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Mark Honeycutt has posted a new fly over video on his Youtube channel of the Chimney Rock area showing how rocks/mud flowed down the mountains. His first few videos were shot from walking in along what was left of the road and river. His newest video was shot from his motor paraglider so you...

Cheaper to do this once and be done with it with the right materials than for it to clog and not drain properly and have to be redone. Corrugated plastic pipe is flexible which makes it harder to accurately set in place so it is correctly pitched. Rigid solid wall pipe will be easier to...

I have been using this 48" grapple on my L2501 for two years with no issues. $1129 delivered. Compact Tractor 48"-54"-60" HD Root Grapple Hydraulic - quick attach — MTL Attachments You will need to assess whether your tractor FEL will handle the load. The factory says it weighs about 350...

It's okay to call me lazy, but I wouldn't remove the bucket even if it was a quick attach just to mow that area.

Some Home Depot locations have the DeWalt 20v chainsaw on clearance for $89 if they have them in stock.

Looking at her pictures, I didn't notice a lot of material to even need forks. Others may see it differently.

OP may not want to fool with changing attachments on the FEL. I'm not sure what attachments she'd want for the FEL anyway or if she could find them in a size that's appropriate to the B7510 since so many are designed for skid steers designed to lift much more weight.

Sorry for your loss. There's a nice bonded pair of 2 y/o lab mixes at the Cookeville Putnam Animal Shelter in Cookeville, Tn. One is named Hot Rod. The other is Maverick. Here is their Facebook post if I can get it to work.

Does Power Trac even offer a factory third function? I haven't noticed it on their pricing sheets.

Our temperatures are becoming more pleasant, but October is baby copperhead season in Tennessee.

Fence wire wraps around forestry mulching heads. Seems like clearing a fence row either ends up being done by hand with a chainsaw, etc or by a dozer. Would be nice if you could find a use for the rocks instead of just moving them from point A to point B. Our area is scattered with stone...

Wood like that can be floated away and/or the current could tear it to pieces. Is there another area where it could be moved that would be high enough to get it out of the flood water?

A BX size tractor will do a lot of work, but some rocks and tree trunks are big enough to stop any size tractor. Dozer can clear a lot of stuff in a few hours that can't be done with a tractor without tearing it up and then not having a tractor to work with. There's an ongoing discussion here...

Maybe your real estate market is different. In some areas, it could be argued that it's no mans' market because of the crazy run up in prices between 2019 and today. Potential sellers look at the asking prices for homes with issues that are on the market and decide they are better off keeping...

Hard to say what the value might be without knowing if it runs, what condition it is in, which attachments and their condition. It's not like many of these are up for sale used, either, to base a price on.

Haven't asked, but suspect this guy could make a diverter kit with a manual diverter valve if you provided him with pictures and hose sizes? https://www.tractorinnovations.com/ I tend to think PTs may be more suited to the Ryan's grapples or Branch Manager style grapples if you have the $...

IDK, but with Marketplace having at least some identification of parties, I think it helps somewhat.

How much did each of the three realtors salivate over the prospect of selling your present home?

It would help all of us if you could post a picture of what size of wood you'd like to be able to move or the bramble patch that needs clearing, etc. so we all have a better understanding of what you really want to accomplish.

Not "his" fault. The rocks in Tennessee soil will bounce an auger off direction no matter how carefully he set it.

One of the thing I like about my 226d is the exhaust is quiet. The factory muffler is designed to either be bolted upright or in a horizontal configuration. I would not want a straight pipe for myself.

The State of Tennessee replaced a steel girder bridge built in the early 1900s with a modern concrete bridge nearby within the last ten years. It was a planned project. The Tennessee highway patrol came out and blocked all access to the new bridge after it had been open only a short while after...

I agree that much depends on how well laid out the space is and how it suits your particular situation. IMO, steps are the enemy of older people. An extra 1,000 SF on the 2nd floor or the basement isn't much use if you can't climb the stairs to use it.

HST allows you to instantly vary your ground speed without shifting any gears. As long as you change the fluids and filter regularly, it may be more reliable than a traditional clutch as a practical matter. This is the transmission I'd recommend to you because you can so easily change your...

Could you post a picture of the damage? From a liability viewpoint, a dealer might not want to suggest repair.

I don't understand why anyone would stand in the way of helping, either. Not sure that rebuilding higher would help anything because the nearby streams eroded the road beds from underneath. And to what flood elevation would you rebuild when this was such a rare event? Looking at the...

Many of these roads, bridges, and other crucial infrastructure were built in the days before there was an EPA. I've wondered how the permitting process today will affect rebuilding, including the cost.

Internal seal on the bull pinion shaft began leaking into the brakes on my Mahindra around 700 hours. Only two dealers near me. One was further away over the mountain. The other that sold it to me was always too busy to come to the phone to discuss the repair and didn't return my calls even...

Besides JD and Kubota, Yanmar also makes high quality small, tractors if there is a dealer in your area. If you could get by without dealer support, a Power Trac PT 425 would be in your price range. These are direct sold by the manufacturer in Virginia, and it would be up to you to perform all...

What is your reason for not wanting Hst?

PR.

She has been returned by 3 different adopters. The shelter appears to be at capacity for dogs. When the next batch of dogs arrives, she is likely to be one that will be euthanized to make room for the others.

Shelter dog returned to shelter after 9 months because of alleged food conflict with the adopter's cat. Now she is really at risk from the shelter.

There have been times when I've thought I might as well have dug the hole with a rock bar.

This is not a good time of year to dig post holes in Middle Tennessee because the soil is dry this time of year despite the recent rain. I was under a time deadline to dig post holes a couple of years ago and had to dig in similar conditions. The auger didn't want to bite and dig. Lot of...

Local church took supplies to Irwin TN this weekend without any reported issues other than posting pictures of destroyed bridges.

If there is room on a fuel line, install a fuel shut off valve to keep this from happening again while off.

If it was the uncles, need to figure out who inherited his estate. The value sitting in unknown running condition and not knowing who has the right to sell is hard to say.

most of these roads were built decades ago. The cost of rebuilding them today after what the federal government has done to the dollar in the last few years will be astronomical.

Mark Huneycutt walked to Chimney rock and posted a video to his youtube channel. In places, the road needs clearing of debris. In other places, half the road is washed away. In still other places, the road is gone. Looks to be local contractors working on the clean up. Some police presence...

I say that based on FEMA's director saying they pretty much spent their budget prior to hurricane season. So what kind of management is that? Where did the money go now that it is needed?

FEMA brings to mind the notion there is some help you can do without.

I thought gravel under the first course was to create a level base and allow some drainage. Similarly, gravel behind the wall with drain outlets prevents heavy waterlogged soil from pushing the wall over.

The mountain terrain of East TN pretty much dictates that the only relative flat spots to build roads are in the valleys near the creeks and rivers. If FEMA has no funds to help, maybe they should just go home unless the whole exercise is just for the TV cameras.

In some places, the land is so valuable that the new owners will bulldoze what's already there just to get the land to build what they want. Sort of shocking to see some nicer homes bulldozed, too.

usually, workers have to hire their own attorney to fight age based firing, and companies have gotten pretty good at "eliminating" positions as a basis for termination. Companies are more afraid of unions in my experience.

USA may be different in litigation outcomes for personal injuries. Not uncommon to see attorney billboard advertising personal injury lawsuits besides the major roads.

Reminds me of an old comedy routine that recommended to save money by skipping the middlemen. So skip the hospital and the funeral home and just go straight to the cemetery.

Had to divert resources from making toliet paper to printing absentee ballots for dead voters.

Can't imagine cutting with a saw like that all day.

Remember Lee Iacocca saving Chrysler in the 1980s?

I think it is important to stay active within one’s own capacities. Getting on steep roofs in the heat maybe not a good plan. Doing what I can safely at the pace that suits me seems to be the best for me.

If there are some areas of maintenance that you can simply let go, then let go of them when they are too much to continue. There's no assurance that whoever you sell to will do any better at maintaining. Could be worse and they might do things they enjoy on their property that bug you once you...

Can't speak to Tazwell, but the situation in many areas of the TN/NC border area is roads and communications are washed out and news reporting about actual conditions is still spotty because of the limited access into these areas.

Stain will help to seal the wood fibers. I don't know of a long term solution for an outdoor wood deck other than putting a roof over it.

Depends on what all you want to carry. Hard to find a spot for the chainsaw on my L2501 so I put a scabbard on the box blade.

I tend to think legislation like this is effectively an unconstitutional taking of property by the government when they make this kind of rule, but also think many judges are financial illiterates who don't understand these things or they look the other way because of political affiliations...

There's so much labor involved in mixing, pouring and finishing concrete that I'd stick to known proven ingredients unless the intention is to pour it around fence posts and you want to be able to break it up when it is time to replace the posts.

Some guy gave my dad a formula for mixing concrete that ultimately failed. I got the privilege of busting it up with a sledge. I don’t recommend experimenting when it comes to concrete. Stick to proven materials and methods.

Asheville NC roads are closed due to flooding. I40 washed out 3 miles inside Tennessee close to the NC border. I26 washed out at Irwin, TN.

That is the effect of increasing the money supply since 2019 at a pace not seen since the federal reserve was created. A 5 gallon bucket used to be .99 and they are now 4.99.

There is a lot of surface area around a garage door for air leaks and not so easy to seal.

IMO, if you have to handle it, this is where rope shines because of no sharp edges and being lighter, but I suspect wire cable will be less problematic over its lifetime for winching trees out of the woods unless you kink it.

Lots of nice, trained dogs in shelters because owners can't afford them, don't have time, landlords won't allow, etc.

I think I already posted a link in this thread to some Florida attorney saying that it can take 18 months to get a non paying tenant out in Florida.

I predict hay dust will be choking unless you have a good respirator and eye protection. Hazmat suits/respirators are also hot to wear.

I may be mistaken, but thought turbos add more complexity.

If trim hasn't been caulked in place to the drywall, usually the modern stuff shot in place with thin trim nails will come off pretty easily if you gently and patiently work it loose with a couple of painter's tools. Older homes that have hand nailed trim may break if you try pulling it. If...

Ning brought up the point that I keep running into. I've just used a simple electric fence to keep the deer out. No matter where I think it is in the right place, it always seems to end up in the way. At least it's fairly easy to pull up, but never fun to drive the T posts again in the next spot.

Somewhere in the back of my mind I think I recall reading that a 2x6 wall is recommended for pocket door walls in order to have enough space in the wall for the door?

Maybe it used to be a spoked center that bolted onto an outer wheel rim?

What about using a less complicated sliding barn style door on the exterior of the wall?

At $174 per oil change, I start thinking one of those garage lifts would be a better investment long term, especially considering that the oil change place could strip your oil drain threads.

4x4 panels are pretty strong in and of themselves. The boards are there mainly there for appearance to make the installed panels look straighter.

Marketing also is to blame because so many skid steer attachments are being used on tractors these days.

You won't be driving that many fasteners relatively speaking so why not use exterior coated screws? You can reposition a screw if needed. Hand squeeze clamps could be handy for holding things in place until you screw it down. Home Depot has 16' corral boards for about $17. They aren't 2x...

I've never installed a pocket door, but have installed a lot of regular doors. What I understand is pocket doors depend on careful installation to operate properly. Wood may swell or warp with changes in humidity which can affect their tracking straight into the wall. Metal studs may not...

Very interesting. I've never seen anyone adapt wheels like that before. One of the problems with adding swivel type wheels, IMO, is they tend to be smaller wheels that can plow furrows in the material you've just graded. Using larger wheels like those in the YT video would seem to help with...

I didn't realize there were factory gauge wheels that were only in the center until I read your post and used the search feature. Then I saw one someone recently posted. The gauge wheel setups people were adding to their dirt blades here used to be to add a pair of height adjustable swivel...

Now that you have the equipment sorted out, I have found these technical "how to" guides at the Center for Dirt and Gravel road studies to be very helpful. https://dirtandgravel.psu.edu/general-resources/technical-bulletins/ Mainly, it's a matter of figuring out how to divert water off your...

I keep at least one good pallet for hauling bags of cement. The pallet keeps the cement from getting wet in the bed of my truck if it rains. I put a plastic cover over the whole thing. The dogs also like laying on them.

Why would you not use them? I don’t see anything to be gained by not using them myself.

Some seals have the dimensions on them which allows a search by those dimensions. Had one rotary seal to go out on an old cutter that I was able to match by reading user comments on Amazon. Hydraulic shops are also pretty good at measuring old seals.

Perhaps the gas water heaters are safer due to the flame shutoff mechanism, but I don't think the basic electric heaters have changed much.

How would you decide about where to drill? My parents drilled for water in the 1960s. A guy came out with a dousing stick and told them where to drill. They found water about 500' down through quite a bit of rock. I always thought that it was really taking a gamble on the costs of drilling...

Well water testing comes to mind. I remember being told about a local well near me that somebody had thrown a bunch of stuff into it that ruined it as a source of potable water. If well water was my only source of potable water, I'd want to get it tested.

Ask your dealer. As the economy softens, they might be willing to negotiate.

The independent tractor repair shops around me are mostly gone. There's one independent guy in a nearby town, but I hear he stays booked for months on end. The local name brand dealers only want to work on their brands. DPF and electronic rail injection has increased the potential for...

Just don't trap water inside the structure or install vinyl over any OSB that has any soft spots. The nails won't hold and it'll be more work to repair later. The picture makes it appear that the OSB may be failing where it comes in contact with the deck. This is where you'd have to install a...

If it were a car, I'd guess that the O rings in the master brake cylinder are shot. But I'm not familiar with the brake system on your tractor.

Those prices seem to be much higher than the ones sold by BX Expanded, but I don't know if they make one to fit your model. Thumbs and Rippers

The "ledge" is a piece of aluminum flashing installed between the upper and lower sheets of OSB to keep water from running between them. Looks like the walls were built on top of an existing exterior deck, but they left the decking extending beyond the wall. Water will run down and hit the...

4820 isn’t a little tractor which may mean it will have better longevity in real life compared to a 25hp utility tractor. And you have the kujke engine in what was otherwise a Branson tractor until TYM took them over or am I mistaken?

It's easier to use the magic eraser in most photo editing software to remove any ROPS from the picture.

IMPO, partnership tractors are more risky because partnerships don't last and then neither of the former partners wants to take care of the parts and service.

I traded a Mahindra 3525 in at a loss because the seals on the bull pinion shaft began leaking into the brakes. I don't recall the hours exactly off the top of my head, but I'm pretty sure not more than 700-800 hours. There are two dealers in my area. The service department guy at the...

They make brushes for washing vinyl siding that might be less aggressive on your paint than using a pressure washer.

3 visits to the vet. One cat uti, one dog uti, and one dog ear infection.

One consideration about loader lift is 25hp tractors typically won’t be built to lift as much as 50hp mid size ones, but that throws you into DPF systems.

Post hole digger. Taking it on or off and running it, too.

I would absolutely want to be certain that there isn't a clog somewhere in the line from the bathroom sink that is backing up. I couldn't get my kitchen sink to drain right despite taking out the trap and cleaning the line as best I could until I used this power plunger on it...

Not sure why I would mind since it’s pretty obvious what has happened in other countries.

🤪 Losing control of lower offenses gives license to greater offenses, and pretty soon you don't have a functioning legal system because the crime lords murder the good judges and prosecutors leaving only the corrupt and inept.

Seems to me that it took a lot of extra effort to destroy the cargo trailer door and puncture the sidewall. Given that the items stolen were chainsaws, it looks to me like they were looking for items to turn into quick cash. #1 suspicion is this is out of control stealing to buy drugs unless...

Did you order the Hart 30" rider?

Cat 289d specs on line say 10,533 lbs just for the CTL alone. The guys who did forestry mulching for me last year said their Cat CTL + forestry mulching head weighed about 15,000 lbs. Replacing the tracks cost about $5,000. Can't recall how many thousands it cost to replace the carbide teeth...

Years ago, my college roommates and I took in a stray yellow tabby who loved to play fetch with a crumpled up ball of paper. After graduation, one of my roommates kept him.

or digging up pieces of 70 year old fence wire that isn't good for anything except to poke a hole in something.

Based upon the extensive damage to the trailer skin and door, it looks like whoever did this didn't give a rip either because they are drugged up and/or some kind of violent gang types.

Doesn't matter if a regeneration happens while I'm mowing one of the flat fields so much, but it does make a difference if I am on a hillside slope and don't want the tractor thinking for itself when it comes to RPM.

I don't know about the situation where you are located, but in my area there are usually some larger, fully assembled used trailers to be had for the same money as the HF versions. The tires on them may be used, but often they are larger tires, too, instead of the smaller trailer tires that...

Cordless angle grinder could have cut the lock on the cargo trailer without damaging the trailer, but it looks like those thieves used something like a crowbar. Their aim wasn't too good, either, because they punctured the trailer sidewall besides the entry door.

If you don't have to cut the tree right now, you could wait until cool temperatures to drop it when the wasps become inactive. A heavy dose of Dawn dishwashing detergent in a garden sprayer will kill wasps, but since you don't know where they are, there appear to be a lot of them, and you...

I doubt that farm tractors used by most TBN members contribute much of anything to pollution in the first place, especially compared to tens of thousands of commuter vehicles sitting for hours in rush hour traffic every day. It's not uncommon for diesel tractors to last decades, but I don't...

Very sorry for what he and you have gone through.

Pipe and chain will grab brush very effectively. Front-End Loader - Danuser Intimdator

The painful thing is I bought that rider for around $500 in 2016 with practically zero hours, and now it retails for $1900+ I don't think I lost any money on it when I resold it, but thinking about that mower reminds me of how inflation has gotten out of control.

Better to seal that up with the stuff intended to seal up electrical lines and then protect the area with something to prevent the metal lines from chaffing back through again. What you don't want is for corrosion to start inside the wiring and then end up having to replace the entire line.

Tell me about how you made your rear mount grapple. Looks like a section of Harbor Freight receiver tube was used? Where did you get your tongs? I plan on making something similar to attach to a front mount SSQA attachment plate.

Might need two or three batteries to do continual, heavy weed eating for two hours. I like not having to pull start and like the quiet of battery powered trimmers, but reach for my Echo gas trimmer when I have a lot of sustained, heavy weed eating or whenever I need to use a metal brush blade.

I briefly owned a 30" rear engine gas rider, but ended up selling it pretty quickly because it didn't have the same traction on the steepest part of my yard as a ZTR, plus the 30 cutting width and not being a ZTR meant more time mowing for me. It might be fine for a small yard that doesn't have...

There's a youtube video that says the Hart is different in having 80v lith ion batteries. But with the Hart list price of $3498 (?), why not buy a regular 30 gas rider for $1939? Troy-Bilt 30 in. 10.5 HP Briggs and Stratton Engine 6-Speed Manual Drive Gas Rear Engine Riding Mower with Mulch...

Echo SRM-225 is $229 new from Home Depot. They have sold a lot of these. ECHO 21.2 cc Gas 2-Stroke Straight Shaft String Trimmer SRM-225 - The Home Depot

Repeated domestic assaults or drugs would be red flags for tenants I wouldn’t want.

Is there a brake stop or do you have a electromagnet clutch that is acting up?

Looks like the long term effect is landlords either raise rent sky high to offset for ones that don’t pay, they let their properties go to slums, or they stop renting? If I were renting, I would want my landlord to screen out other tenants with criminal history.

How is a tenant who does that able to find another landlord willing to rent to him after he does that?

The Ryobi 30" has pretty good reviews at HD. I wonder how many similar components are in the Hart version?

That's the most bent blade I've seen.

Looks like something you'd see at a pro garden center or nursery. I needed to move some rock for a project. Hate the sound of rock clanging when thrown in a metal bucket. Built a wooden box for my grapple on the Kubota so I can just lay the wood box in the grapple when needed which...

I bought the diverter valve kit from Tractor Innovations for my L2501. It came with the manual diverter valve, the mounting bracket and all the hoses needed for what I remember being about $600. It was an easy installation, and I haven't had any problems in the 2-3 years I've used it. Some...

Communication style forestry helmets are used by some tree crews because the guy cutting the tree top needs to be able to talk with the ground crew to tell them when he's about to drop a limb or that they need to prepare for a heavier piece coming their way, etc. Then they don't have to yell...

I apply vegetable oil to unpainted portions of my plow to prevent rust. My dermatologist was very specific to say to use Aquaphor for skin wound care.

Looks like a variety of fire extinguisher brackets are available on Az. Could be this one (Amerex 809)...

Is this just for bluetooth connection to your phone or does it allow for communication with other crew members on a tree job if they also have one of these helmets?

Other than Smokeydog's method for carrying wire rope, I can't recall any other members even posting about how to carry it. I have 100' of 3/8 wire cable that I have been using from time to time, but I find it awkward to transport. It makes me envious of the guys who have real forestry winches...

I was hoping that side scraping wouldn't be so much of an issue as long as I kept the tool mounts inside the width of the tire tracks? Mounting tools on top of the engine cover seems to be a choice between adding more weight to an already not to easy to lift cover and also avoiding drilling...

These winches are capable of pulling a considerable amount of weight with very little HP. The issue is when the log is so big that the tractor has trouble pulling the log after it has been winched. Many of you guys are at least using mid-sized tractors for your woods work. Between the weight...

How are you guys carrying chains, chainsaws, gas/oil, etc? I see a couple of posts where chainsaws are being carried on top of the engine cover and a PT is towing a trailer, but what are the other ways you guys are using to at least carry a chain and saw from time to time?

If it's a pole saw hedge trimmer, there are a variety of rubber clamps, Quick Fists, etc. on Amazon.

^ Mini split refrigerant lines rely on flare connections. All this is just my personal opinion, but I made sure my mini splits were installed to reduce the chance of vibrations loosing the flare connections so the refrigerant doesn't leak out. With your compressor visibly tilted like that...

If you are thinking about buying a specific model, you can use the TBN search feature to find other discussions about that model. Sometimes there have been pretty good discussions about particular tractors in the past that have valuable opinions, but members either don't have the time to...

Many of the tailwheel assemblies I've seen are attached by triangulated frames to resist bending (white arrows). Also, is your pivot tube entirely vertical or is it set an angle?

Have you looked at "no sand" / paint deglossers to see if they will create enough bond between the two different types of paint? I've used it to etch gloss paint so the next layer of paint will stick.

FWIW, Mike Festiva has posted a YT video of how he adapted a walk behind string trimmer to his mini EX.

I would have been concerned about damaging the material if they had taken it down to rip it. I would also have been concerned about how straight they could rip it or whether it would end up looking worse. FWIW

The OP hasn't posted a single reply to this thread. With 15 acres to mow, one issue to me is having enough HP to run a wide enough cutter to get the job done in a reasonable amount of time.

Whichever system (rope, strap, chain) you end up choosing, yanking creates much higher forces than a steady pull.

I knew a lady who flew to Israel to visit the holy land. Her plane landed just as the Six day war was starting. They didn't let her off the plane.

Some thieves read the obits to see when the funeral service is so they know when to break in.

^check your owner's manual for Kubota's recommendation. If you have thick/tall vegetation, 6' may be too much for 30hp without having to slow to a crawl.

Would be awesome if there was a power tool that would do the tamping and avoid mixing 24 bags of concrete.

Lotsa tree roots. Get ready to replace a bunch of shear bolts. A friend and I built a 6' wood privacy fence about 30 years ago. Never want to do that job again.

Returning to this subject, the stops that I welded in place prevent the latch pin from going over center, and I had to cut them out. I very much appreciate your keen eye and pointing this out to me before an attachment could fall off.

I tried searching and found hints of it, but no actual photos. Another thread I found in the search suggested finding a used hydraulic pole saw to rebuild and use for mowing trails. edit: While a hydraulic pole saw may be more heavy duty, I am thinking a regular hedge trimmer attachment for...

Hard for any of us to assess without even having seen a picture of the area you want to work. The trouble I see with roots is I think I've removed them all, but reality sets in. A box blade is really good for leveling loose dirt or gravel, but isn't a match for a stubborn tree root. You...

I think I could spend $100 on an SSQA plate and fabricate a mount for a cordless pole saw hedge trimmer with the material I have laying around. These cordless hedge trimmers have enough power to cut through a briar patch. The trouble is they are tiring to hand hold for any extended period...

Used to be that the saying was "real estate is local." In my rural area, there was a particular area where the home prices were lower because there was no easy way in/out. Out of town people would buy these homes because the prices looked better, but then they'd get tired of having to drive an...

I need to stop and make certain that the pins lock in place the way I've welded my adapter. My original plan was to fabricate something to snake out some trees using the factory PT plate. Now that I've used the factory PT plate for this adapter, I'm going to change my plans. I think I'll...

You are correct. I installed them the wrong way after I took them off to weld the adapter. The latch arms should push down to engage and pull up to disengage the pins. It looks like I have full engagement and disengagement, but it would have been better not to have reversed the manner of...

I suggest you use the search tool to look for posts by KentT regarding his PT425 that he was using to mow in the East TN mountains. He upgraded his wheel motors to larger ones, and eventually went to using a 1430. But it sounds like you are going through similar issues, and perhaps some of his...

Thank you. Is there a way to know when the latch spring is correctly tensioned?

To illustrate the missed opportunity, I think I could have welded in a receiver tube between two tubes spaced in the center if I had thought of it before welding this up. The latches don't seem to operate that smoothly compared to my Kubota (grease will help that). I welded in a couple of...

10.8 degrees which I roughly copied from ponytug's adapter in the sense that he used 2x2 tubing at the bottom to establish his angle. I couldn't find enough flat plate in the dimensions needed to totally copy his adapter, but I had enough 2x2 heavy wall tubing on hand to make this version...

Guessed at the angle. Haven't tried it on any attachments yet.

Somebody did a good job of setting the gate post.

Repealing the prohibition on interstate banking wasn't a good idea for consumers or bank regulators, either.

That's the lowest price on a new 3pt tractor winch I've seen in the last year, especially since delivery is evidently included in the price.

The newbury pallet rack index has never once failed.

Landlords have a legitimate interest in protecting their property from pet or people damage. Because of all of the money printing to fund the unprecedented spending in recent years, young people who would otherwise be prime candidates to become home owners and pet adopters have been priced...

ponytug recommended euro net style chains to me for my 1445 for a steeper slope in another thread. They are pricey. The specs for the PT422 say 1,344 lbs which is a lot of machine to propel up a 15 degree hillside with a 22hp engine. There have been some other threads discussing turf v...

Some work is better done in season if it can wait. I saw a rattler near a brush pile about two weeks ago that reminded me that August-October aren't the months to be working in the woods in my area if it can wait.

These aren't like a car where pushing the pedal harder equates to more power. It's the opposite. A 15 degree slope is a lot for any machine to climb and maintain traction.

Our local forecast at the beginning of the day seems to understate the actual heat that happens during the day. Today was supposed to be a high of 92 and it was at least 98.

Shelter inflation ate up discretionary income to afford having pets in many instances, plus corporate landlords charge hefty pet deposits and charge a monthly rental fee per pet if pets are even allowed.

New price of steel is expensive, but the last time I was in the junkyard about a month ago, the owner got a call telling him the price of used steel would be dropping the next week. Another unofficial measure of the economy is whether the animal shelters are full, and the ones around me in...

I thought about welding a $100 SSQA plate onto a regular $400 electric cement mixer to make it easy to move and powering it with a generator. But also thinking I could fabricate a light cement dump bucket using a quick attach plate and some sheet metal laying around here.

If this is for long term use, it might be better to look at buying or building a metal run-in shed like bmaverick posted instead of fooling around with tarps that collect water, rip and tear and cause trouble during the worst weather.

A fairly good dose of Dawn dishwashing liquid in a sprayer will kill them and will also kill wasps, but it isn't an instant kill. I've also used liquid Tide clothes detergent.

I have a hydraulic lift table. The issue I have is the top sits far enough off the ground that I still have to lift things onto it.

Given the time of year and how hot it has been, I doubt mice or birds built a nest in the engine compartment.

I think that the insurance company would have the burden of proof to establish facts, not speculation, necessary to deny a claim.

I'd think about making clear photographs of what you suspect to be the point of origin of the fire and also photograph the engine bay to show it was clean as best you can.

California may have its own peculiar trust/probate rules so on-line advice that isn't California specific could be badly mistaken. Generally, the basic problem I see is that people establish a living trust, but fail to put some valuable asset in it which means the heirs end up in probate...

Security door reinforcement locks could be installed. Amazon.com Hidden security camera also seems like a good idea with this many break ins.

Thank you. I didn't realize it was this much, but am finding a 69 degree angle between the flat bottom of the bucket and the side.

The loader arms on my PT1445 have an outside width of 18 5/8. My thinking is that I need to transfer the load at this point off the plate onto the adapter so I welded two support tubes at about that width. The two tubes welded to the latch plates are mainly there to create additional weld...

All I hear is the current surveyors saying how bad the other surveyors are or used to be.

Makes sense to me.

I wonder if Kubota would offer you a better deal on a replacement unit to keep you as a customer? Looks like they'd have some incentive to want to keep you happy.

If they aren't offering you any incentives in return, why offer another $3k? If they were going to throw in the grapple and the other tractor implements for $3,000, I might do that.

For a one time use, why not use a manual boat type winch? At $209, you're 2/3 of the way to the price of a Wyeth-Scott winch which could be pretty handy for other uses. https://www.wyeth-scott.com/

I have no proof of this, but I wonder if I am seeing more Kubota skid steers compared to other brands these days because of aggressive financing options offered by Kubota, and Kubota being thought of as less expensive than Cat? The new Kiota TL750 is advertised for $68K in Onedia: 2024...

Or look for forested land that doesn't have 15 acres of pasture to mow.

Suggest you calculate the time required to mow 15 acres with 5', 6', 7' cutters at a ground speed of maybe 4-5mph. Most fields are rough enough that it's difficult to mow any faster than 4-5mph meaning that the time required to mow depends mostly on cutting width, and cutting width is mostly a...

I assume your Yanmar has a wire clip or something to hold the clutch open when parked? I've seen plenty of warnings that the clutches will stick if you don't keep them disengaged when parked. These Yanmars are very well built tractors.

The height and thickness of the vegetation can also affect how much you can cut at once. If you put off mowing until it gets 4-5' tall, you might have to slow down a lot to cut it, and that could make you dislike mowing that much more.

You could possibly substitute steel (not aluminum) rivets instead of sheet metal screws if your metal panels are strong enough. I wouldn't use them on thin metal panels. They also make backers for rivets if you want to reinforce the panel so the rivet doesn't pull through.

Does kubota offer the same very low interest deals for skid steers that they offer for their tractors?

String won't last long trying to cut grape vines and small saplings where chain saw blades will zip through them in one pass. Chain saw blades aren't the best choice for cutting grass where there are hidden rocks. Neither chain saw blades nor string are the best choice when dealing with a...