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About every small town used to have a courthouse square with the county court and county officials in the courthouse surrounded by locally owned department clothing stores, five and dime stores, hardware stores, dry cleaners, banks, insurance agencies, car dealerships, realtors, and drug stores...

Retired. All I do now is cut weeds on the farm.

Make a list of what you own and what would happen to it if you passed, your wife passed, or both of you passed. Does each asset go to whomever you intend automatically or would they have to open a probate estate? (By automatically, you may have already signed some bank account, retirement...

There's a saying in strategic planning that one step in planning saves ten steps in execution. Estate problems can be significantly reduced if some time is spent in advance looking at what the assets are and what would be the easiest method of transferring them. People are reluctant to talk...

I had thought about suggesting using a chain to pull some trees just to assess how stubborn they will be to remove, but the OP bought a nice cab tractor. My experience using a chain is that the tree invariably seems to hit the back of the tractor and me in the back. I have an open station, but...

Sad to see that Yanmar just sitting while the weeds around it have to be cut by hand.

I have a friend whose is a psychologist. He says one of the main predictors of a divorce is when a couple has lived together prior to marriage because it indicates they are not as committed to the relationship.

Look on youtube for videos on how landscaping companies move large rocks using a couple of straps wrapped around the rock. There is a specific way of cradling the rock with the straps so it stays put in the straps when moving the rock, but you run the straps so you can get them out from under...

Started to wonder whether we would ever start seeing posts of people giving their tractors custom paint jobs to match their own color preferences. It always jars me when I see a vintage tractor painted a different color than OEM, no matter how good the paint job.

Given Kubota's history of offering promotional equine discounts, one would think there would be a kubota product specialist somewhere who could offer some direct relevant expertise with your specific question. Indirectly, I went from a 35hp gear Mahindra to a MX5200 gear drive. The MX does not...

^digging out stumps will leave holes to be filled and smoothed over. Even if you smooth them, they will settle over time. A mulching head on a compact track loader or excavator could mulch paths for you without leaving a bunch of holes or you could cut the stumps flush and let them rot over...

https://www.generalservices.state.nm.us/wp-content/uploads/9_3_20_Constitution-Comparison-Chart.pdf Pretty bold to issue an "order" in spite of the New Mexico constitution. It will have the same practical effect as if she ordered the shooters to turn themselves in.

I had a Walmart car battery to fail within something like 9 months within the past year.

Could you please send some good luck to ArlyA?

Did he already pay or is it possible he may back out?

Funny how they sell a cordless drill, 2 batteries and a charger for $99 and then later two replacement batteries are $129 or more.

Another approach is to buy a tree puller $1390 and separately buy a stump bucket $890. Tractor Attachments — MTL Attachments Not saying it's the best, but it should be functional. However, if it were my new tractor, (1) I would want to get past the initial break in period before doing very...

This thread may be helpful to read. Front-End Loader - Danuser Intimdator

^looks good. I like it.

Tennessee allows reimbursement of funeral expenses paid outside of the estate funds in some situations. A trust fund may provide for payment of those expenses or it may not depending on the terms of the trust. Estate laws vary so much from state to state that competent legal advice is needed...

Because a trust permits both long term control of liquid assets and flexibility in their investment as well as distribution. A POD is simply going to transfer the funds directly to the beneficiary at death. In the case of a 16 yo beneficiary for example, you probably wouldn't want to just give...

The imaginary tractor. I think the tractor manufacturer's don't give a choice of colors is because color is part of their branding so when you see JD green or New Holland Blue, etc. on a farm, that's an advertisement for that brand.

Dryer/heat/solvents/fire if things go wrong.

Personal care from a loving family member is not something that can be bought elsewhere.

I think Ford/New Holland blue looks good and holds up well to aging. Red and orange seem more prone to fading.

The other thing about a corporate fiduciary is they aren't going to get mired in family drama. Probably the entire family will hate them for their fees, but they aren't family so....

Looking back, I wonder how many of us now wish we'd bought that nice pre-emissions tractor back in 2012 or whenever it was they were still being made? I suspect the retail stores love the prospect of all battery tools because they expect to sell boatloads of expensive replacement batteries...

I may be wrong, but I think Ultrarunner already said the trust says no bond and no compensation. I would guess the no compensation part was included in the trust so the two siblings who aren't trustees don't feel short changed or have a basis to think the trust is benefitting Ultrarunner in...

Offset flail mower.... maybe a sickle mower if you can put up with the maintenance. But would still have to use a string trimmer of some kind to cut up to the fence. By the time you do all that, maybe a tractor mounted string trimmer starts to make sense to maintain a mile of fence?

If the bank was doing its job properly, you wouldn't have to use your personal funds to cover for the bank's mistakes.

Home Depot announced a goal of selling 85% battery powered mowers by 2028. The Home Depot Sets Goal for Battery Powered Products to Drive over 85% of Outdoor Lawn Equipment Sales by 2028 | The Home Depot Been thinking I should buy a gas ZTR to set aside for the future even though my present...

Banks work to separate your money from you.

Hydraulic fluid should be clear looking.

Sorry for the misunderstanding. Although I was referring to ultrarunner's thread, it sounds like the CU messed up your deposit as well and then you also had a bad customer service experience.

This is a bank account problem. Usually, I've thought of bank's making mistakes on the loan side of things, but how the heck do they foul up a deposit account by losing their own records? Where are the auditors and regulators?

Thanks for that. I'm still trying to learn how to best manage the DPF system because this is the first tractor I've owned that has one.

Trusts allow for flexibility to meet certain purposes, but it is no fun being the trustee.

Some hedge trimmer attachments like this one will also fit on weedwackers that accept attachments. Amazon.com Btrimmers&qid=1694298288&sprefix=hedge%2Btrimmer%2Battachment%2Caps%2C284&sr=8-6&th=1 cu The cutter head can be angled to follow the ground contour. Have wondered if I couldn't clamp...

Although not directly pertinent, they did get fined $37.5 million by the CFPB in 2022. https://www.consumerfinance.gov/enforcement/actions/us-bank-national-association/

This puller for a FEL was made by one of our members, walker450 who also posted a video of it working on youtube. T-Post Puller for Front End Loader

Oops on my part, but why are you cutting the weeds along someone else's property? And I wouldn't spray anything that might injure someone else's cows.

Hesitant to say to use a metal blade for fear of cutting through the fence, but it would help to cut down some of that before getting right up to the fence itself.

What is your assessment of how well the farmer maintained his tractor? If you can still get parts and it appears to be in good condition and the seller seems to be telling you the truth about its condition, you can make a lot of repairs for the difference between his price of $10k and $25 you'd...

Would be easier to cut if you killed it with herbicide first or at least waited until it turned brown over the winter.

Since you aren't being paid for all this inconvenience due to the terms of the trust, one option is to hire an attorney to deal with the bank, but I'm not sure whether it should be the estate lawyer or a honest to goodness litigation attorney.

Just because someone is a bank attorney doesn't mean they know much of anything about estates and trusts. I personally wouldn't want to rely on a bank branch employee to attempt to describe a trust situation to me without reviewing the relevant documents. Trusts are heavily document driven...

the owners manual for my MX5200 says to avoid prolonged idling, but then it also says to idle 3-5 minutes before shutdown because of the turbo.

I've noticed that my MX5200 feels significantly more stable on hillsides with my 6' cutter than the same cutter felt on my previous 35hp Mahindra. I was sort of thinking about buying a larger cutter, but I'm liking the increased stability so much I'm not sure I want a larger cutter. I wasn't...

Of course the continuation of the trust depends on the terms of the trust as to when it terminates or may be terminated, but barring some term of the trust requiring it to continue, I suppose the 1/2 rent paid to the trust could be assigned to the three siblings to be paid directly to them so...

I apologize but I may not have been clear enough. If you were in a car wreck that left you alive, but unable to function, it might be impossible for you to change your will even if you wanted to. This is why I suggest taking care of business now. I get the impression from what you have...

There were unrepaired bullet holes in the interior walls behind the tellers in one of the bank branches in East Nashville dating from the late 1970s.

Banking changed for the worst when Congress repealed the Depression era legislation that forbade interstate banking that used to reign in the size of banks not to mention the obvious monopolization issues that were ignored at the time. A friend of mine who was a very experienced loan...

My dirt is mushy in the spring, but pretty hard by late summer. It would be a pain to drive posts right now.

Betting on friend over family might or might not be okay but I would very much consider making the son co-executor so he has equal control.

By the time someone pours a good slab, building a post/beam shed seems like the best option long term. Some critter actually ate a good sized hole in one of my wood sheds that had a 3/4 floor.

My recommendation to a new member is to use the search tool to read what 2515 owners have actually posted about their personal experience with their tractors and then search for what T474 owners have posted.

25 years ago, the exemption was much more modest and assets were appreciating at significant rates. Once you exceeded the exemption amount, the estate tax rates were significant, if not nearly confiscatory, and there was nothing on the horizon to suggest that the exemption amounts were going...

It was a great relief to me to be rid of US Bank and to be free of the hassle of administering a trust set up for tax saving purposes that in the end didn't actually save any taxes because of the increases in the federal estate tax exemption. Been there. Done that. I feel your pain.

I guess you're supposed to ram the spear through the T post and lift it out?

Even if the shed framing will handle the load, you need to be very careful about what the shed is resting on. A sloppy job of just laying it on a few concrete blocks here and there may damage the shed.

California has changed its building codes due to earthquakes. However, I believe let in braces were once commonplace there because Larry Haun did a wall framing video for Fine Homebuilding demonstrating how to cut the let in braces with a worm gear saw. The video is still on Youtube and the...

Sometimes I wonder what these people are thinking if they tell a customer that regens every 2 hours are not out of the ordinary because that would make me not want to buy any kind of tractor that did that.

Are you going to tell him about your personal experience with yours?

Sounds like the bank flagged the trust account when they received notice from SS that your Mom passed. Who knows what that flag turned off in terms of processing check payments? I suspect their system was setup to show her as trustee, and then the social security death notice triggered...

I took a course in building with metal studs and synthetic stucco several years ago. My recollection is that there was a thin but wide band of metal applied to the studs to act as a brace to keep the studs from racking. My barn was built with let in bracing years before plywood came along.

I'm amazed that these chain stores are able to stay in business. I have a Mazda protege that had some really pricey tires on it and wanted to swap them for more normal less expensive ones. One chain store wouldn't do it. Another knew immediately which tires could be substituted and did it...

I admire your persistence. Do you think you need to add some mesh to the ROPs? The ROW mower guys used to do that around here.

What IRS compliance could they possibly be concerned with? Your trust records at home should have your IRS letter informing the trust of its FEIN, an original of the trust agreement, and an original of your trustee appointment. Once they have copies of this, not the originals that they'd lose...

US Bank was the one that asked for another copy of the trust agreement in Tennessee. I don't know what they did with the copy they had when the account was opened. There were two branches near me. One was easier to deal with than the other one. So it might not be a bad strategy to try...

I had similar experience with a particular bank losing their copy of the trust agreement and was glad to see the day when I closed the account with them. Sounds like very typical estate planning for 25 years ago, but part of the problem is bank officers today have such little understanding of...

Consider how many times a year you will be mowing. We've had enough rain in Middle TN that I'm on my third cutting this year.

I just spent 5 hours mowing today with my new to me Kubota MX5200 52hp tractor after trading in a 35 hp Mahindra 3525. My experience with a 6' cutter cutting fairly thick vegetation is that the 35hp tractor struggled in places with the 6' cutter. The 52hp machine using the same 6' cutter...

At 4mph, a 6 ft cutter will take nearly 23 hours to cut 60 acres where a 12' cutter will cut it in 11 1/2 hours. Makes a huge difference if you have to drive 3 hours to reach the property. https://www.omnicalculator.com/biology/acres-per-hour

https://tym.world/en-us/products/tractors/compact/series-2/2515/ https://tym.world/en-us/products/tractors/compact/series-2/t474/ There is a big practical difference between 25hp and 48hp when it comes to operating something like a rotary cutter. IMO, a 25hp tractor would run about a 5'...

You could compare your sensor against the official humidity reported for your location. 44% would almost certainly have to be indoor humidity I would believe. https://www.wunderground.com/history/monthly/us/la/new-orleans/KMSY Our temps and humidity in middle TN dropped about 10 degrees in...

I also use a hand t-post puller. I can have a bunch of posts pulled by hand by the time I reposition the tractor and there's not as much risk of bending the posts.

TYM t474 HST with loader was selling for $25,900 in Middle Tennessee last month. The extra $5,900 buys 48hp.

Walls used to be framed with braces let in to the studs. I guess someone somewhere still does it this way instead of sheating.

I looked into renting a CTL to cut a slope. One of the rental companies warned me that if I turned too tightly going uphill, the track could come off and they had a charge to come out and put it back on.

Suggest you use a acres mowed per hour calculator to assess how long it will take to mow your property. Most land is rough enough that I wouldn't plan on going faster than roughly 4 mph. That means that the time spent depends on the width of your mower relative to the number of acres you...

Welded up a grill guard for my new to me MX5200 out of some 6" channel I had. Decided to make it a fixed guard instead of trying to fabricate something that tilts out of the way of the hood. The hood just barely clears the guard, but it works. Also incorporated storage for a chain and a...

I hope you have a good helper to help you set those rafters whatever you do.

Maybe find an angle adapter at Surplus Center and reposition those hoses?

Given the position of the connectors and the bracket that holds them to the frame, I'm not seeing many options to increase the clearance. However, if those lines were to droop much more or the tire were to kick up a piece of log, that could be a problem.

I'm guessing you asked about sheating first because you want to avoid notching your sheating around the rafter tails. One consideration is you don't want to notch so deeply into the rafter that the tail becomes weak. Another consideration is whether you intend to add a soffit that would...

A few random thoughts.... I didn't like the idea of buying an emissions tractor. Still don't, but finding a pre-emissions tractor at the right price and in good condition hasn't been so easy lately. I recently traded a 35 hp pre-emissions mahindra because it developed a leak at the bull...

Key quote from your thread build: "Not much of anything on it is anywhere near close to square, level, round or plumb. Like most tractors, the Kubota is a combination of different angled parts joined with French curves." Now that you have a factory cab with AC, what is your opinion on doing...

thanks very much. I'm going to read over it. Really nice looking cab that you built.

Very nice cab. Did you post a thread here on your build?

Another good thing about chain is the hook ends are easily installed without any wire splicing. This hook has a more heavy duty latch mechanism. Amazon.com I've not had any trouble with the slip hook coming loose on the log end.

My cousin was pulling a trailer mounted spray rig to spray his hillside when the axle on the trailer failed. The water in the sprayer tank then shifted enough to overturn the trailer and the tractor. The tractor was also a former highway department tractor that came with extra wide axles for...

One thing I regret not doing was putting a roof over our deck because it would have extended the life of the deck and been more comfortable to use.

I used a tree service recently that has a kubota track loader with a dual lid grapple. Their operator would clamp brush with one side and then use the other side to compact it back and forth between sides so he could carry more in one trip. My grapple has a single lid with the bottom row of...

For the log end, I prefer this style choker hook. I have not have any problems with it becoming disconnected from the log. Amazon.com I don't know if this style can be found preinstalled on a chain you can buy. I had to change out the hook ends on mine. edit: there is this choker chain...

I would be very reluctant to pass on the dealer's offer to buy the tractor back given the problems you've mentioned plus the fact the dealer has even made that offer would get my attention. And there's the backhoe operation that concerns you. I'd also recomend against limiting yourself to 25hp...

rivet nut assortment: https://www.amazon.com/Bonost-200Pcs-Rivet-Nuts-SAE/dp/B0B1468TBW/ref=sr_1_4?crid=AQ160RA6WRN2&keywords=rivet%2Bnuts%2Bassortment&qid=1693748170&sprefix=rivet%2Bnuts%2Caps%2C480&sr=8-4&th=1

What is it about your grapple that isn't doing what you want? I don't believe there is such a thing as a perfect grapple.

A friend of mine said he covered the top of his deck joists with plastic before putting the deck boards down and claims it extended their life expectancy. I'm not so sure about using plastic, but I've wondered if there is any coating that would help with that. Looks like very high quality...

Amazon has various ones pre-made. Chain is far more easier to store, however. I think you would be better served getting two chain lengths and connecting them together as already suggested. There are times when you need a short chain and times when you need a longer one. Having multiple...

I would like to see it.

The good thing about loppers is they can cut close to the ground and don't get dulled by dirt like trying to cut with a chainsaw. Plus there's no noise and no having to start a chainsaw not to mention being safer to operate.

Going off my recollection (which could be dangerous), but my recollection is Project Farm liked the rotary tool sharpener, liked the Granberg file guide system, and liked the 2 in 1 Sthil hand file sharpener. But I don't recall any evaluation of how long the sharpening bits lasted. The...

If I were moving something that heavy very often, looks like there would be a way of using some kind over overhead lift with a good rope and block and tackle system? Something like a gantry system mounted to the trailer bed that would allow you to lift the wood and then slide it on a rail...

I'd have never thought of using a dolly like that. You must also have excellent operator skills not to have rolled the dolly over with that kind of an overload.

Huge difference between the area you cleaned up and the area with the downed trees. The area with the downed trees is painful to look at.

The local Farm Bureau had a nice brick building. Even they painted their brick white recently. The neighbors had a nice red brick house built in the 1960s. After the mom died recently, the heirs had it painted gray to sell it. Whoever did the paint either didn't mix it properly or got a...

I don't know the answer. My guess would be there is only so much room in the starter casing for the winding .... so no? I've had trouble with my YM solenoid sticking from time to time. You might takes yours apart and see if cleaning it helps your issue. My experience is it helps for a while...

One inherent challenge to rotary sharpening bits is that they only have a 5/32 diameter to begin with which means the sharpening media sees a high use per unit of surface area compared to the size of sharpening surface area of the diamond wheels that fit the Oregon style bench saw grinders.

The groundskeeper may not want to get into removing the stumps presently because of the size of the overall cleanup to do right now. But he may want them removed later after the hassle of mowing around them for awhile.

IMO, there could be less risk in buying a used 6' cutter for $500-900 than buying a new cutter from the dealer because the used one could probably be resold without much loss so long as the OP didn't overpay for a used cutter that needs unanticipated expensive repairs like a bad gearbox or blade...

You also want to factor in the amount of acres you plan to cut and how much time it will require based on your ground speed and effective cutting width. Here is a mowing per acres calculator. Mowing Calcuator | How many acres can I mow in an hour I usually estimate no more than about 5 mph...

I was running a lightweight 6' cutter on a 35hp Mahindra 3525 gear drive, but tall vegetation would choke it unless I raised the cutter up or slowed down. Got to be careful with what cutter weight relative to your tractor's weight, especially if hills are involved. Even a lightweight 6'...

After last week's heat index hitting 116F during the day, yesterday morning felt like the first day of Fall. This morning's temp in Middle TN was 58F.

I'd bet Kubota has so intertwined the DPF and ECM that you dare not touch either one if you want the tractor to run. What scares me is the amount of monetary damage a mouse can do eating some wiring that didn't used to be on a diesel engine.

I bought one of these to try. Haven't used it yet, but seems pretty heavy compared to other steel blades I have used.

I don't recall Home Depot ever selling any kind of tractors before other than whatever they might have sold from their rental fleet which would have tended to be TLBs.

Pair at the Lebanon, TN Home Depot yesterday. I think the sign said the price was $19,499.

I was just curious what they were thinking. One thing about pine is they can rot faster than some hardwoods.

Mowing for me takes hours on end at some balance of ground speed relative to rough fields and vegetation density. Other than plowing my garden in the Spring, I don't do much plowing. As for whether the seals themselves weren't good or were improperly installed, I would suppose the dealer...

What is the thinking behind the owner's decision not to cut the stumps closer to the ground if they intend to leave the stumps?

No independent shops in my area. I have a friend who sells hustler mowers to the tractor dealers in area and knows them better than I do. He recommended a mechanic who did work outside the dealership on the side. The guy had shoulder surgery and wasn't able to do the job, either. All in...

The positives are that you were able to spot a potential issue with the motor oil leak, the dealer is giving good service, and it may be covered under warranty. I am starting to wonder if mowing is actually pretty hard on tractors?

I thought about it, but was concerned about getting hurt doing the repair which involves having to remove the ROPS, seat, hydraulic box sitting on the transmission, and loaded rear tires (480 lbs) to access the bull pinion carrier inside the transmission case. When I pulled the brake drums, it...

Trees or rock quarries the worst?

Another friend of mine can't find anyone he trusts to replace the clutch in his Massey Ferguson, either.

After my experience with not being able to get dealer service this year, Mahindra is a non-starter for me.

I just traded in a Mahindra 3525 with 780 hours to a used tractor dealer because the brakes failed due to leaky bull pinion shafts and couldn't get my dealer's service department on the phone to even talk about repairing it for months on end. None of the dealers for other brands in my area...

Given the cost of buying and maintaining equipment, I'd say there will be fewer people doing these jobs going forward.

IMO, are you actually saving any money if the Summit price is $19,499 when something like the Yanmar SA425 with loader can be found for $19,900? https://www.tri-countycompanies.com/default.asp?page=xInventoryDetail&id=14230950&p=1&make=yanmar&s=(Sort%20By)&d=D&fr=xAllInventory Or how about a...

Reading MHarryE's post makes me not want to own any emissions tractor even though I just bought an MX5200.

It's a sad commentary on emissions when it forces reliance on 50-60 y/o tractors to continue operating.

I'd have to look for the brand name, but the operator's manual for my auger recommends at least a 35hp tractor to run a 12" auger.

Heat index hit 116F last week in Middle Tennessee due to a combination of high temps and terrible humidity, but is supposed to be 10-15 degrees cooler this week. One lady we know baked cookies on a baking pan on her car dashboard last week just to see if it could be done.

I've got a T5. What SSQD attachments do you intend to use with yours?

Also going to offer this perspective. Often, employees have very useful knowledge of what is actually going on, practical things that would be otherwise overlooked and where things need to be changed. Following an honest and open strategic planning process can be helpful in eliciting their...

Thanks very much. That explains a lot.

My friend stayed on past normal retirement because believed in the mission of the college and they were also dealing with a relocation. He got them through the relocation and up and going in the new location. After retirement, he moved out of state to be with family, but now has some health...

25hp ECM v 48 hp mechanical is a huge difference.

Have you tried a new spark plug? Did you get a bad batch of gas or gas that has been sitting awhile?

Strongly tempted to ask if you might retire before ..... (but feel free not to reply). A friend of mine was the facilities manager for a local college since the 1970s and retired maybe 4 years ago. They hired a facilities management company to fill his shoes. No idea how much more they are...

One member recently posted they had gotten a quote of $24K for a L2501HST with a loader, and the big TYM dealer near me was selling the T474HST with a loader for $25,900 this month. I'd be hard pressed to recommend buying the Kubota instead of the T474 at those prices if there's a good TYM...

$76 is less than $189 I see another seller was asking. :eek:

I was using that style of pole saw but a different brand. I hated paying for the Echo PF225, but it just cuts better than what I was using. Part of it is because the oil mechanism does a better job of lubricating the chain so it stays sharper longer and cuts better. The other thing I like is...

I'd be interested in hearing opinions whether the JD/Yanmar models are also ones to consider if one of those happened to come available. The JD 750 /850/950 in particular look very similar to my YM226d. I see some of those listed for sale locally, but they seem to stay for sale on the market...

Is there a separate management team evaluating the cost of relocating elsewhere?

I don't know if this is specific to Terramite backhoes, but their owner's manual says to put the bucket and outriggers down, but to raise the boom and digging bucket.

Because a lot of people will buy the software update to make the popups go away. Similarly, look at how hard MS makes it to setup a new Win 11 machine without a MS account.

There are things in life beyond our control, but your love for your wife will help her through this.

I'd guess the higher ups are asking how much it would cost to keep the AC going because that is another factor to consider in deciding whether to shutter in 2024.

Nice looking tractor. My neighbor used to break my mother's garden for her with one like that several years ago.

I suspect you could get rid of that popup by doing a clean reinstall of Windows.

HST transmissions allow infinite fine control over ground speed where gear drives do not. HST transmissions require periodic filter and fluid changes. HST transmissions may operate at higher temps for sustained use like mowing. HST transmissions excel for ease of going F to R for loader work...

Would there be malpractice implications if the HVAC failed during some very long extended medical procedure?

Forgot the actual term for it, but it looks like the creek bank sometimes overflows in the area where the beams land up to the area of the dashed red line and the trail finally climbs up past this area where the solid red line is shown. My concern would be debris collecting. I would want the...

For comparison, King Kutter 3 Point Hitch Disc Bedder, Red - DB-RR I had a 3pt frame and welded two large pieces of metal at an angle to make raised beds in my garden.

Maybe he is thinking about pushing the stumps out with a dozer?

I also thought it odd that the linkage didn't show similar issues with the paint.

Where's the OP that started this thread?

It would be interesting to hear about what motivated the customer to ask for this amount of protective cage. I've never seen that much protection added to a tractor before. Underbelly pans can be simple or complex depending on whether there is anything to easily bolt them to. Once it cools...

Deere part no. and pricing for that?

I'm also leery of manufacturers placing hydraulic lines and filters under the tractor like these on my recently acquired MX. You can see where the vegetation has rubbed the paint off the hydraulic lines. The Mahindra 3535's hydraulic filter and lines were mounted above the transmission casing.

One of my trailers has a screw terminal block mounted to the front of the cargo box. I'd say it was designed to make it easy to replace the wiring that goes along the front A frame to connect to the vehicle. The vehicle connector I linked to has screw terminals. The cheapo trailer wiring I...

I think the shiny pretty cab would sell better than what I personally feel would be a more practical cab design.

Interesting amount of work done to protect the cab. What I'd like to see is the conversion of an open station tractor to a cab with HVAC that also would stand up to brush. The factory cab models are nice if someone is operating in an open field, but they really aren't designed to deal with...

With age and use, tractors can start needing repairs. Hopefully, it's something simple that can be done without the dealer, but having the option to get a dealer to make the repair is a plus.

Always something, isn't it.

I installed one of these connectors maybe 10 years ago. Then the sorry trailer wiring gave out because the wiring insulation doesn't hold up to UV and the wires themselves became brittle. Went to change the wiring back in July. The connector itself was fine, but the screw heads on the wire...

Buy one of these, but only use as many of the connectors as you need for your application...

Maybe it is a coincidence, but an independent AC repair shop guy named ThePracticalMechanic posted a video on youtube about finding a locked up compressor on a DK5310SE cab a few days ago.

Unless someone is prepared to lose a sacrificial cordless pole saw as a test, I'm not sure it's even practical to mount one to a FEL. Maybe if you hinged the power head and then controlled the fall into the cut with a rope?

Find a garden tractors collector's association or two and advertise to their members.

I think the limbsaw is aimed to sell to farmers who want to be able to trim branches off trees in their fence lines that get in the way of their tractors. There comes a point where it is less expensive to buy the saw than to hire a tree service and then wait on them to get around to you. The...

Being able to move the entire pallet of bags of concrete on the job site with the PT is a huge labor and time saver.

The husband might have had a friend who is more familiar with his tractor that could be trying to buy it. I see older Yanmars listed for sale in Middle Tennessee on a fairly consistent basis every year. They don't sell well here and the prices seem low because most people want larger...

Wonder if a Wallenstein or similar tractor tree winch would be at all helpful on a job like this? (From the viewpoint of being able to winch trees off a slope without operating the tractor on the slope) Or if these trees are just too big?

Unfortunately, no. It has the sync-shuttle and it makes it harder to find the right balance of ground speed and RPM. Low range seems too low and high range seems too high to me on this machine so far as mowing is concerned.

It depends on whether the price is fixed in the contract or if the contract allows for increases in price based on changes in certain criteria such as the cost of materials. Even if the construction price is fixed in the contract, change orders are typical in construction contracts along with...

Does having too much HP potentially cause problems if you run the engine at a lower rpm because you don't need all the HP and maybe then have more regen issues?

https://www.tractorhouse.com/listing/auction-results/213239845/yanmar-ym240-less-than-40-hp-tractors Has broken hour meter. Auctioned for $1050. Other auction sales: https://www.tractorhouse.com/listings/search?Category=1111&ListingType=Auction%20Results&Manufacturer=YANMAR&Hours=%2A400&page=2

I don't have a picture of the MX5200 I recently bought to post at the moment, but in my personal opinion, the hydraulic filter on the MX5200 is mounted under the operator platform similar to my L2501 like the photo I'm attaching. Besides the matter of ground clearance, you may want to take a...

I've never owned a PT so any PT owner please feel free to correct me. It looks to me like most PT owners either do their own service or sometimes may rely on the factory versus having a Kubota dealer to do repairs if that makes any difference. i would think that a PT is less complicated...

I understand. Thanks.

That looks like 2wd. Why isn't it sunk to the frame?

I never thought of the 226d or 240d as a rice paddy sized tractor compared to the actual refurbished rice paddy tractors that were imported into the US in later years. Some think of the rice paddy imports and don't realize that Yanmar actually sold models intended for the US market back in the...

I wasn't overwhelmed with the 6.9's HP, either.

The exhaust on the MX5200 is so strong that it would blow insects out of the way if it were just pointed in a different direction.

I had a mid 1980s F250 with the 6.9 diesel. I didn't like it having two large batteries, more engine oil and a larger oil filter so I sold it to a tree service company and bought a C2500 with a 350 chevy engine that's more to my lighter duty needs. The F250 was 2wd. With all the weight on the...

Going by the specs at tractordata, my 226d might be slightly heavier, but the PTO HP is very similar to the 240d. I can cut with a 5' rotary cutter pretty comfortably, but not a 6'. And I've tried it. The 6' is too heavy and too wide, IMO. My box blade is slightly over 5'. I run out of...

It's terrific that a ROPs is available, but if you have to have a loader, I believe that's going to be harder to find. My 226d has been very reliable. If the 240d will run and you can get it for the right price, it could be a nice small tractor for trail mowing and grading with a rear...

I've owned a 226d for 30+ years, and I doubt you'll find a loader or a ROPS. They weren't as common back in the 1980s as today. Hours on this machine? Why was it parked outside for the past 3-4 years? There is a clip on the clutch pedal that is supposed to be engaged to hold the clutch...

It was the large diameter string run in a walk behind Craftsman push trimmer. It tore kudzu up better than anything I've used, but the machine was a pain to push and the string kept breaking. So I went back to metal because I can be cutting instead of changing string all the time.

Pretty good friends to show up in the late summer heat to pour a lot of concrete.

You might need a cab just to keep the gators away.

It's been an unusually wet August in Middle Tennessee causing our vegetation to grow to be pretty thick. My experience is a metal blade will cut through thick vegetation faster, but string flails around so much that it chops material into more pieces. Having seen a rattlesnake in my yard...

A used tractor dealer further away from me got in a used MX5200 with 242 hours who was willing to give me a trade in allowance on my Mahindra 3525. The service guy at the Mahindra dealer that sold me the Mahindra still wasn't taking calls when I tried them again last week. Had enough of this...

If you could let me know what worked for you, I'd appreciate it.

Smokeydog also posted that his limb cutting generates a lot of material he has to pickup with his grapple. Once you cut limbs, then something has to be done with them.

Thanks. I just looked at their website, but it looks like I'd have to call them about crate shipping. I've got some heavy plastic already stashed in the barn. I'll just use that or some metal.

Amazon link?

We didn't have a TV for years after they switched to digital broadcast. Now that we can get TV via the internet, we have one again mostly watching entertainment. No news/politics. The most often used button on the remote is the mute as soon as any ads appear.