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i guess i still don't get why my hour meter is still advancing.. there must be 2 connections on that cable or contacts when it enters the back of the tach head..i suppose i need a new head for it but my hour meter is now gonna be wrong if i replace it, like changing the odometer reading on a car,thats if i can get one at all!so your saying in a round about way if the pto is not ingaged the meter is reading 1 hour for two actual hours of engine time. Im aware of the electronic type like the one i have on my boat which i left the key on for 2 weeks last summer, and now have 300 or so xtra hours on it.

hour meter on jd 50 series
John Deere Tractors
Replies 6 Post by davegoodine

well mr. pacesetter you must be familiar with the uncle henry bible of maine..lol.. i looked for a tractor for over a year and several 1050's . i found that if you didn't make up your mind when you went to look at one it was gone the next day.My brother in law works for a local johndeere dealer he claims a tractor is worth what your willing to pay for it, mine has turf tires which i didn't like at first but with chains it's pretty hard to stick it. i can run it across my lawn without everyone screaming and those turfs sure put alot of tire on the ice.it's the power steering that bothers me the most...other than that my inlaw claims he's never seen one in the shop for repairs

1050 John Deere with loader
John Deere Tractors
Replies 5 Post by davegoodine

i checked that web site out and that paticular loader looks alot like what i was after for an idea.A much simpiler looking design... i think maybe i'll attempt that idea but i'm thinking of using 1" square stock for the lower part of the grapplebucket... i'm alittle concerned with how much this is gonna weigh in at, i have a 1050 and i believe 800 lb's is the loader max for the 75 fel. does anyone think 1" square steel will hold up to any abuse welded up like that? thanks for the idea!

implement for picking up brush
Operating and Attachments
Replies 17 Post by davegoodine

thanks tom... i suppose i should look for a dealer instead of using this computor contraption for all my info.it's just to easy this way! I have learned to swing my load into the dirt pile to slow it down. but the arm will swing all the way over and slam against the sides if your not careful.I don't do anything without steel toes on there my everyday shoe, no sneakers here.I've learned to respect the backhoe attachment,i have seen alot of ways a guy could get it with that thing.

older bradco backhoe
Loaders Back Hoes
Replies 6 Post by davegoodine

i've pulled two stumps with my compact and will think long and hard before i spend 2 hours on another..get out the backhoe and dig,dig,dig until you can roll it out with the bucket.. i'd never attempt a fresh 12" spruce unless you got all afternoon

How do you get stumps out
Other Tractor Brands
Replies 22 Post by davegoodine

twisting those plow arms is a reality.. you know you can adapt a complete truck snowplow set up to the back of a tractor. i welded some pins to the frame mount on the plow frame thatnormally would be bolted underneath the truck... it kinda works on your neck but at least you have the bucket when you need it.. i run the quick switch rams with a remote i normally run my logging whinch off.. a friend of mine twisted his loader arms on a 50 horse massy industial last winter...it wern't pretty!

Snow Plow on Tractor
Snowblowers / Snow Plows
Replies 31 Post by davegoodine

ever hear of someone twisting there forks by pushing snow with a plow that just attaches to your bucket... i went with a rear mount after hearing about that

add to bucket plow
Snowblowers / Snow Plows
Replies 1 Post by davegoodine