Recent content by Dukeisok

I had a heavy duty brush grubber that worked reasonably well. It is chinese cast steel and i managed to turn it into a pretzal pulling atoo large tree with my f350 in 4wd low. I doubt that model will hold up to a 90hp tractor

I think the call before you dig is about liability. If you know where stuff is and you are 500 ft away, it doesn't matter. In my experience it isn't that useful. They don't mark my underground power, water or coax, only the utilities' main lines. They never mark the fiber, though there are 3...

In my area there is a centrally managed 811 number. They have 72 hours to mark, and if they don't mark in time you are good to go, liability wise. I have dug in my yard so often I have a pretty good idea where everything is. There is an ATT private fiber line for a call center in the ditch...

I think like most things it's highly dependent upon your intended uses and for heavy equipment, your dealer support. In my area the Kubota Dealership is hands down the best one to deal with. I was set on buying a Kubota and when I was looking they had a pre-emissions case 450 on the lot with all...

Honestly, I'm a stihl guy, simply because my grandfather was and I stick to tradition and nostalgia sometimes. I have had several. My favorite was his 026. I also run a ms 661 with a 25 inch sugihara bar and that thing sings through the relatively small stuff we have here; there is no kill...

My log splitter is a Frankenstein's Monster of a device. I think my grandfather built it decades ago to run off a 3 point hitch. It has a 4 in bore 30 in stroke cylinder. There are removable blockk that allow you to reposition the cylinder away extend the split 6 or 12 inches, though I am not...

Yes, that's exactly what we did. I have a 15-year-old who is learning to become a jack of all trades. He is in welding class in high school/ community college. While neither of us are experts I told him to have at it given the low risk of this repair. He used my plasma cutter to cut the angles...

I found some 3/8 a36 plate that should be easier to weld and cut. I'll get to it

That was my initial thought but sometimes laziness takes over. I'll see what steel I've got in the shop. The only thing I could find so far is actually an old metal Target 3/8 thick ar500 I'll just cut it down with the plasma cutter and attach it

I am the somewhat fortunate recipient of a free tractor. My dad purchased some land in coastal North Carolina and on that land was left a tractor that at the time was non-running. He dragged it out spent a couple thousand dollars on it and decided it wasn't big enough for his needs so he dropped...

I have an 11k 2 post asymmetric lift that I use all the time. I bought mine off Amazon (risky but has worked out). It's a Triumph and I paid 2700. I have a 30x50 shop. I mainly do vehicle maintenance, so brakes, tires, oil changes... a four post lift would not have suited my needs. I've...

No pics but I have a case 450 skid steer with over the tire tracks. I was running a forestry mulcher on my land when I buried it nose down into red mud deep enough that the door wouldn't open and i had to crawl my fat butt out the emergency exit. I tried to use the mulcher to push up but...

Thanks for all the advice. Working around family obligations, I got about 7 hours on it today. there were two standing dead trees that i felled with a chainsaw for safety. 4 that were already windblown and tangled up. I used the ex to push them down to the ground and then bucked them. 22...

The Virginia pines are really poor stuff. They have branches all the way up, shallow roots and every storm leads to a couple blowing down. The local state forester came out and said the virginia pines are probably not merchantable. I'm leaving the few shortleaf ones that i have It never even...

I have about 2 acres on the back of my land that I wish to clear. Long before me I believe it was pasture that was neglected and now grown up. My intention is to clear and stump to the point I can put in a food plot. The land currently has about 30 to 40 Virginia pines that range from 16 to 20...