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Just a volt meter. I finally got the tractor jumped off and back to the house. Battery reads 12.6-12.7 volts but tractor still makes no attempt to start. Pulled the battery and plan to take it to get tested/replaced. I did check the seat switch. I finally got it jumped and moved, so I...

A couple of days ago my 4105 died while I was cutting the field and now it won’t start at all It died like I stood up out of the seat while in gear and now doesn’t even attempt to crank. Battery tests okay and the lights come on. I have triple checked that I am in neutral, the PTO is off, and...

So, do I have to replace with the JD brand battery or is there a good way to figure out what the correct replacement is? My last tractor just had a car battery in it.

No idea actually. It looks like a JD brand battery, but I only bought it last summer. If there should be a date on it, then I can go look at it later.

So, tried to start my 4105 for the first time in several months. It sounds to me like it will try to crank for just a second or two then go to just clicking. I think I was dumb and forgot to put any stabilizer in the fuel that is in the tractor. Is this just stale fuel? Do I need to try to...

This is fixed charge + usage. The idea of the bill is that higher fixed charge with a lower per kWh cost is supposed to reduce variability in billing for utilities. I have seen that the expected decrease is from an average of 0.47pkwh to 0.27pkwh.

No specific thoughts, just wanted to make sure that you know that with only 19hp at the PTO, it might struggle some with a 5ft rotary cutter. I'm not saying it won't cut, but it will probably bog down a lot easier than you might expect.

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I know plenty of EV advocates who are also nuclear advocates. I think this article shows that it is demonstrably true that at least by 2011, all interstates in the US did not ahave a minimum speed limit of 45mph. Speeds on Rural Interstate Highways Relative to Posting the 40 mph Minimum Speed...

I don't think there is anything wrong with being serious with the idea of "innocent until proven guilty in a court of law" Even LEO's can be wrong sometimes.

Closing accounts can hurt your credit in more than one way. If you carry a balance on your cards, then closing a card can increase your credit utilization (higher is worse). It can also eventually decrease your average age of credit if you close an account that is significantly older than...

We have pretty much everything on autopay. Never had a problem. I review bills when they come in and then they come out when they are due. Almost everything is on a credit card that we pay in full every month. I think XM must be making a pretty penny from folks that don't know to go argue...

It's not a deep hole. It's a misunderstanding on your part. For more than 30 years there have been laws allowing those with significant vision impairment to use assistive devices to drive. Many states require specific certification and training to use these devices. These assistive...

I think it is interesting how this turned mostly to complaining about the way people talk. Remember that language exists as a means of communicating our thoughts and ideas to others. So if you know what they mean, there probably isn't anything wrong with it. The fact that this bothers people...

People with 20/200 vision can train to use assistive devices that allow them to see appropriately while driving. These devices can look a lot like the magnification loops you see surgeons wearing. They can correct their vision to 20/60 or 20/40 (legal to drive in most states). They might have...

First, I agree that the way "net carbs" are reported is a bit suspect. As a diabetic, you should be looking at total carbs and sugars. Second: Sugar alcohols occur naturally in many foods. Mannitol, Sorbitol, and Xylitol (the most common) are naturally occurring and usually extracted...

Capable of walking isn't the standard of who gets a handicap placard in any state. In Tennessee the qualifications are are confined to a wheelchair. walk with difficulty or uncertainty. have 20/200 vision or worse with corrective lenses. In other states, it is even more broad. If you have a...

I know that there are plenty of people who have disabilities that make it hard to walk from the back of a parking lot that can get in and out of a tall truck. I've even seen big trucks that can are modified for wheelchair users. Don't judge just because you can't quickly identify someone's...

Just want to say that for many people with type 2 diabetes, your words ring true. However, type 1 cannot be controlled by any kind of diet - a proper insulin regimen is essential. Additionally, many patients with type 2 have other factors other than their diet affecting their insulin resistance...

I had a whole thing typed out, but it isn't worth it so I'll go with... Okay boomer.

What age do you think Millennials are? I learned to drive a stick as did many around me. I still drive an automatic now because I have no delusion that there is anything better about a manual transmission for what I use my car for. Same thing with the HST. It's been drastically easier than...

Are you a puzzle worker? Because while there are some companies out there that are doing some crazy things with puzzle piece shapes, that isn't the norm. In all the pictures you posted, I don't see a single pair of pieces that look like they would genuinely fit in another's place. In a 2000...

Ravensburger is a major puzzle producer and has an option for custom photo puzzles. They can do many options all the way up to a 2000 piece puzzle. https://www.ravensburger.us/photo-puzzles/index.html I haven't gotten one but a friend has and it seems to be much the same to me as their...

Hey. Welcome to TBN. Only because no one has said it yet, did you realize this thread was 2 years old and many of the post you are quoting are from 2020. I'm a newbie at running a tractor, but my first was a basic gear drive (ford 1700) and I just upgraded to a HST. Cutting the fields is...

So I now have a Farm King Y750R finishing mower. It sat in a field for about a decade before I pulled it out to try to get it working. I was able to get it running, but I am really struggling to get the blades off for sharpening/replacement. I don't have a real breaker bar, but I am also...

Regarding drifting - its a useful racing technique (watch how rally cars take some of those tight turns). The sport of drifting (like Formula DRIFT) is a taking this technique to the extreme for the purpose of showing off a skill.

Thanks! I don't think I am supposed to have cruise control either. This is just an on/off switch as far as I can tell. I wonder if the previous owner used the additioanl locations to add custom switches. I'm planning on seeing if I can look behind the dash and see if I can tell where they...

I just took delivery of my 4105. As I was getting used to it, I noticed that are two switches on the left side of the dash that aren't labeled in my manual. Any idea what these might do or is there a checklist of things I could check to see if they affect? Thanks in advance.

Depends on the charging method. Many electric vehicles will take low-amp charging as well as high amp fast charging. Tesla Superchargers are crazy fast (180amps) but the home charger goes up to about 50amp and down to about 15. Just takes longer to charge at lower draws.

I don't think that anyone thinks EV's service every need yet. I don't think I would have only an EV if I was in a evacuation area for hurricanes. A friend who lives locally has an EV that he charges with a solar setup and it functions well enough to do so all year round. It is, of course...

Regarding that "most efficient" route. I have done some digging around, because I am seeing it a lot. Google is using speed limit data to pick a route that is close enough to the same time as the actual fastest route but limits average speed (assuming you are going the speed limit). This is...

I am not exactly sure what you are saying here, but I don't Feynman meant what you think he meant. Here is the transcript from that entire speech if anyone wants to read it: What Is Science? Einstein definitely never said this, and it is likely that no actual scientist or person worth quoting...

Does Land Pride make any claims as to the source of their parts? I can only find claims of final assembly in the USA.

As for the change in traffic you are seeing - Google Maps (and thus Waze) have recently changed their default from "fastest" to "most efficient." I am not quite sure how it calculates that, but it will send me on a 3-5min longer trip than the fastest sometimes. Often that means a backroad...

Been recently looking at either a used L3940 or L4240 in our area that are within our price range.

I'm not sure our land could be more flat except for the ditches that drain the land into the creek. We do have some areas that get muddy easily, but more because they are the edge of wetlands rather than a valley.

I think my plan for next may be to take a small out of the way area of the field to test running a plow over it. Is it possible that I would be able to get it smooth enough with a disc and then chain? I'm not sure where a tiller will be on our list of things. Tractor equipment rental isn't...

We just moved onto our land and I have about 7 acres of field around the house. It is old pasture land that is extremely bumpy and hard. I would like to work toward getting it smooth enough to cut a least a portion of it with the zero-turn. We are looking for a larger tractor, but I am...

I don't think they are deductible anymore. You used to be able to deduct moving expenses on your federal income return if you move more than 50 miles closer to your job. That deduction has been gone for a few years though.

Like many safety devices - the point is to protect innocent people from stupid people and stupid people from themselves. Mandates for safety devices don't mean that they are well designed. The fault for poorly designed ones lies with the manufacturer who put in the minimum effort more than the...

So, we have moved onto the new land finally and it is time to upgrade the little Ford 1700 I have been using to cut the field. I feel like I have read so much and looked at so many tractors, but I am getting a bit overwhelmed with what I should be looking for. Here is what I think I want...

I still love to shoot film. It just feels different with a look that is difficult to reproduce with a digital camera. I also like the physical process and the restriction it gives me. @Slowpoke Slim What you probably remember is Kodak stopping the production of both the last kind of...

We just got a new station near us selling E15. For now the price is different enough from the E0 that any loss of MPG would be made up to make it better in Miles/dollar.

I'll work on finding a mechanic. I didn't ask about if they knew the owner. It's this one if that helps: https://www.tractorhouse.com/listing/for-sale/213723423/1997-john-deere-5300-40-hp-to-99-hp-tractors

We are looking to upgrade our tractor soon and have been looking at a 1997 JD 5300 for around 25k. It is 4wd, about 2000 hrs with a loader. It's been on the lot at our local equipment dealer for a while and I was wondering why. Does this seem like the right price? Are there things I should...

I am sure they want to be compensated for the loss of their family member (and punish the dealer). However, Michigan law prevents this. So, they could fight a long uphill legislative battle against a lobby group with much deeper pockets that will not result in them being able to seek...

You are missing part of the story. The customer has already sued the dealership for indemnification against any judgment in their case. Which means if the customer "loses" the dealership pays the cost. All this is because Michigan has a law that a business/owner/boss cannot be sued for...

I tried to quote everyone who this applied to, but it got to be too much. This is really important - The owner has ALREADY sued the dealership and WON. The dealership must now indemnify the owner (i.e. pay whatever the judgement is for). As it's a civil suit, there really isn't any reason for...

Part of what draws me to the JD, is precisely it's local popularity. There are more JD dealers here locally than anything else so service would be the simplest. The Kubota dealer is still fairly new (last 5 years or so) and I am worried that the dealership (not Kubota itself) won't survive...

So we are looking to move up to a larger tractor. I love my 1700 but I could have really used either a loader or more power in the last year or so. When discussing it with someone, I mentioned looking at this '97 JD 5300 for sale near us. It meets all our criteria (4x4, loader, hp, etc)...

You may be dealing with something other than carpenter bees if you are seeing a nest with multiple bees. Carpenter bees are solitary and don't have a queen.

If you want to try something else, sometimes providing them a carpenter bee house a bit away from yours can discourage them from bothering your buildings.

The American Red Cross is one organization that runs both a blood bank an a disaster relief organization. It isn't separate. Also, they don't profit on blood donations. They charge for them to pay for the operating costs of the entire organization

Only between 3-4% of donations to the American Red Cross are used for Administration. The CEO makes about 700k. In comparison, United Way Worldwide uses about 2-3% of its donations for administration and the CEO makes about 1.2million. Numbers for United Way are distorted though since most...

To the OP Tennessee does have perimeter (property line) fence laws. If it sits right on the line, both landowners are responsible for the cost and upkeep of the fence. You should look into them and talk to your neighbors if you decide to put one on the line.

Tree law is something different. A tree has a value for lumber, but as a living tree planted in the ground, they become essentially priceless once they are old enough to not be able to replace. 100,000 doesn't sound like it is outside of some of the things I have heard for other old tree...

Yes, that is true, but it is also a thing that a good business has to predict. The point was to simplify it enough to show that any person or business might have a reason to take on more debt than they have to when conditions favor it.

Because (especially as a business) having debt and cash is better than having no debt. Let's say I need to make an equipment purchase and I could either spend cash or get a 2% loan (simplifying). However, using that cash in other places (marketing, supply purchases, investments) would make...

Also, does the gear you have it in change the speed at all? What RPM are you running at when you release the clutch?

@JC-jetro is the Ford 1700 expert here and has helped a lot of us other owners out. If you have the PTO engaged, does it turn when you release the clutch?

I am sure you will find some over in the Ford/New Holland section (you posted in the John Deere section)

Looking at a lot of the supporting documents regarding the discontinuation of 3g - it looks like while the 5 series phones could use LTE (4g) for data, they used a cell radio that used the 3g network for calls. If you appreciated the size of the 5 series, take a look at the 11 and 12 mini line...

The thing is, in TN many people live far from those state and national forests but still have a decent amount of property. Unless you live near one of those, it is actually very unreasonable to assume any tract of land is anything but private property. If you border one of those forests then...

From another Tennessean - You don't technically have to have the land posted for them to have been trespassing. Signs negate the defenses outlined in the trespassing law. They would have also been hunting without permission (doesn't take signs to be a violation either).

I think around here, everyone would call that a spike harrow.

Our hospital released those numbers at one time and it was a very small number. I think the numbers of admitted patients were something like 85% unvaccinated, 5% partially vaccinated, and 10% vaccinated

I am not saying that the bikers in the story or the ones you encounter count, but there is an exception you should be aware of called "taking the lane" which is legal everywhere I know of. https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/transportation-code/transp-sect-551-103.html One of the allowances for...

So I am trying to get a Farm King y750r finishing mower working again. My current problem is that the PTO shaft is kinda stuck. The release on either end seems to be stuck and the two halves of the PTO shaft are stuck together. Does anyone have any advice on freeing everything up and...

Two things come to mind that have affected other mowers that I have used. I would check the blades. They might not be dull, but it doesn't take a lot of damage to make them leave a less than ideal cut. It's also possible that if you have ever cut even slightly damp grass that you might have...

Just wanted to update in case anyone else reads this. The fix was a lot simpler than I thought it was going to be. Basically, I just disconnected all the wires attached a the starter motor (after disconnecting the battery of course), cleaned everything with electrical contact cleaner, and put...

So it’s clear the safety switch has been bypassed to me. I plan on fiddling with it on Monday. If anyone has got advice on running through the ignition system to try to isolate the problem, I would appreciate it.

Yeah, that is definitely not there. In fact, I think the bracket that the safety switch is attached to is also missing. I may remember that there were wires hanging down there, so I am going to assume a previous owner bypassed it. Assuming the bypass is intact, any ideas on other things...

@JC-jetro Am I right in thinking that this is on the outside of the tractor just in front of the clutch pedal? IE: I should be able to see this without taking anything else off? If so, it is definitely not there on my tractor.

So this happened out in the field the other day after I turned the tractor off to brush of the radiator. When I went to get back on, the tractor wouldn't start. Didn't even try to crank, but lights came on. Had the tractor in neutral, clutch depressed as far as it would go. After doing some...

I might have mis-explained my next problem. The tractor doesn't stall (turn off when I don't want it to). Its that it doesn't turn off when it should. Pushing the throttle all the way forward puts in it idle, but does not shut off the engine. The only I have to turn the tractor off at the...

Just wanted to say thanks. I was able to get it apart, the seal replaced, and get it all back together. Your pictures along with some Youtube videos I found really helped a lot. I can't believe it ever worked at all with the goo that the old seal had turned into. Works great now, and...

Thanks JC! I have been reading some of the older things on here. Your pictures really helped. I found the seal online, and it looks like something I can handle. This is going to be my first attempt at fixing something like this myself, so I am a bit nervous. Found a video of someone doing it...

So after mowing for about 4 hours this weekend, my 1700 began to develop a 3point problem. The 3-pt was no longer holding up the bush hog. If I fiddled with the controls a bit, it would lift up the bush hog and then drop it back again. If I let it try to hold the cutter up then it will...

Going to put all my replies in one place. For context, I work in a busy ED in a large southeast medical center. In our ER, almost every patient who got a COVID test (who was symptomatic) also got a Respiratory Viral Panel test. This test checks for multiple respiratory viruses all at once...

Sometimes those treaties actually mention the border markers since GPS wasn't a thing and there wasn't a real way to denote borders other than land features, long/lat, or markers. So, the border is the marker.

I'm sorry, but WHAT? I came here because this seemed like the most active tractor related discussion board. I recently got a tractor for our new small farm and had a lot of questions since I didn't grow up knowing anything. I started looking at the other parts of the board so that I was...

An 8 year old uncited opinion article from an economics professor isn't enough to invalidate every bit of data on the EPA website. Opinion articles (especially on Forbes) are written to generate advertising revenue not to provide unbiased facts. I'm not really sure why I engaged with this...

Some? Who is some? My numbers came from the EPA Overview of Greenhouse Gases | US EPA Greenhouse gases include more than CO2 (though we are primarily talking about CO2). Estimates for preindustrial CO2 range for 250-300 ppm. In 2019 measured CO2 was 409 ppm. Climate Change: Atmospheric...

I am just going to say that a 30-50hp electric tractor sounds amazing for me. I assume it will be much quieter than my tractor and my ears aren't getting any better. I would love to be able to have a conversation without turning the tractor off. Charge time and run time sounds great, but I...

We have a beaver family living in our pond. They wouldn't bother me if we could just come to an agreement on the pond level. They like to dam the outlets to the pond which causes flooding. They have also built a big dam in the creek. It isn't so bad in the winter and spring, but in the...

From what I can find, the brush hog is about 450lbs. I have the bar out there, just no weights. I've tried to find replacement ones, but they seem to be hard to come by.

I'll try to take some photos when I am out there next. This one is like mine, except mine has the tailwheel installed the right way round (and has not pto shield)

Yeah, feels like if I am in Range 4, no matter how slowly I engage the clutch, it lurches enough to pick up the front wheels a bit. If I lower the throttle anymore than I am, it stalls. Thanks, I see what I can find

So I have a 4-5 hours bush hogging on the tractor now and I've come up with several questions. 1st. I have a very short stretch of road between where the tractor is stored and where I am working with it. Maybe 1/4 mile at most. I'd like to be able to get the tractor up to a good speed on the...

Monday, not today - But I got to spend about 2 hours working on brush hogging the 6 ac field where our build site is. I would have gotten more done, but I spent about 45 min trying to find part of my top link after it unscrewed itself and fell off (due to a hair pin I didn't realize was...

Thanks for all the advice. I've got some Simple Green already, so maybe I'll start there with some low pressure water and see how far that gets me.

So, while this is not the most important item on my list of questions, it does seem to be one I am having a hard time answering. Our new to us Ford 1700 is in a bit of rough shape cosmetically. On the list of things I would love to do is take off all the surface rust and re-paint it, but...

Hey Y'all, I am a new tractor owner and wanted to say hi. I have been reading a lot of things this weekend so you all have already been so helpful. We are working on building a new home on a 30ac piece of property we acquired in the last year. The property has been let be wild for about 10...