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I learned the hard way too, reverse was a crow bar and a chain. To avoid that happening to such a degree, lower the 3 point inch by inch so the hydraulics are always about to support the digger rather than allowing it to screw itself all the way into the ground freely when you drop the 3 point lever to the bottom. Then it is more likely to be just a turn or so before you can lift it free.

what to do when post hole driller snags
Kioti Tractors
Replies 14 Post by denwood

I guess it makes sense if you can put a 420 or 430 on a 43,4400 and a 420 on a 4200 you should be able to put a 430 on a 4200, JD just does not rate the 4200 for the 430. It may turn smaller if both use the same axle steering angles. If they differ, who knows, JD keeps it a secret in their brochures. $14000 would surely be my top offer, dealers often get more than a private sale, I would start at 12,000 since 4200s are a harder sell. Many private 43,4400s have been selling in like condition and equipment in the 14s. Mine had 299 hours a scraper,a 430, and a 3 pt PTO sprayer for 14,500, but no belly mower. Mine with 32 HP seems fine for all tasks but high speed transport. It bogs down considerably on hills and 26 Hp would surely be noticable on a tractor with almost the same weight.

JD 4200
John Deere Tractors
Replies 9 Post by denwood

They love them. Both neighbors are Amish and one has it on its own steel wheels like a trailer that attaches to the drawbar, and the other has it on the 3 point hitch. As you can imagine the one with the drawbar mount actually lifts up on the tractor, so with either setup a large tractor is helpful. Another thing to keep in mind it the lift cylinder is single acting so it does not replenish the tractor at all. My neighbor has run dry on high lifts when the tractor was low on hytrans.

Hydraulic circuits
Tractor Projects
Replies 10 Post by denwood

This was info I got right from from the dealer service department and shop. Autohaus of Lancaster where they sell lots of diesels to the tightwads that populate the area. I was surprised to hear it, I was just asking if there was any tricks to it since I have not had a new TDI before. I assumed I would fill it with diesel but was curious about any other oddities.

ATF in diesel engine
Parts and Repair
Replies 14 Post by denwood

Art is right on. It it is not a honda it is 2nd best or worse. Check out this web site, they have the complete honda kit as well as the low quality replacements. They also list on ebay regularly.
http://www.smallenginewarehouse.com/

Johnd Deere 318 onan Motor Rebuild
Antique Tractors
Replies 6 Post by denwood

I will try to give you some pespective. My Mcmillan 1850 is rated for 15 to 30 GPM. My excavator is only capable of 12.6 GPM at full throttle. I never run it past half throttle and have no problem with 6 to 30 inch holes. I would not want it turning faster, just more wear. I estimate I am running about 9 GPM where 15 is supposed to be the min. The pressure does count. I am pushing around 3000 PSI. Mcmillan makes several models. One smaller one is the X1450 rated for 10 to 25 GPM and augers up to 30 inches. Another is the X950 rated for 6 to 15 GPM and up to 24 inch augers. Obviously the lower GPM models are geared for more speed with less flow and therefore lower torque. I would rather have the higher torque and less speed by over rating the auger for the machine. Several companies including Mcmillan make a cheesy chain driven hydraulic auger rather than a direct gear driven model. Mine is over 15 years old and I have done no maintenance at all. As far as putting it on a CUT, it should not be a problem. My 4300 can put out 8.3 I believe, so it may run the 1850 but would be better with the 1450. Adding hydraulics can be cheap or costly. The 3rd valve I added from ebay for about $140 or so, that was the cheap part. My front hydraulics were the big part. I added a bracket by the loader disconnects with identical couplings that run to the factory outlets in the back. That way when I disconnect the loader, I do not have to undo the hydraulic lines all the way from the attachment to the back of the tractor. I also added flush face couplers from a bobcat on a bracket by the bucket. All the hoses, couplings and fittings added up quick.

Post Hole digger info needed
Operating and Attachments
Replies 7 Post by denwood

I did the same treatment to my 4300 but still have the junk battery in. I had searched but found nothing that would fit yet although 1 company assured me they had a sealed one coming in that size. My Amish neighbor is a sort of battery store for the Amish and he gets me any normal batteries for about half price. He just gave me a deep cycle that matched the 4300 battery dimensions exactly, just does not have the same mount lugs or terminals. I do not know yet if it will crank enough but free and sealed are both nice words. If it does not work I will see about the one you found.

Possible Solution To The 4000 Ten Series Battery Corrosion Problem
John Deere Tractors
Replies 87 Post by denwood

I have asked a mechanic for MB that came shopping at my place what he thought, and he said all good in general. Anything can break. Many have huge miles on them. He even said a couple mechanics drive them where he works. I have a customer who buys new and could buy just about any car he wanted. He buys MB diesels and keeps them for about 500,000 miles. He had 2 the last time I saw him, the old one still going strong but rusting out a good bit. That seems to be what I see here for the older ones.

Mercedes Diesels
Just For Fun Off Topic
Replies 9 Post by denwood

It depends on what surface you are plowing. If it is pavement of some sort, using it in its designed direction is best, whether blade if facing forward or backward. Usually backing up is best so you don't pack the snow down first. On gravel or grass, using the blades back side is often better so you don't rip the surface up. A good blade will offer tilt on the blade as well as angle and sometimes offset. If you pull the pin out of the tilt altogether, the blade will follow the contour of the ground and not dig in one corner. This has worked great for me. The only problem is in the rare instance one side of the blade gets a chunk of snow stuck on and then sags down when you lift without the tilt pin in.

Snow removal with back blade
Snowblowers / Snow Plows
Replies 20 Post by denwood

I really wasn't thinking of any vehicle where coasting could present a danger, like a large truck, and also not on a hill where speed would just keep increasing. I was just trying to figure out why so many drivers in LT were doing it. I never really thought about it until our fuel started costing what theirs does. When I said diesel drivers, I should clarify, anything bigger than a compact car was a diesel there. No real matter what meters the fuel just that can the governer give less fuel than an idle or is that a minimum. If so than an engine being forced to turn 2000 rpms going down a hill with no throttle is still getting twice the fuel per a given time frame as an engine turning 1000 rpm with no throttle. Same fuel per injection, just twice as many injections.

Fuel Cost survey
Everything and Anything
Replies 27 Post by denwood

I am just finishing up schooling to get my real estate license. In PA where I am, a contractor can put a lien on you but if you have a mortgage, the contractor cannot force forclosure. If he doesn't do anything for 2 years, which he cannot with a mortgage, it is void. I asked a contractor friend about it and he said it has and is happening to him now. Nothing he can do about it unless the guy sells or the bank forcloses. Another intersting item is that it is possible to record several notices, with different stipulations that only the general cont. may place liens, or that no one may place a lien on your property if a tennant orders the improvement. It must be posted after it is recorded and you may get protest from any contractor about to do work for you, but it can be done. I am going to do it as we are letting my inlaws build a house on our property and I darn sure don't want any problems with looser contractors.

Bad Contractor
Home Improvement
Replies 25 Post by denwood

If you want to keep any info you discover out of the govenment channels, you may be able to contact a local treatment company. Around here, there are water conditioning companies going around knocking on doors at times offering free well tests. We got one and they did test for bacteria. It is just that their results detemine if it is safe to drink, if you get someone with no further knowledge, you will have to interpret the results yourself as far as swimming.

More Pond Questions
Parts and Repair
Replies 10 Post by denwood

I do not know about the pulverizer, but my Frontier RB72 rear blade IS a Woods, painted green. It came with the tractor, but if it had been more expensive that the orange one, I would have bought orange instead. Everything is exactly the same as the woods model. Even the owners manual say Woods in several places in the back (Warranty section).

Frontier Equipment
John Deere Tractors
Replies 6 Post by denwood

That makes perfect sense to me, and the math works.

Tire Fluid
Operating and Attachments
Replies 48 Post by denwood

exactly, and when is FEL capacity ever enough. I have been moving stumps and mine is constantly maxed out hydraulically, but it moved every stump I needed so far. Anything less just could not have done it. The better tires are important to me. The larger the diameter, the smoother the ride and the bigger obstacles and holes you can run over. If your yard is smooth, no problem although there is less footprint on a smaller diameter and thus more PSI, rutting etc. 3 point hitch again, easier to find implements if it is just a regular 3 point.

2210 or 4000 series
John Deere Tractors
Replies 7 Post by denwood

Are you one of those guys that refuses to buy a microwave because a toaster oven has worked well for the past 20 years or the guy that refuses to get a cell phone because the pay phone works so well. Just kidding doc, I can see both sides of the argument. A maintained cut engine will outlast the rest of the tractor, the same can be said of diesels in many cars and small trucks. Not quite as true for big trucks and tractors/equipment. New tech. requires improvements and that is what synthetic is. Besides less wear, it uses less oil and maintenance time with extended drains, good for us all.

BEST ENGINE OIL TO USE
Kubota Tractors
Replies 36 Post by denwood

I really believe it is the age old Jekyll & Hyde scenario. During the day he is 49 year old Richard Gauthier from Hinton WV, nice as can be, hard worker, would do anything to help a guy out but after the bottom is up, Hyde, I mean thingy makes its appearance. I can't believe a guy into tractors, welding, bee keeping could be full of piss and vinegar all the time.

Problem Poster
Everything and Anything
Replies 70 Post by denwood

I believe you have a couple things backwards. Scissor hoists are just easier to place and allow a shorter hyd. cylinder. That is their mechanical advantage, moving the dump bed farther with a short stroke. The mechanical advantage for strength goes with the straight cylinder. Dumping a heavy load may lift the rear of the truck, not the front. The tongue weight will never be heavier than when the bed is down.

Anybody have a dump trailer
Pickup Trucks and Trailers
Replies 20 Post by denwood

Believe me, the burlap did not kill those trees. If it was natural and it did not decompose, there is a big problem with the soil, no water or no oxygen. The roots would have gone right through the burlap and into the soil and only after the restriction seriously choked the roots would it have possibly died. That is not easy for non rotted burlap to do in the short term. There are accepted nursery standards for planting from the American Nursery Association and they would not have people planting things in burlap if it killed them. I despise burlap in my Garden center because it won't last from March to September without rotting off and making me have to rewrap it. I now only do B&B for christmas trees in the fall with treated burlap , and I blow out any remaining in the Spring real quick.

Can t Ever Sell It
Just For Fun Off Topic
Replies 15 Post by denwood

I have the 930B, I bought it used for 600 but it was not like new, not torn up a lot, but left out and roughed up a bit. The side discharge works fine, deflector is gone so no worry about that. Overall it is not to high a quailty. The gear box seal is bad and all oil ran out. It runs a belt so it is not like it took a lot of shock like a bush hog would. Many welds have cracked too. The properly tentioned single belt is not strong enough for the rated HP and instead of bogging a bit, it just slips and burns.

compare finish mowers Bush Hog New Holland
Mowers Field and Finish
Replies 20 Post by denwood