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    Leveling Bumpy Field

    First - mow the field. Then use the implements you have - see how they work. If more is needed - I would recommend a rototiller.
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    Looking for best quality/price for 48" rotary tiller with adjustable tilling depth

    I, like many, have had difficulties with hard ground. I mow the grass as low as possible. Then either burn or hit with a weed killer. Then start my many passes - to get the ground tilled. Its best to do all this in the late fall when the weeds are all done blooming.
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    Chipper self feeding

    I have a Wally - bx62S. It's a manual feed. The blades grab onto the trees and pull/feed faster than you would believe. It does this so very fast - it will scare new comers. New folks will come out here to help. I always have to warn them - so they won't get scared. I think hydraulic...
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    SCUT cutting Fire Breaks, Best Tools?

    I live in NE Wa state. 25 miles SW of Spokane. Almost 100% of our fires are wildfires and are wind driven. Back, many years ago, I created a fire break with my rototiller. I have 80 acres and this firebreak was 12 feet wide and just around my house and out buildings. About 850 feet if...
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    Brush / Grill Guards that don't interfere with headlights

    First - I've yet to use my tractor at night in the sixteen years of ownership. The night, around here, primarily belongs to the night critters and I can easily live with that. However - my grill guard does not seem to restrict the headlights that much.
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    New grapple - W.R.Long Gladiator

    The local Kubota dealer installed my grapple and WR Long third function equipment nine years ago. I've never taken this grapple off. Almost everything I do with the tractor involves some use of the grapple. You have made an excellent choice.
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    Who rides motorcycles?

    Last year was my final year for riding. I'm just a lot more comfortable on four wheels. Biggest concern I've ever had - sand at highway intersections. I would ride before the highway depts would brush the sand off the intersections. Just gotta be very careful.
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    Trygg Off Road/Snow Chains, Decision?

    I woke up to the sound of my baseboard heaters chirping and popping. It was minus six. Brownie has been the only one to venture outside today.
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    Trygg Off Road/Snow Chains, Decision?

    Well - over the last four days I've got inch and a half of snow. About an inch remains because of our COLD weather. I got a couple frozen puddles on the driveway. Nothing more......
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    Tracker Tags for Kids

    Around here a child NEVER, NEVER goes outside without an adult. I live in open range land and the coyotes are always on the prowl.
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    Something you want but can’t get or afford.

    Right now - I wish for my son - a full recovery. He had a heart attack last week and is in recovery.
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    Mirror recommendations for open station tractor

    I hate to have to tell you this. For 25+ years I cleaned snow off my mile long gravel driveway, mailbox area and yard with a 3-point blower. Average snow took four hours to clear everything. I tried - at least - three different rear view mirrors at many different attachment points. None...
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    Kubota M8540 flail mower

    You can see by the pic I uploaded - post#7 - my little lake is nothing to fool around with. The near side of the lake is the same as the far side. The "shore line" is from 15 to 40 feet deep. You can smash out thru the cattails on either end OR claw your way up the valley across the lake...
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    Landscape Rake for Manure Collection

    I don't have any livestock. I grow pines on my 80 acres. And a few ornamentals and half a dozen fruit. My neighbor on my south property line - he is the big rancher in the area. He has a 600 acre meadow adjoining my property. Just one of about eight or ten he owns. So......wife and I...
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    PTO rookie - questions about disassembly and greasing

    Since I completely strip down my PTO shaft to clean and grease - inside storage is simple. I bang and scuff enough knuckles doing it when off. Leaving it on the implement could involve added body parts.
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