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I have a sizable group of Pine Siskins at my feeders this winter. In past winters I've had a couple here and there for a day or two at a time, but nothing like this year's persistent little flock of a hundred or so birds. Kinda nice to get a different visitor.

If you have an MX5100 with Kubota rear remotes, would you be so kind as to post or PM me with pictures of the rear remote hydraulic valves? Just tilt the seat up and take a couple of picture of the valves, please. I'm thinking about ordering the Kubota rear remote kit and installing it myself...

I made enough progress to answer my own questions, so I'll post the results here for the next guy who comes along looking for the same or similar thing. First, to remove the rotor from the tapered engine shaft, I had to drive the rotor fan back torward the engine with a long drift punch. Once...

I have a Brigss & Stratton Power Boss 5500 watt portable generator that recently began running wide open all the time. I suspect the governor has failed, but I have some questions for you folks before I get much deeper into this repair. In the first picture below, you can see the governor...

The subject line pretty much sums it up: Do you spray any kind of treatment -- for example, Armor All -- on your pickup truck's sprayed-in bedliner? I bought a new 2011 Tundra last year and it came with a sprayed-in bedliner. The dealer gave me a bottle of treatment and instructed me to apply...

A limb got pushed up into the underside of my Kubota MX5100 today and broke off the lower radiator hose connection port. The broken port remained dutifully clamped to the inside of the hose, but it broke away from the bottom of the radiator itself, which, to my surprise, is plastic. The top...

I am at war. I have a house on 50 acres of woodland in south Mississippi, and aside from my yard and driveway, I can't walk 30 feet without encountering yaupon holly -- sometimes a LOT of it. It's evergreen and produces attractive red berries in winter that birds love. I've read this feature...

Last Saturday, 19 March 2011, was a full moon -- a super moon, they say -- since the moon was at perigee at the same time. I've never shot the moon, so I had some measure of trouble getting the focus and exposure right -- and it still isn't sharp enough IMO. But, nonetheless, here's what it...

Okay, I'll admit it: I'm a terrible haggler. I just don't like doing it. I'm in the market for a ZTR and I've semi-settled on a Hustler Sport 54" with Kawasaki FR651V 22HP engine. I'd like to support the only dealer in my rural county, who lists the rig at $4499 + tax (7%). They provide...

While using my grapple last weekend, it detached from one of the QA plates and ended up twisting the tractor's QA assembly cross-tube. Details of the experience are in the Owning/Operating forum. After looking at things closely, I believe what happened is the weight of the grapple pulled the...

See if you can identify this orange contraption. Bonus points if you can say what's wrong with it. Yes, it came off my tractor. :( Jay

Today I finished up modifying my Kubota MX5100 brush guard with an expanded metal grill. Cut and welded the metal last weekend. Primed and painted after work during the week. Unfortunately, because of the way the brush guard articulates, I had to use two separate pieces of expanded metal...

I acquired and installed a Gator Attachments 60" light duty grapple for my Kubota MX5100 with LA844 FEL recently, and I used it heavily to clear some overgrown ground this three day weekend. I blew out 4 o-rings in the process, all in the same QD connector -- the FEL curl circuit connector at...

So I've had a chance to use my new grapple a couple of times now. What a work saver! One of my boys and I have started clearing an area overtaken by heavy vines overtopping trees that were permanently bowed by a freak snowstorm in 2008 (8 inches of snow! Heavy by our standards here in south...

Recently, I decided to acquire and install a W.R. Long third function valve kit (electric over hydraulic) and a Gator Attachments 60" light duty grapple on my Kubota MX5100 with LA844 front-end loader. I'm not a hydraulics expert by any stretch of the imagination, but I have a superficial...

I'll call WR Long in the morning, but I thought I might get a quick answer here first. I've installed a WR Long 3rd function electric over hydraulic valve kit on my Kubota MX5100, but the solenoid kicks in only one direction. Press the rocker thumbswitch in one direction: CLICK! Press it in...

I'm about to pull the trigger on a W.R. Long third function electric over hydraulic kit for my 2008 Kubota MX5100 with LA844 FEL. I've called four different dealers in two states for pricing. Three quoted the identical price of $571 for the valve kit and $95 for the bulkhead plate, plus...

Well, I took the plunge and welded a grab hook onto the heel of my bucket today. (Kubota MX5100 tractor, LA844 loader, L2235 bucket.) I just started welding this past spring, and thanks primarily to the good folks here at TBN, I've gotten some excellent tips and information. No one will...

I need a cast iron spindle pulley for a Homier Farm Pro FM5 5-foot RFM. The pulley specs are: OD - 4 25/32" (122mm, or right about 4 3/4") Type B V-belt Tapered bore: top - 20mm, bottom 23mm Key slot - 5mm I have tried and tried to get a new pulley from Homier, but that's an entirely...

I have a Farm Pro 2420 (2WD, manual steering) and I can't seem to find the drain plug for the hydraulic fluid sump. Found the vented fill plug just fine (under the seat), and I'm about to remove the 3-bolt flange that holds the filter screen in place so I can clean the screen, but I can't find...

Went to Bruce McGee's store in Florence, MS this morning and picked up a 6ft KingKutter flex hitch finish mower. Bruce is a great guy to do business with; gave me a nice discount without my asking. (Thanks again, Bruce.) The mower appears to be well made. Looks like the cover was mounted...