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    Kubota L4400 4x4 manual trans change to hydrostatic

    "It's certinly possible" That is all this old tractor driver, tree farm owner, near 20 year Kubota owner and a 5 clan Scott asked to know. You do not need to know my budget, because that is my business not your business, ever, period. Never mistake a Scott for not havng money to spend, they...
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    Kubota L4400 4x4 manual trans change to hydrostatic

    Can an old 06 L4400 be changed out from a manual transmission to a new style hydrostatic transmission? A prior spinal cord injury, is acting up as I get older, imagine that, the manual clutch is more difficult to use for all day loading/unloading operations due to.... Timber cutters are coming...
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    Broken tip on dipstick. How? Where is it?

    Would be nice to have a dip stick for hydraulic oil on my 13 year old L4400, the little glass eye bubble is useless. Stays covered by dirt. I use a extra long screwdriver at the moment.:)
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    About painting a steel sided building

    They make specific paint for metal building application. They also make a product for old paint, Emulsion Bond, that penetrates the old paint layer to adhear to the original surfave. Painting a matal building requires a good surface prep as has been said previously. You ned to allow drying time...
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    Bought new pickup should I get it undercoated ?

    New, not exposed to salt air and never on the road, yes. Any exposure to salt, the undercoating only seals in the corrosive elements already present. Washing it does not really help to remove any corrosion that has started. Iron or Aluminum oxide is a chemical action.
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    How much winch is enough?

    My dealer bought a HD flat bed wrecker setup for hauling broke down heavy tractors. Got down to $50 round trip, so my trailer gets little use anymore. Dealer is 30 miles one way, does not make sense for me to load, unload and haul it both ways for $25 per side.
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    Storing implements for the winter.

    If you need more implements, they do propagate, if left inside a dark barn. I leave the dumb implements on fence posts or poles outside.;)
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    Lifting safe - Ballast Box needed?

    Most times the problem is not getting the safe off, it is getting the safe in the house, where it will sit. Have them deliver with a drop gate or Tommy Lift, whatever you call it, you position it on a piano dolly or safe dolly and roll it directly into the room in the house, through the front...
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    Why Suzuki is better than Kubota

    I only own two zero turns, 10 degree slope max and they do not like tree limbs, concrete or rocks. A high speed blade tip grass mower and a stump is quite entertaining. I do the bad stuff with a 6' "rotary mower" with a big thick double swing blade, read Bush Hog, bush hog hooked to the back of...
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    TMG chipper

    Have had two chippers, only way I would ever have another one is if I could not burn at all. I found that anything that takes a shock, stump grinder or chipper, spells maintenance and broken parts. Plus the down time can easily out weigh the work time. I would prefer piling and burning, 6 times...
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    Bought a new L3560, state shut down the project. Sell or keep?

    Best idea is to say yes sir to the Corps of Engineers, been there. Their badge and gun section carries a gold US Marshal badge. I have seen those too. If they show up, someone is going to jail. You have a nice honcho, otherwise it is always, they pay a contractor to restore and you get the...
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    Another chipper accident

    Wood cutting, chipping and grinding is real dangerous work. I own a tree farm with two high power transmission lines that cross the property, I get well away from those guys when they come to cut easements. Those vertical bush hogs on booms are the worst, they throw cut limbs and chunks hundreds...
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    interlock switch for generator backfeeding panel

    Last thing you want to do is back feed onto the power grid, when guys are working on the lines, especially after a hurricane or other natural calamaty. Electric company frowns on frying their linemen.
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    2016 Ram 3500 opinions.

    Daughter and husband bought an 18, had one recall right after another with no parts to repair or replace. Check the recall history of the specific model and the specific engine, before you jump. They just traded it in on a Jeep Cherokee of all things.......
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    L2501. Can't see line on sight glass...over filled!

    Kubota has two ideas that are WTF were you thikng stuff, the U joint hydrologic connection held in only by rubber O rings, under the tractor and that spirit glass that gets covered by any dirt, any dust, any mud or any grass cuttings. Just drain the hydraulic oil in a new clean, wiped down...
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    My Evolution of Burning Fires

    My son, no experiance, operating the pre-grapple on a burned down pile for a little experiance.
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    My Evolution of Burning Fires

    We are restricted here by forestry on a surface burn to a cube 8'x8'x8', so I make 3 piles separated by tractor and grapple length. Then when #1 is down to 1/3 size, I push #2 onto 1 then 3 onto and by dark it is all done, I count that as 1 pile. Now on pile 64 after the 4-28-20 tornado. I could...
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    New(ish) Kubota M62 With Filthy Hydraulic Oil

    We’re it me, I would have the dealer do the hydraulic oil exchange and clean up, so it was done correctly. Make sure you attach any hydraulic oil system operated attachments so they get cleaned out/up as well. You do not want to get the tractor clean as a pin then hook up a dirty grapple and...
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    Should a new tractor come with a full tank of gas?

    I bought a bit more than a bare tractor 14 years ago and the package came with a full tank of diesel, but at 16 gal it was not all that much in $ dollars but I sure appreciated that it was full, greased lubed, tires filled and ready to go to work right out of the box, so to speak.
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    Big tire disposal?

    If you have a pond, drill 1/4" holes, put four concrete blocks or bricks inside, makes a good catfish house, for little catfish. You put it in a boat, take it out, put the blocks/bricks inside at four points and slide it in. put the fish in, a solar feeder.
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    Need help with pole barn overhead detail - Concrete next week!

    Watch the door height, they keep building tractors taller. I went to buy a new tractor, the new models were 2" taller than my roll up door openings. Whatever your tractor height, make your door openings at least 6" taller. You do not want to get a new tractor and then need a new barn.
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    Grapple New 54" Grapple, first use

    The secret to the graple is two parts, have a very heavy duty root rake, at least 1" thick tines, so he bottom part of the jaw stays stable, then get at least two hydraulic cylinders on the upper jaw, one on each side of the upper grapple jaw(s). I have a tree farm and use my grapple a great...
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    Rotary Cutter Sharpening the blades

    Mowers, mulpitle spindles on the deck, requires sharpening, a bush hog, a single spindle, on the deck, you do not sharpen, it is designed to smash not cut cleanly. My Bush Hog, bush hog which has a very high blade tip speed, will mow Pensacola Bahia grass, if it is cut low, at 1,500 rpm. Without...
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    THIS is the definition of stuck!!!

    Red Horse, the USAF engineers, ran a D-9 into a spring on Hurlburt Field, operator jumped off the seat as the dozer went down, then they tried to pull it out with a belly dump, the belly dump box floated but was stuck trying to stop the dozer from going below the top of the canopy. The diesel...
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    Newb looking for advice and info on a new compact tractor and attachments

    I bough a tree farm that had sat fallow for 30 years. Did not take me long at all to figure out that my equipment was too light weight. Hired a land clearing guy with a D-8, root rake, a track-hoe with thumb and a 1 1/2 yard bucket and a forestry mower. Best thing I did was draw up a to scale...
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    Finishing mower blade removal question

    I bought a double pack power 20 volt cordless 1/2" hog ring impact wrench. That thing is a beast for removing nuts. I would hook the mower up to the tractor, move it t a clear area, heat the nut, enough to break the rust loose, with a torch, spray the spindle bolt and nut with liquid wrench...
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    Hydraulic fluid

    A true Pay me now, pay me later deal.
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    Mount Tires by Myself?

    Acording to my tire folks, the Kubota front tires are only held on by tire pressure, not the beed. So, you need a real blast of about 40-50 psi to mount them, I asked, when I watched the remount take place from a distance. They do get back and out of the way when mounting a Kubota tire. A push...
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    Loctite, where to use or avoid

    I get red Locktite in on stuff all the time. A giant PITA. I do not use it on anything. Lock washers, lock nuts and proper torque.
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    Part out or repair

    Insurrance adjusters have a lot more experience with fire damage than the average bear. The reason they did not "salvage" it, after the total, it was not worth the transportation coast to a salvage yard for auction. In the business that is a constructive total loss, costs more in parts and...
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    Compacting "gravel"/"item 4"/"road base". Rent a Roller?

    Gravel driveways or roads do not stop running out to the sides unless you put a barrier down both sides, which turns the entire project into a bigger problem. Just went through this on a 700 ft long driveway. I cut it, sloped it, planted grass, put gravel in, drug gravel, etc, over and over...
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    Loaded tires or air for a better/smoother ride?

    If you want to pull or pick up heavy loads go for weight on the ground. I have calcium filled industrial ties and always have had, get them filled for free, when your FEL comes in attach a bush hog to the back for ballast.
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    steering wheel spinner knob

    Been really thinking about one for use with the grapple. Crabbing my way through trees with a log would probably be a bit easier. Even with power steering the big log weight on the front gets tedious moving in and out between the trees.
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    Lighter weight log chains -- where to buy?

    I bought mine at a First Monday Farm sale in Ripley MS. Good old, smooth welded link chain is not easy to find, so I watch at estate sales, things like that. Nasty and rusty is great, you just drag it a couple miles in the dirt and it is polished up.
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    Yellow Jacket Nests While Bush hogging, whats your plan?

    Open tractors and land clearing is not a good combination with hornets, bees or wasps. I have had my encounters with them. Worse thing I ever saw personally was my grandfather pushed a dead palm tree over and the top broke off and fell onto the hood of the tractor. He came off that tractor...
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    Paint or Stain on Shed

    If you paint T1-11 in and out, soak it in urethane, it might last until it falls apart, delaminates, rots at the ground line, or burns your structure down, T1-11 burns. Put up the Hardee board, put some paint, nothing special, on it and forget it. It does not rot, mildew, catch on fire, come...
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    First electric tractor ride

    I own a pine tree farm, I will watch while you folks play with them. I have a 48 volt electric cart, I have had since 04, it does a good job for light work, but when you weigh it down, it uses a lot of power quickly. I expect that hauling logs all day on a grapple would be very power consuming...
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    Ever bent a SSQA lever? I can't figure out how I did it!

    Own a tree farm, trees and tractors, mean you must bend stuff back to where it belongs. I bought a 24”” crescent wrench. To remove barrels from flat actions. So one day I was pushing a dead tree over, top snapped off, droppd down the front of the tractor, I stopped and backed up, it had jammed...
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    Disc Harrow Selection For 18-45 Horsepower Tractors (Revision 2b)

    If you get a medium or heavy duty box frame Howse, 18” cutter head, it will cut, due to the weight, the old ones are very heavy. Never needed any extra weights at all on my 20” HD to cut up road bed clay, right to the disk axles in three passes. I am pulling it with a 4x4 with liquid filled wide...
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    Think I’m going to get a sawmill.

    Logs and slabbed logs (cants) Course the rain run off cover for the mill setup, end to end, with openng to remove slabs and cut lumber, then the air dry shed, open from the mill, strips, weights, etc. For hardwoods, it is good to have a wax melting pot for dipping the ends to prevent checking...
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    6x12 Tandem vs 6x14 Tandem?

    A suggestion on trailers, know what you want, go to the source and talk to the actual maker, get what you want, made for you, exactly how you want it made. I gave up on getting what I want, ready made.
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    Getting rid of a bumpy 4 acre yard

    With a red clay yard, when it rains hard the clay turns to feathers on the hills and collects in 4” high ridges going down hill. When it starts to loosen my fillings, I get the Howse 20” cutter head disk out then run back and forth set about 3-4” deep so I do not tear up the plumbing or wiring...
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    What not to feed a woodchipper

    My chipper went down the road. I dropped a dried out hardwood root ball into it by accident. It was laying on the ground, I picked up a stack of limbs, dropped them in, bang, after the detonation, the root ball was not there. That chipper came apart like a 2 bit watch. One piece of steel...
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    What causes a circle of dead lawn grass?

    Around here it is mole crickets, the wild turkeys and ducks love it when it rains, causes them to surface.
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    Where to find SYP lumber in SW PA?

    SYP is rated as stronger than steel by weight. So the strength of other woods by comparison is not a subject of opinion. If you look at the Fiber Bending Strength of Southen Yellow Pine, little in a wood species even comes close. Cutting it after 20 years in a wall, is a trick, throws sparks...
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    Sometimes you just shouldn’t.

    I did enjoy the urban renewal film. Reminds me of the customer that called, his neighbor was cutting a 150’ tree, spikes and belt, got the limbs cut and tree topped, all went well, cut the top of the trunk about 50’ above the ground, cut was off just a touch, butt snapped back and right into...
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    Wooden Fence Posts

    As hoss said the high tensile strength steel wire is a great fence. My ground is hard, hard. Well driller said 16’ deep of compactable road bed clay. When it gets dry, the auger just bounces on it. I tried the dig a hole business, quickly went and bought an auger with two blades, 9” and a 12” My...
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    Caught 4 small feral hogs at a time, this morning

    In FL it is a shoot on sight, except in state parks, fed reservations, etc. Any sight, any light, day or night, suppressor, any caliber. They grow big in the FL swamps, up to 600+. Travel in large heards and are incredibly destructive. Had a deputy answer a call on I-10 of a dog chasing cars...
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    No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

    Good point, I was thinking of the nut issue today while mowing, been raining every day, finally caught a break in the weather. I have a Bridgeport mill, so figured a 1/8 or 3/16 hole drilled through and a carter pin would solve the hold it tight issue. I can measure the rod end to nut face...
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    No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

    I never thought about using my hydraulic jack operated 10 ton press. Thanks for the heads up. A couple of hard wood blocks and a couple of big C clamps should do the trick.(y)
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    No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

    Neighbor had his New Holland get fried, field mice, so asked if I would come over and cut his fire breaks to dirt for a prescription controlled burn. I have a Heavy Duty Howse 20” x 7 1/2 disk set, sure, no problem. When do you need it done, tomorrow morning first light, ah….. OK. Neighbor has...
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    Tractor vs Skid Steer Grapple/Loader operation

    You really have a need for both, if you can squeeze in the funds. A tractor with attachments has unlimited uses, just may take a bit longer on a specific job, but is doable. I have thought about this situation many times, can afford both, but still have a tractor. If something is too big, I make...
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    Tractors and wood! Show your pics

    Got a few from the torpedo we had two years ago, if it did not snap them off at the ground it snapped them off about 10’ above the ground. Three days after, no one would take a log, so started cutting them up in 3’ sections and burning them. I did not want a fire and not be able to get into the...
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    Something I don't understand about applications of below 40hp tractors

    Maybe you big tractor guys need to work 50 acres with an N Ford and live with it for 40 years. When your option is a mule, you are dad gum thankful for the Ford and you just take smaller bites. I read this stuff and think, you folks really need to work a pine tree farm, very limited space...
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    Liquid in tires

    Oh, forgot to add, had a trace software that I bought that would trace 15 hops on hackers, cost $29. Is was better than Cox Cable’s software.
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    Liquid in tires

    When I bought my tractor I had been driving tractors for 60 years. Living in FL makes freeze decisions pretty easy. We do have freezes, but building an enclosed barn pretty well takes care of that, Unless you come see o 12-24-83 when it went to 8 degrees and stayed for 8 days. I just use water...
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    which sanding pads?

    I use an old porta Cable 4x24” belt sander with 60, 80 and 120 grit belts. Sand with the boards not across. Get a good grip, it will want to pull you across the table. It will cut the old crud off. Once you get use to one a bit, it does not take very long to straighten up an old wood table top...
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    What have you hit with your mower lately?

    Bought an old home place that was never fenced, so folks being lazy, just pulled in and dumped stuff on the place behind the trees. That was after the house was burglarized and then burned to cover the burglary.The prior owhers just had the junk pushed up with a dozer. I found junk scattered for...
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    Back dragging: how aggressive?

    Very, very limited, I use back dragging on loose dirt that I dump from my bucket, only, and I do not lift the front wheels at all. I pretty much use the procedure for grading slopes away from walkways and foundations that I have back filled. In fields or open areas I use a cutter head disk and...
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    Some one wanted to know if we'd buy an EV tractor

    Sure, if it is costs no more that the scrap value after it breaks, with a guarantee junk buy….. So I buy, scrap it and end up at 0 invested, get a tax break. Adios, mother. Joe does not have enough P Jelly for this deal.
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    Latest grab by auto manufactures

    What has turned off is the On Star, after a year, the heated seats, steering wheel, remote start, etc., stay operational. Suggest if you cancel On Star you might leave you driver window cracked for a while and put your keys in you pocket when you get out. I cancelled, parked in a 10 acre field...
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    weld shop clean out job and other Keweenaw sites

    Yep, track hoe to the lot with a heavy roll off. Sell it all to a scrap dealer. The pipe racks would be good, unless bent or twisted, probably why they are in the junk pile.
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    Utility trailers - what should i know?

    My tractor trailer 7x20 and my mower/XRV trailer 6x12 are two very different trailers. However they have a few things in common: 2x8 floor boards an A frame hitch Dual axles Trailer tires Spare tires Trailer tongue jack Wheel bearing buddys Side and tail lights One is 10k and the other is 7k...
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    Critique what went wrong.

    If you own a lumber yard, nothing amazes you after two or three years. But probably the best try at amazing me, was customers stacking plywood on top of a stack of lumber then laying on top to hold the plywood down. Luckily I saw them before they got out of the yard gate. I already saw the...
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    Max 26 - finish mower size

    You might check the blade tip speed required to cut the type of gass you will be cutting VS the blade tip speed of the mower you are looking at.
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    Never plant Bradford Pear

    If you own a tree farm, you figure out real quick some folks should be arrested and jailed, like the sellers of Wisteria, Mimosa, monkey grass, bamboo, and any other Pretty tree or vine. I push them over and dig them up and burn that mess A lot of the crud has seeds that stay active for many...
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    Can a propane tank be repurposed?

    A farmer/Rancher must be inventive to work alone. Use the electric tank, put it on the tractor, 4 wheeler or golf cart, get some reinforced tuning about 30 ft long and two taper coupling joints 4 hose clamps, hook up, fill, then park and walk around. This is how I spray Coogan Grass in the thick...
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    Water in fuel causes $10,000 damage to my Kubota Grand L6060

    A diesel is a diesel, if you can not find a farm filter system, or a water in the fuel alarm, you might look at the marine supply folks. They sell multiple filter systems, stackables. Being 90 miles out in the water, is not like a walk across a field. They have alarms for just about everything.
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    When to plane rough cut lumber?

    George, you never dress green wood. It should be air dried to at least 20% before the wood is kiln dried. If the air drying is on slats, stacked for suppert, the wood should stay straight. It may take months to dry in an enclosure. Now if you are going to put wood in an AC or heat environment...
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    Beware of Catalytic Converter Thefts

    There is one market you forgot, Meth Crack. Stolen Pieces and Parts, Tools, etc are directly exchangeable for meth and crack from dealers. Those on meth or crack will steal anything to stoke the addiction engine. There is nothing safe, unless you make very sure it is safe yourself. Do not get...
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    cannot remove PTO SHAFT FROM TRACTOR — RESOLVED!!!

    I found the magic ointment after a bout with one of those wonderful couplers, the high pressure grease you use on the FEL joints, just squirt a finger full then work the grease into the bearings with the release collar back.
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    What would these 2 parts be called?

    Seems to me that this is a place to test the Mfg warranty, as the weld itself broke, not the steel. The weld was not correctly done. I would carry the part in and see about getting it replaced, new for old. Plus a new pin.
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    Is a power rake the same thing as a Harley rake and is this better than a root grapple + landscape rake?

    They do not call it the Granite State for nothing. Every piece of property I have ever seen there is bordered compleatly with granite bolder rock walls. Look for the walls. If your property was never rocked, hard to believe, but possible, especially if it was discovered to have larger bolders...
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    Grapple Recommendations

    I bought a heavy grapple with 1” thick 4” tall tines made in Perry, FL for logging. Is about 60” wide and then I bought a twin hydraulic piston grapple setup, that required the top cage to be cut off the root rake. I have not bent anything on the graple setup. I pick up 30’ trees and snap them...
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    Guy uses fake check to steal Massey tractor...recognize him?

    Crooks are very up to date on laws and law enforcement in any given locale. The entire deal was a $67k setup. Forged everything, start to finish, the phone number on the check would probably answer with xx bank and then verify the check. He probably had forged temp tags and a forged registration...
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    Best way to clear small trees from pasture

    Southern Land clearing; put a hog wire fence around it all, put about 60-80 hogs in, do not fed them. Stand back and look every two weeks, in 6-8 weeks the hog owner can come get them, load them up. Land will be cleared, leveled, plowed and disked. The brush and grass will all be gone, all trees...
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    Stuck knife head bolt — sickle bar cutter

    That looks like an old sicle bar, like we used, been near 60 years since I worked on one. But if I recall correctly the joint only comes apart in one position. The actuator is too far back to remove the bolt, it needs to slide the teeth bar forward to line up with the large hole to remove the...
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    Questions about replacing equipment trailer deck wood and repainting trailer chassis.

    It is time to replace my treated SYP 2x8 deck on my 20” drop tail equipment trailer. Treated SYP suitable for a trailer deck is now $42.00 each, for 16 footers. Luckily I can use 10s. They are “only” $18 each. Just thought I would mention the current price per ft, easy to figure. I had three...
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    Help me Design Building for Tractors and Pickup

    I would use an architect's scale with scale paper. Layout the property, utilities, the building and use cutouts of the equipment to scale, fit everything in the building. Dirt and a pole barn is cheap, but the constant dust and dirt is aggrivating. I poured a slab and had my barn moved onto it...
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    Is new equipment really that hard to come by?

    When time get tough and things grow short in supply they get more valuable. The next stop on the list is to scavenge the used for parts.
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    Unnecessary Backhoe

    Kubota makes a fair sized 3 point hitch BH with its own hydraulic pump. I used mine to put in 2000’ of electric, water and gas lines through, between and around trees. Utility lines here must be 36” deep. You do not do that with a small trencher. Oh, I forgot the shop field lines, add another...
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    Bottle jack method of tree felling (plus rope?)

    You might try a plum-bob and surveyors string with enough loose string on the ground to go up and down to the ground on the other side of a tree. A plumb-bob is one of the first things a surveyor learns to throw with accuracy and distance.
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    5' King Kutter bent bush hog Lift Arm Brace

    Learning the bush hog can be expensive, in this case not so much. Check the lower back edge of the deck, if bent, find a flat stump and hook the lower edge edge over, pull it out straight with the tractor. A tree farm gets the bush hog deck bent around the edges with frequency, no deal to...
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    fixing ruts in field with tall grass

    You can do the job with a heavy set of 18” cutter head disks and a landscape rake. Third pass with my House heavy frame set and it is down to the axles in hard clay and it will cut 4” roots and rip them right out of the ground. A bit rough on irrigation pipe.;) Yeah, I accidentally ran over my...
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    Saved by a steering wheel

    Glad you are OK. We had one of those tornadoes go through here that never touched down, snapped 130-40 ft tall pine trees off about 10’ above the ground on our tree farm. Looked like pickup sticks, about 200 trees. That was one of the most dangerous things I have ever seen, to try to handle with...
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    Today, would you buy an EV vehicle.

    I will buy an EV when hell is over crowded by Donk politicians to the point that no one else can get in. About the same time the hinges frost over and freeze shut.
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    Landscaping with a tractor?

    Before you get yourself invited to a picnic behind bars, you best know the statutes and the rules about equipment in designated wetlands, state and federal. Both outfits have a gun and badge arm and they will het you. Driving a wheeled vehicle across wetlands is dredging. You do not get to...
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    SURPRISE!

    Wally World has had various return lengths of time over the years. My favorites were the two NW FL stores that sold guns and kept the return policy flowing on the guns…..folks started buying 1100 Rems took the guns hunting, for the entire season, then returned them as is, used, rusty, muddy, for...
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    Safety doesn't care if your forgetful

    I learned some time ago to check twice and then safety wire, brace or block off. Anything that can bite you will. I have 4 stacks of short 2x6s and 8s that I use to support tractor attachments. Contractors wanted to burn everything, I cleaned up the shop and house build site every day.
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    E-15 fuel in your area?

    We, after a $12k boat engine rebuild, stopped buying ethanol gas for anything but the regular use road vehicles, setup specifically to run ethanol added Regular gasoline. I looked up the map for available E-15 here bouts in NW FL some time ago, Military base gas stations, by executive order…… If...
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    Scam? I think so.

    “It was the observation of one of the tribe of Levi, to whom some person had expressed his astonishment at his being able to sell his damaged and worthless commodities, “That there vash von [= was one] fool born every minute.” London Review 1806 This quote predates the birth of P.T. Barnum by 4...
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    Zero turn mower advice

    I sold two 30” Snappers, too small, guy drove 100 miles just to look, bought both with Briggs engines. Have a Husky zero, 48” with 23 hp, works real well, Wife wanted a new Scag, got a 48” Liberty, replaced the wheels with no flats, made the new spindles on my lathe. My suggestion, is heavy...
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    Oil & Fuel Kubota L4600 ran it out of diesel, emptied fuel filter bowl... won't start...

    Being in the timber business, two things I never allow to run out of diesel, a tractor or a fork lift, either can be a real nightmare to get restarted in the field. I try to never allow a tractor to go below a quarter tank.
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    This has to be a record !!!

    Built a new house, put in all new appliances. Just incredible….most companies no longer have any QC staff at all, cheaper to just ship. I have Kitchen Aid,,made by Whirlpool, made by…..etc., etc. Dishwasher never washed a dish, stove did not work, needed a magic carpet. Turn on right rear stove...
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    No more 'treadle pedal'

    It is well worth doing a test drive at the dealer. Listen closely about the attachments and height compared to what you now own….may not fit the new tractors and the new machines are taller in their stance. Went to buy a new tractor and discovered I would need all new attachments, plus a new...
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    Scout by... Volkswagen ?!?!?!? Electric, no less.

    Got picked up at the Joeberg airport by the Nurse from the outfitter’s lodge, in a VW Turbo diesel van with 7 other hunters….that was a most interesting 4 hour trip. RSA has some very different customs about passing, flashing lights and doing 120. Oh, yeah. Wow… On the wrong side of the road.
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    Can anyone link me to a definition of a "firm whack"?

    it is a combination of two nouns or two verbs, they each are both. Meaning to strike without excessive force as used. Look up firm and whack then put the two meanings together. One of the reasons that learning English is so much fun for foreign students.
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    Liquid filled tires

    My tractor tire company owner died of C-19. So his guys replaced my tires, filled them to 100%,right up to the top, then blew them up to 32 psi. They loaded the tractor on my trailer, when I backed it off, I knew something was way wrong. So I have been adjusting a little at a time to get the...
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    Liquid filled tires

    So for mowing with the industrial tread rear tires should be about 20 psi at about a 70% fill with liquid for 100% ground contact? I use a 6’ Bush Hog, bush hog for a counter balance on my L4400 4x4 standard transmission tractor. I have tree farm so do not do plowing or disking. But I do a good...
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    Rotary cutter preference

    I have a 13 year old 6’ Bush Hog Squealer it is quite a bush hog. It has a two part rubber clutch and a shear pin. When we first bought the farm the prior owner said there was a deep well some place on the farm, could not remember where. I found it, it went between the 1” thick forks on the root...
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    How heavy should a tractor be?

    i do not grow row crops, I grow trees. So my problem is a very limited maneuvering space, between the rows, and a need for weight and power with power steering. I have a Kubota L4400, 45 hp, 4x4. I opted for the standard trans to increase the hp to the tires, filled the tires with water and...
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    Anyone ever built their own "bog mats"?

    I ran a 3 mile dredge project down a bayou, to produce a 40’ wide 5’ deep channel through an old cypress swanp with 20 ft diameter stumps. The mats we used, 3, were 20’ long and 20’ wide made of 12” thich x 12” wide beams cabled together using 1 1/2” steel cable, with 3’ loops sticking out pf...
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    New Lawn for new house - looking for input and advice

    I planted a yard 3 times before, I finally got off my wallet and bought real grass seed. The $300 a bag seed. It came up in two weeks and we have a 10 acre “yard.” Wife, I only want a couple of acres…..famous last words. I have found for “yard” work, a cutter head disk set, landscape rake, a...
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    Compressor for a shop

    I plumbed my shop all the way around with a stub out every 20’ or one per wall, per room, with an adjustable pressure gauge at each outlet. I run 100 psi then adjust the pressure for each tool at the outlets. Each outlet has a quick connect for the hose. I put a coil flex hose on each. I...
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    New L3902HST Price

    FL has an AG discount of 100% of the sales tax or 6% on tractors and attachment equipment. At $22,000 that is $1,320 I shop and know the law before I shop. Far need to be smart at every step. As a commercial insurance agent, I had over a dozen rental equipment places insured with equipment...
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    6ft Rotory Tiller not getting job done

    If a neighbor has a heavy cutter head disk (scalloped blades), it should cut that soil to where your tiller will move it OK. My old heavy, House 18” blade disks will cut my hard road bed clay with 2-3” roots in it.
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    M9540 Belly Skid Plate/Brush Guard

    Trees are tough on tractors.
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    L4400 4x4 New Tires W Water

    I took my Kubota in for new shoes after 12 years. My tire dealer died of C-19 his son took over. This tractor always rode great, it now rides like it has square wheels. Son replaced the 4 ply with 6 ply, just for info. The new industrial tires are water filled, not 2/3 or 3/4, 100% filled...
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    Thank You to The Guys in This Part of the Forum

    I studied the threads on adjusting the Kubota hydraulics for the FEL and the additional threads associated by individual entry. I had a target to try the results on, so decided to try the suggested adjustments on my L4400. I used the shop vac on the fill port as suggested, worked like a champ...
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    Gas Spill Odor Removal

    Thought some here might be interested in how I removed the odor of 4 gallons of gasoline from my 3 car garage. First off the gas came from my Generac generator stored in the garage when a little fuel line connecting the cut off valve to the gas tank seperated during the night. I had no idea the...
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    Tried the neighbors blue tractor

    I brought a lime distributor back from the bulk plant with the PU and had the bush hog on my Kubota so the neighbor offered his tractor for me to use to pull the trailer/spreader which was very nice of him. I had the tow bar and hitch for the connection. I used the blue tractor and was grateful...
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    Limb Guard

    I have a tree farm, I cut between my trees with a bush hog on an L4400 Kubota. I am tired of being slapped in the face by pine tree limbs. I thought about mounting a nylon guard around the front and sides of the after market steel canopy, made from either a P/U truck bed guard (tail gate...
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    Fencing Cart

    I know this is not a tractor, but I imagine you guys do some fencing on occasion so I thought I would tell you about my fencing cart. First I took a 48-volt electric Club Car golf cart and turned it into a Sporting Clays cart with a basket in front, below the windshield and a carryall pickup...
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    Backhoe  Manual for 4672 and 4690 Backhoe

    I have seen several notes on the web about folks trying to find the Operators Manual for the 4672 and 4690 backhoe. I looked myself without luck so I sent an email to Kubota and they sent me a resopnse stating that the 4672 and 4690 manual (one manual) is a part, part number 70000-70373 and a...
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