Recent content by RaydaKub

We have fiber to our house and I broke it one day. Cost me $60 and the guy fixed it in about an hour. The fiber was less than 1/2 millimeter across and maybe 1 millimeter with the shield for each fiber. He used a special tool to line up the 2 ends to within a 30,000 of an inch, then melted it...

OK, general question, even though I'm quoting deserteagle71: If this 3.5 Ecoboost can pull like a diesel, then why are they building 7.3 Godzilla engines? This is 446 cubic inch of pushrod tech. The hp numbers are almost the same, but torque actually favors the 3.5. 3.5 Horsepower: 400...

Even that would be inadequate however. It's much more relevant for a SCUT than a Quad-trak, but how much does the operator weigh? Is there a toolbox mounted on the side? How big is the hole you are going to hit (gopher, woodchuck, fox, badger)? The tires are filled, but to what % and what...

Too late. I'm already in 4WD before I try the diff lock. Except as we all know, 4WD really is only 2WD until you use the diff lock, which then gets you into 3WD. There's no lock on the front diff, so it does what it wants.

There's a guy on Facebook by the name of Stan Beech who had the pins break on his BX25. He took it all apart, then put in new pins that were larger. Had to machine out all of the holes that the pins fall into as they engage. As I recall, there are 4 pins and they are 10mm diameter. He put in...

And the trade-off is to spend 2 days on the road with a $125 hotel bill in between? Edit: $6 may make a difference on whether the trip is made at all, but not in how it is made.

Rochester (Oronoco) to Custer. Have done it a number of times over the last 20+ years. I90 can be really nasty in winter. Frequently closed just for visibility.

It’s 640 miles from my house to my b-i-l’s cabin across MN (70mph) and SD (80mph). When you’re on limited vacation, you just want to get that done in 1 day. With potty stops, you just push it. 76-77 in MN and 84-85 in SD gets you there with some daylight left. The cost in gas becomes irrelevant.

"The tractor is light, has no power steering and loader work will wear out the wimpy front axle faster." My dad welded up his own loader for the 8N made out of F20 Farmall frame. He used it for 30 years scooping silage every day, used it to clean the feedlot yearly, snow all winter long, and...

I've had my BX2230 for 11 years. The FEL really opens up a world of new jobs you can tackle, but you have already heard that. But if you keep this tractor, my one recommendation is to replace that gawd-awful sloped, rock-hard seat. If you put any number of hours on, that thing is a killer. None...

I bought my BX used (off eBay!!) at 591 hours. 11 years later and I am approaching 1400 hours. I have tackled many tasks I would never have imagined trying to do without it. I think my favorite is clearing snow. The snowblower I bought doesn't care if it's wet or not, it still launches it 50...

Bought a Subaru at Sam's for under $200. Worked well. The next year I couldn't get it to fire at all. Small engine shops said to throw it away cuz there would be no parts. Bought a washer from Northern Tool, an M15781120F. 3. The salesman upsold me by $75 to a model that had a continuous duty...

Wow. Time flies. 11 years and crossed the 1300 mark. I couldn’t rent a tractor for what I need mine for. I use it for mowing in summer and snow in winter. Today, I pulled a dead shrub out and put it in the burn pile. A Dingo rents for $150 for 4 hours and is 15 minutes away, but I have no...

I probably wouldn’t loan it to him. But I’m blessed with a neighbor across the street who used to own a dealership. When he had a heart attack at age 72, he let me disc up a cornfield for him. Now I blow his snow, he blades off mine if it’s an inch or 2 and lets me borrow his ATV & blade to...

I'm from up north, but I my wife tells of her Arkansas college roommate who asked her to grab a carbonated beverage from the fridge: "Can you grab me a coke? I'd like a root beer."