Recent content by Mr_C

Minor update. I reversed one of my wheels last night. Went from just barely 1" of clearance to a solid 4 inches. That should easily be enough for the tracks. Interestingly, with the tires swap and chains my total width will be right at 6 feet. That will work out about perfect because my primary...

Wow, that answers all my questions. To answer how I operate it, I drive it like I own it and I have to pay for the repairs (which is true) so I am pretty gentle. I guess the more I think about it, maybe having tracks for some of the slippery work could be easier on my machine, because there are...

Has anyone used a over the tire tracks (grouser specifically) with bald tires? Here is my situation, I have an old bobcat 825 that I use around the farm. I have been using it to build a dike as I live near Fargo and we have had a lot of flooding issues recently. My problem is that it always...

I had thought of that, but wasn't sure if wiper motors were reversable... I had considered using a power window motor, but dad liked the ideal of the drill (with a reversing switch in the cab), if it doesn't work out, we will probably try a different motor. That snow probably looks a lot like...

Just thought I would send out an update. We got the cheap motor I posted the link to earlier. Mounted it up and the blower seems to work pretty good. Now we are working on designing a cheap way to rotate the chute (currenlty looking at using an old 12v cordless drill and rewiring it to be...

Thanks! To clarify, the rated flow I read in the manual was 17.7gpm at 1000psi. I am not sure what the flow rate is at the max psi (Which is 2600, as you said). I guess I wasn't very clear there. I will definately look into getting preasure relief valve. Honestly, I didn't spend a whole lot of...

My dad bought a New Holland LS170 this spring. He wants to use it for snow removal for his driveway this winter. This won't be used comercially, but a blower would be a lot more convinient than a bucket. He has a Mckee "snolander" model 320 5ft blower he had front mount on a little cub lowboy...

Not to hijack the thread, but how much did you really use the rotating feature on the log splitter? I have a log splitter set up as a small trailer, but only use it with my skidsteer so I am considering putting it on a plate and taking the axle off of it. I have been considering the idea of...

I have found that one of my most used attachments on my farm is the pallet forks. I use them for a lot of things i never thought of before I got them. I bought it just for moving pallets of stuff, but recently I have used it for digging/hauling big slabs of concrete, digging out roots, moving...

Thats a great pic of the different uses, I haven't seen that one before. So far it has worked pretty well for me. The first time I tried using it I had to switch back to my other bucket because I was trying to dig the top foot of topsoil off, and it was sod that had been hard packed from my...

There is always the issue with snow buildup on the sides, but a V-plow helps with that some. I think I recommend the bucket on a skidsteer, but as you can see from my video I made a couple years back, its hard to beat the efficiency of a good plow. :-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaRRqXEH0zw

I don't have the experience that a lot of guys here do... My experience is strictly removing snow from my farm and my relatives. I do most of my snow removal now with a 9' v-blade on my truck. I have a 8ft snow bucket for my skidsteer and use that to move snow piles when it gets too deep. I...

I have a bobcat 825 and use it for work around my farm. I am currently working on dike project so I am doing a lot of dirt work. I was having some difficulty because my dirt bucket is 6" narrower than my skidsteer... leveling was difficult to say the least. I was looking for a land plane, or...

I asked a while back about keeping my old tires on my 825. Honestly, I have been pretty surprised at how well they have worked, even thought they are quite worn. I have decided when I get new tires I will be getting rims with them also and keep these old tires for floatation tires. I currently...

I've been watching craigslist and local adds for the past 6 months and haven't found anything that would fit (haven't been many options). I am starting to get impatient. On the positive side, I have found a set of used forks, 8ft snow bucket and a scarifier all at good prices (I bought my bobcat...