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I've seen trailer mounted towable rigs but never P/U bed mounted. Most need a pretty big water tank(hydro) and water is surprisingly heavy.
Fairly significant capital investment so I would do a thorough market survey before making that commitment.
Amos

More plantin saturday:32' sweet peas and built trellis for same.40' green beans(bush type). Cherry tomatoes,more collards,more peppers.Next week another load of compost for corn area.Maybe some creme peas in April too.Going to need 40 or so tomato and pepper cages. Spread the mulch on the garden ext...

Was a plantin fool today: tomato,bell pepper,hot banana pepper 20' of okra,12 squash mounds,20' of cucumber,20' of radish. Another few weeks of warm weather and it's corn,creme pea time.All this a factory plot. At house raised beds more tomato,some bell pepper,collard greens,some okra seedlings,aspa...

Morning Stan, We get tornadoes in my neck of the woods and not very often that close(causing major and wide spread tree damage). Yours sounds like making lemonade from lemons :D At our big box building supply stores compost is $3.95 for 1.5 cubic foot. Mulch is about same for a 3 cubic foot bag.Down...

Here in my town we have a municipal compost site. 40 acre site with 3 city employees who collect tree trimmings,trees,leaves,etc and grind it and start compost process. Mulch is a little on the large side but the compost is as good as it gets. Used the dump trailer to get 26 yards of the mulch and 9...

Time to build another building! :D Lavoy Hi Lavoy, Wife wants: weekend cottage,pond,some trails,brush piles burned. Then maybe another barn :D Did powerwash the Case engine and went ahead and changed engine oil and filter,air filters,fuel filters, hydraulic filter(fluid still looking good).Alternat...

Got no projects in the works. None,zero,nada...Was checking my Case loader landscaper and engine could use a power washing and alternator needs some wiring done.1 hour. Maybe a real working oil pressure gauge too.Another hour if I stretch it out.All maintenance up to date too. Been discing garden sp...

I would do the testing to check pressures and go from there. Could be another seal blown or bad clutch pack(don't think the clutch pack is shot though).
Good you have the manual so testing should be somewhat simple. Keep posting what you find please.
Amos

Just purchased a 550, started great, sounds perfect. BUT, a lots of tiny bubbles in the radiator, milky oil in the transmission and milky oil coming out of the starter. Still moves forward and back, blade works perfect. I'm thinking possibly air leaks in the cylinders into the cooling system and po...

GOOD JOB! Warrior and no C-4 or DetCord required
Amos

What parts book calls packing is actually "O" rings or a neoprene seal. When leaks show up it's time to rebuild it. New ultra-low sulpher diesel degrades the seals including the internal seals and when those go bad you can get diesel intrusion into the crankcase and thin the engine oil which will r...

What parts book calls packing is actually "O" rings or a neoprene seal. When leaks show up it's time to rebuild it. New ultra-low sulpher diesel degrades the seals including the internal seals and when those go bad you can get diesel intrusion into the crankcase and thin the engine oil which will re...

That piece of metal could have been the foil seal from a jug of anti-freeze(especially since it was floating).On radiator caps: after a few bad "replacement" caps from parts stores I went back to using OEM only from a dealer. Cost more but the dang things fit and function correctly 100% of the time....

Made some calls yesterday and what I've been moving is called seal coat chip gravel.It is a crushed and graded product that goes for $30.00 a ton locally.3/8" to 1/2" in size with multiple flat faces so it sticks to the bitumen. And 1 yard does weigh 1 ton+/-. New chapter to the story: another contr...

Good job Keith! When you go back with new bolts Anti-Seize should be your new best friend. Can be found at any parts store.
Amos