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I have a JD 3005 tractor with 300 loader. The loader control valve is factory installed, plumbed in with banjo fittings on all 6 lines attached to it. I need to remove the valve assembly to rebuild it, but was wondering if the crush washers that seal the banjo bolt fittings could be reused or...

My dad's 1974 MF135 diesel has issues. This is long, but I want to be detailed in my explanation and give full context. Dad passed away about a year ago, neighbor has helped out a bit, as I am unable to visit often, and uses the tractor some. Mom isn't real sure what all has been done...

I need to change the spin-on fuel filter and water bowl filter on my JD 3005. Had an issue with water in the fuel, bowl and filter were solid ice during below-freezing days we had recently. I damaged the water bowl filter while thawing it out, and drained fuel until it ran clean, but there was...

Went to a cookout at my neighbor's the other day, shows me his dozer he bought about a year ago. Tells me straight up he's no mechanic, but wants to do things right, maintain his stuff correctly. Then tells me about some operational issues with the dozer. Runs good, pushes good on flat ground or...

I'm replacing my brush hog gear box, old box is 1:1.69, New one is 1:1.47... Will the difference be very noticeable? The blades will be going faster, but would take more power (from my already underpowered lil tractor, 24 PTO hp) to keep them at that speed. I couldn't find the 1:1.69 ratio...

Looking at purchase of L4200GST. 4x, loader, impliments, about 1200 hours. Know nothing about GST, any input? What to look for, problems, what to stay away from, any comments welcome.

Welcome to my chop shop... time to start a thread on my family hauler truck build. The foundation of this build is the desire to haul my family in comfort and still be able to haul/tow. I have recently (yesterday!) acquired a 2000 ford crew cab with motor issues, a good frame and decent body...

After 3 years of use, the exhaust on my 3005 has turned the back of the loader bucket black. A minor issue, but I see no reason to send it out the lower corner, Im sure it contributes to the chaff and gunk that gets blown around into the radiator screen. And its tiny. Any motor can breath...

Over the past few months, local people have been saying there is an albino deer/fawn in our field at times... I had yet to see it, until 2 days ago. My wife and I were able to ride the 4wheeler around the road above it quite close, and it bedded down, to hide. I walked over the hill with video...

Oldest boy (15) uses the basement as a bedroom in our 100+ year old farmhouse. He found a small garden snake last night, told his mother, and she's ready to burn the house. Naturally, there's a million cracks and gaps, and many inaccessible to seal up. Any ideas, repellant that works, or other...

I'm going to be replacing a flight of steps at one of my rentals, a garage/apartment... the stairs going to the apartment are on the verge of catastrophic failure. No real issues, remove the old ones, replace them with new ones... have most of the material already on hand, need to buy a box of...

What's with the hundreds of junk threads with gibberish in the titles? It's really getting out of hand... if whoever is posting them is a real person, who can actually read and understand English, PLEASE STOP!!!!! As a rule, I DO NOT open those threads, as I suspect many others also do, so you...

Our farm has a nice big barn, likely about 100 years old or more, like the house. But it is right by the highway, at an intersection with the county road that goes between the house and barn, and traffic noise often spooks the horses. The horse stalls are at the end closest to the road, shown in...

As this is a bit of a project for me, as in, as I have time, a few minutes here and an hour there... just like my full ROPS/FOPS cage was. The motor in my early '99 F250 superduty truck took a dump on me last spring. At that time, I was changing jobs money was tight, a free time was only a...

We are thinking of adding on to our house, 24' deep, 28 to 30' wide. The lower level will be garage space, and it would be nice to not have post in between the parking spaces supporting a beam for the floor above. The beam would be spanning the 28 to 30' width, so I can use 12' floor joist for...

I've been studying for my CDL. If the practice test I've been taking are any indication, should be easy to pass. Who has them? How long? Haz-mat? Tankers? I'm hoping to be able to fill in for our hotshot driver at work, and in big trucks as needed. I don't want or expect to ever be a full...

I have been wanting to build a full cage ROPS since I got my tractor about 2.5 years ago. My farm is 100% hillside, and I push my tractor to the limits regularly. I've added wheel spacers to add a total of 9" width in the rear, which made a huge difference in stability, but I want the protection...

I need to change the hydraulic fluid in my JD 3005, which has wet brakes. I was at the dealer today for work reasons, so I priced fluid and filter. They want $65 for 4 gallons, and I already have a 5 gallon bucket of tractor hydraulic oil, that list compatibility with the Hygaurd. Dealer says...

I have been dream shopping on tractor house, and am intrigued by the 10' brush hogs that seem to simply be 2 five footers made into one, with a center gearbox to split the pto to both. Do both sets of blades turn the same direction or does one turn 'backwards' so the tips are going the same...

I got this 4' brush hog in a package deal with our bx1800, and don't need it, hope to sell it to recoup some of the purchase price. What would a reasonable price be? It's 12 to 13 years old, lightly used, and was stored inside most of the time. Would $500 be fair? New ones are over $1200 from...

As the title says... I will be bringing home a BX1800hst in a week or so. I've been using this machine once a week since spring mowing a friends grandmother's yard, and they are replacing it with a new 26 hp BX. They offered this one to us for $4000, without the front weights pictured but...

A few weeks ago I started a project on the boss' truck at work. Cab corners and rocker panels need replaced, and rear frame cross members are rusted out. We pulled the bed and then I got to work.

Removed rotten decking from my trailer about a week ago... original boards, about 10 years old. Seemed to be oak. Finished product... PT 2x12's I've had stored for about 3 or 4 years, ironicly, longer than I've had the trailer. No pictures while in progress... sanded the hidden/covered...

As the title says... One of ths tractors at work, an '86 L2850 mfwd with woods loader, needs some wiring repairs under the hood. Seems the entire harness has been spliced... rumors of a fire at one point... owners late son's name is mentioned... both as cause of fire/dents, etc, as well as...

Gettin tired of winter... cabin fever is starting to get to me... listening to the kids fighting (they have it too) as I look out the windows at 'not enough snow to need plowed' that covers our yard, driveway, and fields... seeing so meny things I want to do when nice weather shows up. Brush...

Gonna be doing some repairs to some Brush Crusher grapples at work today. Part of which will include welding on some extra gusseting. I have always used 6013 since I was a kid learning to weld, for clean materials and nice finish. However, there is a full can of 7018 there and no so much of...

I made these spacers that go between the wheel center and outer rim a few months ago. Gave up on nice weather and paint... today they went on. Gained 4.5" per side.

Tired of makin so meny trips to the manure pile. Wife is getting tired of the muddy tracks to it also. So in an effort to cut down time tramming and the number of passes thru the mud... I thru together a bucket extension today. Can get 3x the horse manure in there now.

Hello All, I have recently traded an old truck I had for a mid-60's Ford Commander 6000 tractor with the select-o-speed tranny. The former owner drove it to my house, but the hyd lift system and brakes are not working. It is my understanding that this tractor uses a accumulator tank and hyd...