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Since this condition of yours comes and goes then it is not retinal detachment. Once a retinal detachment happens it is permanent UNLESS the eye surgeon can go in and reattach the retina. They can reattach depending on the particular case, some detachments cannot be fixed. Have you had a...

I don't know just which models have it and which don't. Our new Ranger XP1000 the County bought for our Search and Rescue unit does not. I subscribe to a UTV magazine that regularly tests all kinds of side by sides and quads and they regularly talk about the lack of engine braking in various...

I would be asking myself what made that gully. If it was running water then for sure don't fill up the gully because the next time water comes through there it will have to find a new channel - somewhere you may not want it!

My understanding is that it is an option on most of the Polaris models. The clutch assembly that allows engine braking is available from Polaris: My question is...why is this an option when all the other manufacturers have it as standard equipment? Why would anyone want a machine that...

Too bad there isn't a way to check the anti-gel properties of "winter diesel" as it comes from the dealer. I bet it varies all over depending on how much anti-gel was added to the "winter diesel", how much summer diesel was still in the tank when it was topped off with "winter diesel", etc. I...

Here you go. Although in real-world testing the range was not nearly the 80 miles quoted in this ad, and the starting price is twice that of a comparably equipped ICE Polaris. https://www.polaris.com/en-us/off-road/ranger/models/ranger-xp-kinetic/

Far as I'm concerned there is no reason to remove snow right down to dirt/gravel/pavement level. Keep your blade a couple inches above the ground and it won't dig in and you can still drive on it without getting stuck.

I would love one too. But the ones on the market now have a maximum range of about 50 miles. Too many of my rides are well over 100 miles...I can carry an extra can of gas but haven't figured out how to carry an extra can of electricity.....

Personally, I'd save a bunch of money and either build or have someone build a cab for your father's Kubota. Old diesels like that are far more dependable than any newer one with all the electronics they are loaded with these days.

When your cell towers are sitting at 10,000 feet elevation the signal travels pretty far... Traveling along US Highway 50 across Nevada this tower is where you'd get your cell signal from. The highway is in this picture but so far away you can't make it out unless you know where to look...

As far as I know it is only the Polaris units that don't have engine braking in the newest machines. Reading tests of new machines in my UTV magazines and they still complain about it. I know that Can-am, Honda and Yamaha all have their clutching systems set up to provide engine braking...

^This! Tried them all in rural Nevada and Verizon is the only one with towers outside of the cities. Kind of funny...ATT had to do some landline maintenance in my area and the crew had to get Verizon phones because their ATT phones had no signal. But there are still vast areas of Nevada with...

That white stripe is a great idea! But...there is no way I can see the front of my FEL or what I am trying to attach to, over the hood of my Kubota. Might if I could stand up...but that's impossible to do with the cab. That's why I ended up buying a camera.

And 200 pages explaining how to use that 12" screen in the dash that controls your radio/heater/phone..........

204.5" wheelbase in a 2-door??? How long is the bed going to be?

My friends with the RPS system lives in an area that is mostly soft sand. They poured a good-sized concrete slab and mounted a stout steel pipe probably about 4" diameter in the concrete while it was wet. Solar panel array is mounted to that post. Very stable and the wind isn't going to move it!

I bought one of these. The camera portion has a powerful magnet that can be stuck anywhere on the front of your loader arms or forks assembly. It transmits an excellent picture wirelessly to the monitor that I stick on the instrument panel on my Kubota. No way I can see the forks to guide them...

Back when I worked at a large mine I was in charge of the bulk fuels. When diesel was delivered it was my job to put red dye in the tank before the trucker dumped in the load of diesel. 250cc per 10,000 gallons diesel if I remember correctly. So I'd say that the dye is added to the tank at...

I've been removing "surface rocks" for 20+ years now. Frost keeps pushing them up out of the ground. But "surface rocks" is a misnomer. Only a few inches of these lunkers stick up out of the ground - just enough to destroy a mower. So I have to dig down and then lift them out.

THIS is why these forums are so great! People helping people!

One of my friends installed a RPS solar well kit a few years ago and loves it. He has a 3000 gallon water tank on a hill so that solar pump is pushing water up about 200' high. I was amazed it had the power to do that. Here in Nevada most of the windmills are being replaced with these solar...

When I was shopping for a side by side I was really leary of the belt drive and strongly considered a Honda because of it's "dual clutch automatic" transmission. Now I'm glad I settled for the belt-drive Can-am after reading about all the problems with that dual clutch automatic. Over 4000...

Can-am (Canadian company) offers tracks straight from the factory for their machines for those who live in snow country. Go where no vehicle on wheels can go.

^This! I bought something similar many years ago from Northern Tool. It came with a 15w solar panel. I mounted the solar panel on the roof of my pole barn and this little charger maintainer has kept the battery in my welder and other equipment topped off without problem for years. It is a...

Just a thought....but my brother uses some coveralls that are electrically heated - use a rechargeable battery pack that fits into a pocket, about half the size of a cell phone. Says it keeps him toasty warm for several hours per charge. Big benefit is that the coveralls are not bulky, so easy...

Condensation. You'd be amazed at how much condensation can form inside a large tank. All these tanks are vented and that allows moist air in. One of the reasons that manufacturers tell you to keep a gas tank as full as possible as much as possible. That reduces the amount of...

My personal experience is that the newer "rubber" lines are WORSE than the ones available 20 years ago. Crack and leak very quickly. As far as the E-10...I have a new Honda lawn mower, plus some other newer gas-powered equipment. Owner's manuals ALL recommend NOT using E-10 or any other...

And my magnet-mount HAM radio antenna!

Peacocks waiting for the hayride to start on the Leonard Creek Ranch in Nevada....

A few months ago I watched a YouTube video from back in the rust belt someplace, where the roads were extensively salted every winter, addressing just this question. They brought in several examples from Ford, GM, Ram and Toyota, all about 8 - 9 years old and compared the body integrity. The...

Depends on where you live, I guess. Good luck in renting or hiring a truck in rural Nevada. Or getting something you bought delivered. Out here, if you want something hauled or delivered you best have your own truck and trailer. Or have a friend/relative/neighbor do it for you.

My Dodge/Cummins will be 21 years old next month. I defy you to find a spot of rust on it!

Out here the remote ranches that don't have commercial power keep their generators underground. That is, in storm cellar or root cellar type compartments, either built into a hillside or if on flat ground with several feet of earth heaped over it. Only air intake and exhaust ported to the...

Most of the older half ton gas trucks are lucky to break 15 mpg. Older heavy duty gas powered pickups average closer to 10 mpg...I've owned a few! Why I recommended an older Dodge Cummins - guys I know tell me they routinely get over 20 mpg. Yet they can haul or pull most anything you'd hook...

An old Dodge with the Cummins engine and 8' bed. With the miles you say you will be putting on it, it will outlive you and be the most dependable vehicle you can buy.

Not Bob-white but California quail around here. And they are everywhere. All over my place and my neighbors tell me their places also. I also see them running around in all the canyons in the back country also. In my yard: This time of year when the ground squirrels and other rodents spent...

When I was about the age of the kid in the one picture above I didn't mind the snow at all. Now that I'm closer to 80 than 8....I'm REALLY happy I'm living in the desert and don't have to spend hours moving that white stuff around!

So...tell us more. Which engine powers your F150? How many miles on it? Also...what is "decarbonizing" the engine??? I've been an F150 owner for nearly 9 years now; I follow the F150 forums and yet I've never heard of this procedure.

It sure must be nice to have that many options. Where I live, there is a New Holland dealer 30 minutes away. Other than that, it is about 200 miles to the next dealerships of any make.

^This! And I've noticed that since the election everyone I've talked to has a much more positive outlook on the direction the country will be heading in, as well as their own well-being.

But the city dwellers are "absentee" owners. And they make ill-informed, emotion-based instead of fact based, decisions about the land surrounding my property (BLM land on two sides) that doesn't affect them at all. But it sure affects me!

I bought my John Deere 2020 diesel at a ranch auction back in 1997. Still using the heck out of it.

So true. Around here, Dodge/Cummins trucks older than 2007 (pre-emissions) with 200,000 miles on them are selling for essentially what they sold for as when they were new. Some people are willing to pay those outrageous prices for a used vehicle just so they don't have to put up with the...

You need to clarify...are you talking about an actual land plane that is towed behind a big tractor, has a grader-type blade and is used to level uneven fields? Or a driveway scraper like posted above in photos by MtnViewRanch?

For me, I could see a big difference right after surgery. But my vision kept getting better as time went on - maybe my brain adapting to my "new" eyes? It was probably 2 - 3 months before I REALLY began seeing well.

Keep this in mind...any tractor of the size you are thinking about - and bigger - will have the Tier IV emissions system on the engine if it is newer than 2014. That means having to avoid running the engine at low rpms for any length of time. The engine, whether it has a diesel particulate...

Back in 1993 I escorted my parents on a tour through some Eastern European countries. We were at an airport waiting to get on a plane but none of the flight crew were to be found. The tour director knew exactly where to look for them...I was with her when she walked into the employee break...

Nevada is one of the states that legalized "recreational" use of marijuana a few years ago. The State then ran multiple ads telling people that just because it was "legal" and you couldn't be arrested for merely using it, that didn't mean that companies couldn't ban its use by their employees...

Mining companies I've worked for have done random testing for many, many years. Your number might come up once a year - or it might come up twice in a week. Check for alcohol and drugs. If you tested positive you were immediately escorted off the property and told not to come back. And I...

In September I went back to Pennsylvania and drove by what used to be our old farm and saw that at least one of the ancient rock fences is still there. When I was growing up there in the 50s every field was surrounded by these fences. About 30 years ago people began selling the fences - big...

If you need some rocks, please stop by. I have multiple piles on my place just like this that I had to pull out of the ground so I could mow. No charge!

No humidity to speak of and steel lasts forever. When's the last time you saw humidity at 3%? I find old derelict cars out in the desert all the time and they still look good. Bet this one has been out here for around 80 years and it still looks good:

Payload sticker on my 2016 F150 says 1937 lbs and that's without any of the heavy payload options that were available. So essentially 1 ton. I understand that with the optional "Max Payload" package that sticker reads close to 2500 lb.

It's a case of pushing the pricing just to see just how far they could go before people refused to buy. I have a 2006 Wrangler Rubicon. Two years ago I was thinking I'd like a new one so I priced it out with the options I required. It came to $71,000 before taxes! If I wanted the V8 engine...

I have at least a dozen of them. Every vehicle I have (tractors, motorcycle, quad, etc.), except for my daily driver, has one connected to it. Some I've had for years. Never had one fail.

Short wheelbase is NOT your friend when towing. The longer the wheelbase, the more stable the tow vehicle. Think crewcab longbed when towing any kind of weight (or a high-profile camp trailer).

Absolutely NOT with a Colorado, Ranger or Tacoma! There's a lot more to towing than having an engine with the power to pull the load. I'd want at least a 3/4 ton for what you are talking about. I have an F150 with the 3.5 Ecoboost - plenty of power to pull. But the softer suspension (even...

Antelope in my yard this past summer, using the needles of a pine tree to scratch his neck. Wish I could post a video of this - really neat to see how vigorously he worked his head and neck against the tree.

12 degrees this morning so the steam rising from the hot springs not far from my house really put on a show:

I have my doubts. A lot of that weight will be far from the base of the forks and that leverage makes a difference. I lift pallets of wood pellets off my trailer every year. Each pallet weight just over 2000 lb. I have to have my rotary mower on the 3 point hitch or trying to lift that 2000...

Tires were not larger. P265/70R17 OEM, LT265/70R17E is what I replaced OEM with. Stand them up side by side and they are the same height. That was thousands of miles ago and the speedometer/odometer appear to be right on.

Just be aware that the OEM tires are generally chosen because they give good fuel mileage. As soon as you put more aggressive tires on it, your fuel mileage will drop. My F150 spends most of its life on rocky dirt roads. Those OEM tires don't last at all on those roads so I went with Load...

Hardest part for me was to get the coil pack/spark plug boot to release from the spark plug after many years of not being touched. I doubt the factory used dielectric grease on them!

My friend, you are way behind the times. Of course you can't trace a spark plug wire...I don't think any vehicle manufactured in the past 20 years has had spark plug wires. They all have a coil mounted on each spark plug these days!

Please post a photo of your "Ford" tires. I'm old and I've yet to see one. Most of the new pickups (regardless of brand) seem to have Goodyear or Dunlop or Bridgestone on them.

Exactly! All the newer engines are a lot more complicated than the old pushrod engines we were used to. You can read all kinds of horror stories about the problems caused by the cylinder deactivation systems in GM and Ram engines. Or the dual battery system in newer Jeep Wranglers. All these...

Sounds to me like Ford has decided to send every truck built on a hangover-Monday to your area of Texas. Just the opposite here in northern Nevada/southeast Oregon. There is a Ford dealer in every little town. If you want a GM or a Ram you have 3 options. Reno. 500 miles to the south in Las...

Man, I can sure relate to the above! For years I rode a motorcycle everywhere and in all seasons and laughed at the cold. Wrapped a special thin chain around the tires for traction on icy roads. But the last few years I've become a complete wimp as far as cold. My body just shuts down...

Over on the Ford forums the guys talk about an aftermarket software program for Fords called Forscan that they download onto a laptop. They can use that to change all kinds of different parameters on their trucks. I wonder if there is something similar for Ram trucks?

And on the east side of Bishop are the White Mountains - and Bristlecone National Monument. https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/inyo/specialplaces/?cid=stelprdb5129900 The road starts in Lone Pine, just south of Bishop, goes east onto Westgard Pass and then turns north up the spine of the White...

Exactly. Especially when we have bureaucrats out there who have the power to mandate that manufacturers can make only electric vehicles after a certain date. This is especially telling after hearing from my relatives back in Pennsylvania where the power is out due to storms and won't be back...

Excellent advice! Except that for newer model trucks - from my research 2016 up - the weep hole in the intercooler is no longer needed as Ford addressed the issue. But yes - the Ecoboost engines (really, any turbocharged engine) is harder on spark plugs so generally accepted advice is to not...

2016 F150 with the 3.5 Ecoboost. 77,000 miles on it. Problem free...best truck I've ever owned and I'm old. Owned a few trucks in my time.

Look at a map of the last election. Rural California all voted red. They are all great folks and good to know. Its the cities - LA, San Francisco, Sacramento - that are clueless and vote woke. Unfortunately, they have the numbers to win elections...and cause so many Californians to flee to...

Yup. California is at it again. I have a lot of Native American friends and acquaintances. They are not offended by the word - but apparently the woke crowd is. https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/15/california-rename-43-places-00189912

That is rabbitbrush. Grows all over the west and very prevalent in Nevada. Yours is a late season pic. It is bright green spring and summer and glows like fire at fall time. A lot of people are very allergic to rabbitbrush! It lines the road in this pic: And it can be found at really high...

I think a lot of people refer to a "maintainer" as a "charger" and that causes confusion. A charger feeds power to the battery constantly and can kill the battery if connected too long. A maintainer feeds power to the battery only when it is needed, then turns itself off and monitors the state...

My John Deere 2020 diesel is the same way. If the temperature is below about 50 degrees it struggles to start. I installed a coolant heater on it many years ago; I plug it in a half hour before using and then the tractor starts just fine. Something like this only mine is probably 30 years...

Longevity of copper fittings may be fine where you live. Out here in some locations the naturally occurring chemicals in the well water will eat up copper in no time.

That's what I did. All of my rigs have ring terminal to SAE connectors installed on them because the battery maintainers have SAE ends. The ring terminals go to the battery terminals and the SAE end is attached somewhere out of the way but still easy to get to. So no lifting the hood or...

Exactly! Here is a list of the PBS mountaintop repeaters (they call them Translators) for just my section of northern Nevada. But the PBS station itself is on the University of Nevada campus in Reno.

I do live waaayy out in the boonies. But...the one big difference between where you live and where I live is mountains - very high mountains - and lack of tree cover. Many years ago radio/TV repeaters were installed on the mountain summits and as long as there is a clear line of site to the...

All the water lines in the new housing in this area is PEX. Seems to work great. That stuff was called Qest. Water lines in my house (34 years old) are all Qest. I've never had a water leak. My understanding is that chlorinated water systems would react with the Qest tubing, making it...

Quail picking up forage kochia seed in my yard this morning. Got a fresh coat of snow last night and so far its not melting very fast!

Local news is all I watch on TV. When a commercial comes on I hit the mute button...seems like anymore there are 15 minutes of commercials in a half hour news program. (Antenna on my roof is how my TV gets its signal.)

Acceleration? Excess speed?? Mostly it is the type of road surface. Here in the desert most of the dirt roads are like what is in the pic below. No one is "accelerating" for miles upon miles on these roads, nor are they traveling at excessive speeds. A dry sandy surface with a lot of loose...

The Mac IIsi computer I bought from a pawn shop in 1991 is still hooked up and still works, down in my basement. It has the Apple ImageWriter dot matrix printer hooked to it and it works wonderful to make big long colorful banners.

Nope. All my batteries stay in whatever equipment they were installed in. BUT...every one has one of these battery maintainers connected to it. I went the extra step and installed quick connects to each battery so I don't have to raise a hood or remove a battery cover. Temperature...

Lucky you. Several years ago the local Ace Hardware got bought out by a small grocery store chain. So the hardware store is just one end of the grocery store, next to all the grocery items. Good luck on getting someone knowledgeable to help you with anything. If what you need is on the shelf...

To me my old vinyl albums are priceless and I will never sell them. So it doesn't matter what they are worth to someone else. As far as punk/alternative rock...to me that is nothing more than noise. Never listened to any of it and never owned any of it...and never will.

In Colorado this morning. And the ski area closest to Reno, Nevada opens to skiers tomorrow!

Thank you! Now I'll have to see what it takes to cash them in.

Blizzard conditions on I-80 in Wyoming; I-70 east of Denver is closed due to the blowing snow.

Same here in northern Nevada. Desert here doesn't get much precipitation but for the second year in a row we are running 50% above normal. It was 12 degrees here this morning. Here's a pic I grabbed off the fire camera on Deer Mountain in northeast Nevada:

My "offspring" will have to decide what to do with mine. Don't intend to ever get rid of them. Some of the albums - Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Andy Williams come to mind - just sound better on vinyl than the digital versions do so I do play mine.

Going through some old files the other day I found I still have a few! They are over 50 years old...from the time when I was in the Navy and doing a lot of traveling. "American Express" Travelers Checks...looks like I have several hundred dollars worth of them. Wonder if they could be cashed...

I did this a few years ago. But I had all the equipment I needed (bought while I was in Vietnam 50 years ago). Good stereo receiver and turntable. Only thing I didn't have was a converter, a "dongle" that is available on-line and converts the analog signal to digital. Bought the dongle and...

^This. I was an EMT/firefighter for many years and responded to a lot of wrecks. Very often after a wreck the door simply will not open - it is jammed. Why we carried the Jaws - cut the roof off to get people out of wrecked vehicles.

Flock of antelope (Nevada Speed Goats) heading to water in Nevada's Black Rock Range:

I carry one of these in my rig all the time. Only mine is made out of solid aluminum, weighs very little. Better safe than sorry.

When lifting moving heavy weight with the front end loader (bucket or forks) make sure your front axle is engaged. That's what I have to do with my Kubota or the rear tires just spin. If whatever you lift is so heavy the rear tires are coming off the ground then put something heavy on the 3...

I've been using a set of 4 Snappin' Turtle ratchet straps for 8 years now to tie down my Jeep and my Can-am. Excellent quality. They have many other models if these with the hooks aren't what you like. https://www.snappinturtle.com/race-car/6-heavy-duty-ratchet-10k/

I like it!

Some years ago I worked at a remote minesite - 80 miles to the nearest town. 18 wheeler got stuck in the desert a short distance from the mine and requested assistance so the mine sent down a big 'ol Cat 988 loader. Trucker already had his chain hooked to the truck so when the loader backed up...

I have the same problem. My house is 34 years old. When I have to replace a fitting in the plumbing system I have to buy on line - neither of the two hardware stores in the nearest town carry the fittings because "they are obsolete". Just recently I needed to replace the coil packs in my 2016...

My eye doc told me that some brains adapt easily to having one eye corrected for distance and the other for reading. But some don't, and I was afraid my brain would never get used to have my eyes done that way so I opted for good distance vision. 3 years now, and I'm very happy with the...

I pruned up my lilacs, stack of pruned limbs about 6 feet high that I left sitting in the yard because it was too late in the day to haul them off. Next morning I found a flock of quail had decided those prunings were an ideal place to hang out. Shot through my triple-pane kitchen window so...

Maybe. Around here the deer and antelope have gotten so used to the sound of engines that they ignore them. Turn the engine off - like I do to get a sharp photo - and they alert immediately. I suspect that an EV - no sound but tires on dirt or brush or branches on the sides of the vehicle -...

Wow! That thing is sure different from the 1973 R75/5 I used to ride!

Yup. A mirror mounted in that position is the only way to go if you ride in trees and brush.

I haven't heard of any battery powered ATVs, only side by sides. Owners of the battery powered side by sides really like them - but range is only about 40 miles or so. That would never work for me; a lot of my rides go for well over 100 miles in a day. Range on my Defender is at least 150...

Couldn't agree more. Now that I've owned a cab model I would never go back to an open side by side. I want to be able to use this thing no matter what the weather, not just when it is sunny and warm.

Great Basin rattlesnake is what they are called. Very plentiful around here. This one was under my ATV:

Never been bit - been very careful and I always wear at least 10" high boots when out in the desert. But I've had some experience with rattlesnake bites as an EMT/firefighter. Depends a lot (at least with rattlesnakes) as to where they bite you and how much venom they decide to release. And...

Put a battery maintainer on it. NOT a trickle charger, a maintainer. I've doubled and in some cases tripled how long my batteries last by doing that. Lots of different brands/manufacturers to choose from. I've had really good luck with these...

Same here. I bought my Defender to comfortably explore rough trails...trails that would beat me to death if I was in my Jeep Wrangler. Owner's manual for the Defender says to use Low Range if driving below 15 mph - and most of the rides I go on, I'm in Low Range most of the time. I'm not out...

Why I bought a Defender with a full cab on it. When it's nice out there I can roll down the windows and open the windshield. When its nasty out there I close the windows. And turn on the heat if it is needed.

Been reading the Defender forum posts for several years now. And it is clear that if you leave the driveline relatively stock, and don't use it as a submarine or airplane, they are really dependable. Seems a lot of folks, soon as they buy one, they are asking how to mount 35" (or taller) tires...

Bumper crop of pine nuts in Nevada also. But ours are waiting for some frost to open the cones. Right now they are bright green, closed...and dripping with pine pitch!

Just about to turn 4,000 trouble-free miles on my Can-am Defender. Looking from the cab of the Defender over 100+ miles of Nevada desert from the top of a mesa about 3,000 feet above the desert below. Sheer drop of about 500 feet right in front of the Defender:

Wow! That is one beautiful 1066! Restored, or just well cared for?

I've been using that model Milwaukee for several months now. It is very heavy, especially if you stick a 6 AH or bigger battery on it. Heavier than my 1/2" IR air impact I've had for years - and also more powerful. It has 4 power levels it can be set at; the most powerful will bust off lugs...

I've had a LocknLube Easy-Prime Grease gun for over a year now and had no problems with it. Works as advertised and does not leak grease out the bottom no matter what position I store it in or use it in. It ships with 6 (if I remember correctly) plastic followers that go into the open end of...

Try telling that to the parents of this little girl. Happened about two miles from where I live.

I have experience only with a newer Kubota M7060 so I can't speak to all Tier IV tractors but I pretty much operate it the same as my 60 year old John Deere. Only difference is that whereas I might leave the old John Deere idling for a long time, I shut down the Kubota if I know I'll not be...

But it looks like one of your PTO shafts is about to shake itself apart?

Find yourself an old John Deere 2020 diesel, fix what on it needs fixing, and you'll have a tractor that will be trouble free the rest of your life with all the horsepower you'll ever need. Much cheaper and lower maintenance than a new tractor.

I'd get a battery powered trimmer but my old Honda trimmer just refuses to quit running. Through the years I'd tried several different models of trimmers. All were troublesome so 25 years ago I decided I would buy something that would last and I noticed that all the professional lawn care...

I have had both, for several years now. A 2016 F150 Supercab with the 3.5 Ecoboost. And a 2004 Dodge/Cummins dually. I have towed 12,000 lbs with the F150 when the Dodge had a camper mounted on it and I was too lazy to take it off. The F150 pulled it easily...that 3.5 Ecoboost puts out...

Don't be so sure that unit can be repaired. My central AC unit (34 years old) quit not long ago so I called an HVAC outfit to get it fixed. NOT! I was told that older systems like this cannot be repaired (they are not allowed to repair!) because they are designed for a refrigerant that the...

Thing about cataracts is that they come on so gradually most people can't see a difference in their vision. Then, when they do get cataract surgery the improvement in their vision - the clarity, the absence of flare at night - is amazing and that's when a person realizes how the cataracts were...

If they are overinflated for the weight they are carrying then no doubt there is a lot more slippage than if the tires were aired down. The tracks the tires leave should show the entire width of the tire in good contact with the ground.

I don't pay much attention to what an owner's manual says about tire air pressure. Whoever wrote the manual has no idea what you will be mounting on the tractor, nor how you will be using it. Pressure is set so there is a slight bulge in the sidewall of the tire - front or rear - for whatever...

Lol. My heavy hauler trailer (14,000lb) I bought new I think in 1999 is still on the original Goodyear tires it came with. But then it has always been stored inside and has very few miles on it - tires still look like new. I do check them carefully before using the trailer for cracking...

That's exactly where I'm at and preparing to sell my bike. But...I'm crowding 80 now. I still thought I was Ricky Racer when I was 55.

My brother has worn out several Gold Wings through the years. Puts a lot of miles on them! He lives in Kansas but just sent me this pic from Nova Scotia: Me, I've been riding all my life also but am about to sell my bike. Getting too old (too clumsy) to be on two wheels so I'm going to get...

So raise the tractor! When I change oil in my Kubota I put both front and rear wheels up on ramps. For an inch or two, put down some pieces of board - anything that would work as a stout spacer - in front of each wheel and drive the tractor up on them.

My M7060 holds 15 gallons of hydraulic oil. To drain it I just bought a cheap plastic tote at Walmart that held 20+ gallons. Then I used a big pitcher (half gallon) to scoop the oil out of the tote and into 5 gallon buckets to take it in for recycling. Snap the lid back on the tote and it...

Just a reminder to keep a lock on them when you are not right there with them. Got a call from a friend of mine who is really into these. He lives on the outskirts of a little tiny town and every day he rides it down to the Senior Center for lunch. Late last week he came out after lunch to...

^This!

This is me also. Only I get up about 4:30 and work outside till 9 or maybe 10 and then I'm back in the house where it is cool. Here in the high desert the temperature differentials between morning and afternoon are extreme - yesterday morning it was 42 degrees, yesterday afternoon it was 95...

I have exactly the same problem but it is exacerbated by the skylights in the roof of the garage. I'll be working on something in the garage, with the doors open, when one of the little buggers flies in and checks out the garage interior. Some will hover a few inches in front of my face as I'm...

Purchase price was zero. A close friend gave it to me when he retired and moved out of state some 40 years ago. He didn't want to take it with him...it was already 30 years old so maybe he thought it was old and wouldn't last much longer? So my only cost is for the electricity to run the...

Then you sure as hell wouldn't want a newer Ford Bronco, full-size or Sport! Or for that matter, any other newer vehicle. Everything is electric. What's so difficult about a lever-operated transfer case? Instead, new vehicles have a knob on the dash that may or may not engage the transfer...

Especially the National Guard's "plug-in" trucks, planes, and helicopters! The stupidity of our government leaders is mind-boggling.

No upright...but I have a Sears "Coldspot" chest freezer; don't remember exactly but the tag on it says it was built in ~1952! So 70+ years with absolutely no maintenance except for defrosting every year.

I have I think about 5 chainsaws now that I've accumulated through the years. Every one of them leaks bar oil...just the way they are designed. I've learned to either drain the oil out of the saw or keep it in a leak-proof container.

This is what happens to me. 3 years ago I caught 8 of the smelly things in just 2 months time. Trap set in exactly the same location in the barn each time. This one stuck his head into the trap to set it off and it suffocated him.

Mine have gone nuts around here. I have two feeders set up and they are busy all day long. Using about a quart of nectar a day now.

I wish you'd share! Our winter and spring were much cooler and much wetter than normal. Then along about the 1st of June its like someone flipped a switch. Essentially zero precipitation since then with clear (or smoky) skies. And nearly every afternoon since then has been 100 degrees or...

Same here in Nevada. The wind doesn't quit till the weather turns really hot...when we would love a breeze!

Maybe in some locations someone is keeping track of the instruments.... The nearest National Weather Service monitoring site is at the airport about 8 miles north of my place. From what I understand it is a completely computerized system, no one takes care of it unless it crashes. Which it...

Kind of surprised to hear about the broken shear pins. I've been using my General (Rhino SE-6 clone) for 25 years now and have broken only one shear pin in all that time. And that was not from hitting mounds of dirt (my place is covered with huge mounds created by badgers, the mower just...

I'd also like to know what treatment they have for AMD these days. Doc tells me I have no trace of that so far...but my Dad was nearly totally blind because of AMD.

Absolutely normal. It will quickly get better. Most annoying part for me was wearing that eyecup to protect the eye. They wanted me to come back the next day for the followup. But for me that would have meant driving an extra 500 miles (I live a long ways from any sizeable town) or getting...

Mine isn't the Harbor Freight brand - got it off Amazon - but it looks identical to the ones in your pic. But...mine is 4 years old now and has never failed me. Works great.

I would have liked to have the procedures done sooner. But the doctor refused...said the cataracts weren't advanced enough!

Oh, yes. Insurance would not cover the special lenses I needed (I had astigmatism also) so I had to pay out of pocket for them. It was expensive but to me it was well worth it. If I had to do it all over again I'd not change a thing.

^This was me! After a lifetime of putting up with thick heavy glasses (9/16" thick) because of extreme nearsightedness, to have perfect distance vision this late in life was to me a miracle. It has been 3 years now and I couldn't be happier.

Yup. 106 degrees right now with 6% humidity according to the National Weather Service at the town nearest to me. That kind of heat and low humidity combined with wind will dehydrate - mummify - a body in no time at all. Official high temperature was 108 degrees...despite all the smoke in...

...and yet somehow they survive. Along with wild horses (estimated 40,000+ in Nevada alone) and antelope and deer and all the other wildlife.

Yup. I remember reading somewhere that it takes about 2 square miles to support each cow or mustang in the desert. And they often have to walk long distances to water...following their trails will generally lead to a water source.

....and in case you don't know what "livestock" looks like, here's exhibit A.....

For what you are wanting to do I think you'll need something like this...and a much heavier tractor.

That size land plane will need a big tractor! I can bring my M7060 to a quick halt using a 6' rear blade.

Out here, Charmac seems to be the brand with the best reputation..unfortunately, it reflects in the price and it takes a long time to get one. https://www.charmactrailers.com/

You sound like my Dad. No such thing as spending time or money on recreation.

The real question is...at what engine RPM is your PTO turning 540 rpm?

You are absolutely right about being "overpriced". But so are most vehicles these days. I've been a Jeep owner for more years than I care to remember. A couple years ago I decided I wanted a new one so I "built" it on-line. List price was over $71,000! I own both a side by side and a Jeep...

Which is one of the reasons I bought a side by side with a full cab/rollup windows and a cabin air filter. As with any other vehicle, to keep dust out of the interior, turn on your cab air full blast to pressurize the interior (like Code54 said in his post). I see some folks with open cabs...

What I've done with all my vehicles is to install an extra fuse block in the cab. Then run one positive and one negative wire to the fuse block from the battery. That will give you multiple hookups and they will be fused, always a good thing. Here's an example: Amazon.com

I can only speak to the Can-am Defender I've owned for 4 years - but I have to be careful because it is very easy to lock up all 4 wheels with just a light push on the brake pedal. And I don't remember the new Polaris Ranger we have in our Search and Rescue unit being hard to stop either.

Most do. Polaris is the only one that still free wheels down hills. At least that's how the new Polaris Ranger is that the County bought for our Search and Rescue unit. And Dirt Wheels mentions that the new RZR they just tested is the same way.

Amen to that! The GE top-freezer refrigerator installed in my house 34 years ago is still working great. And the Sears "Coldspot" chest freezer sitting in my basement was made in 1952, 72 years ago, and has never needed repair. Recently I was reading an article that claimed that the...

Those guys helped save my place from a wildfire a few years ago. When the fire came roaring over the mountain a few minutes later that red band of retardant stopped the fire right there:

This past February our local cropduster was testing some new equipment:

A few minutes after 6 yesterday afternoon I heard a tremendously loud crash of thunder...and the power went out. I went out and saw this to the west. Looked like that lightning bolt blew a hole in the cloud and lit the range on fire. Before the storm was over there were multiple wildfires...

You say the width of the rear of your tractor is 83-84". Since 83" is the width between fenders of most trailers I think you will have a problem. Also a tongue weight problem unless you want to transport the tractor with the rear tires parked up on the drive-over fenders. Tractor with FEL and...

Exactly. "They say" is mostly hot air. I remember back in the 70s when we had a few cool weather years and "they say" were telling us all about the coming new ice age. After a couple weeks of 100+ degree temperatures I'm sure wishing "they say" had been correct!

Good luck on getting any kind of paint, stain, whatever to stick to a tie soaked in creosote. I've got ties as fence corner posts that must be 50 years old and on a hot day they still ooze.

Yesterday afternoon I was up at about 7000 feet elevation exploring some rimrock when my phone began giving off some very loud and very obnoxious tones. Surprised me because I had zero bars on signal strength and hadn't had in over an hour. It was a National Weather Service Emergency Alert for...

Screen shot directly from my Kubota's owner's manual. It's a 2016 so synthetic oils were available. I'd say their engineers know what they are talking about:

AND a hog ring stuck in the nose!

We've had a string of 100+ degree afternoons this week. Last couple afternoons the official high per the National Weather Service was 107 degrees. Official Hi-Lo for the nearest town for yesterday...54 degrees difference between morning and afternoon so I'm always up at 4:30, do what needs...

Not sure if I'm in the pic. In 1950 I was only 3 years old so its possible I might be the brat on the right!

I was lucky...my Dad had a "modern" plow in 1950. It was on wheels so no need to hang onto plow handles....although it looks like my Dad had to hold hard onto that team of eager horses.

Same with the area where I grew up in northeastern Pennsylvania. Used to be a small town every few miles but everything else was farms. Now all the farms are subdivided into parcels with homes built on them...but I don't know if I would call that "progress". Almost no farms left in the area...

^ This.

For terrain like you describe 50 watts is overkill. Actually, for your usage I'd say find some old CB radios and save a lot of money...stay off Channel 19 where all the crap is and they would work just fine. Too bad you are so far away...I bet I have a dozen old CBs that I acquired through the...

Of course not! How can they sell you a new one if they last 40+ years???

I couldn't agree more with your assessment. The last few oscillating sprinklers I bought last only a month or two and then quit oscillating so I gave up on them and went to the below type. Doesn't cover as much area but mine has now lasted over 3 years.

Scaly prehistoric monster climbs up on a boulder to check me out....

My cutter uses the grease, and that's what is specified in the owner's manual. But I couldn't find a source for the grease - no one around here carried it. So I called the cutter manufacturer for advice and they told me if no NLGI Grade 0 grease is available then just use the heaviest gear oil...

Huge but neat rock formation I found in Railroad Pass in Nevada:

An odd-shaped barn I came across in Nevada's Ruby Valley last week.

^This. No different than the big propane tanks. I changed propane suppliers a couple years ago so I got a "new" tank. Turns out the guy who delivered the tank I used to work with out at the mines some years ago. I noted to him that my "new" tank was built in 1979 according to the attached...

I wouldn't want to tow anything heavy on a single axle trailer either. Dual axle is just more stable. But what's wrong with the 8200 series Aluma?

At least in Nevada, if you buy a used vehicle from a private party then there is no sales tax collected - no matter which state you bought the vehicle from.

Guess I was lucky. When I went to remove the blades off my 20+ year old mower (bought it new) the rattle gun removed the nuts easily. I threaded the nuts back on a few threads and gave them a tap with a claw hammer and the bolts popped right out.