I took a few days off to install electric poultry mesh fencing and to make a portable sheep shelter. My wife insisted on helping, though generally she complains so much about being used as a clamp that I've purchased more than enough clamps over the years to hold pretty much anything I might...
Didn't get to the meadow in time to find/remove this year's crop of stones before the grass grew up to hide them. The poor LandPride FDR2572 mower found several of them and I couldn't believe the damage! The baffles are virtually gone, and one of the beefy blade spindles is cracked clear thru...
Our 165 year old home was wired in the 1950s with 70 amp service. After a fire we replaced the old coke bottle fuses with a modern circuit breaker box, but still have some concerns about the anemic power. My wife complains that the air cleaner and reading lights in the house vary in...
Okay, here's the problem. I have a 15x19' shop, a sizable portion of which is taken up by a stone fireplace with a woodstove insert so the place is useable in the winter months. So everything is on wheels, and some of the machinery must be physically removed and stored in the garage in order to...
I forgot who it was that suggested this mower, but THANKS! Having run over my old Husqvarna with the Kubota in the middle of growing/mowing season, I had to find a replacement fast. The new Toro is 10x the mower the old one was, and that Personal Pace variable speed thing is a dream on hills or...
Signs of winter\'s end
Here's a pic of my 55 Dodge parts truck. When the ice pillar behind it melts completely, spring will be here. Already it's eight feet shorter than it was a week ago! Only a foot and a half of snow left in the meadow! Yippeee!
Pete
I was plowing out from under the latest snowstorm. Only got about six inches, but at 30 degrees it was by far the wettest, heaviest snow we've had in several years. The first two passes down the road went okay, but for the last pass I have to back down the hill with the blade angled all the way...
I've settled on a two-stage compressor rated at 175psi and able to deliver at least 14cfm at 90psi. But now that I'm in the shopping mode, what's the difference between a $1200 Quincy or Puma, a $1000 Ingersoll-Rand, and an $800 extreme duty Campbell-Hausfeld? The specs are really close between...
Why does the photo of Molson I use on CBN not fit here? I've shrunk it down and lowered the resolution so much it's not even recognizable as a dog and still the file is too big..?
Pete
Split this off from the COLD! thread in Related Topics as there was some interest in my use of PEX to replumb my 160 year old house.
Here's a shot of my homemade hot water manifold. I used individual runs of PEX to every fixture in the house, with each controlled by a ball valve.
Pete
Now and then you meet someone so filled with wonder at the way you live that it just renews the joy you feel at living in the country.
Yesterday it was moderately cold on our hill -- about 3 degrees but sunny and clear. Two thirty something women from NYC walked past the house having stumbled...
I've heard the 25gr 17 cal has a limited range and a LOT of stopping power where varmints are concerned. One local hunter swears it's the best coyote round available. Since we're getting more and more inquisitive coyotes checking out our sheep and chickens I thought it might be time for another...
Was driving home tonight and saw a tourist in a truck hit a doe right in front of us. The driver took off, probably scared the heck out of him. We pulled over to check on the deer. She was a smaller one, probably 80# dressed, killed instantly from massive head trauma.
Anyway, a minivan full of...
After a week of highs in the teens and lows in the single digits below zero, rain started last night. Of course it froze the moment it hit the ground!
My 12 mile commute to work took 45 minutes. I passed 11 cars off the road and 3 accidents. In fact, the only reason I continued on to work after...
We did it again this year! Not much snow yet, but we took advantage of every inch. Photo shows the upper section, straight so you get a good head of steam before entering turn 1.
Pete
The snow stopped falling, the plowing is done, the dogs are asleep, and the woodstove in my shop is glowing a pleasant rose color. I'm sitting here with beer in hand watching the wind whip thru the trees outside while eyeing my hardwood (mostly cherry, but also some birch and maple) wondering...
Okay, I've read the threads both here and on CBN for welders, determined my usage (auto body repair, some light fabrication, and farm implement repairs on occasion), and have narrowed it down to three: the Lincoln 135 plus, the Lincoln 3200 HD, and the Miller 135. All of these run on 120V. I...
In the neverending saga of the 57 Dodge pickup and the equally endless search for replacement parts...we found the proverbial truck gathering dust in a backcountry barn! It's a 55 Dodge with a 318 and auto tranny -- complete but not running -- and a 57 for parts! Plus an extra flathead six and a...
Thought I'd seek the advice of those less electrically challenged than me
Reaching the battery on my Kubota L3010 is a pain under normal conditions, but an absolute nightmare in the middle of winter when unprotected fingers tend to freeze to bare metal. Is there any reason I can't replace it...
Not for the tractor; old Clementine works right through the worst winter has to throw at us. Talking about the land here. I was going to mow the field one last time, but the 2" of rain we got in the last couple of days nixed that idea -- too soggy! I need to mount the backhoe to dig the silt out...
In the continuing saga of the 1957 Dodge pickup, I just finished replacing both wheel cylinders up front. Since there was so much rust, and so much difficulty getting replacement parts, I stripped things down to the backing plate and used that POR15 paint to reduce future corrosion. The truck...
Well, the 57 Dodge 1/2 ton we bought last month continues to be an endless source of entertainment, often of the heart pounding variety. First, I rebuilt the carb. It was a Carter single barrel. Really nondescript but absolutely filthy inside and out. Flat surfaces that weren't very flat, and...
I need to build a carport addition off the side of the garage so the car can reside outside and the tractor in the garage where she belongs. The problem is that when I started digging down with the backhoe to plant the pilings, I hit solid granite ledge only 18" down. Obviously this is not...
Another battery question. The 57 Dodge pickup we recently bought is awfully hard starting first thing in the morning, and never has "started right up." The battery gives us about 15 seconds cumulative cranking time before it really seems to lose power, i.e., the truck cranks slower and s l o w e...
Nasdaq, my big, beautiful black cat, came home yesterday morning badly injured after tangling with something big. He has bite marks on his head and inside his mouth. Part of one front paw is missing and the remaining claws were torn out. All of his back claws were torn out and there's some dark...
On the way back from Empire Farm Days, the wife and I swung south a bit to take a look at a well-maintained 57 Dodge D-100 outside of Lebanon NH. We bought it on the spot and drove it home to Stowe, VT. The max speed I felt comfortable with was 50mph. Fortunately, since we took the Interstate...
In one of my past visits to our aggie fair I saw a metal frame that was bolted together as the skeleton of a small barn or animal shelter. Looked a lot like scaffolding, with 2" metal bars and little threaded tabs on which you could attach wooden siding.
What are these things called and does...
Probably a fox, but it looks like we lost 10-14 of our young buff Orpington chickens today. The wife noticed a pile of feathers in the field, and as I was making my rounds I found several more. Mostly breast feathers, and no sign of the birds. My impression is that something chased them down and...
I've heard many new tractor shoppers complaining about the awkwardness of the Kubota HST pedal. In private emails they refer to the heel/toe pedal. I've never used it that way. The way I do it, to go forward I press down on the front of the pedal and to go backwards I pull up on the front of the...
Farm Days: Who\'s going?
Okay, the other thread has degenerated into a discussion of what constitutes Upstate. I would love to attend the Farm Days, but mainly to meet some of you. Low attendance = I'll make other plans.
So who's going? Wednesday evening or Thursday day would work best for me...
Tamara and I have always been dog people, but now and then we end up with a pound cat with such incredible spunk and personality that it, too, becomes a central part of our life. So it was with Microsoft Cat, whom we lost to a fisher three years ago. So it is with Miles, who lays dying on the...
After taking delivery of my backhoe last month, I kept it on the tractor for several weeks partly because there was so much to do with it...but also partly out of fear. What if I had trouble getting it reinstalled? But finally the grass was so long the dogs had lost two dozen tennis balls in the...
Do any of you keep a family cow? One cow? If so, is it for milk or a beefer? What kind? What sort of housing and ranging arrangements do you have for it? Any lessons learned you want to share as the wife and I start investigating this possibility?
Pete
I'll be in <font color=red>SO much trouble</font color=red> when the wife walks through the upper meadow to her garden tomorrow! Since it's staying light so much later these days, I took Clementine up there to practice with the backhoe a bit. Was getting pretty good at popping boulders out of...
Would it be possible to include some text when we notify the moderators of a problem? Or to establish a distribution list (DL Mod) so we can send a message to all moderators?
Pete
It's here! I came home from work to find Clementine with a beautiful Woods 7500 sub-frame mounted backhoe parked in the driveway. (I'll wax it tomorrow; today I wanted to try it out before dark!)
I passed on the PTO pump since the L3010 has more than enough hydraulic capacity to handle the hoe...
Okay, after asking around and getting conflicting advice on whether or not to use the stabilizers to lift the rear tires off the ground or not, this is what I've learned from my local tractor mechanic types..
For those with sub-frames lifting the rear completely off the ground is fine and gives...
Clementine at the doctor\'s
The tractor doctor, that is. My shiny girl was carted off to the dealer today for her 400 hour service and the backhoe and sub-frame installation. She won't be back till Friday...and till then I have this big empty garage bay to sulk in.
On the other hand, I could...
Clementine got her annual wax job today in bright sunshine and warm temps. The wife thinks I'm crazy for doing taking parts off, cleaning and waxing them on the patio, then bolting them back into place and starting all over with another part.
Then the oil and filter change, the fuel filter...
Next Tuesday the dealer will come pick up Clementine and take her in to have the Woods sub-frame fitted. Figured I'd have them switch me over to Super-UDT at the same time...save me the hassle of properly disposing of 11 gallons of UDT fluid. So here I am with the Woods 7500 owner's manual...
Most of the tractors in my hilly part of New England have their rims set to the middle position. Wide, but not as wide as possible. Some, especially those who take their tractors into the woods, set their wheels to the absolute widest position. In the case of my Kubota L3010 with Aggie tires...
Looking at adding one to my L3010 in the near future. Definitely will go with the subframe. My dealer assures me the output of my hydraulic remotes will handle the hoe even without the pump. I'm leaning toward getting the pump anyway. What's your experience?
Is $6150 for the hoe, pump...
My house, a pre-1840 New England clapboard farmhouse, has those great looking 12 over 12 windows with hand blown glass (the kind with the little ripples in them). But I need to recaulk them, and with all those little tiny panes I'll be at it all summer if I do it by hand. (18 windows with 24...
Well, dipping the foot anyway. I'll be switching the car over to Amsoil now...and if I like it will be switching the Kubota over later this year. Can't risk the important stuff, you know!
Pete
I've searched on barns but found no mention of anyone who has tried one of the kits, like those by shelter-kit.com. Anyone?
The wife and I are looking to build from scratch or kit a small (16x24') English-style barn with a loft, 12/12 roofline, and kneewalls. We really like the shelter-kit...
but the tractor played a key roll. In a previous post (Tractor 1, House 0) I told you about my collision with the house, where the ROPS removed a five foot piece of trim over the breezeway between my farmhouse and the shop. I've had a big ugly gash in the trim ever since. Today, thanks to the...
Got together with my fellow northern Vermonters (Ed, Derek and Alan) for breakfast this morning and a dash thru Home Depot. Not sure whether I liked the tractor stories, the wife tales, or comparing our wish lists more, but sure had fun!
And now I'm REALLY looking forward to August in Seneca...
My L3010HST has the usual Easy Checker lights on the dash. This morning the one listed as "Engine Intake/Combustion Air Filter" came on and stayed on. So I popped the hood and took a look at the air filter. The secondary element (inner) was absolutely clean, but the primary (outer) was a little...
This is one of those idiot questions I hate to ask, but here goes... At first it wasn't a problem. When removing a front wheel only a couple of the lugs would come out when I removed the lug nuts. But this time ALL of the studs came out, and it's going to be a wrestling match to hold the wheel...
Hi guys! Had eye surgery last Wednesday (had an old piece of shrapnel removed and some muscle damage repaired) and was unable -- on doctor's orders -- to go outside till today. Boy did I make up for it today, though! I must have plowed half of Vermont, and moved huge piles of snow just for the...
Moved a heck of a lot of snow with Clementine yesterday, then parked her outside since I needed the garage bay for car repairs, etc. Got up this morning and fired up the diesel, intending to give her a good long warmup. Heard a POP and UDT fluid was just gushing from underneath!
Shut her down...
For the first time ever I found myself the only member logged in this morning. Sure was a lonely feeling! But then DevilDog showed up, and all was well with the world. I could always count on the Marines to come thru!
Pete (former DevilDoc)
I've been trying to find a reducer to fit the outlet on my Delta planer (5" OD) to my 4" dust collection flexhose. All the 5 to 4 reducers have ODs of 5", and I need one with an OD of 4 7/8". This evening I spoke with a young woman at Delta who asked me the model number, then insisted DC-380 was...
I've had a problem off and on with the seatbelt retractor not allowing me to pull the belt out more than six inches. Lately it's stuck more often than it works. Has anyone else had this problem, and if so, is it a "clean and rebuild item" or a "replace the unit" sort of thing?
Thanks in...
Came home yesterday to find some idiot from Massachusetts had parked his Nissan in the middle of the road, blocking access to my driveway. Couldn't get Clementine out to plow. Called the local cops. An officer came out and shook his head at the sight. Wrote up a parking ticket and was going to...
Muhammad -- I like the profile search functionality, i.e., the ability to search for others who have the same tractor as me. But how about taking it one step further by allowing a broadcast private message to that sub-set of TBN members? I could see this coming in real handy when I have a...
Should've seen it coming. The ground always rises as it freezes, afterall. But over the warmer months I'd become so used to driving under the breezeway between the house and my shop while plowing the driveway I had gotten out of the habit of checking clearance. So while backing in mid-range as...
Just looking at profiles and noticed plenty of members within a day's drive of me...so looked at the map and saw that Albany NY was pretty much the center of the NY/PA/CT/MA/NH/MD subset of TBN members. Obviously this is a bad time of year to make advance travel plans, but if we planned...
Sorry I have no pics yet, but I spent the day out in my very steep meadow creating a sled run. We have a foot of snow on the ground now, so I figured I could get a head start on the banked curves, etc, before the real snow arrives. Wasn't sure how Clementine would handle it, so started out...
The Wife came back from walking the dogs to inform me there was a dead coyote at the top of our hill. She wanted me to bury it. I thought for a moment and told her I'd bury it with my new backhoe. She thought for a moment and told me she guessed it would just have to rot.
I was briefly...
Just got back from a long weekend in Florida to surprise my father-in-law for his 70th birthday. Took him to Cirque du Soliel in Orlando and all I can say is WOW! The trampoline act alone (the gymnasts bounced from the tramp all the way up to the top of a 20 foot "building," sidestepped, then...
Doin\' season\'s over
Well, with five inches of snow on the ground, and the outside temp in the teens, it looks like the time for playing in the forest is over (at least with Clementine) and the never-ending task of moving snow is at hand. Time to park the winch and stick that rear blade on the...
My downhill neighbor has an old well that was abandoned decades ago when it was fouled by septic. It's been a three foot diameter by twenty foot deep hole ever since, and he'd like to fill it in before a kid falls in.
So the question is, do you simply dump rocks and dirt till the hole is...
This Farmi winch is rapidly becoming my favorite implement of all time. The tiny pines planted as a windbreak by my wife's grandmother lo those many years ago have, in recent years, become towering behemoths threatening to crush my workshop and garage beneath their mass should they ever fall...
Winchin\' fool!
Sorry I haven't been online much. Here's what I've been doing the past couple of days (logs are smallish so wife won't freak out, but I've moved much larger logs and up to three at a time when she's not supervising )
Pete
www.GatewayToVermont.com
After last week's rain and snow the water level in our primary spring (the one still connected to the house) has gone from non-existent to two-thirds full! Not sure, but I think digging out the old abandoned well up another hill and preparing to reconnect it to the main water supply line might...
Unless a hurricane brings enough rain to restore my bone dry springhouse, I may have to lay 250 yards of PVC pipe to splice a productive but decades-abandoned springhouse into the existing line leading to the house. I'm torn between renting a trackhoe and buying a backhoe. Seems all that moving...
I'm looking at getting a logging winch for my L3010. One local dealer has Fransgard winches and swears by em. Another dealer has Farmi winches and prefers them over the Fransgard because the log lifting point on the blade is better designed...but he feels each is equally reliable and rugged...
We've had a few showers in the past couple of weeks. Only one storm was enough to call it rain -- and the spring is still dry as a bone -- but there's enough water in the stream so I was able to refill the lower (main) pond and divert the clear stuff into the house. It was getting old showering...
Tried to change Clementine's fuel filter today. Turned the petcock to the horizontal position and unscrewed the filter cover. Diesel gushed all over the place! Turned the petcock 180 degrees to the other horizontal axis and it made no difference at all. It was really coming out! Finally gave up...
Okay, this is a tough question to answer because there really is no way to objectively answer it, but here's my choice. We have two rifles: a Ruger 10/22 squirrel gun and a Marlin 336 in .35 Rem for deer, coyotes, etc. The problem is I'm away from the property a bit, and (1) the wife can't hit...
My part of Vermont is dotted with picturesque old farm houses and barns. Unfortunately, as more people move up here from the Big City, these traditional structures are being torn down. It seems the flatlanders consider them shabby, and not suitable for "our kind."
I sure wish there was a way to...
Captain Bravo
Long ago, there lived a sailor named Captain Bravo. He was a manly man's man, who showed no fear when facing his enemies. One day, while sailing the seven seas, his lookout spotted a pirate ship, and the crew became frantic.
Captain Bravo bellowed, "Bring me my red shirt!" The...
We're facing an invasion of burdoc (sp?) on our hills. It's a tough invader, about six feet tall on a single trunk often over an inch in diameter at the base. The leaves are huge, and the seed pods are spiky ping-pong ball sized things that get caught in my dogs' fur so tightly they have to be...
Had a red squirrel chewing holes in my garage, my shop, and even under the hood of my truck. Been after the little rascal for three weeks now with my little .22, but the fellow was older and probably had more experience with firearms than me!
This afternoon, while cleaning my Marlin, the dogs...
Found this on www.montanajacks.com. It's made for mounting a chainsaw horizontally on the front or rear rack of an ATV, but it looks like with a bit of modification it might just mount on the lower portion of my ROPS.
Comments?
Pete
www.GatewayToVermont.com
In the old days I'd drag a log into a clearing, mark it, wire brush the dirt off the bark, cut halfway thru, use my Peavey to roll it over, complete the cuts, and roll the stove-length chunks over to the splitter.
With Clementine's help, I now lift the log off the ground with the FEL, move it...
Had to leave town this past week on business. While I was out a red fox ran thru the flock and killed every single bird. He made no attempt to eat them; just tore them apart and ran after the next one. One hen was killed right in front of my wife about 15 feet from the side porch!
I'd never...
It\'s snowing!!!
Just put out the garden and all those delicate baby tomato plants...and it started snowing! On May 30th! Far too warm (42) for any accumulation, but just the idea!
Pete
www.GatewayToVermont.com
The tiller for my BCS walk-behind tractor finally died, so I went to my local JD dealer and rented their 660 tiller. Big, heavy, solid and boy does it tear up the turf! I was so happy with it I tilled around the family graveyard, tilled around the torn up turf by the new septic, and even tilled...
Moved some more logs this morning, then disconnected Clementine's rear hydraulics and traded her blade for the Land Pride FDR2572 mower. Was a little apprehensive about mounting the 3pt mower since it wasn't exactly on level ground, but the lift arms on the L3010 are a LOT more user friendly...
Our classic New England farmhouse is 160 years old, and has cycled thru several springhouses. Rumor had it there was a well in the very early days, but we'd never found any evidence of it...until this morning.
Tuppence the Wonderpup was digging a hole between the slates on our side porch. I...
Hey Muhammad -- Your review section still says it'll be ready by April 10th. How's it coming? If I send you some coffee would it speed things up?
Pete
Business Process Analyst (Geek)
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters
Waterbury, Vermont
www.GatewayToVermont.com
Well, most of the snow is gone, and with great swaths of open ground in the meadow I took Clementine out for her first look at her new home in a thawed condition. Took the ice chains off, checked inflation, greased the zirc fittings, and rolled that big L3010 down the road.
Used the TNT rear...
A friend is looking for something more than a riding mower (i.e., something he could use to till or grade with in addition to mowing), but lives on a couple of acres with some pretty steep sections, so stability is an issue. My first thought was to recommend the Kubota BX series since they're...
We still have about 18" of snow in the meadow, but there is a small patch of bare ground showing! I'm so excited! At this rate I might get to try that new finish mower by August!
Pete
www.GatewayToVermont.com
My driveway traverses the slope on my property and has a slight downhill to it, so as the snow melts in the field above it uses the driveway as a streambed of sorts. I looked at all that water sort of meandering all over the place and thought it would be nice if I could use the rear blade on...
Went home yesterday to find much of my road had been washed away, with the silt completely blocking the entrance of the culvert under my driveway. Attacked the silt with a shovel out of habit, but then it dawned on me that Clementine was waiting in the garage for just this sort of thing. Fired...
Once again I wish there was at least one followup question for the TBN survey. In this case, I'd ask
(1) How satisfied the owner was with his/her choice
(2) What conditions do they excel/suck in
I would answer my own questions this way: (1) Very satisfied with my Aggies, (2) They excel in any...
I took a vacation day today because I had 30" of compressed snow on the roof and another 27" in the forecast. Spent the entire day shoveling snow from the shop roof, the breezeway, the house...and tomorrow I have to do the garage! I actually slipped and fell off the roof, but my 12' fall ended...
Muhammad -- I bought your book and love it, but does the ad have to be on top of every single forum page? How about keeping it on the home page and the list of forums, but hiding it when we get to the actual messages? Sure would save a LOT of scrolling down! Just a thought...
Pete...
My eldest golden retriever, Mercedes, had a stroke tonight after fifteen years of loving companionship. She had a good life full of fun, but we couldn't have her suffer. Calling the vet to have her put down was hard, but I just couldn't bear to have the old girl suffer.
I was okay till my other...
Well, despite the fact every time I leave home on business I swear it'll be the last time, I've got to fly out to San Diego for a week. Another convention of geeks. Back to the land where everything is paved and all roads lead to the mall. Sure, the location is right on the beach, but Vermont...
The new owner of my trusty old B1750HSD picked it up and took it home today. I carried the belly mower and the spare tires (ags) in and under the FEL of my new L3010. It was one of those bittersweet moments...
Pete
www.gatewaytovermont.com
Well, I should have checked the air pressure on all four corners when the tractor arrived. Afterall, Clementine hails from warm and sunny Carolina, and now lives in sub-zero Vermont. But I was having so much fun puttering around moving snow here and there that I never got around to reaching for...
Can someone tell me what fluid the tiltmeter advertised on the TBN homepage uses? My particular concern is freezing damage from the bitter cold of Vermont winters.
Pete
www.gatewaytovermont.com
I was daydreaming about how nice it would be to have a big get together for all TBN members in some nice, central location. Then I started looking up where some of you live and noticed that not many are as centrally located as I am. Figured if we all started driving our beasts now, the last...
We hit 43 degrees above zero yesterday! It was incredible watching the snowpack shrink hour by hour. And mud! I actually saw brown mud yesterday! Incredible!
Today is more like it. 12 degrees and sunny! And of course all that mud refroze. Good thing I ran the tractor up and down the muddy road...
What\'s with the poll results?
I never figured the rear blade would be the most popular way of moving snow, though it certainly works for my part of the snow belt. Figured snow blowers would win for convenience, even though they're a bit on the slow and cold side. But the fact that so many...
Here's a pic of my 7 month old pup, Tuppence, joining me on the tractor. She patiently waits for me to finish playing, um, moving snow, then once the FEL and blade hit the ground she's up in my arms trying to get me to play. The other four goldens are intimidated by the new tractor, and keep...
The latest addition to our family was put right to work moving snow. Honesty impels me to point out, however, that all but the top 6" of that mound of snow was put there by my little B1750.
I can't remember the name of the thread or what forum it was in, but there was a long discussion on how to replace the threaded bolts on the folding ROPS with unthreaded clevis pins. Could you please direct me to that thread? I need to fold down my ROPS a lot, and would like to make it easier...
We have a way of reviewing our tractors, so why not add an implement review section? Buying decisions continue long after we've bought our tractors...
Pete
My new L3010 rolled into town late this morning just ahead of an ice storm! Wow, I am SO stoked! She was a little grubby from her trip (yes, it was obviously a girl), and the moment I sat in that cushy seat her name came to me. Maybe it was the fact that I was surrounded by so much orange, but...
Got word from Carver today that the truck carrying my gently used Kubota L3010 left this afternoon around 3:30! The driver has to stop in NY before continuing on up to me here in Vermont, but it looks like late Wednesday afternoon or (worst case) Thursday morning it'll be here. Actually, since...
Crazy weather. In the 40s with 40mph winds yesterday. Minus 2 with 25mph winds today. The warm day melted away half our snow. The remaining two feet are nestled beneath a hard protective layer of ice. Driveway's slick as can be. The Honda Civic has some minor body damage from falling limbs. Got...
I was out cleaning up the little B1750 so it would look pretty when I tried to sell it when the Wife yelled from the house to come quick. She flushed, the main drain in the basement gushed! Oh, shoot!
A couple of years ago on Thanksgiving Day Wife and I spent an afternoon digging thru the snow...
Now that the Wife let me have that L3010 with FEL, rear blade and finish mower, my chance of getting another implement within three years is slim to none. So I have at least that long to figure out the best way of removing the stumps of trees I've sacrificed to the great god Woodstove.
I...
Steve Carver tells me the check and snowchains arrived in NC today. Shipment was originally scheduled for Monday, but he MAY be able to ship tomorrow (Friday). Just in case, I took the little 1750 down the road and pushed the snow back so the trucker has a place to park. Picked up the shattered...
Thanks so much for all the input as I wrestled with the choice between the JD 4300 and the Kubota L3010. In the end I went with the Kubota. I liked them equally, but similarly equipped the Deere was $2300 more than the orange thing. I just didn't like it that much more.
Still wearing that...
My apologies to my fellow Kubota owners for my recent flirtation with the Deere 4300. I very nearly bought one, but in the end the smoothness of the rock-solid L3010 won out over the incredible ground visibility of the 4300. That, and some very timely input from Steve Carver.
So I put a deposit...
I want my tires loaded, but with five dogs I have concerns about them getting into the anti-freeze if a valve stem should get ripped off. Anybody out there use lead weights or that new foam fill I've heard about..?
Pete
Yearning for a bigger tractor!
I have Ags on my 1750 and have great traction, but sometimes they sure tear up the lawn. Thinking about going with R4s on my next tractor, but I've heard they tend to slip in wet grass or dirt after a rain when going uphill. There's a lot of up on my land. I was thinking of going with the ags...
I've tried using logic to convince the Wife that a new tractor is a necessity. She can't understand. All logic aside, it comes down to feelings.
Have you ever watched a little boy play with his Tonka toys endlessly, happily? Making those little diesel noises as he moves things around? That's...
Sure would be nice to be able to sort members by the type of tractors they owned. That way we'd be able to find others with similar equipment and ask them about problems we were having.
Pete
Yearning for a bigger tractor!
I've been on this forum since '99, and in all that time nobody has reviewed their Deere. It was one of the reasons I never considered buying a Deere till the 4300 took the TBN Best in class award. I mean, if there wasn't a single green owner who felt good enough about his tractor to submit a...
In the continuing debate between my love of the 4300 and the Kubota L3010...I'm leaning toward the green machine. Having long been a devoted Kubota owner, I feel like a defector for even looking at Deere! But the 4300 is a really nice tractor! I love the ergonomics and all those little touches...
Drove down to my Deere dealer and crawled all over the 4300 with the 430 FEL. Opened the hood, dropped the side panels and put my hands on all the essentials (oil and fuel filter, dipstick, fill points, coolant tank, etc) to see how easily everything could be accessed. Very impressive.
Ditto...
My present tractor is so light (1400#) and my hill so steep (22% grade) that I have to use chains on all four corners. The tractors on my wish list (JD4300, Kubota L3010/3410) are easily twice that weight and have a lot more ground-sticking power.
I'd like to hear whether those of you with...
I'm looking to upgrade from my Kubota B1750HSD to something heavier and in the ballpark of 3000#. My finalists include the Kubota L3010 and 3410, as well as the JD 4300. I liked the Deere, but that fiberglass was a real concern! I had visions of a relatively minor blow from a branch etc...
I have a B1750HSD (ser # B1750HD631370) and would like to find out what year it was made. Struck out at www.tractortips.com. Any other resources out there?
Pete
When I first started checking this Site three years ago we had a flurry of tractor reviews submitted, but then it sort of fizzled. Surely there are many proud owners out there with enough experience to share their observations with the rest of us! If you haven't already reviewed your tractor...