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Evening folks, I cut this tubing many years ago for another tractor but finally got around to building it out. It was all made with scrap pieces. The bumper/box is 4X6 tube. I welded ends on then cut lengthwise. After the top was off I welded a drip edge on and added the grill guard. I...

Howdy folks, I have had a one of the quick connectors with the ball bearings stuck for a while. I recently bought a Rhino finish mower so it was time to unstick the shaft. I put a chain around I tree and attached it to the shaft but trying to drive the tractor and pulling back the release...

To make it mulch? Just wondering...

Howdy all, I have 4-5 miles of woodland trails I would like leveled and cleaned up. Sandy loam soil with some youpon roots in it. Anyone use a road maintainer to do such a job? Reconditions on a manufacture? I can build but searching turns up nothing I like.

Howdy All, Many years since I posted. The clutch on my '06 tc40 was stuck for a month or so. I tried many remedies and I'm going to go through them all. 1. Block the clutch for a few weeks, no help. 2. Wiggle it into gear and bury the bucket with the clutch depressed. That just dug ruts...

Can anyone steer me toward a nice looking metal building? I'm not looking to get the standard box. I want it to have some style and internet searching has turned up little. I'd especially like to know of CEN TX companies or builders. thanks for any help. mark

Anyone ever use this system or recommend anything like it. 4 Channel Surveillance DVR with 4 Cameras I'm wanting to watch some land and with 4 cameras and 200 hours time it doesn't seem bad. Thanks in advance. Mark

Anyone know of a sprayer that almost atomizes the liquid? There was one out about 15 years ago and they were pricey, but I'd like to have one now. I hate to put out too much chemical nowdays. Internet searches aren't bringing up much. Thanks, MP

Hey folks, Anyone here know much about this? I'm enclosing a 8X24 screened porch. I added 3, 5'X6' picture windows, 2 28"X72" picture windows on each end of those, 2 32"X72" double hungs and I'm about to install the new door. I know this is supposed to be about tractors but I need advice...

Anyone have any opinions of them? I like the idea that they can collect data on rainfall since I'm not always home, but do they actually work. Here in TX, a few days of sun can evaporate a lot of water out of a rain guage and I'd like to keep a better track of rainfall. Thanks for any comments.

Guys, I was piling some brudh this weeken when a limb came up and knocked the top curl hose QC loose/off. I got off and reconnected it but when I got back on the tractor it wouldn't move. I checked the fluids and the hydraulic fluid was off the dipstick. Is the clutch Hydraulic on this...

I have to do some work on the tractor shed this weekend. I have an 18V B&D that burnt up. It was a piece of junk. I have a 14.4V skil where the charger melted. It was my 2nd skil and I'd rate it slightly higher the the B&D. I'm wondering if I can splice the 18V charger into the 14.4V...

I'm sure a lot of you know this but... I bought a backpack sprayer from hft last year for 16.99 with a coupon. As we all know some of their stuff is not so great. This one looked a lot like some of the ones selling for much more. They were selling them so cheap because the lower strap clip...

Guys, The shifter for 4wa has always been hard to engage. Now it takes all I can muster to put it in or out of 4wa. Is there any way to change this? I thought there might be a nut that controls tension on some packing but I did't see it. It doesn't "FEEL" like there is any real problem, just...

Guys, I need a shredder more than a chipper so I'm thinking of getting rid of my jimna. What I'm interested in knowing is how well does this unit shred? I haul about 500 bags of leaves out to my place every year to mulch my fruit trees and I also chip some cedar also, so a chipping option is...

I backed over my 19+ year old craftsman chain saw with the tc40 this weekend. It pushed in the throttle lock, split the housing open and broke the d handle. I popped the lock back into place and the housing came back together. The saw starts, idles and cuts just like it used to. A new handle...

I got 2 emails from HFT. One at my school account(I teach woodshop) was for 15% off 1 item. The other at my hotail account was for 25% off the entire purchase. Funny how they don't offer the same promotion to all. The 25% off coupon wouldn't print and wouldn't forward to my school account...

The price of diesel down and I'm getting tired of going to town to fill 3-4, 5 gallon cans at a time and since my cans aren't yellow I always have to worry about someone putting diesel in the four wheeler or gas in the tractors. I'm sure a lot of you have been there on some of these things. If...

I think it would be handy to have some small maps to carry on the tractor to mark locations like certain grasses, new roads, etc. Anyone know how to print from google? I can't figure it out. TIA, pete

Why this makes me happy I don't know. Whats it like where you all are at. It's still 2.49 here in Houston but if you happen to be in Mexia Tx, your in luck.

Guys, I've never done this before but I have a lot of building experience and I'm a wood shop teacher in my real life. I want to build a 3 sided, flat roofed pole barn to house my tractors. They've been sitting around outside for too long. I'm thinking 20X30 or 20X40 with a 10' sloping to 8'...

Guys, I changed my oil this past week and instead of driving 45 miles to get a nh filter I bought a wix from the local auto supply. The rubber O ring was a little smaller although I had them cross the filter twice. It did rest on the flange of the block ok but I wasn't too happy with the...

I need to move some dirt around and doing it a bucket at a time a half mile isn't time or cost effective. Anyone have an opinion of those roll up pickup unloaders? Could they move a yard of dirt, or atleast half a yard? At 90.00 it's probably worth a try. TIA, Mark

My old allis chalmars has turf tires on it. By golly after only 28 years they are in need of changing. :) The rims are in 2 halves with a rubber gasket in between. I took them to 2 different tire shops hoping I wouldn't have to split the rim, but they couldn't take the tire off without doing...

To me, a finish mower is the way to go in the yard and along the drive and around the gate. My old 2 wheel finish mower on my uneven hilly yard is prone to scalping though. It also tends to scalp when making turns. I've never used it much because of that. Do the newer finish mowers with 4...

I'm going to take the loader off this summer for mowing, but not until I get a grill guard. I'm toying with the idea of bulding one vs buying it. Anyone have some pics would share of theirs? TIA, Mark

Folks, I want to put a 6' swing down by my pond. I'd like it to only be on 2 legs, 8' between legs with a 6'-8' trellis on top. For the legs I was going to use 6" cedar posts with a 4X4 top rail and 2X4 trellis type canopy for some confederate jasmine to grow on and give us shade. The...

I got home yesterday evening and the top hinge of my wrought iron gate had given loose. It had obviously :) been wire welded because there was very little penetration in the weld. I'm talking less that 1/16 and more like 1/32". I'm surprised it lasted the past 15 years. Anyway, no biggy...

I've only ever needed an impact wrench for personal use. I bought a campbell housfield 1/2" to use but it seems to be a dog. It's like it runs out of power as the day goes on, but it is hooked to a porter cable 6cfm@90, 25 gal compressor. I was also only using it to remove 3/8" nuts to take...

I'm thinking about renting a trencher to put in some electrical and water lines to various places around my property. I have to trench through some heavily treed areas. Do trenchers cut through, lets say 2"-3" roots very well, and does this effect the trees if they do cut them? I only...

I need an opinion on this stuff. I have a 16' trailer that has 4' expanded metal sides. It has rusted up and need worked on. I'm going to wire brush it and put some rust reformer on. I was wondering if instead of paint I should apply the liquid bed liner for a finish over the reformer...

Hey Guys, I need some feedback. I was in my NH dealer the other day and they had a nice 55 gal spray rig with a 14' boom and a ss gun, pto pump, painted blue and all set up for 625.00. I thought it was a good price. Then, a friend told me about a used continental belton 315 gal fiberglass...

From jul 05 to oct 06 I recorded 10.33 inches of rain. 26.5 so far just this year. My pasture is actually starting to get some grass again. Yeehaw!! I hope it's this good for all ya'll here in TLSS. I feel real bad for you Georgia folks. MP

I have a pier and beam house that had laminated hardwood in the kitchen. The fridge didn't close one time and the fridge condensated all over the floor and delamintaed the floor. I'd like to replace it with ceramic tile but I'm unsure you can do that with this type house. I'm sure with all...

A lot of you may know this already but at weather.com there is a interactive weather map. After a few years of bad drought I got used to looking at the dopler radar from a tv station, for the area around my weekend place. It would look on the radar like it was raining in that area but when I...

I need a new finish mower. I would like one as big as possible, Why are the larger ones so expensive? IMHO, going from 6 to 7 feet is not that much of an engineering feet, but the price sure will make you think so. Here is an example from TSC. These are rear DC finnish mowers. TSC #...

Hello Folks, I've been using a lot of manure and urine soaked hay lately to both improve my plants and to add to compost. Chopping this stuff up is a bit harsh on my 48 year old body when you do it in quantity. My arms are getting bigger but my waist climbs also??? Is there anything that I...

These people are in my favorite sellers list on ebay, BUT I HAVE NEVER PURCHASED FROM THEM. It was auto emailed to me when they listed it. I post this because I think it is neet, useful and reasonable in price. Actually, with the price of steel, it is cheap IMHO. I would not build one when I...

Anyone ever converted theirs to be a boomed or boomless sprayer, or know what nozzles to get, etc. I'd like to be able to convert mine and to find a boomless nozzle online because a tractor supply is pretty darn far away. TIA, MP

I see more and more tractors and other stuff being stolen from weekend places around my area nowadays. Anyone use a tracking system on their vehicles? Opinions? Can the be disabled? Are they small enough to hide without being detected? I emailed lojack for a cost but they just sent an...

I'm new to composting and having trouble figuring out what is right and wrong for making compost. I have a ranch with not the best soil. It was an old cotton farm and that may have depleated the soil. In reclaiming the pasture I cut out tens of thousands of mesquite and cedar trees. After...

Have you ever built something that every time you use it you tell yourself how glad you are you did it? This is one of those items for me. It is a cart for my tombstone welder and its extention cord. The cord is over 200' long. It is something called skyclimber cable. It was in a storage...

Over the past 2 years I have cut and burned close to 10,000 (yes, I did count) mesquite trees on my place. That doesn't include 100's of eastern red cedar and lots of post oak and elms. With the drought here in full swing during that time it made burning them a somewhat scary option if and...

I'm building/built a tree grubber. It is 3/4" mild steel for a 3ph. The first tree I tried it out on pulled out no problems, even in dry dirt. It was a 3" scrub oak. The results went downhill from there. It will pull out any tree that has a Y somewhere close to the ground. Unfortunatly...

I'm converting a Howse middle buster into a tree puller. The howse has 3/4X6 " plate for the MB connected to the 3pt frame by 2-3/4" bolts. I keep my torches in the country so I can't always work on my stuff as "the country" is 140 miles away from here. I bought a 36" piece of 3/4X8" plate to...

I'm trying to decide what to get for my tc40 to mow with. When I bought it I was thinking of getting a rhino se6 which is a 72" shredder, or rotery cutter for you non Texicans. I still think about mowing like I did in the old days on my place when I was trying to reclaim a once proud cotton...

I'm building a tree grubber. I would liked to build one for the fel with multiple teeth like some others have shown here, but I decided against it until I get a qa fel bucket though. What I am going to do is make a 3pt grubber using a middle buster frame to make the grubber. My Howse MB uses...

I have some questions about a phd I just bought used. It is a continental belton (ag-miear) with a 9" auger. The auger has 4 replacable teeth but for the life of me I can't figure out how they replace. They kinda clamp in between 2 pieces of steel but I don't see what secures them there...

It has been a horrible drought. Since august 1 of '05 I recorded 10.3 inches of rain. I'm just a weekender, so there could have been a little more rain not registered due to evaporation. We finally got some rain last week, and appear to have recieved about 4" more this week at the local...

Help me understand this. I know a 3pt can lift more than a fel, but... My tc 40 a has abou (all weight rounded off) 2300# of lift 24" behing th balls to a total height of about 24". My 17 la lifts @20" forward of the pins the following, 1400# at full height (98" at level bucket), and 2100# at...

I have a garage with a galvanized tin roof. I'd like to extend the back of it so I would have a covered work/carport area. I have some 21' galvalume that I can put on it and the garage is 24' wide. I would like to have poles only at the corners of the roof, if possible. What is the best way...

Anyone ever use a HF 3/4" socket set? I don't need anything that big very often, usually only with the bolts on a shreader. With 15% off it is only 34.00, but will it last past the first heavy use?

Gentlemen, I'm a fairly good welder for a hobby welder. I've built everything from BBQ pits to a steel cow on skids my kids used to rope. I'm about to start on a 30"X6'X5/16" BBQ pit with a 30"X2"X2'firebox. I like to build with steel. I look at the price of bolt on toothbars and figure...

I need some help with a implement purchase. Does anyone have an opinion of this PHD? I'm thinking of buying one with the 6,9 and 12" augers. It is mail order and I have no one anywhere around I can look at before buying. Is it OK digger or occasional use? I would mostly be using the 12"...

I sometimes have issues with HF stuff. It is better than some chinese stuff, but a lot of it leaves me desiring for better. I was using my Harbor Freight auto dark helmet this weekend and I have only one complaint about it. I try to shake my helmet down to cover my eyes when I want to strike...

I have many, many, many of 1"-14" mesquite, cedar and youpon to get rid of. A lot of them were cut down and poisoned but not with the a7m brush buster method and are coming back up. They tell me to wait 2 years before respraying and initial spraying tests this summer has reaffirmed that. They...

I ran the same shear bolt on my 5' shredder for 14 years with my old 25 hp tractor. I mowed down some nasty stuff. If I could push it down with the tractor, I could shread it up. New 40 hp tractor, same shredder. The shear pin shears if I even approach something larger than 1.5". I replace...

Seems like my little 12v saw sharpener doesn't do as well as it once did. Anyone here use the HF chain sharpener that kinda looks like a chop saw? Any opinions of it? A 300.00 sharpener is out of reach right now but the HF is on sale for 30.00. TIA, MP

I spray a lot of roundup, 2-4d, remedy and soon remedy/reclaim mix. I have a 26 gal spot sprayer but continue to use a pump up unit to avoid corrosion because their all plastic. Is corrosion a problem with sureflow pumps used with these chemicals and how do you work to prevent it? I was...

I need some help. I want to kill many vining plants from pasture and woods. The county agent hasn't been much help. They are blackberry, muscidine and some unknown waxy leaf vines that are too abundant. 2-4d hasn't been much help. I hate to use roundup and kill everything. It looks bad for...

You naysayers can say what you want about the slopped hood look, but after using one for a while it it tough to go back to my old AC, even though the AC tractor is half the size of my NH. It just seems bulky now. As to the loader, curved ones may use less steel, but curved steel requires more...

Guys, I sure like my TC 40 A. It is so much more tractor than my old AC. At 8 hours though, I knocked the left turn signal light off driving under some manacured Black Jack Oaks. I didn't feel like there was anything that should have dislodged the light, but it did. Those Blackjacks are...

Guys, The one thing my wife requests on the new tractor is a canopy. I'd rather just feed the ol' skin cancer. I'm really afraid I'm going to knock it off pronto. I have plenty of trees on my place. Any suggestions as to who or where and how much it's going to run? Thanks, Mark

I don't have a toothbar for my 16LA 72" bucket yet. I have other things I need more at the time and 2 kids at TX A&M. I haven't had a chance to try this out yet and I was wondering. I need additional weight for the rear of my tractor and I have a disc already. Wouldn't a disc work to losen...

When I was looking for a tractor I went to a dealer to look at a used TC30. While I was there the salesman wanted to show me a SS setup. We went to 5 tractors with SS and not one would start. I told him that didn't bother me. I bought from another dealer, but only because the price was...

Anyone ever had a gearbox failure on their Howse shreader? Or any shreader for that matter? I'm looking for a larger RC, and I was telling someone how badly I had treated my 5" Howse shreader. The sides are round from mowing over stuff that I shouldn't have. The lower seal went out after...

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This doesn't apply for this year, but my place is used to raise cattle and I have to maintain the land, pasture, fences and costs of electricity, diesel, etc. In general, is depreciation on a new tractor deductable and are the cost associated with operation also? I have never had an...

I purchased a new TC 40 A on Monday from a dealer in Waco, TX. It has 4WD, a 16la, R4's, and that's about it. I called about a price in a trader type paper and by golly, they sold me a tractor for that price. Not only did I get a fabulous price, but the dealer has 30 mobile mechanics to send...

Having only ever had a standard gear transmission but about to get a new tractor, I have a question. With a standard shift transmission when you shifted from forward to reverse at x rpm, reverse was a lower gear than the forwards are so when you back up it's moving slower. Does anyone find that...

NH Guys, Is there more than 1 model TC40? I can only find one model on the NH website. Do they all have telescoping arms and tilt? I'm currently dealing long distance with a dealer and have never seen the tractor. The dealer is far from my house, but not so far from where the tractor will...

Wasn't a good day today. First I notice a 4" slit in the sidewall of my rear tractor tire. I mowed for about 3 hours with it like that. Figured a blowout was the worst that could happen. After mowing I put on a disc to turn a small area of ground and the 3pt would barely lift up the disc...

I need an oppinion. I have a lincoln ac machine but have always wanted a dc machine. Has anyone used the arc welders from Harbor Freight and have any oppinions of them? I buy some things from them and some aren't. I usually avoid their electrical equipment though. They have a 230amp ac/dc...

while we\'re talking about kingcutter so much... Anyone have anything to say about their shredder they sell at TSC? I found them to be a decent looking med duty cutter. 600.00 for a 5'er was priced right. Any pro's or cons? My little 25 hp can't handle much weight and I've about beat the...

The centry post has me thinking of something I kinda lost track of when I found this site and was introduced to all kinds of different tractors I'd never heard of. My old AC5020 is getting hard to find parts for and I could use a FEL, so it's new tractor time. Which of the current companies...

Mahindra is the closest dealer to me. I'm kinda looking at a 5500 series. The price for the 2wd is great, but the dealer says the 4wd is 5000.00 more. In the Kubota GL series 4wd only adds about 2 grand. I realize the 5500 and 5500fwd are different machines, just wanted to know if the...

Hi, My dealer doesn't seem to know what the differences are between these 2 tractors, besides a year newer. Does anyone else know? He is offering the 1428 4WD with a loader for 12,900.00, but I haven't seen it yet. I only looked at the 1533 when I was there and didn't notice it.

During this search t find the perfect tractor at the perfect price I came across a 2005 TC30, standard tranny with the NH FEL and 4WD, canopy, and a 5' shredder. It is used and has 35hrs on it, for for a price of 13,000.00. It looks new and is a very nice tractor, and the price seems good...

I have an allis chalmers 5020 with turf tires and it is the only tractor I have owned. I bought the turf tires specifically to have more rubber between me and the mesquite thorns that used to dominate mt land. For more than 13 years that tractor has done me real well, mowing and pulling a 4'...

Anyone ever tried the root gruber from Jones Manufacturing in Vernon TX or built something similar? I found this in the coop electric mag. I wonder how hard it would be on a 3pt hitch? It's a fairly simple contraption, I wish they had some video of it in action. http://www.dallasweb.com/jones/

Hi, I've been looking for a new tractor but came across a l2500 with 171 hours on it for 6000.00. Seemed like a fair price. What do you think? Anyone know if I can get a loader for this tractor? Thanks in advance, MP

I've gotten prices of only 2000.00 difference between the 2 with fel. When you look at the specs from Mahindra, the 5500 and the 3525 have vitually the same lift and power capabilities, but the 5500 has 19 more HP. How can that be? Thanks, MP

Guys, I'm looking for a new tractor w/fel. I've had a AC 5020 for the past 15 years and that little tractor has really done me well, but I need a fel to pile up brush and move some dirt. I've got it down to the mahindra 3525 or a kubota l3400. The kubota has 4WD but the mahindra has the...