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    Website Issues

    It’s the website telling you that you need to open your wallet and become a lifetime member and help support the costs of running the website.
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    Rusty rims

    Have you checked with Nash Equipment in Colebrook? They mostly salvage logging and industrial equipment but also from time to time have tractors in for salvage.
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    Grand L split to repair?

    What kind of happy pills are you on? They don’t give loaner tractors while yours is being repaired, if they did they would have a bunch of used tractors instead of new to sell and No reimbursement from the manufacturer for the loss in value and cost of insurance to lend them out.
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    Wrestling with the plastc tabs that secure PTO shaft shields

    Icehorse, are you trying to remove them in order to grease the ujoint? If that’s the only reason you are removing it, then do what we have done for the last 45 years and take an Utility Knife and enlarge the hole for greasing to make it easier to grease the ujoint. That way you still have the...
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    Looking for E1176 light kit installation

    If you google it, there is a couple of YouTube videos about instruction.
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    Battery and Maintainer

    I got 13 years on my original battery with No maintainers. So no extra expense of buying a maintainer, buying electricity and hoping to an extra year out of the battery. It was not dead when I replaced it, but when it started turning cold, it was slower to start and I didn’t want it to not start...
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    B7100 Custom Loader Hydraulics to Solve Performance Issues

    Not necessarily, used to be recommended to run the front tires in the “backwards” position when running a loader on the tractor for better traction backing up in tough loading conditions. Also, some people have found that the front tires wear better in the backward position.
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    9.5 x 24 front tires under a FEL - are radial tires stronger / more rugged on a M6800 used in the woods?

    If you have made it 21 years on those tires doing what you do with your tractor, then I wouldn’t worry about putting on anything different when you replace them. Go with the heaviest ply tire you can get. If you change to R-4 tires like everyone is pushing, you will need to buy 4 new tires and 4...
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    Looks like a clean tire puncture

    Industrial tire plugs. They are made for bigger tires than plugging auto tires. We used to have tires on our 3 payloaders and 2 backhoes repaired that way if the punctures weren’t too large. It takes a large tool to install and it may not perfectly repair, but might seal enough to get you out of...
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    drawbar extension

    You sure that your drawbar is in correctly? Manufactures make drawbar lengths to Standards based upon a certain distance from the tractor’s PTO shaft. If the drawbar is in backwards, you probably can’t get the correct distance. How is your drawbar too high? A tractor like a MX4700 is a small...
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    Best Source for New Tires ?

    What size do you have. A local tire shop that has 6-8 places, that deals in car, truck, big trucks, industrial and tractor tires, list the 11.2-24 tire starting at $247 to $283.
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    08 B3030 HSDC attaching a BH77

    Hopefully it’s correct and solves your problem. How far away from you did you find it?
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    08 B3030 HSDC attaching a BH77

    Here is a link to Messick’s parts pages showing the Mounting Kit for the BH77 to put on a B3030. https://www.messicks.com/catalogs/kubota/bh77/option/b81100-mount-kit-b2630-b3030-bh4975b-not-include-ref-no-260-to-300 Here is the link to the installation instructions. Staring on page 8 and...
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    White 2-105 head torque specs and oil leak.

    Did you try googling it?
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    To those that understand

    Congratulations Brother!