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My 3046R has a mid- and rear- PTO with a shift selector for one, the other or both. Also the PTO is either engaged or braked meaning the shaft doesn't turn freely if PTO is engaged or not. This caused me considerable frustration hooking up implements that I couldn't just turn the shaft by...

One my 3046R the PTO stopped working. It is activated by a switch, passing several interlocks, to a solenoid hydraulic valve, to a hydraulically actuated clutch, through some gears, to the rear- and mid- PTO shafts. I verified it was powering the solenoid so the next step was the solenoid...

I'm covered up in bush honeysuckle, especially along the creeks, roads, and edges of fields. It dominates the understory and doesn't let new trees grow through it. I've sprayed, cut, pulled by hand, even bought a Fransgard V5000 logging winch to pull them out. But everything is a lot of work...

I was going to take all four tires off to have them loaded. The wheel covers the axle almost to the differential. The only good place to jack in the back is in the middle under the drawbar mount. But bottom of the differential is a thin casting and semi-flat with nowhere to put a jackstand...

I grew up around a small sawmill in the south. We skidded with horses, then a 3200# 28HP John Deere 420, then a MF65. Dad had a G John Deere. Worked for a farmer with a Ford 841 Powermaster and a MF1085. Then life and kids and work happened for 35 years and I bought 40 acres and a '70s Case...