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Cleaned out about 4 acres of shrubs and vines....
Coastal Federation cleanup. |
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Been called many things: Asshole, hey you, Boats and a few others. The one I cherish is when a Marine called me "Doc"
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Originally Posted By Buckshot4U: ? Is it like some gray market rig that doesn't have any markings at all? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Buckshot4U: Originally Posted By 4HShooter: My main tractor has been down for the count for a few months. My Google fu is weak and I still am not sure what tractor I own. ? Is it like some gray market rig that doesn't have any markings at all? Attached File Here it is. Somebody prove me right please. A year model would be great too if we have a tractor guru here |
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The OP either shut it down for the night or is in the bathroom covered in shoe polish from belt to knees trying to get the lighting right -Sierra5
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Originally Posted By NCUrk: Cleaned out about 4 acres of shrubs and vines.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_fVvLQnHi8 View Quote Looks good! What's your rates, if you don't mind me asking? I got some done last month and while the man did a good job, I feel like I got hosed a little. I will go into detail more if needed |
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Originally Posted By flathead977: Looks good! What's your rates, if you don't mind me asking? I got some done last month and while the man did a good job, I feel like I got hosed a little. I will go into detail more if needed View Quote Wont go into rates as I don't want a COC violation, will just say its per job and not hourly. Not here to promote my business. Just braggng |
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Been called many things: Asshole, hey you, Boats and a few others. The one I cherish is when a Marine called me "Doc"
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Originally Posted By NCUrk: Wont go into rates as I don't want a COC violation, will just say its per job and not hourly. Not here to promote my business. Just braggng View Quote I understand, the guy did my job, said I get x,xxx per day. My dumbass figured a day was 7-8 hours. Didn't question it. The man comes at 7 and stopped at lunchtime for me to tell him something, I said when do you call it a day? He said usually 12:30. . He ended up staying about an extra hour because rocks had slowed the mulcher up where it wasn't doing the best. Lesson learned, a lot got accomplished in that 5.5 + hours, but I don't feel like I got a "days work". I know he had to go do maintenance on the machine after the job also. |
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Originally Posted By flathead977: I understand, the guy did my job, said I get x,xxx per day. My dumbass figured a day was 7-8 hours. Didn't question it. The man comes at 7 and stopped at lunchtime for me to tell him something, I said when do you call it a day? He said usually 12:30. . He ended up staying about an extra hour because rocks had slowed the mulcher up where it wasn't doing the best. Lesson learned, a lot got accomplished in that 5.5 + hours, but I don't feel like I got a "days work". I know he had to go do maintenance on the machine after the job also. View Quote I have a few that do work for me, but it is on a large scale, so take this for what it is worth: SVL 95 with Fecon head: $110/hr., Cat 299 with Fecon head: $120/hr., (just for reference) 100 HP John Deer tractor with steel cage and Brown Tree Cutter (heavy duty brushhog): $103/hr. Some of them are paying for some windshield time to or from the job as well. I would expect to add at least a 10% premium for smaller jobs, and wouldn't be surprised to see rates with an additional 30%. Mulching takes a big, robust machine, and most folks don't pay a mulcher to show up to clear something their 40 HP tractor will handle. They hire them to do overgrown junk with unknown debris in it, often in areas that are difficult to traverse. |
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"When you need it and ain't got it, you're singin' a different tune..."
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Originally Posted By 4HShooter: I'm 99% sure it's a Ford jubilee, the engine workings look the same. I'm working through a starting issue, seems to be a rusty fuel tank clogging the inlet from the tank to the sediment bowl stopping things up. I've yet to rig up a secondary tank to see if my wits are correct https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/250829/8BC44DFE-DE83-4422-B4CF-267C99B8944A_jpe-2119713.JPG Here it is. Somebody prove me right please. A year model would be great too if we have a tractor guru here View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By 4HShooter: Originally Posted By Buckshot4U: Originally Posted By 4HShooter: My main tractor has been down for the count for a few months. My Google fu is weak and I still am not sure what tractor I own. ? Is it like some gray market rig that doesn't have any markings at all? https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/250829/8BC44DFE-DE83-4422-B4CF-267C99B8944A_jpe-2119713.JPG Here it is. Somebody prove me right please. A year model would be great too if we have a tractor guru here Looks like a 57 Ford 540 Jubilee. There’s I think four bolts on the bottom of the fuel tank to pull the pitcock. |
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Chicken Farmer by choice hunter of shade tree's and hiding spots by nature.
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The OP either shut it down for the night or is in the bathroom covered in shoe polish from belt to knees trying to get the lighting right -Sierra5
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Originally Posted By Buckshot4U: I have a few that do work for me, but it is on a large scale, so take this for what it is worth: SVL 95 with Fecon head: $110/hr., Cat 299 with Fecon head: $120/hr., (just for reference) 100 HP John Deer tractor with steel cage and Brown Tree Cutter (heavy duty brushhog): $103/hr. Some of them are paying for some windshield time to or from the job as well. I would expect to add at least a 10% premium for smaller jobs, and wouldn't be surprised to see rates with an additional 30%. Mulching takes a big, robust machine, and most folks don't pay a mulcher to show up to clear something their 40 HP tractor will handle. They hire them to do overgrown junk with unknown debris in it, often in areas that are difficult to traverse. View Quote Cheap prices. I won’t load up my mulcher for less than $150 an hour. Costs $90 an hour to run give or take. |
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Direction, not intention, determines destination.
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Originally Posted By Foxtrot08: Cheap prices. I won’t load up my mulcher for less than $150 an hour. Costs $90 an hour to run give or take. View Quote No doubt. Like I said, I'm hiring on a commercial scale with anything from a 2 - 6 man crew, so depending on the contract, I may also be paying $X/hr. for a UTV, $Y/hr. for 3 laborers, etc. The prices I gave were only the machine, mulcher, operator and the truck/trailer to get them to the job. And with me not being onsite the whole time they are working, no doubt some of my "cheap" rate is being paid while the machine is not running. |
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"When you need it and ain't got it, you're singin' a different tune..."
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Chicken Farmer by choice hunter of shade tree's and hiding spots by nature.
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"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."
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Originally Posted By sparkyD: Looks like a 57 Ford 540 Jubilee. There’s I think four bolts on the bottom of the fuel tank to pull the pitcock. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By sparkyD: Originally Posted By 4HShooter: Originally Posted By Buckshot4U: Originally Posted By 4HShooter: My main tractor has been down for the count for a few months. My Google fu is weak and I still am not sure what tractor I own. ? Is it like some gray market rig that doesn't have any markings at all? https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/250829/8BC44DFE-DE83-4422-B4CF-267C99B8944A_jpe-2119713.JPG Here it is. Somebody prove me right please. A year model would be great too if we have a tractor guru here Looks like a 57 Ford 540 Jubilee. There’s I think four bolts on the bottom of the fuel tank to pull the pitcock. i had nothing but bad luck with modern replacement petcocks for my ford tank. seems the packing in the valve leaks after very little use. so i rednecked in a workaround. not my design, but this a pic from my tractor. |
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Originally Posted By greco: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/30391/4005DF40-E915-4734-80A8-BD408A3D5E45_jpe-2112655.JPG I’m getting ready to put my woods RD60 on to the back of my 1955 Ford 640 and cut my 3 acres. Front view https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/30391/35074951-7509-4AC5-9F0D-02C99A38BE81_jpe-2112587.JPG View Quote My dad has a 1953 Ford Jubilee (50 year anniversary) with a loader and backhoe and my brother has a 1954 NAA. They both look similar to yours. I'll have to post a pic sometime. They are good tractors, but the limited gearing (4sp) really hurts their usefulness. Ford must have made a few updates between '54 and '55 if they call their '55 by a different model (NAA vs. 640). I wonder what those updates are. @greco |
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Grandfathering weapons only puts off until tomorrow what tyranny cannot accomplish today.
The only people made safer by gun control are criminals and tyrants. |
Originally Posted By 4HShooter: I'm 99% sure it's a Ford jubilee, the engine workings look the same. I'm working through a starting issue, seems to be a rusty fuel tank clogging the inlet from the tank to the sediment bowl stopping things up. I've yet to rig up a secondary tank to see if my wits are correct https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/250829/8BC44DFE-DE83-4422-B4CF-267C99B8944A_jpe-2119713.JPG Here it is. Somebody prove me right please. A year model would be great too if we have a tractor guru here View Quote Well, a Jubilee is a '53 and we have one on the farm. It looks similar to yours, but that doesn't mean a whole lot. |
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Grandfathering weapons only puts off until tomorrow what tyranny cannot accomplish today.
The only people made safer by gun control are criminals and tyrants. |
Originally Posted By FZJ80: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/434728/582CD2D9-9C35-4E5E-9F0A-FE3641257ED9_jpe-2131951.JPG Picked up a nice used 7’ rear blade recently. View Quote My dad bought a JD 850 brand new in 1980. We still have it on the farm and it's in very good shape (everything stays under cover). He recently bought an '85 850 with power steering, 4x4, live power, and a loader, but it's not in as good of shape as his '80. Most of the lights were broken and there are a few dents here and there, but overall it's OK. He bought it from a local dealer that had put in a new clutch, new brakes, and four new tires (rears loaded with washer fluid). He loves this tractor. He always dreamed of a 1050 like yours, however. These tractors have stood the test of time, it would be so nice if they had reversers on them (especially in conjunction with loaders). |
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Grandfathering weapons only puts off until tomorrow what tyranny cannot accomplish today.
The only people made safer by gun control are criminals and tyrants. |
I haven’t done anything yet as I’m awaiting my b4601. But was wondering if anyone is using the bolt on forks. Apparently the tractor is only rated for 800 pounds with forks so I won’t be lifting a lot anyway.
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free gresay !
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Originally Posted By chicken_rider: I haven't done anything yet as I'm awaiting my b4601. But was wondering if anyone is using the bolt on forks. Apparently the tractor is only rated for 800 pounds with forks so I won't be lifting a lot anyway. View Quote Short version: Advantages: - Cheap and easy; usually $150-$200 or so. - Only real option with a pin-on bucket Disadvantages: - Can bend the bucket lip if not careful and/or supported properly - Lower lift capacity since you're still lifting the bucket and the forks plus the forks are further out, increasing leverage. Best option is to buy a dedicated FEL pallet fork; but this requires a) a SSQA and b) $$$. Example: https://www.everythingattachments.com/Small-Compact-Tractor-pallet-Forks-p/eta-scpf-42.htm |
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I do have the quick bucket. Pretty much same price from Kubota.
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free gresay !
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Originally Posted By chicken_rider: I haven’t done anything yet as I’m awaiting my b4601. But was wondering if anyone is using the bolt on forks. Apparently the tractor is only rated for 800 pounds with forks so I won’t be lifting a lot anyway. View Quote Love mine on a JD 1023e. It can't lift enough to justify swapping between bucket and forks. I should add I use the bucket 10 times for every 1 I use the forks. |
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Originally Posted By Wobblin-Goblin: My dad bought a JD 850 brand new in 1980. We still have it on the farm and it's in very good shape (everything stays under cover). He recently bought an '85 850 with power steering, 4x4, live power, and a loader, but it's not in as good of shape as his '80. Most of the lights were broken and there are a few dents here and there, but overall it's OK. He bought it from a local dealer that had put in a new clutch, new brakes, and four new tires (rears loaded with washer fluid). He loves this tractor. He always dreamed of a 1050 like yours, however. These tractors have stood the test of time, it would be so nice if they had reversers on them (especially in conjunction with loaders). View Quote They are great tractors if you don't need a lot of creature comforts. I'd really like to get a 1250 or 1450. My 750 has been great as well. The 1050 was a one owner with 246 original hours, not bad for a 1983. |
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"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."
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EVERYTHING WOKE TURNS TO SHIT!
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With the help of a few of you guys I figured out what I own and got my old tractor running. Made a deal with a fella today and ended up with a small finish mower. Needs some fixing but not in bad shape Idk why my phone uploads sideways |
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The OP either shut it down for the night or is in the bathroom covered in shoe polish from belt to knees trying to get the lighting right -Sierra5
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Originally Posted By Foxtrot08: Cheap prices. I won’t load up my mulcher for less than $150 an hour. Costs $90 an hour to run give or take. View Quote Wow, guess I got a good deal then! Neighbor charged me $75/hr, $600 minimum to do mine but I had already cleared the trees (uprooted), I just wanted him to run through and chew up any remaining roots. |
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It took about 60 hours on the Kubota to get to this point…. Proud father of a newly graded side lawn.
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Originally Posted By SigOwner_P229: Wow, guess I got a good deal then! Neighbor charged me $75/hr, $600 minimum to do mine but I had already cleared the trees (uprooted), I just wanted him to run through and chew up any remaining roots. View Quote In 2021 money, $75/hr. is a fair deal for skidsteer bucket work. $75/hr. is a steal for mulching. |
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"When you need it and ain't got it, you're singin' a different tune..."
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Originally Posted By SigOwner_P229: Wow, guess I got a good deal then! Neighbor charged me $75/hr, $600 minimum to do mine but I had already cleared the trees (uprooted), I just wanted him to run through and chew up any remaining roots. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By SigOwner_P229: Originally Posted By Foxtrot08: Cheap prices. I won’t load up my mulcher for less than $150 an hour. Costs $90 an hour to run give or take. Wow, guess I got a good deal then! Neighbor charged me $75/hr, $600 minimum to do mine but I had already cleared the trees (uprooted), I just wanted him to run through and chew up any remaining roots. Yeah that’s a steal. Just the cost of teeth or knives wear alone, cost of fuel, moving the machine, wear and tear on the machine. Etc. is $90. So he must of given you the neighbor pricing. |
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Direction, not intention, determines destination.
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Originally Posted By brahm: i had nothing but bad luck with modern replacement petcocks for my ford tank. seems the packing in the valve leaks after very little use. so i rednecked in a workaround. not my design, but this a pic from my tractor. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/346906/20151004_163039-2137928.jpg View Quote I have seen that modification before. |
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Chicken Farmer by choice hunter of shade tree's and hiding spots by nature.
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Direction, not intention, determines destination.
Integrity is the essence of everything successful. |
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Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and promoted by mainstream media which holds forth the premise that it is entirely possible to pick up a piece of shit by the clean end.
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I painted up and mounted a ammo can for a tool box on my little GC1705 Attached File
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Originally Posted By DirtyDirk: https://i.postimg.cc/d3ZT27qS/20211031-092139.jpg some heavy hauling today!!! View Quote nice |
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Originally Posted By DirtyDirk: https://i.postimg.cc/d3ZT27qS/20211031-092139.jpg some heavy hauling today!!! View Quote Nice buck! |
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Chicken Farmer by choice hunter of shade tree's and hiding spots by nature.
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Originally Posted By DirtyDirk: https://i.postimg.cc/d3ZT27qS/20211031-092139.jpg some heavy hauling today!!! View Quote That looks just like the deer I’d like to shoot! |
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“ Cats arent tactical, or very aggressive units.” Mettee |
Sometimes you just have to work with what you have Attached File
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Never begins it, never, but once engaged never surrenders, showing the fangs of rage.
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Originally Posted By mc556: Sometimes you just have to work with what you havehttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/87899/37A4299B-48F2-4680-A763-A21C535DEAA0_jpe-2153584.JPG I really need to build a ballast rig View Quote There was one outlier though: "No!. Lifting heavy weights with the FEL with unloaded tires and no 3ph ballast weight will work perfectly fine!" I hope this helps! Regards, Huntsville Hospital ER & Morgue Madison Memory Gardens and Funeral Home" |
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Originally Posted By 4HShooter: I'm 99% sure it's a Ford jubilee, the engine workings look the same. I'm working through a starting issue, seems to be a rusty fuel tank clogging the inlet from the tank to the sediment bowl stopping things up. I've yet to rig up a secondary tank to see if my wits are correct https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/250829/8BC44DFE-DE83-4422-B4CF-267C99B8944A_jpe-2119713.JPG Here it is. Somebody prove me right please. A year model would be great too if we have a tractor guru here View Quote I'm not sure if Jubilees have the same filters as an 8N but an 8N has a screen on the fuel inlet/cutoff that's in the tank, another directly above the glass sediment bowl and another on the brass elbow that screws into the carburetor. You can check the screen above the sediment bowl and the brass elbow with the gas shut off... there will be a couple of oz of gas in the line so have a can ready to catch it and no smoking. While the fuel line is unscrewed from the brass elbow you can hold the line over a funnel and 5 gallon gas can and open the shutoff to see if it is stopped up in the tank and if so to drain the tank so the shutoff assembly can be unscrewed from the tank... the 8N has a fuel reserve feature where if the shutoff is opened 2-3 turns( which should be enough ) but then the tractor runs out of gas... open the valve all the way and you have another gallon or so. The Golden Jubilee was 1953. Lots of good advice on Yesterdays Tractors forums. If you are having starting problems it might be wise to spend some time on the forums to learn how to check if you have a good enough spark and how to check and set the points. Lots of troubleshooting help there and a friendly bunch. |
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I used the tractor hood, to hold my tools, nuts from the snow blower recoil.
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Originally Posted By mic214: My new LX2610 got delivered today. https://i.postimg.cc/zvDdGxJt/EF57-D63-E-AB69-4971-ACE5-C782-DA89566-F.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/Y9zn75wL/BB1-E7824-E505-4-F41-835-A-4-C91-E8-A63679.jpg I'm still waiting on the brush hog, third function valve kit, Bluetooth radio and rear works lights View Quote |
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"He was seeing the enormity of the smallness of the enemy who was destroying the world.[...] If this is what has beaten us, he thought, the guilt is ours." - Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
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Originally Posted By Merlin: Saw a thread over on OTT about 3ph ballast weights. Guy (newbie) wanted to lift heavy weights with his FEL and wanted to know if he needed a heavy ballast weight on his 3ph. All the answers were a resounding "YES!". There was one outlier though: "No!. Lifting heavy weights with the FEL with unloaded tires and no 3ph ballast weight will work perfectly fine!" I hope this helps! Regards, Huntsville Hospital ER & Morgue Madison Memory Gardens and Funeral Home" View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Merlin: Originally Posted By mc556: Sometimes you just have to work with what you havehttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/87899/37A4299B-48F2-4680-A763-A21C535DEAA0_jpe-2153584.JPG I really need to build a ballast rig There was one outlier though: "No!. Lifting heavy weights with the FEL with unloaded tires and no 3ph ballast weight will work perfectly fine!" I hope this helps! Regards, Huntsville Hospital ER & Morgue Madison Memory Gardens and Funeral Home" Normally I throw my box blade on with some weights I made. All of that was on the other side of the property near my food plots and I didn’t want to drive my tractor down. Our Rut is about to start so had to make due with what’s near the house. That old blade is beat up. I think I am going to weld on some attachment points for steel weights |
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Never begins it, never, but once engaged never surrenders, showing the fangs of rage.
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Originally Posted By mic214: My new LX2610 got delivered today…. https://i.postimg.cc/zvDdGxJt/EF57-D63-E-AB69-4971-ACE5-C782-DA89566-F.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/Y9zn75wL/BB1-E7824-E505-4-F41-835-A-4-C91-E8-A63679.jpg I’m still waiting on the brush hog, third function valve kit, Bluetooth radio and rear works lights… View Quote Good gawd man, throw some mud on it or beat the bucket with a hammer for a while, something! Congrats! |
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“ Cats arent tactical, or very aggressive units.” Mettee |
Originally Posted By mic214: My new LX2610 got delivered today…. https://i.postimg.cc/zvDdGxJt/EF57-D63-E-AB69-4971-ACE5-C782-DA89566-F.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/Y9zn75wL/BB1-E7824-E505-4-F41-835-A-4-C91-E8-A63679.jpg I’m still waiting on the brush hog, third function valve kit, Bluetooth radio and rear works lights… View Quote Nice! You'll love it. I have its precursor, the B2650. Almost the same tractor. I don't have a cab though. I can't quite tell for sure, did you get R14 tires? |
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Originally Posted By sea2summit: Good gawd man, throw some mud on it or beat the bucket with a hammer for a while, something! Congrats! View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By sea2summit: Good gawd man, throw some mud on it or beat the bucket with a hammer for a while, something! Congrats! Ha ha ha…..it does have that “New Tractor” smell! Originally Posted By PA452: Nice! You'll love it. I have its precursor, the B2650. Almost the same tractor. I don't have a cab though. I can't quite tell for sure, did you get R14 tires? Thanks! Yep, those are R14’s on there…. |
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“So shines a good deed in a weary world” |
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