the Gulf War. Still have that one.
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    DEARBORN (FORD) 10-10 PLOW PARTS

    I have a place too but I will get it. Can't remember it but the book is at the farm in the shop.
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    how deep can I run a subsoiler (for running pipe) with ck2610

    You can put on vibrate and make a weaving path and then roll out your line.
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    how deep can I run a subsoiler (for running pipe) with ck2610

    I've got a case maxi sneaker. A fella stopped by and said he wanted it. But I haven't heard back from him. Vibratory plow makes a difference.
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    Ford/New Holland 1720 Clutch Overhaul Questions

    Best thing to do with a clutch is stay off of it. Good advice I was told once.
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    A kid gets terminated at work...

    I stopped at a taco place. Mainly to pee, but if I go in somewhere I buy something because I used their facilities. But anyway, the bathroom was locked. I sat where I could see somebody leave out of it. The woman manager came out of The male bathroom. Smelled because she just smoked a joint...
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    Ford/New Holland 1720 Clutch Overhaul Questions

    Bought the 1900 in 1980. Neighbor had a JD 1968 model. Had 1000 cattle. He cut all the hay. Didn't have a trailer. Went two miles and got two bales at a time to féed those cows. No four wheeler. Just tractor for it all. Never had a clutch swap. I did take it down last year because the...
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    From vertical to horizontal - proposed engine swap!?

    If belts are slipping you need bigger pulleys or more belts, or even both. Small pulleys dont have much contact area to transfer power. You can swap engines days on end. I swapped engines and the belt still slips...
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    Ford/New Holland 1720 Clutch Overhaul Questions

    I doubt it. Pretty much a daily tractor. We are on a commercial farm. It's the smallest of five. The little tractor does the garden, mows 15 acres around the chicken houses, cleaned a lot of new ground with it. Pulled a double disc breaker many a mile. Cut hay and such with the others...
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    From vertical to horizontal - proposed engine swap!?

    Belts can be bought in matched sets.
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    A kid gets terminated at work...

    They seem big on safety too. I had a job at the pickle factory. Got fired because I had my fingers in the pickle slicer. But, at least she got fired too.
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    Ford/New Holland 1720 Clutch Overhaul Questions

    Also may add some clutch lessons. Ours is a 1980 model 1900. Farmed a 40 for years. Bush hogged stuff so bad that the tractor wouldn't ride the trees over. Still has original clutch.
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    Price of pull type disc

    We have an 8' offset disc. You can make one pass down a hard gravel road and leave it looking like a garden. 4x4 tractor 15,000# and that disc is all that tractor wants. It cuts great but it takes power.
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    Anybody here ever make money gambling?

    Never been there.
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    Is there any food you do not like?

    Not even microwave liver?
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    Man shot and killed by juveniles while bush hogging

    I turned 21 in prison doing life without parole...
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    Anybody here ever make money gambling?

    Just look at the dump Shreveport has become.
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    Meat Grinder recommendations

    If you sharpen your cutter it works just dandy. Cook a whole big chicken. We debone, grind up and make a chicken salad. Sharp hand grinder. We dont grind road kill much usually.
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    Unsecured hay hauling

    It was a round the clock deal to keep them plenty of nutrition to handle the cold. We did it. The farthest place I couldn't mix for them so I put 16 mineral tubs in The barn. Two pallets of feed in troughs.
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    Unsecured hay hauling

    It was just maybe two years old. Hauled it from key west Florida to dekalb tx with nary a strap on it. But it was in a dump trailer so nobody could see over in it. Some ole drunk gal pulled out in front of me on 220 in bossier city, like to been El accidente' going on. Usually if we are on...
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    Ford 3930 bad input shaft bearing?

    Our 4630 has been mak8ng that same loud noise for 26years now. I probably should look into it. Some bearing may be going bad. My dad and I used it and a TL80a to pull out my brothers 5610 4x4 caged out logging tractor. I thought I heard a noise.
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    Grapple style preference

    We use both. We go clean up after storms. Work for FEMA. #2 is handy outputs couple more hinges on it and they all bend. Easier to fix it while it's straight and new. I also like the type that hasa solid bottom and the two clamps on top with removable sides on the bucket. Way more...
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    Fuel Cap with Gauge

    I monitor my fuel with a stick stuck somewhere on the machine somehow some way. Tractor didn't have a fuel level gauge since 1980. I hope my stick holds up.
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    timber cutting equipment and prices

    They get 20 a ton to get it to the mill. I wouldn't cut any. You get maybe 50 per log truck loaded. That is per entire load of logs.
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    Income Taxes: Turbo Tax - H&R Block - File Your Own?

    Never paid to have taxes done. Cut my own hair too with some 4 dollar Clippers.
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    Craftsman/Kobalt/Tekton/Pittsburg Sockets/Wrenches -- General Thoughts/Question

    I have all from 3mm to 3 inches. 100 different brands. I don't care who makes it, just that I have all the sizes. I have a shop and a truck with crane,and that is how I roll.
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    Unsecured hay hauling

    We should ban uh uh hay....and uh uh guns too. How many have been kilted by texting? Does he carry a cell phone? I actually started wearing a seat belt in 2021 because of air heads texting.
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    Towing capacity

    Ive always had Ford twin I beam. Can't put so much on rear that it lifts the front. I like a straight axle 4x4 best.
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    Unsecured hay hauling

    I hauled hay all through the snow storm in AR. Had 3.000 head to feed in various pastures. Sometimes a full load of hay. Sometimes I had a skid steer on rear of trailer. Usually. 2 to 3 times a day. Longest trip 30 miles. Herd scattered in various pastures. I'm 52 and never have lost a...
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    Workmaster 40 starting/electrical issues

    If it burns headlights bright but wont start, bad connection or cable end.
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    Clutch slipping? Or not?

    Does your clutch pedal have a little free play before it engages? Our oldest tractor is 1980 and we have 5 more. On a farm and also haul dirt and cut logs. Never put a clutch in these.
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    Help with Ford 7108 loader on 83 1710 tractor

    I've always made brackets. It isn't that hard to do. First time was an allied loader. Ain't skipped a beat since.
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    Hooks on FEL Bucket

    Your environment is not as rough as it is here. I put a hole in the center and put a hitch ball so we could use a gooseneck trailer in a chicken house. Never thought they would tie a chain on it. Bucket is bent.
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    Security Cameras -update

    Well, it helps the cops a lot if they know what time it was stolen. Maybe a license plate number always helps. What they look like always seems to help. What make vehicle and color helps. I'm one of the poorest sap suckers to ever wear a pair of over all's and walk barefoot down a dirt road...
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    Security Cameras -update

    On those cameras you have to put tape over the red light. Or get black out cameras. Or get a cellular and put it in a non obvious place. Because thieves will figure you have the obvious under surveillance. They will come in the other way. We use them on hog traps here and have another cell...
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    Can hooking up the backhoe be a one person job

    I'd much rather hook up the back hoe than the Kuhn hay mower.
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    Can hooking up the backhoe be a one person job

    My dad has a big one. One man job. He's only 74.
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    Towing capacity

    I always make sure I sink the rear of truck a couple inches from the rest position. I have hauled a lot in my life. Measure hitch height when trailer is empty. I just look, but you probably should measure until you get a feel for it. Nothing like hauling a wrong load. I have had plenty of...
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    Big Tex Dump Trailer stolen from ranch early this morning...

    I imagine the trailer is hauling storm debris in Louisiana.
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    Wrong size tube, now what to do?

    Make sure the rim is smooth. Sometimes there are spot welds and a weld where the rim is put together. Smooth out any weld slag or buck shot. Tubes are the way to go.
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    Questions about purchasing a skid steer

    I don't know. We have two new ones. There was two old ones. I didn't pay attention to the brand.
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    If I Only Buy One Piece of Equiptment...

    My brother and I made an adjustable box grader and he had a hydraulic top link. I don't get impressed much, but the box grader impressed me.
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    Questions about purchasing a skid steer

    I just called cat about a used one to clean chicken houses. They said 100, but I was wanting a used machine. Which, he does too. They ain't got that DEF quite figured out yet. So I will stay away. Every diesel truck I know of is deleted. We bought a F550 crew 4x4 flat bed. Then spent 7k...
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    Questions about purchasing a skid steer

    Get a tracked machine with high flow. Stay under 100 hp to avoid def. Don't waste money on a mulcher. Just get the rotary cutter, grapple, bucket, forks, hay spear. We have two with mulcher also but hardly ever use. Both machines and grapples are in South Louisiana as I type. Cleaning up...
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    Ford 6.0 diesel; the good, the bad, the ugly?

    My brother has a 2001 7.3 F250 4x4 reg cab he bought new. Still runs good. But, I have a 97 F250 7.3 182k std SC lb 2wd. 2001 F350 7.3 4x4 auto rc fb only 97k miles alum wheels street tires. Clean truck. I have a Silverado 2014 crew cab 4x4 diesel deleted with 142k. I had a heart attack...
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    Tilling uncut grass

    I've been around over five decades. We have a LONG tiller that's been here as long as I can remember. In good shape. But we ALWAYS cut vegetation off and cut again close. Rake it out of the area. I even lawn mower it. Then disc or loosen up somehow. Once tilled it can be tilled each year...
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    Need help finding compression TDC to adjust valves on kubota D1105.

    You can't just watch the push rods? Ive rebuilt several Kubota diesels and never had a problem.
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    Towing capacity

    Ive.got a scale receipt and a picture here. In a 75 year 3/4 ton 26, 600 lbs. I hauled that load 30 miles. I think a 3/4 ton should do what you want.
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    Towing capacity

    Tandem axle? Or does it have dual wheels on each axle? Tandem is two axles single wheel. Tandem dual is two axles with duals on each end of each axle.
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    Cub Cadet LTX 1050 issue

    If it's factory sealed and you are not a factory, then you can non factory un seal it. Clean the screen and put new fluid. Suck the old fluid out dont drill a drain hole and tap it for a plug. Yours may even have a screw on filter. You can add fluid there. Factory sealed means doodley squat...
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    Do backyard tractors need grease?

    Worst I saw was a guy that dug graves for many funeral homes. He greased but brought it in for pins and bushings yearly. Mainly on the bottom hinge part of backhoe, and bucket hinge. We have a three lever CAT, a dear Jon and a Bush Hog 3 PT. All are greased and good.
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    Should I install, at least, a temp gauge?

    Keep your factory gauge. Try a new thermostat.
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    Fence Lines

    Bowie Cass
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    Need confirmation on the hose type of fitting

    O ring boss female. ORBF
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    Hooks on FEL Bucket

    Bend your bucket picking up in center. Corner is stronger.
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    Diesel newbie-operating questions

    You can shut the engine off and start it up to save a dollar worth of fuel. You can also buy a 300.00 starter which is way more than the fuel you save. My neighbor cranks his truck each morning early. Leaves it running all day until he comes in at 7:30 pm. Keeps them 500k miles. If he goes...
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    Bush hog gearbox mount sideways?

    As long as it is lubed, should be fine. We have gear boxes all over the farm. Same style mounted different ways.
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    Compact telehandler

    I'd get it just so you don't walk under loads. I actually saw one fail once. Right after a fellow walked under it. I mean right after. He walked under two full pallets of can soft drinks. It fell without hesitation or delay.
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    How to blade gravel without 3-point float?

    I never use float. Grade a good bit. I use float only on a four bottom break plow with trippers just so I don't have to fool with the trips.
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    Advice on smoothing, leveling a field

    That's why I keep dad in a cab tractor. Now it's easier to cut and bale hay. He has worked outside all his life. At 73 I want him in the cab now days.
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    Advice on smoothing, leveling a field

    Have you done an environmental impact survey? Just take a scoop of dirt. Tie a landscape rake and.shovel on tractor. Water cooler. Go fix ruts and stay at it.
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    Advice on smoothing, leveling a field

    I see a wiper in one pic and that means a cab maybe AC too. What is all the complaining about? Use this old Long 510, or this 58 Power Major and when you get back in your comfy climate control rig it won't seem quite so bad.
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    Is my math right-return on depreciation for a Bx23s

    Buy your own stuff for peace of mind. We used to pay for our poultry houses to be cleaned out. About two times of that and we bought a spreader truck. Just sold it with over 500k on it and running good. Think of all the money made from spreading our poop on other peoples pastures. Still...
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    l2501 lift capacity

    A pallet of cinder blocks is a lot to ask of a Kubota.We have a M 108 s 4x4 and not sure it would.
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    Kubota RTV-X1140 disappointing performance

    I worked at a large Kubota, new Holland dealer. Also had Polaris and mowers. Group of Japanese engineers came from Kubota wondering why people traded kubota in on Polaris. I told a shop guy to put them in a Polaris and go jump the trash dumpster then hop the highway and go burn doughnuts in...
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    Ford 6600 - 5000 internal hydraulic return filter

    I'd be keeping up with how many turns I turn anything.
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    Ford 1700 3 pt lift problem

    Unscrew the knob under the seat. Or you may have to loosen nut just behind knob. Take it out and replace the o ring on it. It's special so stop by the dealer.
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    90 Degree Bevel Gearbox on Kubota F3060 - 72" Rear Discharge Deck

    All the kubota deck gear boxes are the same. Put a bunch in the dumpster. Didn't know anybody wanted one. Guy was packing all them mowers in a dumpster with a back hoe. Two big roll off dumpsters full. I worked at Kubota.
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    Anyone running a hydraulic auger on their FEL

    We run one. It freed up a skid steer. It works just fine and dandy. It's a pretty big unit. Yes will buy again. We dont even have a pto digger anymore. Run it fwd rev that's handy. We have two tracked skid steers. Never seen the digger on them.
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    Starter spins, pinion gear jumps up to flywheel, but, wont turn engine over. Battery well charged...??

    That's a permanent magnet motor. Take it off and take apart. Sometimes a piece of magnet chips off or maybe a whole side has come aloosened. Maybe the brushes are sticking. Make sure they move in and out freely. Tap on it and you will for sure have a magnet broke loose. Of course make sure...
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    Educate me a bit on torches

    Gouging rigs use carbon rods.
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    Need help bending 1" steel and torch tip size requirements

    Just cut it almost in two. Bend like you want and weld the gap up. I built drilling rigs for Helmerich & Payne International Drillers and was lead over substeuctures. Flex 4 rigs mainly.
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    window installation

    Are you going to brick the outside? If you are, your windows should hang out a little to catch your brick. So if no brick use a treated 2x8 and rip all the window bucks on a table saw to make sure they are 7 1/2" like the blocks. If some are narrow just flush with outside. When you build the...
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    John Deere 6400 Hydraulic hoses keep popping out!!

    Have you replaced the Teflon ring in the tractor side of coupling, female coupler?
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    Joining PVC to CPVC

    He said cpvc was available at his local hardware store.
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    Joining PVC to CPVC

    No they not. Not in pvc.
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    Battery and Charging System

    If any of you are an idiot like me, then you qualify to use an idiot light. In hook the + cable. Connect the idiot light between the pos terminal and the pos cable. If there is a draw, the light will shine. Most times it will light briefly when you connect it but will go off if no draw. If...
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    Hauling Insulated glass panels a long distance.

    I just use duct tape and visqueen when I have a window that needs replacing.
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    General Maintenance Question

    I had a D7 Caterpillar dozer I pulled the head on myself outside in the open. No hoist. Way bigger than a MF 135. Just take care of it. Check everything each time you use it. Keep it greased. I drove to Alaska in a 40 year old truck. I can be on the Gulf of Mexico easily six hours...
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    New guy, looking for more opinions.

    Some of them you could remove one side side and cut hay. Half the skirt.
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    Engine doesn't turn off with key turn.

    Has your wire come unaloosened from your shut off?
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    55 gallon drum for diesel?

    We have a Mack we got 8 years ago. Been sitting three years when we got it. Full of fuel both road tanks. Still runs fine on the same fuel. You can't put the drum high and gravity flow it? We keep a 500 gallon tank and fill a ever 2-3 months. Our gas is 4' high and in a drum. Only lawn...
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    bobcat 325 excavator drive/swing problem

    I figgered it out. Pulled out the swivel joint and re did it. Way down in the bottom in the center. But, that did it.
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    Cutting Edge for FEL Bucket

    I just put a new T 1 bottom in a bucket and welded a road grader blade across for a cutting edge.
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    Rear Finish Mower Comparing 3 Point Finish Mower Options

    Yes, but you can buy a used zero turn ooff Craigslist and tear the world up with it. They claim 9 acres an hour. Tractor won't touch that. Much less all the backing and turning around. A wide finish mower will cost more than a used zero turn.
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    Tearing up the grass

    R4 will last more longer. Usually a thicker ply. More surface contact area. Once dad had tractor that wouldnt start. It was the neutral safety. He had a 14' disc on it. Then it rained a good bit. So dad and I were in the 1 ton flat bed with good mud grippy tires. My brother came in his...
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    What kind of cultipacker wheels are these?

    Pasture Pleaser?
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    Deck replacement

    Treated lumber made a few miles from me. 15 year ground contact. Bury it in a creek bottom for 15 years before it starts decay. But it may sound like a little place but he just sold it for 375 million. Canadian company bought it.
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    How many hours will a 17HP Kawasaki Industrial Engine run without major problems?

    I worked at a lawn company as a mechanic. As an American, I hate to say this, but avoid Briggs & Stratton. I worked at a dealership for tractors and they also sold a few lawn mower brands. Briggs would blow the bottom seal out, of course you lost oil instantly, broke a rod and quit before you...
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    Middle Buster or Subsoiler for Water Pipe Trenching? Or just rent a trencher??

    I have Sandy Loam soil. Just run your middle buster two or three times. We have an old mule plow with a 3 PT welded up. Just ease along so you don't break the plow. Trenchers don't go fast and tractor should be walking speed max. Middle busters are made for worked ground. I have a relative...
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    Ford 1700 rebuild saga

    It may have a screen in top above fuel bowl. Valve clogged. Blow through the fuel supply lines. If it has sat around fuel may have become gummy. The valve comes off the tank. Ive seen things that get gas canned tend to have dirt in them. We have a 1900 bought in the Jimmy Carter days...
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    Restarting My '70 Nova Project

    I remember my mother bought a new rally nova when I was little.
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    Kubota hydraulic cylinder seal replacement-Where's the o-ring?

    I worked at a Kubota dealer. They quit sending and we quit installing those o rings. It will work fine without it. I did all the cylinders during my time there. I mean I was the cylinder fixer.
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    Kubota overheating

    Radiator dirty on inside. Put a cup of dishwasher detergent in radiator and use it a while. Fins could be rusted off on water pump impeller. But I wouldn't look at that until I was sure radiator was clean. Next could be head gasket, but you dont seém to have that problem. Or you may need to...
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    How long should I let new ground settle before putting in posts on piers?

    I've got one here 30vyears old 36x48 filled one day and started building. I've learned asking advice is not always a good thing. Most messes I've been in are from listening to "good" advice. Sounds like you need to get busy building. Just do the best you can with what you got.
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    Hooking up my least favorite implement

    Yeah I worked at a dealer. We had to put them on the tractors for the county. Take them off to work on the tractor, put them back on when finished with the tractor... About the worstwe have at the farm is a back hoe attachment. That thing causes some heart ache and misery from time to time...
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    It's mine! All mine!

    P
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    ATV advice

    I'd go with a Honda or maybe a Honda. If you cant find one of those, look for a Honda. Kawasaki 4 wheelers get 6mpg. Honda went all in and their stuff is good. I work on them all. Yamaha, still is not a Honda. I'm really not pro Honda but you are asking advice and I'm giving the best I can...
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    Y'all Been Checkin' Lumber Prices?

    Your contract should say based on today's prices. When the facts change, I do too---'Winston Churchill. Sure I'd use you and get you to do it cheaper than I can buy the material. And let you just eat it. That's what happened. It one thing to stay home and not make money. It's another...
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    Bobcat CT2025 50HR Maintenance question

    Our newest except one cab tractor is 1994. Never changed hydraulic oil. We have so much hydraulic attachments, they have so called old fluid, it mixes back in. We do change filters. We do change it in the skid steer, but we had four layer houses to clean out. But I'll save that oil and put...
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    Kubota hydraulic cylinder seal replacement, "slide jig" and "correcting jig"

    You can cut a piece of soda can and have a ring around it under the clamp if you want. But take it off before you install. Take something and clean out the entrance. Piston never hits that area anyway.
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    Kubota hydraulic cylinder seal replacement, "slide jig" and "correcting jig"

    Put ring on. Put a radiator hose clamp over it and tighten down. I worked at kubota. Never used special so and so's.
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    Post was banned from Face Book

    Try putting snatch block on there.
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    Chop Saw Reccomendations

    I've got both but I think you'll be happy with a cold cut if you're welding. Go slow on angles so blade don't wander. An abrasive might be a good start because cold cuts are expensive. And blades are high.
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    Chop Saw Reccomendations

    I put a block and raise metal to use that blade up.
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    Trying to see the real thing. Towaable backhoe!

    Yes. What do you do around behind a house through a 4 ft gate? Plumbers have mini excavators. I work with plumbers on the regular.
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    Ford 5000 brake rod seal boot

    Get a piece of pipe that fits it. Maybe run on a grinder a little and start a bevel. On the back corner of seal. Make sure you got all of old one out. Put grease on it. Put pipe on it and smack it.then after install fasten to brake shaft and put nut and washer on. Kinda helps if you have a...
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    If this can happen to a really smart guy like me. . . well...

    Or be like me, no data. No computer, np pictures, got a few phone numbers saved but they are also written down. I can walk away any time they want to turn it off. Bye bye love.
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    Trying to see the real thing. Towaable backhoe!

    Spend your money on a mini excavator. I don't care which one. Or just go by once a week and keep his shovels sharp...
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    Replacing seals on cylinder. Cylinder shot?

    Clean the end of that cylinder bore. I always stand the barrel on floor and drop rod into it and hold the rod up high and wiggle the junction in a circular motion until piston drops into bore. Then ease it on down. I've done cylinders that had 6" rods and lifted drilling rigs floors. We made...
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    Kubota L2800 needs help

    You can just un plug and put a u shaped wire in it to bypass. All safety switches have to ne closed for fuel solenoid to work. Run a wire from battery directly to solenoid and see if you still have problem. If you don't have the problem, time to investigate in reverse. I've seen the fuse box...
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    Just another UDT oil question.

    I worked as mechanic at Kubota. I did change it for people. But I put the old in a bucket and took it home and re used it. Still going no problems. That's a non foaming oil is why it's expensive. Any cheaper stuff won't work. Kubota has patent on that fluid. We run two Kubota skid steers...
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    Simple Tool For Operating Hydraulic Couplers

    They would make things better for sure. Nothing like trying to deal with an oily coupler. Those would be good to have around Good idea.
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    Would you give up a tractor for a skid steer (CTL)?

    Last job I was on we took two ss and a large trac hoe. Another guy we know well brought a track hoe and ss, case dozer. We tore down 6 chicken houses full of water and dead chickens. Foot deep black mess water. You would think as high as lumber was... Thousands of 20' 2x4 and 2x6 trusses...
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    Would you give up a tractor for a skid steer (CTL)?

    We have two Kubota skid steers. The doors raise like a garage door. Both are high flow. Mulcher, grapple, bucket, hay spear and Bush Hog for both. Both high flow. We use them for a lot of general work. Also set up with FEMA and go clean the roads immediately after a hurricane. That means...
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    sub compact 755 john deere help

    Lost its prime. Hole in the line? Other screen for it or filter? If that screen was dirty I imagine other screens and things were dirty. Bit it sounds like a starvation problem or the pump is burnt up. Same pump does it all? I don't want answers, just giving suggestions for you to check...
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    Mahindra fuel shut off solenoid

    Just screw solenoid out. Remove rubber plunger. Screw solenoid back in. Run tractor and see if that is the problem. It's where the fuel enters injection pump. Just a little round deal with a wire connected to it. Should be on the injector pump.
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    Limited choices

    Break plow, disc, cultivator. Should have those. Now let's get the other four. Bush Hog sounds good. Forks handy. Box blade. I'm so so on a grapple. We have one but if I'm ripping trees up I want the forks. I'm meaning 8 inches or under. We also made a rake deal with 1 x 4 inch solid...
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    Tractor front axle calamity; crisis averted?

    Dont make sense. You have enough money to haul a camper all over but gripe about how much parts cost for an old tractor. Kinda like me and another fella in a 300k mile welding truck did a three week job for an oilfield company. Oh they just had to have it done. Worked three weeks night and...
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    AC to DC stick welder conversion

    They make 7018 AC rods.
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    Ford 850 diesel engine swap?

    Ive never seen a gas one. 601 and 801 close to me are diesel. My Fordson is diesel.
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    3 point hitch rippers

    Keep up the search I found one for twenty bucks.
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    I suck: Mice!

    2" pvc tee and a cap. Have three two foot pieces of pipe put in each opening if tee. Vertical one fill with rat poison and put the cap on. Tie it to something to hold it up straight. Only rats can get in to the poison. You can put these things all over. That's what the big company does...
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    Comparison What model is this?

    Older than the eighties. Good tractors. We use ours continually. High reverse too high. Low reverse too low. Only problem with those. Really good machines for us. They have a 15 inch clutch like a two ton truck. Straight cut gears. Plowed and baled many a day with one.
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    Hydraulic Hose Guard

    Log loaders get severe use. Around the grapple they use a heavy plastic spiral wrap.
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    Ford 6.0 diesel; the good, the bad, the ugly?

    Yeah my neighbor had his gilflirt at 113k. 17,000 to fix it. Its a mechanic truck and he works for a company. Just did head gaskets on a beautiful crew cab my cousins boy bought for 600 bucks. Been running good so far. But somewhere somebody lost a lot of money on that deal. I don't want...
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    Ford 6.0 diesel; the good, the bad, the ugly?

    My 5.4 has hundreds of thousands miles on it...
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    Can anyone ID this tractor?

    I did find a little car like that in the woods. It was that small.
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    ZD1511 blowing white smoke on a hillside at times : Help

    When it's tilted too much it is overfilled on the lowside. When engine oil is too deep it burns it off. It will do it in trucks too. Typical.
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    Anybody know a good freelance CAD CAM (Solidworks) Designer?

    I hear there is an interior decorator in town if that helps.
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    Topper (Rotary Cutter/Bush Hog) - with or without rear wheel?

    The trick is you want some flex in your top link. Some Bush Hogs have a flex joint in them. Some use a chain top link from hitch frame to tractor. I have an actual Bush Hog brand cutter here that I'm repairing today for a customer. Some have chain on the braces that go from top link to rear...
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    Diy drag

    ilogs...i do have a set of chains with the ring cleats in them. They are about worn out as far as logging. Came with out Bell Feller Muncher. Yep, we still use one.
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    What else do you do with forks besides lift pallets?

    Forks are on our tractor year round and we dont have any pallets. Pick up two round bales at once though. Sit freshly baled hay in clumps so will be easier to load with skid steer. I have dug multiplied thousands of trees with them. Moved lots of implements with them. Easier to move things...
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    Hydrogen infrastructure

    My cousin has been mowing with hydrogen for years now. He has it set up to make it as he goes. He said it's dangerous. And if he says it's dangerous....
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    Hydrogen infrastructure

    Mtoy
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    Zerks and tears

    Wear leather gloves with that battery grease gun. Keep it clean too. If that grease hose gets a pin hole and the grease gets inside your skin you will be in for a nasty ride. Leather good gloves will protect you. I've seen people get grease shot in their hand and the Dr was trying to save...
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    Zerks and tears

    Sometimes on a dozer or trac hoe I'll just keep wet with spray for a few days and then use one of them hammer things on it. Dig as much of the hard stuff out that I can. Just because it takes grease and you see some come out dont mean it's greased. It needs greasing several times a day for...
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    conduit recommendation

    Just use brake line. You can get tabs in the electrical section that will let you bolt to tractor. Just flare ends of tube so it won't cut wires.
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    How some of the controls work 1983 420 Steiner.

    They need to quit selling ether. It has caused too much work in my life. I saw a 2 year old tractor 50 up, loader, nice rig. Ran out of fuel and tried to start on ether, needed rings and pistons that very same day. Cracked the piston and there went the compression. They traded it in and one...
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    Min tractor size for repairing long gravel driveway with potholes?

    I laid one out for my brother and he welded it together. It adjusts each way. Im over 50 now and it takes a lot to impress me. The box grader impressed me greatly. Hydraulic top link makes it humm. I figured it will carry 2 1/2 yards of dirt. Gravel just foes over the blades and lays...
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    FORD F150 or F250

    Good example is my dad. He has a half ton 4x4 that he goes and gets ice cream in. Has an old 1 ton if he has anything serious to do. I drive a 3/4 ton. After pinching holes in the seat too many times, I decided on 3/4. I love dual one tons but I don't haul serious things as often anymore...
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    Ford 6.0 diesel; the good, the bad, the ugly?

    I have a 2001 F350 7.3 4X4 dual wheel reg cab auto with 97k miles just sitting here with a clear title. No lift or big tires ever. Not even mud grips. Flatbed already on it. Aluminum rims. Hasn't been anywhere in years. Wanted to keep it below 100k miles.
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    Ford 5000 diesel price

    We have a few 5610 tractors. One is 4xr4 bought new. With the extra high low ranges on the dash in addition to the high low shift lever. Ain't none of them been back to the dealer. Also have a 4630 low profile with gear shuttle. It's a 94 model I think. That's also a handy Dan around...
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    Bad boy compact tractors?

    Good ole Batesville.
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    Bad boy compact tractors?

    .i worked at a bad boy dealer as shop mechanic. I saw plenty.
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    Terrified of tipping - how about an inclinometer?

    Just wear one on the bill of your hat. Easy to see. You can even tell when you are walking around if you are about to fall over. I've never rolled one, and it's hilly here. I have lost traction on the high ground side and just turn down hill and hit the diff lock. None of us have ever...
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    Leather boot got soaked in diesel fuel. Will it be OK?

    I wipe mine down with diesel and oil so. they will last. I think yours will be fine.
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    Rotary Cutter Overhang

    10' is legal.
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    Rounded off drain plug

    Use a six point wrench that fits it.
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    UFO's... What do you think?

    I have. Up close and personal. Changed my life entirely. Naysayers can say what they want. I know what I saw, heard, and physically touched.
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    Digging trench for PVC water line, advice on potential obstacles

    Bfunction.But I think he's in Gawjia
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    Question on strength vs looks

    Are you talking about appeal to women? They tend to prefer form over function.
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    Post Emissions tractors

    Meanwhile I can walk out to any of these 80's tractors and they'll bust off and I can get busy. Never been back to dealer and run just fine. We bale hay rolls by the thousands. Plant a garden. Last year had over 6,000 watermelon. Have four Pilgrim Pride egg laying houses. Pretty much year...
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    Weldor Question - kind of

    I had one like the third one. Gave it away.
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    Min tractor size for repairing long gravel driveway with potholes?

    There's all sizes tractors around here. The 50 hp gets used the most by far. It's the middle size.
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    Large concrete water trough needs repair.. How

    I've lined many an oil field than battery with fiberglass. But it is flammable. We had big rolls of fiberglass and 55 gallon drums of resin. Usually the owner would slip off and do the tank jobs. I'd cut it all out on the floor because some tanks were 12 -15 ft diameter. Then I'd number...
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    Digging trench for PVC water line, advice on potential obstacles

    I buried phone lines all over half the state for a phone company. Used a maxi sneaker. Still have it. Bored roads with the front pto. I know all too well what they do. I called only when we had a bore. That way I knew what side the water system line was on so I could start from that side...
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    Not a Ford, but a Ford-son

    I'm sure they were only worried about beer and cigarettes.
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    AC addon

    Yep, added several. You can buy units with hydraulic compressors that are self contained. Since its on a tractor. I've put on kits where you make the hoses yourself. They sent me out to Dallas to put one on a 50,000# trac hoe. If you do a regular one, you'll have to put a CONDENSER in...
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    Digging trench for PVC water line, advice on potential obstacles

    75 feet? Just dig the whole thing with a shovel. Problem solved. Your welcome. I wouldn't hook a backhoe up for 75' of foot deep ditch. I could be done before you got back from the shed.
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    Kuhn EL53 Slip Clutch problem, any suggestions?

    Always disc ground first to loosen the soil. I'm 51 and we still use the same LONG brand tiller we had when I was a kid. Now, I've seen guys that didn't loosen the soil first. They had gotten used to fixing tillers pretty good. But, ours has not been worked on.
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    Not a Ford, but a Ford-son

    I saw some AA guys drag one of those home. Nice shape too. Next thing I knew they had torched the wheels off and hauled the rest off for scrap. Cut the axles with a torch...
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