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If only I could invent a way to divert rains that flood any given area to another area suffering drought, I would become richer than Elon.....

Stan

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True. And, it probably does lift the front end. My tractor loaders do. It is the constant strain on the seals I was thinking of. Moreso than when used with the loader attachments.

Stan

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Dunno for sure, but SW is very likely for the time for Deere to contract from.

Stan

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One thing that occurred to me yesterday afternoon is: the hydraulic cylinders. They would be backwards for a dozer. The small end would be what is pushing the blade down to dig.

Stan

Hi, Yes, I was thinking where the loader arms pivot up high v the dozer blade frame pivot down low. Maybe a tendency to push up the front of the machine. I looked at the Deere CCE site and see where they have a PAT dozer blade for these. And that is what got me to thinking about how that might work....

Hi, Anybody make use of these tracked skid steer loaders equippled with a PAT bulldozer blade? How well do they work? Especially compared with the crawler/dozers we usually talk about around here. I got word that Deere has 0% financing on compact construction equipment these days. That got me to loo...

Hi, In my experience, it is always worthwhile to have an old IP redone by the pump shop. There are all sorts of little things they take care of. Yes, the old pump works and works but it slowly loses performance and you can't readily tell. Until something finally beaks (such as mouse turds) and you g...

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Double Secret Safe!

One step lower than Burned Before Reading.

Stan

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You did not lose your manuals.They are in a safe place. A *very* safe place.

i have an old bookshelf in my shop. Most shelves hold various lubricant bottles. The top shelf is loaded with car, truck and tractor manuals. Makes ite asy to have them in a safe place *and* easy to find.

Stan

Hi, Not much for me to add here. It was all a progression. First the Lindemann converted B Orchard machines, then the All New for 1947 Model M with a Crawler variant. The M was turned into the 40 as the entire tractor world moved from Letters to Numbers. Next came the 20% greater HP 420 and the rest...

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These days, after you buy the Diesel to fill it up, you won't have any money left for dinner for yourself, much less anyone else....

Still, the work you can do with one of these per gallon is, literally as well as figuratively, Dirt Cheap.

Stan

Hi, Thanks for the update on the 455G. My first-hand being around what JD was up to ends before then. That applies to the Ag side as well. There is a vacuum between 1982 and 1998 where I was paying zero attention until I wanted to buy a brand new Ag machine in 1998 and had to essentially begin all o...

Hi, TractorData.com is a good resource for year info. Says the 455E was 85-87. And the 455D was 83-85. Before 83, they called the loaders 450, 450B and 450C same as the drawbar crawlers and those equipped with dozers. I remembers 1982 as the year they changed over to 455 for the loader crawlers, and...

Hi, Any time I have been around a machine with powershift style hydraulic clutch packs, the first thing I do is drop the oil and replace the filter(s) and change or clean up strainer screen. That also lets me take a hard look at the screen and filter elements for bits that ought not to be there. It ...

Hi, I have only ever lost one dry steering clutch at a time. So, I am also thinking the issue lies with the reverser. And the suggestion to drain it and reolace that filter is also the first thing I would do. In the event that didn't work, I would be eyeballing reverser pressures and go from there. ...