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    Stuck in the pond

    Got stuck years ago on a A-C WD45 using a 3 bottom plow. Unluckily found a spot with an underground spring bubbling up. Plow kept rear wheels from contacting solid ground. Plow buried so deep, couldn’t disconnect. Tried another tractor, couldn’t budge it. Took an Oliver bulldozer to pull all...
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    Buying Advice Looking for new or used garden tractor, something strong enough to plow, PTO, 3 pt hitch, don’t need mower attachment.

    Kitchen garden. Been plowed and disked before, have brinly hardy 10”plow on craftsman gt 5000. Hard to get enough traction to plow smoothly. Has tractor treads, ballast, and weights. Almost bearable. Same brand disc. Craftsman GT 5000 has no hydraulics, or 3 pt
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    Buying Advice  Looking for new or used garden tractor, something strong enough to plow, PTO, 3 pt hitch, don’t need mower attachment.

    Searching for buying advice on garden tractor, with 3 pt, rear PTO, strong enough to plow, no need for mower. Can be used, or new.
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    Front Tire Puncture Question

    A tube would also help with keeping corrosion of the wheel to a minimum on a fluid weighted tire.
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    DIY Fire Starter’s

    Roll newspaper into rolls about 1” in diameter. Do not need to be tightly wound. Soak in melted paraffin or melted wax. Can be cut into smaller pieces or used like a log. Will burn quite some time, enough to start a fire, also water resistant
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    Yellow Jacket Nests While Bush hogging, whats your plan?

    Correction: house eaves
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    Yellow Jacket Nests While Bush hogging, whats your plan?

    Yellowjacket nests look like a paper basketball, ground bees go down a hole or multiple holes.
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    Yellow Jacket Nests While Bush hogging, whats your plan?

    Probably ground bees. They make honey underground, a delicacy for skunks. Yellowjacket’s make paper nests in trees or attics or house waves, etc. No honey in their nests. Ground bees are aggressive and will chase you. Yellowjackets are more concerned with the nest and queen. Neither one’s stings...
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    Today, would you buy an EV vehicle.

    Can’t imagine being out in the back 40 and my battery needs recharging. I don’t have extension cords that long!!
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    Zero turn mower advice

    I have the ZTS2 54", check the front spindles. I had the left one break off. The welding of the spindle to the wheel yoke wasn't completely welded. Needed to reweld the shaft to the wheel yoke. Have had it for 2 1/2 yrs. Warranty only is 2 yrs. Glad I could fix it without having to buy a new...
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    Why not sugar water in tires instead of beet juice?

    I’ve used RV antifreeze. Safe for house plumbing, so don’t see any reason it would damage tires and wheels. Works to -20 F. Around $2-$2.50 a gallon
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    Round Bale Fires

    It will happen with any bales when the hay is too “wet”(green and not dried sufficiently in the sun). And if they don’t get hot and combust, they will probably mold from the moisture.
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