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Every winter I go through all my spring/summer equipment, I sneak it in with the equideerpment at work. First on my list is the deck off the tractor. It is in very good shape, luckily the previous owner did do minimum maintenance. First things first pull those blades off. Last year they put up a good fight, the nuts were way too tight but they came off with some heat. When I put the nuts on last year I know I didn't crank them down but it was even worse. Try 1: 1 1/8" impact gun. Wouldn't budge. Kroil over night Try 2: impact again, no luck Try 3: 3/4" socket wrench with 1 1/8" socket and heating up nuts with acetolyne torch and 2 guys holding deck, 1 1/8" wrench underneath. Success. The threads were good, but dry and rusty. I'm gonna never-seize them this time. Next scrape and wash the deck ready for prime Ill also add these decks are super tough. Not only are the spindle bolts huge (industry standard usually 15/16" nuts these are 2 sizes up at 1 1/8") the deck never deflected being pulled in separate directions. I've broken lesser machines using much less force
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Today was the day to start redoing my yard. It's been embarrassing me since we moved in May. The sub-development we live in was a sand pit in its former life. They contractors layed down 2" of topsoil down, sprayed some hydro seed down and called it a day. I borrowed half of an old drag harrow from work. Missing the front bar so didn't work perfectly but good enough for my purpose. Hooked up my 2" receiver on, a shackle and chain hooked up to another chain on the drag. I pulled it along but it wasn't digging in like I wanted. I a spare set of rear wheels with 100lbs of cast iron on them, chained them to the drag. All said it was over 200lbs. Worked great 👍. I ran it 2 low only because 1 high pulled a little fast. Pulled all that weight with 2" spikes angled into the ground up hill with ease. Still have to rake the back then spread 16 yards of loam
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im getting a shed hopefully this week. Considered building one but this time of year extra time is scarce and we are still unpacking from the move 3 weeks ago. Anyway I had to get 2 1/2 yards (just under 5k lbs) of 3/4 stone. I'd heard these tractors move material very well, I knew it pushed snow great. So I dumped half the load out and graded it out with my 3/12. Made short work of it pushed the heavy pile with ease, impressive.
