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    help identifying chinese excavator fitting

    See if this video helps.
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    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    Not sure about scrap, but - https://www.memphisnet.net/
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    Help Getting JD 6400 Started In Cold Weather After Sitting for 5 years

    Old mechanic showed me a cool trick - soak a rag in gas & hold over the air intake - works better (& easier on engine) than ether.
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    Is this trailer a “steal”?

    Good deal if you have something to pull it with. Pintle hitch works great if you have a large truck. Not so great with a pick up. Triple axle eats tires pretty bad until you learn NOT to turn too sharp if can help it.
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    Lift pallet of wood pellets with front loader hack?

    No problem rigging pallets to lift - just make sure you put the lifting straps or chains under the pallet runners & not under the top planks. Connect straps to the beam behind the bucket if the load is greater than the loader will lift from the bucket lip. You can tell when the rear end is...
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    Concrete placement bucket

    Probably had some, but we poured slow out of the bucket - that was about 15 years ago & the 120' tower is still standing on the ridge. The onsite engineer watched the pour & approved it, but we all agreed it wasn't the best solution to the problem - but it was the only way to get the concrete up...
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    Male Square Head Pipe Plug with starting to round off - What to do?

    Wow, Stillson is a tool company that made pipe wrenches, not the name of the tool.
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    Concrete placement bucket

    It can be done, as said above - biggest issue is separation of mix while hauling. We hauled 27 yards about 3 miles up a mountain in 2 big loaders one time for a tower foundation, basically the same as what you are doing - drilled piers with sonotube. Ours were 6' diameter & 25' deep.
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    Anyone else seeing signs of an early winter?

    Not sure about early, but here in West Tx, we had a very dry year - I got more rain one night a couple of weeks ago than I had since Sept 2021. The mesquite trees produced more beans this year than I have seen in a long time, cover the ground about 1" deep. Oldtimers tell me that means a rough...
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    John Deere 260 Backhoe swing cylinder - SNAP!

    You need a gland wrench to unscrew the gland nut. Amazon has them. A good welder can build one. The gland will unscrew, the rod & piston can them=n be removed from the barrel. Looks like the rod may be bent to me. A machine shop can build a new rod. If you weld it protect the chrome on the rod...
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    Hearing problems?

    Internet search for Phonak P-70 will bring a result for $1357.00. I paid audiologist $6k for mine.
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    Help Me Understand Septic Problem

    Use one of these - https://www.lowes.com/pd/Homewerks-Worldwide-2-in-x-2-in-x-2-in-dia-x-4-in-L-Coupling-PVC-Fitting/50160525
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    Replacing wheel on gator after flat

    Easiest way to put a wheel on any type of hub with lug bolts. Roll the tire onto a bar under the hub & use the bar as a lever to raise the tire/wheel into place. You can move the bar left/right to turn the wheel enough to line up the bolts.
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    Fuse Panel

    Maybe this link will help? https://techpubs.deere.com/en-US/Search/Equipment You should be able to get to a PDF of the operators manual that will show the fuze box.
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    Burned Up Trailer Wiring

    You can order it online. http://www.whereisbobl.com/tiger/smoke.html
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    Burned Up Trailer Wiring

    Trailer battery may be backfeeding through the charger to a shorted wire. If the truck was feeding a short it would blow the fuse. Has to be the trailer battery or something that is un-fused to burn up the wires. There is probably a diode in the charging circuit that is bad.
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    Marking your tools

    Easy way is to take a grinder/cut off wheel & put 1, 2, or 3, notches on the handle, head, grip - whatever. Doesn't take much - just make sure your friends don't use the same number of notches!
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    Hydraulic Fitting ID?

    Grind the compression sleeve off, slide new sleeve on old fitting & press the new sleeve. Hydro shop should be able to do it.
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    Will this hold or crack over time? Do more passes?

    Manufacturers have engineers that run the calcs on stress & loading & they specify weld process, weld size & joint configuration required. If the loads on a particular joint doesn't need CJP to hold then the manufacturer isn't going to waste the costs of beveling, & welding when a simple fillet...
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    How do I Extend a Hydraulic Rod Without Power?

    Measure center to center on the attachment holes on the tractor. Tie one end of the cylinder to to something solid. hook a comealong to the other end. Set the cylinder ends at the center measurements. Install & forget about it.
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    Why would a mower melt 20 amp fuses?

    I had a welder with an ONAN engine. It started burning out batteries. Found a bad voltage regulator. Engine was making 18 volts & overcharging the battery. Simple to test for - check battery voltage while it is running.
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    Separate Nails from Wood Ash

    Put your magnet in a steel can. When you want to clean it, just pull the magnet from the can & everything falls off.
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    Collapsed culvert washout

    Brush & sticks in your back fill will rot & disintegrate over time leaving channels for water to seep through. You said there was limb trash in your original back fill? That might be the problem here.
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    Putting wood over steel deck trailer

    Paint the floor & while it is wet sprinkle some blast sand over it. When it drys you have a non-slip steel floor that will last forever.
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    Trailer refurb

    I replace wood floors with 6" C purlin. Never have to do it again. Roll on paint when your done & sprinkle some balst sand over the wet paint for traction. Or bed coating. Makes a real good long lasting floor.
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    Re-Bar ? -- Wrought Iron , or steel -- OR other OR a combination

    Several different grades of rebar. Some weldable some are not. Some are bendable, some are not. Check the markings as shown above & do some research if the project is critical.
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    Are the hydraulic hoses normally routed stupid

    We use a lot of these type coax hangers in the tower business, but thye work great for securing hoses on equipment. https://www.ebay.com/itm/224441599976?hash=item3441c307e8:g:og4AAOSw55ZgKvq5
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    Nelson stud welder

    Maybe use a short pipe that will fit in the hole. Then use a 3/32 7018 welding rod inside the pipe like this -
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    Boots for the forest

    West Coast Shoe Company https://builder.wescoboots.com/ Another custom boot company that makes a really good boot.
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    Rotary Cutter Bush hog blades won't turn

    Looks to me like the vertical shaft has slipped down - see where it has been rubbing on the housing? This drops the beveled gear down where it won't engage the horizontal shaft.
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    Stabilizing clamp on forks?

    We had some heavy duty bolt on forks for a backhoe. What we did was weld some large washers on the inside of the bucket where the clamp bolts touched the bucket. This gave us a fixed width, but that was where we needed to keep them anyway. The bucket had a reinforcement plate in line with the...
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    Can anyone identify this blower?

    Can't find a photo of a AC stripper blower fan, but here is a pic of a John Deere fan.
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    Front tire goes flat with tube

    It is possible that your rim is cracked. That would cause the tubeless to leak down & could be pinching the tube when it flexes causing the tube to go flat. If the tube leak is on the inside radius that is what it is. Just take some duct tape & wind it a few layers on the rim before you mount...
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    Miller 225g welder replacement engine

    Just an FYI, even though this is an OLD post - There is a company that specializes in re-powering equipment like welders, mowers, small tractors, etc. Oddly enough they are called Repower Specialists. https://repowerspecialists.com/ They have a lot of info regarding the different shafts on...
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    Can anyone identify this blower?

    Looks like a blower fan for a IH or AC cotton stripper to me. Creates an air stream that sucks the cotton out of the header & blows it into the basket. Probably Allasion Chalmers.
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    Beware of the shop-vac trick when changing hydraulic filters...

    That deck fitting has a tube that goes to the bottom of the waste tank into the fluid. As long as the vacuum hose doesn't reach the liquid it only pulls a vacuum on the tank. Only oil that will go into the vacuum tank is maybe some mist droplets caused by the agitation.
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    My 1995 F450 dump truck-dump goes up, won't go down

    If it is an engine driven PTO it is probably power up, gravity down. For some reason the valve isn't opening to let the fluid flow back from the cylinder. Coul be electric solenoid, stuck mechanical valve, bad relat, etc.
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    Digging trench for PVC water line, advice on potential obstacles

    Yes REALLY! Like I said - believe it or not. I can find a line most of the time within a foot. Lay an extension cord out on the ground & try it. you'll be surprised.
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    Digging trench for PVC water line, advice on potential obstacles

    Called Hydro-excavation. Oilfield uses it exclusively in gas plants. Big truck with vacuum pump & tank, uses high pressure to cut the soil out & the vacuum to suck it up. Ditch with makes a smaller version that is trailer mounted.
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    Digging trench for PVC water line, advice on potential obstacles

    Use witching rods along the trench path. It will get you close believe it or not. Two welding rods bend 90 degrees in L shape. Hold short leg loosley in each hand pointing in direction you are walking. When you cross the power line/water line they will turn towards each other. The line will be...
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    L5740 air conditioner drains clogged.

    John Deere uses some type of corrugated tube for the condensate drains. The run down inside the front cab columns. You can pull a rubber plug out of the bottom & you will find the tube has an S bend in it at the bottom like a sink drain. Pull the tube out & you can run a wire up it to clear the...
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    Welding a broken yoke back onto a 3PT tilt cylinder

    Wrap a wet rag around the shaft to protect the seals in the gland & weld that sucker up!
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    I suck: Mice!

    Check out this product http://www.rid-a-rat.com/index.html I have heard good things about them. For $50 it might be worth a try.
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    Front end loader stutters badly while raising.

    One trick to cleaning hyd screen without draining oil. Put a shop vac in the filler tube, turn it on, pull plug, remove screen, put plug back in turn vac off. Clean screen & do it again to replace it. You will loose a few drops of fluid, but not much.
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    What additives do you use in your fuel and engines?

    Marvel Mystery Oil in my diesel storage tank & Seafoam regularly in diesel truck & gas cans.
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    Grapple opens but it will not close

    Air in system causing air lock?
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    You know those property line marker stones that have been mentioned a few times?

    Actually, in Texas anyway, the boundary marker takes precedence over the meets & bounds on a survey. I figured it would be the other way, but a lawsuit I was involved in proved otherwise. Cost the company about $100k. A tower anchor was placed 5' inside the line per the meets & bounds, but 12'...
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    Question for the electric utility/line crews.

    That is a fusible link or "trap". When it is installed the line is hot when it is out the line is de-energized. It serves as a protection for lightning & as a safe way to kill power down the line for service.
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    John Deere Jobs

    Yea, but if you hire $22 an hour workers they need to be able to produce $44 an hour worth of product/service. Finding hands that will do that is hard!
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    Lost check link turnbuckle, can't buy at dealer--substitutes?

    Maybe Ebay? 2 Universal Fit 3 Point Hitch Turnbuckle Sway Check Chain Stabilizer 11.75-13.50 | eBay
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    XJ2025H not enough lift strength

    If your right hand cylinder seals are bad the fluid is bypassing pressure internally in the cylinder. Could be the issue. Test it by raising the FEL a foot or so from the ground, remove hoses on the suspect cyinder & plug both ports & the hoses. The you can lower the FEL (not running the...
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    Hauling Two 3,000 gallons water storage tanks

    8' diameter. Just lay 'em down on a 16' utility trailer, strap them down & haul them. They should fit between the rails if they are on their side.
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    Trying to remove 50 inch oak tree stump with Bobcat backhoe. Struggling

    Drill as big a hole as youcan in the center of the stump, then another hole from the side angled down into the center hole, fill with diesel until it runs out of the hole on the side. Let is soak for a day, then light it up & it will burn down from the inside out.
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    What would happen ??

    You mean like this?
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