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I have a FEL a back blade and a stone driveway.I am still digging it up especially if the ground isnt frozen. Would it be possible to attach a blade to a bush hog since the back wheel would stop the blade digging into the drive. I was thinking of putting the blade between tractor and the bush...

Occasionally I need to lift some heavy stuff out of the basement via the Belco permentry door. I have installed a winch on the front of the tractor.Nothing too special as its not a permament fixture, see attached.

Text messaging, I think, is a really under utilized resource. There must be plenty of ways you can use it but the ideas never get out there. This morning i sent myself message with an order confirmation number so I will have it readily available. My service is verizon so you can use the...

i was surfing the net this morning and I found this web site. http://www.deere.com/en_US/ag/homestead/index.html Im sure its known to most of you but just in case.....

Im looking to buy a deere rotary mower or brush hog. It needs a new slip clutch. The spindle it would fit onto is smooth with a groove near the front. Any ideas of the part number or where I could get one.

My parents arrived this evening. Dad will be 90 in January and mum 88 this fall, but they looked great walking down the exit at the airport. I know he has been looking forward to using the tractor and I cant wait to let him have a go.

For sometime I have been able to stream internet radio through my HIFI system, but this weekend, with the help of my geeky son we managed to get the internet on the television. It was actually not that difficult, a quick trip down to Radio Shack and the purchase of some S-video cables and a...

I was buying hay from a local farmer and I noticed that he had a bush hog that whilst the vegetation was not growing through was certainly in danger of becoming embedded in the yard. He explained that it needed a new slip clutch but as it was a Deere it was therefore still in good shape. There...

After cutting vast swathes with my neighbor-intimidating 62 inch deck across the Great Plains of my back yard. I have to get my push mower out to finish the edges around the house.

I just checked the number of views on the shhhh post for the new jd 2305 ....23001 Is this a record?

Well, here is a thought provoking idea. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4160560.stm Some researchers have put forward the suggestion that the plains of north america can be repopulated with wild beasts, such as elephants and lions. They do admit that gaining local support will be a...

Any idea where I would get a new key cut for my 2210. I still have my old one so its not mission impossible.The local deere center has gone out of business.

I know many of you are keen hunters and I thought you might be interested in a tiger hunt that I went on back in 1967. Tiger hunting was legal back then, but you could only take one per season I think The link is www.tigerhunt.50megs.com , but please dont go there if you feel strongly about...

A 2 liter pepsi bottle rinsed out and dried makes a perfect measure for a 2210 oil change.

As I was mowing this afternoon the swallows and martins were darting in front of me as I stirred up the insects. A really pretty sight and for me finally a symbiotic relationship between man, tractor and nature.

I sheared a bolt on my drive. any ideas how you remove the cover . It can twisted to unlock but that doesnt seem to do much

I decided to avoid the heat yesterday and mowed at night. Great way to put in extra seat time

The yuan has been revalued against the dollar by 2.1%. What does this mean ? 1) The impact on the trade imbalance with China will not necessarily improve immediately. In fact it may get worse. This is known as the J curve effect. Importers expectations can be that the dollar will move down more...

The two ladies on the left are mother (chloe) and daughter (Hannah). Hannah has always been the alpha dog and it has been a regular feature that they would have mock fights to establish who was the boss. Recently, however, things have taken a turn for the worst and on the odd occasion the fights...

A very interesting article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal on diesel prices. Without going into too much detail in deference to the paper’s copyright, it noted that diesel sold at a premium to gas and this was a reflection of the demand pressures on diesel supplies world wide. 50 % of new...

I would like to ask a question of you guys in oil country. When I was traveling around the country in the late 80s many of the old stripper wells that I passed were idle as the low price of crude made them uneconomic. With the price of oil up here does it make sense to reopen any of those wells...

Does any one know what the rod in the attached photo is called? I cant find it in jdparts. Dont ask how I managed to get it in this state, but as a hint forcing something is never a good idea

I have just opened my pool.This is the first I have owned so I am little green like the first chap who tried it out--- a frog. Now I 'm worried because I will be away for some time so if his friends come down for a pool party how are they going to get out? You may feel that I am being too...

Last year I didn’t understand why the mower would only go up and down in a very restricted way. This year I noticed an inverted “L “shaped piece of metal ( see attached photo) has to sit on top of the arm. This has made all the difference. The mower goes up and down really well. Is this in the...

Last night Cream held a reunion concert. I was not able to be there, but I still remember seeing Eric Clapton playing at my high school in 1966. How time flies

I just did the 50 hour oil change. I cant do the transmission yet as the dealer doesnt have the filter. Actually he seemed bemused why anyone would need one. The oil filter that came with my 2210 iwas a slightly different size to the replacement. If the oil filter was hand tight I dont know...

I’m trying to do some landscaping, initially moving excavated soil and putting it around the pool. I will then have to reseed the area. I have a Fel and a box blade, but I’m not getting the smooth finish I was hoping for. The problem is that as I drive over the redistributed earth the tractor...

Finally, this weekend I was able to give the JD a serious work out. The contractors had left a boom of earth from the pool excavation. So the project was to redistribute. I have turf tires and had been concerned that I would spend most of my time spinning the wheels as I tried to bite into the...

Prior to owning a tractor I had always been fairly parsimonious about applying lawn fertilizer as the grass grew too thick with the manufacturer's recommendation. This made cutting very difficult and time consuming as one was either continually emptying the bag or raking the clumps off. Now, I...

When im not listening to the subtle changes in the tone of my 2210 I enjoy classical music. Unfortunately I'm outside the reach of wqxr in new york, but on the internet Im able to listen to www.classicfm.com . This british radio station is reported to have 6.5 million listeners a week The time...

Another wasted weekend. Managed to scrape at the driveway and attempt a futile stab at a pile of earth, but nothing really productive. Still I do sense that the weather was slightly warmer and there was some melting , but no real action

I want to put a short trail through some fairly wet land. Prior attempts by the builder have resulted in a rutted quagmire. So i was going to try some drainage. What is the best way of going about this. One pipe down the middle or two at the edge. How far would you run before letting the pipe...

When i m using the tractor there is no oil showing in the transmission eye glass. But when I switch off the level comes back to half way. Should I be adding more oil ?

Last night I finally was able to engage the float on the Fel. Up till now every time I tried to engage the tractor would rise up like a bucking bronco. The trick was to lightly touch the reverse as you try to engage, that took off the forward pressure.

I have a six foot scraper blade and have just discovered that this thing can be lethal to a gravel drive. I thought i would pull in material that had worked to the outside during the winter.. The problem with this is that it is very difficult to get a level surface. By the time i had finished...

If the land dries out I will be needing to move the earth that was dug up when they put in my pool. I intend to use the FEL and therefore need to use the ballast box . my 2210 has turf tires and up to now they have spun when using the fel for earth moving. Couple of questions a) what amount of...

Was TVO (tractor vaporising oil) ever used in the United States. I remember my uncle using it in the UK but is no longer available. Any idea what the ratio of parrafin(kerosine) to petrol ( gas) was used. The tractor had two fuel systems. You would start up with gas and was the engine was warm...

I was plowing this evening and my jd 2210 cut out . it restarted and then died again .. several times. i left it out last night in the bitter cold, but what is odd is it ran ok for at least 15 minutes any ideas