Recent content by bird dogger

It can't get any cleaner or nicer looking than that!! Somebody will be very happy with your sale!!! Hopefully it won't take long. A neighbor is looking for such a rig. But you're a might bit far from North Dakota for a weekend trip to pick it up.

When the price of diesel was extremely low a few years ago, I added a second bulk tank for off road diesel. 500 gallons total capacity. At that time, they were both filled to the brim with $1.39 per gallon....tax and delivery included. My neighbor and I finally drew the last 5 gallons out of...

Last Jan/Feb had been so cold here that this used to be a full sized screwdriver! It was time to empty some "project bins" and stay in the shop as much as possible. In addition to restoring the old fashioned malt mixers, the vintage stand mixers are kind of fun to bring back to life. These...

Moots is correct. I do have the backhoe plumbed in. In this post Post #5 towards the bottom of the post you'll see the extra hydraulic fitting I welded a small bracket to. That bracket bolted to the side of the tractor and along with its hydraulic coupler....the return line to tank coupled...

RLinNH, it's an easy "chew" to install it yourself !! My B2650 install write up that @MOOTS referenced is here Edit: I had to go back and look at what year I installed mine. April of 2020, almost exactly 5 yrs ago. I haven't had any issues with it during that time.

At that price, you could afford to have it sit in the corner until needed. LOL But I'm sure you'd first be sandblasting and giving it a fresh Kubota orange paint job. The Catepillar Yellow desn't really compliment Kubota's orange color! :LOL:

In your location that has more mild winters....and with the longer approach driveway.... a 5 ft pto blower behind your LX sized tractor would be perfect. That leaves your loader's quick attach available for a snow pusher blade or an angled blade for driving forward during all those lighter...

I watch this site often: Public Surplus: Government Surplus Auctions You can fine tune what your interested in and the location/agency you want to watch for their listings. I like to watch the local universities and govt. agencies as you never know what might show up. Someties you'll get...

I have, and I agree! Nice to hear your experience confirms what I am hoping for!! Most likely this like new 40+ year old machine will wind up with one of the sons after I'm long gone and still be going strong for another 40 years. :LOL: I also gave a complete ground up restoration to my...

Next came adjusting the 4-post height for an even cut from side to side. (No more adjusting the knives for an even & level cut.) The hand crank on one jack screw in one post is connected by chain drive to the other three. The threaded nuts on the jack screws were connected to the four corners of...

Here’s my old Rockwell Invicta RC33 13” Thickness Planer rebuild for the woodworkers amongst us. Purchased new in early 1982, this planer needed TLC. The knives were again dull, bearings were noisy, the drive feed was stuck engaged, height adjustment was sticky, and the motor bearings squealed...

The B2650 was the perfect choice for me to replace my older John Deere 750MFWD. It's used on the 18 acres we live on. I also have another 2.5 acre building site to mow that's 6 miles away. Plus, we have had another 50 some acres of woods and lake lot to take care of that's about 80 miles...

Have you checked your "control" linkages attached to each joystick? You'll have to take off the panel covering them up on your backhoe. One of the ones on my BH77 became loose and acted up very similar to your situation. An easy fix to reintsatll/tighten up and all was back to normal...

Here's those pics for you (and others that might be interested). Enlarge the thumbnail pics for a larger view. Here's a pic of the mounting brackets I made for my mirror. This mirror had mounting bolts on each end so I just cut some slots in the brackets for the mirror to slip into. With...

\Will do. I'll get some pics for you later today.