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JD...I have hardly any side to side movement on the bars on the 3pt hitch. The bars do have some twistable bolts that attach to the lift arms down to the lift arms for the mowing deck. I think this is what you are missing.

John Deere 2520 3 point problem
John Deere Tractors
Replies 20 Post by nosteiner4me

NM....I just bought the 2520 last august from local dealer hear. He let me use it full week. It has plenty of power without going to the next size up 3000 series which is 1000 lbs more in weight. The turning radius on this thing is awsome. It has picked up everything i ever put into the bucket..I did get the imatch hitch and love that thing. The dealer let me use his machine with a no questions return policy. Great guy. If he will let you test the machine that would be great. Best of luck

Trading John Deere 4100 on JD 2520
Operating and Attachments
Replies 7 Post by nosteiner4me

Can you get another estimate from another dealer. It only has 7 hours and what does a new one cost from that dealer. I saw one on tractorhouse.com with everything you had plus a tiller for 19,000 new, what did yours cost new? 9800 seems really low.

Trading in TZ25 for new tractor
New Holland Tractors
Replies 8 Post by nosteiner4me

KW....I have been cutting lots of wood for next winter and only putting them in piles next to the splitter until i can fabricate a pallet to stack on and still move it without it falling all over. I am thinking about using some sort of *OOOOOOOOOOOO*u shaped braces to hold the
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wood in place on the long side of the logs 2 per pallet

Firewood labor reduction
Tractor Projects
Replies 15 Post by nosteiner4me

It really all depends on what you are buying the machine for. I had couple of steiners diesels 230s for mowing and used a 430 27hp gas also. The 230 had limited lift abilities and you could not lift if you steered at the same time(they also discontinued this unit)The 430 had no foot pedals so you had to use one hand on the steering wheel and the other hand on the forward/reverse lever which was awkward and then it had articulated steering too. It really was work to run that thing and i think the ventrac would be just like the steiner 430 only bigger. They are very expensive and only steiner or ventrac attachments can be used and they are expensive. I got tired of down times and excuses from steiner dealer and went to a real compact tractor instead. I can use most any implement made for compact tractors regardless of color.
Depends on your intended uses, Still think if they would redesign the thing, it would get more attention from the public.

New machine
Articulated Tractors
Replies 12 Post by nosteiner4me

chris...Just a thought....how long do you intend to use the barn, 24/7 and does in need to be heated 24/7 in winter or just when you are in it. I have a gas furnace in my house but i heat my house 24/7 in winter with an add on wood furnace. It blows out max (160,000) btu and gets my house 70-73 no problem even at 10 below or so( I heat 5600 sq ft). My main furnace will kick on at 66 degrees or whatever i set it to. You can also add on a water jacket to heat water and run through a heat exchanger to heat whatever else you wanted.

heating pole barn
Barns Pole Barns
Replies 15 Post by nosteiner4me

paul, yes the website for steiner does show the 230 model but as of my original post no new 2007/08 models of the 230 are being made. I have heard this from 3 dealers of steiners and the only new ones are the ones still sitting on dealers lots from a year ago or longer. Beware that they changed the hydraulic design and took off the acumulator to help with weight transfer, think in 2006/07 to probably save money. The hydraulics were very weak on the newer ones but the older units were fine probably 5 years old and older.

steiner 230 now discontinued
Articulated Tractors
Replies 5 Post by nosteiner4me

Just a note about a recent purchase if you looking for a log splitter at a decent price. <br>
$996 at tractor supply 22 ton auto return 190 cc briggs engine, horizontal/vertical...you can start/stop the wedge any place you like, its fast and strong, made very well.<br>
I think i could use this splitter for 10 years or more and still sell it used for 700 bux. <br>
Was very happy with this thing. It split everything i threw at it with no problem at all and its fast too. The actual cycle time is much less than the posted ones since you can start/stop the wedge anywhere you want.

TRACTOR SUPPLY LOG SPLITTER 996
Home Improvement
Replies 1 Post by nosteiner4me

Thanks for the great responses....My main purpose for this machine is mowing with the 72"mid mower but do burn wood 24/7 in the winter and use the loader alot. I was always using the high and only used low couple times. I see the advantage of the low and the limits of the high now.
As far as mowing...I have always been a fast mower and do mow with this thing in high at what i think is about 10mph on average on the straightaways. I have fairly level ground and do not bounce around much and feel very comfortable at that speed but cannot cut it full speed though. The machine feels well balanced and not tippy at all even though it does sit high.

DEERE 2520 HOW MUCH POWER
John Deere Tractors
Replies 9 Post by nosteiner4me

acerguy...sounds like an awsome system that you get heat out of 15 lbs of wood for 12 hours!!! I load my wood furnace with 3 to 6 cubic feet of wood and load it 6am then load again at 6-10pm for nite then wake up to 67-70 degrees at 6am again. I think most wood pcs i put in mine are 5-30 lbs each. Yours sounds like a really efficient system,and i am just starting to learn about the fresh air thing.

residential wood furnace use
Home Improvement
Replies 20 Post by nosteiner4me

It sounds like the water coming back and hitting the check valve once the pump shuts down. My old house was close to the water and the sump pumps came on every 45 seconds in the spring and early summer. I went thru all sorts of check valves and some times the valves got stuck closed and my sump pumps kept running in circles. I got really scared that my basement would flood if i was never home and power was out for a while. I hooked up a backup with a marine sump pump and marine trolling battery and eventually got rid of the check valve altogether..they just always got stuck and this way, water was always shooting out and i needed it too. My new home doesn't have any sump pumps in it at all, we have enough fall that it just flows outside in the woods somewhere.

Check valve in sump pump
Home Improvement
Replies 11 Post by nosteiner4me

Sorry....click on automatic tire chains on the far left side at the bottom of site. then it will show the onspot tire chains.

Putting chains on L35 for snowplowing
Kubota Tractors
Replies 20 Post by nosteiner4me

I am in akron ohio and 2 months ago purchased a deere 2520 $13,300
cx loader 61" bucket with rear ballast $2800
72" mid mount mower $2400
Imatch rear hitch $260
Total with taxes $19953.75
I was going to pay cash but the 0% finance for 3 years
was great so i just paid off my car at 6.99 % and now
don't have a car payment anymore!
Don't know current price on 2305 but like candoarms said try tractorhouse.com , it shows them from 10,000-15000 depends what you get. The johndeere website lists the 2305 tractor alone 10,750 retail.
Your dealer should be able to beat that!

Newbie advice between JD2305 BX2305 and GC2300
John Deere Tractors
Replies 25 Post by nosteiner4me

Mobilus...yeah the fun part of cutting the stuff is all done for me. I still have to split some of it. Its all grey looking stuff..some is year old, most is 2 years old.
Most will fit in the furnace as is. What a nice fellow. Even had the wife loaded some trailers saturday with me.

murf... I have that on my regular furnace cold air return now but i do not have a cold air return duct on the wood furnace. I just have the wood furnace with the 3 speed blower 1400 cfm,1600cfm,1800cfm connected to the heat runs on the main furnace and yes i run my fan on the wood furnace all the time to get the most heat output. Think some heat was always wasted if you ran it from the thermostat on and off. Did you connect your wood furnace to your cold air return and heat runs on your main furnace?

BURNING WOOD NOW
Home Improvement
Replies 12 Post by nosteiner4me

Try looking at tractorhouse.com and click on under 40hp tractors and then click on johndeere tractors. Maybe you can find something similar to yours. Couldn't find yours by your number though. Good luck

ANYONE WITH A TRACTOR BLUEBOOK
John Deere Tractors
Replies 3 Post by nosteiner4me

RBD....6 TO 7 inches of snow a month is really nothing at all that your rtv really couldn't handle on pavement. I have a homedepot 18hp regular tractor with a 4 ft blade on the front. I have never needed chains and it pushed a lot of snow. My driveway is concrete and 200 foot long and then goes off to a circle driveway another 80 ft long plus the circle. Your rtv should do ok on the concrete but the long part....don't know. I also would think you would not need a snow blower with only 6-7 inches per month!!! Just get a front blade on the tractor of your choice and if the snow really piles up then use your loader to move it.

Kubota B23 correct size
Kubota Tractors
Replies 21 Post by nosteiner4me

superair...I am in akron ohio and 2 months ago purchased a deere 2520 $13,300
cx loader 61" bucket with rear ballast $2800
72" mid mount mower $2400
Imatch rear hitch $260
Total with taxes $19953.75
I was going to pay cash but the 0% finance for 3 years
was great so i just paid off my car at 6.99 % and now
don't have a car payment anymore!

John Deere JD 2520 Price
John Deere Tractors
Replies 15 Post by nosteiner4me

mike.....congrats on the new 2520 mine has 9.5 hours on it. Wish i had enough stuff around the house to use a backhoe on my property. I do more mowing than anything else. The 200cx loader is so easy to take on and off.
Think you made a wise decision....i know i did this time around with my 2520.

John Deere 2520 backhoe
John Deere Tractors
Replies 20 Post by nosteiner4me

Kw...I tied in the Energy King wood furnace on the back side of the existing masonry fireplace in the basement. I wasn't using it anyway and it is now just for looks. If you could possibly tie into that flue, you would be set.

Quadra-Fire woodstove inserts
Home Improvement
Replies 47 Post by nosteiner4me

Dennis...I lost 3 customers of mine that died early in life when they fell off a ladder, they were 33-50 years old and the wives were devestated. You would be surprised how many people die or come close to that each year. Pay the 500 bux and watch them install it from your favorite arm chair drinking a beer. You are going to save money from the firewood you burn and also save money on the fan blowing the heat around the house. I would also donate 100 bux to the cause if that would help you stay off that 20 ft ladder and your wife can keep you around a couple extra years. No kidding just say the word.

Hanging Ceiling Fan in Great room
Home Improvement
Replies 30 Post by nosteiner4me