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You should not be running anything more than the stated pressure on the tire itself. If I have the time to peer at the shop manual tomorrow at work, maybe I can find something definitive as to the number of grease points. Your manual tells you where they all are in the servicing point section. I...

"competition" is far from the reason. Tym may have their own ideas about corporate structuring but the nuts and bolts of this separation is as follows: Mahindra wanted to take more control over their entire line of products, parts and availability. It is why they built their new facility in...

I know. We carry Stihl. Their bio is like liquid gold at over 30 bucks a gallon.

Nope. What I do find that gums up a saw is the bio bar oil. Makes an absolute mess.

Nope. Tym is out of the picture for Mahindra. Unfortunate as I really liked Mahindra's 2600 series made by Tym. Great ergonomics (except for the 3 point control) and so easy to operate. Nicely running engines as well. This series did not seem to hold up as well as the other Mahindra branding...

Not in this case. It was more like Lucy removing the football from Charlie as he was about to kick it.

Well, they thought they were gonna be ready. India got hit hard again with the 3rd strain of covid. The other problem occurs on the supply chain side where electronics were difficult or impossible to come by. It all accumulated to their new line not being ready as they thought it would be...

We can't get them any longer. Web sites and actuality don't always mesh. Mahindra was to come out with their new "K -line" series this spring and disavowed themselves from Tym. The new line will not come out till next year but we have no 22's and 25's to sell in this lineup and we could have...

Once saw a new in box 346 on eBay a couple years back. They wanted $950 for it.

Some years back at a local shop, the owner got back a slew of the 246’s. He was scouring the pistons because he was adjusting the carb too lean before delivery to run the saw as fast as it could. Not saying this happened to yours but it reminded me of what had happened at this chainsaw shop...

What everyone needs is “purpose”. If you need stuff to fulfill that purpose you can’t put a price on those things as they are priceless.

Let me explain this again. On this forum, there has been bashing of this brand And others. Also, there has been an obstinance by some to even consider this brand based on here-say and innuendo. This is ridiculous to me. I am saying there are no guarantees no matter what the brand whether one...

This was the type of mill l acquired all the wood to build the 4 out buildings on my property. Their blade was 3 ft across. It was a giant pain when they hit metal embedded in a tree stem. It was run by two brothers who were twins. They died within a month of each other at 96 years of age and...

Wasn’t addressing the op. Was speaking in general because of so much Mahindra bashing found here.

You cannot give gospel advice on branding...good or bad. That's like when a person has a troubled marriage and says "don't ever get married" or a person who has a wonderful marriage and says "it's the best thing you can ever do". As variables are so diverse, its useless to configure actions...

You're dealing with a different situation entirely. We never did hard pulls or any pulls on a 20' or 30' out leaner. That was cherry picker time. We dealt with 40-60' oaks and maples that may have been 5-8' out as opposed to 140' firs you may be dealing with. No problem with strap cuts on...

This is where a strap cut comes in handy.

A Savage by any chance?

I think the designs of firearms is rather ingenious making things perform effortlessly. I like the engineering in firearms to make them do what they do. A lot is taken for granted in my mind. The machining and tolerances of fine firearms as opposed to stamped pieces in cheaper guns, creates a...

You generally have two triggers to fire three barrels which necessitates a lever on top or the side to determine which barrel you want to fire. That involves extra parts and fitting which adds to the cost.

You guys got slugged w snow while my neck of the woods got nada. lt is my worst year for skidding l ever had if l’m considering snow as the best surface to skid ..on. That would make two days for skidding and only for a few hrs each time as the temps neared 50 each day. Wood lot turned into a...

That gun l showed has 3 calibers.

Good job. Thanks for the follow up as it gives others a clue if this happens to them.

I favor over and unders myself. The drilling you see here is a 3 barrel and much more complicated in its trigger configuration. We are in agreement that it is indeed a real beautiful and special gun.

Rob is there any name or initials on that gun? From what I see or can make out, it is indeed all hand engraved. This gun here has a $19,500 price tag and was made by Sodia in Austria nd has 3 different calibers. Your stock is beautifully figured and they saved only the best walnut for the more...

This gun is beautifully figured and seemingly hand engraved. It should be worth a pretty penney. Where'd you get it Rob?

Never speak to a woman about weight. "Do these trailers make me look fat"? "absolutely not my sweet"

Shouldn't be that hard. That mounting bracket lip bend you see is inherent to the the design.

First thing I would do is put a straight edge on it to confirm a bend. You may have bent the mount instead. Locate the tractor on a flat surface and measure the mounting bracket clearance from the ground on both sides. Let's say the mast is bent. It would show a concavity on the impact side. If...

You must have said something. I never tell my tractor what's behind it and she's a she.

Way to go. What's the specs for your loader?

Big stuff requires other big stuff. The logging firm I worked for had 3 skidders. Not that we hardly used the 3 at any one time but the big Tiger Cat was used to rescue the smaller Clark and JD. 20 ton winch was mostly all we needed. We once rented a Cat D6 just to see how a dozer would do. I...

And yet, it's still beautiful. What you have to rescue the brute when this happens?

You’re gonna love this thing. Not too big but will do a crap ton of work because of its weight and healthy hydraulics. we sold a guy one of these w a backhoe. He loved it so much, he bought another one just 4 months later cuz he didn’t want to disengage the backhoe. Tell me what else is out...

I don't think so. Where R4's seem to be advantageous is on hard packed ground or asphalt. They take a larger weighted load when filled and I have noticed more traction with R4's than ags in the above described circumstance. In the woods where things can get soggy under leaf strewn forest floor...

I take it you do not venture here much considering you've joined 12 years ago and have submitted 8 posts within that time frame. Your type of post has been submitted probably thousands of times. The discourse that follows any posting lends to the education of all members finding themselves in...

Get that thing on a level cement floor if you have it. Dismount it from the tractor. Put a board across the loader arms. If the floor is level, so should be the loader. If it shows level, make sure your loader mounting brackets are the same distance from the floor one side to the other. It...

The government is always on your side. Look how quickly they have protected you from inflatulation with this "Act" and that Act" and all for only a few trillion. The more they fuel inflation, the more tax revenue they receive until that balancing act succumbs to consumer apathy.

Remember the $3500 rebates they used to give? That meant the vehicle was priced $3500 too much. Now they just let the government give you a $7500 check for falling for the ev crap. l have to wonder how many of our pols are in the auto industry pockets.

The Purpose of politics is to make politicians rich. Everyone of ours ,if not already such, comes out a millionaire Also l for one believe it is of no business for the government to have anything to do with the “distribution of wealth”. That kind of stuff only benefits the politician as he/she...

Wrong about what? l said the same thing as you did. Ladders are completely functionable and they are not the end all be all in tire chains. Plus the chains you mention are expensive but no where near the price of the 10“ ring chains we placed on skidders. A lot depends on what the op wants to...

Pretty scenery there Hendey Let me bust another myth here. You do not have to get specialized chains for ags. Ladder chains will do just fine. they look like they're falling between lugs but in reality, that's only at the top of the tire. At the bottom, they're falling "out" of the lugs and are...

The radials were developed for road travel especially in Europe where farmers were traversing from one field to another and using local thruways. They provided the opportunity for field traction and soft, smoother ride when on hard surfaces at speed. As HD has stated, they also do not compact...

I just delivered a 5145 to a customer last Friday w industrials. The rims are non adjustable but are super wide. They simply are coming from the factory like this.

Yeah I've gravitated toward these myself. Good grip and the insulated ones are pretty warm down to 20*. They last a season doing 5-6 cords of wood. When I was logging, I used the cotton chore gloves. They mitigated the saw vibration and were cooler to wear. As a logger, you rarely "handled...

It is a completely capable machine. Your pics didn't show up for me either but if it has a backhoe, no problem digging trenches. I once saw a 1050 (parent to 1070) that was strictly used for cutting fair grounds. Still ticking with 13,000 hrs on it.

Yes They were supposed to be coming out in the spring of this year. We received notification this is not happening and may not appear for the entire year. They did not give dealers a reason for the delay. It may have to do with the delayed delivery of current line due to covid problems. The...

Wlcm to TBN. 2600 series is a TYM product of S. Korea and not made by Mitsu. Mahindra and TYM are basically in their death throes business relationship wise and will not be dealing w each other in the future after 2023.

Even if it doesn't, you'll still have parts. The tractor is just too good and is a relatively new line. They may call it something else or offer a Mitsu engine in the new ones but it is too substantial a tractor to be kicked to the curb. It is a good platform even for the new asscociation.

No word Bear. You have a great tractor as is and that's my word. I am not thinking you'll need anything else for a long, long time. Mahindra has iced many of its good lines such as the 35/3600 and 4100 series. The Mahindra 4110 for instance (Tym) had such a smooth engine and a very easy tractor...

Yup. That's what they gave the dealers as a name. What they end up calling it is anyone's guess. It is their newest factory built in India with Mitsubishi partnership in engineering, finance and market development. No more partnership with TYM which builds their 2500/2600 series. All series will...

Actually, if you were looking at the mid size Mahindra's like the 16 series, they indeed have metal fenders. They are covered up by plastic coverings so as to have molded in cup holders and light fixture spaces.

I'd wait until their new "K-Line" is introduced. They may carry a Mitsubishi engine or at least some will.

I looked at the one we had on the lot today as promised. The latch mechanism is near the bottom maybe 4-6" up and you can see it through the grill holes. You can attempt to blitz spray through the holes to cover the latch. Also, there is an opening at the bottom that you can squirrel a wand...

A lot depends on the size of the harvest, length of turn, size of product and size of the tractor. A md sized c.u.t. is applicable for about a quarter mile skid in my experience. After that it becomes pretty inefficient. Forwarding logs is then a much better alternative. Selective harvest...

We had a customer who's tractor burn't to the ground when he left the key in the "on" position. Fortunately his tractor was still outside when this happened or else it would have burn't our entire building down. He trailered and dropped off his own tractor and had just spent 10 grand on it with...

I worked (logging) with a guy many years ago about 20 years my junior. This fellow is now dead. He wore shorts even into December and of course would be in shorts in the summer. He died at 58 yrs of age of a tick- born disease that took too long to diagnose. Woods and ticks go together here in...

Yes and no. The frame on the 35-3600 series was a bit smaller. HP was about the same at 50 but for my type of forest, maneuverability is key so i would have appreciated the bit more smaller tractor. For pure power, the 5100 series is tops. Then there is the 2660 but we cannot seem to get those...

Awe crap. I was just gonna say "at least you still have that beautiful Jeep".

I will definitely have a look see and ask the techs what they use for a sticky hood.

I hear ya. The 4000 series is an old time brute of a tractor and well suited for brute type work. It also runs appreciably cheaper. Would I own one? Nope. I had a "stick shift" type tractor for 28 years before this one so I'm done w that type.

Still, the 3016 is pretty strong for its size. I use a modded carry all on my shuttle tractor for the heavy stuff as I do not like walking the tractor too far with this kind of frontal load. The oak stem pictured is about 1700lbs. I would agree that you could use a larger machine. If they...

How many cords are you dragging in? I don't necessarily disagree but the 4wd 4540 or 4550 will also do the type of work you describe w alacrity. With weighted tires and fel, you're looking at literally twice the weight of a 3016 w the same. Your 3016 in decent shape may be worth 15K toward a new...

They're may be. If you can stick a application wand that comes with stuff like PB Blaster or Liquid wrench, apply that first and wait a couple days for this stuff to work its magic. See if it opens. Then spray the area with carb cleaner, allow a few seconds to dry and apply the graphite...

I think if you did a cost prospective of 4000 ft of plain wire fence as opposed to 2000' of barbed plus 2000 ft of wire fence, you would get a better direction. (If indeed you're attempting to fence in 1000 ft of linear fence)..Also figure in the ease of installation of plain wire over barbed...

That works for a stall. It is cost prohibited for miles of fence and is why the shock wire along the top. I hope the op picks up on this alternative with my post to you as I have provided a link for the charger. Perhaps I should reply directly to the op with this.

Ok for the bottom part but they crib to death on the wooden part. We run shock wire at the top of the wooden fences in Kentucky. Years ago they tried the plastic fence but even treated for ultra violet, it still disintegrated. The op wants to curb encroachment but I don't know if he said what...

Bear, after you clean it out if indeed there is stuff in there, try the graphite lube they use in lock sets. Doesn't build up crud because the stuff is not sticky. 202597501

Much depends on the size of the dealer. Better chance of that in agri country where dealers are supplying farms with equipment. For the "mom and pop store" type of tractor dealership, not so much on tractors because we didn't have any until about this past August. The new stuff (compacts and...

If I had a choice, I'd forward my stems out w a trailer like Rusty has especially if you already have trails. You'll need a front mounted grapple. An alternative are those gas powered capstan winches for around $2K. Skid to an area. Pick em up w your grapple and load them on a forwarding...

donneil127 gives good advice. Corrrosion and break-off in this area creates many a starting problem.

It even snows in Sacramento

I agree about the value quotient for something you can cover with your fingernail at a shorter given distance. It's like those Oskosh jeans they sell for babies that are 3 bucks less than the adult jeans. And yet, the jeans have their place and value. The value musn't be measured in money however.

ain't that amazing how some lose (probably most) "the kid" in themselves in regards to snow. How it once delighted us and how it's turned to drudgery. I wonder where the transition occurs? Can't be having to drive in it because i did for miles and miles. Can't be the accident it caused...

Even if you got flack, so what. You expressed your opinion and had the courage to do so. There is no "flack" that can equal that.

Tough luck John w your machine. Funny about prices. They never seem to come down unless ppl stop buying and that doesn't seem to be happening. You're always ahead with a fix even it ends up as a 10K repair if you're gonna sell it yourself. The sale of the tractor absorbs the fix hit plus...

I'm waiting fo the day when gasoline will be $1.00 per gallon to get you out of your electric car. We are prey to "marketing" for us to keep buying. Skinny ties in the 50's. Fat ties in the 70's. Back to skinny in the 2020's. The "order of the day" is more about psychological brainwashing and...

We never exceed the stamped tire pressure whether load carrying intentions or not. Most cuts we sell are at 28-30 lbs for front industrials when they leave our place for delivery after PDI's. I fill lots of tires and the last thing I want is for one to blow off my head.

You're welcome....jeez. This looks like a torturer from the middle ages worked on this. As an aside, most docs don't tell you this but begin taking a full aspirin a day if you are not already on some type of blood thinners. I had not one but two life long friends die a couple of weeks they were...

I've seen these things go up and up in price. Last time I looked they were $8500 for a 35 ton. It is a super set up. In 1998 is when i bought my first hydraulic also from Northern. Had been hand splitting for 20 yrs before that then a light went on in my head and it was a wtf moment. $798 for a...

After re-reading some of your posts, I now get the idea that the "plug" was an electrical terminal connector going to one of your sensors. It sounds that someone botched this up horribly. Just for your info and what you can say to anyone if you confront this type of treatment again relating to...

Well Ace, I am puzzled on two planes: 1. why do you keep quoting my post and basically giving me the same answer 5 times? 2. When you say "they replaced the plug", what plug do you make reference to? Now for the blah-blah. Many people who...

People have asked for clarification. People have apologized. People have sympathized. People have tried to offer assistance. Where'd she go?

The pto shaft is what creates the spinning. You should have two switches plus a lever to engage the pto. Both of these switches need to be "on" or else the shaft will not turn.

Might last you a few weeks. People complain of the non stick surface on these pans lasting less than 6 months but that is a high heat situation. The deck needs to be diamond coated underneath with zirconium for $39.95 but think of all the people you'll fool who won't be able to tell it from real...

I'm thinking it's not painted but some type of powder coat concoction. Another reason might be is that debris and stuff isn't hitting these areas like at 200 mph as under a mower deck experiences.

I agree. To have a "Gotham Steel mower deck" would probably add at least $200-300 to the product judging that a little 14" skillet with the stuff costs around 40 bucks. Even the pans themselves wear out to say nothing of a mower deck.

The reason painting it with anything doesn't work is because you can't get the undersides clean enough to paint anything on there. It is as if you would have to sand the thing to bare metal and start from there with an epoxy type paint or 4 step POR 15 type product. Then even this would...

Yes you can but before the glycol bath. You'll be ok

Heavens no. New Holland is much too light in color. JD yellow would look awful w that blue.. Has to be closer to a navy blue.

This sap stain can happen in a matter of days to fallen wood. It is caused by a fungus that has infiltrated the sap wood. Could have happened with an old injury to the tree as well.

Somebody should paint a tractor "Blue Angel" blue with yellow wheels. search

You keep strokin chicken. You're in BC. Go dig up a dinosaur with your shovel.

Beautiful time of day.

You're going to love this beast more and more. Gives you a ton for the money. Just delivered one to a customer last Wed. Tires filled, fel...came in at 8300 lbs on trailer scale.

Hope it works well for you. Nice going. Do you ever get to sleep?

This is why I much preferred the cable skidders over the grapple ones to drive. They were the only type my boss would get. Logging buddies were a mixed bag of opinion at the time but the advantage of the grapples was that you could eliminate the ground guy who choked up stems. Getting off a...

Well Dave, those are the "variables" I mentioned. I agree w your premise of leaving whole stems as opposed to what they did. That is so weird to me that they did that unless someone told them to cut up the stems but why was there no landing established? That was one of the first things we did...

Even if he didn't, the latest poster has provided "information". For us wood chucks perusing a forum, that in itself could be helpful w/o necessarily answering to the op. Info is "timeless" :)

Ok. Let's do the math and the op can judge for himself: A rear grapple might grab two of these stem pieces, He will have to maneuver backward to position the logs to line up the rear grapple especially for a multiple log "bite" so a lot of back and forth movements. A turn will be 200' and I...

I feel slash pine is correct. Your tractor should be able to front grapple a 5' stem. The ten footers cut in half if you can't lift a complete one. The most efficient way to clean up this wood lot you explained is to "forward" your logs with some type of wagon or trailer that can be separated...

In this case Hunt considering the surroundings, I'd leave it be. None of us is gonna get there so you can have my beer.

To each his own but I hate being in a cabbed tractor. So constrictive to me. Ok on an open road or driveway while doing snow but in the woods.... a pain. Loud too so wear muffs if you get one.

You're looking at the wrong equipment for the work you want to do. You'd bust a compact tractor in no time using it as a piece of construction equipment. That Terex idea someone gave here is a much more viable piece for you. After you establish your home stead, you can sell it and then buy a...

Your tractor might do it with a long enough pull lead like a long cable.

All I can tell you is how we used to do it and hesitate w even that cuz I'm not there and things are always different. We'd cut out the split a couple feet to expose the holding part. We'd make two slits on either side of the holding leaving about 2" after making a face cut and cut it as if we...

That's what I used to do. Then I became twice ur age. One hand toss suits me better.

I have this and bent up this 1/2" bar for a handle. Works well.

Great. Now you can finally sleep tight!

"The tractor will not run". Allow me to reiterate my question as different people explain things differently and I for one do not care what your sex is I am just trying to acquire a better understanding. I mean they've talked people down to land an airplane whose pilot just had a heart attack...

So you turn the key and nothing happens? If so first thing I would check is all safety switches are wired and connected especially a neutral safety switch. Is the a hydrostatic or geared machine? To fry an entire harness does not seem feasible and as explained, rodent damage would be quite...

C'mon Moss My last year at college cost me $2200 and then I had a $1000 Pell Grant to reduce that further. That figure is now $60,000 and everyone is not a Trout or LeBron or a Woods to garner full rides. Sending my 3 girls to college who were all just 3 years apart was a struggle and they...

I account the auto GDP drop with 3 things: 1. the demise of the drive in theatre, 2. cost of parts and manufacturing causing profit margins to be significantly reduced and 3. the cost of college tuitions and $1400 phones. The "phone" has taken the place of the "car" and college tuitions have...

I tend to gravitate toward the wheats as I like the sweet malts. For some reason, Heineken goes right thru me. At one point, Genesee Cream ale was delicious but they changed the formula and it wasn't as good. I shocked myself last month when I tried an Aperion Belgian ale. Pretty good if you...

Really. Rather sanctimonious to say "taste" is not of the beholder. Budweiser is one of my favorites and much preferred over the rather hippster hoppy IPA's I haven't enjoyed. So you're saying my taste buds aren't as "educated" as yours? Damn...I told them not to quit school.

There are a couple caveats to this generalization: The smallish tractor company I work for ordered about 50 tractors in Feb 2021. They only just started tricking in August of 2022. We sold 38 of these tractors before they landed. In March of 2022, the owner ordered 30 more tractors. They are...

You can test one injector at a time. Unfasten it and put a coffee can under it and see if you're getting flow from the injector. But I agree, do the simple things first to see if the problem is solved.

Easiest way to clean the tank is to suck up the fuel with one of those cheap, battery powered transfer pumps battery-operated-liquid-transfer-pump-63847.html

This was previously pointed out. But thank you. I had a JD 750 that I needed to replace 2 VR's in the 28 yrs that I had it. Also had the 950 but for only a short period of time as I sold it when I found out what the 750 could do and also needed money to purchase the 100 acres behind me. Those...

If the vr is on the way out, at around 13 volts, the tractor will start to drain the battery. When this happens, it’s only a matter of time before the engine stops completely. .

Which a bad VR can cause. If the vr is not cycling properly, the battery can indeed fail to charge. Headlights can also be dim and instrument panels can be wonky. The voltage regulator controls the flow of electricity to every working part, including the engine. Bad voltage regulators have been...

If you feel it is not a fuel flow issue, then the next thing is an electrical problem. On the firewall, there is a voltage regulator. These go bad and cause all sorts of problems. See if yours gets hot when tractor dies. I had to replace mine twice on my JD 750 purchased in 1988 and sold in...

Sometimes a fuel tank will start to delaminate sending bits of plastic into exit orifices. Also what may happen is that "cloudy" stuff you found seeping out of your injectors may solidify within the tank itself. This acts as a shunt to fuel delivery. I believe your tank may be the culprit here...

I have two auto pays out of about 50 bill pay listings. I established another bank account that I have a gnat hair of money in that just to cover the auto pay. If anyone attempts to pilfer from the account, all they'll get is schillings.

Not my preference to look at. I like when the weld looks like you just used caulkng on a seam as if you ran your finger down the caulk line. I tried that with welding but its not worth it cuz it hurts abit.

Pretty beads take a lot of practice. Peeps who weld for a living make pretty beads. It's like golf. You aren't gonna do what the pros do but eventually you sink the ball.

Your tractor has a relief valve. I also am wondering if there is some debris that got caught in there. This may be a stupid guess but any possibility that there is air trapped in the 3 point circuit that gets alleviated when using the fel circuit acting like a pressure change relief?

Your 3 point valve opened sufficiently?

I'd say the gauge was off on the fill station.

I've seen them bust at the drag strip. You didn't line up your tractor with a hemi Dodge Demon right? Those 2500 rpm tractor hole shots are killers. Seriously It would be interesting to find out what is causing this. Off hand, I'm thinking some kind of gear geometry anomaly. Satellite gears may...

Me either. All spider gears do is equivocal to differentiated tire speed. Free wheeling on one side may cause stress but that side has to spin pretty fast.

I've seen the front ring and pinion gears teeth break off within the front whl drive housing. That is usually due to a heavy load on the fel and the front tire slipping or mired stuck while attempting to back out of the a pile of material or wood stem stack.. Happened to me on my 3016. I had...

If I had to do it all over agin, I'd get one of these instead of a tractor. Only alteratuons I'd make are remotes for a small hydraulic winch I'd rig up to skid with and maybe a taller tire. These things are beautiful!

Did you have witness marks on all of your bolts from the dealer?

The front axle on these are pretty stout. Perhaps a casting defect on the one in the shop. We've not had one of this line back for any reason except for service but that means nothing to me as I am a believer that if man is involved, things can break no matter what the brand or what the...

May have been damaged. We have found several damaged filters at the 50 hr. Otherwise that's what we do as stated in the shop manual.

No, a 5 gallon bucket of Mahindra hydro oil is $129. They may have topped it off however but check the level yourself to see if it is up to snuff. Also, check the fluid level in the front axle if they didn't do it. You don't really need to change out the hydro fluid at 50hrs as it doesn't...

Doesn't even look like you've been there. Great machine and glad it is working out so well for you..

Hello dearest, it’s not like I want to leave you, but I know it’s best for both of us. We can't keep doing this. We’ve been together for a long time, and it’s been amazing, but we need something different now. Don’t worry because you’re going to be okay! You’re going to find a new relationship...

Certainly to each his own but for me a vinyl top on a muscle car is like Genghis Khan carrying a purse.

What I've experienced here in the east is you can be charged for "shop supplies". What goads me is that they can use just a little bit of what comes out of a tube or spray can but charge you for the entire tube or can that they can reuse 12 other times. I once had a slow leak fixed where I...

Yea!. Do that so people don't mistake your Nova for a Pinto Do you know the reason car manufacturers put red line tires on their muscle cars? If you recall the cheapest muscle car ever (Road Runner), Mopar was attempting to keep the cost down as much as possible. They put dog dish hub caps on...

All one had to do was put headers on this thing, 4.30's or 4.56's out back and you were easily in the 12's just like the Cobra Jet. If the car magazines ran the Nova with this combo instead of the weak gearing out back, they would have sold a ton more.

I can tell you what I got when working as a logger. I used a grinder (Oregon, etc.) type sharpener that I mounted on a post 4' off the ground. Mine was made by Bell industries but Oregon makes some good ones in the $250-$300. You don't need the $400-$500 ones. The trouble with the cheap grinders...

Actually the silver/titanium color was one of my color recommendations. The other was the deep green GM used at the time. I know you're stuck with the vinyl but I know of no better deterrent to NOT put one on than the silver Nova example you show. It looks like a Ford Pinto to me.

Me too. As a matter of fact, I would take a 396/375 hp Nova over the 428 Cobra jet I had. Lot less trouble to go as fast.

Because it lasted twice as long as iron and was more conducive to make curves and bends.

The advent of the "electric car" is pure marketing. It is simply a stop gap measure I hypothesize. Look how quickly they are attempting to ram it down our throats without the supporting mechanisms in place. It may simply be a maneuver to restructure the infrastructure or I should say force this...

Vinyl roofs were first added to what was termed "luxury cars". This action besmacked the aspect of "if it had the appearance of some animal hide, it had to be luxurious". Then Detroit got crazy and thought the aspect should be overlapped to just about any car to increase its "value look" and...

Did you say what color you're painting this thing? In my mind there are just two valid colors in my world for this car and one of them isn't about "factory" color. Also for the sake of muscle car mankind, please don't add a vinyl roof.

This interested me. There are currently some battery powered shovels but these are juicing up their own batteries with a diesel engine so they are more like "hybrid plug ins". At any rate, I can't imagine these old electric shovels being "corded". I would love to see the generator and the size...

old. That was what "spell check" corrected when I first typed "lol". I don't know if I made the blunder but you are correct : any of them will do. Let me see, "salesman came by the... ..cane buy....cam kebuhy.... Could have been me.

Here is an interesting story. Seems a bit slanted but it offers rebuttal: how-the-world-s-first-large-scale-electric-excavator-works

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Well this company states the tractor doesn't do well under 14*. Plus this is a lithium/iron battery so it's different from most ev car batteries which are also larger. You can certainly charge it below 32* but you need the warming blanket that is made for it. It's the internal temp of the...

The conversation wasn't just pertaining to fuel because when i raised the same point to him, he added about servicing the tractor with filters, oils, labor and fuel costs and all done at the dealerships. We get $650 for this type of service for a mid size tractor. If that price stays the same...

Darn volcanoes. They should know better and boy, you thought cows were bad for methane, I wonder what a million brachiosaurs were making.

and don't forget the aluminum foil.

How disappointing. I have the coffee can on my kitchen table and I took a fender off my model Mustang.

If there are 90,000 cargo ships with each spewing the equivalent of 50,000,000 cars in a year, how is that possible? This is outnumbering cars by 16 times. The thrust of this is the utter hypocrisy of the state of California worried about your string trimmer as opposed to the immensity of the...

no. It is lithium-iron

Never said it wouldn't do these things. I stated that it wouldn't do so for long. That in itself could most certainly be an issue for some.

We sold two electric snowblowers last year. They both were returned after even a nominal snow dump. Th batteries in these tractors are much larger and is said to last 3-6 hrs depending on the tractor job. I'm thinking the scenario you pitch would fall closer to the 3 hr mark but I dunno and...

I think your last idea is the best. Put it in position to have it winched onto a trailer after you plug up the leak and have it trucked to your house. Drive it off the trailer to where you would work on it. Field work is for stop gap measure, jury rig kind of stuff. This job I would not...

I dunno. I've had two tractor batteries last 12 and 15 years. It could depend on usage and charge-recharge sequences as well as size. Also, the warranty is probably pro rated so by the 7th,8th and 9th years, you're not getting much back.

a-look-at-californias-ban-on-gas-powered-equipment California has banned the sale of gas powered outdoor equipment by 2024. This is based on their premise that one hr of operation of say a string trimmer, puts out as much pollution as a 2016 Prius going 1100 miles. What they neglect to inform...

I would assume that all of Maine does not have that kind of climate.

true dat I'm afraid. Calif has already banned gasoline outdoor power equipment after 2024.

Not good for that type of climate.

Well, like every statistic, this could be bent toward a sales proposition. A gallon of diesel used to cost 2.69 not long ago in my neck of the woods. If they extrapolate diesel costing twice that or more and then add the service charges for oil, filters, hydraulic fluid plus the materials...

Very intriguing landscape. I think that's how Vegas looked at first.

First off, I'd need a larger coffee can. I love nuclear. I have a scale model Mustang made of plutonium. I also played with the liquid mercury toys they had for sale in the 50's. See...nothing happened.

I'm thinking this price would come down as the technology advances. Then I think of the mining needed to make one battery and become unconvinced that it would. I also think that unless synthetics are created for what the raw essential minerals accomplish that comprise a battery makeup such as...

Made in India is what the rep stated.

Salesman came buy the dealership yesterday peddling a Solectrac (spl?) tractor. The owner jumped on and rode it around for awhile. He said it was pretty smooth running, quiet and responsive. The salesman stated that this tractor would save over $12,000 in fuel costs over a similar diesel powered...

That's what it looked like to me as well that you could remove the cross member but I would have liked to have seen this on the actual 3550 that came in for service last Wed. It was gone today as it was shipped out back to the owner last Friday so I did not get the chance. The 4500 and 5500...

Well, if it engages then I don't think it's bad. It may be acting as a stop so the lever wouldn't go all the way down. Perhaps the previous owner wanted to engage it with gloves on and if it dropped down too far, made it difficult to get a grasp.

It's that kind of attitude that gets to the bottom of things w/o the self drama that these kind of things tend to initiate. Things tend to fall in place better w these types of mentals

Without seeing one in person, it looks like you can unbolt the cross member to back out the distribution block that the line broke off from. Put a jack under it to relieve any droppage if you can unbolt it. We may have a 3550 on the lot for service and if we do, I'll look under there on Monday...

Yes it could. What happens when you increase speed to 2100-2400 rpms?

Yes you can most certainly over grease an enclosed bearing. Over greasing creates heat and eventual seal failure. Look at the area being greased and study the volume output of your grease gun w one squeeze or trigger pull. Asceratin how many squirts you'll need to grease the area. For instance...

Good going Andy. Hope you bought 10,000 shares at that price!

Thanks CVF but no, I did ok on the stock but I did not purchase enough shares to become an instant millionaire. I first saw this stock, I recall around 6 bucks. I consider those kind of stocks to be "penny stocks" and do not touch these. I have a friend who does and he has become quite rich but...

Funny you should bring up Enphase. There is a facility in Arizona built in the 80's that relies on mirrors. I visited this facility when I had a stint as an energy manager for school systems and municipalities a few years ago. This entails pointing out energy waste and suggesting efficiency in...

You wouldn't last two seconds on a logging landing and not for any physical prowess you may lack or are endowed with. You are far from "call it as i see it" type individual. Instead you are a "throw it at the window and see what sticks" type of person.. You are incumbent with innuendo and...

Serious piece of equipment. Nice to be able to lay line while trenching at the same time. Good luck w it.

Without knowing who prepped your tractor, I usually put 15-20 pumps in this section before delivery. If its quite full already and you have a battery powered g gun, the gun itself will provide you a clue as it will strain to put any more grease in.

With Kubota, they are claiming to be 14-18 months out w their backhoes as exclaimed by a dealer at a recent Northeast tractor seminar. We ordered a backhoe for a Mahindra 5155 3 wks ago. It is purported to get here by the end of August. We shall see.

Correct. Plus they charge you additional monies for the privilege of being in the "free shipping"club.

You need to stop with the "you don't know how finance works". I will definitely say I do not know how ALL finance works and would no more question your expertise in finance as i would argue the earth is flat, but your insistence on substantiating some of the other possibilities on how 0% works...

I believe that to be incentive for you to grab their card. Short term sacrifice for their long term gains. Sort of like the pitcher who sets up his batter with 3 straight fastballs and strikes the guy out with a curvy dropper.

How what actually works? 0% as it comes to goods and services? Simple, your financing is imbedded within the purchase price. You have bequeathed to the conversation stating 0% is a good thing. This is where our great divide resides. As it applies to more business, I agree completely as I have...

C'mon Torvy, that's a drop in the bucket to this conversation. No cc company is giving away free money for 5 to 7 years as some 0% percent schemes claim. And, cc companies love when you're late w a payment for even a day.

You're complicating things. You discuss aspects of banking as it applies to overall loan designation along with money manipulation that the banking industry utilizes. I am talking how 0% is structured within the goods and services world. I am talking straight with what i know as a former...

No Scotty. It is quite easy to see what Kubota is doing. They are inflating their purchase price to cover their financing scheme of 0%. Let's not over think this. You're mixing two different ideas. It is quite fine if you don't believe what I'm stating. I am simply "relaying" from my experience...

A DPF engine runs at a high rpm (usually around 2,000 for tractors) and once everything is at the correct temperature --- an additional injector mounted between the exhaust manifold and the DPF injects diesel directly into the exhaust system. This creates heat and pressure that cleans out the...

The trouble w this plan scotty is that Kubota has a propensity of offering 0% all of the time. They were doing this even in 2012 when i was looking for a new machine. Back then I could not equate what i was looking at to the price they were demanding. I was saying "this is a $17,500 machine...

Yeah, so does mine. 1.7% or they did 3 months ago when I purchased the wife's new CX 5. I am not thinking they would offer me what I financed for nothing however. Jyou, you're an old timer here as i am. Nice to see some of the veterans still around.

Oh I see. It is of little wonder that you would bet your new house since you have no sentimental attachment as yet... Also, what bank do you know of that is simply in the business of making money, offers 0% loans directly?

"Your lack of understanding" is simply a tactic by the less endowed. So if you're a "what he said" follower of this guy, first attempt to denigrate then spew what you need to spew as if it's gospel. You Scotty seem more of a gentleman to simply tag along with arrogance. His students must adore...