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Got a little behind logging purchases into my checkbook register... started to wonder if it is even worth it anymore? Mostly just double checking that a computer can do math? The only errors I ever find are 1)mine, either writing a number down wrong or adding when I should subtract etc. or 2) a...

I have been using the Morton 'System Saver' salt pellets in my water softener for years. In the last few months it seems prices have jumped about $2/bag. Seems like it went from ~$4per bag to over $6per bag. Other brands don't seem to have increased or increased as much. Anyone else noticed this?

One of the things on my 'someday' list is to build my wife a garden shed. Someone on Craigslist is selling some trusses that came out of a going out of business auction at a truss manufacture. The ones I am interested in are the first 5 or so pics in the ad and are the 宋aulted ceiling type...

The 'Longest Power Outage' thread got me to wondering about running a portable generator during rain or snow... possibly for days at a time. I looked through the owners manual for mine but it doesn't say anything about running it in adverse weather conditions. When I need mine for emergencies it...

I made one this winter like that with a piece of 2.5" mild steel plate we had at the range and some drill pipe also laying about. I have not shot it personally but I have been around when someone else was shooting it. At over 200lbs it doesn't appear to swing much. I need to remember my .06 next...

Not really yard art but one slow winter day I made these from parts of an old disc I had laying around. The bottoms are the centers out of the disc blade cut out with a circle cutter and a plasma. The prickets are some concrete T bolts I had from a 'box lot' at an auction, put the tip on them in...

Here are some pics. Flat for storage, opened for placing in the ground and what I used for the hinges. I had these little scrap pieces so I went with square tubing but round would as well. I have two, the other one is taller for indeterminate type tomatoes. I used 3/8" rebar.

Looks like propane supplies are getting short due to the 'polar vortex'. Also interesting was the link to high corn crop yeilds. The more corn the more farmers use propane to dry the crop and the less propane available for heating later in the year. Propane shortage sends suppliers scrambling...

I did and looked at the image results... this one caught my eye. It could be there are pallet stackers the world over such as the NJ farmer whose activities started this thread and if so he is a long way from the 'professional' level! World's biggest bonfire fueled by a 130-foot-tall stack...

Finally got around to taking the picture. The one on the left is the Lyman that came with the prep center on the right is the RCBS Military Crimp Remover. I tried it on some other headstamps and it does the same thing.

It does bottom but removes quite a bit of brass even from non-crimped brass. Not the best picture but you can see the difference. The one on the left was trimmed with the RCBS Military Crimp Remover and the one on the right was with the Lyman tool. Neither were crimped brass. Maybe it is just me...

Same for our new kitten and the dog. The dog can't see to well so she gets close on smell and then as soon as the cat hisses it's on! If you are holding the cat she will jump and snap. I have the stairs blocked so the cat has free roam upstairs. I was hoping the dog would just get used to the...

I can access TBN at work all the way down until I click on a thread in a forum. Then I get a "Trying to access a Phishing or malicious site" warning from our internal monitoring software/firewalls/whatever. However, if I Google search for the name of the thread and select the link from the...

I have a Harbor Freight bench-top model blasting cabinet, what a piece of crap that thing is. Leaks, media doesn't like to move down because the sides aren't steep enough. You have to bang it around every so often which helps to break any re-sealing you have done etc. :rolleyes: Have to use shop...

I told her there was no way I was buying one... I think I have mentioned here once or twice I am a cheap bastard ;) Last year I had taken down an older shed that housed a sauna that the previous owners had left. I sold the sauna parts and the wood ended up in my 're-use' pile or the firewood...

There is definitely a technique to it to improve your kill ratio. Going out early in the year and first thing in the morning when they are making long runs. Looking for the freshest hole and blasting back towards the established tunnels. If is a really fresh mound or they are actively working...

This mower is listed at a local auction. I was wondering if anyone had any information on it? If it goes cheap enough is it worth buying? Today I have a 48" rough cut I use but would like a nicer finish if possible. I see this mower uses skids on the front versus wheels. It is list at 48"...

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This is what you want: CO Bigelow No 1012 Chapped Hands Remedy Medicated Skin Protectant Lotion I have tried many and this is the best I have tried that is still currently available. Put it on at night and your hands are sooooooo much better the next day. For deep cracks/splits I use...

Australian Institute of Criminology - Statistics Only has stats for 1995-2007 Homicide with guns is down but homicide with knives is up: Assault is up: Robbery peaked and then came down to slightly higher than the level before. Rape is up:

Get an EZ-pour kit, may not be available in your state: UNIVERSAL GAS SPOUT « EZ-POUR

I have 'guy with welding equipment' welding skills which I think represents the intended market for implements in kit form. Miller Vintage 200amp MIG welder, Hypertherm plasma cutter, horizontal metal cutting bandsaw, small lathe, small milling machine, misc. grinders, etc. Having an old tractor...

CN Rail, CP Rail Surging With Crude Oil Moving by Trains - Bloomberg I thought this was an intersting article. Quote: "Rail transport of crude in North America has jumped by about 360,000 barrels a day in the past year -- the equivalent of adding a major pipeline, according to Steven Paget, an...

My b670 backhoe for my Kubota b7100 has developed a leak between the relief valve section and the section next to it. Is it possible to loosen the sections and replace just the o-rings between those two sections that are leaking? Is it that 'simple'? I looked up the 'repair kit' listed in the...

I don't know why I didn't think of it earlier but I have 'oil jugs' that we use for dirtbike fuel. They are vented and you can buy replacement vents: Scribner Plastics Replacement Vent for Spacesaver Jugs - Dirt Bike Motocross - Motorcycle Superstore I will have to measure the hole in the...

Local gun club I belong to has a many years long list of improvements they would like to make. Not the least of which is digging rifle and pistol pits, building and maintaining roads etc. They rely mostly on grant money and then bid the jobs out. I have mentioned they might be money ahead just...

My Kubota b7100 hour meter has a fair amount of moisture inside it, enough that it makes it hard to read, works fine otherwise. I am afraid it is going to be the death of it and would like to get it dried out so I can seal around the glass as that is the only place I can see it might be getting...

I am in need of a gun safe. Kids are old enough to shoot/hunt and I find myself buying more guns. Really I just need a place to store the guns but I figure if I am going to spend money I might as well get more than just a steel box and get an actual gun safe that has some features. I don't see...

Rockwell Turbo Encabulator - YouTube If only they made one for tractors!!!

I noticed that retail motor oil never went down when oil and gas prices fell as the economy went in the crapper. Now it seems to be on the rise again. Anyone buying motor oil in bulk? How has the price tracked oil and gas prices versus retail motor oil prices? (actually maybe I should have...

Other boys on fiddle and guitar and good too! YouTube - 8 Year Old Jonny Mizone - Flint Hill Special - Sleepy Man Banjo Boys

FYI for those of us who like to build stuff... or buy stuff made out of steel ;) If you have a steel purchase planned it might be better to buy now rather than later :thumbsup: FT.com / Companies / Basic Resources - Steel price forecast to rise by up to two-thirds

Happens fast! Raw Video: Snowplow falls into parking lot hole

This was forwarded to me, it is kinda funny how even after they are separated the one buck just does not want to give up the fight :D YouTube - Deer Separation Short Clip

My son is old enough now to start hunting and is real keen on it. I am thinking of getting him set up with a rifle for next year and we could give antelope and deer a try. We will need to do some scouting and I am thinking of getting a range finder to help teach him how to judge distances as...

My house was built with a vented crawlspace where they insulated the foundation walls versus the floor. I guess the theory now is to do that for unvented crawlspace but a vented crawlspace should have the floor insulated. I am tired of hearing about cold floors in the winter months so thought I...

Unbelievable :( Bodies of four men found in Idaho reservoir | KTVB.COM | KTVB.COM | Boise, Idaho news

OK, well... maybe not _save_ it... but clean it up a little anyway :D Costner cleanup device gets high marks from BP - Yahoo! News

I recently purchased a used 'Fun Mover' which is a Class C RV with a garage in the back for our dirtbikes :thumbsup: Guess I didn't have enough things to work on or spend money on :D I have an old septic system at the far end of the property that used to service the original owners trailer. I...

There is a local auction coming up in a few weeks at a former u-cart concrete place. Looks like they have some small tandem-axle concrete trailers. Since my SUV can only tow 6000 lbs it is hard to find a _small_ tandem axle trailer that would allow me to maximize payload on small but heavy items...

Here are a few pics of how I finished out the bucket. Knowing I wouldn't be able to paint underneath once it was welded I masked off where I needed to weld and gave it a few coats on both the bucket and the QA plate sides. This worked out pretty well with only a little scorched paint to clean...

I was browsing today and ran across this new 2x2 cnc plasma table that Torchmate has introduced. Read about it on the pirate4x4 board. Here is the link to it on Torchmate's site: 2x2 CNC plasma cutter, portable CNC cutting system designed to sit on top of the material to be cut for easy...

The other day I fixed the hydraulic 'problem' and solved the issue by moving the stop pins higher up, clears by a nice margin now. :D I also added the gusset between the loader bracket and top 45 degree plate as suggested by MWB. While I had the QA plate tacked to the bucket I mounted it all on...

This post gets me caught up to where I currently am, needing to figure out how to put the attachment points on the round back bucket. Once I figured out the locking mechanism things moved pretty fast. I cut the brackets off the bucket and cut the 'round' part off to weld them on the tractor...

I started to layout the tractor side adapter using the quick attach plate as a guide. I quickly ran up against the problem of what locking mechanism to use. I spent a good month staring at it, looking at other builds, trying to figure out how I could make something without any machine tools...

Yep, another quick attach thread! :D This time for an old, small tractor though. I've wanted a quick attach for a while so I could make other loader attachments. I have clamp-on bucket forks that I use for a variety of uses but have seen their limitations. I would like a 'real' set as well as a...

Finally got a change to post the 'done' pics :o Here is the blade all welded, primed and mounted on the tractor. As you can see I got it done just in time for it to start snowing.... and it hasn't snowed since :confused: Hopefully it will last another 30 years or so ;) if nothing else I've...

This time of year when I have to close up the shop to keep the heat in air quality in my small shop starts to be an issue. Plasma cutting, welding, grinding etc etc I was wondering if anyone has experience running something like this in a 'metal' shop? Amazon.com: JET 708620B AFS-1000B...

I got this light-duty back blade with my tractor a few years ago. It is pretty light weight and was already starting to crack back then... which is probably why he threw it in with the tractor. ;) The blade seems to be made of 8 gauge or so but the cutting edge is 3/8. The blade started to crack...

I'm looking at building my own quick attach. I am curious as to what the tolerances are between the tractor side and the plate on the bucket etc.? Is it a very tight fitting connection or is there some 'slop' between the two? I am particularly interested in any gap on the sides. Thanks, Charles

I have a KTM 250XCW, my son (10) rides a KTM 65SX and my wife rides a KTM 200XCW, all two-strokes. My son and I race the local desert series. Here is a few pics of me from a ride early this spring in the mountains:

I picked up this trailer last year in a trade. Not exactly what I wanted, I don't like the side rails, but oh well it does have ramps. You can tell by the damage on the rails that at least one of the PO's also wished it had D rings :D The sides stick up about 3.5 inches above the deck and...

Here is a pic, from a guy selling a beet setup on Ebay, that shows the beet bottoms and the larger holes (bottoms on the top/right)

I have been playing around with these planters I picked up the other day, two JD 71's and two 70's trying to figure out if I can actually use them or if I should clean them up and resell them. I've been thinking about rotating corn through some of my 'drive on' raised beds. I eyeballed the...

Those darn Craiglist bargains is why :rolleyes: There was an ad for a guy selling 4 John Deere planters for $100 total. Didn't know much about them but said I could stop by and take a look. Next thing you know I am driving off with two 70's and two 71's :D Only two were mounted up and all had...

Wow, 70+ views and no comments... guess you guys are all busy biting your nails waiting to find out if it works... well... it does! ;) Here is a pic of one of the beds before: And after: One thing I kept focusing on during the build was getting the 4 feet of width between the rear...

Background: In one of my gardens I have 'drive on' raised beds. My 3pt tiller is 50" and I just drive down the beds when it is time to till. However the beds are slowly getting wider as the tiller sometimes throws/pushes dirt to the outside if/when I can't drive straight :D This makes the paths...

Around here flood irrigation it how the majority of crops are irrigated. The farmers spend a lot of time getting their fields smooth and with the correct slope. A 'land plane' similar to what FWJ linked to is what you see around here. I don't believe they use lasers but the land planes are...

I am using part of an old disk in a project and it has wood friction bearings. Since I have it apart, should these bearings be greased? It has what looks to be old tar or something in there, all dried out hard to say if it was grease at one time. There are no zerks etc. so you have to take it...

Seems to be an ongoing game here on TBN so just doing my part ;) Sorry for the small pics but they are from a craigslist ad (click them and they get a little bigger). Said he tried to use it with a BX24 but some of the dimensions are wrong.. maybe can't switch it? I was wondering who makes...

I know most of the wind questions on here deal with a single residential wind generator but I thought this article was interesting. Lots of info about how much noise, vibration etc. is generated from wind farm turbines. Green Backlash: The Wind Turbine Controversy

I popped a hose the other day on my 32 year old Kubota backhoe attachment (actually rubbed through). The dealer said the PN was no longer available from Kubota so I pulled the hose and took it to a local hyd shop. Turns out most of the hoses on my hoe are thermoplastic and not the steel wired...

I picked up a Powermax 600 at an auction, local trailer manufacture going out of business. Just under $600 out the door which I thought was a pretty good deal considering what these sell for new. I don't have a good moisture trap system so I put one of these HF dessicant cartriges on the back...

All my sprinklers and most of the drip irrigation around my place is run off my pond. I have a 1" screen type filter (150 mesh) on the drip manifold but it gets quite a bit of crap in it (algae and other 'floaties'). Peak season, when it is hot and I am pushing a lot of water it more or less...

I'm curious as to what do you guys do with your greasy shop rags? I have dirtbikes and a tractor and tend to go through a lot of paper towels. I also use rags (the red ones you buy in a bag) but since I don't have a good way to clean them I tend to avoid using them. There is no way in &^% they...

I am looking at repacking the swing cylinders on my Kubota b670 backhoe. The cylinders have the gland nut with the pin holes in the face. Is it easy to spin them out using a hammer and punch? I hate to go spend 30-40 bucks on a wrench I will likely never use again. Would a car parts place that...

I've watched the farmers around here to figure out how to make rows. Lots of row crops and everything is flood irrigation. Even so it seems like everyone has just a little different setup. Generally they have multi-bar tool bars with various shovels, gage wheels, hippers, slide-outs etc. etc...

I'm curious as to opinions on buying old used hydraulic valves. Someone has a two spool on Craigslist for $30. Probably an old loader valve. If it looks ok and spools move is it worth it to buy it and clean it up? or would you potentially have to put a lot of money into rebuilding it that it's...

I recently picked up a Curtis-Toledo 80gal/5hp two stage compressor that goes up to 175 psi. Seems to be very few filter/regulators out there that go up to 175psi. Northern tool has this one: Ingersoll Rand Combination Over/Under Filter-Regulator with Gauge — 1/2in., Model# P244-610 |...

I am looking at maybe buying some property where I would need to build trails etc. so I was doing a bit of research this morning. I ran across this site: Forest Service Publications List - Recreational Trails Publications - FHWA which has a pile of USFS publications and you can also order some...

I can't seem to find an answer in my searches on the web so I thought I would post here. Do pre-emergents actually make the weed seed no longer viable? i.e it tries to germinate but dies due to the pre-emergent, or does the seed just sit there and once the pre-emergent wears off it can...

Here are a few pics. We flood irrigate here, I get water for 12 hours every 8 days. I have a good sized pond that I pump from but irrigate the fields, including the gardens, when its my turn for water. I use 'drive on' raised beds to keep the veggies out of the water when flooded, the rest of...

I thought this article was interesting: Food rise has Bolivia's coca farmers planting rice - Yahoo! News So we've been paying subsidies to farmers to keep food prices low... which makes those crops less appealing for farmers to grow in other countries... they look for 'cash crops'. We've also...

I wanted to post back here and let you know I did finish this project :D It took some messing around to make sure the new cross member was in correctly and the whole assembly was square. Clamping, measuring, remeasuring etc etc. I had taken measurements at certain places and ended up cutting...

Made some progress yesterday and today. I vee'd out all the cracks and welded them up. Then I made the reinforcing plate: The 'wings' are because some of the cracks ran along or across the radius of the bend in the loader arms. This will not only allow me to bridge the 'window' of where the...

I had some time to work on it this morning so I dropped the bucket, pulled the lift arms off and cut out the cross member. Have to say that dropping the bucket and arms went much faster than I thought it would. For some reason I thought the pins holding in the various pins were tacked in but...

Pretty much since I have owned it I have known some old welds on my loader were cracking. Never seemed like there was a good time to repair but now it is getting bad enough I want to fix it before it fails. Notice in this pic that the loader sags on one side, this is the side of the cracking. I...

I am looking at buying a 10 year old Lincoln Pro-Cut 55... is there any downside to buying a plasma cutter this old? Currently I use a O/A torch so I am looking to move up.

Well my B7100DT hit 4000 hours yesterday: Only 156 of those are mine put on in the almost 2 years I have owned it... still a great running machine for something made around 1977. We were out play... err working in the garden.... laying in the head ditch with the middlebuster (we flood...

There is an L355 with a L1720 loader in an upcoming auction.... got me thinking ;) Anyone know what the lift capacity is? Thanks! Charles

Got your PM, figured I'd post it all here for the future :) This is a b670 hoe on a b7100 tractor that has the b219 loader. Basically the hoe has two long arms that mount to the loader cross member. There are two hoe-specific brackets that mount on the back of the tractor and the cross bar on...

So I'm curious, what does the fertilizer attachment look like?. Does this have the fertilizer option or the pesticide option?: Thats from an ebay auction. I was at a farm auction here last week and they had some 12 row 71 planters but I don't think any had the fertilizer option.

Still way to early to plant anything here.... except garlic which was planted last fall and is doing great. I mentioned in another thread that I found a neighbor who will bring me horse manure/shavings from their stables by the dump trailer load... for free :) So last weekend I took one set...

The seat on my old b7100 badly needed replacing, it had no cushion/cover, was badly cracked and the mounting was worn so it was really sloppy. My back would be aching after a few hours of seat time. I also have a backhoe for my tractor and the 'seat adapter' interfered with the lift arms so I...

My b7100 popped a bit of steam and radiator fluid out the overflow today plowing snow. Found I was about 1/2 gallon low. Engine seems fine so I don't think I overheated it bad. I made up the fluid and the engine runs fine. Inspection of the cap shows it probably needs to be replaced, the rubber...

I see Harbor Freight has some paint guns in their ad. I was thinking I should get one for painting implements I make, maybe a tractor some day. Anybody use their paint guns? Which one(s)? Are theirs any good? What to look for in a paint gun? I have never actually used one so..... Thanks! Charles

Yeah thats pretty much what I would assume happens, which is why they make the cap/valve. Here is a pic from the parts manual of a b7100 with a clip from the parts list below that. I believe it includes the cap, lever and 'spool' assemblies. Appears to be everything you need with the assumption...

Well I got to try out the 'ditch' position today...worked pretty well. I turned this: Into this with a little rake work after the plow. Little hard to tell in the pics but the after is a good 8 inches deeper. I think I need a wider shovel to help cut down on the rake work. Little hairy...

I have some ditches that need re-pointing as well as some garden I would like to rip up a bit. I like the looks of the Rankin buster/subsoiler as you can adjust the depth of the shank. Since there really aren't any dealers around here I figured I'd just build my own ;) Heres the parts, some...

Cutting edge arrived the other day. Last night I cut piece for the front lip and bent it to fit, my bends were actually pretty close. This morning I cut out the side cutting edge pieces and cleaned up them. Spent some time welding the edges on the bucket. On the Hoe and Ready to Go...

Anyone ever seen one of these up close? BigBullHighRider Or something like it? I was wondering what they use at the bottom, an auger or some type of spindle with teeth. This seems like just the ticket for putting compost down on my drive-on raised beds before I till and plant. Would save me a...

Had a chance to work on this some more today. I thought I would give bar clamps a try to bend the bottom to fit. I drew a line on the inside of both sides as to where the top of the plate should be. On the big bucket the sides extend past the bottom about 1/4 inch. Sorry its at bit out of...

My Kubota b7100 came with a b670 which had a 16" bucket. I have a fair amount of sprinkler line to put in and I decided to make a smaller bucket. I read some of the posts on here concerning dirt sticking in the smaller buckets but we don't have clay so I think it will be OK. Also, I could just...

I am making a smaller (9") bucket for my backhoe (be posting a thread soon with pics). Kubota wants about $25 for each tooth/shank pair. I figure I need three of them. On Ebay I see a guy selling 2A teeth which look like what I need. The teeth on my existing bucket are crimp-on so I figured I...

I have a Kubota 51" snowblower that came with my tractor. Pretty sure it was new in 1977 just like the tractor. It has the cable rotation system where a cable loops around the chute and then around a hand crank for a few loops on each end. The cable needed replacing so I did that. Now the chute...

Thanks for the input guys. Here are a couple pics that help show what I am talking about. I heli-coiled the bad holes, drilled holes for the link pin in the brackets and mounted them with the old link pin inserted. Turns out it only moves each side out 1 and 3/16 inches. Since the brackets...

Not sure if this is the best place to ask but here goes: I may need to replace my 'lower link pin' with a longer version. This is the pin that goes through the back of the tractor and then the lower 3pt lift arms are placed on. Will just cold rolled round work or is there some other steel type...

My son has a small dirtbike track out back, I have been using my tiller to 'groom' it a bit (loosen the hardpack) but am thinking of saving some wear and tear on my tiller. The rippers on a boxblade look like they would do a pretty good job. A guy is selling a KK bb60 for $300 (says he paid $500...

I have noticed a few things over the last 2 years or so: My well pump runs at pretty regular intervals even when we are not using water. There is a 'wet path' in the driveway between the well and the end of my shop where my pressure tank sits. The well is old and used to service a trailer at...

I recently ascended (descended?) to the 'next TBN level' with the purchase of a used Lincoln ac225 stick welder. I am wondering if anyone still has a copy of MadReferee's clamp-on fork plans and also the clamp on receiver hitch that they would like to share. I think I also saw reference to...

I recently picked up a used Tebben 48" rotary cutter and, after reading all the threads on here, am looking to add guards to the front and rear to keep flying objects to a minimum. I can get reinforced (3/8") rubber mat for $7 for a 1 foot x 4 foot piece. My question is, should the skirt be...

So I went to look at the 60" RFM I posted on the other day and it turns out to be a rotary cutter. Looks to be a Tebben TC96-400 which from searching here and on the internet looks to be a 48" cutter. (I did not have a tape measure with me). I have a b7100 gear so I believe that would be a good...

A guy in my area is selling a used 'low hours' Rankin 60" finish mower. What should I look for when looking at it? Where can you get new blades for this brand when the time comes? I looked at the Rankin website but no manual is listed for this mower nor anyway to order parts directly from them...

BTW here is a quick pic of what you should have for 3pt parts and kinda how it would go on the tractor looking from the rear. The chain and clevis are what I have to use in place of the lift rods (sitting next to them) due to the limits caused by the backhoe seat adapter. These work OK for...

I highly recommend the 'propane' method of elimination. I have been messing around with traps, flooding, gas bombs, getting the county to use poison etc. for two years with little success. After hearing about the 'Rodenator' (Remedies for Gophers - How to get rid of Groundhogs!) and 'Varmit...

Here are the pics of my b219 loader on a kubota b7100d Charles

Here are a couple of pics of the hoe by itself. In the first pic you can see the rails that come forward and bolt on to the FEL subframe. The 'v' shaped area with the filter on it is the hydraulic reservoir with platforms for your feet on either side. Down where the PTO pump is resting you...

I took the hoe off before I saw your pic request. I looked around but do not have any close-ups of the hoe mounted on the tractor. I have attached a few pics of the last time I used it. One of my projects in putting in a row of grapes along the fence line with the neighbors to form a hedge in...

My Kubtoa B7100d has been giving me clutch troubles lately. It does not fully dis-engage when pushing in the pedal. At real low engine speed you could shift gears but not at 'normal' engine RPM's. Clutch adjustments did not help much/for long. I suspected the release bearing based on the...

I thought I would share some pictures of the 3pt o-ring change out I did. Here is the background/detail: I bought this 1970's or so Kubota B7100 along with some attachments. I found that with heavy implements the 3 pt would go down almost as fast as it goes up :confused: this necessitated me...

I recently bought a 70's-80's B7100 with FEL, BH, rear blade and a snow blower. When using the FEL to stabilize the tractor for BH work it will not lift the front of the tractor off the ground. Should it be able to? This is even with the bucket in 'full dump' position. With over 3000 hours on...