Recent content by piaffepony

It took me a year just to let him drive it to the gas station and maybe only 3 or 4 times! In my defense though, it's a paid off crew cab long bed...and I could never come close to replacing just the chassis for what I paid for it brand new with a new flatbed. [emoji23]

Well that wheel cover had an occasional loud clanking from a rock that got wedged up in there a while back so I'm not too terribly bummed to replace it. I was more worried about the safety aspect. I go get 1+ ton loads approx every other week but especially when hauling my 38' horse trailer.

2012 dodge 4500 w/ 19.5" 225/70R M&S Goodyears bought in 2017 with low miles (Feed/hay/bedding and horse trailer use mainly). My well- intentioned city slicker fiance was fueling up the tractor via transfer tank on my truck so he could help mow pastures. He roughed up my right front tire (and...

I used to have 5 of these 10x20 single sided loafing sheds that my ex husband built 10 years ago. 3 of them were taken out by a tornado in 2019 (which is when I found out that he didn’t add them to our insurance either). The 35 acres I leased directly behind my property for the last 11 years...

Re reading your comment: it has a 20 amp inline fuse from the starter solinoid to the Ignition switch. To clarify, are you suggesting I install a SPST rocker switch with an additional fuse between it and the clutch instead of using the existing PTO switch? Or are you suggesting I use 2 pto...

Thank you for your input! I like that the engine won't run with the clutch engaged because my business is horses... Blades suddently kicking up dust or gravel in addition to starting the engine could easily spook and/or injure a horse and rider. It didn't even occur to me that it would shorten...

Cub 2009ish rzt50 with almost 900 hours. Blades quit engaging in the middle of mowing. Clutch was bad and melted the fuse. Replaced. Didn't work. Retraced electrical and replaced pto switch and key switch (key switch tested okay but felt like it was increasingly hard to turn so went ahead and...

I posted a few weeks ago about my cub not starting after a carb replacement. UPDATE: The starter(?) magnet wasn't gapped correctly. When I jumped the battery it started (with starter fluid) , but had to adjust the gov because it was it was idling way too high. I was able to improve the...

My elderly dad left me his cub RZT50 with a 24hp B&S Intek V twin engine. He did not take very good care of it. It wasn't winterized (during Texas snowmaggedon at that) and when I went to check it out (after sitting in my dusty indoor arena for the last 6 months), the oil filter was lose and...

I was trying to be nice and give them the benefit of the doubt, but you could be right! That would definitely be my luck lol

Thank you for the kind words! I’m not dissuaded at all... I’ve learned to be creative to work around my physical and fiscal limitations because I’ll grow old waiting on a man to come help lol [emoji12] blocks, jacks, jack stands, pry/cheater bars, ratchets, pullies and Google are girls’ best...

I have a Frontier RC2072 cutter and the blades need to be sharpened badly. Manual says take the tail wheel bar off to expose the access port, turn the blade pan by hand to locate the 1 1/2” bolt to remove the blade. I’m guessing there is a small dent in the pan because I don’t have enough room...

I bought the NorTrac 3-Pt 12” Post Hole Auger 2 years ago (paid $770 for it too). I’ve dug 20-25 holes with it and it’s no longer digging. Northern tool doesn’t sell any replacement parts in store. I had to call customer service and they only sold the replacement side blades... not the tips...

The textile geo cell and plastic gravel grids are pretty expensive. I can get 48x40” plastic pallets for super cheap and was going to pour gravel screening/crushed limestone dust over them and pack it down. Has anyone tried it or can think of reasons it wouldn’t work? If it sounds viable, any...

Glad I’m not the only one who thinks so. It wouldn’t worry me quite as much if they had bothered to actually bolt the skirt rail to the baseplates. They did a pretty crappy job over-all. It’s been a few days since I emailed the manufacturer a list of concerns and I still haven’t heard back from...