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    Ditch Witch C99

    Looks like the old key ignition switch. A very simple device, that someone apparently bypassed. It does have to be connected if you're going to run it. If you are blessed with the rope starter as I am, you should be able to just complete the circuit to allow spark. If you are burdened with a...
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    Tarantulas. You like 'em, come get 'em

    Hey, this thread is about tarantulas. :drink: I have killed a lot more gin than tarantulas. The difference is that I only kill tarantulas on, or in, my home, whereas I am willing to kill gin wherever it is found. My taste runs to scotch, with gin as a backup or change of pace. It has been a...
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    Tarantulas. You like 'em, come get 'em

    Normally we get about one tarantula a year, somewhere around the house, in the fall. We have had 5 in the last week, two from the attic. If you're in the "they're so cute, let them go" school of thought, look elsewhere. Now. We do not want to hear it. #1 was on the main entrance door when...
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    Rural Cable and Internet

    They do have audio RCAs, but I haven't used them. Here's the back of our Joey, about 6 months old. Sorry for the poor cell pic.
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    Letting a critter slide

    This morning about 4:30 I was out and the two dogs next door had set up a most unusual, piercing, and repetitive bark. I had projects in and out, but about 7:30 I noticed that it hadn't abated in the least. So, I took my air rifle down to the corner of the pasture to investigate. It is a...
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    NiCad Batteries, hassle and solution

    I hate buying a mega $$$ tool only to find that when NiCd batts inevitably need replacing, they either a) cost as much as the original tool or b) are no longer available. I don't know about you but this seems to happen to me a lot. I know about NiMh and Li ion and I'm sure it's better to buy...
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    Can Anyone Help with Outlook Express Problem

    There is usually an arrow thing (just a little chevron) way over to left or right of the new tab page. Click it to get to the thumbnails of frequently visited sites.
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    Why when typing the cursor hangs up?

    Could be account settings. In your profile, under general settings, Miscellaneous, you can check this...
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    Presidential Security Tractors

    I will just leave the politics out of it, and let the article speak for itself... Secret Service tractors protect Obama G8 | The Sun |News
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    Broadband in the Sticks... at last

    I'm sure most people think southern California has wall to wall high speed internet. I guess I assumed it did, too, until I moved to rural NE San Diego county. My little spot was cursed... too far out for DSL, no cable (how did a certain company get the franchise?), no nada. I didn't like...
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    Things that annoy me

    Poor OP, so many problems and few solutions. Up to 1" PVC, this is way more better than sawing: On the bigger ones I use a jig saw whenever possible, and keep a longer blade just for the purpose. So many other excellent peeves have already been covered, particularly turn signals going out...
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    Everything Attachments NEW HD Box Frame Disc Harrow

    Look what got here just in time for the long weekend... Kinda surprised it didn't arrive in a box in little pieces! Heck, this is ready to hook up to the 3 point and put in gear! It's just a baby one but I can't wait to get home... still here at the office. Thanks Travis & Co. for good...
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    Backhoe Help! I've got a 16-inch backhoe bucket and need to dig a 4-inch wide trench...

    No specific brand recommended. Dingo has several sizes, one with tracks, but I have never used any of them. I do have enough experience with the wheeled Ditch Witch walk-behinds from rentals to get tired just looking at them, and the little tracked set up is waaay easier. Toro has one like...
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    Snake Farm...

    Sunday I found this little guy in the valve box... solenoids are not wired up yet, so I've been turning them on by hand. Gotta get those valves wired up! This was a gopher snake (we have lots of gophers, and gopher snakes) but they have really unfortunate markings. I want them around but this...
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    Small Disc Harrow, advice and price check?

    Kubota B2320 with 2 acres or so of actual pasture, mostly weeds, pretty flat compacted dg, silt, and some sand. I would like to renovate and maybe do a small planting area. I have found used disc harrows to be hard to find and often pretty beat. I am looking for something my tractor can manage...
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    Ditch Witch C99

    I have found that 1) I can trench more with rentals than I can possibly install in one shot, and 2) trenches do not age well. The upshot is re-digging all those trenches out by hand with a contractor's shovel, or cobbling up something that allows the CUT to help with the chore. Neither have...
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    Bates Nut Farm Antique Tractor Parade

    Apologies if this is in the wrong place, but our local farm tourist attraction opened the pumpkin season this weekend, and hosted an antique tractor and gasoline engine show. I snapped some Blackberry pix from the parade and thought of y-all. My little girl loved it, and maybe you will find it...
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    X300 starts, won't drive...

    The mower has been parked for a couple of months. Now, it starts right up, but neither forward nor reverse pedals will move it at all. This is completely new- it worked fine when I parked it (in a garage) last. The mower PTO engages fine, and the blades spin as they should. It just won't go...
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    Newbie likes clamp-on forks

    These are cheap, light-duty Gearmore clamp on forks, and I have no illusions about their ability to move mountains. But they keep coming in handy for all sorts of unexpected reasons! They came up in another gentleman's thread so I thought I would show them off here. My Kubota dealer "comped"...
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    Rotary cutter "settles" in park

    I set the "Implement Lowering Limit" on my new B2320 so that the rotary cutter would be level at the lowest setting. Dunno if that's right, but that's what I did, and it seems to work. After I park on level concrete and shut it off, it is still sitting level and purty in matching orange when I...
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    Mowing  Almost rolled it- dumb, stupie, smart

    The brand new B2320... I was mowing the neighbors for fire control with a Gearmore rotary mower. They have a lot more "terrain" than I do. There is a bowl shaped depression (a holler) and I was skirting the drive around the rim. I know just enough to go straight up and down slopes to avoid...
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    Thanks!

    I am going to pull the trigger on my first CUT, a new Kubota B2320, this morning. It will have FEL, RFM, and box scraper. I have searched this site intensively (among others) and I want to thank you all for giving me the confidence to move ahead with this. It came down to this or the JD 2320...
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