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Been carrying a chainsaw on my FEL arm for years.

Dry fitting is important before gluing up pieces. Probably more for cabinets (you want everything square) than for shelves. With dowels, I like the 1st half of the dowel to go in easy and the second half to need a few taps with a mallet. Never leave the dry fit together. Wood is always...

How true. Two weeks ago I saw a misquote flying around inside the house. Then I realized it was one of those floaters I’ve heard about that old people have.

My wife also tried hanging Irish Spring soap. It didn’t bother the deer at all. They ate her hostas that were inches away from the soap

I was using the backhoe to dig out some stumps today. I pushed on a stump with the back of the bucket and the dipper cylinder broke at the cylinder rod end. I have over 400 hours on the backhoe and have easily dugs out over a hundred stumps. The break looks just like the one that westbrooklawn...

The chipper has a hydraulic flow restrictor knob that allows the feed rate to be slowed down. I manually slow down the feed rate when chipping 5"+ pieces of pine. I wouldn't be able to chip such large pieces with a manual feed chipper. The Wheelhorse is a 1978 C-81 8 speed tractor that belonged...

I bought a woodmaxx 8" hydraulic chipper a few months ago. So far I've put 23 hours on the chipper. I run it using my b3030 with 23 hp at the pto and am quite impressed with the performance of the chipper. I mostly chip pine and have chipped up to 5" - 6" diameter pine trunks/branches. Pretty...

I purchased the Woods kit to convert the mechanical thumb to hydraulic on my BH80-X. The hardest and most time consuming part of the install was cutting the console for the foot pedal. The metal cut easily with a jig saw, but I couldn't get the saw close enough to the vertical part of the...

In case you haven't see enough clamp on forks in this forum. Here is a set of forks I made last week. I added a couple brackets that fit over the teeth on the tooth bar to keep the forks straight. Vic

I wanted to add some ballast to my tractor when the backhoe wasn't on, so I decided to make a 3-pt carry-all frame. It is made with 2x2x3/16" tube, 1/2" flat bar and two pieces of 3x2 angle iron. I cut all the metal on my Jet 4x6 bandsaw. I made it so that I could add forks to it later if...

I noticed that the new Woods BH80-X sub-frames for the Kubota B3030 have an additional mounting bracket that the old sub-frame didn't have. Since the bolts that attach the sub-frame to the rear axle sometimes work their way loose, even with lock-tight, I figured the extra mounting point would...

Here are some pictures of my preferred method of taking down a tree. We had an oak tree that we wanted removed because we didn't like the location it was in. We also wanted the stump removed. (click on thumbnails) If I have to remove a stump, I like to take the whole tree down using the...

My basement flooded last year, so I knew my foundation drain was clogged. The pipe was crushed and filled with tree roots. (click on thumbnails) Here is the new pipe. This picture shows the constant flow of water that comes out this time of year. Tractor with a load of stone. Vic

The cup holder on the B3030 is behind the seat . This location is great for keeping you back muscles loose since you need to pivot your body to reach it. However, I sometimes I just want a drink instead of a stretching routine, so I mounted a new one on the right fender. Vic

Hi, I've enjoyed looking at the projects other people have done and I wanted to share some photos of a french drain I put in this summer to control run-off. I also ran a water line in the trench to connect to three yard hydrants. Here I am digging at the very end of the trench. Here is...

Hi, Does anyone have a recommendation about how to remove this key from the 1" shaft of an old snowblower? The key holds a pulley. It looks like the key is just pressed into the shaft, but I would need to pull it straight out. I've tried to get it out with vice grips but it is in too tight. Any...

When I changed the HST filter on my B3030 as part of the 50 hour service, I noticed printed on the new filter instructions to replace the filter every 200 hours. The manual doesn't specifically state when to change the HST filter. It just has an entries for transmission fluid change and Hyd. oil...

Just found this on the woods website: Woods Loaders, Backhoes & Rear Blades Safety Advisory July 2007 FOR USERS OF WOODS MODEL: * 255, 1006, 1008, LC108, LC114, LU126, and LU132 Loaders * BH6000, BH70X, BH80X, and BH90X Backhoes * RB750, RB850, RB990, and...

Hello, I just took delivery of a new B3030 last week. However, after only a couple hours of use I noticed it was dripping a little oil on the floor after I parked it. I traced the leak to the small hole at the bottom of the starter motor. So, it seems to me that engine oil must be getting...