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I think it's probably simpler if I start a new thread. Some forums are sticklers for piggybacking off of older threads, others prefer new ones. Apologies.

Edit: I think I have a slightly better grasp now, so let me see if I understand: the lines from the hydraulics section on the tractor which run the loader are still needed to operate the 3 point hitch arms, so when the control block for the loader is installed, the 3 point hitch is now the power...

The bonus for you is that swapping out the fluid and filters should get done regardless of an acute problem.....an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

To be fair, I think everything comes down to cost, however you measure that (money, time, hassle et c). I would not turn down a new 125 HP JD with a lifetime no questions asked warranty where JD flew folks out whenever I had a problem IF it cost $20k, nor would I turn down a big TLB if someone...

The excavator will hopefully get towed around a bit to help friends and neighbors, but generally will live on my land. It's 133 acres, but there are basically 2 11 acre areas that are flat enough to safely use equipment and have dirt suitable for growing anything more than skinny pine trees and...

My tractor's hydraulics completely failed due to 1) fluid which was much uglier than the filters would've suggested and 2 a bunch of debris from a brake job clogging those filters; completely fixed after fluid and filter change My rule is that every fluid which can reasonably be replaced gets...

One thing to consider is that I am boot-strapping a small farm from nothing. Every dollar is coming from some other purchase; I can get a backhoe sooner, but that delays the big fermenters or the house et c. I am of the opinion that every novel project will come in over budget, but aggressive...

I think that one important data point is walking the land with my dirt work guy and getting an idea of what a mini-ex could save me. If I can knock the initial cost difference down to negligible with one job while I'm learning the machine, it is a very easy decision. The other huge argument...

That's my big concern...that I spend the time and effort to get a good used backhoe attachment+bracket for $6-7k, start using it, and figure that that it is a backhoe shaped weight and that I still need a mini excavator.

I am steadily building up the portfolio of tools that I need to get started working on my land (NE Texas, hillier than you would expect for that area, sandy clay soils with more rocks that is common for that area), and the M6800 4x4 that I keep asking questions on is the central part of that...

I got to drink some of that denatonium benzoate during the tribulation of eliminating the exhaust heat exchanger off of my truck. It is....bitter.

I really appreciate all of this. Ford Motorcraft Yellow is a Phosphate Organic Acid Type. This guy has a decent rundown of it all: My unfounded assumption is that much of the complexity has arisen from two sources: 1) environmental concerns and 2) "extended service intervals". In an...

My next maintenance items are replacing the front gear fluid and differential fluid and regreasing all of the zerks, but the bigger question is replacing the coolant. I hope that this is equally easy, but I wanted to ask the community opinion of coolant options. The manual just talks about...

I am going to see how mine does with the NH 648 that I'll hopefully grab next week. My preference is no turbo simply because it's several more moving/electronic parts to break (EGT and boost sensors, wastegate actuator, turbo shaft bearings). My 4 big concerns if I did want to do this: 1)...

I am very glad to hear this, as I was concerned that I had a problem with my 3 point. This driver is just a vertical cylinder that pushes the post straight down into the dirt in one smooth motion. The guy who had it used it on an MF, which apparently has a slightly different 3 point setup...

The answer may be that I need to just search the forums, but at this point I need help with where to start. I recently fixed the hydraulics on my M6800 by simply replacing the fluid and filters (just got tractor home, fluid was nasty and filters were clogged with remnants of a brake job done by...

Update: I finally got to work on it and replaced the fluid and filters. There was some nasty water and the bottom of the transmission, but more importantly, junk left over from the brake job that my tractor guy did. After replacing the filters and fluid, hydraulics, power steering and 3 point...

I downloaded the WSM from a different link on this site a while back, but it read more like a user's manual than a detailed guide to fix things. And if the poster above was offering a .pdf, then BY ALL MEANS. I apologize for being so dense. I actually had to resort to a paper copy to get a...

1) I agree on the manual, but my plan is to grab my own. I don't like borrowing anything that I cannot be sure of quickly returning in mint condition or that I will frequently need. 2) There are two pumps in the same sense that a human has two hearts: the two pumps spin on a common shaft and...

The 2 piece suction line seems relatively easy to pull once the fluid is drained, so no reason not to yank and clean it if I'll already have the machine drained.