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1951WDNWWI 
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 Topic: Lumbar fusion
Posted: 19 Feb 2026 at 7:12pm |
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Had to have L3, L4, L5 fusion. Every thing is progressing nicely in the recovery. Have been told the WD will require too much bending with the hand clutch, position of the seat, etc... What has anyone else experienced?
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Marlyn nwia
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Posted: 19 Feb 2026 at 8:15pm |
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I had a Luminectomy Oct 20 on all L1 to L5 . I had a routine check up this morning and was encouaged to continue physical therapy and do what activity I can tolerate. I intend to operate my D-12, D-15 and D-17 this spring. My concern for the 45 would be swinging your right leg over the drive housing then not being able to put some weight on your foot as it lies forward putting all your weight on your butt. lol
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jaybmiller
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Posted: 19 Feb 2026 at 8:29pm |
very happy to hear you're doing 'very well' !!! I have 'paper thin' discs between L3-L4-L5, found that out at new chiropractor one day. saw an X-ray in the room, compared it to the 'chart', when doc came in , I said ,'gee that guy must be in pain, those don't look very nice'. he says, you tell me, it's YOUR X-ray'. seems I collapsed my spinal column 20 years previous when I 'left the motorcycle' when I hit SAND on the road. ER doc only saw the busted right shoulder.... For past 5-8 years I do a 'silly' muscle stretch, and knock on wooden head, NO problems ,there... rest of the body, well, getting old ain't as much fun as 'they' said it wood be.
try to stay healthy guys !!!
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Dirt Farmer
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Posted: 20 Feb 2026 at 1:59am |
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1951… I sent you a PM
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tadams(OH)
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Posted: 20 Feb 2026 at 2:16pm |
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I had L3 &L4 fused in 1986 after 6 month I was aloud to go back the work, some days I feel like picking up things and other days I leave them alone
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DMiller
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Posted: 20 Feb 2026 at 2:43pm |
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L5/Sacrum for me is fusing on its own, too much damage, arthritis and stenosis there for the Surgeon's comfort to do anything but leave it run. That related to me in 2016, ten years later is worsening again. Screwed mine up falling off a COE Road tractor onto a pile of Cribbing, been chasing issues for five decades now. Doc did replace two Discs at C5/6 and C6/7, still wants to do C4/5 but at this juncture, I do not.
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JW in MO
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Posted: 21 Feb 2026 at 7:32am |
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The WD45 requires quite the procedure to get on and off, lots of twisting and leg lifting. I often thought it would make quite a video if you recorded someone getting on and off a WD45, and then removing the tractor just to show the gymnastics. The older I get, the more it feels like a Gemini astronaut in training. I've had back surgery, every year its more of a challenge, but it was Dad's first new tractor, so I'll continue to conquer it, but still call it the Billy Goat.
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Ted J
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Posted: 21 Feb 2026 at 7:37pm |
I had given some thought to putting the seat on a 360 degree swivel and then lock it into place. My attempt just didn't work out as you still had to do too many gyrations and it hurt. Ya just gotta be careful and slow. Gettin older is lots of fun! Who was it that said; "If I knew I was gonna live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself."
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Posted: 22 Feb 2026 at 7:33am |
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DaveKamp
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Posted: 12 hours 42 minutes ago at 11:04pm |
When you have a board that needs to be milled, there's two ways to do it:
Bring the board to the tool...
Bring the tool to the board.
From personal experience I'll tell you that, while discectomy fusions aren't fun, they're very much more tolerable than trying to live without.
If the mount and dismount is too difficult, then a solution is necessary- change how the mount/dismount occurs. If operating the controls is hindered, then an alteration of the controls is in order. Some may feel that it's heretical to modify a tractor to make it useable for you, but in my opinion, it is more important for you to be able to enjoy life operating your tractor, than to spend the rest of it looking out the window at your parked tractor.
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Steve A
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Posted: 1 hour 39 minutes ago at 10:07am |
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For what it's worth: I mounted a D-17 seat on one of mine by welding parallel 2"angle iron to a plate cut out to match the brake access, etc like the original seat. Goes back just far enough to clear implements. I heated the steering support and raised it as far up and over to the center as I could. Took off the toolbox and put a plate there to step on, then added a bolt-on removable step to the platform just above the drawbar. It can still pivot under that. Those make it easier for me. Herniated disk and sciatic issues. Also had my pant leg get caught on one of the latches a few winters ago and took a header off the back end on ice. That tore my left rotator cuff and motivated me to make alterations. Considered getting orbital steering from a forklift and putting live hydraulics on it, but haven't had the ambition to start that one yet.
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