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Due to various circumstances, we are moving away from our property and rural home. At this point we are going to try and maintain it as a place to return to from time to time during the year (we will be moving about 5 hours away). We don't feel selling it at this time would be a wise financial...

I need some advice on installing a yard hydrant on our main water line from our house well. Our main line dead ends outside the house (after a tee into the house to the pressure tank) with a ball valve- it's essentially capped with the ball valve and was put there by the contractor if we wanted...

We have a new concrete patio and hired a contractor to build a freestanding pergola on a portion of it- we've had other projects this spring and felt this was best left to a professional. The pergola is 4X4 redwood posts, with two 4X6 beams Simpson tied to the posts and 2X6 purlins (rafters?)...

I have a 3320 open station and am seriously thinking of upgrading to the air suspension seat. Any advice or anything I need to know about the install- it would seem it's fairly straight forward. If there is anyone who has done the install that has advice it would be appreciated. A Jones

We are installing a hot tub- we have a 60 amp breaker and 6 AWG wire coiled in the crawl space that was put in several years ago when we built the house (anticipating putting in the tub- took us awhile). The tub requires a 60 amp breaker and draws 45 amps. The tub will need to hardwired to a...

I have a 3320 with the 300X loader, bucket and recently purchased quick attach forks. I recently put the bucket back on and noticed the quick attach isn't lining up correctly with be quick attach bracket on the bucket (see photos). I hadn't noticed this before and didn't do anything major with...

I realize this is old hat to many of you, but I have a leak at the fittings on my CCM top link. There is a male banjo type fitting fitted into the valve on the top link and it leaks when I connect the female hose to that fitting. I'm not sure what thread type the fittings are (the hoses came...

For those interested, there is an Optima Battery refund of $25 through the end of this month. I found one for my JD 3320 for $150 at Napa before the refund.

I've been reading a bunch of threads trying to figure out this hydraulic stuff and have what I think is a simple question. I'm adding a set of rear remotes to my JD 3320 (for a CCM top link) which connects to existing ports on the tractor valve block. It includes hard lines to the back of the...

I have a light duty Deere LX5 rotary mower and I've bent the tail wheel and the bracket holding the tail wheel so now it won't rotate and just digs into the ground. I've taken off the tail wheel assembly and don't have the heat or a big enough hammer to get it back into shape. Can I just mow...

So, I'm trying to figure out my needs for a potential power outtage, my home is completely electric (house is electric heat pump). I have a small studio in the barn which is heated with a PTAC (thru the wall motel ac/heater). Given the amount of power needed to heat the main house, we'll just...

I have a 10 year old fridge I'm going to be using to brew beer. I need to maintain a temperature of about 68 F degrees for fermentation, so have it wired to an external thermostat that kills the power to the fridge when it gets to the correct temp (the fridge is plugged into the thermostat and...

Hey- we have a new pole barn that we are doing some finish work in including insulation and some drywall for two finished spaces. The south facing wall gets hit directly by the weather and when the wind is blowing with rain both windows will leak. I can see a small leak down the inside of the...

Howdy- we have finshished our pole barn and the contractor framed the inside for a shop and studio for my wife. The shop has an outside 3' man door and is framed for an inside 3' man door. After thinking about it, I'd like to adjust the inside door to a double french door so that it's easier...

We are going to have some finished heated space in our new pole barn, the two rooms will be a shop and then a studio for my wife, there is also a full bath next to the studio. The exterior of the barn is metal siding and I'm filling 2X6 cavities with kraft faced R-21 face stapled to the 2X6's...

Here's some pics of our barn we're finishing. Some of the construction is a bit different than some of the other barns I've seen here. Just thought it might be of interest for those who may be putting up a building sometime. There will be a insulated shop and a studio area for my wife, both...

Does anyone have any links or ideas to easily remove/store a pick-up canopy? I usually keep mine on my truck, but there are times I'd like to get a load of rock/soil and need it off. I was thinking I might be able to use clamp-on forks on my FEL and build a rack onto the forks that would fit...

I know this is a controversial issue- but I need to make a decision in the next few days. We are currently building a 30X72 pole barn (pictures to follow at some point), it will have a full bath and finished studio space for my wife. The studio area will be 18X24 with a 18X6 bath/utility room...

Does anyone have experience using a small electric tankless water heater for a shop or cabin? We are getting ready to build a shop that will have an insulated finished room with a single bath. I've reviewed the previous threads on tankless heaters but most of them discuss whole house options...

I have about 10 acres I plan to reclaim from cheatgrass, yellowstar thistle and a mess of other noxious broadleafs. My general plan is tillage, followed by herbicide and then a fall dormant seeding of some drought tolerant wheatgrass (streambank or intermediate wheatgrass) or bunch grass fescue...

I'm planning on putting a gate at our driveway entrance. Is a 12 foot wide gate enough? My main concern would be the occasional construction vehicle when we build our barn or for other projects/deliveries (cement truck, dump truck with gravel, delivery of materials, UPS, FedEx, etc). The...

I'm planning on installing a Mighty Mule automatic gate about 500 feet from an existing 200 amp panel that currently runs an irrigation well, 110V outlet and an irrigation timer but will power a shop at some point in the future (the shop will not be near this panel so the power will have to be...

I know there has been a lot of discussion of snakes lately, and I'll admit to being a guy who doesn't like snakes. I wasn't happy to find this guy in the house- quite small but a mean little guy- striking and hissing until I got him into a box and outside. Not sure how he got inside. Can...

I'm was planning to change the hydraulic fluid on my 3320 today but I can't seem to get the cap off of the canister that contains the fluid. I've tried a fabric oil filter wrench, no luck. Any tricks to gettin off this about 6" diameter round cap unscrewed?

I have an irrigation well that is connected to an underground sprinkler system and a set of hydrants for hand line watering. There is a rainbird controller which turns on and off the pump via a pump controller and I can switch the pump on at that box manually as well to use the handline...

I've been working on fence to define the yard and keep in the dogs, took some tractor time and resulted in a new PHD. This first picture is digging the post holes with the JD 3320.

I thought some of you might be intersted in this new publication. It's a quarterly and is like a popular mechanics for geeks. I recently got the most recent one, and it is great. Full of interesting do it yourself projects and tips. MakeZine

Hey- does anyone know the wheel bolt size for the front on a JD 30 twenty series? None of my sockets fit and I have a front flat to get fixed. I did a search but can't seem to come up with the answer. Thanks for any help.

I've been reading these forums for awhile, and have seen many threads about the 50 hour service for various JD machines- folks buying all kinds of filters, oil, grease etc and some dealers charging up to $500 for the parts/labor. Well, I'm nearing that time so went to look at my manual to get a...

I've been messing around with my 3320 and have been attempting to level around the house for a yard with a boxblade and the FEL- it appears to be a shallow learning curve, but so far it's entertaining. Looking at the manual there appears to be a "float" position for the lower arms of the 3PH-...

Just a quick thanks to all here on the forum. I've been reading it for nearly a year now and you all have answered all of my questions (even the silly ones). I started out looking at a 2210, then the 4010, then the 4110 and ended up purchasing a 3320 with loader, rotary mower and boxblade (to...

Hey- I have 14 acres in SE Washington, all old pasture- overgrown with weeds, thistle and foxtail (but mowed by a neighbor last spring and recently sprayed). We've built a home and plan on putting in a lawn soon. The pasture has a number of hills- some too steep for a traditional tractor (our...

I've posted similar questions before- but with 0% financing for 36 months starting yesterday- it's time to make a decision. I have 14 acres, about 8-9 to be bush hogged (open fields with some steep hills), another 3-4 acres too steep to safely manuever on (and I've decided against the...

Hey- I've been browsing the NH forums looking for info but still have a couple of questions. I've been looking at JD 2210 or 4010 but with the new financing on the TC24, I've headed over here to look around. I have 14 acres- of which 1-2 will be finsih mowing and 10-11 will be bush hogged a...

I'm looking for ideas to store our 4" irrigation handline- 20 foot lengths. Currently we are without a barn and won't have one for a couple of years as we work on other projects. The line is currently piled in the pasture and becomes overgrown with weeds and home to various critters. In the...

I'm planning on burying some fence along an existing (though somewhat tired) woven wire fence to keep our dog in and keep him from digging under. It's about a ten acre enclosure, so I'm trying the find the best way to trench without spending a lot. Is there a middle buster or subsoiler that...

There have been a lot of threads on these machines- but I'm looking for some more input for my situation. We have 14 acres of overgrown weeds/thorns that are very thick and in parts almost impossible to walk through. I would like a machine to bush hog this stuff- the terrain is somewhat uneven...

We have an irrigation well with buried 4" line and a few steel ground level 4" irrigation hydrants. There is a hydrant near the house that I would like to convert to a fire hydrant- essentially an above ground hydrant that could handle a standard fire hose. So, if there was a house fire, we...

Hey all- we're building a house but the septic tank and field was intalled by the previous land owners for a house they never built. The tank has been located and our house is plumbed to the tank- I'm trying to find the easiest way to locate the covers on the tank without digging the whole...

Hello- I'm looking at a 2210 with FEL, a rotary mower and perhaps a box blade. Initially we will use the 2210 for some land preparation around our new place- putting in a lawn, moving some dirt, some minor driveway grading etc. We would eventually be using it as a finish mower around the house...

Hey- I've been lurking as a guest for awhile. We have 10 acres and are finishing building a home which should be done sometime in October. Most of the property used to be farmed many years ago- it is now almost entirely serious weeds (up to a 1/2 inch thick and as 5 feet tall in places) as...