Recent content by patrick_g

Does this have a certain familiar feel? Caption too small? She says his doing house work will not make him eligible to buy another tractor.

Not sure where this should be posted. Suggestions considered. I have a collection of gasoline chainsaws ranging from a couple 16 inch Macs and some 18 inch Huskies to a 32 inch Husky and they all have the spark plug and spark plug wire sort of toward the top and or near the hand grips. As a...

Odds of injury from fireworks: 19,556 to 1 Odds of injury from shaving: 6,585 to 1 Odds of injury from using a chain saw: 4,464 to 1 Odds of injury from mowing the lawn: 3,623 to 1 Odds of fatally slipping in bath or shower: 2,232 to 1 Odds of drowning in a bathtub: 685,000 to 1 Odds...

Howdy from deep in the heart of Tornado Alley where we grow our own tornadoes. I got these 6 tornado myths from State Farm. I think they have enough experience with tornadoes through their claims to know what the real deal is. It is in their best interests to tell you what reduces the...

Danger of grill brushes identified Posted: 28 Mar 2012 11:28 AM PDT Physicians have identified a number of cases of accidental ingestion of wire grill brush bristles that required endoscopic or surgical removal. Lets be careful when brushing the goop off the grill as metal bristles might...

So, in the aftermath of the Blizzard of 2009 here in Oklahoma we had a blanket of snow all over the place. I had the HD 6 ft brush hog on the 3PH as counter weight to make handling 1000 + lb round bales a less exciting activity when feeding the herd. I was cruising along at a fast walking pace...

So I'm driving across a pasture through the snow (left over from our white Christmas) with the brush hog/hay handling counter weight up in the air and hit an irregularity in the surface contour hidden by the snow. BAM!! the lower arms are suddenly fully lowered and inoperative and brush hog is...

So, you lay down your $ and buy a new truck with an OEM towing package. You get a good stout (but not amazingly so) receiver hitch, a built in electronic brake controller, a couple styles of sockets to let you plug the trailer plug into the truck as well as engine stuff like tranny coolers etc...

I friend's nephew recently hired a dozer to clear part of a 40 acre parcel and they discovered a lot of surface rock to dispose of. I got 5 dump trailer loads so far. Many of the rocks were right at the max lift capability of my loader and several exceeded it. Note in one of the pictures that...

I heard on NPR (National Public Radio) today that the 7 billion $ Mahindra and Mahindra conglomerate of India is seriously considering exporting diesel pickups and SUV's to the U.S. Any Mahindra tractor owner/operators out there who are comfortable enough with build quality, frequency/cost of...

YouTube - Best Ever,Tractor Square Dance. Recreational opportunity, good for other brands but illustrated here with vintage Farmall tractors. Note the appropriate use of steering wheel enhancements.. the spinner, AKA suicide knob. Pat

Here is a good site for getting price info for propane, gasoline, diesel, etc. Pretty handy. U.S. Gasoline and Diesel Retail Prices Pat

My DeWalt tools are ALL Chinese made. Delta is Chinese. Just today I was puttering in the shop and found an invoice for repair parts sent to me by Delta for free to fix an engineering/manufacturing defect in their infinitely variable speed bench top drill press my wife won as a door prize. All...

I have a shed on the side of my garage-shop. the garage-shop is 36 x 48 divided into two 36 x 24 portions, one is a three car garage and the other is my wood shop. the shed is 21 x 48 and is on the south side of the garage and wood shop. The shed is enclosed on three sides and has a 3:12 shed...

I have a 30 plus year old metal shop/barn with 14 foot wide 14 foot high overhead doors at opposite long ends and a small office room on the side in the middle on the north side sticking out like a wart on a pickle. There are three regular size (people) doors in the building proper on the...