Recent content by Sid Post

My local independent tire dealer fixed a flat on my tractor for $50 and mounted a different tractor tire for $50 as well. This was in East Texas in a town with ~1600 people.

Sort of in the same position as the OP of this thread. I will be in a Ford with the Godzilla gas engine. I'm not waiting for an EV or turbo V-6 or whatever the next big thing will be. With the Ford gas engine, I don't have to worry about DEF and other emissions problems. I also won't have to...

Angsun from Korea is gear drive and was the best value around when I bought mine. It was 1/3 cost of a similar LandPride and is a super solid and high quality unit.

I have done that to 100' pines here in East Texas. Notch in the direction of the desired path of the fall on a day with favorable winds, and then backcut backoff (run) as soon as you see some lift on the cut in case it "high chairs" on you.

Icon tool remind me a lot of Snap and Proto "professional" tools of years past. Pittsburg pliers, screwdriver, and crescent wrenches aren't very good but, the other stuff in generally pretty good for homeowner use or limited farm needs. Fine tools like hex wrenches will work but, they aren't...

https://www.harborfreight.com/search?q=pulley+puller This is apt to cause a lot less damage. That much heat on a tractor that small is apt to cause a lot of damage to the drive line.

Yes, a great way to cause oil leaks as well as expensive damage to repair. A bit of grease on the shaft and yoke works really well for me. If I can't lever off a stuck pto with a big screwdriver, it is time to go to plan B which doesn't include brute force or a hammer. It is amazing how many...

AGM's typically don't have corrosion because they don't off-gas much, if any at all. Lead Acid batteries, even the really good ones, off gas due to the charge cycles.

Thanks everyone! It sounds like an AGM battery with a proper charger to maintain it is what I need and what I want. The NOCO chargers are what I normally use today and should serve me well with these AGM batteries.

In my youth, cheap Walmart type batteries had a short life and high failure rate. Sears Diehard batteries were better, were twice as expensive, and did not last twice as long. The Caterpillar road grader battery I put in my car lasted until it was totalled many years later. Contrary to what...

Depends on the batteries and the charger. A few kilowatts of solar panels on a 48V storage bank of large lead acid batteries that were maintained with water and acid as needed during their life ran 8 years of high duty cycle off-grid before storage capacity started falling. We are talking...

I have a pair of Kubota tractors that don't get frequent use so, now that their batteries are at the "end of life", I am thinking about replacements. I know vibration from the motor and field can knock the plates over in car batteries and kill them, so, I was thinking about AGM options on the...

A Honda Gx ~20hp gasoline engine and a Kubota or ... Diesel engine has some meaningful differences in oil and filtration needs!

That would be illegal!

Or $1100 for a ~$100 PTO shaft! Really a rip-off IMHO. I could see $200 or $300, but 1/3 the cost of a complete midmount finish mower is ridiculous.