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Sat evening had hooked up car trailer to tractor to do Christmas luminary . Just started to walk around my tractor cart that had the sand loaded on foot caught the tongue of cart and down I went . Landed on both knees , more on left knee than the right, plus on concrete, and instead of going...

Since the wife bought the gator suv 550 s4 we've been kicking around which windshield we should buy. The first one from Dot Weld Offroad is a split windshield that seems like the split is 2-3" below the top of the grap handle on passenger side. The other one is from ATV-UTV Accessory...

:) Last 2 evenings had my first mowing with new 1026r and 60"mmm. Will have to say it can shoot the grass out the side discharge and leaves a very nice cut lawn. Very impressed with both tractor and mower. While mowing last evening I had a 1500-2000' driveway I needed to cut both sides , so I...

Arrived Wed afternoon and already have about 5 hrs..Pretty nice machine. Dealer called us on Thur and asked how we liked our JD Limo, there name for this 4 seater. Rides very nice, distance on a tank of gas seems good. Only have a hr meter . Just need to think ahead where you want to turn or...

:)Ok 1026 arrived this afternoon, and I know where are the photos ? Well here are a few the grandaughter took while Tom ,from dealership and I checked out the new ride. Just finished adding my wheel weights and made one pass with mower. Must have been made before the RIO ,could back up and mower...

Thanks in advance for all replies.. Just wondering the other evening while sitting on 1026R at dealers I think I seen a true temp gauge (not a idiot light) in the dash. Then after getting home and looking a JD papers it looks like a guage on there photos. So to the owners of the 1026R my...

Well went and looked at 1026R,fel ,bh and 60" mower this evening. Liked the feel of using the fel and bh ,very smooth action on bucket and boom moving left to right ,up and down. NO jerking motion like the 2305. After figuring out how to swivel the seat much nicer than piece of garbage that...

Just wondering ,,with outside temps near 95 for last 3 days I was mowing with a x585 with appx 580 hrs. Noticed after mowing for about 4 hrs tractor had a slight miss to the engine. I was guessing this miss was coming from a defective gas cap. When I turned off tractor after leaving it sit and...

While mowing yesterday ,everything working fine. Had mower set to cut at 3 1/2 " I was mowing close to a concrete pad and hit the corner of pad with mower. Made a lap and noticed a lot more grass was coming out of mower . Also noticed mower cutting a lot closer to the ground. Used hyd lift mower...

Went to my Chiropractor last Thur . While there he tells me 4 weeks ago his father (82) was out using the farm tractor. He pulled up to the gate got off tractor to unlock gate. We know that part of the accident. Dr was telling me he thinks his dad left the tractor in N because it is just almost...

Thinking of trading in my 2305 ,fel,bh,54 mmm, quick attachment for blade and snowblower and driveshaft for snowblower. Tractor has just shy 600hrs.. If I would do this thinking about buying a 2320 ,to get more ground clearance.. So just wondering what I might recieve for trade in.???

Putting a liftmaster opener on Wayne Dalton door the door is a new install in a new home ... Everytime opener raises door the drum pawl will engage and then door will not come back down My question is the counterbalance cable causing this... seems right side of door when all tension is out of...

This summer our neighbor son had a house torn down that was built around 1900. House was to far gone to rebuilt ....that was first thought but it would have cost way more than he would have ever been able to get if he ever decided to sell. So his loss on house my gain.. our daughter ask if I...

After checking weedeater for bad gas cap ...I sent Stihl an email about a FS75 I use every week or so for 2-6 hrs at a time. While using this weedeater mostly on hill sides , my arm about 4 inches from elbow ,touches the engine cover just in front of muffler..It gets hot enough that I usually...

Today I was telling neighbor about a location to buy off road at regular service station. He was telling me that as of Feb 1st of this year ..Heating oil and off road is now the same thing .There is no difference !!! Anyone else able to agree or disagree.. This info came from manager at the...

Last few days I've noticed some Bobcat tractors setting in front parking lot of Krogers about 1 mile off I-68 Sabraton exit. Talked with a few fellows today and L H Jones , beside the Krogers are going to sell the Bobcat tractor line. They have been in business for years selling snow plows for...

Kept hearing a tinny sound ,vibration, this summer then and I had noticed fan seemed loose. Tightened fan none of the bolts were loose, but moved left to right 1/2-1" either direction. Over a week ago blowing snow and vibration sound kept getting louder. Next evening went under tractor and...

I bought this 5' rear blade last fall , didn't have time to get it fixed so I could use my HF quick hitch.. Brother in law started about 7:30 Monday morning and he was done by 10. He cut both endcaps off at the factory down angles..Cleaned both endcaps then rewelded them just under the factory...

Well after owning these I'm guessing 10-13 yrs they broke. Started to put them on for the second time that day . I took some photos sent them to Elevex website told them what took place. There reply the next evening when I came home was ,as soon as I gave them my address the new parts would be...

As my youngest grand son says HAVE A HAPPY SUPER BUNNY DAY !!!!

Grandson turns 3 in May tipped his chair back last evening . Hit a pan he and his brother had been playing with ,now has a 1 1/2" cut and 5 staples in back of his head. Only complains today when he has to have diaper changed , says back of head hurts, doesn't remember going to hospital Touch...

Just wondering, I bought 47" blower used this fall and so far I have replaced 15-20 grade 5 bolts.....OK about 12-15 probably my fault...Going in to frozen snow , doing edge of road . 2/3 of bolts I have replaced is on the right side. Only 2 on 2nd stage 1 yesterday my fault not running rpm...

Well tonight I was blowing out the neighbors driveways. The next door neighbors hasn't taken down his Christmas lights. (new Led strand 19.95 ) well I got about 1" to close to his shrubs next to his garage and it is amazing how fast 25'-35' of lights will wrap around the shaft on the snow...

Just wondering what everyone uses for the chain lube. My chain was totally dirty when I bought the blower this fall. So I cleaned the and put some mt .bike ,lube I had, and then I had a spray can of chain and sprocket lube I had , I think it came from Graingers...Not even sure if it was for ext...

I didn't do a search tonight but I remember reading about this topic. Just couldn't what everyone had been saying. I think it was about a 50-50 split on some saying manual showed 250 others said 400 . I have 250.6 hrs on my 2305 so this week I was going to do the 200hr service. Oil and filter...

Most of the country of the last couple of weeks have had bad, bad weather. If not major snow storm, hard rains, fog We were talking last evening at the Church Program ,saying,wonder who will show up tonight. Roads are so bad. Someone else said 30-40 yrs ago 15-18" was nothing and all would...

Talked w/dealer for a used 47" snowblower for 2305. Blower 1500.00 stop and drive shaft

Several weeks ago on one of the discussions about fan blade replacement and removal of the driveshaft I had looked at mine and thought I had seen grease fittings on my driveshaft. Today after removing mower deck and jacking up the tractor . I found mine does have a fitting on the front and rear...

FYI Talking with the owner of a Bobcat 1230 or 230 appx 1 yr old He told me his dealer had dropped off a set of new lift arms .The dealer told him some of the lift arms had been bending so Bobcat was sending out new lift arms or taking your tractor into the shop and replacing them Dealer in SW Pa

Sad to report this : KINGWOOD -- A Preston County man is dead after being struck Thursday evening by a pickup truck while crossing the highway on a lawn tractor. The driver of the mower 63, died after being hit by a Chevrolet S-10 pickup, The truck that hit him left the scene of the...

Parts for a 2305 and looking for parts that only Curtis cab seems to have Where besides a JD dealer ,then ordered from Curtis Cab, could I get the fittings to connect a cab heater. I bought a heater from a person and it had no fittings with the unit. Checking w/ local jd dealer he wanted over...

While mowing tonight ,very wet grass, it seems like my power steering was hanging up at times and seemed like mower was lugging engine.. Stopped and put tractor on about a 30 degree angle front to back. to see if mower was clogged. Very little grass under deck. backed tractor up to put away...

Just getting mine ready for mower and according to manf info from the middle of bracket down to middle of u hook going on lift arm should measure 5 1/8 " Mine is 4 5/8 The big concern has always been not getting the lift height when lifting to the highest setting . I have the 54c mower deck...

Just wondering has anyone hooked a small heater core on 2305 or 2210 to use inside a enclosed cab . I was thinking of doing this instead of using a 3kbtu golf cart heater and if so what would you need besides hose ,the core , some shut off valves ,clamps and then where to connect these to ...

After doing a search I know I'm not the only person that has had this problem. After owning the 210 loader on a 2210 for 3yrs ,you could park and remove that loader just about anywhere without doing any damage to the parking stand . Removed the 200cx appx 8 times since new in Sept and parking...

First chance to plow any snow since I added 6" to both sides of my 54" front blade We received about 10-12" Tues night and then doing the day picked up another 6-8 " .Even being a lite snow , very dry, could find no fault in lack of power or steering Yes you always have the front tire slide...

Just getting around to sending photo of new tractor ,bh, fel and mmm The bh does a pretty good job for the size of machine .

Just a few photos of my 2305, Amish made trailer, Original tractor cab,with my way of keeping warm, and new cutting edge of 54 JD Blade. Sorry for so many photos but needed to show the upgrade of cutting edge, the original one was worn out after 2 years. Then I wanted to show how I keep warm...

I have a 2305 w/bh ,fel, 54" mmm and front blade. Getting tractor ready for snow plowing I decided to put on my chains. Chains fit but side of chain catches on the head of the bolts going to the sub frame for the bh ! Where could I get wheel spacers ????????

Having my 2305 bh,fel 54"bucket,54"mmm for about a mo now, I had noticed anytime I put the mmm in the locked position the mower seemed to drop lower than the mower height I had been using . I asked my dealer about this, so one evening the shop forman stopped by on his way home, after about an...

Found a 2305 w/fel and backhoe and 2 buckets with 65 hrs appx 2mo old Thought about trading my 2210 w/fel and 263 hrs ,2yrs old I want to keep my mower and front blade! Dealer has 2305 priced at 18,900 and I would end up paying 7900 different Seems to me either his price is a little high or I'm...

After reading everyones thoughts,useage, and size tiller to buy for 2210-2305 , I ended up buying the BushHog rtc48" tiller. The local Massey dealer was only $25.00 more than TSC. plus he is 5 miles from me rather than driving 20 miles each way to TSC. Plus I had checked at probably 10...

Noticed 2305 has the hyd lift for mmm . but when you go to the 2210 it is not available . Has anyone put the hyd lift kit on the 2210????????? and if so how much trbl? I was thinking about ordering the kit for my 2210 and if it doesn't work or I cannot get it to work I would end up giving or...

TSC manager told me this week King Kutter is not going to be suppling there eqpt anymore . Can not remember the name of company that will be making there items . Was told no difference in products or price just that King Kutter could not keep up with sales TSC

Wondering if anyone knows where I could find the outer drive pulleys for this mmd Snapper still has the Center drive Pulley but the outer Pulleys are no longer available from Snapper or MF The MF Part # was either MF 538343m93 or MF538344M93 one is for the center pulley the other is the outer...

sorry for taking so long to get Having a hard time for some reason posting a photo

Sorry for taking so long to give an update. Had the concrete poured with some help of grandson and others, been working on getting the lawn replanted . Also picked up the trailer I had made out in Ohio (Amish) area. From side to side all one piece 14 ga. no screws anywhere lift out tailgate ...

I love the 2210 ,with 50 hrs and about 2mos old you can tell I do use the tractor . I was removing some top soil the other night and When I have the FEL on and running 2500 or higher rpm , at times it just seems to run out of lifting or running power , it will not go forward (IN LOW Range) and...

I do love the 2210 2 weeks old 20hrs so far . I did not think when I bought this the amount of things you could do, digging out a hole about 2 and a 1/2 ft wide and was able to go down 12-15 inches just with the FEL 49" budket and no teeth on the bucket plus all the concrete I removed. Just...

After a week of trying to get use to using a rear mower I ask the dealer to change me back to 54"mmm . What a difference from the 425. All kind of power ,mowing on a hill side is much nicer now with the 4x4 . Which I had done this 5 yrs ago and gotten the 4x4 then and not the 425, not that the...

I remember reading about someone taking a spinner and putting it on the steering wheel without using the brackets and of course I didn't put this in my favorites. Can anyone remember the thread to this

Just recieved my 2210 fel,rmm 60" Frontier , 54 in front blade also had industrial tires instead of turf . I only had about 15 min or so to even try ,because of course it had to rain just minutes after it was unloaded. I still had to try one time mowing and I was surprised about power . It...

I know this is a safety issue but where is the switch and what leads need to be connectted to keep the mower deck running in reverse. My daughters father -in-law has a new 585 and he can not figure out which swittch and what wires need connected He likes the backup light and other items just...

Being new to diesel fuel and some of the down's and up's I found appx 3 gal of kerosene that is appx 3-5 yrs old. It has been sitting in my basement . Should I throw this away???? or can I mix it with some fresh diesel or do I add some additves ??? Help I don't have a clue

What would a 425 JD be worth w 393 hr. w/54 mmm ,bought new 6-2000, a 54 front angle blade , w/chains ,wheel weight ,bar type tires Also a hard top cab w/glass windshield and has manual wiper is also included. Cab is from original tractor appx 2 or 3 yrs old If any one is interested this...

Just wondering My father in law has a MF tiller off a 1655 48" wide but the rpm speed is 2000. I'm buying a JD2210 and the rear speed is 540 is there anything on the market to chg speeds to make this work