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You should probably ask 2 different questions. Can they???? And Should you???? A 2 inch sapling isn't that much of an obstacle to push over and get chopped off. Most will probably do it. But... it'll make a heck of a racket, and is hard on parts. "Shredding" it is probably "optimistic" in most...

Hmmm... Tractor Supply Co. here has Kat's lower hose style heaters for $25 a pop. They also have a cast aluminum "circulating" heater for around $60-70, but that one looks like it is plumbed to fit in your heater hoses, which you my not have unless you have a cab with heat.

And the most rewarding part of the story.... NOT having to spend any money on parts a month before Christmas

You can make anything work with the proper tools! Looks like a simple adapter flange for the drive shaft tunnel would allow the bolt-together. Question is... would the alignment for the drive shaft be ok, and would the shaft length need to be modified. Not really familiar with the little...

The battery should probably show more than 12.3 volts, and besides, checking the static voltage at the battery with everything shut off doesn't usually tell you much. Clean the battery connections AND the ground connection to the block. Jump it with booster cables to get it running and check...

Since you have that shaft out, Id' suggest taking it to whoever will do your machine work and have them help you select the correct yoke bore diameter so as to minimize the amount of machine work necessary on the shaft.

Yes, I understand, and yes, you will have two female key slots, and yes, the key stock (spline as you call it) to fit the slots is a standard stock item (although it may be metric instead of inch in your parts). Your machinist will have the option of cutting the shaft for a standard square key...

Go to Walterscheid.com and look at their listings. You can get a rear yoke for your PTO shaft that is a "plain" smooth bore with a key way instead of splines. Since you have the shaft out, you can have anyone with a lathe and a mill size the shaft to the bore size of the yoke and cut in a key...

That's still probably going to be too long! Measure the smooth portion of the shaft just ahead of the bearing seal surface, check around to see if you can obtain a smooth bore/keyed clamp type PTO yoke to fit that diameter. If so, then you can have any machine shop cut the shaft and mill in a...

Try Tractor Supply Co., Here in Ohio they carry the magnetic variety as well as a model that you splice into the lower radiator hose.

On my M series you can take the shifter plate off with no problems, just need to get the ball ends of the shifters aligned in the fork slots as you re-assemble. Wasn't a big deal. Do you have the broken off piece? There was probably a spring/retainer pin arrangement similar to the other shifter...

Hmmmm.... That gives me an idea! Maybe if I bought a new Kubota and painted it in camo my wife wouldn't notice the payment.

Here's the problem, You've gotten used to a tractor that weighs around 3,600 lbs, has 37 PTO HP, and has a 3-point lift capacity of around 2,800 lbs. Once the new paint placebo wears off, you're going to be a little disappointed (but you may not ever admit it because you just dropped 15-20 grand...

Skeets, I'm with ya on Southern Pa., South East Oh., and Northern W.Va. Some of the best riding in the country. Great blend of sweepers and topography, you can drag the pegs if you want to, or just sit back and enjoy the scenery. Been back and forth through the "gap" a few times, fun just to say...

Ya know... Unless you ride, I just don't think you can appreciate that video. Anybody else here done Deals Gap (aka the Dragon)?

Vise-grips! (good ones) and then a new oil plug.

I'd guess the ballast issue relates more to using the hoe attachment. They probably would rather not have that extra weight hanging on the axles, housings and hoe mounts while the outriggers are extended and the tractor is suspended during operation of the hoe. It would also make the outrigger...

The indicator on my M4500 is the same way, normal old age stuff. I think it is mostly a build-up of dust/grime burnt on to it that causes it to be that way. Keep meaning to try and gently clean the filament somehow but have never gotten to it.

blkvoodoo, You'll need to do a little homework on the dynamo/alternator interchange. Some of the early "dynamo" systems use external rectifier AND voltage regulators. You'll need to know if the Toyota unit uses an external regulator, but most alternators will have internal rectifier/diode...

That's ok, 1985 IS old by many folks standards today. I follow on the red iron and the hy-tran fluid, even our old Farmall 560 used hy-tran fluid and it was probably about 1965 vintage. That's why I was so surprised to see that the manual for this M4500 specified 80w gear oil for the combined...