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They use tractors to dress/cut the playing field, so this is KINDA related If you want to see how loyal I am, look at my bio. I simply have NO idea how I might need to change that if the ...ready...??? Cincinnati Bengals (waaaaahoooooooooooo) win this coming Sunday. Who on this planet...

In the humored spirit of (insert humor here) or Grandma washing your mouth out with soap when you were young (my sister in my case, while my Grandmother was chastising me and I was not looking… phlump, right into my mouth went the soap via my loving sister) Anyway… I bring up the next...

Usually when cold, I get a singular "click" when I hit the key to start Brutus. I've learned that if I take the forward/reverse lever and waft it back/forth (and get a click click click each time)... the starter will grab hold and it'll fire right up. After it's warm, there is hardly any...

MS \"Access\" (database) question Help from any Access gurus... Help from any Access NON gurus... Long story short, I know enough about Access to know I dont know diddly. Trying to make a 4 page report and can get about 2 1/2 pages (as you scroll DOWN the design view). I'm trying to...

Yesterday on my way home, I just stopped & stared with jaw open. Noticed on road approaching me from opposite direction a rig pulling a full sized yellow industrial backhoe/loader. Seems the rig pulling it was (most likely) a dually truck. I have NO idea what brand the truck was, I dont...

Ross, is in Atlanta. His parents divorced a couple years ago and his father married my younger sister. Being a 17 year old, popular kinda guy, Ross did the things that kids his age do. One thing different about Ross was… he evidently had a knack of ALWAYS being caught. 2 examples. He...

I recently had a post about my hydraulic cooler leaking. Seems it's been out 2 times to be fixed and the LAST time out, the dude at the radiator shop told me it was WAY underengineered for it's application. This was my second hint of the issue again, the first hint was the small puddle under...

In the master bedroom, the wife wants to add a propane fireplace to a corner in the room. She want to add a plasma screen tv OVER the fireplace. I suppose the fire will be (hopefully ) at floor level, and the tv's base would be at roughly 5 foot level sitting above fire. What heat concerns...

2 1/2 x 3/4 solid oak \"gunstock\" t&g question Ok... the base question is "Is tavern grade flooring the same as utility grade" The situation is, do we want to return roughly 600 sq/ft of "tavern grade" which entails carrying 25 boxes down 1 flight of stairs, loading into trailor &...

I have a 4 D-cell Magnalite. I once had reason to have the local Sheriff out (dont ask me about the 12 gauge wire some yahoo strung across the road at neck height ) Anyway, was dark and the Sheriff met me at the place of the wire (after I'd cut it down). I had my trusty light out ever...

This is just to vent, so pardon any impropriety by being posted here. (I rode our tractor yesterday...?? ) Scenario: I use to run a small brokerage firm that was wholly owned by a public company. The public company was sold for cash. Because of my position at the brokerage company, I had...

12-ply \"impliment tire\"... how tough? I have a 12.5 x 16 (if I recall correctly) tire on the front of my backhoe/loader. The origional tires were smoother than Telly Sevallas head. I've had maybe 4 or 5 flats in same tire and finally got fed up with it. I"ve presumed I've had something...

This morning, I took Brutus out for a "stride" (went to rock quarry to pick up couple tons of boulders to block a roadway) While driving the 4 miles, a truck stopped me and a lady get's out. Hmm... I know I was going slow, but Brutus just don't go THAT fast! She comes to me and...

The need for this post is now a moot point, but it had me very curious. Scenario: Brutus (JCB industrial loader/backhoe) evidently has repeating pin hole leaks in the hydraulic radiator. This is located with the water & transmission coolers in the nose of the machine. As this leaks, the fan...

Been looking at them. 3 houses where I am, father in law has arthritic hips and can't ride his riding mower "properly" and has to ride it side saddle. We're considering a ZTR. I'm trying to keep the deck width consistent at 60" All prices are rounded off for conversation. Kubota diesel 21...

This is beginning to drive me nuts. My email/internet account is with Bellsouth. They give me 5 email addresses, though I only use 2. One is my "real" email, the other one "junk" for some places that must have one and I don't want their stuff. Ok.. Given above, know that my "real"...

Anyone purchase one & mind giving approximate price? I went to dealer last night (and forgot my notes), but I THINK it was roughly $9,500 w/60 inch deck. Richard

Went to my local Kubota dealer yesterday to look at a ZTR mower... while sitting there talking.. he told me of his understanding that Kubota is coming out with a competitor to the Mule and JD's Gator. He said it was supposed to be diesel and was "gonna blow their socks off". He also said...

What\'s wrong in this picture There is SOMETHING odd going on in attached picture. Any guesses as to what it is. Tomorrow (Wednesday) I'll post the second shot. Richard

If you read my background, you will see my admission that I'm a Cincinnati area native and therefore fan of the Bengals. Grew up with them and quite honestly, can't just turn my back on them to root for ...say the 49'ers....(ack, cough, sputter...... horror stories of Joe Montana still get me...

Just an observation. (or maybe I'm noticing something that doesn't exist?) When responding to a comment I hit "quote" to put the quote process in, I FIRST usually copy the text to memory..then hit quote, then paste. I noticed I pasted AFTER the "closing"quote (rather than within the...

I have an item listed on EBAY. I"ve received several requests asking what my reserve is. Why? If "I'M" in their shoes, I pick my bid price & forget it, I either get it or I don't. Other than just being nosy, why would it matter to them? if my price is set artifically LOW, they might bid...

Situation: Couple years ago, found a 1893 Maico 490 dirt bike for sale on internet, in boxes, TOTALLY disassembled. Bought it, put all new bearings in motor, bored, honed, new piston yada yada yada... Essentially a new motor (then). Put all back together, and fired up after first couple...

sort of a play on "tinkerbell"... we had 2 ducks waddling around the yard like they owned the place... just standing there making their squawlking sound... I shooed them down toward the dock... I turned around and they turned around & came back. Sister in law tried to chase them out of yard...

or anyone else living in/near the Knoxville area...aww heck... if you want to fly in from Calif... matters not to me Just thought I'd make mention to you that if you like fresh blueberries off the bush, they are coming in now and are ready to be picked. (by yourself or your slave labor )...

I just gotta say that for the last 3 years, as I've dealt with "Power Equipment Inc" for parts/repairs of Brutus (JCB loader/backhoe), they have without fail, impressed me. Granted, seems like anytime I walk in their establishment to see their smiling faces, I'm handing them minimum of $100...

How to \"store\" logs prior to cutting Had a couple downed oaks this past winter. I cut most of them up and quite honestly, we have more firewood laying around than we might use over course of 2 years (given past usage patterns). I dragged about 5 more oak trees to a clear spot up on hill...

Living out where we do, we get the periodic dog/cat dropped off, or the bundle of puppies/kittens... We recently had another dog dropped off, wifey brought it home and I took to vet for shots/spaying (or neutering??) Vet thinks she was abused and kept in small pen, not allowed to relieve...

Ok people.. I've copied an email below.. got it from a friend of mine, I posted the followup posts too Subject: VIRUS SIGH sorry all........I found my address book had a few new additions of people I didn't know......and I checked and OMG I did have this virus please follow the simple...

\"Furious over citation\" update Tried to add this to that thread, but the "reply" buttons didn't work for me.. Went to court yesterday, recall, I'd been cited for a burn out headlight... and my fine was $121.00 Sat next to a girl that had been cited for wreckless driving, she was admittedly...

Situation: Gave a freely acquired Dell Dimension 133 pc to Mom Added old hard drive in as slave, installed NEWLY purchased soundcard and reformatted EVERYTHING and did a fresh WIN 98 SE installation, using the sound cards CD for drivers (for soundcard). Upshot.. when doing much of anything...

New \"transfer pump\" (fuel pump) Getting a new transfer pump as they call it, that delivers the fuel to the filter then injector pump. My current one is limping internally, and upon closer inspection, I noticed some drips (slight) of fuel out the inlet and outlet fittings... from around the...

Trying to extend yard into area where I cleared out some trees (mostly pine) Been trying to sew grass and it never seems to really catch. The soil here seems to be primarily clay'ish, so I've been bringing soil over from other side of farm where I found a nice pocket of "black dirt" (probably...

Words (that can be publically shown), will NOT display my anger right now Roughly 1 1/2 weeks ago, I had a headlight go out. Went out of town to DC, got back this past monday night. (took wifes car to DC, not mine with headlight burnt). So, I've "known" about light, but havn't dealt with...

Fearing something in tank, it was suggested to me to drain tank, bring out pressure washer, spray it out, let it dry, put back together. I drained it yesterday, am getting pressure washer TOMORROW. Weatherman is calling for possible tornadoes/high winds tonight which means we very well might...

Contemplating joining club to knock off couple pounds, get heart moving and all. For 10 months of club membership, can buy the "crossbow", or for more money, the "bowflex". Anyone know anything about these machines and if they are worth it? I'm not sure I'm disciplined to go to gym.. never...

Have 2 new pups, roughly 3 months old. Getting large for the 3 foot diamater enclosure we had, so we recently blockaded part of unfinished basement so they now have 16 by 16 foot area to stay at night. Seems one of them fooled us last night while raining, and didn't fully relieve himself...

I try to clean up dead space consistently, and to defrag my hard drive weekly. I used to use defrag only, until I got my Norton which comes bundled with "speed disk". I'm not a techie, but my gut tells me I can defrag, then immediately run speed disk and SD, will rearrainge that which...

Deutz-Fahr Agroplus 75-100 I don't know much about these, though I've seen one and quite frankly, it looked and felt "nicer" than the Kubota M series cab I got in. (as did the New Holland). Seems as standard, these (or this one) has 4 wheel disc brakes, 4 sets of remotes (14.5 gpm). When I...

Ok, Braintrust.... Time to help a damsel in distress. Secnario: The husband of a life long friend of mine recently lost his job. He's taken another job at 50% cut in pay. She works too. They have 2 kids that HAVE been in daycare. One child suffers seizures, so is actively seeing...

Diesel \"starting fluid\" It was told to me, (and subsequently proved to work) that you can start a diesel by spraying WD-40 into the air intake. Maybe it's good to do that, maybe it's bad to do that. That isn't an argument I care to start. My question is this... It was said that one...

Originally from southern Ohio, I grew up "with" snow, however, I'm aware my experience with snow is not to be confused with those who get "real" snow Anyway, having lived in the Knoxville area for some years now, we've not had much snow at all for a number of years, and when we do, the...

Bought portable cd player to plug cd into my pro ears when cutting the fields. I shunned a cd player that ALSO played mp3 files, thinking that was for the teen age crowd. Upon spending hours and hours and hours cutting 100 acres with 5 foot cutter and hearing same cd's over & over per cutting...

I am lost and hope some diesel experts might have some ideas. Setup: Working Brutus all day, dragging sections of fallen oak tree back to field near house. (point being, started fine, ran fine, plenty of fuel) Was dragging large branch, slipped into neutral, started to ease backward some, so...

Using the bar on my Stihl as guide, I guestamate a 22 to 24" diamater oak tree fell over. Seems there was a dead spot at the base of it, and tree was too top heavy. I have two logs, roughly, say 22 inches diamater (not measured), and roughly 10, 15 feet respectively. Someone (a very non...

Wife bought 4 new tires at Tire America... (I think that was name... the place Sears owns). After purchase, she got a coupon for a new Diehard battery, something like up to a 50 or 60 $$ value. Does NOT have to go on "her' car... Brutus needs a battery. After talking to the dude at the...

I take a phillips screwdriver, punch a single hole in the foil cover of the bar oil bottle and use that small hole as my automatic flow control valve. I use to remove entire foil top and on more than one occasion, had an overflow issue. I then went to using a funnel which gets dirty and...

the fields that are around the house, at one time.. had some large stumps either dug out, or they've rotted away. Today, there are a number of Godzilla sized "divits" in these fields. Some several feet in diamater and (not having measured, maybe up to 18" deep) The fields themseves are hilly...

I always keep Brutus topped off with fuel. Other day noticed a broken tube, turns out it was the return hose from the injector rail back to the tank. No problems thought I, I'll get one tomorrow. Upshot.. over night, gallons (10 foot circle) of diesel dripped out of that tiny hole drop by...

ok.. let's see if anyone can figure out this puzzle... the answer is now known and I'll post shortly... I'm sure that if anyone get's the right answer... they will have a 1/1,000,000,000,000 of winning SOME super sweepstakes in their lifetime. 1 1/2 years ago, we had a totally mud back...

I know this refers to an M class machine and most here have B's or L's... none the less......... As I understand it, the M class has as an option, electronic shuttle shift. I'm wondering how the "lag" in this (forward switching to reverse) compares to the "lag" found in GST's. Having used a...

I’m sure that most here have been in a big truck looking down on a small car in front of them, or in the car having the big truck behind them. The angle to my logic is size = might = right and that means smaller gets out of the way of larger who has the implicit right of way (I do not agree...

Part I Scenario: 1992 Mazda Miata, 177,000 miles approx. Very loud, intermittent “squealing” noise in engine compartment. Symptom: Thought was belts, replaced, still squealed. Decided it was a/c clutch so I removed belt for a/c unit... same noise, so that rules out a/c unit...

I’m not a mechanical genius, nor am I a mechanical dunce. All I could do here was laugh at myself. The starter on Brutus conked out, needed new solenoid. I spent 2 hours trying to get the goober out. To get to the far bolt, I had maybe 3 inches of room to turn a wrench, so I was turning the...

I have recently found several "generic" wasps that seem to have no wings. These aren't the mud daubers, hornets, yellow jackets, just the typical, garden variety wasp that one sees...the only difference, is they are busy crawling everywhere because they have no wings. Any thoughts on this...

The job from H***. Brutus is leaking a bit of hydraulic fluid from the front. I fear that the hydraulic pump is heading south. Tell the wife, I HAVE to go in there and check it out before it gets worse (which it has been) Take things apart, find out, there is a hydaulic oil RADIATOR in front...

OTHER than going there? Seems we are having a wedding party here in several weeks, a luau. Wifey wants me to find some hawaiian music and some steel drum music. I've looked on internet and found some (of both). Anyone have any recommendations as to what might be a good idea having heard...

SURELY someone here other than me has had Regal Crown Sour candies at one point in their life. Cherry, lemon, orange probably my favorite and in that order. They were GOOD and they were sour. They used to be carried by the "Cracker Barrel" chain of restauraunts, but no more. I've contacted...

Setup: Yesterday had outside faucet on watering lawn. Lightning, thunder, then all heck broke loose. While storming AND raining, I went downstairs, opened garage door (I was barefoot) walked outside onto gravel and stepped onto a (huge) rock that is the base of our retaining wall (rock was...

What size cutter would be a "nice size" for 100 acres of fields? I understand it's a trade off of size/time/money. Just looking for general opinions...right now, we are using a 5' cutter and since I'm starting to do more of the cutting and am NOT retired yet...I'm a bit more jealous of my time...

Wife has 1992 Volvo. A/C not blowing cold air. Dealer says "High pressure and low pressure" hoses leaking. Also said there was a third leak, I THINK said at/near compressor but I do not recall. (he did NOT say compressor was bad) $1,250 to fix these. Is it me, or does that seem extra...

Wife wants to build a pergula (sp?) over 2nd patio we have. She wants to use natural stuff like she saw in magazine. We have TONS of cedar and some locust..though the cedar is much more prevelant AND of 8" to 16" diamater. She doensn't want to use pt wood. So..if we dig, 5 foot hole, plant...

Went to Home Depot other day to get couple filters for whole house filter. When I got in the area..I noticed the softners display. Saw a mockup display of water "path" from pipe into house, though each step. When I saw the whole house filter, I noticed they had a grounding wire grounding from...

We have an odd sized parcel of land..dropped in middle of the family farm. All 3 parties (2 "farm" owners, father in law, uncle in law and us) agree that it makes sense to straighten out some lines. Told the wife, we should all agree on lines, THEN get surveyor out to "print" them so to say...

Just emailed to me, though maybe it belongs in Rural living? A man and his wife are awakened at 3 o'clock in the morning by a loud pounding on the door. The man gets up and goes to the door where a drunken stranger, standing in the pouring rain, is asking for a push. "Not a chance," says the...

I use OE. I have my screen setup to show 4 quandrants, folders, contacts, emails, and contents of email. I have a list of contacts...SOME of which are utilized frequently, some not. I would like to organize them such that, as I view my "contacts" secton, I have a list of names that I can...

Why \"Diesel\" oil? I know this sounds dumb.. Spring time..Uncle says..need to change the oil in the Internationial 444. Talking to him today, I said..you get the oil (since I do not know what you use) and when I change oil in Brutus in week or so, I'll do both... He goes on to say, he...

Would like to get a garden pressure sprayer..the kind you pump. Any pros/cons? I once bought what I thought would be my "last" one when I got a nice, expensive stainless steel one...only to have a pinhole leak in the seam...back it went. I've beat the tar out of the pvc one I replaced it...

Where do you get the rolled "straw" that has grass seed in it? Home Depot? Co-op? State? debating on trying it....is it much more expensive, worth the effort? Thanks Richard

\"Lotus Organizer\" In a quandry here.. We are going to be opening up about 250 accounts with a local union. The long and short is, their data on union members is contained in "Lotus Organizer". I'm not familiar with that software. I asked if it can be moved to a spreadsheet..he didnt'...

We have had a Christmas Cactus for several years now. As I understand it..it is supposed to bloom at, or near vicinity of Christmas, then simple green rest of year. This past Christmas, ours had several blooms. Fine and dandy..Today however, this darn thing has dozens and dozens and dozens of...

I as others have some issues with trespassers. We also have issues with morons like this. Our largest neighbor is our lovable TVA. TVA allows pretty much anything on their land as it seems..with no stipulations. This dude says he took his car back into the woods..(this is 4x4...

Since this is "free" wasn't sure if it would be ok to post here rather than classifieds. We want to get rid of this truck. I was prepared to pay local dude $50 to tow it away, then figured I'd at least make a semblence of an effort to see if anyone here may have an interest in it. (you pick...

Just sent to me by a female friend: An old Cherokee chief sat in his reservation hut, smoking the ceremonial pipe, eyeing the two U. S. government officials sent to interview him. "Chief Two Eagles," one official began, "you have observed the white man for many generations; you have seen his...

Setup: Hit more than my fair share of branches with vertical exhaust pipe. Bent the pipe for Brutus...finally, went to muffler shop, bought new section of 2 1/2 inch OD pipe and replaced it. Old flapper on top wouldn't fit as easily, seems this 2 1/2 inch pipe is a touch wider than the old...

Uncle in law has been cutting the fields, I suppose maybe 100 acres or more, hilly, or slopy at best..with 5 foot rotary cutter. He's 83 I think, and the day of his cutting is soon to be near. As I don't care to spend the time HE currently spends cutting said fields, I've been thinking nice to...

The local tractor developed flat in rear tire. I asked what kind of liquid, confirmed is CC. As Uncle is 82, I don't expect this to be fixed before I can get to it as such, it has become one of my next projects. Much of this liquid has drained on the ground. I asked him (retired...

Been cleaning up the woods. My father in law made passing comment one day that maybe we should save/collect the cedar's and cut them into posts. These cedars are maybe 18 inches diamater, down to 1 1/2 inch diamater. As I have probably already burned more than I should admit, what size...

Just paid .749 for "Construction Tax" diesel ??? My cheapest ever, so I wasn't complaining

\"Holy fogged up crystal ball Batman\" JUST when I was going to call and find out when I would be getting a tractor! <A target="_blank" HREF=http://foxnews.com/story/0,2933,45661,00.html>http://foxnews.com/story/0,2933,45661,00.html</A> The Federal Trade Commission and Florida authorities...

Have a friend whose work pc uses NT. She has an interest in using Outlook Express for some of her emails. Her work place has told them that they cannot ADD any new software and as such, Windows Explorer seems to be not 'available", nor is "run"...seems they have battened down the hatches on...

One of my sermons to folks I deal with (especially if older) is to ALWAYS ALWAYS put/keep your stock certificates in your stock account and NOT in your hands in certificate form. Though there are a couple reasons why one may want to keep stocks in certificate form, my feelings and contention is...

As I understand it, when somone passes away, the (in this case) Executrix has "two years" in which to settle the estate. My question is do they have two years from "date of death"? or is it December 31 of the second year ATER the date of death? We have someone with substantial sized estate...

There was once a thread titled Stupid Tractor Tricks. As I have recently replaced a brake master cylinder (which has never worked during my ownership) on Brutus, I now have the thrill of having and being able to use "turning brakes". These turning brakes have been found to be very...

Have a ventless fireplace in the living room. Outside I have a switchable, two tank regulator made by Marshall. I presume the "inside" of the fireplace to also have a regulator somewhere. Scenario: Hook up tanks, light the pilot light. go to turn the gas to "on" and you get an expected and...

Visit by \"Mr. Lucky\" Just another reminder to NEVER forget about safety... When I got home from work, it was warm outside and I WAS going to change into shorts...I did not by happenstance. I worked on a 5-minute project last night. Needed to take loader, pick up downed cedar tree/log and...

Ok, computer guys do I have some form of virus? ADSL line, 4 port router, no firewalls that I"m aware of Went to turn off machine last night at work, had a "sharing" warning about killing machine might make files unavailable to "X". I shrugged & killed. ( I was only one here) today, upon...

I have to admit I saw some humor here. Sorry if offends anyone. Richard

I'm putting this in the Kubota section simply because if I get a tractor, I think the L-48 would now be my first choice. Other day, I was contemplating the pro/cons of hydro vs GST. When I once rented the L-35 I learned the GST forward/reverse lever took some effort. Today, I have Brutus. I...

Who is a card player and what is: 1. Favorite game 2. Favorite game for FUN 3. Is it "just a game" with you, or are you keenly competetive? I like Hearts, Spades, Euchre, Bridge, Pitch (kinda hometown game I think), Pluck (possibly another "local") Not that good at Bridge. Self taught...

3 Windows machines (98,98,ME) Linksys router (4 port) 1 printer adsl line (and loving it) I need to "open" some ports in the router so I can play Euchre at http://www.zone.com I have done what the Lynksys folks said and still doesn't work. The Zone folks say I need to open all 3 machines...

Yesterday, I had a fortunate/unfortunate opportunity of being witness and second person at head on car collision. Without getting into sordid gore, two vehicles, the "offender" vehicle was driving in opposing traffic's lane and hit the "victom". Other witnesses thought she was bent on...

http://www.xs4all.nl/~dromero/diplomacy.swf Just sent to me, I'll let you decide for yourself. Richard

A while back, inquired about knocking locust trees over. The ones with the needles. Yesterday, I took out about 10 of them and was VERY surprised at their root system. Seems the ones I had, had roots maybe 15/20 feet long like LONG rubbery fingers in the ground. Just imagine your tree roots...

Brother in law informed me he recently acquired a trac-hoe. He is experienced as a backhoe/loader operator. He called me last night to confirm how the two controls operated on my backhoe. Left stick forward/back = boom lower/raise Left stick right/left = boom rotate right/left Right stick...

I am a suscriber to D-TV. I have two Sony receivers (RF). Problem, I am getting pixelating (sp?) and freeze frames where all video stops. Sound sometimes goes on and video can catch up. I also get (on an intermittent basis) a searching for satellite message. As dish is high on house, clear...

Was in Home Depot yesterday and saw TWO different brands of chainsaws that had a trigger lock button. Not the button you depress to be able to gas it...this one is the one you use to LOCK THE THROTTLE ON. I couldn't believe it. First...I have never seen one of these on a chainsaw (55...

What kind of \"ant\"??? Have seen maybe 3 times now after living here for 3 years...a red ant. This thing looks to be maybe 3/8 to 1/2 inch long, is a VERY bright red color and has a shimmer/sheen about it that looks like velvet. It is actually a rather pretty ant (at least from my human...

I have a couple of accounts with folks in my local Congressman's office and one of them sent the following to me: > Just a point of interest: > > If you bought $1000 worth of Nortel stock one year ago, it would now be worth $49. >f you bought $1000 worth of Budweiser (the beer, not the...

I'm declaring war and looking for advice: Scenario: Live by recreational lake. In between the farm (250 acres) and water is a parcel of land owned by government. I don't know if it is more or less than the 250 acre farm. It certainly isn't SUBSTANTIALLY larger if it is in fact larger at...

Have two cats, brother/sister. Take them every year to Vet for shots etc..Cats live entirely outdoors year-round. One of the cats LOVES to have head scratched... While laying in your lap having his head scratched... he DROOLES profusely. (not unlike a St. Bernard can...YECH!!! ) (ok, maybe...

Have a couple and father in law wants them out. Says he would "hire" me (and Brutus) to take them down. I said instead of paying me anything, he could pay for my flat tires! Any secret to taking them out? any merit in cutting them where they stand and simply burn them? (they are in middle of...

\"Best\" first tool A friend was over while back. As I'm finishing house he was helping. He made an off the cuff comment "Man, I can't wait until I get my own house" Ok, "Why" I asked?? "Because you get to buy ALL these cool tools". (miter saw, drills, sawzall, rotozip, air compressor etc...)...

I presume this is currently making the rounds, but I thought it was cute

Just to show that I don't live in Rock Hell , I finished the roll by taking this shot just to see how it came out. Though it is a bit underexposed I think, it shows what you see when you walk out the front of the house and look to the right. As I have an old dirt bike, you will notice NOT...

This is the patio we are getting to lay flagstone on. We have been building the rock wall here. Actually, Marion has done most of this one save the larger rocks. The pond is discernable in the back of photo as pile of rocks!! You may notice midway up, a large rock laying flat with some...

Here again, is a refresher of the Great Wall of Greenback This was near end of laying all the rocks

Looking for advice on how to make patio steps. Scenario: French doors open to back patio which has been graded and is (without measuring) say 3 feet to the ground. My anticipation (looking at currently available materials) is to lay some 8x16 blocks on the ground to make the base, or what...

She is missing, he is acting VERY odd (if papers are accurate). Granted no one knows, all are innocent until proven guilty, yada yada yada.. That disclaimer said: Gut feeling...is he involved (if even IN-directly) with her missing? My vote = yes What does your gut say?

In the string trimmer post I saw a Rhino bat wing mower that as I recall, has roughly 10 foot cut. Are these typically finish mowers or rotary mowers? (seems a finish mower is also a rotary mower isn't it??) None the less, Marion's uncle cuts the farm, typically takes him a week to do so. He...

We are building a pond with a smaller pond on the hill above the patio. There is a waterfall between the two. The rock that the water will flow over as the waterfall is probably 3 feet wide by 4 feet deep and maybe 6 inches tall. We have worked & sweated We have worked more & sweated We...

Anyone ever see it? Saw it once and immediately enjoyed it. Seems they have a challange (with two competing teams) to build a hovercraft, rocket (and land egg without cracking), submarine, boat, car crusher, remote controlled plane and various other items. They have 10 hours to scour junk...

Wheat??? As Marion & I further prepare house for August wedding plans (making ponds, laying flagstone, waterfalls, Great Wall of Greenback etc..) we recently had dozer come in and do a clean up job in the woods where the lumber-dudes cleaned out many of the trees. Question: We now have a...

Built & wired log house for all light switches. NOW, after we have built the Great Wall of Greenback, we have added pathway lights outside that were not anticipated. The buried wires for lights enter house downstairs in garage. The logical place for switch is upstairs in back of house, and...

Been in house 3 years, last night I replaced both elements (only 1 bad) in water heater and found couple inches of calcium buildup in the bottom. I fabricated a scoop from 3/4 pvc by essentially cutting it in half lengthwise and scooped as much out as I could through that itty bitty hole. I...

Hi Gordon, I don't recall where the last thread was, but I thought I would bring you up to date regarding the lumber dudes that left the skidder tire on property & your recommendation on calling DNR & sheriff dept. I ended up calling the Dept of Waste Mgt. It is illegal to leave tire and he...

Just finished last night, putting the sprinkler heads on the irrigation system we installed. I must say MUCH to my delight, that the entire system so far has worked flawlessly. Even though I had the day from hell when I had to replace approximately 20 feet of 1/2 copper with 3/4 to finish the...

I've not noticed much if any commentary on similarities/differences between the two. Are they essentially the same machine with the L48 having the hydro tranny?? I understand maybe subtle differences in loader/hoe but those not withstanding, is the tranny the significant difference? If they...

A year or so ago, I read a magazine article that I found very interesting. Here's their website: http://www.coatesengine.com/ This strikes me (given their PR) as a wonderful idea, so obvious, "why didn't I think of it", yet, other than here, I've heard nothing about it. (not that I travel in...

We are finally nearing the completion of The Great Wall of Greenback. China better watch out! Marion & I are sitting there as you will obviously notice, which happens to serve nicely as a size reference. Every one of these rocks was picked up one way or another off the farm. Some of the...

Behind house, am trenching to lay schedule 40 pipe that will carry away water from two downspouts. We are building/digging a pond with waterfall also (small). I am thinking I might run a drain line to the pond so that I can "regulate" the water level and it will never overflow. I will run...

Someone wrote once on the higher merits of using schedule 40 pipe buried in the yard for drainage. Seems it isn’t as easily crushed when driven over etc...as the black flexible pipe. Ok, so I like that idea and need to bury some pipe to take my downspouts away from the house. Problem: One...

OK, all you fire fans... Last weekend went to clean up some of the piles of brush that the loggers have left. I had Brutus out to help, in the top photo you can see Brutus on other side of pile to give a perspective of the size of pile/fire. You can see it was a pretty large pile, certainly...

Have a couple of photos I'm trying to post. When attached they are evidently too large. I can deal with that. I don't have any software to speak of, but our scanner came with the viewer and I can evidently change the picture size hence, the file size. What I find though is to do that, I...

I'll possibly (and rightfully) get toasted for this near mishap, but if it helps, I guess it's worth it. Working on retaining wall (of which I'm taking pictures finally of that and BRUTUS for all you backhoe lovers) Had hoe on right side of the rear swinging arc, Marion was also on that side...

Mile down the road from me is a retired farmer type that has dozens of implements in his front yard for sale. This ranges from a couple of old tractors, to a street sweeper!! He has two brand new 6 foot boxblades. He says the brand is unknown. He "tinkers" buying/selling things in his...

Disclaimer: In fairness, this is a story where you might have had to been there to fully appreciate, but I thought I'd share it anyway. My fiancee and I have finally set a date to get ourselves legal . As she has been making announcements and plans for the wedding, she had her sister on the...

The basic question is, how "worried" do you become? Scenario: You are contracted to selectively timber a tract of land. The land is a farm with 3 residences in the middle of the premise. You send your title search dude out to verify land boundaries and then start cutting. Oops, you find out...

Looking at finally joining rest of world and getting a cell phone. Does anyone know if there is a type where I can get TWO and utilize them sort of as walkie-talkies between the two of them and as phones to rest of the world? Reason I throw that out is I bought a walkie talkie set and for the...

I started to write about this when this happened a couple of weeks ago and stopped. The thought struck me again, so here it is. Preface: TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) lowers the lake levels during winter Driving home other day noticed something strange. Evidently, yet another moron took...

Couple of weeks ago, my shower went quickly from warm to lukewarm (using FULL hot, NO cold). I correctly presumed the breaker broke. Flipped it, problem continued. Ok, so now I have at one bad element. For kicks, you might get a chuckle to know the dude at plumbing supply told me I didn't...

Been poking around Kubotas website to see if they updated it with L-48. (they have) I noticed that the width of L-48 is posted at 74.5 inches verses 62.4 for the Grand L series (in the larger sizes). The overall length is given at 241 (WITH backhoe) as contrasted with 118 without hoe for...

Yesterday, I had someone in my office that is a retired engineer/mathematician. He spouted off a concept that to my pea-brain sounded interesting. Not being bright enough to see if there is an inherent flaw in the concept, I thought I’d post it here for kicks and conversation. I’m sure I...

Being a lover of junk food I guess, I thought I would tout some of my favorite places I used to frequent. I hope this isn't construed as a solicitation. If it is, I guess feel free to delete it. I grew up very near Cincinnati Ohio and am comfortable suggesting these to anyone. Sometimes...

Old conversation of where to put saw on tractor. While looking for chain saw sharpening ideas, found this. Whilst I don't know if/how this could work on a Kubota, I thought I'd at least point out what I found. http://www.karlkuemmerling.com/images/Chain/ChainSawSupplies.htm Scroll down about...

Have a Stihl 044 saw with 20" bar. When I bought the saw (going out of business sale for ~ $400 ) I bought extra bar and some extra chains. A new chain on this saw will absolutely make mincemeat out of a piece of wood. I file them sometimes to try to keep/replace the edge. After more...

Couple of questions when painting a yellow machine. Though Brutus is fine and dandy, if “he” was a “she” it would be a definite double 12 pack you would have to consume before you accused her of being attractive. That said, I’ve considered giving Brutus a...shall I say...face lift. There...

Stumbled on this and at bottom is a weld on hook. For those interest, thought it might be worth being aware of. http://www.bbchain.com/towchains/viewdept.asp?D=10&SID=z2ZyjBdnwdWJe3MukOCP

Not being a very ardent supporter of Mr. “No Controlling Legal Authority” Gore, I’m happy to see him lose the election. To that end, the other day, a thought struck me. He could possibly be the FIRST person in our nations history to have to concede the same election TWICE . Anyone know if...

If your hooking something up to your chain to drag it, be it a tree , vehicle , wife or a NON-ORANGE TRACTOR what is a good length to have? I'm looking at buying a length and as I started to pick up the 3/8 chain, realize that 100 feet will weigh a ton (not contemplating THAT length) and 10...

Since I'm new to a diesel powered machine... Regarding gelling and such, what temperature (approx) does diesel gel? If I use 5 gallon containers, should I put a requisite amount of anti-gel stuff in each container, or fill er up, and put a larger requisite amount into fuel tank? If diesel...

Looking for advice on: Using backhoe to topple standing tree, looking for the merits of the logic AND danger warnings. I’ve been downing trees by either pushing them over to uproot the root ball, or cutting a notch in them and pushing them over then digging out root ball, or flat out cutting...

We have a dedicated 64K line that supplies two quote machines with quotes/internet/email etc... The quotes portion requires most of the available bandwidth. With the upcoming changeover to decimalization for stocks, we apparently need higher horsepower connection. In comes a T-1 line (phone...

Hi, Other day needed tool, decided that it was finally time to get ratchet. Ended up with I/R 3/8". I didn't pay attention to the model number though they had 2 and I got the ~100.00 one instead of the $50. My desire was to get a 1/2" drive but they didn't have one and unfortunately, time...

Well, I now have 2 days (about 4 hours total) of experience on the mighty JCB backhoe . Though there are a number of items we are looking to do, I can obviously only do one at a time. Soooo, I have started to clear some of the trees off my land. I only have about (guessing) 50 trees or so...

3 days ago, I acquired an 1,800 hour JCB backhoe/loader. I have been told that when using the hoe (on tractors), you should extend the stabilizers ALL the way down and lift rear tires off ground, I have read that you should extend stabilizers and lift until tires have MOST weight off them, but...

How\'s this compare? OK Dudes, though my better half STILL nixes any tractor , she says I CAN do the following, so my question is how would this compare (in digging) against a "Chalkley Machine" or an L-35? Her brother just bought (at auction) a 2wd JCB (?) loader/backhoe. Probably 10 +/-...

Carver's site says "3pt hitch mounted bh shouldn't be considered with the L series cab's, the bh seat will not have ample clearance and space for operator safety". I don't notice any mention of a subframe mounted...so, can you put a subframe bh on an L series w/cab? Would you WANT to if you...

Welp, have been lurking/reading/lurking/reading etc... and formulating ideas for my "perfect tractor" Think I have become intrigued on the 4 in 1 bucket. Have searched everywhere here for info on where they are and can't seem to find anything. Is Long "the" bucket to get? if not, who is...

The L-35 has the 4 bar linkage on its loader bucket and is "automatic leveling". On the L4610 loader, you also have the 4 bar linkage for the bucket. The brochures say nothing about it being auto leveling. Is it the linkage that does it, or something in the hydraulics that make it auto...

Hello Bird, I understand that you tinker on air powered tools? If so, I have a question... I bought a "closeout" special Campbell Hausfield compressor from my favorite Home Depot for something like $200. It came with their basic little tools....impact wrench, hammer, etc...It isn't the fancy...

Setup: Lumbermen are selectivly clearing woods off farm. Near where they are working with their skid machines and tree pick'er upper (to load on flatbed) we have found the rock "quarry" Upshot is, there are some big rocks, bigger ones up to maybe 7 feet or so long, several feet wide maybe...

Hi For any folks here that live in Texas, this is a long shot for you. I'm looking for someone last known to be in Texarkana, Merle Hill (the Mom) or David, Brian, Alex, Elizabeth and Emily. The kids, though girls probably married by now. Father (Eugene) passed away some time back. I would...

I requested a quote from nearby dealer. Part of my equation was backhoe and top-n-tilt system. I was told by him that "Kubota does not approve their backhoes for use in conjunction with the "top-n-tilt" system". So, for those familiar with the Bradco brand (since I understand that it allows...

Somewhere, sometime ago, there were some conversations about a yardbox that "rotated". Smooth with it on one side, reverse it, put the scarafiers into the ground. I have made some casual attempts to search the internet for these, have perused through Carver for them also. Either I don't know...

Hi, How might the L-35 tlb compare with say, an L3410 up through L4610 in a GST format with loader and frame mounted bh? Thanks for any thoughts Richard (searching for all the smiley faces and can't find them...have already had to retype this because I erased it in my other efforts) :-(