Recent content by jcork

Mine has about 1500 on it, bought used. I find when using the mower, it will require re-leveling every so often. My field is pretty rough and as it bounces around I find I have to pull it back up a bit every 30 minutes or so at least. It would be nice if it were otherwise, but it isn't a...

My B7610 has a small receiver hitch below the PTO. It's about 2" wide by 1.25" tall with holes to accept a horizontal pin I believe. I'd like to drag a small ATV trailer, but the ATV trailer hitches look pretty simplistic and light duty. They seem to accept a vertical pin. What should I put...

CRP is the Conservation Reserve Program (or similar), where the USDA pays you a small fee (like $50 per acre per year) to leave highly erodable land untouched, or planted in native grasses or tress; all you can do is weed control via spot mowing and spot spraying. The contracts are typically...

The only lawn de-thatcher I have seen is like a push lawn mower. I need something appropriate for about 20 acres of CRP ground, growing an assortment of pasture grasses. It doesn't sound like the landscape rakes have a lot of potential though.

I see some side rakes and rotary-style rakes like folks use for raking hay into windrows, but my application is scraping an inch or so of 10-year-old dead grass off old CRP ground, and trying to get it off so I can spray effectively. It seems like a blanket harrow would do that as well, but...

That was my experience; I paid $700 for a used 4' mid-grade Land Pride. It's well made and should last a longtime, and a B7610 (24hp) handles it well.

Thanx, Vic. Thats the info I needed.

Do these things normally require pliers and come out in pieces? I was trying to be 'gentle' and wasn't successful in getting the filter out (only 50 hours since service). It's below freezing, does that matter?

All worked out. Apparently, the mounting for the mid-PTO came loose, and allowed the driveline (3-4 U-joints) to twist, and one of the u-joints wasn't locked tightly so it came off and the whole assembly came crashing to the ground as the telescoping length components slid apart. Several...

I know the first foot of driveshaft stays with the blower (unless it breaks the shear bolt). But the rest of the mid-pto shaft assembly normally stays under the tractor chassis? That's how it was when I bought mine, but I don't know what 'normal' is, I bought all mine used and I don't have...

I have a 2004 B7610 HST with ag tires and chains, and I am trying to blow snow with a B2660 60" front-mount blower. I was doing pretty well until I found that I had lost the drive to the blower (the entire mid PTO driveshaft assembly was laying on the ground). The rear section looks like it is...

I am no expert, but I have a 2004 B7610HST (no belly mower) and I have not experienced anything like you describe; I have 1450 hours on it (bought it with 1400).

I tend to use the clutch when changing H/L or 2/4Wd. It doesn't work so well when using my 4' rotary mower. Shifting PTO-ON is smooth and quiet. When I try and shift PTO-OFF I usually get a grinding. Do I need to throttle-down when shifting the PTO Off, or perform some other ritual?

I have several diesels and they all like different things. I have a 1990 F250 with the old 7.3l IDI. In Winter I use Power Service in the white bottle. In warm weather I use some 2-stroke oil from Wal Mart (very cheap) at about an ounce per gallon. This is a very simple, old, engine design...

Thanx for the very complete reply. I'll look for something used in the 4-5' range.