Recent content by troverman

I've had pretty good luck with the Napa Legend batteries. Just replaced a set in my 2003 F-550: both batteries that died were from early 2017; they were the AGM variety. I put two new identical 750CCA AGM Legends in the truck. Alternators are interesting. The voltage regulator sets the charge...

I mow very steep slopes with a zero turn mower. If you are confident and smart about it, you can do just as much as the Cub Cadet steering zero turn or a 4WD Scut, and be faster. You just need to understand a couple of key points - the zero turn will go uphill very well, but has poor control...

I'd like to point out that it was Dodge, not GM, that invented the "extended cab" with the smaller rear doors and a full B pillar. GM didn't begin using the smaller but normal rear doors until 2014; Dodge was doing it at least as far back as 2008. Furthermore, if you compare a 2016 GM 1500...

I prefer the cab 90% of the time, mostly for bees and not breathing dust. Also good to keep a little warmer and cooler depending on need. I find tractor heat to be quite adequate once the engine warms up. A/C however is often lacking if you are running at full PTO speed for hours on end on a hot...

Lucky you. I've run into problems with bees many times on open tractors. Nothing like operating on a steep hillside which demands constant attention and having yellow jackets landing on the steering wheel, instrument panel, and your neck. Yellow jacket worker bees die in the fall when cold...

Note the two above Kubota tractors (both of them were mine at one point in time). One is a 2002 model year, the other a 2018. The older machine has a loader frame - which could be described as a subframe - going from the loader tower to the front brush guard which is very firmly mounted to the...

Generally, the weight and horsepower of a machine limit how much it can damage itself. Tractors from India are generally inferior quality.

Loaders still do have subframes. The older ones had a frame that went to the front and to the rear of the tractor. The newer ones only go to the rear, but it seems the mounting points on the transmission case are made more beefy.

...And you are not alone in abusing your machines. Even the behavior you describe should not break a tractor's case. This little Deere didn't do this to itself, it my opinion.

That's how tractors are made...the engine block bolts to the transmission housing and rear differential / axle. The front axle is suspended from below the engine. The tractor bodywork is bolted around the engine and transmission case. There is no "frame" per se, but rather the strength of the...

I live next door to you in NH, along the border. We are getting the same swings. Its certainly been a minimal snow year. I enjoy snowmobiling and although we've gotten a couple of rides in, we've had to travel each time. Normally I can leave right from my shop.

First off, why are people suggesting that Deere "covered this under warranty" or that "dealer financing insurance" paid for the loss. Did anybody look at the ad? Its a 2011! 13 year old machine. There is no warranty; financing insurance from the manufacturer only applies on new equipment. That...

Best would be to not require electric cars...

I always said the same thing about the VW diesel TDI cars. When the EPA was made to look like a fool because the VW's were cheating on NOx emissions, they came down on VW like a ton of bricks to set an example. 90% of all VW TDI owners traded their car for a gas model which literally got...

Keep in mind DEF reduces oxides of nitrogen, while the DPF filters particulate matter. Of the two, I'd keep DEF. Although it can have faults like the heaters fail in the tanks, it has zero effect on how your engine runs or how long it lives. The DPF, on the other hand, if it plugs...your engine...