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    rail road rail

    Some time ago I posted about a rail I found while bush hogging. finally got around to cutting it, hewre are the pics. There is a stamping on the side of the rail "850 OH Tennessee B 1910 " does this mean it was made in 1910 in Tennessee ? thanks for any input Keith
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    found a railroad rail

    I found (while bush hogging tall grass/weeds) a partiallly buried railroad rail, in it's whole length, must be at least 30' long, too long to load on a 24' trailer and get tractor on also. I need a section to make a drag and another short length for the box blade, disc, etc. etc.-- How can...
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    plastic fuel filter housing -vs- a little gas

    developed a leak around the fuel filter, ck30 kioti, tried to work with the o ring but no luck. took it to the dealer and the tech right away saw that the housing was discolored and distorted- gas in your diesel will do this every time he said. replaced housing and o ring -- no leaks. the can...
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    let her idle or shut her down

    in the course of a project if ya'll need to get off and do some grunt work do you shut the tractor off and restart or let it idle ? Some times what looks like a 2 minute task off the tractor to pick up limbs or rocks, etc, it turns into 5 - 10 minutes or longer. those minutes add up over the...
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    loader bucket not level

    just noticed that my loader bucket is about 3" lower on the right side. have been using the grapple for the first 30 some odd hrs and just attached the bucket to do other tasks and it won't drag a level surface flat due to the lean. i must have warped it with some of the timber being cleaned...
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    idle surge

    ck30 with 35 hrs on it- at idle it surges between 800 to 1100 rpm- seems that when it is first started it will idle evenly- when it is warmed up it starts to surge- is there a simple adj i can make to fix this ? thanks in advance keith ck30 hst fel bh bush hog grapple landscape rake box blade
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    failure to upload

    Am trying to post some pics and am getting a VBulletin Message that there is a failure to upload the files. I checked the pic size and it is 200 x 150. Any suggestions ? TIA
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    scratch harrow/grass clog ?

    Have a need to drag a few acres to break up the manure piles. Did a search for harrowing and found a good thread on what type equipment to use. If the scratch harrow that Tractor Supply sells is used won't the tines clog up with thatch? Then the tines would be floating on top of a layer of...
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    Backhoe  backhoe trouble

    took delivery of a ck30 hst w/ bh,fel on friday afternoon. sat am real early snook off and started digging a hole to bury some stumps. started out great guns bh was doin' it. then she started to get more and more sluggish till she would not even pull the bucketout of hole. called dealer and was...
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    opinions needed

    OK. have searched the past threads for prices paid for ck30's. and feel a little crunchy with the price i've been quoted by the nearest dealer. = ck30 hst with fel, front guard, tooth bar, a genuine 48" grapple, quick attach, 5ft international hog, r4's. out the door $21,719.00. from what I've...
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    bh use anticipation -

    am anticipating the use of a ck 30 at the beginning of '06. is the bh effective in digging up shrubs and small trees for transplanting ? some of them will weigh about 300 - 500 lbs and be 5 -6 ft in my imagination i can see digging a square out around the bush, like digging a stump, and then...
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    resale -

    I can see enough work to keep a tractor busy for at least a year, able to pay for itself, and accomplish a few things here at the house. Now when the work dwindles away, if it should not regenerate itself, and i paid, say 22,000. for the rig, what would be the possibility of recouping a good...
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    bucket size

    am planning to buy the ck30 w/ fel & bh. is the 9" bucket better for digging stumps than a larger one ? larger would be better, it seems, for digging dirt etc. tia gump
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    tractor work rates

    have run into some use for a compact tractor- some holes to dig, stumps that need to be dug up, need fill dirt to fill in vacant mobile home lots- as a general rule, ball park amounts, how much per hr would you guys charge for tractor work- with my mowing i have it down to charging by the minute...
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