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Not posted for some time... tractor has been behaving itself. Nevertheless after 13 years one of the rear tires (carlisle 26-12-12) has started to crack and needs replacing. I was going to take the whole wheel down to the store to replace it,but I'm having trouble removing the wheel. In the...

I just purchased a boat and I thought it would be a good idea to remove the engine oil myself. My father used to do this but usually ended up with most of the oil in the bilgeas he would do it via the drain plug. Perhaps the fact he owned shares in BP explains some of this. Any way, I...

I have a jeep wrangler 2007. A vehicle I thought would rough and ready and any repair could be achieved with a hammer and duck tape, but to my amazement the garage wanted $240.00 to change the spark plugs. Why are these things so expensive to change these days. Could this be a new franchise...

I have a fimco gold series pump on a sprayer. The hose got caught and pulled the tank off the back of the tractor. This did some damage to the pump and I had to rebuild it, but I now find that there is no pressure in the spray but I am getting bubbles coming up from the bottom of the tank. Have...

My deere 2210 is 5 1/2 years old and has 476 hours on it so time for a fairly complete over haul. Purchased at the local Deere stockist I bought new outside air filter, 3 gallons of Deere transmission fluid, oil filter, fuel filter and transmission filter. The total cost was $117.00 Up about...

Any ideas on the size of the zerts for the front axle etc for deere 2210?

After owning a 2210 with a 51" FEL I suddenly realized after 5 years I dont know the its capacity. I can find lifting weights etc but no volumetric data. Any ideas?

When I was first introduced to Twitter my reaction was " these people need to get a life", but as the WWW is the visible sum of human ingenuity I being proven wrong. An IBM scientist has wired up his home so that if something goes wrong with say the heating he gets a tweet. The logical extension...

My dad died this week. It would be unfair for me to mourn. Here was a man who lived 93 years. He was happily married to the same woman for 67 years. He was able to retire at 45 and then went sailing until he was 85. So with all the suffering in the world it would be churlish for me to be too...

I thought that this must be another photoshop job, but according to the experts I m wrong and this bird is in mid whiffle. Goose photographed flying upside down - Telegraph

We were watching the Derby yesterday (what a race and what guts) when a Deere advert was shown. The tractor was being driven by this very attractive young lady and my wife saw that I was visibly excited and accused me of being lustful. I replied that I was, but it was the sight of a new Deere...

Looking for advice. I'm trying to use my old mowing blades and this means drilling some holes in them. I have a drill press and I bought a titanium drill bit from Lowes. The drill was blunt almost immediately I bought the most expensive bit but do I need a professional to drill for me?

I have to be honest I have been overdoing it for the last few weekends. The weather is ideal for cutting up old fallen trees etc and perhaps because the weather was cool I was not drinking enough.....gatorade that is. Sure enough as I was driving the leg was at an awkward angle and it suddenly...

I am thinking of planting some rhododendron in my woods along the paths. I know they are vunerable to deer but I'm having some real success with sprays to keep the deer away. I was listening to a podcast yesterday though and I was wondering if you have heard this affecting trees in the states. I...

I know I can attach a jpg file to a thread but can I attach an mp3 file or would I have to make it a link?

One of the great pleasures is to walk the dogs off the leash. I have two labradors so double the pleasure. We have a large field at the back of our property so out of the shooting and tick season we go there. The owner does not seem to have a problem with this per se but is worried about...

I posted about a month ago a problem that I had of my Deere stalling as I engaged the drive. The suggestion was that the safety switches under the seat were freezing up. Well, it happened again tonight so what to do? Somehow, I had to get heat onto the switches. the solution was to wrap a hot...

I have this hung tree in my yard. It has been there for some time ,even though it looks precarious. I think cutting the stump would be too dangerous and I have tried pulling it off with the tractor but so far no luck. Any idea?

This article starts to change my skeptical view on wind power. Bloomberg.com: Exclusive Its beginning to make a difference

Up until now we have tried to solve our problem leaving the current economic order in place. Certainly, the immediate cause of the problem was the credit crunch in the US, or rather a buyer's strike on dollar denominated debt that was not US treasury. This points to the wider issue that we have...

I have a deere 2210 with 400 hours on it. It lives outside, the wife refuses to let it into the family room and it has been cold. The engine starts fine and runs well but this weekend when I engaged the hydostatic drive it died.I then tried with the PTO and again it died. I continued to run the...

I know this isn't a jeep forum but you guys know more than most. I bought a new Jeep wrangler in January of this year. The idiot light informed me that I needed to change my oil at 2750 and now at 5750. The oil recommended is 5w-20 but it seems to me that the frequency is high and decided to go...

This summer I was thinking of using a roller pump to take water out my pond and use it on the garden. From the pumps I ve looked at a roller pump driven off the pto is probably the cheapest way to go for the occasional use. My problem is that the roller out lets are 3/4" and the hose for that is...

I have a fairly long commute so my trusty Ipod is heavily used. I cant stand the many advert infested short duration podcasts that are out there. Ive found one on the BBC site called Farming Today that runs for about 15 minutes do you know of any similar podcasts I could listen to?

Last year my parents gave me about 500 slides. Almost all the photos they ever took. Of course, these days we dont have the slide projector and so I have been scanning them.I purchased an epson v200 and have been using 1200 dpi resolution. The results I think are very good.But what is more...

A new study into biofuels makes the comment "Biofuels could play an important role in cutting greenhouse gas emissions from transport, both in Britain and globally,but it would be disastrous if biofuel production made further inroads into biological diversity and natural ecosystems. We must not...

My cars all have 130,000 plus on them. So I'm in the market for some wheels. "AHA "I say "I dont need a new one as thats way too expensive.Why not buy one that has just finished its 3 year lease and therefore has under 30,000 miles on the clock. A hundred dollars over the turn in price( the...

Some time ago I had written about the added dimension to the increase in oil prices and that was the possibility that producers would look to receive payment in a basket of currencies. I know that the call at OPEC came from the "lunatic fringe", but the response was not an emphatic no. The...

I was under my 2210 changing the transmission fluid and checked the HST fan. It was missing a fan blade.How I managed to do that I don't know? I checked with my local dealer and he said that providing it doesn't vibrate leave well alone. Interestingly enough he also said that replacement should...

A weekend of projects, one of which was the fencing of a vegetable patch. This required the use of my PHD. All went well, but then our luck ran out. The auger went down very quickly and then of course the three point wouldn't raise it. A couple of the usual tricks of trying to raise with the...

There is still upward pressure on crude prices. We have argued over demand from China and India, but the brutal fact is we are still prepared to pay up for gas. I dont think we have figured out where the US demand peaks out.

I have been running 5w 30 Rotella synthetic for the last 90 hours which has been the basically last winter and spring. I changed last night to Mobil1 synthetic 15w 50 as I worried that the summer heat was going to over tax a lighter oil. I have a jd 2210 and they recommend a 15w 40 ,but I could...

I rented a terramite for the day.Im in southern NY. The rent was $175 fir 8 hours and delivery $140.never used a back hoe before. So i managed to 1) dig a pond 3-4 ft deep about 10 ft by 10 ft 2) dig 2 ft trench about 50 yds 3) removed about 15 tree stumps 3 inch across 4) dug up numerous...

Yesterday, I needed to wack down a few weeds near the back door. So I pulled on my working boots without tying the laces. Sure enough within seconds of starting up the weed wacker the nylon string had entangled with the laces and the machine slammed into my shin. No blood but it really hurt..

I have a buick rendevous.To change the air filter takes skill and immense strength so image my surprise when I took the the cap off this spring. How the mice got in there and didnt die is amazing. My wife drives this car everyday for some distance.

The sun had his hat on so it was time remove the pool cover. I suspect that this chore is made difficult so you end up calling the pool company, but with my trusty tractor its removal was a breeze. You need 2 lengths of 100 ft floating rope. One you thread through the spring clips for one half...

I have a virgin mobile nokia phone which I use when I travel to the UK. Its a pay as you go phone. ( Its a good deal as you dont loose the airtime purchased and means that you have a uk number when there). My son is off to France for the summer and fall. If I keep the phone with the UK SIM the...

An interesting article on Reuters, on a subject that I think we will hear a lot more on over the next few months. Unfortunately I think it will mean more confusion and frustration for the consumer. Weak WTI a sign of big shifts in U.S. crude market | Reuters

Every year I try to grow from seed and purchase seedlings from on line stores and every year I end up going to the garden store and buying seedlings so that at least something is growing. One of the major problems seems to be that when I remove the seedling from its pot all the potting soil...

Would it be fair to say that a 2210 fel would have a capacity of 6 cubic feet. The reason is I'm thinking of building a box for a carry all.I reckon 4*4*3, giving me 48 cubic ft This is not a weight issue as this would be used for a) grass cuttings b) wood chips..there is a huge mound waiting...

I have decided to modify my HF 3pt hitch by widening the arms. Im not a welder so Im going to have a welder to do it for me. Should I ask him to make 2 cuts either side of the center point and add a spacer to widen. Or should I get him to remove the center point and make one cut and widen there...

Has anyone installed one of these on a deere 2210?

I must have reversed into something with my KK yard rake as its dragging one of the gauge wheels like Quasimodo's foot. I spoke to the TSC store and they said "straighten the shaft" How would I do that?

Sorry to post again on buying a chain saw, but I remember somebody mentioning a good online store. Ive searched the threads but unable to find it.

I did a 200 hour transmission filter oil change on my 2210 this weekend. As I undid the oil plug and the oil shot passed my ear missing the bucket by a foot I thought that this is a waste of time and money as the oil looked perfectly good. But you know what, the old FEL has a new zip to it and...

I use a cheepo impact wrench, which I think has a torque max of 125 lbs to tighten the bolts on the mowing blades of my belly mower.Except this time 2 came off as per normal but the third is stuck. The problem is that if I use a normal wrench the blade turns.If I take it to a local shop I will...

This weed has arrived on my property this year. I have wetlands but the real problem is it has started to grow in a stream that goes down the middle of my yard. I spent yesterday pulling it out of the stream with my FeL and then taking it back to the wetlands. This stuff is tough but I fear it...

I purchased some end of season rhododendron bushes with a view to repotting and then planting in the spring. In my haste I potted using cow manure and ordinary potting soil so the soil acidity is probably wrong. If I water with either diluted vinegar or lemon juice will that change the ph...

I was greasing the front steering links and I had taken the pressure off by raising the front with the fel when I noticed that the axle rocked slightly from side to side not from back to front. Is this a problem?

If Im going to mix fuel to oil at 50:1 . Does that mean for every 50 parts of gas i need 1 part of oil or is 49 parts of gas to 1 of oil.

I have about 3 acres to mow with a JD 2210 and 62 inch mowing deck. This year the grass has been growing very quickly and to be frank it has got away from me. I keep the lawn at 3.5 to 4 inches high. Im now finding that with the excess cuttings that it is becoming more difficult to cut plus...

I hit a stump yesterday. The blades folded, but it certainly made the engine stutter. Can you damage an engine through undue force from a pto?

change of land use I live in New York on 7.5 acres of what used to be designated as agricultural land.Approximately 5.5 acres of this parcel is either wetlands or woods.I have received notice that they want to change the land use to residential as there is now a house on the property. What do I...

Iwas just looking on ebay and someone was selling a box scraper I havent seen before. Instead of using a 3 pt hitch this one used trailing wheels whose height was regulated with hydraulics. The seller claimed that this rig permitted a more precise levelling process. Has anyone used such a setup...

So far the arguements here over oil have focused on the price rising and possible solutions to that scenario. But I think we have ignored what could be another factor coming into play. The Iranians( and I dont want this to be a political debate on the rights and wrongs of Iran) are planning to...

I have just purchased a lawn aerator in attempt to reduce the amount of fertilizer that I need to put down. It is a 42 inch model and the limit from the manual for added weight is 145 lbs. My soil is a heavy clay. Any sugestions as to the weight I should add.I have Jd2210 so pulling it...

Which web site do you prefer/find more accurate accuweather.com or weather.com? I use both these web sites, but tend to look more at accuweather. I like their lead stories showing the intereaction of air masses etc and the 15 fday forecast is nice. However, my feeling is for these...

I have a JD 2210. Last fall I reached 100 hours and changed from dino to Rotella 5w 40. Iam now up to 133 hours. I live in New York and for this winter the starting has been good with this oil, but somehow Im not so sure that this lighter weight will be so good during the summer. Apart from...

I came across http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=93167 Has anybody seen or used this item. is it an alternative to hiring a small backhoe?

I have a JD 2210 and my property is flat. My problem is that this was new development and although the grass has taken well it is un even. I went onto the agrifab web site and they have a broad range of weights of lawn rollers upto 900 lbs. A couple of questions what do you think is...

My son goes back to college soon and decided that he needed a new pc. We have never bought one as we have always built our own, but this time the machine was going to be a high end one. AMD dual core 3800 chip, 300 meg hard drive, 2 gigs of ram, a sound card the at enables you to record an...

They are currently trying to sell a 2210 on ebay that was destroyed in a fire. I dont know why but I found the pictures to be deeply disturbing. I did nt want to put the link up because I dont know the rules on showing some one else's web page, but you can find it by doing a search on deere 2210