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    Yellow Jacket Nests While Bush hogging, whats your plan?

    Ran into a nest clearing a brush pile. Got stung twice before I made a beeline to the house for some 3M #77 spray adhesive. They fold up like a cheap kite when that hits them. Then sprayed the entrance to the nest. They get madder than he!! when they stick to each other, the entrance, and the...
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    Kalispell, Montana

    Kalispell, Montana
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    Wooden Fence Posts

    We put in 300 6" x 8' posts with a Countyline auger from TSC. Great unit for a 38-hp compact tractor. However, we broke dozens of shear pins and still destroyed 3 augers in the process. The neighbor tried driving them in with a mechanical post driver and every other one literally shattered...
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    Something I don't understand about applications of below 40hp tractors

    Growing up, we had four farm tractors, two John Deere's, and two Farmalls, only one of which was over 40 hp. Weight is a big factor in pulling a plow. The two Model A John Deere pulled a 3 bottom plow and the Super M Farmalls pulled 4 bottoms. We added wheel weights and they all worked well.
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    How much does it cost to build a pole barn and what kind is best..

    We built a 40 x 48 in 2020 for $45,000. Local builder and very good at what he does. It has a concrete floor, electrical, commercial 18' x 14 high-overhead door/w a commercial garage door opener. This included excavating and crushed rock backfill around the perimeter & driveway. We built a...
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    They can stick Bobcat tractors where the sun don't shine.

    2009 CT335 with 293 hours and I have a dead cylinder. Hardly any compression. Took it to the Bobcat dealer in Kalispell where they sat on it for two months then called and told us to come and get it since they couldn't fix it. Parts no longer available. Unable to diagnose problem except to...
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