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If you don't have the metal skills, you could make slipover wood pads with 2x4's that would just slide onto the factory shoes and pin or bolt to hold it. When they were all wore out, just buy another 2x4! As to working with wheels off the ground on a backhoe, many times there are reasons for...

Nice backhoe, looks about the same era and condition as my old Wagner Iron Works one that's on my D-17. While you're working on it, I'd recommend checking all your lines and ditching anything that's really weather checked. Mine have blown rather spectacularly in the past and those old diggers...

Filled tires and wheel weights, won't affect steering much and will give you your extra pounds.

I was like mickeyd, went in looking at B's, drove off with an L3200. Price is so upfront but when you actually consider what you need to do with the property, the few dollars more a month (at 0% interest) is worth it. I bought a 2013 L3200 gear shift type. The dealer bent over backwards for...

These are easy to adapt to pipe-layers, no need to dig, just use flex pipe and lay out yards upon yards of the stuff... Probably going to be my next implement.

Sorry to hear about your father, hope he gets back into full swing of things. Rarely is the equipment at fault, even if there is a failure of the equipment. There is almost always a human factor that had it been done differently, would've prevented the accident. Hills and grades are very hard...

I'd also clean all the joints, cables and connectors to the control levers. It might even be sticky inside the case. Wouldn't be the first time oil and dirt formed a nasty glue...

Yeah, changing the fronts wouldn't have much effect because of the pivot being the weak point of the stability anyway. We have a tendency to see tractors like trucks or cars, they aren't. Only at max deflection of the pivot do you get any front tire support to the frame and by then, with a...

Don't totally give up on that deck. You might be able to get a few bucks for it from someone with some good welding skills. The cracks and sheet metal damage are relatively easy to fix if you have the skills and the equipment to do it. If you have a friend with the skills, a case of brewski's...

Some radios feature power on after power detect. If it loses power for a moment, it kicks the radio on. My RV has a radio that does this. We thought it was haunted for a moment too after we were having some battery issues with it. I had on my battle steel chastity belt while we eliminated...

You could TRY to adapt a mid-mower mount PTO reversing system to the blowers. There would be some serious fabrication involved and you have to make sure the rotation is correct, but it should work doing a mechanical driveline. Other option is to see if you can tap off the front crankshaft and...

You sir are one brave man tearing that thing apart like it's a field repair on steroids! I wouldn't have had the nerve to dig into something that deep without a decent garage over my head and a couple of benches with labeled bins and keyrap for all the parts. I have a full engine rebuild to do...

Beware the Zombie Thread! BWAHAHAHAHAHA....

Skeets, It can be done with a regular ol' drill press but you have to put a bit more effort into the undertaking than if you do it on the lathe. If the axle already has a center divot, it's easier, if not, you'll have to find center on the axle. You'll need something like a 'V' block to work...

Well, it depends on how the pressure is used. If you have a close fitting hose going through the cap down to the bottom of the tank, air pressure would be used to 'drive' the fuel up into the hose and out. If done correctly, it would not be a bomb, it would only take a few psi to fuel a...

Nice unit. Even with that blade up front, is it too light with that hoe on the back? Almost looks like it still needs more front weight... could just be my odd feeling from having a backhoe on my D-17 that weighs a ton... (It never lets me forget it's back there when moving the unit around...

I use the diff lock when digging with the FEL. It keeps the tractor going straight and lets you dig harder. I have engaged it when running the box scraper hard as well. Handy little device. I wish my D-17 had a diff lock.

If it's just a matter of low current to the solenoid, you could put in a large capacitor that wouldn't even let the solenoid engage to 'click' until it was charged up, and then the solenoid could draw off the capacitor as well with plenty of current to be had... However, either way is just a...

Most belts are considered 'tight' if they deflect about ½" when pushed at the centerline between pulleys. Less deflection is 'too tight' and anything more than about ¾" is too loose. The problem with this rule of thumb is that it entirely depends on the length of the run of the belt between...

If I had this issue I'd split the fuel line into 2 fuel filters and recombine back into the intake. This would give you parallel flow and double the volume available. You could switch to a far larger filter as well with a remote filter setup. These are common in marine applications.