Recent content by rangerdave

Well Hey!!! Thanks for all of that!!! I can only say that since the dreaded repair and modifications, the tractor has been running just fineish.... Really, It has held up well, until last week.... I was mowing a 1 acre field of tallish grass and the PTO went! I'm guessing it is the...

OH - and by the way, IF we could have easily taken the entire center section out we would have. We then would have built an entire new center section out of steel!!!! But in order to get the front half of the center section out, we would have had to remove the loader, engine, transmission...

While I thank you for your interest, I am perplexed as to whether you actually read the thread.... I am a good welder and we have a whole machine shop at our disposal - I fabricated the entire rehab of the machine.... I am horribly aware that the scab job in joining the two "cast iron???"...

Yup a TRX. I was looking for equal front and rear wheels like my old Pasquali - I liked the skidder look. Finding anything with more than 8" of ground clearance was a task! You would think the engineers would design the tractors for folks who drive their tractors off the well manicured lawns...

I feel your pain! Almost every tractor made today seems to have been built for the gentleman farmer.... Look at the tractors from the early 80 and before - barebones and protected. All of the new tractors seem to have every hose fitting and dangling wire exactly where you wouldn't want it...

Had I been able to get another Pasquali imported I would have gotten it - cheaper... BCS and Ferrari I think are owned by the Pasquali corp... just marketed differently and with different color schemes and flair.... I even looked at them side by side at every opportunity when I was in New...

I have owned 3 Pasquali tractors in the past. Not a single problem other than wearing through a clutch or brake cable now and then.... I should have stayed with a new one for about 2/3's of the price! I have just noticed that the two pins that go from the steering rams to the front steering...

Simply amazing.... Yours is the 4th I've heard of... Good luck with the company.... I'm sorry for your loss, because that was the model I wanted to trade my TRX in for after I paid it off....

Well, folks have been requesting an update/resolution... I put the tractor back together this winter. It took about a month - Some all nighters to get it done so I could work with it before my deadline to work. Long story short. I used a piece of bridge I beam to cut out a form for a skid...

One of the reasons why I went with the rigid frame instead of the articulating was because I assumed that the frame would be significantly stronger.... I also assumed that the center section would have been a complete housing and cast thicker considering it is almost a 70 hp tractor (OK 68hp) -...

Hey everyone, Just an update... I finally received the denial of claim from my insurance company. It was no surprise either... they totaled my tractor as well. The insurance company came to the same conclusions during its own investigation.... They sent not one but two claim adjusters...

Thanks Doc and Thanks for the Christmas post!

Well after a week of no phone & internet due to storms rolling through the North East, I am trying to scratch a quick note out before we loose power again to the 2 day ice storm falling on us..... Thank goodness for the wood stove and generator!!! 1. My whole point of addressing this issue...

Oh yes... I am not familiar with the therm "OP".... I have also seen "IMHO" somewhere too... Can anyone explain??? On a side note... If what I have heard is true, a few people have already had their tractors break in half and Antonio Carraro is unveiling their 3rd version of a stronger...

Well, what he quoted is true... but.... 1. Look at the pictures and tell me how the three bolts could have stayed in with the rear cast housing and center casting completely blown apart... and then driving 4+ hours to the dealer on the back of a flatbed tow truck on spring time pot hole back...