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Gun control is just another step closer to loseing our freedoms. I'll never be convinced that gun control would do anything but be a repeat of proabition of alcohol that was tried and proved to do nothing but create more criminals.

Frank.

Guns and Ammo Supply shortages in the USA
Everything and Anything
Replies 17 Post by hardwood

Yes, I've got several boxes of zerk assortments with 45's and 90's that would make my difficult ones easier but I would have to unbolt and remaove a shield before I could grease anything except a straight zerk.. The zerks are in the top end of the blade shafts and line up with a hole in the shield.

Frank.

Kubota ZD18 lawn mower
Garden Tractors
Replies 7 Post by hardwood

KT;

I'm not sure it is still available, maybe it didn't sell or didn't work correctly. I've never saw one on a dealer lot. It's been a couple years ago that I last remember seeing it in their literature.
Basicly it was a quick coupler that had a bearing holder mounted below the top hook about where a PTO shaft would line up for a three point hitch machine to be at working heigth. From this bearing there was a telescoping PTO shaft that went forward to the PTO shaft on the tractor. All of this stayed in place whether a machine was hooked to the tractor or not. Your PTO operated machines had to be adapted with a bearing holder that lined up with the bearing holder on the tractor half of the hookup. A shaft that again stayed in place on the machine from the gearbox or whatever on the machine to the bearing holder just below the upper mast of the three point assembly of the machine. All of this lined up with the shaft that came thru the bearing on the quick coupler. If I remember correctly there was a hand lever reachable from the seat that stood up above all this that somehow using this lever hooked the two halves together.
That's as best I remember it from the pictures.

Any of you old timer International Harvester guys here that may have owned or been around a # 234 tractor mouinted two row ear corn picker from back in the 1960's will rmemeber their automatic PTO hookup, I had one it worked great. It was basicly pretty simple but maybe a bit hard to describe here tho. It was truly automatic, there were no hand levers to operate. I think the two halves of the Deere system that actualy connect may be similar to the IHC system from the corn picker only they are hand operated instead of spring operated.

That's tonight's lesson, there will be a test tomorrow, OK.

Frank.

Just installed a Pat s Quick Hitch - Some comments
Parts and Repair
Replies 10 Post by hardwood

Kirby;

My Dad farmed for years with an "H" Farmall that I still have. I don't think an "H" had much more that 34-35 HP at best and they were two wheel drive where your 1070 has the added traction of a four wheel drive.
Dad plowed for years with a 2-14 and the H. In the fall when it usually was dry and pulled hard he would add a copuple extra wheel weights and drop down a gear, but he got it done.
Is the plow scouring and working correctly, a moldboard plow that won't scour takes a lot more power.

Frank.

Right Size Tractor to plow 10 year fallow field
Operating and Attachments
Replies 9 Post by hardwood

Georgia sand might be different than Iowa sand I'm not sure, but likely sand is sand where ever it is.
Sand probably wouldn't be a problem to scoop up with the loader without ripping it loose first.
Your middlebuster will tear a lot of soil loose in a little bit. The advantage a box scraper would have is that like your dirt pan you can drag a box full of soil to where you need it instead of having to scoop it up with the loader. That works fine unless you have to lift the box scraper to cross a drive or something then the dirt falls out.

Frank.

New Kubota L3240 First Look Review
Kubota Tractors
Replies 87 Post by hardwood

90% of our kitchen cabinet business stopped with the delivery of the cabinets, the finish carpenters took care of the installation.
That being said I never had need of anything greater than an ancient Crapsman chop saw. It did the job wnen we needed one but was a real PIA to get set correctly and keep it there.
The compound miters if we had any we did on a Radial arm saw. I'd have to look but I think our radial arm saw will cut almoat thirty inches at a 45% angle, enough to miter a standard 26 inch wide countertop.
There is a website called Miter masters, (I think), that will compute the angle settinga for about any compound miter cut you can come up with.
The degree markings and the little pointer that is supposed to tell you where the blade is set is so horribly inaccurate on even the high dollar sawa that they might as well not even put them on the saw.
I use one of those little Wixie digital angle guages and don't even look at the angle guage on the saw. So long as you zero the little Wixie out on the blade before you set it the little thing works really good.

Frank.

Miter Saw Review - Which to buy Chop Pull Bevel
Shop Tools
Replies 28 Post by hardwood

I doubt that being a "Little" low on fluid would cause it to not move forward as the pickup for the fluid is in the bottom of the sump.
I still have a feeling that something has came unhooked somewhere between the pedal and the mechanism inside that moves the swash plate.
Does the reverse pedal return to neutral when you take your foot off of it?
I do have a tech manual for that series but it seems to have grown legs for the moment.

Frank.

John Deere 4300 won t go forward fine in reverse
John Deere Tractors
Replies 4 Post by hardwood

Thanks Dennis;

I think I've heard the wife's sister talk about something like that.
My wife is an advid reader who can consume two books a week. We both have advancing arthritus in every joint we have and in some joints I didn't know I even had so that might be something she could use.

Frank.

What are your favorite SUV Tires
Autos SUV Trucks
Replies 18 Post by hardwood

Have you tried Baldwin Filters? I'm sure they have a website.

They are hard to beat for quality and also having a filter that no body else seems to have.

Frank.

Hydraulic Filter for an Sd 2200
Shibaura
Replies 4 Post by hardwood

It's obvious that you hae enough experience to be a good judge of problems so ther probably isn't much that I can add without seeing the situation.
As I said before this is the first I have heard of wheel bearing problems with the 620i.
Ours is one of the very first ones produced, the first ones are usually have the problems.
We traded in an XUV that had a terrible problem with starting when cold, Deere didn't seem to have a fix for it so we gave the Gators onme more chance. I was within an inch of trying a different brand but the fuel injection solved the starting problem.

Frank.

620i wheel bearings
Utility Vehicles UTV/ATV
Replies 4 Post by hardwood

Your bx 1850 with all the attachments won't weigh much over a ton, so the truck will easily handle the load.
The biggest concern is getting it loaded and unloaded safely. Take your time while loading it, give the ramps a second look before you drive up them.
The 1800 lb trailer would be pushing it a bit, I wouldn't feel comfortable with that system.
Be sure to have the tractor and other equipment fastened down securely in the truck with straps or chains with load binders.

Frank.

transporting bx1850 tomorrow
Kubota Tractors
Replies 5 Post by hardwood

First thing comes to mind is the alignment of thr pulleys.
Can you somehow sight like you sight a crooked two by four to see if a pulley has slid on the shaft or somewhow be out of line?

Perhaps there is an idler that has na bad bearing, a bent or loose bracket causing it to be out of line?

The single belt you have should have a mate that is pretty close to the same length. Rather than buying a matched set which can get pricey maybe the NAPA or a similar store could come close with another single belt by measuring one againts another.

Frank.

CC 3240 PTO belt issue
Garden Tractors
Replies 3 Post by hardwood

OK, well maybe next time I can help.

I'm not being a smart AXX about it but sometimes big hose clamps and tarp straps will work wonders. I use a home made sprayer with a 25 gallon tank in the box of the Gator with a 12 volt pump and a six ft. wide spray boom to do the lawn for Dandelions fastened to the tailgate pretty much held on with tarp straps. Once in a while after hitting a sharp bump or hole I have to "adjust" the mountings of the boom a bit, but so far it hasn't fallen off.

Frank.

Need plans for an ATV-type platform for a lawn garden tractor
Tractor Projects
Replies 4 Post by hardwood

Just curious if all the wiring is original and could have a thin spot worn that occasioaly will short out.

Frank.

Gator engine problem
Utility Vehicles UTV/ATV
Replies 3 Post by hardwood

KT;

That is a good possibility especially in colder weather, lots of fluid chrurning around in there.

Frank.

Massey Fergusen 1100 pto questions
Massey Ferguson Tractors
Replies 8 Post by hardwood

With modern lubricants it may not make any differnce or at least it may be a very slight difference but just going to extreme comparisons we'll think about this a bit.
Possibly during acceleration some effeciency cold be gaind with an engine always working in it's most effecient RPM by always changing from one ratio to the next most effecient range but at crusing speed or an extreme comparison being no transmission at all just a direct hookup from the engine to the rear differential. No transmission at all would cause no drag so no loss in horsepowr being consumed by friction. The second extreme being a six or however many speed transmisssion with the torque being transmitted thru it, there being all sorts of tbings turning inside plus the drag of the lubricant in the trasmission case all consuming a bit of the torque along the way to the differential. So I guess what I'm getting around to say is that likely an auto spends 99.9% of its road time in a direct drive situation while also spinning a bunch of other things in the tranny that are doing nothiong but producing drag. Yes, I realize this is not a likely situation having no transmission being a regular gasoline or diesel engine would struggle to get the car moving from a dead stop.

Frank.

CVT Automatic Transmission Review
Autos SUV Trucks
Replies 6 Post by hardwood

Sorry to hear of Jeff's passing. I used to banter with him about most anything, like you pick a side and we'll argue.

Sometimes the wrong end of too many things add up to more than one can bear, too bad he'll be missed.

Frank.

Jeff Ordway -- Earthwrks RIP March 2012
Everything and Anything
Replies 12 Post by hardwood

My Brother in law had a Suburau, I don't know what year, model, etc., but any way after the warranty the head gasket, (gaskets), went bad. He was persistent in his request, (requests), till they agreed to replace them.
Then for some reason the replacment gasket, (gaskets), went bad again about a soon as he drove it home, the folks at Subarau didn't want to discuss it. I don't know what he did with it but it dissapeared soon after and he got a different brand.

Frank.

Subaru Boxer Engine Pros Cons
Autos SUV Trucks
Replies 22 Post by hardwood

I don't have a Long or know their requirements but engine oil in a transmission/hydraulic systen doesn't seem right.
Engines and transmissions may use the same base oil stock but will have a different additive package. If you don't have a Long dealership that can help I'd check with a major brand oil jobber like a Chevron outlet that handles their full range of lubticants. they usually have a person on staff who can get that information for you.

Frank.

transmission oil for Long 350
Long
Replies 12 Post by hardwood

I haven't saw him around here much lately but Jeff (Earthworks) either bought or built one for his Ford quite a while ago. I don't think there would be much difference between brands so far as to what is needed to put one together. I did check with Deere when I got my 4310, in 99 or 2000 and the price scared me off, so I never pursued it any further.

Frank.

Kubota BX Top and Tilt
Kubota Tractors
Replies 11 Post by hardwood