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If you are on Facebook go to the Mahindra 2538/2638 owners page, join it, go into the files section where I have the entire service manual and start studying the Front axle section (Section6) and the transmission section (section 5). It looks more like the disengagement is in the transmission...

And here I sit and often have 2-3 trailers hooked to my truck in a week, sometimes 2-3 in a day and playing musical traliers between jobs. In the bed, feed, seed, toolboxes, hay, gas cans and once in a while a deer or two.

There are several people who have modified extensions on the 3pt lever. You might look at 'Mahindra 2538/2638 owners' page on Facebook. The fel control lever is dang near in the perfect spot. The lever that bothers me is if you have the factory hydraulic remote(s) on the tractor the lever for...

I have used fender washers without bending them over, works just as well. The only issue in doing that is if you unhook and hook up often to the same piece of equipment the washers may walk and not be out on the ends of the pins, but in operating times the washers work fine. Buying fender...

I tightened the lug nuts on my 2638 about 80 hours into owning it with a 4' cheater bar and have yet to find one loose 4 years and 700 hours later.

That interesting because you can still get new 2600 series tractors. One of the biggest differences is the seat and how it sits, one seems more like you ae sitting on it the other seems more like you are sitting in it. The 1640 is a nice tractor, I have the 2638. I bought it new 4 years ago...

I use that app alot, my uncle also uses it alot. Each of us got within 10' of a known survey pin on the farm, but we have great cell phone service, each of us were connected to actual wi-fi and clear and open skies. the app is great, it is designed to show property boundaries but is not...

I dealt with that BAD and went to a podiatrist who got me into custom orthotic insoles which helped a bunch. THen off and on for about 1 1/2-2 years it flared up now and again. One flare up that was particularly worse I wrapped a towel into a rope and was using it to pull my toes to stretch my...

Try swapping your front wheels so the front R1 tires are running backwards, it may help you on turns and you should still have front traction for the hills.

Having grown up on and alot of time on a 135 (with the Continental Z145 gas engine, multipower transmission) as a kid and adult, I now have a Mahindra 2638. The Mahindra 2638 will do everything the 135 will do with more traction, a more comfortable seat, eaiser to get on and off, equal to less...

My cousin thought the same thing, but yesterday when we were doing a job taking down 3 large sweetgum trees I had that little saw next to me at the chipper (vermeer 7' capability) and he was impressed. He has a 7'x16' gooseneck dump trailer and we filled it three times with chips, that little...

I ride horses with several people who have the 12V Milwaukee Hatchet (6" chainsaw) and I recently purchased one too. Absolutely love it. I get slabs from a local sawmill for firewood and use that little saw in my shop to cut slabwood to length for my wood burner. Beyond that I carry it on my...

I"ve had a 261 for about 12 years now, love it and found it is awesome in any wood with an 18" 3/8 pitch full chisel chain. I cut alot of locust and it does great. My first saw was an 029 Super, which was a great matchup with an old 024 that I had. Later had a 361 and I just found it too heavy...

When it sputters and dies have you tried pulling out the choke to see if it runs differently? When it starts sputtering and running rough take a can of something aerosol that is flammable (carb cleaner works well) and spray around the intake manifold. If there is a crack in the manifold it...

Your impact will be fine, it will be great on farm equipment, tractors and trucks. If I was starting over buying power tools I would go with Milwaukee Tools over DeWalt but I have alot of DeWalt 18V and 20V tools so I'll just stick with them. That exact impact you have is the one on my radar...

If you're on Facebook look for the Mahindra 2538/2638 Owners page, Log into Facebook , and in the files section there is a wiring diagram that may help you.

^^THIS^^ I've put up hundreds of miles of high tensile wire and I don't recommend messing with high tensile wire without a spinning jenny or a well made home fabbed version. Taking it down it easy, just wind it back onto the jenny. I use a plastic ring that drops over mine and then wind it...

For target loads the math on cost does not make it econimcal. When I got into shotgun reloading 17 years ago I was shooting a 28 gauge some and then loads i was making were higher performance loads for the hunting I was doing, and it was economical for that even with a 12 and 20 gauge. This...

Mine seems noisier if in 4wd and moving in mid range but in 2wd is pretty quiet.

On the 'Mahindra 2536/2638 owners' page on Facebook. Nothing to do with TractorbyNet

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I've had mine for 3 years and I have about 600 hours on it. I don't find the range selector lever to be problematic or in the wrong place. The three point lever could be more ergonomically accessible but it isn't a deal breaker. On facebook we have a Mahindra 2638 owners page that we have a...

Crack the line loose on the outlet side of the whole thing. Only other thing I can think of is the fuel shutoff on the bottom of the tank might be clogged.

Loosen that bolt in the middle, you likely have an airlok.

Some friends of my parents gave me an old COleman propane stove when I was in college and fishing/camping quite a bit, which replaced the Coleman fuel stove I had that leaked fuel like crazy and was prone to random fire... That was probably around 2000, this stove has been to 15 states on...

I've many time held my bucket 6-10" or so from the ground while mowing new to me ground. That way if you do hit a hole then the bucket hits the dirt on the other side making it where you drop just enough to notice.

You might reach out to the Michigan State University extension equine specialist and see what his manure management plan recommendation would be or what their general recommendations would be for any horse farm. If you are already following that it would be a harder case from the neighbors.

I've had a Stihl 261 since maybe 2012 or 2013. I've had no issues with it other than wear items, I've found it powers an 18" 3/8 chisel chain very well in hardwoods, some prefer a 20" in 3/8 pitch. I wouldn't be afraid of the comparable Husqvarna or Echo chainsaw, dealer support in my area...

What I would try is to throw some rocks in and take a pressure washer and stick it in there and make everything rattle, shake and move and keep draining it out until it drains clean then let it air dry a week for the water to get out see what happens. Free solution (other than time, water and...

For a store brand I haven't been let down by Kobalt Tools from Lowes. The home depot line they carry in house are on par, I have so much in Craftsman and Klein hand tools that just aren't breaking. Crescent and channel lock are two of my favorites when it comes to price and quality.

I ride horses on trails alot and a few buddies have the Milwaukee M12 little chainsaws they carries to clear stuff in the way and I am impressed with them. I am hoping my kids and wife get me one for my birthday next week, in my situation it isn't so much what I can carry on my saddle or in...

I would think digging anywhere near those trees you will hit roots and it will not be fun with a pto powered auger. A hydraulic one on a skidsteer would be ideal as if the hit a root and wind in at least they will unwind via the machine. I think if you place a wooden post on each end of the...

Mine is a 2014 and it doesn't surprise me a bit that someone else would haul an 8000 lbs machine on a gooseneck trailer behind one of these trucks, I have and it handles it well.

You won't go wrong at 7000 lbs with an F 150 with either Ecoboost engine.

Having had a 1997 heavy duty regular cab F 250 4wd with a 5.8 auto yes I can believe the 3.5 Ecoboost F 150 I have now will tow better than the older F 250 did, in every sense of me saying that by far. But in 1997 you would have needed an F 250 to do what the F150's today can do.

I have a 2014 F 150 with a 3.5 Ecoboost, it will two your 10,000 lbs trailer just fine and even better if you put LT E rated tires and add airbags to the rear axle. Those two alone will bring the truck to its full potential and beyond. I drug a 3 horse slant load heavy steel bumper pull...

It could be the bushings in your spindle arm need to be replaced. It isn't the hardest job ever, drive them out, place the new sleeves in the freezer for a few hours and tap them into the casting after it has been heated. This is one of the easiest and cheapest overlooked areas that will cause...

If it were me (a horse owner/rider and skilled enough craftsman) I wouldn't venture down the path of a slide out. When not slid out it will eat real estate , when slid out you will have just a little more space. Find a way to reduce what is inside, maybe add (or add on to) a rack up top where...

Does pulling the choke out when it is running help make it run smoother? Is a spark plug wire touching anything? They can ground out or bleed voltage if touching the engine or other metal. Another thing you might try is when it start running rough, start spraying WD40 or carb cleaner around the...

Seed won't be dumped out in large chunks, the gate is only opened so much before it falls onto the spreader and really isn't able to dump a large chunk. The only time that could happen is if you had the gate open and spreader not running and then you would have your spreader full of seed and it...

I've also spread lime with a pto spreader, which will change your Ph level.

I have seeded cover crops, hay fields, pastures, erosion control waterways, spread fertilizer and spread sand on parcels of 1 acre to 20 acres on hillsides and flat as a pancake terrain with a pto seed spreader. IF overseeding I would do it while the ground has some moisture and before a rain...

Are you on Facebook? We have it in the files section on the Mahindra 2538/2638 owners page.

I have driven posts in with my Shaver post driver in wet ground and they hold more solid than digging a hole. As odd as it may sound when punching them into soft ground it kinda of creates a suction when you try and pull them out, wood posts will hold better than steel T posts.

Not wrong in that thought, but I think he learned don't piss me off.

A week after we built and moved into our house (13 years ago) I was in the house about 10 am and a guy walked past the backdoor. I went out and asked who he was and he said he was with the tax assessors office. I said it would be wise on his part to give notice beforehand (since we live well...

I tried this most recently, it worked but won't last long term. If there was a mandrel that could be drawn through the heated plastic pipe to squish plastic into the threads it would be awesome.

When the diamond plate comes off, does it fit over the tires on those supports? I agree it might be for a tire on a piece of equipment to sit on but it isn't built for something with a wide tire like a log skidder. Maybe it is for a swather, but those usually sit lower and have wider rails on...

I don’t think I ever applied thread sealant tape to the cap on mine but I did wrench it on pretty tight. I would say shaver was pretty quick on parts when I rebuilt the cylinder on mine.

THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I WANT! Does it thread in tight and seal? I can even weld on my own 3/4" NPT end, I just need the part that screws into the tractor. PM sent!

So what it is this going to thread into? I don't plan on a coupler at all I'll just cap or plug the hard pipe on the tractor and when I need to use the driver I'll remove the cap and thread the hose in as it isn't hard and its not Like I use the thing multiple times a week or month. Usually I...

The hoses are standard, NPT, but not every tractor has teh same thread on the hydraulic fill cap. Most equipment doesn't have to return directly to the sump like this one does

Have them make 2 of those items and let me know and I'll send payment for it. I have tried and tried to find someone to make such a thing and I have tried inventing this wheel a hundred times and have yet to find something to truly hard pipe this.

I called Shaver several years ago and they did not have an adapter to fit the 2638. I'm still chasing a rabbit to figure out the solution I want on hooking it up and I keep rigging it with a plastic cap till it fails.

What tractor did you mount your driver to?

Not a roughstock rider but November 2021 I adopted a Mustang off the wild horse corral, gentled her down, took her to a trainer to be started riding (I had her well used to wearing a saddle), brought her home two months later (May 2022) as a green broke started horse. I can document since Labor...

The hardest part is plumbing the return line into the transmission case/hydraulic reservoir. Ideally dump it into where you would add hydraulic fluid into the tractor, but I am finding it very difficult to find someting to thread into that hole to be able to adapt a hydraulic hose to. I'm...

The Shaver will work well, the gpm flow rate is a recommendation but I often ran my old tractor at idle which was well below the flow rate recommendation and I made alot of money with it. My new Mahindra I run about half throttle and it works very well, I have the HD8 and have driven T posts to...

I actually sold my old 029 after I bought a 261. On my 261 I am running a 3/8 pitch full chisel 18" bar and I have found i is the right length and enough power for it in hardwoods and locust.

I've used a rope as a piston stop on an 029 (and many others) many times. Then I bought the plastic piston stop and have yet to use it in the 10+ years.

Any skid steer attachment bucket will work. I think a 72" would be too big for most tasks (but ideal for many of mine) but a 66" skidsteer bucket would be ideal.

Sometimes it is a vented cap, sometimes it is a hose. regardless it is n the top of the housing somewhere.

The vent on the reservoir this fluid is in is clogged. While being used pressure builds up, and it goes out somewhere. If you are feeling air pressure come out there is your proof.

I shoot a Barnes triple shock all copper bullet in my 7 mm Weatherby magnum but I load it myself. I didn't choose the bullet for environmental reasons I chose that one after talking with a Weatherby technician when trying to find a good shooting load for that rifle. Of all the bullets and...

I just hauled mine 80 miles one way to ride two days ago at a friends place and I'm gonna tell you that one hurt! Beautiful ride, good times with some guys I hadn't spent much time with since a LONG time ago, expanded my circle of riding crew, put some new trail into my map app.... but that buck...

Take it apart, clean everything and seal it up correctly is your best bet. Like the guy above said its a few bucks worth of fittings and 15 minutes of time to do it right.

It has a 21,000 lbs tow rating with the right engine but probably wouldn't have that with a 3.5 Ecoboost in it as it doesn't have that kid of tow rating with the 6.2 gas either. The payload rating of an F250 I could utilize, I will sanely run out of suspension in my F 150 long before the engine...

I'll say this again, the 3.5 Ecoboost I have in my 2014 F 150 regularly hauls around a horse trailer weighing up to 7000 lbs when loaded up. On long steep hills I rarely ever hit 3000 rpms and its never dropped below 4th gear to keep 55-65 mph going up any hill. On the interstate at 70 mph I...

Well back to the original post before it got taken over by a diesel conversation..... The ecoboost is a great engine, it will handle well beyond what the F150 suspension should handle and does it at very low rpms for a gas engine. I have a 2014 F 150 with the 3.5. I haul a three horse trailer...

10,000 miles of towing my 3 horse slant load bumper pull and another 8000 with an equipment trailer with hay or whatever on it, I've only hit 3000 rpms maybe a few times when I wanted to show off, otherwise easily you won't notice the engine struggle with 8-9000 lbs behind it uphill on into the...

I often plug in an air compressor, freezer, big fans, quartz halogen lights, and anything else that might provide a decent load. Granted some of those aren't a constant load but they are a load that will kick on now and then to work it.

With my tractor I can reach over my forks and drop the bucket on the other side of them then back up and pick up the forks and dump the bucket off of the forks. But I usually only ever have the bucket on to of my forks if I'm loading them both on a trailer. Every other day of the ear whichever...

When I got home from the haul our church did to Mayfield back in December I called my insurance agent to review building replacement costs in the current materials and labor market vs what we insured for when we started the policy.

From a person that did organize and haul relief supplies down froma mere 80 miles to the north of you, I can say local bars and taverns were doing collections themselves and making weekly hauls down that way just as much as every church and some service organizations in our town. The ELKS n our...

I've found at best such an idea will clip the tops of that grass off and not cut much of it at all. I've never tried your idea I'm just going off of grass that is laid over and I've mowed it and that is the result. Interested in seeing how it works though as if it works well I will sing your...

I used my landscape rake just the other day to go around my horse arena where the dirt has built a ridge around the perimeter from everytime I have worked it to put the dirt back in the arena so it won't have the ridge to hold water in. More often than not I just use it straight across to rake...

I welded one together about 6 years ago with a 1/8" 7014 rod on a Lincoln AC 225 set at about 90 amps and it has held ever since. I don't know how as it was cracked from the center all the way out but it is still on that gang and still cutting.

2 above the front axle on the pivot bushing, 1 on each tie rod, 6 on each side of the loader, 2 or 3 under the floor on the right in the area of the hydro pedals, i think there may be one under the left side of the floor (I can't remember).

Age 42, started my job at 22, met my wife at 24, married at 25, 2 kids age 11 and 13, we bought our property (an aunt's part of the farm) at age 26, bought my first tractor age 26, we built our house at age 30, bought the first new tractor to the farm (my dad is 70 and never remembers a new one)...

It could be for a motor mount on some other piece of equipment that used the same block.

I don't think the tractor is all that filthy. I've had or been around many older tractors that will never leave a drop on the ground but often have that much grime on them. When you wash it up it shows up again after a hard days work, I don't think this is an issue of how a person takes care...

There was some sort of option that would bolt up right there. If oil is leaking out of it then likely there would be a crack, but I'd guess there is oil that got into there from the outside as there is enough of it on the block itself, the heat is probably higher in that hole than on the...

I've had my Woods RD 72 for two years and I have no complaints on it. It is a discontinued model but they have two newer 72" models.

I had passenger tires on a larger tractor with a front end loader and never experienced an issue with them not carrying the load. They provided floatation better than tri ribs, didn't rip the ground when you turned and with the loader on still held stable to turn. When the loader was off and I...

Having run one for years I've found the manual crank on the driver is easy enough to adjust I don't think you'd need to use your top and tilt. I always use a level against the driver while standing there, I've never used a top and tilt but seeing the level from the seat might be hard and I...

The nice thing about your tractor is once started you don't need electricity to keep it going.

Lets hope it isn't near as bad, I'm about 60-80 miles north of that and I don't want to deal with it here and certainly don't want it for you all down there.

I had an electrician tell me that it couldn't happen that way, but plugging in my worm drive saw (with a new blade) and leaving the 100' 12 gauge cord coiled vs uncoiled you could hear the difference cutting a 2x4.

That field cultivator isn't real heavy so I doubt it will pull hard, depending on soil moisture and hills your 2150 will probably handle it with no problem. It is definitely a tool for ground that is broken and not a primary tool.

I like using high tensile or barbless wire (pony wire it is sometimes called) for horses instead of polytape or polywire.

I think mine was tied up high and tight so it wouldn't get damaged by anything. If I can remember tomorrow I'll try and get a picture of what it looks like. The kit isn't hard to install at all, for me the hardest part was finding the right plug behind the dash and fishing it out where I could...

If wanting to build a 20X 40 one should start by instead planning on a 40X60 and settling for at least a 30x50 sized building, with a leanto one one or both sides.

A harrow, fence panel or gate will work best to break up manure piles, however that also depends on what kind of manure piles. I built a 3 pt mounted arena rake that is basically a glorified spike tooth harrow with a drag bar on the back and it worked quite well on a horse pasture last week...

From what I understand the 2638 has a suspension seat that the 2538 did not. I have the 2638 and find the seat quite nice. From my experience on alot of tractors the TSC type suspension seats suck plain and simple they aren't that comfortable nor durable. Spend the money on a good one.

One ting about a tractor and loader vs a skidsteer is that is you have a log for instance, suspended a few feet off the ground, and you need to get off to cut it up into firewood or open a gate, you cannot do that on a skidsteer without crawling under the boom. That right there is why I don't...

On high tensile the only pull is on the corners and dips, its left loose on each post so it will slide length ways.

For high tensile I would use steel over aluminum.

I'm going to guess it has something to do with the loader being off, I'm betting hydraulic flow is routed through whatever valve you have to control it and it is an open center valve that allows fluid to then go into your lift control for the lift arms. I could be 100% wrong too.

The only reason that I had said that is I've never messed with high tensile woven wire but what I've read on it and watched on Youtube they've always used a very stout stretching bar. That being said it has always been from a person that does alot of it. A year ago when my 12 year son and I...

With a rope wrapped around the 2x4 setup at the top and the bottom end you would break the wire (unless it is high tensile woven wire) before you would break the 2x4.

That is a good build for this purpose.

The last fence job I did where I had to put up woven wire I used two 2x4's and 4 1/2" carriage bolts 6" long. The oven wire gets sandwiched between the boards that are bolted together, a winch pulling on it at the top and bottom and it will pull the wire nice and tight. I don't do enough woven...

Another thought would be to call the HVAC contractor and ask them if they can come out and put a round register in instead. It wasn't uncommon for us to get all of our duct in and have someone call and ask if we can move something, if you're nice and not a pest most guys will come knock it out...

Is this what you have? https://www.homedepot.com/p/Master-Flow-6-in-90-Deg-Round-Adjustable-Elbow-B90E6/100062966 Also keep in mind you don't have 10" to work with you have the depth of the joist space + the 5/8" of sheetrock you will be putting up. As long as nothing extends past the visible...

The Basset hangers I mentioned earlier. The last time I used one or bought any it was from our supplier and it was probably a box of 1000, I'm sure there is something at Lowe's or Home Depot very similar...

I was typing my previous response when you posted the photo. From what you are describing is you have a 90* elbow and you are wanting to know how to frame it in place so you can drywall around it. A 2x4 frames across on two sides of your elbow and a screw through it (from inside preferably)...

I used to be an HVAC guy and we made alot of stuff like you are talking about that would hold a boot in place in a ceiling but there is nothing wrong with framing what you want in wood and nailing through the boot or using sheetmetal screws through the metal into the wood. Of course that work...

Lee Reloading and Forster also

There is a movie out called "Snowden.' Yes I realize it is probably alot of hype and who knows what is truthful about Edward Snowden, but I have no reason to doubt most of what is in the movie. I remember when "Enemy of the State' came out in the late 90's and alot of people thought 'that can't...

Buck knives, Pro Shot (gun cleaning products), Springfield Armory and Weatherby have all been great when I have dealt with them and stood behind their products. On my Springfield I just called to get some parts to replace that had some wear or broke when I took it apart and they sent me all the...

For starters your tack room is not big enough. If I was wanting to color the osb somehow I would use a stain, it will show the random pattern of the chips in the board but it doesn't attempt to cover it like paint will. That being said a medium brownish stain will work well with it, BUT, it...

Replace the hose and keep cycling it and you will get the air out. In the worst of cases you might get an airlock and have to crack a fitting loose but that is a rarity.

I started buying 20V DeWalt tools when the 18V bare tools started being in short supply. I've yet to buy an adapter to put the 20V batteries on my 18V tools as I still have good 18V batteries, but once those batteries give up I'll get the adapter. I was in the boat to either start with a new...

42" I think would be ideal for me to be able to see the tips of the forks better, that being said I've been using my 36" forks for about 13 years and I'm very proficient with them.

I've had 36" forks for about 13 years and they have done a ton of work, sometimes I wish they were longer as it would be easier to see the ends and pick up some things that stick out there a little further.

The use of a dipstick has been around a long time, so has the sight glass. I have not used the dye but I have also not heard or known of the dye discoloring the glass.

I'm not sure on the plate and remote setup your showing but if you can find the deluxe remote valves and the engine mounted auxiliary pump you will have really strong hydraulics that will work independently from the three point hitch. The setup I am talking about is found on all the 10 series...

I had about 300 hours on my 2638 from June of 2020 befire I put the cruise control kit on and I wish I had odne it when I got the machine. The remote I had put on a few months after I got it, we ordered the kit at purchase in June, it came in in August and in October I was going on a hunting...

RSKY I only live about 70-80 miles north of you, the day after the tornado I got ahold of a Methodist pastor in Mayfield and said what do you want me to bring. Our Church put on a collection and the entire community responded big and sent two big trailers south. The news made it out quick and...

How fast was the nit going and what did it hit in the rollover?

One thing you might consider is to put a valve on the splitter and then run a constant flow from the tractor to the valve on the splitter so you don't have to walk back and forth. That's what dad and I did on the one we have, we've used a bungee cord to lock the tractor hydraulic remote into a...

I've found with a wheeled skidsteer or tracked skidloader it is often easier to push on the tree itself to make it and the stump go over and then use the bucket to push on the stump to get it out. You are limited on the size of the tree and stump obviously and operating on steep slopes takes it...

My dealer said anything that says universal tractor fluid, the book specifies a few brands of fluid and if you search you will find a few threads on this. I used Schaeffer Oils 315 Simplex Supreme Tractors Hydraulic Fluid about 250 hours ago when I changed it and I have no complaints in cold or...

I don't have a Kioti I have a Mahindra but you just gave me an idea.

Check your fluid level when the Shaver driver is all the way up, as the previous poster said you will probably have a constant flow through the driver valve and it will drop the fluid level some but not much. When I got a new tractor last year I drained the cylinder on my driver and replaced...

Pour some oil in the threads if they are ever hard to turn, I've had top links go for years and never need anything. Often time it is more of a desire of the owner than a need.

When it still spins can you grab it to stop it? If so I wouldn't worry about it until it stops spinning completely as long as it runs well when you want it to. I had a 3910 that did it for all 15 years I owned it, it would usually stop when I'd hook my bushhog on and always had ample pto...

Also check the ground wires on the dash panel and check the wiring between the sensor and the dash light. Chances are it is corrosion related as you would feel the tractor bogging down and see it blowing black smoke under minor loads. Chances are it is an electrical gremlin associated with old...

The filter on the left side of the machine has a water sensor in the bottom of the filter, unscrew it and it should drain the water. Of course the filter on the right side has a bolt on the bottom as well that will probably drain water, to be honest I just changed the filter on that side and...

I built my back porch deck out of red oak 10 years ago, I put stain on it one time 2 years in and I have replaced one board in all that time. Granted I do have my deck covered BUT the sun hits the south side of it and puts sunlight on it all day till about 4pm and the rain will blow in on that...

I typically do what is best for myself and doesn't wreck or scare the biker, often times that means waiting slow behind them to then pass once I know its clear, sometimes the biker can see ahead and wave me on, rarely do I pass when I can't see if someone is coming flying at us. Having been an...

If it were me I would run 5 strands of high tensile to keep the cows out of the yard, space them 9" apart (with the first wire being at 12" up), make them all hot except the top one, and put your wire on the cattle side of the fence. Since this is going around a new house I would recommend a 6"...

Instead of using string lines on an ht fence I build my corners, make a run of wire and tie it to one corner with enough slack I can later slide it up and the other end I cut and use a tension strainer to tighten it and there you have a wire length run and your guide wire for your posts. If you...

First thing with high tensile fence is you have to have an unwinder, do not cut the bands loose on a coil if it isn't in one or you just wasted the entire coil of wire. Largely HT wire will go up just like barbed wire, you don't staple it tight and you don't tension it on the corners you tension...

Greg Abbott equipment sales is the place in Jackson, MO. C and K sell it is the name of the place in Vienna, IL. There is also a Branson dealer in Vienna, I have never talked to them or know anything about them other than they are there.

There is an LS dealer in Jackson, MO that when I drove by last week he had a few tractors on his lot that looked to be in that horsepower range. Coleman Lawn Equipment in Carbondale and Percy, IL sells Mahindra and I think it is a 2638 that he has sitting on his lot in Carbondale. He carries...

I had a 3910 for 14 years. One of the first things I noticed was the only issue with the tractor was that knob would not turn. While I could have worked on it and made it turn everything worked and worked well so I never bothered with it. I always figured if I made it turn the likely I would...

A photo would help but I'm thinking a rake or cultivator with a rolling basket on the back will help break up chunks.

Interesting they used treated to make them, most of them I've seen are just rough sawn timber. They're doing a large job like this across our farm next year and I'm nots ure if they will use those or not, I doubt they will as I think it would be more on a hindrance on the hills and hillsides...

If you ever load or unload something when it is wet you will very much appreciate the surface on those ramps vs a more solid surface, especially wood, that will be slippery as ice.

I wouldn't sleeve the line inside of a 4" pipe. The reason why is pressure changed will cause your waterline to flex and slap at the sleeve. Two things about waterlines I have learned is movement and poor workmanship are a certain pathway to leaks. I ran 2000' of 1 1/2" PVC to my shop and...

You probably could but I don't think the bearings would hold up on it. While they are robust enough for it to roll and do its things they don't look robust enough to be powered and do the new thing. It will make a nice aerator, fabricate a scarifier bar into it and it will make a nice seed prep...

The soil pulverizers that I have seen all have what looks like an H beam across the front with scarifiers that dig into the dirt and the rollers behind them. What you have looks like an overseeder that will aerate the soil, drop seed and a second roller to press it all back down. The sprocket...

If you have a metal cap on your hydraulic fill I'd do that. The plastic one on my 2638 isn't thick and heavy enough plastic to be able to do that and it hold up long at all. Of course the hydraulic hose cap doesn't hold up long either but it will get the job done and make some money.

I've been chasing that rabbit for a year on my Mahindar 2638 and right now a machine shop is making an adapter to thread into the tractor to accept a 3/4" NPT pipe. In the meantime; the plastic cap that comes on the male ends of hydraulic hoses is JUST thick enough that if you slip it on a 3/4...

I've never used the lower top link hole and never found a reason to. I think mine is in the top hole and I have extra pins in the other two holes. On my last tractor there were two holes for the top link and in the 15 years I owned it I never used anything other than the top one, I think I only...

I've had a 2638 for a year and put about 220 hours on it. I grew up on tractors with gears and a clutch, spent some time on shuttle shift and power shift machines but most of it was good old geared tractors. The HST is nice, if you've got a bigger field to mow get the cruise control kit. I've...

Instead of a bridge we often use a tarp at 4H events. We have a 'bridge' built with a 2x4 frame and plywood on top but it is heavy to move with three people, if I remember right I think the 2x4 cross members are on 12" centers. The tarp is a good one too, I have used blue, black and silver...

My wife and I, both 40 and only ever married to each other the last 15 years, have everything in both of our names except the title for my horse trailer and the loan that was on my tractor. The only reason on the horse trailer is when I bought and went to title it she was still out of town on a...

Sometimes it easy sometimes it is not. On older tractors I have had this on I was able to take the metal hydraulic fill cap/plug and either thread a 3/4" pipe into it or I have brazed a 3/4" pipe to it and it worked well. On my current Mahindra 2638 I have come up with a rather janky way to...

A Shaver HD 8 is what I use and has been on the farm for almost 50 years. Don't get too hung upon the GPM required, all that will help with is the cycle times to raise the driver the drop is all gravity and spring pressure. One thing to keep in mind is that most post drivers require a return...

Going to the highway department at the start of shift and talking to them will go further than a phone call. The trip will only cost you a few minutes, joke with the guys a bit, tell em you appreciate it. If they plowed snow the past few months tell em thanks. Lastly a box of donuts on this...

Alot of people on the Mahindra Facebook page use that stuff in their machines. I don't but I'm not hearing of any failures associated with it.

Every brand and manufacturer is having supply issues right now. Where I live I've noticed every dealership new car lot is very empty looking.

I'm 40 and do not doubt that one bit.

(1) Not saying I wasn't worried about my investments a year ago, they were tanking. Yes I am aware investments are for the long haul, and it is a nice feeling to know that your investments are marking more money than you are that day. (2) Not getting political just stating I had some major...

It wasn't long ago that for about 2 weeks my retirement investments were making what I was making everyday at work. Not to go poolitical just staing fact we had a change of power in the White House and it hasn't grown the same. It's still growing but not at the same pace as my income every day.

The quick and easy way to jumper it is to cut the two wires by your shifters coming out of your transmission cover plate and use a wire nut to connect them. Leave enough wire out of the top of the trans case to be able to reconnect too if you need to hook that switch back up. Word to the...

Check the linkage where the throttle hooks in, check the operating parts of the fuel shutoff linkage.

I hate woven wire fence with a passion. I told my son a few months ago when we were tearing some of it out that if he ever sees me putting the stuff up then he can know that I am getting paid well to do it. Recently figured a job with 300' of it and yes I bid it high. But on the subject at...

If you can drop a cotter pin into the hole instead of a lynch pin that should still work, otherwise see if you can grind the shoulder off of the collar on the pins on the plow. However hooking it up is one thing, I don't think a 2565 will handle a 4-12 bottom plow very well.

I have multiple kits, all of which at minimum have a battle dressing, quick clot smaller gause pads, and a sharpie marker. Different ones get different things, the tractor one has more smaller band aid sized gauge pads and tape/vet wrap a saline flush and a 27 gauge needle (mostly used for...

If you are using it to cut look for one of those Diablo or Lenox diamond metal cutting blades. On 1/4" steel they don't cut as fast as an abrasive cutting wheel but they last 1000times longer.

Last fall my son in the 6th grade had his first 'girlfriend.' Don't exactly know what all it meant because they aren't dating or hanging out other than school and in some of their online games and text messages. Well the week before deer season this kid named Jack stole her, Jack was new to...

There is 50+ years worth of equipment with hydrostatic transmissions and shuttle shifts transmissions. Both are great, each has a purpose it is better suited for, get the one you want, keep good fluid in it and enjoy.

I guess I'll be the first to say to check out Everlast Welders. I've got a 140 amp mig that is great and will work up to 1/4" steel no problem and I have a Powerarc 200 amp stick welder that if my mig feels undersized I know that my stick machine is not. If I had it to do over again I might go...

The intake manifold gasket was a culprit of the same symptoms on a 135 gas tractor that my dad had. To check this, while it is running and running rough spray wd-40, brake cleaner or carb cleaner all around the intake manifold and gasket and see if it clears it up for a few seconds. You could...

Well if you're in Maine you'll likley be dealing with snow at some point and a cab would be much nicer to handle that task.

Can you post a picture of this, or a video. I'm wondering if my 2638 has it also.

I would go with 6" posts in a 9" hole if it were me, 4" posts don't make that god of an H brace to begin with.

If you are referring to the 3910 that was in my tag line I traded it off last year. It was a good tractor but wasn't the best fit for what I needed it for.

If you aren't planning to use the 3 point for anything I'd say you'd be a candidate for a skidsteer instead of a tractor, that being said with the lifting you're talking about you'd need a skidsteer every bit the weight of 8000 lbs. I wouldn't worry about being able to haul it to a dealer, I...

A friend of mine has a large greenhouse operation like yous and he has the comparable size and horsepower John Deere. You are not going overkill for what you need. He also has a forklift, not an offroad forklift but uses it on his gravel lot for the same tasks. I'm not sure if he uses the...

I should have mentioned earlier the rod on the Shaver has nothing on the end except a fluted rod guide to keep it aligned in the bore of the case. Other than that it is just a rod in a tube.

The 35 series Landpride blades are very stout and heavy, two things that you really want on a blade that you want to keep a long time and actually use. I have a 3572 and it is just the right width when angled behind my tractor but having a 7' would be nice.

If it is your front tires doing most of the damage on turns (which is likely) swap your front tires to the opposite side where the tread is backwards, it will not cut as hard on turf and will still offer decent enough traction mowing brush and such on a hillside.

My previous tractor, Ford 3910 and a 10" power pole I drove in the dirt. The drivers work best in moist soil, a rule of thumb I always went by was if I could drive the tractor on it without getting stuck then I could drive a post solid. Later of course I proved beyond that and laid a corduroy...

Myself, my daughter and the runaway mule

When the gates are hung in place they can also be swung out in a manner like this and be tied off so as to confine a horse to a smaller area if one is needing to be more confined to be doctored on. The middle stall I just drop 2x4 (true measurement) oak boards into holders since I don’t have a...

In the previous photo I had the gates off their hinges as I didn’t have a reason to have divided stalls. This photo I set it all up to show how they were configured on a 4H horse Facebook group page I’m the leader of.

Box blade, loader bucket, regular blade, landscape rake...... whatever is most convenient or already hooked up. A lot of people build stalls with small narrow doors and wall panels in between. My horses have access to the barn whenever they want it and are rarely stalled in it without access...

Does anyone know the status of this company? I have dealt with them before as they are/were a Shaver Manufacturing distributor and Josh was super sharp on the post driver equipment and parts. Their website doesn't exist anymore and there is very little about them online, phone numbers I find...

Just trail horses for me. My daughters 24 year old Appaloosa ‘Tonka,’ the maybe 30 Year old Halflinger ‘Whisper’ and my 6 year old paint ‘Ringer.’ The Appy was our fist horse 3 years ago, the little old man that had her raised her from a foal and rode her everywhere, he wanted her to go to a...

He is active on Welding Web as he made a post yesterday.

I bought this one new from the Ford Salesman (who was my dad) on May 30th, 2007. 3.0 V6 auto 4wd, couldn't be happier with this truck. I've hauled home about 30 deer with it, could have heaped the bed 10 or 12 times with the pheasants and quail it's hauled, ran a mowing route, built my shop...

Does anyone know of a good app for keeping vehicle and equipment records for an Android? Currently I use a post, board, cabinet door, shelf, or toolbox lid in tandem with a black sharpie as a record keeper. It has worked ok over they ears but I often misplace the Sharpie and can't remember...

I am needing to replace a lawnmower tank and I came across this one: 7 Gallon Black Tank 15"L X 8.5"W X 14.25"H (2-1/4" Neck) | U.S. Plastic Corp. It is HPDE, will it hold up to gasoline?

and by the time I had that line off from behind an auxiliary hydraulic pump on the side of my Ford 3910 I had the hood and muffler off. Then to repair a dent in the front cowling under the radiator I figured I have the tractor this far apart, might as well paint it. Painting this tractor was...

My wife and I just moved out to the family farm I grew up on, finished the house up along with an 1800' driveway, 30x50 shop, and all the utilities. I used to do a fair bit of commercial lawnmowing with mid mount mowers and always wanted a Grasshopper just never bought one. Since I am only...

My dad has wanted a D15 or D14 for several years, he has always been partial to the original orange. Anyway I found this one on Craigslist a few days ago and judging by the pictures he had listed I printed it out and told my dad if there were ever a D14 in good shape this one looks like it. He...

I have a few Massey related questions for you but for some reason I can't send you a PM. On the wheels of my 135, are they supposed to be red and silver or Red and MF gray? I have seen them painted each way where the centers of the front and back are red while the rim is silver or red and then...

All the add on power steering kits I have found are for the Perkins 152 diesel, does anyone know of any that fit the Continental Z145 4 cyl. gas or if they will interchange? The tractor has never had power steering and while I have it all torn apart in a restoration I thought about adding it...

Anybody have one? For Christmas this year I got my wife a Kitchenaide 5 quart Artisan mixer, she has always wanted one and she has been fairly quiet in the past year with a few firearm, reloading equipment and other tool purchases. So to reward her quietness and to keep the peace as best as I...

The guy was about 40, I knew him fairly well, know his mom and dad and brothers. He was bushhogging and a piece of debris came out from underneath about the size of a .22 bullet and right into his brainstem. Guessing near a 70-100 hp open station tractor, front chainguards on the mower, don't...

I have an Allis Chalmers 180 deisel that is leaking between the head and injector, below the rubber seal. Do they make a seal kit for the inector or do I need to replace the entire thing? I know I'll find out when I call the AGCO dealer tomorrow just wanting to know if anybody has done this...

I figure I'll post some educationa lpictures of teh inside of a combine from the controls through the guts. One of teh guys I work for just traded this 2188 in on a new Case/IH 2588 but for the most part these axial flow combines are real similar: Ok what you are seeing here is teh back part of...

Even though we'll be doing beans in a few weeks we figured while we're cleaning the corn head we may as well blow off the entire machine: Not a long job but not a complete washdown either: http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee53/Rickpierson1/Corn%20harvest/P1010288.jpg...