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I'd use a 5w40 or 0w40 year round. That would meet and exceed the 15w40 specs. Can get T6 stuff at a reasonable price.

Have put in pea seeds and potato pieces, pea seeds around edges of pots on top the deck rails and pea seeds in plots along path to outside shower and potato pieces in one of the raised beds. Got asparagus in 4 of the other raised beds. Think I'll put sweet potato slips in the little garden...

I worked in the lube oil processing area for 31 years but never with actual formulations, but we were privy to the research going on in formulation areas. Think hydraulic fluid is a highly processed (at least in solvent or hydrotreated oil areas) oil with probably very few additives, probably...

Had not heard about carrots in a hav-a-hart trap. I've used a half cantaloupe. This was to trap one that gets underneath the pool decking sometimes. Seldom causes a problem, but I just don't like them that close. It's right in my raspberry patch in and out of the hole and has easy access to...

Exactly. That's why it's very important to get a small "x" # in a xw30 or xw40. A tad fuel credit for xw30 vs. xw40, but it's on the order of 1-2%. Main thing is to get a small first # which allows the oil pump to "grab" the oil instantaneously vs. sitting there "warming" the oil by not...

I ordered the Stihl sharpener from Amazon for a tad less than $24. Didn't have a tool for checking filing the depth things in between. Used to have, but I gave all that stuff away when I had to give away my gas powered Stihl.

Neat that it does the bits in between the teeth at the same time.

I use channel locks.

Changed the oil in the LX-4 once. Haven't changed yet on the Frontier. Oil would not get dirty nor heat up much. Did heat up on the LX-4.

I don't know, Jeff. I had an ex cheapo LX-4 for nearly 9 years on the 4010 and cut mainly trail grass but also slammed it into up to about 1 1/2 inch trees/saplings. "Sharpened" the blades every year. Now have a Frontier RC2048 that is near about 8 years. "Sharpen" its blades every year...

Generic glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup.

My current "vintage" car is a 2013 MX-5 GT special edition. Tons of fun for a good price.

Absolutely the BEST thing that I did was to replace grease gun tips with LockNload or LockNlube. Don't recall which or something like them. Different ones of each of the 2 guns. Needed both recently. Could not get the one to "lock" in place. Got the other one, and it did.

Fine, if you have fairly level land. With a tractor, you can get up and down slopes and chip stuff there.

Tried several things in NJ. Ammonia was the one thing that drove them out of existing holes, but they kept making others. Tried it here in Va. Did for 2 or 3 days, but they came back. Surprisingly, here in Va they don't seem to be much of a problem, but in NJ I absolutely lost the battle...

Cannot figure out how this thing works. Googled it. No help.

I used the Dremel yesterday on both B&D chains, without the guide. Could not have used the guide on the alligator one. Used a C clamp to hold the bar in place for the one B&D but had to use the C clamp to hold one side of the alligator's mouth open to get at the teeth on it. Certainly could...

Did that recently with Google Earth to look at where we've lived and some places I've visited on travels while working. Can get it easily online now without having to install it.

Dad used to hold on the brake and then work the clutch on any cars with clutches. Should work for tractors unless you have a tree handy to push up against. If letting out the clutch with a bit of fuel pedal kills it, then the clutch is good.

We put in a 12.5 kw Isuzu diesel generator in Nov 2012 and redid the two 200 amp breakers with one on automatic start of the generator. It pretty much runs the whole house exclusive of the 4 ton main floor heat pump and one of the hot water heaters. Even the electric clothes drier is on it...

I'd take it to an oil recycling place like your autoparts place.

That Cat 1 width is too much. The distance out to where the pins go into the lift pin ends are about 27 or 28 and some inches.

If you have gelling and can get near a 120v outlet, plug a hair drier in and direct it onto the fuel bowl and mail fuel filters. It's just solidified wax. It'll melt.

Gonna clean the 2025R up today to grease it (not those pesky Ujoints though). Blow it off first. Then soak with some Simple Green or Purple whatever that I have. Then maybe try my 12v sprayer or might have to go with the Black Cat pressure washer. Soaked with Greased Lightning. Then power...

Well, the upper outside temps on the charts do not make sense otherwise, unless they're for air cooled engines. All oils in water cooled engines run at around 212-230 F, being cooled by coolant at 190 F thermostat setting. VW TDIs, millions of them, run around with 5w30 in their crankcases...

Been driving cars and pickups for 50 years and tractors now for 16 years after driving them early in life. Just start and go gently. Shut down when stopped. Have never had an engine failure. (Actually, never a clutch failure either except for the time we allowed a kid to use our Fiat 1100)

That makes sense. I tried to find someone to talk to who made those charts and could not find out how.

An MG TD.

Could disconnect the wire to each one and put a light in between the wire and the top of the glow plug and turn switch to "glow" position to see if light turns on. Do on each plug. We had a 240D Benz we kept until 26 years old. Didn't get glow plugs to burn out until well over 150k miles...

S__t fire and save the matches. My grandfather's favorite. Also, S__t catoogin.

Take mine to the local Advance Auto, 2 locations here. AutoZone also takes it. Had not thought of checking with TSC or any others. I just walk by counters and go to the back and pour into a tank there.

Anyone had luck with acupuncture to correct some lower leg neuropathy symptoms. Should have tried it sooner. It can treat the symptoms and possibly give some nerve sensation back, the good ones. Got an appointment Monday for my first. Met my limit on gabpentin, e.g. side effects showing up...

Start and go, just not maximum rpm for a little bit. Stop when finished.

I realized my mistake and deleted it.

Just amp hours. Use all the time in selecting 2 amps or 6 amps to charge my 12 volt batteries. Voltage doesn't matter.

Both the bush hog and wood chipper have bush button PTO ends at the tractor. MUCH better.

My 0w30 M1 ESP from Advance Auto just came yesterday. Waiting for the OEM filter from Amazon.

Follow the label. Milky spore is just another form of BT, the organic killer of worms/grubs.

Nope 0w30 or 5w30 diesel oil will not harm a tractor's engine, AND it will give a tad reduction in fuel usage. Plus, it'll give your top end more protection in getting pressurized oil to it almost instantly vs. probably a few seconds for something like 15w40, particularly in cold weather.

I think they shot themselves in the foot by switching from the excellent 130 loader to questionable 120 and eliminating the turning brakes. They did provide a temperature gauge.

Anyone seen any prices and delivery on electric tractors. The Solectrac.com site shows 3 different electric tractors and allows you to post an order for one ($1,000) but does not provide any prices nor delivery. Any others? Would love to have one. Solectrac says typically about 3 hours of...

I think the big diesel people should finance a comparison of say 0w30 or 5w30 with 15w40 to measure wear and fuel economy. There was a fuel economy study done but not wear. Don't think big truck engines are really different from a diesel tractor's or diesel car's. What is really different is...

Was on youtube. Could not easily find it. The guy just lifted the QH onto the raised lower arms and sat it there. Easy to connect the top link and then one by one the lower arms.

Google the video. You put the QH onto the raised bottom arms first and then attach the top link and then the bottom arms.

Had another stoppage that would not reverse. Wife went up the hill and got a crowbar. Used the crowbar this time to lift the roller. Then could slide the log out. Was another log that was kinda rotten around the outside. Cedar, in particular, can be this way but with good wood inside. Will...

Our house is around this size, and our average kw usage is short of 2.5 kw. Only the 2 of us though, and we run thermostats about 74 F in summer and about 64 F in winter. Have 2 fridges, 2 freezers, big ice maker that uses as much as a frig, washer/dryer. 4 ton main heat pump, 2 ton upstairs...

Guess panel costs are WAY down from when we put ours in around 5 years ago. No way could we have paid out such a large project with that little bit of credit.

Can you put it on without the QH? The new owner of our MacKissic TPH-122, a Cat. 0 implement, has a JD 3 series. He put it on without his QH. You can put the QHs on or off more easily if you raise the 3ph as high as it will go before removing or putting back on. With the 3ph up, the bottom...

Welcome. Familiar with NJ hills. Lived there for 20 years just west of Morristown. For hilly terrain, you need a Kubota B or JD 2 series for clearance. We have a back hill down through woods here in central Va. Had a JD 1025R for a couple years but had a JD 2 series before that for nearly...

You cannot get a 2% reduction in fuel usage (sorta like the effect on cranking speed I looked at; probably the square root of viscosity) and get a 50% increase in wear. If more wear is there, the fuel economy credit won't be there. Has there ever been a test of 30w vs. 40w in heavy diesel...

Don't think you know this. I know about the 2%.

Guiess you didn't get a WM one? The WC46 fit fine, except the top pin is 13 or 15 inches up from bottom pins vs. standard of about 17 or 18 inches. The 15 inches works on the bottom 2 holes of the HF QH. I've now a pair of Cat 1-2 + Cat 2-3 bushings on the Cat. 1 pins of the WC46.

You get payment from your utility there for power sent to the grid? Here with Dominion Power (monopoly) here in central Va, we don't. Get credit for any overproduction at the end of the month but not if it exceeds our bill (won't. Ours is only 2 or 2.5 kw: don't recall.) They basically...

Would save them some fuel, probably about 2%.

Think 10w30 is the old plain 30w, just relabeled. 5w30 or even 0w30 would be even better, all year round. I recently found 0w30 M1 ESP at Advance Auto. Ordered some for the 2025R.

Diesels are diesels. People just think that tractor engine work harder because they hear them. Car engines are so insulated for noise that you don't hear them. They're working just as hard.

Found the M806418 oil filter on Amazon. Don't have to go over to tractor place now for another 100 hours when the HST needs changed at 450 hours.

Just top dress with some manure.

Millions of VW TDIs running around with 5w30. VW says none have ever failed due to oil problem.

Got it Autozone and free delivery to the house. Just over $10/qt. The 2025R will need oil change and grease job soon. Getting ready. About the best deal was 5 qts of T6 5w40, but I didn't work for Shell. I'd be a traitor. Plus the 40w will use a tad more fuel. Been getting 5w30 Castrol at...

You only need to start the engine heater about 20 or 30 minutes ahead of startup. Otherwise, you're just throwing $ out the radiator.

I've never ever tilled my raised beds. Just weed and mulch.

Millions of VW TDIs running around with 5w30 in their crankcases. What I run in the 2025R Yanmar engine and in our Isuzu generator driver. In future, I plan to try to get 0w30 (probably online) M1 ESP. In past, I was getting the 5w30 Castrol for VW TDIs from the VW dealer.

We lived a couple times on assignment in Sarnia, Ont. First time was an apartment overlooking the river across to the US. Could see all the shipping that went by.

Think they should use these in place of the Ujoints: Mercedes Driveshaft Flex Joint (ML350) - Febi 1644100015 Was what was between the shaft and the transmission on our 1983 240D stick. There's hardly any movement needed.

How many hours on it? FINALLY hear about another tractor other than JD with failed Ujoint. The one on the engine side of my 4010 JD failed at 660 hours. After that, JD advised greasing them every 50 hours, but you cannot get to the front one. Had the one on the 2025R greased at 200 hours by...

Currently using 5w30 Castrol synthetic bought from VW for TDIs. Plan to check online/locally for 0w30 M1 ESP for next changes for the 2025R and the Isuzu. Your 10w30 should be fine if for diesels. Switched to 0w30 M1 ESP the last change on the 2025R.

Have had our Fujisu units since about 2014 after I sat in the basement in the winter of 2013 in front of space heaters while recovering from congestive heart failure. Work fine at all temps here in central Va. Got one outside unit servicing 2 inside units. Think 1 outside can service up to...

Best I've ever had are the Boss ones bought at Southern States. The come almost up to my elbows and fit my hands perfectly.

Same with Kubota B2301 and B2601.

The plots are a straight line when fitted against log of viscosity vs. 1/T. Here's a graph of the crankcase and transmission/diff oil ranges. The transmission/diff oils are just rated at 40 C vs. 100 C for engine oils.

5w30 is good for the 212 F it sees against your thermostatically control cooling water typically at 190 F.

Here's the chart that shows what temperatures the lower # of oil viscosity is measured at. It's a rotating viscometer that measures in cP (centipoise or poise) vs. the upper (operating temperature) value that is measured in cS (centistokes) @ 100 C (212 F).

Wrong. The lower temperature oil rating is not determined at room temperature. It's at various temperatures, generally very cold and is different for 0w, 5w, 10w, 15w. 5w30 is NOT 5 weight oil. It is 5w at its measured low (cold) temperature but is 30w at operating temperature of 212 F. And...

Anyone ever pave with pavers that allow the water to flow through? Might be a problem with plowing cuz you'd probably never get all pavers to stay same level.

Depends on the size of the engine, but you want to run it at a high enough rpm to keep from lugging it. If you don't know or cannot tell what this is, you better just run at 3000 rpm with some good ear muffs. My neighbor seems to run his 4052 (e.g. 52 hp JD) at a ticka ticka 1500 rpm or so...

My Isuzu driver on the generator is a little gem. Its oil never really turned color at 50 hours when I changed it. Now around 150-200 hours (haven't looked at the meter lately but checked the oil recently), the oil is amber in color. No where NEAR where the BLACK oil was on the 1983 240D Benz...

Think all those charts with upper max temps are for air cooled engines. All water cooled engines operate at the cooling water temperature set by thermostat, usually about 190 F; so maximum operating temperature for all oils is about 200 F (allowing about 10 F across the metal to the water)...

Ticks like to hide. No place to hide on a naked body. Get very few.

Pellet or shot gun.

MUCH rather walk on trails than on the street. Almost always see something different when out on the trails. It was often there all along, you just notice it finally. Can go naked on trails, not on streets.

Nice machine for your big tractor. The WC46's 510# weight is very noticeable on the slope behind the house. The 2025R would not be safe with a bigger machine. I bought a 4x4 piece of 15/32" plywood and cut it to fit into the dolly. Covers the whole inside part and that hole. Ralph

Bet you could remove most of it with an oil extractor, maybe get one of the pump kind instead of a vacuum one. I had one that I bought from one of the online outfits that would be good for hydraulic oil. Was not good for hot, engine oil because it messed up the seals. Here's the one I bought...

I've battery tenders on the pickup, Miata and Isuzu generator driver. Got a spare marine battery on tender in the carriage house to backup the generator's and the one on our gate. The pickup and Miata have standard batteries, mariine on the generator and the gate.

If you want 4 wheel brakes, you better keep it in 4wd. It's not fun and very dangerous to go skidding down a hill with rear wheels skidding away and front ones free wheeling. Turn sideways and it'll tumble. I only take mine out of 4wd when going down our paved driveway. Ralph

As far as hp goes, you'd do fine with the WC68. The 2025R kind of loafs along on the WC46 at only about 2600-2700 rpm vs. 3000 for "540". Just don't need the hp. Thing I notice the most is that weight out the back. This is on the WC46. The WC68 is 710# vs. 510# for the WC46. You'd have to...

Just reversing the roller didn't do it. It was a partly decayed log and a bit soft on the outside. Combo of the wife's using crowbar and my doing reverse worked after a couple tries. Opened the chute up first.

I've trails I maintain across our property and 2 other neighbors. Gotta have a bush hog. Don't have a grapple and plenty of autumn olives. We declared war on the AOs, oriental bittersweet and green briars last winter. Wife had to cut up a bunch of downed trees to get at some of that stuff...

No. Didn't stop the unit. Just stopped feeding the log.

Don't see a problem with that. If you use summer grade in winter, could be a problem. Just add some kero if you end up with some summer grade left over.

The only time I bought off road was when I had some problems with wax globs coming out of solution and partially plugging the outlet of the tank. Took back to Exxon. They refunded me, and I bought on road again. Had a couple days down to 10 F that caused the wax globs to come out of solution...

You only need to turn it on about 30 minutes before starting the tractor. Otherwise, you're just wasting electrical energy to the radiator. Did this even at -22 F one morning in Vermont on our 220D Benz. Started instantly.

We've solar panels on the carriage house. The whole house generator 200 amp panel is not tied to the carriage house. So, the solar panels keep putting stuff to the grid when the generator is on.

Dried up enough finally to get the tractor out do a little bit of chipping up around the house. Won't be dry enough to go down the back hill until about Friday. Backing off 1/4 turn from the 1/2 turn that was too stiff on the control arm control adjustment via the 6 mm allen screw below the...

Can you use a QH with this bigger unit? On the WC46, the Cat. 1 pins just stick out and aren't enclosed like on this bigger unit. Actually, how do you get the lift arms one with the pins enclosed like that?

With 4 gallons only, you will not be able to see the oil. It'll be just below that cylindrical inlet thing.

Why not run 5w40 all year round? Silly.

Ralph

OEM says 10w30; so 0w30, 5w30 or 10w30 would fit. Best would be 0w30 if you can find it. Can get it online.

We had a couple boxes opened. Guess they didn't like what they saw and didn't take anything. These were big boxes. Found out there were some box thieves in the area. So, we bought a plastic box and put it outside our gate with signs on P.O. box to put deliveries in it and sign on the box...

Watched a video about 50 JD mods this morning. One was a diff lock pedal for JDs from (think it was) bolt-on-hooks.

Still water cooled, the 2720. Consider the fact that millions of VW TDIs (Turbo Direct Injuection) use 5w30 oil. That's 5w30 running through bearings with hot exhaust gases on the other side.

Fuel economy will be better, e.g. less pumping loss, if you use a 0w30 or 5w30. It's also good year round. All face 190 F thermostat set point in water cooling. Those upper temperature numbers in the oil charts are for air cooled engines.

The 2 that I've had have about a 4" movement allowed in the top link area of the cutter. You lower the front of the cutter to the height you want it, allowing for the usual about 1 inch from bottom of the cutter to blade. So, if you want 4" cut, you'll want the front to be 3" off a paved...

Glow plugs on the 240D lasted to near 200k miles. That's probably about 6000ish tractor hours.

Lots of conversions needed to get to $/gallon. Typically, it's been near $7/gallon in Italy and near $5/gallon in other European countries, for gasoline. Diesel prices are generally lower, nearer what we pay, but they charge a big tax on diesel vehicles.

A turbo diesel is about 33% efficient, about the same as a dino fuel powered boiler generating steam. Most of our tractors are not turbo, probably about 20% less, e.g. about 27%. You can get more efficiency by powering a gas turbine and then generating steam from its exhaust, more like 67%...

He's already high in Phosphorus (the P in NPK of fert #s) but low on Potassium (the K in NPK). He needs the 15-0-15 that Clemson mentions.

My wife ran into a neighbor who uses a Dremel chainsaw sharpening kit to sharpen his chains. I ordered and received it and have looked at a few videos. The shop we use now charges $10 to sharpen her little 12 inch Stihl chains; so the kit will pay off if it works. Years ago, I used to sharpen...

Update on this. Have had a terrible time keeping the hooved rats out of the raspberry patch in rows until I went with a 2nd electric single wire fence outside about 18 inches from the other 3 wire electric fence. NO, absolutely NO, hooved rats into the raspberries since then, even if the fence...

Moved 20 gallons of diesel fuel from carriage house to garage. Carriage house doors don稚 work on the generator. Can open the one door manually, but the ramp to it could be slick. Generator uses about 6 gallons/day. Snow yesterday and trees all covered still. Rain has started. Supposed to...

This new WC46 chipper plus new QH are about 580 #. That's almost 300 # heavier than the 288# TPH-122 I had. Can feel it back there. With heavy loads in the FEL, I always carry it very low. Thinking maybe I should move the adjustable, bypassable stop on the JD's 3ph jack shaft control to show...

I may treat myself to a Harbor Freight quick hitch this afternoon. Locally only $110. One Woodland Mills video mentioned that it is compatible with the HF quick hitch. Got a guy coming to look at the old MacKissic shortly. Sent him my computer files already and found paper files and even a...

Think I have the wive talked into buying a new chipper. Read the reviews, and Woodland Mills seem to make good machines and have good service. Their website is really good with very impressive videos. I'm impressed by how easy they are to service. Thinking the WC46 is good enough for us: a...

I used to have a whole lot of calculations of lube oil properties and other stuff in Visual Basic Applications (VBA) that were used in Excel. It was one of my hobbies as a chemical engineer working in the lube process business. Found my backup and put together a VBA module with stuff I needed...

You can get the ESPN bowl games on Twitter. I discovered this and got the OSU-Clemson 4th quarter last night. Can get the 4pm and 8pm games tonight, too. Just Google the bowl game you want to watch, e.g. "bowl game on Twitter", to get the URL. Can search on Twitter, too. So far, no sale...

My wife and I have been putting together our neighborhood directory since no one has done one since 2012 when I was last secretary/treasurer of the HOA but had to resign due to health. Everything is on Excel. Going online, there are gobs of ways of converting a column of emails into an email...

Think it's captioned wrongly. He's probably flying around heaven or **** in many pieces. Ralph

What is it? Barn find. Ralph

Our 1987 well pump had started causing some air in the lines every so often after sitting overnight. This is a symptom of a tiny air leak between the check valve and the pump, usually. Also, the pump output seemed to have reduced very slightly over time, not quite 2 gpm. We called Foster Well...

Anyone doing this: Unable to sync OneDrive to an SD card or external USB drive - Office Support Unlink this PC option is under Account when you right click the cloud and click Settings. Key seems to reformat a flash/sd card to NTSC(or whatever the web site says). You have to stop synching...

I'd been accessing Google Earth from one of my old HDs using a HD/USB adaptor. Well, my wife's old HD apparently ruined it or maybe my old HD with its bad sectors made some more, etc. and ruined it. Can no longer read HDs on it. Found Google Earth online. Just Google it and you'll find...

From one of my cousins on FB.

Wife's Dell computer failed last night. Only 4 years old. Don't know whether it is the power unit or hard drive. Will remove hard drive before recycling and plug it in and see if it works. Bought her a Dell all-in-one mainly because it was 1 left at Bestbuy and has what I want, very much...

We're updating our neighborhood directory. No one else has done it since I had to give up the secretary/treasurer job in 2013. We have it almost done. One thing that I am putting together is an email list in a text file to go into "to", "cc", or "bcc" areas of an email in case of an...

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We've 2 stream crossings over a small stream that flows into Ivy Creek, which runs along most of the east side of our property. The little stream is mostly along the north side of the property. I put in a tractor crossing and a people crossing. We had to move the people crossing when the...

My neighbor to the right side is like me: naked gardener, etc. Neither of us could care less where exactly the property line is, maybe within 10 ft or so. Neighbor on the left is a horse of a different animal. He had been renting out the property for the last 16-17 years but has moved back...

Been having issues with our Honda HRR216's electric starter. Starter would spin and not engage the flywheel. Wife could not start with rope starter. I could with a single pull. Got another starter (3rd one now; had same issue before and new 2nd starter fixed it). Started once, and then...

In our 7th year after encapsulating our crawl space underneath the family room and laundry room, we started experiencing odor and it affecting my wife this year. It has been traced to bacteria formation underneath the encapsulation. The expert who diagnosed this recommended a commercial...

I have trouble hearing on the telephone with or without my hearing aids. Saw my audiologist last week for some hearing aid cleaning. Asked her about it, e.g. whether I could get my bluetooth hearing aids to receive signal from my bluetooth phones directly like a friend of mine does. She...

We got stuck behind a tractor going up the road apparently to Barracks Farm (where the hessian POW camp was back in 1775). It had a back hoe in front. Probably used the same hydraulics as the FEL. One would just swing the front of the tractor to make it go side to side. It was an older JD...

We ended up with a odor from our crawl space this year. Been doing fine with an AC discharge into it and 3 fans going. Had tried a dehumidifier in the past, but was just overloaded and heated space too much. Bothering the wife. I absolutely cannot smell it at all. Have removed insulation in...

There are some 4wd walk behinds now that you might want to look into. Trouble is none have a reverse; so, it needs to be fairly open to not require pulling them back. There are some good battery self propelled walk behinds now. Stihl has a couple as do others. This is if you're worried about...

The circlip is gone from the input shaft on my Frontier RC 2048. Wondering if anyone else has found and used something else there? A couple semicircles that would screw together would work; I'd think. Dealer is ordering the part, but it's a small thing to keep the Ujoint from sliding off when...

A rear 3ph snow blower would really kick it up: Pete Downey - Just a couple of rednecks loading a wheelbarrow Ralph

This morning there was a This Old House segment on heat pump clothes driers. Only exhausts water. All the air is kept in. Richard's estimate is 40-50% energy savings. Sent them a note saying this is probably low. The COP of heat pumps is usually 3 to 4. That would mean 67-75% energy...

Neighbor informed us that one of our tree limbs fell onto his precious property. So, I removed the bush hog and mounted the Mac TPH-122 to shred/chip up the limbs. In greasing it, I found the top/rear bearing on it was missing the grease fitting; it seems to have vibrated out; threads are...

Ever since we switched to Xfinity Wifi the reception on my TV antenna here in the basement is awful. Bought another antenna, a Mohu, recommended as best online. No improvement. Now connected both it and the RCA antenna up together. Still no better. Check online and it says Wifi cannot...

FINALLY got the wife disgusted enough with Centurylink to switch to Comcast/Xfinity for internet and phone (use Roku over internet for TV/movies). Due to swap on Tuesday, the 19th. Her biggest problem with making the switch was the changing of her email for about a dozen or more outfits that...

Hope you can get this: posted on Twitter. How to clean your fuel tank: Twitter Ralph

Especially once the growing season gets going. Ralph

Somehow, the thought came into my mind last night. The diesel fuel in my generator's 60 gallon tank is getting on to near 8 years. Had our 1983 Benz stored for 4 years once. Came back and found the diesel in it rather BROWN. Wondering what some of you have done to freshen up old diesel. If...

Could not go down below today again, too wet. So, I changed the coolant on the 2025R. Think it went about 5 years. Compared to the 4010, the coolant change on this one was very easy. On the 4010, nothing would drain unless the vent on the thermostat was removed; 2025R has no vent. The...

My tractor seat belt almost cuts my gut in half when going downhill. Tightens up too much to turn around enough for backing the bush hog up over stuff. Have to remove it to get enough around to see behind. Anyone have a solution to these problems? Maybe a bigger, more cushioned something...

My new HP all-in-one often will not wake up from sleep. Once had a Dell (wife's before her current one) that took to doing this. Left it on all the time. That's what we used to do with our office machines when I worked. This new HP does not have a hard drive: solid state memory like memory...

How many are experiencing creepy crawly internet after about 8 am and until about 8 pm? I'm on DSL with CenturyLink. Think there was a news segment on it on CBS this morning. Will catch the rerun on Fox at 7. Think it was 6:05; so will be 7:05. Just happened since Sunday. Wife is resistant...

My new computer on Office 365 insists that I use OneDrive cloud (part of the yearly Office payment). It auto copied my files when I put them onto the C: docs and pictures. However, I recently had to add to our church picture directory and could not find either the pub nor the pdf files for it...

Tried googling this. Not too successful. Anyone know of or have an ATV with a 3ph. It's getting close to the point where I need to put the bush hog on the tractor, but we'll still be needed the shredder/chipper for a while. Wondering if there are any ATVs with at least a Cat 0 3ph on them...

Both my wife and I have been getting LOTS of junk email ads. What do you do to block these things, or whatever? On Outlook underneath the "home", there's a Junk selection. We click it and then OK. Ralph

Guess DPF in our pickups will prevent our doing this. Ralph

No, it isn't another printer, although my buying one kind of started this. My old HP 3180 all-in-one printer quit working after a Win 10 update. Turned out, the hard drive failed on my Dell, but I got it started. The Win 10 update had not finished, but my printer install was somehow mushed...

She helped me with the lawn mowing. So, had to pull out her Honda walkbehind. She thought the battery was down. Tried pull starting it. Usually worked. Think I overdid the starting fluid. So, I tried it. The Honda has the thing about the shutdown wire being a tad too long. You have to...

After installing Norton, twitter, me we and my Ameriprise account docs would not load. Reinstalled Edge from IE. Everything fine now. Hope this is the last surprise on the new pooter. Ralph

We've 7 approximately 1986ish skylights in this house. Just got a quote back on replacing 4 of them in the breakfast room. Quote seems a tad high but have a lot of confidence in the guy. Cannot seem to find anyone else to quote. Even have a neighbor over on the next ridge who owns a roofing...

We installed a new tail piece drain in my wife's master bath sink this afternoon. I was looking for something that was a little bit like grease but a tad less messy but not something that would lock things up like putty. Found some old bio white lithium grease in a tube. The outside of the...

To those of you using TP to wipe your butt and nothing else. Quit. Your aversion to not touching yourself "down there" is a big problem. The dry TP will eventually rub the rectal skin raw and open it up to infection and possibly even cancer. Want to wear a bag for the rest of your life at some...

I bought stuff this morning for the 250 hr maintenance on the 2025R. Costed about $100 exclusive of the coolant, which I already have. The parts guy showed me a chart where it shows an internal filter in addition to the spin-on filter. I told him that I think there's only a suction screen...

I bought stuff for the 250 hr maintainance on the 2025R at JD this morning. Came to about $100 exclusive of the Coolant, which I already have. The Stihl chain saw people were offering a veggie-based bar and chain oil for almost $9/QT. That's about the same price as regular bar and chain oil...

Anyone else having troubles with the latest Windows 10 update? First off, yesterday evening the pooter would not even function because it started the update soon as I woke it up. After 1 1/2 hours, it was at 27%. Left it for the night and used the iPad. This morning, it froze and said the...

How many of you have your grandchildren open those supposedly "child proof" caps that are adult proof? Then just leave the caps sitting loosely on top. Stupid government. Ralph

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I was hoping that we'd get through this car (wife's DD) without her having hit a hooved rat with it. She hit one this morning just up the street. A car coming towards her apparently spooked it, and it jumped out and nailed the right front bumper of the Mz3. Seems to be mostly bumper damage...

Why do pickup trucks have such huge differentials? The ones on Subarus are small. The one on our Miata is small, and its final drive ratio is 4.1. Same for our 1983 240D Benz. It was basically the same drive with independent rear axles as the Miata and Subaru have. Why are pickup trucks...

With the driveshaft Ujoint problem on my first JD (a 4010) and a lemon of a 1025R, I'd gone sour on JDs, particularly after finding out that they have not solved their Ujoint problem. Been researching Kubotas, as it's really the only other tractor outfit around here. Was very interested in a...

Wondering about your various experience/knowledge about the diesel state of the art. Just sat (actually laid) down to read a Mother Earth mag and saw a Mahindra ad. Says their diesels do not require a DPF. Yet Mahindra dropped their plans to bring over their diesel P/U, probably because of...

You F-150 drivers will want to read this: Is Premium Gas Worth It? We Test High Octane on 4 Popular Vehicles It's the only vehicle where 93 octane was a big improvement over 87 octane. On the BMW, the 87 octane was better. On my own tests in the MX-5, I've settled on 89 (probably more nearly...

One option for diesel transfer is the Ironton pump on the Northern Tool site. I bought it for $31.20 as an oil extractor. One use ruined the seals on it to get suction from the next car's sump, but it still works to transfer diesel from a 5 gallon container on the floor to the 2025R's tank...

I was reading the B2301/2601 owners manual online. Even Kubota recommends changing the engine coolant every 2 years. What is different about a tractor's coolant vs. car/trucks that go 10 years or 100k miles now on coolant? Think NOTHING. There is really nothing different about a tractor's...

My old DR oil extractor has not been holding its vacuum that long, requiring lots more pumping to get the oil out of sumps. So, I bought an Ironton oil extractor pump from Northern Tool. In the little manual, it says to only use on oil between 40 and 50 C (104-122 F); otherwise, it may ruin...

We used the MacKissic TPH-122 A LOT last spring in clearing out piles of debris the May, 2018 storm left down along the creek. Finished off the 2 chipper blades that I'd been swapping back and forth for 15 years and bought a new blade. Then had to get it sharpened (in machine shop). Started...

The battery was dead on the 2025R this afternoon. Bought in July, 2015. Ralph

I got a bill for $25.70 for parts when they did the PTO button and Ujoint grease. Said they added some 5w30 oil to the engine. Told them that's bad business of not getting it into the other charge ($476) and that it should not have needed oil. Last time I checked it, it was bright and clear...

I've one of my Frontier document holders attached to my right fender just to the right of where my right foot normally is. The fire extinguisher just slides into the doc holder. Had to replace a while back. Some brush had pulled the pin, and I accidently hit the lever and discharged it. Ralph

I hit a stump yesterday with the bush hog and shut down. Restarted tractor and restarted bush hog. Too much vibration. Shut it down and went back to the garage. Parked with the hog in the air at the top of the carriage house ramp. Blades are crossed. Happened one time on the 4010 and LX-4...

I'm looking for a 12v brushless water pump that'll do around 5 gpm and put up about 60 psi, typical of ones you guys would use for sprayers on your tractor 3 ph. Cannot seem to find a source. I'd like it to pump out of a little stream up to my rain tanks. I've some diaphragm pumps with brush...

Anyone seen one of these heavy duty bush hogs? Cat(R) Industrial Brushcutter Operating Tips - YouTube The neighbor is clearing vines and stuff between trees going behind his back lawn down to the little stream that goes along his and our properties. He hired a contractor who came in with this...

My 2025R has 200 hours on it. Figured it's about time to get the driveshaft Ujoints greased since my 4010 (like a 2019E if they made them) blew apart off the engine end one at 9 years and 660 hour. Got plenty of time for preventative maintenance. Plus, the PTO button needs replacement, as I...

I think the only time you need weight is you're pushing or pulling something fairly heavy: usually farm machinery. However, they even make round hay balers for Gravelys or other 2 wheelers. In my experience, going to 4wd instead of 2wd is all I needed and in a base 1200 # tractor. I've a...

I replaced the outer air cleaner yesterday. Found one of the latches holding the end of the air cleaner housing onto the bigger part was gone. Went to dealer today. Cannot get just the latch. Had to buy a new end: $39. Does not have that nipple like thingie that was supposedly the dirt...

The local JD dealer here in Charlottesville seems to be pushing a new front end finish mower that attaches where the FEL goes. They've pictures showing how easy it is to put on, and they have one mounted on a 1025R our front. The parts people had no idea how power got to it. So, I checked the...

Amazing! Amish mules pull modern baler. Old-fashioned meets modern technology, aerial drone view. - YouTube

Are your tired of your farmer's tan. See attachment to fix it. Ralph

We're long overdue for an electric tractor from one of the majors. Be A LOT quieter and would service most of us who probably use our tractors less then 4 hours on a given day. Ralph

I was messing around trying to find information on lube base stock capacities. Found an article on XOM expanding their base stock capacity by 20k B/D in Singapore. That's big, but what caught my attention was reference to a new grading system for lube (group II) base stocks. It's something...

Wouldn't you know. FINALLY can get the tractor down the hill along the creek to work on damage left by the May 30th tropic storm last year. Wanted to bust up some of the debris piles and to chip up the small stuff. Belt broke on the MacKissic TPH-122. Called the local dealer. Not in stock...

Found out from a friend who used to do this kind of thing. He says I need 4 8x8 railroad ties. He says that was what he used to support his 3500 # tractor over a stream. He bought 16 footers and told me where to get them. I'd cut them (or hire the lumber Co. to do it) to about 10' before...

How much reach does the typical boom pole give you, past the rear tires? Looks as though the best price is one from Agri Supply: $114 for a 500-1000# lift. Ralph

Someone know what weight railroad ties will support? Probably weight vs. span. Wondering whether they'll support my 2,000 # tractor over about 6 ft span. Have researched how to replace my tractor crossing that is giving us trouble in keeping the PVC pipes underneath working. Figuring on...

Anyone use it: LockNLube(R) Grease Coupler | LockNLube(R) - LOCKNLUBE Just showed up for 2nd time on Facebook. Decided to click on the web site. Ralph

This was happening a little bit on the JD 2025R when I had the bush hog on. Went to operate the MacKissic chipper/shredder today and the PTO was hard to make come on. It did like with the bush hog. The implement would be jolted a tad (very faint). Then it was off. I'm pretty sure it's the...

I've used a 3 wire electric fence with teflon 4' posts in long runs and 4x4s at corners and ceramic insulators screwed into those for 18 years here. Works fine for keeping hooved rats out (some people call them "deer", no dear to a gardener). Bottom wire is placed at bottom spot on the teflon...

My oil extractor would not suction the oil from the Frontier RC-2048 cutter gear box today. I tried it very soon after running it for more than an hour. The oil just does not get hot on the Frontier. When I had an LX-4, I suctioned the gear box oil from it fine. It got pretty hot though...

Some English Ivy came in on the east side of the pool cyclone fence and marched all the way around the fence and around 3 sides of my little veggie garden on the west side. I liked it at first, because it stopped me from needing to weed around the base of the fence. However, it has started to...

Not sure this belongs here, but I could not figure where else to put it. My JD walkbehind 14SB had to run with the choke on last time I used it. Went to start it yesterday, and it wouldn't keep going on choke. Only way to get it to run very long was some ether on the air cleaner. Took the...

We've the tractor crossing in reasonably good shape after the tropical storm made a mess of it in late May. Two out of the 5 pipes underneath it are flowing quite well. However, the other 3 are in various states of plugging from impacted sand/gravel in the 4" PVC pipes. Yeah, I should have...

For those of you on FB: Different stump puller - Forestry Equipment in Action Ralph

Had to buy another drive belt for my 14SB (last one about 6 years ago). Think is an absolute beast to replace because of the blade brake. Did it. Now the new belt came off. Turned out the problem was a little part of the drive pulley was bent (real mystery as to what caused that!). This...

My tractor crossing was made a mess of by the tropical storm about 10 days ago that had remnants through Virginia. Worse mess than after Hurricane Isabel in 2003. Debating how to build tractor access to next 2 neighbors' properties that let me maintain trails across their bottom land down...