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  1. aighead

    Owner of some Heavy Equipment passed away

    Hey Gang, I just learned that my neighbor has passed away, leaving his wife with a few pieces of equipment that she has no understanding of. He's got a bulldozer (I've previously mentioned) that he was trying to get running, a skid steer, and likely some other stuff that I'm not sure about. I...
  2. aighead

    Safety tip of the day

    I'd imagine this may be able to be put in the skid steer section but I thought this reminder was better served here in the general section. We've got a crew at work that is ripping out a concrete driveway with a bobcat with a hammer on it and the pieces are being trucked away by another bobcat...
  3. aighead

    I don't know anything about bulldozers

    Hey, my neighbor, back in March, had a medical episode which has left him in a assisted living facility since then. His wife has said that, essentially, his brain has broken, and while it sounds like he can still get around a bit and feed himself and stuff he can not remember things and he is...
  4. aighead

    How much to reseal some cylinders?

    My backhoe has 2 leaky cylinders: the main big boom one and the secondary, that goes out to the stick. I know that if I try to fix them it will take months, be frustrating, and I may not do it right, so I called a guy. He was very responsive and friendly but he was also selling me something. I...
  5. aighead

    Help me buy a truck, please!

    I posted about a Silverado a few days ago but I think I need to make a more general truck buying thread, as I see options available. I know you guys have huge knowledge of what engines are good and the like so I'm hoping you can help me, if I ever buy a truck. I'm also considering either selling...
  6. aighead

    What about this Silverado?

    https://offerup.com/item/detail/159476b7-c834-3176-b508-8bd54bfdab3c?_branch_match_id=1180467830054861236&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAA8soKSkottLXz09LSy0qLdBLztf3M3dxqQit9MytSgIACxLBvx4AAAA%3D Dude is looking to trade straight up for my bike. I don't know much about trucks and just from the...
  7. aighead

    Mower running rough after warm-up?

    Hey guys, my FIL told me about a problem he's having with his Kubota (of some variety) mower that starts shaking and running very rough after warming up. He said usually after 15 minutes or so, but didn't give me a lot of info other than he's changed his fuel filters out on it. I know this...
  8. aighead

    donated impletments

    Hey Gang, being new to the tractor world begs a question from me and the previous post on this area of the forum reminded me of it... My neighbor got rid of his tractor a few years ago and he still had a mower deck and a flail mower (as he described) left sitting in his back field. Both appear...
  9. aighead

    Legends in their field

    I'm a big know-nothing who is trying to learn but I also don't have a whole lot of patience or a ton of mechanical aptitude. That being said I still like reading about stuff I don't understand even if it's to see new words or more fully grasp the complexities of stuff. That being said I frequent...
  10. aighead

    Flat front tire?

    OK, so I moved the backhoe from its parking spot around to the front yard. I noticed the front drivers side sliding, but it's pretty slippery out right now and I lowered the backhoe a bit to move around, I tossed it in 4wd and go along, as I turned I noticed the front tire separating from the...
  11. aighead

    Small Tractors? Massey Ferguson 230?

    Do you guys discuss small tractors here? My FIL is selling a Massey Ferguson 230 that I used when we first bought our house to mow with. It seems pretty nice but I know very little about tractors. He mentioned it's got a few issues but I don't know what is a major concern and what isn't. When I...
  12. aighead

    Finding service!

    Do y'all have any tips for finding people that can do service/maintenance on your stuff? I understand that it's better for me to do my own wrenching but I've got more money than time and the learning curve for me to learn stuff will be long. I'm willing to pay a fair amount of money to not have...
  13. aighead

    revs dip with hydraulic use

    Hey Gang, apparently I'm not using the correct words to search for something I can't imagine hasn't been asked... I got the ol' hoe out yesterday morning to maintain the burn pile. It was likely around 40-45 degrees F when I fired her up. I ran it for about a minute or two, then I drive off to...
  14. aighead

    A new Backhoeing Venture!

    Well, I'm strongly considering getting into the business of backhoeing around the neighborhood. I've made a nifty flyer, which will get hung on mailboxes on my street. Over the weekend I've asked my neighbors (we'll call them T&G), who I've helped a bunch, to be guinea pigs for me trying to get...
  15. aighead

    Rolling out the ruts!

    I have no idea if this is possible or completely stupid or what... I've made a pretty decent wreck of my yard via driving the backhoe around. I've got ruts galore and my yard is literally my yard, covered in grass that'd be nice to keep in decent shape. When I go to mow, with my beefy, but...
  16. aighead

    Moving water

    Hey gang, my 82 year old neighbor, we'll call him N, is asking for help again, and with that is me also asking for help or advice. N has a neighbor who has a small pond that drains off into N's yard, across his driveway, making a giant puddle, to the point where N can't mow or run around on his...
  17. aighead

    Loading the loader

    I can't tell if I'm missing something dumb, therefore I haven't tried it yet, but what do you do about stuff you can't get close enough to a loader bucket though it's easy enough to lift and carry along? I think it's well enough known that I like rocks, well, I like any kind of wood too. The...
  18. aighead

    Go slower!

    This thread can likely be deleted after an answer or two but is it normal for it to feel like your backhoe sometimes goes slower? I can't tell if it's because it's been a week or two since I've run it or if I'm getting used to it's speeds across the gears but sometimes it feels like 2nd gear...
  19. aighead

    Backhoe theft

    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bulldozer-thief-drove-through-florida-town-digging-biden-harris-campaign-n1244750 I think this skirts the line of involving politics, as that is not my point... This story is silly and luckily nothing serious was damaged. There is a person in the story...
  20. aighead

    I'd like a truck!

    Hey Gang, I don't know if maybe this isn't the right place for it but with the insane amount of knowledge and experience y'all have I figured I'd ask... I'm looking for a truck. I don't have a ton of money to spend but depending on the truck and its uses I could see getting up to $10k (which...
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