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I went to use my JD4100 MFWD the other day and noticed a puddle of gear oil under one of the front wheels. Pretty obviously the seal at the lower steering joint had let loose and drained the oil from the front axle tube and differential. I had not noticed any previous slow leaking the last...

I have a project where the 49" bucket would be much better suited to what I am doing. I have the 61" bucket on my JD 4100 loader. Posting here on the off chance that somebody here in the Twin Cities area has a 49" bucket on their John Deere and would be willing to swap for the few weeks the...

I stupidly left my JD4100 parked outside this weekend, not realizing that last night's low was going to be so cold. When I went to start it, it cranked over, but didn't seem like the fuel was flowing or maybe just not vaporizing. I cycled the glow plug on for several seconds before each...

I have been looking at what it would take to build or obtain a small ice resurfacing setup to maintain a small skating rink on the lake behind my house. From what I can tell, the small units are just a box with a sharp blade in them that scrapes rough spots off the top of the ice. (They also...

I am upgrading the finish of my workshop area and garage floor and would welcome opinions on the flooring types I am considering. Pros & Cons of Each that I know of so far with quesitons intermixed: A. Epoxy Coating. Reasonable Price Moderately Durable Some Concern With Scratching When...

The thread on pickup dump beds inspired me to think that pickup truck beds actually kind of suck for heavy duty use. I came up with a list of features I wish my truck bed had, and I bet others who use their trucks for more than just daily commute would want as well. (This idea excludes trucks...

I found a deal on some used JD Aercore 1000 aerators. PTO-powered, 36" wide. It looks like there are enough good parts on the two units to have one working unit and some spare parts. What would a going used price for this model be? For PTO-powered aerators in general? - Rick

Was on the Bobcat site and found they are showing their new 4x4 Utility vehicles (this may be old news - I haven't followed this forum for a while). Overview: Bobcat 2100, 2200 and 2300 Utility Vehicle The model 2300 has a lift arm (called Rapidlink) in the front configuration like a Toolcat...

What would be a resonable daily rental price for a small brush cutter to attach to my JD 4100? I am trying to estimate if it would be cheaper for a buddy to borrow my tractor and rent the cutter or just hire somebody to come do the wokr for him. - Rick

\"Ready Welder\" Owners? I am thinking of purchasing a Ready Welder for occasional repairs and hobby fabrication of thick aluminum sectioned things like docks and boat lifts. The concept of using automotive or marine style lead-acid batteries for welding voltage seems sound enough. I am more...

Before today, the only Toolcat I ever saw around here was parked at a Bobcat dealer. Then this morning on the way to work, I saw one tooling down the shoulder carrying a 55 gallon gas drum in the bucket like he went to refuel something. About mile past that, I came up and followed one being...

I am looking for the lightest dump trailer I can find to maximize payload for my truck's towing capacity of apx 10,000 lbs. I also want to be able to fit my tractor in the trailer, so I need at least 12' long. 14' long by 80" wide would be the ideal size, but I am not sure I want to add the...

I wanted a leaf vac for my JD 4100. The JD high-dump system was way out of budget. I like the trac vac model that uses trash cans because it looks easy to empty into a trailer for off-site comkposting, but it was also a bit out of the budget. Then, a buddy had an old snowblower with a good...

Ballast block for use with my 4100 / 410 loader. 10-1/2 sacks of quick-crete. Two 3/16" flats with 3/4" hole dilled through the end welded to an off-the-shelf cat-1 drawbar. Some additional rebar thrown into the forms in case it cracks. Estimated weight = 900 lbs. I tapered the front so it...

Anybody know of a good source for the heavy nylon woven mesh fabric that is used for grass-catching bags? I need to find something that will keep the leave and clippings IN the material colleciton system I am building without clogging. To quote Mr. Dyson, "It loses suction...". - Rick

I am adding a material collection system (semi self-built) to my JD 4100 so I never have to rake leaves again! I am contemplating offering leaf collection service for a few seasons to help offset and justify the cost. Not wanting to get into a full-fledged mowing business, I would target...

The CDC (Center for Disease Control) website has all of their FACE - Fatality Assesment Control and Evaluation reports online. CDC - Face Reports We can all learn from the mistakes described in these reports. I found it interesting that a high percentage of the MN ones were simply titled...

My dream replacement machine for residential yard maint. would be a smaller version of the Bobcat toolcat with the following list of features and specs: 1000 lbs net when configured for mowing. 44" wide, 96" long (no attachment), 78" max Height. 24 x 9.5 x 12 aprox tire and wheel size all...

Now that the lakes here in MN are frozen, lots of people are out ice fishing, etc on the lakes. It occured to me to wonder if it would be safer to use a seatbelt/ROPS or to not have a seatbelt/ROPS while working on a frozen lake with a CUT. Some of the things I anticipate doing are towing an...

Extended 54\" Blade to 66\" with UDPE Wear Strip I put a 1/2" UDPE (Ultra-High Density Poly...) wear strip on my front blade to keep it from scratching up my new driveway. While I was at it, I added a little width. My 4100 seems like it can push more snow than the stock 54" blade carried, so...

I have seen reference to a "floating top link" in regards to a rear rotary cutter. How compatible is a floating top link with a quick-hitch like i-Match? - Rick

Anybody know why cat-I quick-hitches are sized for cat-II pins? I know that its a simple matter to add the adapter sleeves to all the attachments, but wouldn't it be better to just have cat-I sized hooks on the quick-hitch? - Rick

Last weekend, I took apart the front wheel gearcase on my JD4100 to replace a leaking seal that was leaving annoying puddles of 90W on my garage floor. I re-assmbled it, and the bevel gear between the axle housing and the steering pivot housing binds like the clearances are wrong. As I was...

It occurs to me that a compact tractor can do a lot of the job a UTV (utility all-terrain vehical) does. Maybe not as comfortably, maybe not as fast, and only with one seat, but if the tractor makes a "good enough" UTV, maybe I can skip getting the UTV? Or to turn it around, is a UTV enough...

I am curious as to what the typical price of a quick-hitch would be. I see Northern has them for about $199. Is this typical? What about brand-named quick-hitch like JD i-match, etc? Also, similar question on weight boxes? What is the typical price on these? - Rick

I am looking to add an aerator to my JD 4100. I would like to think that something that is actually powered and pushes the tines vertically in and out of the ground would do a much better job and disrupt the lawn a lot less than the units that roll along with the "spoons". Trouble is, the only...

As I am putting in my new yard and grass, I am curious as to what a reasonable slope side hill to expect to mow on is. The JD Manual does not express a side tip angle spec for the tractor with the MMM. Any ideas what a reasonable safe operational limit is? What the absolute tip angle might...

My 410 loader has always seemed a bit underpowered. I was using it the other day to load sand to prepare the floor of my new garage and I was uanble to sccop a full heaping bucket out of the pile without pushing and pulling the tractor back ond forth a bit. Is there an easy way to test the...

Driveway Base: is 12\" Crushed Stone Overkill? I am working on putting in a concrete driveway on my new house construction. Since I am going to be spending big $$$ on a concrete drive, probably with some expensive decorative features for the wife like added color and perhaps some edging or...

My Test-Drive Chair Arrived Today via UPS. - Rick

Anybody have the ATI Tach-All Quick-Attach adapter on their JD loader? How does it work? Any complaints? How much did you pay? What did you do for aux hydraulics up front? I am considering getting one to be able to use rental skid-steer attachments. - Rick

I am looking to add an auxialary hydraulic pump and control valves to my tractor so I can use hydraulic attachments designed for small skid-steers and mini-loaders. These attachments are more readily available than PTO-driven 3-pt ones at rental yards in my area. A lot of these attachments...

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I am sorry to report on my bad experience shopping at a dealer here in town. I won't mention names - they will know who they are and perhaps all the dealerships can learn from this story. As is evident from some of my previous posts, I am looking at purchasing a small backhoe for my JD 4100...

I have been looking for options on a small backhoe for my John Deere 4100 (18 HP, maybe 2800 lbs with loader attached). I would like to use it for landscaping (tree planting), sprinkler system install, drainage, utility line install, demolition of an old asphalt driveway and concrete garage...

I have the John Deere 51-inch front-mount rotary sweeper that I would occasionally like to run in reverse so as to "pull" when sweeping instead of pushing everything in front of the tractor. Yes, this sounds like a great way to get the operator really dirty, but I think it might be really...

I am looking at adding a Kioti Backhoe to my John Deere 4100 (a very small compact). The John Deere BH for my tractor is too expensive and the local Kioti dealer has a used BH that I can certainly adapt. I just want a small BH for a small garage addition project (5' deep footings) and then use...

I am looking for a smaller backhoe for my JD4100. Looking at the specs on the web, the Bradco 3265 looks like the model I want. Anybody have any pricing info on this model? Other similar models I should consider? Good mail-order Bradco dealer? Good Bradco dealer in Twin-cities, MN area? - Rick

I am shopping for a small backhoe attachment for my JD 4100. I am not really impressed with the JD hoe that is available. The JD subframe requires the MMM and 3-point to be completely removed before being installed. Not that I want to mow with the hoe on, but I would like to minimize the...

I am thinking about getting a JD 46 BackHoe for my 4100. I am concerned that so much of the 3-point and MMM stuff needs to be taken off and on to swap between mowing and backhoe. I spent some time looking at the drawings on www.JDparts.com and it looks like the subframe bolts on to the...

I needed to move my fishing boat out of the way of some construction activity on my property. Problem was, the normally light-weight boat and trailer was very tongue-heavy because a bunch of water had collected in the front of the boat and was frozen there. It was too heavy to lift the...

Are the bucket attachment plates from any of these mini-loaders compatible? I am thinking of building an adapter to allow mini-loader attachments to be mounted on my loader arms because the mini-loader attachments are more readily available at rental centers. I think most of these use a very...

I had the mid-mower off of my 4100, but I left the linkage on because I just had a quick couple of things to do with the loader. One of the pins that holds the linkage to the 3-pt lift arm fell out at some point and I noticed one of the mower links dragging on the ground. I dodn't think much...

I used my new FEL to remove the snow today because it was already on the tractor. Also I wanted to play with it and learn how to use it. Normally, I would use my 54" front blade and I also have a 47" front-mount snowblower and a 54" rotary broom. I offer this comparison of the four...

To save a few dollars, I picked up my new 410 loader for my 4100 in a crate and installed it myself. Bolting the mount brackets on was not too bad, but there was some confusion with the hydraulic connections. The instructions specified which connections on the loader went to each color...

I am planning to purchase a 410 loader for my 4100 for use during our house-building project. I was also contemplating the JD fork attachment as well for moving and load/unload of building materials. I thought I saw a number somewhere that the capacity with the forks was only 276 lbs. This...

I am looking to add a 410 loader to my JD 4100 in anticipation of starting our house-building project. Just wondering what a good, average, and too-high price might be to pay for this attachment. Also, if anybody has any price paid info for the very hard-to-find used variety. Most of the...

I was graphically reminded the other day watching TV of how easily big heavy things like tractors roll over on hills, etc. I was a show like Amazing / Stupid Home Videos. They had a segment that shows some guys hooking up a winch from a tow truck to upright a tractor that had rolled over on...

I have one major complaint about my new JD 47" front mount snowblower - the disharge chute rotation angle is limited to about +/- 85 degrees. Often it is nice to be able to angle the chute slightly back, but this snow-blower didn't allow this. I am not sure if the limitation is for safety...

When I put the snowblower on the front of my 4100, it was recommended to add 120lbs of weights to each rear wheel. This wouldn't really help take any weight off the front wheels, but I suppose it improves stability and adds traction. I haven't had any traction issues without weights, but I...

Looking to make my recently purchased "used" JD mower deck and front blade look a little less used, I stopped by the local dealer and picked up some JD Yellow touch up paint. The spray cans were $6.50 each. I figured it would take at least two cans, maybe three to cover the deck with two...

Yesterday, I was reminded of the mundane but very real safety hazard of vehicle traffic when operating a tractor. Due to the direction of the wind, it was most comfortable to blow the snow off of my driveway in a direction such that I was backing out of the end of the driveway onto the road...

I just purchased a used 1999 JD 4100 HST, 400-some hours, Turfs, 60" Mid-Mower, 54" Front Blade, and 51" Broom: $11,150 + Tax. For comparison to a new machine, www.4turf.com (which is actually a dealer in MN near me) shows these prices on their web site: List price, new: 14,605 tractor...

I have recently purchased some lakeshore property and one of the new chores that comes with it is grooming a large sandy beach at the lakeshore on a regular basis. I am considering a JD 4100 (and also the Kubota BX2200) since they seem to be the smallest "garden" tractors with 4wd. A 4' or...