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Cmark's random photo thread
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DMiller
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Ingenuity seems to produce a better product at times. Appears a improvement on cost cutting design.
DMiller
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Didn't we all end up in the toilet belly's of giant turds? Never got one 'Clean', always a barrel of skid pans filth and never ended oil seepage/dripping/oozing.
OzDozer
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I've always made a major effort to degrease and pressure-clean machines in the area where work is needed, it sure makes life easier for all.
DMiller
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And ALL Clean underneath!!
A great many days I could only wish had my own 963, really was a loss when sold the Fat Allis HOWEVER could not work it long enough to pay for having. Was also Too small for needs, about median between a 941 and 955.
A great many days I could only wish had my own 963, really was a loss when sold the Fat Allis HOWEVER could not work it long enough to pay for having. Was also Too small for needs, about median between a 941 and 955.
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Pretty much a standard configuration of ramps here and yes to hydraulics. Some trailers have bi fold ramps mainly for loading machines like compactors etc. I had these made for my truck.
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Ever have any problems with the axle housings by trying to lift too much with the loader or three-point hitch? They came out with a truss bar kit to keep the wheel end drop-box housings from spreading which helped, but naturally some owners just used them for jobs they weren’t designed to do.
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Never had any problems with the drop boxes but was totally aware of the issues. This tractor started life in Australia with a reach mower at the Brisbane Airport which the previous owner removed and had been fitted with duals all around. He fitted the 3 point linkage. I got it with 2 stub axles but thought if I had any problems with it then I'd fit axles with planetary hubs off a loader of some sort with similar gear ratios. The other advantage of this would be to lower the centre of gravity as I didn't need that amount of ground clearance.
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A lot of dairy farms used bi-di’s because they are like a swiss army knife, only with baler twine usually wrapped around the inside of the wheel hubs 
and quite often most of the problems were caused by a lack of maintenance
and quite often most of the problems were caused by a lack of maintenance
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The 276 was a tractor away ahead of it time. Available with them was 3 point and PTO at both ends of it. No other Nth American made tractor had that.
Sorry to have hijacked you thread Cmark.
Sorry to have hijacked you thread Cmark.
Nige
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At least the models are getting newer........
Sigh. If only it were also true in my personal life....
Nige
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Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.
DMiller
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Not so much the enjoyment of those new models, but the expense to lose that older one!!
Junkyard
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I can relate. A few years back I tinkered with one half my age. Must have been some software issues or it needed updates…..I stick with something closer to my level of vintage now!