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Not directly tractor related but: Recently I completed a 2500km (1500 mile) remote and I mean very remote trip on gravel roads and the majority on an unmade two-wheeled track (1750km) 1100miles rear crosses 5 deserts. It was the Canning Stock Route in Western Australia, often referred to as the...

After a myriad of adjustments and modifications including adding an additional rotor, I came to the conclusion that the problem could not be solved. I raked very large windrows but the real problem was "straw strength" with every component in the sideways transport system running in the same...

I would be very careful about oil choices. Not all diesel engine oil suits all diesel engines even if matching grades. I learnt by hard experience, or should I say I gained experience the hard way. American diesel engines use oil that is different in nature but not grade to that for Japanese...

I have very different climatic considerations than in the USA. My project earlier his century was a total area of 80x 92 with 3 internal posts. The main structure 80x50x16, hay storage shed with one central post. This area was to be floored. Attached as a lean-to was an 80x42x13 9 (with one...

A very old fitter taught me the way to remove old rusted nuts is heat to cherry red and quench with water. Beware of the steam, it can burn. There us a scientific explanation that goes with this technique: Heating the rusted nut/bolt combination causes a process called "AnnularExpansion"...

Petrol or gas powered engines do have much hotter exhaust hardware than diesel powered equivqlent machines. Many years ago U used to drive an Allis Chalmers WD with a power-kerosene engine. (Do not know what power-kerosene is known as in the US, it is "vaporising oil" in the UK and has a very...

Seems you are talking a bit like a bean counter where everything has to be justified in $/use terms. Most people with a boat or caravan could not justify ownership in those terms. A tractor and using it can bring enjoyment that does not get quantified in $ terms, but has another non-dollar...

The Article means almost nothing, the Caveat is in the first paragraph on the second page and in the footnotes to that paragraph. The FTC has done almost nothing for over a decade with the laws already in place, the change trumpeted here is that the FTC will now do more. There are no new laws...

Posted Today, 09:51 AM I have seen many queries and replies on knotter problems. First you need to know how a knotter works and that de-mystefies problem solving by allowing you to go back to basic operation and see where the issues can arise. The action happens so quickly that you cannot follow...

I have a 100 series Bale Bandit and due to operator error (euphemism for I messed up) I needed some spares to start the soon to begin haying season. I have read plenty of negatives about haying machines and service from suppliers but have to tell the forum of top quality outstanding service I...

I have a NH 570 baler that under certain conditions cannot bale a straight bale. In parts of Western Australia we grow cereal oats to cut and bale for livestock feed. Our rainfall is too low to grow sufficient grasses to bale what we call meadow hay. Several years ago I had only 115mm rain or...