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Using rear cutter the other day and noticed a noise coming from engine. Lowered the RPM and disengaged the PTO to investigate an noticed smoke coming from hydraulic pump. Reved up the RPMs and noticed noise again. Went to drive tractor to garage and 3-pt wouldn't lift. Once in garage, I...

I needed to remove two septic tank 5 ft. lids. I borrowed a boom pole hoping to remove them with my JD2520. No dice. The lids were too heavy. They wouldn't budge an inch. I have a 9.5k winch and knew the winch wouldn't have a problem lifting them. So I came up with this. I used 2x2x1/4...

Convinced my wife it would be cheaper to just build a trailer than buy one. Decided to build an 8x20 foot trailer. Comparable trailers costs around $4,700 (Big Tex brand) at local dealer. After buying the steel, axles, tires, and everything I needed, the savings wasn't what I expected. Since...

Went over to visit a cousin and noticed he needed a new hay spear for two reasons: 1. he bought a bigger tractor (Ford TW30) with Cat. 3 three point hitch and 2. his hay spear was cracked at bottom at the juncture between vertical and horizontal tubes. I also noticed that he sold his truck...

Here's my version of a 3pt/FEL hitch. To attach to the FEL, I used 3/8" plate welded to Chris Perry's FEL QA plates. For the 3pt, I cut out plates from the 3/8" steel I have. The gussets for the lower arm pins were made by cutting a 2"-1/4" square tube at a 45 degree angle. The upper arm...

I just got the Powermax30 during this past week. Finally had time to set it up. I noticed that the air inlet quick connection on the unit moves a little bit from side to side. It feels like whatever it is connected to on the inside moves a little. Is this normal? It was packaged well with...