Recent content by Tarty

It's amazing what you can do with a bucket grab if you're lazy and can't be arsed getting out to remove pipes.

Stupid question but.... you are in 4wd? They are turbo sh!t in 2wd off road. In my experience I never use weight on the nose. In fact I don't think the tractor is fit to lift something heavy enough to lift the nose, and will be far better balanced with no weight on front. Tyre pressures...

Find mine excellent for grip.

Have you got a deck weight? Makes a hell of a difference. Also are you working front weights? Very easy to put too much weight over the front axle and mess up balance.

I find they bridge at the bottom of the hopper and won't flow through the individual holes in the box fast enough. Therefore the problem isn't the metering it's before then. If you could give them a serious polish in a mobile drier you might get away with it. But my experience is not good.

It's not really a case of causing it, the small bale is the size of bale the baler is set at, everything else is over big if you get me. If you were to go really slowly every bale would be that size. You soon get a feel for when the bale will be the right size if you watch the dial for a bit...

Do you stop when the box beeps, or do you watch the dial on the front of the baler and slow down as the bale reaches size? There is quite a delay between the bale reaching size, the beeper going off then you actually stopping. I would suggest the little bales are the size the baler is actually...

The front diff went on mine, simply a case of shearing the bolts inside the front axle. Take out the drain plug and bits of broken bolt fall out. Can't remember exactly how many bolts there were but the modified part had twice as many. Had a few niggles on mine but jcb been first class.

Totally off topic but... have you considered having a set of duals for the back axle? If I kind of follow the other threads you tow a low loader with loadall on anyway so you could just keep them on the trailer and use them when conditions require it and/or the customer is willing to pay more...

Funnily enough my mate has just done the head gasket in his jd handler but it turned out it was a problem with the water pump instead. Similar hours.

Out of curiosity why spirit over a rapid?

Let some air out.

Rightly or wrongly, Is "populism" not just code for "appeals to stupid people"?

bugger.