Recent content by Volfandt

While at TSC today I was checking out the oil & fluids offerings and noticed that there was Mystik brand, I think it was labled J5 (or similar) that indicated that it was Kubota SUDT capatible. Anybody know anything about this brand? 2 gals = $32.00 Also noticed that the Traveller brand had a...

So, how are the Kohler Courage engines holding up? Are the singles better/worse than the V-twins? Early on when they were 1st released, I recall they were touted to be easier to service due to easy to get at access panels and to be more quiet due to the plastic (can't think of the official...

My daughters Vista PC worked fine on my home DSL network. Been working fine for months. It is setup to use a network printer off of another PC on my home lan but theres no file sharing going on, just internet access and printing to a shared network printer. This evening, I carried it over to...

With the lack of any meaningful seat time coupled to a chance find of a long lost and serviceable AM/FM/CD radio out in the shop, the BX23 has yet again provided me with brief respite from the doldrums of cabin fever and I'll get to be jamm'n w/the tunes come the warmer days. :D The...

Fall takes a literal connotation around my humble abode. And it doesn't take long for my still green lawn to get totally covered in Maple, Oak, Dogwood and varous other leaves. It makes for a colorful Holloween display but tain't very good for the grass so getting them picked up and deposited...

Seems many here have more than one tractor and have outfitted these different machines for different tasks. This is not meant to be a "my tractor is better than yours" endless debate, I'm more curious as to what folks have and how they use it. Here's mine, 1) 2004 Kubota BX23 w/60" MMM. This is...

How to get the best cut possible out of ones machine is a major topic in many threads now, so I thought I'd share mine mowing w/a BX23 and 60" MMM. Theres several keys to obtaining a great finish cut. A well tuned tractor, a properly balanced mower and good properly sharpened blades. These...

Just purchased a 1966 L&G tractor w/an HST and I'm going to be changeing out all the fluids & filter soon. The owners/service manual calls for Type A automobile transmission fluid for the HST and to my knowledge I don't believe this is available anymore. What would be the modern...

Thought I was going to get to play in the snow like you folks up in the colder northern clime's but all it did was coat the roof tops with a pretty white blanket. Oh well, the day was still nice so I continued on my unrelenting quest to clean out my fence rows. Worked about 100' on one side and...

One neat thing about microsoft money( or any similar software) is that you can easily track just about any expenditure with just a few clicks of the mouse. In my case I just built a "favorite" report on my BX23's fuel and maintenance costs and it tain't bad for this yr. It does help that I...

I've got several bad spots where the asphalt has busted and these are pretty big spots. Too big for a cold patch type filler. I've tried those cold patch fillers and have never been happy with them. I'm just in the "cypher'n" stage now and thought I'd elicit suggestions from the board. I've...

It only took one time for a large vine to make it's way up into my HST fan that I decided to add somekind of protection to my BX's vitals. Luckily the fan wasn't damaged and since I have already put the MMM up for the winter, I had to come up with something that would be easy on/off and use the...

Mowing the back field always tends to get me to pondering things. The constant sounds of the machinery working away coupled with very few distractions is the perfect conditions to cause this and I always look forward to whatever topic enters my brain housing group during these times :D Today I...

"Andy Green broke the supercharged diesel streamliner world record by more than 90 mph by reaching an average land speed Tuesday of 328.767 mph. The old record was 235.756 mph, set by Virgil Snyder on the Bonneville Salt Flats in 1973." "Green drove a vehicle powered by two diesel engines that...

Had a storm blow though last night and altho it only lasted 15 minutes or so it left a big mess in it's wake. Down power lines etc. I didn't loose power but a tree in my front yard lost a pretty good size limb. It snapped off clean and was just standing beside the trunk. If it wasn't for the...