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I use a tiller, making a couple of passes to loosen things up. Then the box scraper to cut and fill. If there are rocks to sort out, I'll make a couple of passes with the rake. For smaller ruts, I'll fill them with compost.

I leave my phone in my truck. I had to carry a cell 24x7 for 25 years for work, I cut that cord when I retired.

+1, around here a 60" oak tree would be 300+ years old. I cut down a 40" hickory last year and stopped counting rings at 200, I easily had another 50 to go.

Snow flurries and lots of wind today, high in the 30's. Thunderstorms and 60's tomorrow. I'm hoping spring gets here soon.

If they were my trees, I'd cut them all to 9' and have them milled to random/max width with a thickness of 5/4" . 9' logs yield 8' boards and are way easier to handle than longer logs. 5/4 boards make nice furniture and shelves.

I've tried everything from traps to tennis rackets to .22 shot, nothing beats FenvaStar EcoCap. In the spring I treat exposed wood, twice a few days apart and then repeat again in the fall. It's not immediate, one poisoned bee will poison several more. A few days after treating you'll see...

No backlash on my Igland winch in 10 years of use. It has a brake to keep it the cable from making a mess on the spool. I'm good about respooling it under tension at least once or twice a season. I set the brake so I have to pull fairly hard to get slack, you don't want it free spooling. I...

Sounds like you need a clutch adjustment. My clutch disk is smooth as well, but does not slip. You do know that you only get full power when the cable is fully pulled out. The first wrap on the drum gets the most pulling power, the winch capacity drops fast as the drum fills up with cable.

I own 3 echo saws and their two stroke tiller/cultivator. I've been happy with Echo for 25+ years.

20 years ago we bought a truck out of state, 1000 miles away. Rented a car for the ride out and drove the truck back with temp plates. We wrapped a 3 day vacation around the trip with the kids. Shipping it would have been cheaper, but the 3 day road trip was much more fun.

Rear mount, I sit sideways to avoid craning my neck too much.

Our town still has several old Walters (1950's vintage) with Vee plows and double wings. They get pulled out of cold storage when we get hit with nor'easters that dump 4'+ of snow. We also have a pair of 1950's snowblowers to handle 10'+ snow drifts.

I have 800'+ of driveway and use 48" and 54" reflective fiberglass markers every 8 paces, on both sides, (in a zipper formation, that way there's a marker every 4 paces). Curves get an extra marker at the inside of the curve. I use a 12"x1/2" bit in a cordless hammer drill to set them 6"-8"...

Violations of deed covenants/restrictions are a civil matter, there is nothing you can do to escalate with the sheriff or town or county. At a minimum the HOA needs to take this guy to small claims court every time he misses his annual HOA dues. If the dues are "voluntary", why would anyone...

You missed CHIPPING. :)

I live in a high wind area and went with Owen Corning surenail shingles on my last re-roof. No need for more nails, there a reinforced cloth nail strip. I'm also a big fan of hand nailing, (even a bigger fan of hiring my Amish neighbors to do the job....). I've never had one of these shingles...

With over a mile of property line I have a few property line blow downs every year. I have an agreement with my neighbor, (a very good neighbor), that any tree that blows down onto his property is his. The wind blows toward his property 95% of the time, so that's where the blowdowns go. He's...

2 coats of Rustoleum is good, 1 coat of POR15 is better. As others have said prep is the key.

My homeowners ins went down significantly, I upped the deductible to $10K. I have friends with smaller houses that pay 2x what I pay, but they have a small deductible and make claims on a regular basis for things that are self inflicted or questionable, (like a dead tree that fell on the pool...

If the ground is not frozen I avoid snow blowing/plowing. We have AWD, so that first snow storm gets packed down. We've thawed out 3 times this winter, normally once the ground freezes it stays frozen until spring. If the first storm of the year is major, I'll run the blower tipped back...

Me, for 25+ years, only on the rear tires. Great traction in ice, snow or mud. Rough ride on the road....

When ice goes off the pond, spring is finally here. We're about 6 weeks from that happening, unless things warm up dramatically. The forecast today is winter storm warning, 5"-10" of heavy wet snow is expected.

Plugged air filter? Sounds like you have fuel and spark, just need air???

I got the same plow on my orange 1100C, delivered 3 weeks ago. I only waited 5 months. The guy in front of me waited 12+ months for his camo 1100C. So far I don't see a need for the chains, but I will be using the tractor/snowblower for major storms.

I ordered a Kubota utv back in Aug 2022, with a $5,000 deposit. No promise to honor the current pricing or rebates, and no idea of a delivery date other than 6-8 months. The guy in front of my on the list waited 12+ months for his camo utv. Mine was delivered ~3 weeks ago, with a $2,300 price...

When my tractor was new I bolted on an 8" skid steer bucket wear edge, 2000 hours and 25 years later, it has almost zero wear. It also stiffened up the bucket. When my kids get to be my age it might be time for the edge to be flipped over.

Get as much track as you can, scrap it and use the money to buy some I beam.

A friend just drilled a well, he called around, nobody would quote a price per foot. Turnkey well and pump ranged from $10K to $15K. They went 300', 20' of casing and hit 5 gallons a minute and installed a 1/2 hp pump, for $10K. The contract was for up to 500', or 5 gallons per minute, no...

If the barn is old enough to be a real post and beam barn, there are no load bearing walls, the posts carry the load. I'm voting for saving the barn asis and building something new for the implements.

I've been running a 78" blower behind my 30 pto hp HST Kubota for 25 years with no issues. It's seen 4" - 4' of snow at a time. HST is the key, with the deep wet stuff I go slower. My vote - 84", you'll be fine.

I've had a few Poulans, they are disposable. I'd upgrade, I wish I had years ago, but was lured to the Poulan due to the price. I have 3 Echo's, all great saws, all are 10+ years old and start and run like new.

I just bought one, $5,600.

You lucked out. I ordered mine in Aug, was told last week it's on a truck to the dealer and there was a $2300 price increase since Aug.

If you keep it covered/dry, no issues. If the pile is in the open, it will be frozen solid where I live.

Check your highway department, mine makes a 20/80 salt/sand mix available to the public. I keep a few 5 gallon buckets on hand, when I need more I stop at the town barn. The sand shed is open 24x7. They also keep a pile of 100% rock salt, but I avoid because we have dogs. All the town and...

I used 160psi 1" poly 30+ years ago, 900' run, no issues. If I recall correctly, you can get ~20 gallons a minute with 1" pipe. More than adequate for my needs.

My suggestion - don't sweat the small stuff, life's too short.

Why not take the winch off, weld your hooks and remount the winch? For me, that's far easier than screwing around with the battery and worrying about what if's.

For 25 years I've been running a 6' KingKutter in heavy clay with 30 pto hp. Breaking sod is slow go, but I have HST and can creep along. It covers the rear tires, that's what I wanted. I don't regret going with a 6' tiller.

Cut them as low as possible and get a big excavator. Or leave 2' stumps and push them with a big dozer. You'll get nowhere fast with a block and tackle or a mini-excavator......

Last summer I tore down the playset/swing/fort the kids and I built more than 25 years ago. It had a dozen pressure treated 4x4's embedded 3' in concrete. There was no rot. I've also pulled 25 year old pressure treated fence posts, no concrete and no rot. I wouldn't be too worried about ever...

Wait for the ground to freeze and drag them out. How many trees do you need to process? If more than just a few for lumber or firewood, let the big guys do the heavy lifting. A proper skidder will pull more in a day than you can pull in a month.

All my neighbors have switched to fiber, with free installs. They use a vibratory plow, it goes 6-12" deep, direct burial, 100'+ in an hour. I'm the lone holdout, I'm still on dsl. I'll probably make the switch in the spring. I wish we had a choice of providers, the local teleco has a...

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It's 4F right now, about -20F with the windchill. High today will be 12F.

It's snowing right now, will warm up by midnight with high winds, (50mph+) for a few hours. Heavy rain after midnight with flood warnings. 1"+ rain on top of our existing 8" of snow. Turning to snow midafternoon Sat, for a few hours. More rain than snow. Every few years we'll see a 36"+...

My 25 year old, heavily used snow blower is on the original chain and I've never taken a link out. I have a spare chain in the shop, bought it 20 years ago.....

We had a rescue Newf that would literally inhale his food. We used a ceramic softball to slow him down. After a few weeks we removed the ceramic ball and he would eat at normal speed. When I say inhale, he would finish his meal in 10 seconds or less, 50% of the time he would puke it back up...

20' will barely get the job done, but you will be happier with 30'. I upgraded my 20' entrance to 40' about 20 years ago, with no regrets.

You will be fine, I'm chipping 4" hickory with 30 pto horses.

This topic has been beaten to death very recently. Time to do a simple search.

I just did my annual oil changes, found T6 in stock at the local walmart, $63 for 2.5 gallon jugs.

I've been running double rings on the rear only for the past 25 years. I have no issues with traction. They are rough riding on the road, so that keeps me from going too far in the winter, (that's a good thing). I've related this story before. The year I got chains I tested things out. We...

$373K for 2000 miles of road? Our town is responsible for plowing the town and county roads, 150 lane miles, (75 miles of road) with a budget of $700K. We also mow the shoulders of the town and county roads. County road paving and maintenance and bridge repair fall on the county. The town...

Don't give them a reason to abandon the road, you maintaining the road gives them a reason to start ignoring it. You pay enough in property taxes that the road should be cleared timely. Send your highway superintendent a certified letter complaining, the road will get the attention it needs...

I mow 3 - 4 acres a week for ~30 weeks, change/sharpen the blades annually and clean and oil the deck once a year. I've never seen a rusted out mower deck. My current mower is 20 years old and should have at least another 20 years of life left. When I change the oil in the fall, I change the...

The pond froze over last night. High today was 33 with 20 - 25 mph winds. We have a little snow on the ground, but nothing like western NY, (5'+ in some places).

We burn 600-800 gallons of fuel oil annually. My last fill-up was at $5.39/gallon, now it's $5.79/gallon. I expect to spend $4,000+ on heat this year. I have a 20 acre wood lot, but grew up on wood heat and hate it with a passion. I may need to rethink my vow to never use wood as a heat source.

My bucket comes off, but I've never removed it in 25 years. I have a neighbor with a quick attach, getting things lined up for him is a 2 person job. The first time I helped him it was a 5 minute job, after he made many repeated solo attempts. Now his wife simply waves him in. She does the...

If I run a 10 micron filter, it lasts a week or two. The 30 micron string filters last 6+ months. I bought a case, now that they are used up I've switched to 20 microns, they last 4+ months. The fridge filter is .5 microns for ice and drinking water, it gets swapped out every 6 months. I...

Red Locktite and the proper torque.

I have both, no problems with either, 20+ years.

More than once I've seen nests of carpenter ants 40' or more off the ground in lightening damaged hickory. The first time I saw it I thought it was a one off. A few months later I saw another occurance, than another.

I've done this with a sawzall. I think the angle grinder would gum up and smoke like heck.

I'm a big fan of those Fumoto oil drain valves, I've been using them for 20 years on my cars. I don't have them on the mower or the tractor, since they only see an annual oil change and the tractor would take two.

Same here, no issues, fast and easy transfers.

Eddie, Cut through the back or the side, you'll find it much easier than cutting through the door. the doors to these safes are impressive, the other 5 sides, not so much.....

1/4" - 1/2" gap is too big. My 25 year old agro trend blower will still pickup a nickel, so the gap is less than 1/8". I think your issue is more than the fan gap, but it certainly is a factor.

800' driveway, 80" rear snow blower and double ring chains on the rear. I have been quite happy with this setup for the past 25+ years. I'd like a cab.... Chained up I have significantly more traction in 2wd vs no chains and 4wd with the diff locked.

Nice job. When you get done, can you swing by and mow the bank on my pond? :)

I'll mow one more time this week, I finished brush hogging last week. I'll put the winch on and do some logging begore switching over to the snow blower and chains in early Dec. I'm hoping for a late and mild winter. This nice fall weather has allowed me to catch up on my summer chores. I...

"When ever", when "when" is what is meant. For example, "When ever y'all get around to it". Really means "When you get around to it". "Y'all" or even "You all", and I lived down south for many years, but could never wrap my head around the use of "Y'all". "Whatever" "It is, what it is"...

I use a small diamond blade mounted in a dremel for the small stuff. Die grinder for the bigger stuff. I never had much luck with a nut splitter.

You can always remove the door of the safe to reduce the weight. The door to my safe is ~40% of the total weight of the gun safe. Just don't lose the ball bearings in the hinges, (one ball per hinge). Four stout guys brought my safe into the house and up a flight of stairs, it would not have...

~10 years ago I changed the front tires on my L3710 to skid steer tires. Same height and circumference, but close to twice the psi and number of belts and load capacity as the OEM tires. No issues, I'm a happy camper. The skid steer tires where in stock, OEM's were not.

Years ago I had an issue with a local Amish kid. I stopped at his house, he wasn't home, but his father was... Dad resolved the issue and it never happened again. I find most of our Amish want to be good neighbors.

I jack both rear tires up to put chains on putting a bottle jack under the drawbar. Has worked well for me for 25+ years. I hope I'm still a month or two away from putting the blower and chains on. I need to finish my summer chores......

"At least three feet", you probably need a backhoe, not a trencher. I've done lots of trenching, anything over 2 feet I go with a backhoe. I do like the local rental, they have a self propelled Barretto, it goes up to 18" deep, 100'+ of trench in an hour. $120/day.

Try to pull it after the engine warms up. Had a Prius like that, couldn't pull the dipstick unless the engine was hot.

I'm in snow country, upstate NY. I have 4' reflective driveway markers every 50', on both sides of the driveway, staggered, so I can see a marker every 25'. For years I plowed with a truck, 25 years ago I switched to an 78" rear mounted snow blower and would never go back to a plow. 4" or 4'...

Run the chipper at PTO speed. I try to run some hardwood branches mixed with my pine, no issues here with jamming. A steady diet of green pine branches gums things up with pine pitch. The hardwood mix seems to keep things clean. I have 100+ hours on my chipper with zero clogs.

Tractor and chipper are in the shop, all other implements are stored outside on a concrete pad, uncovered. That's the way it's been for 25 years. I'd love more garage space, but hate to pay the taxes. I already have 2500 sq feet of garage and shop.

The house is heated by fuel oil, $3.99/gallon last week. We burn 600 gallons in a mild winter, closer to 1000 gallons if it's a bad winter, (multiple weeks of -25F with a 25 mph wind). The shop is heated by kerosene, less than 50 gallons a year. I grew up heating with wood, and will never...

A manure fork works, the tines are close together.

I'm not saying to test every oil change, simply use it once or twice to set your oil change interval. I did and went from 3,000 mile oil changes to 10,000 mile oil changes, 20 years ago and over 500,000 miles. It took science to change my 3k habit, look at the money and time saved. I've never...

Fairly easy, many truckers do this as a normal course of business. The oil analysis company sells you a kit, it's just a small plastic bottle. You fill it up, mail it out and get the results within a week. ~$25, money well spent for piece of mind. Like I said earlier, I was a 3kmi oil change...

When I replaced my Kubota L3710 front tires 3 years ago it cost $15/tire to get them mounted. Two years ago I had the same experience as seville009 when I replaced the front tires on my zero turn. After messing with the first tire for 30 minutes I resorted to the sawzall. What a pita...

The rule of the road in India and most third world countries - "Might makes right", if the other vehicle is bigger than you, they have the right of way.... Many drivers seem to be suicidal.

Buy the lift, my only regret - not buying it sooner. I have a 4 post BendPak 9000xw. When not in use my ZTR sits on it, saved me from putting up another garage....

I spoke with 3 dealers a few months ago when I ordered an 1100C. One had 32 orders in the queue with at least a 12 month wait. One would not take any more orders, "they've over committed, they will not be in-stock for a long time". I asked what's a long time - more than a year. The third had...

Like you I was a skeptic at 10K mile oil changes back in 2003 when I bought my first Honda. I did used oil analysis at 5K, 8K and 10K, all came back with no wear metals and plenty of additive package life, remaining, even the 10K sample. Bearings and build quality have dramatically increased...

Same here, I have some from the 90's that are still going strong.

I simply give it a good spray with white lithium.

My timber frame post sit on solid blocking, they do not extend to the concrete. I didn't buy a kit, could not afford to go that route 30 years ago. I started with rough cut 8x12 timbers, planed and cut all the mortise and tenons myself. I had about 1000 hours in the framework for a 3000 sq...

I use brake clean or engine degreaser, then hit it with some spray lube. This seems to be an every 5 year event for the brush hog and tiller.

Very nice, I'm jealous.

Same here Eagle. My delivery guys/gals always get a cold beverage, sometimes two. And small gift cards, candy and scratch offs for the holidays. No issues with delivery here, from USPS, UPS or FEDEX or the oil guy. The house is 800' from the road. The driveway is always cleared, with a good...

Elm, basswood and hickory. I know, I should be selling the hickory......

I went with Rustoleum's bed liner on my 4 post lift, it's holding up well. I rolled on 3 coats.

You are near me, go with a cab. That's my only tractor regret, not buying the cab. I'd also get just one tractor, unless you really like to work on older stuff.

I have 50 acres, 50% is wooded. All I burn are the blow downs and I cannot keep up.

I bet it will be years before it needs a cleanout. I burn 2 - 3 cords of wood a year in my firepit and clean it out every 3 - 4 years, getting less than 2 wheel barrow loads of ash for the garden, (less than 10 cubic feet). His ash is going to wash into the gravel and disappear for the most...

That's my experience with acetone, once the can is open it evaporates pretty quickly. It's also something you don't want in contact with skin.

Don't agonize over it. I've seen springs on 30 year old garage doors that were never lubricated. Blow off the dirt/dust and give them a quick shot of lube.

I see the MF202 is a 40 hp machine. I'm running a 6.5' Agrotrend blower on a 37 hp tractor and wouldn't want anything smaller. 25 years of use and I'm still a happy camper.

I have at least 4 of those oil cans, one is full of cutting oil, one is bar/chain lube for the chain drive snow blower, the other two are 10w40 for general use, I'm still working through a 40 year old case of Quaker State I got for free 10 years ago. My grandfather swore by a 50/50 mix of...

#1 - Live within your means, either make more than you spend or spend less than you make.... #2 - Compound interest, wealth is a long game

I'm up 4 sections and will only setup and break down once while I paint the front of my house, my scaffolding is on wheels. Less than 30 minutes of build time, and only 2 minutes to unlock the wheels and move it over 8'. When I get over 3 sections high I tie off an extension ladder to the...

"In the NY area it is common for law firms to farm their work out by satellite to Indian law firms who do all the research and appellate work. Accounting firms are doing it too." Add engineering and IT/Technology to the list. Mexico, India and China have been doing most of the heavy lifting...

I have an L3710 HST, 14mph is the top speed listed in the owner's manual.

No issues here, but I live in farm country.

You've lived with it for 28 years, bite the bullet and till up an acre a year. In four years you'll have a nice level yard.

We have a few in town, all on Amish farms, and actively used.

Get a set of levelers - I have several sets, one set even has locking wheels. I don't break down a tower every time I need to reset, I simply unlock the wheels and roll it where it needs to go.

I do one side of the house every year, that way I stay ahead of things. If I miss a year, like last year due to the rain every other day, it's not a big deal. Complete coverage in a 4 - 5 year average.

I do one side of the house every year, that way I stay ahead of things. If I miss a year, like last year due to the rain every other day, it's not a big deal. Complete coverage in a 4 - 5 year average.

I have a dozen sections of scaffolding, and stain at least one side of my 2 story house every summer. I'd love to rent a lift, but I don't want to paint 8 hours a day, for a week, because the meter is running on the rental. I leave the scaffolding up for 3 - 4 weeks and take my time. Scrape...

My 25 year old AgroTrend blower has a welded edge, my gravel driveway is 800'+ and I live in the snowbelt. The edge is fine, no wear to speak of. I wouldn't worry about welded or bolted, the edge will outlast you, as will a quality snow blower.

I can park a full sized car under my 4 post lift, and keep a full sized car on the lift. Effectively giving me an extra garage bay without any increased taxes or build costs.

I have a Bendpak 4 post lift, very happy with it. I did the install by myself 6+ years ago.

That sounds reasonable to me, it wouldn't hurt to get another quote.

Pour both bays 6", you will not regret spending a few hundred extra.

About a year ago I painted the badly rusted runways on my 4 post lift with Rustoleum bed liner paint, 3 coats, it looks like new. I had leftover paint so I painted my 25 year old snow blower, a year later it looks like I painted it yesterday. You can get it tinted in many different colors...

The fuel filter bowl has a shutoff valve built in. If the key doesn't kill the engine, you can pull the stop engine know just below the key. If that doesn't work, shut off the fuel at the filter.

I'm lucky to do half that with a 72" brush hog.

Thousands of hours on tractors, lots of back dragging, never an issue, other than taking too big a bite and losing traction.

I'm looking to finally pull the trigger on an RTV 1100C and am wondering what any recent buyers have paid. Here it looks like MSRP and a 2 week to 2 month wait. This is a cash deal, that saves me another $500.

How about a middle buster, that gets you through the sod and more than halfway to your 10" goal.

I've replaced the front axle seals in my L3710, I did not pull the ring gear. I did need to upgrade my snap ring pliers. You'll need internal and external snap ring pliers. Should take less than an hour per side.

Time to change the air filter?

Check with your building inspector and/or department of health. In my town the septic tank must be 20' from the house and the leach field normally is 10 feet from the leach field distribution box. So, a minimum of 30' from the house to the leach field. We also have property line setbacks, the...

If I were you, I'd be looking at an electric zero turn. The neighbors will appreciate the low noise. You'll appreciate the low maintenance. I'm trimming and edging with battery power and would switch to an electric ztr in a heart beat if I was mowing less than an acre. I see a few available...

I'm seeing a cannon barrel......

I fully expect to get flamed here.... Not a "real" truck but it will carry a full sheet of plywood flat - the Honda Ridgeline. I sold my 12 year old Ridgeline with 140K miles for $9,500. It's enough truck for many people and it drives like an SUV. We replaced it in kind, plenty of truck for...

My much older L3710 is self bleeding, I would think your unit would be the same. The first time starting after changing the fuel filter it cranks for about 15 seconds and then fires right off. It does sound like you have air in the system.

Don't use a pressure gauge, simply set your compressor regulator to the desired pressure. Of course have the valve stem at high noon. If the tire takes air, it was low. If it doesn't take any air, you are good to go.

I run a 6' tiller on 30 pto hp, in heavy clay, no issues for 25 years. I do have HST and the first pass is slow....

I converted a 20 pound propane tank to an air tank, 20+ years later it still smells like propane. I don't think the mercaptan smell ever goes away.

It will eventually wear off the FEL bucket, don't sweat it.

Mine fell off at about the 18 year mark. I remember my FIL seeing my new tractor and telling me I had a blown O ring on my FEL. Nope, just a simple way to keep the paint from dripping on the chrome.

I'll second Doofy, I've used them all over the past 30 years on my cedar siding and larch decks. Cabot is absolutely the best I've found.

I have a old Kubota ZD21, with a fabricated 60" deck. The 3 cylinder diesel is a fuel sipper. Absolutely no issues in 800+ hours, simply normal maintenance. It has a built in deck lift for ease of cleaning and blade changing. My only regret, not buying it sooner. It was pricey, $9,500...

Still used here in my town, by the Amish. The crazy thing - most don't know how to swim.

Do yourself a big favor, get the cab. That's my only regret with buying my L3710 20+ years ago, I should have ponied up the $4,500 for a heated/cooled oem cab.

$21.65 here, less than three years ago I bought an entire unit at $6.67. I junked all the cutoffs, I should have kept them........ Many were 23"x96". Don't tell the boss how much cash I wasted. On the other hand I do have about a dozen full sheets in the shed. 300%+ appreciation.

I've had an L3710 for 25 years, all my implements are 72" or bigger, with no issues. It is HST with a 72" FEL. I use a 72" tiller in heavy clay, a 78" snow blower in up to 4' of snow, I also have a 72" brush hog and 72" box scraper. All work fine with the L3710. The only thing I wish I had...

My 25 year old heavy 7' Lienbach rake has gauge wheels. I frequently use it fully angles, probably close to 45 degrees. I've never bent or broken a tine.

I also have an L3710, I've pulled fully loaded one ton dump trucks out of the mud, buried to the frame. I also routinely pull 3+ ton hay wagons. Rolling weight is different from dead weight. I'm sure your tractor will out pull most 4wd trucks. Mine has a FEL and loaded R4 tires.

Go back to the store, calmly explain the situation and ask for a manager. They will make this right, don't leave until they do. Keep your cool, take a deep breath, stay calm.

Hopefully there's only one ball left in the cannon....

Don't feel inadequate, I get by with sharpening once a year. I mow 3+ acres once a week for about 26 weeks a season.

Just put the cash under your tinfoil hat. :)

If you are scared to death of wiring, please hire this out. Electricity should be/must be respected.

I don't use the slow pour spout, I simply pour from the jug into a big funnel stuck in the tank filler neck. I agree the new spouts are a pita.....

The only washing my tractors get are when they get caught out in the rain. No trailer queens here, but they are parked inside out of the sun.

Start with the simple stuff first, are your tires air up to the correct pressure? I thought my FEL was out of level by about an inch, it turned out to be a rear tire a few psi lower than the other rear tire....

Maybe a lag bolt on the end of a rod, screw it into the lead ball and pull. Any chance there is a powder charge under that cannon ball? If so, proceed with extreme caution.

I'm happy with OEM.

Get another quote, $35k to grade 1 acre? is that USD? Where are you located?

I'd move on, get your deposit back. Bid out the build package now that you have permits and are ready to go, see where that gets you. If it's still too much $, it's time to descope. "You can't always get what you want...."

No slow down here, yet. If the property is priced right, they are getting multiple offers way over ask in the first few days of being active. My son has been outbid on 8 condo's in the past 2 months, several by 20%, some with no inspections and all cash. First time homebuyers are getting...

In 25 years I've never removed the loader from my L3710. Yes the side panels simply lift off, after undoing the bottom latch.

Sounds perfect for the job and priced right. 300 hours is hardly broken in.

My neighbor has an arena, he used 6"-8" of washed/screened sand. The same material our highway guys use on the roads in the winter.

Go bigger

I had the same issue with my zero turn, it was simply a loose wire connection to the gauge.

You don't say how long these ruts are. I'd get a load of fill material and fill the ruts and back drag them smooth.

I disagree with Randy, zero turns handle hills better than a rider. Mine's a commercial unit and would put it up against any rider out there. It's wider than my old rider and has a lower center of gravity.

Yes, that's the way we do things here. No setting the posts in concrete, just set the post on the existing concrete "footer" and backfill with dirt, there's no need to backfill with crushed stone.

I have 80K lumens in a 28'x42' workshop, (68 lumens/sqft). Mine are hi-bay T5's installed 20 years ago. Today I'd go the LED route, that was not an affordable option 20 years ago. As I get older I realize you can never have too much light.

Burn the brush piles. Stack the stumps/root balls in a far corner and forget about them. My experience with root balls - they don't burn. I bury them or push them into a pile out of sight. What's the plan for the two acres? If you're building a house you'll have plenty of spoils you can use...

The sawmills near me sell their sawdust to horse owners. I'd love some free sawdust.

I've done bigger, by hand, alone, not that big of a deal. I did one bag at a time in a wheelbarrow. I see no issues using the FEL bucket. A buddy to help would be nice.

Paint helps, you'll need two coats, applied every couple of years. I've had good luck with Fenvastar, applied twice in the spring, about a week apart and twice in the fall, again applied apart a week apart. 8 ounces at $15 a bottle does the job. This year there seems to be a bumper crop of...

5/4 gets my vote

Have any of the fuel lines been replaced with rubber? I've seen this same issue on a tractor with a collapsed fuel line. Ran for awhile, gets warm and then the rubber line collapses, shutting off the fuel.

I agree all office buildings and big box stores should have solar on the roof. Even parking lots can be solar farms, with simple car ports with solar panel roofs. The major issue is transmission, the grid is old and max'd out in most places. Sure the desert seems ideal for panels, until you...

I have a 20 year old ZD21, with about 800 hours on it. No issues, ever. I fully expect it to outlive me, (I'm 60). I'd buy another in a heart beat.

If I take off my glasses, or my ear muffs, I put them on the seat. Lesson learned the hard way many years ago.....

Rusty water/condensation? Touch it, it is slick like oil? Does it smell?

50 tons over my 800' driveway comes out to about an inch of material every few years. I'm sure I'm losing that to dust and sinkage. I know people that don't add any material, ever. They get ruts in the spring and wonder why. I don't get ruts and very rarely do I get any potholes.

I'm running a 78" AgroTrend blower with 30 pto horses, no issues for 25 years. Fortunately I have HST and can creep into the snow banks. We see snow storms from 4" to 4'. I plowed with a tractor and a truck for years, I'll never go back to a plow. No snowbanks and I only have to move snow once.

I've found speed is the enemy with maintaining the driveway with a box scraper. Too fast and you get speed bumps. Slow and steady wins the race. I have 800'+ of driveway and box blade it once a year in the spring. Every few years I'll add 50 tons of crusher run after ripping the heck out of...

I'd try two layers of Pella window sill tape on each side. I did a quick gutter repair using two layers of Pella tape 15 years ago, it's still leak free. I also have a friend who taped up a crack in her fiberglass bath tub at her camp 10 years ago with the same tape, same results.

I'll loan things out to a handful, (literally less than 5 people) of good friends, more than likely I'll come with the loaned tool/equipment. Go get your tiller, I'm sure it's fine, but it belongs at your place.

My 72" King Kutter is 25 years old, purchased new from TractorSupply. The only problem I had was tearing up the rear gate, 100% my fault. I reinforced the gate 10 years ago and it's been trouble free ever since. I'm guessing I've tilled well over 100 acres with it. With only 30 pto horses I...

It's time for a formal neighborhood agreement/HOA. Everyone should be paying their fair share. I can fully understand why the person doing all the work finally gets frustrated and throws up his hands.

Your old belt was surely stretched more than an inch or two. I doubt the longer belt is the right belt. The difference between new and old on my Kubota zero turn was more than 6". The OEM belt lasted 15 years and 600+ hours, I replaced it with an OEM belt. Funny thing, the Kubota belt for...

My Echos look the same, except for the oem bars, those are long gone/worn out. I keep them clean, sharp and ready to go. Hundreds of hours on each.

I rarely run my Igland at pto speed, if I do I get 4 - 5 feet per second. Slow and steady wins the race, at a little over an idle I'm getting 2 - 3 feet per second, that's fast enough for me.

If you have one good tine, you should be able to find a match. If not, you can get a set made up if you can find the right machinist. My neighbor had another neighbor make up a set of tines for less than the cost of an OEM set.

It looks like a Harbor Freight quick hitch. I had one, useful for a few years and then it came apart.

Sounds like you have a good handle on this project. For a lawn, don't agonize over the weed seeds. You're going to keep it mowed and most of the seeds in horse manure will be of the grass variety.

Read the owner's manual and take your time. Take pictures if you find any significant debris/metal. I'm a big fan of synthetic oil, but it's not required.

"I do think that you get a better root system if you let them grow with minimal watering." I agree 100%, I have a pond near my garden and an irrigation pump. I only water the garden if we have 2 weeks of dry weather. That happens maybe once every 5 - 6 years.

I prefer horse manure over cow manure, even though there will be more weed seeds. With the heavy clay, I need all the organics I can get. "Horses digest their food less thoroughly than cows, so their manure is richer in organic matter. It is, however, more likely to contain viable weed seeds...

How old is the water heater? If it's more than 12 years old, simply replace the unit. Otherwise give the new element a try.

I made one pass with the tiller yesterday, wanting to get my peas in. The rest of the garden is a good 3 weeks out.

I've had great success with FenvaStar EcoCap. I tried the bee traps, they catch a couple. The tennis racket gets more than the traps. I treat with FenvaStar EcoCap twice a year, once in the spring and then early fall.

10 gallons. I have about 2 quarts left over from 2 5 gallon pails. The owners manual says 10.3 gallons.