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Mike, I thought about that too, that it was a 970 post and nobody would read it and I agree with all you said and a hydro would be nice as I have one in my cub cadet 1650. Personally when I tractor I am in no hurry and shift ranges as needed and thouroughly enjoy the idea and sound of the foot gas pedal. When I push it the tractor goes faster and when I let it go it slows down.. The sound of the diesel reving up is also nice. When I first saw the 4000 series they instantly reminded me of a over sized lawn mower, same and more so with the boomers. I guess I want my tractor to look like one. I also don't want to upset anyone as this is a great board but each to his own.

John Deere 970 need help in buying
John Deere Tractors
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superior price, I ran a 1720-12 by 12 transmission for about a month. It is a sweet machine. Snap it up.

Price Check On N H 1720
New Holland Tractors
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Buy cheap grade 5 bolts, nuts and lock washers in quantity from the farm store or industrial supply house, and, start the blades real slow. Have a Jd 513 and just finished bush hogging 5 acres and broke one bolt.

JD 413 Rotary Cutter
John Deere Tractors
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Yep! I priced turfs and got 350 per tire plus 100 or so to mount and fill and that is with out rims.

Agri tires
Parts and Repair
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Only when I get scared or when my wife yells at me. Seriously , I wear it on the hills and when I have a load in the bucket on the hills. I guess that is where I get scared.

seatbelt survey
Other Tractor Brands
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surge brakes are brakes controlled with a cylinder in the coupler that hooks on your trailer hitch ball. When you stop your truck the trailer keeps moving forward and activates the hydraulic plunger which moves brake fluid to the brake pads and subsequently stops your trailer. they don't work in reverse. If you tend not to use your trailer often or do not service your brakes regularly then a flushing of the trailer brake system with silicone brake fluid and filling with silicone brake fluid tends to make the brakes function better in the long haul. Dot 3 attracts water and eventually corrodes the system

Trailer for hauling tractor
Operating and Attachments
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not as much of a problem as the manual indicates. All that happens is light in the back and heavy in the front. Any implement that weighs over 200-300 lbs will do. Or, to be real cheap. Make up a plywood box 2x2x3 or so and fill it up with concrete after you istall the two hinge pins and a top link attachment. I have loaded with no weight on the back in a pinch and had no problem being real carefull. Have a jd 870 Incidently a wieght box isn't that expensive and makes a great place to put heavy stuff like tow chains , lead or what ever you have.

Ballast Box
John Deere Tractors
Replies 9 Post by bo

a 50-50 water and antifreeze mix has more cooling capacity then straight antifreeze. Put the water back in the radiator.

Yanmar 1700 Engine temperature light
Yanmar Tractors
Replies 9 Post by bo

If your grass is like my grass then it is dormant. First good soaking and it will green up. We have had august conditions in july where the grass turns brown and stays that way until it rains. If you lived in south florida and this condition existed with floritam or st. augustine grasses then I would say it is dead. I am in western NY and your grass is a northern grass just like mine. I guess that you don't get to fix up your yard. Can't address your stone problem as there isn't any shale within 50 miles of here.

Need advise from the experienced guys for grass stones amp Rocks
Operating and Attachments
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Friend of mine has a Ford 1720 and wants to be able to change tires with rims from ag to turf. Dealer rims are pricey, anyone have a source of less expensive rims in upstate N.Y. or by mailorder. Appretiation in advance. Bo

Wheels-rims for ford 1720
Operating and Attachments
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Mike. Was messing around today pulling some old bushes that my wife wanted to replace and I took a closer look at the loader. At the very bottom of the arms where they connect to the bucket are two welded plates about 2 inches square. Both of these have wear marks on the outside edges and only contact the bucket at about three forths of the way down. I wonder if on a heavy load the bucket sags just enough to hang up at idle rpm and extra rpm jerks the bucket past that point? Couln't try a loaded bucket test as it poured last night and my dirt pile is soaked and it also was getting pretty dark. If that is the hang up point then maybe some grease will solve the problem. Check yours and let me know what you find. Bo

Sticking loader bucket
Loaders Back Hoes
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870 has:28.7hp,25pto hp,collar shift or synchromesh tranny wet disk brakes, hydrostatic power steering,hitch liftof 1880lbs continuous live pto,3ranges with 3speeds forward and one reverse or 9forward and 3 reverse when you multiply by the ranges, 123 long and 53.3 wide depending on the position of the wheels, {mine is 63

I need info on JD 850and 950
John Deere Tractors
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It will mow faster then you'll want to drive it. With a loader and maybe a grading box you'll have more friends then any one needs and you'll be the envy of the neighborhood.

Dilemma anyone else go though this
Other Tractor Brands
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Is that 20500 with or without sales tax?I keep seeing what guys paid for their machines but was always curious whether the sales tax was included.

JD 4400 with loader rotary cutter and ph digger
John Deere Tractors
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20 years ago I bought a cub cadet, 16 hp with a 8hp leaf vacuum attachment. Cut over one acre and do it in 45 minutes with a 60 inch deck. Been beating the hell out of the tractor for 20 years and haven't put in $100 into it yet. Regular maintenance only Paid $4500 back then and never regretted it . Tractor is hydrostatic and pulled heavy trailer, plows snow ,cuts grass and any thing elelse I can think of . Today you'll pay 6-8 thousand but in the long run you'll beneftit. Bought a 870 Jd recently to do other heavy lifting and wanted a toy.

HELP First time homeowner now has huge yard
Other Tractor Brands
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Jiggle it. You have to hold the blade still while you jiggle the heck out of the input shaft . Somewhat difficult and may take some force but should work.

PTO Collar
Other Tractor Brands
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All you guys bragging about your snow ought to spend some time in the Buffalo NY area. A foot of snow means that leaving for work is 15 more minutes figured in driving time. This past winter it snowed every day for 10 days about a foot each day. Got to a point that we had no place to put it so a payloader with a tbhree yard bucket was used twice. Love to get a foot or so ,I'll use my little cub cadet garden tractor instead of my JD 870. A little history, in 1977 during the blizzard I got over twelve feet of snow in my driveway. The blizzard of 1985 was easy by comparison, only 6-7 feet.

How much tractor is enough
Other Tractor Brands
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Have a JD 870 which I just bought used with 170hrs. Just noted that the power steering piston has a small weep hole on top near the ram and weeps out a little hydraulic fluid on hard turns, that is , at full steering wheel stop. Doesn't happen all the time ,but enough to cause a drip now and again. Does any one know what this hole is for and is it normal for a little hydraulic fluid to come out? Speaking of hydraulic fluid, the manual calls for JDMJ20b and my local farm store handles j20a,c. Anyone know the difference and is the j20a,c ok to use in a jd870, 1997?

Jd power steering leak
John Deere Tractors
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Mike, your message was reassuring. I also did a lot of research and like everything about it. Thanks for the info.

870JDeere and grading box
John Deere Tractors
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Have a 870 jd with a curtise 4-way snow blade. Blade is 6.5 ft. wide and fits on the loader arms . Cost was about 1800 Curtise has a home page on the net but I don't remember the e-mail. try curtise.com.... bo

ANOTHER PRICE CHECKJD650 WITH
John Deere Tractors
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