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Most likely suspect is a relief valve, as noted. Second choice would be the limit switch on the 3 point hitch. If it's mis-adjusted, the relief will pop before the three point reaches maximum lift mechanically. You'll notice the noise when you move the three point lever to the full up position and leave it there. Try pushing the lift lever slowly in the "down" direction and watch the three point. If the screeching stops before the 3 point moves, that's your problem.

hydrolic skreeching
Cub Cadet
Replies 3 Post by Paul Fox

It's not generally considered to be a good idea to use automotive antifreeze, due to it's toxicity. If you have a leak, you have a problem.

RV-type antifreeze has been mentioned quite often, but I have no direct experience with it.

Liquid Tire Ballast
New Holland Tractors
Replies 65 Post by Paul Fox

Looking at the picture, I think I see two plug wires coming out of the magneto, which makes more sense to me. At a guess, it might be an engine out of a John Deere L or LA. I don't know if those engines were ever used as "power units" or not, but it's certainly possible. John Deere did make a lot of skid-mount power units.

Old JD
John Deere Tractors
Replies 2 Post by Paul Fox

Wouldn't mind having a new 3500 4x4 turbo diesel dually myself. Unfortunately, my '89 Chevy only has 55,000 on it, and while the body is pounded up a bit, the mechanicals are perfect.

And I can put a LOT of gas through that 454 for what the monthly payment on a new one would cost me... ":^(

From Dodge to Toyota and back
Pickup Trucks and Trailers
Replies 8 Post by Paul Fox

I've got a 750 here in Maine. With a healthy battery, it'll start all winter long. When it's REALLY frigid, I sometimes have to pre-heat 2 or 3 times. I turn the key left and hold it for a slow count of 10, then crank. If it just pops, I pre-heat again.

Sounds like bad fuel to me. Pump (road) fuel goes to a winter mix around here, but I add conditioner to be sure. Once it gels (stale summer mix may well have gelled) your only option is to put fresh fuel in, pull the filter out, purge the lines and put a new filter in.

NEVER, EVER, use ether on a 750. You take a real risk of blowing that puppy up.

Help JD 750 won t crank in cold
John Deere Tractors
Replies 11 Post by Paul Fox

Hmmmm. Well. I think I'd vote for the "Tempest in a Teapot" theory, based on my experience.

I have a 3 point hoe for my JD750. I've used it HARD, in rocky ground (coastal Maine) and at full extension. I don't intentionally abuse my equipment, but I need to get work done, so I don't baby it either.

In 8 years of this kind of work, I've cracked two castings ON THE HOE, and egged out the toplink pin holes in the bracket on the tractor. The toplink attachment point wear was obvious after the first year. I took the bracket off and had a machine shop bore it out and press in hardened bushings. Problem solved.

I have seen or experienced NO damage to the tractor itself.

Of course, now that I've said this, the dang thing will fold in half the next time I put the hoe on it...

Backhoes and breaking frames
Loaders Back Hoes
Replies 48 Post by Paul Fox

I'm assuming you're going to panel the walls of the closet with the cedar. In that case, plane one side only, to save time, as the rough side can go against the wall.

Save the shavings, lots of folks make cachets out of them to hang in other closets.

If you have an efficient way to resaw them, you only really need about 1/4" thickness for wall panelling, and it would go a lot further. ARC is pretty dear around here.

To plane or not to plane
Home Improvement
Replies 7 Post by Paul Fox

I drive 15 miles one way to HAUL IN horse manure for my compost pile. I use hay for bedding (straw is a precious commodity in Maine, and I can't use wood shavings with sheep, gets in the wool) so I compost hay, yard clippings, sheep and chicken manure and the horse manure. I pile it in layers over the winter, start turning it once a week or so with the bucket in the spring, turn it all summer and spread it on the pastures and use it for garden mulch in the fall. Any that's left, I sell. I found a usable antique manure spreader, but it's nice, dry compost, and I did it with a trailer and a scoop shovel for a lot of years too.

And don't get rid of the tractor. You'll hate yourself for it later. Money invested in that tractor will give you a better return than the .02% you'll get from putting it in savings... ":^(

What to do with Horse manure pile
Parts and Repair
Replies 15 Post by Paul Fox

Dreamer, thanks for the kind words about my little web page.

I fell into what I have, by and large. My wife owned the house and just under 2 acres when I married her. My Mother and Father-in-Law lived right behind us with another 2+ acres. When they retired and moved on, they gave it to us, giving us a little over 4 acres.

That was in 1974. I spent until 1990 in the Navy. By the time I retired, the house and land were paid for. I lucked out and spent my last two years stationed locally, so I started really going to work on the place in 1988. I've managed what you see in 13 years of more-or-less constant work, without going too deeply in debt. Only about half of the land was usable when I started, now it's all cleared and rehabilitated and in pasture or garden.

I also got a deal I couldn't refuse on 19+ acres of second-growth timber with about 150' of road frontage. Initial purchase was intended to give my daughter a place to put a mobile home. Now that I've got the initial 4 acres the way I want it, it's time to start on the woodlot. S-i-L has cleared/thinned a couple acres of it to the point where I can keep it mowed with the brush hog. 4 or 5 of it is under water thanks to the beavers. That only leaves 12 acres to fence and manicure.

Assuming, of course, that I live to be about 106...

Buying that Perfect Small Farm
Home Improvement
Replies 70 Post by Paul Fox

Oddly enough, I do raise a few turkeys. They're on the other side of the pasture in a little rectangular building.

Designer Sheds
Home Improvement
Replies 8 Post by Paul Fox

Sure, sign me up!

New CTB Version Needs Volunteers for Testing
Website Operations Howto
Replies 20 Post by Paul Fox

At the risk of displaying my ignorance, how does one GET to these new boards?

New CTB Board On House and Barn Building
Website Operations Howto
Replies 3 Post by Paul Fox

If the 50 series are consistent, the serial number tag is on the rear housing above the PTO. At least, that's where it is on my 750. Excellent machine, rugged as all get out. Flail mowers are good machines for mowing semi-rough territory, they'll mow right over rocks and stumps with no damage. No guess on what it's worth, depends on year, how many hours on the meter, general condition, options.

info on a jd 1050
John Deere Tractors
Replies 16 Post by Paul Fox

The local B&B has an old post-and-beam barn (well over 100 years) that they converted into a meeting/concert hall. The sills sit on strategically places rocks, it has nothing that could be considered a foundation. I built a deck around two sides of it. The major design concern was that the deck not move in relation to the barn. The sills on the barn had been replaced when it was renovated, so I bolted a 2x8 ledger to the new sills. The deck is 8 feet wide. The outer rim of the deck is supported by 4x6's on 8 foot centers. I set the 4x6's by digging the holes with the backhoe and pouring pads, in the same manner I did the barn. I then wrapped the 4x6's with several turns of heavy poly sheeting and stapled it in place before backfilling. It's been 4 years, and the deck hasn't even twitched. That's why I set the poles for the barn the way I did. I didn't wrap the barn poles, thinking the weight of the building and the hay would counter any tendency to heave. Time will tell if that was a wise decision or not.

Pole Barns and Post Holes
Barns Pole Barns
Replies 21 Post by Paul Fox

Ah. That makes sense. With my little operation, I only spread about 4-5 loads a year, and I "compost" all my manure over the winter/spring/summer, and spread it on the pastures in early fall, so traction is not an issue. My old John Deere Model H ground drive works just dandy. Thanks for replying.

Manure Spreaders for a 4100
John Deere Tractors
Replies 9 Post by Paul Fox

I have the same tractor (2250 hours), only with a Woods backhoe. The other folks are right on track with their comments. I'll just add a couple of points from my experience. I can pick the front end up at will, but it does drift down after a few minutes while using the backhoe. I have some leaks around the couplers at the SCV, but it's done that since day one. My hoe runs off it's own PTO=driven hydraulic pump, and I can run the stabilizers out to full extention under any conditions. With the #7 hoe running off tractor hydraulics, you're probably running up against the relief valve. Fresh oil and filter, some exercise, and perhaps a disassemble-clean-inspect-reassembe on the relief valve should take care of all your problems. It's a dandy little machine. I bought mine new in '88 and have ZERO mechanical failures that weren't directly related to operator stupidity.

Hydraulics
John Deere Tractors
Replies 11 Post by Paul Fox

No matter what you paint it with, the action of grass blowing across it and the acids involved is gonna more than likely strip it all off over the next mowing season anyway. What I do with mine as part of the pre-storage drill is clean it up REAL good, wire brush it down to clean metal, then spray with with a metal preservative/rust converter. I like NAPA Extend. Any phosphoric acid based solution will do.

Repainting the underside of a mower deck
Mowers Field and Finish
Replies 7 Post by Paul Fox

It's a relatively simple matter for a competent welder to cut out the rusted area and weld in a patch, then drill a stem hole around the rim a ways. Much cheaper than new rims, too.

jd 950 Front Wheels
Parts and Repair
Replies 2 Post by Paul Fox

Mow more often. Grass will naturally choke out weeds given half a chance. I'm restoring land to pasture that has been allowed to "go back to nature" since the 60's. It was all overgrown with brush, black berries and weeds. After cutting the brush and grubbing out the stumps, I rototilled it once, spread raw manure and bedding on it the first winter, and now I just keep it mowed, the sheep graze on it, and I spread composted manure on it every fall. I mow when the grass starts setting seeds. Grass that is going to seed puts all it's energy into ripening seed, not growing grass. Mowing it promotes the growth of more grass, and scatters the seed. I mow at a height of 4-6" with a rotary mower (brush hog).

Prepareing fields
Parts and Repair
Replies 8 Post by Paul Fox

I have a manual feed PATU DC-40 chipper, 3PH mount and PTO drive. It's rated to take up to a 4" stick. I've chipped the residue from a lot of tree work where whole trees were felled and had to be disposed of. I keep a Boy Scout hatchet handy to lop off the occasional branch, but by-and-large, I can push hard enough to flex the brush enough to go through the feed aperture. Brushy stuff is harder to feed than straight sticks, and evergreens are harder than deciduous, but with time it'll take everything I feed it, as long as it'll fit through the aperture. It cost me about $2600 new, but I had 2 acres to clear, so it was worth it to me. You might be able to find a used one a bit more reasonably.

Questions about larger chipper shreders
Operating and Attachments
Replies 16 Post by Paul Fox