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We are planning some roads through some rough terrain. Through some advanced GIS data we are able to get fairly accurate elevation values at 100' intervals along the proposed roads. Assume a purely vertical slope - by that I mean the path will be flat in the direction perpendicular to the way...

I have a 2015 RTV I bought new. Two of them actually. The battery went bad a few months ago on one that we use several times a week and I replaced it. Figured it was about time being seven years old. The second UTV I don’t use as often as it is kept at a remote property one hour away. The...

I have 2-7/8” oilfield pipe set vertically in the ground for a shed. It is already concreted in the ground. I need to cut the tops off at desired height with a 2/12 (9.5 degree) angle so I can weld the I beam for the rafter resting on top of the pipes. I have one of those gadgets that slips...

We rolled our 1120 today. Driver was not seriously hurt. He as thrown from vehicle which probably was best. The ROPS didn't fare too well. A buckled in passenger would be in bad shape.

Amazon prime delivering virtually anything to me in two days has spoiled me. I have ordered things less than $5 and things over 10k and bam they are on my porch in two days with no shipping charge. Covid has caused a lot of chaos in the supply chain and while things are out of peoples control in...

Haven’t had chance to test it out but it looks like it will do the trick. The fit was perfect. I took the measurements per their instructions and it fit like a glove. I didn’t have to beat it in with a hammer but the width was so perfect it required a decent shove to get it between the bucket...

My tractor is 7’ wide. The front wheels are narrower than that maybe 6’? I have several implements that are much wider - 15’ mower, 14’ field cultivator, 12’ grain drill, etc. I know I can look out the back window or in the mirror and see where the implement is in relation to my previous pass...

Does anyone else hate these things? Between the flip up deal on the tractor, the plastic around the shaft, and the plastic around the coupler and u joints it makes everything way more difficult than it should be. Greasing the joints is a pain, connecting and disconnecting is a pain. PTO shafts...

We live in the country on 27 acres. We have two dogs that have roamed around free their whole lives. One is 8 and the other 4. They are strays that showed up and decided to hang around. The kids like them. It was never really an issue but now they are building more houses around us and the dogs...

I built this today for my tractor and skid steer. It has a ball for moving trailers and a chain hook and eye for carrying suspended loads or pulling out fence posts.

It has been really dry lately and we never get much rain anyway. I want to get some native grass growing on an area 250’ x 250‘. The grass is suited to our arid climate once established but I think will need supplemental water to get started. I have a 70 GPM well at my disposal. I was thinking...

My new to me landpride R2512 12’ batwing shredder has three hydraulic cylinders. One raises and lowers the main deck and the other two raise and lower each wing. All three are t’d together with a single hose going to the tractor. It relies on gravity to lower things. My tractor has three...

I have enough weight on my rear tires that tipping is not a concern. That being said looking at the physics of it weight in the rear tires does nothing to alleviate load on the front axle, and could even make it worse. A ballast box or heavy 3pt implement behind the tractor would however reduce...

I ordered a third function kit from the dealer. Took about four weeks for it to come in. I am about halfway through the install. The kit itself appears to be very high quality but the instructions are horrendous. Probably the worst instructions I have ever received with anything in my life...

I have always thought 5HP per foot was a good guideline for rotary cutters and then I saw these videos. They are guys running 10’ batwings with ~30 PTO HP in some fairly thick stuff. I am in the market for a batwing and have 63 PTO HP. I was originally thinking 12’ but after watching...

I have an area that is 240’ x 240’ square and fenced on all four sides. It adjoins a larger 15 acre field and has been getting plowed and planted every year along with the larger field. I struggle with how to best traverse this field. By that I mean with my 15 acre field it is four times as long...

I did not want to add fluid as we have a ton of mesquite at our ranch and flats are common. My tractor came with R4’s which don’t have any provisions for mounting wheel weights. I did some research and found that Kubota M5 500lb weights would fit in the wheels so I bought a couple and installed...

My new to me tractor has these couplers for the rear remotes. I believe these are the correct make couplers to use, the ones with the pointy poppet. However I have a pile of these couplers in my shop. I tested one, tractor off no hose attached, and they seem to fit fine. Are these with the...

I am considering a batwing shredder. They are obviously more complex and have more moving parts than a conventional cutter so I wonder if they are more of a hassle to use and break more often? I currently have a 10' 3 point shredder and have had virtually no issues with it. I am considering a...

I have never had a newer tractor with the power reverser or shuttle or whatever the various brands call it until now. I am talking about the lever on the steering column that lets you shift from forward to neutral to reverse at any speed without stopping or clutching. The lever is really slick...

Picked up a 7’6” 3PT Tufline offset today. I was a bit worried if I had enough HP for it but it pulled fine with the fronts engaged. 2WD was a no go. The disc is the LO4092024. It has twenty 24” notched discs and weighs 2,018 lbs. I love it. Perfect match for my tractor.

My RX has R4s. I think I am going to need R1s which use different wheels. Is the dealer the only source for these or are the bolt patterns such that I might be able find them somewhere else?

Does anyone know the retract / extended lengths needed for a RX hydraulic top link or a part number that works good for one? I am out of town working for a week or so so I can measure my OEM link but wanted to order one so I would have it when I get home.

I just got a RX7320 and need hydraulic couplers for the rear remotes. I don‘t think there are the same style as my old Deere so I will need to change over my implements. Does anyone know what style they are? I’m actually out of town working and can’t look at it but was wanting to order some so...

Today I added a front tow hook and a couple tie down points on the front of my RX7320.

I have hauled tons of tractors and always find a way to secure them but I have often wondered why they don’t have purpose built anchor points. Virtually every other piece of equipment I have hauled such as mini excavator, skid steers, backhoes, etc all have anchor points. Why not tractors?

I am needing a three point grain drill. It doesn’t need to be no till. I would like a 7’ planting width. There doesn’t seem to be a lot of options on the market. I will be planting winter wheat food plots for deer and hay grazer around my house to graze cattle on. I have found the following...

I just purchased a RX 7320, used with around 200 hours. This is my first Kioti and I was hesitant about the brand. I currently own 6 kubota things, came from a Deere tractor, and have several pieces of heavy equipment. I haven't put a lot of hours on the machine yet but I am very impressed with...

I just bought a used 7320. I am doing a full service on it. I stopped at the dealer (over an hour away) and picked up fuel, oil, and hyd filters. They only gave me the black fuel filter and the machine has a black and a grey one. I asked them if it had one or two and they said one. Is this other...

I have a Lee Boss category 3N quick hitch. I believe Lee makes the best strongest quick hitches out there. They are over 1k new. I didn’t pay near that for mine I got it at an auction nearly ten years ago. Anyway I changed tractors and am going to all cat 2. Looking at the specs the lower hooks...

Who makes the best 7” tiller? I am going to give one a shot and I foresee it getting a lot of use. Definitely not looking for the cheapest and I don’t need a Cadillac either but I want a brute of a tiller that can stand up to a lot of acres.

What research I have done leads me to believe Kioti / Daedong is a quality manufacturer. That being said the general public’s perception of them is no where near what it is of Kubota or Deere. I have owned several Kubota and Deere machines and they always had strong resale value. In fact right...

Am I correct in that all the 5xxxE tractors are the same except with different engines/HP? In other words same frame? If so is the 5055E underpowered and the 5100E too light to make use of all that power? Wondering if there is a particular model that best makes use of the frame size? If I am...

I currently have a 4440. It doesn’t have a loader and is two wheel drive. It also has long axles for duals and even with the duals removed is overwidth for hauling purposes. I have owned it 7 years and it has been a great machine at my house which is on 30 acres. I have a tracked skid steer I...

My property has zero rocks. How large of a tiller can I run effectively with 63 PTO HP? How much area can you practically use these things on? I mean I guess it kind of boils down to how much time you have but with all the moving parts I would assume after so many acres there would need to be...

Considering purchasing a cab model with loader. Not at all familiar with this brand but have owned numerous tractors over the past twenty years. I need something big enough to get some serious work done but small enough to trailer to my property an hour away. I was looking at used Deere and...

I bought a place in west Texas and have about 80 acres that were once a cotton field, then CRP, then go and is now over grown with mostly mesquites and some juniper. The junipers are easy enough to dig out with the dozer but the mesquites are a different story. I would say 90% of them are less...

We dozed out and roughly leveled a 200 square pad on the side of a hill that we are going to put a house/cabin on. We cut a drainage ditch along the cut into the hill so water from above will not get on the pad. I have a laser grader and can get the pad perfect. My question is what should I aim...

We recently purchased a rural property that we do not live on and is about 1 hour away from us. Currently we have a shipping container out there but will also be building a cabin of some sort in the near future. This are is in West Texas and somewhat typical pasture. No huge trees very little...

I have always heard and sort of believed it does. My father passed away in 2014. My mom died this year and I cleaned out and sold their house last week. I found a chainsaw in Dad痴 shop that 100% hasn稚 been touched since 2013 and likely wasn稚 used for at least a few years prior to that. Where...

I have had a Home Depot laser for many years. I used it for a lot of building projects and it worked great for that. Last week I picked up a more professional grade laser which has dual slope capabilities. I got it for grading purposes but am finding other uses for it. We are currently...

I have used Lincoln 5P+ (6010) for about the past ten years. Probably burned in excess of 500lbs of them. I like them a lot or thought I did. I am building some pipe fence and ran out of rods today. On my shelf I had some firepower 6011痴. A buddy brought them over years ago and gave them to me...

I have a rubber tracked crawler that I want to put a hydraulic winch on. It originally was a crawler dump with a tilting dump bed but now it has a fixed flat bed and I now have an unused hydraulic circuit with a control in the cab that used to operate the tilt bed. I checked with the...

I have wanted a setup to do this for about four years and finally pulled the trigger. My system was delivered and set up early last week. I am still getting the hang of it all and practicing on my own place. I got a skid steer mounted 7 blade with a dual slope laser. Really pleased with it so...

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We laid sod back in April. The ground was leveled well before we laid it and we rolled the sod twice. It wasn稚 really bad but mowing at 3/4 with a reel mower you could sure see the high and low spots. Decided to level it with sand. Entire project took about six hours and 5 yards of sand with...

I have a BX23S. I want wider tires to reduce sinking in and ground compaction. Thinking it would require wider wheels and spacers. I am not really finding much in the way of options to do this. I currently have 26x12-12 rears and 18x8.5x10 fronts. I would like to keep the same diameter but add...

I have no experience with the subcompacts. I have a full size farm tractor and a skid steer that I do virtually everything on my acreage with. I am doing a lot of stuff around my house in areas with a nice lawn. I have 6 gates so I can fit a lot back there but am worried about tearing up the...

I have a hydraulic pump driven by a 100hp Diesel engine. For various reasons we are looking at replacing the engine with one that is 230 hp. If the RPMs are the same, which they will be, the hydraulic flow should be the same. Is there any potential harm I am overlooking In doing this?

My dad passed away six years ago and I lost my mom a little over a week ago. I am an only child. They have a ~2500 Sq foot house with a lifetime of stuff in it and dad had a 30x40 shop full of tools and other things including an old truck he was restoring. Where they lived is a small rural...

Thinking about buying another tractor. Not a need or even fully necessary at this point. I don't want to kick anyone while they are down but one would think there would be lots of deals to be had. Dealers whose sales are slow, people who lost jobs selling, etc. I haven't seen anything but normal...

We are have a pool with a hot tub built. We thought propane was out only option to heat it as our house does not have gas service and the gas company wanted 20k to bring it to us as it was a long way from their line. To get to us they would have had to go roughly a half mile. We just bought...

I live on 22 acres and just bought 5 more that adjoins me. On the picture my place is the house shown and I have nice pipe fence where the blue lines are. I plan to build an identical pipe fence around the perimeter of the newly purchased 5 acres shown in red. My dilemma is should I remove the...

With vehicles there are a few dealers spread out across the nation that seem to always have the best prices. Volume dealers with low overhead I guess. Is there a such thing with Kubota? I am looking to buy three RTV痴 and I think with the right dealer I could more than make up for the...

We are going to be building a swimming pool. Nothing huge and probably just rectangular. We are debating just having it outside or building an insulated steel building around it. Has anyone ever done this? We are in Texas so we have a lot of warm weather and it would be nice to enjoy it...

I am tired of the 2.5 gallon jugs. I am considering this 26 gallon 12 volt DEF high lift field transfer tank and filling it up on a pallet at the local truck stop or getting one of these...

My property is as flat as a pancake. Pretty much zero potential for roll over. I know the rops folds but I am contemplating removing it. In the lowest folded position (where you can稚 put the pin in) the hood won稚 open to check oil, blow out radiator, clean air filter etc. If you raise it...

I was thinking of making something like this to slip over my pallet forks. Not as heavy duty or long as the one pictured but similar style. Thoughts would be to put a trailer ball on top and use it in the collapsed position to move trailers and lift heavy things, pull fence posts, etc and then...

Anyone watch his videos? I think he was a member on here a long time ago but hasn't posted in about 5 years. I have enjoyed watching some of his videos over the years. Anyway I was on Youtube the other day and it looks like he has gone off the deep end. He has been posting some very radical...

I have lots of expensive toys. I can afford a 15k mower but does it make sense? We don稚 get a lot of rain. I mow every three weeks on average from May-October. Roughly 8 mowings a year. There are about five acres to mow so to hire it done is about $350. With what a fancy mower would cost I...

I am building the rafters for my carport. 12” 14# W beam with a 4/12 pitch. Span is 29’ I have built multiple steel buildings but all had a single pitch roof and I have never had to weld beams together like this. Does this look adequate? I am not sure if I need to fish plate it or need more...

Is there any kind of 12 volt beeper/buzzer that can make a subtle noise every five minutes or so when energized? I have a 12v fuel transfer pump that pumps fuel from the transfer tank in my pickup bed into the pickup痴 main tank. It is a slow pump and takes about an hour to fill and sometimes I...

I have a machine like this. It has an enclosed cab but other than that the same. It has a flat bed that does not tilt. It weighs roughly 19,000 lbs. I almost rolled it today and it scared the crap out of me. I doubt the cab could withstand a roll over. I want to build a roll cage. I plan to...

I am looking for an enclosed trailer in the 24-28 range that I am going to insulate and line and make a mobile office out of. I am going to spend a good amount of money furnishing the inside and I plan on using it ten years so I want a good trailer to start from. I am not really familiar with...

Today I was looking through the cab for a rag to clean off some hydraulic couplings before connecting them. I found $300 under the seat. I have no idea how it got there. I don't remember losing any money and I have owned the tractor 5 years and no one else has operated it during this time.

I am looking at getting a shipping container to store some things in. Not sure yet if going with a 20' or 40' long version. From what I gather they have special trucks that deliver them and unload them at your place. I will need to move it about 100' to its final position. Flat ground no rocks...

I have a Diesel engine that is a 2005 or so model. Not a common rail system. Basic old school style injection. It is a Japanese engine and the fuel filter assembly broke and I can稚 find a oem replacement. I am going to replace it with a universal filter base and spin on filter. Is 10 micron good...

Regardless of your views on it illegal immigration is a much larger issue than most think. I am currently working about 20 miles from the Texas/Mexico border on a 4000 acre ranch in the middle of no where. About 15 miles to the nearest town. The Border Patrol has a 15' wide strip of sand along...

I have had dogs all my life but they have always been larger outside dogs. We love them but they stay outside. Last October a tiny chihuahua showed up at our place. Someone probably dumped it as that happens often. We checked all the lost pet places, called the shelter, etc and no one came...

I finally got around to getting started on my attachment shed. It is going to be an all steel three sided structure. It is 100' wide, 15' deep, 8' high clear span in the front and 7' high clear span in the back. Actually 8'8" and 7'8" unless you are under a rafter. We dug 18" diameter holes...

I have a project coming up where I might use these as I will need ten piers slightly raised above ground level. What I have been reading and seen on you tube people dig a hole and shove the tube all the way in the ground and fill it up. Why? It seems to me it would be much better to dig the...

I have a gravel / crushed asphalt parking area. It is roughly 200遅100? I have zero problems with potholes, ruts, etc but the gravel constantly gets messed up from trailers turning and tracked machines moving around. We smooth it out almost weekly. I have a LPGS and it is great for some things...

I need some 50 amp plugs to use for my generator. It has no plugs just lugs as it is a big diesel unit. I need some type of weatherproof female connector to mount on the generator, in my shop, and a weatherproof male to mount on my work trailer. The cord will have a male and a female end. I...

I am thinking of building a three sided shed for my skid steer and tractor implements. My thoughts are 100 long, 12 deep, and 7 high. The length I am pretty set on but am unsure on depth and height. I have shops for my machines and they won稚 go in the shed it will strictly be for implements. I...

I am going to weld some D-rings like this on my dozer to make chaining it down easier. I have the same model dozer as the one pictured and there is a company that puts rings like this on them but I will be doing it myself. I figure it will be a good project to learn how to use my harbor freight...

May or may not be a concern for most on this forum. Low profile between the fender style trailers are typically 81-82 between the fenders. A lot of equipment like my skid steer is 84 wide leaving your only option as a deck over to haul it which means steep ramps. Legal load width is 102” A...

Virtually every Deere machine I have says in the manual to use the polyurea grease. This is for pins and bushings on dozers, excavators, backhoes, skid steers etc. No mention at all of the moly grease even though Deere makes a moly grease. I go to my local Deere construction dealer and if you...

I need to clear 10’ wide right of ways. We have contracted out a lot of dozers usually D6 size as well as the big rubber tire mulchers. The dozers are much faster though they leave a mess behind. If they had to rake and stack afterwards I am sure the mulchers would be quicker. I am looking to...

I really need to pour some concrete in the next couple days. Not a big area about 6遅12? This is the forecast. Never poured when below freezing temperatures were forecast. What precautions do I need to take?

I am a firm believer in overkill on my road trailers. I run 17.5s and 7-8k tandems on my trailers that only weigh 10k loaded. Would never hit public roads with an overloaded trailer. That being said I am trying to rig up a welding trailer that will never leave my property. It won稚 have lights...

I know these things have a cult like following and you see a ton of them on pipeliner's trucks. Have they done a ton of mods to them to make them reliable or are they just adept at keeping them running? I recently picked up a 71 red face SA 200 with the round barrel and copper windings. F163...

Attached is an aerial photo. The pond was recently built and has a plastic liner and I do not want the cows to have access to it as their hooves will damage the liner. The road going around the pond leads to my back 15 acres and is the only way to get back there. I also have several acres in the...

I am getting a 15' x 30' aluminum two story fishing dock installed. The pond it is going on has a plastic liner thus no anchor poles in the water. The manufacturer use two stiff arms, one on each side, to anchor it to the shore. Below are pics of how they recommend doing it. Basically an I...

I am adding a sub panel. I am going to add six 110v outlets each with their own 15 amp breaker. Each outlet will have a constant load of about 12 amps. My plan was to run 6/3 from the main panel on a 50A breaker to the sub panel. Distance is about 50'. At the sub panel I was going to run three...

I have probably a little over a mile of dirt roads I maintain on my property. They are not used heavily we have a concrete driveway. I have a box blade and also a LPGS and they both do a great job on the roads but they both load up with material. The box is 10' wide and the LPGS 8' and if I go...

Renting something you use all the time is a huge waste of money but buying something you don't use often is probably a bigger waste. How do you guys go about deciding? I own tons of equipment but some things may get used a few times a year. I have a $40,000 dump truck for example. When first...

Renting something you use all the time is a huge waste of money but buying something you don't use often is probably a bigger waste. How do you guys go about deciding? I own tons of equipment but some things may get used a few times a year. I have a $40,000 dump truck for example. When first...

Does anyone have one? The wife wants one to store some of her things in. Went and looked at them and they seem pretty well made. They are built on site by subcontractors and the require payment in full up front which makes me nervous.

A search brought up some old threads. Anyone have recent experience with this machine? Watching videos and looking at their website it looks very impressive. I am considering purchasing a new one with steel tracks.

Anyone own one? I currently have a full size backhoe but it is difficult to get into some of the places I want to work. I am picking up a Deere 60G Monday to try out and possibly trade the hoe on. HP and breakout force wise it is less than the backhoe but everything I read says they will work...

I was just at Home Depot and noticed the display of wheelbarrows out front and got to thinking that is the one thing I don't have. I have been accumulating tools and such for over 25 years I have three shops full of virtually everything I could need and I have never had a wheelbarrow. Never...

Are they good or junk? They seem to have some pretty innovative stuff. Wondering if it is quality or not. I have a Belltech hydraulic post hole digger which has been flawless for thousands of holes but am contemplating getting their auger / cement mixer combo. The cement mixer would be great...

Normally we haul this load on the semi but decided to give the 17 F-450 a workout. Trailer was a 32' PJ tandem dual with 15k axles, 17.5" tires, electric over hydraulic brakes. Gross weight was just over 42,000 lb. It handled it great on the 425 mile trip. The only downside was I averaged...

Is welding on hammer like this ok? Did not know if any special steel was used or treating is done on a hammer head? I did not weld this one I found these pictures online but I want to buy 5 hammers just like the one pictured and weld tabs on like that on all of them. They are for a special...

Not looking for a bargain. I have some of those and they are bent. I have a skid steer that can lift around 5,000 lb. I want a high quality set of forks. Preferably 60"

I recently dug a 1/3 acre pond and had a liner installed. I thought my ground was pretty flat but it's not. The pond was dug down with steep sides and the liner installed with the tops buried in a 4' deep trench at native ground level. It is full of water and I am at the very top of the liner on...

I have a small pond at my place. Roughly 100'x200' . I want to build a fishing dock but I don't want it floating on the water I want it freestanding. I plan on digging a massive hole with the backhoe beside the pond and filling it with concrete to anchor it to and would like to extend a...

I have a rubber tracked crawler that we just added AC to yesterday. The cab is just sheet metal with no insulation and the right side of the cab is the firewall right up against the engine compartment and gets rather warm to the touch. Is there some type of spray on insulation I could spray on...

I have been digging a pond for two years. We have been using my skidsteer, backhoe, and 12 yard dump truck. We were making progress but slowly. Today we brought him the big guns. A Deere 850k dozer, a Hitachi 300 excavator, two belly dumps plus my 12 yard dump truck. In about 3.5 hours we hauled...

I have another thread about electrical consumption but had another question regarding generators. I am looking at diesel units in the 8-10kw range. The generator will run about 80 hours a week, two weeks a month. The thing is of an 80 hour week maybe 40 of those hours will be near the rated load...

I know volts time amps equals watts. I am trying to size a generator and am getting confused on the watts for 240 things vs 120. So if I have a 10 amp load on 120 that is 1200 watts correct? If I have 10 amps on 240 that is 2400 watts? Is there an easy way to measure the actual amps/wattage...

We have some friends that bought a new house in town. They need about 20 yards of topsoil for their backyard. There is no way to dump the dirt in the back yard due to fences and a narrow alley. I have a dump truck and a mountain of topsoil. They want me to dump it in their front yard and say...

I would really like to put a roll-n-lock on my new truck but I must have a fuel tank to fuel equipment. I know they make auxiliary tanks that fit under a cover but does anyone make a transfer tank that will? The pump would have to.be mounted low for it to work. I don't need huge capacity 50 gal...

Does anyone have one yet? They sure look slick curious to see how people like them. I am considering a F-450.

How do you guys secure trailer balls? I have had them come loose in the past and it is always a fear of mine so I always put a a small tack weld between the nut and threads after I torque it down. I don't get it hot enough to affect the temper of the ball just enough weld to prevent it from...

I have been in the market for a heavy duty tandem dual gooseneck. I found a 32' PJ with tandem dual 15k axles with electric over hydraulic brakes. It had a five foot dovetail with monster ramps. It was a 2016 model bought new less than a year ago. I gave 12.5k for it. When I got it home I was...

I have tried googling it with out much luck. The 2017 Ford specs are out and trucks available soon if not already. We are needing a dually with the highest tow capacity. Ford raised the bar with the 17 and is king of the hill right now. I am sure GM or Ram will try to up them but the specs are...

Is it just like Ford vs Chevy or do the brands make certain products better than others? Maybe it is just me but in most people I talk to think Lincoln makes the best engine drives and Miller makes the best mig welders. Most tig guys seem to think the miller dynasty is the best tig rig. Heck...

What is the proper way to install one of these? 681 - JIC to ORB | 37 Degree JIC SAE Flare Male x SAE O-Ring Boss ORB Male 9 Degree Elbow | Hydraulics Direct I have lots of them on various machinery and seem to have leaks with them more than anywhere else. I know the design is so you can...

We drilled a 70 GPM well last year. I have not even used it yet. I bought a trencher for my skid steer and want to start running lines to various places on my property. I have ran plenty of lines from my house well and used the lever top frost free hydrants and it they have worked great. I...

A guy had a 8' 6 way dozer blade for a skid steer on Craiglist. I have always wanted to try one but didn't want to spend the 5k+ for one. I went to look at it and he had a bunch of skid steer attachments. I ended up buying the blade, a vibratory packer, a trencher (all bobcat brand) and pallet...

I am trying to find a pin out for 14 pin Deere connector. Mine only has seven of the 14 pins in use. I assume one is ground and the other six are +12V when you push various buttons on the controls. I have a cab and can't put a volt meter on them and push buttons at the same time and won't have...

We have close to a dozen things with Diesel engines. About half are road legal and the other have are machinery/tractors. I have a 90 gallon transfer tank in my pickup and have always shuttled fuel back and forth. It works but with the nearest station a thirty minute round trip it was a hassle...

We have a 1,000 gallon tank at our place we use for filling pickups, tractors, equipment, semi, etc. The fuel supplier offers B5, B10, B15, and B20. The lowest you can get it is B5 and is what I had the tank filled with but looking at the prices the higher "B" you go the cheaper it is. I know...

I am setting up a 1000 gallon diesel tank at my place for clear diesel. The tank was previously used for red farm diesel. We will use it for tractors and equipment but the primary use will be filling up our diesel pickups, dump truck and semi. I have to drive 20 miles one way to fill up my semi...

What is the smallest truck that can safely and legally tow around 35k (trailer weight plus load)? I have been hauling my equipment and my pickup to our jobs on a semi with a 53' step deck. It works but is hard to get into a lot of the places I need to get into and I got to thinking what if I...

Is there anyway short of the wheel bonnets to keep one secure over rough roads? We have a Yamaha rhino we transport on a 6x12 trailer. I welded four d rings in each corner of the trailer and use heavy duty 2" ratchet straps. Four of them, two in front and two in back at good angles going from...

I have always used a moly grease on things like pins and bushings on loaders, backhoes, etc. I have always heard that is what is best for that application. I use Deere grease because I like it, it is reasonably priced and is easy to get from my dealer when I am there for other things. Anyway...

We have a lift and most things get the oil changed on the lift and drained into a 25 gallon rolling drain pan that has an air fitting to pump the oil out and into a bulk container we have. We do have some things like the semi or dump truck which won't fit in the lift. I bought a 15 gallon...

Saw your thread got closed due to some heard arguments. Just wanted to give you some shopping advice if you are still wanting a skid steer. I have owned three of them and love them. All of mine have rubber tracks so I can't really comment on wheeled units. All three of mine have been Deere...

I want to build an attachment to hook on to my skid steer to move my semi trailer around with using my skid steer. My trailer is a 53' step deck. I have tried and my skid steer can pick up the front just fine with the bucket lip under the front edge of the trailer. I would like to be able to...

I have been wanting one for years and finally got one yesterday. It is a 7' commercial model with the heavy duty materials and 24" tall sides. It has a serated front blade and a solid rear blade. I got it to use with my skid steer. They all come with a 3 point hitch but Road Boss makes a skid...

In my hometown earlier this week an 80 year old married couple was driving on the loop around town in a small car and someone's receiver hitch fell out bounced up and went through the windshield. It struck the wife who was in the passenger seat and killed her. Police have still not located the...

Not really rural living but wasn't sure where to post. My father in law lives in a small house and there is another small house behind his so his property does not adjoin the alley. The city sewer line is in the alley. I suspect at one time both houses belonged to one person but now they are...

Anyone have one? Thinking of buying one for my skid steer. Would be a lot more mobile that way than on my big tractor. Main use would be maintaining a 200' x200' gravel equipment yard and about a mile of dirt road.

I am looking for a bumper pull or gooseneck equipment trailer where the deck sits in between the fenders and it has a low profile. Tilt would be preferred but dovetail and ramps would work. The kicker is I want it rated heavy. 10k tandem axles with 17.5" singles would be best but 8k might...

I have a black lab. I think he is about 12. We live on 25 acres and he just roams around. I think he is having difficulty seeing now. If you wave your hand in front of his face he flinches so I don't think he is totally blind but something is up. He has been around trucks coming and going...

I need a trailer 25' long primarily to haul a couple UTV's on. Will be pulling it with a duramax dually. I know these needs could be served by a light trailer even a bumper pull but I am considering buying a tandem dual gooseneck just because I could use it for other things. These trailers...

I have three pieces of diesel equipment that have not been used since February 2014. I start them about once a month and let them run for 15 min or so but they have not moved in over 2 years. Normally people change oil based on a set number of hours or once a year. What should I be doing on...

Anyone done an oil bath conversion on their trailer? The oil bath hubs on my semi trailer seem pretty trouble free. Definitely are easier to deal with than repacking bearings all the time. I was looking at these kits Kodiak Oil Bath Kits

I have a tandem axle gooseneck trailer with a fixed load on it. It has two 7k axles. From the hitch to the center of the tandems is 22'. I want to move the axles forward to reduce the tongue weight. Right now it weighs 10,520 on the axles and 2,240 on the tongue. I know that really isn't out...

I want to haul my pickup on my 53' step deck. The trailer has a five foot dovetail and fold over ramps but the deck is 3'6" high and my pickup is long. It is a four wheel drive dually. It climbs the ramps fine and I can get my front tires on the main trailer deck and then the bottom of the frame...

The Dec 18th we found a dog in my moms garage. She lives about two miles down the road from me in a rural subdivision. It is about a year old maybe a red heeler mix. Dog was skin and bones and very skittish like it had been beat. My mom knows all her neighbors and it was none if theirs so we...

Normally I just use twecos so I can make longer or shorter leads if need be. This however is a non welding application. I purchased a high amp 12 volt air compressor and it has 4AWG cables that are short. You are supposed to mount the battery right beside it. Due to the application I can't do...

I live in Texas and have never had to remove snow in my 40 years on this planet. We are in the middle of "Goliath" and already have about a foot on the ground and drifts five feet tall. It is snowing now, supposed to snow all night and some tomorrow as well. I have my full size 4WD backhoe...

The DOT states that a piece of machinery over 10,000 lb must be secured with a minimum of 4 chains. They then state that the combined working load limit of all the chains must equal at least 1/2 the weight of the machine. Any chain directly tied i.e. from the trailer directly to the machine...

I have this crazy idea. I have a 6x12 enclosed trailer that is set up as a mobile office. The front 10' or so is the office part with a desk and computers and the back 2' is seperated by a wall and is storage for tools an other things. It has never really pulled right because the tongue is too...

I am in the market for a big gooseneck. Probably a 20'+5' dove tail with dual 12,000lb axles. I will be hauling a machine that will weigh 16-17k all over the place as well as possible short moves of a 17-18k backhoe. It seems big Tex is the only manufacturer I can find that keeps 12k axle...

I bought a brand new Bush Hog 2010 3-pt shredder this week. Not a cheap unit it was nearly 7k. My dealer brought it out and commented that the diagonal bars that went from the top of the 3-pt to the rear of the machine wouldn't fit. They had to cut a little off the corners by the bolt holes to...

We all know on a GN you are supposed to have 20-25% on the tongue and 10-15% on the tongue on a tag. If the tongue is too light the trailer will sway like crazy. What are the consequences of having the tongue too heavy provided you are not overloading the hitch or the tow vehicle? Any adverse...

My truck was wrecked last week and instead of fixing it I think I am just going to trade it in get a new one. I have a backhoe that weighs 17,000lb and want to put it on a tandem dual gooseneck trailer that weighs 6600 lb and haul it around. This puts the gross trailer weight (backhoe and load)...

2015 F-250 platinum 4x4 diesel crew cab. 20k miles. I was on a two lane highway going 60-65 mph and a lady was getting her mail and did a U turn right in front of me. I braked and swerved as hard as I could and missed her with the front of my truck but her front bumper hit my rear drivers door...

I am looking at putting some forks on my backhoe. It is a full size backhoe and does not have a skid steer style quick attach bucket. I was looking at something like these. I have never used any like this before. They say they are super easy to hook up the forks just sit on the ground and you...

Not permanently confused but temporarily. Over the past couple weeks I have been operating a HST backhoe, a wheel loader, a skid steer, my auto pickup, a Kenworth dump truck, a smaller dump truck with a syncronized transmission and probably something else I forgot and I find myself having brain...

I have a guy wanting to trade me a Deere 5085E. It is MFWD, cab, loader and less than 500 hours. 2014 model I believe. I know nothing about these tractors. Anyone have experience with them?

I used to have a 95hp tractor and a 7' shredder I bought brand new. At that time I only owned 7 acres. I have since bought 15 more adjacent acres and traded the tractor for a larger one that has duals. It is 10' wide. Even without the duals on the axles stick out to about 9' wide so I sold the...

I am a big fan of goosenecks for heavy loads. In fact I got rid of nearly all my tag trailers in favor of goosenecks. I have towed Over 10k pounds many times on a tag trailer behind a 3/4 ton and it worked but I didn't like it near as much as a gooseneck. Anyway I now have a tag equipment...

I usually have one or two people helping me at our place working on the property or in the shop. We go through a case of bottled water a day in this heat. It is hassle to go buy it all the time and bottles are left everywhere. I was thinking of buying one of these...

I am wanting to add a pintle hitch to my dump truck. I was thinking of putting a 30 ton hook but really don't plan on pulling much more than 10-15 tons though I may in the future go up to 20 tons. I was thinking of recessing it similar to the attached photo. Is 3/4" plate (with gussets of...

We are digging out approximately 4,000 yards of dirt for a pond. Zero rocks here and no needs for any brush clearing. Just need teeth for better digging performance. We are using two machines my M59 backhoe which has a 84" bucket and my 322 tracked skid steer which also has a 84" bucket. Both...

I have a 16' gooseneck dump trailer. It weighs right at 5k empty and the GVWR is 15,640 lb. I need to deliver and spread 5 tons of gravel to a house in town next week with no good place to dump. I can't get the trailer to the area where the gravel is going. I can drive my skid steer up and...

I have a good friend who makes about 25k a year. Married and two kids. They get by. He is renting a place and wants to buy a place in the country someday. I think it is great and want to help him anyway possible he is a good person. The problem is he has no concept of reality. He has been...

Anyone have experience with laser controlled grader boxes? I am looking at them possibly for my skid steer or tractor. Here is a site with info. Level Best Laser Grading Box, high quality, grading technology, ATI Corporation Supposedly they can level an area to between 1/4" -1/8". The rotating...

In my area there are a ton of people with 10-20 acres and they all seem to plant stuff on it like wheat or Sudan/sorghum. It seems everyone and their brother has a tractor, disk, and drill but the vast majority of the crops get nothing done to them. Some guys graze it but many just shred it and...

I bought some U.S. made grade 70 1/4" chain for general use on the tractor. It has a working load limit of 3150 lb and thus a breaking point of 12,600 lb. I like it because it is so small and light and easy to work with. I found it really handy loading and unloading things from trailers. Using...

I am drilling a well on my place for some light irrigation such as watering our pecan trees and maybe a gun or two to water one field and filling a fish pond. We are permitted for and expect to get 70 GPM at around 150 feet. Met with the driller today and he is drilling a 17" hole and setting...

Any good sources for spray paint other than the dealer? I imagine their paint is high like everything else they have. Was wondering if any other brands had a good match. Going to be installing some bucket hooks and possibly painting some implements.

I am going to be planting some trees. Probably trees in the 15 gallon range. We have no rocks here but our ground is hard. Really hard. A three point PHD will barely dig a hole it just spins and spins without down pressure. Anyway I have a hydraulic loader / skid steer auger and in the past...

I am wanting to put some hooks on top of my bucket. The top however is unlike any I have seen. The top edge is a pipe which leaves no flat surface to weld to. I am sure I can figure something out just curious if anyone has already mounted them on something like this and had ideas to share. The...

Looking at buying one. It is used with less than 50hrs. I know the current owner and has has seen very light use. Still has paint on buckets. Not sure what year it is probably 3-4 years old. Questions are how do these machines hold up? How do they stack up size wise/capability wise to what...

I have a large cat 3 implement that I am cutting down to be able to fit through my gates and I am going to be left with an 8 foot section that I want to assemble as a smaller plow and sell for someone with a cat 2 tractor. I have the cat 2 3 point hitch dimensions as far as width between the...

Snake oil or good oil? Curious to hear your opinions.

School me on these welders. I know they are the welders of choice for the pipeliners. Virtually every welding truck you see in the oil patch has one on the back. I have read that the older ones have copper windings and are sought after. (red face) My question is how suitable are these machines...

I live in an area with maybe 250,000 people. Not a huge city but not a small town either. In 2014 our area had 10 pedestrians killed from being hit by cars. So far this year as in the past 6 days we have had 3 pedestrians killed in 3 seperate incidents. Very tragic. It seems to me like a...

Not sure if this is the right place to post this or not but here goes. I have a large (90 gal) diesel tank on the back of my truck for fueling my tractor and other equipment. I have a 12 volt transfer pump I use for that. What I want to do is hook up a 12 volt pump to the tank to a switch in...

I have a lot of things with engines. 11 diesels and 12 gasoline. Looking through them they take oil from 5w20, to 5w30, to 10w30, to 5w40/15w40 for the diesels. It is a headache to keep up with which oil goes where. I was thinking if I could find a 5-30 that was rated for diesel use (CJ4) that I...

I am butting some 5" channel together to extend the rear of a trailer 5' or so. I am confident in doing this and have built several trailers from scratch but I am wondering what is the preferred method of fishplating? Seems some people say diamond shaped some say oval with no corners some say...

I am needing to transport two UTV's (kubota 900's) and two atv's with one truck/trailer. This is not a one time trip it is something that will be hauled 1000 miles a month on average. I figure the weight of the vehicles to be 5,500lb. I am open to a gooseneck with all of them on the trailer or...

I am looking at buying a 2015 3/4 ton gas 4x4 truck for work. I will not be driving it my employees will so I really don't care a whole lot about ride, features, etc. What I am concerned with is which is more likely to hold up longer and give me less problems. The truck will be used to pull...

I am looking at buying a mule with one row of seats. I am torn between diesel and gas. I really like the idea of diesel due to ease of refueling as we have a diesel tank on our truck for other equipment. Searching the Internet it seems several people have reported problems with the diesels...

My mailbox has been taken out twice - ran over. We are on a straight road with no turns nearby so I don't see how they hit it. I think it is in purpose. I am going to replace it but am wondering the laws and potential liability of making it stronger. I have some ideas that would be darn near I...

I am in the market for a 10'+ shredder. I have found a dealer with close out specials on Landpride RC2510, RC2512 and RC3615. I am not familiar with landpride but know they make a lot of stuff for Kubota. Are these good units or should I spend the extra coin for a Bush Hog? I don't anticipate...

I want a garden. Nothing huge maybe 1000 sq feet. I like my gardens to have raised beds (rows). I have a tractor and chisel plows and discs. My tractor is large so if I used it I would likely just make one or two passes with the tractor to break the ground and then after that using the tractor...

I have been looking at GPS guidance / navigation systems for our tractors and the high end systems are very expensive but there is some entry level stuff in the 1-2k range. Any one have experience with this stuff? I think it would be really handy for spraying and would be nice for plowing and...

I have had a diesel tank on the back of my trucks for as long as I can remember. Never had or even seen one for gasoline. I am nervous about them because gas is a lot more dangerous than diesel. Aside from ATV's, welders, generators, mowers, etc I have a couple gas work trucks that I would like...

I am going to be butt welding a 6" wide by 1" thick piece of plate. It is not a critical part if it breaks but I don't want it to break. Currently the part is made out of 6" x 1/2" plate and we have used it like that for 4 years and have had it break and had to re weld it maybe 5 times. My...

I have heard when you but in bulk you can get Rotella in the $8-9 a gallon range. I am not sure how much volume is required. I may use 200 gallons a year. Compared to 12-13 a gallon at stores that would be $800 savings.

I just bought a tractor that has duals on it. I don't really need them but I hear they help a lot with traction and reducing compaction. Problem is with the duals the tractor will be 126" wide to outside edge of rear tires. My disc and drill are wider than this but my chisel is only 9'...

I have a 7' box blade but I just bought a bigger tractor and it will no longer cover my tracks which are 8'. I have a little over a mile I am guessing of dirt roads on my property that I want to maintain as well as a 1 acre or so gravel equipment lot. I was thinking of buying something 8 -12'...

Been a while since I owned one and I know it varies but in general. I have some big old chisel plows / field cultivators I am going to cut down and put new hitches on for small tractors and sell. I was thinking of making them 5' wide but wanted to make sure that would cover the tires on an...

My shop welder is never going to move. My leads are long enough to reach anywhere in my shop and I have a portable welder if I need to go farther away than that. I was thinking of making a short maybe 6" piece of lead and bolting it to my 1/2" table top. This way welding anything on my table...

Years ago I thought I saw somewhere that sold 3 point brackets that you could weld onto whatever. If my memory serves me right it was just a 4" x 1/2" strap that was pre bent and had the holes in the right spots for the pins. I know these would not be hard to make but I have got some bigger...

My tractor is 93 engine hp and has a base weight of 6,800 lbs. My loader and bucket probably weigh 1,500 lbs and my rear tires are loaded with a total of 1,600 lbs of fluid. Operating weight of 10,000 lbs +/- I was plowing yesterday with a four bottom rollover plow. I had enough power and...

I was going to buy a drill press for my shop. Then I got tho thinking a magnetic drill would be better because for most things it can do everything a drill press can do plus it is portable. I never really drill holes bigger than 3/4" and most of the time am drilling 1/2" or less but I often...

Last Friday afternoon I called up Mark and ordered a Powerarc 300. He was very helpful in answering my questions. My machine showed up today. 3 business days California to Texas ain't bad. The machine was nicely packaged and the first thing I had to do was install the power plug as it does not...

Generally I try to buy all my welding supplies from them. I like supporting the local guys. Even though they are big national companies now I still consider them local. Anyway I was looking to buy 250' of 1/0 welding lead. I am making some new leads up for my Powerarc300 and my Trailblazer 302...

95% of my welding I do with 1/8" rods, the other 5% 5/32. I use two rods types 5P+ (6010) and 7018. Anything smaller than 1/4" thick I usually weld with my MIG. My Arc welding is usually 1/4-1/2" thick material with occasional thicker stuff like 3/4". I was looking at some charts and they...

I have a thunderbolt XL AC/DC welder. It works fine. I am not a professional welder by any means but I burn about 100lbs of rods a year on average with the vast majority being 6010 with some 7018. I have been eyeing these everlast inverters and see how well the 200 & 300 are recommended and how...

My skid steer specs 15-40 engine oil for the hydraulic fluid. How does this compare viscosity wise to regular hydraulic oils like aw32, aw46, or aw68?

I have a couple of hydraulic hoses I had made maybe two months ago. They have been used but are like new. They are 3/4" and rather long and if I recall were over $100 each. I need them about five feet shorter. Can they be cut down and have new ends put on and be reliable or is this not advisable...

I am looking at this 14' pull type tandem disc. It is very heavily built. Probably the heaviest disc of this size I have seen. So heavy in fact that it has 4 gauge wheels. It has 19" front and 21" rear discs. It is a Kewanee 610. I looked it up online but could not find any specs but it appears...

Looking at buying something like this. John Deere - 1100 9' Field Cultivator - Cultivators - Acreage Equipment - Catalog - Ludens Inc. Have not used any tillage equipment in about ten years and I have forgot the rules of thumb. I know I pulled a 7' cultivator with a 4WD 47 hp tractor. Wondering...

I have a 15 acre field that has CRP grass on it. It is not in the CRP program and I am free to do whatever I wish with it. I would like to keep a few cows on it for a hobby more than anything. I was thinking maybe 3-4 calves nothing I am really concerned about trying to make a profit on just...

I have a machine with a mast that uses a hydraulic cylinder to rotate the mast 90 degrees - vertical for in use and horizontal for travel. There is never any kind of load on the mast except for the mast itself. The mast weighs about 1000lbs but is well balanced and pivots freely. Two people can...

I am fabricating something and am going to add a hydraulic cylinder fro a moving piece. Do I need to make the eyes that the cylinder will pin to myself or can weld on eyes be bought somewhere? Making them does not seem that difficult but I don't have anyway to drill a 1" hole for the clevis...

I need to put a hydraulic cylinder on a piece of equipment to tilt something from vertical to horizontal for transport. The piece being tilted is about 15' tall and weighs maybe 1500 lb. No loads on it other than itself. The pivot point is close to the middle - about 6-7' feet off the ground. I...

I am running an auger on a skid steer and when the ambient temperature gets hot I have been having issues with hydraulic fluid getting too hot. I would like to add an auxillary cooler but am unsure how to connect it. The coolers are rated for pressures much lower than the operating pressure of...

I have a new hydraulic motor that runs an auger that is connected to my skid steer. The power from the auger does not seem to be what it should. It works but stalls easier than I think it should. I am feeding it 3400 psi and 24 GPM. My skid steer uses 15-40 engine oil for the hydraulics per...

We have an 8 man crew and work outside. I have a guy that has worked with me nearly ten years. He is about 30 years old and looking at him he appears to be in the best physical shape of anyone on our crew. Not overweight at all and muscular. I have worked side by side with him over the years...