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Not sure how this is gonna hold up, but I mounted an ammo can on the SMV sign bracket. Then added a SMV bracket for the sign. If I had one complaint.....one thing about inside the cab... hardly room for an adjustable wrench!

We use a cam lock style fitting on fuel transfer hoses on our portable systems at work. There are caps and plugs to use while not in use to keep spillage to a minimum. I’d think they are available at farm type stores

Thanks for the correction! You are correct, I have no idea why I had that number stuck in my head!

crappy tire and lower priced torque wrenches don’t often go above 150ft/lbs (1/2” drive). Likely fine for your B. Larger machines need more. Those torque wrenches are expensive. Make friends with a big rig truck mechanic close to you, or, do some math with a strong arm, pipe, and you...

You can usually find used slip tanks for cheap, maybe mount it on a small trailer frame? Or what about a 45g drum? Oops, I mean 55us gallons :). Lots of options for hand or electric pumps, plus then it should actually be legal to fill and haul, I dunno if an IBC tote would be (for fuel?)

‘CAD’ cardboard aided design. Figure out the best location and height of your brackets, based on the stroke of the actuator you would like to use. I cobbled up something for my old blower that had no deflector. 6-8” of stroke is likely enough and can be ‘adjusted’ by changing the height of...

The bigger M series have a filter change every 500 hours, fluid is reused then replaced at the 1000h mark. For a guy who’s busy, that could be once a year, or shorter. With a capacity of 15+ gallons, it ain’t something you do for fun unless you need peace of mind spending $500+ on oil. So...

Practice, practice, practice. Remember, your tractor/blade is not a road grader. You’re short and subject to every little bump rocking the machine, and the blade a bit. It’ll take many passes to get it good. Don’t try to move lots of material in one pass. Just a little at a time. Back...

The heating elements on airplane propellers draw enough power. They spin at ~2000rpm so they’ll shed ice. I don’t know what those windmills spin at but a 75’ blade would need a heck of a deice boot. I would be curious to know if they could make enough power to deice themselves.... Also, icing...

In Ontario, with the delivery fee factored into the kWh rate, in my area, on peak is about 35c/kWh. (17c before all the extra fees on the bill)

I love this one...... a helicopter burning at about 45gal/hr, spraying deice fluid.....

Oh, and when you go too low with a heavy implement, the top link will hit the PTO shield, turning it into a piece of scrap!!

Your side links are adjustable. The right side should have a ‘handle’ on it to adjust while in place. The left side you will have to pull one of the pins and turn it (maybe with a pipe wrench if it’s stiff). There are groves in the threads as the warning to not go out further. When fully out...

What about some snow plow whips on magnets, stick them on the implement so u can better judge where the hook up is

I agree with the rough sawn lumber. We cut a bunch of Tamarack (Larch) for a fellow who was using it for heavy equipment float trailers. I’ve also heard (surprisingly) that Poplar once dried makes a tough trailer plank. Plus, you’d be supporting a local Sawyer not the scam artists making up...

I bought a Lincoln 180 Mig at the local auto parts store. I Just keep it simple with flux core wire for now as getting a bottle of gas is too much of a hassle for bubble gumming practice! Get some junk, a grinder and lots of cutting/grinding disks, some flap disks and just weld stuff...

I doubt you’d fit much of a seat in, I try to bring my dog (50# husky mutt) and it’s a squeeze for us and I end up using the shuttle lever rather than the foot clutch so we are not fighting for the space! If I had a complaint about this machine, it would be the lack of space in the cab, it’s...

^ I could be completely out to lunch on the electronic part!! I know there’s a cable in there somewhere, but if it was tugging on a lever to a switch, or a mechanical valve was beyond me. I can’t see there being a difference in your 7040, the 7060, or the OP’s M4-071? I’d be curious to know!

Something else to consider (at least in our province) tax rules means no sales tax above 60PTO hp. 7060 could be ‘cheaper’. :)

Sorry I’m not the best with words here, but I’ll try.... Use your foot throttle for rpm, not the hand throttle while doing loader work. (Unless you need high rpm for heavy loads) Shuttle for F-R. Foot clutch is the same as putting the shuttle into N. physically the same ‘connection’ to the...