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I'm looking at these currently as well. Hows it been with them, still happy?

My man! Now there's a dude who's telling me what I'm needing knowing, thank you! I can't find a whole lot of reviews on Tomahawk forks, although did find one youtube vid though. Cheaper base price than Titan's and USA made (to make Torvy happy). Sux that their shipping ain't free like...

Well heck if I avoided stuff made in China, jeez, I'd have way less stuff. I've bought from Titan and Vevor before, I've been satisfied.

I researched it a bit, including watching tractor time with Tim's video on it. He's got a good vid on that topic. 4k weight rating is totally overkill for my little massey, but the only forks rated less (thus lighter) from Artellian are double the cost of those Titans. 36" seems a good fit...

Guys, I'm finally grown up enough to buy real pallet forks instead of the bolt-on mess that came with my tractor. I'm looking for 36" forks, and the cheapest ones I found with a headache rack was at Titan for $660. These. Is that a good price for pulling the trigger, or should wait until...

Oh yeh. My current one needing replacing is 16x20, and it's plenty big for what I store in it. I got a Lifetime plastic shed out front, 15x8, that's where my mower and other stuff lives.

The thing I hate most about hog riders is how they put on the screaming eagles exhaust, and just make a loud racket as they fly by you. Like shut up, I don't wanna hear all that. Years ago, I read an interview with Sonny Barger, the head guy for Oakland's Hell's Angels. He was talking about...

A bar in Chicago hosted an event for emergency care workers that service that neighborhood, which included a hospital where she worked in ER admitting. At that time, I was an EMT that often worked that area, and my roommate was also a medic who also worked part-time as an ER tech in that same...

Yeh, and that really sucks how Agco cheaped out on that, with the newer models.

Thx guys! And Japody that's a real nice building, I saw your thread on it. Yeh, I realize no outbuilding will be fully mouse proof, but it for sure will be better what I have now...my current shed/barn is on its last legs, with bigass gaps everywhere. Plus it's blocking our view, so it's...

That turned out real nice, Japody.

Guys, who here had a large metal storage shed built or put it together yourself from a kit? I'm sure quite a few of youz, so here I am asking. I'm needing like a 20' x 20' shed, with a big enough entryway to get my scut in there to drop off the backhoe, and stuff like that. Don't need it...

They must have changed something on the newer models. I don't have to lower the linkage on mine to to change the fuel filter.

After I do my tractor and mower, I just haul my old oil and coolant to the quick stop oil change place where I get my cars serviced.

Nice!

I guess it's off to Walmart after brunch then.

23+ yrs ago, I worked as an emt-p on a private ambulance service in Chicago, and one of our contracts was running "elderly in distress" calls for Chicago's social services. That was usually some psych case (usually NOT elderly btw) that was under court supervision, and it was decided they...

I'm kinda hungover so am unable to currently think to hard on this, but I will say that a single-acting cylinder can function in a double-acting capacity via vacuum actuation. I don't know the specifics of the valve on these machines, but I suppose a malfunctioning one may somehow produce a...

Is it a whine from the hydro? If yes, I'll second that question. I notice on mine, my hydros whining went away last year. This year, I changed the hydraulic oil, and it's whining a little bit again.

If the o/p's report is accurate, this is the answer right there.

Not without modifying the linkage.

Me neither.

I didn't know Crystal Gayle was into tractors!

My nearly daily go-to breakfast is 2 fried duck eggs from my ducks over nann bread (from Costco), with shredded parmesan (also from Costco) sprinkled over that, and then slices of banana (also from Costco) over that...and then finally either salsa (also from Costco) or a dash of maple syrup...

I don't recommend adding counterbalance for plowing. If you need weight, you're better off with filled tires and/or wheel weights. A counterbalance off the back will lighten your front end, which you don't want when plowing or pushing the snow with a box.

Yeh, strangely I don't remember cutting yours either, but then I've smoked lots of pot in my lifetime. Guys, for those of you who roll your own with clippers, this thing rocks...

Oh, so u met my barber!

Man to each his own (and plus your age and/or health), but I will say that I stick the ear buds in my ears, and either blast some tunes or listen to podcasts while doing my thing out there, mowing and trimming and blowing and stuff. Got the shirt off, feeling that warm sun, working on my...

There's a long tire thread somewhere here on TBN, a bunch of talk about R4 vs turf tires, vs hybrids and whatever. Per it and some chatting elsewhere, my takeaway is that not all industrial tires are the same. The R4s on the Massey are great...I like how they do on grass, in dirt, and I got no...

It's a 4' plow, which partially explains why I get by w/o chains or loaded tires. It was originally used on a Craftsman garden tractor, I just welded it on a ssqi plate to use on the Massey. The o/p is in the same region as me, not too far from Chicago, so similar weather, snowfall, etc. I...

Don't overthink it. No chains, no ballast, it's fine:

I trimmed and mowed last Thurs, and it was pushing close to 100 f. But I got er done coz I'm a mf'in maaaayn! Plus, I got a stand on mower, and it's fun to mow with it.

See, that I should plant.

Heck yeh man, that's one cool project! Gentlemen, we can rebuild him, we have the technology.

If it's loss noted in the reservoir over the span of years, I wouldn't worry about it. Just top it off to the full line when the engine is cold, and just keep an eye on it. OTOH, if you noticed it dropping fairly quickly, that's a leak or maybe a blown head gasket or some such.

So just to clarify, if you just park the tractor, lower the 3pt, you could observe it raising up? Or are you saying when you manually raise it (like going over a bump bumps it up), it doesn't lower back down to original lowered position?

Well that sux. A while back, I did my neighbor a solid and offered to mow her overgrown lawn (her mower was busted)...or more like, my wife volunteered me to mow her overgrown lawn lol! The amount of hidden junk in there was beyond amazing, is all I could say. My mower blades got so dinged...

I think most of those who do it, for them it's a hobby with added benefits of getting fresh produce. That's cool. But yeh, personally I'm actually headed out the door now, going to Costco...time to harvest! :LOL:

We got ducks and geese too. The goose stopped laying lately, but the ducks are still consistent. I love both of their eggs, and eat the duck eggs every morning. It's all about how you prepare them.

I don't mow with the GC anymore, but that screen still gets full with whatever, especially during pollen season. I take it out and blow it off pretty much every time before tucking in the ole girl.

Wago inline connectors.

Oh wow man, I've never had the temp gauge move up one notch since I had this machine...actually I was thinking something was wrong with the gauge.

Yeah I'm sure you will.

It *should* not be...but then he did get this machine used, so possible the previous owner got creative with a hydro mod. Quads, in it's standard form, think of the GC's backhoe plumbing as like adding a GFCI outlet midway in an existing electrical circuit, with wires from the panel now...

Yo yo wassup *throws up GC gang sign* Well I'm not as ambitious as some of you boys, but I did put the ole gal to work a little bit. I jack hammered out a couple flagpole concrete foundations and hauled all that away. I Pulled up some big pavers and hauled them off where I could stack...

Also, I got a youtube channel, I got a few GC related vids on there. I'm not a an expert youtuber, but maybe you'll find some things useful, so here's it: https://www.youtube.com/@pondacres

You're gonna love that thing, Quads. Which year is yours, and how many hrs it got on it? There's a bunch of guys with GC's here, and we regularly post in this thread: What have you done with/to your GC Series 2300, 2400, 1700 Tractor TODAY

No worries man glad to help.

4quads, I'll also say mowing with the GC with all that other stuff attached, you're squishing the crap outta your lawn with that heavyass machine. My advice is, dismount the loader and hoe when mowing. Makes mowing way more enjoyable too, the machine is way more nimble with all that off it...

Yeh I got the GC1710 as well. Ok I think I get it, the confusion here is you're referring to a "bucket", whereas what you're meaning is the backhoe. If you say bucket, most assume you're referring to the loader. Anyways, the problem for you is not the hyrdo lines, but rather it's the 3 pt...

Hell, I'm having a hard time selling the mmm for the Massey!

Yeh, it's no fun, I've culled a few male ducks for similar reasons. Well, that's part of keeping livestock, u gotta do what needs doing.

I'm not for sure what you're wanting to do, can u clarify further?

With that budget, buying a new garden tractor is out of the question, but you could probably find an older Craftsman GT for that. Sears sux, but the Craftsman line of garden tractors were very good.

Oh wow, that thing is pretty cool! Does it oscillate as well, like a ventrac?

There was a thread a bit ago about mulching blades, I figured I'd repost what I said there, may help somebody: There's a deep rabbit hole to go down into, in regards to what type of deck pairs best with what type of blade. Some are just more compatible than others. This year, I started running...

Bubble wrap?

Gator G5's for me, they're awesome!

A 100 y/o swinger is pretty damn old and could definitely use new parts is she/he plans to continue swinging!

Ok, we are talking Harbor freight here..."HF tool" and "commercial use" should generally never be used in the same sentence. With that said, this tool will sharpen a chainsaw chain just fine for the purposes a typical property owner would need a chainsaw for. That's why it's got >4k positive...

Wearing eye protection. I like a gal who's safety minded.

I dunno how much more accurate it's could be, but it works just fine, been using it for years.

I use a harbor freight sharpening contraction for the chainsaw chain, works awesome. https://www.harborfreight.com/electric-chain-saw-sharpener-63803.html

Also, what's their pronouns?

I check mines after sharpening with one of those cone doodads. If it's way off balanced, I'll hit the heavier side again with the flap disc. A slight off balance is not going to do anything to your spindles. Heck, check a new blade for balance, even those commonly have a slight off balance.

I'm also in the flap disc on angle grinder camp, cheap and easy.

In 2018, around that price was what I was quoted for a new GC1723 with loader, Massey dealer in Rockford area. I imagine now they're going for around $14k new.

Oh, I definitely get the value of it.

Yep that's what I do too.

I applaud people tending gardens, and I totally get the appeal...especially if you're farther out from grocery stores. We also had a garden for a few years. But then every trip to Costco, there's them organic fruits and veggies just right there waiting for purchase, every day of the...

Oh wow, yeh good post, thx.

Eff that, I enjoy mowing on my stander, that's me time.

Oh wow, smart idea!

What watch? Ten watch. Such much?!!

We planted lots of them, 40 or so, when we first moved to our property 7 years ago. They grow much slower in the shade, like way slower. They'll tolerate wet...ish areas, yes, so long as as it sees some drainage occasionally.

"Hi dad" he whispers. "Hi son" he whispers back. :LOL:

That'll learn im.

Heck yeh!

Ha! Gen X was unique though coz we were the last generation to grow up w/o cellphones or internet.

This thing worked great! I made music vid:

Ooh, sux to be him!

My wife's contribution to this: Most sales at Kohls are on items otherwise carrying jacked up prices.

They sure as heck were! I graduated in '91, good times. I pictured the future as "the future", 21th century, with flying cars and everybody is logical like Spock. Instead, we got woketards riding around on e-scooters, unsure which sex they are lol! But speaking of checking their holes...as...

As a throwback to the previous century, that's what she said.

Oh btw, I got the diagram from here: Search masseyferguson/79035668/l | AGCOUS Site I have it saved as a bookmark.

My man I think you may be right about that there. Cross threading would have damaged the whole length of the thread. The way the first few threads were crushed and fairly easily peeled off with pliers points to an id thread runout. What's curious is that I don't remember seeing this the first...

Yeh, I swapped out that filter yesterday w/o bleeding, it's fine. What I did do though is fill up the housing with fuel before screwing it on, to minimize air in there.

Guys, what's the deal with changing the fuel filter, bleed the line or nah? Agco's youtube vid (click on that if you like annoying music) for the GC shows no bleeding involved...just turn off the shutoff valve at the filter housing, drop the old filter, put the new one in, turn the valve back...

Did the full service on the Massey yesterday. MAN, you guys are so right about that suction filter, I shouldn't have even screwed with it! I was wondering why it was so hard to screw it out, the first few threads were all wrecked. Luckily, I was able to just break them off, and it seemed...

That's how I do mine too when changing blades. At first I used straps like in the pic, but now I just drive the front wheels into the bucket and haul it up that way.

Is it partially baffled, or fully baffled (meaning a dedicated mulching deck)? Sounds like yours may be a dedicated mulching deck with a sealed off chute. In which case, that's what I'm saying about a higher lift blade not working out for it. Even if the deck doesn't get caked up enough for...

Are you running them with the chute blocked, or no? There's a deep rabbit hole to go down into, in regards to what type of deck pairs best with what type of blade. Some are just more compatible than others. This year, I started running Gator G5 blades on my Bradley stander mower, awesome...

...kinda https://supercarblondie.com/tesla-gas-generator/

Debris forks and the backhoe with thumb is how I do it too.

I can't argue too much with that logic, coz I myself for years got by with a Craftsman garden tractor and pull-behind cart on my 2.6 acre property. It could be done, but it's hella easier with a 4wd scut with loader and power steering. Hella lot! Add a midmount mower, ballast box, some...

Thx guys, I ordered from Vevor directly, got the 2200 watt model...$100 clearance price! Plus found a online coupon for 5 bux, so a super win! https://www.vevor.com/jack-hammer-c_11014/2200w-electric-demolition-jack-hammer-punch-heavy-hammer-electric-professional-p_010284104241

Hey guys, anybody got experience buying/using <$200 demolition hammers, like Vevor brand? My main question is what watt to get, I see 2200 watts, and 3500 watts. Main usage will be to break up an old concrete post from a flagpole, that sort of thing, also to break up concrete blocks into...

If you're doing your own property maintenance, a loader is REALLY handy, so no I don't think you're nutz for wanting one for maintaining 1.5 acres. Plus, you could plow your driveway with it. I'd skip the backhoe though, instead would get a stump bucket for occasional digging. Also, although...

As far as your original inquiry, handheld pump sprayer, here's mine: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000E28UQU/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Mine's 5 yrs old, and now they're selling for double what I paid for it back then. Good sprayer though.

Ooh that sux.

See, I thought it was called the don't-touch snake!

You know, they say it's not about the length of the pto, but the girth.

Wow inflation! I paid 30 bux for mine like 4 yrs ago. As far as how well it works, I'll testify quite well.

I bought something or other from them, don't remember what. Oils/filters for the Massey I mostly bought from Roudebush.

Hi, for future reference, 2 places you might find these parts or anything else for the GC: https://www.jackssmallengines.com/manufacturer/massey-ferguson https://www.shoproudebushequipment.com/

Nice one PJ, love it! I see how it tilts forward too, with the 2 retaining pins holding it in place, smart design.

Smokeydog, that's legit man!

You're right, more like dark blue skin. I dunno the color of their meat tho.

Silkies are all black like that too.

The darker the berry the sweeter the juice, baby.

Yeh, I'm having a hard enough time selling the mower deck for my Massey, let alone the whole tractor. But maybe it's a regional thing, dunno.

Mel Gibson's Catholic church.

I got one, and yep it works great...or at least good enough for my purposes. I mainly use it in the spring to pick up sticks and acorns from previous late fall/winter, after the ground dries out some but before the first mow. You do need the grass short in order for this to work effectively.

I suppose it depends on the dealer. Years ago when I was shopping around, one dealer said (although maybe he misspoke, dunno) trailer pickup/delivery for warranty repair would be included.

Well my friend alls I could say is, as a non-birthing person who identifies as a dude/bro, with a maturity level hardly developed post-highschool...my mind might vacation elsewhere, but it pretty much lives in nipple-boobieville. 🐫

Oh man, if I was to list all the stupid sh*t I had done over the years lol...this thread would be hijacked by me.

I only use it when I need it, also I try not to do tight turns when I'm in 4wd.

I'm just playing around Pamm, welcome to TBN!

Hey now! :LOL:

Some chix like a wild animal!

Yeh, I got a pond I mow around too. The biggest issue for me are the muskrat burrows, I've dumped my mower into those a couple times.

I hope your next stop was the quickmart, for a lotto ticket.

As others have stated, if you could literally see it drifting down, yeh it's a problem. Otherwise it's probably fine.

I'm gonna be tossing on the hoe, for tossing over the huge compost pile collected over the fall/winter/spring.

When I'm mowing in the heat of summer, I take off my t-shirt...but only in the backyard. I'm too sexy to be doing that while mowing the front, don't wanna be fighting off the womans while I'm busy mowing.

Yup, gym muscles ain't the same thing as work muscles, especially all-day work muscles.

I'd prefer that to an eject lever!

Oh my, that profile pic! Pamm whatcha trying to do, there's a bunch of old dudes with cardiac issues on this forum. :ROFLMAO:

I believe that's where the eject lever was gonna go. :LOL:

That's sux, sorry.

Yeh, me and here are starting to see eye to eye more and more. She is VERY smart! She's more a handful for my wife and step-son's gf who lives with us.

That's what we keep hearing, that they're pretty crazy as teenagers.

Oh oh, problems uploading pics here...won't let me share a pic of my GP doing naughty teenage stuff.

36 months, good lawd, I dunno how we'll make it! Ours ain't yet a year, and she's yeh, handful! She's loveable tho.

That's handy, I need me one.

I had problems with the first pair I got off Amazon, including the plastic rings inside the foam ear buds cracking, which you described. As far as the problem with the headset itself, they sounded muffled to a caller when I was talking to them on the phone. So contacted Isotunes directly...

I use ISOtunes PRO earbuds.

Right, so is that for dethatching snow lol? What's the implement?

Hey Arly, I dint read this whole thread, so apologize if you already said it, but....what is that thing? I see dethatcher tines, but pretty sure that ain't a dethatcher.

Good tool, that rachet rake. I got me one.

Yup, I bought same one off Ebay in 2021, same vendor. It was $109.99 at the time. I've only used it a few times, but it works just fine. I store it in a loose loop.

I hear ya. But also depends on what you're mowing. Like a level yard, sitting on a mower is great. But my backyard is far from level, and my back would take a royal asskicking on a garden tractor or my massey, that ache was piling up with time. That's why I started looking at standers.

Can you take a pic of the safety switch? Wondering if it's similar to the one on the GC...I may have a solution for you.

We do like pix here, true.

That's a big part of it, yeh. Also u could get off it and mow while walking behind or beside it, that's real useful in certain parts of my property.

I like it

Go youtube "stand on vs sit down mowers", lots of vids out there. ;)

Ha, I love how these threads morph! But yeh anyways, I'm in the Chicago area. My lot and the guy next to me have the 2 smaller lots on our road, around 2.6 acres. The rest of the lots around here are around 5 acres. We're all on hilly terrain, with yards that slope down into floodplains...

All the landscapers around here are mainly on standers now.

Oh man, awesome, that's the type of wedding I could attend w/o utterly hating every second of it. Congrats!

They're great machines, but so pricey! Near double the cost of my Bradley. Scag, Toro, etc..all the commercial mowers are generally way too pricey, at least in terms of just for home use. I looked hard at various makes/models, read a bunch of reviews and watched youtube vids. Finally...

Thx for the tips, Hube. Same here, would be cool to have a tiller for the Massey for leveling some wacked yard I would have used it for, but I can't justify a purchase just for that. With this thing, I could do it in spots, and then level off with the rachet rake and dethatcher.

That thing is a new arrival for me. My neighbor is off to a nursing home, so his son said come take what you want...I took that and a rake lol.

Like this type?

I was gonna start my manifesto around 8:51 that night, but ok I guess I'll postpone it.

I like it, I might get me a pair too.

I got a Bradley 48"

Just get a ballast box, put all them barbell weights in it.

I got a stander z-turn, that thing is awesome on hills, both going up them or sideways for that matter. Awesome mowers, them.

I did notice that in youtube vids, landscapers in the south using pine straw.

That's why I synthetic oils.

Did some lawn sweeping for branches and stuff.

Latest harvest of sticks... Stuff already in the fire pit from the front yard, stuff in the sweeper from the backyard.

I second the tow behind lawn sweeper

I like it man, that's one tended-to drive! I got a blacktop driveway, but I will say I always admire a gravel drive which is well maintained.

I've got a toolroom CNC lathe and a knee mill, both 3 phase. So when I move shop to my current location with 1 phase elect, I went with a 20hp phase converter from American Rotary. With shipping it was $2k. This was back in 2016.

I use spectracide carpenter bee and yellowjacket killer, that stuff does work on them. The straw is flexible, so I snake it into the hole as deep as able and hit the go button. The stuff foams up in there, and soon they start filing out and dropping dead on the ground. Then I plug the hole.

I got it off Amazon, it's granite too. You upload a pic and choose the wording and stuff, it great! https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09645T5TL/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I also bought the little stand for it, same vendor.

I buried him in his favorite place in the yard, got this headstone for him:

It's really something seeing all that snow. We just got back from Louisville, and it looks like late spring there, with everything already bloomed. Here, it's just starting to hint at greening up. And Montana...snowville.

Mom taught me, so I taught him. He was a real good boy, he knew the routine when coming in from being outside...got a wet wipe bath every time. He'd come in and wait for me to do it.

I could switch from plow to loader bucket in seconds, so I don't care there. But, my grass is still too soggy to put the tractor on it anyways, so it's sitting in the garage with the plow still on it. I'm waiting for that perfect timing to get the lawn sweeper going on the grass, picking up...

I got rid of that pole for dumping, and now just have a rope attached to it instead.

Mines an Agrifab, this one: Products > 44" Lawn Sweeper This an older pic, but here's what it picks up in the spring for me:

They do suck in longer grass, agreed. I mainly use it early spring, before the grass starts growing, but just after the turf loses some sogginess from thawing out.

That's so cute! Our cat Ragnar would climb on the stool to drink water off the counter. We saw him do it one time with a bowl left there by accident, and from then on we left his water there all the time. He was such a cool cat, I fell in love with that little guy, it wrecked me having to put...

Why didn't she merely sit at the back of the bus, why did he rebel with no cause, what for electrify the guitar...why can't Americans just conform?!!

Wow, that is scary about ice vehicles spontaneously lighting up, dafuq! Honestly, I never knew that was a thing other than a total fluke. I got an attached garage, I park my Sienna in it, usually with a battery tender hooked to it. My house was a rebuild by the previous owner. He actually...

Nah man, I'm on year 7 doing exactly that with that sweeper, it's fine. In fact, that's all I do with it...I hardly ever use it for leaves, for the reason you mention.

Yeh like I said earlier, big branches I pick up by hand, the sweeper grabs the smaller stuff. The sweeper doesn't have the lawn looking like a golf course, but good enough to look presentable.

And this is why we need emojis for feedback, not just the like button.

$8500 USD?!! For residential use, for picking up sticks and dethatching? Well I think my Agrifab sweeper was like $300 and the CMP dethatcher was $500. Out of a budget of $8.5k, that leaves a whole lot for coke and hookers!

I'm reading 2.378 As my Russian employee used to say about a machine shop we used to farm out to, with work that came back out of spec: "their tolerance is +/- train station."

"Hold my beer" he says to the wife...

I really miss my little S10 with the jump seats in the back. That way you could be selective about extra passengers...sorry it's only a 2-seater or, oh yeh there's a seat back there.

You should buy 2 of them.

Why the gap thing?

Heck I didn't know they were filming me!

Yep, I just ride right up it.

Yeh, I just don't understand this money savings thing, like how? Does the electricity to charge the EV grow on trees? I use 2 oil radiator space heaters for my shop in the winter, not even full blast, and that alone skyrockets my electric bill.

I used to do this: Then I got lazy and started doing this:

I welded some tusks on my backhoe thumb: And now I have a grapple:

I'm on 2.6 acres. Each spring, I go around with the wheelbarrow picking up bigger branches. After that, I hook up the tow-behind lawn sweeper, which gets the smaller stuff adequately enough. Whatever's left over gets mowed and disappears that way.

Same here.

Slumber mates:

Normal.

Well that thing looks bulletproof, like literally.

Well I dunno about that bud, but as far as the dude who invented that dumbass vent there on the GC lol...