Recent content by Jims1025R

If you choose to connect a log splitter valve to the hydraulic power beyond of a tractor, be aware of the possibility that the detent return of the log splitter valve may cause unintended operation of other tractor hydraulics. I had a power beyond splitter on my JD650. If the front end loader...

I like my 3M Work Tunes. You can bend the wires a little if you need to. For glasses wearers, try David Clark "Stop Gaps" https://www.amazon.com/David-Clark-Eyeglass-Temple-Cushion/dp/B00C2JENY6

I had a JD650 to which I installed a JD60 loader. The loader physically fit, though required hydraulic connection changes to work. Though I could remove that loader from the tractor, it was a lot of work. Happily I had little need to do that. From that effort I learned to get a loader which was...

Photoshopped photos and story? 45 days late, I think.....

I bought my Honda 5Kw used in 1988. I used it to build my house, before Hydro came in. I don't use it much these days (hydro came in, and works very reliably!), but I do look for reasons to run it. I drilled 3/4" holes through two big maple trees for the kids zip line last week. That Honda...

A seatbelt once saved my life,literally, and I still broke it off the structure - but that's a different story. If a rollover is the slightest risk, wear the seatbelt. As a firefighter, I attended many too many rollover accidents of farm equipment, and road vehicles where the use of a seatbelt...

I bought the JD kit for my 1025 when I bought the tractor new. I installed the kit. Ultimately, I was mostly happy, though JD did a few things wrong: There were nearly twice as many lines, and some mounting plates as I needed. Okay, so different versions of the tractor may require different...

Yes, insulating foam under the door. Use 4" thick, and extend 2 feet either side of the door (inside and outside the barn - if not heated), and a little beyond the door travel (or around the posts). Put it down 6-7", and put 2-3" of your gravel or sand back over the foam. It will not heave after...

If you're going to rent a mini excavator for stump pulling, try it at a "tugging" task before you accept it for the job. I've owned a John Deere 15 (quite small) for 25 years. A few years ago, a friend wanted me to take it to his house, 75 miles away to pull some stumps, and move some rocks. I...

Once you get the hoses connected correctly ('cause that's your problem) put matching colored ty wraps around each line and coupling so next time they are disconnected, you know how they go back. And, with the hydraulic implement safely on the ground and the engine stopped, move the control full...

Several devices like this They work fine....

I electrically preheat mine for a few hours, 'makes starting very easy, and no smoke.

The key is to not allow 100% dependence upon a planning map which may have casual errors in boundaries, which they now take as the gospel. Don't deny their concerns about flood vulnerability, show them why their valid concerns are not applicable to your planning - but may sure you're right!

From my experience with building requests within protected zones, mapping, and the Ontario government, it's less than well informed people using data from unreliable sources, to enforce regulations because it's easier to say no, than to try to work it out for the applicant. That said, we have...

Good eye... Yes, it's a Basler turbine DC-3, originally built in 1944, rebuilt in 2006. It's a German research airplane https://www.awi.de/en/expedition/aircraft/polar-5-6.html Here's a photo of us loading the water, I mean.... bottled chem trail solvent!