Recent content by nbryan

My B2650 has pretty much the same HP as a B7610, but almost double the total hydraulic flow. They're both HST units too. So likely why this doesn't affect me nearly as much. I cover all but about a 4" square area of my rad in the winter, and that also slows the cooling for the hydraulic cooling...

R4's here for my 8th winter, so I know pretty well by now how my particular rig handles for traction in widely varying snow blowing conditions. They slip sideways fairly easily in a certain near freezing conditions so I just slow it down and maybe stay off the driveway shoulders until things...

Well drillers have huge heavy rigs with rock penetrating tips that have no problem grinding through whatever is encountered. Another type of portable drilling rig are the granite hole drill rigs used around here in Canadian shield country, for blasting at mine sites, and for installing steel...

The throttle lever controls the engine's RPM, thus the top moving speed of selected speed range. HSD pedal controls tractor speed.

I take my 60" Woods M5-4 "bush hog" rotary mower at least once a year into the bush/forest logging trail loop we cleared 5 years ago. Having the forks on the front while mowing are handy for clearing the inevitable dead-fall in the mature forest. That ancient mower can handle pretty severe abuse...

I beg to differ on the "essential" part, as my experience, with pto driven hole diggers anyway, is the tractor's movement front/back adjusts the digger's vertical alignment. All that's needed for up/down motion with the loader boom, and a small adjustment with the tractor front/back position for...

Your post got me looking for one for my B2650HSD, and looks like the SA20 model hydraulic diggers have options for Quick Attach loader mount units, with hoses that connect to the loader bucket valve outlets. I.e. no need for a 3rd function and much greater height adjustment ability than 3-point...

I'd have my BH77 backhoe hooked up and be on that job with it first. Operator experience finesse is required to cut and shape shallow trenches off to the side like that. Before reading your couldn't straddle the excavation area my first thought was to use a moldboard plow, then shape with a...

I use Lucas X-Tra Heavy Duty grease, a polyurea based grease, and it doesn't thicken as much in very cold situations. I can al;ways hand gun it all winter without any pre-warming.

Tighten (shorten) that top link to get the box level. Then adjust the 3-point lever height stop to where the boxblade won't rise high enough to touch the tail lights. My B2650HSD has a screw tightened block built into the 3-point lever slot for lowering limiting, maybe one could be put above the...

That reminds me....

I just affix a poly sheet to the radiator bug screen, with a 6"x6" hole in the center. DIY.

What I do is look for any play between the shaft and the pto input and the small reduction gear. I push a small screwdriver through a small opening that the small gear and chain can be seen through, and hold the sprocket/chain still while twisting back and forth the intput PTO u-joint and...

I have the same blower that's run 8 winters now, and a couple of things to watch for: - the PTO input shaft #040 in BAP's diagram supports a series of mechanical connections that get hammered running at 2500rpm driving the reduction chain. ALL the setscrews on mine needed tightening, and the...

You're working less area than me, and my B2650HSD (LX2610 equiv) has performed great so far in 8 years of (ab)use here. 1300 hours, about 200 hours per year. I use it all over our 119 acres, mainly forested. Get a 3-point rotary mower for the tractor, and a separate smaller riding mower for yard...