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I have a plain 5105. Not the 5105M. It has the spring suspension seat system. I don't see an option to install an air suspension seat system anywhere. I figure I'll have to Field Engineer a mounting bracket in order to install an air suspension seat. Have any of you guys done this? If so...

I was bush hogging yesterday and the mower threw a rock that broke the bottom hydraulic level sight glass that sits just to the left of the PTO shaft. :mad: Does anyone know if this glass can be replaced or will I have to buy the whole PTO shaft cover? The broken part is #7 in the attached...

Rednecks Just Wanna Have Fun The Safety Police will be along in 3.... 2.... 1.... .

I borrowed my FIL's 6 ton Hudson Brothers equipment trailer to tow my new JD 5105 and equipment home. Before I headed out to pickup the tractor and equipment I did some research on how much the tractor, FEL and other equipment would weigh. I figured around 8,000 lbs so I went with 9,000 just...

I've already made one post regarding the Lift Cylinder Stops on this tractor. I finally got to do some work with it this past weekend and all I can say is WOW. I love my little 3038e but I can do some SERIOUS work with this 5105. From digging holes with the FEL to grading about a mile of...

Stay cool on a hot summer day? I'm glad you asked: Water Dog .

I just bought a used JD 5105 with a 522 FEL attached. I noticed that the FEL will not lower nearly as far as the 305 FEL on my 3038e. I can dig a hole 3ft deep straight down with my 3038e loader but the loader on this 5105 barely touches the ground before it hits the stops. I looked around...

While pushing a couple of tree limbs into the edge of the woods something went "pop". I stopped and started backing up and something didn't feel "right". I looked down and the right front wheel was turned 90 degrees to the right. The whole wheel assembly had come loose and "fallen" from the...

FYI - There were NO installation instructions in the box with the BW15872 Parking Stand Kit for my 305 loader. There is a sticker on the box that says, "Installation Instructions available online at mypathways.deere.com". When I tried to logon to that website it said, "We're sorry. You are not...

Well, she has 220 hours on her now and all is still well. I'm amazed at how far these CUTs have come when I get off my old JD750 with it's tiny cramped operator station and climb aboard the 3038e. Mods: 1) I took Kennyd's advice and bought an iMatch-style quick hitch (Harbor Freight) and...

This past weekend I finally got around to installing the two rear SCVs on my 3038e that I bought from JD last December and I just ordered a hydraulic top link from Surplus Center. I was thinking.... what if I mount two small hydraulic cylinders in parallel.... one on each drag link.... in...

The 3030e comes with a top link that has a large nut that allows you to tighten it to keep the top link from changing lengths all by itself, however, my King Kutter tiller shakes, rattles, rolls and vibrates so much that it's almost impossible to tighten the top link nut enough to keep it from...

I planned to perform the first hydraulic oil change at 100 hours, however, the manual says to change it every 400 hours. It says nothing about the "first" hydraulic change being sooner than that. Would changing the hyd. oil at 100 hours be overkill or cheap insurance?

A while back I purchased a Millermatic 251 MIG welder that I run .045 flux-core wire through. I always grind/polish the area I intend to weld before laying a bead, however, I've noticed that on some brand new 1/4 inch steel I bought that the first bead always looks terrible with open "bubbles"...

Spent 20 hours in the seat the last three days doing everything from bush hogging and tilling to making the bullet stop at the end of the rifle range bigger with the FEL. The Caroni flail performed flawlessly. I took out some trees that were technically too big (some up to three inches) for...

I'm thinking about fabbing my own Grading Scraper like this one: I've noticed that they all seem to have two hardened cutting edges, HOWEVER, most are designed so that only the front edge actually does any cutting. The rear edge seems to only be used to build up a little dirt so that it...

Mowed about five acres with the Caroni this evening. Only about thirty more to go!!! :eek:

I was going to fab my own FEL forks but I've been giving SERIOUS consideration to buying these instead: Howse Pallet Forks for Front-End Loader, Model# SXFLPF-R-NT | Forklift Forks + Extensions | Northern Tool + Equipment Thoughts? .

FYI - I corresponded with Mike Arnold, the General Manager of FlailMaster, and mentioned that he may want to think about offering blades and parts for Caroni flails since it seems many folks are buying them as an alternative to the very expensive JD, Land Pride, Mott, etc... flails and the...

This morning I took the stock blades off and installed the following blades: Mower Parts To my eye, the resultant cut looks as good as a regular finishing mower. I am most pleased. I figured that I would use these blades to cut my lawn this spring & summer and put the stock blades back...

The 3038e has an electrically & hydraulically operated PTO that has an internal braking system. It's either on (spinning) or it's off (locked) which makes it a real PITA when trying to hook a PTO shaft to the tractor because you can't spin the PTO shaft coming out the back of the tractor by hand...

"You can grow just as much corn on a crooked row as you can on a straight one." - Marcel Ledbetter I miss Jerry Clower. .

I've always been confused about when to plant "on the Flat", "Raised" or "Furrows". What's the difference and function of the three different methods? Are the different methods used in different soil types or are the different methods used depending on what you're planting?

Picked her up last Friday. Finally got to use it for the first time last evening. The height adjusting roller was set on the lowest setting from the factory so I figured I'd see how that worked before I adjusted it. Made for a darned efficient dethatcher since the blades cut into the ground...

The factory drawbar on the 3038E is so low to the ground that it's practically impossible to attach a standard trailer because the trailer-jack wont lower a trailer low enough to attach to the drawbar. The solution I came up with is a little rough but I needed it right NOW. I took a TPH...

Had a sand company dump 22 tons of dirt Friday so that I could fill in and level the deep ruts that have formed in my driveway over the last couple decades that cause any low-slung vehicle to scrape it's undercarriage. Moving and leveling the dirt with the FEL was a piece-o-cake. I had moved...

Performed the first "work" with the tractor today instead of just joyriding. Spent an hour doing FEL work. In a word.... AWESOME!!! You folks that recommended the hydro tranny for loader work were right. The work I was doing was in a tight spot and the hydro made the back and forth and...

Test drove a 3038E today with FEL. First time I've ever driven a hydro. It felt weird. I have an old JD750 that I'm thinking about replacing. The dealer has a 3005 with FEL for about the same money. The 3005 is the exact same as a 790 and since it operates about the same as a 750, it...

For those who need obsolete parts, I found the following list that cross-references JD part#'s to Yanmar Part#s so that you can order the Yanmar equivalent. http://www.fredricksequipment.com/Portals/0/John%20Deere%20Catalog.doc I talked to Rob at Fredricks Equipment and he was most helpful...

Specs on the 60" KK tiller are 690lbs and 25-40hp. I know the JD 750 is "technically" too small but I've read many posts by others with smaller tractors running a tiller this size. I plan to eventually get a bigger tractor to run this tiller. Thoughts? Has anyone ever taken one set of...

I just bought a JD 750. My dad has a Ford 1320. The stats are as follows: JD 750 - 20hp - weight 1900 lbs - wheelbase 61 inches Ford 1320 - 20hp - weight 2,400 lbs - wheelbase 63 inches Question: Why is the three point hitch on the Ford rated to lift 1,635 lbs and the JD only rated to...

I just purchased my very first John Deere. Wooo Hooo!!! A sweet 750 with only 1500 hours and MFWD. Anyway, it runs the heck out of the 4ft Land Pride bushhog that came with the tractor but it will NOT lift my 6ft disc harrow. I can hook up the disc and pull the hydraulic lift lever up then...