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We have had well over 4 feet of snow this year and very cold temperatures - see pictures from Dec 12 2013

Earlier this year I had skidded out some 22" diameter maple that I had bucked into 20" rounds that my Hearthstone wood stove would accommodate. I had not anticipated those large, long rounds being impossible to hand split with my Fiskars Super Splitting Axe. When I tried and failed to split...

I am looking for a good used backhoe for my B7800. Ontario made Wallenstein's come up every so often. I have found a GX500 (small, I know) with a Wallenstein sub-frame (SF-3440KU) that appears to be for a L3400 series-see attached PDF. The guy selling the backhoe has a B7510. I have also found...

This link may be helpful to anyone considering various models from the major brands. Compact Equipment Online - Cover Story

We have had a lot of snow here the past few days-actually a lot since Nov 9 Here's some pictures that illustrate what you can do with a tractor that has chains on all four wheels. No way you could get up this hill with only rear chains-I know, I tried:o This hill is actually a lot longer and...

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We had to drive to town and back through a blizzard last night to catch Bob Dylan in concert. It was well worth it but we woke up to this. Soon it will be time for the snowblower. Our new Vermont made Hearthstone wood stove is nice and warm.

We received another 20 cm (8") or so of snow Monday night and all day Tuesday. Fortunately it cleared up in the evening and I was able to snow blow it out. The snow was so heavy I broke three shear bolts off on my tractor's snow blower. The worst part was having to shovel all that wet heavy...

I bought a used C-60" Agrotrend snowblower on Friday night from a guy 1 hour east of me. It was like brand new and only cost me $700. :) Does anyone have an Agrotrend owners manual that they can PDF or TIF to me? I had a **** of a time getting an adaptor out of one end of the PTO shaft. He...

Here's what you can do with chains on the front and rear tires. Once you run out of space to pile the snow you have little choice but to go higher. I am going to try and find a used snow blower this week

We had a major storm blow through our area (NE shore of Lake Superior) again on Tuesday night and all day Wednesday. 60+ mph winds and 18" of fresh snow. The schools, highways, malls and everything else were closed all day yesterday. I had the fully chained Kubota out today for 2 1/2 hours...

On Friday afternoon (Jan 25 08) I filled two five gallon diesel containers with fuel at a Citgo station in Michigan's U.P. The price of off-road was $3.09/gallon The price of on-road #2 was $3.49/gallon The price of on-road #1 was $4.59/gallon! It seems that the $1.10 per gallon premium for...

It's snowing here again-a lot-I am going to buy a snow blower. I just found this 120 miles south of me. It's 4 or 5 years old. What do you think I should pay for it? Can I use my WR Long valve kit and hoses (ran to the back of the tractor) to power the hydraulic chute? I use the valve kit...

Check out the snow at my house so far today (12" in spots) and it's still snowing hard! Maybe 30" by the time it's done. It caught me off guard and i didn't have my rear blade or chains on the back tires. I ordered front tire chains last night from tirechain.com. Fortuntealy the wife has a...

Before I got my B7800 I use to drive my 4x4 up my hillside to the trails in the back, buck my maple logs with my Husky chainsaw, fill up my wheelbarrow, wheel it to the truck and throw them in the back of the truck, drive back to my wood shed, get in the bed and throw the logs out to the ground...