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Roundup is sold in concentrate (mix with water) and also "ready-to-use". I have found the "ready-to-use" to be almost worthless. But the concentrate is also not all the same. Some take more and some less when mixed with water. I suggest the "farm store" concentrate in the 2 1/2 gal jug.

Implement for weed control removal
Operating and Attachments
Replies 18 Post by kay

John
Seems to me if you are considering anything like a landscape rake out in front, that you just as well go directly to a blade out front. Drop the snowblower until you absolutely have to have a blower to get through. I can't imagine anything raking rocks out of the snow ahead of the blower, but then miracles sometimes seem to happen.
Likewise, what does a lawn thatcher do with rocks? other than drag them out so the mower tries to chew them up. Seems the snow blower would get the same treatment. But if it works, it will be a GREAT idea, and hope it does.

Keeping rocks out of front mount snow blower
Snowblowers / Snow Plows
Replies 19 Post by kay

Murf That's a clever idea and method for gaining door height, as long as the structure above fits your description. You would move the door header up higher, and further into the garage. Probably need posts on each side, or some other structure to hold the header. Very well described, and less than 4 pages!

Increasing door height to fit tractor
Barns Pole Barns
Replies 24 Post by kay

What kind of wood and what kind of bugs?
Seems if it is firewood, any bugs will just help the drying process. Other than that, kerosene or diesel fuel will not deter bugs getting into wood. It would do no more than make the wood stink. I wouldn't expect the fuel to bother the chimney at all.

Are you concerned about the bugs getting into the house when you move the wood in to burn it? It is best not to stack wood against a wood part of your house, either inside or outside. Sometimes they will infest the house and be real difficult to get rid of after that.

Protecting Firewood
Home Improvement
Replies 6 Post by kay

If me (I have a woods too), I would go at least to the 41xx, and maybe to the 4310. Why not create just a little envy with the 'friend' who has the 41xx. The size of the tires on the 2110 are small and getting around in a woods with that low clearance and getting over rocks and downed logs with small tires (even though the 4wd is a big help) is not enjoyable. Your selection of 3pt attachments will be better with the 4310. You have a good point about the ROPS but we can "live" with it. I would rather not have the ROPS in the woods as it catches low hanging branches when going by and brushes the back of your head. I'd rather duck the branch and forget it, but not with the reminder when the ROPS brings it forward.

Megalomania Does this Deere match my LAND or my WISH LIST
John Deere Tractors
Replies 7 Post by kay

I believe you pop the cover off the pulley and then can get at the clutch inside. You might be able to adjust the linkage to get it to pop out, as it sounds like it snapped in but won't release when you pull back on the clutch lever. Its been awhile, but seems it wasn't too difficult to solve the problem you are having.

john deere 530 handcutch stuck
Parts and Repair
Replies 3 Post by kay

You best not listen to the bystanders on this one.
With the loader raised there will be some additional weight on the rear wheels, but not much. The problem as already mentioned is raising the center of gravity with the bucket high, and you noticed how unstable it felt, and were correct. As long as your rear wheels were not losing traction, you were doing everything right. Your tiller will go deeper if you subsoil the ground first, or just slow down to a slower speed and let it till deep. The condition of the ground plays a large part in this equation too.
The weight of the bucket will counter balance the tiller when it is in the raised position, making it easier to steer.

Bucket up or down when using tiller
Operating and Attachments
Replies 5 Post by kay

Slowrev --- thank you!
You hit that perverbial nail smack on the head. Just as I believe and "wish" I had said it first.

We have many people who dream up things for us to be "feared" of, to the point some poor souls live their life in fear of touching, breathing, eating, saying, experiencing, or being politically incorrect. I refuse to be "afraid". Time to have fun! Now, about that T-shirt ----- is there any truth to it?

diesel exhaust
John Deere Tractors
Replies 9 Post by kay

I have a Deere 4300 and it tells the lift capacity in the Op. manual (2200 #'s), so expect it would also be in your manual. But I would expect it to be about the same, if close is good enough for you. :)

JD 1050 3pt
John Deere Tractors
Replies 2 Post by kay

I followed that advice on my Deere 4300, and changed the fluid, cleaned the screen, and replaced the filter. I found a mat of fine steel particles (almost like lint) on the screen which didn't come close to blocking the entire screen, but I was glad I had that stuff out of there. The first 50 hours apparently is a good flushing-out period for cleaning up the gears and transmission parts.

update 790 trans fluid oil change 50 hr break-in
Parts and Repair
Replies 24 Post by kay

I tried the gator blades, and went back to Deere blades. I am much happier with the overall cut with the Deere blades, and also do not use the Hi-lift blades. Just my preference, but I tried the gators in several situations, but just didn't become a believer.

Mower blades in sets of 3
John Deere Tractors
Replies 10 Post by kay

Sounds like you have a pretty heavy sno-blower you are hooked up to, but the weight in the bucket (I would think some stone in a 55 gal or 30 gallon drum would be easy to roll into the bucket, and held with a safety chain) should help. Still, that is why your tractor has individual rear wheel brakes. With the sno-blower weight on the rear tires, steering with the brakes should make control of the tractor quite easy.
At least on the Deere, the individual brakes are usable. I saw some other CUT's (Blue and Red) that you could not use the individual rear brakes unless you were standing still. That I didn't understand at all. Good evidence they sell these tractors to unknowing people who don't understand or know how they need to function.

In 50 years of tractor driving, I could not have accomplished most tractor jobs not having been able to use the separate rear brakes. Too often when pulling something, the tractor wants to pull in a different direction than you want to go, as one wheel or the other will be doing the work, and you have to use the individual brake to get the other wheel to do some work, thus going in the direction (be it turning, or wanting to go straight) you want to go. The flip lock, to lock the two brake pedals together, is for road travel, where braking needs to be applied equally to both rear wheels, so one does not lose control if just one brake is applied. (This is probably more information than you wanted to know, and you may know it already, or don't believe any of it. That is your choice to take what you want of it).

Ballasting
Snowblowers / Snow Plows
Replies 15 Post by kay

From the Long Longtrac site, I quote the following:

""Also in 2 and 4 wheel drive, the 42 and 52 horsepower LongTracs 480 and 520 are great choices for brush mowing, tilling, baling hay, planting, or hauling. These machines are ready for any chore - add a front-end loader and backhoe and your trenching or stockpiling is a breeze.""

These appear to be heavy tractors (specs on a 320 show 2700 pounds) and I will take back my suspicion that the 520 will not pull the 3-bottom plow, but still don't know if it will through the black clay in TX. I grew up pulling plows through the black dirt in Iowa, as well as some experience in the red clay in WI. Whereas the Iowa black dirt was hard to get the plow through (plows had to be in superb condition or the black dirt would not "scour" off the moldboard), the WI clay would force one to drop a plow, and I thought much tougher to get through than the IA black dirt. Each presented their own problems. No experience with the TX clay.

Traction along with HP is also a serious consideration when pulling a plow. Semi-mounted and 3pt plows had some advantage over a pull-type plow simply because the draft control could be used to put a load on the rear wheels. Sometimes to the point that the front end would get light, and weights had to be added (or as Art said, plow with the FEL mounted) to the front end and the left side of the tractor.

Can 50 HP tractor pull 3 blade moleboard
Operating and Attachments
Replies 14 Post by kay

Sure, sounds like a bigger tractor with snowblower on the front and a cab.
This could be very rough on the knee cap, which would lead to knee surgery. Need a better excuse? :)

Hitting key with knee and accidentally turning off tractor
Cub Cadet
Replies 19 Post by kay

I have had the 425 aws since 1999 (traded up to 445 aws last year) and just yesterday was in a conversation remarking how tough and how well the aws has held up for Deere over the years. I am aware of some aws with many hours (neighbors, and a landscaper with several), and the aws isn't what shows the first wear. And eventual repair of aws joints where they do wear is not a major expense. The price you pay is up to you, but it sounds like it is in the ballpark of the value that Deere holds on its used lawn and garden equipment. I don't find the aws hard to hold a straight line and I mow about 8 acres, give or take, and even if I didn't have any trees, I would opt for the aws. Turning on a dime is a real time saver, at least for me. Rarely do you back up when you can turn so quickly in a small space to get back to the strip you are mowing. If you have any hills, the aws aids mowing when you have to turn uphill, as it seems to get the rear end down under the turn and under the mass of the tractor. A big difference over just the front wheel steer. Also, if you are stuck (hung up over a root or on a slippery slope), turning the powered rear wheels to get unstuck is a feature that is priceless. But you suit yourself. I would not be without the all-wheel steer.

JD 425 aws help
John Deere Tractors
Replies 4 Post by kay

The Grut1 had it right (twice! smile). There is a mechanical adjustable link to put in place of a cylinder.

The show in Milwaukee today included many Harley rakes on a variety of different brand machines (skid steers and tractors), and some other power rake brands (Landpride's looked almost identical). Harley booth had some great video of the rakes in operation. Looks like they can go onto a pretty rough construction site and in one, or two, passes make it a pretty respectable area ready or close to ready, for grass seed.

Power Rakes
Operating and Attachments
Replies 10 Post by kay

I have the windshield washer fluid in the Deere 4330 tires as well as a full ballast box, which is easy to hook and unhook when using the I-match quicktach on the 3 pt. Had my carry-all retro-fitted to match the I-match and can now set off a load of firewood in the garage easily and quickly then go back to pick up the ballast box. Use the I-match top hook to carry my logging tongs, for easy retrieval of logs out of the woods for making firewood. Hey, this is FUN!

Why your John Deere Compact feels light in the rear end
John Deere Tractors
Replies 15 Post by kay

Sure sounds like a winning combination.

I noted the age of your post after I posted, and was thinking it was this weekend you were working on tire chains. But maybe someone else will get an idea or two that will help them.

chains
Tractor Projects
Replies 19 Post by kay

Canuck
Keep cool and become a member. Ranting won't win over the "weekenders" and the 9N was a good tractor however.....

Opinions on Ford 9N tractor
Tractor Projects
Replies 16 Post by kay

"We'd rather not do business with someone if there are hard feelings.
We'll send your deposit back."

That sounds like an honest answer to me, from an honest dealer, and they gave the customer a way out of the deal.

I have a "friend" that has a real problem with dealers. After 30 years, there isn't a dealer of cars, trucks, tractors, farm machinery, or you-name-it that gets very excited about him showing up at their door. He has trouble wherever he goes. He thinks they all owe him a living or something like that. If they could charge him by the minute for all the their time he takes asking them questions and trying to make the "best" deal and trade in some of his junk, they would maybe make a profit from him. But they don't, they just cringe when they see him coming.
I think dealers and those who work at the dealers are human just like we customers are. If there is a difference of opinion, the customer can go somewhere else. The dealer has to "take" what the customer that shows up at his door wants to dish out, but they don't have to do everything the customer tells them they must do, without getting paid for it. And sometimes that probably isn't enough.

Beware of Northern California Dealer
Kubota Tractors
Replies 9 Post by kay