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I'm upgrading my commercial truck from spring suspension to air ride. I am using a modified York 210 compressor to provide air to the system. This compressor doesn't have an unloader valve on the compressor like a commercial diesel engine style compressor. The air dryer I am installing is a self...

My cranshaft pulley is so warped it's throwing the belt when I actually tighten it enough to stop the belt from slipping on the water pump and alternator. DO I have to seperate the front axle from the tractor to change it? I know the front sheet metal has to come off and the radiator. Also...

I'm considering making a video about this and how I rectified it. I bought my tractor with the 12 volt conversion already done. I took a quick look, and at first glance, it seemed ok. The wiring has been patched and cut back a lot, but that's nothing I can't repair. The tractor was running like...

When I bought my tractor it had a janky upright exhaust and flapper that hangs open. I want to replace the exhaust with a factory style exhaust. I looked and TSC has the exhaust for a good price. I couldn't find the mount/hanger on TSC website that is located under the right foot board. Anyone...

I grew up running old tractors on a family friend's farm. I knew one day I'd own a old Ford tractor. Found an interesting add on Facebook market with a good price. It took me a couple of days, but I finally got to see it. I got lucky. The guy that was selling it owns his own tractor repair and...

I am looking at attachments for a Ford 8n. What I am doing is cleaning up a 1 acre lot. What I need to do is move some dirt, cut in a drive way, and maintain the growth. The implements I'm interested in are a back blade, finish mower, and someway to move dirt. Back blades are pretty easy to come...

I am going to look at a 1952 Ford 8n later today or tomorrow. I drove on on a farm back in the early 90s. What should I look out for in my pre-purchase inspection? I'm familiar with the hydraulic bleed down problems. Are there any other issues I should be aware of? The seller says the tractor...

My house lost partial power.Everything slowed down(fans),and the lights dimmed.At first I though it was a brown out, which I have never encountered before.I got up to go check the electrical panel and noticed,everything else in the house was working properly.So out comes the trust ole...

My father poured this pad 31 years ago.It had one of those Sears metal buildings on it.It rusted away many years ago.Now I am in the planning stages of erecting a stick built building on it.This building will house our personal effects while we remodel my father's old mobile home.The pad caused...

Yesterday I was cutting 23/32 inch OSB.Both my circular saw (skill saw) and my jig saw (reciprocating) saw kept kicking back.I have a steel ripping blade with hardened teeth on my circular saw.It has 3 to 5 cuts on it prior to yesterdays antics.My jig saw has a new standard fine tooth steel...

I am replacing the sub flooring in a bathroom.The floor joist runs right below, and about an inch out, under a wall.I can't figure out how to get that last couple inches of the old sub floor out, so the new sub floor can lay on top of the joist.Anyone have any clever ideas,or should I suck it...

My property slopes toward the mobile home on it.I am planning to build a reenforced concrete block retaining wall under the mobile home on the slope side.After I do the retaining wall,I am planning to install french drains on the outside of it.I will back fill with crush run.I'd like to top it...

I have been having problems with people driving through my lot instead of using the roads.This had led to my septic tank caving in and my leech fields become so compacted they no longer work properly.Not to mention the ruts and roughness when cutting grass.So I am putting up a weld wire...

I know I could probably "google" it,but I'd rather hear from people that have successfully done it.I am still working on the mobile home I been posting about the past few months.I just completed replacing the main sewer line to the septic tank after a back up ruined the bathroom and floor.Now I...

I am looking to buy a small older garden tractor in ready to use running condition close to Spartanburg,SC.I am looking for a tractor with around a 54 inch deck with a sleeve hitch and preferably a cat 0 three point.I need to pull a 48 inch box blade/back blade,a bucket scoop,dozer blade,and...

I recently posted about a mobile home I own that has been having trouble with the septic system.After leveling the MH and doing a lot of other work,we decided to rerun the main sewer line from the MH to the septic tank.It had the wrong type pipe with to many bends and joints,it also to small for...

I am leveling a mobile home.When I have done it in the past I used a water level.This mobile home is on an incline and the frame on one end is below grade.I can't use a water level on the first third of the MH.What other options do I have to level the MH?I don't have access to a laser level and...

My son got one of those Magic Beans in a can for Christmas.So far we have been happy with it's quick growth.I'd like to know more about the plant and it's name but I can't find a name on the website for it.This is what he has. Products Quality Assurance Can someone put a name to the plant?It...

My septic system leech fields drain lines have collapsed and caused a sewage back up into the house. My current leech fields are set up like this. I would like to flip it, run my gravel,then my drain lines with black plastic membrane over everything.There is a slope from the upper end of the...

I was going back through some older threads and the pics loaded into the forum (not from a hosting site) are only showing up as links.IS this something I can change in my personal settings or is it a new forum issue?

I am trying to work a deal for a Ford 4000 tractor.I should have it by the end of Febuary.If it falls through I will take the next deal.Either way,I will be running a tractor around 50HP. Now my issue. In a couple months, a few companies will start taking bids for bush hog work and a local HOA...

"SUPER LOAD" came through my area.New Pics Super Load came through my general area tonight.I had to go see it.It's a giant stator for a Duke Energy power plant in Boiling Springs,NC.Here is the LINK to news footage.All the updates are listed below the video.I have helped move some big stuff...

I have never personally owned a tractor.I have operated quite a few MF,Fords,and comercial grade JD,Ford,and Cat.Most of my experience is in general pasture work,drainage,and installing septic systems.I currently maintain our family property which is only two acres.It has two drives and a dirt...