Recent content by oldpilot

I've never added anything to fuel since ethanol was added to gasoline some years ago. (Before that, I put alky in the gas tanks in the winter, to soak up any moisture.) I ran a Japanese-American International Harvester gasoline tractor for 45 years before replacing it with a Mahindra diesel five...

I say it can't be done. I used to try; I don't bother any more.

I've been brush-hogging for fifty-odd years, with a 1950s Allis Chalmers, a 1975 International Harvester (actually a Japanese Bison with an American overcoat), and a more recent Mahindra 26xxx. The Mahindra has a Yanmar engine that has never given trouble, and my next-generation has an...

I have a Weego 44S, and it's a wonder. Haven't needed it to start my tractor, but it has fired up my Subaru Legacy and my zero-turn lawn mower in seconds.

My father-in-law used to throw any dodgy fuel into his tractor to burn it up. Of course that was before alcohol in gasoline, and the tractor was a 1950s Allis Chalmers.

>"For a mile of road to clear, I wouldn't even think about a rear blade. Not because it won't work, but because I'd have to go to the chiropractor after every snow plowing session. Your neck will be killing you to look backwards for that amount of time." That was my reaction as well, and my...

I'd buck the oak into firewood lengths and bring them home by trailer or front-end loader. (Leaves the rubbish in the woods, too, rather than importing it.)

It was drilled into me long ago that I should NEVER hold the starter down for more than two or three seconds, but should let the starter motor rest for at least that length of time between efforts. I sometimes see the gray cloud of smoke you mention coming out the front of Mahindra Baba when she...

>35 thousand for my 1997 Ford F350 long bed Wow. Yesterday the Wall Street Journal published a chart showing average used-car prices. I took note of 9-year-old cars averaging $15,000. I paid $22,000 for mine when it was new in 2014. As for carrying lots of cash, it's been years since I owned...

Well, I'm glad to have this information though I don't think it applies to me, since I never heard of this emissions stuff (25 hp Mahindra three years old). But I want to say that the HST is wonderful. I can brush-hog while backing up! With my late father-in-law's International Harvester I would...

I've been plowing in southeastern New Hampshire for more than fifty years. Always with chains on the rear tires, on a 25-30 hp tractor (a 1952 Allis Chalmers, a 1975 International 284, and a recent Mahindra 1626). Our driveway is 1/3 mile, all gravel except for the parking area and a steep...

Never used it myself, but there is a group of old-airplane buffs who swear by it: https://www.pipercubforum.com/marvel.htm Note the reference to "mogas" for old planes. I flew a Piper Cub that had been modified for automotive gasoline purchased at the terminal before alcohol was added. The...

Yeah, this thread reminded me of working on a farm in Concord MA in the 1940s. I was the little kid so I got to rid on the sickle-bar cutter (intended to be horse-drawn) behind Dad driving the Allis Chalmers tractor. The wheels drove the sickle-bar, chop-chop. My job was to raise the bar when...

When Henry Ford finally gave up on the Model T because he had the wonderful Model A in mind, he just shipped all the Model Ts on hand to the Ford dealers, along with an invoice. If they had to sell them at a loss in order to get the new Model A, that was there tough luck.

>Clutch (some HST machines have a clutch) Yeah, mine does. Mahindra 1626 HST. I suppose it's another way to ensure somebody is sitting in the driver's seat.