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My box blade - Bush Hog 720 ROBB. 72 inches wide - 710 pounds. Based upon my use of this implement - I should really sell it. However - we all know what happens when you arbitrarily get rid of something.

"tumble bar" -- ???

In the heat of the summer - you can smell my RR ties from twenty feet away. Lucky - around these parts, no termites. We do have the occasional wood boring bee. Don't seem to like my cedar home or those "juicy" RR ties. However - there must be a valid reason that prestressed concrete ties...

If you are talking "real" RR ties - they should last forever with no added help. I have four - serving to hold up two gates. Installed in 1982 and still solid as a rock. If you are talking about the crap sold at you local hardware store. Well - you are going to get exactly what you pay for.

Blinker lights. Two things affect my blinker lights. My Buck brush only grows two feet high at a max. Can't get to the blinker lights. And - my tractor never leaves my 80 acres. So who cares about the blinker lights.

The wife and I left Alaska in 1982 and moved onto our 80 acres that year. We had our mile long gravel driveway built and constructed our cedar home that same year. Our house is by PanAbode. Construction is just like building a Lincoln log toy house. Only difference - the outside walls are...

Last Sat - 28Th - 26F at sunrise here.

They should be the same - DK35vince. Doubt it - get out the tape measure.

We have cougars here. Never seen one. However - I don't wander around the property at night either.

We went to Alaska, permanently, in 1965 in a brand new VW beetle. After taking that poor little car on some of the most God awful roads and trails. The wife said - why not just buy a 4WD vehicle. Many times we surprised a group of 4WD vehicles by joining their group with the bug. The...

I don't have any garage doors here. In AK my garage door was insulated with some type of rigid foam. The advantage was - it increased the structural strength of the door. And I suppose it kept the garage warmer. A couple garage door companies were selling "no freeze" garage door lips. If...

It's a good and a cool morning here. Sun is just poking thru the pines and it's 26F outside. Brownie was surprised to see frost on the grass.

BeeJay - if this is under warantee - return to the dealer and let him fix this.

You are absolutely correct - paulsharvey. I'm retired. I bought my Ram 2500 Power Wagon - brand new in 2018. I did not want a vehicle for towing - nor hauling. About 40% of my miles are off-road looking for and finding new adventures. And - as I told a fellow at the gas station - I get...

Getting old can be a real PITA. Now I remember my chipping session with my weather hardened old apple trees. Six old semi-dwarfs. I sure could have used some form of hydraulic in feed. Instead - I cut all the limbs into three foot chunks. Things went smoothly but it did take extra...

I wonder where the rating on those pallet forks is at. Most likely right where they attach to the FEL. If the 4000 pound rating WAS at the tips - the rating at the FEL attachment would be significantly higher.

Most of the work I do with my grapple - moving large chunks of pine tree trunk and large rocks. I have obtained and faithfully use two weight charts I got off the internet. Weight of basaltic lava rocks and weight of pine logs. Helps keep me out of trouble. I do not like that feeling -...

Consider this. The lift specs are rated at the pivot pins. Unless you hang a chain down from these pins - the amount you will be lifting is some distance forward of those pins. Based upon the type implement attached to the FEL. Usually 18 inches, 24 inches or more. You will DEFINITELY not...

Just a random thought. The way a whole lot of these inbred imbeciles drive around here on the county roads - glad my two nearest neighbors are dedicated ranchers. It's come close a couple times. All I said - "don't even ask". City folk wanting to drive my tractor or ATV. Now - that...

I don't think a little over will be any problem. Like RjCorazza said - be sure any/all slip clutches are properly adjusted. I've seen/heard of lots of implements being trashed. NEVER because the tractor had too much Hp.

One year we had over three feet of standing snow. One young moose came over from Turnbul NWR. Boy-Oh-Boy was he ever pissed. He jumped up/down - pawed at the snow - made hissing sounds - ears flat down against the side of his head. We all stayed in the house until he was LONG gone and...

This formation looks out over my little lake. We call it - old man of the lake.

I'm with 4570Man. NEW hose and NEW ends. You might want to take the old ends with you. So they get the correct new ones.

You know Jstpssng - you are a really great person. Getting that young lab made your day. Just think how happy the lab must be. That somebody loves him enough to get him out of that shelter and actually take him home.

Quite a few tourist are seriously injured or killed, by moose, in AK each year. I wonder - would this idiot treat a brown bear in the same manner.

Aren't puppies cute!!! You're going to have a great time with you new friend.

Yesterday - I killed a couple wasp like things. Smaller than a yellow jacket - totally jet black - not a bit fuzzy or hairy. First time I've seen these things.

Ha, ha A chipmunk on the porch this am. He had consumed so many pine nut seeds - looked like a tan tennis ball with dark stripes. That fellow had really laid on the winter fat. Hope this isn't a forecast of the coming winter.

Hay Dude is right on. Heavy stuff in the center of the bucket. I've seen folks bend up their FEL so da#n easy. Pulling fence posts with a chain - on one side of the bucket. I have a chain sling. Attaches to grab hooks - one on each side of the bucket. This ensures that the "pull" is from...

I didn't realize synthetic rope was made from so many different types of material. The stuff I was looking at had a core of Spectra, for strength, and an outer sheath of Dyneema for wear/abrasion resistance. The extremely wide price variance make one wonder. I know exactly what my 3/8 inch...

I was thinking of replacing the steel line on the Warn winch on my Power Wagon. I seldom use it but once a year I stretch it out - clean it - and lube. Synthetic would not require this. Then I check the price on Spectra. Wholly Carp - $705 for 100 feet. I'll keep my steel line and be loving it.

I would suggest the best dust mask you can normally get. You all have mice in your barns. Where there are mice there is always the possibility of Hantavirus. This is nothing to fool with.

There is another implement that looks very dangerous. I've only seen them used. It's a rather large spiral auger - driven off the PTO. Used to split firewood. I try not to envision clothing getting caught in this auger and what could happen.

I have used a winch to move a tree, once. I have used both electric and gear driven winches - hundreds of times - to retrieve stuck vehicles. I've always used steel winch line - never any type of synthetic line. One constant concern. Winch line breaking and snapping back. We would always...

I completely agree - CalG. But it's just me and Brownie out here.

In the summer I have an outside shower. 200 feet of garden hose and nozzle. Lying in the sun I get about two minuets of warm water. Did I mention my nearest neighbor is over two miles away.

The way I see it - the FEL has the rated capacity - not the grapple itself. So..... light duty, standard duty, heavy duty & extreme duty is how grapples are normally rated. Choose your grapple type - subtract the weight of the grapple from what the FEL can lift. That's your max lift capacity...

We were at Tahoe in August. Surprising how very clear the water is. I'll bet you could get Sechi disk reading at 50 feet in that lake. So we decided we would go swimming. Thank God - I first put a bare foot in the water. It was as cold as ice. No swimming for us.

I use the cleaning technique as suggested by JethroB. Makes cleaning easy and quick. geteh - look back at my post - #8. Mine is a drawer installed microwave. Works well and keeps the counter tops clear.

I've often watched the chipmunks as they harvest and eat the Ponderosa pine nuts/seeds. I tried a couple. ICK - bitter and tasted like pine sap.

I have a mile long gravel driveway. I would LOVE to get one of those pull graders. My HD Rhino rear blade tries to be a grader. It DEFINITELY is NOT. I use my heavy LPGS to keep things smooth. But all I can do with the LPGS is smooth the "whoops" and the "doos". When I had my...

A true expression of the love for an animal. And how they will become an integral part of your life.

For some UKN reason- almost no pine squirrels out here. In the 44 years out here - I've seen two. Chipmunks are everywhere and into everything. There must be something lacking here for the squirrels. The pine squirrel is half the size of those I see in the city parks. They are slender...

The chipmunks are busy harvesting the pine nuts from the Ponderosa pines. I sweep the shards and torn apart cones off my porch every morning.

Can't be solved with any biological formula. I'm lost.

Holy Carp. Who left the door open to the freezer. It's been 36F to 40F at nights now. Days are getting up to 66F to 72F. Ha, ha - no problem keeping it cool in the house now.

I sure hope - no more days in the 90's. We get into the low 40's at night. With the windows open - fans of - it's time for the heavy quilts at night.

Rockbadchild - the one you show looks a whole lot like my Land Pride. I use mine to move large chunks of pine tree trunk, rocks of all sizes and, occasionally branches, pine needles and great honkin wads of dirt.

I have no trouble using the microwave - at that height. Now - as to down on my knees, cleaning it. It's EASY getting down. It's the getting back up that can be a bit*h at times.

I had a big 'ol Modine hanging ceiling heater in our garage in AK. Heat came from a hot water loop off our natural gas furnace. It must have been 100K BTU, at least. It would bring the garage to 70F in less than an hour. The garage was only 20x30 and well insulated. Including an...

Then why not take the shield off your implement.

Ha, ha - Doofy. I remember that one winter we spent in Glennallen. Around Halloween they started packing up and heading south. Quit a few more of the "California Younguns" out in the bush than we ever thought. I often wondered if they ever made it all the way home. 1965 - the AlCan was a...

I guess at 17 inches you could consider mine to be low. However - I'm not a GM design engineer and I've not found any midget servants to do ANY cleaning for me. So...... about once a week. On my knees and clean it with a wet shop towel. Takes all of two minuets.

In my determination - EA was never in the picture. I only buy local. They are out of my picture because I won't spend that much money without first laying hands on the implement. It certainly isn't shipping costs. Local or afar - you will pay something for shipping. Also - in my...

I have both - cover over the PTO stub and cover over the PTO shaft. Both serve a purpose. Why knowingly eliminate either.

I was thinking - all that $$$$ spent on a new barn. I would be looking for some type of fire retardant or fire resistant paint. Yes - I would calk the seams and nail holes. Who knows - keep going and you might end up with a duplex rental unit.

I use those black lynch pins on all the connections. They snap so tight -like getting your fingers caught in a rat trap. I secure the lower lynch pins with black nylon zip ties. Never lost one yet.

I can't remember the last time I used my big oven. Like Doofy - baked potatoes - reheat leftovers and coffee. Being by myself - my menu is very simple and easy to prepare.

Good afternoon Doofy. We don't get near as cold and for as long as you. I replaced my tractor battery with an Optima. 1150 CCA. So - if we get any snow this winter - the tractor will start easily. Both Farmers Almanacs say normal temps and wet for our area. The old days of heavy snows...

I have a drawer microwave. It on the end of my kitchen island. The first one failed about five years ago - after 17 years. EASY to find a replacement. I now have a 1000W Breville with a rotating plate. From the floor to the bottom of the drawer - 17 inches.

Ok - the decisions I made on purchase/use of a rear blade. My original rear blade was Land Pride and weighed around 400 pounds. One pass down my driveway showed that it was WAY too light for any type of summer work. It did, however, do well in the winter on snow. 2009 - I upgraded my...

I have a 400 pound cast concrete weight I can put on any of my land engagement implements. However - I like the idea of a 55 gallon drum. You can put as much water in it as you like. Just remember - adding weight to a lighter weight implement can have serious consequences. Very few...

I bought and installed a FitRite hydraulic top link nine years ago. It allows you to adjust ground engagement implements from - just OK to absolutely perfect. AND all while your buns are firmly planted.

I have one culvert under my driveway. I've never - in 43 years being out here - had water come down the valley. Much less go thru the culvert. So....last year I decided to check it. Bent down and came face to face with a racoon. It was clean enough for me.

I can still hear the sound of that old buzz saw. In the fall - the farmer was cutting up his old, non-productive apple trees for firewood. We lived almost half a mile away and could still hear that whine. I didn't know what that sound was - at first. My Dad did and said he would go up...

With luck you might find a piece of equipment that can handle your jobs. It will be used and best if it's an industrial/commercial piece of equipment.

Those old buzz saws. Used to cut firewood. Flat belt driven off a large flywheel on a tractor.

I've had those mud wasps fill the key hole on my tractor. Clean it out - spray it full of WD-40.

I have State Farm insurance on my house. For the first ten years we had a wood stove. Next ten year a pellet stove. Then electric heat. Electricity is very reasonable here in the PNW. One thing my insurance agent told me. Be certain the stove is installed according to local and state...

In the beginning - I ran an electric fence down one leg of my property. 1320 feet of electric fence. I drove the one grounding rod deep. Around this rod I made a small dish in the ground. About foot and a half in diameter. Poured half a coffee can full of copper sulfate into this dish...

For my corners I use rock filled gabions. This one is made out of 4' x 8' warehouse shelving. Two shelves - folded in the middle - wired together - filled with rock. Calculated weight ~ 6500 pounds.

Those pics help a lot. A LPGS would make quick work of that road. Your topsoil is loose enough to respond well. You could also use a rear blade. Perhaps a rear blade would be best. Especially if you live where you will need to clear snow.

A few things come into play here. What is the surface material on your road. Screened gravel that grades easily. Or like my mile long gravel driveway. My surface layer is - gravel, sand, silt and volcanic ash. It is hard as 30 year old concrete in the summer. I have class 2 rear blade @...

Actually - none of mine really scare me. Sometimes hooking up my class 2 implements gets a little dicy and I fear for my hands/fingers. I got a 14 inch dibble - made by Crescent - for that final inch or so. However - a couple years ago. Adjusting my rear blade. I thought the tractor was...

I have a rear blade ( Rhino 950 - 8 foot - 1050 pounds ) and a box blade ( Bush Hog 720 - 6 foot - 750 pounds ). My driveway - mile long - gravel. Can't remember the last time I ever used the box blade. I use the rear blade to remove snow and clean the driveway ditches. I also have a Land...

Hey fruitcakesa - When I bought the Wally BX62S - I also considered the next size larger. BX92S. It would handle 8 inch stuff. My Kubota M6040 would easily drive this 8 inch unit. Then reality hit home - again. I went out and cut down a pine that was 8 inches on the butt - 28 or 30...

Over the last four days - 0.08 inches. Not a lot but, at least, everything got wet.

At around 100 hours - loosen - apply Blue LokTite - re-torque. Nothing had loosened in the 100 hours. There was a rash of folks with loose lug nuts here on TBN. It just made me feel better and knowing they were all held down with LokTite. Strange - Blue would not hold but Red did. I...

I doubt it - total overcast right now.

I was thinking a weak battery or bad ground on tractor frame. Or a bad connect on the battery. I had bad battery connect on three year old Odyssey battery this year. It was that darn "anti-corrosion" crap I had put on the battery terminals. Cleaned it all off - good as new.

I was in charge of the Environmental Health Dept - Anchorage, AK. For over 20 years. We designed and inspected over 25K new systems. Including the repair/upgrade of failing systems. One thing I will say. We never recommended any corrective action "from afar". Not over the phone - not...

I had the same situation on a rototiller. No noticeable side plug. So... I filled the case with what looked like enough. It was too much. However - the overage just blew out the vented top plug. No loss - no damage. Then one day I had a real brain fart. Started checking all the bolts...

The power of my Kubota M6040 and the heavy fly wheel of the Wally BX62S are a perfect match. Even when chipping the 6" green pines - the Kubota does not slow down. Some years my son and his friend will come out and help. When it's time to chip. NOBODY - including me - likes the dragging...

You all know the bottom line here. I'm just glad to live in a place where I do not have to carry a weapon to feel safe.

My young ones all fledged - got their last belly full - bugged out around two weeks ago. This year I had twelve adults ( best available count ).

I find it interesting to watch the coyotes and their habits. They will linger around the outside of my yard. Probably to see if there are any "snacks" actually IN my yard. Then they will trot across my yard. A rather rapid walk. They don't appear nervous while looking into the yard...

I wonder if there is some way a person could be tested for this sort of reaction. Short of going thru a real life experience.

That's OK sixdogs. If you run out of capacity in that crossover ( either space or weight ) - I'll carry the gold bars. I would have NEVER guessed 500 pounds. Then - the shims I put under mine were unnecessary.

Ha - the reason I checked my entire fence line the other day. Had one of the neighbors black Angus bulls stomp right thru my five strands of Ever Sharp. Sure he got cut but he also got to my green grass. Unless you don't know. Out here in NE WA state - all the grass is now a light tan...

Really glad to hear that you are safe. I assume you are an adult. As such - have you never been stung and had this reaction previously. My God you are truly fortunate. If I ever had that type of a reaction and I don't have an epi pen - Goner. I'm alone out here and it takes the...

I don't have fox around here. If that is a coyote - sure a lot skinnier and smaller than what I get here.

I have seen a unit with a hydraulic scarifier bar. I'll think on it - might be able to remember. However - scootr's use of the water filled 55 gallon drum - brilliant. A whole lot easier and simpler than my 400 pound cast concrete weight.

I have NEVER shot at a coyote to kill. They were part of the original indigenous inhabitants and have as much right to be here as I do. Just wish they could help pay some of my property tax.

If you live in the country and you don't have - ground hornets, fire ants, pocket gophers, ground hogs or one of a dozen other biting, chomping, stinging critters. Better have the radiation level checked on your property.

That's like the mile and a half of barbed wire I have around my 80 acres. It's either that or learn to sleep with the cows from both neighbors. I have a product called Ever Sharp - four point barbs that will slice you just as well today as the day I put it up 42 years ago. Yes - it's really...

I suppose if I walked the streets of Spokane with my shotgun slung over my shoulder - LEO would stop and have some questions. However - if I was being good - not a darn thing they could do. Same with a semi- auto assault rifle.

I had a crossover in my Ford F150. I increased its weight carry capacity considerably. With treated 4x4's I built three shims. They went under the box - about a foot in from each side and one in the middle. Screw the box down tight to the side rails - kept the shims in place. Let the bed...

However - if you are talking about a land plane grading scraper. This is my Land Pride GS2584. Seven feet wide - 800 pounds.

My top picture show my Land Pride SGC1560 grapple. 60 inches wide -820 pounds of AR400 steel. Run off a WR Long third function valve. Here is a better picture. It been a real workhorse for the eleven years I've had it.

I have a Rhino 950. Eight feet wide - 1050 pounds. I got really tired of those lighter rear blade that just "clink" along my mile long gravel driveway and make sparks.

Nice looking box. I was going to put one in the Taco Wagon. Then I realized - I couldn't even reach into the bed of the truck. I'd NEVER be able to reach into a crossover. If the manufacturer is still in business - call and see what they say.

I had to tone my "greetings" down a bit. The early years of our life in Alaska - trespass also assumed - "entry onto property with intent to do bodily harm". Homesteaders often shot trespassers. No questions asked - drop them right in your front yard. Let the wolves clean up the mess...

I live on my property. No damn security cameras. "Guests" that I do not instantly recognize are met by me and my 12 gauge. It did not take long, at all, for word to spread - this is how the "old fart" will be handling uninvited guests. You come to do me harm - better bring your own grave...

I watched the entire clip. That would certainly be more than a thrill of a lifetime. I take it back - I wouldn't get sea sick - I would be too scared.

Dodge Man - I wonder. When those hydraulic garbage trucks lower the empty can - is it possible they don't release it soon enough and smash it on the ground. Whatever - those poor plastic wheels on mine really took a hit. And I know it wasn't the raccoons. They have managed to tip it over...

Yesterday - as I was washing dishes - I looked at my fallen pine tree. It had assumed a more acute angle. The top is only about seven feet above the ground. Mother Nature at work.

RAIN. A forgotten word around these parts.

Last week somebody crushed my garbage can. I know what happened. It fell out of the hydraulic lift as it was being lifted up into the garbage truck. The funky plastic wheels were smashed. It will no longer stand up to be collected. Not a word - not a peep. However - the garbage company...

Whatever I use around here had better dry pretty quickly. Even the gentile breezes are dust laden. I smear a thick coat of axle grease on the cutting blades of my Wally chipper. But that is to prevent rust. I do store all my implements up on pallets. This definitely limits rust.

I have a decided advantage here on my 80 acres. The ONLY trees I have are Ponderosa pines. AND - young pines are soft - the limbs are supple - young trees are straight as an arrow. They are chipped with no need to remove any limbs. Because of this - there is no need for hydraulic in-feed...

Thanks - Sportsman762.

I've only ever seen one flat belt operation. At the county fair. A wood fired steam tractor driving some sort of grinder with a flat belt. Think it was set up to grind dry corn.

To start off - I would not be pulling with my FEL. Good chance you will run into a "tough bunch" and bend/tweak your FEL. Attach any chain/strap to your drawbar. FEL is not designed for heavy pulling.

I've had two Wallensteins. Both - manual feed. First - BX42S Now - BX62S. Both are excellent machines. I have no need for hydraulic in-feed. I only chip small ( 1" to 6" on the butt ) green pines. Every two to three years I thin and chip my pine stands. 800 to 1000 small pines go...

Same as on my Kubota M6040. It's a hot lead. I use mine, with appropriate switch, to power my rear flood light. Rather than talking to the sales folks - talk to the service techs at your dealership.

Usually 60 to 75 hours per year. However - because this area has become the - banana belt - it's now down to 20 to 30 per year. We get up to six inches of snow with a storm - melts in a couple days.

I live about 90 miles south of the USA/Canada border. We do not get the high heat and humidity like those of you further south and east. Also - I don't think I've ever seen a farmer with a large open station tractor - out in the fields. One of the major reasons I do not have any type of bush...

pony tug - there should be, almost, nothing that would attract coyotes to my property. I just think that my place is a waypoint on their natural rounds. The only thing might be my little Cocker Spaniel - Brownie. But - they have surely learned, by now, that Brownie never goes anywhere...

Also - I don't really mind the heat so much here. When it does get hot - the humidity is always below 15%. If for some REALLY important reason I might have to go out in the cold and snow. My Eddie Bauer down jacket, pants and gloves are a whole lot less expensive than a cab.

My M6040 is open station with a canopy. I enjoy the fresh air and ability to hear whats going on when using implements. I seldom use the tractor if the weather is bad. Being retired usually means most anything can wait. An example - I use to get up very early to plow snow on my mile long...

I've had a Fit Rite hydraulic top link for ten years. A fantastic product.

A short story. The local coyotes have a habit of pooping right near my inner gate. Dead, smack in the middle of my gravel driveway. I guess - they want to be sure I know that they are still around. For about four years - one pile of coyote poop always had apricot pits in it. The coyote...

My 80 acres was part of a government homestead allotment. Homesteaded in 1892. Unfortunately - there never was a picture taken of the old barn. This oil painting is of the old, temporary, homestead house and chicken coop. It took the homesteader about nine months to build the permanent house.

I have a Stihl trimmer ( FS450 ) and two Stihl chain saws. All work fine and are a great addition to my group of tools.

The main reason I chip - summer here is wildfire season. I could burn during very late fall and thru the winter. It would either have to be raining or snow on the ground. Chipping just works better for me.

My house footings are poured on solid basaltic lava bedrock. I have a very small stream of water that flows across the bedrock. Comes in on one corner of the footings - all the way across the basement - out the other side. I have a very happy family of small green frogs that live in the...

First - gotta get rid of the cause, like No Trespassing said. Better ventilation and some form of dehumidifier. Then - one of the chemicals recommended here.

On the positive side. I've got a very large pile of apple wood chips. Great stuff when bar-b-queuing.

Five years ago - it was long past time to get rid of the old apple trees in my orchard. Six - semi-dwarf trees. They were dead, weather hardened and hard as ebony. They put the Wally to the test. Those apple tree trunks did not whiz thru the chipper like my young green pines. I was glad...

I must be really missing something here. A complete drive shaft ( series 4 or 5, don't remember ) for my Wallenstein chipper is only $420 or so. What makes that Bush Hog drive shaft so much more expensive.

My experience is with sheet stainless. It WILL discolor if you get it near red hot. I think I would use my commercial heat gun. Also - we were able to buff the discoloration out of the sheet stainless. Just start easy and increase the heat in reasonable steps.

Standard procedure would say - heat the stainless rod - pipe wrench on the bolt. It shouldn't take much heat on the stainless to break things loose.

Before I had a trash pump I used my snow blower on my Ford 1700 to dewater a pond. You would be surprised how well this really works. One year I just backed a little too far out into the pond. I found how deep the mud was when I tried to motor out. Took the better part of an hour and a...

I have 80 acres and a mile long gravel driveway. First tractor - Ford 1700 4WD. Upgraded in 2009 with Kubota M6040 4WD. For driveway maintenance I have - HD rear blade, roll over box blade( ROBB) and land plane grading scraper( LPGS). I use the rear blade for snow removal and cleaning out...

My Wally chipper will chip my young pines faster than two people can feed it. Every two to three years I thin my pine stands. This ends up with 800 to 1000 small trees to be chipped. Usually ten to twelve to fifteen piles. I don't have the time to wait for a hydraulic in-feed to meter the...

I will admit - hydraulics is a form of black art to me. Sooo... I found a dealer that would sell a recognized third function valve and install it. I also purchased my Land Pride grapple from this dealer. I got a WR Long 3rd function valve. Installed it was $1100. It is a very neat and in a...

OK - these are the Kubota M6040 recommended limitations for a flail mower. - 120 inches wide - 1760 pounds In your owners manual, under "Implement Limitations" - see what Kubota recommend for your M4D-071. Although the specs for my tractor don't say - I'll bet the width and weight are for...

Manual in-feed or hydraulic in-feed. It, more or less, depends upon what you will be chipping too. I thin my pine stands and chip the small ( 1 inch to 6 inches, on the butt ) trees only. Little to no limbs and the small trees are chipped whole. My manual feed Wallenstein BX62S - powered by...

I live out in what is called - open range land. I have mice and chipmunks. Always have - always will. I've tried most everything except open, exposed poison. My current solution. Leave the hood to the engine compartment open. Mice and 'munks don't like the open environment. This...

Doofy - doing fine here. As usual - as dry as a popcorn fart. Weather is very nice. Warm days - very cool nights. Got everything tucked away - awaiting fall rain and cooler weather.

Shaun - these offset mowers can be very useful. I would STRONGLY suggest you read this thread. "Looking at hydraulic offset flail for 3038e". It makes some very enlightening facts about the use of an offset flail. As you probably know - it's not just can the tractor lift the mower while...

I have mice out here in the open range land. Always have - always will. However - a good, tough barn cat or two will bring the mouse situation to a tolerable level. My main problem with cats - they MUST learn to not venture out very far at night. Owls and coyotes are out there - waiting...

Good Morning Doofy Yes - I still remember our time in Glennallen. Scraping ice/frost off the car windshield while others were complaining of the fall heat. We finally got a tiny, smidgen of rain. Not even enough to register on my weather station. But everything got wet. Hope all is...

I have RimGuard in my rear tires. Rotate the valve stem to 12 O' clock - a couple or three quick puffs of air will blow the RimGuard back into the tire. Then take the pressure reading. However - I prefer seeing the full contact patch on the ground.

No rats here. Pocket gophers and chipmunks did a job on our garden. They took it all - wouldn't share. We turned the garden into a nice meadow and bought locally grown veggies.

I use power service in the fuel for my Kubota M6040 - year round. A certain amount of my summer fuel will carry over to winter. I've experienced fuel gelling - once. I don't need that again. Short story. I have a mile long driveway. Half way down the driveway my first tractor - Ford...

I always plan for things to go smoothly. Some times they actually go that way. Like many of us here - I've had a whole lot of "learning experiences". Fortunately - I've survived with only bumps and bruises. Also - no close neighbors - so nobody to watch me and make critical comments.

For those who may be considering selling their land. Remember, God is not making any more.

For about five years I received MANY letters from real estate agents. They had clients that would buy my land and lake. Wanted to know how much I would ask. This became a PITA. Because I never responded to their snail mail - they began calling. So... I did some calculations and came up...

My diesel and gas are stored in one walled off bay of my carport. Up off the ground on pallets. It's not heated but reaches the ambient temps - both summer and winter. Never had a problem. My ATV is stored in this bay also. Starting the ATV has never been a problem either. Been this...

That is a real satisfying video. Every 3-4 years I will go to my next door neighbor - 2 1/2 miles away - and clean out his feed pens. His tractors are just too big. Besides - none have FEL or rear blade. However - I always ask for payment. His wife makes the most delicious berry pies...

To jyoutz, rScotty, grsthegreat, Jstpssng, myself and all the rest. Some folks may have a death wish, better life insurance than we do - or both. I simply do not attach any implement with my tractor running. PERIOD. Yes - I do move the 3-point arms and hydraulic top link with the tractor...

I have one major problem to overcome - if I buy a rotary cutter. For 40+ years I been clearing my fields/meadows of large rocks. Two guesses where I put them. AH - in the brush at the edge of the fields/meadows. This is the brush I want to chop down with a new cutter. The real concern -...

Thank you - 2manyrocks. I've been looking at getting a rotary cutter. If I do - it will probably be a Rhino TW35. This one has the triangulated rear wheel assembly. I kind of thought this was for added structural strength. Still have to avoid immovable objects.

Yea - adds the artsy/fartsy flare to that picture. Otherwise - that looks to be a real good single tooth. I strip down my single bottom moldboard plow. Gives me a single tooth with a carbide tip.

I don't know about a talking frog. BUT - it would be nice if my little brown Cocker Spaniel - Brownie - could talk.

Finally - nice fall weather. Mid - 80' to low 90's in the day.....low 50's at night. Our humidity will drop to 10 to 15% at the hottest time of the day.

My neighbor - a BIG rancher - has two solar powered pumps at remote watering stations. These setups provide water for around 150 cattle. Solar charges a 12 volt battery. Battery provides power to the 12 volt pump. He sets them up in the spring - takes them down in the fall. These systems...

We moved down from Alaska in 1982. For the first ten years we heated with wood. I initially had the mistaken idea that bigger trees could be processed into firewood easier. Found out - real fast - this was wrong. My ancient Ponderosa pines are enormous. 34" to 38" on the butt cut. 90...

Too Many Kubotas - looks to me, you did a fine job on the driveway upgrade.

Back in Kansas - long ago. The okra I tried must have been boiled in water - no vinegar.

I just checked the teeth on my bucket. Nuts up - head down. A suggestion - blue LokTite on the nuts. Or peen over the threads as M59 suggests.

I have R-1 tires on my M6040. 775 pounds of RimGuard in each rear tire. 1000+ pound blade on the 3-point. 820 pound grapple on the FEL. I run 40 psi in the front tires. 16 pounds in the rear tires. Drive across a sandy patch in my driveway. Jump off the tractor and check. It's OK -...

No to wheel weights. I have 775 pounds of RimGuard in each rear tire. Just can not get enough weight with wheel weights. Also have a rear blade - 1000+ pounds. I do not have weight in the rear wheels and 3-point to leverage weight off the front axle. It's all there to keep my "rear" on...

My grandmother made stuffed animals for me when I was a young fod. Striped zebra - grey elephant - brown donkey - green frog - black bull. My favorite - a spotted, firehouse dog - Dalmatian. They were a true work of art. Wish my mother would have saved some of them.

Forty three years - two tractors. NEVER had to take either back to the dealer for any type of service or repairs. I do any/all service myself. My Ram 2500 would pull the load but I do not have a trailer.

A rock bucket probably would not work well on my property. Too much organics. Wider spacing would simply pass the rocks I would want to exclude. My method - a wheelbarrow and a multi-tine pitch fork. UGH......

I have a 20 foot by 3 inch wide nylon industrial tie down strap. It has open hooks on both ends. Each end has a leather sleeve, at the hook, to prevent cutting. It has just the correct amount of stretch. My chains are used for securing tree trunks on my farm wagon.

My shop is small - 20x24. It's an old log cabin. Six inch logs and no insulation. HOWEVER - run my salamander heater for 20 minutes and it's as hot as I ever need. I NEVER leave the heater running while I'm not there.

The ONLY trees I have here - Ponderosa pines. I have tried drilling multiple, deep holes in the stumps and applying a granular material. This granular material was supposed to enhance stump rot. Neither the plain holes or the holes with the granular material seemed to enhance stump...

I had a hanging Modine natural gas heater in my garage in AK. It had a wall mounted controller. Worked very well. Natural gas was dirt cheap when we lived in Anchorage. Electricity cost was over the moon. Here in WA I have a propane powered salamander heater for my shop. I bring the...

The discharge pipe from your septic tank is open air discharging..... I don't know where you live but surface discharge of septic effluent is not allowed in most states. This could, very well, be what you are smelling.

With my tractor off - PTO stub will easily turn by hand. CORRECTION - I just went out and checked the PTO stub on my M6040. It WILL NOT turn by hand.

Here is a final thought. Nobody know what you will be planting. So ripping your soil with the shanks on your box blade could be a good start. Then hit it with the disk harrow. Need more weight. A 55 gallon drum full of water could be the answer for added weight. You CAN make it work...

So...... I got ready for my first hydraulic oil change on my M6040. It holds about 16 gallons. Five gallon buckets slide under with adequate clearance. Then it hit me. How in hell will I slip an almost full five gallon bucket out from under the tractor. This AND then get an empty back under...

I tend to get sea nausea - I'll pass. But thanks all the same.

When you get dry conditions - like we have now - it can be almost anything. 2014 was an exceptionally dry year. Watermelon Hill was started by a couple fellows shooting at exploding rifle targets - Tannerite. A highway dept team started another. They were welding on a bridge railing and...

Ten years ago. Watermelon Hill wildfire. Started about 9 or 10 miles west of me. Went up on the neighbors bunn - type of hill left by ancient floods - and watched as the fire approached from a distance. Could easily see the front and the wind blown "fire bombs". Large chunks of burning...

Around here the highway dept will put straw bales in their roadside drainage ditches. Every 75 to 100 feet and they will be staked in the ditch. I guess its easier to muck out the roadside ditch than clean out a culvert. I've watched them clean out culverts. High pressure water - wide spray...

I guess I'm fortunate. My Wally chipper is the only implement I own with a pto shaft. When I use it to chip my young, thinned pines - every day for 15 to 20 days straight. I always lube the pto shaft, U joints and the two bearings on the chipper every day. Part of my end of the day tasks...

If I were ever inclined to develop food plots. I think I would opt for a heavy duty - PTO driven - rototiller. This would do the job of a plow and disk - all in one pass. For eight years we had a garden. Used a TroyBilt Horse on the garden. I've got a very good idea what a rototiller...

I guess if you are going to forget what you have in the belly of your bucket or the jaws of your grapple - better not use that option.

I ran my M6040 with the ROPS folded for the first couple of years. Hey - I know where all the "bad" areas are on my property. Then I got a canopy - now the ROPS is always up.

I have one culvert on my driveway. I know for sure, 100% - there has never been a drop of water flow thru that culvert. It was required by the county when they issued my driveway permit. Anyhow - about four years ago. Went down off the driveway to have a look thru this culvert. Down on...

Post #18. That is definitely an mountain lion. Or as we call them around here - cougar.

You can add weight to this setup and increase its ability to cut the soil. I have a 400 pound cast cement square that I set on mine. It helps but you will, most likely, have to make multiple passes to get what you want. At one time I was looking at a much heavier disk harrow. It was 3-point...

That looks to be an exact duplicate of my Land Pride 1048. Mine has sealed bearings. I've never had to do any maintenance on the unit. I guess - if one of the disks quit turning - tear it down and free up or replace a bearing. I've had my disk harrow for over 35 years.

Not even where that Mexican willy weather wench is located.

If there was such a place - nobody is spilling the beans.

Time was - I unhooked every battery and brought them into the spare bedroom in the winter. Except for my pickup. Then I got Battery Tenders for all the batteries. Much easier. My batteries tend to last 9 to 12 years. I replaced the OEM battery in my Kubota with an Odyssey. Going on...

I watered my fruit trees with an electric powered pump - down on a platform hard bolted to the lava cliffs. It is three feet above the lake. It was a REAL thrill in the spring and again in the fall. Slide down the cliff - don't fall in the lake - attach/remove the pump intake pipe and prime...

Just another blessing of being retired. 42+ years out here and I've never had anything so urgent that I had to use the tractor at night. It can always wait for tomorrow and day light. I do have one small work light - mounted on the cage that protects the emergency blinkers. Points out back...

The coons never got in our corn. Too busy eating all our fruit. For some ukn reason - one time the blackbirds ravaged the corn. Made me so mad - I picked all the corn - cut off the area where they had pecked. Cut the good stuff off the cob - blanched and froze it all. The blackbirds...

I had my property selectively logged about 18 years ago. Very large ancient Ponderosa pines. No way I was going dig them out. Besides - they were all way out on the property. I thin my young pine stands every couple years or so. 800 to 1000 young pines down the chipper chute. I just...

Good news and thanks for your reply - Mike.

My wife thought it was fun to watch the raccoons and deer in the fruit trees. It was - "Annie get your gun" - when she saw the chipmunks in her strawberries. Man - I dare not even crack a smile.

I had Cacl & water in the rear tires on my first tractor. What a PITA. There was a galvanic reaction between the steel and brass on the filler valve. It leaked constantly - I was replacing the guts of the filler valve constantly. On my 2009 Kubota M6040 I have 755 pounds of RimGuard in each...

At one time - in the distant past - we had apples, peaches, apricots and cherries. Everything was just great until the trees began bearing fruit. The deer got the low fruit - the racoons got the remainder. The deer would stand up on their hind legs to reach as high as possible. A funny...

If you go with a "standard" grapple - don't forget to modify your grill guard. Check out the thread - Grill guard - here on TBN.

I have a mile long gravel driveway. My 2009 Kubota M6040 is perfect for driveway maintenance. I use a Land Pride GS2584 LPGS and an eight foot Rhino 950 rear blade. The LPGS weighs - 800#.......the rhino rear blade - 1015#. I would NEVER consider building a driveway - like mine - with my...