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    Use one beast to fix the other ~!

    I have dealt with this occasionally. For small tire/wheel assemblies that actually fit in my shop press I have pressed on the bead of a 10" tire with an old brake drum or a 12" wheel, and for a 12" wheel I have pressed the bead down with a 14" wheel. It's a 20-ton press so im mostly limited by...
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    Upgrading to Nokian Snow Tires fitment question

    The 250/75/16 says it will fit on a 7-9" wide rim, so you're fine there. The 440/80/24 is a lot closer to the diameter of the 17.5-24 than the other one, but still slightly taller. At least from the calculations.
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    BX loader capability vs. 1series JD

    I think the JD does come with a larger bucket. Lift capacity is one thing, but i think breakout force might be the more useful measure if you are planning to dig or break ground a lot with the loader. I have a B6100 that will lift about 500lbs to full height, and a B8200 that'll do around...
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    Hydraulic (bucket) throttling

    You can install adjustable restrictors inline on those circuits if you want to, but they do put some heat into the fluid. Some adjustable restrictors offer adjustable flow in one direction and free flow in the other direction, which you may find useful. For example, i would like all buckets to...
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    What happened to top link?

    Yes, you likely did push the rear up somehow, further than it would normally lift on its own. I have a couple of small tractors that I can tell when the 3pt is all the way up because the top link hits the back of my seat! I'd sure feel if i ran it into something that caused it to lift further...
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    Hyd. Top link?

    As far as i know it's relatively rare to have float on the valve controlling a top link, unless it's run by a diverter off the 3pt lift circuit. I think it's worth pursuing for certain people but not most. I do have undersize pins in a few of my top link locations between my tractors. Not...
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    H S T Problum

    Not surprised the trans is the culprit, but the repair quote is still a bit higher than i would have guessed.. Oh well, if you can get the used unit for 4k and do the repair yourself, it won't be that big a hit all things considered. Not many HST tractors worth a crap you could buy for that...
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    Non HST hydraulic fluid

    The dark stuff is likely coming off all the 'walls' and non-meshing surfaces on the sides of gears, inside tubes, etc. In other words, it's not exactly critical that you get it all out, because it's not like its coming from the actual wear surfaces between the gears, in the pump, shaft bearings...
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    Box Blade help

    If the box blade has one blade facing forwards and one blade facing rearwards, then: The front blade actually cuts the most when the box is level. Tilting the box forward changes the front blade angle but if you are on any kind of hardish surface at all you quickly end up with the front side...
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    Bucket Forks

    What they mean is that the stated rating is 'to full height'. Loaders can often lift susbstantially more than that to a lower height. For example I have a bf300 loader which will lift ~700lbs to full height. I've lifted ~1100 lbs about 3-4 ft high with it. It might lift ~1300+ lbs a few inches...
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    Bucket Forks

    On the other hand, I think clamp on forks are somewhat better suited to larger tractors than smaller ones because larger tractors are more likely to have strong enough bucket bottoms, and not be as hampered by the loss of lift capacity from holding the load further out in front. Not saying all...
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    Tire bulging out the side

    Tires have cords within their layers that give them the strength to hold air pressure. A balloon will grow and grow until it pops without ever getting past 2psi. A tire may change shape under inflation pressure but it does not stretch unless cords break. Once they DO break, that section of the...
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    Flywheel bolt

    If you've never done it before I would consider having someone experienced do the thread repair, considering it's the crankshaft. It's even easier to screw up the thread repair process than it is to screw up the original threads. Also, the flywheel and pressure plates are some of the most...
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    Yet another wheel and tire thread…..

    Nice!! Have you measured the 'loaded radius' ie distance from axle centerline to ground under the tractors full weight? That is the 'dynamic' number the tractor actually sees, and the difference between the static diameter (and radius) and the loaded radius is the wiggle room that i suspect...
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    How to Remove Giant Crankshaft Nut from L3710?

    Brings to mind another idea.. you MIGHT be able to get away with renting a fan clutch tool set and using it on the nut at an angle. Or if not, you might be able to rig a way to accomplish the same thing as a fan clutch tool designed to be used with an air hammer, if you have one.
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    Little help please

    Just guessing here but I strongly support that theory. I would think the 1200 was what the actual manufacturer of the loader called it and Kubota used the name internally up to a point to minimize confusion, but then also applied their own parts-naming schema to it for purposes of parts lookup...
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    1630 loader compatibility

    I dont know much about this specifically but i noticed the HST 7100s have some stuff mounted way up front (swollen/extended grille) which may mean front frame changes or interfere with the front brackets from a non-hst loader. Im sure there are manuals in PDF form of 1630 and 1630c on the...
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    B6200 4wd w/Front PTO; 60" Underbelly Mower

    I believe the 6lug pattern is common enough on regular 'implement' wheels that you could just buy regular 15x10 or 15x12 6 lug implement wheels and use them. The 29x12.50x15 tires are readily available in turf/r3 or 'trencher' (look similar to r1 with shallower lugs) styles, but i have not...
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    4in1 bucket..anyone use one?

    I think they're a good concept other than that the 'dozer' blade part of it is not suited to a tractor. If one were made something like a half-depth (short bottom) tooth bucket for more powerful digging/prying and then a 'bucket extension' sort of lid and both had more useful gripping designs on...
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    30mm Rams on Kubota FEL or BH cylinders?

    I would actually think that getting 30mm pins that may not be in the exact correct length, would not be that hard as i believe it's still a very common pin size for anything made in a metric country. It should be a common pin size for mini-excavators outside USA. I recently bought a...