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Near 20 years ago, we had a shelter in place reverse 911 notification there was an armed and dangerous prison escapee in our area. I forget why, but I had to walk the 100 yards from my house to my parents’ house and back. Didn’t own a handgun at the time so I slung my .308 over my shoulder and...

A little hard to tell from pics, but the key on the new bolt looks a bit thicker than the key on the old bolt. You sure the new bolt key is seating correctly in the carrier slot?

Rained a misty rain all day yesterday. Got a total of a 1/2” of rain. Today was clear with wind over 5mph so of course a tree somewhere got mixed up with a power line. About 3:30 this afternoon our power blinked off and on about a dozen times in less than 2 seconds and then it stayed out. While...

There’s a WSM at the link in @GreensvilleJay’s post #28. If you have difficulty getting it, let me know and I’ll figure out a way to get you an electronic copy. It’s 21.9 MB and this site doesn’t seem to like stuff that big, even in a private message. Edit: Apologies for all the posts and...

How many hours did it have on it? May seem irrelevant, but I’ve seen quite a few tractors on the NC coast that look like garage queens but they’ve been primarily used to run pumps for waterfowl impoundments / corn fields so they have many thousands of hours on them, nearly all running WOT...

Haven’t read this thread in a while. Seems like the consensus is you need a mini-ex to clean out an existing ditch (not dig a new ditch, just clean loose material out of an existing shallow ditch). Requirements for digging a ditch v routinely cleaning an existing ditch are sort of similar but...

No offense taken. Got a little chuckle out of your response. The hoses don’t look nearly as clean as hard lines. The WR Long is cheaper than Kubota and IMO it shows. The only reason I posted pics is the OP mentioned both WR Long and Kubota as potential candidates. You posted some good pics of...

Yeah. That thread was… unusual. Some sort of comedy about a guy fixing a busted block by gas welding an old cast iron frying pan into the hole among other ridiculousnesses. I vaguely recall posting about the JB Weld repair to a crack in the water jacket on this Ford 2N, 9N, 8N with a Ferguson...

$1000/hr for some wrench turning that takes no special tools or skills. Sounds like a good deal for the dealer. Added $500 to the cost of my tractor, but that was several years ago and part of a much larger deal.

Not advocating for anything in particular, but since you mentioned your dealer sells WR Long, this is what the WR Long on my open station looks like. No hard lines. Hoses. I spec’d a third function at the dealer when I bought the tractor and this is what they did. Looks like you’ve made a...

One of the brush piles was getting a bit out of hand. Also, I need some chips to freshen up one of the walking trails between the houses and a seating area by the pond. Did a couple hours chipping this morning. Hope to get another hour or two tomorrow. That should produce enough chips plus some...

In that case, maybe try some penetrating oil and an air hammer if it’s being uncooperative. 😉

I’m not a machinist. I’ve built enough custom furniture to know sometimes you put a mortise and tenon where a couple pocket screws would work just as well because you see the mortiser looking neglected and just feel like it. If that’s what you’re doing, swell. But, dude… really...

Yep. Loader on the ground, engine off, move joystick to relieve pressure. Unless the pin is seized, it shouldn’t be a big deal to remove it, clean everything up, and reinstall. A good sized flat end punch is helpful to knock it out and align the holes to reinstall. Hydraulic cylinders are...

What PTO vac do you have?

That’s definitely a bad day. Part 2 for any interested in the explanation of cause and outcome. https://youtube.com/shorts/3tSjcOgG2Yw?si=CY2SltolBrCtbdP1

Not getting into the technical aspects of adding a third function to run your grapple. There are others here more capable to address those issues. However, you mention possibly using the existing rear remotes to operate the grapple. My L has a dealer installed WR Long electric diverter to run...

I’d use a middle buster, or boxblade, or backblade if possible (personally I use a boxblade or backblade for clearing ditches and turnouts), but you already said you need something offset and your hitch doesn’t have enough tilt to do what you need with a blade. An offset backblade such as...