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Hey sorry i dont get on here much anymore. Shoot me a PM with your email i can send you a Google drive link

I finally found where my coolant was going. The lower radiator house clamp under the coolant reservoir was not tight. I put some Spectroline coolant leak trace in it and got out my black light

Ron White is happy he got snow for Christmas amongst other things. Merry Christmas

Took a few more photos

Thanks very pretty decorations I got one with our daughter too. He makes an 11 year old look tiny

Ron White is feeling festive. This dog was built for Christmas.

I'm right there with you all of our dogs have been floor dogs or dirt dogs. Our bed is not for animals. I had shut the tractor off for like 2 minutes to get something to drink and he found the shade

His lines are not the straightest but I'm impressed at how fast he's learned. Heaven help me if he sees a squirrel.

Took Ron White out for a walk this beautiful Michigan afternoon. He's ready for his scotch and cigar he might even do his stand-up routine tonight.

The R14 tread seams to be getting awesome feedback Titan International - R14T Crossover Tire for Compact Tractors

I Wanted to be able to power a sprayer the stock generator is small so bought the 40 amp kit for a B series and put it on my ZD1211 The supplied belt is not required must be necessary for a different variant Purchased from Coleman equipment, 40 AMP HIGH CAPACITY ALTERNATOR KIT Item #B7311...

Here you go now you do think of it as a fungicide for fuel. I bought a 300 gallon contaminated tank a long time ago. Drained, shocked it , and fillled it and per Bio Bor's recommendations and keep it it treated never had a problem Biobor JF Diesel

Yes here are the fueling instructions it pulls fuel from the left tank first and then drains the right one i believe

Make sure you have a fuse in the auxiliary port location also. I believe that is the one that needs a fuse to power that pigtail

His mom brother and sister live next door this is what happens when its muddy and they get to play with each other

Thanks its pretty descent. I could probably finish up a mowing job if necessary. I may actually add a second light to the front at some point. The house is roughly 40 feet away in this picture it taken when it was dark and no moon

Ron White and i Enjoying the nice warm weather in the quarantine. Back filling some of the holes i made taking down a bunch of crap box elders

My zd1211 is awesome but as many know it does not come with any lights standard. I dont want to mow at night but sometimes im pulling around my dump cart or over at the neighbors and it gets dark out. I bought a light off Amazon that fits the same form factor as a rigid scene light. I...

Thanks finally got my proto lock ring pliers and ground them down to fit. I had to take that tab off. To get the parts fully seated so i could seat the lockring i had to use the Medium sized BFH 5lbs mini sledge and a block of wood on the hub. I ran out of gear oil i forgot i used a about 8...

Well i quickly fabricated a seal installation tool for both halves. The one for the axle shaft was just used to initially seat the collar on shaft i then drove it down with a plastic mallet I've had to order an external lock ring plier to install the planetary gear set and lock the shaft in...

I was able to do most of the tear down today. It appears to be just a seal failure all the bearings are fine. My snap ring pliers were not big enough to remove the internal snap ring that retains the bearing. Ive ordered one online since we are stuck in the house due to covid-19. The...

Best friends amazing what 6 months does

Hello Ive got about 700 hours on my tractor now i noticed today when i was checking the tire pressures that i has some oil on the inside of the wheel its definitely comming from the axle shaft seal not the upper seal. My question is that the shop manual shows a 2 piece seal. It appears that...

Since winter came early to Michigan sometimes tractors just gotta go out and play too

We got a new White swiss Shepherd Named Ron White he's about 10 weeks old.

I know i haven't posted much lately. I've some pretty serious health problems that I'm still trying to recover from. I got really tired of having to pull my 2wd international and camper with the tractor every time the grass was wet. I have since brought in 40 yards of crushed concrete and...

Notice that this was before the wood and it still has a piece of firewood stuck. After. Plywood it was like a glued mouse trap

And this was how i finished my friday afternoon definently not the fun part of ownership. But I'm good for a few more years my wallet is $475 lighter now after changing the hydraulic oil. I dont want to buy TSC oil as the UDT2 is at least semi synthetic and my gear box is a real pain to shift...

Its been a long while. First time using the saws since last July. i was diagnosed with stage 4 squamous cell carcinoma at the base of my tongue on August 9th. Never touched tobacco and was negative for HPV-16. It's been a rough journey very difficult having a 9 year old daughter and not...

I completely agree i wandered off course with my dads amazon special helmet several times because i could not see clearly. Been flashed when welding in weird positon and the sensor was covered. The Lincoln covers a huge shade range. I liked the miller interface but the lincoln lens...

Yeah the grease just ends up getting pushed through the bearings inside of the steel caps

Split and bagged some wood today way I'm way behind this year. The wife even helped out for a bit. Beautiful mothers day.

Spotted one out in the wild this morning several years old. Lots of them on the road they dont really stick out. Ive seen many church vans and Rentals. Thanks wasn't really sure what ford did

GM still produces the "safe" long wheel base 15 passenger unlike the "unsafe" dodge and possibly ford that just grafted 4 more feet to the rear of the vehicle

Mine has many uses as its multi purpose

So i loved the gator blades on my turd cadet because the MTD (Modern Tooling Disaster) blades were so bad. I have yet to mow the yard with them but i did find a slight interference with the blades while i was testing them out on the trail. They do not physically touch statically so there must...

Yes i have put over 10,000 miles one one Bolt drove it through the michigan winter. It has a very sporty driving dynamic. It handles expansion joints on the freeways very well. It is a little stiff going over bumps in parking lots. Ive seen lots of comparisons too ford focus s/t. Its very...

Ive got a whole season 50 hours so far on the mower. Blades have little wear sharpened them once last year. Manual has a pretty good table on when to grease what. Maintenance schedule is also under the hood very specific on what to do daily , etc. Realize that daily is a commercial machine...

Knowing you want to end up with a 100 hp tractor the woods gannon hsd and hxd is top of the line and the benchmark others copy. Cammond 4c4 4c5 and FFC 440 are the others i would consider for a tractor of that size...

You can always lift every other scarfier shank one notch and double your point load. My 88" gannon hsd is industrial grade weighs 1300lbs and wont pierce a clay road bed with all the shanks down

Well I i'm getting ready to perform the 50 hour service on my machine and i've found directions in the operators manual for the oil filter, oil change, HST filter and all the grease fittings but i can not find where it talks about how to reset the code. It just says to perform the correct...

I actually have intentions in the next couple years to add a 16 - 22 gpm pump 2 stage pump. Just upgraded to 200 amp service and plan on running 100amp to the barn so i can then buy a bigger welder. I want to build a trailer setup for it and tje power pack. I love the splitter i split a cord...

Decorated with my daughter, drove the tractor over to the church for Tract'or Treat. My tallented wife spent the week working to bring some of the peanuts gang along

I broke my left hand turn signal off a while back. I ordered the part last winter from Messicks and figured this should be a 5 minute job. I Immediately realized that the person who designed this interface didn't ever plan on servicing this part. If you could just remove the two bolts...

Yours would Probably a safer method than this guys

AGM batteries do not like to be deep cycled do it once and it takes a special charger to recover them. We have a several thousand dollar machine at work to do it optima now offeres a charger for $200 Optima Digital 1200 12V Performance Battery Charger and Maintainer Amazon.com: Optima Digital...

Re: BX mowing deck "gear box" oil change I dont think this is a typo. Its in the service chart and listed on the 4 year replacement along with intake hose, breather, hydraulic lines etc. All rubber oxidizes and brakes down it sounds like CYA preventing a $1000 gear box...

Interesting reading this my zd1211 gear box calls for 10w30 engine oil but the rear discharge calls for 90w. Some call for SUDT very interesting

Do you need a big blower? Something like this clears a lot of snow and has heat. My Neighbor doesnt plate his plow truck for his driveway. You'd have enough left over for a pretty nice comerical zero turn and a descent walk behind blower

Looks like you could add some stake pockets for removable sides to increase your carrying capacity. I'll give you an A for creativity. My BH27 is a smooth top you'd spend more time picking up pieces that rolled off than actually moving wood.

Well its been 3 years since i put this together. I Figured i should sand blast and paint the thing. Used up a whole quart of paint. I'll have to to get some more to finish it. I think I'm going to roll the inside of the sided with herculiner or similar bed linder. I'm also considering...

As others have stated weight is a big key especially if you have clay. Hydraulic retractable is awesome

About 3 weeks ago I had my local dealer deliver the GS2584 when they dropped off my mower. Ive read good things from everyone whos used them. I wasSuprised land pride doesnt set the depth to the recommended 0.25" depth instead one side was fully down 1.5" and the other cocked at 1.25" and...

Worked great for lifting a 8x14' cargo bed from an M923 5 Ton 6x6. I'm working with a buddy to shorten it. For his M931 tractor

In with the new out with the old. Cleaned up the Turd Cadet which I'm giving away. I couldnt justify selling it. I'm not sure how the manufacturer in good concious thought it was a good idea in the first place.

I realize your tractor is smaller but i could destroy a $2000 box scrapper in an afternoon. A Gannon like this is nearing $4K has bolt on replaceable side plates weighs close to 1400lbs and is intended for daily work on skip loaders around 20,000 lbs. Id say the life span is infinetly longer...

First improvement. I dont really like metal to metal contact when it clangs around. I added adding a piece of industrial shrink tubing on the deck lift crank where it sits in the holder. I'm surprised they didn't already have something like this on the machine already.

Well the mower rides way better than my turd cadet so I dont consider my evaluation fair My Neighbor has a Exmark Lazer Z who took it for a spin. He said it was amazingly smooth ride compared to his. We think the seat is a big part of it. He really likes the suspension seat. On a car low...

Well the day has arrived. Its here. I cant wait to mow with it. Its every thing the Turd Cadet RZT isnt fast, smooth, quiet, and well built.

Re: Any feedback on Milsco's V5400 or Grammer MSG65 Air Ride Seat? Eric in your search did you find anything that resembles this seat?

I'd have to disagree cutting dead ash (really hard) or oak with a MS660 (2nd from left) 92cc saw and 25" bar is about the ideal size the saw ballances almost perfectly and with the full bar buried will make you giggle if you've been running the 372XP (3rd from left) with 24" bar which is also...

Tractors ate invaluable. I live south of flint had a similar experience. at that point there was about 9" of super wet and heavy snow on the ground. I Parked on the driveway which has a side slope to it. I Could not move forward or backward only sideways towards the pine tree. the crappy...

can't say for sure but there is a nut and washer on this flange 17 and 18. that might lock it in.

Well I'm finally pulling the trigger on a new mower. I'm paying of the M8540 later this month and I put a down payment on the mower today. I've known for some time I wanted a diesel. I've considered the following JD 997, Ferris 5100Z, Grasshopper 725DT, Kubota F-series, Walker H24D, Hustler...

Well I got most of the small stuff cut up from the huge oak tree I grabbed a few weeks ago. The pile had some large voids in it but it still looks to be about 4.5-5 face cords. 12 feet long 3 rows deep and over 6 ft in height. at 4 feet height it's still over 8 feet long

Picked up some wood from about 1/4 mile down the road. Enjoying the pleasant winter here in Michigan. Very glad I didn't buy a smaller tractor. I'm going to have to rip these big pieces down before I can split them. I asked the wife If I could buy an MS880 with 60" bar she denied my request.

Well after the monsoon finished and the sun came out I spent a few hours tending to a field that hadn't been touched in years. Also spent a few minutes removing some over grown bushes and some arborvitae bushes that never filled in. Beautiful afternoon.

Buddy's 95hp 5455 next to my M8540 85 hp utility. His tractor has a base weight of nearly double mine. He sitting at roughly 15,500lbs according to the guy who hauled it for him versus ~9,000lb It's taller slightly longer and has taller tires. The operator station is much bigger and...

GM does allow 3.73 with the 5.3l Dealer had a 3.73 but i opted for the 3.42 gearing. 6.2l highest is the 3.42 I like my 2015 the new 355 hp 5.3 L is a big up grade from the old 5.3. My biggest gripe is the smooth road ride harshness with the 20" tires. It does fine on rough roads. I get...

No more new snow but it was nice and warm outside this morning. -25°F actual the weather station at work recorded -32.5°F plus a 5mph wind at 06:00

Gannon also utilizes a 4 bar linkage to its advantage once its down and locked in place its not going anywhere and puts very little load into the cylinder. Although looking at how this design operates there should not be substantial vertical load going onto the cylinder if anything i would...

Thats weird i tried last night with chrome to get this to work but it wouldn't load this popup the screen would turn gray for a few seconds and then return to the page. It seems to work today

Good question I'll have to put my gps in it with the snows to check the speedo. I know the Static loaded radius was nearly identical only a couple mm difference. the two tires that showed the 5.5-6 mpg difference. What kind of car and what is the mileage do you normally get. This was...

Looks nice, But here is another option for 3 pts and some horizontal stand-alone splitters. I had a stand alone kinetic from TSC. I found it took way to long to lift them up with the loader so i returned the splitter. It had other issues. I spent a couple hundred more $ and got a splitfire 3...

Howdy have you considered a grading scrapper. These are awesome for road mantainince way faster than a BB GS25 Series Grading Scrapers | Land Pride Is that 55 hp rating bassed on compact tractor weight or utility? Its to bad they don't rate them bassed on machine operating weight like some...

I apparently never took any more pictures but this is what the first half looks like. It now has protection to cover the hydro filters and 7 guage platesteel in the the boxed in area

Thanks we should have cut those trees down in the summer when the swamp was dry, but but the splash is a good effect. I wish i would have had a camera 5 years ago when we cut down all the 24" plus ash. I have two Stihls pictured on the left MS361 and MS660 My buddy Mark has the 372XP and a...

"I lift things up and put them down" Pallet forks are my favorite attachment I'll let you guess how the box blade came out.

Splitfire splits in both directions of the ram travel but only option for orientation is a horizontal split. No problems here as long as I can roll it i can lift it with the splitter. One advantage. For the really big stuff like this I will typically lower the splitter close to the ground...

Cut up some wood last weekend at my buddies broke the beam on his home made splitter. I will have to take my splitfire over to help him out. This oak was cut down by the power company. They cut it into 3- 3.5 ' lengths although they didn't finish cutting through the big pieces. So i was able...

And for the record if i could have bought a 2015 silverado half ton 8ft extended cab it would be sitting my driveway.

Hey Roger, I can usually split anything I through at it thats 22-24 inch diameter or less without any trouble at all. As in split the logs in half. I have never used anything other than the 4 way wedge. Occasionally I have to use the forward stroke if its knotty for the first split in the...

Great use. Have tractor will find new ways to use it. People that have never had one can not fully appreciate it. My carryall also mounts on the front loader

Id be more worried if the oil has the correct api classification. diesel oils are not the same as oil for gas engines. This would likely cause far more damage than a light weight oil. I know automotive oems changed oil ratings from 10W30 to 5W30 and then 5W20 without making changes to the...

I also own a diesel cruze if you do all highway they are really impressive. But for a $3000 premium payback will be a long time if ever. Doesn't matter to me though. I like the torque. One tank of fuel drove 70 mph through canada. It gets about 10 mpg better than a standard cruze on the...

The split-fire with its unique wedge ends does not have a problem with even dry ash flying off when it pops. If it does pop really severely its caught by the craddle side supports. I also like that the wood stays in place instead of being pushed off for two reasons: 1- I dont have to play go...

The super split is an excellent spliter also. I ordered my splitfire from joe Curtis at flint new holland. I considered ordering a supersplit since I had a speeco kinectic for 6 months before returning it to TSC. The kinetic was fast but with the small push block you could only half the logs...

I just ordered a pair in April they didn't stock the model I bought. But they are made in the USA dated February 14. Cant blame them for not stocking them. The majority of Americans do not value products made in their own country instead they settle for cheaper imports. TSC as well as many...

Glad to see I'm not the only one with these ideas. This my carry all it has fork slots in the I beams and has saftey chains connected to the fork frame. Still not ohsa approved ;) Also makes a high volume bucket for throwing used materials in and then dumping it In the dumpster

Welcome to the forum my first question is how are you built and do you have good upper body strength and a good back? I have a 50" chest and can bench 2 sets of 15-20 reps at 250lbs No the 660 is not to much saw for that kind of wood but it would make cutting fun. Is the saw to much for you...

Nothing other than the obvious check the gear oil before you mow with it the first time and ever season. Sometimes dealers forget this step in the prep. Keep the zircs lubed on the shaft and check the slip clutch in the spring to make sure its working. Its pretty much plug and play. Oh...

Yes according to the manual 10w30 is the standard oil. You will have no issues even at minus 10 with full synthetic as the viscosity curves are much flatter than the dino oil curves. Ive started my motorcycles with 20w50 in the 20s with no issues or slow crank. With amsoil owners manual...

LOL I think the ice storm last winter knocked mine over. I have palet forks and make do with them for moving brush. If i had to do it again I'd buy the forks over a grapple. They are my loader probably more often than the bucket. Behind that pile of brush is a tractor.

Your welcome 2000 lbs would certainly require either tire ballast or 3 pt ballast especially if 2wd. I can get by in 2wd and no 3pt ballast somewhere around 2000 lbs but I have loaded tires. With the 1300lb box scrapper and 1800 - 1900 lbs of tire ballast I rarely need 4wd unless im backing...

I do run a 7ft BH27 bush hog that weighs about 1400 lbs with chains no loader or front weights and is 10 ft 8" long no problems. Wouldn't mind some front weight though definitely turns better with the loader on especially up hill climbs

One more time lets see if the orientation is right

I can answer some of your questions here is the ground speed chart in attached photo. yes they are definitely lighter than most others. I wouldn't want one without fluid filled tires or atleast rear wheel weights. The owners manual suggest loading tires for loader applications. I can...

Drove to upstate new york north of watertown and back. maintained 69 mph through canada when possible got slowed down through Toronto and traffic. The car always reports 0.1 - 0.2 gallons more fuel used than actual. So calculated average was 49.2 mpg and 893.5 mile range on 18.08 gallons...

Wonder if they broke the tractor. Decided I couldn't wait any longer for ETA to introduce a heavy duty Hydraulic BS bought and bought a GANNON. Definitely glad I went the hydraulic route setting 8 of those teeth up and down would be to much work

Well sorry to disappoint those who though it was a pickup :laughing: I've been looking for a car to replace my 1996 Saturn SL1 (Manual) that I retired about a year and half ago. I considered an Eco Manual of which i've driven several thousand miles over the last couple years at work They can...

The rod just has 1.75 "round stock with a hole bored through it. Top needs to have enough clearance for 3/4" steel plus see the pictures

Measured the minimum length it's between 14.125" and 14.25" center to center. 17.75" long at max length Not sure if the stroke is any longer but that's the max I can extend it while it's attached The cylinder body is 8.5" long

No you find them needing assistance from a jeep and a tow strap :) pretty typical. Driving 12 tenths of their own ability at about 3 tenths of what the car is acctually capable of

Well I finally broke down and ordered and Oregon Heavy-Duty Bench Grinder with Hydraulic Assist. For years I've retouched loops by hand several times and then eventually take them in for sharpening. The last two times I've taken loops into the local saw dealer they've messed up a total of 5...

These are stock but stick out way farther than those on my 361 I loose 1.5 - 2" of bar length from what I recall. I'm guessing the hd clutch cover has holes and a place to mount the second set of dogs to it.

So i've searched via google the tractorbynet.com site for gannon HSD box scrapper reviews and separately for worksaver quick hitches with limited success. I've already ordered a 2nd position valve for my tractor as i assume i will need to add a Hydraulic top link, I would love to add TNT but...

I've got a Brush hog BH 27 7' with chain guards and single tail wheel they are very long. If you have a lot of obstacles to more around get the single tail wheel even though it's longer. I think TripleR gave me this advice and I'm glad I did or I would have destroyed one or both arms of a...

Well after looking at firewood bags for a couple years i finally broke down and ordered a box of 10 for a trial run. i split the order with my neighbor who is pictured below. These bags are big enough to to hold 1/3 of a cord or a face cord loosely tossed into the bag. After today's experience...

Sounds like your BX needs a big brother. Would you really have proper clearance to fenders and even enough clearance on the front with wheels turned. To raise the tractor only 2" your talking 4" taller tires We got at least 14" inches noaa says 15-18" and I wasn't dragging the drawbar with...

Kubota claims the 12x12 is 0.9 mph faster than the 8x8 with 18.4x30s 20.9 v 20.0 mph

Part 1 (The good) Well we were without power for almost 5 days, Finally my generator gets to take a much deserved break. My trees as well as many others suffered heavily. Definitely have to thank the guys from PIKE electric who travel from Kentucky and spent Christmas away from their families...

Fired up the tractor for the first time since halloween and got some more wood today this time I didn't even have to use a saw to get it in this state my neighbor had this tree dropped by some pros he was afraid it was going take out his power lines. It's about time to mount up the 36" bar on...

Spent just under 4 hours splitting wood today the pile shown here took 2 hours 10 minutes mostly ash 8 -16" diameter Then we moved to our next stack of wood Some descent sized oak that blew over in the spring this is when the fun started. 70 some feet of tree ranging from 32" - 20 diameter...

Happy Halloween from my Family To yours. It Turns out Orange makes pretty good backdrop for a fall colors photo:thumbsup: My daughter insisted that we take pictures with the tractor and the hay bales Hope everyone has a fun and safe evening

Took this last monday on the way to the gym. someone was having a case of the Mondays

Had a good size one in the field i was getting scared too. Hard to tell but the trench is about 30 feet long and bottom was about 3.5' deep i started digging down on the flat face Solution

Here are a few pictures from my BH27 84" 3" capacity Looks like it has more clearance than the unmodified. But nothing like what the mods show little scared about that. Its much easier to take more off than to but it back especially with wood, steel is a little easier. I could see going to...

The L should be fine you could go even slightly bigger if your going to own more property without to much trouble. You can go to big though, for instance i can't drive my tractor on my lawn if its been wet and and i never use it for normal lawn work. Spreader, sprayer, lawn roller, etc. i have...

Thanks Yeah its large and i run into places i don't fit. We also use My buddies john deere it fits into much tighter places especially with no loader. Like i said i would love a smaller cab tractor someday but for now the M series was my best option. My Biggest drawback is the machine weight...

I just bought a BH27 and now have about 10 hours on it and am very impressed with the build quality and construction. i was also interested in the landpride 2684 and 2784 all have similar construction. I looked at the browns as well but no dealer in a 100 mile radius had one and it was between...

Didn't get much seat time. But i got to use my self propelled 85hp 4wd cherry picker to move my engine. I then determined it also moves cars. Needed to get this out of the barn to work on some other stuff. Its been sitting and I've slowly been pulling parts as i need them for my wife's...

Okay i misunderstood i thought it was a technology you were regarding as the price of entry for considering a new car. Another interesting fact about the 1.4l turbo is that gm went back to an iron block. While this is mainly to help with engine noise as gm has been plagued with horrible noise...

Took delivery of my new BH27 today and took it on a trial run. Here it is still on the lot. Unloading it had to use my snow mobile trailer my others are not wide enough Got about half the front field mowed and the rest of the western half of the property

Mine came in today don't be surprised when you see manufacturing location of the gear box. looks like they have also taken some structure out of the 3point toplink attachment. They removed 4 gussets. Red is the 295 orange is BH27. Still looks well built though.

Ive never seen kubota advertise m8540 as cat 1/2 i believe this feature stops at the m7040 you would have to have different lift arms on my M8540 or cut the bushing out and replace them. I would agree i would never put cat 2-1 bushings on any ground engaging equipment. I believe Cat 1 is...

Is this what you mean?

I'm looking at a Bush Hog 297 or Landpride 2784 need some advice. seriously considering the dual tail wheel models as they are 8" or so shorter and i think they will probably be less likely to scalp over uneven terrain. Leaning towards the Bush hog looks like the rear dual tail wheel structure...

Don't have many stumps but here is the biggest rock i dug out of my field. I got in the way of plowing looked about like a 10 - 12" bolder when i first started digging. This is quite possibly the dumbest Chevy silverado commercial i have seen Pulling out a monster stump, If you...

what you said true but when you factor in the engines efficiency shown in the attached brake specific fuel consumption which shows the engines in terms of fuel usage you understand why engine RPM not just load also impact the fuel economy and why economy pto's save fuel example 1 Part 1 1650 RPM...

Bill I think you missed the point of my message when i said effective capacity. If all i can do is lift up a load and not move it's not effective. All of these guys have 4wd if they had 2wd they would not be moving 2400 lbs pallets or utvs. At least in reverse. On anything other than...

I agree 100% with you same experience with my m8540. Loaded tires and ~1500 lbs of ballast on the 3pt the in 2wd the loaders effective capacity is barely just the loader and empty bucket as i can't back into my barn in 2wd up the gravel drive that has about 2.5 feet of elevation change in 60...

Welcome to the forum, I'll walk to the barn and check out the numbers, I'll get back with you. I saw the numbers in the castings when i was installing it. Good one Roger, I'd like to get it a a nice Bradco Backhoe or a Valby LC900 9" chipper for Christmas The tractors Birthday was just...

Well my dealer called me on Valentines day informing me that my Construction Attachments X-treme Duty Extended Tooth Bar was in. The Extended tooth bar fits on buckets with bolt on cutting edges. One of my earlier modifications was to adapt the Kubota 84" replaceable edge from the M59 Loader...

Kawasaki motors are the perennial favorite of most of the guys i know with commercial gas mowers. Dave

Yes i never stop finding new ways to use it. Like this weeks when it was utilized to lift my parts car with a blown head up onto jack stand so i could pull the starter.

kubota loader specs LA1353 Kubota Loader Specs LA1153 Those numbers are to full height if you look at the Canadian site they give all sorts of numbers especially the very useful point to 60" off the ground 800 mm forward of pivot or approximately the bucket front edge the la1353 on the 8540 will...

For what kjvthumper suggesting he wants to do with it a 30 hp CUT is fine probably a much better match than the 1 series he's looking . I suggested the jd3320 (32.8 hp) or L3240 (34 hp) which puts you up into a larger frame size with heavy duty loaders they lift 600 - 800 lbs more (60% - 80%)...

Yes their is actually factory wiring tucked away on both left and right hand sides of the tractor the power is live to both of these wires any time the ignition is on. The kubota light has a switch integral to the the back of the lamp housing. The stock kubota work light is 35 watts kind of...

Re: Tipped my BX25 FEL & BH on its side - what precautions to take before starting en according to the PDF on stability that vtsnowedin posted it can be approximated around 10" above the center line of the rear axle. These pictures show where i normally carry my ballast box aka my carry all...

Agreed Stihl's are good saws, you have good taste in saws i also run a 361 and 660. Anyone who has ever fired up a MS660, MS880 or a husky 395XP or 3120XP would probably say any other saws have an easy start feature. When you start pull starting 90+ cc motors you soon realize your trying to...

Hi Matt, Merry Christmas. As mentioned before I'm not opposed to a stand alone model. as I also usually don't skimp and by either top of the line or near top of the line. I just reinforced that my logic is sound when i made the mistake of by the speed pro gas version from TSC for $1500 it was...

Update with Video and Pictures Well my Neighbor and i put the splitter through a 2 hour test today splitting 2 of the 3 stacks of wood i have pre-cut. We split approximately 4 face cords in an hour and 48 minutes. My wife kindly stacked 2 face cords while we split the rest is piled up. The...

There are a couple of differences of note that make it difficult but not impossible to upgrade to the 4 way model. Look at the abutments at both ends there are two triangular wedges welded at each abutment about a 1/2" behind the primary abutment surface. These pieces keep the wood on the...

I was delighted to get the phone call today from my dealer telling me my custom Splitter had arrived. High flow hydraulics and log lift. First task was to get it unloaded i was just about to swap my bucket out for my pallet forks, when i thought i wonder if my 3pt will go that high. Yep no...

Yes buy Pallet forks they are a very valuable tool. If you have them you will invent ways to put them to good use. 48" is a good length For your MX5100 here is an idea what you can expect for lifting capacity LOADER OPERATIONAL SPECIFICATIONS LA844 (U) Lift Capacity (Bucket pivot pin, max...

Lol my buddy has a J.D. 2040 with a TSC carry all picture in the left side of this picture we have the same problem. if we get more than 1 and a quarter rows deep front end gets really light and steering is reserved for the turning brakes. I have served as front ballast by riding on the hood of...

I wish i had done a better job of documenting the construction of this project. I had 16'x6.5' custom trailer that a buddy left me when he sold his sand rail. It was barley built strong enough to hold a 1500 -2000 lb sand rail and the axle was mounted almost all the way at the back of the...

I would agree the tractor supply model works great for my buddy has one he uses on his tractor that he modified to be just under 7 feet wide and will hold almost 1 face cord of wood when full and used on my M8540 but only about 1/2 face cord on his John deere for lack of ballast. I have ridden...

Hi Guys i've been watching this forum for several years. Until last year i had been using my Buddies 1982 JD 2040 for the needs around the house. Brush hogging, logging, Post Holes, road maintenance, etc. I'd been dreaming about getting a tractor for the 6 years since i bought our place...

Hey Guys i'm new to the forum but i Mounted two Rigid Industries Dually Wide angle D2's (Made in USA) on my M8540 These things are 27 watts but produce almost twice the light output as a standard 55 watt halogen. They do produce heat as others have mentioned in this post. I mounted them using...