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    Well I finally got my welder

    It is a Chicago Electric 110 volt, 100 amp buzz box and it works good. I had one that I borrowed from my grandad but he needed it back so I got this one for a pretty good price paid less that $50 for it with shipping and everything. Will be welding something soon. I am making a stand to hang my...
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    Slow down in construction Zones

    The way people drive like idiots in the area I live just has to be addressed. Here is an article on an accident that happened in a contruction zone. One of the workers was hit, another worker went to help her and got hit and then another car plowed into the hole mess. This all happened at 5:30...
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    Two walk behind Tillers.

    One with a 5.5 OHV B&S that had a rod throught the block one with a standard Briggs 5 HP that the carb is totally shot and the bolts for the pull starter are broken off in the block. when I get my welder I am seriously thinking about welding something up and hooking them together and running...
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    the price of gas engines amazes me

    I just had the 5.5 HP Briggs engine on my roto-tiller throw a rod. It is cheaper for me to go buy a new tiller than it is to buy a replacement motor from some place like northern? Go figure.
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    Well it didn't go well in rural Living

    Well it didn\'t go well in rural Living So maybe I will post it here. I found a crop to plant this year to help feed the two goats the wife has. I was looking for something that is interesting to grow ( I do something different every year) has high yeilds per sq. ft. and is going to be...
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    50 hour service. Price for the kit

    First off I somehow wound up posting this in the JD area and it is not where I wanted it. I decided to do the 50 hour service myself, called the dealer and got a price for the filters, oil and hydro fluid. They quoted $85. Does that sound about right?
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    Does $85 sound about right for the 50 hour service

    I just called the dealer and since I decided to do the 50 hour service myself got a price on the filters and the oil and hydro fluid. Does $85 sound about right?
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    Replacement Crops

    I was looking for something interesting to plant a small lot of and I think I have found it. I really wanted to plant something I could use to feed my goats. Well they are the wifes Goats but you know..... Anyway I read an article in a Hunting magazine about food plots for deer being planted...
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    Mowing  Another satisfying BX Lawn Mowing Experience

    Well I dropped the BH and FEL and put the mower deck on this weekend, only took me less than 30 minutes total and that BX23 is a mowing machine. Mowed the yard (1-1/2 acres) in record time and even in the real tall and thick spots in the field that thing acted like it was driving on asphalt...
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    Wasn't someone looking for an Anvil

    Wasn\'t someone looking for an Anvil If so here is the link http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=13869&item=6167120515&rd=1 I posted this in Parts an Repair by mistake I think it is more appropriate to be posted here
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    Wasn't someone on here Looking for an Anvil?

    Wasn\'t someone on here Looking for an Anvil? If it was someone here at TBN Here is the link cheap too http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=13869&item=6167120515&rd=1
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    What do you all think about this welder if I were

    to use it on the 110 volt setting only for a while until I got a 220 line ran out to my shop. Think it would be an ok buzz box for small projects? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=67043&item=7504706061&rd=1 All comments appreciated
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    How many people got a free 50 hours service

    from your dealer? Anyone? I am curious because I remember my dealer telling me "now make sure you bring this baby back to us for the 50 hour service, let us do the first one" and I want to say it said it was "on them" Guess I will call and find out soon, as I am on 35 hours already. Howe time...
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    Little project for my BX (pictures)

    Had to dig the drain pipe out from under my Driveway. It was chock full of dirt and roots from the previous owner not keeping it cleaned out. The only way to clean it out was to dig it up
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    pictures of the hitch and the box blade in use

    here they are
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    Nice little 54 inch box blade

    Man this looks like a pretty good deal. for a cheapy/lightweight scraper. I have one similar, mine is a little heavier mad but the rippers do not adjust, and mine is a sleeve hitch hook up not 3 pt, and I think I paid at least as much for mine 5 years ago...
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    Man I wish they would let us go home because of th

    snow... I know my poor Kubota is in the garage cold and lonely waiting for me to get home and take it out to play ( I uuuhm mean PLOW) in the snow.
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    anyone tired of paying the $$$ for Kubota Orange

    I found a paint this weekend that matches the orane on my Kubota perfect and it was around $3 a can. I bought it at the True Values Harware store up the street I will get the name and # off the can tonight and post it for you. I am sure it isn't top of the line paint but for thing like...
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    Wish I had my Camera Right now

    I went to my wife's desk today for lunch and she got a look of terror on her face, like something was wrong with me. She asked if I had eaten anything different today, and I replied no. She said your face is all red like it is broke out... Doh!!!! Was welding last night and instead of using...
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    ok here is the 3ph to sleeve hitch adapter after

    The redesign. I am going to weld two mor thin braces on it. Grind everything down, touch up the bad spots clean it up and paint it. put she is plenty beefy now and holding together pretty well
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    First welding project

    Built this thing so I could use my sleev hitch plow. box blade and disk on the new kubota. Since it was my first time weldng and I was using a little 110 welder the welds looked like crap but they held my weight while I bounced up and down on it. I didn't like the way the welds looked so I cut...
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    What kind of Rods to weld with a 110 welder

    Kinda new to the whole welding thing just want to wel together a couple pieces of angle iron anyone got any suggestions on a few rods that might work well with a 110 welder?
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    Well I almost had my sleeve hitch plow working

    I took the Sleeve Hitch off the old Garden Tractor and did some refabrication and had a guy weld a arm on the top to hook this sleeve hitch to my 3 point hitch on the Kubota. I hooked the Mouldboard plow to it and plowed a small area that I had a garden in last year. I tried using the box...
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    Well My Brand new (12 hours) BX cost me about $300

    This weekend. Well actually it was me that cost me the $$$ but if I hadn't had the tractor it wouldn't have been an issue. (always blame it on the tractor) Anyway, all the freeze and thaw turned the driveway to soup the last week or so. So I decides to go out with the FEL and "Fix it up" Well...
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    Would you buy new or convert old

    OK here is my delima, for the past 7 years or so I have been using an MTD 21 horse Grden tractor with a manual sleeve hitch for the plow and disc and blox scraper(usless), The garden tractor went south last season and I now own a BX23 Just asking for opinions here but would you buy or make a...
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    I guess since I'me new here I oughta intro myself

    I guess since I\'me new here I oughta intro myself I recently bought a BX23 and love it so far. I put in a garden and like to tinker outside. I have a dirt horseshoe driveway that always needs taking care of and several other project around the house, like putting in a fish pond. Up until now I...
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