Recent content by HighTwelve

One of my dumber ideas was to buy a set of used forks off somebody’s Bobcat. Seemed like a bargain at $400. Heavy as hell and the standard skid steer mount would work (I thought) on the Great Bend loader on my Kubota. First, all skid steer mounts are not the same. I had to torch cut off excess...

I forgot one thing - check out Ken’s Bolt On Hooks (website). I had the Kubota dealer weld hooks on both sides of the bucket and I installed a Ken’s two way hook and loop adapter in the middle. The three attachment points are worth their weight in gold. The hooks were from Harbor Freight and you...

After a couple of scares using the loader with my L3010 I bought a Kubota ballast box and filled it with bricks. I have an aftermarket Great Bend loader that is rated up to 1300 lbs and I too used it to get a gun safe out of my pickup (I bought one on sale at Cabela’s and they loaded it. I think...

It isn’t hard to spot bacterial contamination in diesel fuel. You will see black slime in the fuel filter. Yes, microbes=bacterial contamination and a 10 micron filter should work fine. Home heating fuel tanks that are installed outside of the house are the biggest troublemakers in this regard...

I think that I posted this in another thread a couple of months back, but at AutoZone there was no T6 on the shelf. The counter guy found me a gallon in the back room. As he was ringing me up the manager came out and told him that no more T6 was to go out the door. However much they had in the...

All of the big box store models go on sale with heavy discounts. The power washer module is similar or identical on many of them. There’s an assembly that sticks out of the back of the pump called the relief valve or unloading valve. There’s a sort of valve in it that looks like a big oversized...

A few years back I saw a post here or another tractor website looking for a value on a low time Kubota L3010. Since I was in the market for a tractor I talked back and forth to the guy. He was an accountant charged with liquidating the equipment for a bankrupt horseback riding academy. I flew...

The Howard Rotovator was intended to be a more or less permanent addition to the tractor. I collect and restore Ford N tractors and Howard had a model to fit the N’s. I’ve never run across an N set up for the Howard but my understanding is that the tractor itself had to have a Sherman style...

The Harbor Freight tire mounter and dismounter is intended to be bolted to the floor, or at least to a couple of 6 X 6’s on the floor. I consider buying one every time they go on sale but it’s one more rarely used thing to have around and it’s an arm-strong unit that requires pushing, pulling...

Just go with white lithium in a spray can. The lubrication is only needed for sliding friction. This isn’t a wear part. Using lots of conventional chassis lube may sort of give a good feeling that everything is fully lubed but it’s unnecessary. Lots of chassis grease on that shaft works great...

50/50 ATF and acetone has been shown (as on YouTube) to be pretty good compared to WD-40, Kroil, PB Blaster and the rest. I keep it around in a squirt can.

I’m told by an EE that battery technology continues to improve and Teslas next round of cars will have a life of the car battery guarantee. They estimate that the batteries will still be at 75% ten years out. He’s waitlisted for a Ford electric pickup. Unfortunately, the charge plugs and...

I think (not sure) that tractor rollovers have been the biggest killer over the years. I don’t farm but rent my fields out. Here in eastern PA the farmer that rents them still farms with four pre-ROPS tractors.

Jeff9366 has largely beaten me to the punch about plowing with a 20 HP tractor - the Ford 9N, 2N and 8N. Now, I’m a tractor collector and not a real farmer, but tractor shows often have plowing demonstrations and I always wade in with one of my N tractors. Back in the day Ford farmers used...

Another option would have been a face to face transaction at the buyer (or seller’s bank). It would have been easy to validate the cashiers check there.