Recent content by RMRDallas

I have squirrels, mice, and field rats so could be any or all of them. I've never seen the squirrels around the barn or carport but who knows what they do at night. The tractor will be moved to the barn with a concrete pad but will still be fairly open as I only shut all the doors when storms...

In regard to insurance, I have very good insurance through Texas Farm Bureau. They covered everything and I only had to pay my deductible of $250. Just glad this didn't happen during mowing season as I was without the tractor for a month. May try a variety of things and hopefully one works...

My 18 month old Deere cab tractor was totally disabled about a month ago by either rats or mice. The total damage ended up costing about $11k as the little critters chewed on a variety of wiring harnesses, fuel lines, coolant lines and even the DEF lines. Seems like the Deere dealership had to...

Anyone have any experience with the Valentini power harrows that Iowa Farm Equipment sells? My tractor dealer is a rep for Kuhn so I am looking at power harrows from both. I have seen Kuhn power harrows mentioned in a variety of forums but have not seen Valentini anywhere. Looking to use with...

About to purchase either a Peruzzo or Ventura ditch bank mower. Ventura has the better reach but Peruzzo seems a little beefier and has a "Hydraulic Shock Absorption System" which is supposed to help protect the equipment and operator in various situations. Anyone have any experience with this...

I am looking at ordering a Deere 5100R and my dealer is telling me that the earliest it would get here is March and it will most likely be sometime after that with not even a best guess as to when. Is this normal? I've ordered cars before but never a tractor.

I have 46 acres with 3 ponds, one about 5 acres that has some challenging mowing areas. I've been doing research on using a rear mount boom mower attached to a mid-weight utility tractor like a Deere 5115m to help with my challenging mowing chores. Alamo (RM165) and Bush Hog have models that...

Have to make a decision very soon between a Rhino TS12 and Land Pride RC2512. Both are targeted for my tractor which is a Kubota GL5740. I have done a lot of searches but haven't seen anyone do an actual comparison and rate one over the other. From comparing the specs, I like the shorter...