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Got a "new" lawn mower. Last year there was a 91" Caroni we picked up as a fixer-upper. Finally got it completed. Replaced all the baffles on the underside, blades and a few bearings. Paint is XO-Rust with hardener. Orange is Allis Chalmers Orange. Gray is 50/50 Ford gray and black. Both...

Although one wouldn't think so, the L4240. I was using it to mow on Monday night and it seemed to turn tighter circles around stuff and was a lot more nimble than expected. The other pleasant surprise is the R4 tires didn't print as much as the R4's on the L3200 or the R1's on the Ford 1210...

Both of the Kubotas still had their winter attachments on so I started mowing with the 60" RFM on the little Ford. After doing the neighbor's place and starting on mine, the sun was setting and the wind was getting pretty uncomfortable. Since the project to refurb the 91" Caroni RFM (for the...

Was finally able to spend some time doing the standard mods to the bucket on the new-to-us L4240HSTC. This is the third FEL bucket of mine to receive an angle iron chain slot of some sort and a cutting edge. This cutting edge is more of a wearing edge in case it gets pressed into service for...

At the tractor ends of each lift arm, there's a bracket I'm not familiar with. What was it used for? See the orange piece in the faint red diamond. Backhoe perhaps? Thanks

Just in case there's a clean used tractor out there waiting for me to see it. Having a cab with A/C seems more appealing now than it did only 6 years ago when we had the L3200 delivered. The 20,000 BTU heater takes care of winter. Doors lift off for warm weather, and the shade provided by the...

I'm blessed with being able to do pretty much anything in the shops at work, and the guys are more than willing to lend a hand when it's needed. The largest example is when I built my cab there about 5 years ago. Even so, I really do enjoy tinkering at home and have accumulated enough tooling...

It withstood 15 years of hard use, but this last snowstorm did it in. It's a 6' blade from TSC that spent 10 years on a B7500 and then the last 5 on a Ford 1210. Till now, the only thing I've done to it was applying orange paint. The most amazing part is that only 2 of the 7 welds holding the...

This key is from a diesel generator and I need a spare. The key has one nub on the outside and two on the inside of the barrel. Any ideas? I tried to call the generator manufacturer but the line didn't work. Sent an email but not sure that will work either. Thanks.

My one BIL has a pasture he wants to maintain and cut to approx. 8" when he mows. He has a nice rotary mower that works OK but it does leave some windrows. He is looking for something like a rear discharge RFM that can be adjusted to leave 8" standing. We looked at my RFM and the tallest it...

Yesterday while playing in the snow, the Kubota wouldn't start after shutting it down to replace a shear pin. The clutch pedal didn't feel like it went in the whole way. When I pulled the floor mat back to look, there was a small pin that slid to the left blocking the pedal's travel. The pin...

3 years old with around 350 hours on it. A couple times when the key was twisted far enough to make the starter run, it made that sort of loud buzzing/machine gun sound that is often a sign of a weak battery. Battery tested as good as new at the auto supply place. A short jumper on the...

Some times it's nice to have a little help when things get heavy.

I thought I posted my cab build here, but couldn’t find it. Must have been on another board only. This was a project to keep warm and dry if/when we get snow. We built here in 1989 and used open tractors ever since. Finally had enough so last year the cab went from the wish list to the “To...

Still need paint. I abandoned the Sch 80 pipe in favor of 2x2x3/16 square tube. We had a 24 foot length at the shop and I was able to get it for $44. The total fork tine length is a tad over 48". A foot of it goes under the bucket. For the front I used a piece of angle with one leg riding...

We bought some land that adjoins ours last Winter. Finally had a chance to start work on it last week. I began cutting off the low tree limbs and removing brush along the creek. There are a lot of saplings up to about 2" or so in diameter that need removed. Scraping with the buckket worked...