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I did give consideration to that. In the end I decided that since it will never have a heavy load on the rear axle it wasn't worth worrying about. I imagine the stress it will see is far less than if the 3 point was loaded to capacity and the tractor had duals on uneven ground (all the weight on the outside) I do plan to monitor it though and axle seal leaks should be easy to spot with the wheels all the way out. Hopefully those would proceed any actual bearing failure.

I've got quite a few hours on it now. I planted and sprayed corn with it - also finished first cutting. I really like how it turned out.

Thank you for the reply. The problems i am having with the cluster are lcd related. The performance monitor is barely legible with all the dead areas and the hour meter lcd is halfway blacked out. I was thinking I might be able to do anything programming wise through EST. That's what I used to load the tg software to the display.

Do these tractors need the module part# 416591a1 in order to add a pro300 or 700 and have it communicate with the tractor canbus? My corner post cluster is on the fritz to include the performance monitor so if I could replace the Information found there with a display I would just go that direction.

I ran 90" for haying because I also use this tractor to spray. I believe it would matter planting into the wheel tracks but I can't say I have any side x side trials to prove it. This tractor will also be used to ditch rowcrops for flood irrigation.

Moving it in to 60" for planting and back out for haying is kind of a pain- this will alleviate that.

Im sorry I mis-typed the first post. It's 1/2" wall tubing

Well I am getting closer. 6x6x1/2" tubing for the center section. I used a piece of 3" x 1/4" wall pipe for the center and pressed bushings for the HD axle in. The wishbone is part of a an old quick hitch and then I just used a piece of 2" x 4" bar and bored a hole in it for a bushing for the rear pin. I'll try to get better pictures once I get it cleaned up and painted.

Thanks. I'll post some pictures up when I get it done. I am building a 120" front axle using 90 series case knees and hubs.

Can anyone tell me if the heavy duty front axle option is similar to the standard front end and just has a single grease zerk on the bottom of the center section to grease the pivot pin bushings? I am building a new front end and don't have one for reference. Thank you

Darf rakes changed a bit over the course of time. IIRC this is a 2019.

I don't know that the premium is so much for the non-gmo aspect as it is the organic aspect.

Yeah a pipe makes them easier to line up when going back together. The 88s don't have the pump pickup to contend with like the earlier models so that's nice. Sometimes it takes more than a little tap with a hammer. If you have a good sized dead blow just go to town on it. The two short bolts can stay in btw- the just hold the rear plate on

It's all gotta come apart Dave. Let me know it you want to borrow the spring compressor I made. You'll need one.

For testing I just stuck the case drain in the hydraulic fill port. I plan to put a flat face coupler in the pipe plug beside the top link cover - that's what I did on my 2wd 5488 and it has worked well.

Everything got a pretty thorough flush last fall 👍 Haha thanks. I do have a TG285 to put on if this doesn't work out but that's not near as neat.

I haven't ran it hard yet but I ran a few acres out as a shakedown. It seems to do just fine with lighter rates but we will see how the hydraulics hold out with a decent shot of fertilizer going with the seed. It's a precision disk 30 drill and precision 2230 cart. Electric/hydraulic drives on the cart. I have the flow lever set about 3/4 to run the fan at 4500. I am more worried about keeping the oil cool than anything but I figured I can add a cooler if that ends up being a problem. I haven't seen much for these older tractors on newer carts so I thought I would put this out there.

-25 here this morning with a brisk 10mph wind. I feel bad coaxing the cows up out of the creek from their protection to feed but I don’t have much room down there to unroll hay. Amazingly enough the creek has stayed open this last week and I haven’t had to chop Ice. I thought for sure with the wind blowing all night it would be iced over this morning.

My luck as soon as I did that I would bog down and have to wait for my wife to come pull me out ? It has been a hot couple weeks up here too with highs above 95 about every day and only cooling down to 75 at night. The calves seem to be fairing better this year in the heat than most years. I water out of dams when possible but in the case they dry up my place is also piped with at least one tank in each pasture and I can water from a deep well when needed. I haven’t needed to the last few years but if next year shapes up like this year I will be turning the tanks on next summer.

Well I was due to start calving the 20th and I had already had 17 calves. I usually have a few before the start date but something about this year got them dropping early up here. My dad had almost 10 early as well. Mama got the better of me on this one and I guess this littler heifer probably won’t be wearing an ear tag until branding day.

Headed to North Dakota yesterday afternoon to borrow my father in laws grain trailer... he had a bottle calf that my kids just HAD to have with mom’s backing. I had no way to haul him so I guess he hitched a ride back home in the sleeper and my wife has a nice little mess to clean up in there this morning. He rode pretty well for a 150# calf but was ready to get out by the time we got home.

Dropped off some heifers in Ft. Pierre today. They were going to be my replacements but I stumbled into a deal on some Young bred cattle I couldn’t pass up and the pencil leaned that direction. Unfortunately with as dry as it’s been I don’t have enough grass to keep these now so to the sale they go. There was only 20 of them so i wasn’t going to drag a pot but the truck is so much nicer to pull with than my wore out pickups so that’s what I used. Virtually the same mpg too.

I like N braces too but it seems to me like round woods always sag over time In H braces or those.

I see you even busted out the fine china for Thanksgiving.