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My TO35 with a 23c had the similar problems. Mine had a rusted out, leaky air filter oil reservoir, was missing the cap and infeed tube and my wire mesh basket was completely clogged with I don't know what. The few used air filters that I could find were in just as bad or worse condition...

Glad it was an easy fix for you. Those pressure tanks have air bladders that can develop a leak, usually from either too much air pressure or too much water pressure. When they do leak they can hold relatively stagnant water on the air side that can taint your water on the water side. That...

Usually one leaves the drive line connected to the implement and disconnect it at the tractor, I am not sure why you would take it off at the implement regularly. For lubricating the zerk, you will probably have to take the safety cover off of the implement. You may or may not be able to...

All those old John Deere's were truly great tractors. I might cast a vote for the model A, but could easily be swayed to vote for numerous others. Too bad John Deere isn't the same company that it was back in the day. Like many American companies are today, John Deere has been taken over by...

I too am fairly frequently confronted with the op's situation. When it happens I just park in a spot a little (or a lot) further away and walk a few more steps and not allow myself to get upset by complaining about it. Several reasons; 1) I can use the exercise, 2) I could only speculate as to...

I think there are more food reaction symptoms than there names to describe them, so people just pick one that is close, like lactose or gluten intolerant. Not all those 'lactose intolerances' are identical. Myself I have a seafood intolerance. Some seafoods, but not all, make me absolutely...

Today with contractors not being able to find qualified people to hire, this is not in the slightest bit surprising. Why do a job that requires working outside in the elements when you can earn a good living setting behind a computer and create a virtual solution to a virtual problem. Expect...

I don't know what you were doing, but I have raced cross country and trail road dirt bikes almost weekly for 45 years and never once had a master link clip come off, or wear and break. In addition I probably have in excess of a million miles on road bikes and never had a problem with the...

That is one unique FEL! Looks like it has servo activated rams? I like his canopy but I hope they don't get much wind there. I just love people who can improvise.

Actually that tire/plow idea, aside from looking a bit funky, probably would work pretty good. I could see it not picking up gravel, and going over obstacles such a curbs pretty well. I could see it having trouble (clogging mainly) under certain snow conditions though. Seems like their are...

It is very hard to ascertain everyone's individual circumstances on a post like this in a forum. But if you really don't need it anymore, selling it for as much as the market will bear certainly seems like the most logical and reasonable course forward. You may be pleasantly surprised at how...

Not to sound rude, but is this really a topic that needs discussion? Just clean them however you wish; a rag, chemical cleaner, hydraulic oil, baby wipes... who cares. It isn't that big of deal. One way isn't necessarily superior or another way necessarily wrong. We all have different...

My hats get dirt mostly from organic dirt and sweat, which makes the dishwasher a pretty good choice for cleaning. It does take the color out, but that seems to be the case no matter how you wash a hat. They do seem to maintain their shape better with dishwasher washing compared to other many...

Like Cyledude, I have used slime in small tubed tires with good success. I have had a couple of Harbor Freight hand trucks since I don't remember when. Every few years I have to put a little blast of air in the tires. As far as the quality of rubber goes, I don't think where it is made is a...

I find chain harrows to be very useful for maintaining gravel roads, leveling out bumpy fields, bedding seeds, etc. Most of the new ones for sale are flimsy and too light of weight. The old ones were made of a very heavy gauge metal. I have a new one I never use and an old one that I have...

I forget if I got a full tank of fuel or not. I did get an armful of hats. I bought a Honda Motorcycle recently. They didn't even put enough gas in it for me to trust riding to a station to get gas. The gauge was on empty and the fuel warning light was on. Yes it did change my...

A lot of it depends on what you are doing, how complicated it is, how and who it needs to be shared with. I use a program called Sketchup 8. I used have used it for years for such things as providing a contractors with 3d concept drawings (both interior and exterior) for both my new house...

I doubt seriously that the answer is the same for each tractor. It isn't too hard to measure and find out for yourself, nor is it that hard to just shorten the driveshaft.

If it is leaking, you could probably duct tape it as a temporary repair while you find a replacement hose.

It seems pretty clear to me. The Op needs to replace the hose from his air cleaner to intake manifold, and the one at the parts store would collapse from the vacuum to which the hose is subjected. If the hose is heavy enough, it probably doesn't need a spring. I am not sure what stores...

There is nothing overly unique about a dipstick other than the marks on it. Take a piece of wire and push it down in the hole to see how long it has to be, measure the diameter of the hole to see how wide it should be and go to a auto recycling lot and find a dipstick, preferably too long so you...

My experience in life has taught me that if you never cut your friends any slack and expect them to be perfect 100% of the time, you won't have many friends. Nor will you be worthy of anyone's friendship. For gosh sakes, the guy realized his error and apologized. I don't know how you drew...

My take on that kind of response is that you might be rather unforgiving and probably not morally superior to your friend.

No person would walk into a classroom with an automatic rifle and start shooting little kids, they all know the consequences.

The results of this thread so far; Those who love geared transmissions still love them. Those who love HST's still love them. And some of us could live quite happily with either. Pretty much exactly the same results as before the thread was started.:)

I find it amazing that so many people don't trust the manufacturers advice about oil change frequency, what grade gas to use, proper air pressure in tires, etc. With virtually no expertise, they somehow think they know more than the experts. My experience is just the opposite. If anything...

I am amazed at how many people accuse the Harbor Freight sharpener as being a piece of junk. My experience is just the opposite. I cut up about 3 cords of firewood a year on average plus use my saw for general trimming of trees. The HF unit is quick, easy to use, and makes my blades cut...

Unless you run your tractor in volcanic ash silt all the time, I wouldn't be concerned. I wouldn't even be overly concerned if you did run it in silt.

Some people have a weird definition for things that are entertaining, fun, and exciting. To me things like that are a sign that someone may severely lack maturity.

One thing I learned the hard way is it can make a difference which way you pull. Where the each conduit piece come together the joint can be a leading edge in on direction that catches stuff as you pull, and a trailing edge in the other that won't catch stuff.

I am not sure what information you are after. Do you have an issue that needs resolved? Whatever it is, I am sure we, as a group, can inundate you with information:)

Thanks for pointing out that we don't live in a perfect world. You are correct that forums are indeed a source of bad information and it isn't presented in a unified and systematic manner to people with an equal level of understanding and knowledge. But buried inside that it can also be a...

I sincerely doubt that all those items would fail at the exact same time. I would propose that you don't have bad instruments, but a bad connection from the instrument panel to the rest of the tractor. I would check out the connectors before taking on such a drastic course as changing out all...

What is the issue with your existing display, Sally?

Apparently I am not as conservative as everyone else. I am constantly repurposing things in ways that they were not intended and have very good results more often than not. I have used o-rings under bolts as washers more than once without a problem. It works particularly well if you place a...

The cost of owning my tractors is something that doesn't even cross my mind. I guess I am not the kind of guy who runs a balance sheet on everything I do. Life would be a drag if I did. I paid cash for my tractors, and am staying even overall on my finances. I would not be able to do what I...

I would suggest that people check out a site called AllSides.com to see the bias rating of various news sources. It can lead you to multiple sources that aren't biased to the left or to the right. It also gives a fact check bias. I look at fact checks frequently. It is amazing how much...

I would not pay any attention to news from a heavily politically biased source such as Rebel News. Not that are many sources that aren't biased and report with an emotional slant, but some are far worse than others, such as Rebel News. It is News sources like this that has created the...

Jus curious, Why did you pull the screen? I didn't even know there was a screen in the fuel tank (other than the one in the filler neck).

I am not a big fan of studies like that. Not that I am questioning the accuracy or truthfulness of studies (sometimes I do though). I read the abstract and this seems to be a legitimate study, but I still wouldn't put a lot of faith into it. What can be inferred is that if you can't stand on...

A couple of things I would point out that you may be past considering, but are worth knowing; Don't pay a lot of attention or get hung up on the lb. of charge the Manufacture says that system is supposed to take. Pay attention to what the gauges say instead. Charge until the high and low...

I notice the bear has an cattle ear tag. Perhaps someone mistook him/her for a cow? Not sure I'd want it in a squeeze chute.

Tractor AC's aren't really much different than auto ac's. It still does sound a lot like moisture, but you are right that it is strange that it can set for a couple days and not work for a short while after that. One thing I have seen techs do when they are grasping at straws is to...

A bigger concern to me is can I make my hydraulics work slow enough. The maximum flow rate has never been an issue, but if the controls don't work well at allowing you to establish a miniscule flow without being forced to use micrometer like movements, that's can be a problem at times.

I'd try an easy-out to get that broken barb out. It might be easier to somehow tow the tractor out of the field to the shop to work on it. I feel for you. I had a similar problem once when mowing a field and I ran over a metal sign that I couldn't see and it got wedged up under the...

Just an observation. I wonder how many less people would watch that video if the picture that you click on didn't contain an attractive young female?

I would say you have moisture in your system. Did you pull a good vacuum and let it set for a day with a good vacuum? I had a problem similar to yours where the system would cool for a while then stop cooling. What was happening was that I still had a bit of moisture in the system...

I did a lot of research into that, as I was concerned about that when T-Mobile was changing their system to 5-G and found a lot of crap on the internet that scared me. I found a EE professor at WSU who specializes in electromagnetic communications development and implementation. I learned a...

Farmers are very conservative by nature. Not all, but most. Changing their way of doing things can happen, but they are usually approach any type of change with an initial degree skepticism, understandably so.

We have a cell tower on our 46 acre property. Unfortunately the previous property owner received all the financial benefits up front and we get no income for the 99 year lease on the 100 by 100 foot chunk of land. They do have a right-of-way to it. It is on the same right-of-way shared by...

Where are the chemical engineers when you need them? Without luck, I have been trying to find exactly what is in Rim guard. I know it is "beet juice", but what is the sugar content? It appears that Rim Guard has been 'de-sugarfied' as it is a by product of sugar beet processing. I don't...

It is absolutely amazing to me how people think that scientist are all part of a secret evil underground society that is conspiring to trick people into thinking climate change is real. The purpose for them doing this is part of liberal plan to force us all into doing things that are highly...

I am surprised that you still have it on. I am all for safety, but I am not sure that guard really does much for safety if you have at least an ounce of common sense. Seems like its a feature deemed necessary by lawyers. But it sure does make hooking up PTO driven implements a challenge...

Attached is an article done by a University of Idaho professor on no tillage in the Palouse. STEEP - Perceptions of No-till in the Palouse Even though the practice no till was initially developed in the Palouse, and it's many environmental advantages obvious, it still isn't the preferred method...

So all those farmers in Thailand who plow their field with a single Ox (I read that an average ox develops about .6 hp) aren't really plowing their fields? It's fake news!?

Most people don't need the blazing speed for regular home use, the speed you have is fine. If you get a bunch of people at your house using the internet simultaneously, things might be different.

Congats. It is still very hit and miss on internet and even cell phone service in the countryside. We have good cell phone service and moderate internet (25 mbs microwave). We have neighbors living a few miles in either direction that have internet options ranging from DSL to 150mbs fiber...

I have tried using the cross tube on my loader to carry a shovel, but the shovel end sticks out to far and catches on stuff. So I mounted a couple of 4' long 2"diameter PVC tubes, one to each of the loader arms. I carry a shovel in one tube and a rake in the other. It has worked out well for me.

They used to grow a lot of sugar beets her in Eastern Washington and there was a gigantic sugar beet processing plant in Moses Lake. It has been shut down and the growing of sugar beets is now near non-existent in our area, I am told the reason it shut down is that 1) refined sugar from...

I agree that the problem was not likely caused by milling the heads, but by the improper re-installation of valve related components. Let us know how you resolve it.

Perhaps I am wrong, bit I am not aware of many rust problems in tubeless tire and rim setups using beetjuice or windshield wiper fluid or even water. The way I understand it is that it takes O2 to cause rust inside a tubeless rim and unless you frequently change the air in your tires there is a...

Why? When you get a puncture, you get to have the joy of dismantling the tire to patch the tube, rather than just taking a few minutes to put in a plug. And with filled tires, the dismantling operation is even far more fun! Another nice thing about filled tubeless tires is that if you do...

Fortunately my microwave internet provider was able to boost my speed up to 25mbs. Not nearly as fast as Starlink, but fast enough to stream Fubo TV and ditch Dish TV, who keeps raising their price while dropping the little programing that I watch. My internet service is considerably less...

So a Copper bottomed boat may be better than an Inconel bottomed boat. I will keep that in mind the next time I want to put a new bottom coating on my yacht. But I would bet gold might work even better.

No money left in your bank account :)

It irks me when people make smart-ass derogatory replies. Having spent 40 years as a food processing engineer, I have seen a lot of stainless steel that was badly corroded. From worse to better; 304, 304L, 316, 316L, and 317L, are the common commercial grades available suitable for corrosive...

Back in 2007 I purchased a 1996 Dodge 1 ton 4X4 with a Cummins diesel, automatic, and 160K miles for $7k. It had a problem where it wouldn't always shift into overdrive. I fixed that problem myself (installed a rheostat on the tps). I have never used the truck for daily transportation and...

I forgot one of my favorites. A peanut butter sandwich sprinkled generously with blueberries.

I am kind of a simple guy who likes to make a quick lunch, which often means a plain old peanut butter sandwich. Jelly makes them too sweet for my taste. I have probably ate a thousand or more of them in my lifetime and am still not tired of them. Today I had one made with Pita Bread. If I...

The Canadian Tire stores I have been in sell almost everything imaginable. My kids even used to buy some of their hockey gear there. Doesn't seem like they are anything like HF to me.

I haven't gone through the 1500 pages of this tread to see if someone already talked about this. But I have been using my HF chain saw blade sharpener a lot lately and am pleasantly surprised on how easy it is to use and how well it works. Much better and quicker than the hand file and jig that...

Any tractor can flip, but some easier than others. You can do things to reduce the tendency to flip, like filing the wheels with fluid or adding ballast. Things like that can make a big difference. The way you work the tractor can have an effect also. Tractors go straight up and down a...

You are right, warm water will definitely increase the absorption of herbicide but it will also increase the potential for herbicide drift to neighboring plants that aren't a target, so be careful. Another trick when spraying around flowers and shrubs is to cover the flower or shrub with a...

I don't think that dew affects the application of herbicides much. Rain that washes the herbicide off the plant immediately after spraying will hurt, but dew will usually just evaporate, leaving the herbicide in place. Spraying herbicides early in the morning when it is cool is actually...

His basic problem was that he didn't drive fast enough to get home before the trailer broke.

My lock n lube tip fits most everything, but I do have several fittings it won't attach to (U-joints on my rotary cutter for instance), so I have a second grease gun for those few things. Hmmm. I have lived 74 years without one. I might see if I can make it a few more years. It will be...

I am not sure this qualifies, but when I am having eggs for breakfast, I like to leave the remaining eggs in the 18 egg carton in a symmetric arrangement. I try to make the arrangement different and somewhat original each time. (There are only a limited number of patterns though, and I have...

One of the ironies of your wish is that many Western Industrial leaders have no loyalty to Western workers. If they can make an extra buck by moving some production to the third world, they will abandon the Western worker in a heartbeat. It is a situation driven by corporate shareholders...

!!!!WARNING!!!! DO NOT BUY ANY TRACTOR OF ANY MAKE! IT MIGHT BREAK AND YOU MIGHT HAVE A LOUSY DEALER OR MFG REP! So just stay there setting on your couch and life will be fine:)

My loader will drop and curl down if setting for an extended time. My three point will stay up forever, even with a load. However if it dropped after setting all night, I wouldn't be overly concerned. My old Ferguson has done that for the last 60 years.

It is a mix of red fir and white fir. The white fir isn't all that great of firewood. It isn't very dense and burns quickly. Good for warming the house quickly. Red fir is a great wood for fireplaces. Burns clean and slow. It is indeed straight enough to make some nice lumber if one had...

I actually regularly use 4 different mustards; Yellow, Dijon, Horseradish, and Stoneground. I like them all and sort of randomly choose one or the other. Drives my wife crazy. My mustard selection is using up too much refrigerator space, and she hates all mustards. Quality and taste...

Just getting started on cutting up and splitting 12 cords of firewood from a load of logs that were just delivered. I plan on pulling the logs out a ways individually from the stack with the tractor so they can be bucked easily while cantilevered off the ground.

You are quite the fabricator Deezil! If you want, you can come over to my place, I got a whole lot of things that could be fabricated. All I lack is the skill, patience and creativity. Other than that I am all set.

Those indeed are nice looking trailer 3 point hitches, Deezil, Lou, They both look professionally built. I made one for my tractor, not nearly as nice, but functional. It works good for going forward quite well, but for some reason I find it is extremely hard to back a trailer with a...

I am not sure what makes you think John Deere is the king of the world of small tractors. They are an OK tractor, but king of the world is a definite overstatement. Kubotas are very good, but expensive. Branson and Mahindra are quality brands to consider. LS and Yanmars aren't that bad...

Just as a related note. Once for a period of time (roughly a month) on my Branson my tach started registering twice the rpm the engine was running. Then it stopped doing it and has worked fine ever since. Must be tractor gremlins.

Over the years I have grown leery and skeptical about any study concerning foods and nutrition. Of course their are some truisms (refined sugar is always a food with few benefits and lots of drawbacks), but their are a whole lot of "not necessarily truisms". Not only is the science of the human...

BCP is right. I have worn out rotary mowers without ever sharpening the blades. On weeds, the blunt bade shatters the weed and makes it more apt to die. If you are cutting grass for aesthetic purposes, you probably should be using a lawn mower, not a rotary cutter.

Are you really naïve enough to think the current resident of the White House has any effect on the price of fuel? One thing I remember reading that President Bush told President Obama during Obama's presidential briefing; (paraphrased) "I came into the White House thinking I could change the...

I bought a 2018 Chevy Volt in 2017 and has been my local driver ever since. Most of my daily commutes are under 50 miles so the only gas I normally use is when the engine starts up because the computer says the gasoline in the tank is getting too old and I need to burn it. I do use it for a...

I missed something here. I can understand and follow the logic of not engaging your PTO at high rpm. But what problem might occur by disengaging it at any rpm? I have probably done it fairly often with out noticing any issues (More accurately, I have never even thought about that procedure)

One thing that throws a fly into the ointment here is that the best quality and value are not always the case with the highest priced items. I know a lot of people (many on this forum) who automatically assume if something is more expensive, it must be better. That is definitely true quite...

Once when I was in college I was walking out of a dorm to class. In the foyer there were these two gorgeous girls setting on a bench talking. As I walked by I guess I got a little distracted by looking at them. The dorm had a two sets heavy glass doors. The inside set was usually blocked...

My mother used to make some quick meals for lunch sometimes that I have never seen anyone else eat. One was saltine crackers broken up into warm milk. Another was spaghetti noodles covered with straight tomato sauce and sprinkled with sugar. I didn't particularly like either, but it was...

Once I changed jobs and had to move to the new location prior to selling our old house. Shortly after we left our old house a skunk took up residence under that house and something caused him to do his thing under the house (may have been a her, not sure). It smelled the entire house up...

It may cause the entire tractor explodes into 10,000 pieces killing everyone within 100 feet. Other than that, it may wear out a little quicker and not be able to transmit as much torque because of the reduced contact area between belt and pulley.

You never know Oosik... maybe Brownie is pretending to be a cute little cuddly dog and is really just an alien planning to take over the world!

The block chain part just means a hacker just has to work a little harder to steal your bitcoins. The way I understand it, there are only so many bit coins, so the guy who started way back when with just enough bitcoins to buy a pizza, those same bitcoins are now worth a fortune, and the...

Perhaps I am not that knowledgeable about bitcoin and other new trading platforms (nor do I care to learn much more), but they all seem to me to be little more than a Ponzi scheme. I am not really sure of the advantage other than if you buy it early and sell at the right time you will make...

5030, You are such a nice, loving guy who is always so considerate of others :)

The problem with inflation is that it is so uneven affects different people in differing manners. If you are a Wall Street investor whose annual wages have increased 30% during the same time period when inflation went up 10%, inflation isn't such a big deal. If you are retired and living on...

My wife had the same reaction as you to statins, which caused me to delay taking them for years. But everyone reacts (or doesn't react) differently to their various side effects. When I finally did start taking them, my blood pressure and cholesterol both dropped significantly, and I...

I am 74. My current rides are a 2017 Triumph T120, a 2021 Honda CB500X, and a 1976 Rokon RT340. I'd ride them more if it ever stops snowing!

I agree with getting regular and as vigorous exercise as possible, good diet, and slowing down a bit but not stopping. Your body will tell you when you've done enough. Sometimes it is hard to accept it isn't as much as you used to do. But at other times you feel great that you are able to...

We have had snow everyday for the last 5 days. We got 4 or 5 inches the first day. It is warm enough and windy enough that most of it melted within a day, but at the same time we keep getting new snow. Right now it is snowing and blowing like crazy. This is Mid April and this ain't...

I have 2 ea WWII surplus Jerry cans I inherited from my Dad that still work great for storage, but like Oosik, have difficulties getting the diesel out of them into the tractor. I used to have flexible spouts but they developed pretty severe leaks I have never seen replacements available. I...

If your tractor have a tach cable then your tractor is considerably different than mine. My tractor has no tach cable, and as I mentioned it determines engine rpm by counting pulses from the alternator. If you have a cable and it isn't turning with the engine running, then there is probably...

I might mention one of the reasons I didn't call CPS; My wife had a job that dealt closely with CPS for years. We know first hand that it is anything but a Saintly organization. Their bureaucratic methods can screw up a families life as often as they help them.

I saw some guy mowing with a bush hog and two of his kids were riding on the bush hogs. I thought it was incredibly stupid and dangerous, but I didn't call CPS. Actually it might be just as dangerous to be on the ground walking around near a operating bush hog. Once I put a very nasty gash...

We have a Tonka Tractor that has been in the family for over 50 years. It has never been greased, never had an oil change, never been back to the dealer, been left out over the winter half buried in mud, been hurled across the yard at an older brother. Other than a few rust spots it is still...

Too bad you can't ask the Egyptians who built the pyramids. Their slabs were a whole lot bigger and they didn't even have tractors!

It is a bit frustrating that they make vehicles these days with city folks in mind, ignoring us country folks. By that I mean everything is made to deter theft. Car doors lock themselves all the time when you don't want them to, anti-theft systems causing horns to beep all the time because...

Is it just those three gauges? Does your fuel gauge work? Also, be aware that the tach is read by counting pulses from the alternator. The hour meter may be based from the alternator too (Not sure of that though). Replacing the alternator may have had some relationship to . As slim...

Last night my wife read me the local weather forecast for today. It read: high winds, lots of rain and dust. We laughed, wondering how can you have lots of rain and dust at the same time? Today I stopped at a store noticed some very weird looking dark brown clouds. I went into the store for...

Hmm, I lead a sheltered life. That is the first rotary mower I have seen pulled by the drawbar as opposed to the three point. If it bent some before it broke it must have had some fairly severe shear or twisting loads along with the expected tensile load. Maybe it was a batch of bad metal...

I don't use any additives and never have had annual teardowns and haven't cleaned a carb in decades, and I have a lot of seldom used engines (2 chainsaws, log splitter, riding mower, 2 push mowers, tiller, weed eater, fence post pounder, gas powered generator, high pressure sprayer, 3...

I am always skeptical about claims that say "I avoided problems by using a particular additive". How do they know that? Chances are very high they wouldn't have had a problem if they used nothing and cared for their vehicle in a reasonable manner. I view fuel and oil additives in the same...

I am curious, exactly how and where did yours break, and what kind of mower were you pulling? I have pulled extremely hard with mine (all the tractor will do) without issues.

I must have 10 different filter removal tools, and no single one works great for every filter. A lot of the issue is access. If you cant get the wrench on and actually turn it, it won't do much good. Some filters are out in the open easy to put anything on. Others, especially hydraulic...

I find this thread has gotten a bit absurd. This brand of oil is best..... No it isn't.... This oil cost this... No it doesn't.... This oil comes from a country that gets oil might come from Russia..... use this weight oil rather than that weight..... Frankly, with all due respect...

People seem to be automatically against anything that they don't understand. I guess that is human nature.

I think that the line of current TYMs and current Bransons were developed prior to the consolidation. Up to and including the present they have operated as separate divisions sort of like Chevy and Buick. The question I don't know the answer to is would they sell more tractors and make more...

Ummm.. How about because of gravity. That is the attraction of air molecules to the mass of the earth. To say that a vacuum can't exist next to a pressure system is akin to saying gravity doesn't exist. So answer me this: Why does barometric pressure fall as you go up in altitude? Why...

I agree with having considerable respect for Tradosaurus's ability to remain cool under constant challenge and mockery. That adds to my suspicion that he is a troll just having a fun with us. I have a hard time believing someone actually refuses to recognize what is obvious to 99% of...

I think if they were to consolidate they would be further ahead to eliminate TYM and not Branson. Could be a name thing too. Maybe they will just rebadge Branson as TYM. The tractor business is constant evolving into something that it isn't today. In any case I am not worried about...

I mow both ways, with the FEL on and with it off. If it is a field I don't know I like the bucket for alerting me of rocks. I have a very hilly, rock free 20 acre fallow section that I mow a couple times a year, and I prefer to mow it with the FEL off. With no FEL the ride is better (less...

'cause if my wife makes dinner and I don't come in and eat while it is still warm, my life can get unpleasant:(

By your statement I infer that you can also always tell when movies use real dinosaurs. Wow! I really wanna see those movies!

That seems a bit over-limiting. You seem to be saying that if it doesn't parallel mankind's development, they wouldn't have a chance of doing the things that we can imagine. That may be true, but I would also propose that there are probably ways of getting things done that we are incapable of...

If you consider Kioti as an off brand you probably consider a Buick as an off brand too. I would be willing to bet that ain't gonna happen.

That is quite admirable of you. However showing a bit of compassion for those who by their nature aren't as attentive as you might also be considered admirable.

From watching that, my first impression is that those Nooashere guys are well-intended wackos who are combining science with mysticism.

Along the same lines, I was wondering,,, if this whole gravity thing is real,,, let say we threw a person in that hole CalG was so nice to dig for us. What would they weigh when they came to the center of the earth? Perhaps the earth's gravity pulling out on them in each direction would make...

Here are some pictures out of the manual that show the whole set-up. I would mention none of this stuff is easy to access.

The service manual does a horrible job of covering the adjustment of the hydrostatic pedals. It is covered on pages 6-109 thru 6-111, and doesn't address the common issues I see presented on this forum. My problems are somewhat the reverse of yours. My pedals tend to stay where they are at...

and then Wow, you criticize one guy for having an old truck and then criticize another for considering a new truck. ???? I know, you call a spade a spade. But you only seem to have spades in your deck. You might consider making a positive contribution someday.

The gap between the magnet and the plate should be 1.5 mm. You might confirm that is to spec, if you haven't already done that.

It is so pleasant to hear good reports about deserving dealers!

I agree that not enough information has been provided to draw any definite conclusions. However the likelihood of acceptable circumstances of a 13 year-old being in that situation in the first place have to be quite low. Might be just as low if an adult was driving that pick-up, but it...

I just love these oil threads! My humble opinion is that people spend way too much time fussing over one type (synthetic vs non-synthetic), brand (Shell vs. Amsoil vs. Super Tech), weight (10W-40 vs 15W-40) oil being slightly or vastly better than another. The reality is that oil caused...

You definitely need the wider bucket. The severe shortage of tractors puts the dealer in a place where he thinks he is control. My guess is he doesn't have access to the wider bucket. I don't blame you for walking away for no other reason than the dealer's lack of integrity. You might...

Actually, I appreciate Dejen starting this thread. It caused me to look at my battery terminals and they were indeed in need of some work. I would of swore that they would look good before I took the time to look at them. So I cleaned them up and coated them with dielectric grease. I sure...

It is a good time to sell, and a bad time to buy.

Perhaps if I lived in Antarctica I might consider putting 0-40 to replace the 10-40 recommended by my manufacture. But I don't plan on moving there soon so I will stick with what is recommended. Sometimes you are better off not to try to outsmart the factory engineers.

I have applied never-seize on lug nuts for the last umpteen years and it seems to prevent problems. It prevents deterioration of the condition of the lugs and lug nut threads. They are usually subject to a nastier than normal environment. It does indeed increase the holding force with the...

I can remember when I was younger some cars had left hand threads on lugs on one side of the car. I can remember being frustrated by having to guess which way to turn the lug nut.

I often move my trailers about my property with a ball attachment mounted to my FEL. The reasons for that is I can hook the trailer up easier and faster and I can back the trailer into a tight spot easier and more accurately than I can with the trailer attached to the draw bar.

I belong to several forums, but I go to this one more than all the others combined. Why? 1) I often get useful information 2) I follow some threads just for entertainment. No useful information, just entertaining. 3) I have a lot in common with most members. I don't agree with...

I think you may have just started a mega thread that has no substance :oops:

OK. I am convinced. The world is indeed flat. Science is nothing more than a scam, fake news designed to trick us all into joining an evil cult. Now that I have joined the flat earthers, could one of them can give me directions on how to get to the edge of the Earth? Can I drive there...

Thanks for the video. Now I am aware that Elephant poop cures cancer.

What!? You mean you don't use baling twine to tie the PTO shaft safety chain to the lift arm?

It goes in the freeze plug hole. It was easy to install.

I lost a few of those. When I finally had to walk the field looking for the drawbar that fell out because of it, I replaced it with a bold and lock nut.

That's funny. I have noticed those loops on my old tractor's lift arms for a few decades now, and I never stopped to think that was what they are for.

Just a follow up. I bought a 600 watt block heater on ebay, installed it, and it worked twice before it failed. The company replaced it with no hassle, and the new one works like a charm. I plug it in an hour before I want to start it and the engine fires up immediately. Thank you all for...

I decided to touch up the paint on my old Ferguson (the one in my avitar). I did a little sanding and cleaning, took off the hood, masked the rest up to prep it. I bought a couple of rattle cans of Van Sickle paint to supplement the new unused cans of Van Sickle I had bought years prior when...

Speaking of gravity, moons, tides and such, I read something a while back that dispelled what I had believed for years. I always thought tides were created by the moon's gravity pulling on the ocean's water. But what really causes the tides is the moon's gravitational attraction actual...

Is the the top of the concrete above, at, or below ground level? How strong do you want it to be? (Do you want to stop a car from going through it?)

I think he dropped it from a helicopter.

2 to 4 inches of snowfall falling into a 3" diameter pipe sticking straight up isn't going to amount to a lot of water. I understand your concern, but I don't think it is a serious problem. Even if a fuel dryer additive doesn't remove it all you probably don't pick your fuel up from the...

I drove 200 miles in a driving snowstorm once in my diesel pickup after not putting the fuel cap on after stopping to refuel. The truck has a flatbed with the fill nozzle pointed forward so as to catch snow. I noticed it when I got home and felt like an idiot. I put the cap back on...

This isn't much help, but I am setting here wondering what whoever had mind when they set a fence in a foundation like that. Must have been awful expensive and seems to be extreme overkill.

Thank you for proving my point.

I am really out of touch. I have never heard of the National Fenestration Ratings Council.

With my BMSE degree in Mechanical Engineering, professional license, and 40 years of engineering experience, I am always amazed at how some people ever got their engineering degree. I do remember being told once that being able to make it through engineering school and having basic common sense...

I just watched that edge tamer video. So simple and brilliant! I have a new project now to fabricate a pair.

There are a lot of good brands of tractors around (very few bad ones). I'd pick the horse power that you need (probably in the neighborhood of 50 hp, and look for a new or used one in good shape with the attachments you need (FEL at the minimum) and just start looking. You may get a lot of...

At the factories I used to work at we always had link belts on hand for emergency replacement at the few places where v belts were time consuming to install or we didn't have the right belt in inventory. We wouldn't use them on high torque applications, or if belt replacement was easy. Where...

With today's tractors I don't think the engine and transmission are going to be the things that give you trouble regardless of the brand (assuming you don't neglect them). I think your future problems are more likely to be, as you mention, in the area of electronics and other controls.

I think most of us in our minds grossly underestimate the size of our galaxy. But not nearly as much as we underestimate the size of the known universe. I can understand that, the vastness is somewhat unfathomable based against our usual standards of measurements.

I am trying to imagine a tree with a root base of 100 miles..... Just how tall would that tree likely be? Perhaps if we had those trees today we could launch satellites by merely climbing a tree! And just how did those all those giant trees (that made all those craters) grow on the moon...

I find mine extremely useful. And the top of my loader is parallel to the bottom. But I am looking at it all from an angle while setting in the seat. A change in tilt of just a degree or so is all it takes to dig a hole you didn't want to dig, or to not cleanly scrape what you wanted to...

The food industry is the same way. If you think the product is produced by the company on the label, think again because you are most likely wrong.

Congratulations on buying a good tractor. I am sure you will love it.

Indeed, there is no actual proof yet that there is life elsewhere. But then there was no actual proof that the world was round prior to Magellan's crew circumnavigating the globe. Prior to that though, there were several ancient scientists who were convinced that the world was round based...

Even if there isn't definite proof of something, when the odds of that 'something' are overwhelming, most people would believe it rather than deny it. In this case when there are trillions upon trillions of stars, planets and the like, and life started on this little remote spot out of...

I am of the opinion that science and religion must in the end agree. There is only one truth. Religious teachings that refute proven science are merely superstition. On the other hand as we learn more, old science is continually refuted by new science. Our grasp of, even our ability to...

20 gallons of bad fuel would be enough for me to start burning piles for the next 30 years or so.

So just how does one dump 20 gallons of 'suspect' fuel in a responsible way?

What is the sense of even putting this list together? Is it going to tell us what engines are best? Probably not. Is it going to change as times go by? Probably. Is it going to help you find parts you probably wont need? Maybe, but probably not. Is it going to be accurate by getting...

I can understand why so many people think that the ability to readily get parts for "whatever" is such a deal breaker. They also seem to be of the opinion that a dealer is the only place you can possibly get parts. I read classic car and motorcycle magazines and, to the contrary of what I...

Earlier this winter I spaced out and accidentally poured some gasoline in my tractor. I got about a gallon in it before I noticed the smell wasn't right. (It was fairly dark in the barn where I keep my fuel, which is why I grabbed the wrong fuel container in the first place) The tank was...

Most inventions are really just somebody improving on, or capitalizing on, someone else's idea. The person with the most marketing skills usually gets the recognition. And often it is the employee who does the creating but the boss who gets the credit.

Seems like one day in a physics class I woke up and heard the professor say, "According to this guy named Einstein, if you are travelling at the speed of light you won't age." Then I went back to sleep. Actually, I have never figured that out. The inverse would seemingly be; "If you come...

One time when my wife and I were driving back from Alaska on highway 37 in Northern BC, we saw an incredible number of black bear along the highway. My wife and I started out by pointing them out to each other, but after a while there were so many that we stopped bothering to do that. Made me...

They would look like Leonard Nimoy, of course.

I can't recall hearing that song, but they didn't really need to put the "probably" in their lyrics. A friend of mine made a comment once while we were driving along on an icy road; "Seems like no matter what speed a person is driving on ice, they seem to think that anyone driving faster than...

I think that is about as close to the right answer as you are going to get on every Compact tractor made.

I have 45 acres and one horse. About 30 of it is grassland. My place was choked with weeds when I bought it three years ago. One bout of spraying along with mowing with a bush hog twice a year has kept it in pretty good shape for the hoards of deer we have around here. I sure don't mow it...

Sometimes I think that lawns, especially large lawns are a rather senseless luxury. The labor, the equipment, the fuel, the water it takes to maintain them is rather intense. My guess is that lawns are going to start falling more out of favor as the world moves on. In places like New...

Seems like her in Eastern Washington, wherever there are rocks for the snakes to sun on, there are snakes. No rocks, no snakes. (Not totally true but mostly true). We only have rattle snakes, garter snakes and bull snakes. Snakes don't bother me much. I respect them and just leave them alone...

Our neighbor (about 2 miles away) has a couple Great Pyrenees that wander over to visit every once in a while. Nice dogs. At one of our old houses we had a different pair of Great Pyrenees come to visit too. They are certainly have distinct (great) personalities.

Why on earth do you need to spend 3 hrs to cut that much grass 2 times a week? What a waste! Need to find something better to do with that land.

I am just wondering why you are limiting it to just those two when there are so many good tractors out there.

I see a lot of apple and oranges comparisons in this thread. The simple truth is their is a severe shortage of skilled trade workers as well service workers, I think that is because their is a lack of emphasis on those kind of jobs in our education systems and because much of society...

I know of a Boy Scout Master who was holding a baby rattlesnake from just behind the snakes head between his index finger and thumb. He was showing it to his troops. The baby snake managed to turn enough to barely put his fang into the guy's thumb. His hand swelled up to the size of a...

My '96 Dodge 1 ton diesel looks better every time I look at it :)

I am sorry, but I missed your point. What new tractor available in North America, Korean made or otherwise, doesn't have components sourced from China? Possibly Mahindra (India), but I will bet even they do.