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No, it's a half mile. My wife is a retired rural carrier. From the USPS webpage: For Accountable mail items and oversized parcels (not postage due), the carrier must try to gain the attention of the recipient, which includes honking their horn, in order to get them to come to the vehicle...

18 mph on flat ground is about the best our X1100 has ever done. I can hit 25 mph going down our 12% grade driveway.

Yes, but not on an RV 5th wheel. Even if you could attach the chains to the truck, there is no attachment point or chains on a 5th wheel RV.

I had Fedex do that, leave a package in the open under the mailbox at the edge of the road, and clim it was left at the front door. I raised holy h--- . Ultimately the district manager assured me that the driver would not be delivering any more packages around here. Ken

The information I received from the local Soil nd Water Conservation district was that 50% of the area should be at least 6' deep. With typical sloping, that requires about 100 foot in diameter. We have a 100x60' farm pond here that has never had any fish but plenty of frogs and turtles...

I haven't seen any Amazon deliveries transferred to the Post Office for a while. All the Amazon stuff here come via UPS, our best carrier. I think the PO delivering UPS packages was a deal swap between UPS and USPS. USPS doesn't have planes but made a deal with UPS to fly the mail and in...

They are required to deliver up to 1/2 mile. Ken

I am not sure if the sonic booms were the real cause, or the excuse. I was a co-op at the GE engine plant during the development era (I was a lab tech in component development) and worked on component testing for the GE4 engine, the U.S. entry into the U.S. side of the competition. It was...

Can you choose what kind of hitch you get on trailer? I had a B&W gooseneck ball hitch installed fr the horse camper when I bought my truck (2006). When we later added a 5th wheel camper, I added the B&W conversion which bolts down to a square tube that replaces the gooseneck ball. It has...

I was beginning to wonder the same thing (alternate day delivery). We were supposed to received some tax stuff Saturday. Nothing. Monday a holiday. Tuesday, nothing even though I had the flag up for outgoing mail, which was not picked up. It finally came Wednesday. They are still...

As mentioned above, notify the credit bureaus and lock any credit reports. And notify your local sheriff. There is a Federal Identity Theft website and probably one at your state level (State Attorney General, probably). Report Identity Theft Report identity (ID) theft to the Federal Trade...

One of the most productive things I have done was to haul my bucket 25 miles to a weld shop to get a couple of hooks welded on. After watching it being done, I concluded "I can learn to do that!" I bought a welder and taught myself. I've done many projects over the years, from farm projects...

Yes, that's normal. I think it is just going from a wax emulsion to a wax coating. Ken

FWIW, I bought a Wintec 16kw PTO generator. It can run on any of the tractors although it's normally paired with the Kubota B2710. I don't have to worry about periodic running the generator or maintenance since the tractors get their regular maintenance. Diesel, of course, stores better than...

Check with local farm fuel suppliers, they will deliver reduced tax diesel to your place but they may have a 100 or 200 gallon minimum. Ken

FWIW, my wife and her first husband built their house by themselves. They contracted out the foundation but did everything else themselves. That was 40 years ago. A neighbor was a home builder and chided them for "measuring twice, and then again" before cutting a board. He said he could...

Wow, very nice! She sounds like future Olympic material! I'll bet that team doesn't disrespect our county. Personally I can't see the need for a $50,000 rifle. I can miss just as well with a 10/22, LOL. But then I didn't start shooting until I was 38 years old. Ken

I bought a Delta lathe probably 30+ years ago. Didn't do a whole lot with it for many years until one day I saw an interesting chunk of firewood. That started my bowl turning. My newer shop equipment (bandsaw, planner, dust collector) are Grizzly and I've been satisfied with it.

Honey locust is nowhere near as rot resistant as black locust. OTOH, I think honeylocust has some nice color and grain. I have lots of honeylocust here and anyone is welcome to them as long as you take ALL the thorns with you!

Sycamore has some nice brownish color, even a green tinge at times. OTOH. sycamore is often hollow and cutting hollow trees can be dangerous.

Start at a survey mark and use a good compass to sight along the line. Spot a landmark tree on the line and walk to it, repeat as needed. I had some property previously where the above method seemed to take me in the wrong direction. It didn't, the previous owner didn't know where the...

The ultimate way to avoid gas problems with the mower is to get one with a Diesel engine ;-) If you thought your mower was expensive as it is, well, maybe Diesel is not a good idea, LOL. I am with the Stabil and run it out of fuel with a fuel line shut off if possible. Now my local Stihl/Cub...

Once you get it moving, I would get grease in there. I don't think penetrating oil is much of a lubricant.

Ah! Good clarification, LOL. When I started, they didn't rate their attachments. Later they put a 30hp max (IIRC) on the attachments, which explains why they didn't last on my 45 hp tractor ;-) Their attachments may be perfectly fine for smaller tractors.

3/8 angle iron on the TSC unit? I haven't looked at their stuff recently because it never held up for me. I constantly got frequent flyer points at my local weld shop (I now do my own welding.) I have an old carryall and the only places it has 3/8" is where I've welded in a second piece as...

Here is one from our trail cam, in sight of the house:

I'm glad we don't have that. I dug the ditch out to the barn for water and electric. Bedrock at 40" all the weay.

When we built a house twenty years ago, the utility company told the contractor the ditch was too deep and made them backfill it. As for ditch digging, when I got out of high school I worked a summer job for a swimming pool contractor. One day I was sent out to bury a discharge line out to...

You folks will have so much fun, charging your battery powered generators when the power is out and you need them! Duh! What's in the water out there? On second thought, I really don't want to know!

I suspect that table is fuel consumption for a generator running under full load. If you are only running at a small fraction, I think the consumption would be significantly less.

Ever since we moved here, some juvenile morons periodically destroy or steal the mailbox. I finally got fed up and made my own out of an old 3pt tractor scoop. Attached it to a section of utility pole. It didn't take them long to rip it out but it was too heavy to do anything but drag it...

My Kubota M5040 has been acting weird for a while. Although the toplink is attached to the top hole (draft neutral), I cannot get the lower arms to move to full raise or lower positions without also moving the draft control. I have a log splitter on the 3pt, nothing ground engaging. I have...

I have a 14K GVW gooseneck trailer. Each axle is rated 7,000#. The trailer empty is 5000#. If I load 10,000# on it, (15,000 total weight) 1000-2000# will be on the hitch and the truck rear axle (say 1500# for discussion) leaving 13,500 on the trailer axles, less than their rating. Am I...

Our rural water company would like an easement to run a new line across the back of our property. (We already have service to the house on the other side of our property.) This new line would be supplying a nearby town where they bought the water company. It seems like no big deal, they will...

Initially I went to this: It worked well but was a bit worrisome unloading it from the truck with either the bucket, or with forks and a pallet. When I went to bigger equipment that had 25+ gallon tanks, I moved up to this and have the fuel delivered: As you can see, I have a Goldenrod water...

You are lucky! At least yours is still in place. When I cracked my 30" mini-ex bucket (Kubota KX-121-3), the cracked part bent several inches: (for some reason, the system is turing the pictures upside down!) Attempts to bend it back were totally futile. I ended up cutting out the bent...

I have a Kubota ZD-321 zero turn mower and some hillsides in the yard. With the low center of gravity, I think the mower would either slide sideways or turn downhill long before it is in danger of rolling over sideways (mowing across the hillside.). Am I correct about the stability and...

Eddie, you must be a flatlander. The trees here are NOT on the trail: The winch is for getting the trees TO the tractor.

I said weight AND COST. There is a 50% ($600) difference in your prices for the different widths. Eddie Walker mentioned using forks, with the difficulty in balancing a load. Brush forks might be another option:

I don't know that the frames are different but you are right about the heavier suspension, probably heavier duty tires (often 1/2 ton trucks today are designed for car type comfort). Gary Fowler was wrong to say there is no difference except an extra spring. I've been there, and there was...

Here is a real Fecon type mulcher It was parked down the road when they were doing power line clearing. There are also smaller versions which will go on a Bobcat.

That's what I have. I added an electric pump and an inline filter. It works great. I did have one supplier look at it and say something about they are not supposed to fill plastic tanks, but he went ahead and nothing more has been said. I do keep it out of the sun, I'm not sure how long...

Okay, here are some trail pictures with switchbacks that I did a few months ago. First is an easy switchback but I needed a fair amount of fill on the far side of the turn Here is a tight one. I really need to dig out more on the left bank and fill in wider after the turn, on the outside...

A mini excavator more maneuverability and stability than a small backhoe and definitely more swing. A backhoe is limited to putting the dirt no more than 90 degrees to the side. And it has the dozer blade for pushing and leveling. A skid steer can often work faster (depending on rocks) but...

The same coop also used a helicopter saw for trimming branches, probably out of your price range:

The basket is a good idea, especially since you can stack them. I know one guy that uses the wire frames from the 250 gallon plastic liquid containers. Those are good if you have a source of them cheap enough. Of course with a four sided basket of any sort, it's quite a reach to get to the...

It depends on how bad it is now and if you want to destroy the existing vegetation. And what equipment you have. Some years back, I had some property with deep ruts in it. I used a box blade and disk to break up the uneven ground and then a landscape rake to smooth it out. Many, many...

Here is one that I did as an early welding project. The welding could be a lot better, but it will give an idea of one approach. Note, the weight and pull is on a heavy duty drawbar, so it should hold. My welds are just keeping it upright.

I just saw this on the financial news this morning. It's nice to see our favorite color expanding :)

Excellent question!

I have a 14,000# GVW gooseneck trailer. The axles (7000# ea) and tires (3500# each) can handle 14,000# alone. Of course, with a gooseneck, a substantial amount of the weight goes onto the truck axle (say 4000# for discussion). Does this mean that I can safely carry 18,000#? If I go...

I'm thinking of buying a 15' batwing Bush Hog. I know the general "rule of thumb" is 5 pto HP per foot of cutter. That would come out to a 75 hp requirement. Bush Hog specifies a minimum of 50 HP. I know I'll need to upgrade the tractor. I'm considering either a Kubota M7040 (64 pto HP) or...

I've noticed that some manufactures specify their PTO HP at full rpms which are 25% above what you run the engine at for standard 540 PTO rpm. IOW, the published PTO hp spec is totally unrelated to the speed you would use the engine at. For example, NH TT series gives the pto HP at 2600...

There were messages in the forums a couple of months ago that Bush Hog was shutting down and trying to sell the business piecemeal. What is the current status of Bush Hog? I've looked in Google but haven't found any solid information. I'm looking at buying a new 10' rotary cutter and the...

Gosh! While it's no ZT, I've never even sharpened the blades on my Kubota B2710 mower and it's ten years old and 300+ hours. Still cuts very well. Yeah, I know I probably should sharpen the blades, but as long as it cuts well... And I've only sharpened the blades on my Woods rotary cutter...

I'm new with skid steers. I'm thinking it would be helpful to add a backup camera since rear visibility is difficult. I've seem some cameras advertised for skid steers (at a high price, LOL) but wonder if the automotive type (mounts on rear license plate) sold at Walmart for $100 would be...

I was mowing the pasture this afternoon (new TT60A with 20 hours on it) when I felt a couple of drops of water on my arm. What the heck? Sunny sky. Then more water! Every time the rear wheel went around, there was high pressure stream of water coming out! The nut had come off the...

My TT-60A has a digital display for the hour meter. It looks like there is a small flashing H to the left side of the display. Why is it flashing? That makes me wonder if it is indicating something important or if there any other options?

I guess I've found out why some JD dealers can be arrogant. A couple of months ago, I went into the local JD dealership, interested in skid steers (with joystick controls) and a 60 hp tractor. The salesman did show me what they had in skid steers, but had nothing to show me with hand or...

I'm thinking about getting a new brush mower for mowing pastures and trails. Probably an 8'. I currently have a 6' 3pt mount, single tail wheel. I wondering if a tow behind would be easier to work with, or not? I have a lot of uneven terrain and hills. Seems to me that a tow behind would...

I'm looking for an additional tractor for bush hogging the pastures. I want 40-50 PTO HP. I currently have a 6' brush mower, I might consider upgrading to something a bit larger but will probably stick to the same size. I've been seriously considering the Kubota MX5100. I've had good luck...

I'm looking for a new 2WD tractor primarily for bushhogging pastures. Something to run a 7' mower. I've had good experience with Kubota over the years and have been looking at the MX5100. Today I checked at the Deere dealership and they have the 5055D which seems very similar except the JD...

I'm considering buying a used skid steer. General around the farm work, clearing trails, etc. One problem I have is that I need hand controls. I have a back problem and no control of my left foot, so normal foot controls don't work well for me. I've looked at a Bobcat S220 (1200 hours)...

I'm new to working with hydraulics. I just received the TNT cylinders and hoses. How do I attach the hoses to the cylinders? Sealant required? There were 2 fiber type washers included with the package (4 hoses, two washers?). What are they for? How do I disconnect the hoses from the...

I have a Bri-Mar Rascal dump trailer which is supposed to handle a 4 ton load (10,000 GVW, 2K empty weight). But if I get over 3 ton in it, it won't lift the bed, I can hear the relief valve chattering. If I get it started up a couple of inches (I used a 2x4 to help it today), it will then go...

I have a 14,000# goose neck trailer. I assume that means that I can haul a total of 14,000#, trailer and cargo combined. But a portion of that 14,000# will be on the truck axle, meaning that only 11,000 or 12,000# will actually be on the trailer if it is weighed, which is well below the...

The last two days, the dump bed on our RTV-900 has been going down very, very slowly, apparently not by hydraulic pressure but by gravity. It raises fine, just doesn't go back down without either waiting or pulling it down manually. Has anyone else run into this problem? Tnx, Ken

I want to get a new, bigger box blade for my Kubota M-5040 (50 hp, 4WD). I currently have an old 5' box blade but that doesn't extend to the outside of the tires. I want this for trail maintenance so I want to extend beyond the 6' tire width and I'd prefer not to get the tractor too close to...

I have a Kubota M5040 with one rear hydraulic remote, it has room for two more. After reading about the "Top N Tilt" remotes, I'd like to add at least a second remote. The dealer said it would cost around $700-800. Is this a reasonable price? Ken

Currently I am renting a Kubota KX-121-3 with the thought of purchasing it, or a new one. It has the fixed dozer blade (up and down only). Newer models have the swing blade, an option on the newer ones (the newest have 6 way blades). Looking at the fixed blade, it looks quite sturdy in it's...

As suggested here, I'm renting a KX-121-3 before I buy it. But if it goes well, I plan to purchase it. The unit has 496 hours on it and looks very well maintained. I'm wondering what the major maintenance points are on the unit. For example, is it due major lube/oil/filters at 500 or 600...

I've been thinking about getting a mini excavator for use around the farm. I do not have any experience with excavators although I have a Kubota B21 TLB that I've put several hundred hours onto. One of my planned uses is for building trails through our wooded hillsides and doing trail...

Does anyone know anything about the Yanmar B32 mini excavator? There is one for sale locally, with 2900 hours for $12,900. The ad says it's a 7500# machine with a 24" bucket. I can't find any specs on it, Yanmar doesn't list non current equipment on their website. Google doesn't turn up...