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Amen on burning wood RD Gray! Did plenty of that and shoveling coal growing up in SE Ohio. Beyond that - we plant a big garden, freeze and can a lot of stuff, grow our own beef (and then some). Can fix almost anything that can be broken (but am growing tired of that, would rather be able to pay...

In regard to your question about cleaning off - Clean the grease off with a good solvent then take a good cotton rag 2-3 feet long apply some good quality chrome polish and then loop the rag around the cyl rod so you can pull both ends back and forth in a see-saw motion and polish it up. It'll...

Because it's orange! That color just seems prone to fading.

The first thing to do is to check your State University's "agronomy guide" for the seeding suggestions. Climates vary considerably and the seeding suggestions for seed type, rate, and ground prep will change accordingly. For example: in Ohio we're outside of the suggested seeding dates for...

You're probably still not going to get the draft control to react with a light implement like a york rake or scraper blade. The implements simply aren't heavy enough and do not engage the ground adequately to cause the torsion pin to twist. It really takes something more like a mold-board plow...

Your clutch disk's are hanging up on the splines, probably not a lot, but enough. I'd wager the reason that you're noticing it in low gear is that in low the input shaft has quite a lot of mechanical advantage over the secondary shaft and it does not take all that much friction from the clutch...

Combine the last two posts from ipz and MtnView and you have the total answer!

A step up for those with turf tires, but probably not as good as "real" chains. I have bar treads on the cub that I put the snow blower on and it still goes way better with the chains over them. Somewher I saw that someone did a similar thing by cutting sections out of a used bias ply tire a...

I'm betting the pin isn't full thickness all the way through. I know that my Draft Control works on my M4500, I can not move my top link mount by hand (it'll wiggle a little but that's just wear). My owners manual suggests "position control" only for light implements like scraper blades. Mixed...

Well, I guess my question is; How easy is it to move it that 10mm? You SHOULD NOT be able to move it simply by hand. If you can rotate it by hand that much without any pry bar you have something unhooked that shouldn't be. BTW, 1100 or 1300???

Well, my M4500 has a different arrangement, but I suspect that what you are doing is disabling the spring tension mechanism for the draft control. Thus allowing it to work more easily/readily when any minor change in top link is detected. There should be some device in place to resist the...

Bowling Green, Ohio! The land of never ending wind and the National Tractor Pulling Championships (and BGSU too). They probably get more snow on average than we do here in Mount Vernon. I hate the doors on my cab, they are split so that the top 2/3 swings back (like normal) and the bottom swings...

You'll know soon enough, if it has water in it, it will get "milky" as soon as you use it.

If that doesn't work you can always crack a hose fitting and shove it back in (engine off), but you'll have a mes to clean up with the oil. First try to extend them all the way out then retract with the lever a few times. Not sure how they are plumbed but if they are "phased" some times you can...

I'm bummed, had the tractor (M4500 w/ a Harris cab) out the other day to pull some manure out of the barn. I'm afraid it is time to put the doors back on the cab. The wind was blowing and the rain was falling, and I was getting damp and cold despite the roof over my head. Hate the thought of...

Ya gotta trust the advice of a Minister that mows his own grass! BTW FARMER, where at in SE Ohio? I'm originally from Freeport on OH 800 about 20 miles north of I-70.

A difference will be noticed if the terrain you're mowing is uneven. Wider decks either straddle or ride-up on highs and lows more than a narrower deck. So it can "appear" that a wide deck is not mowing as well just 'cause it is closer or farther from the ground than intended to be if there are...

I've got a RC60-72 illustrated parts list, get me an e-mail and I'll scan it and send you a copy... wait, sorry, it doesn't have a belt diagram, has everything else though.

I wasn't aware that there was such a thing as a "good" sickle bar mower. Some knife section is always loose or broken, or a hold-down is mis adjusted, or the index is out of adjustment or something like that. Was never so glad to see a piece of equipment go down the road as my New Idea sickle mower.

It's probably not a great idea, but with that set-up nothing is probably going to happen, the physics of the set-up won't allow it. The pull is in a straight line below the center of the axle, as either tractor would rear up the draw bar force will pull the front end back toward the ground and...