Recent content by RayCo

The collective opinions I've found here have never let me down in the past. Now I will see if this applies to footwear. What's the go-to make and model of footwear that would meet my personal hang-ups, which are: I put my boots on in the morning and I take them off at night. I can't stand...

Mine finally cracked after 18 years. I should probably reread this thread.

Yeah, I know it will be pricey, but even if it's all under, say, $3000, I'm still way ahead, IMO. This tractor will have no problem lasting another 20 years if I want it to. But, I could also consider looking into what I could get for selling it, and then put that toward a new one.

It's crazy to me that I can go back on this forum and see my posts about tractor researching, as well as posting when I finally got my first real tractor, and now here it is on present day, where that tractor is pushing 20 years old now. But, enough of the preamble. I have an almost-20 year...

I like that. I have some big logging chain that I will take along for this purpose. Thank you.

I picked up new cargo trailer this week, and I'll be going no a ~2,000 mile trek with it next month. I stopped at Lowe's yesterday to look at locks and what not, but didn't really like anything they had, if for no other reason, there wasn't a kit where the coupler and hitch pin locks would use...

What's a med card?

This is great info. Thank you for this! My exact situation is that it's a combined GVWR of 26,600 between my truck (11,600) and trailer (15,000), and it's all for a non-profit Christian ministry situation, 100% volunteer. Now all I have to do is figure out how to actually get my license to...

Thanks y'all. Sounds like it's: If combined weight < 26,001 and trailer weight > 10,000, Class A CDL I suspect I won't be able to get a class A CDL by Saturday. Oops.

I'm trying to determine if I can legally tow a trailer in PA. This is the document that I am apparently not smart enough to parse. https://www.dot.state.pa.us/public/DVSPubsForms/BDL/BDL%20Fact%20Sheets/FS-NCAB.pdf I have a 2016 Silverado 3500 SRW. The trailer that I'd be towing has weight...

The backhoe is from 1998, just for the record. Two sticks in one hand is totally doable with this machine. It just gets a little awkward when I need two sticks in the same hand to go opposite directions.

After many years of using a Kubota backhoe (BX24), I got a second backhoe, a Case 580. The Case uses four sticks and two foot pedals. I've had the Case for about a year now, and even after lots of usage, I just can't get into this four stick configuration. The four-direction, two-stick...

I love the spectacle of the hot shot haulers I see on the road. There's something quite satisfying about seeing a "one ton" truck hauling three or four other vehicles. Man, light duty pickup trucks sure have come a long way. But, it makes me wonder why it is that I never see these "civilian"...

Is there any such thing as non-liquid ballast being used, such as sand?

Lots of cleaning, and so far so good. I love that.