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I have spent a lot of time in the woods during my long life and have seen a lot of animals including Bobcats, but I have never seen a Cougar (although I have seen their tracks).

Just to shoot an already dead horse: I remember a professor talking about this subject in my heat transfer and thermodynamics class back a half century ago. "Except in rare instances, the only pure form of radiant heat we see is that from the sun. That is because of the large vacuum that is...

I would guess that buying bits most anywhere is a crapshoot when it comes to the metallurgy used (and therefore the quality of the bit). Suppliers change frequently, the metallurgy could change form batch to batch, you have no idea the details of the metallurgy you are buying even if it is...

I don't think the difference you would see would be enough to worry about. I have landscaped for years with filled and unfilled tires. Both make footprints that are not different enough to notice. A chain harrow will smooth either. Running in 4 wheel drive will cause the tires to make far...

I had one of those occur in a previous house that I owned. The screen on a roof vent broke and birds carried in a totally unbelievable amount of grass over the course of several years, enough to make thousands and thousands of nests. I don't know what those little bird brains were...

I agree with MossRoad. Learn how to sharpen a bit and most any brand of bit will cut just fine. Then the difference between bits is really in the metallurgy used to make the bit, and the speed and cooling that you use to determine how long they will stay sharp. There is an art to...

Burn barrels in Washington State are illegal State wide. I miss having one but I understand why they do it when you look at how the west coast has been slowly burning up every summer over the past decade. You can still burn a pile of stuff legally if the weather conditions permit. Your...

I hear ya Scottie, and I agree that the above is a pretty weak argument. If a dealer can compete on the basis of providing a good service at a competitive cost, that would be just fine (and some probably do, and more than a few don't). But as far as helping investors... In today's age, we...

I'd do whatever you can by yourself. If it is beyond my skills, I'd take it to an independent tractor mechanic as opposed to a dealer. I have had much much better luck with independent shops. In my experience, in general they seem to be more competent, honest, straightforward and easier to...

My daughter took this picture of a young hawk who was just learning to fly

I took this picture driving down from the Palouse to the Snake River near my home.

This coyote used to follow my brush hog when i was mowing and eat the field mice that were exposed. She did it for several years in a row. After a while she got so bold as to follow the tractor within a few feet.

I can think of a whole lot of things in this world we'd be better off spending money on other than developing high tech machines to fly the super rich across the ocean in a few less hours or allowing them take a 10 minute ride into space. Just because something can be done doesn't mean that it...

One other thing to note is all snow is not the same. Wet snow is so much heavier than powder snow. A plow will move a lot more power snow much easier compared to 32 degree big flaked wet snow.

I feel for you. I don't think any kind of residential plow will handle what you have described. It would take major horsepower to push that much snow. A snowblower would be the best bet, but it would even take a while with that. (hours, not days though)

6" or 8" of constant depth isn't a problem at all, I have plowed through short drifts that are considerably higher. I have had deep (3 plus feet), long (maybe 30 feet) drifts that I couldn't plow through. Then I get the tractor with the FEL and dig a path through it. At my old place I had...

I am a little different than most of you. For a long drive, I find that a 4wd pick-up truck with a plow works better than a tractor or ATV, mainly because it is fast. I can do a better job in minutes what may take hours with the alternatives. You do have to be careful about plowing gravel...

The ring tone on my phone is the BeeGees "Stayin Alive". Whenever I hear that song I start looking for my phone. But a song in your head probably isn't as irritating as tinnitus, unless it is Barry Manilow.

I got my tinnitus from playing racquetball. A guy hit a hard forehand shot that hit me directly on my left ear. I saw stars and heard ringing. The stars went away but the ringing never did. And that was 20 years ago.

Way back when I was young, I had a friend taught me the use of what he called self hypnosis to go to sleep. First you would make sure you were comfortable. Then you would clear your mind of everything, This was the hardest thing to do. It takes practice. One technique that worked for me...

Oosik didn't need to worry. The gunman couldn't have ever found his house, even by accident.

Cats are indeed the weirdest animals. They do have different individual personalities, but do have one thing in common: their minds work in a totally different way than that of humans.

I actually sleep pretty good. I'd do better if my bladder didn't wake me up at about 4am every morning, but most often I go to the John and back without truly waking up. Every once in a while I do get insomnia. If I lay there awake for more than 15 minutes I get up and take 5 mg of...

You are wrong, Rdrcr. Kubota is more "American" than any other compact tractor made today. But that doesn't mean it is all American. If you want to avoid buying a tractor than has no Chinese made parts, I am pretty sure that you won't be able to buy a tractor.

I have both front and rear chains. Sometimes I just put the front chains on if I just need to "get around" on the ice and snow. If I have work to do (snow removal, pulling someone out of a ditch, etc) I put all four on. The fronts are so much easier to put on. I never put the rear chains...

How true. Case in point, the Kubota that Hornett22 tried to get a clutch for is not an obscure tractor brand. However I am not sure that modern JDs, Cases, Fords, Massey Fergusons, et al, will be that much easier to get parts in the future than many of the "obscure" tractors. Several...

Having a forum with lax rules and no moderators would be a lot like having a basketball game without referees. Sure refs make mistakes and bad calls that you don't agree with (but the other team sees as right). Without refs basketball game would quickly become more like a boxing match. I'd...

This thread makes obvious the challenges of communicating via the internet, whether it be Facebook, Twitter, or a Forum. It has unintentionally created a platform to further divide us, to take potshots without the risk of meaningful retaliation, at someone who disagrees with us. Often the...

The only thing I might add is I would stay away from the Stihl "Easy2start" systems. They should rename it; "For those who are not strong enough to pull the starter cord hard enough to start it, and therefore probably not strong enough to safely use a chain saw, and another complicated item...

I love this site, but at times people continually expressing their political opinions, or changing the direction of a thread to make it become politically oriented really diminishes the intent and quality of the site. I think if the members set the rules, the strong willed politically minded...

I have learned to pay special attention to the cleanliness of the radiator when brush hogging, particularly if the weeds have gone to seed. HF makes a very small battery powered leaf blower (Hercules) that is small enough to carry in the cab I am thinking about getting to avoid trips back to...

Although I might mention the temp gauge on my older 4720ch is not as useful as it could be. In the summer, the difference between normal operating temp and over-heated is about 1 degree in needle rotation. It is about as accurate as my fuel gauge, which appears at times to be hooked to a...

The Kioti will work just fine. They make a good tractor, as good as any other brand. I think either kind of transmission will work fine too. There are differences in how they work, but as you grow accustomed to either, there isn't anything you can't do with one that you can do with the...

Where I live there isn't any tire that will work in the winter without chains. I think turf tires work quite well with chains because the chains don't fall between raised treads like they do on R1's and R4's. However when winter is over the turf tires may not work nearly as well as the other...

That never happens in the US. We always report our "feels like" temperature in degrees Fahrenheit, never in Celsius;)

One thing to look for; are your brake lights on? A misadjusted brake light switch or the emergency brake not fully released will keep the cruise from locking on. I ran into that once.

As I read these threads I am amazed at the confusion. I was scared stiff of going on Medicare when I retired. "another government bureaucracy to deal with" I thought. Now 10 years later, I find that with Medicare an AARP supplement, my overall cost for health care is far less, easier to use...

I lived and worked in Grant county back in the late '70's and early 80's. Seemed like we paid $.015/kwa for residential then. The processing plant I worked at had some old electric boilers because the electrical power there was the cheapest in the nation. We told Grant County PUD that we...

I had to unplug the coils on the air conditioner evaporator of my 4720ch. The top roof panel comes right off it while everything else stays in place. Just take the 8 nuts off the studs that stick through (if yours is like mine). There was an antenna to disconnect and maybe a few other...

It is also true you can often find competent independent shops that will work on any brand of tractor, often with a lower shop rate than a brand dealer, just like you can for an automobile. I have had better luck over the years with independent shops over brand shops. I would take my tractor...

To Kubota's credit, they actually manufacture most of their US bound FEL's in Georgia. I may be wrong, but they appear to be the only compact tractor company to do so. To their dismay, it is hard to get a lot of things these days in the US, such as metal.

After seeing the videos posted above I must admit JD compact tractor American assembly is more elaborate than I was lead to believe. I apologize for being misinformed. No, I don't have any videos of Branson Assembly operations. My dealer has been to their assembly plant in Georgia several...

Are you really naïve enough to think a JD4044 is 100% American made? Or even 60%? Unlike JD's larger tractors, the JD4044 and their other compacts are no more "American made" than any other Korean, Japanese or Indian tractor. In fact some "foreign" tractors (Kubota and Branson for instance)...

It might be just me, but I can think of at least a half a dozen tractors I would buy before buying a JD compact tractor in any size range. They are drastically overpriced and not a bit better nor more reliable, more comfortable or more functional than their many competitors. People keep...

He replaced it with around a 50 hp John Deere cabbed tractor. Don't remember the exact model number, something like a 4250. It was used. He got it from his original TYM dealer (his long time buddy) who took the TYM back in trade.

I had an opportunity to compare in actual use my 4720 to a TYM 494 a few years back when my neighbor bought a TYM. We traded tractors for a day just for the heck of it. See this post; TYM T454 cab vs Branson 4720ch The bottom line is that the TYM is cushier and has more eye appealing features...

My 2 cents. Red diesel in my local rural farming area gas station probably outsells their on-road diesel. The difference; they sell 200 gallons at a time of red diesel to fill large transfer tanks on the back of pick-up rather than 20-30 gallons to fill the pick-up itself. However in the...

It took my friend buying 3 fan belts before we had one that would fit. (What would I do without friends!) He could only find a 40" on Sunday, then a 40 1/2" and finally a 41". The 41" was the only one that would go on. The factory one was a 40 1/2" (??). Got it running and it took 12 hrs of...

Been snowed in for a couple days now. We got about a foot of snow last week and I got everything cleared up just fine. Then the winds came! Big winds! Most of my road was fairly clear but there are spots that had drifts that were well over 4' deep. I tried plowing with my 1 ton pick-up...

When I was a teenager my Dad bought an old 1951 Studebaker (The car that looked the same coming or going). He took a torch and cut the back half off and made a flat bed out of plywood and 2X6's. My Dad was a wizard of making neat stuff out of wood. He got some Caterpillar yellow paint and...

It is funny how we remember the past as being better. In truth, aspects of it were definitely better, but overall when you get down to it, life is better now. For every positive there is a negative. I remember how changing plugs and points in a car every 15,000 miles was a must, flat tires...

I do the same thing. However, when I was cleaning up and organizing my shop a few weeks ago, I noticed that I had a rather large inventory of filters for vehicles and equipment. Enough to fill an entire shelf on my storage cabinet. Some for the vehicles I still have, but most are for...

I am not particularly interested in confronting him, or explaining anything to him. There are enough jerks in the world without me acting like one too. If he is lying that is his problem.

You could be right. I asked the gal at the Verizon store that specific question and she said that they would both count against the 50 gig limit. But by the way she acted I didn't get a strong impression that she was particularly well versed in what she was talking about.

Thanks, That is information I need but no one seemed to be able to tell me.

Another thing that worried me is that when I bought a firestick and hooked up my TV to the slow internet we have and tried the free trial from Fubotv, it slowed our internet so far down that you couldn't use the internet while the TV was on. What was worse, if you shut the tv off, it still...

I must be old fashion. I don't particularly want to be given special treatment because of who I know. Makes me feel like a person I wouldn't like.

Follow up on trying to get internet. As I mentioned I have a communication tower with both T-Mobile and Verizon communication on my property but presently get slow internet through a local microwave system. Too slow for streaming. Following the advice from you all I went to the T-Mobile and...

In 2018 I decided to buy a small truck so I went down and bought a Toyota Tacoma, just "like" the one I owned 20 years earlier. As I drove it for a while, it became more and more obvious there was nothing small about this truck. Worse yet, it got no better mileage than my old 1 ton Dodge...

I am not much of a horse fan, but I can think of better things to get upset about. Perhaps you should try talking to them about your concern.

The Farmer's Almanac relies on a secret method of predicting weather that is not available for review by the public. That alone makes it a source of information I would not put my faith in. They claim 80% accuracy. Depending on how you choose to measure, calculate and report your accuracy...

We could use some of your warmer weather here in Eastern Washington.

Today I am going to put chains of the front wheels and use the FEL and blade to remove snow drifts from our road. I'd normally use my 1 ton pickup and it's snow plow, but I am going to use the Branson just for a change of pace. It is 1/4 mile of gravel road with a lot of of rise, most of the...

Transmission oil is a highly opinionated subject, you will find countless threads on the forums about it. My dealer told me it isn't as big of deal as some people make it out to be. You don't want to use straight old fashion hydraulic oil though. As long as it says it is premium tractor...

I guess it might be prudent to ask what kind of insurance you want for your tractor. Most homeowner insurance covers catastrophic damage such as it being stored in a building when it burns down, or a meteor happens to fall on it, it also covers theft. But probably wouldn't cover liability...

Large dealers aren't the cat's meow either. Several of the better known brands in my area are represented by large, multi-location car dealership-like operations. They are overpriced, non-responsive, and could care less about anything concerning you except your getting your money.

I tend to think that you are splitting hairs. Either way is fine. There is enough flexibility in the exact safe operating level to allow for the different ways to measure.

My dealer sells both Branson and LS. He suggested in the range I was looking for (around 50 hp) he would recommend the Branson 20 series. The differences? The Branson has more weight (always a benefit on a tractor) and the lack of dependence on electronics. He said he has had to do less...

This is the best picture of it that I could find. The wall continues to rise further on down. It then makes a 90 degree turn to the right around the shop (not shown) and comes back down on the other side. I had to make this wall to create a level spot on that piece of property so I could...

Yes, they are about 2'X2'x4' or thereabouts and are set by a track hoe. They interlock together quite tightly and have a choice of attractive patterns on the face. Some make it look like the wall is made from smaller blocks (that's what I chose), other provide the illusion of large odd shaped...

Perhaps it was considered a Pre-engineered wall?

I think it depends on the blocks that you use. I had a 10 tall foot tall big block wall at my last house that was not engineered, installed by a licensed contractor and inspected and approved by the building inspector. I did it because of that 4 foot rule, which we have too. They probably...

I use dirt for all wooden fences. (I prefer dowelled fencing for horses, but cows are rough on them without a hot wire). Dirt makes it easier to replace a post if something goes wrong (even pressure treated rots). If I ever had enough sand, that might be better than dirt. Gravel might be...

Out of curiosity, What is that structure for that is above your garage, Bob?

Where were you able to order the cable?

I hope your Branson gets here without delays. I am still waiting for the Garage doors I ordered in May:(

I don't think I learned anything from this thread.

I kind of viewed this thread as a covert political thread to confirm the belief that covid is somehow fake news.

3 people I knew quite well, 2 of them were very healthy before they caught it.

Why? I am always amazed when I find I have done things wrong my whole life without ever having a problem.

You are right, if it were to be crimped it would take a circular crimper that crimps the entire circumference. That particular crimper's largest die is a 2/0 AWG which is slightly over 3/8" which is much too small for this sleeve. Perhaps a hydraulic shop could re-crimp it? That sleeve is...

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Wow, Mechtheist, I am sorry you are having such a difficult time. One of the problems of describing all this is that all of us seem to use a little different terminology for the parts. Plus there are a lot of parts involved. If, with your hose clamp fix, the sheath was not moving and it...

I obviously had to disconnected the cables at the bottom end when I changed the whole assembly. They are hard to get to. They are confusing but if you pay attention and use common sense you can figure it out. It has been so long that I don't remember what was involved well enough to...

I wouldn't recommend operating that joystick with that cable sheath out of the sleeve. Once you bend up those wires in the sheath the game for repair is probably over. You have to get it all back together and at the same length as it was originally, and come up with a way to hold it there.

I have a small 5 gallon hot water heater in my shop. After a year of use the hot water stank like a son of a gun. Checking into it, if you have a magnesium heating element and non-chlorinated well water that has even minute trace amounts of sulfur content, this is a fairly common issue (I...

The three point arms designed to be loaded in tension, not in compression. If you turned your drawbar to face forward, you would likely bend the arms like pretzels unless you re-enforced the heck out of them. If you are worried about lifting the front end, connect the chain to the front and...

Stabil is fine. So is Seafoam. Use either of them in non-ethanol gas if you can get it. It is less prone to gumming carbs, moisture attraction, and eating out fuel lines and other rubber/plastic components. It is all I use in all my small motors, and haven't had any fuel related problems...

You can avoid engineering on a 10 ft retaining wall in Washington if you go with those decorative ecology block sized bricks. But even then you still need a good base and a drainage plan (French Drain) and moisture barrier or you'll likely be sorry. Poured concrete 10 ft high retaining walls...

They are both good tractors. I wouldn't say they are exactly equal, but they don't cost the same either. If cost is an issue, the Branson certainly has the upper hand. If cost isn't an issue, buy the Kubota. You can do anything with the Branson that you can with a Kubota. I don't think...

I use a Garmin automotive GPS on my tractor in the pedestrian mode for spraying with my 30 ft boom. I agree it is not dead accurate, but I seldom have a swath that I miss, and if I do it has never been over 3 feet wide. I aim for about 2-3 feet of overlap. I have noticed in my car at 60 +...

If it is a straight line, just walking with a GPS in the pedestrian mode with the travel history turned on will get you within a few feet. May have to readjust your walk from point a to point b a few times.

I never even heard of the term wind chill until the 1970's. What I have seen it used as is to mostly over-state how cold it is. The way it often works is you pick the highest wind speed for the day within 50 miles of you, convert it to wind chill (or better yet just guess) and then state that...

I don't think I would try to crimp it. (Just my opinion). Tony is right, you'd have to get the cable out to crimp it, which is a sizable hassle. Second I would worry about binding up the inner cable from crimping enough to make it hold. Those inner wires on the sheath are loose and are not...

Here are three pictures that help illustrate the situation. The first picture shows my jury rigged solution to hold the sheath in place. It actually worked for a couple of months until the new joystick/cable arrangement came and I found time to change it. With hind site, there are better and...

After another trip out to the shop to look at the parts, I have found out more. The sheath is made up of more items than I mentioned. There is the outer rubber casing. Beneath that is the spiral wound metal. Beneath that are a bunch of longitudinal wires laying in a circular pattern that...

What you have in the area we are discussing are three parts. 1) The inner cable, which is likely a woven wire cable with the ball end welded to the end of it. 2) The sheath, which is a spiral wound piece of metal probably with a plastic inner liner and a rubber exterior coating and 3) A...

You are probably right Pedro

Possibly if you could find some heavy duty heat shrinking tube (like used in high voltage applications) Maybe you could slide that over both the outer cable and sleeve. After you shrink it, put on 2 small hose clamps to further secure them, one on the cable sheath, the other on the sleeve. I...

I just went out and checked. I actually used a tiny hose clamp around the cable, with wire connected to 2 ea light weight turnbuckles (one on each side), that were secured with wire to the joystick base for my temporary solution. It worked just fine. I do still have a spare cable now, but...

Maybe solder then try to crimp. As you already know, I had the same thing happen on my 4720. Under warranty they sent me an entire joystick with the cables attached, which, I was told is the only way they sell it (Around $450 if I remember right), so it it definitely worth a try to fix it...

Little Bill, we have excellent cell service anywhere we go on our property. I checked out the Verizon LTE site, They say our address does not have service available (I should mention our address shows up at the wrong place by a couple miles on google maps). I went to T-Mobile's Site. It may as...

First, most of the things said on this thread are technically way above my head. I am not a techy in the least bit. That makes it hard to talk intelligently to most of you. That being said, We live out in the sticks, but we have a cell tower on our property 750 feet from our house. We...

You need to get a bit more creative and flexible. Why don't you just enter "Carports near Traralgon" It is close to Flynn and would probably list anything in Sale also. However for the heck of it I just asked google for "Carports near Colfax, Wa.", where I live, and only got a list of...

My wife bought my daughter a young mare when my daughter was 13. My daughter was in love with that horse until she went off to college. Then she found other things to keep her interest. My daughter is 36 now and we still have the horse. Since then, I am the one who gets to feed the horse...

Just a side note: Has anyone else the opinion that the quality of Redwing has gone down hill over the last few years. It was the only brand I would buy for 30 years or so, but have been rather unpleased with my 2 most recent purchases. The fit for the same size and models I previously...

Why be so limited. Lets go with which brand of tractor is best if using which brand of oil.

Best cure; Get rid of your horses.

I do it with the wheels off the ground when I want to maximize compaction of the soil I am leveling. It definitely helps. I don't probably ever use much more of angle of 15 degrees when back dragging. If I want to cut into the dirt (which the steep angle would do) I either use the FEL going...

One thing has became clear to me after all the ranting and raving in this post; the next time I buy a tractor I am going to pay close attention to the design of the curl rams. In general the shorter they are, the larger in diameter they are, the less they are apt to bend. As I do a quick...

There are right ways to deal with nuclear wastes and wrong ways. I actually dislike this song because it makes it sound as if there are only wrong ways.

Goes to show all dirt isn't the same. If you did it that way with Palouse top soil, your posts would be loose as a goose.

With all due respect, Hay Dude, I think you are making this more difficult than it is. If you don't want metal, then go and buy some plastic sheet. Most fab shops I know won't go crazy if you ask them to deal with a little plastic.

That is sort of true. Definitely cleaner combustion. With no jetting or fuel injection mapping changes, less oil means more fuel per charge and and therefore a slightly richer mixture. In the olden days (1970's or so) you would run a 20 or 30 to 1 fuel to oil mixture in a 2 stroke. These...

I remember reading an article a few years back where someone interviewed several older Eastern Europeans to compare life before and after the collapse of the USSR. One of the things several of these people brought up that I found interesting; When they were under the Soviet's thumb, having...

Looking at the overall design of this setup.... what a piece of junk! Some engineer better go back to basics and study the Euler effect, slenderness ratios and buckling of columns. Eliminating the pivot and extending the length of the ram probably along with no one lowering the relief...

What can be more subjective and opinionated than a discussion of what oil is best?

Why do they have to be made of plastic? I would think something like a piece of 16 or so gauge sheet metal rolled in an arc would work fine. Maybe weld 1 x 1/8" flat bar to the edges of the sheet metal for re-enforcement. The extra weight of steel shouldn't be a concern. If it was done...

Yes, my wife watches the auger as it goes down and motions me to move the tractor forward as it goes deeper. One trick to minimize how much dirt you have to dig out with the manual post hole digger: Turn your auger off before you lift the auger out. Much of the dirt will stay on the auger...

Sounds like you need to become acquainted with a local fab shop. My guess they can make up something for a fraction of that cost.

I remember my dad telling me that they used to lay down corncobs to make roads when he was a kid back in Kansas, and he said it would work pretty good for several years.

A silicon spray would most likely work as good as anything on plastic shields.

I would bet it will screw off. Wrap it with duct tape then use a pipe wrench on it.

My Hisun is 5 years old and will likely need new batteries sometime in the future if I plan on maintaining the supposed 45 mile range, which I never come close to using. I seldom drive more than 10 miles in a day, and I think the batteries may last quite a while. I did price new batteries...

I bought an Hisun E1 electric UTV. There are other brands just as good or possibly even better. I love the electric UTV over a gas rig because you just hop in it and go, whenever. No starting issues, no warm-up, little or no maintenance, highly reliable, lots of torque, 2 or 4wd, winch...

You'd probably have to use a safety harness attached to a sky hook. (Been looking for sky hooks on both Amazon and E-bay, they don't seem to have any)

I didn't mean to imply that it is illegal, it most certainly isn't. Being 'legal and above board' and doing what is best for all are sometimes two very different things. Using contractors to replace full time employees is a trend that is growing. Companies that used to use full time hire...

A very popular ploy by business today is to hire your employee's as private contractors. That way you are relieved of any perceived responsibility to provide benefits. (Healthcare, retirement, etc). And you pay these contractors at the same hourly rate that you would have paid an hourly...

I am quite sure you have to be an ambitious and intelligent workaholic to make it to the CEO level. I agree that it is a stressful job. But that has always been the case. However between 1978 and 2019 the average CEO salary increased 1007.5% while the average worker's salary only rose...

I think it is a machine that replaces doctors for doing open heart surgery.

I just installed a new rear facing LED on my 1957 Ferguson TO35 because my broken incandescent bulb in the old rear facing fixture was one that I couldn't find a replacement bulb. Got two lights on ebay for $13. Only used one of 'em, and it is twice as bright as the old one. Don't know why...

One of my newest pet peeves is the fad for people (mostly in Pickups) to install LED light bars on their grill. Some of them can absolutely blind you, even in the daytime.

Go to either Amazon or ebay and you will find an extremely wide selection

I run my tractor in the dark and in the snow every year. LED's would be nice and If mine ever went out that is what I would buy to replace them. But I would never replace them because of a lack of lighting. The factory ones work fine for me.

I really get a kick of how many people hold on to that belief. They don't like facing up to the reality that, like it or not, we live in a world economy. You would be amazed at the number of well known "American" companies whose majority stock holders are foreign. Try GE, GMC, Anheuser...

I would agree with that. Some people can't survive without a security blanket though, whether they use it or not. With the quality of online shopping these days, most people would never have to go back to the original dealer for parts. I happen to have a good dealer who is helpful in...

It is a Standard 23c diesel, not a Continental, it does have glow plugs and they have been replaced and are working. Putting it in my new garage is a bad idea as the garage doors ordered last May are still on backorder (that's another issue:(). I'd probably use the block heater even in the...

It sounds like a 300 series stainless alright. I would bet it is either 304 or 316 stainless as they are by far the most common. It is hard to tell the difference without a lab analysis and there are different levels in each of those (low carbon versions for instance, to enhance weldability.)...

My TO-35 23c Standard diesel starts extremely easy after the engine is warmed up, but fairly hard when engine is cold, and nearly impossible when it is below freezing out. I have used a space heater and blanket in cold weather in the past, but that is a pain and only semi effective. I have been...

I am a long time die hard college sports fan, but I see college sports going way off course. Like a lot of other things, an excess of money is ruining it. Talk about supply and demand, free enterprise and all that stuff all you want. When we start placing college sports above college...

So how many stocks have you divested because of excessive CEO salaries? Did it work? Ohio State is an exception as are other power programs. Many publicly owned College athletic programs are in the negative. Washington State University, for instance is $50 million negative, and they are by...

That is a good question. Is that s/n information public? It is for my older Ferguson tractor

If people divested stocks in corporations with excessive executive pay, then no one would own stocks. That solution don't work. Lets start with controlling of football coach's salaries. In almost every state the State college's football coach is by far the highest paid State employee. .

The US is the only developed country where CEO's have outlandish salaries. Most other countries have a far more aggressive progressive tax that prohibits that from happening. We used to until the 1980's. That is when top management salaries started going through the roof.

I found this video that covers several methods of catch gophers. It looks like it was made back in the '70's, but it is quite educational and offers several alternatives.

It happened when our business was sold from one publicly traded company to another. The original company left us alone because we turned a very reasonable profit year after year. They sold us to a different company when other parts of their business (real estate) went south and they...

I had a coworker say to me one time, "Ain't it a ***** when you slowly but surely climb that ladder of success all the way to the top.... only to find the ladder is on the wrong wall!"

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho (most people say it; core-doe-lane) may not be the weirdest name, but is certainly one of the hardest to spell right (You get extra credit if you get the capital letters in the right place).

When I was working in industry I saw a major change happen, starting in the early 1990s. Before that time companies tended to care more about their employees. In fact what I was taught was my job as a manager was to do whatever you can to aid your employees in being successful at their job...

I didn't say I had an answer, but it doesn't mean that things are peachy with the status quo.

Capitalism may be one of the best systems around but it does have its flaws. When one union gets a raise, it triggers a round of inflation that just causes other workers to need raises to keep up with the rising cost of living. The bottom line of the paycheck goes up, but the standard of...

Then there is George, Washington. It has one restaurant and it is called "Martha's Inn".

Not a big deal, but curious. What is the difference between the "New Posts" tag and the "Today's Posts" Tag at the top of the main page? The posts listed in each area are slightly different but mostly the same. Seems to me to be a waste of valuable electrons filling memory slots in someone's...

I had never even heard the term "patina" before. Shows how out of touch I am with the custom car world. I did google the word and saw images of "patina" cars, and I agree, most of them looked quite phony. The one that I saw did tickle my fancy though. Probably like everything else, some...

Ooops I accidentally loaded the same video twice, Here is the lift pump overhaul U-tube:

Here is another video on the lift cylinder overhaul. Your problem may be here rather than the pump. The TO 20, 30 &35 and Ford 8n are all very similar in concept and many parts are interchangeable.

My TO 35 lifts fine, but has leaked down after I shut it down for the entire 30 plus years I have owned it. One of these days I want to fix it but it hasn't made the priority list yet. Here is a You tube on an pump overhaul. It gives you a good idea of what is in there, how things work...

You have to justify buying tools??? What a concept!!

I saw a very sanitary 1940's Ford truck one time that didn't have a spec of paint left and had surface rust. I am pretty sure the guy cleaned it up somehow and clear coated it. He may have even sanded and etched it first. However he did it; it was quite well done and came out unexpectedly...

There are no paving companies nearby to talk to. I talked to the local sand and gravel contractor about it. He just shrugged his shoulders. He said he could bring in his track hoe and load it into a truck and haul it away, but it would cost a lot, he is swamped, and he really had better...

I would think a disc harrow would be too aggressive for what you want. Landscape rakes work fine if the ground is level, while a chain harrow will fit the contour of uneven land better. Jig points out that this would not totally eliminate the fire hazard, but I would think if you were to use...

I have owned a Branson for 4 years now and wouldn't hesitate a moment to buy another, but I have no reason to buy another. I like my Branson because it is simple, it lacks a bunch of un-needed electronics, it has a better Tier 4 exhaust system than others, it has been reliable, parts are...

The UAW kind of ate GM into huge financial problems. Unions work great for the workers when business is good, not so much so if it isn't.

That is true, however it leaves the people without the mental or physical capabilities to do those high skilled, good paying jobs out in the cold. They then go to work at McDonalds or go on the dole, and we ***** about them.

This morning I went out and looked at my transmission oil fill plug. On it says SAE 90w summer, 80w winter.

You are correct, it does get to be a political discussion really fast, which is unfortunate. It seems like the best way to get nothing done these days is to politicalize the issue.

I have a Ferguson with a Standard 23c diesel like yours, Hank, but boy is it different! My fuel injection system is a a totally different brand and I have no butterfly valve on the intake manifold. Does your tractor have glow plugs? Mine also have no transmission oil filter. Jerry's...

I believe the TO35's had an option for a second battery, and those were the bolt holes for the 2nd battery mount. They originally used the Standard 23c diesel which was (and mine still is) notoriously hard to start. At least I remember either hearing or reading that a long time ago.

I'm guessing your relief valve didn't relieve alright, but there is likely something else wrong too. I would have never imagined you could develop so much pressure to blow a stud out. The stud isn't stripped, so I am wondering if someone didn't even screw it in?

A lot of our stores around here have considerable empty shelf space. Not only in the paint section, but everywhere.

You make some good points. However, in my neck of the woods there is no way you can even maintain a minimal life style on $12/hr. You just can't! You'd have to be living with your parents or getting some support from somewhere else. And there is a uncomfortably large percentage of our...

Looks like a nice tractor. I am sure you will be happy with it. I'd suggest you practice learning how to remove the FEL (not just the bucket but the whole thing). Mowing is so much better without the extra length, plus the ride is smoother. It is a few minute job to take off and to...

Perhaps I am wrong, but I thought a diesel most always operates with excess air (or O2) as the intake has no restrictions. You control the rpms or power with the "throttle" by giving it more fuel in the fuel injection charge rather than more air (like a gas engine). My guess is that this...

I know your frustration. I have arthritis in my hands. Sometimes hooking up a PTO shaft can go easy, other times the same shaft can be so difficult. There have been numerous threads in this forum about tricks to make hooking up a shaft easier. Some of those tricks definitely help, but it...

So with today's values it is perfectly acceptable to modify the teachings of Christ to fit your behavior?

Weather you agree or disagree with Scottie's friend, you seemingly would have to admit that the growing gap between the rich and the poor is an issue that needs to be somehow addressed. Somewhere along the line many of us have modified the definition on liberty and freedom to mean that our...

I just love these "what brand tractor do I buy?" threads. There are definitely some helpful and thoughtful replies but it also brings out the best of some responder's prejudices, and closed minded thinking. The truth of it is there aren't that many "bad" tractors sold these days, and chances...

Might work OK. I wouldn't do it too often though. Small branches may be a problem by getting hung up in the unit. Not sure how much it will help for fire protection but it sure can't hurt. The brush hog to cut standing brush is your best defense. My friend and I attempted to ride our...

I have offered this suggestion before as the ideal compromise; Just use R1's on one side of the tractor and R4's on the other side. No one seems to want to try that though🤪

May I relate a story: I was in Arizona helping my dying brother sell his home. The home was inspected and had the usual "needed fixed" list. An old lifetime Anglo Arizonan electrician came by to take care of the electrical issues. This was about the time the border wall was a big topic...

No, I don't really need the area, but the mound just looks funny, unnatural and out of place. Now that I took all the dirt off it, it does look like an ancient burial mound. I do know a contractor with a big track hoe that could make short work of it, but his mobilization fees just to...

If nobody wanted to live in the cities, and everyone wanted the rural lifestyle, then our rural life style would probably be ruined. Lets be glad that some (make that most) people like to live in the city.

Looks like it will definitely move huge amounts of snow. I get a kick out of the "Caution Do Not Pass" sticker on it. Maybe you should replace it with "Go Ahead, Just Try To Pass Me" sticker. :)

As much as I would love to agree with your assessment of things, it is unfortunately incorrect. A growing number of people people indeed are wanting to go organic (whatever than means) and go back to buying all their food at a farmer's market, bypassing corporate farms. But they are still a...

Chris, I think we agree on more than you think. I wasn't insinuating that there aren't people that will still work hard. But in most areas I have seen, there are job postings all over the place, and the people who will work hard are already working. If you can still find people willing to...

You have that choice these days, but it would be my guess that won't be a choice in 20 years from now, because those "new" leased tractors of today will be the "old" ones in the future. And the upkeep costs on the tractors made today will be unaffordable in 20 years, so you will be forced to...

When I bought my place there was what appeared to be a pile of dirt at a discrete spot on the property. A few days ago I decided to reclaim and level that area. What it turns out to be is about a dump truck full of asphalt that someone oddly decided to cover with dirt. It has been there for...

I guess that because of people like many of us is why they invented the term "hobby farm". I live on 47 acres out in the sticks and don't get a penny of income from my land. I enjoy the work required to maintain and improve my property. I love always having something to do, but feel no...

How about a couple songs from Colin Hay. "Waiting for my Real Life to Begin", followed by "Down Under"

4wd, yes/no? Sometimes I get the feeling that the correct answer for one person isn't the correct answer for another.

I get a kick out of reading various manuals written in Chinese, Korean, or Japanese and translated to English. Where do they get these translators? Why don't they have a person who has English as a native language review and offer corrections? I agree that the Branson owner's manual is a...

I think we have to keep all this in perspective. You are right, there is no way robotic tractor is close to being ready for prime time. But so were fossil fuel tractors 110 years ago. The argument you made about 2 hired hands being cheaper is interesting because good luck on hiring 2 hired...

Not sure why the service guy would have replaced the condenser. There isn't much mechanical or electrical going on there that could cause a problem (unless the fins were clogged). Rather than filling the system with a fixed amount of refrigerant, he should have been using gauges and filled it...

I try not to offend anyone on this forum and feel like I should apologize to Not Happy, but I am not sure for what. For my Branson running reliably for years and not having explosions under my hood? For reporting fake news(????) I any case, I am sorry, Not Happy, for causing you to be not happy.

I agree that the two point hitch counter weight is interesting. It appears the arms are strong enough or they wouldn't be doing it. If you do a simple stress analysis it is fairly obvious it shouldn't be a problem. It would definitely be quicker to attach and detach. I am always amazed at...

My personal opinion is that dealer support is a secondary concern. I am quite sure there are good dealers and bad dealers for every brand. You can't make a nation wide generalization. Warranty coverage is another issue. Some of that has to do with the quality of your dealer but more has...

I have always thought that putting R4's on one side of the tractor and R1's on the other would be a good compromise.

Actually, I think this whole subject falls into the category of splitting hairs. Weight is weight. Some methods of ballast add somewhat more or less, may change the dynamics, suspension characteristics, or weight distribution slightly, may be easier or harder for some to do or to maintain...

I think I have read that several times in this forum. I have read all my various grease cartridge labels (various brands) and haven't found one that says it is clay based. Assuming this is good advice, how do you identify clay based grease?

Do you own stock in Yanmar, Willy?