Recent content by RugerSAfan

Good info on not mowing above 85 degrees for us northern folks; thank you. Hopefully not too much damage mowing yesterday and today the 10 + acres in 90 + heat, mowing VERY slowly with an open cab tractor with no canopy. Kept thinking about the old-timers that worked the fields with open...

With our co-op, this year it's $1.59 gal plus tax; no delivery fee; free tank.

I sure don't like ethanol and wish it would just go away...

Wife wants a horse; would need to purchase new property. I don't know much about horses but have heard two things about them. 1) 100 years ago, everyone had horses and only the wealthy had cars. The reverse is true today (except those that are "horse poor"). More importantly to me: 2)...

Thank you for all the kind comments on this thread. I was about to pull the trigger on a Kubota L2501 and then contracted a pretty strong case of Covid in July and canceled purchase interest. Fast forward to 2021, and energy had mostly returned as had interest in a tractor. Unfortunately...

I'm on the fence between a Kubota L2501 or Kubota L4701. One of my concerns is whether my current truck can adequately pull a L4701 tractor with loaded tires, loader and at least one large attachment to my other property 3 1/2 miles away. Truck info: 2017 F150 V8, Crew Cab w/ 157' bed, 1.73...

Why is tractor weight different than tire ballast or wheel weights?

First time poster, but I have been lurking for a while. I posted some of this on Orange Tractor Talk over six months ago, and received two comments. I am ready to pull the trigger now, so thought I would try here. I have a total of 10 acres (10.3 per tax roll, but river erosion has taken a...