Recent content by Chris In Gallupville

Upstate NY guy here weighing in. Anti gel additive helped me. Few summers ago I had bought 3 or 4 5-gallon cans of diesel and by the time I got to the last can, the temps had gone waaaayyy down. That can of fuel was basically solid. I thought of what a mess it would have been if it had...

This is an easy one for me…..definitely go with the front plow. Easy on, easy off when you need to bucket or grapple something else. To the concerns that plowing is too much work, nonsense. Set the plow to float and sharpen the angle if it’s really tough stuff. You can easily do small...

Since you specifically mention flowering alfalfa, I’ll note something about it (and similar plants): as they mature, the stalks/stems lie flat b/c the flowering head is too heavy to stand tall. Your mower is cutting what’s standing but the longer stalk is simply being run over. This is a...

My old neighbor used it in his Ferguson TO 20 on the advice of the flat-out best mechanic Schoharie County has ever known…….”top cylinder lubrication.” I didn’t even know what in hell that meant but I knew enough to take advice from smart people so I started using it. Then another smart...

Sadly, I don’t think there’s any magic out there. Big piece of property? Gonna have branches to pick up. I bought a landscape rake w/ wheel set to help clean up when I have to take a tree down and deal with a lot of busted branches. It did a decent job but I didn’t worry about tiny stuff...

my version of your story started w/ a 1939 9N which I used to tedd and rake hay, pull a 6 foot bush hog, drag a 7 foot back and move a wood trailer. Maintained it well and we had a life. when I inherited a ‘52 Ferguson w/ a loader, I hit the point where I could trade them both on a new NH...

It can’t be said too often or too loudly: get more tractor than you think you need today because you’re going to discover something tomorrow that you’ll want to do. You don’t need 100 horsepower, of course….that would be overkill but if you’re choosing between 25 or 30 on one end and 40 to 50...

A little extra 2 stroke oil is a rule of thumb for every small engine mechanic I’ve ever known. Me, too. Oh yeah: no.ethanol.ever.if.possible. Here in upstate NY I can get ethanol free gas (yes, much more expensive) and it + stabilizer has eliminated most of the annoying engine/carb issues...

I’m really sorry to read this. It must be horrible and you have to revisit it every time you put in a day of clean up. It’s really awful and I feel badly for you, man.

Damn mice got into my truck but since I tucked two of these under the hood of the truck, one under the hood of the Boomer 46 D and 3 in the small spaces of my RV, I’ve been good. Batteries last months and months (to my surprise and pleasure). I think they work...