Recent content by BlueKnife

This is a skidder, It will do things that no tractor could ever dream of. But it would really suck to try to use one to till your garden. I'm guessing that you're not talking about a skidder though. There is no perfect tool that will do all jobs equally well. Some are capable of doing many...

Was the employee you talked to at a station that's listed on the Pure Gas website?

Yeah, it's user updated, so certainly worth verifying before driving far to a station. The phone number for each station is listed though, so it's easy to do.

It's certainly more than E10 or E15, but I've never seen it be more expensive than the canned stuff. None of these are near you? https://www.pure-gas.org/maps/MI

They do. https://www.pure-gas.org/maps/PA

Find the balance point and weld on a D ring, Easier to set implements onto a trailer with fenders, pickup bed or to set them perpendicular to the trailer that way.

It can last a lot longer than that. I've used diesel that was at least 3 years old. 6-8 months isn't an issue. If you're worried, use a couple gallons at a time mixed with fresh fuel.

I assume, by "14k axles" you mean tandem 7k axles. They don't make 14,000 lb. axles that will work under a trailer that small. But yes, it's very easy to overload a dump trailer with rock. Even the highest quality manufacturers don't necessarily make them to be loaded to the gills with rock. If...

Any dump trailer can easily be overloaded. I've never seen a 6x12 dump trailer that is rated to haul 12,000 lbs. But, you have a good point. The OP bought a trailer from a company that specifically advertises that it's products are cheap. "Affordable" and "inexpensive" is all over the place on...

Too expensive and complicated for what it's worth. If someone is green enough to need something like that, they should be limiting themselves to small loads in general or seek hands on instruction from someone with more experience.

It would help if we knew species and roughly the max size of the rounds you'll be dealing with. Also, do you intend to start selling wood or heating with it? If not, a splitter (either bought or rented) isn't worth it from a financial perspective.

I would rather verify that the lever is in the appropriate position for the activity rather than assume that the switch for a dummy light is operating correctly. Dummy lights like that quit working often enough, especially on off road machines, like a tractor, that I'd want to be verifying...

In the environments where I have run a tractor, mirrors are almost always useless in short order, no matter where they're located on the machine. Not necessarily from breakage, just from getting covered in dust and grime. If you were operating in a low dust/dirt environment, that might change. I...

Don't know what kind of conditions you're operating in, but everywhere I've ever used a tractor, a mirror down by my feet would be totally useless in short order. I'm still baffled by this whole discussion. Is there some reason that the 4wd lever can't be seen or felt?

It probably wouldn't damage the hub, but it would almost certainly break or bind up the bit. Your best bet would be to take the hub to a machinist. Do you have a link to the video you reference? I'm not 100% sure I follow what you're trying to do.