Recent content by RB5

You brought back memories of one wheel spinning in the sandy soil when pulling my disk. I would have to disconnect and hook up again at a different angle to get it moving. No loader.. When I bought a new tractor I had to have 4wd and a loader. Those 2 things have kept me from getting stuck...

I've mowed with a lawn tractor with a steering wheel. Never again after switching to a Gravely ZT with a 60" deck. I mow way more than 3 acres with mine. I would not try using a CUT to maintain the lawn on such small acreage. If you have very many obstacles like trees or buildings you will...

Not very strong, and it leaked oil. It had not been maintained well before I bought the land. It was sort of a throw in. I was able to disk and mow 20 acres with it a couple times before it started breaking every time I used it. It needed a transmission rebuild, a new generator/alternator...

My now parked out of the way 1970 Ford 2000 gas tractor may not be vintage, but it is junk. I used to repair that thing almost every time I used it. I spent more time running 30 minutes each way to get parts than I did using it many times. The last time I used it the tractor got stuck in gear...

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Congrats. I looked at a Branson package deal before I purchased. Seemed to be pretty well built from what I recall, but the closest dealer was almost 2 hours from me.

They sure are addictive. I remember as a kid playing in the dirt with Tonka toys. Now I have a much bigger sand box and can move all sorts of stuff. When you can easily do something you couldn't before you bought the tractor it's nice every time.

You are running into one of the reasons I went with a Deere 4044M instead of the 3 series. I kept thinking the 3 would not do everything I need, and I am glad I went with my gut on this one. I lift large round bales with my tractor with no problem. The only thing I have to be careful about is...

I never understood why a new 4x4 came with SRA low rolling resistance street tires other than to get the MPG rating higher. When I had those and stayed right at the speed limit I could often get the MPG to read 22. 20 was pretty easy if I kept my foot our of it. I run Duratracs now and get...

I thought long and hard about whether or not to go with the 3.5 Ecoboost in 2013 when I bought my F150. I was leaning toward the 5.0 mainly because I thought it would last longer. I knew I did not want a Ram after my 97 fell apart. I won't go into details. My 2013 F150 4x4 has 270k miles...

We usually hit the road early on weekends to go shopping before the idiots get up. This past Saturday we left to pick up some parts in the afternoon. I saw more badly loaded trailers than I thought was possible. I'm talking junk not secured, others with too much weight, and my favorite ...

Interesting. I might want to do that. I could set up a nice blind overlooking the feeder. Now you have me thinking.

I had to say something about this. In Texas it is getting way too crowded in many places with all the people moving here. I used to be allowed to fish farm ponds when I was young. Now no one will let you on their land. Landowners are tired of all the noise and people. There are many...

They used to hunt the hogs from a helicopter along the river before COVID. I would hear what sounded like full auto rifles, although it could have been a bump stock. We had way less of them back then. There has not been as much hunting from a helicopter there since COVID.

Escaped monkeys... that's how Planet of the Apes started.