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Our new 2024 Rubicon came with three free dealer oil changes, however from past experience I'm very reluctant to have anyone touch any of my vehicles, even for simple things like changing the oil. Some years ago my mother-in-law bought a new Volkswagen and at the first oil change brought it to...

I had an l-35 with automatic glow plugs. They never worked right so I hard wired a spring loaded toggle switch and mounted it in an easy to reach location by the starter key. Being spring loaded I could never forget it in the "on" position. It was an easy fix and worked faithfully until I sold...

Contrary to many I'm 100% in favor of the 3 pt. I've attached castors to the splitters legs and roll it flush up against my garage wall for storage. I split about 2 cords/year and do it all in one day so tying up my tractor is not an issue. I purchased it at Tractor Supply on sale for > $700 and...

We have areas of foxtail growing in our grass hay, anybody have any advice on how to get rid of it? I wonder if there is a spray one could use in early spring that would kill it yet not harm the timothy and other pasture grasses, or maybe another way?

My 1240 has served me well, zero problems, until a couple days ago when I returned to the shop to gas up. I was running near empty when I re-fueled, and the fuel gage correctly indicated right off empty and was working fine. After I topped the tank off and restarted the motor, the fuel gage...

Anyone out there have an idea what a 4 in 1 bucket for a full sized John Deere is worth? Its 1.25 cu yard and in like new condition. The cutting edges are still sharp, very little use. It came off of my JD 210C, but I'm pretty sure it will fit most any full sized commercial JD machine. I tried a...

I cut up some fire wood with my chain saw last week and had problems with re-starting it after it warmed up. The day was warm, mid 80's, and the saw seemed to 'vapor lock' after it sat a while, or at least it sure seemed to not be getting fuel. Its an almost new Echo 346 and fires right up when...

Anybody have any ideas that work to keep birds off of a roof? Our new place is getting ruined by a steady flow of bird droppings at the ridge ends and at the dormer corners. We are out in an open field sans trees, so the house is the highest point. Hawks are the main culprit, although in a way I...

Has anyone had any experience, or better yet own, a Heartland new 'antique' lookalike range? We're considering one for our mountain loft house. They look good, very much resemble turn of the century farm house cooking ranges, but how really good are they? Before we lay out a bunch of $$ it sure...

I know this must have been discussed before, but does anyone have any hands on experience or comparisons on a good, but smaller walk behind brush mower? I will only be cutting high weeds, no actual brush or saplings, so I guess a heavy duty weed cutter would be a better discription. I was...

I may purchase a tiller for the 3 point on my 28 hp MF. Anyone have a suggestion as to size? The ground is completely void of any rocks, pretty much 100% DG. I want to break up the sod which is about 8" deep.

We're getting ready to fence about 500' of our driveway and want it to work for horses, but we are not really knowledgeble on those big critters. We sure like the looks of vinyl, but I hear stories of it being vulnerable for large animals, at least the cheap stuff from Hpme Depot etc. I've...

The loader on my 1240 has had an unusul habit every since I've owned it. When the lbucket is curled it will stop moving after about 2 seconds of travel, pause for about 3 seconds, then resume the curl. This happens in either the dump or curl back cycle regardless of RPM's. There have never been...

We have a 6' steel culvert out at the ranch that is plenty strong for tractors, bailers, and my backhoe, but it had me a little concerned about driving a fully loaded mixer truck over it. The more I thought about it the more I envisioned a mishap with 11 yards of ready mix along with a very...

Thought I'd pass this on for those that may have an interest. The mower blade mandrels on my lawn tractor have sealed bearings, which have worked very well for the past 13 seasons, however lately one has been getting a little noisey. Since there is no way to grease the bearings, I was going to...

My lawn tractor suddenly stopped yesterday and I think it may be the ignition module. It has an 18 hp horizontal Briggs twin, about 13 years old. Its a simple machine and everything is easy to reach. I checked the three safety interlocks and they are working fine, the engine spins good so the...

Well, I guess I had it coming. After all those years of laughing at the dummies who drove into their garages with the ROPs up, I can now humbly say I am one of those dummies as I just drove my CUT into my low shop garage door, you guessed it, with the ROPs extended! Wow, the noise sounded like a...

A while back I had a thread on buying this Dump Truck and promised to post some pics when i got it fixed up, well that was some time ago, so here they are.

Now I ain't gonna drag race a riding mower, but speed is important to me on the flat straight lawn I have. Getting ready to buy a new machine and really like the looks of Cub, but, I see the factory specs only 5.2 mph top speed, regardless of model. That seems slow to me. The high end Toro's run...

Well, after years of struggeling with pipes on breaker bars, I finally decided in my old age I should have a bigger impact wrench. So now what, turns out there are 3/4" and the behemoth 1" air wrenches. Now I anin't no teenager, and reason seemed to rule out the 1" wrench at ~35 lbs, so I...

For those that may want to see how a 2 stage clutch is adjusted I've attached a picture that shows the simple proceedure. This particular tractor is a Ford, but its similar to others. If the clearance on the 2 stage clutch pack is not correct the PTO will either not release, or not engage. It...

I'm going to run about 500' of driveway over some pretty wet ground and am thinking about using a matt but am not really sure how or where to place it, or for that matter if its really necessary. Anyone knowledgeble on this? I will install culverts to allow water to flow under the driveway and...

Can anybody tell me the proceedure to remove a 7308 loader? Gotta take one off with no instruction manual. It looks like extending the lift cylinders will pivot the frame down and it will be self supporting, correct?

Does anone know if GM uses Dexron in the power steering pumps? I have a 1986 GMC Medium duty truck but all the service manual says is to use 'GM Power Stering Fluid' with no reference to Dexron. If there is indeed such a thing as special power steering fluid on older GM vehicles, I wonder if it...

Does anyone know for sure if there is an air bleed proceedure when changing the fuel filters on a 8.2 Detroit diesel? I can't find reference to this in my truck service manual, all it says is to 'follow engine mfg specs" In any diesel engine I've ever had air needed to be bled, but maybe these...

I'm looking at an early 80's GMC flatbed dump, looks like about a 5 yard capacity, single duals. Its diesel, air brakes, PTO hoist, automatic trans and looks very clean, no dents rust or broken anything. Rubber is good, the speedo says 65,000 and by the body condition its possible. the guy is...

Check out the classified ads, this is either a misprint or a rip-off in progress: <font color="brown">"2005 JOHN DEERE 2210 W 200CX LDR W WOODS 6000 Dallas, TX $6000.00 " </font>

Thanks to all for sharing their knowledge and experience over the past year. I've learned much from this site, lots of good technical stuff, and for sure I'm a lot safer around rotating machinery, thanks to all the Safety posts. So to all a Very Merry Christmas, Frank & Camille

Anybody know whats a good replacement battery for a full sized hoe? Wal-Mart sells a 'Marine' battery thats supposed to be a deep cycle (what ever that means) with 875 CA. The case is bigger than car batteries, but cranking amps is lower Price is right at $64, anybody use one of these? Its...

Does anyone know for sure what the hp rating was on the old Case 580B's of the mid 1970's?

Today we started running utilities to our new house site. First up is running 640' of electric primary to a new transformer. Its a little much to dig with my little John Deere so I sub contracted the dirt work. Observe the Cat excavator in the pic.

Boy its sure getting hard to be brand loyal around my place these days. I now have Red (MF), and Blue (Ford), and Green (Yard Machines). and now the latest addition Yellow (JD Commercial) Whew! My wife says the backyard looks like a tractor lot. Could be worse, right?

I just bought an '88 JD 210C in very good condition. It was a county tractor with light duty use and well maintained, has 3010 hrs and is tight. Any thoughts or comments on this tractor? I'm also looking for an operators manual and also an 18" or 24" bucket.

Anybody know how much a 84" Gannon heavy duty 6 way box blade costs? It also has roll up rippers and is almost brand new with all hyd controls and an extra spool, all the stickers and paint is 100% This particular one was set up for a JD. thanks

How important is the flexible top link shown in this pic? I notice some people use either a chain or this flexable link. I've used bush hog type cutters for many years without one with no apparant problems, however I may have been in error. If so I'd sure like to know what the reason is to...

The PTO on my 1710 does not disconnect when the clutch is depressed. I got the tractor used and don't know if it has a dual action clutch, but no matter the adjustments I can not get the PTO to stop turning except to release the engagement lever. The transmission shifts fine, even from forward...

I needed a new alternator for my Ford 1710 last week, to wit the local NH dealer parts guy informed me it was $320 plus tax, exchange for a re-built unit. My local NAPA store said they could rebuild my old one for $148 which seemed like a bargain in comparrison. I got the unit back in 2 days...

Well, I guess its silly, but on my last trip to Walmart I took off the ends of a few different mfg's grease tubes, don't know why I did that, but to my great surprise I found each brand to be a different color. There was quite a selection of colors, red, blue, good 'ol black, and a couple...

After deciding on which lawn Vacumm I was going to get, see thread Leaf Vacuum I purchased the Agri-Fab 5.5 hp. Pic #1 shows the unit being picked up at Tractor Supply co in Yuba City, Calif. It was neatly packed on a pallet and easily slid into the back of my Dodge Ram pickup. Price was...

Of these three popular brands, what's the general thought on which is best? I'm comparing light duty bush hog type rotary mowers and also post hole diggers.

We all know that cutter blades need to be in near perfect balance to avoid vibration, but for me at least, thats always been somewhat of a guessing game. To make matters worse, some blades have a star pattern hole which precludes the use of a screwdriver as a fulcrum. The attached pic is a...

I'm getting ready to buy a leaf vac attachment for my 18hp riding mower, any suggestions? I tried a search but didn't come up with much. Dr makes one, and so does Cyclone Rake, so far I've not seen any real reviews, but the Cyclone Rake seems to have an edge. Price is less than the Dr too, about...

I came across this odd vehicle while camping last week in the Sierras. My wife asked me if that was a Ford tractor, to wit I replied tongue in check, that it was a cement mixer attachement for a Ford 8n. American inginuity at work!

Thought I'd pass on a near tragic experience that happened to me while using a generator. I was drilling some holes in wood using a Milwaukee 3/8" drill and a large spade bit with the trigger locked on. For whatever reason, the generator stopped, which meant so did the drill. As I walked toward...

I know this has been talked about before, but I have a simple question that I need a quick answer to. I have a short welding job (just a few 1-2" tacks) on the ranch where there is no power, can I hook two 12v car batteries in series and make it work? My thought was to attach my AC welders...

For those who want to keep the side skirts of a bush hog from getting all dinged up from rocks etc, here is an idea to keep em looking new for a long time. I bolted pieces of 3/4" OSB on the inside of the outer skirts, that absorbes a lot of shock from flying debris and are cheaply replaceable...

Most of you probably already know this, but for those that don't I've posted a picture of a very easy way to transfer oil from a 5 gal or larger contaner, as when refilling transmissions etc. Its a hand operated oil pump that can be had for ~$20 at Harbor Freight. The bottom of the pump is...

I'm getting ready to change trans/hydraulic and also power steerring fluid on my geared 1240. The manual calls for MF Permatran III or it says a substitue is SAE 80 GL-4. Now to me that sounds like pretty heavy oil for the hydraulics and PS. I was going to get a cross over from NAPA as the...

I have a large picture outline that I want to cut into an 1/8" steel plate, but I'm afraid of the torch heat warping the 30" dia thin metal and ruining it. Brainstorm would imersing the plate in a shallow tub of water, say 1/4" of water on both sides, and cutting in the water bath work? Anybody...

working \'lil red We were out on the ranch today having a ball building a culvert crossing and general cleanup. My little MF 1240 did a fine job. Its amazing how much you can do with a small tractor if you take your time. Of special interest was how well the loaded R-1's performed. We just...

Anybody have an idea about what a 580E circa 1988 with 2300 hrs is worth? Standard loader bucket, no cab, no extendahoe but good shape all around one owner. The guy is asking $20k. Also, anybody use this model? I've owned older 580's and run some newer ones, but never a 580E, just wondered...

Anybody know of an outfit that stocks pre-made iron driveway gates? I need a 16' (+/-) single swing arched top driveway gate. Nothing too fancy, just a square or rectangular steel tubing gate with an arch top. Price should be under $1000. I don't have the time to make one. Thanks

R-1\'s and finish mower Hi all- I have never owned a PTO finish mower and I was wondering if anybody uses one with loaded R-1's. I realize turfs would be best, just curious what the results would be using what I already have on my 28hp CUT. If I do this at all, it would be for long straight...

I'm thinking of getting a PTO slip clutch for use with my 60" bush hog, any suggestions where to look and about how much? I haven't used one of these before so I'm kinda ignorant on how they install. Ideally I'd like to have it just connect between the front universal splines and the tractor...

There have been other threads here on venting tractor exhaust outside of a garage, and several good solutions. For me however, I didn't need an expensive or permanent system for prolonged inside running. I only wanted to route the exhaust outside for just the few minutes at startup, when the...

The local MF dealer has a rental return (vineyard use) 1433V with 30 hours, syncro shuttle 8x8, R-1's, and will put on a new 1466 loader for $15500, plus tax and says its a firm price. Now, I already have a 1240 thats like new with 170 hrs and a 16x16 tranny. How much real difference is there...

This has probably been described many times, however I thought I'd post some pics for the benefit of someone thats naybe heard but not seen how its done. I used winter WW fluid and poured each gallon into a resovoir, made from a 2 LB coffee can. I soldered a threaded copper fitting to the can...

A few pics of the wear strips that I installed on my loader bucket. There was a lot of good info posted in reply to my original post 'Type of steel', regarding what type was best. Since they are now installed I figured a new thread on the wear strips themselves was appropriate. It might be...

Boy, I gotta say I am really impressed by the knowledge in these forums. Maybe someone out there can help with a question on steel. I am going to weld some wear strips on to the bottom of my loader bucket and went down to my local frabrication shop to get some 3/8" x 2 1/2" pieces. The guy said...

I needed a grill guard for my MF 1240 but was at a loss to find one, either factory made or after market so I made one . Thought I'd share this for those who may also want to protect their grill. Its made of 1 1/2" x 1/4" flat stock with the attaching base plate made of 2 1/2" x 3/8"