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transmission input shaft and bull gears are the weak point on these. Gotta split the tractor to put one in. Bought 2 of them with the same problem ---- got lucky at a junkyard for parts. Both of these were lp gas,---never had a diesel but had 2 ubs diesels which had injection pumps out. Stay...

14* here for last 2 nights. got 2 generators ready to go. 4 others are about ready. I depend mostly on the 2 electric start ones. Gittin to damn old to pull ropes anymore but do when I gotta! We have more outages in the summer than any other time of the year. -- just long enough to mess up the...

There USED to be estate and farm auctions around here and no more since the big green farmers took over the country! 70,000 acres or your out in this area! What few smaller sales there are get trucked to the auction yard and not onsite so you never know what you are buying or the history of it...

Got tied up all summer and wasnt on the computer a great lot this year. Had a very dry year this time and none of the harvest wanted to keep so we freeze dried as much as we could to save it for winter. We just finished up sweet potatoes, regular potatoes and now on to parsnips. Started freeze...

251c was in its own class,----250's were the cheeeepie saw that stihl came up with to compete with the imports. I am not putting the 250 down, have and use 4 of them myself! HOWEVER they are also in their own class as to how they start and run! Gotta be super fine tuned and they are one picky...

Buyers premium here is up to 15% now on the average. A few years ago there was 0%, then 1.5, then 6%, etc, etc. ----Taxes on top of that and that "CHEEP" item just went thru the roof!! lol!!!

I just set my mill on my implement trailer and go! When done I set it off and back in the shed. Saves all that leveling and messing around. True it ties up the trailer BUT I dont use it that often anyway so it works for me.

I buy 1 oil here and everything on the place drinks from the same bucket cept the 2 stroke motors. its diesel rated. goes in the ford trucks gas and diesel 7.3, IH 250c crawler loader, the 98 explorer , all garden tillers, etc. --- been using it for 20 years.

Turns fine if you put the loader bucket down and raise the front end off the ground with it. Had the top cover off,--all kinds of grease in there, cant see anything broke. I imagine the vertical bushings are worn out in the pedistal. ---- did have a pic somewhere on my computer without the hoe...

runnin would be IH 340, 560, A, SA. Deere 730des,420-w loader backhoe, 420-c loader. Ac 190xtd and 2 WD045's Non runners you dont want to know!

The items are at auctions for a good reason!!! Sumpin wrong and seller dont want to spend the money to fix it in most cases!!!! Bid accordingly!!!

I was told 30 years was antique and that seams to vary with groups!

I think my 420W is a 57, came with heavy loader and backhoe from dealer and is mostly original as far as I know, still 6-v system. wires seam to be good on it so far,---- I dont use it anymore since you cant steer it and I dont have time to work on it.

I totally DESPISE snow and winter!!!!!!!!!! Spent 35 years of my life driving them old cold snowplows with no heaters working in them most of the time. The Cat 12 I drove one winter for the township didnt have a back window in it, this was back in the 60's, nowdays they drive around in short...

Thats one of the things around here that gets overlooked! lol! BUT I try to keep 3 of the biggest ones run every 3 or 4 months and let them run an air compressor or big fan. The smaller ones ( have NO idea of how many of them I have) get run when I need one out in the field or woods to run...

I dont know a great lot about these new models, so my info is probably wrong! I do know it has the sheet with it saying 250000 13.5 motor. cant see in there very good but will try looking with a mirror and try to find numbers or tags. I did get the head cleaned up and ground the valves in it...

As I posted in the other thread, You have to start re-building these diggers before you can use them , BUT you cant start from scratch making one for the price you can buy them for, so I figure I have a good base to start from!

This one has the XR 250000 motor in it not the 210000. The spark plug has the B & S logo on it so who knows what it is. Didnt think to take pix of the intake but it was hard melted on carbon like crud, and NEW motor right off the shipping crate should NOT have anything on it! Did finally get...

I just got the L-12 ----- WAY better than the H-12 setup. These things are confusing cause they all look alike but are totally different inside! The L-12 has the rear hood that raises up to get to the motor and the H-12 does not,--only the seat tips and you cant get anywhere near the motor to...

they are luni and it swells up and warps internally blocking the passages so kits are useless in the old body. Got 2 154's and 3 185's here and all have junk carbs! Just slap on a chimineese $30 dollar one and go!--order 3 so you get one that actually works!!! LOL!

$29.95 chimineese Worx here just for the heck of it! --- I only use it around the yard but did take it and the generator out in the woods one time. Does great for light use, cuts about as fast as the stihl ms 250 which aint bad!

I use 150 rpm on all my drills no matter what size and keep the oil flowing! Messy? ya but beats fighting bits!

The problem with the old ones is that our fine govt wants them gone! just like old cars/trucks! GOTTA buy that letric chit!

The transmission, rear end and steering bands are all in the rear housing unit. Bout gotta take everything apart just to get to a 2 dollar part! A real pain in the *** to work on. Even bought new track rails and bolts for mine! --- may just sell the whole package for the right price and move on...

It will work til you bump into something frozen in the ground! LOL!

My 310-G is all over the shop floor right now! Had to take everything apart and still looking for reverse idler shaft,---I was told now that they eat these shafts for lunch every day!!!! ---bout ready to junk mine!

Got one here, just bought it this spring, motor stuck,--got that running, now the engine clutch is junk, gotta pull motor and put in new clutch, then on to steering units which probably dont work either! Nice tight little unit. They had just spent $10,000 on the undercarriage and motor rebuild...

Thanks for the links to the manuals!!! Thats what I was needing!

over 26,000 gotta be CDL in all states I been thru. They told me I gotta have my CDL to pull my dump trailer behind my Explorer! Trailer is rated at 14,000! -- AND yes I been stopped many times with it! Whipped out my CDL , pissed off cops cause I had one and went on my way. Its best to not...

Just got this one last week and got the motor loose, now I need a battery for it. Wont be in town for a while, so for now it waits. It has a complete new undercarriage on it and does need a different grille. I think I can straighten out the frame around the grille if I can find the mesh center...

Pre-heat is always your friend! I always pre-heat all my thick stuff. For the high carbon stuff its 7018 BUT ya still need that pre-heat! lol!

Keep the hoe on it!!!!!! dont ask how I know!!!! LOL!!!

in my 650,---the shifter rails were rusted. I cleaned them and it worked ever since. Probably stuck now since it been sitting for many years outside. I never could find any manuals for mine so cant help on pix.!

I have a spare winch that I was going to mount on a 3-pt frame/blade type set-up. I have a very heavy 5 speed truck transmission to go ahead of the winch so I can have power reverse. A winch without power reverse is useless besides being a good way to kill somebody! Be careful with these things...

The reason cubs were made in high numbers was the selling price--- cheeeep to buy cheeep made!! I have 7 of them and only the yellow and white one is any good. I plow with it but its a struggle! Hard dry ground this fall was a bear, anyway this one is a nice tractor for the sprayer, plow, and...

Well my garden is 4.5 acres and most people call it a field! lol! --- In the spring I use a KK 72" 3pt. tiller on a IH 340u tractor before planting. Some of the garden gets run over several times before its planted cause not all of it gets planted the same day. After planting I cultivate with TB...

Now my donor mag is also dead! --next step is to convert mag coil to external tractor coil an go with that until I can figure out were to get a coil at a reasonable price. Not going to spend a ton of money on this thing right now not knowing if its a good unit or not.---gotta get it to run so I...

some of my stuff has crude switches on them but most are too old for them. I was going to add aftermarket switches but the job to install them would be complicated since they were never designed for that crap to begin with. I despise them and wire the handles down on mine. They are still on...

Only saw 1 around here as this is IH cub country! Now there IS a USLESS model ! The G probably was o.k. for its intended purpose, BUT who ever used a tractor for its intended purpose? IF it pulled 1 bottom plow surly I can pull 3 bottoms with it----right?

once you fill with oil,--you have to cycle several times from stop to stop to get the air out. This is mostly the problem when the steering unit wears out. It may or may not come back,---my 706 didnt and I had to put in another unit. ( had another used one on hand) also are your top seals good...

YA!!! fall plowing allows the chunks to weather down so you dont have clods like spring plowing makes! Also lets fall/winter rains/snow soak down to the root zones and stay longer so the plants have moisture for longer period of time before you need to water.

Dug the last of the carrots and have about half of the garden plowed. Raining today so no outside work.

I still use horse manure when I can get it! Thats the only thing we can get in this area,---no livestock here,---just horses.

Everything is harvested by my sister and I,--no others involved in it. Not sure how much longer we can do it, but possibly 1 more year. Been donating to food banks for 40 years now. Health is giving out for us to go much longer.

They will NOT honner the replacement!!!! IF you actually could get them to, --they prorate it so you still get nothing! --- figure if it dies you just have to buy another one. As far a 8 volt batts--------Stay away from them! its either 6 or 12volt. Stick 8 in there and you screw up the...

Got the sweet potatoes dug and delivered to Midwest food bank. We had over 3,000 pounds on the truckload this year. They were glad to get them,---said people were asking for sweet potatoes, so it made us all happy in the end. Sis has taken over 3,000 pounds of tomatoes from our garden this year...

HEY!!! I had 2 of them Jeep-a-trenchers at one time! Still have one of the auburn units on a IH 2504 that I never use. --I think the diggin chain boom is 7 or 9 feet. been extended for farm tile installations by former owner. A word of caution on chain trenchers and roots or rocks, -----stay...

with 41% ,---on the low side early in the season on VERY humid days 2 oz. will do the job. On big tuffer weeds/trees/brush/etc 4 oz. will USUALLY do it but may need a second shot to get strays. IF the 4 oz. dont do it then its time for the bulldozer! lol!

gotcha!! I misread your post! Ya the LINKS moved in would increase lift at the cost of lost lifting power. Kinda a balancing act to figure out what works for each purpose. On my homemade 3-pt. I drilled several holes in the bottom arms to give a bit of adjustment for my many pieces of made...

Industrial size tires are a major problem to get rid of in any state! --- Why do you think the woods are full of them??? LOL!

You can do some very big holes with the time and care required! I have welded and redid some very nasty holes in blocks and heads. Now it wont win you any beauty contents but it will hold water. Sometimes you about have to go this route on these rare parts and it still gets expensive!!

Vigo 327 got it backwards!!! Closer in gives MORE lift power but LESS height! For light tractors its best to keep everything in close as possible to keep the front end on the ground. Farther back makes the front light and you cant steer!

I try to do 4.5 acres here and its a ***** to keep up with weeds! Most of the crops go to our local food bank. ( Midwest Food Bank) and they ship stuff out nationwide to disaster areas when needed. They try to keep what we take in for local use. They told me it was great quality and would be...

Here is kind of a catch up of the summer/fall harvest so far. Sweet potatoes did o.k. BUT only 7.25 pounders this year. Last year we had 10.5 pounders and quality is down on everything this year. Too dry/hot during the growing season and I couldnt haul/carry enough water to do much good.

summer went by so fast I didnt have time to get on the computer! Anyway we are now into fall harvest and doing sweet potatoes.

NEVER use them!!!!! only takes one small overload second and you have destroyed your bucket! I modified a bubcat set to fit my NH L-781 and never looked back! IF you need forks --- get the real thing!! MOST loaders nowdays are quick-tach,--- so why chance damage to your bucket! Also with the...

Third lever and straight plug! lol! Ya,--- I downloaded all the manuals that I could find last year when I was trying to get the L and LI running. --- never did get them to go but have not had time this year to work on them. Found another 1 or 3 for the C models so copied them as well. Really...

anybody have a wiring diagram for one of these??? This has the 188 diesel in it and seller says starter dont work. He tried to wire a new switch up in it and it looks like a mess. I dont have a clue as to where all the wires go to and need help. I hot wired the jumper pack to the starter direct...

Lincoln or Hobart are the best rods I ever used for general purpose welding. as for HF rods,---never tried them, so cant give opinion on them.

anybody know if the mag from an L will fit the C?? got 2 L's here and mags were good last year so was wondering if they would fit the C. all 3 are wico, but may have different spec # on them.---I hate mags with a passion but I need to mow weeds and this is my only hope for a quick fix other than...

I leave the stalks on them to cure them. IF you cut them off,---they wont cure or keep very long. Ya if you were going to use them right away it wouldnt matter. We usually have a ton of cutoffs when we freeze dried the crop but this year we didnt run the freeze drier on anything. Too many other...

finished the onion harvest. got a lot of 2 pounders this year. all of the water carrying paid off for sure! We need rain! First planting of sweetcorn done, now to chop the stalks down. last planting might make corn but if it dont rain it wont pollinate so I might try the old water spray trick...

Ya!-- AND us truck drivers were labeled as the bad asses, ----AND some of them are and have no business driving anything at all.

wind storm hit the other day,---did a number on the gardens and fruit trees.

type F was replaced by dextronlll/mercon.--or thats what I was told so I run it in my 350 ford truck---trans in it is junk anyway so whats it gonna hurt? LOL!

Mine has a carb problem too and I think you might have gotten fine rust in the carb on yours. These carbs have a million tiny parts in them and are impossible to work on. I ran mine with the choke on and hooked a cable up so it was easy to operate. one hand on the choke, and the other on the...

ban cell phones and crash rates will fall instantly! Drivers kill,--not cars/trucks.drivers not paying attention is the major problem today, then throw in the idiots on bikes and as stated JOGGERS with headphones runnin down the middle of the road! I have seen all of the stupid stuff when I...

I mow steeper ones that that here! z-turn works , also I have used the IH 185 with creeper gear, but my fave. is one of my Sunstar 20's with 60" deck. They have diffy locks in them and hang up the side's of banks like a magnet! lol! --- corse people say I am crazy for mowing the roadside in the...

what ever you do do NOT put that goop in the tires! It eats the rims up and even if it dont most of the brands ruin the rims cause you cant get it off later when you replace the tires and you will replace the tires!! Put tubes in them and go for years! --- you should see some of my horses...

flimsy needle bearings go out and eat the shaft up and IF you were lucky enough to stop in time, the shaft is cut all to hell but if you didnt stop in time it breaks and takes out a WHOLE bunch of x'pensive gears! lol!

That is another possible thing. Wrong clutch could throw things out big time! Will try to look into it and how its mounted. It sits way up in there and hard to get at. May have to remove it to actually see or find #'s, then see if they match up or not!

gardens are still hangin on. getting a light rain now. Been trying to haul water all summer. Weeds and bugs are a real problem this year too. a few pix of things at this point. Onions about ready for harvest/processing. carrots and beets starting to get ready. radishes long gone and turnips...

a couple pix. 1 shows the step that they made the belt run from motor to deck. you can see how radical it is. Its hard to get good pix under there.

po planted 2 of them here,---- after 5 or 6 years the wind snapped 1 off at the ground and last year the ice took 2/3 of the other one down and it looks kinda sick this summer so it will come down later. I never did care for them! I want trees that give me fruit!!!

Transmission reverse idler shaft is out!! Never saw a 310 yet that wasnt or didnt shortly after purchase! --got one myself sitting in the junkpile cause there aint no more shafts to be had! Mine is a 310-g loader model. Been looking fo 2 years now for parts for it and they are hard to find and...

Hope that model wasn't made by MTD!!!! IF it was I feel for ya buddy!!!! Got stuck with a cc Z-Force 48 and its JUNK!

got the tag #'s off the mower Factory# 53AA5A7M710 Serial# 0D284Z00005 Item# 01009448 UPC Code 043033528745 I also looked at the parts pic. in the link above and #46 idler pulley shows a 1.0 od? both of mine are same and both are flat and run on the OUTSIDE of the belt. ---all line up except for...

Bought this thing at an auction and found no drive belt from motor to deck,--deck belt there and good! O.k.,---whats up with this?--new idler pulleys also on it! HMMMM! so I go buy the 79.5 belt that dealer said it S'POSED to use and finally got it on,--way too tight but hey never argue with the...

didnt have many roots for a tree of that size! --I have trees here that do the same thing,--one day fine---next day dead! I was told its soil bacteria killing them. O.k. WHERE and when does this come from? I cant get real answers here from anybody!

alt on mine is 35 a. --- the new fans are low draw so you wont have any trouble runnin it if you dont have any other stuff hooked up. lights/etc.

I have 2 of the 310 saws and use them more than all the others for what ever they can cut. Bigger saws cut the big stuff. 310 starts easier when you shut down and toss brush then pick it up and 1 pull your cuttin again! Sthil wont do that!

I sub soil 3 feet deep here every year and have never had water problems since, so in answer to your question--- YES it works!

At one time my compost/manure/wood chip pile was over 20' high, never got turned for a long time and was still hot. the piles do need turned a few times but not too often or you lose too much heat and it slows down the rot process .

worms, toads, frogs, unknown bugs,--you name it I got it in my high fertilized 4.5 acre garden! Always have had them and the wood chips and compost dont seam to hurt anything.

anything that will go thru my 16" Vermeer and gets chipped goes in the dirt to rot. If you leave it on top it takes longer but will work.---spread it med. thickness, plow under 18" deep and good to go! Mixing green material and manures does wonders to speed up the process. I add a lot of...

Tractor dont run anymore so dont need to add any! lol! What I really need is a motor for it!

Cabbage and green beans do o.k. here under the trees, also radishes. The only thing that do do the best is tomatoes, they grow and turn red, BUT taste like store bought ones! lol!

Mine just has a regular push/pull switch on it. --dont have any lights on it anyway since my tractor didnt come with any.

Ya, not everybody has ground like we do here and the tillage methods will vary as to what will work for you. We have the onion plants in hand and ground tilled up for planting --- BUT with 3 days of rain, planting is on hold! lol!

Trying to clean the onion garden off but got over 3" of snow last night so no gardening today! S'posed to get down to 6* tonight. Kinda tired of this crap!--time to hit the dirt and get planting!

got 4 here by the road dying----a friend says its from some bacteria they picked up out of the soil. I have no idea. I planted a couple more 20 feet away from the dying ones and they too are showing signs just like the big guys! -- Well come hell or high water,--- I am going to have evergreens...

Can you add some weights to the front like the tractor pullers use? a couple hundred pounds mounted out front 3 or 4 feet would do wonders ,--kinda in the way but IF it does the job,---- might be worth trying.

I agree with you guys on the "overkill" amounts that people dump on their yards,--- and for what useful purpose? Yard mowing is such a waste!--- Ya I know its a billion dollar business to the commercial lawn guys, but at what cost to the land?

Narrow fronts are just as safe as wide fronts!--in fact safer! lol! wide fronts have ONLY 1 little center pin holding the whole front of the tractor up and it makes them more tippy than narrow ones! On narrow fronts you have heavy pedestal with 2 wheels together and a much wider footprint making...

Non-alki gas here in Il. is hard to get too! --- SAD for sure!

Allis model D roadgrader works good--not too big dont use much gas, already made, does a fair job,! lol Old Farmall cub will smooth out loose dirt but wont work on packed gravel at all. No small tractor will do hard gravel drives unless you rip up the hard stuff first.

well,-- lets see,---Powerful?,--lightweight?,-- start on first pull????????????????? THAT rules out ALL chainsaws! lol! Better opt for a big dozer and be done with it!lol!

I made a plow that will go 24 inches deep, BUT takes a 5 bottom tractor to pull it that deep. at 18" one of the 560 will do the job. When we harvest a cabbage head, we use what is needed for 1 setting then put the rest in the fridge til the next day. One head per year goes into the freezer cut...

I have access to horse manure from 5 people in a 10 mile area from me. 1 is a 1 horse operation so a load or 2 a year but the biggest is a 14 to 20 horse boarding operation where its a load every few days. I stack it and stir it, ( IF I get time) and spread it and plow it under deep so it rots...

The only thing here that has one is MOOSE, and its always in the way. ---just something to get used to. One of my 580's has the cab rated as rops and its a REAL pisser to get in and out of!

For the shade , we have good luck with cabbage and green beans. MOST veggies will do good in partial shade,--even tomatoes. We do 4.5 acres in the open gardens but have a "window" garden close to the house in partial shade and everything does good in it. The main thing is the low hanging limbs...

Time to be thinking about the gardens for this year. Please join in and post your gardens. All sizes are welcome, --anything from pots on the porch, containers, raised beds, in ground, ---- all are gardens. share ideas on equipment, tillage that works for you, what varieties you like, How you...

dont grind on the shafts!! IF you do they will never stay tight and start eating away from sloppy fit. --- leave the rust on them and just put grease on them.

it will be the worst nightmare of your life!! LOL!! them 560 diesels are junk!--hardest thing in the world to start---hot or cold! ---fair price,--$500 for parts tractor. Now if it were a gas moror--then that ups the value a lot!

I use the 3-holers and have NEVER broke them! I have not only big rocks but chunks of junk of all kinds in my gardens. Even if you get them direct from MTD, they will be made in chimna most likely!

Around $950. would be plenty for it. ---unless you know about all the problems the c's are notorious for,--- I would pass! And yes I have 5 of them and 4 b's, some wd's, wd-45's etc! lol!

I dig all the time with my forks on the skidloader!! I be careful doing it and even if you dont dig with them go for the longer heavier ones. You will find the short ones useless most of the time cause they wont reach far enough under your load. The first thing you have to decide is what you...

Auction prices here are insane! I used to buy equipment and cut it up for welding material but cant do that anymore either!

Looks like Elk Grove is closest to me,----- probably 100+ miles NE of me up I-55.

The straight push cylinders on my sure trac are not big enough to lift the bed, so you have to either load tail heavy or carry the long arm jack to start the lift.--loader works too if you have one handy. I always have one of the skidloaders at the dump site. Quicker than messin with the jack...

The bigger trailers get my vote! -- BUT be sure you have a CDL! --- check your area for the regs! Here I have to have a CDL, yes even for my own use, cause loaded I am over 21,000 total weight. I drive semis, so I am covered, AND laws vary from state to state and you probably would never get...

You could rip it before you plow. Make several passes with a small ripper going 6" or so deep at a time then go deeper the next pass. Most any smaller tractor will pull one if you do it in stages. Sod and tillers are NOT a good combo, cause you cant get it mixed good enough. Gotta moldboard that...

Same here! ---- and it finally gets buried in a big hole with all the other "VALUABLE" stuff that didnt sell! LOL!

Sure-Trac????? WOW, so is mine,--cept mine is older than yours--- think mine says 2007 on the man. tag! They are good trailere BUT their idea of runnin wires thru the frame tubing was about the stupidest idea on the planet!! Rodents have a field day in there. ALL of the wires on mine are...

Sounds average---- AND its only getting worse! Last year we did 5 miles of waterways for people and they freaked out at the seed price!

x-2 on the $ 2 - 3,500, Now that is the average,--some cases are as low as $500, some asking prices are as high as $4,500 BUT not selling on the high end!

The belly pumps are o.k. IF thats all you have BUT a live system is much better! My SMD's had the live pumps up on the motor and my aftermarket 3-pt. used 4 inch bore cylinders. They would lift whatever you hooked on to,---well til the front wheels came off the ground. The big cylinders ran fast...

I stay away from the lesser known brands from third world countrys, UNLESS there are parts dealers in the USA for them,---cause you are ALWAYS gonna need parts!

Your plan should work for casual use, BUT installing a REAL hydraulic system is the only way to go. I junked my battery system and went with an old combine pump, 8 hp gas motor, and standard 2-way valve for the power up plus power down that my trailer has! Got tired of new batteries going dead...

IF the weeds are dry/dead and not much green stuff in it, rake it into piles and do controlled burns. landscape rakes do a decent job but its a slow process. The fastest way would be to moldboard plow then go with a big tiller and work it down. Oh,-- my tiles here are from 4 to 10 feet deep so...

first up subsoil deep will do you the most good. Here I subsoil 36 inches deep then fall plow 18 inches deep. This wont work for everybody but you need the ground loose as possible down deep so water/air/roots can go down and get to the moisture all season long.

I would mount the blower on MUCH thicker angle irons! --- just for safety reasons! otherwise you did a great job on it!

EACH loader has its danger points!! I had one on an AC-45 that I ended up cutting it off with the torch! Started at the bucket and went from there! IF you want to save the loader, there is WAY more problems in getting it off! overhead lift or another tractor with loader or a skidloader is almost...

pie time! this is one of the smaller ones---16 pounds half cleaned and ready to peel steamed, strained, mashed and ready to use finished pie,---well this one is history, ate it before it got cool! lol! These cook up smooth and tasty!

busy summer here, finally got the potatoes dug, kens. and pontiacs were good, sweets were not so good this year, too dry for them. Cabbage went like gangbusters! Had over 100 heads weighing 20 to 25 pounds and 1 variety that went 12 pound average. All of these went to the food bank to be sent...

Potatoes gotta be hilled as they grow ---I make hills 18" to 24" high and 24" to 36" wide here for spuds! Bigger mounds make more and bigger spuds for us. This may not work for everyone so you have to "try and see" what works for you! Everything else gets planted on flat ground then cultivated.

90-w and they call them lifetime lube but I keep mine full to the level of the plug cause they are starting to leak!

x-2 on switches as a first check point.

got 6 HH 60's here,----ALL with rods thru the block! Best cure for that is put a 7 hp Kohler on it and go!!

around here anything 5 years old is obsolete and NOT supported by the locals or used on construction jobs. Case and Bobcat have the major market shares here. Deere, NH, ant the slant eyed brands are a PITA!

I also think they are made of some alloy, and not totally cast iron. could be malable cast which is way different and you might be able to cut some patches and get them to stick for no more than you are going to be using it for. Now IF you were going to use it for serious work----then it needs...

Victor torch set here and ws acty. tank but biggest oxy tank that Praxair has. keep them in the shed when not in use and never ever found need for ANY rose tips!!! IF ya cant heat it enough with the cuttin head,----you need a forge to do the job. Torches are only as safe as the person...

about 120,000 miles, on SECOND motor from the factory----these are a 60,000 mile throw away motor I was told, so no I aint gonna spend another dime on this POS motor. I love the truck but it dont do me any good without a motor in it. ---- I GOTTA have a gas motor and prefer a stick shift...

Parts are out there BUT the $$$$$ is why my s-650 is in the junkpile right now! Great little tractor when it ran. needs major engine work I guess. Cant keep water in it, just blows it out and gets hot in a couple mins. runtime. shut it down and it went to the back lot where it sits today.

I got a 97 F-350 here in the driveway. PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS! its for sale as is where is! ---- And YES they were JUNK form the factory!

Round-up and mow will take care of them in a flash! ---got nasty stuff around here too and blackberries + raspberries, mulberry seedlings, etc. --- old Roundup did the trick along with mowing. Had a neighbor hired a small dozer with a root rake on it and cleaned his up. now he just spot sprays...

6.0 and ALL 7.3's were ALWAYS JUNK from the factory!!! Have a very large bank account IF you get stuck with one as I did!!!

X-2 ot that! ---had them here and yes they can blast thru that light wire with no problem!

should be 4 speed with hi-lo lever giving 8 F and 2 R. 430 Utility would be industrial model.

Well,--- I can live without tractors, but stay away from my skidloaders or we gonna have a problem!!!!! I use mine every day and have made about all the attachments for them. IF I need a tractor for 1 or 2 jobs, I go next door and borrow 1 of my neighbors tractors!

Sounds and looks like a 430. I have 2 of the 580ck tractors with #33 hoe and loaders on them. #23 would be the right number for the older 430 stuff.

Dont drive so fast!!! --- THAT is the major problem with most guys--- ya cant mow at 10mph!! I use an old sunstar 20 and never get out of low range in the hydro. -- Takes a long time but it moes great,---- same with my 185 lo-boy and creeper gear----- get going too fast and ya it quits cuttin...

I have an A and a SA and NEITHER of them use much gas----They are a much better tractor than the cubs and everything is standard on them.

I put new luni Kohler 7's on 2 of mine that had cast iron Kohler 7's on them and now they are so light on the front end that they are useless! --- NO traction at all and the new luni's only weigh half as much as the good old cast iron motors did. The main problem I have is finding the right...

We watched it on Amazon----the guy is nuts!--dont see how he ever survived in the real world! lol! and yes I would watch another season IF they had one! LOL!

I have 6 cubs and yes they are useless for any REAL work---- reasons? under powered , the gears are too fast for any usefull job in the garden and too big for most gardens.---- no standard pto, so that use is out. I made a 3-pt hitch for one of mine and use it for a sprayer with 12 gallon...

My Case 1530 never had one from the factory and no I dont want one on it either, ----- cant see a damn thing with all that crap around you! --- ANY machine is only as safe as the operator! Go gittin stupid with them and you are going to get hurt! My New-Hollands have cabs on them and I totally...

I only know what I was told about the car. I could have been told wrong. anyway my 650-g has a Mazda motor of some sorts in it. and yes its the original motor. I am still looking for a decent replacement motor to put in it. This one has major problems.

ours are not even close to being ripe yet----late start then slow growing this year. Hope to have late ones for juice,---late ones are never as good as early ones since the sun is not at the right angle to ripen them so they are never as good. More like store bought ones,---kinda nasty! lol...

well, my Satoh 650-g has a Mazda 626 sedan car motor in it. Original factory installed.

got sprayed in the face here a couple days ago by one of them idiots! Still trying to clean my eyes out----have no clue what he was dumping but he also got my neighbor. Got part of a video of him but cant find it right now. also still trying to find out where to report him.

I had one at one time for one of my AC 440 tractors. They are extreemly hard on wheel tractors, even the big 4x4's. serious blades go on crawler tractors. Even smaller ones put major stress on the tractors. As for rear 3-pt blades----thats a whole different game! --no way you are ever going to...

same bugs that hit taters will also consume tomatoes, eggplant, or anything else in the nightshade family! I plant mine with my homemade planter and dig with my homemade diggers,---well, cept this year, diggers are useless in the muddy ground so dug the Norlands with a hoe and shovel. Hope the...

Tires go by size and dont matter what color the tractor is. on the cub rear go for 9.5 x 24 on rear and 4:00 x 12 on the front and yes internet sellers have them at decent price,--- and yes 9 out of 10 sell tires made in chimna! IF you can find American made tires----they cost more than your cub...

In the process of diggin the Early Red Norland spuds ----- Rain is making that job a bit hard now!

My old blower is 540 and that works just fine. You can get them with 540 or 1,000 gearboxes on them----your choice. The blower will run at the same speed with either. Advantage of 1,000--- NONE! Some tractors only have 1,000 so thats why the different gearboxes.

No body wants that emission crap! --- AND I dont blame them , so older equipment is at a top dollar level just for that reason!

pump should still be good ---- I would say valve body wear beyond specs. Pressure test would be in order to check everything.

Have gotten wild cherry trees from Owens Nursery a few years back-----a lot of them sub wild ones for regular ones and get by with it!

3 foot pipe wrench for spanner here! lol! --- Some of mine came loose by sticking a punch in spanner hole and smack it. Usually not very tight, BUT be sure to remove that little lock screw before you move anything! Case was great for stickin them in there and most have been gotten rid of over...

Tuffy is a bit smaller that pony and is excellent for cultivating around plants,----small light, narrow, and easy to use!

Put a diff transmission in it! ---That loader is a gift from heaven!!! LOL!

You have to know which cylinder style you have, ---somebody may have replaced one of yours with a newer style and that will take a different kit! MOST of these old 33's had newer stuff put on them over the years making it hard to work on them! I never found any numbers on any of the cylinders on...

Got a Horse here with 8hp. Tec. on it ---even got letric starter on it ---Motor is the biggest POS ever made! Wont run at all now---looks like some morph carb on it and I cant find a new one to put on it. Found several but they are totaly different design and wouldnt fit! My other 7 Horses have...

Picked over 8 gallons of cherries and made over 24 quarts of jam. been trying to keep up on the cultivating and weeding after we finally got 3/10'ths inch of rain. Onions a potatoes getting big. Cant walk thru the rows anymore and onions have big bulbs as of today. they will be pulled the last...

Have the block boiled out and also the steering housing! Mud builds up in cubs and THAT is the cause of overheating 99% of the time and not the rad.! 2 of my 6 had the same problem and the only cure was to take out and boil! ---- problem solved!

2 plugs on right side of tranny is the fill and check levels.

tryin to save a few pie cherries from the birds!Hope for enough for 1 pie anyway! tryin 2 nets but they dont quite cover the whole tree.

Was gonna say hay rake but it has the wrong axle for that. Possible surface cultivator.

More than likely broken shift forks down in the transmission. could have also had the set bolt come loose on the rail. They are a btch to work on! ----been in many of them and finally quit fixin them for other people!

could be a 26. I have 2 1968 580ck's with 33's on them and a 35 hoe off a 580 B model tractor. There are a couple different style rods in them. The bolt on piston or the big nut threaded on the bottom. The number should be stamped on the tag with the serial number but seams to be missing on...

As long as the leak area dont flex JB will hold for diesel ------ wont hold alki-gas!

my 7-pin flats are sloppy too. I dont use them much so gotta fight them every time I hook up the trailer. Neighbor bends his so they fit better and has great luck with them, but then he uses his trailers every day. I still need to change mine to the type we had on our semi's way back when I...

Chinma needs to be banned from planet earth!

Tatoes tall and fell over making it hard to walk the rows and pick bugs! Might have to go to spray,---dont usually spray tatoes, just hand pick bugs and mash them. Onions for the most part have decent bulbs and will be harvested the last day of July. tomato plants range from blooming down to...

LOVE that shiny plow!! --- cant invision the tractor its hooked to actually pulling it!!! LOL!!

Add more brackets! ---done it many times on weird stuff, --- just takes time and iron, welder, torch or saw and go for it. 36 vs 30 will also make your mower more stable and get rid of side twist.

I use IH utility tractors here. 340-u, 504-u, 574, they are great general tractors as long as you dont go hangin a loader on them----they then become useless! IF you need a loader---get a skidloader or small crawler loader---way more usefull. I have bigger tractors but rarely ever use them. also...

Mix round-up at max rate ----- 4oz per gallon. ---- For most weeds/grass 1 or 2 oz does the trick. You have to spray it a couple times to finally get it down, Takes time and work but you can get it. After a week to ten days if it starts greening up---spray it again! --- trust me---it works!

Its built in and if you cut wires or try other means, then the car will not run at all! The wires themselves would have to be removed along with the switches, then the computer would have to be programed to not recognize that circuit and I dont think you can delete anything in the computer itself.

Had 2 tractors that ended up in my herd,---- neither ran, problem???? that electronic crap was junk! --Put both of them back to good old stock points and never looked back! That electronic crap seeeemes to work on cars because that is what is is designed for ---just dont work on ALL tractors...

Good luck with your test! Guess I go in tomorrow for scope in the bladder tube to check for scar tissue. Might get a valve put in, not sure yet. We had maybe 4 inches total in the last month here. most of the rains have gone past us --either to the NW. or to the SE of us. guess our windmills...

I get horse manure from a half dozen people within a 10 mile radius of me and yes you will get weed seeds and they will grow! I fight the clover invasion the most here. During the crop season I stockpile all I can get, then after harvest, spread the stockpiles over the gardens thick and let the...

Poppys and wild lettuce in there???? looks good but just the wrong crop! We have had about a half inch of rain over the last couple of days and cold North winds again-----50* today---- was close to 90* last week! lol!!. Wont take long for it to dry out once the rain stops. It is just light rain...

got the rest of the potatoes hilled and cultivated everything planted so far. Hydraulic fitting blew up on the 340, so now that gotta be fixed so I can finish going over the unplanted areas and get them planted. Did get a small shower last night when we were planting the greenbeans and some red...

do you have spark at the plugs for sure? File the points or install new ones if they are burned bad. I have a 420 long axle Utility and I always have have to file the points almost every time I use it. Take the plugs out and burn the gas off them with a hot torch then slap them back in while hot...

Had and used a NH66 (older than yours) and it did bunch up a few at times, but ran fairly clean for the most part. If everything is right, the short cutoff's should be laying on top of the bale around the finished knott area. Have someone walk along the baler and watch when it ties and get an...

Well, I made one but didnt go for the fancy look! You did a great job on yours!

Well ----- I am 74 and have NEVER taken tires to dealers, fix-um myself---- have for years. Nuttin to it, just a lot of hard work. As for the crap liquid in them---- not a problem to get rid of!!! lol! Dont be intimidated by big tires ---- they are a piece of cake to work on, ---well til you...

Starting to transplant tomatoes from the hotbed, did about 75 or so last night. probably have that many more for now to do. Also have 4 pots that are just coming up and probably at least 100 plants in each pot for later planting to give a spread out harvest. Hilled 4 rows of potatoes last night...

I think its just for making the mower ride a bit better ----- I dont run wheels on my mower so dont know hoe wheels work. Most of the ones I have been around have soft rubber of some kind on them. Kinda semi-air, could be the foam filled stuff.

You can make brackets for most any loader to fit! I liked the IH 2000 to 2250 loaders, strong and always worked good. --- I never use tractor loaders anymore cause I went to skidloaders, and crawler loaders and never looked back! In my book loaders on tractors destroyes the tractors and are...

Not sure anyone under 18 is even allowed to use a weed eater! --- In this area they cant! --- WHY,--- cause it has a motor on it! Its crap but thats what the laws have evolved into. I started driving dads Oliver 70 tractor and pulled a 2-bottom rope trip plow when I was 8. Try that today and...

My neighbor used a tote, but he left the plastic tank in it and just cut his door and added a few more irons to make it stronger. Has plenty of room in it for apple containers, tools, whatever he needs. I never trusted loaders, so never use them for people lifts! Another neighbor has this-----...

Great job there, ---- IF you stay on it and work a little at a time you can have a 70mph road!! I was always lucky to have motorgraders but you can do just as good with box blades!

Case 1530 skidloader kits are $120. each, and you only need 3 of the parts of the 4 they send! Cylinders are 3" bore, but still kinda high!

speedy sleeves could work for you ---- I would just throw some weld on it and turn it down on the lathe. ---worked on case reverse idler shaft that was cut deep, so it can be done ---- just use enough heat to make decent weld. Some guys say high heat and move fast, I never tried that. Still have...

Good luck on the tests! -- dont give up on the gardens! -- weather here been wet too but that is about to change---looks like 80's coming next week, and probably no more rain for the rest of the year. We have a few apple and peach trees here that are for some reason OVERLOADED this year and will...