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Is there a tube between the two sides of the SSQA?

SS and Medicare are separate. My understanding is that you should apply for medicare as soon as you're eligible (age 65 but maybe a few months before that birthday) even if you're covered under an employer plan. There are penalties for signing up late. This stuff should be simple and automatic...

Filters, oil and tools for the 50 hour service. Don't forget a drain pan large enough to hold the transmission fluid. Trying to swap a full 5 gallon bucket while oil is pouring out will probably make mess. A shop manual. If your tires are filed, a tire gauge for filled tires (it's spring...

When the cylinders are at either end of their travel they should be exactly the same length. You can measure them. If they're not then something is wrong inside one of them, like the piston came loose from the rod. If they are the same length then the loader or SSQA frame is bent.

I don't know about Branson or other tractors but many modern car and truck temp "gauges" are really three stage idiot lights. Cold, normal, hot. They even have damping between the stages to make it look like a real gauge. An OBD2 reader in a car/truck will show the actual value from the sensor.

If you have internet in the house, turn on wifi calling in the phone. Most cell providers allow it.

When I picked it up to move it, it was pretty rank. At least it came up in mostly one piece. The leach field's not that far from the house and we kept getting whiffs of dead deer and thinking maybe it was the leach field (though it doesn't smell normally). It took a few days for me to put...

At my propane price and accounting for the efficiency of our wood stove and propane furnace, I figure a cord of wood replaces about $850 worth of propane. That's valuing my time at zero of course. If my land didn't generate more wood that I need just from trees that fall or need to be cut, it'd...

Yes that is correct. Also most if not all "DPF" systems actually have both a DOC and a DPF. Look at for example the parts list for a Kubota L4060. My Branson also has both. Both DOC and DOC+DPF systems do "pasive regeneration" when the engine get it hot enough because it's working hard. The...

Branson, LS and Kioti all make at least one model that competes. I found the L01 series to be pretty bare bones in terms of features. For example one feature I wanted was independent PTO so I would not have to get on the tractor to turn the PTO on and off like I did on my previous tractor...

Yes the turbo need to cool down for shutdown if it was spooling hard. But the OP was asking about idling all the time. Many modern turbo engines have after run coolant pumps specifically to cool the turbo after shutting the engine down so you don't need to let it idle.

Many of the car warranties immediately return a good chunk of the warranty price to the sales person as commission. Unlike the original manufacturer, the warranty company has little interest in repeat business or their reputation. So they have more incentive to find a way to avoid covering...

Crashes and mechanical problems also had something to do with ending the Concorde. "Boom" is not a good name for an airplane company.

For a diesel it's the opposite- it stays too cold. Diesels don't have throttles to restrict air flow. They're wide open all the time. The power is varied by changing the amount of fuel only. This means that diesels are cold when they are idling. That's probably not good for a non DPF engine...

If the threads are shorter don't use it. The threads in the head will carbon up. Then if you install the correct length the plug can dislodge the carbon into the engine or get stuck or damage the other threads as you force it in. Also if it's shorter the business end will be down in a hole...

There are so many times that I inch the tractor. For example while curling the grapple forwards before closing the jaws. For pallet forks it's important to go really slow so you don't damage anything. The controls are limited compared to a fork lift and so is the visibility. I'm very glad I got...

There was a 40-something hp 15 series with a turbo four or so years ago, I saw it on the dealer's lot.

That's more plausible than my theory. Especially if it happens more when the level in the tank is low.

Before we signed up with SPUG (see Peter's link) we used a deal that the propane provider had: we'd sign up for a year and they'd set a fixed price for that year. Sometimes the spot price would drop below that level but often it was above. The propane company got the benefit of consistent...

Lift pump going out?

I found links to owners and shop manuals but they want $$ for them. You might find one or both useful. The shop manual was $70 or so which is a lot less than I paid for the Branson manual. If your Montana was made by Branson then you're probably good with a premium fluid like Chevron THF1000...

You need to develop a feel for when the tractor is losing traction and back off before it digs in. Sometimes I look at the tires- if the tread is moving and the tractor isn't, they're spinning and it's time to try something else. Our dirt is a mix of sand and loam and can have very little...

It is much better but it's still too many stems/acre, at least in that pic.

Every five hours seems excessive. Are you keeping the rpms up in the recommended operating range? DPF tractors need to be worked and not idled much. It could be that your DPF is too clogged and is not getting full cleaned. There may be a malfunction in the regen system but more likely the DPF...

Turkey vultures also circle around food. It can be hard to tell the difference but often they will go lower if it's food. We had a dead deer on the leach field a couple years back and the vultures kept coming by real low. They did not land, maybe because there was not a good path for takeoff...

It's a cap.

It'd be interesting to see what's in the filter and the bottom of the tank. Just debris from the pump, or more?

On an independent electric over hydraulic PTO like this there is often a PTO brake which will be on when the PTO is off. So you won't be able to turn the PTO stub on the tractor with the PTO off. On my Branson the PTO has an additional two speed transmission with a neutral. If that trans is...

That's how it is with geared transmissions no matter what kind of clutch or shuttle. A given gear + range at a fixed rpm will deliver a fixed speed. HST lets you vary the tractor speed in each range while keeping the PTO speed the same. If you're already in low range, that's as slow as its...

I sharpened my Woodmaxx 8H knives for the first time. I have two sets and rotate every 20 hours so one set gets me 40 hours. The first set I sharpened by using machinists blue and an angle grinder. The blue was to ensure that I hit all of the ground edge so I could keep it at about the same...

That's been the case for us for the last 20+ years. Our USPS folks both in the local office and on routes are competent but the gate stops them. We have some days with no mail but I think that's due to less junk mail. We get all the regular mail we expect on time.

A quick glance at the McCormick specs. The 37 is a four cylinder vs the 3620's three. It's probably a larger displacement engine. The 37 has a much lower loader capacity, around 1400 lbs vs 2800 for the Branson. I'd verify that as it sounds low for that size machine. When I bought my Branson I...

I can't see it in the diagram but having the combustion chamber external to the rotors could address the rotary's biggest problem (once the tip seals were solved): a poor combustion chamber shape. A chamber that's the shape of a watermelon rind is inefficient and generates a lot of pollution.

Stihl chain code guide: https://www.arborist.com/assets/File/STIHL-Saw-Chain-Selection-Identification(1).pdf I think "Super" is full chisel and "Micro" is semi. "Picco" is narrow tooth, used for what other companies call 3/8 Low Profile and the tiny 1/4" chains

On my Branson both the level sight window and the fill for the trans fluid is on the back of the transmission by the PTO and 3pt hitch. To check the level put the tractor on a level surface, lower the loader and 3pt and turn it off. Wait 5 minutes. If your trans fluid is not dyed then it can...

While I worked on a lot of vehicles back in the old days there's a lot of advantages to new ones. Cars and trucks and some tractors have OBD2 ports and will tell you what's wrong! That's so much better than the '60s and '70s. Computers are far more reliable than mechanical parts that wear out...

The key feature to the safety chain that's the first in John's post is the bumper that extends back from the rivet. When the chain bends around the nose of the sprocket the end of the bumper sticks out above the depth gauge so the tooth cuts less (or not at all). That reduces kickback from...

Yep, we had that happen too and there were racoon tracks to id the perpetrator.

The people to hate are the ones running the telemarketing company. They hire folks who are down on their luck and have no other options. Pay is terrible as you'd expect. I've had family members do that work when they had to, and they got out as soon as they found something better. So I'm not...

Summit makes a generic true 3rd function kit that has a quality loader knob with switches. You'll need to adapt the brackets and buy hoses. It's around $500 depending on options.

The cruise is an electromagnet that holds the HST pedal in place. It takes about half a second to engage. Too quick a stab at the button and it won't turn on. I think there is an adjustment for how close the magnet is to the HST pedal arm. If it's too far away it would not hold as well and the...

I considered a Ventrac as our land is on quite a slope (avg 33% from the high end to the low end). But the attachments are limited and did not completely match my needs. One of the main needs was running a PTO chipper for brush and tree tops. I don't think the Ventrac would be good for that...

I think that using chain lube for street motorcycles, carefully, would be the way to go. That kind of lube is made to stick to chains moving at high speeds.

Here, all of the delivery services will sometimes report stuff delivered that wasn't. It usually shows up a day or two later. FedEx is particularly bad but all of them except USPS do it. I think the drivers are under too much pressure to perform and either can't make it out here or don't want...

I got a set of pallet forks from Palletforks.com. Man have they have gone up in price since then! When I got them I didn't have much of a plan for using them other than lifting implements out of my truck bed and not very often at that. But since then I started stacking firewood in IBC totes...

Thanks for posting that link. I wish they'd update the manual to make it more readable but a video is better than nothing. Gordon I don't think there is a way to turn off the automatic brake.

With bar oil you get a sludge of sawdust and oil on the saw. If you run used oil, it's a sludge of sawdust and dirty used oil.

Double or triple up the sprockets using slightly smaller sprockets so the teeth don't interfere with the chain on the drive sprocket. Or (more work) grind the teeth off of sprockets the same size.

There's going to be shortages until we beat covid globally. People who are sick or dead can't go to their factory jobs to make stuff. They can't drive trucks or crew ships either.

I have successfully used Cinch traps on moles. They are harder to trap than gophers so I have to be more persistent. It's taken some practice to get reasonably good at it. Part of my problem is figuring out if it's a gopher or mole, and then for moles, finding an active run to place the trap in...

I'd at least get quotes for improving the ducting. It might be less than you think. We had an energy audit done for our house which cost $600 but told us what improvements would be the most cost effective. Sometimes there are programs for free or low cost audits. We ended up getting a bunch...

I've yet to see a saw (or any two stroke) with a magnesium cylinder. Mag cases are common. On homeowner saws like the 170 the cylinder and the top half of the crankcase is one piece and is aluminum. The bottom half of the crankcase is a simple curved plate that bolts on. That "pan" is...

Turn the knob under the seat counter clockwise. It controls the lowering speed of the 3pt.

No. Yes. There's a lot of BS about California in the media. If you hear something that sounds outrageous it's probably wrong. Beowulf for a whole home generator your county may want a load calc and load sheds for big loads that may exceed the generator's capacity. Ours does and I do not...

Does the well pump into a tank which feeds the house via gravity? If so you could use a sub panel and transfer switch to run the well pump every few days or so off a portable generator, and that might let you run off solar and batteries. This probably would not work if you have a pressure tank...

The new 20 series have the ability to run manual regens if needed. One of a number of improvements over the last generation of 20/25 series like mine. But the data recorder now controls more features. Gutting the DPF causes an error light on the dash and unplugging the data recorder disables...

I got a Uniforest 35M (7700lb pull) for my 3725. For those who don't know Branson's line it is the same as the OP's 4225 except for 5 less hp from engine tuning. The next step up 45M with 9900 lbs seemed like it'd be too much. I've yet to pull any really big logs, only up to 20", and that was...

Rotary cutters (rough and finish) have fairly low inertia. Flail mowers would have more. But that's only an issue when starting the mower turning. Once the mower is turning at full speed it does not matter. Flails would take more hp per foot in the same grass than a brush hog since they...

Square ground (or filed) looks like this: Round filed/ground looks like: Chisel/semi chisel is the shape of the corner of the tooth where it bends from vertical to horizontal. Chisel has a sharp crease so the filed edge of the tooth is a point. Semi is rounded over. The corner of the...

Semi vs full chisel has only seemed a small difference to me as well. But when cutting larger wood it adds up.

"taking the lane" in the activist cycling litterature means taking it all the time, not waiting until a car is behind you. I agree that moving out into the middle of the lane suddenly as a car approaches is a bad idea. However as a driver I have seen it only rarely. Until a few years ago I was...

When you wear a chain down often the hard chrome on the top of the teeth will be worn away from the cutting edge. When you sharpen you have to remove enough material to get the chrome all way way to the edge. Otherwise it may feel sharp but it will dull fast.

I'm unclear, are the stables on the private road (or have an easement to use it) or are they just using it with no easement? If they're on it or have an easement then they should be contributing to road maintenance however the residents arrange that. That makes them at least somewhat...

We're at 31 inches for this rain year. Last year it was 23 for the whole year. So we're already better than last year. 45-50 is "normal". The ground can only soak up rain so fast. A lot of rain in a short time like we got in December means more of that rain runs off and ends up in ponds and...

I have a Kodiak 5' LD. It's worked well except for two issues. We have a lot of football sized rocks in our soil. Once the back edge of the mower pulled one of those up and it got into the blades. Since then on about half the times I start up there's a serious vibration. I think one of the...

Wouldn't an RV shop know how to purge a tank for an RV? Van Specialties in Portland does a lot of Sprinter and similar van conversions. Most newer ones are full electric but they probably can tell you who can do this if they can't do it themselves.

This is a good publication from the forest service on air drying wood: https://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/fplgtr/fplgtr117.pdf

The compression ratio spec is usually the mechanical compression ratio of volume at BDC divided by volume at TDC. There are a number of effects that can end up cramming more fuel/air into the cylinder than the mechanical ratio would indicate. There is a ram air effect in the intake where the...

If you are deadlifting 300 lb chunks of wood onto the splitter I salute you. I quarter the big rounds. If I can carry the log to my processing area with the tractor I lift each split five times before it goes into the stove. For my usual 2.5 cords of hardwood per winter that's something over 30...

I think it depends on the stove. My EPA I non cat stove does not like wood that's wet. The manual says under 15% and they're right. For my climate and wood species that means at least one summer split and stacked, preferably two. Some species like Eucalyptus need two at a minimum to burn...

A .063 chain would not fit at all in a .050 bar, while I described the chain fitting and binding when tightened. The bad chain measures at .048 to .050. The known good chains I measured were .046 to .048. The variations are likely partially due to manufacturing tolerances and part due to my...

I got some highly touted Chinese chain on Amazon recently. The gullets have a noticeably larger radius than the file does. So the first filing will be a lot of work before I even get to making it sharper. Maybe I'll use the grinder first to get closer. It'll be a while though as the chain...

All the safety chain I have is full chisel: Stihl 63PS3 (3/8 LP) and RS3 (3/8). That's what came on a couple saws (plus I bought more, especially the 63PS3 which is really good). Maybe it's a regional thing?

I could see only stocking anti kickback "safety" chain if you don't have pro customers, or only selling safety chain to non professional customers. When I go to my local dealer and ask for a chain without specifying, they will give me safety chain. But as far as I know chisel/semi chisel does...

I thought it was so obvious that it didn't need that. I'm envious of all the government and community programs for forest improvement that y'all have back east. There's little like that here. All we get is free chipping and even then they just spray the chips into the woods next to the road.

I don't think there's supposed to be play on these....

Wait, "income" tax is on your gross revenue? I've been doing it wrong all these years!

Any forestry supplier like Baileys will carry it. But I'm surprised that it's not available locally as it's pretty common.

If you can find the part numbers and the parts you can buy a higher output piston and stop for many Stihl oil pumps. I did that for my 460 as it did not put out enough oil for a 32" bar that I use for big trees. The one problem with that is that if you turn the oiler up to high you may run out...

I was looking at the Yokohama Geolandar A/T G015 which is a fairly street oriented A/T.

I'd want to see the Manual J load calc and Manual S sizing that the HVAC contractor did. (or some alternate method other than guessing or what's in the warehouse). 6 tons for a modern well insulated and sealed 3200 sq ft house seems like a lot. Where you are (not too cold) heat pumps or even...

The factory tires on my Tundra are getting close to worn out. They're P-metric tires. Looking at tires I see P-metric, metric and LT tires. This is a 2wd truck which sees some dirt roads but not a lot and nothing difficult. Which type should I go with? The factory Bridgestone Dueler H/Ts are...

Properly sharpened anti kickback chains do not cut any slower than regular chain, except when making bore cuts. The anti-kickback feature sticks up and reduces the raker depth when the chain is bent around the nose of the bar. That's how it reduces kickback. On the flat part of the bar it's...

I use that location to fill oil as access to the the fill cap on the valve cover is blocked by the DPF. It's not just a fill point though. The shop manual shows an oil pump inside that part of the case.

Some newer saws put out less oil than the old ones did. So they need better bar oil. Dedicated bar oil has tackifiers to make it stick to the bar better. I've seen arguments that some of the bar oil gets sprayed out in fine droplets by the chain and the operator breathes some. That's one of...

My old Kubota had the basic turnbuckle 3pt hitch and it was a pain. My Branson has extendable links which help a lot, and top and tilt hydraulics that I can reach (barely) from behind the tractor. I did not get those for hooking up but they make it even easier.

I operate my grapple with a rear remote located on the fender near the joystick. I never "feather" the remote. It's full on until the lids stop crushing whatever is in them. The lids don't move all that fast. Maybe because I have a dual lid grapple with two cylinders. Eventually I will make...

A "mild" case of Covid can include the loss of taste/smell, lack of energy, brain fog, and breathing problems. Sometimes ongoing (long covid). Mild just means you didn't have to stay in the hospital and go on a ventilator. The "mild" symptoms people are reporting are serious enough to make me go...

Mobil Delvac is the new name for 424. I used that last time. If it was me I'd get that from TSC if that's convenient. It's not dyed though so go slow adding it so the level does not go over the top of the glass. Looking at the manual earlier today I spotted that there is a drain plug for the...

There should be a knob in the operator's station under the seat. Turn it out to make the 3pt descend faster.

The power beyond port should feed the downstream valves. "out" would go to the tank.

I'd use "premium tractor fluid". Which is an imprecise definition at best. My manual says to use Texaco TDF or 1893.I think the shop manual says Chevron THF500 or 1000. I can't find what 1893 is. There are equivalence pages on the internet for Texaco TDF and Chevron THF. If you have good...

I have a couple theories: Some new chains come with a profile under the cutting edge that does not match the curve of the file, at least not where the guide positions the file. So you're recurving the profile when you file which can be kind of grabby until you've filed a few times and made the...

I talked to my insurance agent. The tractor (and impements? I forgot to ask) is covered when it's on my property. The UTV is not, so it has its own policy.

My dealer is 250 miles away. I've been there twice- once to test drive, once to pick up a used backhoe. The dealer ships parts. So far all I have needed is filters. The routine maintenance is not hard if you're used to working on vehicles.

Also the side of the clip with sharper edges should face outwards. If you lose it again, then you need to do all of the above and safety wire the clip.

Ideally what you want for the grapple is a 3rd function or diverter with buttons on the joystick and quick connects out on the loader. And for the top link you need a rear remote with a lever in the operator's station. You can make do with a remote for the 3rd function and hydraulic hoses run...

Be aware that with the current 20 series, if you gut the DPF, the dash indicator lights will stay lit. No one currently knows how to make them go out. Its not like the older ones where it didn't care. Better to keep it all intact until it causes a problem. The problems some people were having...

It's just not as good as interacting in person though. Not only is the barrier to contacting someone a little higher, it's harder for most people to get their thoughts across remotely, especially in writing. I went mostly remote five years ago when I got tired of the commute from my place in...

JIS cross head are indeed subtly different than SAE Phillips. It's something you learn from working on motorcycles. See JIS Cross Head Screws and Drivers | Peter Verdone Designs The heads on JIS screws on '60a and '70s Japanese motorcycles were pretty soft and easily stripped, especially...

I saw that last year. Some people I know who work in tech moved to the country. Prices of places in California went up and time on market went down. But prices have stabilized and time on market is back up. So at least out here, I think a lot of the people who moved already did so. Most big...

Engine off, correct?

I think the ever increasing number of gears in automatics is more for marketing competition than anything else. If you only have 6 or 8 and the competition has 10, they have better numbers than you do. Some people factor that into their buying decision. One thing that does improve the EPA...

My 3725 did not have a screen either. I think the factory stopped fitting them at some point.

I'd look for the manufacturer info on the valve and ask them, or look up their docs. The log splitter company just buys whatever valve is cheapest at the time.

I don't have any links saved. There's a search function for the forum.

Both are detents. With a plain detent, the flow goes out one work port to the implement and the other port goes to tank just like it would with a non detent valve with the lever pushed all the way to the stop. It just stays there without a bungie cord. With the float, both work ports go to...

I suggest getting an adjustable restrictor valve (or two of them) instead of the orifice, and put them on the tractor side. Then they will be useful for all your implements. They make one way (free flow the other direction) and two way valves...

Many of our old windows had the seal broken. Dual pane windows from the '80s were not the best. And some of them had the sash counter weight springs broken too, so they would not stay up. They were not very good quality windows. The builder of our house cheaped out on a lot of things. When we...

Put a tee in the tank line coming off the loader valve. You can do it either at the loader valve or where it goes into the transmission case. But that's under the seat area and I'm not sure how easy it is to get to. The 3pt valve is inside the transmission case. The tank port just dumps out...

The range transmission is after the HST on my Branson. The newer models have a four speed range trans with an H pattern shifter instead of the clunky in line shifter on mine. And it's got synchromesh so you can shift while moving. I think that applies only to the gear models though as the HSTs...

The solenoid valve for a 3rd function is under $200. Besides that you need hoses, wiring and a switch on the joystick, same as you'd need for this 12v thing. So it's not going to save you anything, and you'll get worse performance and more maintenance from it. You don't need to use the...

Replacing the lousy prefab fireplace that made the house colder when used with an EPA zero clearance stove. Not only did it let us get rid of the ugly fake rock surround that took up too much floor space, we can use the firewood that our land generates to warm the house. Second would be...

When a web site gets breached and the password hashes are stolen, the attackers or people they sell the hashes to use programs that streamline the process of guessing the passwords that were used to generate the hashes. An account with a known password is worth more on the markets where these...

Knowing what I know now I'd have spent multiples of $1000 to get 12hp more. I could use that for the PTO chipper. For everything else I do 37hp is enough. Dang those are big tires!

For hemp some mold might be ok. The important thing is the hemp fiber in the stem, which has to be extracted by pounding the stems. Pesticides or herbicides might be ok at some level too, at least for non organic. Hemp is actually great stuff- it's super strong and durable, and the plant grows...

When you raise the 3pt the valve diverts flow to the cylinders inside the transmission case. The fluid fills them and pushes a piston which turns a shaft that exist the transmission case and rotates the arms to pull up the 3pt linkage. When the 3pt is not moving, all the flow from it goes out...

It might take some force to make the spool move directly. The joystick gives you leverage that you won't have when moving the spool in and out by hand.

The flow goes through all the valves in series. Pump -> loader -> 3pt. On each valve the flow goes out the tank port or PB port if the valve has PB, and on to the next valve. Unless the valve is actuated, then flow goes out the work ports. When you operate the 3pt, the pressure to run that...

There are seven hoses to the valve. The four hoses to the loader are quick detaches so that's easy. None of the other three should drain or siphon the tank unless the tank line comes in low on the transmission. I'm pretty sure it doesn't. I think it goes into the top of the trans case. The...

The tank port on this valve is rated for 725 psi. Your tractor goes to about 2500. If you plumb the tank port into the 3pt (which is what you'd do if you put it in the BH loop) you'll damage the valve the first time you pick up something heavy on the 3pt. You need to get it with a PB port and...

You may want to put that splitter on a platform to get it at a comfortable working height. I have no idea how well it works but Swisher has a 22 ton electric model. Supposedly it will work on 120v but need a 20a outlet. I've needed the full 28 tons of my Oregon splitter at times. Some of our...

A friend of mine farms soybeans in Missouri. A couple years ago his fields got oversprayed with Dicambra. He lost most of his crop. He could not prove who did it so he could not claim on their insurance. It's a good thing farming isn't his only source of income. I lived in the "Emerald...

Oh I forgot one who survived but has long covid. What's interesting is that those four are the only people I know who have gotten it. If you go by my anecdotal data, it's 50% fatal and 50% major suffering! That is of course a much higher number than the worst actual statistics I have seen (i.e...

Two who died, and a co worker who was hospitalized but survived and was in rough shape for months.

I plugged my USB borescope into a laptop. The picture on the laptop is in real time. It was a bit of a pain to balance the laptop on top of the chipper while using the borescope to find the bolt, but it worked. A tablet would be better and would give a much better view than a tiny 2" screen...

I bought a $20 one that plugs into the USB port on a computer. It works pretty well. Last year I accidentally dropped a knife bolt inside the pto chipper. They provide an access door but the bolt was on the other side of the rotor which is a close fit in the housing. I made a tool by taping...

The warranty's already expired? Husqvarna TS354XD has a K66 transmission instead of the K46 in your Deere.

Maybe you could use stainless safety wire to grip the housing and keep it from pulling out. I'd use .035 or .040 wire and twist the heck out of it with safety wire pliers to get it tight on the housing, then run the wires up to the threaded part and tie them off around it. Then do that a few...

When using GPS to check against Google maps (or probably any maps) there are two different sources of error: the gps telling you where you are when you're trying to find the lines, and the maps. Often the maps have property lines or ROWs offset by 10-30' from where they ought to be. It's easy to...

If you add bends to the cable routing that will add friction. That may be better than a non working loader though!

You got it. Center position on the valve spool is off. You want the joystick to be in the center then as well. If for example you made the housing an inch longer with the same cable, center on the joystick would pull the cable and the spool an inch from the center position. If your repair...

Yes the bonnet is how you adjust the amount of free play in the cable. Screwing it out effectively makes the housing longer which since the cable stays the same length, would reduce cable free play.

Maybe the concept would work but since the chippers are not clones or even all that similar, you'd have to make it specific to the Woodland Mills design.

The cables are pull/push. So not only do you need to get the housing properly seated in the ferrule, but you need to get it to stay in there when the cable is being pushed and the housing wants to pull out. I looked at my 3725's valve and it's got the allen screws holding in the "hat" and the...

My '90s Kubota B7100 had that, minus the set screws.

Between a Branson 3620 and a Kubota L01 I'd pick the Branson hands down. In fact I did. Except for the fuel injection the L01s are rather primitive. The weight and loader capacity difference is significant.

I've chipped a good amount of Madrone, which grows any way except straight. I've found branches that grew into a 360 degree loop. I've been surprised at how well the Woodmaxx 8H handles that stuff. It helps to chip it when it's green and bends more readily but it still handles it pretty well...

I have the large one. The one drawback is that no matter how I tilt it there's always some fuel left in the unfiltered top part.

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Usually the momentary switch is on the loader joystick so it takes just the one hand. You could use a different kind of switch if you wanted. If it's going to be energized for long periods of time you'd need a diverter rated for 100% duty cycle but that should not be hard to find.

You can get a brushcutter blade for the Stihl if its a reasonably powerful unit. That stuff looks like a blade would chop it up well.

What you want is called a "diverter". It has six ports. Flow goes in/out of one set and is directed to set B when the coil is energized and set A when it's not. You'd connect it to the hoses coming off your loader valve to the curl cylinders. Set A would go on to the curl cylinders, set B...

Even if inflation is zero, as long as you can invest the money you'd use to pay off the loan in something that returns anything, you'd come out ahead doing that. Many zero percent loans really are zero percent. The company is effectively paying the interest though their rate is lower than a...

I'm not 100% sure that both ends of ours are Nimco but the joystick on my 3725 sure looks the same.

valve end: joystick end:

I think it's shortline parts who has a video on youtube explaining how to disassemble and reassemble the joystick and replace the triangle piece. The cables may thread into the valve and you'd have to do that when the cable is removed from the joystick. I think the valve comes apart too. A...

Lou your description is correct. That looks like "compressionless" housing- instead of the metal wire in the housing being a spiral, which compresses, it's mostly parallel wires. I've used a smaller version for bicycle derailleur cables. This one looks like it's got a thin spiral on the...

LocTite 545 is the stuff to use on NPT hydraulic threads. Also make sure the sub plate bolts are torqued down to the correct value.

Amazon. It's NLA there. Surplus Center shows an 8 gpm valve: https://www.surpluscenter.com/Brands/Wolverine/1-2-NPT-0-8-GPM-Wolverine-Flow-Control-W-1950-8-9-8994-50-8.axd but no 5 gpm.

$90 is cheap for a shop manual these days. I'd get it. Especially as Kubota manuals are pretty well written.

We have Sudden Oak Death here. Like an idiot I chipped a SODs killed tan oak near some live oaks I wanted to keep, and biggest best one died. Now I either chip SODs stuff far away from any succeptible trees or cut it and crush it with the grapple into a slash pile.

The Woodmaxx 8H had a lever that you can use to raise the upper roller. It's one of the reasons I went with it instead of the Woodland Mills though it was really close and in a lot of ways the WM looks like a better unit. On the 8H the springs are adjustable with an eye bolt on one end. The...

It might be easiest to unbolt the springs and then use a pry bar or vice grips to raise the roller. I have had to undo the springs when removing stuck branches from my Woodmaxx 8H.

I've had the same experience with heavy logs in the grapple. And also being able to lift something only part way. It's normal. The loader is designed so it has the most lift capacity at ground level and the least when raised up all the way. The relief will open just enough to limit the...

That's not true of some of the Douglas Fir I have cut and split.... big pockets of pitch all throughout the wood. Old trees seem to do this more than young ones. I ended up throwing out a lot of that pitchy fir when I saw how much it gunked up the stove.

I assume his deal with RK lasted a year and after that they took the tractors back. That's how it works with motorcycle and car magazines. You get units to review for a certain time. Sometimes it's a long term review, sometimes it's not. Some magazines buy some long term cars, I think Car...

Is the shift lever (or another lever) boot torn or missing, and the tractor is out in the rain? That's one way water gets in. Use tractor fluid rather than hydraulic fluid. It's better on wet brakes and clutches. Not sure if your brakes are wet but it won't hurt and does not cost much more...

I used the video below, and the PTO shaft manual when shortening the shaft for the winch I got recently. https://tractortoolsdirect.com/blog/pto-shaft-cutting-secrets-revealed/ Since the shaft is short I did not leave the usual 40mm/2in of free space as that would make the length of the mating...

How often will you go to the dealer? Typical home use is 100 hours a year or less. You will need to do an annual engine oil change and transmission oil change every few years. That's like one trip a year to the dealer at most. My dealer's 3 hours away. I have been there twice in four years...

We have raised beds. The cover crop works there too. You have to turn it under by hand but that's not hard.

We have a box by the gate. Half the time the package is on the ground near the box. The delivery companies put drivers on a super aggressive schedule, so they are in a hurry. It doesn't matter that we saved them time. Drivers have told us that their delivery companies GPS track them and want...

You can get an inverter AC window unit. Either U shaped or regular. Basically a cooling only mini split in a single unit.

My wife the gardener swears by cover crops. Legumes especially as they put nitrogen into the soil.

So shortsighted of management to treat any employees that way, let alone scarce and highly paid ones. I bet upper management gets plenty of leeway on their vacation.

Lower the 3pt hitch too. There's a gallon or more in all the cylinders. Once you find the level you can decide if you want it to be correct when the cylinders hold their least volume or most or something in between. Assuming the manual does not say (mine doesn't). Make sure the surface the...

Guests could not use GPS to find our place 10 years ago. The maps either did not show us or were wrong. Now it works for the most part. The stuff keeps getting better. While I'm not a fan of self driving cars as I write software for a living and know how bad it is, I know of one demographic...

There's no requirement to record everyone coming in and out of your proposed community gate. But maintaining and giving access to that gate could be a real headache though. There's also the consideration of emergency services folks being able to get past the gate. Electric gate controllers can...

Most likely one or more seals have failed. They can fail on their own or because the bearings are going bad and the play has damaged the seals.

My wife loves gardening so all I have to do is help with the more physical parts. This year we prepared an area I leveled last year and it was super productive. Peppers and especially tomatoes are so much better from the garden than even the farmer's market let alone the grocery store. So I...

The "wild ass" logger pants from Baileys are great (except for the name). You can get them in double front which are super durable though hot in the summer. The material is much thicker than modern Levis and they last much longer and they cost less. They come with buttons for suspenders but if...

If it looks better than the seed I planted it's no longer a "weed". I haven't had that happen yet. I got some Dallisgrass weed seed in some grass seed I overseeded with some years ago. I've been battling it since. It's more durable than fescue and grows faster but it looks terrible. The only...

Two t posts and a roll of 5' hog wire fencing has always worked for us. The deer push it around some but our deer aren't smart enough or hungry enough to go to the next step like yours are. If it didn't work, I'd do four posts, stretch the fencing tight and use the usual wire clips to hold it...

Interesting that your ins co inspects. I had the State Farm agent out once in 25 years and he only looked at the house. Cal Fire's been out twice and all they did was glance around, say "looks ok" and give me a blue reflector for the hydrant. OTOH our county's air pollution rules make burning...

I like logger boots for this kind of work. The ones with the small heel. That makes it easier to walk down steep hills. I use mine when hiking on the steeper hills on my property even without the chainsaw because they work so much better than regular work boots. Steel toes for chainsaw use of...

I think all tractor engines are so understressed and overbuilt that the difference in displacement between models in the same size class is pretty much meaningless when it comes to durability. A 3/4 ton diesel truck makes about 3x the HP per liter and those can go for hundreds of thousands of...

I park a tote behind the garage and fill plastic bins from it to bring inside. When I'm filling the bins I knock the dirt, loose bark and bugs off the splits. There's been a lot of bugs lately as we have a lot of box elder bugs this year and they like the covered tote.

I'm a member of the 460 club too. The longer bar will have slightly more friction. So the chain speed may be a bit slower if you did not tune the carb. If you did, it will be the same but there will be still be a little less power to do the cutting so the saw will bog a little easier. I have...

Digger pines and acreage, you're not in San Francisco. :) If you're somewhere like the San Antonio Valley then yea, renting will be a huge pain. For those not from there, it's at least 45 min on very twisty roads to any civilization. Chipping tree trunks in a smaller chipper is not going to...

I have a Woodmaxx 8H on a tractor with 32 PTO HP. It will chip hardwoods up to about 6" or so with the feed turned down all the way. I could use 10hp more when doing that. If you're using a BX23 it's not going to be able to chip much. An 80' high digger pine will have a lot of trunk that's...

Even if you never chip anything over 4" the larger opening means less trimming of branches and irregular shaped pieces.

The lids have about 80-90 degrees of rotation. It's a 60" EA Wicked dual lid. Here's their page: https://www.everythingattachments.com/Wicked-Root-Grapple-by-Everything-Attachments-p/eta-wrg-cmp.htm If that's not useful I can post a video.

I paid $3.59 ea for 8' 2x4s last week and Home Despot had a lot of them. Looks like the lumber profiteering is over.

The cylinders that operate the lids are on the other ends of the hoses, and they pivot open and closed which would twist the hoses. And the hoses from the tractor into the tees also pivots the tees as you dump and curl the grapple. The tees fit into brackets on the grapple that let them pivot...

Oh that's going to be some work all right. The way I look at it, having the right tools for dealing with trees means I don't have to hire tree services to deal with them (except the risky trees or ones that involve climbing- my tree climbing days are over). The rates they charge around here are...

Yep all four hoses have them. But they don't look like live swivels (below).

My grapple came with what's supposed to be hydraulic swivels on the hoses where they attach to the grapple. They don't look like what I have used elsewhere as live swivels: They're NPT male non-live (dead?) male swivels into female tees. The kind of swivels that are used to keep from twisting...

The pivot link allows only so much travel. Is he backing up to steep banks or something similar that would bottom out the link? Or operating with the link already well into its travel? Even with the link bottomed out the 3pt should allow the deck to get pushed up. So there shouldn't be that...

here ya go: https://www.baileysonline.com/stihl-26rs-325-x-063-rapid-super-chainsaw-chain.html Your local shop should have it in stock or at least be able to get it and make you some loops. Though I often use Bailey's house brand. It does not stay sharp quite as long but it's close, it costs...

Has anyone else had a hydraulic leak from their EA grapple? One of the hose swivels on my 60" dual lid Wicked grapple failed.

Any 81 link loop of .063 .325 chain will work. Baileys lists four different chains for that, three of which are non safety. Including Stihl 26RS which your dealer should be able to get for you. Some folks convert that to 3/8 with a new bar sprocket and chain. But .325 being narrower will cut...

The problem with saw larger than needed for the job isn't when you're bucking in a nice clean wood lot where it's easy to move around and the saw's in wood most of the time anyhow, it's when you have to hike in or put down and pick up and restart the saw a bunch of times while you're moving...

Yes, but when you remove the loader you'll have to cut the cable ties that are holding the hoses in place along the loader arm and you'll have to coil up the hoses and put them somewhere on the tractor where they won't cause trouble. If the drawings are accurate it looks like the hoses use JIC...

Maybe you and the owner have already tried this but make sure the bolt on the pivot link is not too tight. My mower has a similar link. It's easy to over tighten that bolt and make the link solid, especially when it's fully extended as in the pic. I give the pivot a shot of spray grease every so...

Your Branson dealer should be able to help you with the connector size and type for the tractor side. Summit should have provided a spec that tells you what size the fittings are on the 3rd function. The kit I looked up on their site says to use JIC 1/2" hoses (most commonly female both ends)...

If that's a goal make sure whatever you get has a rear differential (hopefully with a switchable locker). My Pioneer doesn't have a diff and I didn't think it would be a big deal. I don't drive it on the lawn much, but I have done it a few times and I need to make wide turns when I do. The...

The "oh and a friend and shotguns and a stand" after you already agreed to conditions should make it an immediate hard no. This guy clearly won't respect boundaries and his friends would be worse.

My guess is the computer wants the differential pressure sensor to see a pressure difference within a certain range. It should be higher on the engine side of the DPF. Try leaving the tailpipe side open to the air and the engine side plugged in. You may get lucky and that difference would be...

I disagree with that. My land is steep and wooded. I can take our Honda Pioneer 700 places I'd never take a truck. I had a beater Toyota 4x4 for a while and it was pretty much useless on our land. It's too steep and the ground is too sandy. If your land is flat and open and the ground is not...