Search results

Micron company in Manassas Va. makes chips for all of the big three, they have been building another huge building to support this effort and this has put them way behind on production. I would think by now they should be all tooled up and ready for production. Good luck with the new Ram

Ditto on all the above suggestions, keep her greased and like said earlier do not run it out of fuel.

Snow flurries and 32* here this morning, old man winter is knockin at the door.

I must admit, I'm a fan of technology it sure makes life easier (in most cases).

Great pics, that looks like one stout piece of equipment.

X2 on the shuttle, I like the idea of spraying the chute down with Pam saves alot of work in the long run

I'm sure someone out there has what you're searching for, google is your friend when searching for things.

For our horses we have two areas that they run, one is pasture that they are on starting mid-April until mid-October and that is fenced with 3 board vinyl. The other is a wooded area that they run on during the winter months and whenever grass is not available, that area is fenced with the...

I'll take your word for it

Yes, Zinc is important n the older engines and the solid lifter engines have to have Zinc in order to survive.

Good luck and keep us posted on what you find.

I really like the 4700 series equipped with the Dyna-2 and the Brake to Neutral option is really attractive.

I have a Bradco 509 and subframe that was attached to my 3510 Mahindra, I sold that tractor but kept the backhoe and subframe. I bought a Kioti RX6010 and modified the subframe to fit the Kioti and it works perfect. If you can find a used subframe and do some mods it may be a viable option.

Good morning America, 39* looks like the wind has finally laid down. Calling for snow flurries tomorrow.

Can't go wrong with the Rotella 5w-40, good suggestion in my opinion.

Yup, In 1972 we didn't have as many choices' heck back then if an engine had 100k it was practically worn out.

I have one from harbor freight and it has served me well, the reach on it is about 30" and the picture is very clear.

Sorry to hear about your best friend, most of us know firsthand just how hard it is to lose a pet such as you have. I can still hear my coon hound barking and locating and he's been gone since 2001.

Probably just the Martians playing a joke.

Rob, I didn't know GM made trucks.;) just kidding. AJ it's probably due to most dealers were told that they wouldn't be able to receive anymore 4700 series until mid 2022.

I would think you can, can the bearing be accessed from the front of the transmission without disassembly?

If it went together, it will come apart...eventually. Hang in there and keep soaking it and don't give up.

From the looks of it the filter looks fairly clean, I would check to see if the fuel solenoid is energized and opening allowing fuel to pass through.

I don't have a wiring diagram but, just thinking out loud I wonder if it's just a loose connection on the wiring harness somewhere under the hood or behind the cluster.

I was in the same boat you were, no money but a lot of dreams. You sound like my brother with the Fender and Gison's he still has his too. My son in law just bought an old Martin that he got a pretty sweet deal on, me ..... I have trouble playing the radio.

Keep us posted with pictures and I agree that's a nice building site. The road work looks like it was done by an experience operator.

I would not recommend 15w-40 if it's a small gas engine, I would use 10w-30 or even 10w-40 if it were mine.

Yes, i\It can be done, if the line is split brill a very small hole at each end of the split and it can be brazed.

Pretty clever anything to help make the job easier, I enjoy fabricating things out of spare parts laying around.

I learned a long time ago that whenever someone posts the time spent to complete a project you should double it. Just check out some of the you tube technical videos to repiar/replace or install something and see if their estimated times pans out.

I just use an old milk crate to put everything in. KIS

Pics are good

Yup, that's what I did cut a piece of CPVC pipe to length, and it fits tight over existing sleeve.

They look sweet, your guy did a nice job on them. I hear you about how much money it takes to bring one back to its original glory I've been down that road a few times. If you're like me, it is all worth it in the end, good luck and keep up the good work and I look forward to seeing more pictures.

Plug it in and it helps to shorten the time it takes to make heat for the cab.

Thats a good days work

As Torvy said, go to school on whatever you decide. Spend whatever amount of time you need to understand each and every aspect of the tractor not only for your own safety but for your family as well. Personaly I like the powershuttle but I wouldn't say it's any safer than the other choices. Good...

Wow, that's pretty good I have a 2010 800HD Ranger and it runs 50 also, it has been a very dependable machine.

Exciting times for a new owner, have fun

Good luck with your choice, keep an open mind and don't let color have any bearing on your decision.

Stay with the Branson, your neighbor is right Kubota is a good tractor and so is Branson. I know first hand.

Keep after it, you'll get it ironed out sounds like you're making progress

Keep up the good work, great pictures

Absolutely, plug it in that's what the block heater is there for.

Weight is your friend and without it horsepower is wasted, I would look at the heavier tractors IE: Kioti, Mahindra and around the 35 HP range or larger. Don't go too small because down the road you will be sorry.

I ordered a 4 in 1 bucket and it's 10 - 12 weeks out also.

Based on what I'm hearing, that is normal sounds sweet to me.

Nice work and excellent details, you should be able to enjoy many hours of seat time.

I think most of us know there are risks to adding more power, just ask the young fellows that put programmers on their diesel pickups. I have done quite a bit of work on common rail trucks mostly due to people turning them up. I believe the manufacturers are a little on the conservative side and...

Nice pic Sixdogs, looks like she's well on her way to earning her keep.

Nice pictures Check, he just blends right in with the landscape

Welcome to the board,

Yup, Williy you're right, we used to split all of our stove wood by hand and you're right it sure made it easier if it was frozen. I miss those days, it was a simpler time, the work was hard, and life was good.

Great pic thanks for sharing

He was one of the best

I often think I want a new tractor, but I ask myself if I want something else that has a check engine light and so far, that answer is no. Guess I better hang onto my old lawnmower too.

It really depends on how much weight you're going to be working with up front, I see most guys just hook up to a piece of equipment such as scraper blade etc. and use it for ballast. I think if I were going to build a ballast box, I would probably shoot for something no less then 500 lbs.

I'll know more about this topic in February.

Hopefully bomb squad has realized he's no match for the Gypsy King.

Yup, looks like it's alive and well

They used to get into the overhead, above ceilings, mechanical rooms and computer rooms and wreak havoc on pneumatic tubing. It may take a week or more to find the problem in a 2.5 million square ft facility.

Yeah, I must admit I bleed Ford blue but I like all of the older classics. I just wish I had enough insight back in the day to buy a few of the muscle cars and put them away. A couple of those 426 Hemi's tucked away in a Road Runner or a Cuda' how sweet would that be?

Good luck on your decision

Seems a little high to me based on the price for new.

So the answer must be yes.

In my part of the country they are always logging and cutting out the pines, heck from the looks of it one would think our little town is the logging capital of the world.

They aren't rocket science; I have had mine apart a couple of times fixing leaks. Just start removing what appears to be leaking and go to NAPA or a hydraulic shop and match either o-rings or seals

DK, all the way

Follow up, the fan has to be able to pull air in across the heater coil to condition it. So whatever air you have coming out of the vents is all that the fan is being able to pull in, the lack of air flow is due to a restriction either from the filters or the heater or evaporator coil being dirty.

Check the filter and make sure the recirc. filter is clean, these things will get plugged before you know it.

Sounds like that's where to start

Yes, Michigan iron is your best avenue.

Yup, that's what the screw should do is increase fuel but, does it increase power?

It's head and shoulders above a golf cart, I followed one down a state road with farm tags and he was moving at a pretty good clip. I have heard good things about them and if I was in the market for another side x side I would certainly give them a good hard look.

I used to own a Mahindra 3510 and it was trouble free and for the size it was an awesome tractor, I would certainly buy another.

That's one horse of a tractor and it gets bogged down a few times it's a good thing the operator knows what he's doing. That's a lot of dirt to move in that amount of time, pretty efficient.

I agree filters are not where I want to look to save money, it just doesn't make sense.

The way I understand it is, by adjusting the fuel delivery screw on a mechanical pump will that in turn effect horsepower?

Common rail can probably be manipulated via programming which isn't something that can be done without the proper equipment however, the fuel on the pump for mechanical injectors can be adjusted weather it helps without doing injector work I don't know.

Times are different now and just maybe this is the new normal for a while guess we just have to be patient

Welcome to the forum

Good point on cleaning and really getting a good look at all of the places it could be coming from.

Yup, I don't expect it is especially due to the fact that you can get anything online faster than most places can do the paperwork. Michigan Iron is a great resource

Good ole ota, glad to have it.

Well, that's a good question guess I need to call and find out.

Good job, great experience and saving money to boot.

Thanks for sharing that, seeing is believing. That thing does a great job moving that amount of dirt in a short amount of time.

I have a Stihl and it's been a great machine I also find that my Echo equipment that i use is very dependable.

Back in the day I had a Poulan 3400 counter vibe and it was a great saw as long as you didn't shut it off. It was very bad to vapor lock you had to put gas in it while it was running. After hearing what you guys are saying maybe they are sought after today but I sure didn't care much for it back...

Good TV shows for me are Gunsmoke, The Rifleman, Andy Griffith, High Chaparral, American pickers and the shows that deal in restoring classics.

I think it's time to position a trail cam, that would solve it

Best of luck to you sir, 37* here this morning at least the wind has laid down

That's what I call earning your keep, something I don't see of the wife's horses.;)

We have used 15w40 for a lot of applications, I would think it will be fine.

You're right moldy hay isn't the best for any situation that I'm aware of, a horse certainly won't touch it.

As already noted, you have a lot of potential with that much land depending on the soil, geographic location etc. Do some research and find out what best fits your situation and welcome to the forum.

Thanks that will certainly come in handy, I wonder if they could make things like this a topic all it's own so it would be easy to reference.

Anything with Sean Connery, especially Hunt for Red October.

Ole Jack Daniels sure has made a tremendous number of memories for a lot of people, some good and some not so good.

I use to tell my kids when they were growing up to "be a leader not a follower" and it stuck because they use it on the grandchildren.

Looks like it has multiple uses an alignment tool and a pry bar all in one.

Very nice, thanks for sharing

All of our county offices are open and the tax man is alive and well in good ole Culpeper County.

Great suggestion from Priberc, the used tractor market is a lot like the used truck market. They seem to really hold their value and don't sit for sale very long, heck not all that many years ago all you had to do if you wanted to buy a used pickup truck was take a ride down a country road and...

More information about what you will be doing with the tractor would really help with suggestions, welcome to the forum and good luck with your decision

Dang that sounds good and that orange truck ain't bad either.

Heck the cows will eat it and the mushrooms certainly don't care. That's the chance we take every time we cut, danged if you do and danged if you don't.

To each his own, all I know is there are so many things that have to line up in order to make hay. During hay season you have to plan your entire life around it everything else must take a back seat. I will say this you don't get into it for the money.

I would have thought someone would have chimed in by now, I'm not familiar with that engine. Welcome to the forum

Exactly, Go for it, I go to school most every day whenever I'm working a problem or making a repair for me it's good ole OTJ training. Besides that old man google is your friend.

Dude, that's a fine workshop that will serve you well for many years. I spend most of my days now in my shop either working on vehicles or equipment of some sort.

One step closer to putting in some seat time. Good luck with your decision.

I'm sure some do but that certainly isn't a place to try and save a few dollars. I added an additional separator on my powerstroke for an additional safeguard.

Check for areas close to your zip code and make a day trip out of it.

Carhartt's for me, I especially like the fact that they are briar proof.

I give up!

X2 on checking the distribution box, it may have gotten out of level causing all or the majority of the water to go into one line. The lines inside the distribution box may have the dial adjusters so that you can set all of them at the same elevation.

Very nice pictures, thanks for sharing.

So how does that compare to a fronted mounted blower, does one have an advantage over the other?

Yepper, true statement the high-pressure fuel pumps of today are shall we say finicky. Prone to grenade due to moisture, water, inferior fuel I only buy fuel from high volume stations for my powerstroke. Our local Southern States fuel has a Cetane rating of 50 which I use for all of my diesel...

I've had my Kioti for 8 years and my Mahindra 10 years before that and neither one ever made a trip back to the dealer for anything. Both have been excellent machines.

On something like this i would use a stick welder, as already noted clean it good.

Yup, it will work either way but as already noted better to install on the ground.

Good job on bringing it back to life, should be an awesome tractor for you.

Sounds like you're having a ball, I'm with you bring on the snow.

Good luck with your choice and enjoy whatever you decide.

Thats some good pics right there.

Hall, good catch my bad it certainly isn't. It's the mechanical setup just as it should be. DUH:)

They can and are being used for just about anything, we had one at work and those guys were turning out some pretty neat stuff with them. The classic vehicle market certainly will benefit from this technology, things like lenses, grills etc.

Good morning, cold and windy here this morning. Hopefully this wind will lay down so I can go deer hunting.

Absolutely amazing work and Enginuity, you have given me a few ideas. Thanks for sharing all of that hard work.

I agree Jasper, it looks more and more common practice nowadays.

I hear you Rooster, same goes for my buddy's common rail 5.9 Cummins in his 92 Dodge pickup. It almost seems like it starts before I even turn the key.

Good luck with your new purchase, that ole girl should do you well.

Maybe that's what happened, I see you're in Northern Va. so that puts you pretty close to Mcmicheals on route 29 a few miles south of Gainesville.

Reminds me of all the horror stories with the Bosch fuel pump used on the new Ford powerstrokes, when they fail due to (mostly water in fuel) it isn't covered under warranty and comes with a price tag of around 10k. OUCH!

Ok that makes since, I bet it takes some getting used to in order to find the proper technique.

Mineral Va. is where my Kioti dealer use to be, they changed to Branson tractors. My closest dealer now is in Fauquier county only about 30 miles away.

Yup, I love my new powerstroke diesel with all of the things that can and will eventually fail it has awesome power. I also was very fond my old 7.3 mechanical injection truck that was as simple as it gets and without a doubt one of the most reliable engines ever put under a hood.

Well, I happened to be browsing my dealer website and see they have switched from Kioti to Branson but I see they are still selling Scag and Woods implements. It used to be called Tractor Hill in Mineral Va. now it's called Lake Anna Tractor and Hardware. I guess my closest dealer will now be...

The R-4s will serve you well, I used them for years on my Mahindra

I guess they have to be quite heavy in order to cut the soil also I would think the more soil they pick up the better they cut.

Sengli, didn't the dealer tell you when you purchased the pusher that the snowfall would no longer happen. It happened to me whenever I installed my whole house generator because we were losing power at least monthly after the install the power grid has been very dependable. Go figure!:)

You can also view it this way: Mechanical is easy to troubleshoot, generally very dependable trouble free Common rail = computer driven, trouble codes, downtime is usually greater

I built one years ago that I would hook to my backhoe hydraulics, it worked really good for what it was.

Beautiful landscape, you can never get tired of seeing that.

Were you able to get the problem solved? The fuel suction line is probably getting plugged or collapsing, I would blow out the fuel line with compressed air for starters.

Wow, that picture brings back old memories. Through the window outside it looks like a Chevy Vega and possibly a Chrysler Cordoba.

Glad I was able to help, sorry for the confusion guys.

Glad you were able to get her going

I think they are still made by TYM, I had a Mahindra that was made by TYM and it was a very good and reliable machine. I had it for 10 years and sold it to by a bigger unit. Wouldn't hesitate to by another one.

Congrats on your new tractors guy's, you have very nice machines.

That's quite an acquisition, hopefully the quality doesn't suffer.

Thanks for sharing, I need one of those

Gotta give the man credit for his ingenuity, that took some doing. It's more of a conversation piece than anything.

Tractor supply sells a good unit, 34 ton horizontal/vertical split and it has enormous power. I have yet to see anything that it won't split. The manufacturer has done an excellent job of sizing everything so it gives optimum performance. Bought it 4 years ago and cost $1800.

Tractor supply may carry that size, I know our local store usually carries a good selection.

Interesting, I just learned something new. I would have to agree on the effectiveness but heck it does look good.

Yep, probably no need to reinvent something just go with what's already available.

Sounds reasonable, I bought mine from Tractor Supply years ago and it has held up well although it isn't something that I use but a couple times a year. Don't remember the price

I also enjoy their videos promoting their products, they do a great job of explaining the build process of each item.

Check machinery trader online, they usually have some for sale.

If you don't plan on ever going with a bigger tractor then the lighter one should work fine for your needs but, I know in my different experiences' things change and the need for an upgrade is a very real possibility.

Good morning America, it's warming up nicely here in Va. looks like a week of cold nights and nice days.

Don't overlook Lacrosse boots, they have an awesome selection and very durable.

I agree you should be receiving some sort of compensation, good luck and keep us posted.

I just retired and went on Medicare, in doing so I have much better insurance then I did while I was employed and it's very affordable. Paying a lot less now then I did while I was working.

In Virginia, start around the first of April and cut until the middle to last week of October.

I like the way he thinks

I agree stay with the LS

X2 for Opti-Lube

That's different for sure, from the looks of how it's made it should be pretty stout. How does it do in some of the knots?

I know about them Bradford Pears, wish I had never planted them. They are pretty when blooming but not worth it too soft and too much maintenance.

I like the idea of getting rid of the horses, wish I could talk the wife into it.

It's a nasty explosion and it effects your hearing short term for at least 3 days, long term it's hard to say cause that's all cumulative.

Congrats on the purchase, now just put in the seat time and keep the smile coming

That Toolcat is pretty awesome

Nice looking grapples I was on the fence between a grapple and a 4 in 1, the 4 in 1 won out now comes the wait.

I can see how that would get the job done back in the day, looks like the top pin might be a little hard to remove after all this time.

Best advice I can think of is as follows: . Keep terminals clean . Keep batteries topped off . Do not over charge by use of portable units as this will cook all of the acid out . Most important, always wear PPE (personal protective equipment) when checking batteries

Impressive, let us know how it works out. You may be on to something

Keep an open mind and don't overlook the off color tractors as you can get much more for your money, remember Mahindra, Branson, kioti, Mcormick and a few others offer quality products at a much better price.

Keep an open mind and look at the off color tractors also, when I took that approach I soon realized that I could get much more for my money if I was willing to be color blind.

Yup, most likely bad/dirty connection @ battery

Dremel tool works great to get it off, a gutter spike sleeve cut to length works great after you're done.

Welcome, you'll find a lot of knowledgeable people here that are very eager to help.

The maintenance free batteries that we used on our gen sets still had removable tops for checking the levels. They could be removed you just had to make an effort.

I like the new look, I followed one down the state road a few months ago with farm use tags. He was moving along about 45 MPH in a 45 mile speed zone and it looked good doing it

Where did you go????

Another good point Murray, keep your batteries enclosed to contain the shrapnel.

Absolutely, it's most important to keep the electrolyte topped off.

I've had this happen before on generators and in most cases it was due to a defective battery charger that gets stuck in the on position causing the batteries to overcharge which in turn cooks all of the acid out, end result is explosion.

Heck, I find it a whole lot better to you tube your favorite hits on your phone and get you one of those Blue Tooth speakers and pair it to your phone. Life is good

Gotta love those pre Tier 4 tractors, that's what is keeping me from spending the money to purchase a new 100 HP unit.

That looks like a viable solution for the cell phone, thanks for the tip

Yup, it will cost you between 5 and 6k to go with their zero percent financing. I don't call that free money and I expect zero percent to be just that....zero percent

Well said Jezreel, I wouldn't want to be without the comforts of a cab

I had an International 260 backhoe that also had provisions for ether injection, on those cold days you had to give it some juice.

I have been wondering the same thing and from what I am hearing it appears to be one of the better choices. Maybe someone with first hand knowledge will weigh in.

Gotta make hay when the sun shines, just like recognizing a great deal and being able to take advantage of it.