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To protect the hydro cooling fan in my BX2370 when I take it into the woods, I have an Under Armor Skid Plate from Bxpanded.com. You definitely do not want to have a stick get up into that fan as that is a major pita to replace.

Lengthening the drawbar does increase the bending moment in the draw bar back at the attachment to the tractor due to the tongue weight. Whether or not this would be high enough to bend the draw bar or cause any damage to the attachment at the tractor might be something to consider. Depending...

Purchased my BX2370 summer 2014 and still using the original battery. Have never used a maintainer and have never had to charge it. Tractor is used year round and has over 800 hrs on it. Also have a 2014 Polaris Sportsman 550 with the original battery and never used a maintainer or charger on...

I have that same 60" so called light material bucket on my LX4020. I added a bxpanded piranha tooth bar to it and it is plenty strong digging and carrying a full load of stone or dirt. The LA545 loader on my tractor has only a very slightly higher lift capacity than your LA535 loader so I...

Apply your engineering expertise and consider a free body diagram of the wheel assembly up to the fixed point where it attaches to the rake. It will be evident that the weld joining the vertical tube to the horizontal member is loaded primarily in shear, not tension due to the portion of the...

Do you have actual experience with a set of wheels of this design or are you just guessing? I have a set and have had no problems with them. There is no significant bending moment applied at the point you indicated because the wheels turn, so no significant horizontal force is applied to the...

I've had no problem with mine which are identical to the Ignite ones. There really isn't a lot of stress on the down tube during operation. The highest bending moment is up at the attachment to the rake cross bar.

The Ignite wheels are identical to the set I bought from Atwood's but at a much better price than I paid. I have been very satisfied with the wheels.

I got a set of landscape rake wheels from Atwood's for $329. https://www.atwoods.com/farm--ranch/implements--accessories/tillers/landscape-rake-wheel-kit/

A distant tornado can lift dirt high allowing upper winds to transport it a long way before it finally rains down.

As long as snow does not build up a lot it should be fine. It would not survive at my location in NH. That 3ft rise in 20ft is a 1.8/12 pitch. A roof pitch of at least 5/12 (that would be over 8ft rise for your 20ft length) is needed for snow to slide off a metal roof. In any case, I'm sure...

That is an unusual roof framing design. I don't know where you are located, but if you are in an area that receives much snow, those 2x4s spanning 10 ft on 2 ft centers will be subject to failure. Your roof pitch is so low that snow will likely not slide off and could build up a significant...

I wear Timberland Pro Boondock 6 inch composite toe work boots for logging, saw milling, firewooding, and equipment maintenance. Probably the most comfortable work boot I have ever worn and there is essentially no break-in period.

Actually when they called to inform me about the recall they said it would only take about an hour to do the fix. My only concern was their reluctance to commit to how soon they would return my tractor. Tentatively we agreed they would come and pick it up on April 7. I delayed it since I...

The Kubota dealer called informing me that there is a recall on my LX4020 for a problem with the cruise control not releasing (staying on) and they want to come and take the tractor to fix it. I never use the cruise control and have no need for it, but will probably get it serviced provided...