Recent content by troutsqueezer

I'm not sure why this is. I pay attention to every detail on my tractor when it comes to maintenance. Well, except one detail it turns out. I can't chalk this up to laziness. I can't even blame it on being absent-minded. I'm thinking it must be perception. I've been driving my tractor around...

Every time I go into my dealer and spend a little money, I get a free hat. Keeps me going back. :thumbsup:

Ok, first, all you guys with the F150's, Silverados and Rams don't get all worked up. I know some of you think the only real truck is one that will haul around a 30' fifth-wheeler but this post is for those of us who have different needs. I've been in the market for a new truck lately and while...

I'll tell ya what, try to get someone to build you a gate so you can take it home and install it yourself? Not so easy. They all want to install it for you 'cause there's money to made there. If you tell them you want to do the work yourself then it's "see ya later". We had a hard time finding...

My wife and I have been living on a 10 acre parcel for thirty years. The road that leads to it has an easement across another undeveloped parcel whose owner we have never seen nor met. Recently, that parcel sold. Since 1985, I have kept the road maintained with gravel, ditching and constant...

Sometimes you get lucky. I've been looking for a companion chain saw to my Echo 14" limbing saw. And my Ryobi electric chain saw. And my Ryobi gas pole saw. So the o'l brother decides to clean out his garage. Comes up with this Husqvarna 61 chain saw that has maybe 5 hours of use on it. It is...

First, I own an iPad and like it, so I'm not bashing Apple from a PC standpoint. It's just that I have always thought Apple Corporation treated employees like they were only there to help Apple stockpile money. Money first, people last. So intent are they on commandeering the...

Because its only function is to provide a platform for my 1,000th post. I'm sorry to TBN for having posted 1,000 pieces of worthless crap. But it really is the forum's fault for having the word "Tractor" in the header. When I see that word, I'm attracted like a teenybopper to an Apple store...

My new-to-me Polaris Ranger had some pretty worn tires on the front when I bought it several weeks ago. Some time back my kid bought a new Polaris ATV and switched out the tires first thing so I bought the two front tires from him for a measly 40 bucks, figuring I'd use them at some point. They...

Not only is it the time of year to start my tomato seedlings, it is also time to go around the property and gather up all the birdhouses to get them ready for the upcoming nesting season. Our houses are geared for bluebirds, swallows, wrens, flycatchers and anybirdy else who wants to move in...

Been looking for a used UTV for awhile now and brought this one home today. I'm hoping some folks here who have a similar model can offer me some advice on maintenance, things to watch out for, etc. I didn't get a manual for it so will have to go looking for one. It has 536 hours on it. 2 wheel...

Keeping my fingers crossed the ol' well holds up through the Summer. This is a pic from a few years ago, taken in March from along my driveway in the CA foothills. The trees have leafed out in the early pic and it is not time yet for them to do so this year but still, the land turns bright green...

Maybe you've seen these, maybe you haven't. 1. If the enemy is in range, so are you. 2. Incoming fire has the right of way. 3. Don't look conspicuous, it draws fire. 4. There is always a way. 5. The easy way is always mined. 6. Try to look unimportant, they may be low on ammo. 7...

I set my new game cam up to see what critters go up the path to visit my vegetable garden when I'm not watching. This is what I've captured over the course of a week. I know that mountain lion's out there, sooner or later he'll show up. Things That Go Bump In the Night - YouTube

I know it's not the most exciting of topics but I'm leveraging the power of TBN to solve a minor issue I'm having regarding a small pond that I just finished digging. It was another chore for the B21 in digging the pond followed by a lot of hand shoveling and rock manipulating to get it ready...