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    better blowers?

    My 'toxic trait', as the kids like to say, is that I almost never buy a device without deciding some aspect of it could be better designed or engineered. Today, it's my LandPride SP1064 snow blower. With a wet snow like we had this week, it never clogged in the second stage or the chute but...
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    a little hydraulics help for a n00b...

    I'm building an implement that will use my Kubota 3rd-function. These are the 3rd-function ends: I cannot decipher the markings on them to correlate with connectors to buy. Is this the correct set to match them? https://www.hydraulicsdirect.com/product-p/qd-agc-set-forb.htm Thanks in advance.
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    snowblower wear edge

    If this has been covered, somebody kindly link me. I searched and couldn't find this topic. I even looked through the monster "snow removal" sticky thread. I run a 3ph-mounted Landpride snowblower. Purchased used, it didn't have any replaceable wear edge on it. I fashioned two additional...
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    Bucket curl dump on LA535/LX3310?

    When I push the loader control stick to the right, there is clearly a detent and a second position just like there is going forward (to engage float mode), but the bucket lowers at the same speed in either first or second position. Does anyone know if it *should* act as a rapid dump? And if so...
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    [facepalm] SSQA:

    [facepalm] SSQA: I just discovered last week that by raising the loader all the way up, I can stand up in the cockpit and reach the SSQA levers. no need to climb down to the ground for that. YMMV based on your reach.
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    this is the 2nd ball mount I've made for trailer moving

    and I like it. I first made one that hangs on my pallet forks frame, but since the bucket is on my tractor all winter it was a nuisance to have to swap on the forks just to move my trailer in and out of its storage spot. This little guy slides on the lip of the bucket, I run in the two bolts...
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    tiny mod: seat switch defeat

    I had a problem in that from the driver's seat I can't see the pallet fork tips and my aim isn't very good, so moving around pallets (on uneven ground, which is all I have) was really frustrating. I installed this little momentary switch to defeat the "operator's butt is in the seat" circuit...
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    identifying electrical connectors

    Does anybody know the correct name/ID of this electrical connector on the seat "operator present" switch? I'd like to be able to buy a matching set for a small modification, rather than splicing into the existing wires.
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    Steering wheel tilt issue on LX - anyone else?

    Checking to see if this is a common problem... I have a 2022 LX3310. The tilt steering wheel frequently pops out of the set position and flips up to the top position. I have verified that it happens without me bumping the release pedal at all. Happens about every 10-15 minutes while operating...
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    D-ring for the chassis front

    I was looking at pulling a car out of the ditch on my road last week, and realized there's no good place on my LX to hook a chain. I could use the draw bar in the rear, but with the 3pt snow blower attached that's not very accessible. So I thought a D-ring on the nose was in order. I bought...
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    Snowblower mods

    I have a Land Pride SB1064. My driveway is crushed asphalt; it's very well compacted, but still not as as solid as real asphalt. When clearing the narrow part (which is curved and on a hill), the blower skids drop off the edge of the crown causing the bottom lip of the blower body to scrape the...
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    Storage basket for LX

    The one thing I really hate about my LX is that it had no way to carry any loose items. A pair of gloves, my chainsaw helmet, pruners - there is absolutely nowhere to carry stuff like that. I'd seen some folks on the forum bolt an ATV cargo basket onto the ROPS, but I was concerned that...
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    retrofit electric actuation for my snowblower chute

    details in the thread over in the fab forum.
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    Retrofitting electric actuation for the SB1024 snowblower chute

    I couldn't reach the crank handle from the seat of my LX, and the lack of vertical adjustment, convinced me I needed to get powered actuation on the chute. Truthfully, it didn't take much convincing :). I didn't like the sloppiness of the worm-drive, so I opted to directly drive that ring gear...
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    Anybody know where to buy a coarse-pitch spur gear?

    I'm going to improve my Landpride snowblower and I would prefer to find a spur gear to match the pitch of the stock ring, rather than motorizing the big worm drive. I can't seem to find a source for spur gears with such a large pitch. Does anybody know where I should look? Thanks.
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    LP SB1064 won't mate with my HF quick hitch - solutions?

    I just picked up a used Landrpide SB1064 snowblower and the blasted thing won't mate to my Harbor Freight quick hitch. The SB mounts are just a hair too wide (inside to inside). The QH works fine with my chipper and receiver hitch adapter, but both of those use cantilevered pins whereas the SB...
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    PTO shaft u-joint replacement

    I recently bought a used implement that came with a PTO shaft. One of the u-joints on the PTO shaft is shot. Anybody know the best way to find a u-joint of the right size? Is this a universal thing where I can buy a u-joint based on the key dimensions, or do I have to go through the shaft...
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    Kubota 3rd function routing on LA535/LX3310

    hi folks, My dealer just installed the (previously backordered) Kubota 3rd-function kit on my LX3310. Their shop's work quality has been a little suspect previously, so... Is this bracket and hose routing correct? The bent-rod hose keeper seems to stick awfully far out for its function. Thanks.
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    chipper: got to work with my new Woodmaxx MX8600 this weekend...

    Wow. I traded up from an 18hp DR manual-feed chipper, and this is not even playing the same game. Paying for the hydraulic feeder was *totally* worth the money. Can throw limbs in from 3' away instead of standing there feeding them in by hand the whole time. Probably 8-10X faster getting...
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    bucking on a grapple - crazy talk?

    I have this theory, that if I can find a grapple similar to this one with long separated tines, I could pick up logs and saw them down to 16" lengths right on the grapple. That would save me one of the more difficult jobs of firewood harvesting, I think, which is getting long logs situated to...