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The flow control on my Woodmaxx 8H was rated for 16 gpm. I could not find any of those made in China that were less than 16. It's a problem for the 3 gpm system on the 8H in that the oversized valve is poor at metering flow. I could get either full speed or a very slow speed, over a very short...

The angle of the box blade determines how aggressively it cuts in. You can go from hardly cutting anything to wedging down and stopping the tractor. The right angle for conditions allows it to grab the right amount of dirt for what you are doing. With the turnbuckle top link you have to get...

I've heard that Branson has a kit, and that it's reasonably priced. If your dealer can't come up with it, try Dave's Tractor in Red Bluff CA. The price I heard was $550 but that was a few years ago. The Branson rear remotes came with my 3725. They integrate well with the tractor. The levers are...

I don't think you need to do anything other than not operate the grapple like an idiot, but if you do, a single relief valve on the extension side of the grapple cylinders would be the best solution. The accumulator would need to have more than the system pressure in it (which is possible though...

Is there a generic pump that will work? I think it's unlikely that the pumps are specific to this tractor.

It'll work, it'll just be a little harder to package than a smaller one.

You don't need a 30gpm relief valve. Your tractor claims 11.7 gpm but I think that is adding the main and steering pumps together, which is done for marketing but is not applicable to the real world. The steering pump is around 4-5 gpm so figure 7.5 for the main pump. You can probably find the...

I think for #1 you want a pilot operated check valve. The valve stays closed unless there is pressure from the pump (through the rear remote valve) going to that side of the cylinder. And for #2 a double relief valve. Maybe a single since the load you want to relieve is all in one direction...

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I think Rustoleum Slate is close.

The loader valve PB would be not too hard to get a new line on if you cracked the bolt loose then unbolted the valve body and moved it a little. On the rear remote you have hard lines to deal with, at least one will have to be moved aside so your valve can be plumbed in. You'd be most likely...

Most if not all modern loader valves have pressure relief valves on them. In this valve the pressure relief is under the black topped cover with wrench flats on it on the lower right.

On some loader valves, flow normally goes out the PB port and on to the remotes and 3pt. When you operate the loader valve, flow goes out the tank port to the transmission. Which means that no other valves in the chain will see any flow. You can add your new valve at the rear remote but in the...

The four speed full synchro range transmission on the new Bransons sounds like it'd be useful. I think there is a self-levelling loader available now too.

My 3725 has split brakes and a parking brake which just locks the main brakes in place. The 25 series was basically the same as the 20 series with a few additions.

It looks like at least some chaps may protect against battery saw cuts: Battery Powered Chainsaws and Chaps It'd be great if ANSI or whatever government agency tests and approves chaps would test them with battery saws. I wonder if the caution about electric saws and chaps was aimed more at AC...

I like the 3M Peltor muffs. They come in a number of dBs of attenuation and there's also a couple Worktunes models which have ways of playing music. The higher dB ones have deeper cups. At least for my ears and the muffs I have, the high dB regular ones are more comfortable than the Worktunes...

I have seen OEM head gaskets that block off what look like they could be water passages in other engines. I don't think the engineers would miss something that simple or that it would be a production error. I think it's to correct the coolant flow.

One of the guys I worked fire crew with was nicknamed "nine toes" but you only said that if you wanted him to get mad. He'd had a saw accident while cutting on his own time. He was fortunate to only lose one toe. We all used steel toe boots when cutting for the forest service. And chaps of...

Won't a saw chain cut through non steel hard toes? Or are these some sort of chain stopping kevlar layers like they use for chaps?

Many newer tractors have a glow plug timer that comes on automatically when you switch the ignition on. The timer may measure engine or ambient temp to determine time, or it ma be a fixed time. They usually have an indicator on the dash which lights when the plugs are on and turns out when they...

I got a used one for about half the price of a new one, a couple years after buying the tractor. I didn't think a new one was worth the cost. I got a short time operating a mid size mini excavator and it works so much better than my backhoe. Even though I didn't have much time on my backhoe at...

I got a thumb with the used BH I bought from the dealer. Until I convert it to hydraulic operation it's not very useful. It's a pain to get off the BH and swing the thumb out, and then it's often not in the best position. I think that once it's hydraulic it'll be more useful. However I have a...

The 8H flywheel turns at 1150 rpm when the PTO is 540. A little over 2:1 Having owned and used manual "chuck and duck" and hydraulic feed chippers, I would not go back to the manual. The hydraulic feed is safer. Less futzing around to get the material to feed, and when it does it feeds at a...

Torque at the pto at 540 pto rpm would be (2200/540) times the engine torque at 2200 engine rpm. Some engine power drives the pumps or is lost in gears but that'll be close. Slip clutch torque rating is probably the maximum the slip clutch can handle, not the rpm it slips at. That is usually...

I think you are optimistic here. Chipping larger material takes a lot of power. My 37hp tractor can't chip 7" material, even when it's super easy to machine madrone.

I have a Woodmaxx 8H which I run on a 37hp tractor with 32 hp at the pto. Chipping is one activitity where I wish I had a tractor with more power. The flywheel intertia might help on a short branch that is too large for the tractor's power but with one more than a foot or so long the chipper...

You can also get hoses from DiscountHydraulicHoses or SurplusCenter. Discount will make them to length, Surplus stocks them in 6" or 1' increments. My local hydraulics store charges about twice what those two charge, before shipping is added on. You'll need to know what the fittings on the ends...

For the most part you can operate a DPF tractor (that does regens) any way you want. If you don't run it hard enough, it will regen more often. That might cause the DPF to wear out and need cleaning a little sooner but otherwise is not a big deal Running it like you're supposed do just means...

To be more specific, the EPA Tier 4 regulations set emissions limits on a per HP basis, with few emissions per HP as engines get larger. There are breaks at 25.5hp and 75hp, and a couple under 25.5hp that are not important for compact tractors. It's easier to make larger engines pollute less...

Until you get your M9000, a set of SSQA forks would increase the load you can carry and decrease the strain on the tractor. Moving the load closer to the pins will have a significant effect.

The hole reduces the cross section by about 40% by visual estimate. Right where the stresses are the greatest. Also if the bar can move in the receiver, it will wear a groove at the edge of the receiver. That would be a stress riser especially if the bar got flipped over after it was worn. It...

If you only need to lube that point every 150 hours, a tube of the special grease will last a long time. Since they recommended a different grease for every other point, I'd assume that the engineers know what they are doing and you really need the expensive stuff for this one point.

Here's a study that showed that Teslas lose about 10% of their battery capacity after 160k miles. At an average of 35 mph that's about 4500 hours. Which would be a lot for a tractor that's not used all day every day. By that time a fossil fuel tractor has a good chance of needing some major...

Also keep in mind that each manufacturer's tire model of the same nominal size will be slightly different size. I.e. not all 14.9x24 tire models will have the same circumference. Ideally you'd start with the numbers from the tires that came stock on your machine. The difference, at least in...

You could also try shimming the gearbox to correct the alignment.

I don't see why people need a battery grease gun for one tractor. If you are greasing lots of equipment or have bad hands or wrists then sure. But squeezing the handle a few times takes only a second. Nearly all of the time I spend when greasing is cleaning the nipples before and after greasing...

If the gear comes bare you can get a machine shop to press new bearings on it. You should be able to get the bearings from a bearing supply house at probably a lower price than the dealer. Just bring them in and ask them to match. Is there any damage to the pump splines?

Your tractor should have a manual rear diff lock. Usually its a pedal you step on. Apply it when the wheels are not moving and ease on the power gradually until you feel it slide into mesh. When a rear tire is spinning you can apply the brake for that wheel after unlocking the brake pedals so...

We get a good amount of rain- 45 inches a year is the average. We got less last year and this year. But it's in about 5 months of winter, 6 at most. The rest of the year there's no rain at all. Madrone and Tan oak dry well enough to run in my stove over one summer. Eucalyptus (blue gum) takes...

My non catalyst EPA stove burns very clean with no visible smoke once it's going. Down wind you can barely even smell it. The drawback to the non catalyst stoves is that you can't turn them down really low for a long burn like you can with catalyst stoves. They need a certain amount of air to...

Here's an explanation from Madsens with drawings to make it clear: http://www.madsens1.com/bnc_sequence.htm

Did it break at one of the holes for the retaining pin? I have not looked under there to see how it's held on the tractor but when its out far enough to prevent PTO damage, is it less well supported by the tractor?

The teflon pipe dope I tried (one that was recommended here) was a non hardening type. It might have lubricated the threads but did not seal them, and they leaked. They can claim 3000 psi but that's not the results I gott. A sealant that hardens is the way to go. Loctite 545 works well for me...

With a solenoid third function you can't feather the valve. It's on or off. I'm using a regular rear remote type valve mounted on the fender. I can feather with it. But I never do. I hold it down until the grapple lids stop moving, or until it looks like they have gripped as hard as I want. My...

Are your pumps two sections bolted together or are they separate pumps with separate drives off the gear train like the ones in post #34? Example of a two section pump: Hydraulic Pump - Kit for Branson Tractors | Reed and Reed Sales The two section type has one pump driving the other. If...

The Summit kit includes a high quality replacement joystick control knob with two buttons on it, one for up and one for down. You don't need to move your hand from the loader joystick just use your thumb or a finger. A manual lever will not be as convenient to operate.

That is true of most types of fittings used for hydraulics but not NPT. NPT fittings seal by deforming the threads. Most other fittings used for hydraulics seal with O rings or dedicated sealing surfaces like the tapered seal on JIC fittings. NPT was designed for low pressure stuff like home...

If the pump is not already above the level of the oil in the transmission, you could jack the front end up a little more or lower the rear.

Check that a valve is not stuck open or quick connect unseated. That will "dead head" the system causing flow to go through a relief valve. Nothing hydraulic will work. There is usually a high pitched squealing sound but it can be faint and missed due to engine noise. It seems unlikely that the...

it's from 2008.

Wow, it's even supercharged! I bet that it's made by Kujke and being resold by the Chinese seller. My experience with buying stuff from China is that you're rarely dealing with the manufacturer, it's usually a trading house.

PTO chippers take some power to run if you're chipping larger material. For example my Branson has 32 hp at the PTO and I run an 8" Woodmaxx 8H chipper on it. If I chip hardwood over about 4" I need to set the chipper feed as slow as it will go. For my uses the one task where I could use more...

California is a single market for gas and diesel due to emissions requirements for each fuel. Kind of like how Texas is a single electricity market because they don't interconnect like the other states do. When you're a single market, the market is much more volatile. While stations can't sell...

The restrictors I recommend above are externally adjustable so you can set them for current conditions. Or back them off so they don't restrict. I have two on my backhoe's boom cylinder, one on each port. The boom wants to drop hard (due to gravity) and that is the rod side so it flows less...

Me too. A "bucket pump". Works great though it can be slow to pump the entire 9 gallons for a fluid change. I'd rather be slow than make a mess or overfill the tractor. Tip: don't leave it in a half filled bucket of oil, especially in a building that gets damp like my barn. It does not seal...

The PTO difference would be measuring the drag from the charge pump and whatever extra gear train is needed to get drive from ahead of the HST to the PTO shaft. The latter is probably minimal. The HST vs gear loss to the PTO does vary quite a bit from manufacturer to manufacturer and even...

I put a restrictor on my loader's dump function, to reduce "bucket flop". It was easy and works well. I put three on the backhoe to slow down motions that were too abrupt. I think the valves do not feather well. The one that lowers the boom has a lot of weight on it so lowering the boom was...

Unlike lawn mowers, tractor PTOs don't shut off when you reverse. The HST makes it easy to back the mower into stuff. Just let off the one pedal, let the tractor come to a stop and push on the other pedal. The mower will be running the whole time. The L2501 DT has a transmission driven PTO...

Just on this forum there's a lot more posts about worn out clutches than broken HSTs. Very very few of the latter. The Summit kit comes with a high quality loader joystick knob with switches. If you can make the brackets yourself and run the hoses, it's a better deal than having the dealer do...

I don't know about the original SBC but a lot of "filterless" engines actually had centrifugal "filters". On Triumph twin motorcycles it was in the crankshaft. Gunk would be centrifugaly separated out and end up in a sludge trap. You needed to tear the engine down every 10k miles to clean out...

It's been used since the '70s in two stroke motorcycle cylinders. Kawasaki was the first and may have developed it. It works very well and wears slower than iron. It's also lighter than iron sleeves in an aluminum block, allows closer bore spacing, and conducts heat better. While the sound of a...

Some loader valves, like the one on my Branson, dump all flow to the tank when any spool is operated. This makes the bucket dump quickly and the loader drop fast when you lower it. It also means that any valve plumbed after the loader, on it's power beyond, will see no flow when the loader is...

You can try it without the restrictors and put them in later if you need them. The larger the cylinder, the slower it will move and the less of a need you will have. I'd think that if you have float valves, you'd want cylinders that can float.

I made an adaptor for my grease guns with a 90 degree grease gun end on one end and a zerk on the other. So I can just plug it into the Lock N Lube (or a regular gun) and have a 90 degree gun.

Many of those lift oil drains have valves so you can use shop air to pump the oil out into the recycling container.

Your local bearing supply house should be able to get you something if you bring the old part in.

At least when this one leaks there won't be a hazardous waste area like there would be from an oil pipeline or an explosion from a gas pipeline.

The long tine style root rake grapple will carry more brush. You can hand stack logs or branches in it for the times where you can't pick them up. But when you pick up small log the lids don't grip it tight. The root rake style (your second link) is probably better for logs. The tines would let...

We use flightradar and similar apps and web sites to track firefighting aircraft. You can often get an idea of how the fire is doing by watching their flight paths. I expect the military buys fuel on long term contracts so they're not subject to the same whipsaw changes of the spot price like...

@dlctg that's a slick looking joystick handle with all those buttons. Did that come with the tractor or is it aftermarket? Many 3rd functions use an electronic valve and two loader joystick buttons, one for each direction. The valve is usually priced a little cheaper than a diverter valve but...

Kubotas use standard hydraulic fittings like everyone else does. Loader valves tend to use something other than the most common JIC and NPT fittings but they'll be a standard one. The loader's power beyond very likely goes to the 3pt now. Pretty much all modern CUTS are set up like this. Your...

The remotes can be just a simple valve stack mounted on the fender so the levers are within reach. He'd only need to fabricate a mount for the valves and one for the quick connects, and run some hoses. Top cylinders are easy to find. Tilt not so much- there's only a few and how they fit on...

If it got that hot the chickens wouldn't be able to sit there long enough to lay. Our coop has plenty of ventilation so it's not too hot in there in summer. We put up shade cloth over part of the pen in summer and when it's really hot, a mister. They mostly hang out under the shade cloth in...

We have automatic doors on the coop. They operate off a lantern battery and use the light level to determine when to close and open. The feeder is an all metal one from Australia. Rats kept chewing through the plastic ones even when I fabricated metal shields. The steel one is rat proof. Rats...

The oil change on the Pioneer 700 is also a pain. I think it's the most difficult of any vehicle I've owned in 45 years of owning lots of motor vehicles. I put an electronic power steering kit on the 700. It's been great and trouble free.

You can make a fitting with a tee, two quick connects and a valve. Plug it into the grapple when you remove it from the tractor. Use the valve to release the pressure before removing the device and attaching the grapple to the tractor. I made a couple of these using cheap surplus 300 psi rated...

On the Branson models from a few years ago like my 3725, the DPF can be removed easily. On the newer ones that can do regens it's a little harder. The "data recorder" does more on those, including running some of the instruments. A few people have tried to delete the DPF from those and remove...

My Woodmaxx 8H chipper has a 200 lb flywheel and it's geared up to turn twice as fast as the PTO which doubles the intertia. My Branson electric over hydraulic PTO has no problem starting it up. It doesn't slam it into gear. The clutch slips just a little (far less than a human would) so it...

Lowering tire pressure is free and will make a difference. You can go lower than what the mower manufacturer says. Like if they call for 10 psi try 8. The drawback will be a slightly less even cut. Another option would be to level the lawn or at least fill in the larger holes.

Dave's is awesome, I got my 3725 from them. The throttle and 3pt levers on my 3725 both have adjustable friction clutches. Both of them were much tighter from the factory than I prefer. I like controls that move smoothly. Adjusting the throttle one requires unbolting the dash and lifting it up...

A lot of overhead type two post lifts are an inch or two under 12'. A few are just over, and then there are the extra tall lifts that are 13' or more. Baseplate type lifts are shorter.

For the drink, try a water bottle like those used for bicycling.

Prices of used vehicles have gone up too. If you need a vehicle, you're stuck paying higher prices than a few years ago. If you merely want a vehicle, well maybe prices will go down in a few years. Or maybe they won't. Meanwhile, you're getting older.

I'd have preferred permanent standard time if it had to be changed at all. I like to get a couple hour bike ride in before I start work. Even with good lights, riding in the dark sucks. That's just my personal preference but I think a lot of people are going to be unhappy about an extra hour of...

The chip shortage is real, but due to a number of causes. Water is short in Taiwan (home of the largest contract chip fab). Fabs use a lot of water. A couple fabs burnt down or were damaged by typhoons in the last few years. There's been labor shortages due to covid. It takes a lot of...

If a battery is out gassing a lot there is something wrong such as being overcharged by a bad regulator. Also if the battery has a vent make sure there's a hose attached and it runs somewhere safe.

can you put one set on short risers so the couplers don't interfere?

New VWs still have that. And yes it's a pain to get wheels lined up. You can buy or make a rod with one end threaded to fit into a lug bolt hole in the hub. You use that to position the wheel while you put in a couple bolts, then remove it.

Buyers don't generally come to the field to purchase. Marijuana needs to be dried, trimmed and cured in order to be sold as a consumeable. Did the OP ever find out if that's really what is going on?

That's good to know. I thought that was just mine. First time I used my forestry winch it moved a couple inches. I try to remember to cycle the top link every so often but sometimes I forget.

Since I got the Woodmaxx I've used the MacKissick only to shred, and only a few times. Almost all the shredding I did was of material that I would chip except the MacKissick didn't chip small stuff well. I can get it down the Woodmaxx by pushing with a branch.

If it's opening the relief with nothing in the bucket or on the 3pt and they are not at the end of their travel, something is wrong.

My Branson with HST does not move with the pedals in neutral and engine off unless it's very steep, and even then it's slow. I always use the parking brake though. With the engine running the transmission provides a lot of resistance with the pedals in neutral. On my steepest road (which is...

The 1890s barn I store my tractor and equipment in has posts. They make a 40' wide barn into two 10' bays and a 20' bay. I can't use the 10' bays for tractor stuff, only the 20' one.

I don't know about the Deere but Kubota makes a number of Grand L models that are pretty similar. If they don't have a 4760 maybe they have one of the other xx60s.

Hopping up a tractor is cool, but it only increases engine power. It does not increase weight or loader capacity. Or strengthen the drivetrain. There's not a lot of tasks that are limited by engine power alone.

I used to live in an area well known for marijuana growing and consumption. I didn't mind people who were high. They just get mellow. The worst that would happen is the driver of the VW bus ahead of you at the light would be too high to notice the light turned green. Contrast that with alcohol...

Only one has HST+. Messicks has a good video on it. It has some useful features, primarily an additional two speed shift under power transmission. So there's six range gears instead of three. It can also automatically downshift when it detects a load.

The compatibility issue between regular and synthetic was fixed decades ago. You can switch between them. CUT engines are lightly stressed industrial engines. The average user puts on less than 100 hours a year. They don't really need synthetic oil. It doesn't hurt though, and the cost...

Russian oil provides something like 1% of the US supply. If that was the only factor US prices would barely budge. But we have a lot of profiteering by the US oil oligarchy (who made $46 billion profit last year) and OPEC is keeping prices high as well.

I think that's how most CUTS do it. Absolute efficiency is not that high a priority. Yanmar does something different to make the HST most efficient in the range people use most often but it's still a fixed displacement pump. Keep in mind that when the HST is in neutral the pump is pumping but...

You can tie safety wire or cable ties around the hitch pins to keep then from being pulled out.

Electric CUTS would need hydraulics in order to be backwards compatible with existing implements. Requiring customers to buy new implements would hurt sales, and the tractor company probably does not want to also be an implement company (though Ventrac and a few similar ones follow that model)...

They are Pioneer 4200 series couplers. I have a bunch of them. The sleeve is easily recognizeable. "Parker's 4200 Series are double shut-off quick couplings and the 1/2"" size is compatible with 5001-4 and 5006-4 breakaway clamps. Couplers have push to connect operation and a push/pull...

10 states that have legalized consumption also legalized growing small amounts for personal use, and some allow commercial grows with permits. If I suspected someone was growing on my land I'd carefully check it out. If you're on 5 acres it's unlikely to be a big illegal operation of the kind...

Wow, that's 880 lbs and has only a 1500 lb capacity. You can get a lighter stronger grapple from EA for about the same price or maybe a little less (I'm assuming TMG's in in Canadian dollars). I don't know what shipping to CA costs. Their free shipping within 1000 miles only added $150 to...

Those are break away type couplers, except they're not mounted. Since the sleeve can go either way to unlock those are easier to connect- just hold the sleeve and push with the male end. If the ambient temperature raised 20 degrees or more since the grapple was disconnected, the fluid in the...

There's a lot more power going through these belts than a timing belt in a car. Especially with a 76hp tractor- you could be using a lot of that 76 if you are chipping something large.

Engine rpms determine hydraulic flow. If your loader moves too slow, run the engine faster. The HST and hydraulics are separate circuits that use the same tank. The HST is basically a fixed displacement pump and a variable displacement motor connected together. The pump speed is determined by...

You need to have enough commercially viable timber in those blow down species to make it worth logging, a way to get to it efficiently without clear cutting, and a mill that will take it. In my case (as an example) most of the falling trees are Madrones and the dying ones are Tan oaks (due to...

The WC88 has a larger rotor that's turning faster than the 68's. So it can chip more stuff faster and the fan is blowing the chips out with more air as well.

You can extend your chains with one or more cables so you can pull from farther away where hopefully it's less steep. HF winch cables are about as cheap as you can get. You'll need a ferrule and cable clamps to make a loop on the end without the hook. This is what I did before I got a forestry...

I burn wood in order to get rid of it. I have to deal with dead trees near buildings and roads, trees that fall down on roads, trees that PG&E takes down and leaves, trees that we take down for safety or fire clearing or forest improvement. The forest is productive and overgrown so it generates...

When I bought 100 lbs of tall fescue last month all they had at TSC was coated. In the past they've carried both. Fescue prices went way up due to the heat wave in Oregon last summer killing a lot of the seed grass. It's double for uncoated, less for coated. I asked here about coated vs non...

Congratulations! You'll get a lot of work done.

You can bring them into a hydraulics shop and they'll make new hoses to match. Last time I did that about a year ago, the prices were about double what Surplus Center charges, not counting shipping. But they'll do it exact and you get it right then. Most hoses have the hose size and hose...

For seizures caused by overheating, insufficient oil or detonation (which is most of them), the damage is always on the exhaust side. It's because that side of the piston is hottest. So the oil film fails there first, or the ring get stuck first and then overheats the piston and the oil film...

NPT is tapered thread. The threads deform to form the seal. That's true for NPT water pipe and hydraulic fittings. You may be thinking of one of the 20 or so other hydraulic fitting types, most of which do not use the threads to form the seal. For example JIC. It uses conical mating surfaces to...

Some people who do chainsaw milling using big saws run 3/8 low profile chain. The narrower kerf makes for faster cutting. I'd probably want to keep the same effective sprocket size near as possible (3/8 and .325 are not directly comparable since the pitch is different). Smaller sprocket means...

That's quite a seizure. Can we get a pic of the piston crown from the top, and from underneath (the inside of the piston, focused on the underside of the crown)? From the one pic it looks like it overheated, maybe caused by detonation. The missing piece of piston was melted away. That's likely...

They do the three position gauge with one sensor. The gauge is controlled by a hardware or software logic circuit, it's not analog like you're thinking. I have watched gauges like this in vehicles where I also have a direct read of the temp sensor via OBD2, and yep, "low" and "normal"...

A loader valve should have one spool that floats, so you can float the bucket. Often that is used for back dragging to smooth dirt, or when scooping up material on a hard base that's not level. A good loader valve is carefully balanced so you can raise/lower and curl at the same time. My old...

The Branson section of this web site has a thread which has links to many Branson shop manuals.

If you want it right away then look for a hydraulic shop. They will be able to make a replacement hose and will have fittings. You can also get some fittings and the most common "ag coupler" style quick connects at Tractor Supply or similar places. Here is a guide to quick couplers...

LocTite 545. My NPT hydraulic fittings leaked when I used teflon dope no matter how hard I tightened them. 545 and a day to cure and they are dry. NPT is made for 60 psi water pipes, not 2500 psi hydraulics. It needs something like 545 to work.

Most temperature "gauges", in US cars and trucks anyhow, are really three stage idiot lights with a damper to make them move like a real gauge. Low, normal, hot. On an OBD2 vehicle you can hook up a scanner to read the temp sensor output and see it change within the normal range while the...

Does it at least have an overheating idiot light?

We have a lot of predators in our area. The four legged kind I mean. Free ranging the chickens isn't possible. We had to fence in the pen and then fence over the top of the pen to keep the bobcats out. The coop has automatic doors that close at night. The chickens learn to go inside. We're not...

If yours has the ability to command a regen like the new 20 series models do, then you should be able to run it however you want. If you don't run it hard enough often enough, it'll tell you to do a regen or will ask for a regen more often. No big deal. Even if it's like mine and can't do a...

I thought that too when I was shopping four years ago. The dealer wouldn't sell me one, they were already having problems with them. I ended up with a Branson 3725 with rear axle spacers and the slightly smaller wheels and tires off a Branson 3520. Rear tires filled with Rimguard. It's...

L3560 for only $900 more than an L3901? I'd get the 3560, no question.

I use a 58 quart oil drain pan off Amazon for HST fluid. Works great.

Maxx Forestry had Uniforest 35Ms as of last summer when I bought one from them. Hud-Son had them too. I don't know if Maxx normally sells to individuals but you can call them and ask, and ask who their dealers are so you can call and check with them. They may distribute other brands as well.

How big is a "decent sized log"? I think in one of your posts you said you're moving logs 1/2 mile? To me that calls for a better log handing system than dragging them the whole way. I don't drag logs farther than I have to. It gets the log all dirty which is hard on the saw, and it's hard on...

Put the backhoe valves after the loader and grapple valve. Many BH valve stacks can not handle full system pressure. If you have the grapple after the BH and use the grapple you could damage the BH valves.

HST tractors also use tractor fluid.

See your owners manual. It probably calls for premium tractor fluid. Tractor fluid has additives for smooth operation of wet brakes and clutches (i.e. the PTO clutch) that are not in hydraulic fluid. Tractor Supply carries Mobil's premium tractor fluid which worked well my Branson.

Uniforest has a similar design to Krpan: they both have automatic brakes that engage wen you stop pulling and which you release to spool out cable. And come with 230' of cable. That was a factor in my selection as my forest is steep and I'm limited for where I can get the tractor. Either the...

You may be thinking of Gordon Jenning's two stroke oil ratio test: http://www.bridgestonemotorcycle.com/documents/oilpremix6.pdf For motorcycles I scale the amount of oil to the riding use: road race engines get more than MX or enduro engines, which get more than observed trials engines. On...

Moss's list is right. "Cold seizure" is possible on two strokes. It's not common though. The piston will have characteristic scoring on four places where the thick part of the piston that holds the wrist pin ends. In this case it's not the cause since it seized while cutting. No oil in the...

It's marketing fluff. Probably it's technically inaccurate on purpose, as a way of getting attention. Here's a review: T-Mobile’s 5G Home Internet: I tried it, and it tried me 5G will help some rural people get internet as there's a lot of cell towers and more all the time. T Mobile's 5G...

Yep it's the filter with the red plastic float to indicate water. I know I can remove the whole bowl but I'd like to just drain the bottom of the bowl as that's less of a mess. The prime pump is the shiny metal button about 1-1.5" diameter on the top at an angle. Another question: when you...

Hi guys, m 3725 has the newer clear plastic bowl type fuel filter with the priming pump. I see a bit of gunk in the bottom of the bowl and I'd like to drain it. There's a drain knob on the bottom of the bowl with a hose nipple. When I put a hose on it and loosen the knob air is sucked in...

When I looked a couple years ago the price I found for the smallest Baumalight was $12k. It's pretty limited as far as the size of tree that it will take down. They rate it for larger trees if your tractor is HST since you can inch into the tree slowly. You'll also be operating in reverse...

Its probably fine for a test but maybe not for permanent use. Your loader valve may have regen on the curl circuit. That makes the bucket dump faster. Not all have it but many do. If you use that port to reel the winch in it may have less power than you'd expect from the flow and pressure...

Kukje has a license to make Cummins A series engines. That's what's in Bransons and the TYMs with Kukje engines. The fuel pumps on newer Kukje engines are clones of the Bosch VE pump. Any tuning that applies to that type of pump would apply to the ones on Kukjes. I compared the Branson parts...

Using the tilt cylinder to push down will just make the 3pt move up. Unless it has down pressure in which case you don't need the tilt cyl to push down. I don't think I have seen a single acting tilt cylinder though. There aren't many to begin with and the ends are more tractor specific than...

Cub Cadet makes a line of electric mowers and ZTs that are priced fairly close to gas models. Unless it's made with defective parts a gas mower should not need carbs or ignition coils or anything other than regular oil changes and air filter cleanings. And blade sharpenings but an electric...

My wife the serious gardener says Johnny's is the place to order seeds.

If you want to chip 4" branches you will want a chipper with a throat that's larger than 4". Otherwise anything that's not straight or has twigs off it will jam. You can get an 8" power feed PTO chipper for much less than the DK2 5". And it'll have the HP that your tractor's PTO can deliver...

That was my experience as well, also with an old firm in a small town.

AWD works ok with forward weight distribution. I had an AWD truck: a 1999 GMC C3, the forerunner to the Denali truck but without the rear wheel steering. GM used a viscous coupling as the center diff. It handled really well for a truck- far better than my 2016 Tundra 2wd. I don't know how well...

Banning wood stoves in new construction. Requiring EPA stoves would be fine. This is a local bay area one, in the populous counties but those have some far flung rural areas with lots of wood. Allowing stoves just in the rural areas would be fine too. Oxygenates (MTBE or ethanol) in gasoline...

I've lived much of my life around the san francisco bay area. It's a large urban/suburban area with prevailing winds from the west and mountains to the east. The air pollution gets trapped against the mountains and builds up. The visible air quality has improved since the '70s even though the...

They make a one way excluder just for that. You block the hole with it. The critters can go out but can't come back in. I used one when something was living in the old drainage system under the barn.

I think the Taijfun is like my Uniforest. Instead of the ratchet it's got a brake. You pull the brake rope to release the brake and latch it open so you can pull out cable. When you pull clutch rope to pull the log the brake unlatches but stays released. When you let go the clutch rope the...

I'd replace the snap ring with a new one. Once bent it'll bend back easier. Besides being bent the old one looks like it's worn on the bent side. The ring has a sharp and a rounded side. The pic looks like the sharp side except it looks beveled on the bent end. When installed the sharp side...

Yea I hope we get more rain this winter. I don't see many used PTO chippers for sale but the few I do see follow the trailer chipper pricing. You can probably sell a clean low hour unit for not that far off it's purchase price. I agree that larger throat chipper is good even if you're only...

I don't see how an extra 800 lbs will make that much difference in the ruts it leaves. If the ground is soft its going to leave ruts. I can't say how loading the tires on my Branson improved it because I got it that way, but it's very stable on side hills. You need rear ballast if you're...

My Branson has 32 hp at the PTO. I have a Woodmaxx 8H chipper. I can chip hardwood up to about 4" diameter without slowing the chipper feed. Above that I need to slow the feed down to about the minimum speed. I have chipped stuff close to the size that fits in the chipper but it was Madrone...

On spark ignition engines you can squirt a bit of oil into each cylinder and do the test again. The oil helps seal rings that aren't sealing well. So if the compression goes up you know it's the rings. If not it could be a leaking head gasket or valves. I don't know if the oil trick is ok...

How do you like the self-levelling loader?

While I like a lot of restored '60s and '70s muscle and sports cars I hate being around them in traffic. They pump out a lot of raw gas when idling. Phew! It'll curl your nose hairs. Same with tractors and other diesels. I don't like breathing stinky cancer causing diesel exhaust. Modern...

Well yes, but also no. You don't get a choice about your new car being connected or the new TV being "smart". People need cell phones in order to participate in modern society. Same with using Facebook or other sites. Yes you can drive an older car that's not connected, use a dumb phone and...

Advertisers track individual computers and phones too, using cookies, browser profiling, and trackers. For example this page has trackers from google, amazon-adsystem, fox news, doubleclick among others. If you browse while logged into Facebook in another window, Facebook records all your...

No tractors under 75hp use DEF. The limits are easier under 75hp and easier again under 25.5hp. Your Mahindra has a DOC and EFI. The DOC does not do regens like the usual DOC+DPF systems. But it's not really "less" emissions gear: it is designed to meet the same requirements.

Generac makes load shed devices that don't need the extra low voltage wiring back to the generator. And they work with any generator not just Generacs. You can set the preference order for the loads. They work by sensing the drop from 60hz that indicates the generator is struggling...

I do all my own maintenance. My dealer's 3 hours away. The ship me the filters. But I'd do it even if they were close. So far with two tractors the hardest things have been changing a PTO shaft seal and some hydraulic hoses (all on the used former machine). I used to rebuild and modify...

Hydraulic fluid (or rather tractor fluid) was the old spec. It proved insufficient in some cases and now 80w90 is the recommendation.

If they can run into a parked church van when it's parked they could do it when it's full of people. Reporting it is a civic responsibility. Hopefully the driver will get the help they need.

I put the saw head on the right side tractor floor next to the HST pedals pointing forwards with the bar sticking out past the steel and glass guard. Then hold it on with a bungy cord. It's not as good as the OP's well designed and thought out holder but until I make my own holder it'll do.

That seems kind of harsh for the guy powering his fridge and a couple lights using extension cords and a portable generator.

When we're running on generator I turn the generator off at night. Even in the summer the fridge and freezer stay cold enough overnight without power. When I get a whole house generator I'll be turning it off at night too.

Could probably use something like this for the end of the hose: https://www.summitracing.com/parts/rnb-924-284

No problem, I have been meaning to post about it for a while and I have time today. I put it in it's own thread so people in the future can find it.

The front axle vent on my ~4 year old 3725 leaked whenever I parked on even a slight rightward side slope. The vent is on the right axle knuckle. On newer 20 series it's in the center of the axle like it should be and none of this applies. My axle vent looks like this: When I complained to...

It will vary a lot depending on geographical area and on the supplier. Prices in my local area range from $2.75 to $4 per gallon. If you own your tank then shop around. If you rent then probably no other company will fill your tank. Some companies have programs where you sign up for a year...

That's not how it works. You adjust the box blade angle so it takes the cut you want in the dirt you are working with. When you need the rippers you lower them. Otherwise you raise them. Some companies make box blades with either manually or hydraulically operated ganged together rippers, so...

I need to take some pics and then I'll write up something.

Post a pic? I don't remember a hydraulic hose crossing under the trans or driveshaft on my 3725. Do you have dealer installed hydraulics?

Cloudy oil could be due to water in the oil. But it can also be due to tiny air bubbles. After going through all the valves with the 3pt last, the oil dumps into the transmission. It can entrain air then. The bubbles would be gone by the time the oil reaches the pickup point at the bottom of...

If there's a fuel valve, I turn it off and let the engine idle until it's used up the fuel in the carb. With chainsaws I dump the gas into a can, then start the saw and let it idle to run the carb dry. The old gas goes into the lawn mower or log splitter. OTOH my riding mower is 24 years old...

My backhoe attachment won't fit into the barn with the tractor and other attachments. Lately one of the joysticks has been getting sticky and not traveling as far in one direction as it used to. Today I took the valve stack off and looked under the rubber covers on the joysticks. Water must have...

Since the two sides are out of alignment when the cylinders are in the middle of their travel, that means that the timing tube in the middle is twisted. That might have been caused by one cylinder being 1/4" shorter than the other when retracted (or extended, I can't remember which it was)...

You can fill from the dipstick side too. I was having problems with oil leaking out the fill/vent when operating or parked on a side slope so I replaced the vent on the right with a swivel and hose to a reservoir. Now I use the dipstick side to fill. Some people have had problems with seals...

Didn't work for me either.

I have OPE that's been running E10 for 25 years on the original carb. In fact I have never replaced a carb in any of my small engines, and all I run is E10. I'd run E0 if it was available locally at a reasonable price, but it's not. I am however pretty good about running carbs dry when I store...

Tractor valve springs are weak compared to a drag car or any car. Valve springs are there to keep the valve in contact with the valve train as the valve is opened and the cam allows it to close. When the springs are too weak the valve will "float" which means that it stays open longer than the...

Once you're done cycling the loader a few times, shut down and check the fluid level. Since the tranmission holds some number of gallons (10 on my Branson), a quart or two is not going to change the level too much.

It looks like the shop manual has information on the codes, and it appears to cost $150. That is reasonable for a shop manual- it takes a lot of effort to write one, especially good ones like Kubota usually produces. The dealer's service dept responses do not give me much confidence in them...

The throttle on my 3725 was also adjusted way too tight. And the 3pt lever.

Googling the error codes and the vehicle can often turn up interesting information. (and often garbage as well). This is an interesting discussion: Codes popped up any help

What diameter are "bigger trees"? Few saws start on the first pull when cold. Two strokes just don't work that way. 60cc is a little small for a 24" bar. If you are using that bar a lot (and buried in wood not just diddling with the tip) you'll want more power. If you have a lot of trees to...

I made something like that for my tractor's front axle. The vent is on one end at the steering knuckle and if I parked the tractor on a side hill it would leak. My fix is an expensive hydraulic swivel to a vinyl tube to a reservoir I made from PVC pipe which has a vent cap on top. The tubing...

It's much more likely to be a bad sensor. Parts that integrate with the physical world are much less reliable than purely electronic parts. The computer may be clearing the errors on reboot because that's what it is programmed to do. Software is of course all garbage. But blindly replacing...

Not having a torque tube between the two SSQA halves seems like it would make attaching a front implement more difficult.

TSC has decent prices on gear and hydraulic oils. Or your local NAPA if you have ag in the area. I don't think you need anything special for either oil. Regular stuff that meets the specs should be fine.

They are totally not the same. I would not use tractor fluid in place of GL-4 80w-90. Gear oil has a bunch of additives to lower wear on the transmission parts, make synchros work better, etc. which are not in tractor fluid or not in the same amount. I assume your tractor does not have wet...

And under a digger pine too. They have hard dense cones that can weigh a couple pounds.