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I'll gather that Lucas diesel products are not widely desired. Why? I have had great results with their oils and especially their greases. Fill me in.

30 years ago my concern over reduced lubricity in diesel fuel led me to Stanadyne Performance Formula fuel treatment by a diesel repair shop. In all theses years and thousands of hours, I've never had a fuel or injector problem. Not one. I also water block and regular filter my fuel kept in an...

Sure did. Almost first thing.

That is what I may do. Also add the Lucas cetane improver.

I have two 12V pumps and power off old "dead" batteries I have on an occasional trickle charger. "Expired" batteries have powered my 12V pumps for years. I replace when a better one gets replaced but have never been let down. Apparently those pumps don't need much to power them.

I bought a new-to-me '97 Ford F250 and it had 4 to 5 year old diesel fuel in it. It ran pretty cr@ppy on that fuel. On fresher fuel it ran much better. Then I bought some Power Service diesel treatment and some Lucas lubricity additive and injector cleaner and wow, it ran shockingly better than...

That makes sense.

I remember the Lehman's catalog or a pamphlet of theirs showed how the Amish pumped water uphill via some natural process. I don't remember but know of Amish with such an arrangement. Maybe some info there for you, FYI

I had a Woods 3 point backhoe 30 years ago before I realized the damage I could do to my tractor. more than that, a broken part could kill you. To lessen that, my Woods backhoe came with specially hardened bolts for specific points. You had to use their pins. And I did. Maybe that's what you have?

Yeah, I keep gas out in a shed. Too big of a risk.

Just tell callers that things are in a trust and the attorney takes care of it. The only sound you'll hear is a click disconnect. :)

Oops--I meant to leave the tanks inside the barn with a propane furnace off in the far corner of the barn. Tanks stay in barn and furnace added. This way my fuel is clean, dry and no problems.

Lots of comments and opinions so let me offer one thought everyone will agree with. Spend the money and put a great base in. It can be some rocks and then lots of bank run gravel and make it deep and wider than you think. A good--no great--bulldozer guy makes a huge difference and knows what to...

I'm the OP on this and am getting my pricing soon with a Koehler generator for whole house and propane fuel. The guy's coming over tomorrow so we'll see what happens. I'm not sure about the manual start/stop switch. Can I have this combined with the auto start feature as well?

23 years ago I had a 150 gallon bulk diesel tank in the barn on rollers because I was painting it. I went to work and the bulk driver filled it there. It's still there and a 90 gallon tank on rollers next to it. Concrete floor; nice new pole barn and 42x60x 14'H. I never saw a problem since...

What was going on with this and what was the need or intent? There already is a coupler on the black trailer so why the silver coupler add on? Did he twist the safety chains on purpose? In any event, that must have been a harrowing 60 seconds when the thing thrashed itself to a stop while doing...

Well done presentation, especially for 1963. These were highly regarded combines and AC was a great brand until companies started cobbling each other up and killed it. The same with Oliver.

Possible oops here in that I just thought of something. I have a 150 gallon and 100 gallon metal storage tanks in the barn with diesel in them. I don't think diesel is that flammable so never gave it a thought until this moment. They are pretty full at the moment so hard to move. My plan in the...

I once had the new buyer of a successful business tell me "you'll love all the changes we have planned" at the same time I was thinking "uhh, no I won't; that's why I come here". Duh. They failed.

Here's how we have survived so long in life and not been in tractor accident. We survive on the odds of probability. Not all people get in car accidents but odds increase as miles driven rise. That we haven't hit the jackpot as we get older doesn't lessen the odds of a trauma , it increases...

After researching Costco synthetic API/gas engine oil and being familiar with the refiner's products, I switched gas cars and gas light truck to it from Mobil 1. It works and rates higher in additive package. Plus it has a little color so I can see the dipstick level after I change it...

I searched Bob The Oil Guy and didn't see that. Good that you found it. 🏆

I bought some Kirkland (Costco) diesel rated oil for diesel tractor summer use. It's rated for that and shown in these photos. But I just noticed it's also rated for gas engines--I think--because it has an API SN rating. Does that SN mean I can use in a gas tractor as well? I know not to use...

In this PTO safety talk know that implements with a flywheel, like a baler, often roll or bump just a bit and will turn the PTO shaft. Sometimes the flywheel or some part that drives it is near the point where it can "cam over" with very little or no effort. I once saw a guy working on a 273 NH...

You can also bend a 1/4" rod of steel into an "S" bend and use it to hook into the u-joint and on one end then up to some point on the implement. It's quick and easy and what many European lighter implements now come with as standard OEM equipment. PTO shaft then stays up and out of the way.

Any feeders out there that are all glass, even on the base?

I have read that we should use glass feeders because plastic feeders feed small bits of plastic into the HB food.Much worse as the plastic ages and breaks down. We only use glass feeders now. We humans have the same problem from drinking and eating from plastic containers. It's said that we all...

Wise advice. Having read of enough PTO accidents and incidents, I never leave my tractor running while hooking up. Tractors aren't Swiss watches and infrequently used and not always lubed parts stick and fail all the time. Catch your hair or a sleeve or pant leg and even after body parts are...

That is a stirring photo. 🏆

Any info on those who paid in advance and didn't get their implement. Will they be made whole and get their item they paid for?

I never bought anything from them and only here to read the tales of the thread. This whole thing could be a Twilight Zone episode.

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How big is your building and how tall inside? Could one heat a 42 x 60, 14 ft high building to 50 degrees or so? What BTU do you think required?

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Any idea what Roger died of? It seemed to be a big secret.

A propane forced air heater sounds like it might work for my 42x60 and 14 ft high building. Can you tell me more about this one? Any idea what it costs?

I have an Amish crew giving me the estimate so not positive but I've seen other buildings they've done. I saw them use spray canned foam to seal where pipes and wires come through and then use batten insulation in the walls. Wide widths. Then they covered it with thin metal. I don't know what...

How big is your shop? I have VAL6 diesel heater but afraid to leave running when I'm not there.

In that case you'd have to pay with a check. Hmmm, a check. :unsure:

All this seems to have died down. Any new news? Surely something must have happened in five weeks.

How much do the propane heaters cost? Again, I only want to knock the cold back a little and maybe maintain 50 degrees. Sometimes more.

14 ft. I'm having an Amish crew do the insulation and they do excellent work. I'll get in all the insulation I can.

I'm about to have my 42x60 Morton pole barn insulated and need ideas what to get for a propane heater or furnace. I don't want to heat it to 80 degrees but do want to heat it so I have place to work over the winter. I know nothing about these because I have heated with wood or a furnace in a...

That's the right thing to do for uncertain trees that need to come down. We took down two 35 ft spruce trees this year that wife said were too close to the house. I'm getting older so decided to hire it out but I couldn't get anyone to even come out and look. I rented a 35 ft bucket trailer...

For me it used to be Muck Boots but I think it's time for a change and looking to see what others wear that hold up to farm or rural use?

Same here. What's a good rubber boot that will hold up to the things you need to do with them on?

It baffles me why companies buy an existing business that makes a specific product a certain way to a loyal customer base and then changes everything. Then they wonder where their business went. Or a company buys a business like a store or restaurant and changes the name, menu, alters pricing...

These photos are stunning in the before and after appearance. What a remarkable job you do. People don't realize how fast growth takes over. We have none of that but I've often thought that a guy with one of those shredders that runs sideways and is used to push back brush along the roads could...

Check out Kando's "Rounded off drain plug" . I think it went for 2300 pages. While it was maddening at times, it was interesting.

I was reading an article a number of years back about what convicts were afraid of when breaking into a house or business. Number one was a dog barking on the other side. Any dog because you never knew what to expect with an angry dog. Number two was a woman with a shotgun.

Wow, that could be. Throw a sheet over it and see what happens.

I've had a few in the barn and I just leave the 20ft doors wide open and the lights off. As the day winds down, they fly out. I think they just fly to the daylight?

Very true. I pack my own 3/8"- 1/2" crushed driveway every few years only because I can but it's a waste of time. The only time I gained was when I accidentally packed it wet. Five years later I can still see where it got packed and it looks like the same small gravel pushed down into the...

Got to love the crash sound at the end. 🏆

Not sure if this would work for hayfields (maybe as sprayable) but I learned how to stop army worms in your lawn. It started with our need to control Japanese beetles, and their grubs, that were devouring our lawn, my trees, bushes and surrounding soybean fields. Stick with me for a few...

I never thought of the liquid cooled vs air cooled thing. My lawnmower is diesel cooled because I want the longevity and quality that goes into a liquid cooled, which implies commercial application while an air cooled consumer model leads me to think lesser quality and maybe not there when you...

Propane heat. Yes have A/C but have had backup generators for decades years so know the drill and know how to juggle things. My issue would really be the surge to start things. The motivation is advancing age. My electrician is a friend and this is a close rural community where people take...

Lots of great stuff around here but a good find was a bunch of dug out landscape bushes that must have failed to grow as expected. The owner probably got them in root bound pots and in our clay soil the roots just went roundy-round in the hole and strangled. They looked sad but cutting them...

We're thinking it's time for a whole house automatic generator. The local electrician I have known for decades will do the whole thing and works with Koehler and General. I think he favors Koehler. This will run on propane and I'm thinking 15K in size and we have a modern ranch 2300 ft...

Good to know. (y) Last I checked was maybe 8 or more years ago and back then coon was the only one you could not release.

I stopped drinking coffee decades ago and gradually grew to not even notice it. Sometimes a medium decaf is nice but I don't miss it. I suspect there is some sort of addictive nature to it that is yet undiscovered by the trial lawyers. I feel noticeably better and saved a barrel of $$ along the...

I did have a skunk walk into my open barn door once and got locked in. We both had a surprise when I open the door. He went east, I went west and that was that. I also caught a coon in my Havahart set in sweet corn. He was the Chuck Norris of raccoons because he had the trap about 30 ft away...

I'm looking into that now. I also remember they might open in the trap is upside down. Looking into that as well.

I haven't caught it yet but my quest for a raccoon may find me with a skunk in a Havahart live trap. If that happens, how do I get it out of the trap? Trapped possums and raccoons go to a local wetland area for release and I would like to do the same with the skunk, should I catch it. Maybe...

We give our sweetheart Springer several buzz haircuts over the summer and she is so excited to get one. Rather than her beautiful long Springer Spaniel hair, she looks like a wet squirrel for a while. But after her haircut, she bounces around, runs circles around the barns and the tail wags...

When I was a kid in the olden days, firecrackers had many unintended uses. We put them everywhere. Lots of things got blown up and lots of mailboxes never closed right again. The only surprise is that more damage to kids didn't happen. Most of us were wary of the high risk items and were more...

Not positive but I remember MST 2000.

Even a bad picture is a good picture. :)

I'm the OP and tested out the buggy top installation on a recent 30+ mile tractor drive. The top held perfect at 10 mph with a modest 5-7mph cross wind. Not even a flutter so it will take more. I was completely shaded. Plus, I can pull the pins and remove or reinstall the top in seconds so it...

I'm still wearing my red Grasshopper Mower hat and still getting buzzed by the locals. Coming around the garage, I had a hummingbird again zoom by and scare the cr@p out of me before buzzing away. It may not be this close but seems as though they stop a foot away from hitting me. They sure like...

We noticed a decline in birds over the summer but as I mentioned earlier, have seen them going into and out of the spruce trees we have. Looking at a feeder by the window, it hit me. We had let out bushes and plants around the house and feeders get too tall and bushy and I have read that birds...

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What's teh harvest here? Lentils?

I have seen people with stage 4 cancers and 5, 6, 10 years later are still around. My niece had a bad stage 4 and 10 years later looks better than she ever has. 🤷‍♀️

The yellow tape doesn't break down?

My legs bend just fine. Problem is they often don't un-bend as well. For example, kneeling down is a piece of cake but getting up is another matter.

Yes, I understand. People have to watch them chew and get rid of any little pieces. We only let ours chew in front of us and then not for long. She doesn't get them often and when she does, prefers to guard rather than chew.

I think you're old if you remember carrying a comb to school and it had its own pocket protector that you slid the comb into.

I meant to add that most were red.

For a while I had one of those squeeze together to open change pouches. The were rubbery, with a slot in the top and when you squeezed it you could add or remove change. They were often given away as store promos. I liked it but the rubbery material it was made of tended to slightly melt and...

Until now I had forgotten about it but we had our dogs blessed by a priest and sometimes a bishop when I was a kid.

From a few months ago and just making sure no one tries to take her new rawhide chew.

About the land plane in your profile pic, are there more implements you have built?

Good looking dog. We give ours a buzz cut a few times during the summer and she just loves it. She runs around the yard until she's exhausted after every cut. Then it's back on the a/c vent.

If one is only an occasional tire buyer, a search of the internet with the tire name and looking for complaints is worth it. You pretty much get what you pay for with ag tires. Be careful of some of the lesser known brands. There really are no "deals" when everything is considered.

I only half-serious thought I'd live to age 30. But that was then and this is now.

Could it just be that we're paying more attention as we get older?

Yes they do and those vent windows is where the magic happens. The slant of the windshield also makes a huge difference. I remember getting a 1994 Corolla when I lived in Maine and it was a "wind tunnel" designed car with sloped windshield. It had no A/C because we're in Maine but the sun made...

As well, my 1997 Ford F250 truck doesn't really need A/C. The vents keep it cool enough plus the upright windshield cuts down on heat from the sun.

When I was a kid in the olden days I drove a road-call service truck for a shop and many of the the calls were for frozen e-brake cables. We had to try to get them loose with oil and persuasion and then get it back to the station. Back then it was heat, oil, white grease on the cables or just...

When I had rear brakes done on a 1997 F250 recently, the mechanic said that while he was at it he freed up my emergency brake. He felt pretty good about it. What? Am I that old? I haven't used a foot pedal emergency brake in many decades over fear it would push down and just lock on from...

I'm not going to try to spray with a garden sprayer because have told me it won't work. If I could figure out what to thin it with Ii might try that. They sell aerosol cans of FF so there must be some solvent that would work. There's a guy that travels out here once a year with a portable lift...

That's why I want to use a garden sprayer and stay as far away from getting that smell all over me. I'll smell forever.

Fluid Film in the spray can is thinned. Think I can thin it in bulk and use a garden sprayer with a big nozzle?

I bought a new-to-me older diesel Ford pickup. It's in great shape but has some frame rust I would like to neutralize. Could I just get a couple gallons of fluid film, a gallon garden sprayer and spray the underside myself? Has anyone done this? Is the viscosity thin enough on a hot summer's...

Most all are in a bad spot. Seems to be an afterthought. You may not like your dipstick location but you'll have to get in line. Better to say that you like it but like it less than other things. That's better. ;)

Michelins are as good as it gets. Firestone also desirable because of tread patterns that Michelin doesn't offer but both are great. I think Firestone is owned by Bridgestone while Michelin is stand alone.

I've had some either on a tractor or farm truck and don't remember any problems.

"kissed" the house. 🏆 That describes it and look at the damage done. When you are close to building, you can do incredible damage with 1/16". I almost caught the corner of a shed with a 100 HP loader tractor with weights all around and behemoth radial tires. Had I hit the corner I would have...

All this is SOP. No one ever told me anything unless I asked and there is a presumed knowledge of things in that business. If there was a nuke launcher button on it, someone might say "don't touch that" and figure you knew what he meant. Sure they want your $$ but if it was a Rolls Royce...

There's a range of overdriven and something like the 2% to 5% range. So that gives enough wiggle room for tread wear, etc. I do think the ratio is important, however and I rarely deviate from factory tire choices. So far, so good. Let me add that the marketplace for used tractor does not like...

There are competitive industry actions that cause each company to stick pretty close to an accepted norm. Something is not right to have one tire that's the same size as another and be 3" taller. This needs to be figured out PDQ and the correct size put on. The price of a tire is likely chump...

What is amazing is that you don't realize the size when you work with larger equipment in open fields. I had to take two smaller front tires/wheels in to the tire guy and sort of thought of loading in a pickup. Ha, they wouldn't fit and even looked large on a trailer.

It's not that I'm disappointed with lesser brands but I try to buy Firestone when income is at stake. Radials for serious income work and bias for daily service. I've had no problems with BK and I have some Sampson trailer tires that are fine. Zero issues. I think Titans are probably OK and...

You seem to be busy 24/7 ?

if near ocean, a lighthouse? Watch for advancing British? Stone tower to make round lead shot? Silo?

You know you're older when hot babes accidentally brush against you in a crowd or checkout line and say "excuse me" as though it was their fault. ;)

Nothing beats baling hay with rain all around you and you stay dry. In Maine I once baled 1200 small squares while a neighbor a half-mile away got an inch of rain and another in a different direction had intermittent downpours. I figured every bale was the last and despite wanting to quit just...

July 4th flag bandana and a nap in the kitchen chair. She learned how to "gimme four" and now plops her paw on the table when she wants to shake hands. Fresh GI haircut for the heat but she's normally an adorable field Springer. Smarter than many people I know.

I have seen this. Oaks or maples killed or severely damaged from 60 ft away. Gardens killed same distance. Lots of things drift if sprayed with the wrong atmospheric or wind conditions. Some drift more in rain. Certain chemicals very prone to drift.

We have not had many at the feeders by the house but I have seen them repeatedly zoom into some spruce trees near the house. I figure they're having babies and eating the little black bugs I see near there. I did see what I believe is a little HB and an adult has buzzed my red hat a couple times...

It's not often you get a happy ending on equipment these days. I had a 2002, JD 5520 with similar problem and similar solution. Some times you just have to keep at things till they work again. Fast substitution of parts often gets lesser quality and lesser results when using. And yes, JD parts...

My life did a right turn when I discovered NOCO brand "smart chargers" maybe 10 years ago. Old fashioned high power chargers ruined many batteries for me over the years and I just didn't realize how bad they were. Now I use NOCO 3.5 and 5.0 amp smart chargers and refuse to let a big charger...

We had grub/Japanese beetles problems on a gargantuan scale in our yard. They would feed on the soybean fields and live in our grass. We tried all the commercial stuff. By accident, my seed guy was telling me about a new(?) product that will eventually be mandated to replace all the homeowner...

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For cab tractors I have had, I blow them out in reverse of air intake flow and use a low psi because that's what the owner's manual said. First I tap the filter on the ground and a lot of the dust will fall out. Then reverse blow at 15-20 psi. If the filter can be washed, and they will tell you...

Absolutely. Cats will steal a baby's breath and my mother 100% believed it. That's why we never had cats.

Here's the only ripper I found effective to rip stumps out with. I did try a box blade type thing but it didn't grip right and I thought was hard on the tractor. I felt something would bend or break so stopped using the box blade thing that had the shanks but no blade. This is one I rebuilt...

I ripped stumps maybe 10 years ago and was not happy with the pressure on the 3pt hitch. I know people that have done it and got away with it pulling rocks but I don't like using mechanical things so far from their intended purpose. In thinking it out, I switched to a single shank ripper to rip...

Are these paper or synthetic mesh filters? My M7040 cab Kubota had synthetic filters that could have been confused as paper. I just blew them out washed in soapy water and back in the cab. Worked fine.

I've done everything possible to get rid of tree stumps for over 40 years. I've burned, cut flush, backhoe, bulldozed and nothing was fully correct. Finally, I bought a 3 pt hitch stump grinder and in my first few hours I satisfactorily ground 10 meaningful stumps below grade. And on top of...

Looking at your well-maintained equipment and quality of operation, if the son shares your enthusiasm for this kind of work, you're going to need another and much bigger barn. Win-win. :)

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Wow, what a cut!

Very few HB's at the feeders but I see them in the yard and flying into and out of a row of Norway Spruce trees. Must be eating bugs and caring for babies.

Another great job. How thick of a sapling, both hardwood and softwood will that take down or do you try to steer clear of those?

My wife and I have always had an agreement. Basically, I kill it and she cooks it. That means you get the house and all it entails and I get the heavy lifting and anything outdoors. You stay the heck out of my barn, tools, equipment, sporting goods, vehicles, etc and I'll stay the heck away...

Very nice work. 🏆 What happens with the trash metal and your equipment? You can't see it until after it's hit. Do you charge more in advance? How bad does your stuff get abused?

I have seen concrete sweat from the ground up. Would that have been enough to cause the problem? Maybe the restricted airflow combined with the concrete sweating during temperature change?

I didn't see the concrete and you're right. I would see concrete as a least a partial barrier. Now I'm stumped as well.

That's moisture coming up from the ground.A plastic barrier with gravel on top would have worked. I've read many times that most decks rot from the bottom up.

It doesn't seem possible that manufacturing costs of materials and labor are 50% higher than a few years ago. What am I missing?

Likely smarter than most people.

I never said it was. My problem is generic in that placing turbos on production gas engines, and all that it entails with consumer understanding of use, is not something I want to do. Others can, but for me it's diesel, yes but gas no, regarding turbos for the time being. I don't know...

Toyotas got their reputation from the buying habits of American consumers who chose in their own self-interest to get the best value for their money. No one coerced them, no fancy ad gave them market share and no brand loyalty is there that wasn't earned. I've seen Toyota trucks left outside at...

I've owned Toyotas for nearly 40 years and don't want to believe any of the above even though I see signs of it. Toss in planned obsolescence, certain parts designed to fail, difficult to service formerly user serviced things like oil changes and I'm getting concerned.

It always was that way so let's hope it stays that way.

M7040. Horsepower, compact, bulletproof, pre-emission and lots around. One of the best Kubotas ever made. 70HP. Tractors are like barns. You always need bigger.

Any chance this was a spam thread from the beginning?

Yes, yes and yes. We found that HB's like clean food and clean things to eat out of. The bacteria can prove fatal and I think they sense things and stay away if not clean. Wife cleans things up and fresh food every three days or less. It's paid off.

I view it as mowing with a zero turn mower. When you're heading for an immovable object, like a tree, you just make a circle around the tree to the other side and keep going as though nothing was there. I don't let these losers bother me, nothing will convince them otherwise and I don't want...

I was in the land grading biz and was told Acelepryn will eventually be the only product approved for grub control. The others are said to be environmentally dangerous. Acelepryn is on the preferred list but is more expensive. For me, it's a miracle. I put down 150-200 lbs per acre of granules...

We had a terrible problem with Japanese Beetles. We're surrounded by corn and beans and the beetles would winter in our lawn and then devour the crops and our vegetation in the summer. The regular commercial stuff was useless. We found a granular product that apparently interferes with the grub...

Outstanding. 🏆

Parade season is drawing closer. Any updates?

We haven't had the burst of visitors yet but I know what you mean. I figure earlier in the season the birds are eating bugs and taking care of babies. A free lunch at our feeders must not be as good as the bugs. I'm told bugs make up most of their diet with feeders being icing on the cake, so to...

Can I use over just a regular waxed surface? How about same thing but with a little dust on it? I notice this is a Turtle Wax product. Can I buy at Walmart?

Yeah, they definitely buy the best they can and that's usually American. Even this buggy top is beautifully made. It's possible parts are USA. Many of their smaller parts, pins and such are Taiwan.

And it's made by the Chinese Amish...;)

This is my IH Farmall Super C that I just put a buggy top sun shade on. Tractor drives here can go 30+ miles and it can be 90 degrees. Parades can be a couple hours long and at a snail's pace, also in the hot sun.

You'll put it in a parade, go on tractor drives with the locals, etc. You'll pull a wagon in the parade and have a great time.You aren't working on July 4th anyway.

OK. I'm the OP and here's what I did. I bought a Snowco sunshade from Shoup Mfg and put it on yesterday. I got it done and it looks great. Dermatologist approved. :) The hardest part was where to drill holes in the fender. I didn't want to but no other option. Assembly was easy and then out for...

That's my exception as well. If they ooze snotting nosed be-eitch with a holier that thou attitude and an arrogant expectation of being served because she's superior, it's not happening with me.

I'll bet if figured out how much time I spend on over maintaining my equipment and compared that with my higher resale price when I sold, that the hourly savings I earned would have exceeded the wage I earned at work.

Around here and further south, women are addressed as "ma'am" and you better not forget it-- or your manners. And generally, ladies are ladies. If I am asked a question by an unknown woman, I would answer "no, ma'am" or "yes, ma'am". A man, especially older is called "sir". That just the way it...

I would agree with that on those engines. Years ago I tried to buy an M8200 or M9000 but couldn't find one. They are one of Kubota's best and bulletproof. Yours looks great.

Around here or further south, a waitress calling you "hon" or similar is a sign of kinship or friend as in "you're one of us". That's what I believe. I would fit in most places and be called "hon" while the azzhat making trouble next to me got no such greeting. Just my two cents.

Same here with the Vaseline but why don't they want a scab?

Wow, those are some nice tractors.

You are lucky to have that crawler. My extended family grew grapes and there was a time when I wanted an Italian crawler really bad. I could never find one and after a few years I got over it. They are very handy little machines even if you only restore it and look at it every now and then.

Are those "step up" rear wheels? And front wheels off a Ford Model AA truck?

What a great crawler. Was that likely used in a vineyard? Any before pics?

Here's my secret cure. When I cut myself, I immediately put some Neosporin on the cut and then cover with one of those new style fabric bandaids from I think J&J. The fabric adjusts so if not on perfect it adjusts itself by the fabric moving. Anyway, I do not remove that band aid for 5 days and...

Doesn't "core" inflation factor out food and energy prices? If so, that actual inflation of 31% is low and incorrect. I'll bet social security increases and benefits are indexed to "core" inflation and not the real deal.

As kids, the Daniel Boone craze was on and every kid had a coonskin cap on. I wore mine to bed for a while till my mom stopped it. I kept it for maybe 15 years.

Any pictures of your older tractors that have been well cared for or restored? It's subjective but maybe 10 years and older?

What a beautiful and valuable tractor.

When you post the photo, you can click on something that just says to insert a thumbnail photo that will enlarge when you click on it. Missing this step posts the unsized photo. It's an extra step just before you put the photo in the post.

Interesting observation. It looks like salt but then again I have equipment in a barn with condensation and it does look like that. Also, the corroded ones look like aftermarket parts. I spray anything that looks like that with light oil.

For those who have both agricultural use farm tractors and lesser use limited use tractors, I see nothing wrong with keeping the light use one relatively clean and nice looking. I do it myself and the extra credit I put into it doesn't take long and often yields big price premiums at sale time...

That is something to think about. Good post.

Oh, stop. All animals deserve the opportunity to live when in the confines of civilized behavior. I bird hunt, eat chickens and undertstand animals were put here to serve mankind. My dog will chase a pheasant over lots of acres just so I can get a great shot at a rising bird. I'm no vegetarian...

Taking a possum or raccoon to a many acre wetland preserve is fine and is the kind of thing they try to build the habitat for. No problem and actually welcome. All other dumping of animals is crazy and people should be jailed for dumping domestic animals, especially pets. How dare they put a...

A game cam works for me on critters and tells you who the culprit is and how many. I blamed a coon and it was possums all along. I live trap and take 5 miles away to a stream tributary that's protected as something "scenic". OK, sure. None have ever come back. All creatures deserve to live.

As a kid, nothing little beats a cherry coke from the olden days. Todays stuff is nothing like the real McCoy.

I did this with mine for both wood chips and small crushed stone and to my surprise it worked and was easier than I thought. It's my go to method for situations like this. Dumping on a tarp is awkward and you never get it all up because the tarp is in the way and doesn't lay flat. Dumping into...

There has to be permanent damage to the tailgate, and possibly bed of truck, on this and I'll guess a factory tailgate painted that color is over $2,000. Anyone think this through?

That is a good idea

Older people kept things like this because it used to matter. Its like not throwing away things in your shop because you might one day need them and know if you toss them you will for sure need it the next week. Storing stuff was just yesterday's computer memory function. You can look at things...

This is very true. I let my lawn go to seed a few times a year. I keep weeds to almost none, fertilize and mow at 4". The lawn looks like a thick carpet.

It will prove worth it for all the praise you get when people tell you "I had a wagon jet like that" only smaller.

Wore my new red hat side today and a hummingbird bird totally surprised me and almost flew into me at high speed. It was split second with no chance for reaction and just a shocking experience. I would guess he stopped 8" from my face and hat.

What are the items on the to-do list? Timetable?

Back in the '50's it was common for drunks and drunks-in-training to keep a bottle under the seat for medicinal purposes. Many times taking a little kid for a ride around town invoked a touch of the old "lumbago" or "arthur-itis" and thankfully, the remedy was close at hand.

This isn't related but maybe it is. When we had incandescent light bulbs, I had trouble with the 200-300W shop bulbs burning out early. I started to put a small amount of dielectric grease on the tip of the contact before installation and that made them last much longer. Beats me. I got that...

I wrote something and then deleted it about an engineer I knew that worked with automotive issues. He said that almost all weird electrical problems in cars are the result of a bad ground. Sometimes you need more than one ground. I met him when I insisted he was wrong labelling my electrical...

I don't think a company can fail to cover a warrant because of something being transferred. The warranty, as others have stated, goes with the product. I would stay away from that company and agree that selling the tractor is a good idea. Your best loss is your first.

Great thread. I bought a high-crop tractor 800 (?) miles up into Wisconsin and figured, I'll pick it up, no problem. All good till the return trip took me through Chicago at rush hour but I figured "how bad can that be"? Crazy traffic, insane drivers and lines so long that exit lanes were...

Of the tractors that have come and gone, the 8N is one I wished I kept. Once you understand it's used and limitations, it's a keeper. Plus, you can fix it with a pair of pliers and couple wrenches.

My wife has cut her own short hairstyle for 50 years. Has a Wahl home clipper set with different guards and always looks like she went to a salon. People compliment her. There have been times when she had to use the dog clippers and it came out just as nice. Beats me. She's been cutting my hair...

This might be in the wrong thread but it's Carly Simon and You're So Vain

And bats. We had bats fly round the outdoor light, likely eating the bugs.

It's good that you're there for them and willing to step up to the plate. They would have done it for you and it's a kind gesture on your part. I think that somehow, they know.

My sister was an operator in a small town back in the '50's. Operators were highly competent and often handled or directed emergency actions. A lot of people would call the operator first and the operator would instantly connect to the police or fire or whatever. I believe this was all over the...

We are not seeing many at the feeders but do see them zooming about the yard. I'm convinced they are eating some kind of bugs in the spruce trees. They could be nesting in those trees as well.

Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it?

I wonder if you're old because you remember the first copy machines with the really bad copies on rolled up paper that seemed to be engineered to resist un-rolling.

Or even 3 cent stamps

Dabney Coleman, actor, age 92, May 16th, 2024 Played slimy, dirt-ball type villains and did it well.

I think I have seen that. I thought they might be after a bug but I think you're right.