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I have thought about using the rops and a come-along. But I found a few utube videos and learned a few tricks that worked for me with a little modification. One guy had a simple pair of props that worked well. My auger is a bit heavier than many, but i was able to set it up without too much...

I have a rather strange request. I need some ideas for how I can mount a posthole digger on my 3 point. Easy peasy normally. I have always had my digger dangling from a pulley in the rafters. But now I need to haul digger, mower, and tractor to a far-away remote location where there are no...

Yup. I found them

Big Blue, where did you find those? I like'em. N'er mind. I found 'em. Amazon of course.

Those bolt on tie downs might be just the ticket. I was told by the trailer dealer that 4 chains was the law, but not enforced on the small stuff hauled by civilians.

I was just looking at the weight bar. It's about 1 3/8 square steel. I could loop the chain over that, but it could slide sideways a bit. Thinking about that one some more though. There is a way to do this.

My 3039 has nothing

I have at least 2 options. First, drive on forwards and put the bucket over the rail on the tongue. Second drive on backwards with the mower suspended from the FEL. The latter, I am 90% certain will work. Winter Deere. You are certainly right about the need for tiedown loops in the front...

dieselscout, Your rig must be quite a bit longer than my 16 ft long outfit is. I put it on the trailer and discovered that I have more room than I expected. When I want to travel with mower, I may put that under the bucket and lift it into the trailer with the FEL while backing up the ramp...

RjCorazza and WinterDeere, thanks for the tips on the bathroom scale method. I'm ashamed that I did not think of it myself. A little 7th grade geometry and Intro Physics is pretty straight forward. These forums are really a heck of a resource. I can run a chain through a shackle on the...

I don't think a bathroom scale will reach the 500+ lbs I think I need to measure. But as I was looking at what @alexpops suggested, I realized that getting a reading will take a bit of finness. Probably some lumber or maybe a bottle jack.

While I am at this, what do you guys use to tie down your tractors? I have chains and binders. But the trailer dealer suggested straps.

Any idea how much a scale like that costs? Are they easily found? I've never heard of them.

Well, I now have an 18 ft trailer. With 10000# axels, I'm well clear of my total capacity but hardly light with 5000# of payload. I tried balancing the tractor on it, and it seems that with the counterbalance on the back and grapple on the front, I can set it up facing forwards or back...

I googled that and it is what i call anti-sway bars. I have exactly that Reese system on my horse trailer.

My trailer vocabulary, being woefully inadequate as it is, suggests to me that what you are calling a weight distribution hitch is something that I call anti-sway bars. I have them on my horse trailer. Is that what you're referring to?

I did not get curb weight. Coulda-shoulda. Dealer said it would be fine with 5k tractor. The 18 ft is a 10k trailer. Both have 1 ft high stake sides. Better ramp on the 18.

This is very helpful. Thaks a bunch. I was just looking at both and eighteen foot trailer and a twenty footer. Some advantages to both. Leaning towards the 20 ft.

I am very interested. This looks like it's eighty three inches wide by twenty feet long. That would work well. What are the axles rated and how much do you want for it?

All the trailers I have seen have electric brakes. That said, some of them are in various sad condition when it comes to used trailers.. Does anyone have any opinion about the relative quality of 4 inch tubular steel frame versus 5 inch I beam or channel iron frame? Where do you normally...

I guess it depends on how you count axles. The axel for each wheel is rated 3500# So the math works. I can only tell you what Ford tells me for towing capacity.

I need to do some interstate hauling with my 3039R. About 336 miles one-way. I will do this for about a year, or a bit less and then may sell the trailer or keep it to use with for hay hauling. In any event, I am in the market for a used or new trailer. Since this is a temporary need, I do...

It was last years model and I got for $5600

You sound a lot like the people that wanted me to buy a bigger tractor than I thought I needed. They turned out to be very wrong. In any event, I bought the new 74'' blower on Tuesday and got it home. All we need now is some snow.

Almost 2x more $. And yes, I do miss the hydro pump running 1:4 etc. Care to explain?

Watch for my thread next summer on the best 3rd party cabs. :)

I agree the time is NOW. There is one on a lot for sale. The shoot and deflector are both hydro activated from the seat, so that's a plus. I don't have a cab :(. May have to do something about that eventually. But not now.

He was grousing about weight. Which might be a legit issue in some way, but I'm not wanting what he does. As mentioned by another, he wants a perfectly clean paved drive. I will live on gravel (as I do now). I'm a bit more pragmatic. Well, your tractor is not really comparable to mine...

Do I have enough clearance? Good question. Does any tractor? I won't know until I'm in the thick of it I suppose. One thing I learned more than a half a hundred years ago when cleaned snow off of neighbors' driveways for about $1.50, regardless of how deep it was, is that it is often easier...

I am looking around for a snow blower for this winter. For sure, I will need one. My soon to be regular driveway will be 1500 ft long and gravel in Northern Minnesota. My tractor is a JD 3039R. I'm looking at a SB1174P Frontier inverted blower that is 74" wide. The 3039 is "rated" for...

Ha, you are saved. Maybe. I'm interested in blowers for my driveway up north near Duluth. Weather here will just be ultra-miserable with relatively little snow build up. You must be getting the same rain on snow/slush that I have now. Nothing for a blower to mess with.

Not sure where I posted my location, but that's alright. Just a few miles from Wrenshall. Anyway, you prefer the front end blower. I have thought about that. I have the midpoint PTO for it, but from what I have heard mounting and dismounting is not particularly quick and easy and I will want...

I'm looking to buy. And I don't have a 5 series tractor. Mine is 3039R. But my driveway to be is 1/4 long and it will get 17" of snow in the next three days. I don't have to blow that this year, but next year, I will. So, I'm definitely all eyes and ears here.

I am standing by for results. This is a good test.

I do not plan on a larger tractor in the future. This one should do forever, and if anything, I'd downsize with a new one. I was thinking a 74" rig would be nice, and I think the tractor is probably big enough for that. Maybe a slightly larger one would be okay, but I try to avoid oversizing...

I am reading this thread because I will be buying a blower for next year. I live in Iowa now and the snow is pretty minimal (except for last week) and I've always done my drive and barn area with a grading blade on a JD 3039R. Next year, I'll be living outside of Duluth with a 1/4 mile...

Indeed, but I grew up blowing snow with a walk behind 50 yrs ago. That said an afyer market cab may be nice.

I have no cab on my 3039r. Looks like I may need body armor. I do like the Lexan shield though.

That's a new one to me. But I can sort of understand it happening. Something like leaning tree barberchairing on you. Anymore, I sometimes think I should be wearing an NFL approved football helmet 24/7...

I find this an incredibly interesting thread. We have just purchased 50 acres that will require a 1/4 mile driveway, just south of Duluth, MN. I'm getting ahead of myself, perhaps, but snow removal will be required once we have a road laid down. It will be gravel, and pretty straight and flat...

Anyone have any recommendations for a decent seat cover for my 3039R (2016 if it matters)? Seems like a trivial issue but most of what I see looks like it will fit about like a well worn out cheap sweat sock. My tractor catches a lot of UV light that will degrade it eventually. Just want to...

I have a 2016 or '17 Deere 3039R with their H165 loader. It has been an awesome tractor with just a few, mostly ergonomic things I wish I could chance, but probably cannot. However, one issue that might be adjustable is the rate of the hysdraulics, particularly the rate of dumping the bucket...

I have an error code on my tractor that "doesn't exist" for this make and model. the code is ICC A 3352.07 I went up to the dealer and they could not find that code for this make and model machine (2016 3039R with 105 hrs). Has anyone else seen this? Thanks

I have a "new" tractor - actually now 55 hrs old I guess. It is time for an oil change. What is recommended for oil in these things? I've never had a diesel anything, so school me on what to look for in types of oil (and filters too). I will have to review the owner's manual, but I am...

Broke John, If you want to get to work, here is a pile of wood for you. I spent the weekend grappling this out of the timber and stacking it to wait unit I can get to it. The bigger logs are a bit over 20" and about 12 ft long. Hickory and red oak are the bulk of it with a little bit of black...

You do know that you can get a JDQA grapple from several manufacturers? I'm no all that experienced, but I wouldn't want to sacrifice any weight capacity with my grapple.

Moving firewood logs

I'm with ya.

You can't beat a golden. Gus, here, is the intellectual type of golden :) Keep in mind, it is April 1 :)

The owners manual for a new tractor is pretty underwhelming in my opinion. One thing I was interested in was how to operate the loader a little more efficiently. This is my first FEL and I clearly don't know its full capabilities. The manual mentions using "float" mode at times, but I have no...

Mine is from Deere (aka Frontier - their implement division). I forget the model number, but it's right outside the door. Well, no model number on it. But it measures 61" from left to right. It comes on and off the FEL in about 3 minutes. Amazingly easy.. Just don't forget to undo the...

If you have one of the tractor models listed in the thread title, I would like to know a critical dimension. Specifically, what is the width between the forks at the lower end of the right side 3-point lift assembly where it fits over the lift arm? I believe this unit may work on my brand...

My grapple arrived at 4:30 today. By 5:30, I'd moved several tons of logs and branches. Amazing. How did I live without this thing?

I am looking for a leveling box that I can use on the right side of the 3 pt hitch to adjust the level of the side link arms. It seems that there are lots of aftermarket leveling boxes for some other brands of tractors but I'm not finding anything for the 3000 series Deere CUTs. It would be...

Chain.. duh. Someday I'll grow up and learn to think. Meanwhile here are a couple of pics of two of the implements that I want to quick hitch too. This is the blade. Its an Arps implement for what it is worth. Anyway, I like it a lot and I am very loath to give it up. The diagonal braces come...

I'm a new owner of a JD 3039R. It seems to be a great machine so far as one weekend of working with it has shown. There are a couple of things however that I wish were different and one of them stands out as maybe my own fault. With the machine I ordered a JD(Frontier) Quick Hitch. I know I...

Not much wood, but I would tear up the timber if I got serious about it. I've only had the tractor for 72 hrs so far, and it's muddy and covered with horse manure when I took this wood run just for fun. The axe is kinda special too, for those that care about such things.

I'm building the box for what will be my concrete ballast box, and I'm interested in some opinions - everyone has one of those, right? Anyway, this is where we are at right now. The box is, in round numbers, 17" deep, 21" tall, and 30" wide. It will weigh 900-1000# depending on which density...

So, I am about to take delivery of my first diesel powered anything. And that means I need to buy new gas cans, perhaps I should say fuel cans, for it. I have not bought fuel cans in decades, having plenty of old, but we'll made cans, until now. Unfortunately, it seems that all the fuel cans I...

S219 has a great thread on http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/owning-operating/374249-my-new-customized-ballast-box.html. His timing is impeccable for me as I have a new tractor on order (JD 3039 with FEL and grapple) and will be needing to make one as well. And I have somewhat similar ideas...

On another thread, I asked "I'm about to buy a new tractor - about 39 horses. Why would I really want SSQA adapter for it if all I plan on using on the front end is the bucket or forks?" To which someone replied, "That's really a topic for another thread. Changing between a bucket and forks...

After talking to a JD salesman, I am comparing a 3039R vs a 3038E. I was leaning towards an R, but the dealer thinks an E might be better for me ($5k cheaper). He has an R on the lot, but he can find an E easily I guess. Anyway, the E has a 2 spd hydro, and no adjustment to speed up or slow...

I'm looking for a new JD 3 series tractor (or a Kubota L). I have seen a 3039R but I noticed there is also a 3038E listed on their website. The 3R seems to be a little more than $4k more expensive than the comparable 3E. What is the difference between the 3e Series and the 3R series in...

I'm a new guy here. I am considering a new and modern tractor. I need help. While waiting to have my registration approved, I have meandered among the fora looking for information and getting a feel for the helpfulness of this place. I think I am in the right place. I think I know what my...

I'm a new guy. Interested in finding a new tractor. I live along a river near Story City Iowa and have a very early Ford 8N that has been a lot of fun and help, but I'm getting ready to move on. I need advice and suggestions as to what might be best for my purposes. I'll post a thread in the...