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I bought a new F450 Limited..It had a vinyl floor...I had it swapped out to carpet.

I have a few trucks now..Had probably 50over the last 30 years. Is there one thats a do everything perfect truck...Probably not. I think they will all have quirks and problems at some point. I had a really nice 17 F350 platinum diesel that I thought I would keep forever..But the sunroof leaked...

Things that make you go Hmmmm...Or at leaast some

Problem exists between the seat and steering wheel

P.E.B.T.S.A.S.W

Thank you vey much. I appreciate the advice and coming from someone with both set ups helps. My truck is a dually long bed, so no slider hitch required. Im now looking at the Andersen set up as well.

Yes rotors. But they did pads and calipers as well.

front and rears

I have a 17 F450 4x4 dump truck, so the cab is aluminum. Its out in foul weather and when the roads are covered in salt and mag chloride. ..Replaced the exhaust manifolds at 5K miles due to rust and the front as well as rear roars at 5k due to rust. Its brutal. This spring I need to blast and...

i got my first dog that was "mine" and not a family dog , when I was about 28. He was a blue Doberman and he was a really special guy. He lived to be 13. Didn't have a mean bone in his body, I don't think he ever even once growled. Got a Weimariner about 2004 who passed at 13.. He also managed...

Thx, the first trip with this for me will be Boston to Daytona and back.. not exactly a short run.

Thanks

My trailers with a pintle are a 12K Cam with a standard donut and a combo ball hitch. It bangs, Send your brother down and ill let him drive. That said, This is not the topic I'm asking about. So back to the topic.

When I pull with a pintle. It will always clunk and bang at stops and starts. also on bumpy roads. Makes no difference how much hitch weight it has ..and there is always plenty.

Have done a little youtube searching but can't really find solid answers. I have a 2021 F450 4x4 diesel. Im going to be pulling a 38 foot camper. It has the standard pin box on it now, and I need to buy either a 5th wheel or I could use the factory installed gooseneck ball mount in the bed...

I was at my local Bota dealer the other day picking up the RTV after it was serviced. Started talking with the salesmen about the lack of new tractors on the lot, He asked about my L3700SU and said the pre emissions tractors are still preferred by farmers around here and that I could probably...

China has shut down more ports again. This means more shortages are soon to be here.

We have paint protection film on our vehicles..no stone chips, but thanks for your concern.

Like the no parking signs infant of our shops overhead doors..... I can't get people to comprehend those..I don't expect the self entitled horse jockeys to read any signs either. And fwiw, there are already NTP signs posted.

Moved the RTV the other day to plow a small bit of snow. On the floor of the garage was a puddle of hydro fluid that was leaking from the center of the skid plate somewhere. .. I didn't really feel like getting into it so I loaded it up on the trail r and brought it to the dealer to figure out...

Yes it was a public road, yes it is now a private road, yes the deed changed, No the town did not abandon it. The land owner where the road is, built another road for the town decades ago so this road could be private. No it's not a public right of way.. it's a private road period. One of the...

Whats the hitch weight of your 5th wheel ? can the 3ph handle it ?

Thats correct

I do not, Im also confident that they can't give cart blanche permission due to the legal ownership of the road. In other words, if I said to 10 of my buddies it was ok to ride their dirt bikes up and down the road all day.. Its ok. ...I do not have that right.

Yes it does, several of them

for such a small driveway, the walk behind spreader is the way to go

We have our share of that here in Boston..Google Mass and Case Boston. .. They just recently "cleaned up" the are ..Which means they moved the mess down the street where it was less noticeable to the general public. The final straw was when they found a dead woman ( Overdose ) who had been a sex...

Yes, Its My property as well as the other neighbors on the road. It does not belong to the people who ride the horses on it. Its a 100% private road, Owned and maintained by the residents period.Im not a city boy, but also don't like horse **** in my house. If thats your preference, its ok, I...

Uggggg that's a lot of work. I would suggest a MiniX with a thumb and a tractor with a grapple bucket. Separate the metal into one pile to sell or give away for scrap, another pile for trash and another pile for things that can be burned. Maybe try to do a little bit at a time when time is...

Lots of replies and opinions. I'm actually surprised at the ones who are ambivalent to taking a dump on others property...makes you wonder what their own property looks like... at any rate, we will take the actions we need too in order to resolve this amicably here.

If it gets much worse, the wall behind it will be compromised as well.

80 or 81 ?

If I could do it all with one vehicle I probably would. There is just no way I can do it.

My thoughts exactly

No easement, Stable is not on the road, They are across another street

I had a Transit Connect for a couple years. It was the older original body style..2012 I believe. I got some big leather conversion van seats and had them stuffed in it. It helped..but was still a small vehicle. The only benefit was that I could get it into parking garages in the city and it got...

As I have mentioned here before, We have several vehicles, Most are what many people would consider "large". These days I'm more concerned with the comfort of the vehicle that I'm driving. Im also "large" 6-3 ish and 215 ish depending on what I ate for dinner..maybe more. Im just uncomfortable...

To clarify points in question. The road was here before the lots were permitted. It was a public road that was then converted to a private road via a planning board decision. IE no public access granted and no town responsibility for maintenance. Road does not grant any other public access by...

A number of years ago I refurbished my fathers BX23 for him for Christmas. It was a lot of work dis assembling it all but it turned out really good. I also did my L3700 a number of years ago due to faded orange paint. It still looks good today

agree

Not yet, it's on my things to do list

Thx, I don't like the idea of animals possibly getting caught in them. We have a lot of deer and other wildlife that I wouldn't want to risk harming.

I'm thinking that I have a loader on my tractor.. I could scoop it up and return it to them for free and drop it off in their front walkway.

I'm not sure I know what a cattle grate is. .. if it's something that lays down on the road, it could be a problem when plowing snow or grading the road ?

The gate would not likely work. There are 5-6 homes with numerous kids, guests, Ups, amazon etc vehicles on a daily basis that travel on it. Not to mention that a horse...probably just go around it anyway.

I maintain the road, I have a land plane grader that I use. The base is really hard packed blue stone so I don't think a rake would bite enough to do much grading.

I'm privileged..to work 60plus hours a week, I'm privileged to get up at 3am to go to said job and work without stopping all day. I'm privileged to enjoy the fruits of my labor. So I'm privileged to buy nice things , that I like to keep nice. I'm well aware farm equipment is expensive and can...

Well your type of arrogance ..or ignorance is exactly the type of neighbor I would not want. Had you taken the time to read a few earlier responses to questions that were asked... I actually own the road with other neighbors. The people riding down the road do not. So they actually do not have...

I have a CAT 246 that began its life as a tire machine, It was HORRIBLE in the snow. The slightest incline and the second it broke traction ..it ws over. Its so heavy that the tires made the surface under then turn to ice the second they spun. A number of years ago I put a set of Logering tracks...

We have a dozen or so vehicles..The best visibility is the F450 DRW Crew Cab.. No blind spots and a high seating position for a full panoramic view of the road ahead. ..The worst car we have is a 911 Cab...cant see **** over your right shoulder or behind you. ..So your article is BS

I was out the other day on my L3700.doing some road work and picking up downed trees and branches with the grapple. I looked at the hour meter and I'm at about 310 in the 8-9 years I have owned it. Certainly not much. I think I paid 25 K wish for the TLB package when I bought it..maybe a little...

I have not, I have just dealt with it over the years, Buy lately its been a daily occurrence. I didn't want to make waves, But I'm beginning to think otherwise.

There is a neighbor..Not part of the 5 or 6 that own the road..Who has a stable where they teach people to ride. They use our road to access other trails. Could be 1 horse..could be 10.. depends on the day. My specific issue with it... We have a few vehicles in the 100K mark and horse crap is...

Its a private road, so yes I own a portion of it along with 5 other neighbors.

For those of you who have and ride horses recreationally.. Do your horses wear ass bags when walking on neighbors roads ? My issue is this..We have a neighbor who has stables where students learn to ride. Their horses regularly walk down our gravel road..and leave piles behind them,,I then...

I have had more CJ7s than I can count..Have a really nice one now that gets maybe 500 miles a year. We have also had a few newer 4 door Sahara Wranglers that were my wife daily driver. They were leased and they held value remarkably well. At trade time we had 3-4K in equity every time. Decent...

I have s viral pairs of Carhartts ..they wear very well. Also got a couple pairs of Wrankler duck canvas jeans..very comfortable and about 1/2 the weight of the CHs. They are some sort of nylon/cotton blend. Very durable and comfortable

Go get a tube of Dow 995 and lay it in there like cake frosting ...it will NEVER come undone.

There is a stripped BX for sale on CL in the South Shore Boston area. May be worth picking it up as I believe all the parts you need are still on it.

I have a 37 HP tractor and a Mini x. They do different things. The mini is great at grabbing logs and putting them in a pile so the tractor can pick them up and move them. The mini sucks for grading anything

Our winters are hit or miss here. But when its really nasty and I have to go out in it, I have a pair of Sorells with the felt inserts. Also wear a heavy Carhartt pair of overalls and a sweat shirt with a polar Carhartt jacket... Never been cold with that combo. I also have a electric heated...

A couple of months ago I traded my 2017 F350 Platinum diesel. It had 24K miles on it and was paid for..I really thought I would keep it for another 10+ years. Then the glass roof leaked, was "fixed" and leaked some more. The smell was similar to mouse piss and it drove me nuts. I traded it in...

Its a trade off. the best performance will be a reflective film. ( Mirrored ) this reflects the heat of the glass before its absorbed and re radiated in. Down side is that it can be hard to see out if there is interior light at night. My suggestion would be a dual reflective film that is...

As my screen name implies..I'm in the tint business. Although we are a commercial tinting company, I can h place you all with any confusion in regards to film performance and properties. Tractors and Ceramic film... not the best option for heat rejection. Ceramic films absorb the heat and...

My sister has a B7500. I have spent a little time on it over the years. It's nice..like all small tractors, it beats the shovel. It's a little tippy for my likes. The bucket is 48" and the loader is fairly strong for its size. The tall rear tires and narrow overall width.. = tippy. That said...

I have a L3700 open station. If I'm cleaning up my driveway after a storm it is fine. I prefer a snow box over a blade. It allows me to move snow where I want it and not just off to one side or another. I also have a plow truck and a skid steer. Both are better and faster snow movers. If you...

I don't want to believe there are people who wouldn't stop... Its unimaginable to me that if you hit a dog you would just go about your day like nothing happened. ..The people who wold do this..please let me know who you are and ill happily put you on my ignore list. A number of years ago I hit...

Pick up a tube of Dow 995 structural caulking. Fill the hole and spread it over the top. That stuff will never come off and it will patch the hole for ever.

Last week I cashed out my investment portfolio. My belief is that we are in the beginning of a 20% melt down. I may look to get back in at the DOW 28-29K mark. Valuations right now are simply not based in reality. How can companies be profitable when they have no merchandise to sell... I smell...

I live in the North East. We typically get wet heavy snow..Which is less than favorable for snow blowers. I have a Cat 246 standard flow skid steer...I tried a blower on it in 6-7" of snow..It sucked. I had to go so slow for it not to clog that I think I could have shoveled it faster.

yes, ..and I'm aware of that.

Im not a cat person..Buy you sir are a douche nozzle.

I have never hunted..no desire to kill a defenseless animal. If I want to eat,... I can go to the store. The creatures that I have no use for are ticks and mosquitos, I don't believe they serve any useful purpose at all. The only way I could willingly shoot anything is if it threatened user our...

I posted in another thread about my 17 Platinum diesel 4x4 F350 with 24K miles on it that I just traded.. I bought it new for something like 75K,,got almost 70K for it 4 years later. Crazy times. I have had 4 or 5, 6.0s back between 04 and 09. Never really had any problems but got rid of them...

A week or so ago I traded my 17 F350 Platinum diesel for a 2020 F450 Limited. When I got my 17 the sticker was 77 something K .. dealer gave me 69750.00 for it on a trade. Said it didn't matter if I bought his truck or not..they would write me a check for 69750.00 and give me a ride home if I...

I have a 19 150 that has the 3.5 EB..It tows pretty well for a light duty truck, but I would certainly not hang a plow on the front of it. ..I also had a 17 F350 Platinum with the 6.7 diesel. Really nice truck ..I just traded for a 2021 Limited F450 dual diesel. I suspect this will be the last...

Its been a long time since I tried a pair or Wrangler jeans.. decades actually. I have several pairs of Carhartts. They hold up really well and my go to ones are fleece lined in the winter. I have a couple pairs of carpenter style ones that are not lined that I wear in the warmer months. My only...

Here in The Peoples Republic of Massachusetts...You "need' a license for everything..I don't think you can legally wipe your own ass without a $250.00 license fee from the state ...that needs to be renewed every year along with a 20 hour ongoing learning class...thats another 500.00 to the state...

...So can back surgery...Had it now for a year and a half...Zero issues. Runs like a champ and makes moving heavy things a walk in the park.

I haven't used it again yet this year. ..But will in another month or so. I don't know what switch you are referring too.. I just step on the thumb pedal and hold it down to keep the blades spinning. I can rotate the cab and arm..but can't move the tracks while doing so.

Friend of mine will be selling his 150 hour L4400 that has a loader with QA and BH with manual thumb. R4s Hydrostatic. Paint is faded as it lives outside. What do you feel it's worth ?

If you already have a rear blower and can put something on the front as well. Get a snow box instead of a plow..a snow box ith a back drag blade is like cheating.. it is a minimum of 2x as fast as a plow.

I have a number of tool boxes. One that is at my house is a KOBALT that I bought at Lowes. It's a 6' tall 6' wide stainless steel setup. Decent quality fairly large and it was like 2k. At my shop I bought a used Snap On chest that's 90" or so wide and pretty deep. Obviously the quality is...

I had my 19 F150 in for a oil change last week.. Friend of mine is the GM at that dealer...Asked if I wanted to give him the keys and walk away from the last 13 months of my lease... I declined. He then asked if I would take 62,500 for my 17 F350 Platinum diesel that has 20K mies on it now...I...

QC codes. and the gps on your phone tracking you in the store.

....In my house...He wouldn't have time..

Its been going on for years. About 7-8 years ago a friend of mine was telling me about how it was going to work and I just couldn't grasp it, or understand it. Now I see it. The other things you may notice is when you are shopping and pick something up and look at it. Then put it down without...

The universal sound for get the F out of my house at midnight...The sound of a 12G racking.... I have a 45C S&W as well as a 380 in the house at the ready...But a 12G...with buck shot...you don't need to be particularly accurate in the dark should the situation present itself.

A few things that I use my MiniX for, other than digging a trench.. Is loading and unloading the salt spreader from the back of the dump truck. Can also be done with the BH but the mini is easier and faster. Digging and moving stumps.. Can also be done with the BH but so much faster and easier...

A while back I posted a pic of the teeth on my Skidsteer bucket that I replaced. They were really worn out..Didnt really notice it as it was happening but they were so worn..the bolt heads were popping out and a tooth actually fell off. This bucket was primarily used for grading my 1400 foot...

I was using the L3700su yesterday... just has to pick something up and put it in the back of the dump truck. I noticed how low on tread my front R4 tires were.. the tears are fine but the fronts only have about 1/2 of lug depth left on them. They are original and I guess about 8-9 years old now...

@ 2 Bit.. not sure why the thread was shut down, But we have thought about Texas. I have been there 3 or 4x in the past 3 years. Worked id San Antonio and Austin. Really didn't get to see much of the area outside of the downtown areas... Both of those cities are nice to visit...but I wouldn't...

We began looking at property the last couple months. Looked in Northern Fla and a little bit in S Carolina as well as northern GA. We are looking for somewhere that has relatively "warm" winters ...no snow..and I can deal with the summer heat with no problems. We are looking for a area that the...

I'm going to be working from Jax to Savanah at th beginning of July. I will have a couple days off and hoping to find a nice place to wander around.. and suggestions ?

I have ben thinking about getting a brush or flail type mower for my KX121, Not really sure what to to look at and what to avoid. Im going to be using it to trim back the sides of my road...about 1000 feet on both sides. Mostly smaller pine branches and scrub oak chutes 2-4' feet tall and small...

Got this weed growing in the lawn..anyone know what it is or how to kill it ?

So somehow I bent one of the threaded rods on my top link. Not bad enough so its unusable..but bent none the less. Called my local dealer to see if I could get just that one end and I can...for just about $125.00.......Went to my local TSC and picked up a whole new top link for like 35.00...

I got the chipper on the back of the tractor this past week. Chipped up a few branches and limbs. .. think it may be due for a sharpening.. anyone done these blades before ? ..I'm not concerned about removing them and bringing them to a professional sharpener ..but is there a trick to re...

Donald Trump hits 3M after company is accused of selling masks to foreign countries over U.S. buyers - Washington Times This really pisses me off. 3M selling out the US for profit

The past 2 weeks we have, for the most part shut down from working. Probably be another 3 weeks at a minimum before we go back. My wife decided to fill her time making masks to donate to our local hospital. She has been doing it 10 hrs a day for 3 days. Made 250 of them..... This is how I know...

i bought this space a little over a year ago. It was pretty much a basic shell. The past couple months I had some time here and there to put it into shape. Last week I had the floor installed and today I sealed it and put 5 coats of wax on it. I still have glass going in the spots along the 1/2...

I have seen other threads here in the past with different tractors, but the same intermittent stalling out. Well mine was doing it as well. It's a L3700 SU HST. Has about 300 hours on it as of now. The problem was always unpredictable when it would bog down and eventually stall out. It would...

We were out to dinner last night and the topic came up. There were 3 people who were all on some type of diet. No carbs, all protein, no sugar etc... I was saying that I typically eat one meal a day, typically dinner. In the morning I'm never hungry..I have a couple cups of coffee before 9qm...

So I'm in the market for a used forklift. I know very little about them but from what I have learned, I think I'm leaning towards one with pneumatic tires so it can be used on asphalt as well as concrete. My needs I'll be minimal..probably less than 40 hrs a year of use. And the heaviest lift...

So we are going to be working in the Dallas area at the end of gone month.. I have been to Austin and San Antonio, but besides the airport, never spent any time in Dallas. ..anything that is a must see / do ? ..I may only have a day or to for playing.

So I dropped into my local Lowes tonight to look for some close out or sale priced laminate flooring. I need about 200 SF for the shop remodel. .. All that went fine but on my way out I couldn't help but notice the store has basically thrown in the towel on the Kobalt brand hand tools. The store...

So I have been putting this off for a while because I knew what a can of worms I was opening. The space on the left was dead office space and now more shop floor space and the framed in space on the right is a kitchen and bathroom. The T1-11 wall is now down and the floor up there is being...

Yep, I'm just over 50 and just got carded..at Home Depot....for buying a can of...Spray Paint.....I now need to be 21 to buy a friggin can of spray paint. .....Seriously, ....

We took a ride out to the Berkshires this past weekend. Stopped into a little place we had heard about on a local TV show that showcased their prime rib. .... They were highly recommend and did not disappoint .... This is the small one....there is 2 larger serving sizes...and it was absolutely...

We have a fairly large yard ..approx 40k sf of grass to mow around the house. For years we have paid a company to do the fertilizer..roughly 1200.00 per year for this service. ..Over the years my lawn had gotten worse and worse instead of better and better...guy ALWAYS had a excuse..Too hot, too...

I was talking to a friend of mine who is in the same business I'm in. We talked about how our businesses have had evolved over the last 20 years. And where we think it will be in the next 5-10. It was interesting to me because he recently opened a shop doing now, what I was doing in 1988... (...

Got the tank in and hooked up. Tested it with just water to make sure there were no leaks. Everything but the drain is good. I think I need to add some tape to the threads of the drain cap as it has a slow drip. Going to first use it with tenacity herbicide on my lawn to kill off the bent grass...

I know there are probably a hundred threads on this topic, but this can be 101. ..Anyway..I have about 1000 feet of dusty nasty road. I also have a 12 volt sprayer .. I think 25/30 gallon capacity..had it for years but have never used it.. I'm thinking about putting it in the back of. The RTV...

We just got a 19 F150 for a run around truck. It did not come with a trailer brake controller and I have one on order.. my question is weather electric trailer brakes will work without one ? Anyone know ?

Had the L3700SU out today for several hours. Very intermittently, it would bog down, sputter and almost stall. It did this a few times in 7 hours. Fuel filter is new ( maybe 10-15 hrs old ) I'm 99% sure all the safety switches are good as I just replaced the hydro pedal one a few months...

I found a cab for sale but it's for a MF1429 and I have a L3700... I did a Google search and looked at pictures of the amF and it looks really similar to mine..wondering if anyone knows if they are actually the same size and if the cab is interchangeable.

I have posted a few pics in this thread in the past. One or two of our "rescued" wimariner who we have had for a couple years now. This dog is incredibly smart..like scary smart. He knows .like.. 10-15 minutes before someone is coming to the door, knows if someone in. The house is not feeling...

A couple years ago now we rescued a 8-10 month old Weimaraner. He was never inside a house prior to coming here.. and adjusted to the couch, fireplace and bed..very quickly.. This morning about 5am we let him out to do his business and in about 3 seconds he lunged into the bushes and caught...

I have a Kubota RTV 1100 with the Kubota electric over hydrolic plow. It goes up and down, and angles left but will not angle back to the right. Nothing is bent and all the electric connections are good. It worked a month ago when I put it on..then today I went to move it and it would not...

I have a KX121, it needs a new battery as the one in it is probably OE and no longer holds a charge. If I simply remove it and bring it to my local auto parts store..is it as simple as getting one the same size and making sure the posts are in the same orientation ? ..or is this going to have to...

So I recently bought a new unit in a 12 condo building. All spaces are owned by different contractors of different trades. Each unit is 30' wide, and has a 16' wide door with a man door next to it. Basically giving you a single parking spot in front of your man door to park and keep access in...

I have a pretty nice set up at my house as far as hand tools and box goes. It's a 6' tall Kobalt stainless box, built in radio etc.. I'm setting up another shop a few miles down the road so now I'm assembling another set of tools..and inevitably another box or two. .. I like the one I have but...

Started the sander motor for the first time yesterday.. it was a motor that we just installed last February.. apparently the float was stuck and filled the cylinder with fuel and then..Boom.. Last spring the motor was fogged so I was certainly not expecting this to happen

I have been looking at getting another bike for a couple years now. This one is a 2013 and the one I had almost bought before buying my CVO Road King instead. Well, I came across this one with 4000 miles on it today and decided I needed it. ��

My sister has a B7500 that somehow someway either blew a head gasket or cracked the block as there is now water in the oil. Unfortunately it was run hot and lunched the motor, her tractor has 200 hrs +/- on it.. but has been neglected and left outside over the years. ..dealer estimated 9K to fix...

We have a fairly big yard here..about 38-40k sf of lawn. .. Every single mer itlooks good in the spring.. like crap I. July /Aug then good again in the fall. I know much depends on watering ..and we have irritation that runs virtually every day in the summer. We also pay a company to do the...

So it seems like every year ..in one machine,car or something else... I need to clean out and de smell something from mice... I have not used my skidsteer or MiniX in several months and feared they would be the recipients of vermin. I had to grade my road today and somewhat dreaded getting into...

Got a call today from a friend who wanted to sell their Kubota RTV. It's a 2016 with just 32 hours on it. Took about 5 minutes to decide that I was taking it home with me. ..now I'm on the hunt for accessories...has anyone ever put a led light bar on theirs ? Or back up lights ? .. I think my...

I was out using the tractor this past weekend and it started to sputter and eventually stall. It would restart but sputter and stall again. As it was doing it, I hopped off and looked at the filter to make sure it was full and it was.. so I don't think it was a fuel problem ? .. it has happened...

I think I started a thread on this a few years ago but can't find it. .. I'm in Mass and we have what is called "excise tax"on all our vehicles. Basically we have to pay another tax on our cars every year to the town where it is registered. It is not a insignificant number for me personally. All...

. A year or two ago I paved our 1300 foot driveway and that has obviously cut down on the dust dramatically. At the end of my driveway I still have about 1300 feet of dirt / gravel road before I'm back on pavement. I have a 30 gallon tank and a carrier that it can go in behind my tractor. I was...

This was the 16 I traded.. I kept the aluminum wheels for the new one.

Traded my 16 F450 for a 17 F450. The difference in cab driving and seating comfort is night and day. The new one is comfortable for hours at a time. The 16, I wanted to get out of it after 15 minutes.

My L3700 with grapple.

I'm getting a new dump truck this week and decided to go with a aluminum dump body.. primarily to eliminate the rust problems we have in the North East and also to save weight capacity. I'm going to have a salt sander I. The bed during the winter months and needs to strap it down. In the past, I...

For what they get for a new pony car these days... I would look at a 4-5 year old Porsche 911 with low miles.. and not take a beating at resale time.

Just got back from a 3500 mile bike ride through Colorado, Wyoming, Montana and South Dakota. .. some of you guys have incredible properties. Not sure if we passed any members farms on our travels but I think Wyoming just may be my favorite place in this county at the moment. I would never get...

I had a extra small trailer we really did not use, so I installed the transfer tank in it. I had thought about mounting it in the equipment trailer itself. But I figured that the real need was to have a tank at the house that could fill any of all 3 machines without having to drag them one at a...

A friend of mine made this for me about 4-5 years ago now. Finally took the BH off and put this on instead. It weighs about 300 lbs so it's not a great ballast but it sure is handy for carrying stuff around.

I recently sold my 18' 10k gown Andersen beaver tail trailer. Had it for about 10-12 years and although it was still a solid hauler, it was not HD enough to legally carry the mini x or skid. I'm looking at 14k gown options and really considering a aluminum or galvanized trailer this time. A few...

My sister owns a B7500.. I'm guessing a 2003-2005 era model. Well... They have not taken great care of it and at some point in the past, filled the radiator with water and not antifreeze. .. This past winter a freeze plug popped and I assumed it was just the plug. They replaced it but when they...

All I can say is wow... We did a job at a very high end facility this past week. They had a new toy.. A giant laser paint / rust laser removal system... Holly crap was this tool incredible. Anyone here have one...because I want one now.

A friend of mine who lives in Fla was trading his 1999 F150 xtra cab 4x4 lariat. 5.4 V8 auto 156k miles. ... dealer offered him $1.00 for it... it runs great, zero zero zero rust and no dents. But It did need TLC. I bought it for 2k and had it shipped up to Mass. since getting it and going...

Yesterday I was crossing over a small trench in my yard. Driving the L3700 over a couple 2x8 so the trench would not collapse. One of the 2xs flipped up and caught the hydro filter under the right floor board. Ripped the filter right off along with breaking the housing threads right off inside...

Has anyone done this ? I was given a pretty nice 75-80 gal L shaped tank and I'm thinking about placing it at the front of my trailer. Thought that putting the long end going toward the the hitch and the taller part toward the back. I'm not sure if it would interfere with turning the trailer...

So my Cat 246 has miserably poor heat, and with snow season here I figured I would see if changing the mixing valve would help, while I was at it I would chance oil and all filters, also try to address a new problem, difficulty starting in the cold. And while I'm at it, replace the hand throttle...

Had a little more time to work on it over the past couple days. Hopefully done this week.

This is him a couple years ago.

Pics

I have been looking for a decent used mini X for a while now. My local dealer took a high hour KX121-3 in on trade and offered it to me for a price I could not say no too. Picked it up today and got to use it for a hour or so .. And I'm surprised how well it operates. I will post some pics when...

Have not really had much extra time to finish this off. It's about ready for roof and siding, and the carport section. The main section is a 12 pitch, I'm thinking the carport roof will be a 6 pitch. Hopefully I can wrap it up in another 2-3 weekends.

Weather has been brutal hot and today I had some time..and it rained. I have a decent start on it but being my first post and beam.. I definitely under estimated how much work and how heavy 6x6 lumber is.

This is what they have suggested.

This is what they list for power requirements

I'm not particularly knowledgable about electricity. Here is what I have and looking to do. I have a 200 amp service now and I'm looking at a piece of equipment that requires 3phase. Running 3 to my home would be very ..very expensive, likely 50k +\-. One of the electricians I spoke with said a...

A few of the stumps that had to be removed. Probably close to the largest I have dug out with the 77.. One was bigger and the Kubota loader was having none of it ...had to put the forks on the Cat to move it.

Thought I would have had more time this week,but the area is cleared and stumped. I need to drop a bit more fill tomorrow and we should get the deck done by Saturday.

I have a slow work week next week and had decided to add on to our back deck at our home. .. I figured it is going to be 6-7K with all material and labor for a helper... Now I'm thinking about a 16x16 or 16x20 post and beam shed... Probably be able to do that for about the same money or even...

My guys.

Added hooks to some buckets and D rings to the tractor to make it easier to tie down on the trailer.

I'm thinking about setting up some cameras on our property. I want to be able to see who comes and goes up our driveway and a couple inside the house as well. I would like to be able to access them when we are away and maybe, if possible be able to get notifications when a vehicle enters the...

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Today was the day. It was a long hot humid day here but I'm done with the dust. !

Pics as promised. This RR has been used less than a dozen times.

We get multiple deliveries a week via UPS. Last month , somehow they managed to loose not 1 but 2 checks that we gave them for COD deliveries. One was 400 something dollars and the other one 300 something. They called and said they need me to replace them as they have record of me paying at time...

My L3700 is 5 1/2 years old now. It has about 180 hours on it. I had the 40 hour service done when it was due and the dealer said the next one is at 400 hours.. That should be sometime in the year 2034 at this rate. How often do you change oil etc on a tractor that is not used all the time ?

So I have a couple grease guns and I'm pretty pro active about keeping my equipment well lubed. Today I stopped into NAPA and picked up 4 tubes of extreme duty red grease. Never looked at the price but when it rang up, each tube was 10.00...is there really any significant difference between...

So I have decided paving my 1000 feet of driveway is going to happen this summer. I'm done with the dust and dirt. I have a very well compacted base, maybe need 1 more load of processed asphalt spread through out the length. I plan to do it in stages. First being a 2" binder course this year...

Anyone here have any experience with these ? I'm considering a used 900 hour 30 series one. Primarily for maintence on personal property (25 acres ) it would get maybe 200-250 hours a year

I'm thinking about paving my 1300 foot driveway this spring. I think I may do 2, 4' wide strips with 3' of a grass strip down the middle. Anyone here done this ? Pros /cons ?

So today we got a home heating oil delivery. 2.09 per gallon. .. On road diesel is 1.99 here now. Which also has a heafty on road tax built into that 1.99 I'm starting to think I should have a transfer tank in my truck and fill my own tank. I have to wonder with the price of fuel these days...

I stopped over my fathers house to put the plow on his truck. Dead battery and after a charge it would crank but no start. He hasn't used it or started it in about 4 -5 months so I'm assuming it has summer blend fuel in it and it may have gelled. We have had chilly nights in the teens and days...

Well today I sent out the final payment on my L3700. It's been 5 years and I have to say time flies, doesn't seem like it's been that long. The past year I actually liked seeing the payment book get thinner and thinner. It's got 160 hours on it now so by my math... I should have it quite some...

The reason I ask, is because I have a power angle plow that I use on my skidsteer. ( Cat 246 ) The fluid is used to angle the blade left and right. I'm putting a 3rd function on my tractor and the blade could be used on that as well. At this point there is some fluid in the Pistons and lines of...

For the past few years I have been using a 1.8 yard V box salt spreader in the back of our dump truck. These type of sanders take a beating and are a continuous battle with maintence. Some of the problems are imposed by the people who load it with material ( salt ) .. The local yards use a 3...

I happened to drive by what is usually a vacant lot earlier in the week. But noticed several pieces of equipment as well as buckets and other various attachments. I pulled in and found out that there will be a auction there this weekend. The majority of the attachments are new Tomahawk pieces...

My 5 year old L3700 decided not to shut off and not re start today while my wife was using it. I condemned the seat safety switch, bought a new one and still no go. Played around with the hydro switch to make sure it was not hung up, but did not replace it. I assume the battery is ok as it was...

We own a commercial property that has a couple banks and a couple fast food restaurants on it. Needless to say the fast food places create a incredible amount of trash and litter. Yesterday, we were there mowing and cleaning up the property when over my shoulder I hear the sound of a plastic cup...

My fathers BX bagger has stopped working. First thought it was the shear pin in the pro shaft.. Nope, then maybe the shear pin at the impeller...nope. It's obviously past the impeller, has anyone gotten that deep into one and how do you access stuff inside the lower frame / tube ?

I'm watching our local news tonight and another cop was hit on the side of the road while he had another car pulled over. I see this more and more often these days. I'm convinced that the LED lights the cruisers have whaling on top of them are to blame for many of the accidents. I think they...

Here in Mass, we pay 6.25% sales tax on the purchase of a new car or truck. The town also doubles down and is nice enough to send a excise tax bill shortly after the registration is complete. The first year it is about the same as sales tax and drops along with the value of the particular...

I own 2 Scags. They are built to last and deliver a nice quality cut. Also own a Walker GHS, that leaves a better looking stripe but is also more needy with maintence. Scag has both Kohler and Kawi options on many of their mowers. If the one you are looking at is available with the Kawi, get...

I decided that it's time I get a cab tractor. It will be primarily used for snow removal on a commercial lot. Looking at the 47 and 54 60 series. .. These things are 50+ k.....I know they are two entirely different machines but for 50k, I can get a real nice used Cat 420 or Deere 310/410 which...

Question is this. I tow a Cat 246 with tracks on a regular basis during snow season. The machine weighs aprox 9000 pounds with out the trailer. I have 2 chains with hooks for the rear and usually one chain with a binder across and through the front. I know the DOT wants one on each corner, but...

Back in 1995 I bought a new 2500 CD Dodge Ram 4x4 reg cab. About 6 months later I sold it to a very good friend. He has had it ever since. 230,000 miles on it now +\-. I have a chance to buy it back. Problem I see now is that I don't think the turbo is working as it has almost no pulling power...

I went into my local HD last week and noticed a brand new BX25 on a trailer. Thought it may have belonged to a shopper inside. But then realized if was in the stores rental lineup. Thought it was interesting. I wonder how long before someone cuts the lock and" rents" it a midnight.

Found it on my local CL. Used it a bit today and everything works as it should. Wish it pulled the branches in a bit better but for the money, I couldn't beat it.

So last year I bought a 2012 F150 Harley Davidson package 4x4, it was used with about 5K miles on it. I have had a couple oil changes since then and the last time I was at the dealer getting a inspection sticker, the service writer said that the previous owner had a service contract on the...

Well I guess it's sort of free.. If I can figure out how to harness it. We built our house about 4 years ago and I will try to explain this as good as I can, but we have power coming out of the ground. If you stand outside barefoot and touch something metal.. You get a tingle. For example, we...

We are finishing our walkout basement ( aprox 930 SF) and I'm deciding on how it is going to be heated. For starters, we have FHW by oil for the test of the house and I could add another zone for 2500.00 +\-. A 3 head Mitsubishi would provide heat and a/c for 5000.00 +/- and another option would...

I did a quick look and did not see a thread about the missing jet. Anyone here have thoughts about what may have really happened? There are enough high powered satellites in the world to spot a DIY cup floating in the middle of the Pacific and nothing is being found. I'm starting to think it...

Yesterday morning, about 15 seconds after I walked out the door for work. My wife heard a bang on the other side of the door and found my 10 year old Weim on the floor having what looked like a seizure. I picked him up an rushed him to the vet where they gave him a shot to. Relax him so we could...

Like the title says. Almost 8 months ago my wife and I completed our safety course and filed the paperwork. My license showed up in the mail yesterday.... No sign of the wife's yet. I actually got a call from the local PD asking why I did not disclose that I was cited for operating a vehicle...

So I have a 09 F350 4x4 V10 dump with 25k miles. It has been reliable since new and has done everything I have asked it to. Mostly plowing and light landscaping duties. Problem is that I can no longer depreciate it from a tax standpoint. I looked at a new ford 350 and found a leftover 12 with...

So my father removed his blades and got them sharpened over the winter. I can not remember and he did not write down the stacking order of the washers and lock washer. Does anyone know weather a compression washer goes under and over the blade or is the blade placed over the spline then 2...

Well, I pulled the sander out of the back of my dump truck this afternoon, Went over to lift it out with the L3700 and a pair of Cat forks, No go ! With the loader all the way up and the chain wrapped around the forks about 2 1/2 feet away from the bucket pivot...It did not have the sack to curl...

Like the title says. Has anyone done this before? We have the old bed off my fathers truck and the cross members that are under the floor were rotted out. The remainder of the bed is in great shape. I was thinking maybe we could turn it into a trailer.

Does anyone know if the Curtis Cab for the L3400 is the same one for the 3700. The website does not have a listing for the 37 and I called them and they did not know what a L3700 SU is.