Recent content by nbryan

Put it back on!! Then the snow storm will veer clear of you, for sure.

My WC68 Woodland Mills chipper on my much lower power B2650, 18HP rear PTO, has done a great job for me. Adjustable speed in-feed is my friend. The 26HP engine can handle WAY more chipping/time than I can get material into it. Even with help. Over a few seasons the infeed roller teeth dull...

I'll add tighten all hose clamps to that list.

And being an idiot (at times at least lol.. give me a break) Don't be an idiot like me and "temporarily" store the swing lock pin in the BH pin hole when the BH has been swung to the side. Then immediately forget and muscle-memory swing the boom back. POP. Sheared a chunk of the swung (top) pin...

My B2782B blower on my 2017 B2650HSD uses a made-to-model mid-PTO sub-frame and shafts for the quick connect, and if I wanted the angle-scraper blade and/or rotary brush attachment they're plug-and-play to hookup with the same subframe/hitch as the blower.

Were they wearing like that before you foamed them?

Whatever replacement fronts you get, have inner tubes installed in them. I got SO tired of slow leaks (usually nails/metal sharpies) so had inner tubes installed. Haven't had to top up one since. I did that at about 500 hours, she's got 1200 hours on the clock now. Gravel, mud, sand, ice, rocks...

Using an old, small, weak but still usable and chargeable riding mower lead acid battery and a $20 buck DC voltage reducer to output 6V, and plugged that into the DC input jack on my trail cam. I left it there for 3 months with a nice big SD card in it, and it worked perfect. Saves a lot over...

I actually tried that. One swamp-bush branch catching that and it was gone. Really. Don't depend on that piece of hooked rubber holding, one bit. My bolted on steel angle iron laughs at the bushes. An it's easier to engage than frozen stiff rubber bungee cords fighting my old messed up rotator...

... I installed safety brackets on my levers to hold them in place. . This is my solution. Scrabbled for free from my varied and deep parts (junk pile(s). I twisted the ssqa frame when a branch lifted a lever while backing up, and the forks frame caught a stump. No more.

I'm that 68 year old retired carpenter with bad lumbar, knees and shoulders, so do find it often painful setting ssqa lock levers. But I'm also on side with d2cat, and strongly agree with the use-it-or-lose-it system of maintaining my mobility with age. And not trying to make a buck anymore, so...

You must enjoy getting of and on your tractor twice for every ssqa implement change.

With an auto trans the torque is put under load in drive. No torque in HST, and I run it in N, not D. A buddy in my teens blew an auto tranny in his 1965 Galaxy 500 during winter warmup by applying park brake then leaving it in drive until warmed. So I wouldn't try that.

B2782B in action. Lower cylinder hose sprang a leak last cleanup so just installed the replacement hose. I should test the new one so the blower won't strand me when the next storm hits.

Has anyone here tried warming their HST fluid after a cold start by placing the transmission into Neutral gear then holding down the hst pedal in F and/or R? Asking this well versed community because someone here might know way more about any possible damage risk to the tranny this may cause...