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I'm beginning to wonder if I spoke too early. Monday night into Tues morning - eight inches of fresh snow. California may have reason to complain about "too much". Here - we can use every bit we get.

There is a Basque fellow - lives about 40 miles south of me here. He has great flocks of sheep - and few Great Pyrenees. He also has, at least, a couple donkeys.

About 8 or 10 years ago I noticed the lake had dropped about a foot . I will post a pic here so you can see how I can tell. Anyhow - I made a trip down to the outlet and noticed the center 8 feet of the beaver dam had been torn out. It's a rather low dam - 2 to 3 feet high. Must have...

This was my thinking when I upgraded my tractor - Ford 1700, 4WD, 26hp to Kubota M6040, 4WD, 64hp. I had a Wallenstein BX42S. Capable of up to 4" material. I could have gone with their BX107S - up to 10" material. Then I looked at the BX62S. Same size chipping wheel as the 107 - 200#...

The water level on my ten acre lake is controlled by a very nice beaver dam at the outlet. Over the period of one year - the water level will vary only 8" to 10" because of the efforts of this beaver family. This is one case, at least, where their efforts are appreciated. So often - they are...

No - no price listed outright on any web site. With all the "goodies" I would guess - - near $22K to $24K. There is a reason such a HD chipper is listed for a 35hp tractor. - 600 pound chipping wheel - in-feed sensor. It stops the in-feed roller when it senses a drop in the chipping wheel...

Loooooong ago the state game dept use to blow up beaver dams as a method of control. Then they grew some brains and trapped/relocated the beavers. As a young fellow I witnessed one of the "dam blowings". I still wish I had never been there. The dynamite was all set - we all moved back...

Check out this really MONSTER chipper. And it's rated for 35hp tractors and up. www.salsco.com Check out their 810PTO

All last night and into this AM - snow. I got 8" of new stuff. I will NOT be plowing unless I get more. It's just to easy to put the Taco Wagon in 4WD and bust a trail out to the county road. I've already done just that - this AM. Besides - clearing all this new snow would take me...

I no longer use a blower. It was slow - took 3 1/2 to 4 hours to clear driveway, mailbox area and yard. Now I have a bigger tractor and use a HD rear blade. It now takes 1.5 hours to do the exact same job. When I did use the blower. I had two "skids" made. 10" wide by 18" long. They...

Your heart does a flip/flop when you look back and the uber large snow/gravel mixed pile is flowing over the TOP of the rear blade. OOPS - do a temp fix now and a permanent job when its warmer. That's when you wished you had taken the time to reverse the blade.

A few days ago - bright sunshine & warmer temps. It snowed two inches today. At least - we are headed in the correct direction.

One of the advantages when I use my 3-point mounted Rhino 950 rear blade. Soft driveway - reverse the blade and go like smoke and oakum.

I've only had Wallenstein. 4" BX42S and now 6" BX62S. There are definite advantages with the larger BX62S. Larger opening into the chipping chamber = very few limbs need to be pruned - heavier flywheel = more inertia - higher airflow = no chute plugging & chips get thrown further away. I...

Essentially - I live in a metal house. The rigid urethane insulation on the roof and in the wall is all enclosed in aluminum foil ( RMax ). When I make a phone call - warm outside, I stand out on the porch - cold outside, I stand by the glass door leading out to the porch. Works pretty well...

I would recommend that you build now with your future plans for the property in mind. It's not going to get any cheaper in the future. Probably worth checking on what tfuller posted - #2. The only restriction here - lot size is minimum 20 acres. All the land around here is zoned - open...

Ten years ago I bought a Fit Rite hydraulic top link and went with what Brian recommended. It's still works perfectly. It's a 3" diameter cylinder and 1.5" diameter rod.

I would be very carefull - doing this. You don't want to bend/tweak something else.

The original homesteader had sheep. He strung "old style" barbed wire around thru the pine trees. This is the old type with the flat barbs. I still have a 30 foot section that is in good shape. Serves no purpose today. It's well over 125 years old now. Yet another difference between...

I was able to get ten foot railroad ties for corners and gates. They are exceedingly heavy and somewhat a mess to deal with. BUT - they do work fine. So far mine have been in the ground 40+ years with no signs of deterioration.

That is nothing like disassembly of a Warn hub. Hope it helps the OP. BTW - before the OP starts any type of drilling - get an operator or owners manual for the hubs. See how they recommend disassembly.

The last manual locking hubs were on my Jeep TJ. They were metal and quite easy to disassemble. Never dealt with plastic hubs. If you are removing the plastic hubs and replacing them with metal - you are going the right way. All the hubs I've ever had were Warn.

I've not seen nor heard of high tensile barbed wire. I have used Copper Weld. It's twin wire, high carbon, copper coated in an almost indestructible neoprene sheath. Normally used, in the old days, as telephone wire. It's almost impossible to twist two sections together. If you need a...

AH - Glennallen - the social hot spot of central Alaska. I'll never forget the Friday movie nights at the I-Bar-F. The object being - stay sober enough so you could watch the end of the movie. One of the local watering holes that was multi-function.

I experienced super cold weather the year we lived in Glennallen, AK. -40F. HOWEVER - the coldest I ever FELT was living in Seattle, WA. The wind, the temp and the humidity - - closest I ever came to hypothermia. In Glennallen - I was dressed for the cold. Looked like the Pillsbury...

I've owned two tractors. Both purchased, brand new, from the same dealer. Ford 1700 4WD - 1982 til 2009. Kubota M6040 4WD - 2009 thru today. Two reasons for purchasing new - there simply aren't any used tractors, smaller than 150hp, in this neck of the woods. I don't want to...

Like all other tractor implements - no used dibbles in this part of the world. Thirteen years ago I upgraded tractors. Got a brand new Kubota M6040. Ten years ago I upgraded rear blades. Got a brand new Rhino 950 - 8 foot. I advertised and sold my smaller, lighter Land Pride rear...

For what I do, it would be - - hydraulic top link, dibble, pto chipper and grapple. The dibble, pictured below, is used for final alignment of implements when being connected to 3-point. This particular one is by Crescent.

Same pair of coyotes strolled thru the yard this AM. Surprised - at these temps +5F I'd have guessed they would still be holed up - waiting for sunrise. I can ID this pair by the coloration of the male.

Almost a year now - since my last post. Out on the property. I went down - able to tuck and roll. Lay there for a few minuets. No matter how I go down - it's always the left shoulder that hurts. Took three weeks for things to return to normal. Dr says - some type/form of arthritis...

First Aide kit, gloves, flashlite, warm blanket, roll of paper towels, couple energy bars, small note book with blank pages and a pencil.

I have NEVER read a post where it has been said - "OH, my - the shaft and shield removal was so very easy. A piece of cake". These two items are a very carefully engineered PITA. Fortunately - I have only one implement that uses a PTO - chipper. I remove the shaft when my spring time...

Just my humble opinion. An ATV is going to be too lite to do much cross slope cutting. If it does work - it's most likely going to be a very slow job. Don't purchase the dozer - hire a dozer & operator to just rough in the trails. ATV is much more attuned to doing final grading...

My father finally gave in and we got a TV - 1952. He like the Friday night fights. Gillette razor blade company. I also remember - my sister and I were not allowed to touch the TV. So.... I never watched much because the TV was on so my Father or Mother could watch something they enjoyed...

Beenvenue - a shame we are so far apart. I was given a hand crank unit. Never used it. I would give it to you. I think this may be what you are looking for.

Ten years ago I purchased a Fit Rite hydraulic top link. It's a category two unit and has performed flawlessly.

I would say - you have found a winner.

I KNOW I'm a strange egg. Better than being dead. Besides - we can all call it - an unusual personality.

I have a Fit Rite hydraulic top link. I didn't get shift or tilt because I didn't know to order added hydraulic remotes when I purchased the tractor. It came with one hydraulic remote. Actually - side shift and tilt would only be helpful with my rear blade. I don't use my ROBB often...

Well......lets see. I have six land engagement implements plus a chipper. It sure makes connecting the top link a whole lot easier. And I use it to fine tune each of the implements - while in use. Rather than the implement working - just OK - - it can be tuned to perfection. Makes...

It's hard to realize how very handy a hydraulic top link is - until you actually get one and use it. It's even harder to put into words. I got my Fit Rite in 2013.

Fracking a potable water well is not normally a recommended thing. Generally it's just too close to somebodies sewerage system. I've seen where the steel pipe is "sliced" - at a specific depth - with a very special slicing tool. It has four very sharp knives that will spring out and slice...

I have a Troy Bilt Horse. It's forward rotating. I've used it to break virgin ground. It works just fine. I bought this in 1982. Still works great. I've replaced the tines and the reverse pulley. Otherwise - gas up and go. I have 80 acres here. From a tilling standpoint - it's...

Contact your dealer - give him a chance to correct the condition. Good choice. BTW - welcome to TBN.

I have a 25 gallon Demco with a 25 foot hose. Bought in 1988. It's got a PTO driven roller pump. It does just fine. I spray thistles and anything else obnoxious. 25 foot hose is plenty for all my needs. Fits on the 3-point and the pump clamps right onto the tractor PTO stub...

That might work for thinning my pine stands. 800 - 1200 small ( 1" to 6" on the butt ) pines. Every other year now. I use a chain saw for a couple reasons. It's really quick - it leaves the root ball in the ground. I end up dragging these pines to collection piles and then chipping...

Nice new unit Ralph. I see - all your snow is gone also. At one point I actually had 9". The next day - 6". It went to green grass pretty fast here.

I have one valley in my driveway. It is NOT a place where I would want to go off the edge on either side. Otherwise my mile long gravel driveway is straight as an arrow - flat as a pool table. The snow melt from a very large field drains down one side of the valley and ice up on the...

I found a chipper that, supposedly, will work on a 35hp tractor. It's not a unit the average homeowner is going to buy. It has hydraulic in-feed lift to help grab incoming material and load sensing - to stop in feeding when the chipper rotor slows. Load sensing is probably why they say it...

I wonder........ is the 3" cutting height when you use hammers rather than the knives. Are the hammers shorter than the knives.

I'm very happy to say - NO, I've never seen a helicopter load like that. I'm an old man - can't run real fast. My first thought - "THEY" are coming - run for the hills. I've seen one of those multi-blade ROW trimmers - hanging down below a copter. That was scary enough.

The Messicks web site has a rather long video on the Del Morino. It looks like the fellow has the unit sitting down tight on the ground. He did say that if you lift the unit with the 3-point arms - it will not cut. And he gives a demo of this. I would get back with the dealer and ask...

Nice new unit. Lets all hope you enjoy it in the dirt and not snow. Winter is getting old this time of year.

All the exotic brand you guys mention. The ONLY ones I've seen in our area - JD and Wild Turkey. Most of what you guys drink never makes it across the Rockies. My friend bought a bottle of locally made wheat whiskey. Tasted like lightly flavored rubbing alcohol. Looooong time ago. A...

I guess the correct answer - yes, you can add weight on the 3-point up to the amount its designed to carry. I have 1550# of RimGuard in my rear tires and a 1000# rear blade on my Kubota M6040. For what I do with the tractor - this setup works great. I lift and move large rocks and chunks of...

I planted a half acre to wild grasses and wildflowers. I chewed up the topsoil with a home made drag. Planted half of the land in the fall - half the following spring. The fall planting resulted in better sprouting. After two years you could not tell the difference. All the grasses and...

Muddy bears. My favorite vice.

We moved onto the property in 1982. That year I bought a brand new Ford 1700. After 27 years( 2009 ) I had completed all the projects I could with the Ford. I traded in the Ford and got a Kubota M6040. Now I'm into larger projects.

My driveway is plenty wide for any normal highway vehicle. However - it's just a whole lot easier for me and any delivery company to take delivery out where my driveway enters the county road. There is a very large pull off area and I can meet them with the tractor. I off-load - they go on...

I learned a lesson about twenty years ago. Having a ton of wood pellets loaded into the pickup. Driver kept going and crunched the tailgate. Fortunately - the insurance company for the business paid for a new tailgate. Now if I go for a load of something with the pickup - remove the...

I have R-1's on my M6040. 40 in the front. 16 in the rear. I do a lot of grapple work. That's why the fronts are pumped up. 16 in the rear give a full contact patch. R-14 being a new type - you would think the manufacturer would provide guidance on tire pressures.

Big Brown got stuck in my driveway once. Slid off into the snow bank. I pulled them out with my tractor. My insurance man advised - be careful. You DO NOT have - a towing business nor insurance to cover towing accidents.

New York state. I'm very surprised to see that your driveway is not frozen - hard as a rock. I have a mile long gravel driveway. I have a very large turn around area. Big enough for a full sized semi or concrete truck. It's a shame they tore it up. Shouldn't take a whole lot to affect...

"Eating crow" - that is for sure Jstpssng. I just checked again and the game DOES NOT start at noon PDT. All the whoop-LA starts at noon. The game is at 3:30 PDT. Heck - if I start watching at noon - I'll be SNORING long before 3:30. I sure hope the team cheerleaders have nice costumes...

Geeze - that makes life easy. Not really that expensive either.

I have a Kubota tractor and JD riding mower. Both dealers say I do not have to use their branded oil to maintain the warrantee. The oils must meet their specs. Both Owners manuals list the specs the oils must meet. If there was some horrendous malfunction that could be caused by not...

Short story. So for six years - I gave up my '98 Harley and rode BMW. While waiting for the dealer to do an oil/filter change - I noticed that BMW branded motor oil was $16.95 per quart. My BMW R1200 GSA took six quarts. I asked the service tech if they used the BMW oil. "Hell no...

MJ is just ONE of the things I don't feel moved enough to keep up with. I'm pretty sure the stuff is still not legal in WA state. About six years ago - three REAL IDIOTS ( Larry, Moe & Curley types ) tried setting up a MJ growing operation right across the county road from my driveway. I...

I've had folks( immediate family members ) get upset that I leave my phone off. My son, granddaughter, great grand children - turn their cell phones on the minute they are awake and their feet hit the floor. My answer - you do what you want. I do what I want. Remember who pays MY phone...

Rather unique situation here. My cell phone ( and only phone ) is ALWAYS OFF. Unless I'm expecting an immediate return call OR making a call myself. Messages or missed calls are easy to screen and return or delete when I turn the phone on.

Three years ago. Down the road checking/updating one of my Geocaches. Off in the nearby bushes - an abandoned car. I could not resist - opened the trunk. Large plastic bags - full of Marijuana. Came back home - called the police. It was a stolen and abandoned car. I don't think they...

It's still very wet and humid here. I'll be making a big pot of chicken noodle soup. Something to keep Brownie and me warm for all weekend.

Nine years of use on my BX62S - the blades are still razor sharp. Because I chip ONLY green pine and I don't drag them thru the dirt and mud. That represent chipping between 7500 to 8500 small pines. At that rate - I'll probably croak before needing to get the blades sharpened. Heck - I...

Suggestion - yes, maybe a wider tractor is one solution. Another solution - look for a tractor that has Ag rims. They have MANY widths that the rims can be adjusted to. Mine - on my Kubota M6040( both front and rear ) have eight different widths that the rims can be set to. AND - you...

I've had two Wallenstein chippers. First was a BX42S - now a BX62S. Fantastic chippers. Both models have been upgraded by Wallenstein. I chip ONLY small pines. 1" to 6" on the butt. Every other year - 800 to 1200 small pines - thinning my pine stands. So... no need for the hydraulic...

I understand your feeling - Rustyiron. I have four military Jerry cans. Brought them with us when we came down from Alaska. I know - for a fact - they are OVER 55 years old. No rust - no leaks. Mainly due to - the design for military use, the UBER dry weather here - the cans NEVER sit on...

Never heard of that brand. Familiar with - Goodyear, Firestone, Goodrich, Titan - etc. Likewise - I've never had to replace the rear tires. Front tires - yes. 27 years on my first tractor when traded in. Rear tires still in good shape. It has a lot to do with keeping the tractor and...

Replace recessed grease zerks. Thin wall - deep socket. I cram paper towel into the socket to bring the zerk up to the face of the socket.

First - welcome to TBN. I think about 6" is the widest spacer I've seen for rear wheels. That would add 12" in total width. My Kubota M6040 came with ag rims. They have multiple widths. Consequently - my Owners Manual say - "use no spacers". Make any adjustments by altering the ag...

I got a Lock-N-Lube to go on my DeWalt battery powered grease gun. THEN I found that the L-N-L would not fit ANY of the recessed zerks on the FEL, grapple, tractor or rear blade. I said to hell with it and went back to the standard fitting that came with the DeWalt.

A couple years ago - I gave thought to headlight replacement on my M6040. Then a thought crossed the grey matter. Exactly how often do I REALLY need the headlights. In the 40+ years out here - I've used my tractor two times when I actually needed the headlights. My $$$ will go to...

For the front axle gear case and front differential case - I use 80/90 gear oil. Kubota also recommends - UDT and Super UDT fluids. I've had two tractors in the 40+ years out here. Always used 80/90 gear oil in the front end. Never had a moments problem with either tractor.

I've had my Land Pride SGC1560 grapple for nine years now. It's an uber HD grapple and has held up well. I can attest to the quality of Land Pride grapples. I use mine to move large rocks and chunks of pine tree trunk. What SmokyDog says/posts about mods to your grill guard is VERY...

I sure hope it was the light duty version. Hate to think what it took to do that damage to the HD one.

Reminds me of a story my Mom told. It was when I was two or three YO. My dad and friends had gone duck hunting. They put the ducks in Mom's GE clothes washer to remove the feathers. She NEVER let him forget about this catastrophe. Dad never mentioned this incident. I would have never...

So....the rear tires on the 5145 OEM are R-4's on solid rims. I would check with another dealer and see what they can do. If all else fails - you might have to purchase split rims and have the R-4's mounted as an after market option. I bought a Ford 1700, brand new, in 1982. It came...

My first try would have been with a bent coat hanger. I don't think I would have ever thought of using my shop vac. That's really using the 'ol noggin......... You deserve this....(y)

The one thing I learned. Shallow plowing first, makes rototilling so much easier. Especially if you have hard packed ground.

Really - the driveway is not all that bad. Just add more gravel and regrade. Like jyoutz says. AND I've used my Land Pride LPGS on my driveway for years with splendid success. I have a mile long gravel driveway. It was built in 1982 and is still in great shape.

My folks bought this 80 acres from the original homesteader in '38. Dad had always planned on retiring here. He never made it to retirement age. Wife and I moved down from Alaska in '82. None of the old homestead buildings were still here then. I can remember them because as a kid we...

HA - four of five days ago - a "band" of four cows show up at my inner gate. They were identified and the rancher to the south reunited this lost band. They had been out on the open range since they were turned out - spring of 2022. Surprisingly - they were in good shape. First time...

I have one burn pile. Pine trees that have been taken down or have fallen. Either due to wind or pine bark beetle. I don't have brush that I remove. So.....by all you guys standards - my brush pile is pretty small. AND since it's become home to, at least, two flocks of quail - I don't...

There is one area - north of me - 50 to75 miles. Up around Chewelah and Colville - south of Kettle Falls. You best be on your toes - deer aplenty and they like challenging cars and pickups. I ALWAYS slow down thru this area. And I go this way quite often. Either the Kettle Falls loop or...

Depends upon what LPGS you get. With mine at 800# - I can adjust how much "cut" the two blades will make. It's adjusted at ~ 1.5" cut. I could go to as much as 2.0" OR to almost nothing. Remember - with land engagement implements - weight is your friend. Get one, like mine, where you can...

AND it is with a winged aircraft - not a helicopter. I totally agree - Rockbadchild. He is supposedly going to be using a shotgun. But even then - it sounds very ify. I STILL forgot to ask what gov program this is. Must be something pretty special - my search of the internet for a...

My rancher friend stopped by yesterday. He doesn't know when this government hunter in the airplane will be coming around. So - for now - coyotes rule.

Just this morning I heard the "coyote version" of Cool Water. Almost as good as the Sons of the Pioneers.

I don't think much of anything is built as heavy duty as it use to be. The idea today - lighter, thinner, faster, shinier - CHEAPER.

Evil is easy to recognize and correct. Stupid - not so much.

I chip only green pine. 1" to 6" on the butt. With 50 PTO hp behind my Wallenstein BX62S - no problems. Couple years ago I chipped four dead and weather hardened apple trees. If I did this all the time - I would definitely want more HP and a bigger, heavier flywheel. My Wally has a 200#...

We locked the keys in the pickup once. The doors were locked too. Don't remember how we did it but if it was possible - we could do it. Fortunately we had a sliding rear window on the pickup. Took a while but finally poped the lock and the wife was able to skinny in thru the rear window...

I have Sears( Kenmore ) washer and dryer that are both 20+ years and still going strong. This could also be because it's only me here and I don't do laundry every day. Now - talk about longevity. My toaster is Kenmore. Was given to the wife and I as a wedding gift in 1964. Still works...

I had a flicker( type of wood pecker ) pecking on various areas of my all cedar home. I did serious investigation AND - seems he was retrieving bugs from the cracks between the timbers. No real damage but somewhat annoying. Then one day - great flopping and commotion out on the porch...

Dudley - I think that your gift to the local Sherifs office is a most kind gesture. In my case I would split it between the local Salvation Army and the ASPCA. Both organizations are doing wonderful jobs in our area. Needy people - needy animals - - that's the way I would go.

I have never gone to a NFL game. However - I was in Houston - July of '72 and saw the pro football team working out in the stadium. I never realized how really LARGE those players are. When you watch it on TV - all you mostly see is players against players. When they stand next to a 6'2"...

I always like the lower radiator hose heater. Get good hose clamps and you should not have any leaks for as long as the radiator hose is gonna last. The cool thing - you can alway tell they are working. They "perk" like a coffee pot. And if they don't perk - grab the radiator hose. It...

It's been two days now. No airplanes or copters and no - boom, boom. It's been high overcast - nothing that should stop a small plane or copter. I'll have to call my neighbor and see what's happening.

I've had a hydraulic top link for eight years now. Kick myself for not getting it when I bought the tractor. Big Bubba is dead nut on...... The hydraulic top link helps with everything. From hooking up the implement to making those finite adjustments while still sitting on your tractor and...

I know what would increase my viewing pleasure. If there were more than just fleeting glances of the team cheerleaders. Can you just imagine - a two minuet special of the Dallas cheerleaders going thru their routine. I mean - its real CRAP having to watch - for time unending - the refs...

When I needed new zerks - took a good one from an alternate location. Took it to NAPA and finally found exact replacements at O'Reileys. What really chaps my hide - zerks on the grapple, FEL, tractor and rear blade can each be a different size/thread.

Years ago I lured the coyotes in with a boom box and a squealing rabbit tape. I had a gun but had no intention of shooting. I was surprised, and somewhat scared, how close they would come before becoming spooked. When they got the closest - you wondered if it was the noise from the boom box...

Either blade will require proper control. Take too deep a cut - the weight of the dirt and the required traction will, likely, stop your tractor. All being equal - you should be able to take a deeper cut with a six foot blade and, obviously, a wider cut with a seven foot blade. What does...

AND - holy Carp. Looking around at the upcoming superbowl. Do we all know how much the cheapest seats - way up in the noseblead section - will cost. Ticket ~ $4600 and with required fees ~~ $6700. And it tops out around $45K for seats in the dedicated club sections. Makes watching it...

If I had 35 acres and fire ants and pocket gophers and moles......... I would beg, borrow, rent or steal the heavies PTO driven rototiller I could possibly pull with my 70 Hp tractor. Set the rototiller to scarf up the top one inch of the native soil. Then...... round and round you go...

I've had my 2018 Ram 2500 Power Wagon for five years now - 30K miles. Experienced no death wobble. Man 'O man - my 2005 Jeep TJ could sure get a death wobble. Quickest cure - jam on the brakes. I traded it in before I got involved in any type of permanent cure.

Ya - Jstpssng. For a moment there I think the big white dog though my hand held GPS unit was a treat I was bringing to him. The dog followed right along with me as I finally located the Geocache. It was snowing so very hard - the wife, sitting in our Jeep, never saw the dog. When I...

I open the drain valve on my air compressor tank and let all the water blow out on the floor of my shop. It's not a whole lot of water and it will dry out after a while. No harm - no foul. I could put a shop towel down on the floor - if I were really concerned. Why would you put a permanent...

The only time I've ever needed help - we were on an outing with the Top 'O the World Four Wheelers in Anchorage, AK. Plenty of help there in all outings. Otherwise - I go offroading all the time. BUT - I learned invaluable lessons from my 20+ years in AK. What to do - when to do it -...

There is a Basque fellow about fifty miles south of me. He has thousands of sheep and several Great Pyrenees dogs. I guess this is his way of protecting his sheep. Several years ago - down his way - searching for a Geocache in a blinding snow storm. Crawled under a barbed wire fence -...

Honestly - I had never heard of this program and I do not remember what it was called. Next time I see my neighbor - I'll write it down and let everybody know.

You DO know - noted psychologists compare the current FB games to the ancient Roman gladiator games. The only difference - nobody is supposed to get killed.

The current QB's do seem to be more speedy and somewhat more frail. I remember the "good 'ol days'. When the QB was just another tough dude. The days of - YA Tittle, Bronco Nagurski, etc. When a player bowed out because of a broken arm or leg. Now - it's a minor bruise or bump in the...

A few years back "rancher" had a local hunter. But there is just too much territory to cover. I guess - a small airplane and a passenger with a shotgun will do better. We shall see. Coyotes will do the same as the mice, chipmunks and pocket gophers. For every one put down - there are...

Whether I like them or not. Today the federal government will be overflying my property and surrounding areas - shooting them. My neighbor - a large rancher - came over to tell me this yesterday. He will be paying $1500/hour for this service. This winter he has already lost to young...

My 2009 Kubota M6040 had NO warning feature. I simply NEVER use the parking break. Better to use the grounded grapple and rear blade.

I just hope it's a good game and no players get serious injuries. There are already enough injured players to satisfy anybodies blood-lust.

I wear leather if I'm doing any work on my perimeter fence. Heavy leather ( Aerostich Elkskin Roper ) provide pretty good protection when working with barbed wire or heavy implements. Otherwise - insulated mitts. I've been very lucky. Forty years and nothing has be smashed, crushed or broken.

Same here - Rotella 5w40. It's that or 10w30. Exactly what the owners manual recommends.

Lou - that Iron Craft single cylinder grapple should serve you well. I went to the site and looked at it. They are a tad light on exacting specs but the pictures show a well made unit. Just remember - it's a grapple on a tractor - not a heavy duty blade on a bull dozer.

I got mine eight years ago and its been a real joy. Save so much time and futzing. I just hooked mine up and used it. It allows for that finite adjustment that makes all implements perform to their best.

Yes - Safari and FireFox both display avatars and pictures. It would be nice to know what the problem was - even though I, most likely, would not understand.

If it were -26F here - - only some form of dire emergency would get me outside. This arctic cold front moving thru our area is making it cold enough. It's +2F right now.

I use 55 gallon barrels on my barbed wire fence line. Filled with rock. Used where the fence line makes a sharp turn or goes up or down hill. Places where the bed rock is so close to the surface - I can't set a T-post. Spray paint them light brown. Don't stick out like a sore thumb. BTW...

I tried for years and years to maintain the driveway with just a rear blade. You would think after 30 years or so - a person would master the rear blade. NOT SO!!!! The problem - the front wheels on the tractor go down - the rear blade goes up and vice versa. It's just not humanly...

Mine is a Land Pride - GS2584 @ 800#. The blades are both angled the same. I don't know that one type is better than the other. A LPGS does not move material horizontally. OR - so very little as to be not noticeable. As long as it - scrapes up, lifts, resets and levels. That's about...

Fill it until it's higher than the surrounding ground. Then water will not pond there.

I've tilled three open fields on my property. I've used my LPGS with ripper teeth - I've used my moldboard plow then a disk set and finally a really heavy field cultivator. The LPGS with ripper teeth ended up producing the smoothest finish. Mainly because after ripping the pud out of the...

I use my LPGS on the driveway if I need to fix potholes, wiffles or riffles. It has ripper teeth that will dig below the potholes, etc, etc. Teeth up and the LPGS brings everything back to smooth.

And here ground cover and I had a mental picture of you sitting down to a nice mule roast. I've got white tails, Mule deer and elk here. AND turkey. Man do I hate turkeys. They can "do" your yard like wild hogs in Texas. Anyhow - I have an Oster grinder. Probably - 1/4 hp. Came down...

5030 - a slip of the keystroke??? A mulie isn't a deer in SE Michigan. Don't try to tell me you eat your mules either. 😅 :ROFLMAO:

This morning - things are much better. TBN with FireFox - 100%. TBN with Safari - all is well except almost no avatars. Pictures are fine also. Somebody is making progress - ???

I had a hydraulic splitter- Didier- that would spit a little hydraulic fluid after an hour or so of working it hard. After a long day - six to eight hours - it would be down a cup or so. I'd just fill-er-up and plan for my next splitting day.

Add zerks - for sure dstig1. But that manual top link went with the Ford when traded in for the Kubota. I got wise and got a FitRite for the new Kubota. One never realizes the ease and precision a hydraulic top link provides - until you own one.

I think folks are surprised for at least two reasons. They have no concept of the work involved. They have no previous reference to a project of that scope. I was somewhat shocked when I saw the bid to construct my driveway in 1982. I had no choice. I had to have access to the...

No doubt about it. Safari and TBN are not mixing well. Weird log in pages - less than half the avatars are displayed - many pictures and avatars are only small blue square with ? in the center. Strange - up until about 5 or 6 days ago - Safari worked just fine. It's beginning to have an...

My manual top link had no grease zerks. So.... twice a year - remove the top link from the tractor - totally disassemble - grease the heck out of the threads on both ends - reassemble. It's not that big a job but a couple of grease zerks sure would have made it easier.

This morning I've been all over the site. Everything is working fine again. And the predicted "allmighty storm" that was going to hit us and the midwest appears to have slipped right by us here.

I bought a manual top link for my 1982 Ford 1700. Don't remember the exact price but it WAS under $100. Geeze - for $300 you are almost up to the price of a good hydraulic top link. That is - if you have the hydraulics already set up for a hydraulic one.

Surely - after almost twenty years - something has happened. I had the same problem on my 1982 Ford 1700. It was entrapped air in the hydraulic system. It came on right after I did a hydraulic oil change. With the rear blade on the 3-point - lift/lower the blade about 30 to 40 times...

ponytug - "Did I paint that barn". No - that's a photo taken off a website. It's regarding "barns of the Palouse". But - thank you for that thought. I can attest that it is a picture of a real barn. I've been there and seen it. Has it been photo enhanced - I really don't know...

Here @ 11 pm - things are still not working correctly. Log in page opens with display of raw data. Same with many posts and no avatars. Looks very much like virus corruption.

Knock on wood. No water leaks on the Taco Wagon - 2018 Ram 2500 Power Wagon. However - dust does suck into the bed of the truck. Did the same thing on my 2005 Ford F-150.

It's obvious - the folks in my post# 625 are taking very good care of their round barn.

I have HughesNet and it works just fine for me. Especially since I didn't have to pay $600 for their equipment and $110 a month for their service.

Wish I could get rid of my pocket gophers with some type of spray. I will be addressing this "opportunity" later this year.

When I open a thread and get "weirdness" - close it - go back to main list of all threads - open the thread a second time - it's usually OK then. It's as though it takes two times to get all the info opened and in the correct place.

AAAHHHH - first time I opened this thread - no avatars and everything lined up vertically on the left side of the page. This time - everything seems OK. AND - I'm getting the same thing that gstrom99 speaks of.

This round barn is about 40 miles south of me. One of these days I will stop - talk to the folks - get pictures of the inside. There are two more round barns - south of me. They aren't as large as this one.

Something is still not working correctly. Here on HughesNet I still get - a weird initial log in page - a few avatars not showing - a few pictures not showing. Something has grabbed hold of TBN and giving it a good shake. My browser now is FireFox.

From the "dry side" - - welcome to TBN Tom.

riptides An added factor in my case. I'm on HughesNet and have been experiencing varying degrees of connectivity - due to weather. Many, many years on HughesNet. I've learned - you take what you can get and work with it. Refresh does help - sometimes. Booting up an...

Regarding the paint. I use a cheap black rattle-can type. The bottom side of my implements will soon loose any type I put there and will need to be sprayed again. I clean and spray the bottoms to reduce rusting while the implements are not in use.

I wonder - is flattening the ant hills really going to solve the problem. OR is it just a band-aide. My way of thinking - first you must eliminate the ants and THEN flatten their hills. Ants can be very much like beavers. They will build back as fast as you tear down.

I've never worked on a parking lot - just my loooong driveway. However - I have learned this. There is a GREAT difference between making something smooth or making it level. I have no problems making my driveway smooth. I've given up trying to make it level. I may have the necessary...

Here on Safari. Some avatars show - some do not. Same with the pictures. The messages show just fine using either browser. The answer for me - just use FireFox. And if FireFox goes "blink" - there are many others.

Well - this morning is a totally different picture. I'm on FireFox and this particular thread is all screwed up. The thread opened up before all the data was loaded. Everything is listed in a vertical column on the left side of the page. Obviously there is work to be done here. I'll...

One year I used pellet stove ash. It worked great. Until I put it on the walkway - leading into the house. Watch out what you use and where you put it. That pellet stove ash tracked terribly.

OK. I just now notice a difference. If I access TBN using FireFox - no problems. If I use Safari - no avatars - no pictures. Just the small blue square with ? in the center. I'm running macOS Catalina 10.15.7. Internet access - Hughes Net. I'm getting all the text using either browser.

Just about any tire would work for me. Until I got into snow or mud or need added traction. That's why I run Goodyear 6 ply R-1's. I still have places where my 10,000# Kubota 4WD with loaded rears can get stuck. These areas are avoided until late summer when things dry out.

I fell off the house roof - once. Only a ten foot drop but, damn - it hurt. Nothing broken but a whole lot of sore parts. You would NEVER get me up that high or on that steep a roof. I'd hire it done. But then again - I'm 80 years old.

The weather has cleared off here and everything seems to be back to normal for me. All avatars and pictures are showing fine. Even von-mil's cow.

Our weather has been so screwy the last three or four years. About the time I get ready to spread some wood pellets( pellet stove stuff ) it turns nice and rains. Driveway dirt/sand get tracked onto what little ice there is. Problem solved.

Yes - today has been troubling. But it's not just TBN for me. It's most all web sites. I'm on HughesNet and it's the heavy overcast weather that's giving the trouble.

I leave the hood open on my vehicles - tractor, pickup, riding mower. Mice seem to not like the open area. Keeps them out of the engine compartment, passenger compartment and exhaust.

I've tried using a landscape rake to clear about an acre of land. Prior to planting into wild grasses. Unfortunately the landscape rake didn't do a good job. I DID clear all the rock though. A wheel barrow and bending over for each and every rock.

I've added grease zerks to hinges. You drill down thru the hinge - thread the drilled hole - screw in a zerk. If you can - remove the hinge pin before you drill. Makes drilling the hole easier and won't score the pin. Actually - if you can remove the hinge pin - forget the zerk. Just...

One time - I rode a horse. We were going back to a remote lake in the Northern Cascade Mts - north central WA state. I lasted about three hours in the saddle. Then - I walked and led the horse. I thought it would be more like riding a motorcycle - NOT!!! I had pain where I didn't even...

Geez - ovrszd. You are right. I screwed up. It WAS a big brown truck. It was UPS not FedEx. You can see how often I get package delivery. I can't even keep the names straight.

My BIL was a professional cowboy. At least he rode the bulls. He lasted about 18 years - until he was 42. By then he was so busted up - he could barely walk and had to take pain meds 24/7/365. But he looked good in the cowboy garb and could drink like a fish. Either drinking or smoking...

I have a mile long gravel driveway. About 25 years ago FedX and their big brown truck got stuck in the snow on my driveway. I went down and pulled the vehicle back onto the driveway. Ever since that time - NONE of the delivery services come down the driveway - any time of the year. The...

To heck with wrapping the house. I stop them at the property line. I've only had wire breakage of one type. Hungry cows pushing thru the strands. I see their point though. Their side is gnawed down to the dirt - my side is still green and lush. However - this is how it usually happens...

When I installed my barbed wire fence ( 1.5 miles ) I knew I would need about 26 rolls of new barbed wire. One roll = 1320 feet. The dealer gave me a deal on a particular brand. Red Shank - Ever Sharp. I found out why when installing the first roll. The barbs are sharper than razors and...

I have several different pairs of gloves. For summer - heavy duty thick leather. - I do a whole lot of work with barbed wire in the summer. For winter - from thin leather fingered gloves to thermally insulated mittens. All depends upon what I plan on doing outside. There is one feature...

You could hear the split/stacked firewood "cracking" in the dry summer weather. Pine dries quite quickly and easily.

When we burned wood - we stacked it in a woodshed. Stacked because there was only enough room for five chords. We burned five chords a year. Harvested and stacked in the early spring. Burned the coming winter. Pine - by fall it was dry as a popcorn fart.

Many years ago - checked the hydraulic oil level on the tractor - prior to starting. It was down half a quart. I added until it was at the full mark. Half way down my mile long driveway - a rather loud "POP". Fortunately the fill plug was plastic - it was bright yellow - I found it lying...

One of these days "they" may realize - you can not legislate STUPID away.

Are we surprised at the number of Yellowstone "spinoffs?". Just about as bad as Law and Order. Man - if you have a good thing - FLOG IT.

If I'm speaking to a person in the USA - I will use the terms - drivers side OR passengers side. Otherwise it can be a mixed bag. If I'm unsure - I'll use port or starboard.

I have four types of ants. Tiny black( piss ants ) - red & black - standard black - carpenter ants. I seldom bother with any ants because they usually stay out in the "bush". However - if the need arises - I have an old bag of Diazanon that is still effective. Just the tiniest amount -...

Yes - insurance on my tractor. But where would I ever get such a nice, low hour 2009 Kubota M6040 now??? Like trying to replace your M9540 - ovrszd.

Interesting high tech wrecker.

Old Man of the Lake. Looking out over my frozen ten acre lake.

The Taco Wagon frame was primed with some type of acid etching undercoating. Then it was finished off with a double coating of Line-X undercoating. The frame was not sprayed - it was dipped in a tank of the Line-X. For that matter - the entire underside of the Taco Wagon is sprayed with 2X...

I feel your pain and anxiety. The loss is great, overwhelming but you are still alive and in good health. Fire is my one great fear out here. I know, for a fact, how long it will take the fire department to get here. For this single reason - I have complete insurance coverage.

I have no problems just leaving the stumps. There are no trees in my yard. They are all out on the acreage. I tried digging out one pine stump. It was about 35 years ago. I was young.....and stupid. After three days of digging - I burned it. On my 80 - Mother Nature takes care of...

Hay Dude - why did you mow the water retention basin???

When we lived in Anchorage it was all natural gas. It was dirt cheap and all new houses were NG. Never had any problems with explosions or fires. Not even during the big earthquake.

I saw a recent article on MSNBC. An electric car - somewhere in CA - caught fire and burned. Got caught trying to drive thru the water. Water was too deep. Shorted out the battery and BURN, BABY - BURN. Makes me wonder about these new electric - Jeep, Hummer and the like. Tough way to...

Hold the can like the picture Gee Ray shows in post #2. Then a small funnel on the tank you want to fill. Tip and pour into the funnel. I've done it this way - countless times - never spilled a drop. The ONE time a friend goosed me doesn't count either.