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I agree, my small Kubota was on the hood and a real pia to fill without spilling. My Mahindra is by the steps low. I haven't had issues with it (yet), but could see a possible issue if a rock, etc happened to hit it (tank is plastic). Maybe I'm just paranoid, but ...

I use an IBC tote (275 gal) with a 12v pump that uses a small gell pack (like you find in an emergency light) that is charged by a small solar cell. All in, the entire system including IBC, pump, fittings, filter, solar panel, etc ~$350 - pump w/hoses & nozzle was $275 on sale. The IBC fits...

Think it really depends on a couple of things. First, is the hay only for short winters (depend on location) and do you/they have ample pasture for the rest of the year. Second, are the stockers for barn sales, personal use or outside sales. During Covid, I saw some really, really crappy cows...

Amazing thing with folks right out of school (be it a trade school, apprenticeship or college), they want to prove themselves so much to their peers that they don't even hear what they are asking for - or at least it doesn't register. Most have said that they recalled hearing the term (tubes...

For me it isn't "someone" but "something" that gets me up every day. Hint, they Moo. 🤪😘😀

As far as your hitch issue, have you thought about using a 3ph receiver hitch? I use one of those and it works extremely well, and you can still adjust the height - I think palletforks.com (Titan) has them for ~$100-150, just supply your own ball & insert. When I first got a smaller tractor for...

I think what you might be missing is that the increase in 21 and so far in 22 still hasn't gotten to the production levels achieved in 20. <--- As he drags his soapbox out in the forum and stands on it When it comes to electric this & that I believe that all this garbage must mostly be seen...

Would you be able to explain how drilling here is better or worse than getting oil from Nicaragua, Iran, or any other number of American hating countries - doesnt that tend to monetarily "reward" nations that hate us, and take money out of our own pockets? Does Mother Nature benefit from...

Without getting political on this matter, I'm curious how you can state some of this. You sound like you are on the "9,000 leases not used" side - this has been debunked numerous times. For the leases to be profitable two things have to happen. First, the oil companies HAVE to be able to run...

Don't forget the ominous "Motor Stables" e.g., mil speak for routine/preventative maintenance. As far as the Fallopian tubes, when I was still working in the OR, we used to tell the new scrub nurses/OR Techs we would need some for the next days surgeries. The whole hospital was in on the gag...

You say "Remotes" plural, are you getting two? If so, that's a smoking deal. $1,200 for one with toplink & hoses is not a bad deal - probably average - especially during these times.

I do NOT find this comment negative, merely inquisitive. To answer your question though, the top of my bucket, grapple and most other SSQA implements I own are not parallel with the bottom leading edge. My FEL "had" a level indicator on it that got ripped off during a "grueling grapple fest"...

Great buy with the attachments! If you have a few grand a 3rd function (for the FEL), AND a remote will really come in handy. I use my rear (remote) for a hydraulic top link (buy on Amazon, or Surplus center if they have the right size) on my 3ph. So much easier to level/adjust bush hogs, box...

Maybe semantics, I've always heard them called ditchers- maybe its a Tennessee Valley thing. Regardless though, they do have a 5 footer, maybe larger. Seems that for something 3' deep or less that it could work. Just wouldn't have the fill for berm unless you go back through and pick it up. Does...

I know this isn't really what you were looking for, and I'm not aware of a 15' version - I have seen doubles though, but thinking about what you are doing, wouldn't something like this work? The rice farmers 'round here use them all the time to ditch the water where it needs to be. Maybe I'm...

I think it really depends on how far you are away from their "local" distribution center. When the folks lived near Dallas it was same day or next day delivery. They moved to rural AR about a mile down the road and now they get 2 day shipping but with 3-5 business days before the item is...

As Henry stated, I was just making light of the topic, not being serious. Yes i actually do use an old pipe to give downward pressure. My rig doesn't have a seat switch, but maybe that's because it's a cab & shuttle model - or because of the hydraulic seat? Does help not turning off when I do...

Guess that means I have to be extra careful jumping up & down on the 3 point when I'm using the post hole digger. 😀😃🤪🤪

As others have stated, they are different and take different skills to utilize correctly. Have you considered using some sheet metal of the same size, pop rivets and if necessary some JB-Weld? (Instead of pulling out the unused mig you have, brazing, tig etc?) Not to doubt your abilities, but...

Not grinding an axe, I'm glad that you still have a job, city, county after the spotted white owl fiasco - I know many who don't. But you didn't the questions. How do you justify the toxic garbage from the solar industries? How do you justify the mass killing of our national bird - the one if I...

First off, I really don't care about your $2500 wardrobe (my boots sure wouldn't be white after one day of work), but I digress. The biggest issue I have with environmentalist (like you I'm guessing after your posts) is the lack of "environmental awareness" y'all have when it comes to these new...

Please let me apologize to y'all for my part in having this thread hijacked. I try my best most times to not get sucked in.

That is not an answer! You specifically said "American Soldier Mindset". I asked you to be specific! I'm asking you (Not Wiki), because I'm obviously so ignorant, and can't figure out what exactly this mindset is! Your answers appear, once again, to show that all you can do is deflect and show...

Obviously you just can't answer a tough question. Be specific and let us all know what this mindset I have must be? So far you haven't had a view, just talking points

Looks like you are stereotyping again. I wasn't aware the American Military "Soldier" only had one mindset. Please elaborate or do you only reply to things that incite or think will "push buttons"? I've had much better trying to push mine but that hasn't happened in well over 25 years. So if...

I believe I'm an "Anyone" and I Have traveled/lived extensively abroad - not just for a holiday. I'm not bragging, but I've probably been in 2 dozen or more countries. Including the Far East, Middle East, Europe, Africa and the Americas.. From Vietnam to Frankfurt, from Moscow to Bombay...

So explain this. Are you the type that thinks we should all just sit around holding hands singing Kumbaya? As far as doctoring goes, we have plenty of young stock around here and I really dont want back in that field. Besides, my licensure hasn't been active since 1986. Started working as a...

Have you ever really noticed that hay farming is really nothing more than a running a landscape service on steroids? Always cutting grass, raking it up and taking the grass somewhere else - maybe I need to get me one of them Industrial sized leaf blowers so I could really look the part ... 🙄 😅😉🙂

You've definitely got a keeper! With a good attitude, I'm sure she will come out on the bright side of life!

I think we may have offended Sree. Maybe the jobs he's trained for don't exist where he lives - not a big job market for those with degrees in underwater basket weaving! 🙂😉😅

My parents didn't pay us to do our chores, they were expected to be done. They weren't rich and couldn't pay for college. I too worked several jobs, got scholarships, and still had >$250,000 in student loans when I graduated med school in 1976. I went into the Military because they told me if I...

Once again, you seem to be good at talking about others. It really appears, with what you have been posting, that you really like wallowing in that pity pot you seem to be in. Maybe I'm wrong, just an observation. I might also be wrong in this but speaking only from my experiences, I'm really...

Odd way of putting it. When I was practicing as a psychologist my speciality was substance abuse. My clients talked very much like your last response. NO, I'm NOT implying or stating that you are an addict or anything like that! Anyway, we all have bumps in our cobblestone path of life...

I vehemently disagree, life is nothing but choices! We've been given the ability to have free choice, so we can "choose" to do whatever we want to do - good, not so good or indifferent! It's just that most, if not all, choices come with consequences. Some good, some not so good.

The million dollar farms are large corporate farms. Think Dole, etc for veggies, Tyson, etc for animal. Also, I don't recall if the article stated if that "income" was gross or not. Again, overhead, capital expenses, etc are much higher than a what a tech company has - especially now that most...

No, not at all. I've seen other things like that from the USDA. All legit. I was just stating that big city folk seem to think that farmers just grab one of them $0.99 packs of seeds, throw the seed in the air and sit back & wait to collect a check. As a couple have stated earlier fertilizer has...

Some do, some don't. Farmers/ranchers have to "play the odds" when it comes to their commodity - be it animal or non-animal. Let's just look at this winter, I wouldn't want to be an orange grower in FL right now. Small crop, low juice, still have the same overhead. Even though the frozen OJ...

Hopefully y'all have trusts that will (at least now) limit the tax liability. Who knows what going to happen this year though.

I apologize I came across that way, I wasn't trying to take issue with that comment, just stating that many of the kids round here working the family farms are graduates.

Nope, primarily pullets & broilers. The roo's are for the eggers & egg houses are for hatching, not for eating.

Again you seem to have a real stereotype in your mind about rural folk. We don't have to be incorporated, we have a good volunteer fire department, the sheriff has a deputy that lives up the road a piece. I don't have a shooting range, I get enough "practice" keeping predators away. Once a...

BTW, does it really matter if any are college educated? Some of the most uneducated people I've known in my life have graduated from college. Way to many getting degrees in underwater basket weaving or other degrees that don't produce workers. Give me someone willing to work (hard), and I'll...

As I stated earlier "Of the ones I am familiar with (~9 or 10), the parents have a tradeschool or junior college degree, kids have bs or ms grandkids still in grammer school." I'm not sure about the one hired hand.

Most are 3-5,000 acres. One family has over 10K but the husband & wife run 4k or so by themselves, their boy has the bigger 1/2 and 3 chicken houses (pullet houses). His kids help out but he has one worker that helps primarily with chicken houses which have 12,800-13K chickens per house.

You say farmers & country hicks like those are bad words. Most folk around here don't know or care about my background and I could really care less if someone has a degree or not! Hard work is hard work it makes you feel good at the end of the day knowing you have accomplished something...

Of the ones I am familiar with (~9 or 10), the parents have a tradeschool or junior college degree, kids have bs or ms grandkids still in grammer school. Grandparents are "only" high-school grads. Some have other workers (usually only 1 or 2) but they are usually hardship cases that only do...

Most of the college grads I know doing farming/ranching are working hard doing most thing on the family farms round here.

Let's see, I guess I'm just one of those dumb ones. Grand parents were farmers, parents weren't, but uncle was. I went my own way for awhile went to school for a few years - please don't hold this against me 'cause I only have a MD with 2 surgical fellowships, an MS in Computer engineering and a...

Sounds like you are saying that as slight to farmers. If I'm wrong, I apologize. But please also realize that many farmers (especially those from the younger generations) now have either a BS or MS in agriculture.

Sree, sometimes the capital costs, maintenance, expendable, etc ,etc (let alone the labor & physical stress on your body) just don't add up when producing your own hay.

Oh, and let's see. Our post office is in another town in another county about 20 miles away in the opposite direction from the closest store - that "big city" has a population of 78, no stores but one small restaurant next to the post office. BTW, the town with the store, restaurants, gas...

Not true, we have electricity from the co-op, water from our well, red fuel & gas from another co-op and a year or so ago somebody opened a beer store for the hired help & big city folk. We even have the green signs on the hwy that have the towns name so we must be a town. 😁

Our small town doesn't have coffee shops, restaurants or art stores and we like it like that. Closest coffee shop is 45 miles (an hour or so) away, closest small grocery store (a hometown mart) ~20 miles away, real grocery store, 45 miles. Closest street light, 20+ miles - there are the odd...

I have the 2555 shuttle and with very few exceptions have very positive things to say about it. The small things I wish were better are: 1) poor vision line to FEL - but IMO this is inherent to most cab models. 2) as compared to the 2655 the 2555 (TYM Model) is lacking the 2nd rear remote and...

This makes about as much sense as most of what they talk about! 🙃😉🙂😅 But it works for me!

We are a bit luckier out here - It helps that our cell coverage is minimal at best. We still have really active FFA & 4H groups and the schools still have farming classes for the high schoolers who want to take them. Most kids (& grownups) round here don't have a problem working hard. It's the...

Wife & I were at the store the other day and saw a can called Soylent Green in the clearance section. We are both old enough that we just had to laugh.

Unfortunately, many "big city" folk wouldn't survive out here in the sticks for very long. I've seen it first hand with a bunch of them moving out around here trying to "play" Green Acres. For some reason they tend to believe that if they move to a smaller "hick town" everything will be just the...

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that the row croppers are the only subsidized farmers - nut farmers are sort of like row croppers. My understanding for those subsidies is for two reasons. First, by having a "quota" limit on certain crops it keeps the prices reasonable - i.e, enough...

I tend to mostly agree, but anymore the kids that go to college for farming are actually doing a better (more efficient hence, more profitable) job at farming. I totally agree with you that this recent push to have "everyone" a college graduate is wrong. We really need the blue collar workers to...

Wow, you have some speedy folks loading for ya. Takes me more than a minute to walk from one bale to the next 🙂😉🙃👍

Diesel/maintenance is to high for such a small amount and (not knowing your field) the grass and/or field conditions might not be what they want

'Round here the "hay farmers" pretty much only do hay for themselves. Although beef prices are up @ stores, for the farmer/rancher it isn't keeping up with prices for fertilizer, lime, minerals, drugs, etc. Many of the farms 'round here are also growing chickens. Three houses (@ $1-1.5M) on a 15...

My rocks don't disappear into the mud (for long) more times than not, they seem to end up in the garden so they can grow up to be big & strong! I guess I really know how to grow rocks - hmmm, guess I must have one of them lime (stone) colored thumbs?. 🙃😉🙂

Sounds interesting. Sounds like this process would need to be farmed out (no pun intended, or was it?). As a farmer/rancher I don't normally have the need for water trucks, graders, clawfoot and/or other compactors. Any idea how much this stuff goes for per 5gal container?

Used to offend my wife too! That is until I quit. 🙃😉🙂

I'll add one other thing. In my personal experience, at least 'round here, the biggest culprit of trailer brakes are taking it out in the fields. I've seen more brake parts broken off by hitting a rock, stick, dead critters, dirt mound etc while driving through a field to drop off/ pick up...

One of the many reasons I have cab tractors these days 🙂🙃😉

Around here the Orange & Green dealer refuse to budge on price (this was pre-covid) on compacts or utilities. They really don't care about you unless you are dropping 6-7 figures for a rig. My red (Mahindra) dealer wrote up my last slightly used purchase (pre-covid) 0% to seal the deal. Maybe...

I wouldn't call them junk, but they really aren't that great either. Quite some time ago before I broke down and got real forks I had a pair and the biggest problem I remember with them was having them twist on the bucket. It seemed that regardless how tight I screwed them down they would still...

Maybe I should go out and drill some holes in the barn floor so I can get my wife to agree with an inspection camera 😉🙃🙂

Or at the very least something to nail you with

You are lucky. Most will tell you it doesn't matter if you finance or not, still the same price.

Nice information, thank you!

Totally understand your situation and believe you have the right equipment. However, as far as glass goes, my AR FBIC agent charges me ~$50/year for $50 deductible glass insurance. Broke a door because I was stupid - wasn't really looking and caught my door on the Mule while backing up to fuel...

"If you'll be doing a fair amount of loader work, you may be happier with the HST." Many folk find this true 👍! "There's a trade-off in power due to the HST." Yes, but most folks find this to be very minimal in the day to day operations of the tractor. If it is a big concern, your probably...

Hmmm, and this is a problem, why? You don't have both feet down either, does that make it bad too? I guess you could put a spinner on your steering wheel if your right hand slips..

My cab tractor has AC too! 😉🙃🙂 Great for those 90-100 days in the summer. I spent many a year in a open station and with the exception for the small subcompact that's used in the horse barn, all my tractors are now cabbed. I'm cheap - and readily admit it - I buy used low hour (still under...

Didn't y'all change from the show me to something else? It's no longer on y'alls plates.

I can see it now, one foot in the tractor the other on the mower. Tie the steering together and "Bingo" mowing the lawn with two machines instead of one! 😉🙃🙂

I do agree with you, but, as others have noted, it also depends on if the tires are tube or tubeless. Tube tire rims will last longer because the fluid "should be" contained in the tube and not actively touching the metal rims.

I asked a friend that has a son working in upper management for bad boy. His son stated that he hasn't heard anything from higher up suggesting an RK type of arrangement with TSC. But, he said that even though they knew of the tractors & implements over a year before they started producing them...

Maybe, but it appears (from his front end) that he just might be overloaded - and I'd hate to be coming at him at night if he didn't re-aim those headlights. I recall several posts about liability when towing excessive weight - most recently a 350 dually towing a yacht comes to mind. Besides, my...

They may have the same design/prints/engine as Branson, but they are made just down the road from me in Batesville AR. They are a side venture of Bad Boy ZT mowers. Their implements are right next door from the mower factory named Bad Dawg.

Another rural county speaking!! When will public transportation start taking round bales or cattle? Since this thread went WAY downhill sometime back, why not just limit pickups & larger vehicles, 4 wheel drive, etc to rural area residents only? Don't allow them big city folk to buy them (they...

Yeah, right. Try pulling my cattle trailer with a convertible! 🙂🙃😉

My bad, I thought you initially said the draw bar, not the hitch. So now I'm guessing you are either welding this 3x12x30 piece to the bottom of the draw hitch or you've fab'd a drawbar that will go into the hitch to hold it in place, correct? I don't have much more room than what my drawbar...

I started off with a "front hoe" which IMHO was much better than a 3pt back hoe. The front hoe can be a pain because it does NOT have lateral movement. Just up, down and curl - attaches to ssqh for up & down 3rd function remote for curl. After realizing I'd made a 4-5K mistake I convinced my...

But, I'm guessing, my draw bar weighs 30 - 40#

You can reduce the potential for staining and mess made by using the green slime stuff that is specifically made for filled tires. I have my fronts filled with green slime and the filled rears have the equivalent type of slime that is made for filled tires - can't remember the brand. The other...

I would be curious to know how much additional weight you would add doing this. Doesn't seem (to me) it would be very much more than the actual draw hitch itself. My filled tires add ~750# each (~1,500# total). As mentioned earlier, I'll back into a round bale (1,200-1,500+# depending on the...

Sounds like my garden. It doesn't seem to grow much besides rocks. Every year we remove all of the rocks (we can find) and by the next growing season we have more & bigger rocks. Wish my vegetables did as well as those rocks seem to do! 🙂🙃😉

Hmmm, let me count the ways - roads give me the least amount of "seat time". 😉🙃🙂

Do you have an old piece of chain-link? A 4-6' piece attached by a cable to the rear with several blocks on top will do a good job.

I agree! I too have very few tight spots that my tractor goes into. My rears are filled with cow friendly antifreeze - the Mahindra dealer doesn't do rimguard. When I need more ballast, be it due to a tight space or maxing out my FEL/forks/bale tines etc with a very heavy load, I back into a...

Sure it does, it has that old school 4/55 AC! 😂🤣😅

I agree with the weight aspect, add some boards on top & stack blocks, rocks, steel, etc. The other thing I haven't seen yet (maybe I missed it), is dropping the back of the box grader (Use the top adjuster on your 3ph) so you are Not digging in but just "smashing"/finishing the ground with the...

I've said this in other posts, but for me, it isn't the color of the the tractor that counts, it's the service department and really the entire dealership that counts. You can buy the "best" tractor in the world, but have the worst dealer and have the most miserable experience ever. Find a...

Sounds like you were trying for one of them "Darwin Awards" lol 😅🤣😂

I buy my "unleaded" bulk (as well as my red fuel) and to keep it fresh, end up using it in ~4-6 weeks. For the past 4 years I've been "buying" $300 worth for the fuel farm every time we need it. Until recently (last 10 months or so), $300 would usually get me between 200 - 300 gals. Just filled...

I know I've said this in other posts, but at least 'round here, the new fancy jeeps (pickups, suv's, etc) are owned, mostly, by big city folk. They tell me "I've got the best", fill in brand, "on my block & everyone (@ work) loves it!". Essentially saying it's a status symbol. Most of them...

I store mine hanging from the rafters of my barn with a 2.5" ratchet strap over the rafter and through the horseshoe. With both "S" hooks at a reachable level, once attached and lifted I unhook the S-hooks and head on out. Putting away is just as easy, attach the S-hooks to each other (the...

Almost sounds like you loosened up your bar/chain a bit too much if your having that kind of issue with getting the chain on - just thinking out loud. The 500i (R) is a good saw, make sense that the extra .5 in3 (almost 1hp) would be a bit harder to start (even with the "compression" blow off...

I tend to agree with you, but for new folks, I've seen them take 45+ mins to sharpen a 20". As far as when to change/sharpen, I've found that it really depends on the trees you have. Hard pitch trees can dull a chain fast & my experience w/lob-lollies has been (depending on the time of year and...

I agree with most that has already been said. But one question comes to mind (that I haven't seen asked yet. Is your sawmill a chainsaw mill e.g., Alaska type? If so, you will need a good ripping chain. If you are just bucking up into the length you want, I honestly don't understand why you...

I've got (my second) a Mule Trans 4x4 that does everything I need to do, two bench seats with the back one that folds up making a larger bed. It only does ~25mph but for running around the property I've rarely wanted to go much faster - my property isn't all road like and has many hills, holes...

I'm a bit baffled why someone would state that nobody "experienced" would ever use a level indicator. I've been using tractors, skids & most everything that has a blade/bucket etc for a little bit longer than a day or two 😅. Almost every piece of equipment I've used has had (or used to have -...

Although I haven't returned to an open station, I will say that now that I have a cab, I probably wouldn't ever go back (for my primary tractor). Several things come to mind for this thinking. 1. When cutting grass, bush hogging, raking etc. I no longer need to wear (or should wear) a...

Looks like that is a whole lot more efficient at "plowing" than most plows! Maybe we should market that as a "New" inexpensive, non-tractor powered plow! Do you think we could train the gophers to build their tunnels just around our planting areas? We could (literally) kill two birds (gophers)...

Thank you all, I'm very appreciative that I now have something concrete to tell folks if the discussion comes up again.

It boils down to "disposable income" I my house it boils down to if Momma will allow me to buy said tool!! LOL :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

This might open a real hornets nest, but Saturday am I was asked a question from one of our "Big City Weekend Folks" that I really had to stop and think about. The question was: "Sombody told me to turn off 4 wheel drive (on my tractor) when I'm on the road (Pavement), Why?". I know I've been...

Have we checked fluid levels & filter? Sure sounds like it might be running short on fluid.

in my neck of the woods there is no way you can even maintain a minimal life style on $12/hr I totally understand that my neck of the woods is different than in the Pacific NW. (even on the east side). I don't begrudge areas saying that their "living wage" is higher, I do however, believe that...

We don't need that many people in the military though. We'd probably have to start a war to give them something to do. It really amazes me that people think the Military is "Only" a fighting force! Why not let the Military do those things that are infrastructure related? They have people...

I also think those robotic tractors will be commonplace in 50 years, like it or not. Hopefully by then I'll be but a memory to the grandkids and have already had my ashes used as compost over the land. "... We therefore commit this body to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to...

But in most areas I have seen, there are job postings all over the place, and the people who will work hard are already working. I believe you may find a bunch of folks living on extended unemployment, etc. 'Round here. $10-15/hour is a decent wage (even when part of that goes toward cheap rent...

I'm all for immigration, but let's do it "Legally".

It sounds like you are in the market for a subcompact unit. I agree with a couple of folks that have said TYM, LS, Mahindra, etc will give you more bang for your buck. However, I believe the best tractor brand you can buy is the one that has the best dealer by you. Go to your local dealers, talk...

The argument you made about 2 hired hands being cheaper is interesting because good luck on hiring 2 hired hands these days who are worth hiring. I don't live in the big city, so, at least out here, folks are raised to work hard and Not take handouts from the government unless it's absolutely...

You actually don't need a tractor.... you need a field robot So I have a few questions about this whole concept. The prototype (I'm guessing) that is shown is pruning what, 1 limb/minute/30 seconds. Sounds like it might work really well on one of them "Zen Gardens" so it might be done at the...

You might consider a local Co-Op if you have one close. Our Co-Op carries all kinds of fasteners at about 2/3rd the cost from HD or TSC.

I can only give my opinion based on my experiences where I live. The short answer would be: Which dealer will work/serve you better. Let me explain. I've used the big green God, orange demi-god and blue & red minor players in the compact lines. The local Big Green God (BGG) didn't have the time...

Not really sure I'd call Fayetteville AR Rural

They are "V" shaped (sort of). For a row of round bales sitting flat sides front to back.

And those bales were more than likely secured. I don't believe I've ever seen an 18 wheeler (w/ 38 bales - typically) running down the street without straps.

I'm pretty sure Devon UK isn't in AR. Nice try.

One advantage to using a BSM over an Alaskan or other CSM is the easier ability to have your slabs cut rough sawn or quarter sawn. Advantage being since the way the grain lays in these cuts there is very little movement and typically No twist or cupping possible. The down side is only one edge...

Larry Caldwell said: One huge energy source that is almost undeveloped is geothermal. The whole world is waking up to that thanks to the demand for battery lithium. I've was around geothermal plants in my youth, do you know what a maintenance nightmare they are? The Sulphur, etc destroys...

Yup, and the entire time those pedestrians & bicyclists are on there they are either peddling or walking in a hamster cage to generate the power necessary, correct? 🙂😉🙃

I work with a lot of wood and the one thing that is a constant with "All" green wood is, Nothing. I agree with the other posters questioning the need for 8/4 when 5/4 or even 4/4 would be more than enough. That being said though, the amount of time it will take to dry your 8/4 (2") boards...

Onion juice is good but takes longer to work than diesel. We get stung often by them aggressive red hornets - yes we have cab tractors - usually get hit when we are refilling fuel or moving something we don't want to run over. Just wipe your finger around a bit in the diesel fill cap and smear...

The barn cats AKA feral cats around here help to keep the field mice at bay. When there gets to be to many, they make for good target practice - I hope I did offend any bleeding heart animal rights activists. 🙂😉🙃

Absolutely! Especially those really aggressive red ones!

Very thought provoking topic! I routinely tell my wife that I've got this list of things to ask God when I see him. Usually, these items include different critters. Questions like: why did you create Chiggers (Red bugs)? Why did you create Ticks? Why did you create (add your favorite critter)?

Some of us work for a living (making those $100 steaks you love to eat at those high priced steakhouses) and have to rub two nickels together to make a quarter. We just don't have the "extra" $10-50k for a technology that really doesn't work in Rural America. We buy, as you put it, "Old Wrecks"...

Would be one heck of a jumper, bottom part is 5 1/2-6 feet high. I wouldn't want to be on it's back jumping that high, but then again, I'm not a jumping horse kind of guy (unless it's to get over a downed tree I can't get around) 🙃😉🙂

Heard that from the fence builder, he didn't know what it was for either.

Oh, now I get it, it's a perpetual energy machine. You plug you fantasy EV car into the powerstrip so you can go forever on one charge, right? 🙂😉🙃 Do they make one for my fantasy tractor and farm truck too?? I think a couple of members of congress put this in the latest version of the...

Please see OP he doesn't take kindly to people dropping in

And a sticker price of what? $150K+ Do Not include any subsidies or tax credits because they won't be around by the time the infrastructure makes it to Rural America. Sort of like the whole Hydrogen thing of "giving" you $15k Worth of Hydrogen. For me, the closest Hydrogen fill Station is around...

Yes, only the top opens, bottom is continuous fence - like he cut the top part out after the fence was up, not sure if welded. I like the idea of allowing deer to jump over. But I would have thought they would have been every 100 ft or so. These are spaced maybe 700-800 feet apart.

Calamine actually has a "full time" population of less than 40. He is actually in Grange. I'm pretty sure he doesn't own a zinc mine so he probably wouldn't appreciate the lotion. 🙃😉🙂

Oh, and it does have a hinge on the left side, zoom in on the right side and you'll see a chain & lock keeping it closed.

The fence is complete, Nuts he is, I understand he spent over $200K on that fence - about 2,000 ft on each of the 2 sides ir less than a mile total.

That's great if you live in a big city, I don't, and don't plan on moving - read my posts on other battery/alternative fuel based posts on this site. What is going to happen to those of us that put food on your plate? I realize that some in congress would like to take our land and build low...

Hi All, I have a "neighbor" (about 5 miles away) that just installed an 11-12 ft fence with several "Normal" gates plus at least 3 of these gates. Before you say it's for exotic animals, e.g., feeding giraffes etc, I know for a fact it isn't because this fence is only on two sides. The other 2...

Just to the rear of the "whatever you call it" and out of the picture there probably is a huge, buried cement anchor that the back end us attached to... 🙂😉🙃

I really do understand sunandsand's issue and feel for his inexperience; however, if the schools in the bigger cities would even consider allowing FFA, 4-H, Boy scouts (I promise I left my boy scout soap box at home, along with my eagle), etc. I believe we would probably have fewer gang related...

If I recall correctly, bear with me as that was 50+ years ago 🙃, I believe if you had a farm permit, you and the vehicle was either covered by your parents/guardians auto insurance or by the umbrella coverage at the farm.

Unfortunately, today's "city" schools has too much time teaching diversity, white privilege, etc to teach extra-curricular (important) classes. My daughter graduated in the mid 90's and never had the opportunity to take shop, 4-H, home-economics, etc while she was living w/my ex in a larger city...

Looks very nice, unfortunately my barns dirt floor and metal beams would make this a real bear to do. 😒

Actually, Amazon for me (where I live) is NOT 2 day prime delivery. We are lucky to get stuff within a week. It isn't the delivery company (USPS, UPS, etc), it's Amazon. I can place an order for something that is in stock at Amazon distribution center today (Friday) and they (Amazon) will wait...

I had the same issue with Kubota (And the Green god) too. It seemed the dealer really didn't want to deal with someone that "Only" wanted a "Small" tractor, so they would be rude and very unhelpful or just non-responsive. Couldn't get tech help, service advice, after sales service or warranty...

I use mine for a lot more than pallet items. I have a Titan 3ph to QC adapter (<$100 on scratch & dent, if I recall correctly) that the forks are usually attached to. With this combo, I can attach ballast, work buckets, welder, etc and even carry a single round bale without putting on spikes.

Found this on motortrend doing their review if the hydrogen equipped Toyota Miria. "Mirai fuel economy is measured in MPGe—Miles Per Gallon Equivalent—and the EPA gives it a 74 MPGe combined rating, but driving rapidly dropped our numbers down into the low 40s (and, on the steepest hills, down...

You might be able to get a bit more on the trailer by putting your FEL in the farthest dump position.

The factory for their ZT and tractors is around 50 or so miles from us, in Batesville, AR. The tractors I've seen at the dealers there are pretty much all subcompact. BUT, Bad Boy DOES have a great Military/Veteran discount (at least for the ZT's - up 25%).

Maybe they should move it to Branson MO! 🙃😉🙂

"I see the amount of infrastructure required for us to go to all electric vehicles as staggering. You're not talking about a single 30-40 amp charging station per dwelling. The reality is probably the need for 2-3 charging stations per household." IMHO, it's going to take a whole lot more than...

I would think so, that's why I use them.

"use zip ties (won't last long)" I use Stainless zip ties - usually find at places like Grizzly for cheap - they will probably outlast the bumpers 😉.

I have several dealers around here (the closest ~45 miles away and most ~100 miles). I have noticed that the bigger "volume" dealers have the "newer" implements, the small mom & pop dealers (which I would rather do business with, most times) have the oldest implements. Pre-Covid, I was looking...

"They", whoever they are, usually state that this will be the survivor...

Around here the county/state folks have used a cement poured liner over a 3/4+fines gravel lined ditch. On the steeper sections they make a kind of water slalom course in the cement (think poured cement brick shaped structures @ a 30-45 angle facing down slope) to slow down the water. So far the...

So that's why they are building so many coal fired plants? But I'm sure they are making "soot free" coal over there, right?

Again, no hard data, but I can't imagine that a 350/3500 dually with a metal bed would weigh less than a newer model with fiberglass bed. I was actually shocked & even a bit angry when I saw a fairly new dually that had a broken fiberglass bed from the filler tube back through the wheel wells...

Okay, before I actually opine on this, I have a question or two. First, what kind of charger are you talking about? There are so many different types I believe it might be useful for anyone responding to know. Some if the many types include: Standard charging cube - cube plugs into the wall, a...

I believe I might have one of those luxury owners about a mile or so away. He bought a small (5 acre) lot for hunting etc. Out of the 5 acres about 2/3 is wooded property (won't be marketable for another 15 years or so). After building a "summer" shack, he has about 3/4-1 acre to be mowed and...

Just my "unvarnished" (un-PC) opinion, but these are obviously built solely for "Big City" wanna-be's. The target audience probably wouldn't even think of getting this truck off the paved shoulder of a highway/interstate, let alone hauling anything that might scratch/soil the bed or (gasp)...

They both use(d) a 3 x 4 shuttle (Not a fan of HST, but really don't want to go down that rabbit hole).

I don't have any "hard data", but I can say that my 2019 Mahindra (Tym) 55hp can go through ~14 gal of diesel in much less time (about 3/4 of the time) doing the same job (Bush hogging) than my last Mahindra pre tier 4 55hp. I used to be able to mow/hog my entire property on about 3/4 of a tank...

This sounds really great!! Unfortunately, I really don't think something that large would fit on my tractor. Or am I missing something? If so, please provide a picture of where you mounted the "workstation". Thanks

May not be the "safest" method of retiring 5 gal cans, but I use a 275 gal IBC Tote ($45 where I live). Cut a hole in the top of the tote that is large enough for a 2" rigid conduit or (if you can find one) a sch80 PVC chase nipple inserted from the inside (through the large opening on the top -...

Easiest way I've ever done consisted of a scrap piece of 3/4 ply or a 1x that covered the existing hole and was clamped in place. Do your best to drill a pilot hole in the center in the existing hole through the ply (I've used a holesaw that was just a bit smaller than the existing hole to get...

I might just be that arrogant 😃, I see a few Teslas roaming around every once in awhile when we head to a doctors office - 100+ miles away (as well as the push for all electric vehicles) but for me, I'd have to be that arrogant guy that tells myself (No one else - unless kin) not to drive a...

I regularly knock off the big clay balls from plows with water, rinse off grass, dirt etc after mowing/baling etc. Not so much to have a clean & waxed appearance, but so I don't have all that mess in the barn where the tractor & implements are kept. Even with a dirt floor, all that...

Just my 2 cents, I really agree with you on all of your points except one (I like 40+ ounce drinks 😃😃). As far as pickups, I live in a really large community of about a dozen full time residents (in a 1,000 acre "subdivision" split up into 5-50 acre plots - we have 45). We get many "big city"...

Cougsfan said "A camera would be nice, but I have no doubt I would destroy it in a hurry." I use a camera that is attached just under the drip edge of the cab roof. This makes the camera high enough to see the bucket edge at ground level, but protected enough to keep the camera from being...

I live in Arkansas on 20 Acres and started with an open (non-cab) model that I used primarily for gardening - plowing, tilling, planting, subsoiling etc (5 acres), bush hogging, road maintenance, firewood/minor logging and water management - we have a creek and many wet weather springs that make...

I don't believe this is "completely" true. I believe on most newer tractors it actually depends on a couple of things. The type of remote valve used and the type of hydraulic system on the tractor. "Most" newer tractors use a passive type of hydraulic system where "All" of the secondary...

Many very good ideas above! I've moved numerous tons of larger rock over the years But before I send in my two cents, I'm making a few logical guesses. First, that like most dump bed trailers the dump bed base is metal (not wood, so forget all of the "screw" this or that down stuff). Second...

Just my $0.02, when it comes to tape 🆚 dope. On all of hydraulics I've done maintenance on I've used both or none. Really depends on the SOP of the company. At home, because I typically buy used implements, loaders, tractors etc, I have a multitude of different fittings (and usually the one...

I use a couple of 55 gal barrels with a small 13gpm flow-rite for Diesel - use 1-2 barrels red fuel a year - and an IBC tote (275 gal) filled w/~150 gal for unleaded also w/a 13 gpm flow-rite but with auto nozzle (wife wouldn't use manual nozzle). I usually have the co-op fill the unleaded every...

I'm hoping I can add/fabricate a simple external control for the 3PH. I was told when I purchased this tractor (a barely used 2019 - 45 hr) about 6 months ago that the factory has a package that goes by the rear lights, but that appears to need some major changes - solenoids etc. So I'm guessing...

I'm fairly new to this forum and new to any cab tractor, but have been using tractors most of my 61 year life. Just traded in 'Lil Orange L3901 for a Mahindra 2555 Shuttle Cab - first cab ever in my life but I'm really enjoying the creature comforts ;). I would like to put a decent sized toolbox...