Neal, sure did have that feeling, was so frustrated but glad it was only the hose that I layed in the oil to put it back on (thought about how stupid that was when I tried to brush the dirt off me). The kind of day I had yesterday was capped by after I got it running and continued clearing, I looked back to see if my rake was gonna clear the trees then looked forward just in time to get smacked in the nose by a branch my muffler had bent back./w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif (right after that I parked it for the day). I like that armor you made for your tractor, but it probably wouldn't work on mine cause of the frame for my back hoe. It would be so low I would probably high center on an ant hole. /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif