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I have also struggled with this for years trying to safely fill my B7200 from a 5 gallon diesel jug. As previously stated these always leak. After a recent shoulder operation I decided I had to find a better way. I now tip the jug over on the ground without the spout and pour diesel into a...

For the last 35 years I have just used a moly grease or fifth wheel grease for my loader and BH. With lots of use the pins still show no wear. I just finished 500' of 6' trench and greased every day before I started. I use the same grease for automotive ball joints etc. I start to research...

If the oil is coming from up around the cylinder it could be from the upper hose connection or a hose that supplies the bucket cylinder. Just had mine mostly apart over the winter. I would think that you would have to lower the boom over the edge of a high wall to remove the boom cylinder...

The wheels are about 2-1/2" wide. They work great but will drag a bit if in unpacked gravel on the edge. I have to install scrapers on each wheel since if a stone sticks to the wheel surface it might jamb between the wheel and auger housing causing the wheel to lock up. When I do have to turn...

Here is a picture of my blower. No need for swivels as my driveway is 4000 feet long and reasonably straight. The wheels came from a dumpster box.

The worst I have encountered is when a supplier just across the border in the Buffalo area wanted $60 for shipping a tiny $4.00 foil A/C charge label for an old car I was restoring 10 years ago. With exchange etc. it was about $80 Canadian. I called them and asked if they could just put it in...

My B7200 has a custom subframe for the aftermarket loader. If you are close by you are welcome to see mine.

Not sure of the hydraulics available on that tractor but if mine did not already have power steering I would probably try to retrofit the steering assembly that is on some 1960-70 Ford cars such as what is on my 1971 Torino. It has a separate valve assembly and cylinder. Also if you do not...

How is the snow situation in NS. I have pictures of my mother in Springhill standing on snow banks with the telephone wires at her ankles as well as a tunnel to get to the front door of their house.

I will have to check if I have enough meat on the sleeves and will keep this as an option. I do not have a mill but have a lathe. Not sure I want use my 1 1/8" drill bit for this either. Hope to get to this over the winter.

Something I have to do myself. The most slop in mine is in the lower boom pivot. I can literally see it jumping up and down during operation which is not good. I took out the pin for inspection and found no wear so I am going to have to replace the welded in pin retainers shown in the...

When I was installing the wall sections on a shop I built, I was happy for cylinder bypass. I would position the wall section over the foundation anchor bolts, get off the tractor and watch as the section slowly came down over the bolts after which I would fasten them down...

I can never figure out why I can use a tool for years without a problem and the minute you loan it out something happens to it. Folks cannot even clean the tool before returning it. I will not loan out anything anymore, even to close friends. I just do the job for them. I borrowed a friends...

That is what I immediately thought of when I opened up the EBay ad. The good old Motometer.

My first chain saw was the McCullough that I bought at Kmart. It was manufactured with slightly too large of threads virtually everywhere. The first time I used it, it rattled apart. They repaired it by installing numerous heli-coils but it still gave me lots of grief. I should have...

After owning McCullough and Huskavarna I now exclusively use Stihl. When I bought the Huskavarna at considerable cost I thought that I would have a reliable saw. Turned out to be a disaster. Usually very difficult to start and under powered. Had it to the dealer a few times where they...

This is a unit I fabbed up in the early 90's to make my fall clean-up easier. It folded up and rolled on casters for storage. The blower I made was 4" x 22" and ran at 1000 rpms. The leaves would be so packed into the box that I would have to hack them out with a garden rake. Picture...

I just replaced the belt on my MMM yesterday with a proper Kubota belt. This after putting on two regular Gates industrial belts last year that just could not take the HP and torque. I got them from a wholesaler that I used before I retired from the industry. The proper Kubota belt was a bit...

I added the power steering kit available at the time through Kubota shortly after I bought my B7200HST new back in the mid 80's. I paid around $900 for it. Sure glad I did since it was discontinued some time later.

I have lost more of those hair pin clips than I like to admit to. I thought last year that I would make it easier to install my mid mount mower and use the hair-pins. Went back to the over-sized key-ring style ring (not sure on proper name) after I lost a mounting pin.