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Deere pulled out of Russia and Belarus today. Don't know if that includes Deere parts.

I've got one of those t-post drivers that's a heavy pipe with ears for handles. I think you could modify one for pulling posts too- A separate piece to grip the post that goes on the post first, and is connected to the pipe with a slack chain so you can pound upward.

SSQA was an option on the L4330. Mine was $300, IIRC.

Is 3 TPI a common thread setting on lathes?

I'd like to have hydraulic cylinders to operate the hinge pivots when mowing around trees. Otherwise, bolted fully up most of the time.

Here are some suggestions for search terms: ptsg Elite Member JoinedApr 3, 2013Messages3,947LocationPortugalTractor2017 Branson F36Rn (3515R) This style is almost a Portuguese exclusive, but it's available on other countries, although a lot lighter duty and with different design. It's also...

I have a 650# root grapple intended for heavy skid steer use. When it's on my compact tractor, you can really feel that weight on rough ground, hanging that far out beyond the front wheels. It gallops so you have to slow down quite a bit. Yours is a bigger tractor but also a heavier grapple...

Google Maps was good about correcting my location per my address. Forgot the details but "edit your map" then "add an address" looks like it would work.

The other thing might be is that he sees borrowing an "old tractor" as like borrowing a wheel barrow- no big deal. So, he's really not familiar with equipment. Wanting to use it for an extended time as well kinda suggests that.

One local tire shop cuts the sidewalls off of their scrapped tires and piles the (intact) treads out back. Looks like it would be easy to make just-the-tread into a squeegee edge. Don't know if that's a new thing at tire shops everywhere. Also wonder why they do it that way... Save space...

I am an isolated address well beyond the everyone else on my route. I told the driver that nothing comes by mail that won't wait a few days, and if the roads are bad, don't bother to deliver it that day. He said he has to, in case I have any outgoing mail for him to pick up.

Some wear related geometry to watch for, no matter what edge you have- if your blade is tilted left/right- say, to throw snow to the right; and your loader "bucket" isn't curled flat- say, it's tilted down a little; then the left side of your cutting edge will be lower than the right side and...

Is that giant roadside goose still standing? Back in the early 60's, our Boy Scout troop used to stop there on the way up to the White River area. I think sections of highway 17 were still gravel back than.

You guys always get to be first. How is 2022 so far?

And when I misjudge my turning radius up there by that tree...

With their sonar, seems like you would just need to keep it flying around with some windows/screens open. It probably wants out as much as you want it out. Bats would actually come into a small outpost cabin we use in N Ontario. They are pretty adept flying around in tight quarters, between...

I never saw a woman recount that mating ritual without a gleam in her eye...

Yep, but in this case, 19mm and 3/4 inch are only .002 inches different- identical, within wrench tolerances.

Nice. HVAC guys brought one out to hang a ceiling furnace in the barn. I made an adapter to use a Bosch 18v drill/driver to raise and lower the table on my Bridgeport type mill. It worked fine for awhile but the discharge rate for that much weight musta weakened the fairly new batteries...

Looking back on that era, it must have been when Japan was transitioning from making trinkets to sophisticated products. We started riding European dirt bikes and marveled that the handlebar mounted levers bent instead of broke off, like our Japanese handles did. Forged aluminum vs cast...

I had a 1968 Suzuki (X6 Scrambler) and a 1971 Kawasaki 500 that used "Phillips" screws on the side casings. Soft metal too. Hated Phillips screws ever since. Finally started using a hammer driven impact driver on them. Maybe I just had the wrong screwdriver? (the rinky-dink screwdriver in...

^^^ For a "complete liquidation", all those lots look like what an earlier buyer had no use for.

Good thread, OP. I've always had doubts about the ROPS on my Wolverine X2, but figured Yamaha knew what they're doing. Thin tubing you can sense by tapping on it and confirm by looking into the factory holes that must be for mounting windshields and such. No cross-bracing or trapezoidal shape...

Of possible interest: local article about mega-auctioneer for farm equipment, just west of Indianapolis. (The title is clickbait though) https://indianapublicmedia.org/news/why-has-the-cost-of-farm-equipment-has-skyrocketed-blame-uncle-sam..php

some pics of the bucket would help. did you just want to extend the floor of your bucket, or add sidewalls as well? Will the extension be removable?

It just occurred to me that the next time I run into identifying an over-sprayed mystery thread, I'll put a little Zip Strip in it the night before. (paint remover gel)

Unlike the pool-table-flat rest of Indiana, my part is hills, hollers, sinkholes and caves. My WWII vet neighbor (RIP) said our part was originally settled by families who came up from N. Carolina. I asked him why they stopped here when they coulda gone 30 miles further to the flat, fertile...

Our county sells special orange bags at the grocery stores that you can drop off at the county recycling centers. Some also buy cheap black bags at the hardware store that you can apparently throw out along any county road.

And its corollary, "If you make a decision and your wife is not there, are you still wrong?"

Reminds me of an OT story about a farm I bought, including an ancient farm house with an ancient walnut tree in the front yard. That tree apparently never had competition for sunlight so it spread horizontally, with several horizontal limbs about 10 feet off the ground. It also had a crude...

OP here. Thanks, all. Some of these comments have been helpful for my own situation. Yeah, I should fix the dammed driveway, but potholes are only part of the problem, as you can see. And good to know that you can't assume drivers will cooperate. Amazon once had a convenient hub here but...

I'd like to minimize delivery trucks on my 5/8 mile, soft-when-wet lane. Thinking about mounting a job box or similar down by the road and train the drivers to lock packages in it instead of racing up to the house as fast as the potholes will allow them to drive. Seems like they would...

On a related note, that's the first Big Tool Rack I've seen out in the wild.

Also, OPEC and Russia collaborated LAST YEAR to reduce oil supplies. Others delight in blaming this administration for higher gas prices...

My best corn-on-the-cob lube is using a cold stick of butter like a crayon, if the corn is still hot. A nice, uniform, thin coating of flavor without being greasy. Salt and pepper stick to it too.

While I think that the propaganda/industrial complex has become toxic for our country, I'm not seeing it on this thread yet. I do see a healthy skepticism about current industrial "wisdom" here. We have international consulting outfits that come up with these concepts, anywhere from inventory...

OP's pic is not clear but that roof hole may be mostly capped, leaving just a perimeter vent around the hole. I think Elvis had left the building by the time I asked about it.

Is that 2' hole in the top just a hole to the sky or is it capped a few inches above the main roof, leaving a circumferential vent?

Good comments here. What seemed unique about Alro Outlets is that it looks like you can walk in and find the best size/shape visually. A lot of design is by eye- a 3x3x1/4 sq tube looks a lot sturdier in person than it does on a catalog page! GeneV, I wasn't aware of Metals Supermarkets...

Maybe an "inside chimney" that drops down toward, and is heated by, the fire; but not so low that it interferes with heads and sight lines? Larger inlet than your 2' outlet and tapered. afterthought: elevating the fire pit would help with the above and might provide options for better combustion.

funny how often we see people like that. I think they see kindness and mistake it for weakness. Like the guy who bumbs a cigarette, then asks for a second one "fer behind my ear".

Saw these guys advertising on TV. Alro is a big regional materials distributor for industry and fabricators. Last I knew, they had a truck route down here from their Indianapolis warehouse. Looks like they are branching out with walk-in outlets to retail customers. Too bad their nearest...

50 plus years ago I asked a classmate if I could squirrel hunt in their woods. He talked to his dad and came back with permission to hunt there ONE time. His dad had also explained to him that people come to hunt, then bring there friends the next time, then those friends come to hunt without...

Sounds like we both lost, betting on GE. This is an interesting article from 3 years ago about how they floundered after Jack Welch's era. (Not sure when WSJ's paywall kicks in): https://www.wsj.com/articles/ge-powered-the-american-centurythen-it-burned-out-11544796010

Aircraft, I think. Former shareholder here. I think GE got sloppy during the go-go years of easy money thru lending. They forgot how to make money by working...

Well, one other good thing about cell phones is that criminals who forget to turn them off leave a slime trail: Heard an interesting follow up on how Australian law enforcement rescued the 4 YO girl a long way from the campground she was abducted from. Someone there reported hearing a car near...

Ebikes on trails controversy sounds a little like the controversy decades ago about restricting access to wilderness public land to the extent that only young, hardcore hikers could access it. Seems like older citizens should be able to access trails too, if they don't do inconsiderate stuff...

I hope it's not nominally about 5/8". 5/8-18 and M16-1.5 are so close that you could probably start a bolt in the wrong hole and run it in a few turns. If you're using a tap for a thread gage, you could run it in even more, thinking there's gunk in there.

Last time I shopped SAE bolts at Lowe's, they only carried COARSE threads!

Thank you for all this. I'll see ya on your other thread. It looks good.

Got any wider photos of where that frame goes further back from your grill guard? (I'd like to deflect low limbs before they get to me or the ROPS.)

Seems like a good way to get pulled over if that top light is flashing. I had a car that automatically flipped up the rear spoiler at 75 MPH. Incriminating...

Ford's broad market index, the S&P 500, is still up 1.7% today despite Ford dragging the S&P 500 down. That's over 3X the gain of what Deere did today. So Deere was a huge loser today, relative to 499 of its peers.

Broad market indices are up 2 or 3 times that tonight.

Must be a thing? Saw a local asphalt crew bury their leftovers on a soon-to-be-developed lot near me. Told the developer and they had to come back and undo their own mess.

if your L4330 manual is like mine, it gives specs for the L4630 as well. All the dimensions are the same. Motors have the same base numbers, bores, strokes, etc. but different motor sufixes, and 3 hp difference. Couldn't understand why K offered both models. Maybe the 4360 torque curve lets...

Any chance you are using, say, a 5/16 chain in a 1/4 hook? (or 3/8 in a 5/16 hook) IIRC, there's some slot slop that might allow it. But that retaining pin location might be designed for a matched size.

I don't recall another TBN member (OP's original persona) who comes off quite like this version of him. ******** I was stuck in a long line at a post office counter. An early 20's kid several places behind me was on his cell phone- wheeling, dealing, recounting his accomplishments; also...

Sad how a food chain stacks up below the gullible. While waiting in a bank for a customer service appointment, I couldn't help but overhear the bank rep advising the customer ahead of me. That customer, probably a recent immigrant and not accustomed to life in the US, wanted to withdraw money...

OP here. If I didn't care about Brian having my email, I'd contact him requesting a DNA sample from Uncle Henry, in case someone asks. People are exhumed every day.

Thought people who haven't seen this one yet might enjoy it:

My Rural King had 20 or 30 tractors out in front, before the pandemic. There's no sign of a service department inside, though. Seems like kind of an ante to play in the tractor business.

Happy with mine.

Back in the newspaper ad days, I had a wheeler/dealer coworker who liked to mess with people. He told the story of an "entitled" customer who got a little abusive when he found out "his" item had already been sold. When the customer finally asked what the item sold for, the seller lied...

Not familiar with an undercutter. Is it for peeling up sod?

I bought one 15 years ago, along with their grapple, for my L4330. Both are still going strong. Minor quibble at the time were some set screws were unplated so they rusted, and the switch was rated for AC, not DC. I might have replaced the set screws with stainless, and the switch has been...

I doubt if there is any complicated program, company or institution where we couldn't find mistakes and inconsistencies over the years. But it's another matter if a person with an agenda actually mines for those errors/inconsistencies, and infers that they are routine behavior.

Organic firewood...

I'm not sensitive to people wired differently than me, as long as they mind their own business.

I don't think TBN wants to be a "wink, wink, nod, nod" venue.

I remember a few of those basements as a kid. Wonder if it also has something to do with more liberal mortgages these days, or more reluctance back then to take on debt. When I bought my first house in 1976, 30% down was required. Don't know what it is now.

OP here. Now that I'm the sole dweller in this house I built 30 years ago, I don't even use the living room anymore. I was musing about how handy it would be to have my metal working equipment in there instead of way out in the barn. Or maybe in the basement if I could get it down there...

At first, I thought that the exhaust would be unfiltered too. Looks like the canister is always under vacuum and the air velocity is high thru the intake port, due to its small opening. Then the air enters the canister, its velocity drops because of the larger opening, allowing the trash to...

OP, TBN has been arguing about HST vs gears forever. The above isn't gospel. If you do decide on a geared transmission, just make sure it's a shuttle shift or something that doesn't grind gears when you change direction while not quite stopped. The other three features are highly recommended...

I wonder how much dust the exhaust from a dirty shop vac contains, and if it's now in the hydraulic tank?

Yeah, but it's "Commercial Grade". (I'd like to see the pedigree on that standard.)

OP here, Thanks, All, for your great suggestions. Looks like the Clean Bucket option works best for me, especially if I can find all the vents. Aside from the fill port, are there any other vents? And as since I'll use the Clean Bucket method, is the residual oil in the old filter mostly...

Makes sense to those of us who avoid bending over. You should post its own thread.

Service schedule says change hydraulic filter every 200 hrs but only change hydraulic oil every 400. Counter guy at dealership said that's not a misprint. So last time, I lost a lot of oil in the process, even though I tilted the tractor sideways to elevate the filter side. Anybody have a...

Perfect implement. You could even tilt side to side. Is that a European exclusive or are they worldwide?

He was unhappy with my feedback about his marketing. IIRC, I suggested he was targeting customers with Ken and Barbie dream-yards rather than most of us on TBN. Brand new tractor and bigrack- even the tools were brand new. And he flipped out when I told him to put some mud on it! (The truck...

If my trig is right, a 1.4" diameter shaft or larger will perch up on the 1" V's edges rather than nesting down between the V's flats. Probably accurate enough, judging from other posters' comments. Might be an issue if you straighten the shaft using the V blocks for support, due to limited...

What is a Barndominium? Snip ..... "Blending the words “barn” and “condominium,” it is exactly what it sounds like: a barn that has been converted into a low cost living space – or a house plan purposely designed as living space but with barn-like storage and working spaces associated with it...

Although you didn't ask, Morton Builders said it doesn't cost much more to make a pole barn several feet taller so that a cement truck can drive inside. Probably works for steel buildings too. Extra door height is nice if you have or ever get a backhoe too.

Neighbor/doctor mowed over a ground nest (forget the species) but he was hospitalized from stings. He researched them and said when you swat one, it releases a pheromone that calls in the rest of the nest.

I have visions of those small trailers bouncing around a lot, like on the pavement junctions of well traveled interstates. Maybe the weight you mentioned stabilizes yours enough. Does it have shocks in addition to leaf springs? Hydraulic damping seems better than internal friction. No matter...

My first exposure to climate change theory was in a Scientific American article back in the 80's.*** They called it Gaia. Besides sea level rise, they also predicted longer droughts, deeper floods, and more severe storms. It's one thing for biased players to go back, cherry pick events, and...

I've put this thread on "TBN Death Watch".

Ford Wants More Car Buyers to Order Online and Wait, Rather Than Pick Off the Lot The auto maker plans to permanently reduce the number of vehicles carried on dealership lots, hoping to do more sales from buyers who custom order By Updated Aug. 17, 2021 9:51 am ET Possibly paywalled...

That stalled Gulf Steam scenario especially concerns me. IIRC, it was the reason for the ice ages. It's like the old joke about a mother admonishing her son for "abusing himself" and if he didn't stop doing it, he would go blind. The son replied that since it feels good, he would keep doing...

Show me!

Having that much grease on the chamfered pin OD probably doesn't help. And between the chamfer itself and where that chamfer contacts the rectangular hole in the attachment. I've got a similar problem to deal with but I think it's the chamfered pin telescoping up against its compression spring...

"Eagle"?

it's been awhile but a grapple manufacturer was offering an electric version to avoid hydraulics. Might be worth looking at their actuator. Edit: oops, foggy beat me to it.

Sounds like a pendulum to me!

My own pucker-factor theory is that our brains constantly sense the lateral angular tractor acceleration caused by driving over the bumps we encounter when driving ALONG an incline: If the incline is slight, the tractor bounces over the bump quickly. If the incline is dangerous, the tractor...

My error too. They were worms.

They used to be thick around here. Nothing this year and probably in recent history. I'd actually forgotten about them. I do remember that nests a few feet above my tractor's exhaust stack really get active.

It's apparently an amazing company. They shipped a lot of SSQA implements to TNBers that were way sloppy, had to send shims out, and then customers had to make them fit. They obviously never gauged them in the first place but once the problem showed up, they keep shipping them. Why not spend...

Try this forum if you don't get your answer: ATVs & Utility Vehicles

Do you run anything that uses shear bolts? Carrying those and their wrenches has saved me a few long trips home.

Yeah, they're out there near you, somewhere. You should stop by, if they allow it. I had a nice talk with someone from their upper management at a farm show in KY. Really knew the product and they had also sent one of their welders to help cover their booth, which I thought was good...

I have an earlier version of the Precision Hy-Reach shear linked below. The cutting head HYDRAULICALLY rotates to any position between horizontal and vertical. That rotation is nice for clearing trails, when you need to drop and buck trees that are too long to haul out with a grapple. Also...

i know those little castors wouldn't work on MY cement floor without a good vacuuming first.

So it's like, a microwave snatchblock?

As an aside, I like this guy's video strategy. In the first several seconds, you know exactly how the product works, and then you can decide to watch. No tedious intro clip, blather, unpacking, etc before you even get to see anything useful.

Bear with me here- Tried to raise seedlings in an old farmhouse basement using grow lights. Mice kept eating the sprouts. So... Put all the tiny plant containers on a big flat plastic container. (BFPC) Put BFPC on a bigger piece of steel barn roofing, centered. Put adhesive backed tinfoil...

I think you'll do well with Tinhack, especially if you send him the mating shaft OD. He can adjust the bushing ID to any diameter with his boring bar.

Look at McMaster Carr metric flanged Oilite bushings and they have a 21 mm OD with a 15mm ID, 25 mm long. 3mm flange thickness x 27 mm flange OD. (part linked below) It might work if you ream out the 15mm ID with a 5/8 drill. 5/8 is .005 under 16mm but drills usually drill oversize...

And all for just a few dollars.

See if you have a local bearings distributor. Last time I needed one, it was Bearings, Inc., a local place with a sharp counter person. Kinda like Fastenal, but for power transmission products. I second McMaster Carr, if you have to order it.

Maybe this is it. He did get the inner saw to stick out.

That's interesting. Unless the smaller saw protruded beyond the larger saw to act as a pilot, I guess the path of least resistance for the combined saws would keep them on center?

Cobalt drills are harder than high speed steel, but brittle, and tend to chip if setups are shaky, like with hand held drilling. HSS reamer might work better, if you're not taking too much out. I'd finish the hole you started on last, in case it's been work hardened. Did you resharpen your 15/16?

Good idea for more lift. My lower link tips almost touch the ground and since I don't have any attachments with pins that low, it seems like a waste of lift distance. Thought about indexing the spline on the rockshafts a tooth or two to shift the range of motion up to a more useful position...

My original was a nx110-5mf. If that's yours too and this is a manufacturers model number, then yours is probably original.

Are you measuring voltage directly across the battery terminals? Dirty cable connections may be the problem. If not: My 2003 4330 original battery lasted 15 years and only took a few minutes to replace. If yours is original (very possible), do what 5030 said and just replace it to see what...

Most modern knee replacement surgeries are successful and the patients with two bad knees usually gladly schedule the second after recovery from their first. I just want to comment here in case a potential recipient is creeped out about a casual description of what's involved. (Tendons connect...

I used to design knees and their instruments back when. Things may be different now but probably not totally. If I need one, I'd go to a practice that specializes in total joint replacement. Back then, some of the leading surgeons worked in teaching institutions. In that case, I'd ask that...

Wall St Journal is also reporting lumber falling fast. They said hoarders are becoming sellers.

My neighbor did something similar over an intermittent creek using telephone poles. it was about 25 feet long and only about 5 feet above the creek bed but his work horses refused to cross it.

Welcome to TBN, BoneZX14. Everyone here appreciates seeing a project well done but sometimes it's a tough crowd. On a related note, 50 years ago and maybe still, of all the engineering disciplines, Aeronautical Engineering was rumored to be the most rigorous. Main reason was that with weight...

if your decking boards are individually cantilevered outboard of the 6x12s, strapping all the ends of all your decking boards together would distribute your load among several adjacent boards.

Anybody ever try aircraft cable? (Quick search shows .093 and .125 diameters.)

IMHO, trying to back a trailer that has a wheel at each corner is harder than backing a normal trailer arrangement. (Like a hay wagon vs a boat trailer)

I paid them about $1500 in 1993 to move mine to behind the house. They come around and put a sticker on it every 5 or 10 years, so if they didn't like something, I guess they would mention it then.

Maybe you guys are saying this with different terms but I just hit the "Share" icon, select the photo to share, and select "AirDrop". iPhone then shows the available devices nearby and I select my iPad button.

If your top photo is the lower left corner from the operator facing forward as it's mounted on the attachment, that 90 degree corner between the main surface and the lower flap is odd. On all of mine, the lower flap is tilted down either 45 or 60 degrees- forget which. Titan pic you linked to...

That's a good idea to flare the ends for funneling in the loader width to seat it. Probably wouldn't take a larger blank of sheet metal either, just different shaped corner notches before folding it up. How is the fit with your loader?

strantor, sorry but what's that machine your forks are mounted on? In all three pictures, it's as elusive at Tim the Toolman's neighbor's face.

I think this thread has run its course.

Not clear if you are blaming Carter (1976-1980) or praising him but Nixon created the EPA in 1970: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent executive agency of the United States federal government tasked with environmental protection matters.[3] President Richard Nixon...

Loopnet listing says 100% leased, so presumably by Terramite? Maybe they're just freeing up cash locked up in real estate for a better use.

If OP buys an umbrella policy, he should read it carefully to see the limitations of coverage, especially with regard to his employees. Knowing insurance companies, they have escape clauses a mile wide, maybe even including what constitutes a "qualified employee" . For example, last time I...

This might be worth reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workers'_compensation When I was an employer, coverage was part of my commercial insurance package and rates were based on risks of your employee's job classification. IIRC, we need to submit 1099/W-2 payroll information to employees...

orezok, good idea but what if that ram has a larger piston inside?

Something else that might work is to use your rear bumper height as scale. Say you want a 600# tongue weight. Measure your unhitched bumper height with three 200# people standing on the bumper. Then lean a yardstick against the bumper, hitch up, and drive your tractor on until the bumper...

My scale is so old, it only goes to 250 pounds!

If you use the bathroom scale method, make sure the tongue load contact with the scale is broadly distributed, (like the load is when you stand on a scale). My first time it wasn't and the scale's upper sheet metal deflected enough to interfere with the weight reading.

Those guys shoulda stuck to rocket science.

If you're tempted to walk it off the tailgate and onto an unsupported bucket set at the same height as the tailgate, think about when the barrel is mostly on the bucket and partially on the tailgate. The front loader tires will squish down somewhat under load, tilting the barrel and maybe...

I've got a skid steer capable 600 or 700 hundred lb grapple that I also use on my compact kubota. That much weight out that far beyond the front wheels makes the tractor buck and gallop* on rough ground. I never use it on the Kubota without heavy ballast in back but I don't think rear ballast...

Do you know the overall width of grapple? Otherwise, that ssqa bracket looks a little narrow for its height.

We've got a serious hardware store here and if all the staff is busy, they just let the phone ring. Amazing how many times it rings sometimes until the caller gives up. Any if that weren't enough, there's an auto shop store here with the same surname, but not related to, the hardware's name...

What do you have to disclose about yourself to become a HF member? That might be gravy income beyond the fee when they sell it to the spy in the sky.

30-some years ago, my neighbor told me not to buy 3rd world lynch pins (and he was a cheapskate). There's probably no other sources by now.

Decades ago there was a story about the inventor and his development of the Workmate- that portable bench with the split, clamping top. He had to defend his patent endlessly from the knock-off companies circling him. Forget how the company ended up but hope the guy lived long enough to dance...

A guy told me he drilled his smashed fingernail on a drill press and when the twist drill broke through the backside of the nail, it caught (as they often do) and sucked his finger tip up the twist drill, way deep, maybe through. I've done the paperclip trick and it's slick. A match would...

I had the same thorny pasture issue, and running R-1s. Dealer said to only mow it when the ground is firm. The tall lugs keep the tender carcass further off the ground. It's probably not foolproof but neither are R-4s.

Generally, you can see a slight pin shift as it goes from being loaded in one direction to loading the opposite direction. That's near the position to remove it. Thinking out loud here, but maybe attaching something on the end face of the pin that's visible from the seat, like a utility marker...

Good lists, guys. noted several other Mach III's 4 wheels: 1968 Camaro stick 1966 Econoline van stick 1970 Jaguar XK-E coupe stick 1974 Jeep CJ-5 Renegade stick 1976 Dodge van stick 1980 BMW 320i stick 1983 Porsche 944 stick 1984 Chevy S-10 4x4 stick 1987 Ford Ranger 4x4 stick 1992 Lexus SC...

Forgot the nature of your brake problem but if it's from inadequate pressure, maybe a simple hydraulic intensifier would help. Instead of the pressure going directly to the caliper, it goes to a larger hydraulic cylinder to step up the pressure. (Sorry if you'd considered this.)

Random thoughts... Anecdotally, TBN member IslandTractor reported taking apart the jaw pivots on his inexpensive, but well used grapple and found that the axles were just regular bolts. So their wearing surface was the threads' crests. there were no grease zerks and the thread crests show...

Tractor Supply Co. looks like an interesting case study between what customers think (on TBN) and what investors think. Just for fun, I compared TSCO stock price with the Standard and Poor's 500 over the last 3 years. S&P 500 has been on a tear- up 57% in 3 years. Incredibly, TSCO is up 200%...

Pengyou, Do you have a link to this type of construction?

Probably old news because I don't get over there too often. Local RK had several grapples stacked out with their other attachments. Couldn't stop but they looked like they were narrower than most, which can be a good thing. They were the style with a horizontal floor, not the clamshell type.

5030, I usually skim these long threads but always stop and read your posts. I love the way you always appear to be "the smartest guy in the room".

My 99 super duty has a bench seat/open-floor-plan with the middle seat back that folds down into a console when you need it. Nice, except for the seatbelt latch receptacles. They poke you in the ribs when you sleep in the front seat! Other vehicles you were lucky to find them when needed...

Some random thoughts: How are truck prices right now? I keep reading about component shortages, tariff related raw material hikes, and COVID production shutdowns to recover from. My local dealer has a nice section of F150's but if reorders are slow, I doubt if they are discounting them as...

Decades ago, a friend bought a house that came with high-end commercial appliances. One of them broke and the repair cost $5000.

I've found several black snakes trapped in plastic garden netting- the kind with about 1" mesh size that will pass the snake's head but not the body. Then it can't back out because their scales catch in the mesh, like a gill net. One or two must of died a horrible death and the last one was...

I've had similar thoughts about members' 'Occupation'. For example, "Retired cement contractor" would be more helpful than "Retired". Anything would be more helpful than "Retired".

"clear out some woods" needs more specifics. Are you clearing out underbrush among trees you would like to save? Taking out small trees too big for a bush hog? pruning limbs? I have learned that flush cut trees and brush for trail building are no longer flush once the trail is packed down.

Can you tune them to engage more gradually, so they don't lurch from a dead stop?

OP has long left the building. (Too much mansplaining?)

OP here- Thanks all, for your perspectives. Yep, lack of drainage is a vicious spiral. I neglected it too long and early rains before the ground thawed finished it off.

Friend of mine, who is pretty handy, rebuilt his own hand tool batteries after doing some research. He found the individual component batteries online for a good price and had to buy an inexpensive spot welder for connections. Welder used a 12 volt auto battery.

I read somewhere, probably on TBN, that before filling a pothole in a gravel driveway, you should scratch up the bottom of it. I hate to disturb the larger gravel in my base and it's more work. Any thoughts?

Neighbor recounted the day he was incapacitated by a tree. He cut it down and it got hung up on another tree. Neighbor took his lunch break and when he walked back to finish the tree, it fell on him. He looked me right in the eye and said, "it was just waiting for me".

Rule of thumb for bandsawing steel - minimum number of teeth engaged in the steel thickness is 3. For example, you wouldn't want to cut thinner than 1/4" on a 12 tooth/inch blade. We used a solid lube stick from MSC or McMaster Carr. It is like a giant crayon and you just push it into the...

I managed to twist a box blade scarfier once. I was probably in a turn when it snagged a root. Not surprised about a subsoiler.

Quit cigarettes with difficulty at 2 packs/day- mid 1980's. Started keeping a few cigars in my tackle box, just for when I was fishing. Soon enough, started smoking cigars whenever I was THINKING about fishing, which was most of the time. Finally shook the cigars too, for good. Fast forward...

Agree about the dealer issue. Otherwise, try replacing the fixed length side link with the adjustable length link you must have taken off for the cylinder. It's handy for range of motion even if your dealer fixes this issue.

How did you happen to notice that?

Can't tell from the pic how much head room you have above the 1 1/2" nut, but sometimes you can finesse an unmounted socket from the side when a mounted socket can't be tilted enough. If you can't quite finesse it on, and the socket is deeper than the nut thickness, maybe shorten the socket on...

Based on several responses here, maybe try a solvent for grease rather than for rust?

I've had luck with frozen cable/housings by hanging one end from a tree limb and attaching a heavy vice to the other and dropping the vice repeatedly. You'd need an inline rope or cable somewhere to get the impact.

My iPad just told me I used up all my memory and offered a listing of my largest memory files to possibly delete. Turns out, all the pics a relative texts of her kids are like 6 megs each, for a tiny text picture!

That's a grime thought about "friends" but even if they file a related claim on their own insurance, that insurer might sue you in turn.

Found that engineering reference for acceptable shaft angle. Turns out a maximum of 15 degrees is recommended, rather than 11 degrees. (That reference also supports Joe Batt's (#15) caution about keeping the input shaft and output shaft parallel.)

I seem to remember from a class 50 years ago that 11 degrees is the maximum shaft angle for u-joint longevity. So if your distance between u-joints is 60 inches (probably shorter) then 11-12 inches of offset should be safe. That's if the PTO shaft is running more or less horizontally. If not...

Forgot all the details after 15 years but I ordered WR Long's clam shell grapple and I didn't specify flat-faced couplers. It arrived with ag type. Called them and they mailed the flat-faced couplers to me right away and told me to return those ag type. Can't remember if I had to pay extra but...

Some of the (small time) remodelers I knew used to say that when things are really busy, bid the jobs like you don't want them.

Wild guess here but if the guy you talked to grabbed a tape or caliper and went out back to measure one, usually the sheet metal doesn't have an exposed edge to measure. It's either welded to itself in back, or reinforced with thicker bar around the opening. They mighta been measuring the...

A website showed the nearest ethanol-free fuel at a marina about 10 miles away. Turns out, the local Stihl dealer knew of several regular gas stations nearby that had it. Small engine dealers might help you find what you want so you don't have to improvise.

Don't know if this is a new idea or one I subconsciously borrowed. For the barn mice smarter than the traps, what about providing them with little nesting containers in the barn that are more attractive to them than an engine compartment, for example. Then just periodically "evict" them. Like...

I try to mow in 2wd if vegetation is too high to see obstacles. 4wd will try to crawl up on them, 2wd just spins. OP, if you ever want to add an unanticipated loader to a 2wd, or a potential buyer needs a loader, the loader takes a fair amount of weight/traction off your only drive axle...

On the recent anniversary of Indiana's worst blizzard (and probably other Midwest states), our local paper just dredged up the big stories/pictures from back then, along with readers' more recent accounts of their predicaments at the time. In a state where 6" of snow is a big deal, when it's...

Our local food coop has their own herd of small farmers with whom they have formed a symbiotic relationship. IIRC, they even inspect these farming operations periodically. This one featured in their recent newsletter Is definitely a family farm. Excerpt: "Kyle says that Bloomingfoods is a...

If your thinking about retiring to another state, this might be interesting. Breaks down each states' taxes by State, inheritance, vehicle, retirement income exemptions, property. Fed taxes not include since they're the same everywhere. Some states (mine) also have county taxes that vary by...

I need about a cubic yard of shredded leaves every year for winter gardening stuff. My Toro zero-turn grinds a few of them up pretty fine but discharges most of the rest without shredding them much. What kind of a restriction over the discharge opening would shred most of them? Pics below...

Didn't know whether to post this here or on the 'Country Cookin' forum... Anybody know if exhaust pipe tubing comes plated or coated with a durable material that would be toxic if it couldn't be removed? I'd be willing to hone the ID if necessary. It's for a cooking widget that would be in...

By Carol D. Leonnig August 6, 2020 at 11:42 a.m. EDT Add to list The chief executive of the National Rifle Association and several top lieutenants engaged in a decades-long pattern of fraud to raid the coffers of the powerful gun rights group for personal gain, according to a lawsuit filed...

There's been some pretty knowledgeable paving threads here over the years. I have a 1000 foot section of my driveway that needs to be repaved and was wondering how much these low oil prices might affect the price of asphalt. Also, wondering how available contractors might be under this new...

Well, it looks like my sacrificial thread idea, Coronal Virus #5-A, didn't keep the helpful thread, '#5, from being shut down. Last try here. Remember the sacrificial thread concept- all obnoxious posts that we're tempted to post on helpful thread '#6 should be posted here on '#6-A instead...

This thread as a sacrificial thread to protect Corona Virus #5. Here's how it works: Post helpful information on '#5. For those of us who just can't resist; post the abrasive, snarky or self righteous stuff here on '#5-A. (Like this first post, for example!) Moderators can then shut this...

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I'm building a side by side trail that runs from a ridgetop down into my bottom ground. Most of the slope is impassible but one grade is only about 20 degrees down a hill-curve- and it's narrow. Problem is, that grade is tree canopied wet leaves and exposed slippery bedrock and it runs...

It's bow season in Indiana now. The land next to me has changed hands and someone put up a deer stand over there a few feet off of me. Noticed that below their tree is a pile of corn. Is that legal?