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  1. M

    "Emergency heat" from oil-filled space heaters - advice please

    I had a couple of the Delonghi heaters and they worked very well. However I don't think I'd want to leave them unattended for extended periods of time.
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    What is some of your Pet Peeve's

    Imagine how relevant they are to us in Kanuckistan. And they repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat... So many times I just have to change the channel and watch something else.
  3. M

    Banking… how things have changed

    Similar in Kanukistan. If you want to withdraw more than $3k cash you have to make an appointment 3 days before. I used to take in checks from our fruit co-op, and deposit so much and take cash for bills etc. Sometimes if it was more than what the teller had you'd have to wait 10-15 minutes...
  4. M

    CLANGING in the front diff of brand new T494....what the heck

    My dealer dyno tested my almost zero hour tractors right in front of me. They set them up the way I wanted, wheel spacing, tires, etc and let me watch the dyno. Both my MF563s are factory rated at 55PTO hp but dynoed at just a tad under 63. I had a MF461 for a short time. Tranny problems right...
  5. M

    Removing small dead trees - best way to pull

    When doing that kind of work I pull with the drawbar and have the rear blade on. Chain goes under the blade. If the tractor does start to lift up it should sit back on the blade and not flip. Should!
  6. M

    Fed up with the garden

    Friends son owns a fairly large landscaping business. Just dropped off over 40 bales of straw people had out for Halloween. More to come next week. Great for mulching and around here it costs $10 a bale or more. SCORE!
  7. M

    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    Love those new GM trucks. They can really take a beating.
  8. M

    Fed up with the garden

    They should be getting in your belly.;)
  9. M

    Fed up with the garden

    Glad to see many of you had good results. Mine as stated earlier in this thread were less than ideal. However the ever optimistic gardner/former farmer in me is already planning for bigger and better things in the future
  10. M

    Backhoe vs Tractor with backhoe

    Unless you are going to use the backhoe all the time get the tractor with a FEL. There's always something for a FEL to do. When you need a backhoe once in a while rent one for the day. I also have just over 6 acres and a dedicated backhoe would just take up barn space and cost too much.
  11. M

    What is some of your Pet Peeve's

    No CD player. They give you every conceivable connectivity. I'm a dinosaur driving a dinosaur vehicle. I want my CD player. I didn't spend hours burning mixed CDs for nothing. A new truck costs north of $70k, they can't add my CD player? Or at least make it an option. I also can't stand...
  12. M

    What is some of your Pet Peeve's

    I changed Internet providers because they used off shore Tech support. No problem them being from somewhere else. A bit of accent? Who cares. For the life of me I couldn't understand what they were saying.
  13. M

    What is some of your Pet Peeve's

    Packaging. Yesterday I bought 4 medium size SS bowls. They had labels that described them etc that also kept them bundled together. Inside was a label that repeated the same info. Turn it over and same on the bottom. Bowl on top, on the bottom, bowls in the middle. Had to soak them in extreme...
  14. M

    Tractor sold to me as a 2021, but is actually a 2020

    I agree to disagree. They are new even if they have been stored for some time. Zero hours and all that. When I was a kid and my father was selling and buying tractors it was the model' condition and hours that mattered. A certain model would have a particular number of years it was made. Now...
  15. M

    Which Tractor?

    Massey Ferguson 1835m.
  16. M

    What is some of your Pet Peeve's

    People who buy food in bulk to save money and then throw half or more away. It's only a bargain if you use it.
  17. M

    Is 4 year old diesel fuel any good?

    Had a neighbour that always ordered died diesel for farm use. He had a 500 imperial gallon tank that took him at least 2 years to finish. He really messed up his tractor one spring. He fueled up to do some early cultivating. Gummed everything up. Fuel had rust from the bottom of the tank...
  18. M

    What is some of your Pet Peeve's

    Gross!
  19. M

    What is some of your Pet Peeve's

    How can I peeve if I don't partake Mr Smarty pants?
  20. M

    What is some of your Pet Peeve's

    People thinking I give a crap about their pet peeves.
  21. M

    What is some of your Pet Peeve's

    Pictures or it didn't happen. :ROFLMAO:
  22. M

    Fed up with the garden

    Doing the last cultivation before winter to turn over the volunteer weeds later today. Not gonna plow just a deep discing. Start on the road to a hopefully improved result next year.(y)
  23. M

    What is some of your Pet Peeve's

    They didn't specify what kind of bus. Is it a short school bus, a standard school bus, a Greyhound bus, a Double length city bus... I need details.
  24. M

    What is some of your Pet Peeve's

    More or less than an African Elephant?:unsure:
  25. M

    What is some of your Pet Peeve's

    So, what you're saying is that people who repeat everything you say to them annoys you? I just wanted to get it right.:unsure:
  26. M

    What is some of your Pet Peeve's

    I often watch the 11PM news and then a local station runs a couple episodes of Two and a Half Men. The opening scene is OK but once you're interested they stack like a dozen commercials back to back. Unless it's an episode with Kandi I roll over and go to sleep. The most annoying commercial is...
  27. M

    What is some of your Pet Peeve's

    Or volume of water in Olympic swimming pools. More than a cup, less than an Ocean? Length in football fields. Football/soccer fields, Merican football fields/Kanuckistan football fields? I just don't know.:unsure:
  28. M

    Ford 3930 with loader

    You can't buy a worn out donkey around here for that money.
  29. M

    Limburger and onions sandwiches?

    (n):poop:
  30. M

    Limburger and onions sandwiches?

    I'd rather eat the scent sack from a road kill skunk on a hot day.
  31. M

    Starter not engaging flywheel?

    Why would you need to replace a starter after only 2 years?
  32. M

    Fed up with the garden

    Today is the latest I've ever dug potatoes. Much better results than I had expected, but not the type of harvest I've had in the past. Except for a couple apple trees everything is in for the year. If I were a settler depending on my harvest to get me through the winter I'd be sr=wed. Nothing...
  33. M

    Fed up with the garden

    They ain't designed for flavor. They'll get that when the factory adds salt and sugar. They is growed to ripen all at once for one pick. They is tough to handle the harvester and shipping. Dang the peoples who is gonna eat them later.
  34. M

    When Your Tractor is Not The Right Tool For The Job

    Dumb ass. Good for the local Kubota dealership. They are going to be busy fixing his broken,,, everything.
  35. M

    How did you meet your better half?

    I wasn't a fireman, but I had the hose.:ROFLMAO:
  36. M

    I destroyed the gearbox on my brush hog.... help

    Everything wears out with time. I like to replace with new when there is a catastrophic failure. New warranty and all that. My old neighbor was of the mind to fix it. He had an older 8 foot pull behind that had seen better days. It cost him almost as much to repair as the new 8 foot Bush Hog I...
  37. M

    What is your favorite Quote or Saying?

    F U A Hole
  38. M

    Blocking the clutch pedal when parked?

    Years back the local Massey dealer got about 12 new, zero hour, orchard model tractors from a dealer in New Jersey. They had been on the other dealers lot for about a year. The local dealer had to change all the clutches. He said it was because of the proximity to the ocean and humidity where...
  39. M

    Fed up with the garden

    I was busy packing tomatoes making money. 40 cases of tomatoes in the day, $200, a dead rooster $4-5.
  40. M

    Fed up with the garden

    My spending money as a kid came from growing tomatoes for the local shipper who took our farms peaches. I hate chickens for this reason. About 3 times a week I would pick and pack my tomatoes. I'd bring them into the open bay of the barn to pack. You couldn't keep the F'nn free range...
  41. M

    Fed up with the garden

    I can't believe how many people had crap gardening seasons, not just in my area but from the sounds of many here, all around the continent. Thank goodness for real farmers who keep us fed.
  42. M

    Help! Branson Tractor only IDLES - no Power

    I thought that's how they were supposed to run,😊
  43. M

    What’s on Your Bookshelf?

    DVDs and CDs. Yes I'm almost as old as the guys with books.
  44. M

    Total cost so far for a Massey GC1723 and implements

    What you talking about. Nothing on that list was "sale" priced but nothing over the top, at least in my area. Nice machine and great to have all the toys.
  45. M

    Fed up with the garden

    You're just showing that to annoy me.
  46. M

    Horrific ATV accident

    Horses let smelly cowboys ride on their backs all day long. Not much sense in that.
  47. M

    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    It's just the body for a Munster Mobile
  48. M

    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    what kind of lightweights do you hang around? :LOL: Youz Mericans is not a dainty pooplez.
  49. M

    Fed up with the garden

    Corn is a buck a cob this year. Finally got some from the garden. Red potatoes are not bad, whites are rotting. Few squash but nothing like previous years. Embarrassed that my city friend is my tomato supplier this year. Beans to. melons are a complete write off as are cabbages (split and...
  50. M

    What's your average mpg?

    2018 Ford Flex Eco Boost 23mpg. 2023 F150 5L 17-22 mpg 2021 Hell Raisin Dodge Challenger Hellcat 12city 26highway 2006 Midnight Blue Ford GT 5.4L (NOT a Mustang) Anywhere from 3mpg to 18mpg. Depends on how deep you put your foot. MF563 about 1.5 gallons per hour under moderate load. 8 foot...
  51. M

    Bucket work with clutch /shuttle Vs hydro.

    As a kid we had Massey's with 6x2 and 8x2 transmissions. They were a real pain when loading manure and other such materials. Too fast in reverse hi and too slow in low and don't talk to me about shifting between forward and reverse. My 2 MF563s have a mechanical shuttle 8x8 which is a God send...
  52. M

    Fed up with the garden

    I like bear meat.
  53. M

    Fed up with the garden

    Say Hey to your Pa/brother, Sister/mother. They must be proud of you and your 5th grade diploma.
  54. M

    Fed up with the garden

    and too dumb to come back when Dump was elected. Maybe it's the lead from the cans.
  55. M

    Fed up with the garden

    I'd rather be put down like an old dog than eat mushy green beans and cream corn out of a can. Fresh tater out of the garden with fresh dill and sour cream a medium well done prime rib with fresh asparagus and a crispy salad with fresh tomatoes and cukes. That's living. Canned most anything is...
  56. M

    Fed up with the garden

    It's raining. It's pouring. The old man is just fed up with this crap.
  57. M

    Fed up with the garden

    I'd hate to have dinner at your place.
  58. M

    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    anything is possible with enough ducktape. 😉
  59. M

    What is some of your Pet Peeve's

    Sorry you feel left out :giggle:
  60. M

    How did you meet your better half?

    At a sexaholics anonymous meeting. I was almost cured too. 🥰
  61. M

    What is some of your Pet Peeve's

    Late night call me ads. Like a bunch of attractive women have nothing better to do than wait for some lonely losers to call them. They must work because the local station stacks them thick during my nightly two and a half episodes. I watch Colbert's monologue until they're over.
  62. M

    Are people lazy, don’t know how to help or scared of liability.

    My niece was working in a daycare earning just over minimum wage. She was envious of the money teachers made with great benefits and pension. When she completed her degree it took a few years to get in full time. I listened for years how well paid the teachers were and pensions and...
  63. M

    Fed up with the garden

    If it would dry out enough I would disk everything under. Rained like crazy again last night. Not long, but enough to keep things wet. Like wholly crap Batman.
  64. M

    Shear Pin Question

    I can't stand shear bolts. Everything that needs PTO protection has a slip clutch. Every spring before using I do maintenance adjusting as needed. Other than that 10-15 minute it has worked great for me. I absolutely used to hate having a shear bolt break at the worst time or being out and...
  65. M

    Fed up with the garden

    I have two in the pit at different levels. When I first moved in the primary one failed and the secondary one had seized from standing too long. Now I rotate them every time change.
  66. M

    How did you meet your better half?

    Sorry, I just read the proper thread title. She met me while in bed. Just neede to make the correction.
  67. M

    What is some of your Pet Peeve's

    The people in mostly BMW and Mercedes that go flying by at warp speed cutting across all 3-4 lanes of the highway and even riding the paved shoulder because they're in a rush. It is amusing when going at the prevailing speed you catch up to them stuck in a traffic jam. (anywhere around Toronto)...
  68. M

    Fed up with the garden

    The red taters are about lemon size, but starting to rot because of all the rain. Planted on decent draining ground, so no standing water, but it just doesn't get a chance to dry off. They threatened us with severe rain possible for the last 2 days and somehow we didn't get it... until this...
  69. M

    Anybody following the cost of shipping containers in the Memphis area?

    I have 2 40 footers Behind the barn. Great storage for things I don't use often but don't want to get rid of. Try and build a wooden storage building for less than $4k. What was a bit costly was good paint so they don't stand out like a sore thumb. Maybe just me.
  70. M

    How did you meet your better half?

    I met my now ex-wife in bed. Yep, first time I saw her she was in bed next to my mother. Funny story that.:LOL: My mother was in hospital in a semi-private room and the ex was in the other bed. After I left ma said she wouldn't stop asking questions about me. Ended up dating about 7...
  71. M

    What is some of your Pet Peeve's

    And they have Anglo names like Thomas and Robert or a very persistant one that insisted in telling me he was Mr. Wilson. He called about 3 times a week for a month. I'd be more likely (not) to believe them if they used their real names. We have lots of people from that part of world here in...
  72. M

    Kubota engine rebuild

    kubby engines are not inexpensive to rebuild. Get a reliable guesstimate and add that to the potential price tag. Why did it fail? Was it abuse. Whatever happened to the engine happened to the rest of the machine. Me? I'd walk. It's too low an hour count for such a dramatic repair requirement.
  73. M

    What have you done with/to your GC Series 2300, 2400, 1700 Tractor TODAY

    They transferred production from Japan to Indonesia. Nothing to be surprised about them cheaping out.
  74. M

    What is some of your Pet Peeve's

    My place is on the rural side of the welland canal. I can see the big city lights on the other side. !5 minutes or less to shopping but still among the orchards and vineyards. I'm tired of people coming out and dumping garbage. If I did it on their front lawn they'd freak and I'dd be charged...
  75. M

    They started my new roof today...

    Did my roof coupe years back. Stripped it and applied Blue Skin membrane then strapped it and applied the metal. Picked up the nickname Smurf Castle because of the color I chose.
  76. M

    What have you done with/to your GC Series 2300, 2400, 1700 Tractor TODAY

    Anybody else have a problem with the boom control on their 1725mb. Second time it broke. Went to a different dealership and they had the new improved replacement. $190 part Kanuckistan money or aboot $5 US. Easy enough fix but I wouldn't expect it twice in the first 120 hours with limited...
  77. M

    What have you done to your Branson today?

    Branson? Point and laugh at them. :LOL:
  78. M

    Help! Branson Tractor only IDLES - no Power

    It's a Branson. It starts? Good enough. :rolleyes:
  79. M

    Iowa Farm Equipment

    Used to be a local Massey dealer like that around here. Ran around yelling at staff and customers. Have no idea how he ever built a business. They pulled his dealership but not before he cost them plenty of customers. Some people are just like that. Be glad you came in the wrong way. At...
  80. M

    Neighbors Sue for Horse Manure Pile Smell

    As a kid (15-16) I worked weekends for a couple years in the neighbors hog barns. When you went in the smell almost spun your head and by the time I finished fresh air smelled funny. Worst thing was later in the week. Say it rained or you were in gym class and your hair got sweaty or damp, you...
  81. M

    Fed up with the garden

    Almost every day or two we get more rain. Not flooding but it never dries out and it's adding to the humidity. Just allowing the fungus to wipe out everything susceptible.
  82. M

    Bush Hog repair question

    I've never lost a blade but I have been hit in the back of the leg by stuff flung by the blades. Yes I do have safety chains. And you wouldn't think a small stone could get past the chains, lift arms. axle, controls and pinch me in the calf. I doubt a sniper could make that shot. As I've...
  83. M

    Long hair care for busy farmers

    We avoid the Walmart. Too highbrow. Dollar store.
  84. M

    Bush Hog repair question

    When it let go on a friends machine it took out his back tire. So he still had to get the repair part for his BH and replace a 16.9x24 loaded tire. No savings there. He had repaired his to. Weld was good but it broke beyond the weld. If you're adding metal pieces to strengthen the area...
  85. M

    Horrific ATV accident

    Neighbors little fella always wanted to ride with me when I cut my grass and I always said no. I was considered the local scrooge meanie. I'm so happy not to have to live through something like this. Little guy, now 6' 4"+ probably owes me a Thank You.
  86. M

    Horrific ATV accident

    And it happens again and again and again and again and again and ag... Best wishes to the little Miss. That families lives will never be the same.😪
  87. M

    Long hair care for busy farmers

    HEY, HEY, HEY! I don't believe we've ever met, you opinionated, narcistic, self unaware redneck Hillbilly. I do not have flip-up sunglasses. :LOL:
  88. M

    Fed up with the garden

    Total envy here.
  89. M

    Ridiculous brand name

    Not a product, but someone didn't put any thought when naming their kids. I had a shop teacher Harold Dick. Harold/Harry. I'm sure you're giggling. Imagine a classroom of 12 year old boys. Later knew a girl, Anita Dick. Also a number of Dycks living in the area. Great stuff when you're a...
  90. M

    Long hair care for busy farmers

    That can't be human.
  91. M

    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    Grew up on a fruit farm using that type ladder in the orchards. Learned not to use them on a cement surface the hard way. Why would I go get a 4 legged ladder to change some light bulbs in the barn? These were right there. That middle leg swings out as far as you need to set up around trees. It...
  92. M

    What Do You Do For Exercise?

    Bosoms
  93. M

    It’s too hot to mow.

    No. Had to dig down for the low hanging fruit.
  94. M

    Fed up with the garden

    tried to dig a few taters. Plants were big, bloomed and are dying back. Should be taters. Roots, a few pea sized babies and that's all. The tops have died back too much for them to size up. This garden thing really sucks this year. Cabbage isn't worth picking with the bugs. Majority of my...
  95. M

    It’s too hot to mow.

    Plowed miles of snow last summer I'm tell'n ya. 10 feet deep in places and that was July 4th. Kinda hard picking peaches in those conditions. Believe me, we get enough days in the 80s and 90s and I'm not talking about your wife.:ROFLMAO:
  96. M

    It’s too hot to mow.

    As a kid I remember discing the orchard, 50+ acres, with a Massey 135 pulling a 10' Cockshutt disc which was probably oversized for the little beast. No cab, AC, ducking branches all day in the heat. Had to put the feet as far out as possible on the foot rest to keep them away from the...
  97. M

    Long hair care for busy farmers

    If he had been wearing Jethro's double naught spy hat he would have survived.
  98. M

    Long hair care for busy farmers

    We had the old Italian guy who cut every guys hair the same. He used to make fun of me when I was a teen. I only cut my hair about once a year if it needed it or not. He said his floor looked like he was sheering sheep after he was done with me. I would take the broom from the corner and...
  99. M

    Long hair care for busy farmers

    I don't think I've actually lost any hair. The result of global warming it's just migrated to less exposed areas like my ears, nose, back and chest. I was a long hair as a kid but appreciate the simplicity of hair care now. I cut it to the deck every week. No worries about fancy shampoos...
  100. M

    Brush hog accident(s)

    Darn it all I'm getting my moneys worth even if I can't walk for a week. :rolleyes:
  101. M

    It’s too hot to mow.

    Let them earn their own legacy. I've seen too many spoiled ***** who didn't have to earn what they had. I want to time it so I spend the last of my assets on my last day here. Party on Garth.
  102. M

    Brush hog accident(s)

    A pair I had was worn smooth. Went everywhere in them until... Walking across a parking lot in the rain and stepped on the painted line. Talk about groin pull. I was sore for weeks. No more Crocs for this camper.
  103. M

    Fed up with the garden

    sunflowers are breaking into full bloom. the whole acre+ field. People are stopping taking pictures. stealing blooms, DROPPING GARBAGE. LIKE, REALLY!
  104. M

    Fed up with the garden

    You worded it perfectly. Just in my place what's left would be the serving🐷
  105. M

    Fed up with the garden

    who got the missing piece?
  106. M

    Brush hog accident(s)

    I is so smart... S M R T, S M R T.
  107. M

    Brush hog accident(s)

    the local dealer won't take a Ford 9n in trade because of liability issues stemming from that PTO system
  108. M

    Fed up with the garden

    Careful. Keep an eye out for Graboids. They can drag you under real quick.
  109. M

    Brush hog accident(s)

    just mowed the back of the property, about 3 acres +-. My hammer fell out of the tool box. The greedy Bush-Hog gobbled it up and flung it a good 100+- feet across the field. I've had a hammer there for countless years on numerous tractors. First time this happened.
  110. M

    What is your favorite Quote or Saying?

    I thought he said "beat" :rolleyes:(y)
  111. M

    John Deere 2025r or Kubota lx2610

    Massey 1723e/1725m . I have both a gc2310 and the newer gc1725m. Great machines. The FEL out lifts and is faster than my "friends" kubota.
  112. M

    What could have caused this ???

    So obvious I'm surprised nobody thought of it earlier. Smack myself in the forehead.:geek:
  113. M

    Fed up with the garden

    I may have figured out the reason why so much of my garden is affected by powdery mildew. I didn't think anything of it until I was taking withe the neighbor. He reminded me that where Most of my garden is used to be old grapes. They were 99% dead from the powdery mildew. Getting close to 20...
  114. M

    Brush hog accident(s)

    hope you have a high seat back. If I would have had an old bucket style seat I may have been badly hurt if not paralyzed by the stone the mower managed to fling at me. Good sized dent in the seat back right about the area below the shoulder blades and above the hip. Close enough to center to...
  115. M

    What could have caused this ???

    It's obviously the work of Tr--ps little friend Rocket Man. He's been firing missiles willy nilly lately. Maybe one got away on him.
  116. M

    Brush hog accident(s)

    Once stupid, always stupid. You just can't unteach that.🤪
  117. M

    Fed up with the garden

    My tomatoes got blight from the bottom up even though they were tied up off the ground and all the low leaves and stems were pruned out. Egg plant has about 3-4 yellow sickly leaves each. Even the peppers are screwed. Plants look great. The peppers themselves have black worms inside that...
  118. M

    Fed up with the garden

    Except for corn, taters, peppers I'm rototilling everything. I give up. It all got powdery mildew and collapsed. Weather, whatever... it wins. I can get 10 corn for $2 at the local grocer and cukes and tomatoes for $0.89. What I wasting time fuel and equipment for. Beautiful Washington...
  119. M

    What is your favorite Quote or Saying?

    are we there yet
  120. M

    What Do You Do For Exercise?

    o_O:sick:🤭
  121. M

    What Do You Do For Exercise?

    Does this count?
  122. M

    Fed up with the garden

    My parents used to sell eggs and the old man got a sizer at an auction, more for show than anything else. Our average eggs wouldn't even fit on it and those that did went past the largest size it registered. It was no wonder our hens raised a clatter when they dropped one of those bad boys.
  123. M

    Field cars

    I was 13 when I dragged home my first field car. $45. I had been driving farm equipment since I was way too young but I was getting an eye for cars. Best place to learn is in an open field. Nothing to hit or damage. You can really get the feel for acceleration, braking handling and have a...
  124. M

    Culled my first rooster yesterday :(

    Years ago had an aggressive rooster. He'd come running/fly to attack me when I came out to the yard. I kind of enjoyed it. He'd come flying up and I'd put my boot up and he'd fly into it. Then I'd chase him with the broom I carried. Pissed him off to no end. Rooster ball as I called it was...
  125. M

    Fed up with the garden

    It's so humid and heavy today combined with smoke from the forest fires up north I'm noy doing anything in the garden today. Water the potted stuff but that's it. The smoke is so heavy you can feel it in the back of your throat.😈
  126. M

    Brush hog accident(s)

    I have safety chains. Wouldn't cut without them. Tractor still gets hit once in a while.
  127. M

    Fed up with the garden

    I like them about the size of a large egg, cooked until almost done, lightly flattened but not mashed, fried in butter with a sprinkle of salt and fresh dill. Sour cream on the side.🥰 If I was going to the electric chair that would be a major part of my final meal.
  128. M

    Brush hog accident(s)

    I was cutting the lawn about 50+ feet from the barn with a push mower. One of us had lost a piece of steel about 5" long bent to a 90 degree. About as thick as my thumb. Something that would easily fit in the palm of your hand. The blade sent it shooting across the yard about 3-4 feet off the...
  129. M

    Brush hog accident(s)

    On the farm I grew up on there was a stream valley were we had a plum orchard. It didn't happen in other areas of the farm but for some reason I would almost always manage to hit a cottontail in this area. We had a dog and he never paid attention when I was mowing elsewhere. When I got close...
  130. M

    Fed up with the garden

    Most years the zucchini are like standing under Niagara Falls trying to catch the water with a bucket. This year I got a few and then the plants collapsed and died.
  131. M

    Banking… how things have changed

    You should have seen the deer in the headlights. My bill was $36.25. I gave her $40. She punched it in. I realized I had the small change and hand her the additional $1.25 to avoid more coins (here in Canuckistan we have $1 and $2 coins). Her display showed she owed me $3.75. She couldn't...
  132. M

    Fed up with the garden

    Can't understand the cantaloupe and watermelons they've been in a month and a half. They're green and healthy looking. Maybe 7-8 inches across and no sign they're going to grow. ??????????? Down the road they put in watermelons couple weeks after me and theirs have spread out with 2-3 foot...
  133. M

    Back to watching black and white TV

    everybody's favorite double naught spy after Gethro
  134. M

    Fed up with the garden

    the air yesterday was sooo thick you could have eaten it with a fork. Finally broke with some heavy rain overnight. Thick again this morning. Not conducive too gardening. Weeds win.
  135. M

    It’s too hot to mow.

    Go hug a South American refugee. Might be your real father
  136. M

    It’s too hot to mow.

    One of the few in Texas that wasn't/isn't. Congrats(y)
  137. M

    It’s too hot to mow.

    then you know who the boss was in your parents house
  138. M

    Fed up with the garden

    to close to other homes if there was an unexpected ricochet.:devilish: Like the old man said, the devil never sleeps.
  139. M

    It’s too hot to mow.

    Pa wouldn't get ac in the house. Partially because he was... cheap. also he was of the opinion that if you got used to it you wouldn't want to work outside. Sitting here in front of the screen I think I agree with him.
  140. M

    Fed up with the garden

    Squirrels...? squirrels...? squirrels...? we don't need no stinking squirrels. I find the best solution for squirrels is a double ot buck colonoscopy. For them.:LOL:
  141. M

    Fed up with the garden

    Now we got hit with high winds, nothing extreme like on the news, but enough to beat things up. Just one thing after another.
  142. M

    Mossimo mini tractor

    My Hoyt Clagwell and this one are probably about on par quality wise. The HC does have a decided weight advantage.
  143. M

    MF GC1705

    why did you ask? Sounds like you're all decided.
  144. M

    MF GC1705

    Too much for no mower, age and hours. You can get a new one for not much more with 5 year warranty and dealer backing. My 2007 only has 350 hrs cutting well over an acre of my lawn and a number of years cutting the neighbors similar patch.
  145. M

    It’s too hot to mow.

    Pa wouldn't get AC. No way. If you got AC in the house you wouldn't want to work outside.
  146. M

    Does Anyone Buy Used Tractors?

    When we were farming commercially we used to flip tractors at about 2000/2500 hrs. Get top trade, work on reliable new equipment, save all the repair expenses and down time. Now that I'm just Hobby farming/puttering I can't justify the cost of the new. I've looked at new just because I get...
  147. M

    Fed up with the garden

    lady bugs = good. F...ing beetles I meant to say potato beetles. Just hundreds of them. I've never seen so many.
  148. M

    Back to watching black and white TV

    I read Elanor had issues with anxiety and couldn't handle the Hollywood pressures. Supposedly that's why she never did much after either.
  149. M

    Fed up with the garden

    Were oh were do all those Fing beetles come from? And don't say England. Bumper crop of ladybugs.
  150. M

    Fed up with the garden

    I grew up on a farm and my parents were old school. Partly their upbringing and partly they were survivors of ******'s concentration camps. They came to this country with maybe $20 between them. Food and food security was a priority with them. Even my father's last summer, he was riddled with...
  151. M

    Fed up with the garden

    Imagine what it's doing for the horses.
  152. M

    Fed up with the garden

    same. Didn't mention cherries. Every year the birds are a challenge. This year also had rain, rain and rain when they were ripening. What the birds didn't eat split and rotted.
  153. M

    Fed up with the garden

    What a #^*@( f S--t show this year. Got a few zucchini early in the week. Went out 2 days later half the plants collapsed and are done for. Water melons and cantaloupe have been in for over a month and have hardly moved same with cukes. The different squashes seem to have gotten powdery...
  154. M

    What is your favorite Quote or Saying?

    innuendo - an Italian suppository
  155. M

    Shooting a Woodpecker.

    Every spring I get a visit from the guy I call the high steel rivetter. He pounds out his love messages on my TV tower. The annoying thing is he starts like 3:30- 4am. I wait for him every spring. Tolerance people, tolerance.
  156. M

    Does Anyone Buy Used Tractors?

    A friend of my father's in the way back machine had a tractor for every implement. His health wasn't the best and he was a small man to begin. He didn't want to be changing things all the time. He had about a 100 acres for some cattle and hay. As a kid he'd give me a few bucks to fuel his...
  157. M

    Horse farm needs tractor

    Am I missing something? Horse farm needs a tractor? Horses are the tractor.
  158. M

    Odd noise

    I know a guy who would be a real life Kramer. He cooked the hydralics in a brand new rented 100hp backhoe in less than 20 hours. He got it with 5 hrs on the clock and sent it back just over 20. He barrowed a neighbors tractor and destroyed the brakes in one weekend. Nothing says the wrong idiot...
  159. M

    It’s too hot to mow.

    we are just touching 90 with 70% humidity. Started late in the garden, around 8, and called it quits half hour ago. My T shirt was soaked. Ahhh, the cool shower on high.
  160. M

    Back to watching black and white TV

    You missed the episode with Barbara Eden?
  161. M

    Back to watching black and white TV

    James Best was the guitar player in a couple early episodes. So Andy and Barney were the early Boss Hogg and Roscoe Coltrane Although I don't think aunt Bea was Daisy.
  162. M

    Canada Day

    Happy Kanuckistan Day
  163. M

    Canada Day

    I've been doing that during the forest fires. 🤮
  164. M

    Back to watching black and white TV

    maverick
  165. M

    Back to watching black and white TV

    Who's that ridin in the sun who's the man with the itchy gun who's the man who kills for fun Psycho dad, psycho dad a little touched or so we're told killed his wife cause she had a cold might as well, she was gettin old
  166. M

    Back to watching black and white TV

    I would have gladly taken lessons.:love:
  167. M

    Back to watching black and white TV

    somehow I've gotten into the habit of watching 60s Dragnet or Adam 12 while having brekky. Seen them to often so now I'm into the 50s Dragnet. I'm liking it.
  168. M

    What is your favorite Quote or Saying?

    Live everyday like it's your last. One day you'll be right.
  169. M

    Back to watching black and white TV

    Ginger is the last regular cast member above ground. Scary but alive.
  170. M

    Time to get the TO35 running...

    is the TO35 not a Ferguson.
  171. M

    Back to watching black and white TV

    Maybe to "get off on it" 🥰
  172. M

    Time to start the garden...

    You're not gardening, that's small scale farming.(y)
  173. M

    Time to start the garden...

    About 2 thirds of potatoes came up. If they produce it will be more than enough for my needs. Tomatoes are finally starting to move. Melons and squash are still dragging their tendrils.
  174. M

    We split the Belarus 255AS

    Careful some Ukrainian doesn't tow it away with his tank.:ROFLMAO:
  175. M

    What is some of your Pet Peeve's

    All the talk about the Titanic. It sank, get over it.
  176. M

    Would you book a trip to outer space or under sea?

    What is the preoccupation with the Titanic? It's a pile of rust ready to collapse. There are plenty of pictures. There were three sister ships, Titanic, Olympic and Britannic. Britannic sank after hitting a mine while in use as a hospital ship during WW1. Within diving depth. Do you ever hear...
  177. M

    What is some of your Pet Peeve's

    We got a cat from a lady with a young family, kids about 3 and 5. One was allergic... The littlest one called the cat, Puppycat. We never changed the name. So the cat became Puppy. "Here Puppy, come on Puppy" And here comes this obese Siamese, double time for meals and snacks. Had a feral...
  178. M

    Help me pick between a massy, Kubota, or a new Holland

    Iseki built Masseys are good solid machines, the older ones built in Japan. I've had issues with Kubota. Wouldn't touch a NH with someone else 10 foot pole.
  179. M

    What is your favorite Quote or Saying?

    quitting time
  180. M

    Time to start the garden...

    My watermelon plants are suffering from George Costanza syndrome. It's been cool and rainy. I swear the plants are smaller now than when I put them in. Potatoes might be ready by Christmas. Everything is on hold except the baby weeds.
  181. M

    Time to start the garden...

    Garden looks sad this year. Plants have hardly moved. It has been dry but we received a solid rain in the last 24 hrs and more could be on the way. Either heat wave or cool, very little average/normal temps. stuff doing the best is 6 tomatoes and garlic and onions I planted in planters. The...
  182. M

    Bending top links??

    I bent the whole 3 point hitch frame hitting a rock with a v plow. Also hit a hidden rock with a plow that almost left me on the hood of my Massey. Surprised it never ripped the lift arms off the tractor. Done countless hours of 3 pth work, never bent a top link. Curious to find what it was/is.
  183. M

    What have you done with/to your GC Series 2300, 2400, 1700 Tractor TODAY

    Just turned 350 hours on my gc2310. 2007 vintage. Other than a change of blades on the mower, a battery and a bad ground wire all is good.
  184. M

    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    Never matters in to the Duke boys. They just jump and keep going. Good old General Lee and the Southern yell. YEE HAW!
  185. M

    Time to start the garden...

    Planted those questionable potatoes. Dug up a few today. No movement. I don't know what the issue is. From last years harvest, not some purchased treated stuff. They showed buds about the size of cherry pits and that's all she wrote.
  186. M

    Homemade 2 shank subsoiler

    Take a good look at the Landini. Four wheel drive is slipping. go deeper and hit hardpan...
  187. M

    Homemade 2 shank subsoiler

    My kritter can pull a 3 furrow with the mold boards buried no problem. There's something about the way a ripper engages the soil that just eats hp. Impressed by the construction though.
  188. M

    Homemade 2 shank subsoiler

    You beat me to it. I have a single shank subsoiler and when I start putting it deeper I just get too much wheel spin. A double would leave me stationary just spinning my wheels. My kritter has north of 60hp and double the weight.
  189. M

    Brush Rake?

    I jury rigged one myself. Went to a Ritchie Bros auction. There were about 80 new pallet forks and nobody really interested. The ones I got had the longer forks. I bought 10 sets at $40 each set. I put the forks from 3 onto one frame. Few minor welds and it works great. I sold the rest for a...
  190. M

    Cigarette Lighter

    If I'm on one of my tractors. I'm listening to the diesel sing, the implements bing and bong. Looking over the fields in my happy place. I have no need for chargers and cell phones. I ride the Massey to get away from all that, NOT to bring it with me.
  191. M

    I think women would go extinct

    One winter the ex decided to start a fire in the wood stove. No problem, except... Instead of putting a couple pieces of wood in until the fire caught she packed it full of oak kindling I had cut from a truck load of skids I had brought home from work. That stuff burned hot and fast like...
  192. M

    I think women would go extinct

    The off shore worker for the farmer down the street was mowing the grass between rows of peaches all day. 40 acres or so in that block. At the end of the day the farmer came out to check how far he got. The worker had driven up and down every row, you could see the tire tracks in the grass...
  193. M

    I think women would go extinct

    Why is divorce so expensive? Because it's worth it!
  194. M

    Finally a Home for My Stuff

    Fig Newton?
  195. M

    Finally a Home for My Stuff

    Don't let the enviromentalists see the old polluting Ford. 😁
  196. M

    What have you done with/to your GC Series 2300, 2400, 1700 Tractor TODAY

    You're not buying multi thousand dollar parts. Go to the dealer. You know the quality, the fit. No fiddling around or compromising. Like the old man used to say, sometimes when you're cheap it costs you twice, once to learn, second time to do it right.
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