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I had the local tire shop come and install Bro-Tek rear spacers on my Kioti DK35 SE on December 12. The tires are 43x16-20 and weight 130# and are loaded with Rim Guard weighing 440 lbs @75% fill. I had the H-pattern chains on which must weigh over 100 lbs. for each tire. I suppose the rim...

We are on a "grandfathered" Rogers Mobile Internet Flex stepped plan of $60/5GB, $75/10GB, $90/20GB, $110/50GB, $145/100GB. If over 100GB it costs the $145 + $5 for each GB in excess of the 100GB. Rogers revised the plans to more expensive rates a few years ago but old remain in place as long...

I'm north of Vernon BC and was able to order Starlink along with an ethernet adapter(for the new Gen 2 equipment) March 22. It was scheduled to ship April 1 to April 7. I canceled the order today and will reapply when I get get my refund. I'm on cellular service from a tower 30 km away. The...

I use Stihl chains with a Stihl 2-in-One sharpener/guide. I notice the same difficulty on the first sharpening of a new chain even though I am sure it is the correct file, guide and for the chain. It just happens on the first stroke or two on a few teeth. After that everything works as...

I bought some Syopin leather repair patches from Amazon (3 x 8"x11" patches for $16.98 Cdn). The name seems to have changed to besego (from Sayopin). Here is a link to the current product: Sayopin (besego) seat patches The seat on my 2011 DK35SE HST had many splits and foam was coming out...

I installed three of these large leather repair patches on my DK35SE: Sayopin Leather Repair Patch Kits for Car Seats Couches and Elbow 3 Pieces Self-Adhesive Patch for Leather and Vinyl Repair, 8x 11inch Leather Sofa Repair Kits: Amazon.ca: Home & Kitchen I had been using good quality, wide...

Blurry and not pretty photos, but my dog Paddy, his friend Jack, and I had an interesting time on our daily walk today. It is on a snowshoe trail we use most days. It was frozen today so I fortunately did not have my snowshoes on. This first photo is of Jack antagonising a moose he and Paddy...

For the past 10 years or so I have used Hi-Tec Altitude xx boots. They changed the model every so often and I likely started with Hi-Tec Altitude III's or so. The current ones are Hi-Tec Altitude VI I WP as shown here: I find the fit consistent, the boots are light and waterproof until they...

Hillbilly, it's good to see you diagnosed the problem with your blower and a solution is on the way. Also, for your situation it looks like having both types of blower is a good idea. One short-coming of my Meteor pull-type is it has a fixed, welded cutting edge that is about 1/2" above the...

These frost photos are from a year ago: We got a few days of humid, cloudy and calm conditions with the temperature just below freezing. The frost kept growing on the trees. It gives the forest a "3D" look sort of those Christmas cards that have raised images. The photos don't...

I'm about 100km SE of Hillbilly and getting the same snows he mentions in post #37 of this thread, but about 25% less snow. It's been snowing most days for the past few weeks. Around Christmas and until a day ago they were heavy, wet snows. Yesterday it was -29C so the 10" of snow was much...

The Meteor fan design looks like a bit more robust than the Farm King. The steel looks thicker and the reinforcement for the blade runs the entire depth of the blade. You can see the bend in the plate that restricts the drum opening on my blower in the third photo. The blue arrow in this...

I finally got a video and photos of my blower clearing about 6" of snow this morning. Also, here are a few of my blower fan showing the shape and bracing for the blades: The back of the fan blades are quite well braced. The bottom of the plate that restricts the opening is bent on...

I follow what Piloon, PMSMechanic and others have mentioned about regularly burning a hot fire. We have a 40 year old RSF wood furnace that does 99% of our heating. It is tied into the same hot air duct work and uses the fan from the 25kw electric furnace, which is used a few days in the...

As stated before, for most snows of around 8" the speed with my 28 PTO hp tractor is a very fast walking pace or more. I really don't want to go quicker than that, even if I can. What slows me down are uphill sections. I think that is due to the HST requiring more of the power. But going...