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I don't understand sand to add to grass. I've never used it and just graded and worked the ground smooth on larger-size new home lawns. It seemed to me that sand doesn't grow grass that well and would be easily dislodged from where you put it? That has been my understanding. How does the sand...

Good deal. We're in the black dirt flat ground of Ohio and have had the best results with the snake and bottle gourds. Don't plant too close together because of powdery mildew and rotate ground. We used to pull all or vines and roots in the fall and burn or dump in a field away from the house...

Berlin Seeds is a fine company with excellent products. Their "cover crop" that has field turnips in it and is widely used in gardens around here and looks terrific. Most of the gardens of the Amish seem to use it.

Good to know that.

What geographic area and climate are you in? That affects what to plant.

Get some 5' or 6' cattle fence and plant "snake gourds" at the base. They will grow up the fence and when the fruit forms, gravity will pull the gourd down and you'll wind up with a 3' or 4' straight tubular gourd. I still have one in the barn and everyone wants to know what it is and how I grew...

We haven't seen one lately but they are around here and further to the north as well. I do believe scouts go out in advance of the larger flocks. Not sure if looking for food or accommodations but there are lots of single bird sighting.

I blow off important areas that are full of dust with my battery powered leaf blower. The radiator blows clean if I do it when I just finish and everything is still warm. The next day humidity has crept in and the dirt is much harder to blow out.

It sure looks like snow is done for this year. It's hard to beat rising temps and corn snow not much fun. Maybe for the dogs. You've had a great winter.

Yes, I had a valve at the tank and drained lines and tank after use. I don’t use much now and don’t want to leave with pressure or moisture in tank. I’ll look at hose and likely replace. I’m not into cheap.

I wouldn't want anyone to think I was less than a perfectionist but there comes a time when advancing age changes your perspective on priorities.

This is the connector hose I had from my tank to the lines. I thought it was a hyd hose but now looking at it, I don't think so. The connection on one end says maybe this was specifically for an air compressor? Anything wrong with using it again? It's in great shape. .

I bought my sweet, 37 lb Springer Spaniel field dog some of those fluffy dog toys with squeakers at Costco thinking how well behaved and respectful she would treat them. I thought she would treasure them. It took her maybe 15 minutes to rip the squeakers out of all four toys and maybe 45...

Fo my connector hose I think I used a 3 ft piece of tractor hydraulic hose. 3,000 or 5,000 psi. Plan to get a new one like that. OK?

Good point on connections. Where do you buy quality connections?

I'm the OP on this and here is what I just took down in my barn because I'm having it insulated. It's iron pipe, I put it in 20 years ago and have no idea where I got the plans. It's worked fine for me. The hose off the connector went into the long pipe on the right that was also a drain. The...

Congratulations. I'm thinking own both a tractor and a skid steer. What's not to like about that and you know you'll regret selling the tractor.

Remember that early visits are sometimes scarce because they eat buy first and have nests to build and babies to think about. FYI.

It's the same. You just have to enlarge the screen until the individual sighting marks appear. Click on one and it will tell you when and where the sighting was plus any comments. 2024 chart is first 2025 in next. Just scroll down a bit. Does this help?

I used to have air lines run in my shop because I painted and needed the moisture removed. At the compressor I had a flex line to a vertical line that crossed over and dropped down to my moisture filter for painting. It looked something like this It worked great but I just finished insulating...

We can't be far behind. Wife will put up a feeder today. Maybe one that sticks to the window. Here's hoping everyone has birds this year. 2025 Hummingbird migration map. Scroll down. https://www.hummingbirdcentral.com/hummingbird-migration-spring-2025-map.htm

I try to price things fairly and not overly play the mark up to mark down game. So I'm fairly firm on price ask a seller. Over the years, I've met some real characters that try to way underbid from me. It doesn't always work but maybe half the time I can turn that around into a sale by treating...

What a great character actor he was. Every mother's worst dream.

Mine are only in the dark. It's in an open canopy tree line, up on a tree. Must be bugs-- or alien visitors. :unsure:

I remember Tommy Rettig as the boy in the first versions of Lassie but I never got into it. The shows were too suspenseful and scary for me as a little kid. Maybe I'm the only one that thought that but that's why I never watched it.

I have found it helps to buy off cycle. The straw hats in September thing. Buying a PTO snowblower in November is tough but in spring is a lot easier. For me, I don't outright lie and don't say their stuff is junk. I will say "I've been looking at a couple of those and I like yours but don't...

I'm searching for it. There is a reference to it in the rounded drain plug thread so it was before that.There are lots of references to Bigfoot in the TBN so this may take a while. Got it--from 2013 https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/threads/i-just-saw-bigfoot.281012/ Do a search of "Bigfoot"...

I have read that material needs to be presented again after a year or so. People forget and the knowledge is lost until someone re-writes the article a different way. We should recycle some of the older threads so the newbies can bask in the knowledge. I mentioned this numerous times but no...

My BIL hooked a chain around a heavy 12' x 20' shed and dragged it to his place with his truck down a blacktop road a mile away. Very small town, barely drew a second look.

This photo was in the dark and that's the only time I get the washout. It's a Browning game cam

I have the camera 7 ft up in. tree and pointed sharply towards the ground. Here are two fat raccoons in the upper left.

I know this is an old thread but I see them sold at auction every now and then. It's sold with a "remove by" date. They always seem to bring more than I think they should. Come removal date, they're always gone.

Why do I sometimes get washed out photos on my game cam?

Any day that starts with a freshly smoked dog bone is a good day for a 37 lb field Springer Spaniel.

They're knocking on our door in Ohio and with a warm spell next week they should start showing up. We're ready. As we've discussed before, I think some of the birds return the next year because they go to spaces where feeders may have been the last year but aren't the current year. When we...

How does that crop dry down for feed? Is it harder to dry or does it dry fast and shatter while baling? Does the seed hold moisture and present drying problems??

They are close to us. We put up one feeder a little early because we have seen lone birds--scouts?--show up before the others. They seem to arrive with the timing of small bugs.

This a migration map for this year 2025. Scroll down just a little and it shows the birds in Kentucky and WV today. You can enlarge the map and check reported sightings in your area. Wife will put a feeder out maybe tomorrow and then more as the season progresses. Even if things are slow for...

It does pay to keep a jumper wire along for the ride. Something I'd rather have and not need than need and not have.

One other question---I read somewhere that you should re-polarize the regulator if you ever disconnect the battery. Uhh--I disconnect my C battery when done using it because of fire risk but have never re-polarized the regulator. Does anyone know anything about this? It doesn't sound right and...

Funny you should mention that. I plan to do lube the water pump and briefly looked into it but that's as far as I got. I watched a partial video on-line but it was hard to see. I also have to add to the steering gear. I mix gear oil and grease but I might try corn head grease this year...

New regulator in place, polarized and finished. Now I have a normal reading and the old regulator was just not working right. While I was at it I tightened the fan belt, the generator belt and did a little maintenance. Now I'm ready for local tractor drives, parades and the endless summer...

One of the metal terminal covers was loose. All OK now.

I got the new regular that DJ54 mentioned and installed it. In following the instructions to polarize, I think that's what it's called, the regulator you momentarily touch the BATT to the GEN terminals. I did that but did not get a spark. I've done this over the years and seem to remember...

It doesn't look like your ground has much frost in it. What is your frost line and do you have much of a mud season?

I realized today that old is subjective and even though someone may be older, they don't have to be old. Case in point: I was waiting to check in for my eye doctor's appointed this AM for a typical extra long appt with field of vision, glaucoma tests, etc. It was taking forever because all...

With 100% dark, or really any chocolate, you want to avoid "alkyd" or "Dutch Process" chocolate. I've read that these processes, while they make the chocolate taste better, are said to add more bad saturated fat and that's not good for the heart. You almost have to buy organic chocolate but...

Beautiful work. What about getting into poison ivy or poison oak?

Darwin was onto something.

I eat a small amount of 100% dark chocolate every few days and the doctors tell me it's a good idea.

Fresh made homemade strawberry jam is so good it will spoil you for life. There is no factory made jam that can compete. My cousin grows Concord grapes in western NY State and when the grapes are ripening in late September it's a 30 mile ride on Rt 20 with an enveloping smell that makes you...

Every morning I have a little almond butter and peanut butter. The dog knows the sound of the jars hitting the counter and the lids opening so she wants to be ready. Both are her favs and a little peanut butter has become a prelude to her morning nap. First photo is when she hears the jars...

Nothing beats home grown or local grown strawberries. After those, it's hard to eat a commercial strawberry again. We can buy berries fresh from the Amish in June and wife makes a killer fresh (uncooked) strawberry pie. Nothing better.

We did the trench way when we lived in a cold climate with short growing season and it worked great. In this warmer climate, we read about just burying the plant straight down and they did much better. We dig the hole straight down and almost as deep as the plant. We snip off anything but the...

Bingo. It was on an open porch and is generally out of the weather. Other than some flaking in the chest area, it looks surprisingly good. The smaller frog was painted at the same time.

I saw it the other day and the paint looked pretty good. I'll try for a picture.

13 years later and that's a good catch to find the frog. I had to look through all the photos just to find it. :)

Our tomato seeds have started and have gotten leggy, as they always do. The wife then transplants into 16 oz cups and they are buried to the bottom of the cup. When a little stronger they will start to go outside up against a sunny and wind-free spot next to a brick wall. They will be out for a...

That's a great price. Sam's Club-Walmart is the best on batteries.

I used to live in the big woods where there was nothing but mud, snow and rain and all I ever saw was ring chains. I don't remember too many getting stuck. Some had had "power trailers" that were trailers made from a truck axle that had a PTO shaft and was driven off the tractor PTO. That...

I don't mean this to sound bad but when we farmed more we used to give away a lot of tons of food. None was immediately perishable and could be stored for months if away from freezing. Good stuff and first class; no culls. You're right. They wanted the stuff but no one wanted to do anything to...

Me too and I wish more people would figure this out. I use AGM or fully sealed batteries only and no problem ever with leakage. Before that I had always had problems with rusty and very expensive front metal parts around the battery. Screw that. Plus, AGM's and sealed batteries last much longer...

Well, then, you could qualify.

I don't think so and they actually look pretty good. Straighten out your hand and tip it forward a little and those few crinkles will vamoose. On the other hand, if you suddenly find older people opening doors for you and hot babes excuse themselves when it's you that bumped into them, then...

Time to figure this out and I found on Messick's (Kubota) website the words that took so long to hear... "Kubota Super UDT2 is an advanced full-synthetic... https://www.messicks.com/parts/kubota/70000-40205 Now we need to find other full synthetic trans fluid so I can run in other brands...

Is that recent snow?

I planted pumpkins and squash in Maine on a 7 ft center and 1 1/2 ft in the row. That way I could squeeze a 5 ft rototiller between the rows and then spray roundup in the row by hand. Not at 80 psi but dribble it out on weeds that are an issue. Once the plant canopies over, the leaves will shade...

What I have seen is a one line obit in the newspaper with the name of the funeral home and the obit the home publishes. That one is free. The newspaper obviously won't publish a link so the reader has to type in the name of the funeral home on their own. You would think newspapers would want to...

The thing I can't figure out are obits. You get multiple marriages on both sides, kids from multiple fathers, overlapping siblings and multiple grandparents. The obit is usually poorly written so it's difficult to figure out where everyone belongs. Plus, people are no longer husbands and wives...

Ordered correct regulator and it will be here Wednesday. Can't put it on for a while but looking forward to doing it. I don't like paying for them but do love new parts. Thanks to Little Bill, RCorazza and DJ54 for solving this.

30 years ago I sold a high end registered polled Hereford bull calf to a guy named Tom. We were looking over the registration papers and he commented that he would name it Tom. This was a beautiful bull calf. But Tom? Tom was also his boy's name. And the dog and cat. He explained it was easier...

Golf balls. I used to do grade excavating, leveling, finish grading and seeding and was shocked at the volume of golf balls in the fields. It's a midwest thing to drive used golf balls into fields from your back yard. They would collect in my equipment. I had one 8 acre job that I collected or...

In addition to the tomatoes and sweet corn mentioned in post 11, I should mention we do plant a few other things. We plant basil and rosemary because we use in cooking. Wife plants a few other spice things but not sure what those are. You can't go wrong with spices you use. After reading the...

The Delco ID tag on my Farmall Super C generator is missing. Does anyone know if it's stamped anywhere else.

I've seen studies showing that eating a big bowl of blueberries every day improves memory and cognitive function. That's why it's called a superfood. I'll stick to the blueberries.

Thank you. I have heard bad things about the cheapie regulators from parts unknown and would rather pay up to not have a failure in the middle of a 30 mile tractor ride with a row of unhappy guys behind me. What is the wire and resistor for that's in the kit? I recall some generators used...

I'm the OP on the above rock and here is a picture of it. OK, two pictures. You can see the groove someone cut in the rock and the fact that it was smoothed likely from the rope tied to the cow to keep it from running off. Our farm in Maine was very old and likely settled in the late 1700's to...

I thought there was some way to override a smart charger to get it to charge a battery that was fully discharged. I'm sure I read this somewhere but not sure where.

Thanks you for your help. Decades ago I knew all this stuff but not now.

The battery is new and I charged it before installing it. Across the terminals before starting it was middle 6's volts. At loping slow idle it was 7.7 volts and around half or a little more was over 8 volts and gaining fast. It would have gone over 10 at high speed so I shut it down.

Good point. I wanted to start a thread that everyone with equipment should own at least several of the $30, one amp NOCO smart chargers. You don't have to leave them on all year around but I do rotate over winter and do put on first thing in the spring for several days. I also have a 3 and five...

Will do. Thank you.

It came this way last year and I've had more pressing things on the tractor. The other battery was bad so I let things go. This is the regulator it came with and does sound like you might be on to something. Last summer I had the generator tested for output and the the shop said it put out to...

I can't reach my friend right now but am virtually certain it was volts on his meter. Amps were on my tractor gauge.

Neighbor came over and at very low idle the tractor amp gauge showed a slight discharge and his meter showed 6.8 volts. At halfway on the throttle my tractor showed 10 amps while his meter showed 9.2 volts. At full rpm, my amp gauge was off the 20 amp mark to maybe 25 amps while his meter...

I don't pull my batteries but keep fully charged a leave on a 1 amp trickle charger quite a bit. I use the NOCO 1 amp smart charger for $30 on Amazon. After doing that I noted my batteries were lasting far longer.

Just waiting for the opportunity to save you from some risk or danger.

My neighbor has one so I will contact him and report back.

So I replaced the battery that I knew was bad and here's what's going on now. I put a one amp charger on it overnight. At low idle, it's a slow discharge. At fast mid-RPM it about 15 amps. At a 80% RPM's it about 20 amps and at wide open the gauge goes over the max of 20 amps.

I've used AGM since they first came out and never a terminal issue. You could skip the grease on the terminals.

What about ''sealed" regular acid batteries made? Maybe this is an option? They can't gas-off and I never had one leak or corrode anything. Before I switched to AGM's, I used sealed batteries and still would if I could find them.

You're replying to an old post and I've learned a lot about burning wood chips since. I would be careful in the arid grasslands of OK but you're ok if the ground is a little damp, not windy and away from dry grass.. Wood chips smolder more than they burn and are actually hard to keep going. A...

Years back I had a couple of 300 gallon bulk gasoline tanks I wanted to switch to diesel. No drain plugs and I figured it would stay that way because of the risk of cutting into a bulk gas tank. A local guy I knew said it was no big deal and had me call a high-end welding and logging equipment...

I knew the battery was bad so had it checked and it was dead as a doornail. I planned to replace anyway so picked one up and will install soon and let you know how it turned out. It would be nice if it was a bad battery. Last fall it would barely take a charge and almost failed to start the...

We're down to just 12 tomato plants and enough Delectable sweet corn to eat and freeze. The tomatoes I like are Steak House from Burpee and then a couple of Juliette smaller tomatoes. We have had the best luck with them and they respond well to our climate and diseases. I rotate the crop every...

This is a short Youtube video on the migration patterns from last year, 2024. It's worth a watch.

As long as you keep them away from sunlight and the weather in a barn, they seem to go into suspended animation. A coating of something non-silicone, like tire black helps them out.

They are surprisingly easy to get running and keep running. Repair is almost intuitive.

If the battery was dead, would , or could the amp gauge show a discharge at times when hot? And then when I start it up again, it shows charge until it gets hot? I only drove it a little for that observation so it may not happen every time.

I'm the OP on this with a couple more notes. There were two widths of buggy tops, narrow and wide. I couldn't decide which to go with but went with the wide and it was the right choice. Your fenders will have to be set wide like mine in the pics. The narrow top is tough to get on the tractor and...

I have a typical Super C tractor that just goes on long tractor drives with the guys. The amp gauge would normally show maybe 5-10 amp on a ride. It has a crappy battery and had a new voltage regulator on it when I bought it. I had a shop check the generator last year and they said it was OK...

Not unless you get it too thin. I do recall thinning it and using a paint brush to "drag" it on and not "paint" it on. It made my old and worn out 1960 bias ply tires that were pure junk look respectable. It's a bit of an art form getting it on and not leaving brush strokes but it's rewarding...

No. Big trucks use plenty of recaps. I understand big rig tires are built with the intent of recapping. I buy my tire black at an Amish recap business and a couple of tire places that sell tractor tires. It is hard to find in smaller amounts. Five gallon pail from Amazon or EBAY is out there but...

I don't know about large cracks but I use "tire black" to paint my older tries that have cracking and it seals them pretty good. I get tire black from a tire recapping shop. It's a very thick black liquid about the constancy of motor oil. I don't know why recap tire shops use it but I've used...

When I lived in Maine, a line item on your property taxes was for snowmobile trail maintenance. It wasn't much and we that--I'm guessing--was 1,000 ? miles of groomed trails that were simply beautiful. Wife and I could get on our sleds at the house and go 40 miles to breakfast on groomed trails...

I once had an M8950--89HP--that I bought with a loader. Rather than running off the tractor hydraulics it had a front mounted pump bolted to the weight bracket (bumper) and was driven off the front of the crankshaft. Apparently it was a Kubota option offered to speed up loader times. Maybe...

We have only had a few birds of that color. It's amazing the color variations in birds.

Here is the 2025 Hummingbird Migration Map along with the 2024 map. Sometimes these maps can fail and if I catch it I'll post another. You have to scroll down a little on the site for the 2025 map. https://www.hummingbirdcentral.com/hummingbird-migration.htm On a different map*** the was an...

I'm thinking of selling this BX60 chipper and wondering how much I should ask for it. I started a new thread in rural living. https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/threads/whats-my-bx60-wallenstein-chipper-worth.555562/

I'm looking to buy a new and larger BX72 Wallenstein chipper and wondering what my BX60 chipper described in the thread below is worth. It's in excellent condition, knives have no nicks and have never been reversed. Nothing is wrong with it and it chips perfectly. Always under cover and...

I use AGM in everything but my 6V tractor and never an issue. I put what I believe were commercial or "super duty" in some things but a couple tractors got plain old AGM batteries destined for cars. I bounced all over the fields with them and nothing ever went wrong. I got the same normal...

I know guys that have done that. I've learned to charge batteries late winter and spring and whenever they don't get used much to keep a charge up. It's not uncommon that I have a battery go 10 or more years when I use my NOCO chargers.

Thank you for all the replies. So, it looks like I just hook up my battery to charge it and the desulfate action automatically happens?

Dolly Parton's husband, Carl Dean, March 3rd, 2025 at age 82. Dolly Parton's Husband Carl Dean Dead at 82

I just presumed the one amp didn't have desulfate but I guess it does.

How very true. Coming off the mono-sound of the 1960's and before, the stereo component system and 5 ft speakers of the early 70's gave a definition of sound that kids today will likely never know. I still have my system in the basement because nothing tops that sound. You can hear every string...

I have 1, 3 and 5 amp NOCO battery chargers and on the 3 and 5 amp do not fully understand how the desulfate function works. Can anyone explain how this functions and if it auto-engages or I have to set some special way? The 1 amp does not have a desulfate mode.

I have a 1, 3 and 5 amp charger and that's all I have ever seen over maybe five+ years.

A good way to help yourself in the sun is to dress for it. I wear thin western styled shirts in the summer and a decent straw or palm straw hat in the summer. The long sleeved western shirts are cooler than short sleeves and a bigger hat is doctor demanded. My shirts are from Ely Cattleman in...

Photos would be great

I agree, and with legions of us out there that want a basic truck with no frills, you would think there is a manufacturer out there that can make hay out of this and turn a profit with that type of truck.

Roberta Flack, today. Age 88.

Hawks attack birds here and often carry off some from the nest. Last year we saw a hawk do a series of swooping flyovers and a whole flock of adult birds surrounded it and forced it away. It was quite the show and the flock was very aggressive towards the bigger bird.

California Dreamin' Snow doesn't stay long here but it has this year and my bestie can't wait to get out and explore again. Cabin fever.

What model is that? I'm thinking 2501? but maybe smaller than that? Any more pics?

Maybe a RR survey or plot marker?

I was going to suggest something like this. Not a thread but maybe just ask around to see if anyone has a rounded off drain plug.

How did the 121 cu in V8 work out, performance wise?

I think they view you as one of the pack and feel you should be up one the bed with them.

Unless the vent is blocked, you have to take cover off and put a new gasket on. Make sure the gasket is flat, use something like Edelbrock Gasketcinch (sp) to hold in place during installation, put a thin layer of auto sealant on the other side and torque to specs in correct sequence. No correct...

Variation on a theme. Rabbit pancakes. Kids will be lined up for breakfast.

The only time snow removal is an immediate thing is if it's wet and slushy and colder weather is possible. It doesn't take much. When I lived in northern New England we got a bad slushy storm and temps were in the 30's. It was hard to plow so I went inside and planned to get to it ASAP. That...

That is interesting. I bought some stainless steel clamps a while back and they started to rust on me.

The shipping thing is a problem everywhere. Every time I check a shipping example, I am floored by the $$. To ship the power unit for my small limbing chainsaw for repair would be almost $50 and that's only one way. I'll fix it myself I believe shippers like Messicks charge actual costs but...

I've had great luck with Messicks and find their prices are on the low side of average. Plus, they always seem to have what I need in stock and that includes some odd things. Shipping is expensive. I always used to shop for the absolute best price but gradually learned that lots of things...

I don't know how wide your mower is or how important it is to keep it, but those older brand name mowers can be a money pit of proprietary parts. You could probably buy an older short line mower that's beat up for a decent price and while it may need parts they are widely available off the shelf.

WhenI did one for the first time, I hired a country mechanic to work with me. The biggest help was the "splitting" stand that he had that bolted to the tractor and allowed you to roll away the other half. The whole thing was no big deal. We only used a few tools and he mostly did the smart...

This shed is on skids. I planned to get four of the 24" screw-in earth anchors and hold down to the ends of the skids. It's pretty hard to pull one of the anchors out. What do you think?

Thank you for all the good advice. 🏆 I will put extra screws into the building as suggested and might look for a more protected place to put the shed as well. If I leave it where it is, I will cable it down but need to have an electric line verified first. After all the comments, I think...

Will my 8' x 8' shed blow over in high winds? How much wind would it take to blow it over? I live on flat ground and recently cut down a couple of bushy cedar trees on the wind side of it that I felt offered protection. The shed is pretty light and I wonder if I should put four earth anchors...

Try a gas powered leaf blower with a high MPH rating. I have smaller gravel in lawn on the sides and get almost all of it.

I realize this is a 9 year old question but I use that Peak as well. If a NAPA is nearby, get on their email list and they occasionally send you a 20% off coupon. I use that to get the anti freeze needed before I need it plus I get a great price.

This is an old thread but the issue is the same. Use distilled water because tap or well water is often "hard" water with minerals in it that can restrict coolant passages, wear water pump bearings or interfere with the coolant itself I've seen the "use distilled water" in every tractor or...

Norm--Lots of great pics and pictures or discussions of anything you're doing, building or just thinking about is great. Love your pictures and please start more threads and post more pictures. Small point here is I asked that above question over 11 years ago. That's quite a gap and of response...

I don't have to turn around enough to matter but on local tractor drives I need to check on the guy following to make sure he's still there. In a split second once, I grabbed an old snowmobile mirror that is a few inch round mirror on an elastic strap and attaches to the back of my hand. It...

I don't loan things. I'll do the work for a neighbor but won't loan anything. If asked, I will explain that the Man's Rule of Borrowing means that if the borrower scratches, bends, damages or anything, they are obligated to replace any of those parts with NEW OEM factory parts at my option. No...

Great deal on the bed and looks like your dog approves. We give our dogs buzz cuts a few times a year and have reduced shedding dramatically. We have an Oster two-speed small animal clipper, a number 10 blade and give a "farmer cut". You would think I would have gotten better over the years but...

These guys know what they are talking about. I've bent a number of buckets, tried unsuccessfully to fix a few and then figured it out and took to a metal welding shop that had all the equipment one would ever need. They did it right. This was the answer. One bent back in shape no problem. A...

What a beautiful piece of equipment. You sure do have all the right tools.

What kind of spading tool is that? It doesn't look like a rototiller but I can't see it.

Impressive

For a happy dog, that's as good as it gets.

I've had 9' -- New Idea/Case IH -- disc mower conditioners and to mow timothy hay took maybe 90HP. Disc mowers eat horsepower is a common saying. I also transported this mower with a 40 hp tractor and turned it on from time to time to see what would happen. It would mow grass up to maybe 6" if...

When did you place your order?

Do you go off the packed trails often?

When I pick the lights I'm going to post them for a double check of my math. LED's are so far advanced from the lights of 10 years ago that switching to them is a no-brainer. Seeding with LED's is like driving in daylight compared with the old days. I used LED's last year and couldn't believe it.

I think you know you're old, or certainly older when you watch another presidential inauguration and are surprised by how many of the politicians look much older than they did the last time you saw them. Especially when you look at yourself in the mirror, you haven't aged all that much. :unsure:

Those things are all click bait.

Wow.

Is that the same bridge with the old tractor drives across in during the summer?

Agreed. I bought a Makita impact gun advertised as new in the box but it came through in a ripped open opened box and returned box. I returned it. Next up a vacuum and obviously used and no box. Sent it back as well. I forgot over a few months and then bought an expensive flashlight. Opened...

My question as well. On my old halogen lights I took it apart, drilled a hole in the case and put in a waterproof on-off switch. The LED's I'm no looking at have a pigtail out the back so I wonder in an inline thumb "rocker" switch is a better idea.

I am going to replace the whole housing. I can't see the amp draw listed on any of the lights. My fuse for the lights I'm changing is 10 amp so I need to keep it under that. Where do I find this or how is it computed. I know draw is low on LED.

Where can I get some LED lights to replace the 4"x6" halogens that are in common use for worklights on equipment? I can't seem to find any that size.

Yes, look for the first pics. Great picture.

I have a Browning high resolution game cam and love it. Cats for sure but also other critters. Mine does not link to my phone but that's OK for me. High resolution is a must if you want discernible photos.

I can see that now. You're making faces at the dogs and she's taking the picture. That's why they are sitting so nice.

What make of vehicle is that?

Is that a cellphone camera? Pic seems really clear and crisp.

When did you place your order?

I wonder what impact the Chevron Supreme Court Decision will have on all the EPA type laws that can now be challenged?

Those dogs sure like playing in the snow.

Now gone for a few years, he loved to ride in the truck. He also loved to take a bath and would invite himself into any family situation possible. His last days were very happy after he was reunited with a later generations sister.

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Arly How many dogs to you have and are they all indoor dogs?

Those dogs are thinking that as much as you are.

Maybe not everything but I'd like simple in a basic truck.

I always drain fluid overnight and often get a surprising amount extra in. Which means I get a surprising amount of nasty stuff out and that's my goal. I drain hot or warm but you won't get that in this weather.

This one never fully sleeps but always keeps an out for possible danger. EDIT--oops--sorry to post in the cat thread. I thought I was in the dog thread.

Same here. I'd had enough of kids playing games.

They must be getting killed by Facebook. Does anyone even use Craigslist any more?

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I had my "Billy Beer" until not many years ago.

Got a new tool chest and wonder which socket organizer works? There's the magnet type and also the peg type and I'm not sure which is best. Which type do you have?

Remember back about 30 years ago when a couple of guys stole a plastic gnome from somebody's yard and then starting sending anonymous pictures of the gnome with famous landmarks in the background from around the world? They would get a snapshot with the stolen gnome at the Eiffel Tower or the...

When we lived in very rural Maine 25 years ago, I was out in the woods one day admiring those who had farmed that ground before me and lived where they did. There was an old stone wall looking kind of ramp I'll guess was used to load cattle. That would have been long ago as that area had all...

Yeah, you were one of the smart kids that had things figured out. I think that group, and I was one, went on to a life of building and engineering things even if only an avocation. My shop class from decades ago was forced into a complex lathe project. We made a screwdriver with replaceable...

I've tried to put fenders on a variety of tractors over the decades and slowly realized that it cannot be done unless you have factory brackets and factory fenders. All other efforts and approaches fell short and looked like a high school kid did the work in shop class. There is just nowhere to...

There's a guy named Paul Short in Bay Roberts, Newfoundland, Canada. He sells small Kubota mods of his own manufacture and is a genius and perfectionist at what he does. He's also a very nice guy. HOME | SpecialtyRepairsMods. Kubota Tractor Mods Accessories, Attachments. I have no idea how to...

Is that an Amazon item? Since some things have odd names, what do you call it?

I'm the OP on this and after all the great ideas, here's what I'm doing. I've cancelled the idea of a long shelf because it won't work and I don't think was ever designed that way. *I'm going to make a small shelf by sliding in a piece of flat aluminum plate with locating pins on it and setting...

Not sure about others but I never had more good times than fixing equipment and things related to it. Maybe not all giggles when I'm stuck or things go wrong but it's hard to replace the feeling of a job well done, that you did yourself and are now finished. Probably the best times were around...

Yes, I have a magnetic socket but is not impact rated or anything like that. I do have a 3'8" to 1/2" drive adapter on most of the time because 1/2" are the sockets I use the most.

Let them get away with it once and then it's multiples of effort to not let them do the same thing again. We tried to never let the dog get away with anything bad when a puppy and it's so far. All dogs are different but now my Springer spends her free time watching and alerting us to any danger...

Get a Dogtra collar that you can remotely make vibrate and rumble. No pain to dog and they learn quick not to do bad things. My Springer is a naturally stay-close dog but likes roaming outside the farm yard. She's pretty smart so now I only have to put that collar on and she behaves like an...

I don't know about that but the 5085M and similar JD's are very highly regarded around here. All the towns use them as well.

Looking in owner's manual is easier and more accurate. Gives exact measurements of all configurations.

Reverse your disc in the wheel and you can gain at least 4". Great tractor and set up a great way. You should have that for many years and pass it down to kids or grandchildren.

Dogs are good for kids, adults and the elderly. They reduce stress in everyone, cause you to live longer and give those not so inclined, a reason to get up in the morning. All medically proven. My very tired Springer below after a hard day working and playing in the fields yesterday. She was...