Recent content by Old Machinist

That Permatex 56521 says it's only good to 1000 PSI. Maybe they left off a zero? I have used Aviation Permatex on pipe threads for years if I was working with fuel or oil. My recent third function project almost whooped me on pipe thread leaks. I finally chased all the threads with a USA made...

That is a strange animal. I've never seen a grader blade with scarifiers. Not a bad deal for a fixer upper.

I recently bought 4 sets of 3/8" flat face couplers off Amazon for $30 a set. They came with two sets of dust covers each. Maybe that is why they are short over there? LOL So far I hate em. These were pipe thread and I am on my third attempt to get them to seal. I re-sealed all but two the...

A butt welded torque tube was a shit design to start with. Kubota should eat all of these and replace them with a proper through frame torque tube design.

Not sure if still true but YT videos wouldn't stream smooth on Firefox some time back so I switched to Brave. Brave streams smooth with no ads.

I prefer regular old J hook ratchet straps. Never owned a chain binder. My first set I bought from the dealer I got my trailer from cost $30 apiece and had CHP DOT RATED stamped on them. I still have and use them but I also have a set I bought from Home Depot for $10 apiece and cut down so I...

Assuming it's level.

Not sure how hard it is to get the cylinder off your machine. I recently purchased a grapple that I just pulled the cylinder off and held it over the drain bucket and pushed and pulled it through it's stroke range to get the factory fluid out.

The handle comes with a little stub that is threaded on both ends and has about a 30 degree bend in it. It could be rotated with the bend in any direction.

I got this installed in my Kubota LX3310 cab tractor and wired up. I cut about 7 inches off the loader handle and welded a couple inches back on from a 1/2-20 bolt. If I were doing it over I would have not rethreaded the handle and just cut the little shaft extension that came in it and welded...

I installed a retractable air hose reel in the ceiling of my garage years ago. One of the best additions ever.

I don't know what you consider outside of driving distance but I recently sold my backhoe on FB to a guy 250 miles away. Some years back I sold a racecar off CL to some guys in TX. I am in N FL. The backhoe sale began with "is this still available" I think. Doesn't take that much effort to...

Might be a way around the new rules. https://www.facebook.com/reel/1088830503306902

This is the Ironcraft grapple I bought at the LS/TYM dealer. SERG48 economy grapple they don't show on their web site. 4' wide at 290 lbs should be all I need. I have the cylinder shield and hoses off in this pic. The hoses that were on it were cracking so they supplied a newer set off another...

I drove over to the LS, TYM dealer today and bought a Ironcraft Economy grapple. It's a fair looking piece but doesn't have greaseable pivots and came with a tie rod cylinder and off brand hoses. It also cost less than half that of any other quotes I got so I probably got what I paid for. I...