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You're talking modify more than rebuild. I'm pretty sure it's already got the typical for modern tractors separate steering pump. The specs list steering flow separate from regular flow. Sometimes the two pumps are mounted ganged together so it looks like one long pump. Larger cylinders will...

Texas has more solar than California: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/texas-solar-record-ercot-grid-18705325.php

It's also the vent for the tank. The rubber question mark thing is a tube with a small hole in the end for air to get in/out. Sometimes they get plugged up. If it's plugged up and the tank gets hot the air will expand and that might push the plug out.

The grill marker lights aren't bright enough to blind anyone. They do make the vehicle more noticeable under some conditions. LEDs in halogen headlight housings can have bad light patterns like a cutoff that's poor so the lights blind on coming drivers or poor coverage of the road. If they're...

Are people so bad off that they're getting rid of their animals? Or was last year a bumper year for hay and there's too much for the market? What do you do with hay that doesn't sell?

The electric over hydraulic PTO on my Branson had a soft start feature. It slips the PTO wet clutch just a little when engaging it. It will start up my Woodmaxx chipper with a 200lb flywheel that's geared up 2x (so it has the inertia of a 400 lb flywheel) at idle without even slowing down.

I've adjusted valves on a lot of different engines. It's not difficult if you take your time and think it through. You will need to remove the fuel injectors or glow plugs in order to turn the engine by hand to the correct positions. I suggest removing the glow plugs so you don't get air into...

Once you have placed a giant round on the splitter, you still have to wrestle with it as part of the splitting process. If it splits cleanly then you have two giant chunks to deal with. I have gotten good at pulling the closer one off and letting it fall on the ground. But a lot of times a...

My Oregon splitter has one serious drawback that I think a lot of H/V splitters share. Tree debris falls off the rounds on to the splitter. When retracting the ram the back of the wedge pushes them up the beam where they fall off and land on the hot muffler. I once quit a splitting session and...

Summit and WR Long make 3rd function kits. There are generic ones and ones specific to some tractor models. You'll have to search to see if there is a specific kit for this tractor. You should try calling a NH dealer and asking about the kit for adding a factory 2nd remote. You may need the...

The cheaper units are all horizontal/vertical models. Some people love vertical mode but many including me hate it. I much prefer working with the wood at waist height than on the ground. Moving a round on its end on the ground uses mostly upper body strength. I'm tall and thin so I don't have a...

You might ask what installing the backhoe means. I bought my BH used and the only installation that was needed was some very minor hydraulic changes to add the backhoe loop, and then attaching the backhoe. Unless you plan to leave it attached all the time, you'll have to do that to put the...

Yea, there's a lot of cheap stuff. To be fair there's a lot of shoddily built gas equipment out there too. And some better built battery stuff. The battery Deere ZT that someone posted earlier looks like it's well made, at least from the pics. Cub Cadet looks like they have some halfway decent...

It might be easier to find a replacement pump that uses the same mounting flange, shaft, ports and displacement. SurplusCenter would be the first place I'd look.

If you're a homeowner mowing your own property, you don't need to be able to mow all day. The batteries only need to last long enough to mow your own place, plus some added capacity for tough mowing conditions and battery aging. Then they can charge all week until its time to mow again. It's a...

There's a local farmers market that we go to often when things are in season. The ag here is vinyards and christmas trees. Those don't make for much of a farmers market, so the vendors are from at least an hour away, often farther. They're still more local than what's in the grocery stores...

Time speeds up when you get old.

If the wind wasn't a straight head or tail wind then the wheels on the windward side of the trailer would be getting cool air while the lee side would be getting air warmed by the pavement or engine or both.

A few inches really does matter. I regularly move IBC totes full of hardwood firewood. They're about 2000lbs when the wood is green. If I don't slide the forks all the way in, the loader may fail to pick them up. When this happens the relief valve trips and the loader just doesn't move. With my...

Tractordata says the loader has a breakout force at 800mm of 2860 lbs and lift at full height at 800mm of 1760 lbs. Breakout force is what the loader can lift from the ground (actually slightly below it for many loaders). The higher the lift the less weight capacity. The farther out the center...

So far I've been pleased with the R99 renewable diesel. The tractor starts easier and runs smoother. When I leave it idling in the barn while changing implements there's less stink. I think the high cetane is responsible for the easier starts and smoother running. Supposedly it make less soot...

With my Woodmaxx 8H I know the knives are getting dull when I get long stringy bits in with the chips. It depends on the wood that I'm chipping- some species are more prone to this than others.

The usual PTO parts sources don't show any springs. If you know the dimensions and wire thickness of the springs you can look for similar ones in a spring catalog. The springs would depend on the make and model of the PTO clutch. Many implement makers shipped different PTO shafts or clutches...

The green rotary cutter has a toggle in the bars from the top of the hitch to the back of the mower. That is supposed to pivot to allow the mower to pivot on the lower pins and tilt up in the back. This is good when you back into a hill or drive forwards into a dip. Sometimes the bolts are too...

That's a reasonable theory. Mine are Pioneer 4250.

I used to think connecting the grapple hoses would work, but then it didn't: after the grapple sat in the sun I couldn't disconnect the grapple hoses! I made some devices with a tee, quick connects and a valve. If the grapple's going to be sitting for a while or it's hot in the sun, I connect...

With the front end off the ground and not in 4wd, one wheel should turn backwards when you turn the other front wheel. If you turn a wheel while the other side is held in place the driveshaft should turn. The shaft may be inside a cover and not visible. Sometimes there's a mechanical "fuse" in...

Don't get a tractor without a ROPS. Don't get one without a loader, or power steering. Since you mention steep slopes, don't get one without four wheel drive. Tractors only have brakes on the rear wheels. In 4wd the brakes will slow the front wheels too.

I didn't look at the video but I bet its that one woman in Salem. Oregon law says that you can't pump water from a well for a commercial garden over 1/2 acre. A lot of the farm parts of western Oregon has irrigation, including most of the Willamette valley where Salem is. Irrigation rights are...

We do! But only on a hobby basis. We looked into doing it commercially, just out of curiosity, and were quickly scared off by the alcoholic beverage control board and commercial kitchen/food production requirements. Between startup costs and paperwork it looked like a lot of effort and money. I...

Is the stop solenoid always either all on or all off, or can it be partially closed/open?

You might consider a three point forestry winch. With chains you need to have a space for the tractor to run to make the pull, and it has to be in line with the direction you want to pull. With a winch you park the tractor and pull the log towards it. With a snatch block you can redirect the...

Solar panels have been required on new construction in CA for a few years. They're not required on existing buildings. Whatever this is, it's not to find people with older houses to make them install solar. I don't know how much solar is required on new houses but from the new subdivisions I...

With the power feed chipper, once the feed wheels have caught the material, I can let go and let it feed. Once I understood the sounds the chipper makes I could get material started and then go fetch the next piece off the pile while the chipper eats the last one. I don't like to have the...

People in the rest of the country may not know that in most of California there's at least six months over the summer where there is no rain at all. In some places the dry season is longer. If you want to burn you have to wait until it's dry enough for the piles to burn but not too dry that you...

A BX isn't going to compare to a 45hp utility tractor. All the major compact tractor makers have at least one model in the 45hp range.

There should be government support for recycling all sorts of plastics, and other things too. It's one of those things like road building and fire fighting that just is not practical to leave to individuals. If we actually recycled stuff and stopped using un-recycleable materials we'd use a lot...

It is recycleable but someone has to set up a special program to do it: Plastic has made farming easier, but what happens to the material after it’s used?

I've had nuts that a rodent stored shoot out of a motorcycle's exhaust pipe when I started it. But I think this one wins an award of some kind. Glad you found the problem.That's going to be a challenge to remove. You could try taping a small fuel hose to a shop vac and sticking it down the...

My tractor's loader is rated for 2200 lbs at full lift. The grapple is surprisingly not all that useful for pulling plants out of the ground. It's hard to get a good grip on them, and if you manage to do that, it often takes a LOT of force to pull even a small tree out of the ground. More than...

When we rebuilt the outside of our house with fire proof siding and more fire resistant decking, I called the insurance agent. He congratulated me and said that the premiums would not change. I asked about the fire clearing I'd done, that didn't make a difference either. I can understand why...

I'm running my grapple off a rear remote. I ran hoses from a rear remote to the loader for a grapple. I got the hydraulic fittings from surpluscenter and the hoses from discounthydraulichose.com. I used old garden hose to mock up the hose path to get the length. I used JIC ends on the hoses...

Someone in my area talked to their agent who told them that 2/3 of the policies in my zip code (all rural in the mountains) will be non renewed. Agents have the info now.

The compression ratio is roughly double that of a gas engine. So there will be a lot of resistance. I'd say there little chance of doing it by hand, and its marginal with hand tools. It'll depend on how much leverage you have and how strong you are. If you think it's hydro locked then remove...

I have 32db ear muffs sitting on the joystick of the tractor. They go on my head before I start the engine. My hearing is still good after 4+ decades of motorcycles, chainsaws, guns and loud music because I wore hearing protection most of the time.

We have State Farm for all our cars. It hasn't gone up appreciably. Yet. If you got a ticket or had an accident they'll jack your rates up for years.

Did you change fuel brand or type recently? I ask because I switched to "renewable" diesel recently and I notice that it starts easily on all cylinders when it's < 50 degrees like it used to when it was new. The last few years it's often started on a couple with the rest joining in within a...

Get an electric vest. They make them for motorcyclists and likely for snowmobilers too.

That must be a huge mower to need 300hp!

Yea sealant isn't going to cover a fist sized hole. You'd need to find the serial number and then find which tank goes with it. Or go with one like this: Ford 3000 Fuel Tank - C5NN9002AC and deal with the minor differences. The folks at yesterdaystractors can probably tell you if it will fit...

The city where I have seen the Claw used for yard trimmings lets people put piles out once a week on specific days. https://www.sanjoseca.gov/your-government/departments-offices/environmental-services/recycling-garbage/residents/yard-trimmings-street-sweeping

It's 50hp, so it's unlikely to have DEF. The DPF warning symbol usually looks like this:

More like the leaves are too thick for a street sweeper.

I've seen the same kind of equipment picking up piles on the street in San Jose. I think the garbage company has a yard debris pick up day each year.

There's still manufacturers offering single cab pickups in the US. They're not outlawed or unavailable. Ford, Chevy and Ram/Fiat all offer single cab 3/4 ton trucks. You might need to find a dealer that sells fleet trucks to businesses instead of just the fancy expensive trucks. I see them...

If it's the pump I'd think that it would be louder when the pump is doing work like raising the loader. The pump is on the left side of the engine. It's attached to the front gear case, pointing backwards along the block. I'm assuming that since its a Kukje engine, it's in the same place as it...

I think it's a vertical crows foot. For situations where you can't get a socket on it but there's not enough clearance for a regular crows foot. Probably one of those things that's rarely used but super useful when it's needed.

The 10hp or so homestore chipper/shredder we started out with was nearly useless, and my wife couldn't start it. It was too hard to pull start. She could run the PTO chipper if it was on the tractor. Mounting it is probably more than she can do. But it's so fast that the amount of chipping she...

I've chipped a lot of brush with my Woodmaxx 8H. It does fine even on stuff that's under 1/2". It's only when the stem is down to 1/8" that the rollers may not grab. Having an 8" throat means less trimming is needed to get the brush to feed.

Sounds like a good company. When it's on we need pics of it in action!

My understanding of self employed taxes comes from being a consultant. Farms get different rules which are way more complex. I got the IRS's guide for farmers and even that simplified version made my brain hurt. I'm trying to understand how haying 15 acres would get you into a lower tax bracket...

Yes both are powered on the hydraulic models. The lower one is smooth, the upper has teeth.

Having a door on each end with the idea of driving through means keeping all the floor space between the doors clear all the time. That's a lot of space that's not getting used for much. Having a single door means you need to use up space in the building to position vehicles, like parking them...

This article kind of implies that the lack of lift pumps might be a cause of failure: https://www.motortrend.com/how-to/what-is-cp4-failure/ Also its interesting that there are replacement pumps and kits that keep the pump from circulating debris through the entire fuel system.

Chippers need lots of power. You could buy a used self-powered chipper but when I looked a few years ago manual feeding 25hp models that were totally beat up were going for $10k. You can get a good hydraulic feed PTO chipper for under $4k new from Woodmaxx or Woodland Mills. If you maintain...

Only four times in three years! That would be so nice. Ours goes out 10-20 times per year. The utility is corrupt, the mountains are steep, the trees are large and fall over a lot. We were out for over three weeks the winter before last. This winter it's only been a week or so. The power goes...

Is there a way to remove the plastic sliding drawer lock?

There's no guarantee of success in anything involving plants. But a lot of people get apples of some quantity from their trees, so its not that hard. We have some trees that were here when we moved in and were too old to have been planted by the previous owners, so they must have been planted...

We had just one tree that survived from about 24 planted. It's sickening when you're watering the trees and a hole opens up in the ground, and then you touch the tree and it falls over. We didn't know about gopher cages and the little bastards ate all the roots. If you look around there are...

You're right. I should have said that you'll run over the stuff you want to mow twice instead of once.

Your tractor is a lot wider than the mower so you will be sometimes mowing ground that you just drove over. That will smash down the vegetation which means it may not mow as well. A 5' mower probably has a 40hp gearbox or thereabout. So you can destroy it if you really abuse it. You can get PTO...

My HST Branson has a big oil cooler mounted in front of the radiator. I do nearly everything in middle range even climbing steep roads. It's not been a problem. The ability to change ground speed without changing engine speed or stopping to shift gears has been very useful on my steep mostly...

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Getting yourself to wear hearing protection consistently is a lot cheaper than a cab. I leave earmuffs on the tractor and put them on while the glow plugs are going. But there are other reasons for a cab.

This looks sort of similar to a common motorcycle wet clutch except for the springs. Part 020 would be the clutch basket on a motorcycle. Going slow except in low gears sounds like the clutch is slipping. I'm not sure but I think part 160 is a big bellville spring and 150 would be the pressure...

Having been in a number of companies that failed, I can say that there are a lot of reasons why a company can go under besides flaws in the technology. Being undercapitalized is a common cause. Even super rich investors are cheap and want companies to succeed with minimal investment. Lack of or...

A lot of cars and trucks have a dial on the dash that you can use to lower the headlights. Most of the ones I've owned for the last 15 years have had them. And we do have automatically adjusting (up and down) headlights here. My wife's 2008 model VW has them so its not just on expensive cars.

When I was in college I worked in the kitchen of a local nice restaurant. One of my friends came in for a nice date with his girlfriend. When I ran into him afterwards he raved about the coffee, saying that it wasn't that usual Farmer's swill that most places served. It actually was regular...

I guess you missed my post on Nov 30 where I said that I was mistaken about 2,4d and had been thinking about Roundup.

With that second design you can only get one vehicle in the building, and that will be on the lift. Which is more difficult to park on than just a bare space of floor, but you can park on it. If you're only going to be working on one vehicle at a time then that's ok. But I think most people end...

Seems like the roll up door at the top of the drawing will be blocked by the lift or by a vehicle in what looks like the main work bay. You can get rolling jacks for the four post lift so you can work on suspension. One reason for four post lifts that I don't see mentioned yet is that with a...

This web site will censor the word I originally used in this reply. Here's the toned down version: Your siblings should be bending over backwards to make you happy after all that you did. It sounds like they have enough money that an extra $100k each or whatever additional the place MIGHT bring...

We're also finding out through research that diesel exhaust pollutants are worse for health than we though. PM2.5s are particularly bad. (sorry for the pun). It makes me wonder about wildland fire fighters and what health problems they may have as they get old. We used to cough up lots of black...

If there's someone locally who welds roll cages for race cars they might be willing to do the welding for you.

Even the south rim of the grand canyon is at pretty good altitude. It's not that hot in the summer and gets snow in the winter. It does get hotter down in the canyon. North rim is higher and therefore cooler but it's a long trip to get there from the south. The area around the south rim...

This is already happening. Scammers use AI to enhance their family emergency schemes A few months ago a contractor for the utility was installing a free transfer meter and I was hanging around chatting with him as he did it. He told me his grandson had texted him asking for money and said that...

Audi ran some cars like that in this year's Dakar rally. The batteries powered the electric motors that drove the car while the engine (a small turbocharged gas engine) ran most of the time to charge the batteries. It was unnerving to hear the engine running at a constant high rpm that didn't...

CA's current laws will stop sales of new internal combustion cars and light trucks (what CA calls a pickup) in 2035. Medium and heavy trucks in 2026. There's no mention of taking existing IC cars and light trucks off the road in the current law. Things can change but once they make laws like...

I wish we had a government run utility here! All the people I know who are on city run electric coops pay a fraction of what PG&E charges us. And they get better service too. Removing the profit motive makes stuff cost less, what a surprise. Our last bill, all in, was 44 cents per KWh. The...

The 20 series and 15 series might have a different valve. You'd need to get the parts diagrams and check. I think they're all available in the manuals thread in the Branson section here. Of course its possible that something is wrong. The position control is more complex than the old style...

My 3725 (basically a 20 series) doesn't do that. I can move the level in small increments and the implement does not jerk up. Reducing the tension on the friction clutch on the lever makes it easier to move the lever in small increments. It's double nutted I think 12mm on the pivot of the...

It depends on the terrain. Not only uphlll vs downhill but how even it is. When the butt digs in to a rise the resistance goes up. I've had the clutch on my Uniforest 30m squealing because the log's stuck. (It helps to have a spotter for logs that are out of sight but sometimes I'm working...

They must have improved that then. The range shift on my 3725 is balky and sometimes hard to get fully into gear. It feels like the gear clearances are tight which is good for reducing backlash but bad for shifting. Where is the tension spring for the HST pedals? Mine are pretty stiff. No creep...

If your storage tank is tilted a bit any water below the fuel will run down to the low end. If that end also has the intake for the pump and hose, the water will go into the tractor. But if it's tilted backwards the water will run to the other end, and if you have a drain there you can drain...

That looks really well designed and built. Thanks for posting the pics.

As others answered, the 40% state estate tax thing is wrong. All the people I know who moved out of CA did so because the greater SF bay area (where I have lived most of my life) got too expensive for them. It's a huge long standing problem and there's little movement on fixing it. Too many...

You need to pick up half the log's weight to drag it with the winch. You can calculate log weight here: Timber and Lumber Calculators at WOODWEB You could use the winch to pull logs to a landing and then drag them off with a log arch. But that's an extra piece of equipment. Some winches come...

Unless it's wilderness area, USFS land is generally open to vehicles and chain saws. Except under red flag conditions when fire danger is very high. Then they might shut down the forest and keep people out. It varies some but personal use firewood permits are usually a nominal fee like...

Yes. I always use the holes in the telescoping stabilizers, not the slots. There must be a use for the play the slots provide but I have not run into it for my uses.

One of our cars has a similar problem. On road trips I give a second fob to my wife so she can get in/out without me.

I have a dumb question: if the rebar is supposed to be in the lower 1/3 of the slab why are the chairs or dobies 2.5-3" high when most slabs for non industrial use are in the 4-5" range?

When I was riding big bore two stroke dirt bikes I learned to gently turn the engine over until it stopped from compression, then give it a healthy kick on the starter. That way you get a full rotation of the crank. The same trick works on saws.

Often the hydraulic pump is driven off the gear train at the front of the engine that also drives the cam. It will be a cylindrical structure that attaches to the back of the front engine cover and lays alongside the engine. There will be two or three hoses attached to it. One will run from the...

Or the diesel caused a lot of pre ignition which damaged the pistons. They make inexpensive bore scopes that can use laptops or phones as displays. Maye you could use one to get a look into a combustion chamber.

The Stihl Elastostart handle also makes pulling a little easier. The D handle may have an Elastostsart insert too, I haven't used one. My small Echo starts extremely easily. I think it has a small passage from the cylinder above the exhaust port into the port to bleed off pressure. Some two...

Yes but there's only 7 million people in washington state where this is being proposed. It's not very clear in the article that it's the state not federal. 17 million gallons spilled annually in washington state sounds like a lot and could well be an exaggeration. The California politicians who...

Grease the front axle center pivot. There may be two grease fittings, one in front and one on the back of the axle. If that turns out to be the source of the squeak then check that its not worn.

I took an idea from others here and built dollies for many of my implements. I can stack them in the barn and move them around by hand to get to the ones behind them.

When I took dendrology (tree taxonomy) in college in the '80s we were told they are all scotch broom. I thought the leafless variety was just growing under different conditions. My wife's gotten super into gardening and native plants and told me a few years ago that they're actually not only...

That looks like a good trick for pulling brush. Better than the spring loaded jaws thing I bought that slips off the brush half the time. That looks like spanish broom. I think it's the worst of the three brooms for flammability but at least it grows slower than the other two. Also isn't that...

1960s vehicles can be pretty beat up and need a lot of work. Many can be hard to find parts for. Compact tractors did not start getting electronic engine controls until 2015 or so. Newer ones are more likely to have useful features like four wheel assist, power steering and hydrostatic...

Then there's a meta-argument about the ban. That can be even more annoying and distuptive than the posts that caused the ban. One large forum I was a member of had a dedicated topic that reported mod actions. You wern't allowed to whinge about mod actions in the rest of the topics and the mod...

Our old fireplace looked similar but did not have outside air, so maybe it was older and not as good. It would make the house colder since it pulled lots of air from inside the house and cold air would leak in to replace it. Not much heat produced either. I stopped using it because it was so...

At my propane price ($2.75/gallon), 1 cord of Madrone hardwood is worth about $900 in propane, taking the efficiencies of my stove and furnace into account. Of course there are multiple costs involved with processing firewood while the propane just shows up on a truck. If you account for all...

Carbon build up on the piston and combustion chamber can increase the compression ratio, making it harder to pull through.

It looks like its a slightly oversize cylinder thats driven into the bore. I have seen that in a few engines. Sometimes its a ball and the case is peened over to lock it in. You could make your own plug and seal it with a small amount of good case sealant like Dirko or Yamabond #4. One concern...

The MF is probably heavy and powerful enough to run a mower larger than 6'. But at least in the USA, mowers get much more expensive above 6'. Rotary cutters will generally cost less than flails, and are probably easier to find used. If you're operating on slopes get the 4 wheel drive. Without...

A lot of prefab fireplaces specifically disallow inserts. Check your manual. You may well have the wrong flue for a modern insert. They need high temp insulated flues. Our prefab disallowed inserts and we had the wrong flue. We replaced it with an EPA zero clearance fireplace which is basically...

We have both directTV and streaming from an apple tv device. I watch mostly weird sports like bicycle and motorcycle racing where some events are only on streaming. There are some real drawbacks to streaming. You probably need to sign up with more than one streaming service to get all the...

Maybe we have been lucky but 6' high woven wire fencing has kept coyotes out of the chicken yard. We added a chicken wire skirt along the bottom and out on the ground because foxes kept digging under the fencing. And added fencing overhead to keep bobcats out. They went in over an electric wire.

The problem is the wind drag if the helmet is tipped up or back or the rider turns their head. And you have to turn your head to check traffic when changing lanes. My neck hurts just looking at that.

Yea it's not a problem that you can shoot your way out of unless you can guard your birds 24/7. There will always be coyotes. You need fencing to keep them out.

Or they are broke, got taken advantage of by the loggers and don't have the ability to do the clean up themselves.

All new tractors sold in the US have to meet tier IV emissions. For engines under 25.5 hp, the requirements are easier to meet and can be done with combustion chamber shape and injection timing with mechanical injection. Engines over 25.5 hp generally need DOC + DPF systems or DOC + EGR. Most...

That's not always true. It depends on where the zero percent financing comes from. If it's from the manufacturer, they may be offering it as an incentive. There may also be a cash incentive, or there may not be. When I was looking to buy about six years ago Kubota was doing that. They had a...

They stopped selling the 25 series (3725 and 4425) after only a few years. They were not all that different from the 20 series, just a few more features. The 3520 (now 3620) was the most different from the 3725 since the 3725 is a 2.1 liter four cylinder and the 3520 is a 1.7 liter three. But...

If the sight glass is at the back of the transmission like many are, make sure the tractor is level when adding fluid. Also if the 3pt is raised there's some fluid in those cylinders. The loader cylinders might hold a gallon or more but since they are double acting rather than the 3pt's single...

I have the open station of the tractor Slim has. It's been fine. Ours are from before Brason added the ability to do a regen. Instead it's a low temp continual regen deal with a lot of catalyst in the DOC. Or something like that, they don't really come out and say it but there have been some...

I did the research for this a while ago and then didn't get around to doing it. I don't think its possible to get a cylinder that's 18" closed and 32" open. I couldn't find one anyhow. But you could get something like (for example) 19.5" closed and 31.5 open. (2x12x1.25 Double-Acting Hydraulic...

I'd use the same pressure as without ballast. I run the rear tires on my tractor at 15 psi.

If you have 120v near the water heater location there are heat pump water heaters that can run off 120v 20a (maybe even 15a) circuits. They're made especially for replacing gas heaters.

I use 50:1 with high quality synthetic oil. Not Red Armor but I'll probably switch to that when I'm done with the stuff I have. The old 20:1 ratios were because the oil was poor. Chainsaws are low power industrial engines. They don't need a lot of oil like a highly tuned motorcycle race engine...

The requirements in CA vary by county but what I've seen in NorCal and southern Oregon for outdoor grown is mostly just tall fencing with opaque panels to block the view. Of course with any lease there will be people coming and going. And the fence still looks like its hiding an industrial...

Being the USA's oldest national park, Yellowstone is also the place where there's been professional wildlife management for the longest. Pretty much everything has been tried there at one time or another. At times there has been a lot of hunting, at other times none. Hunting has always been...

Poland's a pretty different environment than the high country of Colorado or Wyoming. I was working on grizzly bear studies when they were working on introducing wolves to Yellowstone. Since then there's been a lot of good effects on the environment. For example the wolves keep the elk and...

The BH loop connects to the 90 degree fitting that goes into the top of the transmission or the top of the valve block if you have rear remotes. It's actually a 90 degree fitting and a hose end attached to it. You undo the hose end, loosen the 90 and spin it around to point to the rear. The...

There is a Branson kit for the "backhoe loop". It's easy to install. Call Dave's Tractor in Red Bluff CA to order one. Or your dealer. When the BH is not installed, the two ends of the loop connect to each other and make, well, a loop. One end goes into that 90 degree fitting on the top of the...

I think its ok if you keep the bucket bottom just off level rather than curling it all the way down.

They make jackshaft style openers that mount on the wall rather than hanging from the ceiling and getting in the way. Make sure the power outlet is on the wall instead of in the ceiling. You can get the door tracks closer to the ceiling than is typically done- less than a foot. It may require...

Tractors don't dig very well. Tractor loaders are more for scooping up loose material from a pile than digging. The suggestion to use a box blade to dig is a good one. Tractors are a lot better at pulling implements than pushing them. When you're using the loader to scoop up material, drive...

Supertraps don't muffler very well unless you only run a few discs, and then they don't flow well. Mufflers can be small, quiet or efficient. Pick two. Supertraps are small. I'll agree with the folks suggesting hearing protection (and hearing tests for that matter). But you can also improve...

some counties have GIS on line which shows flood maps.

When I'm using my SP100 I hit the trigger for a few seconds before I'm going to weld, then cut the excess wire off and weld. That purges the hose and it doesn't get too much air in it if I don't dawdle. A purge button would be much better. The 100 and 125 were pretty much the same back when I...

Sometimes there can be an air bubble in the cooling system where the temp sensor is. The gauge will stay on cold even when the coolant is hot. Sometimes the cooling system needs to be bled. I'd hope a tractor with a simple cooling system compared to modern cars would be self bleeding, but it's...

I think the risk of another person accidentally operating the joystick (or moving the tractor) is greater than that of a hose suddenly failing. Also many loader valves leak which could let the platform slowly sag down and possibly damage something. I think it's less risky than a ladder. Mine...

The right way to implement a password manager is to encrypt the passwords locally before they are uploaded. If the encryption is strong it won't matter if the server gets hacked. Without the master key the passwords aren't recoverable without spending far more than they're worth. Designing...

Not really. When I'm using a rotary cutter I set the tilt so the cutter is level with the tractor's rear axle so it follows the terrain as I drive. My rotary cutter's hitch allows the cutter to pivot up and down to follow dips and hills as I'm cutting. So the top cylinder position doesn't have...

It sounds like the OP's problem isn't spam, it's that someone has possibly gotten into their email account. That's a bigger problem than spam (which should be mostly taken care of by the mail provider). The attacker may have just compromised the email account password or they may have installed...

The FCC publishes coverage maps for the various 4g networks: Mobile LTE Coverage Map I worked for a cell phone company a while ago. That was in the 3G days and back then Verizon was usually better than ATT and T Mobile in rural and mountain areas in California. With 4G they're using the same...

I've been using Sedona Coyote tires on my Pioneer 700. The 700 has a locked rear axle and goes through rear tires fast when driven on pavement. We use it on pavement a lot more than I thought we would, and I can't get my wife to stop making tight turns on pavement. I got 800 miles out of the...

The tractor's good as an assist for clearing or cleaning up thick brush or heavy forest. The few 3pt forestry mulchers are pretty limited in capacity especially on smaller machines. I use my tractor to power a 3pt wood chipper, operate a grapple and a mower. We have some acres of thick brush...

I think you'll spend a lot more time on that than you would trapping properly, and it won't be very effective. Checking traps once a week is pretty much useless. When I am trapping I check and reset traps at least once and often twice a day. If I do it in the spring before many young are born I...

It sounds like an interesting project. You can remove the DPF and DOC on your own if you're building the exhaust but you'll need some parts to delete the EGR and of course the programming to make the ECU happy about all that. I'm not sure but I think that putting a newish engine in an old...

The EPA fine was only for the engines in the RAM 2500 and 3500 trucks. That would not affect the generator engines. I think generators come under different emissions rules. Certainly the homeowner ones do.

Turbos do a lot to reduce noise. Basically they're taking energy out of the exhaust. The OP should look for a larger non performance car muffler that will fit on his Kubota. Most cars run in the 2000-3000 rpm range most of the time so a car muffler should be tuned to reduce those frequencies...

I have a Woodmaxx 8H. It's been pretty good. Woodland Mills also offers an 8" chipper which is a different design. There are some good points to that design and to the Woodmaxx. Even if you burn anything over 6" an 8" throat would be a minimum. It will let you chip material that isn't straight...

Pretty much. The vast bulk of trading is machine generated. I won't call it ai because it's not all that intelligent. The big traders all have news feeds running straight into their trading engines so they can execute trades on trending news. It's not guys with cigars in back rooms yelling...

Given the size of the fine I expect it was a blatant cheat like VW did, at least for the larger set of 2013-2019 trucks. The smaller set had some sort of undeclared emissions device. I agree that I'd like the details. Maybe it'll come out eventually. It did with VW. They detected when the...

There was a lot of talk about weather control during the cold war. It was going to be the next great weapon. But the US believed the Soviet's propaganda and vice versa, so each side thought the other side was farther advanced than they actually were. And of course there are a lot of incentives...

@repete is right about checking the clutch adjustment while you're there. My dealer did a good job of prepping the tractor but the clutch came adjusted too tight. If it's too tight it won't slip when needed, like when you pull a large rock up out of the ground with the mower. The manual should...

That's a lot of cheating for a very long time. Seems hard to believe that Ram didn't know. I wonder it they'll have to buy back vehicles like VW did? Also since GM and Ford get more power out of their diesel truck engines than Ram does yet they have the same emissions limits, it seems plausible...

If it's like my rotary cutter with a slip clutch, the "bolt" is really a tapered pin that's threaded at one end. The hole it goes in is also tapered, larger on one side than the other. One side has a flat around the hole which is where the nut and washer seat. The pin mates with a groove milled...

The reason why you plumb into the PB port to feed downstream valves is that when those valves are powering something (like a cylinder) the pressure to do the work flows through each valve in sequence. So if your 3rd function valve is closing a grapple, the pressure to do the work comes from the...

If the external PTO shaft is too long it will bottom out when the top link is shortened, and that can damage the bearings on the PTO shaft inside the tractor. The hydraulic top link may be able to go shorter than the turn buckle type, and you're much more likely to do it. So you'll need to check...

Is the pin just below the problem one free to move sideways? If so you could pull that one and drop the leg down, then there'd just be the bracket on the problem pin.

With the outrigger up the only pressure on the pin is from the weight of the outrigger itself, which isn't that much. You should be able to push up and feel it take up the slop in the linkages. Or use a tie down between the two outriggers to pull them together. Maybe with it pulled up you can...

Me too. Gas was going bad long before ethanol or MTBE.

Quick attach forks will put the load's CG closer to the tractor. With the same load on the forks it will be less likely lift the rear wheels. But it will also let you lift heavier loads, so you will need to temper your desire to heft heavy objects or you'll be back to lifting the rear wheels.

Stealing pine needles is a felony in North Carolina. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/03/31/pine-needle-mulch-north-carolina

You should read more on archaeology.

If it's unleaded it won't damage anything but it's a waste of money. Your equipment only needs a minimum of 87 octane, or 89 for many Stihl products.

There are federal requirements for a certain amount of ethanol blended into fuel. It's a bulk amount, not a percentage in the fuel. If the bulk amount adds up to say 8% of all the fuel sold, then they can sell E0 as long as 80% of the fuel sold is E10. Those aren't the actual numbers (and...

A quick search finds the oldest pyramid in Giza was built about 2700 BC. They know the dates of those pretty well since there was a lot of writing left. There are older Egyptian pyramids but they're not in Giza. I don't know how accurate the dating is of the Methuselah tree. With normal trees a...

Seems like that'd make it come to an instant stop. Sounds like a good project with your skills.

Honda's gone backwards then. My 25 year old Honda generator's burned many hundreds of gallons of E10 without issue. The original fuel lines are in good shape.

I tried some disconnect under pressure flat face couplers and it takes so much force to connect that they're unusable, at least by me. I switched to Parker ag connectors which are much easier to use. If you don't tip the female end down after disconnecting you won't loose much oil. I keep a...

Ethanol has less energy per unit volume than gasoline. However the difference between E10 and E0 is small, about 3%. It makes old carbureted and early FI engines run leaner. Often that means they run cleaner as a result. But there's not a lot of them on the road. Making fuel from plants that...

On valves with a tank and a power beyond port the PB port feeds downstream valves. BUT on a valve with just one output, like all the 3rd function solenoid valves I have seen, the single output is called the tank port even though it feeds the downstream valves like the PB port on a normal valve...

I forgot we have foxes too. And mountain lions. We had a hen disappear from inside the fenced chicken pen a few months ago. No feathers or other sign but the other hens were acting nervous so we don't think she got out on her own. Eventually my wife found a few feathers well outside the pen...

We have coyotes, raccoons, bobcats and hawks. All will eat chickens. The wild turkeys here seem to survive ok once they're adults but domestic turkeys don't have the survival skills that the wild ones learn. The only solution we found is fencing. Maybe if you had one coyote and a lot of time to...

Your tractor has an open center system like most CUTs. Each valve, when in neutral position, flows to the next valve in the chain. Right now your loader would be first in the chain and the 3pt second. You can't tee off the pressure line ahead of the loader, because then flow will take the path...

$550 will buy you a nice 3rd function kit.

If your internet reliably has good bandwidth, wifi calling should work. Our local telco Frontier is terrible. They buy systems from other carriers and then don't maintain them. They won't even put downed lines back up. We dropped the land line years ago.

This manual for Prince loader valves shows how the detent springs work: http://www.princehyd.com/Portals/0/valves/LVManual.pdf Page 11 is a center detent. Yours is likely similar. The balls get forced out into a groove in the detent sleeve. If you can feel the center detent when pushing the...

It sounds like the upper spool is for the loader raise/dump circuit. It's not seating in the fully closed position. When the 3pt is raised, especially if there is an implement on it, there is back pressure in the system. That sneaks past the slightly open loader spool and raises the loader. It...

In WWII there were wage and price freezes. But employees were scarce and employers needed a way to attract them. Offering company sponsored health care was one way they could do it. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/05/upshot/the-real-reason-the-us-has-employer-sponsored-health-insurance.html...

You're right, I was thinking of Roundup.

Foliar spray Triclopyr works well on poison oak when its growing. The advantage is that it won't kill the grass. 2,4d will kill everything. If your PO is in tall bushes or even short ones you need to rip it out or mow it down first. The best time is in the winter when the leaves are off. The...

Cruising on the highway takes a small amount of power, so the throttle is only cracked a little beyond idle. In that mode, engine internal friction and pumping losses are significant.The engine's more efficient when making full power. Running off the batteries and every once in a while starting...

They make mechanical locking devices that slide upwards on the rope but are always locked in the downwards direction, without waiting for weight on them. You have to manually operate them to move to a lower position. When I was a rock climber long ago we called them "Jumars" but they're called...

Its common for modern hydrostatic transmission CUTs use the hydraulic fluid for the transmission. Mine does. I can't think of one that doesn't but there's probably one somewhere. HSTs need clean fluid but don't need special additives. Some (not in tractors) use 10w-30 motor oil instead of...

Regular hydraulic fluid is missing the additives that make tractor fluid play well with wet brakes and clutches. TractorSupply carries Mobil Delvac which should work fine.

I'd use 1/4" hoses and adapt the tractor end of the hose to the 1/2" quick connect. 1/4 hoses are easier to run and work with, and if the implement cylinders have 1/4" JIC then they won't be impeding the flow. JIC is a lot easier to deal with than NPT, so I try to use JIC everywhere except when...

If you ever get a chance, check out the giant Sequoias in California. They're the largest tree species in the world.

Anything that uses an app is suspect from both a privacy and reliability perspective. Since you can open the gate from anywhere using your smart phone, Mighty Mule is seeing and controlling your gate opener events. Their security is likely not very good (very few companies do this right) and you...

I've been really pleased with my HF Daytona floor jack. And the set of wrenches and sockets I got to leave in the barn for working on the tractor. HF's stepped up the quality of many of their products.

The entire assembly with friction plates, drive plates and baskets for both clutches is just over $2k at Messicks. You should not need all of those parts unless they're really damaged. The friction plates are about $220 each. At a minimum I'd replace those and the throwout bearings. $10k for...

https://summit-hydraulics.com/product-category/hydraulic-kits/third-function-kits/ These look pretty good, and are a good price. The joystick handle is a quality part.

We have a lot of computers and all the usual home equipment. I've been running them all off a 25 year old 5kw Honda generator during our frequent and often extended power outages. I have not had any electronics fail due to the generator's power. However I don't run the well off the generator as...

They do that sometimes. But also, the factory maintenance schedule is for "normal use". The way the factory defines it, most people's actual use is ore like "severe duty". For that the maintenance periods are more frequent and there are often more items. For example the normal schedule may never...