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    New jd tractor

    I finally junked and got out from under my account mf nightmare. I went with a 3025e jd green machine. It was the biggest I could get without having this new "junky emission system" these new emission systems are a mess. Just ask the mechanics, tow truck drivers and operators. Nothing but...
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    Moving day and def problems

    Well, it is moving day. The new owner is continuing his demolition work. I will include pics. However, I got a fast hard lesson about this def emission systems. I'm glad I did not let John Deere talk me into buying a tractor with the new emission system on it. I rented a Penske truck for the...
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    The new ponderosa???

    Finally got all the paperwork and red tape threw on my new home. I feel a little "boxed in". This is definitely going to be a culture shock, but this isn't a bad retirement home. Here is some pics:
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    Which deere or is it dear

    Been studying these jd tractors. Wife is going to keep me at bay a little. I'm ready to throw the little 1025r under the bus.just don't seem to be enough tractor for me.(it is an oversized go-cart). That being said, I'm looking at 3025 and a 3032. My attachment will fit those two tractors. The...
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    Happy July 4th

    Had a pretty good yet pricey forth. Ended up in Charleston,sc. Toured the uss yorktown, took a little helicopter ride and capped it off with fireworks. Happy July 4th everyone. Here are a few pics:
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    New owner "tearing up Jack"

    Been on the east coast lining up my new has as I've sold the farm. The new owner is allowing to live hear until I get things squared away on the east coast. I came back to Kansas and half the trees are gone. Here is some pics:
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    ??? Belly mower or finish mower

    I'm pretty much retired and down sizing. Not bad, it has been a heck of a push to get where I'm at at my age. Anyway, I sold the far, a nice 7 digit figure, and I am buying a small acreage with a house.(a tinker plot more or less). My question is with is the best way to go??? A belly mower or a...
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    Deere???

    Fixing to replace my mf 1531. I'm looking really hard at a John Deere 3025e. I have looked at other brands but really considering the Deere. Any thoughts and/or opinions on this little John Deere tractor??? Any recommendations on a different tractor???
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    Mowing issues solved

    I hadba 5 ft brush hog on my mf 1531. It was both a joke and headache. There just was not enough power and enough tractor in heavy stuff. Fed up and frustrated i got a brush hog for the allis. The allis just plays with it. Brome grass, slew grass, johnson grass and little spouts of trees...
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    Your friendly neighborhood demolition guy

    Had a neighbor who want a couple of sheds taken down. I made pretty quick work if it. Here is some pics:
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    Interchangeability of old stuff

    Had a flat tire on front of the allis. Put an old pickup tire on a john deere wheel on tractor for a spare til i get my tire repaired. Also misplaced my key. Took an old case tractor key and it xits. I just love the way old stuff interchanges.
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    Flat tire oops!

    I've junked out alot of old machinery and what not just cleaning things up. Well i found oan old plow shear today with the rear tractor tire on my allis. Pshhh! Oops! Good thing i saved some of those old john deere 55 combine tires. It is a buggar to change them though.
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    Front end goes out again!!!

    Well, here we go again. I was picking up rocks with my little massey. Had a pretty good load in the bucket. Was spinning and slid it in 4 wheel drive. POP SNAP POP. Oil running everywhere on left front hub. What a piece of crap. Just rebuilt it about a year ago. This is the 4th time front end...
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    Wrong tool for the job

    Had a tree i was tired of and decided to push it with the tractor thinking it would up root and i would not have a stump to mow around. Well, as you can see in the photo it broke about even with the ground. I just told a guy on here that one of these little tractors would dig out a stump. I was...
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    Is mother nature bipolar?

    I think mother nature must be bipolar and gone off here medication. It was degrees yesterday. Happy Easter everyone.
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    Pushing and shoving allis "bulldozes path" into woods.

    Found some more scrap iron and old machinery in the woods. Easiest way to get to it was push a path into it with my allis. Here is some pics:
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    Recalling "the year spring got cancelled"

    Just ran into these old pics. It happened march 24 and 25, 2013. A freak spring snow storm. It has been 5 years now.
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    Tearing things up and having fun

    Scrapping out some old combines and machinery. Get to tear things up and have fun doing it.
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    Allis handyman jack

    Had a flat today close to home. Roaded the allis over to it and up she comes. Going to have to put more air in the front tires or find lighter things to lift up.
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    "allis dozer"

    Neighbor wanting to take down an old house. So took the allis and used it as a dozer.
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    How much to price tractor at???

    Got a guy interestedin buying my Allis chalmers tractor. It has a koyker 5 loader on it. I kind od did some "horse trading" when i bought, so really dont know what its worth. Any ideas???
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    Pics. For davem7040

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    Football???

    Well the woulda-coulda-should team, aka the kansas city chiefs have done it again. They managed to blow yet another playoff game after being up at one point by 3 touchdowns. At least everything is back to normal in Kansas city.
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    Cold weather and junk fuel

    There seems to be alot of guy struggling getting and keeping their tractors running in this cold. Here is another example of patience and hanging in there. I believe I got a hold of either summer diesel or junk fuel. I had trouble about a week ago, put a fuel filter on and added some supplement...
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    Allis takes a dive

    Well it was bound to happen, old allis Chalmers took a dive today. I piddled and fiddled put new fuel filter on little heavy dose of fuel supplement and got it to going. Took alot of tinkering but she is going now. Don't know if she gelled, bad fuel, moisture got in the tank or what. Anyway for...
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    Temp

    Well, temperature is -1 degrees Fahrenheit in whiting ks. I guess summer must be about over (lol).
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    Christmas

    I , my wife and the little guy (Alex) want take a moment and wish everyone on tbn a very merry and blessed christmas. We. Also wish each and everyone a happy and prosperous New year.
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    Santa building a toy box

    I decided to try something different for christmas. I have a little guy in need of a toy box. Now I'm no carpenter, but how hard can this be. I'm building it in the shape of a barn with a couple of 1/2 shelf / lofts for his smaller toys like hot wheel cars. This thing has become more challenging...
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    Family nearly wiped out in accident

    We had a local school who went to state and won the state championship in football. Apon returning from the football game, a family of 2 of the football players was involved in a tragic fatality accident. Apparently somebody was in a big hurry and passing illegally. They hit the family's minivan...
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    Why by new when used will do?

    Well my chain saw rapped out today. It isn't even a year old. My old old saw is still going, just pretty big and heavy saw to operate. I am tired of buying new stuff with the idea of something good and you get a disposable piece of garbage. I bought my wife an SUV. It makes regular trips to the...
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    Allis Chalmers 185 take a dive

    My allis Chalmers 185 took a dive today. It sputtered about twice. I shoved the throttle to it and that was all she wrote. I'm currently headed to town to get fuel filters. If that don't fix it, I'd appreciate some ideas cause I'll be stumped. I'll give updates as I go. Thanks.
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    How much should it cost???

    I have some used livestock related items I would like to sell, but I don't what there worth. I have some big round bale feeders, feed bunks like you use to feed range cubes, a 300 bushel feed hopper, a creep feeder for calves that holds about 600 pounds of feed. I have some used 16 foot cattle...
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    How much should they cost?

    I don't know where to put this on the forum, so I'll put it here. I have some used big round bale feeders, used feed bunks for feeding range cubes, a 300 bushel grain hopper, a creep feeder that holds 600 pounds of feed, and some cattle panels like you buy at farm and home for 20-30 dollars...
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    Flat tire? Bead off the rim? Now what?

    Recently I had a flat tire on the rear of my tractor and didn't realize it until it was broke of the rim. What a mess trying to air it up. I found a remedy that. Seems pretty effective. I used the loader on my big tractor to raise the little tractor on two wheels. (A Jack will work to raise the...
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    Parting out Massey ferguson tractor?

    As my 1531 massey ferguson compact tractor continues to have problems I am considering parting it out. I have way more money in it than it is worth and to keep paying for repairs seems like throwing good money after bad. Any thoughts, ideas or suggestions?
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    Parting out massey tractor?

    As my 1531 massey ferguson compact tractor continues to have problems I am considering parting it out. I have way more money in it than it is worth and to keep paying for repairs seems like throwing good money after bad. Any thoughts, ideas or suggestions?
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    Is stuff cheap and disposable these dsys?

    Is it me or is stuff made cheap these days. I have (now had) a 1 bottom plow for my little massey. I am in the process of making a low water crossing. Was using the plow to rip with. Low and behold I literally pulled the plow in two. Not very beefy at all. I also have a couple of old massey...
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    Sunflowers and cockaburs??? Big tractor and small mower do the trick.

    I have an old feedlot and it kind of got away from me. Now kansas thinks the sunflower is the state flower. Truth is they grow wild and somebody should ha've called them a sun-weed. Anyway the can reach height exceeding 10 ft. I knew my massey ferguson would not handle the job. I put my brush...
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    Metal fatigue/ stress crack in a 1520 loader

    The bucket on my 1520 loader is litreally stressing and cracking near the welds. The welds are fine and holding up ok. However, the metal is stressing and falling about an inch from the welds. Is anyone else experiencing similar issues? I know I have used the devil out of the loader, but now...
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    *** SAFETY ***

    Just doing a lititle surfing on TBN. Found a section on safety under genreal forums. I found what I believe to.be very good information of things that can go wrong including a video of an 8n ford tractor upsetting. Some of us are more seasoned and need a little reminder of the potential of risk...
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    How are these new case-ih tractors???

    I have been around the old 30 and 70 series case tractors. I have been around the old "m", the ih 560 and 806. After the case-ih merger, how rugged an reliable are these new new case-ih tractors? I am looking for something 25-40 hp, four wheel drive with a front end under. What kind of trouble...
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    What on God's green earth is wrong with my mower???

    I have a cub cadet zerI turn mower with a brigigs and Stratton engine. I am not bashing nothing, but the fuel delivery system is definitely not the way I would have done it. If you old school, think of the days when every thing was gravity flow and if you had trouble you just tweaked the needle...
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    Looking for feedback

    I have been around the"old two lunger" the A, the B, the 60, 730, 4020 etc. My question is how reliable and rugged are the modern John Deere tractors. It a guy want to buy a four wheel drive with a loader, how well do they perform in the field? How well does John Deere and the dealers stand...
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    Anyone ever done any extensive mechanical work on these little masseys?

    Have in of you ever really torn into and rebuilt the front differential on one of these little massey ferguson compact tractors? How tricky and tuff is it? I have average to above average mechanical ability. Can I pull it off? Also, what can you tell about the pto. I'm going to have to tear down...
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    Q/A your mechanics

    Even if you have repairs done at a dealership, better double check there work. I had kanequip rebuild the four wheel drive. Kanequip is a dealert in Kansas. I noticed a lot of slop in the front axle. I crawled under the tractor to find missing bolts, bolt only finger tight, and some just loose (...
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    1531 massey ferguson compact tractor falling apart yet agai.

    I noticed my front axle had way to much play. Kanequip (a dealer in Kansas) rebuilt the four wheel drive costing 4,000 dollars. I crawled under the tractor to see what might be wrong. I discovered loose bolts and missing bolts. Totally rediculas. I will give you an example of how bad and...
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    Furl pump on an allis Chalmers 185

    There seems to be no real forum for allis Chalmers. Has anyone been around an allis Chalmers 180-185 or 19o diesel. I have an allis Chalmers 185 (about 75 hp). It is 40+ years old. Most everything is mechanical including the fuel pump and kill switch. Once you get the tractor started you no...
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    Basic question for a "dummy"

    Call dumb, but I am not very good with high tech stuff and lingo. For the most part I'm just pushing buttons on these electronic whizzos hoping to get it to do what I want it. What do you folks mean by the term "thread"? For me thread means something your wife uses to sew up your pants or...
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    Massey nightmare continues

    I have an 0lder allis Chalmers 185 (about 75 hp), it has been a pretty good reliable older tractor. I purchased a massey ferguson 1531 four wheel drive with a loader thinking it would be a handy light tractor on the farm. I have been around the farm and tractor all my life.( all different makes...
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