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We had a similar occurrence happen to us, but it sat for over a week. The smell was horrible! Tried all the usual stuff and it still stank. Finally, my wife tried a trick she found on the internet… it worked! The trick is vanilla extract on cotton balls. Sounds crazy, I know, but it totally got...

Hey Boozle! It is good to hear from another guy in WNC. We are around Bryson City. We don’t have as much land as you, but I know the terrain you are dealing with. I use my Massey 1529, (approximately 4000lbs as it sits fully outfitted), to mow, maintain roads, move rocks and trees, and gather...

Glad you enjoyed the video! I normally have a flail mower on the back this time of year, but I was afraid it would cause me problems hooking up to my drawbar... The posts, (logs), were stuck in the ground a few inches and that is why I was having trouble pulling at ground level. My buddy came up...

I have a Massey Ferguson 1529. It's awesome. I used to have an old barn, too. And then I introduced the tractor to the barn... Now I am in the process of taking off the tin roof an burning the wood that I don't intend to salvage. I gave some of it away to friends, and I'll use a bit of it...

I did something very similar as my fist tractor project. I used my box blade with the teeth down and started on the high corner and cut the hill with the box tilted to the high side. I moved a lot of dirt and put it as far as I could from where I was cutting. I would periodically have to move or...

I posted my groundhog gumbo story to another thread here on TBN and I have been advised that some folks here might like it. I recently shot a groundhog that was living on my land. I don't want them starting a colony here, so I kill them when I can. Generally speaking, I don't like to kill things...

I recently shot a groundhog with the .22. I don't want them establishing a colony on my hilly property because of the erosion potential. I don't like to kill animals for no reason, though... My wife googled it and found they are edible, so I cooked him up in a gumbo. It was delicious! I cut all...

I cut one in half and made a 27.5 gallon bass out of it. It sounds good!

Turns out Fedex had my grapple all along. Their tracking info was hosed... I went and got my new 50" Wicked Grapple this morning! I'm still waiting, though... WR Long hasn't built my Quick Attach Adapter yet. This gives me some time to get my hoses sorted out. The teeth on that lid are pretty sharp!

I build banjos for a living. I am building a custom banjo for a guy who supplied me with some heart pine that he said came from an old factory built about 150 years ago. The stuff is just as you describe, very hard and full of pitch. The pitch is all dry at this point, but you feel it when you...

So... I took a better look at the instructions... It appears there is mention of how to address this issue in the instructions... Just for your info, an adjustment screw is behind each knob, just as oldnslo said! I should have continued reading until the end... Anyway, here is the new baby! I'm...

We can稚 seem to cook on an electric stove. It seems we can never get the heat right, and if it ever gets too hot, it stays that way long after you turn the heat down. My wife had finally had enough and bought a beautiful new range. It got delivered and I installed it. All is good, except I think...

So, some progress has been made... I was at our place where the tractor lives last weekend, so I was able to figure out the best place to mount the diverter valve. I don't have all my tools there, so I dismantled the support that holds the loader valve and brought it home to work on the mount. I...

I was on a hunting trip last week and spent a lot of time in a tree stand. Lots of time to sit and think... On day 2 of a 3 day trip I decided to buy a grapple for my Massey Ferguson 1529 tractor. I have sold the wife on the idea, so it's gonna happen soon. I have a loader on the tractor, but no...

I've got an Iron Cross bumper on my Ram 1500. I have not rolled it yet... so I can't say for sure how it would hold up! It seems plenty strong though. I bought it off the internet from CARiD.com - Auto Parts & Accessories | Car, Truck, SUV, Jeep with free shipping. It was delivered to my house...

The wife and I just finished this dry stacked wall around the top of our driveway. We used a lot of heavy rocks... An old chimney put together with clay for mortar was the source of many of these stones. You can see some of the black on them.

Hey tmajor, it sounds like you already fixed your problem, but here is my setup on my 1529. The bolts on mine are in the top holes in order to increase the height. I plan to change that because it is too high to pick up my flail mower as is. In the meantime I set the flail down on blocks to...

I am a woodworker and I build banjos for a living. A by-product of that process are very fine shavings off my lathe, which is an awesome fire starter. I generate this stuff by the bag full and a handful and a single match will get a properly laid fire roaring in no time. In the picture, you see...

I use one of these. It has worked for well for the last 15 years, and is quick, cheap, and fits in my saw case!

I just got some good set time on my 1529 a few weeks ago. I reworked the driveway of our place in NC. The tractor performed very well and accomplished all I hoped for, and I learned quite a bit as well! I'm pretty sure anyone watching would have gotten a good laugh at times when I wold hit the...

A few months back I purchased a 60" XTreme Duty Compact Box Blade for my Massey Ferguson 1529. I finally got a chance to use it extensively to rework our driveway, and it worked like a charm! I like the business model of a fair priced product delivered for free. I would recommend this blade and...

This is my boy, Gid. There is no shame in the man-cat love!

I found one in my woodworking shop a couple years ago. He was in a pile of sawdust and looked terrible. I took him outside and washed him off. He looked bigger when he was not in the palm of my hand!

I am a pretty consistent lurker here, trying to learn what I can prior to my first tractor purchase. The wife and I have about 4 acres in Western NC with a house and a barn. The property is on the side of a mountain, with 2 level fields of probably 1.25 acres each and a steeper field with the...

Nice work guys! I am impressed with the contributions and your skills. I never pass up the chance to show off my woodworking... I am a full time banjo builder. My banjos are all hand made, (except the metal parts...). I make the pots out of blocks and turn them round on a lathe. I am especially...

Hey guys! I have been reading on this forum for a couple of years now. I have found it quite interesting and friendly, so Thanks! My wife and I have a place in Western NC that we purchased 2 years ago and we hope to live there someday. We have lots of projects going on there, changing the place...

We have a place in western NC that is pretty remote. It's beautiful up there. We get to visit on the weekend and a few years back we noticed bear sign around the house. It had knocked the cover off of our well, mauled our bird feeder, eaten our charcoal and lighter fluid...?, and pressed his...