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Not invading they were given the mineral rights. lol.

You can sign up for MyDitchwitch to download a parts manual. Might help, might not.

After reading about power tracs on this forum for quite a while, to compare them to Avant is kinda laughable to me.

Lawn is really look good after cutting it a second time at 90deg to first cutting. At first it seems so slow but then you realize it doesn’t matter because it’s not you. Lol. Still have a couple portions to map and want to change some of my first zones after learning its operational...

Map screen. Charging will pick up where it left off once charged.

This mower uses “traditional” type blades the others I’ve seen use a wheel you bolt regular two sided razor blades too.

The thing to remember about current robo mowers. They don’t operate like you would with a z turn. You’re not going out and knocking inches off the grass weekly. They are made to run so often the grass always looks the same. I don’t know about rough ground the yard I’m using it on is pretty...

It’s out mowing in the dark right now. Pretty amazing.

If I could load straight to tbn I would. Here is a picture. Not the bigger hill I was talking about, haven’t had time to map that yet. I mapped the perimeter of this small are then set it off it went around everything else on its own. Super cool. The part by the gate in top right is too...

Fed ex got it to me yesterday 2 days after it was first scheduled to be delivered. I didnt have time to set up the RTK and do maps for auto mowing but I did fire it for a test run. You can drive it and mow with your phone as a controller. It mowed the steepest hill I have at a measured 46%...

Robo mower will be here Tuesday.

All these people talking crap about CA but CA is actually subsidizing poor red and blue states federally. None of these proud states are turning that money down. lol. Keep owning the libs while they pay for your WIC and healthcare.

When you’re not fighting gravity it’s much easier on the loader pins.

Surveillance thought process: Would you be ok with surveillance if it got the point where crime was essentially impossible without the perpetrator being caught? Me, I’m not sure!

Or when it’s 0 degrees out side.

Thanks! I’m not sure what caulk I used last time actually but I’ll make sure it’s latex next time.

I fill them with silicone when I put them back together.

So your theory is they washed and waxed the blade and only the blade? Or they replaced the entire blade assembly?

I have a dump trailer and it is very handy but for any large amount of material it is more economical to pay a full sized dump truck.(not even counting the time wasted). So unless the 140yards you need is very very close by to pick up I don’t think your looking at it the correct way.

Outside the box thinking. :) Pentagram holes grow the fastest but downside is plants are now evil.

When something like this ruins your day remember someone is starving somewhere right now. It’ll be ok.

I think assembly plant might be a slight exaggeration. From what I understand they bolt the wheels on and what ever options are added before sale.

Tractors are too expensive too but keeping keep buying them like fast food. Yall fast food is going under guys are crazy.

The The thing I was reading said plants treat a circle hole in hard ground like a pot but give them a square hole in the same ground and they spread outwards instead of circling the edge.

If @Bentrim had been there Icarus would still be cruising around the skies today!

lol. Please don’t look at this thread or do and tell him it’s all wrong. lol. https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/threads/kubota-l2501-turbo-a-journey-defined-the-tractor-the-comparison-the-modification-the-results.464101/

I’ve read that square holes are better for planting than round ones.

I love that adding 10% more hp is the equivalent of a “pulling tractor” blowing the top end off and launching it into the air for some people.

Yeah the stinky stuff. I’ve seen it in front axles but not hydraulic systems who calls for gl4 spec for hydraulics?

Al Isn’t gl4 a stinky gear oil not hydraulic fluid?

Cheapest I’ve found is old KFC oil. Gotta filter it some though. 😂 I agree it is hard to pin down OEM requirements compared to aftermarket oils. The most annoying part is I’m 99% sure no equipment company actually makes the super duper oem only fluid they sell themselves.

When I had a repair shop I eventually gave up on even trying people’s 3rd party warranties. Told customers to pay me and deal with warranty company on their own.

Slight off camber trail slope and rolling grade reversals are needed for a trail to be sustainable long term.

Curious how much free labor you give the company you work for? Working without compensation it is not smart. (Unless you expect some kind of promotion but that day may never come) I never ask my employees to do anything unless they are being paid.

To do it right you MUST stop at 20min intervals while cutting to clean the deck.

Drive it with blade in back to dig spot? I guess you don’t have drive pedals to lift/slee/track to make turning easier and less damage. My opinion is the blade is a tool, use it in the best way to get the job done. I don’t think there is any “truth” to digging on drive unit end damages...

This is a confusing statement.

In my opinion you have to worry about repair costs you’re either not working efficiently or you’re not charging enough. You have to charge enough to repair and enough to replace the machine when the time comes. Downtime is the only thing I worry about when an essential machine breaks down.

I understand but he wants to run a cutter does that pump have the flow and fluid capacity for that?

Do you run a hydraulic cutter with that pump set up or is that to power the loader?

What you are looking for is a rear 3pt pro powered hydraulic power pack. A few different people make them.

People used to just call them weird or retarded or some other derogatory term.

How long before a AI personality does the actual firing?

Big stuff. Wonder how many gallons of water they will us on that?

My township just bought a UTV and trailer fire suppression and a trailer for emergency rescue. They got a great deal on it.

Lymow one.

Though shalt not disparage the TYM/Branson name or you will incur the wrath….

I met a Altoz owner last week. Bought in 2019 for 16k. He was very happy with it I his hilly yard. My robo mower will be here in July that cuts a 45deg/100% slope. I have wasted so much of my life mowing grass, not for much longer though!

For fastenal training they just need to teach the employee to say, “no we don’t have that bolt but we can order it twice as expensive and twice as slow as you could somewhere else.” lol.

Or the ai from the altered carbon series was pretty interesting. Most of these ai senarios have been pretty well hashed out in sci-fi books. Yall should crack one open.

Everyone talks about terminator but maybe blade runner is more likely.

The combo of ai video and voice is going to let scammers use AI to take simps and desperate ladies for everything they have.

You want one that hinges off of the bucket pin not a weld on pin assembly.

Rhinox

No problems with door at all. I forgot to tell him there was a seal for water between the two half’s so that got cooked but I have replacements in truck so no big deal. Drilling cobble rock and shale, sometimes hit boulders that have to be gone around the armor is needed.

Yes.

I guess there are many people not on tractor forums or the internet. I’m not sure the same 5 people saying the same thing over and over again on TBN makes something not rare?

My neighbor has had his Branson emissions can replaced twice under warranty.

Some people like country living but also dont like country living. lol.

I think he’s ignoring all the posts that actually address the problem.

My neighbor was cleaning his mower deck and got some of the oldy moldy grass in his eye which turned it nasty(my professional opinion. lol) . Claimed the doctor said getting poop in it would have been better than the nasty stuff. lol.

To cut at commercial speeds with a zero turn(10+mph) you need a commercial grade suspension seat that can be tuned to rider weight or your spine will fall apart.

I stop at the midpoint of every drive and change oil and filter. Sure it takes a little longer to get anywhere and I missed Christmas dinner , BUT I’ve never had to replace an engine. :)

I read a sci fi book where everyone had their own personal AI but the more $$ a person or company had the better/faster the AI was. This made a huge difference in what the person was able to accomplish in the fictional future world. The other book that comes to mind has something called...

Not hard but not free either. https://www.gpt-consulting.com/en/tuning/tractor

lol. Great job on the repair. It was done quickly also. 👍

Nice, now just back into that same stump to see if it holds. ;)

“Thank you kind sir, I’ll take two”? lol. I might have sold after the second engine, definitely would have sold after the 3rd or 4th one.

I used to have one of these and loved the tighter turning radius of the wide front axle. It made backing trailers into tight areas much much easier in addition to parking lots and u turns. Now I have a ram2500 and a f350 drw and the steering radius on both of those is like a stinky turd. Do...

Would backing into something and catching it on something be opposites? I’d think backing is the one that did it. ;)

I went with a $546 chain. It weighed the same and ditch which couldn’t give me any info on who made their chain. I’ve been using replacement links from the same company I bought the new chain from and none of them have broke in the last year so I decided to save $3k by giving them a try...

Replaced the chain today.

He was talking about Subarus so that’s what I was responding to.

I think you were backing up at full speed and ran into a tree with your hoe or were driving forward without the pin in and the hoe leaked down and caught a stump while driving forward at speed.

One of the piles of smaller rocks freed from the confines of the earth.

People asked about rocks. Here is one of many the little plow pulled out of the ground today. In situations like this I pre rip the run without pipe then pull the pipe in on the second go.

Shift them gears! You got this.

On many new cars the automatic is faster and might even get better mpg. The fancy dual clutch ones even give you the rev matched downshifts.

Forgot to add, if geared makes you happy go for it but don’t act like it’s better than a hydro.

The only reason I see to go gear on a home use or hobby farm tractor is if the hydro whine drives you crazy. If you think a gear tractor is putting down enough power difference in a 100hp or less tractor you tripping.

How big of hole to you have to cut in walls to blow the insulation it? One at the top and then fill or multiple holes per “framing pocket”?

First the Kress tried to drive in my hole then it ran over my pipe had to pick it up then it just sat there.

Has anyone here insulated a 1860s house? How did you go about it and was it worth it?

You can program it to stay out of areas but I think it figures out other obstacles on its own.

And I bought it with an extra battery.

https://www.lymow.com/ This one from kickstarter looks interesting.

Too weak, no real power, can’t push their way out of a wet paper bag. lol. Also not nearly big enough.

This one can blow snow too(having to clear snow is a new problem for me). https://www.yarbo.com/products/lawn-mower-robot

I’m looking at this one. No subscription required. https://us.mammotion.com/products/luba-2-awd-robot-lawn-mower The 1.25 acres model.

It would appear the poor little mower got stuck today. I don’t think this little thing could run over a dog if it tried.

Here is a picture of their yard from up top, you can barely see the bit down in front by a small tree.

This a picture of the little bot going, you can barely see it it’s so tiny. lol.

I was told the one for 9 acres was $12,500. The ones I’m looking at for 1.5 acres are 3-4k. I work outside all day, the last thing I want to do is cut grass after that.

Which ones have you used and what is your recommendation? My new yard is 1.5 acres and I don’t want a ground wire.

He said for this one you walked the perimeter with a wheel that set the boundary. The trees and obstacles inside boundary it dodged and cut around on its own. The downside to the one he was using was you have to be within 15miles of the selling store as it used a ground station from it. I’m...

lol. Thanks for the input.

Who has one and what do you think of it? I was working in a yard and talked the homeowner about their robot mower. It was a 9 acre yard very hilly. This little thing was out cutting non stop would go charge then get back to cutting. Lines and stripes were perfectly straight. Owner says it...

My 260 runs a hammer flail pretty darn good.

Yeah. After a month I was told connecting the tracer wasn’t needed. You still had to peal it back to make the coupler work properly though.

It really sucks doing couplers on that pipe with tracer wire.

That’s awesome. I didn’t even notice.

Looks good to me.

With a righteous purpose such as that the finger had no choice but to heal:)

I didn’t do physical therapy or more doctors visits. I took the stitches out myself. I did get diagrams of the physical therapy exercises and did them myself. I had to progressively straighten the finger out with my other hand over time and it was “uncomfortable” sometimes but it was...

This statement is false. A tune can add more power and burn less fuel by ignoring emissions. Machines can run leaner during light loads and burn less fuel but this increases emissions regulators don’t like. Obviously when at max load it’s burning more fuel but unless you are at max load 100% of...

I think so much is orange pipe is going in the ground people are using whatever color is available. lol. Had a couple holds on projects waiting on conduit off and on.

If they have HS and College age kids then you don’t yet know the results of their education on success so how are you already sad for them? Are these USA or Russian parents you know?

I cut a 1” gas line last week. Locate was 5ft off. When you put in hundred of thousand + of feet per year you find many unlocated utilities.

Remember drugs are bad, unless you’re a billionaire tripping on Ketamine in the Oval Office. lol.

I did a lot of work one summer in Maryland. The drive up highway 13 eastern shore is a weight truck watch area or something. Twice with my 10k ram and 16k trailer I had state troopers in SUV. They rode next to me for a mile or so while passenger police was typing in laptop. Both times they...

Machines love to leave mud on roads also.

I rented a e50 for 4 months before buying an tb260. I miss the quiet engine from the bobcat.

Tilt function for 3pt lift?

No problem. For a while I had a hitch on it and made a small dump trailer that it pulled around. I like the bucket more.

I made a skid steer type bucket for my mini. It has tabs that the blade catch on when you raise blade. Can carry dirt, rocks(when I used to do French drains you could fill it with rock drive over trench and scoop rock from it to fill as you go). It also does a great job of carrying around the...

pi coin is free to mine and doesn’t use energy like bit coin mining. The last year they added annoying adds so I stopped mining, I also didn’t think it would ever go to mainnet but it did and I wish I would have waited for the annoying adds to click the mine button now. I’m trying to figure...

The the ground has been frozen or then frozen and top melted(0 traction). So I’ve been almost only drilling. Here are a few pictures.

All I know is a mined 2000 pi coins for free. At one point they were worth 6k down to 4k now but expect to be $10 per coin or more by end of year. I’m cool with a free $20k or more if I wait(or less lol)

My tb216 serves a very important role in my business. I barely used the tb260 last year and probably wont this year either. 2023 though the 260 paid for itself in 2 weeks and was used daily. There is a reason they make small machines and it’s not because they are less expensive.

I have a two ton open canopy machine, a 6ton cab machine with Engcon and about to get a 3.5 or 4ton cab machine. So no I’m not going to talk you out of it.

Dude!

If any youths are reading this. Getting hurt or playing sports injured to be tough is so stupid. I have some things bothering me now from that, “we need you in the game” mentality. Thinking back on it those games that I thought were so important, they didn’t matter for anything.(even winning...

Go grab a bag from the junkyard run some juice to it and make it pop. It’s fun and educational. ;) better than running you car into a wall to test. lol.

I mined over 2k pi coin over a few years.(no cost to me just clicked a button on phone daily) Never thought it would go live but it has and it’s increasing in value fast. Pretty crazy and can’t say I understand it but it’s cool!

I work in public right of ways and cross many yards each day. This results in many conversations. When the injured finger comes up I have been surprised how many other men are missing fingers/finger tips various other hand injuries.

Gotta keep working. Having your own business is funny sometimes. I have to pay for workers comp for myself and employees but I can’t make a claim on myself.

This was bad but it could have been so much worse! I missed that forum. If a mod wants to move it there that’s cool with me. Thanks.

After being put back together. Reminded me of stuffing a sleeping bag back in the case.

Well as the title says I almost lost my ring finger to a 2200rpm fiber reinforced fan. Machine wasn’t running right reached in to check the plug on a sensor and bam. Blood everywhere. Bone exposed entire length of inside finger. As they say, you should see the other guy. Somehow my finger...

s-corp is the best for me according to accountant.

Doesn’t everyone(or most) who live there call it and called it Mount Denali though? I have a friend that built a bunch of his houses on a street in town. He’s working on renaming it his last name with ville added on the end.

My favorite name change is going back to fort bragg to appease people but wussing out and making it for Private Roland Bragg(much respect to him though) and not the original general so much fuss was made over. I know Liberty is a trigger word for some people though, can’t have that. ;)

Don’t want to be a bummer but I don’t think there is anyway you actually get a 3.8t machine for 6k usd. I bet once you start the process that 6k is for the common 1.6t tracked machine and they can get you the 3.8 but for more $.

We got some real romantics here thinking all these people are farming just to break even or lose money. lol. I know many farmers and rent land to one I have know my whole life. They specialize in farming and talking about being broke, while buying more land, houses to rent out and send kids to...

I had a 08 f450 8ft bed drw. A super long truck but turned way tighter than my old 2011 f150 8ft bed or current ram 2500 with a 6.5ft bed. Was nice for parking lots and sharp intersections but made the most difference backing a trailer up.

Ram 2500 10k truck weight and 16k trailer. Says to use a weight distribution hitch above 12k or something like that. You can order a f250 or Chevy 2500 with a 10k weight but they usually aren’t on the lot.

I’m not sure about going 88mph in a backhoe!

I’d buy the man a new bucket.

If I wasn’t sure if I caused the damage I would ask the owner if I did or not. Then go from there. Not come on a forum to ask about doing a crappy repair on it.

I know not to loan you anything.

It’s the right thing to do. A person that doesn’t look a tractor over and notice THAT before using it is the type of person to bend the crap out of a bucket and say it must have been like that when I got it. Next time rent the machinery you need with insurance.

It’s something trailer manufacturers advertise. I know a few people in my industry that have gotten tickets. None have been weighed. All have been trailer+ truck tags weights add up to cdl #s.(+26klbs) None actually had that much weight. Modern dually + 12k trailer that’s empty means ticket...

Lore has it that that tongue weight doesn’t count as trailer weight.

Just buy that dude a new bucket.

What is the result of the problem then? lol.

Thats quite a machine.

I like the VP racing “not a fuel jug” jug for fuel.

I’d hope the SOPs are to keep employees safe and alive. Not getting sued is secondary.

Anyone who claims they know the complete environmental impact of building an ice or ev, all the tooling/buildings to make them, transporting them, pulling the oil/minerals for fuel/batteries and the complete life cycle of product till dump or recycling is delusional. They are going by...

I got a lot of tools from yard sales for almost free compared to new. The only things I got from snap on were a modus scaner/occiliscope, random specialty tools and a tool box. The tool box was the worst purchase but they were not as many options for other good boxes as there are now. It sure...

I think that was a joke.

Engcon with grabber on it;)

I agree with all of that.

I really appreciate the knowledge! Thankfully I did well enough where not working for month was no big deal. My drill went sledding for a couple feet yesterday! It was a slight hill and the ground was frozen when I drove the drill into place on a side slope. During the drill the top .25”...

You crazy dude. A modern 2500, 250 can conventional pull 16k plus, gooseneck # for them are way more. The old trucks look good but ain’t worth a crap as a working man’s truck.

10k is pathetic too.

Give us the tow #s for them. If I can remember right I think it tops out at one potato sack(no potatoes in it, just the sack) lol. The pinnacle!!

I think he’s saying you constantly cover the forum in stank. lol. His words not mine:)

Thanks for that info double two pipes is the most I’ve pulled. Now it’s all 1.5” on this project. I’m working on expanding to power main line but haven’t made the right connection yet. I don’t have an answer, everything I pull does not require any reaming. I just hook swivel to duckbill and...

I’ve just started back drilling this week. Was too cold for a few weeks, single digits to teens.

The money$$$ per ft to drill/pull that must as be high as Elon musk.

Kiln near me LLC. That’s what people will be googling for so give the people what they want.

Underground business but started doing homeowner dirtwork. My suggestion is Best wood dryer LLC.

I don’t the business name matters. I tried various things for my business but found all my work came from word of mouth or me taking to people in person. Then one day you have more than you can do and advertising is worthless unless you want to hire more people.

only 448,000 miles on it. lol.

The bomb for my excavator bucket quick coupler.

Yes. As someone who has ridden trails for a long time and made some miles of them on my own. You know you’re riding and older trail if it has water bars. The new trails are designed with smooth rolling dips, the trail holds up better and I think it’s more enjoyable also. Unfortunately with...

Everyone on here is talking about CTLs Compact track loader, it is the correct term for the machine.

Not everyone can own or handle ford rs. You’re one of the rare few @5030 thankfully you rarely talk about owning one.

The crazy thing is now with many/most models the automatic is faster and gets better mpgs than the manual version.

Re billing. Remember machines are wearing out as you use them. Need to charge enough to cover expenses pay yourself well and save up for machine repairs or replacement. I’ve said it here before the best thing I did as a dirt working business was going from homeowner work to underground utilities.

Dude don’t question him like that! There are consequences, he’ll be over on your property next.

The chain bush hog is the only answer that makes sense to me.

Keep repeating it to yourself and maybe it will come true? 1. The earth is flat. 2. The earth is is a propane tank. 3. Nuclear bombs and power are fake. 4. Jet fuel is not real or needed. 5. If you let go of something in a car and it doesn’t immediately accelerate to the cars moving mph it...

In my experience this is not true at all and I have both a 2t and a 6t machine.

People often see what they want to see. I’ve found if I keep working and looking for new opportunities then who is in office isn’t even noticeable. Other people the second someone they don’t like is in charge the whole world is crap.

Nobody should be too worried, once a president has been elected they don't have to do anything they grandstanded about when campaigning.

lol a sensitive one I guess. I worked one summer for local government and knew it wasn’t for me.

What I think is funny is the older people who got everything they could while working for .gov and retired. It seems like they don’t want the younger gen to get what they did and have a burn it all down it wont affect me attitude.

I hope so. We’ll find out for sure in 4 years. lol.

Everything that US buyer did was 100% illegal.

When going from 2 lanes to one at capacity the obvious solution is to double the speed not to lower the speed. One day with all auto driving cars this will be the norm. Cruising at 70mph, construction ahead so let’s merge at 140. An easy time saver with O downside;)

This time of year I have to drain my drill tank and antifreeze the drill daily. It’s kinda annoying.

Too fast to race. The best car video ever made.

Just like when people can’t find employees. Either the conditions are crap or you’re not paying enough.(except in this case asking too much). Or both.

Todays complaint. Even though it’s 28 degrees outside my armpits think it’s 102. lol.

The ones from a store barely taste good. I like identifying mushrooms but decided not to forage them because at best they taste ok at worst I’m sick or dead. The only ones I would even try in my area are morels and chicken or hen of the woods.

I’d pay what ever a good shop wants to do it correctly. Problem is finding a good shop lol.

The derateingw you asked for at dmv wouldn’t have helped even if they had done it. That is for tax purposes. If you want something derated in the eyes of dot it has to be done by manufacturer.

Sometime I go from 22mpg empty to 9mpg loaded. And from what I can tell when cruising level ground the loads wind resistance matters as much (maybe) more that the load weight.

Good stuff, thanks.

They are cool machines, thumbs up. Does it struggle to pick it up the cube or does it pick it up but start tipping?

Greenworks is still in business. Lowe’s just stopped selling them.

They did me like that with the Greenworks. Bought some there and month later they stopped selling them.

Back home I paid $1200 for 4 mounted and liquid filled. Tires and labor so I was kinda shocked.

I took the wheel off and picked it up! Tire was 345 so ended up being almost 800. lol.

The shop I’ve used for other stuff with fair prices and good work charged me $400 to change and liquid fill that tire. That is my complaint.

I think it’s a joke by a billionaire just for laughs.