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I see what you're saying. It is 1K acres, but the fields are small, 50 acres +or-, so turnaround space is important. And the tractor doesn't fit in various places he needs to go and so on. In the US, it probably wouldn't seem excessive, But the hired hand's tractor makes a good deal more sense.

So, like I said it's at my mother house and my sister said there were no holes, but now she's not so sure, so I suspect you are all right that it's a whopper spigot for a barrel of something. If she can find it again (packing up to sell the house) she will send me a photo of the other end, and...

Thanks.

We are enjoying it. The tractor is a bit silly, but it's all Clarkson.

I would have thought there would be a hole in one end of the other for it to be a spigot.

I don't have the thing at my house - my mother is selling her house and my sister found this in the basement. I don't think it's part of a yoke or harness because it appears to have only been attached at one end. The center parts turns.

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We have fostered more than 200 dogs over the years. Some for as little as a few days, others for a couple months. Most were English setters - failed hunting dogs, but we fostered so many different breeds (including everything from pit bulls, Rottweilers and Dobermans to Papillions and yorkies)...

I always like to hear that old machinery is being put back into use or at least display. It's such a shame to see it rot. Good going.

Since I can't go buy more lumber, I decided to build a hanging corner cupboard using the scraps of pine I had here and around. =AZViZ8jlW6-13W4useVmChPKQc1OD3yhbjyWW0sW_bED9WBFqTklQZkPcNC2MqeJKEmXw4lRGgr458ynCCpsWFuZ3F7Rgg9RohPeZwJay9b1DpmXvo1AW8ILN0_1m5dCJz4&__tn__=*bH-R']...

If they could put the weight in the tires ...

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The double fluorescent light fixture in my garage has a failure. Both tubes light, but only at half (or less) brightness. Does that mean the ballast is bad, or does it mean one or both bulbs are bad? I guess I could replace both bulbs, but I rather not if the ballast is bad anyway. Cliff

News story about Chicken rescue posted without comment. Ignore the pictures, the article is below it. Morris: Rescued California chickens headed to New York - Inside Bay Area Cliff

When your caulking your siding in oddball spots, wrap you index finger in blue painter's tape and just spread the caulk with your finger. This works well on small cracks and splits that might later turn into large cracks and splits. You can work some caulk down into the crack this way. When...

My novel, Walking Shadow, now has 10 reviews on Amazon and a few elsewhere, all of which are 4 or 5 stars out of 5. I'm feeling pretty good about that. I also got a cool review from BookWormSoup. BOOK WORM SOUP: WALKING SHADOW by Clifford Royal Johns It's enthusiastic, even. "Walking Shadow...

I'm trying to drill out some stainless steel rivits. I'm going through my pile of old drill bits acquired from various places and found some that are marked HSO instead of HSS. The markings are quite clear. So 2 questions: First, what does HSO mean on a drill bit? Second, To drill out the...

The economist had a short article about how many tractors per hectacre are used in various countries around the world. Here is a link Daily chart: Ploughing ahead | The Economist I hope it's readable by the general public. I found the chart pretty interesting. By the way, a hectacre is...

Does having a pond close to your buildings still reduce insurance costs? It used to be that the fire departments would have pumpers that would pull water from a near-by pond, thus if you had such a pond, your insurance would be lower. However, we've been told by our agent that that is not true...

I have a small (8 foot by two feet deep by 4 feet high) building that is sided on three sides and has a roof. This is where I keep the firewood near my house so I don't have to walk so far when I need some more. The 3 sided design keeps the wood very dry facing away from the rain and wind as...

Hi all, Here are a few of the short stories I've published which are available on the internet free. My others require spending actual money. A coming of age story.. takes place in the near future The Consequences of Deliberation Fiction – “The Consequences of Deliberation” by Clifford Royal...

I find screwdrivers frusterating. When I need a phillips, all I can find are flat and vice-versa. What's more, I can't toss a screwdriver even when it's munged up (technical term) or bent. I think I shall make a special box for screwdrivers too dammaged to keep and put it on a shelf. I have...

I've been cleaning up my workshop. I started putting all the hammers in one place. Including claw hammers, ball pean hammers, tack hammers, a rubber mallet, four leather mallets, a shoe makers hammer, and a masons hammer, I have 24 hammers. That sounds like a lot, but I can't find my other...

I lost my manual for my 46 backhoe and for my 410 loader. I can't imagine what I did with them. I suspect they must have ended up in the trash, since I haven't been able to find them in 6 months. I also can't seem to find the manuals for these attachments online. Are they online at all? I...

At this time, I have a JD LT166 Lawn tractor for lawn mowing. The thing I like about it the most (other than it's remarkable dependability) is that the mowing deck (42" freedon deck) is a mulching deck only. It does not have an expulsion port on either side. This means as I am mowing around...

It seems a bunch of old posts are resurfacing labeled from DONOTDELETE and dated from the beginning of the UNIX operating system. Interesting posts, but it's a bit odd. Cliff

When a Real Estate listing says, "Perc Test: Sand Mound Approval," what does that mean exactly. I assume that means it has been perc-ed for this type of Septic, but does it mean a regular septic will NOT work, or does it mean that there are no codes against sand mounds if someone ants to do...

It appears that you can't operate a chipper with a 2305 because there is no override for the seat saftey switch which turns off the PTO if you're not on the seat. Do folks use the "Big Brick in the seat" method, or is there an easier way to deal with this issue. Anyone installed a switch that...

When a property has "free gas," presumably because there is a natural gas head on the property, what does that really mean to the land owner? Does it mean you heat your house for free? Is there usually a limit to how much gas you use, etc? I always thought that natural gas you get piped in...

It took me all day of machining to make 40 boards which will eventually be just ten drawers. Now you might think that all day to make 40 boards is a lot, and you'd be right, but they are all flat, 6-square, the same thickness, and the correct length. Tomorrow the dovetails. Man, 40 boards...

What is the difference between a Track hoe and an excavator? Are they local terms for the same thing? Cliff

So I was out mowing my creeping charlie, and I thought, "you know, grass would look pretty nice and wouldn't die off to mud when it got cold. Perhaps I should get some of that grass stuff to grow." Having dogs who frequent said creeping charlie, I am averse to useing weed killers or flame...

I'm writing a mystery short story. In it, I have a man climbing up on an old Farmall tractor. I'd like to be able to say that the step was made with the punch through holes to improve grip. Would I be right? If I'm wrong, what brand would have used that style step for a smaller AG tractor...

When someone says that a diesel has excessive blowby, what exactly does that mean? Is it a generic term for a symptom which may have any of several causes? Is it a technical term that everyone whould agree on, or is it open to interpretation? Thanks, Cliff

Where I come from, we call plops of cow dung, a cow flopper. I've also heard it called a cow patti (There was even a song called Cow Patty once). For horses they are sometimes called apples. especially on the road they are called road apples. What are the other regional names for this...

The attached picture says it all. Any time of year (except when it's covered with snow, of course), this is what the soil at my house looks like. Gee, you think it's got a high clay content? What amazes me is that grass can grow in this stuff. It's hard as asphault in July and August. So...

Buck Brothers in Hampshire Illinois is having an auction of lots of good stuff. Scroll down in this link and download the PDF for the flyer. They have many tractors (CUT, and lawn and garden) as well as lots of other stuff. It's quite an auction. Buck Brothers web site I am in no way...

Ignoring the 4WD issues for the moment, what are the advantages and disadvantages of tricycle tractors for ag work? Are wide front ends always better? What about for haying? Cliff

OK, the strange tractor thread has shown a variety of odd tractors, now I'm hoping folks will step up to the plate and post (or link) pictures of some of the strangest tractor implements they've found. Here's a tractor chainsaw. Chainsaw Cliff

I asked a local log splitter manufacturer about using a 3" cylinder instead of a 4" one so I could get a bit better turnaround time. He said he has done this before. By switching to a 3" cylinder and making the total split length 20" he said it would be acceptable although not fast on my 4110...

I got my 4110 (410 FEL and 46 BackHoe) back this morning. I had received a flyer from the JD dealer I acquired the tractor from giving a winter special for the works, and I took it. For $355, they replaced all the filters on it (air, oil, hydro, fuel etc.), replaced the oil, did a full hydro...

Is this a Ford/CNH machine? The Ford the ate the BMW </font><font color="blue" class="small">( Tractor operator backed into the BMW with the saw running. One of the blades caught onto the vehicle and dragged the car underneath.)</font> If you click on next photo it shows another angle. Cliff

Just a "for fun" post. Since it's March I decided it was time to do my fall maintenance on my JD LT166. OK, so I'm a little late, but it went from mowing leaves to snow so fast last year, that I just didn't have a weekend to do it. I bought a JD maintenance kit for my 1995 LT166. It had an...

This puts tractor size in perspective. I like the 3pt hitch on the front of this rather large tractor too. Car and tractor perspective Cliff

A very special Deere Snowmobile picture Cliff

Post your photos (or links) to the strangest looking tractors you've seen. Here's one. Wierd Tractor Cliff

This is a very cool building made to look like a D6 Cat only bigger. Very inventive. Building link Cliff

Wouldn\'t be able to keep beef Just an observation: The thread on Black Angus got me to thinkining about raising beef when I retire. Fact is, I could do the work, handle the problems etc., but I think I'd name every one, go out and scratch them behind the horns every day, hand feed them corn...

Which tractor companies use heel-toe and which use two pedal for HST transmissions? (Please, please, don't get into a preference or which is better discussion. That's not the point here.) I know Kubota uses heel-toe, and Deere uses two pedal. What about the other companies? Cliff

Anyone know a good online source for underground feeder (UF) wire? I'm looking for about 60 feet of awg 2/3 or maybe 4/3 to run to my garage. I've found lots of places that carry small sizes for outdoor lamps and pumps, but I can't find a supply house for the 100Amp service type cable. Cliff

Is it easier to work on small diesels or small gas engines? That is, if you have to do major repairs or rebuilding, would you rather work on gas or diesel? This question comes from a thought I've had about getting an old, small CUT of some type and doing a complete makeover on it. Gas ones...

Here's what by yard looked like after last night's very light snow. I think aliens must have used the picnic table as a landing area. Cliff

For those thinking about a JD CUT, the current offers on JD CUTS including 0% for 24 Months and various other deals, are shown on this page. JD CUT Offers If you look around, you will find similar pages for UTs and lawn type equipment etc. Just an FYI. Cliff

I'm thinking of putting in some garden area next year where lawn is now. My thought is to till a 2 or 3 foot wide stripe about 50 feet long, then leave 4 feet of grass which I would mow, then another stripe of garden next to the first (parallel). This would allow me to get full access without...

So if I buy, say, a butternut squash and I like the flavor and the shape and size, etc. Can I just pop the seeds in the freezer and pull them out in the spring and plant them? Are they likely to grow or would I have better luck buying seeds from a seed catalog? What about apples or cucumbers...

Should I cut my grass longer than usual or shorter than usual in the fall. I remember reading that the length should change, but I can't remember which way. Cliff

I was putting the dirt from my dirt pile through a screen and came up with this. Looks like it's been in the ground for quite a while. It's not especially important, but I'm curious if anyone happens to know what it is. Cliff

So what do you put in Sta-Bil to keep it from gelling up during the winter? Cliff

Here's one they didn't see coming. Aparently the son shot the goose which plumeted down landing on his fathers head and knocking him out. You all be careful out there. News Item Cliff

Why is it that all my Phillips head screwdrivers magically turn into straight ones? Why is it that if I broke a drill bit last week, that's the one I need today? Why is it that the grass dies and the weeds thrive when we have a drought? Why is it that if you have a 3.5" chipper, all the logs...

Here's a quick project I just finished up for a local school. They needed a way to store a bunch of these hardboard sheets on which students tape their work. The instructor also asked if I could perhaps add a drawer, so to avoid losing space for student sheets, I made the drawer so it would...

Our aniversary and one of the dogs gets skunked. My eyes hurt, it smells so bad. We caught it quickly, and ran him into the tub. He smells OK now, but the house smells bad enough to make me think I may not be able to go to sleep until Thursday. We can't even open the windows because it smells...

Here's an auction I noticed that might be of interest in PA. Click on the pictures link, there are some good photos of some of the old engines. Neat stuff. Auction site Cliff

Is it appropriate to post a link to an auction that I think the members would be interested in? I'm not affiliated with the auction house or anything, but it's a bunch of old tractors and engines being auctioned and I happened to run across it. In general is this OK? Where would I post such a...

This farmer is pretty clever. Cliff Love in a corn field

I would like to do a sort of survey. In terms of percentage of hours of tractor use on your current tractor (this is not about you, it's about your tracctor), how does you tractor time work out (you can post multiple times for multiple tractors if you want to). For me it's as follows: 15%...

Hi, I'm planning to buy 12 acres and wonder what tractor I should get. The land is on the bottom of a lake, so I think I need one of those exausts that pokes out the top of the tractor, and I definately need low flotation tires. Since this is a poluted lake, I'm thinking I can just run it with...

I've put about twelve hours on my Mackissic chipper/shredder which I bought used on Ebay a couple months ago. It's rated for 3&1/2 inch and I think will work with 12 PTO Hp or more. I run it behind my JD4110 and it does not appear to have any affect on the motor even when feeding 3&1/2"...

To make it rain, all you have to do is get out there and start doing something that requires that it not rain until you finish. It hadn't rained on my property for weeks. The ground has crevices in it big enough to lose a dog in, but today it rained. Once I cleaned up everyting and came...

Buck Brothers in Hampshire Illinois (50 mi West and a little north of Chicago or something like that) is having their yearly auction Sunday May 01. The flyer can be viewed Here. They combine a grounds maintence auction with a tractor and implement auction. Looks like a fairly large auction...

There is a email news letter called "This is true" which has a funny item this week about permission to shoot birds that are eating your crops only after employing "Frightening techniques" to give the birds a chance. Read the item labeled CHEEP Some of the other items are funny too. To be...

So I was burning my brush pile today and thought it wasn't going fast enough so I got out my leaf blower/vacuum and thought I'd give it some extra air, but my wife had used it last fall for sucking up leaves and mulching them into the bag, so when I turned it on, the fire got sucked into the...

A post in another forum got me wondering. Many folks here take their tractors, and I guess other vehicles like cars and unimogs, completely apart, then slowly put them back together over a sometimes long period of time. This would require that you still know how to put everything back together...

The \"I\'ts Here!\" thread type I get a bit of a vicarious thrill everytime I read an "It's here!" thread. It reminds me of the joy I got when my tractor showed up out front. There are some standard threads that one gets a bit jaded about, things that are asked almost every week in one...

Local store has a special - Hobart 180 welder for $529. This appears to be a very good price -- exceptional in fact. Any reason why I shouldn't get it now, even though I haven't run 220 power to my workshop yet. Seems like I'd be saving enough to make it worth buying now even if I don't use...

This is a very interesting article from a design magazine. The writer investigates insurance claims and sometimes writes them up. This one has to do with a backhoe bucket falling off. The investigation and the determination of the actual cause is very interesting reading. The Case of the...

Well wasps to be specific. All dead. They found their way into the box from outside, then died. Every once in a while I'd find one flying around my basement (never smack a wasp with a pine board when it's landed on your forehead), but couldn't find out where they came in. They had built a...

I thought this might interest people. It is a newswire piece about someone who was very much a tractor man and how is funeral was affected by his life-long love of John Deere tractors News Story This is not the first time I've read about funerals like this. This one was A few days ago. Cliff

General question, I gather that some hydro tractors have clutches either for range changes or for PTO engagement (or both) and some don't. I'm curious if this is a by-manufacturer difference? Is there some advantage to having a clutch, or do the ones that don't have a clutch really have one...

Why your tractor won\'t go. So you put your tractor in gear or you step on the hydro pedal and it either doesn't go, or it acts like it really doesn't want to go and you're sitting there wondering why, here are some possibilities. Likely reasons checklist: 1) Parking brake is on. 2) The FEL is...

We got more than a foot of snow, so I decided to pull the 4110 around from the back and try doing the drive way with the FEL. I learned a few things. 1) Beats shoveling. 2) It's kind of fun. 3) It gets cold after a while. 4) I left the backhoe on and had no traction problems at all on my...

Here's a photo posted with out comment. Cliff

My mother saw this at auction and couldn't resist. (photo1 of 2) Cliff

What\'s your idle speed on 4110 For anyone with a JD 4110, what is your slow idle speed? Do you know what it's supposed to be? Cliff

The last week or so, every once in a while I'll be looking at a post then, when I switch to another post, or I click on "Main Index" I'll be logged off TBN. This never happened before. It appears to be random. It's really starting to bug me. Has anyone else noticed this, or is it just the...

I'm thinking about looking for some land (10+ acres?) near Lehighton, Pa. Probably west of it (New Mahoning, maybe?). If someone lives near there and can give me a few hints about the cost per acre in the area and what to watch out for etc, I'd appreciate it. Perhaps some could provide the...

"Cattlemen are hoping to raise a better bovine with beer. About a dozen eastern Iowa farmers have been spiking their cattle feed with beer. " Read all about it. Beer for cows Cliff

It\'s your fault! OK, I've seen a bunch of posts thanking TBN folks for helping with a tractor purchase, but to be honest, those posts should mostly say it's <font color="red"> all your fault! </font> Fact is, I wouldn't even have a tractor if it weren't for TBN. Just think of all the time...

Wisconsin, a man shot a llama dead thinking it was a doe. The man went to the house and admitted it and appologised. Llama's name was Snicker Doodle Silk. On the farm when I was a kid, we had a guy shoot a holstein once while hunting without permission. I admit I'm not sure what he thought it...

I've noticed some disagreement on Ag statistics on the the TBN boards with very little specifics to back up positions. Here are two sites that have the hay statistics for Canada and US. Canadian Hay productions statistics can be found here: Canada This provides a complete rundown of...

Saw this article Article on New JD kids video. I wondered if anyone has seen this. Sounds like fun. They did a video of JD tractors and construction in action and set it up for kids. Should be available at JD dealers, I guess. Cliff

Does anyone have this PTO driven Chipper Shreader? I'm looking for experiences with the $1,400 one from Northern Hydraulic Chipper link If you have this item, please post your experiences or thoughts, Thanks, Cliff

I was at the feed store today wondering around and saw 3lbs plastic bags of timothy hay (ostensibly for rabbits) at $23.99. I'm thinking that in the form of bales it's usually a bit less than that. Cliff

I've done the searches here, but I didn't get much on smaller PTO driven wood chipper/shredders I'm looking for the smallest, least expensive, PTO driven wood chipper/shredder I can find. So far my search has found the Mighty Mac TPH122 which is 1399$ plus tax and shipping($140) at Northern...

I know that on my truck I was told to run it in 4WD once in a while (like every couple weeks) to move the lubrication around and cover the parts to prevent corrosion. I don't know if this is needed or not, but it sounded like a good idea. That adivce also got me to run my tractor's PTOs (rear...

I have a gallon or 1-K grade Kerosene I got a couple years back to clean woodworking equipment that came from the factory covered in sticky goop. A gallon was the smallest container I could find at the time, and I only needed about a half cup. So now I have most of a gallon of this 1-K grade...

I needed to water two bushes throughly before transplanting them. The plants were 200 feet from the spigot. I could have unrolled a lot of hose and then rolled it back up, but I figured I would just fill the FEL with water and drive it out. This worked very well as long as I drove slowly. I...

Here's our compost bin. We didn't need a container because it held it's shape pretty well. Actually, I built a bin, but we just used it as a dump for brush. We aren't allowed to burn and we just don't know what to do with the branches and weeds and brush, so we just dumped it in the bin...

There are two types of hour meter (that I know of). One simply shows the number of hours the tractor engine is operating. The second shows some percentage of the actual time, based on some calculation related to the engine speed required to run the PTO at the full 540 (or what ever the...

First time I ever used a log splitter was today. Well, the first time I used one that wasn't driven by muscle anyway. Found out a few things: 1. They are very easy to use. 2. The spec times given for a full throw of the wedge doesn't really matter since you usually don't plunge it...

I got my EZmover hitch, but the holes don't line up with my horizintal draw bar. What is the spacing supposed to be? I don't know which one is messed up (though I suspect it is the Hdrawbar I got at Farm&Fleet. Cliff

Here's my 4110 moving a house. Mighty impressive, no? Cliff

The guy I hired to stain my house cleaned his brushes behind my garage where, at some point, I plan to put in a small garden. I guess he chose that spot because my wife couldn't see him doing it. In any case, the question is, will paint thinner completely disipate over time? Will there be a...

Just received a John Deere Home and Shop catalog. First one I've seen, perhaps others have been getting them for years. Did you know you can get a John Deere table saw, compressor, pressure washer and pnumatic tools? They didn't have any JD trash cans, or I'd have thrown the catalog in it. I...

We have a metal garage door with a factory baked on white paint of some sort. Came with the house so I don't know the history. It looks pretty good, about 11 years old. The painter who is painting our house wants to paint it. It looks OK as it is, but I'm wondering if it's something that's...

I'm having someone powerwash my house in preperation for painting. He saw my tractor and said, "Wow, nice machine. Mind if I slober all over it?" He looked it over, paid it a few complements, which the tractor accepted graciously, and went to work. Even if someone has never been around...

Could someone please post a link to a good picture (or set of pictures) of a Ford 1720? Thanks, Cliff

I've noticed in a couple places, comments about the number of problems reported here (TBN) for particular tractors and how that should affect buying practices. My concern is that, in an effort to show a person's brand of tractor as better (that is, to have brand loyalty) we may resist...

As a general rule, you should keep things that have a spring action in their sprung condition. Surprises, when it comes to heavy equipment (or even light equipment) are usually bad. I was removing my Imatch. Not a big deal, but I'd left the little arms up -- the ones you snap down to lock the...

I've read all the Roger Welsch books, which are great fun, sort of story telling side of tractors (and women), and I've read the Alaxander Botts and the Amazing Eatthworm Tractor compilation -- about a tractor salesman who has odd ways of selling track tractors and earthmovers in the 30's, 40's...

Anyone installed a rear outlet (like for a hydraulic toplink) on a 4110 who can give me an idea of how difficult it was. Cliff

I have two stripes in my yard now from a bobcat. The compression is from 2" to 6" deep. The deeper parts seem to have squished out as much as compressed. The question is, what's the best way to loosen this hard rut and get a flat lawn again. I thought I might stab the rut with a fork and...

Has anyone made a 3pt attachment from wood? Even seen one? I was thinking I would make a sort of 3pt workbench or perhaps a carryall made from oak. There is a certain aestitic about heavy wood carrywall that appeals. I thought if I made the carryall right, I could flip it over and use it as...

I did a search for casters and dollies looking for advice in building a doly for my backhoe. There was some goos stuff there, but I'm not sure of the casters. My BH weighs about 750# so I figured I would get 4 250# swivel casters so I could just move the BH and the sub-base around in any...

The previous post, before and after the pour shows the foundation. This set of six photos shows the construction of the shed/workshop/tractor garage built on top of that. Photo 1: Walls up. Cliff

Basic rules: These sports purposefully don't use the backhoe in the way it was intended. Backhoe golf: 80 pound vaguely round rock. You have to use the backhoe to movie it 200 yards across a field (using the side of the bucket probably), then putt the rock into a hole.(using the back of the...

This is an index page. Follow the second picture down on the right and find some wonderful pictures steam (and other) tractors at this fair in England. Steam (and other old) tractor pictures. She has a whole lot of other quite beautiful pictures on her pages. It's worth the time --...

Here is the excavation before my workshop/garage concrete pour. Cliff

I'm thinking about a way to vent the fumes that are generated by the tractor when I first start it up in the garage. Right now it fills the garage with noxious dirty fumes, and there I am sitting in it waiting for the tractor to warm up for a minute or two. It crossed my mind that maybe I...

A friend sent me a Toro web page that said the cutting height on this particular model mower could be set from 1" to 4&1/4" in increments of 1/2". I guess this is true for large values of 1/2 inch. Cliff

The excavation is done for my garage. It will have a 12"X12" concrete "beam" or footing around the outside and four inches of slab above that, plus a 4"X4" step for the walls to sit on. I want to run somewhere between 50 and 100 AMP service out to this garage, and I want 220 available. The...

Anyone else get one in the mail from A. D. Little. They say they will give me a $10 amazon.com gift cert. if I fill it out. Is this Legit? Is it common? Did I miss the thread on it? Cliff

The ROPS pins on my tractor are a bear to remove and put back in. Since I'm keeping the tractor in a regular garage right now, I have to put it up and down every time I do any work. I use a vice-grip and twist the pins while pulling hard and they eventually pull out. I pound them in, though I...

PTO lever won\'t budge I finally took my back hoe off and wanted to test my PTOs to make sure they work correctly. I tested the rear one, which turned -- that's about the extent of my test. Then I went to shift the lever to try both PTOs or just the front one, and it will not budge. Can anyone...

After I got my backhoe off, I installed the 3pt and the iMatch. None of this equipment had been used before and the 3pt stuff had sat the whole winter at the dealer. The ball joints (is there a better name) at the ends of the arms and on the lifter were frozen and took some liquid wrench and a...

Today I decided to take the 46 backhoe off my 4110. It was delivered with it on and it had never been off -- too useful. I decided however, that before I had the tractor too long I should attempt to remove it and make sure the 3pt and the PTO all worked correctly. The instructions in the book...

So do you pronounce Massey like m-ace-e (long a)or the other way? Is there a proper version or is it just a regional thing? Cliff

I have tractor insurance with State Farm. I had to get some so I could get financing, but I wanted insurance anyway. It turns out that, new this year, State Farm tractor insurance does not cover liability off property even if you have the "off property" coverage. They changed it -- it used...

I would like to skim the vegatation off an area. I have the tractor and a FEL to work with, no blades, no toothbar. The question is, should I be able to to this? Do I have to have a tooth bar? I'd rather not spend the money just yet and the area is only 30X30 feet. I would just like to...

Photo sequence of my wood rack. It's small. I don't heat with wood, I just like a fire now and then. 9 pictures, I'll post a picture of the the completed rack when I can get a photo. Photo 1. Cliff

OK, I bought a spinner. We had one on the tractor and the farm truck when I was a kid and I don't really need one, but I bought one anyway. Now I can't figure out how to put it on. If it just had a plate on the spinner and another plate that you put under the wheel and bolted them together, I...

Biodiesel - sort of - has it\'s uses I ran out of diesel today, so I thought, well, I have some kerosene in the basement for cleaning the gunk off new woodworking machinery and I have some oil left in a quart jar of Gardinara from which I ate all the peppers. I mixed the two, but I figured it...

I have a Dr. Trimmer that's about 8 years old or so. It has a 5HP electric start verticle shaft Briggs & Stratton engine. The problem I'm having is that when it's idling, it pulsates, like it's getting more gas then less then more then less. When it's under load it runs great. When I...

I've seen a lot of comments about rebadging tractors between brand names. Usually it's derisive, but I'd like to point out that rebadging isn't always the right term and having another company built part or all of your tractor isn't always a bad thing. Just because a particular factory in...

I have a spinner (suicide knob) for my JD4110, but I was wondering where on the wheel to mount it. I thought I would start with it at the bottom left, maybe 8 oclock or so, but I figured some of you already did the trial and error to figure out where on the wheel it's best to put it. Cliff

So, now that I've got a tractor, the obvious question is, how do I get the diesel and grease out of my clothes? I've read here that Simple Green is useful, though I'm not exactly sure what that does to clothes if you soak them in it. What's the technique to get rid of the smell and the stains...

I'm working out plans for a workshop/tractor shed/garden shed. It's really a 14X20 concrete floored garage in my back yard. The question is, what the electrical design will look like. For my needs now, a 110 plug on each wall, and one on the ceiling for an opener plus a switched one on the...

Hopefully this link will get through. This is an article on the new EPA rules for off road diesel engines including tractors. Looks like by 2008 we will have very different engines on tractors and the fuel will change also. Cliff MikePA - Redid link to URL

Is it better when leaving a tractor outside to store it under a tarp or not. I would think that keeping the sun and rain off would be a good thing, but I wonder about the moisture that accumulates under a tarp from the ground. Maybe it wouldn't get the chance to dry out and would be more...

I scratched mine, and the dog peed on the tire. Also it has little metal warts with greese on them. What's more, there's plaque on the bucket teeth. But what's really causing the problem is that it's running out of fuel. Gosh, tractors don't last long do they? Cliff

410 operator\'s manual? I got a 410 loader with my rig and the dealer gave me the predelivery and installation manual, but I didn't get an operator's manual. Should I have gotten one of these? Seems like there would be one. Cliff

Any hints on getting my tractor to come when called. I tried holding out a bisquit, but the tractor just stared at me like I should come over there. I tried holding up a grease gun and calling "Here little steam shovel," but you know, I don't think it liked that. Then I tried a whistle, you...

The block heater plug on my JD4110 just hangs down by the side of the engine. Do people usually put something on it to keep it from caroding -- I was thinking of using a old extension cord female plug end and keeping it pluged into that -- like a tail, but then I thought that might make it...

Does a JD 50 have a hand clutch and if so, which side is it on? Apparently we had one before I was born and my mother said she used to get a knot in her arm because the hand clutch was never in adjustment. She thinks it was a JD 50, but isn't sure. If someone knows of a picture that shows the...

Just a picture of the JD4110 with 410 FEL and a 46 BH Cliff

Well, I learned a few things today. It rained quite a bit the last few days, and I knew the ground would still be pretty wet, but I decided to go ahead and drive the 4110 (FEL/BH) across the yard anyway. Surprisingly, the R4s did no damage and there weren't even indentations. OK, that was the...

So I got my 4110 today. It rained so I couldn't really do much useful except look at it. At the moment it's sitting in the garage so I can look over everything. Found one Zerk that hadn't been greased, and a missing nut (no, no, not me, I was there.) Anyway, while looking at it as it sat...

Tractor was delivered today. It rained. Cliff

I have a '94 JD LT166. I've had two flats lately. I sprayed the foam tire repair stuff in them and it worked great, but I'm wondering how long these tires last. I won't wear the tread out because they are on grass all the time, but tires age. So how long before tires need replaced even if...

I've seen Mr. Funnel mentioned several times on the forum, and I'm wondering if I should get one. I will be getting Diesel about 5 gallons at a time so I will not be storing it very long, and I plan to just get it at the local gas station. I don't know if I should be worried about...

As some of you have noticed, I just bought a JD 4110 with a Backhoe and a loader. I got it delivered yesterday and had an interesting day. First let me say that this tractor has a lot of power, and that story about the tractor flipping over when the rear wheels are stuck to the ground is...

So, if you buy a new compact tractor and you havn't had one before, what things will you probably not have that you need? I don't mean attachments and things like that, I mean the extras like A good grease gun A yellow 5 gallon fuel can Bib overalls Stuff like that. Cliff

Is 9" too small for a backhoe bucket. The dealer said that they sometimes jam up and have to be cleaned out. He recommended the 13" bucket as the smallest viable bucket. I was thinking that you can always dig a trench or hole larger than the bucket, but not smaller. Any advice? Cliff

I got a quote on a 4110 with 52 hours on it to which they will add a new 410 loader and a new 46 backhoe and R4 tires for $18,360 which I think is pretty good (includes ballast box, tall folding ROPS, power beyond). I like the dealer and after walking around the lot and looking in at the shop I...

I am considering doing the excavation for a new 1 car garage myself. (14'X20') The city requires a 12"X12" beam on grade with a 4" slab. Monolithic poor. The land is very flat with the highest corner about 5" above the lowest corner. I'm thinking that I would 1. level an area about two...

What margin should a dealer make on a tractor and options when they sell it? I mean, what's fair to the dealer and to the buyer? On a 20K Purchase, how much does a dealer need to make to stay pleasently profitable without over charging their customers? Cliff

OK, Here's what I am hoping to get. JD 4110 R4s Duel SCV rear hydraulic outlet Frops (tall hoop for BH) Block heater 410 FEL (ballast box + level indicator) 46 BH I total that out at 23,827 list price from the JD web site. 10% off would be 21,444 15% off would be 20,252 20% off would be...

This has probably been covered, but I can't find it using the search. What I really want is a small (and I mean small) backhoe. I don't see digging deeper than 3 feet. I want to use it for some stump removal, shallow trenching for a beam-on-grade foundation for a garage and for digging holes...

So I wanted to compare the NH offerings with the JD 4110 that I like, but even though there are several NH dealers within 30 miles, none have any Class I boomers to look at. The case dealer doesn't carry any of the Case equivalents either. They have sub-compacts and Class II boomers, but not...

I learned that the DCSV that you need for the loader does not come with the loader or the base tractor. In fact, you can't buy the tractor without the $650 DSCV, but it is still called an option. So my estimate was $650 short. Looking at the web site, I guess I could have figured that out...

The 46 backhoe seems to have vanished from the JD web site. I can't find it anywhere, yet a week ago I was able to get a price and see a picture. That page changes so often I can never find anything, but the search shows no matches on "46 backhoe" at all! Maybe I'm just braindead today, I...

If you were digging a slowly curving path 6" deep and 30" wide maybe 50' long (to become a bricked path) which attachmets would be most useful? Would you use a FEL and dig from the side? A back hoe for nice clean edges? A really skinny blade of some sort? A shovel (heaven forbid)? If...

Hi, I'm going to build a garage behind my house which will house my lawn tractor, a small CUT of some type and a bench. Just a one car size, maybe 12X20. Anyway, I can't get anything wider than 5 feet back to that area, so if I used concrete it would take a lot of wheelborrow trips (Perhaps...

On the 4110 I looked at, there is a knob under the seat which the sales lady said allowed you to turn down the amount of fluid running through the system. So, for instance, if you had it turned low, the FEL would lower more slowly? When would you use this feature? Do I have the idea right? Cliff

How wide is a 12LA loader? I can't seem to find that info on the NH web site. It's also not clear how wide the Class I machines are with turf or R4 tires. Any one have such a rig that could give me an idea? Does it depend on which Class I? I have been assuming that all the Class I's are the...

I've been wanting to see a Class I Boomer up close to get a feel for it's size and layout. I can't really justify a tractor, even to myself, but I day-dream about it having been brought up on a farm (JD 3010), but now a suburbanite. Anyway, I'm leaving the big ugly building I work in and...

What do the fields in a tire size mean? For instance, if the tire was shown as 26x12.00-12 What would that translate into? OK, so I'm new to this. Cliff