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Our new 2024 Rubicon came with three free dealer oil changes, however from past experience I'm very reluctant to have anyone touch any of my vehicles, even for simple things like changing the oil. Some years ago my mother-in-law bought a new Volkswagen and at the first oil change brought it to...

I had an l-35 with automatic glow plugs. They never worked right so I hard wired a spring loaded toggle switch and mounted it in an easy to reach location by the starter key. Being spring loaded I could never forget it in the "on" position. It was an easy fix and worked faithfully until I sold...

Contrary to many I'm 100% in favor of the 3 pt. I've attached castors to the splitters legs and roll it flush up against my garage wall for storage. I split about 2 cords/year and do it all in one day so tying up my tractor is not an issue. I purchased it at Tractor Supply on sale for > $700 and...

We have areas of foxtail growing in our grass hay, anybody have any advice on how to get rid of it? I wonder if there is a spray one could use in early spring that would kill it yet not harm the timothy and other pasture grasses, or maybe another way?

My 1240 has served me well, zero problems, until a couple days ago when I returned to the shop to gas up. I was running near empty when I re-fueled, and the fuel gage correctly indicated right off empty and was working fine. After I topped the tank off and restarted the motor, the fuel gage...

Anyone out there have an idea what a 4 in 1 bucket for a full sized John Deere is worth? Its 1.25 cu yard and in like new condition. The cutting edges are still sharp, very little use. It came off of my JD 210C, but I'm pretty sure it will fit most any full sized commercial JD machine. I tried a...

I cut up some fire wood with my chain saw last week and had problems with re-starting it after it warmed up. The day was warm, mid 80's, and the saw seemed to 'vapor lock' after it sat a while, or at least it sure seemed to not be getting fuel. Its an almost new Echo 346 and fires right up when...

Anybody have any ideas that work to keep birds off of a roof? Our new place is getting ruined by a steady flow of bird droppings at the ridge ends and at the dormer corners. We are out in an open field sans trees, so the house is the highest point. Hawks are the main culprit, although in a way I...

Has anyone had any experience, or better yet own, a Heartland new 'antique' lookalike range? We're considering one for our mountain loft house. They look good, very much resemble turn of the century farm house cooking ranges, but how really good are they? Before we lay out a bunch of $$ it sure...

I know this must have been discussed before, but does anyone have any hands on experience or comparisons on a good, but smaller walk behind brush mower? I will only be cutting high weeds, no actual brush or saplings, so I guess a heavy duty weed cutter would be a better discription. I was...

I may purchase a tiller for the 3 point on my 28 hp MF. Anyone have a suggestion as to size? The ground is completely void of any rocks, pretty much 100% DG. I want to break up the sod which is about 8" deep.

We're getting ready to fence about 500' of our driveway and want it to work for horses, but we are not really knowledgeble on those big critters. We sure like the looks of vinyl, but I hear stories of it being vulnerable for large animals, at least the cheap stuff from Hpme Depot etc. I've...

The loader on my 1240 has had an unusul habit every since I've owned it. When the lbucket is curled it will stop moving after about 2 seconds of travel, pause for about 3 seconds, then resume the curl. This happens in either the dump or curl back cycle regardless of RPM's. There have never been...

We have a 6' steel culvert out at the ranch that is plenty strong for tractors, bailers, and my backhoe, but it had me a little concerned about driving a fully loaded mixer truck over it. The more I thought about it the more I envisioned a mishap with 11 yards of ready mix along with a very...

Thought I'd pass this on for those that may have an interest. The mower blade mandrels on my lawn tractor have sealed bearings, which have worked very well for the past 13 seasons, however lately one has been getting a little noisey. Since there is no way to grease the bearings, I was going to...