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^This! When I click on a post and it takes a long time to load I just go on to another post. I don't have the time or inclination to wait for someone's pic to download. As I stated before, it is not necessary to upload huge files for people who will be looking at them on a phone or computer...

I think whoever did those "projections" needs to look at what is happening in the 3rd world countries because obviously they didn't take them into account. That is where all the population growth is happening. Again, in the past 50 years the population of planet earth has DOUBLED. I don't...

I post a lot of pics on this site, and I downsize every one of them before posting. A 500 kb file is more than enough, anything larger just slows things down or stops the upload completely. My camera's photos are ~ 18 mb in size, my phone's are at least 2 mb and both are too large to upload...

At least here in Nevada, stations that offer E-free gas have a separate nozzle/hose for the E-free.

I wouldn't be afraid of an aluminum trailer at all, considering your application. 8 years ago I bought an Aluma Model 7816 all-aluminum trailer and it has held up perfectly despite being used mostly on washboardy dirt roads. It has thousands upon thousands of miles on it - I've towed a car on...

Equally bad choices is exactly what we have these days in most state and national elections. A person for office these days would have to have a very thick skin to put up with the personal attacks that will come as soon a candidacy is announced. Who wants to subject themselves (and their...

I had a peeping "tom" annoying me for about a month. No idea where he came from but he was obviously someone's pet as he would settle down on my deck next to whichever window I happened to be near, and watch me. Never could locate the owner so finally I gave it to a neighbor who had several...

I have those on two of my vehicles. Work great for ventilation - especially if it is raining outside.

Keep in mind that some years ago the US signed an agreement with our neighboring countries to honor the credentials their commercial vehicles/drivers have when they cross over into the US. So the rules/laws/training we require for US drivers do not apply to those coming over from Mexico or...

That's been my experience with regen on my Kubota that I've been using for 6 years now. I see the light come on in the dash indicating that regen is going on, and then 15 minutes later the light goes off again. I have to do absolutely nothing as the operator, just keep on doing whatever I was...

??? I have two tractors. Neither has an "emergency brake". If you get off the tractor you put the transmission in the Park position - no provision for any brake to be on when parked.

I wish I could post a video on here of how my tractor tosses and turns as I mow my desert acres. Much of the time I have to hold on to a grab handle just to stay in the seat. When I had only my old John Deere to mow with I used to stand up and use my knees as shock absorbers - just as I would...

Same here!

THIS is slideways!.....

Mine had nearly 4000 miles on it now. There's actually 2 pipes up there. One of the things Can-am could have done better(at least on this particular year/model) is the location of the OEM air intakes. Both intakes (belt and engine air) are under the bed of the unit. Here in the desert, this...

Again, its about compatibility. I maintain documents on my laptop in LibreOffice but there are formatting differences that cause problems because Microsoft Office is the default program that everything seems to be geared to. For instance, if I try to print a document created in LibreOffice on...

On my laptop I replaced Office with an alternative called LibreOffice. It has its own problems, including compatibility with Office documents and others. It is advertised as "free"....but I'm constantly bombarded with requests for "donations".

Only thing I can add is to make sure whatever you buy has an actual "stump-jumper" under it that the blades attach to. The stump jumper is shaped like a huge dish, with upturned edges that let it slide over obstructions. I've seen some models of rotary cutters that didn't use a stump jumper...

Like every other creature on earth, Mormon crickets need moisture. Here's a pic I took of a swarm at the edge of Carico Lake in Nevada. Those of you who haven't experienced Mormon crickets don't know what you are missing!

Been using my Can-am pretty much daily around my place. Putting a lot of miles on it. Can't believe how handy it is, hauling stuff around, spraying Mormon crickets, spraying weeds. Love this thing!

It's all about getting more money out of Windows users, nothing else! I've had a copy of Microsoft Office (don't recall which version) on my desktop computer for a few years now. And I've been using Outlook (part of Microsoft Office) for my email. A few months ago I began getting messages...

Can't speak to John Deere. But the owner's manual for my Kubota M7060 specifically warns against idling the engine too much and I have found that to be true. As long as I keep the rpms up to at least 1800 rpm it rarely goes through a regeneration cycle. If I let it idle a lot, the...

Probably because when mowing in a straight line from one end of the field to the other you spend a LOT of time turning round at each end, at which time the mower is not doing anything. Going round and round you never stop or turn around.

Yup! It became a totally different store after 'ol Les passed away and the business sold. They were always high priced but the service made it worth it. I used to do all my tire business with them. Now the high prices are still there but the service....isn't!

My John Deere 2020 diesel...about a 1960 model according to the dealer. Bought at a ranch auction 27 years ago and I use it just about every day.

Wow! 90 minutes for a regen?? I've timed the regen on my Kubota...generally 10 - 15 minutes from the time the light goes on in the dash telling me the regen has started, till it goes off again. That DPF must have been packed full!

I've heard of people reading on the throne. I never knew surfing the net in the bathroom was a thing! Unless I'm in there for a shower bathroom time takes only a couple minutes at best.

^This! I shoot a lot of photos. My old eyes can see the details I need to see (and edit) much better on my huge photo-quality monitor. And from there its just a couple clicks away from posting something I like on line.

Guess the world has moved way past me, then. I have a smart phone but it is used for phone calls and texts ONLY. My fingers are old and shaky, I cannot use the tiny keyboard that shows up on the phone screen. So I carry a stylus and pick out letters and numbers with that. No problem typing...

"Obstacles" is I guess what I would call them. If I were mowing in a straight line that chart would work. But I'm having to make detours around bad spots so that adds to miles driven but not actual miles mowed because part of the time the mower is lifted up and not mowing, or going over areas...

I mow my acres at 2.36 mph, according to my Kubota. If I went any faster it would be dangerous; the terrain is so rough. So that chart is good only for someone mowing smooth level ground. Takes a long time to mow 50 acres with a 6' rotary mower at 2.36 mph............

I've been living within 200 miles of the Long Valley Caldera on the California-Nevada border. It is very active and we get periodic news briefings of what to expect if it lets loose. Most of northern Nevada would be deeply covered in ash...life as we know it would end...

Most businesses use Windows computers. Most graphic artists and most educational institutions seem to use Macs. I like Macs...very stable, dependable. Still have an Apple MacIntosh IIsi connected to an Apple Imagewriter impact printer down in my basement that I bought in 1990 - it still...

Willing to bet that most colleges/universities use primarily Apple's MacBooks, not a Windows laptop. Compatibility with what others are using can be important.

Well, if you are lucky you'll become a part of Idaho before too long.... https://nypost.com/2024/05/22/us-news/13th-conservative-oregon-county-votes-to-secede-and-join-greater-idaho/

Still have my Sony SuperBeta HiFi VCR AND a VHS VCR connected to my TV. But it's been a few years since I turned either of them on!

That's a ticketable offense around here. All the mines had to establish washing stations where dirt roads meet pavement so their license plates and windshields could be cleaned off.

Riding the Hartnet road in southern Utah....

No toll booths or cameras on any of the roads I drive! There are other hazards to look out for, though....

I know that. We ALL know that. Point is, who thought up such a silly system...having to goose the throttle to engage engine braking? Other manufacturers have figured out how to have excellent engine braking that works whenever you back off the throttle. Even the UTV magazines mention this...

Yup. That's because vehicles came with a manual tranny standard. The "optional" transmission was the automatic and cost a lot more. Not many vehicles available with manual transmissions anymore. Jeep Wrangler is one of them. Just "built" me a Jeep on the web site. 6 speed manual...

It's rare but every so often someone gets lucky.... https://mynews4.com/news/local/guest-hits-record-12-million-jackpot-at-peppermill-casino#

A set of airbags under the back of that Duramax would help keep things on the level...........

Exactly. Too many of the younger generation these days are unwilling to put in the effort. I notice this most in the new doctors I see practicing around here. Mostly Asian and Indian plus a few other nationalities. But higher education is valued much more in their culture than it is...

Probably! My pole barn has bird nests up high on the posts, just under the roof. I see the snakes manage to climb up there to get at the eggs and baby birds. The shortest of these poles is 13' high!

Love it! Do you by any chance have mice nesting in the roof of that thing?

But where's the fun in driving a Prius??? You are absolutely correct, though. I haven't been on a road bike in years but my brother tells me his Honda Goldwing is lucky to break 30 mpg. Airport rental gave me a Prius to drive for a week, it averaged 52 mpg! And it had a roof for when it...

I revisited an old abandoned mercury mine today. Near the top of the concentrator I noticed a raven's nest. Momma raven was not happy about my getting close and she would swoop down at me. But when she did, the half-grown ravens in the nest opened wide, expecting a grocery delivery. I had to...

Yup. I was watching a YouTube video not long ago...some big farmer in the Midwest with some pretty fancy equipment. His tractor cab looked like it belonged in the space shuttle, with all the screens and computers. Giant John Deere tractor, planting; the guy was not touching the steering...

Replaced my shingles with a metal roof 11 years ago and couldn't be happier. No more chasing/replacing shingles after windstorms. At my age I'll never need to worry about roof problems again!

They are overpriced. So is everything else these days. Well-equipped pickup these days is ~ $100,000. But as others have said, as long as people are willing to pay the price the manufacturers have no incentive to not keep raising prices UNTIL we stop buying. The OP asked about robustness...

3 years ago I changed out the blades for the first time on my General SE-6 mower (a Rhino clone) after having used the mower for 23 years. So I was surprised when the nuts came off the bolts readily (using my half-inch drive IR impact). 32mm was the size of the socket that fit those nuts.

Yup. I grew up with one of those on our farm in Pennsylvania. Hated it. Night is supposed to be dark! During the summer that light would have a very visible huge cloud of bugs swirling around it.

Looks a lot like my 1982 XL500R. Great bikes...bottomless low end torque!

I REALLY miss them. For years I subscribed to 24 different magazines. Then the last few years, they just started dwindling away. Disappearing. If I had any subscription time left I found myself receiving magazines I didn't want...when the original one stopped publishing, instead of giving me...

By any chance was this anywhere close to the California town of "Weed"??? https://www.ci.weed.ca.us/

Couldn't agree more! HATE those things! Piece of luggage is correct...they are huge compared to a key. AND...its also made the vehicles that use them very easy to steal.

Hey, the Government is all over this! 30 million illegal aliens have been brought in to compensate for the lower birth rate! https://thehill.com/opinion/4423296-matthews-illegal-immigrants-double-under-biden-and-thats-just-the-start/

Took a ride of just over 100 miles a week ago, into southwest Idaho. Extremely remote country, never saw another person or another vehicle. Nearest town would be over 100 miles to the south. No homes, farms, no ranches, no mines. Just miles of sagebrush. But at one time people used to live...

I've read on the F150 forums that some independent locksmiths can program those keys (they'll need your other key to get the info off it). Those fobs are very expensive from the dealer...and they charge a lot to reprogram them. Also, if you have an aftermarket fob the dealer may refuse to...

If all you use the ATV for is farm/ranch work then yes, the AWD is fine. Once things get really rough - to where you are actually on 2 wheels because one front tire and one rear tire is completely off the ground then you have to wait for the AWD system to kick in. Better to have all 4 tires...

What improvements did they make? Did it get a front locker? Engine braking? 4wd or still only AWD?

All fuel in northern Nevada arrives via an 8" pipeline from California. It goes to a distribution center in Sparks, Nevada (actually part of Reno) where the various distributors' tankers fill up to deliver to their stations. Which is why I always laugh when someone tells me that "X" brand of...

Good luck! I signed up for VA medical in 2017 after retiring from my job where I had excellent medical insurance. It took about 3 months of snafus just to get the VA medical card. Getting an appointment to see a doctor was another story...took forever. But now they have a new way of getting...

BMW has made some big changes in their touring bikes since I was riding my 1973 R75/5!

That has not been my experience. Every time I've driven through the area traffic was moving maybe 15 mph no matter which Interstate I tried.

Something to keep in mind when buying a truck that will be used on the job is parts availability. When I was doing purchasing for the mining company they ran mainly Fords. And that was because no matter what part for a vehicle was needed it was available overnight. Keep in mind that anything...

I suppose if enough people get vaccinated they'll have to declare the covid virus endangered and start protecting it........................

The complete truck is ~ 3.5 million. What I found astounding was that one tire for the loader to load that truck ran ~ 80,000 dollars!

But when Caterpillar needed a REAL engine to put in their big equipment they went with a V. Either V16 or V20, take your pick. The V16 is what is in our haul trucks at the mines I worked at. And for those of you who are scared of a turbocharged engine...this thing runs 4 of them. 16,500...

Yup. After I trap one I reset the traps and sometimes catch another one from the same tunnel complex. If the traps remained untripped and unburied after a few days then I pull them. Trees are hard to come by here in the desert. After the rascals killed some trees I'd planted (ate the roots)...

Here in Nevada its all done on-line. Takes about 2 minutes.

Same here in northern Nevada. I've turned a hose on into a fresh tunnel...an hour later and no water coming out anywhere and no gopher coming up. Although lately I've had some good gopher control (and ground squirrels) done by badgers that dig them up. But the badgers leave HUGE mounds and...

^This!

Just checked for Fendt dealers near me. Nearest one is ~ 250 miles...and has NO tractors in stock.

You are right and I was wrong...didn't realize how that hitch was attached to the truck. Ran the pic through Photoshop to get a better look:

Doubt it. Safety chains are connected, as seen in the photos.

Yes. There was no problem pulling the trailer going forward in Lo Range. It's when I began pushing the trailer backwards with the transmission in Reverse that I could smell the belt burning. Reverse is geared a lot higher than Lo Range. Which is engineering I just don't understand. Who...

Dry and scorched...by a wildfire. In Nevada generally the only permit to cut firewood you can get is for areas that wildfire has burned. Love the stuff...burns really hot and the smell (juniper is a variety of cedar) is wonderful. Unfortunately even permits for dead and down are now...

Cord of juniper wood around here weighs ~ 2700 lbs. Yes, on flat ground. But I actually burned the belt when trying to back the loaded trailer under a roof the John Deere wouldn't fit under. Reverse was geared way too high for that. Pulling forward using Lo Range was no problem.

Just for you, Hay Dude!☺️☺️☺️

Around here my problem is the badgers that live off the gophers and ground squirrels. When a badger goes in to dig out a gopher he leaves a mound of dirt a minimum of a foot high - with a lot of rocks in the dirt that can be up to 6" diameter. How does the flail handle rocks?

Exactly. Pulling ground engagement stuff has got to be hard on the drivetrain. Don't think they are engineered to handle that much constant strain. I burned out a belt on my Kodiak by pulling a full cord of wood on a trailer.

Scam. No battery charger can "fix" a battery. A battery that is still fairly new can be revived to an extent but not to "new" specs. A battery that is beyond its life span and truly dead cannot be revived. If that were so, somebody would be buying up old batteries and "reviving" them to sell...

That is 90% mustardweed and the rest mainly cheatgrass. Both classified as noxious weeds. How much a ton are you willing to pay me for it? Cattle won't eat mustard. The cheatgrass they will eat when it is very young, before it heads out. Once the heads are mature cheatgrass is awful...

I know about bumpy fields. I mow 50 acres of desert that has never been worked (leveled) every year and sometimes twice a year depending on how much moisture we have. I do that with my 6' rotary mower so it takes a while but unless I invest in a batwing anything wider could not handle the many...

https://www.advrider.com/ Lots of great info there for bike riders, especially in the Forums.

This has happened with way too many companies!

And what really ticks me off around here is that we have stations that cut off the pump after $75. I hate having to run my credit card twice just to fill up my pickup. Gas is now approaching $5 a gallon, if I put 30 gallons in my F150 that's $150! Been driving my diesel dually a lot...

That may all be true...but they have 10X the dependability. Rust? What's that?

I love cruise control but I've found that here in the mountain west using cruise control costs me 1 - 2 miles per gallon.

Very true. Ford recommendation is oil changes every 10,000 miles. NOPE! As an owner of a 2016 F150 I follow the Ford forums closely and there are many examples of people having cam problems if they do 10,000 oil changes. No more than 5,000 miles!

My brother has been a Goldwing rider for years...puts a couple hundred thousand miles on one and then trades it off for a new one. He loves them because they are totally trouble free and smooth as silk going down the road. This is his latest that he bought last year:

Sure wish more people today would have that state of mind!

My 2016 F150, used for most pickup-required duties: But when there's real work to be done I fire up the Dodge/Cummins:

Before I had my cataract surgeries I talked to a lot of people who'd had the procedure done. Not ONE was unhappy with the results. And for sure I'm more than pleased with my new eyeballs! So I think you'll be fine.

Beautiful! What were you doing in my corner of "God's Country"? Here's a pic of Denio and the surrounding country looking southeast from the Pueblo Mountains: We were up there checking out the crash site of a B-24 Liberator bomber that impacted near the top of the mountains back in WWII...

Ever since I got a tractor with a front end loader my "barrows" have been "unemployed".

So true. Short wheelbase, sitting up high over a solid front axle is just not conducive to good highway manners. Although - the longer the wheelbase the better the highway manners, which makes the Gladiator the better highway vehicle over the Wrangler.

I didn't have to wear a patch. I had to wear a clear plastic cup over the eye for a couple days...but that is just so you don't inadvertently touch the eye while it is healing from the surgery. As to the cataract surgery - I believe it is all the same. No special procedure. BUT...when they do...

Been a thing here in Nevada for some time now. Up to age 70 you could renew your driver's license on line, good for 8 years. After age 70 you have to go in person and get vision tested at a DMV site before you can renew...and you have to do it every 4 years!

I have to disagree. Yes, we need serious changes in the medical care is administered in the country...but putting the Federal government in charge is not the answer. Why do I say that? Because I am a veteran and eligible for VA medical care. What a joke! I signed up with the VA and got my...

Had a foot of fresh snow on the ground here this past weekend. Yesterday afternoon it was 75 degrees! I took advantage of the warm weather to fire up the John Deere and renew my fire breaks; all the moisture this year is really greening up the desert!

I was very near-sighted, ever since I was a little kid. Started wearing glasses way back then. The near-sightedness only got worse as I aged; my optometrist told me my eyeballs were no longer round, they were oblong and my retinas were stretched tight and gave me a card to carry for Nevada...

I've no problems with this site. Loads instantly on my Windows computer (and I have a slow internet connection, no broadband out here).

Why I love my Can-am...or a Yamaha. Clutch NEVER disconnects while you are driving it so engine braking is always available. Riding the brakes (or having to blip the throttle...how counterintuitive is that, having to give it gas to make it slow down???) while going down a long steep hill is...

If they can fix the road up just using manpower (using pick and shovel) then the Feds don't seem to get that upset. If you need to bring in equipment then there's a permit process to go through...but it costs money and can take months or even years. If you were to go prospecting on public land...

Around here we call our mountains "The Altars of God". I find it most appropriate.

Yes, there are tradeoffs with a wider rig. They are too wide to fit in some places - but they are also more stable. One of the reasons I bought my Can-am is because it is 65" wide. A lot more stable than a narrow rig when on an off-camber trail...which we have a lot of where I ride. Watched...

The one in my above post is county-maintained, and the counties do a great job. Unfortunately most of the roads around me are BLM (Federal government) and they do almost no road maintenance. If a road becomes impassable due to washouts or whatever then it is considered closed and the area...

Of those engines I've owned only the 460 gasser; had two of them in two different pickups, both with 5 speed manual trannies. Both were absolutely trouble free, never had to work on either of them. If there was a downside it was the abysmal fuel mileage...11-12 mpg empty. But then I also had...

I'm the same way. Which is why I live where I do. Many of the trips I take into the Nevada outback I can travel 200 miles and not see another person or even another vehicle. God's country.

Only once has that technique worked for me. All the other times I'd stick the hose down in the tunnel and turn on the water and wait and wait and wait. Not only did no gopher come up, I have no idea where the water was going because it was NOT flooding the tunnel.

Nothing wrong with your math. And yes, there's people who will jump on this "deal"...I know a few myself. Always on the verge of bankruptcy.

I've been a Jeep owner for many, many years. Still own a 2006 Wrangler Rubicon. AND a Can-am Defender. I bought the Can-am because the Jeep, with its solid axles and limited wheel travel, beats you to death on a rough road/trail. The Can-am literally just floats over those same...

I mean, how many of you guys with older tractors are retrofitting them with seat safety switches???? I don't see my newer Kubota M7060 as inherently more dangerous than my old John Deere.

^This! Point I was trying to make but stated in a much more succinct way!

What we are really hoping for is that the cold (upper teens this morning) and snow will kill off some of the Mormon crickets that have hatched out already this year.

Sunrise on Winnemucca Mountain. As seen from my deck this morning:

It's whatever the market will bear. The Can-am I bought 3 years ago...the identical 2024 model is now over $10,000 more. But they are selling as fast as the manufacturer can make them so they will keep raising prices until people quit buying.

Open station that alarm probably isn't much of a problem. Inside a quiet cab, when the alarm goes off it is so loud it can CAUSE an accident when you react to the noise.

I don't know of a way to make it less sensitive...but you could put a switch in the system to turn it on and off when you deem it necessary.

According to the National Weather Service, the average yearly snowfall for the nearest town is 22" total. It rarely stays on the ground for more than just a few days - that Nevada sun is just too strong. Of course, that statistic is for the valley...my house is at 4418 feet elevation. The...

Just disable it...jump the wires under the seat. Farmers have used tractors for many years without these safety nannies that are now being forced on us! Just use your head and remember Safety First once you've disabled the switch. One of the first things I did when I got my Kubota!

My 2022 Toyota 4Runner still has the standard old gas cap. It also has something I'd not seen before - a hanger to hold the gas cap while the vehicle is being fueled!

We had 71 degrees here on Wednesday. It started raining early Thursday morning and the thermometer plummeted and the rain turned to snow. My yardstick this morning: It would have been a lot deeper but the ground was so warm the snow merely melted for several hours.

WHY you want to go on rides? To enjoy the wildlife, the scenery? Or to race? That seems to be the questions to me. Most times I REFUSE to go out with people I know (most with RZRs and Can-am Mavericks) because their idea of a good ride is to drive as fast as possible over rough terrain...

My "chickens" huddled under the rose bush on a snowy Easter morning:

The engine has been out for a couple years now, being put in the new Jeep Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer. Yes, it is the replacement for the 392. Next year it will replace the V8 engine in the Ram 1500 pickups. Twin-turbo straight 6 (following Ford's lead as far as turbos but I6 instead of V6)...

My observation also. Went to a few auctions where people were nuts with their bidding, paying more for beat up worn equipment than they would have cost them if they'd just gone down to the dealership and bought new.

I doubt whether it was a "good" engine with great fuel mileage had much to do with its demise. The people who make these decisions look at one thing only - how many of them sold. The numbers is all that matters to them, if it doesn't sell in the hundreds of thousands every year then it is on...

Sooooo...why didn't you buy this one??

Depends on how you are using it. For instance, if you have a front end loader mounted and lift something heavy in the bucket you may have trouble backing up. That weight is way out in front of the tractor, taking weight off the rear wheels. My old John Deere (2wd) is pretty heavy in the back...

This is what happens when you have clueless idiots, who have no idea of where their food comes from, running your government. "Educated Idiots"

Same here in Nevada. Cheatgrass is the cause of most of our wildfires - once it is dry it might as well be gasoline, it is so flammable. But the State would never reimburse me to have it sprayed so I spend hours every year mowing it.

^This! When I was tractor shopping a few years ago EVERY ONE of the "too good to be true" deals turned out to be a scam. Yes, they provided great pics of the tractors that were supposedly for sale. But when I asked to actually see the tractors in person before buying, suddenly the tractors...

Depends on the construction of the radial. I have some heavy duty Toyo radials on my Jeep and 4x4 van. Both those vehicles often sit for a month or so without being moved. When I do drive them it takes about 20 miles before they smooth out. Until then it's a bumpy ride. I'm willing to put...

Great choice!

Personally I'm partial to eating fruits and nuts, not hay and grain. So I hope they stay with them!

My brother practically lives on his Goldwing. Last year he decided to trade - well over 100k miles on his current bike but had a heck of a time finding a new Goldwing with the old manual transmission. Finally found one at a dealer a couple states away. Apparently Honda is forcing everyone into...

^This! In the Navy back in the 60s I worked as a photographer and still have my professional Nikons from way back then. The owner's manuals were like 20 pages long. Owner's manuals for my latest digital cameras are well over 400 pages long...despite using them every day I know how to use only...

This is still a big problem with Macs, much as I love them. With me, it is GPS programs. I'm the guy our Search and Rescue team relies on to create tracks, waypoints, etc. when we are on a search. As far as I know, not one GPS program is written to work well with a Mac. You have to use an...

What Chewwy said. A land plane should be riding on its skids to where the up and down movements of the tractor do not affect it at all. Are you having some of the weight of the land plane held up by the tractor's 3 point hitch? Or are you maybe using a box blade which has no skids?

My problem is...when I'm out working on something, that's all that's on my mind and I never think about taking a photo!

Yup. They are bulletproof compared to the components used in most PCs. I have an ancient Mac IIsi (from about 1990) set up in my basement, connected to an ImageWriter dot-matrix printer. Still works fine. Original keyboard and mouse. Same with an old Mac Powerbook laptop. But today's...

Ag tires. It's not the type of tires, it's the type of grass. Cheatgrass is very fine-stemmed. If you step on it, it will be flattened but then in a couple days or so it will stand back up.

No. Not cost-effective to haul anything that big 2,600 miles.

So if you are a Yamaha expert, tell me what model Yamaha this is? Think it was 600cc?

In case you haven't been following the news...the "Justice" Department is suing Apple because of that "closed" system that makes it so bug-free. If they win Apple will have to open up iOS to other developers and that vaunted Apple dependability will be no more. Leave it to our own government...

As other posters above stated...like anything else, the ac needed to be maintained. Takes extra time but to me well worth it when I'm out there mowing for hours on end to have a good working ac unit. Because I'm in desert dust, every evening when I finish up everything gets cleaned. Haven't...

Been snowing here for the past several hours...

^^^This! THIS!

Yup. Not just the tall stuff, though. My desert acres are mostly "cheatgrass" which, depending how how much moisture we've had, will grow anywhere from a few inches high to about 18" max. I have to use a rotary mower (bush hog type) because its the only thing able to take the abuse of hitting...

The above report may be true in tall forests. It is patently false out here in sagebrush country. Even the BLM has seen the light here in northern Nevada; in many fire-prone areas they are essentially widening bare-earth firebreaks by clearing all vegetation back at least 30 feet on each side...

When the meadowlarks arrive and start tuning up I know spring is nigh. Love to hear their singing!

The above situation has caused a lot of friction here in northern Nevada between the locals and the BLM/Forest Service firefighting agencies. Used to be, as soon as a fire was detected the ranchers/farmers would get on their big tractors and with blades and discs start creating a fire line, no...

Exactly! Las Vegas in Nevada is a prime example. 3 million people in the desert with only one source of water - the Colorado River. Which is being sucked dry slowly but surely.

Some on-line "influencer" told them it was the cool thing these days. Gotta be part of the "In" crowd. Disgusting....but hog farmers who put these in their hogs' noses to keep them from rooting up the ground are shaking their heads in disbelief when they see people trying to look like their hogs.

And I bet they all had hog rings in their noses to keep them from rooting around.........

"Rode hard and put away wet"..........that's how the local cowboys would express it.

I do the same with my high school yearbook. Over a third of my class is now deceased. This year would be my 60th class reunion - but there has been no talk about having one.

They are awful. They weight nothing but are very stiff and round and designed by nature to roll. Burn extremely hot so you can't just burn them off the fences because the heat will make the wire sag. So you have to pick them off one by one with a pitchfork. Though they weigh nothing they are...

I wonder if you guys that don't live in tumbleweed country realize how deprived you are? Wonderful crop that comes up every spring on your fences - no effort needed on your part to plant or irrigate or cultivate! We had 4 days of extremely high winds this past week...blowing 20-40 mph and...

You just happened to get a bad sample of an engine that was bad to begin with. Owners of new diesels are reporting 20+ mpg when not towing/hauling. My 2004 Dodge/Cummins dually gets 18-19 mpg when empty. But most of the time it is loaded down with a 3000+ lb cabover camper and towing a Jeep...

So true! Out here in the desert there is no condensation to worry about. Low humidity takes care of that! When I lived in Pennsylvania it seems the humidity was always at least 90%. This is what we see around here: What's called a "dry" heat...no matter how hard you work sweat does not...

"Most people"??? Just looked up the figures. Ford far outsold Ram last year: So it would seem that only the people you know are shying away. And for the record, I own one of both so don't accuse me of being brand-loyal. Neither of mine are new, I've had them for years. And both have...

I have to swing the drawbar all the way to one side when using PTO - on both tractors. My PTO implements are all 3-point mounted so they can't move side to side and having the drawbar over to the side provides plenty of clearance.

Diesels have always gotten better fuel economy than gas, because diesel fuel has more "energy", more BTUs, per gallon than gas. Add to that the fact that maximum torque (which is what does the actual work) on a diesel engine is anywhere from 1400 to about 1800 rpm. So it does its work turning...

I wish I could post the videos I took of the bucks sparring with each other but the files are just too huge.

And all food comes from the grocery store...who needs farmers?

My experience with Best Buy has been just the opposite. Sales staff doesn't want to be bothered. There was a Sony camera I was interested in buying so I stopped at a Best Buy to get a first-hand look and see how it fit my hands. On their web site it stated the camera was in stock - but it was...

Looked out my window a few minutes ago to see 4 antelope (Nevada Speed Goats) strolling around near the house. A couple of the bucks were sparring, pushing each other around. But then they all just lay down and relaxed and that how they are right now as I look out.

Just put your pics on a flash drive and plug that in to your TV. You can set it up to play as a slide show. As far as videos - be aware there are multiple "codecs" that video uses and they are not compatible. I was not happy when I found that all the GoPro videos I shot would not play on my...

Found this leg off a mustang in Nevada's Clan Alpine mountains. Paw prints (almost as wide as my boot) in the soft ground nearby tell the story:

Consider yourself lucky. You either work in an area with no bugs...or you have some kind of natural repellant! Me...been bit by bees, wasps/hornets, black flies, gnats, horse flies...but most of all by leap hoppers. Before cab tractor days when mowing tall grass I'd get bitten by a leaf...

This is where I REALLY appreciate the cab on my M7060. During the summer when I'm mowing my desert acres the mower stirs up so much dust that at times I have to come to a stop because I absolutely cannot see. I have to clean the cab air filter (and the tractor's outer air filter) twice a...

Since you don't use the truck as a daily driver, and do tow I'd recommend going to a 1-ton. There is hardly any difference in price between a 3/4 and 1 ton but the extra capacity can come in handy. You'll not notice any difference in ride. I own both an F150 and a Dodge 3500. The F150 has a...

I've been buying stereo gear from Crutchfield for at least 30 years. For one reason. Tech support. Same as we see on TBN regarding having a good dealer when considering what tractor to buy. Any time you have a problem with any gear you buy from Crutchfield, be it installation or technical...

Exactly!

It's called the "shadow effect". Storms coming in off the Pacific can't get over the Sierra Nevada mountains without losing most of their moisture. So the mountains get most of the moisture and east of the mountains gets very little. Why Nevada, east of the mountains, is a desert.

Same here. Bought a brush kit with the flexible rods; keep adding rods and turning the kit with a drill motor. Look up into the stovepipe with a mirror after I'm done and the pipe is clean and shiny all the way to the top.

Essentially none. At least with the brand of pellets I buy (Golden Fire Premium Grade). I clean the stovepipe once a year in the summer and all I get is about a cup-full of fine gray powder. No buildup at the top of the stovepipe at all like I used to have when burning wood.

Been snowing here in northern Nevada since Friday. Interstate 80 has been closed for 3 days now due to blizzard conditions and idiots who refused to heed the "stay home" warnings. Hundreds of vehicles stranded on the roadway. Up to 10 feet of fresh snow depending on elevation. Top of a pickup...

One of the reasons I went from a wood-burning stove to a pellet stove. Don't have to climb up on the roof once a month to clean the stove pipe.

Wow! That's a beautiful shop!

Bought a top-of-the-line Sony 85" from Amazon 3 years ago. Chose Sony because at the time they had the best reputation for reliability and because of where I live (very remote) that was most important to me. No problems so far...but the way the remote control works sucks! Ordered from Amazon...

Flock of young antelope...no horns on any of them...resting in the sage in the Nevada desert. Steam can be seen rising from Hyder Hot Springs in the distance.

Same here. Back in my EMT/Firefighter days I responded to a rollover accident. Pickup truck flipped over on its roof and skidded about 50 yards down the highway, sliding on its roof. The sunroof of course shattered; the driver was seatbelted in but the seat belt could not hold the driver...

Quality-wise, the only difference between on-road and off-road diesel is the red dye. I used to be the one adding the red dye. 250 ml per 8000 gallons of diesel if I remember correctly. The red dye denotes off-road fuel and as such the dyed fuel doesn't have to have the road tax added to it...

Hamburger on the hoof...winter pasture in Grass Valley, Nevada:

Been trying to do that....none in my area (northern Nevada) at all. Closest about 800 miles away! Thought about ordering a new one but the price is more than I can justify.

I have several vehicles and I rotate the tires on each religiously. No problem with a 2-post lift. With a 4-post lift the vehicle is still sitting on its tires.....

I think what he's saying is that 1800 rpm is the effective idle - to keep the DPF happy. My Kubota idles at 900 rpm. But once it is warmed up I keep it at least at 1800 rpm, even if I have to get off for a minute. No throttling it back it idle. If I'm going to be stopped for a longer period...

You're a little out-of-date. Prices increased drastically in the last 4 years....

Owner's manual for my 2016 Kubota M7060 specifically warns about allowing the tractor to idle too much. So with it I'm the same way as your friend...I keep the engine at working speed most of the time. Rarely let it idle. It must work because I've not had any of the emissions problems others...

Speaking of mountain lions....the Eureka County (Nevada) sheriff just posted a warning that fresh lion tracks have been seen in the snow around the high school football field......

That twin turbo straight 6 should be an awesome engine...if Fiat engineered it right so it doesn't have problems. It has been in the new Wagoneers and Grand Wagoneers for at least a year now. Lots of discussion on the Jeep Wrangler forums as to when that engine will appear in the Wrangler (to...

Not around here as far as not modified. Seems like the young miners (money burning holes in their pockets) start modifying as soon as they get their new trucks home. I can hear them coming from a mile away...straight pipe (no muffler or cat) big enough to crawl up into...... But yes, only the...

Probably was a lion. Mountain lions are pretty much the only predator for bighorn sheep and for mule deer in Nevada. Department of Wildlife estimates the population of mountain lions in Nevada to be over 2200.