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Found this in the woods. I can see that it is for lifting something like an I-Beam maybe. It looks like it has a specific purpose. It was near a high tension power line ???? Someone knows what it is, Thanks gg

I got a ragged 1" long cut on a Sportsman 500 front tire. We have a lot of vertically grained shale here so it was probably a sharp rock, The cut is where the R1 type tread meets the side wall. I am going to tube it. It runs at 4 psi so there is a lot of flex I would guess. Should I patch the...

I stopped in the local hardware/equipment store yesterday and saw this hanging prominently at the checkout counter........... gg

Went by this today and thought it was worth a picture gg

The bracket holding the lower snatch block on my winch got tweaked so there was a bind when the block was at 0* (straight) I mounted the bracket on the winch and bolted a couple draw bars to it. Then applied just the right amount of pressure with the loader. Good enough for government...

One year old - bought almost exactly 1 year ago to replace my ancient Prest-O-Lite regulator. Apparently a bad move. I use it very sporadically. Today I tried. When I went to adjust the Acetylene pressure with the torch valve closed it was jerky not smooth. It would go putt and the pressure...

Somehow last winter I got it in my head that I should build a roll cage and sweeps for my woods tractor. I spent a lot of time thinking about it and before I knew it I got started. I've been at it for a while working in spurts. The first thing I did was to modify/enhance my grill guard to give...

Welding over head. Use a large wet towel for a blanket except this time forgot the wet part - Dumb. Finished the bead and saw smoke then fire. Anyway there is a hole burned in the black vinyl seat. The vinyl is adhered well to the inner sponge so there are no loose flaps. I don't really care...

I've seen some recent advise that a chipper w/o hydraulic feed is not desirable. My BearCat is manual feed and honestly feel hydraulic is not necessary on it. I have never run other brands so I don't know about them. I put a video at the end so you could see how mine works. The top of a...

3 years ago I bought a used Kubota M5640 with 700 hrs on it. Since then I have added another 450 hrs. It has a L1002 Loader, a (WR Long ?) 3rd function valve, and a single Rear Remote. All part of the original package according to the seller. I am planning on adding some hydraulics and was out...

I want to replace the badly leaking angle cylinders on my old Fisher plow. A quick check shows a Fisher branded part for $120, Buyer's OEM part for $90, and RCMP replacement part for $76. All have identical specs. Having no experience with replacement cylinders, is there much difference between...

I have a lot of finger diameter glossy buckthorn I want to cut and saw a used 345R . I am wondering what people have to say about it. Thank you. I can never beat the stuff but hold it in check by cutting. I am getting tired of the hand loppers and wonder about a brush saw. gg

The arm rest on the control lever side of my dozer was wiggley - drove me nuts and I wanted to fix it while I was doing some other maintenance stuff. The rest is mounted on a hinged .065 (1/16") sheet metal bracket. You need to lift the rest to get at the transmission dip stick. I'm just a...

Ordered a pair 13 X 5.00-6 tires for my self powered bush hog. They came crushed totally flat to minimize the air space from Asia I guess. What a different world it is now. I got them pried open and put a ratchet strap on them to try to get them into shape. They are very stiff and really want to...

Just thought this was interesting - in a sick sort of way. I have never seen it before. My self powered bush hog has been giving me fits lately. Turned out to be a sticking float valve. Sometimes stuck open, some times closed, and some times just right. The plating on the needle is flaking off...

I had a hard line rust out down in the bowels of the dozer so I need to replace two lines. Where they have to go and connect in there is no room for hose or compression fittings which I have managed to make work in the past. So this is my first try at weld/braze-on fittings and I am on shaky...

This is an off the wall question but I am just trying to figure out how this happens to get a better under standing. I have a small dozer and when I get a hydraulic leak in a line or hose down stream from the control valve it will drain the tank. Has happened 3 times over the years. Some times...

EDIT: I couldn't figure out how to make the photos work but they are down in Post #7 all glumped together. Sorry. I have been running this Craftsman Drill Press since I was 14 years old. At that time, 60 years ago, it belonged to a man down the road who built metal tables with ceramic tile...

I bought a used M5640SUD Utility Tractor a couple years ago. I wish it had more adjustability in the 3ph. The previous owner told me he had the lower links switched over to the extension type for easier implement hook-up which was a Kubota change at Serial # 60,000. When I look at what is on the...

I have been thinking of replacing my ancient Linde torch set. It has no arresters and needs new hoses plus tips are not available except used and abused ebay. If I look at a medium duty Victor set like the Preformer 2.0 it covers what I need as far a heat goes at not to much money but I need to...

Not a tractor problem but a 3 cable Fisher plow with isolation module in my truck. There is a 15 amp inline fuse from the battery to the iso module labled P/T (Park/Turn) fuse. This fuse blows a couple time a season and I lose the directionals and parking lights on the plow but the truck lights...

I got a 7 1/2 foot plow last fall and mounted it on the M5640 tractor. It worked out well. So this summer it gets a new cutting edge and a paint job. The trip/cutting edge and mold board were bent pretty good so that it would bind when the edge tripped but still worked somehow. I decided to try...

$86 for a new one. Can't see how to get it a part w/o cutting. So on the off chance that someone knows some tricks on fixing I ask for help. Other wise I will probably cut it open or improvise a new latch. If you have done that let me know also. Thanks. gg

On my M5640 I have to change the hydraulic filters once between Hydraulic Oil changes. The filters are at the bottom of the sump so I have to drain the oil and then put it back in after the filters are changed. I back to the top of a bank and place my oil pan connected to a 10' pvc pipe down to...

I am going to do some rehab on an old Fisher plow and want to remove the trip edge springs, One of the spring assemblies has a rivet on the top of the bar which retains it on the plow. It can't see any purpose for the rivet but before I grind it off I thought it would be best to ask why it is...

Or wouldn't you ? I acquired this blade and used it on a SSQA plow I built last winter. The plan was to refinish it when plow season was over. It looks like it was used as a dozer blade and is also pitted but smoothed off. I don't care to much about the final looks but would like the snow to...

Just wondering because I lost two out of 12 on my tractor yesterday. I was using it hard pushing back high frozen snow banks on an icy based road. At first I thought I must have broke them but on checking the remaining ten I found two more that were loose. So not sure now but suspect they came...

I wanted to put a plow on the M5640. I found a guy who wanted to restore a '91 F150 and would give the plow to someone who would take it off the truck. So I did. The plan was to sell the pump, valve/control, head gear, and truck frame parts and start out ahead but that hasn't happened. I...

I built a tractor snow plow from an old Fisher truck plow. The angle cylinders were full of ancient ATF which I emptied out but I wanted to flush out the cylinders several times with tractor fluid before I allowed any to return to the tractor tank. I have 1/4" QC's on the cylinders so I can...

I have only had one welding helmet so don't know how others compare. It is an inexpensive self darkening Metal Man with a variable dark adjustment. Not knowing any better I would say it works great. However, in the dark mode the clear viewing angle is very restrictive. The plane of the lens has...

I bought a SSQA plate. It doesn't fit like it should. I think I know what I want to do but maybe there is a better way. Here are some pictures. First this is how other SSQA plates fit. Note the top pocket and how the plate fits flush against the loader mount. If I take the SSQA plate and hang...

Question on when you are working with square tubing and most of the welds are on one surface. In trying to keep things straight/flat and limit the amount of deformation in general can you help yourself by putting the tubing surface with the seam in any particular orientation relative to the...

I posted this in the Snow Removal forum yesterday w/o much luck yet so I thought I would try here too. I have acquired a 1990 vintage Fisher Under the Hood plow system. I was after the blade and A frame but the guy wanted it all removed so I took the push plate, pump/tank, valve, and mechanical...

I have acquired a 1990 vintage Fisher Under the Hood plow system. I was after the blade and A frame but the guy wanted it all removed so I took the push plate, pump/tank, valve, and mechanical joy stick too. It all works, at least it did. Now I am wondering what I might be able to do with the...

The last couple Private Messages I received I have almost missed because the New Message Alert does not come on when I open the Forums page. This is new. Maybe since I switched to Chrome a while back but really don't know. Do I have to reset a setting of some kind ???? I run Chrome and Window...

I like to use a coarse wire brush on my 4 1/2" grinder to remove slag. I have used Forney and DeWalt brushes which are easy to come by locally. They both seem to throw a lot of wires, at least to me. It never bothered me much until I got flat tires on both the one ton and another on a self...

I blew one of these hoses Wednesday last week. Decided to replace all three and had to break the connections in this box w/o putting to much torque on the old steel lines. I started spraying with PB Blaster 3 or 4 times a day. Ordered new cables from DisCount Hydraulics Thursday morning...

I had my loader off yesterday and was just about to coat the retaining pins with a thin coat of Never-Seize before I remounted it. Then I thought this might not be the best thing to do - I better ask. It is 18 years old and the plating is starting to wear off in places on the pins. So leave them...

This may seem like a dumb question from someone who has owned this tractor for 17 years but I need help before I do something drastic. The QD's on the rear remotes are the push in and pull to disconnect type. Always worked fine. I disconnected my side link and connected in a dump trailer...

I am putting a 2"receiver hitch in the 3/8" thick butt plate of my winch. I run it on a 30 hp L3010 tractor that weighs about 5000 lbs. My little dump trailer is 4' X 6' and is rated for a 3000 lb payload. Can I just weld the receiver tube into the plate with a circumference bead on both the...

I have a trailer I use in the woods. I want to put some side boards on it and use it to TOSS blocked-up and/or split firewood into. The bed is only sheet metal so it will take a beating. It is less than an 1/8" thick, 0.104 or 12 gauge actually. I was going to use a piece of plywood as a shock...

Not a tractor issue but this is the best place I know to get solid advise on most anything. I need to change out my water logged pressure tank. I would like to be ready with everything I need and have it go smooth. I have a new tank that is exactly the same as the old. My initial plan is to...

I have only had it a couple days now and already love it. I've been picking away on a dump trailer rehab lately. Yesterday I put this trailer jack on. The first actual job with the new welder so I figured I would post it. I wanted the fold-up jack on the inside so it wouldn't get rubbed by a...

If I have a welder with Dinse-25 female panel connectors for the welding leads can I build or buy a set of compatible extension cables using AWG 2 wire ?? If I look at the Dinse sight it says their -25 connector will handle 25 square mm wire or AWG 4 max so #2 is to big. If I look at other...

I bought a used tractor a while back and it came with a Hydraulic Top Link. It has Dual Pilot Operated Check Valves on it from the looks. I just started using the TL. It runs smooth sometimes and chatters/jerks some times. It seems that the chattering occurs when very little or no hydraulic...

I bought a used Pronovost dump trailer a couple years ago. It is a great little trailer. It is advertised as having removable sides. I wanted to remove to sides to make a flat bed. "Removable" is a little misleading maybe. The corner posts are 1-1/4" square tubing and the corner pockets they...

I want to weld a 2" X 4" X 1/8" channel to flat bed/floor and against a wall so I have some 2" vertical fillet welds at floor level to do. I have an AC stick welder. My question is what stick angle and weld direction should work best. I was going to try a down hill weld with a flat stick angle...

I bought a used 1.5 ton Canadian made Pronovost 503 dump trailer two years ago. It has Carlisle 18 X 8.5 - 8 field tires. They seem to be discontinued, I can't find them listed or any info on them. I would like to know what would be a proper tire pressure. Any idea ?? Thanks. gg

I had to make a split bushing today so I could use a Cat 1 top link on a Cat 2 implement. I brazed the short bushing pieces to the washers so the parts would be easier to find in the tool box and easier the assemble. Brazing was fast and easy. Maybe 5 minutes. I never hear anyone mention brazing...

I had to bring a hand full of small tools outside to work on the tractor. I thought it would be clever to stick the real little stuff to a good strong magnetic welding clamp so I wouldn't loose things in the snow. But I out-smarted my self as usual. Now I have a couple drill bits where it is...