Recent content by Shenandoah MF1760

Home Owner's Association, also called POA for Property Owners Association in some areas. The intent is to prevent people from allowing their property to fall into disrepair thereby causing the values of the surrounding properties to decrease. There is typically a board of elected folks from...

Be careful of anything with an existing structure that isn't immediately useable. Last year I bought a piece of property off of the courthouse and had to really negotiate the price down due to an existing doublewide that was there. The doublewide was built in '98 and might be worth $40K if you...

We have a couple of spots totaling 37 acres in the Piney Woods one of which we're building on and where the tractor resides. The HOA in the post is in Galveston County just south of Houston. I'd like to get rid of that house but the kids are still infesting it.

I had a '06 Honda Ridgeline that I bought new that came with a lifetime oil change from the dealer. Granted it's a ploy to get you in their shop so they can find something wrong or to sell you on another service. At first I was making them change the oil every 3K, and I must not have been the...

I got a Ryobi 40V HP 21" Self Propelled AWD Cross Cut, if not the top of the line then close to it. I bought it at Home Depot since it was cheaper with the veteran discount than I could get from Amazon. A major deciding factor was that I was in desperate need of a mower as the grass was...

These are good, if you can't grab a used 5 gallon DEF nozzle left by the trash. Problem is you still need a vent. I've used this on more than a couple of cans...

This lets folks know whether or not what they're suggesting is useable on your machine. Not everything is PTO powered, some implements are hydraulically powered and require a certain flow rate.

I've always liked ball lock pins. If the diameter is a little too large just use a fender washer of the appropriate size to keep it secure.

My youngest went to a scrap yard and got 4 brake drums from a semi for cheap, also with a hole in the center as well as several little ones. Gawd-awful heavy buggers!

One thing you don't mention is the size of the tractor or the flow rate on the hydraulics. As seen in my logo picture I have a Laneshark LS2 that attaches to my FEL. The new ones have hydraulic positioning which I wish I had as it can be a struggle to reposition. I use mine to clear my...

Yes. I have a 1760 with the 2814 FEL and I bent the same side you did. I believe mine happened when a branch came through my grapple and undid one of the QA levers resulting in the grapple falling off the FEL on one side while it was lifted. When I went to replace the cylinder I discovered...

Too many tabs open and a distracting wife.

My tractor is ~100 miles from the house on 25 wooded acres, no structures. My solution was as HayFarmer suggested. I got a 40' hi-cap or hi-cube shipping container which is a foot taller than the standard ones because I have a cab tractor. I also had the vendor (XCaliber Container) put...

I'll go along with this. I have more than a couple widowmakers on my land. I swear one of them has a skyhook attached. I've thought of using tannerite, I'm just not sure how far away I need to be or if I can get a clean shot with all of the rest of the tree around it.

One factor to consider is the noise. The PTO generators I've looked at want you running at rated PTO speed which isn't going to hurt the tractor but will be loud up next to the house. I've had to deal with multiple days without power due to hurricanes and after years dealing with generators...