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Xtreme Duty 6 Way blade: Website description, pictures and the product video all clearly stated and showed a castle nut to adjust the blade rotation. It is/was a selling point as to why you should buy theirs instead of someone else's. Well, despite clearly saying that they do, they don't build...

That's because of the treatment of people who have voiced issues on social media by both employees of the company and EA fans. If you posted about a problem on their Facebook page it turned into a 150+ comment bash fest. If you contacted the company directly they told you, and I quote, "if you...

Those are terrible, get yourself a couple sizes of these. https://www.amazon.com/OTC-4555-Heavy-Duty-Filter-Wrench/dp/B002NR7TMA

We're off grid in Washington State so this would effectively ban our house and we would have to sell and move. There's no realistic way to make and store enough solar energy to do any of this. I'm in the process of upgrading our solar system and just the components so far is $26k. That's with...

... mmkay... They're constantly being sued for fraud but you know, what's a little bank fraud between friends? https://finance.yahoo.com/news/wells-fargo-scandals-the-complete-timeline-141213414.html And then the latest one...

You're right I misread it, sorry Hay Dude! As to the ARMs I stand by my opinion, those are terrible and I can't believe anyone recommends those. Do a fixed rate mortgage and if rates go down refinance.

As someone who's debit card number has been stolen 3 times, this is not true. If you report a fraud charge they lock the card, not the account. You can go to the bank and get a new card made the same day. I know this because I had to do it 3 times last year. Someone within the banking system was...

So you spent $3000 to save $500? Your financial math is, iffy :) Don't I remember you recommending adjustable rate mortgages or was that someone else?

Just make sure whatever you buy has the rippers mounted to the back of the cross tube instead of slotted through it. That's pretty much Woods or EA. I have the Woods BSM84, 1/2" steel side plates, slightly heavier than the EA, it was cheaper, and it was in stock too. I use it on a 62hp tractor...

Those didn't have a DPF, at least I don't think so and I used to work for International so hopefully I would know... In 2006 they had a catalytic muffler. Almost all that I know of have been removed now, they were fairly expensive to replace IIRC and most people just put a normal muffler in...

Thank you, I should have worded it better. I had a bad experience with them.

Who deleted my comment? I didn't break any rules. Are we letting advertisers delete negative feedback now?

I have a rider on my homeowners insurance for my tractor and my trailer, both are VERY inexpensive, it costs almost nothing. I have Safeco for what that's worth.

I didn't think to take a picture but it looks exactly like your 4 string just with 2 instead.

My dealer can't seem to find them, they only have the 2 string version.

Do you have a part number for the Stihl 4 string head?

I bought a Graco X5 and it's awesome, worth every penny. The only thing I don't like about it is you spend more time setting up and cleaning it when you're done than you do painting. It does a much nicer job than a roller and brush and it's way faster.

Land planes are great for ruining a freshly spread gravel road. Absolutely worthless on fresh gravel, you can make them slightly less bad by raising the cutting edges or extending your top link to raise the front of the implement. A box blade with the top link extended to raise the cutting...

I used to work for an International dealer as a mechanic, those are a fine truck engine. They had EGR and a catalyst muffler which could easily be removed in favor of a normal muffler. Most frequent problems are injector harnesses and leaks in the high pressure oil system. Just don't buy the...

You might as well burn $100 bills in the middle of the floor to stay warm.

I almost choked reading this, I just bought four 4.2kwh LiFePO4 batteries for my house... Each one cost more than you're saying a 22kwh battery costs and that was at dealer cost which is 40% off list. Take your $80/kwh you found on Google and multiply it by 2-5x depending on the application. If...

I've had both, you want adjustable cutting edges. I currently have an EA and it's lack of adjustability is a point of frustration for me. They work much better when you can adjust the cutting depth. Also the cross tube part of the frame isn't high enough above the leading cutting edge so it...

Yes, switch to the Y-blades, hammers are for brush.

Bitter much? Sounds like you care more about what lawnmower I have than my neighbors would if I had any. To answer to your question though, no, it didn't. It was 40 years old and completely worn out. The last time I used it it broke a spindle and a belt idler locked up. Had no brakes, burned...

An old 13.5 HP Craftsman

I bought an S240 last year, I really like it. I was a little worried it would have a tendency to get stuck being a lot heavier than what I was using before as my yard is very wet and very rough, nope. It goes everywhere, I'm very happy with it.

He's a YouTube expert, his dad had a tow behind flail mower or something IIRC...

Mowing the lawn

Up until recently they all did.

As an off grid person, insurance is a non issue. I've had no problems getting coverage and just switched carriers to save some money actually. The wood stove is far more of a problem with insurance than being off grid is. Now, getting a mortgage is, very difficult, but not impossible either.

As a Suburban owner, no you didn't. That costs $220+ right now. You may have 'topped it off' but there was no filling going on... Lol

Couple farms around here running fuel and lube trucks have them all setup to carry less than 900 gallons (if I recall correctly) so that they don't fall under hazmat rules. I've never looked into it myself or tried to find the regulation so I can't verify that though.

I work for a fire department as a mechanic, another local department is building two new fire stations and wanted to prewire them for charging electric fire trucks (all of the large manufacturers are now offering them). They showed the specs for the charger to the building engineer and the color...

This ^^^^ Also typically you only see rear wheels on crop shredders. For normal use as a flail mower the rear roller works better.

I like my 261 a lot but it burns wayyyy more gas than my 032AV or my buddies 271.

As someone who lives off grid, yes solar does work when it's cloudy (at like 10% output). However, if the goal is for everyone to heat their homes with electricity and drive electric cars then solar is not viable, like, at all... As a supplemental source and for off grid applications it's...

I worked for a hay farm up until like three years ago, it's only 90 acres you guys... He's not doing 1000 acres a season, open station is fine. A cab tractor with non functioning A/C is much worse than an open station tractor.

Those are awesome tractors and the A/C will legitimately freeze you out. For haying work you really need to have a good cab with good A/C or no cab at all. For less than 100 acres I'd probably lean towards no cab. I bought my MF 184-4 from a guy that was using it as a baler tractor, other than...

It's like a round hedge trimmer, store said they just got them in and had only sold one so far to a guy using them for clearing blackberries and he loved it. We'll see how well it works. https://www.stihlusa.com/products/multi-task-tools/kombisystem-attachments/rgkm/

Spent some money today, I'd never seen one of the funny reciprocating brush heads before.

Banded (multi rib) AG belts will put an end to those kind of problems and they last a lot longer. I switched a 12 ft Taarup mower conditioner and a 6ft New Holland flail over to banded belts a couple years ago, both went from destroying 3 or 4 sets of belts a season to lasting 2+ years.

You've probably not read the deeds to your properties closely enough... Usually there will be a page attached that says, "exceptions".

I'm literally as far away as you can get from them and the shipping charge was only $250 or so last time I bought something.

If you could only have one system would you go with the Stihl Kombi or the M18? I have about a mile driveway though the woods that I maintain, it's not something that I'm going to use every day but a couple days a year it's going to get used a lot. I'd be getting the pole saw, hedge trimmer, and...

That's not how batteries work, you're describing connection problems.

Trailers have pretty much doubled around here, I saw a wrecked 7x14 cargo trailer sell for $7000 the other day. Wheel and hub ripped off with one axle chained up. Nuts.

I'm not sure what the market share of Chinese panels here in the US is but I'm not sure it's that high, we have a pretty high tariff and there's a lot of panels made in North America and Europe now. I live off grid (solar) and I have a connection to a Victron Energy dealer, because of that I'm...

I've used a telehandler before, took two people though. You need a threaded lifting adapter so you can lift the pipe and a piece of slotted steel plate to hold the sections up at the coupler while you disconnect them and re-rig your lift. I've heard of well pump pullers similar to a tripod setup...

I actually did have a negative experience with them, ended up sending the implement back for warranty repairs and it came back 'sort of' fixed... Their response was basically it's not supposed to be pretty and sell it if you don't like it. Most of my highschool metal shop would have done a...

I didn't use the latch, that's the 'butt plate' that comes with the kit. That said, even without the latch there's not that much play between the gates, maybe 4" at the most if you push each gate opposite directions. I did look at them when I bought my setup and they looked they would work...

I used Ghost Controls, no problems so far other than if it closes on a car (or in my case a log processor) and safeties out it's a bit of a trick to get it to reset. Installation and programming was super easy. I used the small solar panel and the battery hasn't run dead in the year and half...

Got the front hub all put back together and then finished up my mechanical fuel pump and CAV filter delete.

You do realize that probably everyone there is off this week and also it's only been what, 5 days? I think I'd take a chill pill for a minute. Hopefully they get it get taken care of quickly for you but you have to realize that they're not Amazon. The guy in the service department that I've...

What did you do to your tractor today? Most every forum I'm on has one of these threads and I couldn't find one other than the Power Trac thread so I figured I would start one. Tore apart the leaking front hub on my 184-4, all the internals look good so I'll get some seals ordered and be back...

Welcome from Conway!

I wouldn't buy a Taarup mower, not much parts support for those anymore if you break it.

Hey neighbor! I don't have a tiller for you but I can probably almost see your house. I live in Conway overlooking the bay. Sent from my XP8800 using TractorByNet mobile app

I'm in almost exactly the same boat you are, we live in WA and have 30 acres of forestland. Off grid with solar and a generator, nearest utilities are a mile away but it's a rock hillside so it's not realistic to run power. These people want to end our way of life even though we do more for and...

You can still buy those wheels... Just throwing that out there as an option. Sent from my XP8800 using TractorByNet mobile app

It's reverse rotation with hammers, not sure why all my pictures aren't working though. Sent from my XP8800 using TractorByNet mobile app

My new one showed up and I got it put together today. Much better fit for the tractor than the FM-78 that I had. Sent from my XP8800 using TractorByNet mobile app

Mine had hammers, it was a good mower but if you cut tall grass it wouldn't pick up the tire tracks very well. Awesome in brush or even short grass though. Knives cut better if you're just planning on mowing grass. Sent from my XP8800 using TractorByNet mobile app

What about one of those samurai sickle mowers? I've thought about getting one myself. Sent from my XP8800 using TractorByNet mobile app

Well, I sold my Woodmaxx FM-78 today, the FM-88 I ordered should be here in 2-3 weeks. It'll be nice to have the extra width and offset to mow ditchbanks. Sent from my XP8800 using TractorByNet mobile app

That's normal business practice, special order and/or non stocked items are paid for up front regardless of manufacturer. If I wanted to order a Landpride implement they didn't have in stock I would have to pay up front too. When I was shopping around both Landpride and Woods were more...

Anyone can buy that book, diagnostic information is not restricted access. I don't work for a dealer. Well no, that's not how you clear a de-rate, you can't do that with a laptop either, you have to repair the problem... After that it's a matter of resetting the code which can be done through...

Workshop manuals are just that, workshop manuals. You need the diagnostic books for whatever series machine you are working on. Kubota I can not really speak to as they don't really have issues that often and all I've had to do is read and clear codes. New Holland on the other hand you can do...

You need to buy all of the manuals when you buy a new piece of equipment, not just the owner's and service manuals (there are more). Most Tier 4 machines allow for diagnostics through the user interface in the machine. The electronic/diagnostic manual (not the owner's manual) will walk you...

Their shipping charges are quite reasonable, it was $250 to ship to the Seattle WA area which is about as far away as you can get.

We live off grid and our house is run off 120w (x6) solar panels. I wouldn't do a split system like you're describing... If you have a source for used group 31 batteries then finding a matched set shouldn't be an issue, highway trucks run sets of 3 to 6 depending on the application and they're...

I have a Wood's 6ft that I bent the leading cutting edge/angle. It is somewhat deserved as it's on a 60hp tractor... The angle the cutting edge is mounted to is only 3 x 5/16, I was thinking about upgrading to a 7ft EA if it is significantly stronger, if not I'll just beef up what I have.

Can someone with an EA landplane measure the size and thickness of the angle that the cutting edges are mounted to?

You can buy a lot more tractor for $6k than an 8N... Won't have a loader but an 8N won't either (at least not a useful one). For a tractor that you're actually going to use I wouldn't even look at an 8N 'type' tractor. I've spent some time both using them and working on them, you couldn't pay me...

You don't need kevlar belts, just run a good quality banded ag belt like the one you have. Banded belts are very robust, there are 12ft mowers with 3 rib B58 belts, as long as your pulleys are aligned you should have no issues.

Just go to any farm equipment dealer and they can get you most any banded belt you want.

I had never heard of anyone sharpening flail mower blades before I joined this forum, I come from agriculture and we run them until they're worn out and then replace them. If all you cut is grass they might hold an edge for awhile but as soon as you get into any kind of brush you'll loose it...

Those are all great tractors, I wouldn't trade any of them for a 20 series JD. That generation was prone to issues it seems like. If you want a loader I would try and find either a slightly newer or much older tractor than the one you're looking at. Kuhn GA series rakes are expensive time...

I think I would repin the factory connector before I hacked up the wiring on a brand new tractor, especially still being under warranty...

Do you not have a New Holland dealer? I just bought 5 gallons a week or two ago.

I didn't actually say that, you quoted someone else... I was just adding context to his response :)

OP was looking at a used one, I know they had gearbox problems for several years and it cost almost as much as a new mower to fix it. There were several with blown gearboxes on Craigslist when I was looking for a mower. I'm sure they've fixed it by now on the new ones.

Yes, they run small, they're also fairly stiff for the first week or two until they break in.

I've worn these every day for a couple years now HEX® Knee/Elbow/Shin Pads/Pair They're great, they stay put all day and they're comfortable enough that you forget you're wearing them when you're not on your knees.

Yeah, looking out towards Whidbey Island.

Nice day for mowing

I just ordered one of their XD 6-way blades and they said 12-14 weeks out. I talked to a couple local farm equipment dealers before hand and they're 16+ weeks out.

Pulled it out of the shop where it lived all winter and hooked up the mower.

You know what is so sad about this is that none of those people had to die, we have treatments for covid that work, several actually, and no one will tell you that. CDC won't tell you that, most local health agencies won't tell you that. Just wear your mask and wait for an experimental vaccine...

Cell phone takes too long and distracts you too much for field work. You need to be able to key the mike to talk and then go right back to focusing on what you're doing. We bought Motorola 2 way radios at my last job but the range wasn't really any better than a CB, we had trouble talking any...

Look at Sonim phones, they offer a push to talk feature like Nextel used to have.

On worked ground foam markers work great, on an established grass field they're useless IMO, you can't get the foam streamer to stay on top of the grass long enough to come back on the next pass. They're fairly inexpensive to buy and setup though, just depends on what you're spraying. On worked...

It's very similar to a 5.9L or 8.3L that you would find in an IH product of the same era in my opinion. Simple to work on and not many special tools needed that I can remember.

I've worked on a 1095 bale wagon a fair bit that had a 7.5L in it. Did a pump and injectors at 7000 hrs but other than that no real issues with it.

Edit: Here's the link that works Guidance | Mobile RTK | John Deere US

So, ok... You didn't read my post and I'm guessing you have no experience in commercial agriculture. We're not talking about flying airplanes here, this is setting a straight line for field work to reduce crop loss caused by overlap or misses during spraying or cultivation. If you read the last...

If your GPS unit is off 20 ft that's because it's using the same location technology as your cell phone. A 'real' GPS unit is accurate to about 6 inches or even less (1-2") if you have a base tower setup. That said, I've sprayed with a cell phone app. It's better than nothing but that's also...

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Bought a new 261c, it's time for the 032 to retire to backup status.

Bought the tractor we've been borrowing the last few months, the cat seems to think it's his though.

Put 5 or 6 hours on the WoodMaxx this week, so far so good. I did loctite and torque all the important fasteners, I also put some washers in the gap between the access door and the side frames so you can actually tighten the bolts down instead of leaving them loose to rattle. It does a nice...

New member, just bought 30 acres of forestland, the property is mostly hillside with several overgrown logging roads crossing it. I've been borrowing a New Holland 918H, after a lot of time reading this thread I ordered a Woodmaxx FM-78. It was delivered last week, the upper part of the 3 point...

Longtime lurker, finally decided to make an account. We just bought 30 acres which is mostly forestland and I'm currently working on buying a tractor and all the associated implements to maintain the property.