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at work we got a innovage products jumbo universal remote... loks like an emmerson I've seen before.. likely a chineese copy.. manual is copyright 2006 :( our work tv's are not listed. we have insignia lcd's, as well as vizio have tried the code search feature.. nada... anyone know who...

been trying to find some for quite a while now.. any leads? soundguy

ok.. memory is failing me... how do you enable BCC in windows mail. I know i've done it back on outlook express/win xp.. . now am on vista.. etc. thansk soundguy

anyone got one? I'm quite tempted... soundguy

anyone own or drove both? aside from cab issues.. how do they compair? soundguy

buddy is going out of business and has a cannon imageclass 2300 copy/fax I know it cost 2500$ new in 06.. is there any value to it now? ( might be interested in it for our office ). I see toner is still available for it. soundguy

ok.. I have dropped my 98 dodge ram down to limited use as a farm truck. probably gets a couple trips a week.. way less than 6000m a year. I had been doing 3000m oil changes using palin walmart oil the last few years, as the use of this truck has declined. Looking at the cost of doing 2...

got some cast aluminum parts for my ford 950 I am gonna try my hand at repairing. ( dogleg to pedistal supports for you ford rowcrop savy people ) I've got propane or o/a looks like it will work with anything that can make 700-730+' I've got a good selection of new/clean wire brushes to...

I was looking for some drill bits to sacrifice to the broken bolts and studs on my latest project tractor, and hit both a harbor freight and a northern tool. except for a FEW brand name items int he northern store.. most of it was the usual chinese fair you find at harbor freight.. perhaps the...

late 57 950.. originally on lp gas.. been converted to gasolene .. rought but has a future.. :)

Just got the OK from the CFO to get a small chipper. so far am looking at the 2.5 hp electrical ones, and the 5.5 hp gas jobs. anyone have comments on either? what brought this about is that yearly I clean our fence line and it usually yeilds a bunch on 1/4 to 1/2" sapplings, with an...

just heard this.. it true? what does this mean for murray owners? is someone going to buy them out.. or are parts going to dry up? any comments? any one else dealing in the economy rider market... afaik they were the least expensive rider you could get... usually selling at places like...

right now craftsman has their high wheel string trimmer on sale from about 500 down to 340. TSC also has a swisher for 340. both are 6.75 hp and 22" swath cut. functionally they look the same to me.. engine, wheels, front cutter head. swisher has the head offset to the left a bit to get...

A while back I posted about trying to decide between a decent set of torches/bottles or a band saw as my next large tool purchase... At the time I was doing everything with a chopsaw, or a sawsall... ended up getting a set of torches. Fast forward a couple of months.. and wow.. havn't even...

diesel stabil? it any good. the 70g tank inmy F450.. I like to keep it full in case I need to make a run with lil prep time.. but that mean the truck sets for weeks at a time between running it -any-. I do start it and take it to town at least once a month to get some exercise.. but it's long...

couple questions. 1, what's the opinion of the 10 cyl gassers. i saw a couple in what I think were a dodge 3500 and ford 350.. say.. 97-2003 era. 2, when did the ford 7.3l go to turbo and powerstroke? 94? soundguy

looking for a creme or spray/squirt on wax ( buff off ) anyone got a fav? soundguy

ok. apaprently this 99 F450 I got has the hydro boost brakes. what do i need to know vs 'standard' brakes in everything else I own :) soundguy

my local CNH dealer recently was sold by the very long time owner to a 'investment' owner.. a family member of the new owner came in to run the place. In the period of a few months they have let go most of the old counter and shop help. in fact.. the only people I can say for sure are long...

got a coolant question for the 7.3l diesel in mu f450 are those wet liners? IE.. do I need to add the anti-cav / electrolysys addative or use a fleet diesel antifreeze that is precharged? soundguy

got a friend that works for a small golf course.. he called me today to look at a 1920 they have. He knows I owned one .. etc. it's 4wd, 4x12 tranny.. etc. as I hear was running one minute then started a regular miss that also had a good chug-chug blow by so strong it would pop the dipstick...

getting ready to do my 1st service on my 'new to me' 99 F450 w/ 7.3 PSD. I'll be using syn oil in her and am wanting opinions on other fluids. I know I can get syn gear oil for the diffy, and POW steer fluid.what else.. tranny fluid? anyone make that? am assuming it will help with heat...

yesterday i noticed the guy down the road with his chevy 3500 pulled up front for sale. went by and talked with him today. His family owns a small dealership in town, and he used the 3500 to pull a car trailer for a few years. just recently upgraded to a 3500 srw. the unit is a gasser with...

I am going to go look at some hi-ply 19.5" tires for my f450 this weekend. Any idea of what I should expect.. don't want to have that 'sticker shock' look on my face in front of the salesman.. :) soundguy

I knew we have been getting bio diesel blend for a while in our area.. what I couldn't pin down was the percentage. just noticed most of the stations int he area all are sporting B15 lables as of yesterday. anyone else see this? soundguy

ok.. just got me a decent set of torches.. am playing around with new capability of using the gas axe to cut and weld with.. previous torch was only good for brazing and soldering.. question.. can yo do aluminum with it.. if so.. any special tips or tricks? use aluminum stick rods as filler...

Ok.. setting here at work and my manager just come over for help. She uses limewire ( I don't use limewire! ). she has aparently gotten some songs ( mp3 format I think ), in her ' limewire library ' and want to know how to get them to her computer so she can do things like burn them to a cd...

at work we have an acer notebook on vista.. has a pc card broadband modem ( sprint / qualcom pc500 ). every now and then you put the card in and windows fails to load the drivers... other times it works fine.. any ideas? thanks soundguy

Alright all you automotive guru's I got one for ya. I hopped in my 98 dodge ram ( 5.9L gasser v8, 4wd, auto, air ) to come home from work tonight. She's been a 100% straight forward truck. only ever had to change a battery, rear brake cyls, and a starter on her plus things like oil change...

in the past week I have had to replace the fuel lines in my farm CUV and on my string trimmers. new gas made the old lines crumble. string trimmer is 1yr old.. so it should have been made with a resistant line.. go figure. can't wait till it eats up my mower and chainsaw. at the small engine...

was out working in the yard today. wife called me in.. ac not cooling. quick check.. drastically reduced air flow at the vents...controls set right, compressor running like normal.. no noises or ratteling.. cooling fan going.. inside garage, air handle sounds like fan is running fine.. pull...

as some of you know I went out and got a gooseneck trailer a couple weeks ago. ( unit looks great, pulls awesome.. etc. ).. went to tag it.. dmv had some issue.. manufacturer didn't have that make/model in the computer. I got them to give me a temp tag ( 10day ).. that ran out.. got...

anyone got a schematic for a seadoo 97' bombardier gtx? thanks soundguy

I'm not against boats... just never owned one.. never really wanted one.. I don't mind fishin from shore. In any case.. the wife brought up the idea of a pontoon boat. something short like a 16'er perhaps with a covered portion in the back. i have seen some with a swept back cover that folds...

Ok.. so now I have my 24' gooseneck trailer. I'm assembling it's travel accessories. It's at this point I wonder what type of jack is best. In the past I've always used hi-lift style farm jacks around my place.. for tractors and my 16' bumperpull trailer.. etc. RickB has been on me about...

I tried out my welding skills recently on some old cast iron loader brackets I had for my antique fords. one bracket was simply cracked.. the other had been cracked.. was welded poorly and then cracked even more. I have a hobart 235ACXL machine.. so plenty of heat.. just ac only. been reading...

neighbor has a 05 dodge caravan ( grand caravan? ) with power drivers seat, manual passanger seat. she was teaching her kid to drive and ran the front of the power seat up.. as far up as it would go ( has front and rear elevation control as far as I can tell ).. anyway.. now the seat won't go...

how come people throw out soo much good metal? I was driving from my house to my farm property the other day and saw a stack of bed frame rails out leaning up against somebodies trash can. must have been enough for 3 beds.. not rusty.. still painted.. etc. That's alotta angle iron. No one...

Wow.. I see this this is dragging on. the wifes in thialand right now and scheduled to leave late tonight.. AFAIK there is a layover in japan and then on to LAX anyone know if this is in the route that is being delayed by the ash cloud? soundguy

I'm searching for a 'form style' eviction notice.. anyone got one in text format? thanks soundguy

By show of hands.. who here has pulled out into an intersection and then promptly knocked their tractor out of gear accidentally and sweated it a moment as you tried to figure out why you weren't moving and blocking 4 lanes :) Did it yesterday on my 7610s pulling out of the road my pasture...

was on my way to work today and passed a buddy pulled over on the side of the road.. he had his f250 and gooseneck loaded with 3 culvert pipe for his farm. A dot had pulled him over, and a city cop was just pulling in. This is not a comercial truck.. I know the guy.. just a private truck...

got a question. As many of you know I just got a 99 f450 for my heavy towing. with the 4.88 rears, she will tach 2750 on the interstate. I am considering going all synthetic on her first service. ie.. syn engine, ps, and diffy. any downsides to this? ( ps.. in the prev owners maint...

A friend brought over a crossbow he picked up.. it is a anton ruegg ( u has 2 dots over it ) steinhausen A search for this turned up a 1962 reference in a sports ilistrated magazine that describes the wepon perfectly. has a ? serial number of B526 anyone have any more info on this thing...

63 ford 4000 row crop, facory wide front, sherman combo soundguy http://www.tractorshed.com/gallery/uptest/a12879.jpg

I'm still stumping for a cheap 1-ton just to haul a trailer / hay for my farm use.. not a daily driver. have come across a 92 chevy 3500 96k miles, 6.5td standard cab that I can probably snag for 3500$ has been well cared for sat a couple years after 'grampa' died.. inheritor/ new owner has...

I used to always be a desktop pc user ( or at least a tower that sat onthe floor anyway ). when my desktop gave up the ghost a while back, I started using my netbook as a desktop replacement. didn't know how I would like it... now it seems like 'normal' for me. I use an external monitor, and...

Don't be afraid to use it! :) Most of the old tractors I work on have pipe plugs as drain plugs, level check plugs, and sometimes, fill plugs. 99% of the ones I remove have no thread sealant onthem and instead are just torqued in to 50bajeeberthousand foot pounds till the threads roll over...

anyone else try to use the drop downmenu for the forum jump and keep accidentally hitting 'logout' which is right under it? soundguy

63 4000 row crop, wide front, high crop, with a sherman combo tranny. http://www.tractorshed.com/gallery/uptest/a11787.jpg

I'd like to see what regional stucco prices are doing. if you are in the construction industry, or just had some stucco work done, what were your square foot prices? ( labor and materials inclusive ) figure 2 different job types 1, new stucco on new block 2, retro job, new stucco on screen...

Anyone got any favorites to post. Buddy and me got a freezer full of it and are looking for ideas. so far I'm figuring on some roasting, some pork and noodles, pork and rice.. etc. soundguy

I remember.. or.. 25 or 30 ys ago maybee watching a movie about a sunk ocean liner that had people still living on it after it sunk... IE. the had an air pocket, and some crew and passangers survived.. etc.. and started farming seaweed .. etc... Years later on people found them using a diving...

according to the police blotter in my local paper, our local CNH dealer had multiple crated tractors stolen this weekend.. someone cut their fence and apparently when in with a roll back and made several trips!!! soundguy

anyone use those battery pack circular saws? saw a guy using one at a park at lunch today.. thing sounded just as good as my plug in craftsman.. what's the life like onthe bat? soundguy

I'm looking for a used dually to haul stuff around for my farm, and came across a 90 ford f350 down the road.. could get it for 5.5K$ has about 90k miles onit.. and looks decent. a ding int he paint here or there.. but otherwise good looking for 20ys old. I'm trying to figure out what diesel...

Got some site plans sent to me today in .dwg format... I've got no clue as to what program I can use to open or view them.. anybody else? soundguy

I'd like to put in a plug ( pun intended! )for Tucker tire. I just got a set of 13.6-28's from them for my 740... they ship fast, are nice to talk to, know what they are talking about, and have some dang good prices on tires. they are in dyersburg Tn. soundguy

Finally rolled her out of the garage this afternoon http://www.tractorshed.com/gallery/uptest/a9252.jpg http://www.tractorshed.com/gallery/uptest/a9251.jpg http://www.tractorshed.com/gallery/uptest/a9249.jpg http://www.tractorshed.com/gallery/uptest/a9248.jpg

740 ford.. still on the way home from ga with it. soundguy

I've got a sprint USB broadband modem. ( franklin wireless I think? ) Works great.. I get good service, and faster speeds than they 'guarantee'. probably 3/4 times a week I will get a pop up box from the modem driver/connection software (cmotech) telling me it is updating the 'PRL' in the...

Saw in another forum somone mentionded this.. but had no details? anyone? Rick? soundguy

I know our local solid waste dept will do an amnesty day every few months and let you bring in a few gallons of oil or coolant.. etc for free.. but anything else has to go thru a place that accepts it comercially.. etc. The other day I drove a couple cities and a couple counties away fro a gun...

what's the info on this tractor.. there is one for sale near me cheap enough I'm going to go look at it.. is itone of the rebadged jinma.. like a 254? etc.. soundguy

YouTube - Man Trapped Under Tractor ignore the 10 seconds of comercials in front of the video. lookslike the chain hanging down in the vid was attached to the toplink... a huge no-no soundguy

got a zerox xc1040 copier that just stopped putting print on copies. It's an older unit.. say from 98 or so.. but been a good copier. we repalce the drum when signaled, same as the tonor. I've had to change the fuser lamp once, and the corona wire ( they call it a cortron wire ) module once...

ok.. my vista pc opens jar files.. but my xp netbook doesn't know what to do with them.. I look on vista, and it says the file is associated with java platform SE binary. any place I can download this from for my xp netbook? thanks soundguy

Narrow front, in or very near florida as I can't travel very far due to work/time constraints. soundguy

ok.. got the winxp netbook tonight.. got hom.. plugged into the dsl model.. got ont he internet fine.. after I got it all setup, I put int he wep key for the wifi connection.. that worked.. tested by unplugging network cable. everything is hunky dory.. wifi works good. then I install my sprint...

Ok.. here goes. got the wife a netbook using winxp ( neat lil thing ).. seems to be doing fine. about 90% of the netbooks I see are using win7 while some on xp.. non on vista cuz.. well.. I guess even MS knows it's a buggy hog. Since my desktop crash at work a few months ago, and subsequent...

why don't one of you guys find me a ford 7XX NF in florida so I can have a winter project. I got my garage stall all cleaned up and it's just waiting for a nice 740 or 741 to be pulled in and refurbed.. :) soundguy

normally I carry a sig P230 in .380 as my regular carry gun. when i need discreet carry I have been carrying a keltec 32 using a NFA legal semi-wallet-style holster. I like the small frame.. but know it us undersized as a personal defense round, Recently, keltec came out with a .380 using...

Here's the issue... lady I work with backed over a small 2 wheeled john deer wagon that her 7yr old tows behind his big wheel tricycle... it's a big issue as it was his favorite toy... She knows i do body work for my tractors and brought it to me to fix... quite honestly.. the thing is a...

got some rain from IDA yesterday.. suposed to get some today as well. I was out feeding hte horses and chickens as the sun was coming up and thought about the seed again... I've been holding off putting down rye seed for rain, and figured this was my chance... I work most of the week, so I hit...

how ya like it / what do you use it for? soundguy

So here we are.. 21st century.. space flight technology is hitting 60ys old ( almost retirement age! ) and where is the telco at? ever notice if you dial a 12 digit number (1+ac+prefix+4) and you are in an extended calling area that only requires 7 digits, that the lil recorded message comes on...

Anyone got a link to or pdf's, or other templates for targets i can print out on a laser printer to take to the range? thanks soundguy

just picked up a savage 340 rifle in 30-30. it's a bolt gun.. looks like 4 in the removable mag and one inthe pipe for a total of 5. adjustable iron sites.. etc ( I think I got a good deal on it at 165$ out the door?? ). It's in 90%-95% condition. Anyone also own this model of gun? I own a...

anyone got the skinny on this? now that I got a vista PC.. I just noticed when I stick a usb drive in, one of the options is to 'increase speed with ready-boost ' so.. what does it actually do? add usb drive to ram? use usb drive as cache? etc? are all the usb drives on the market pretty...

was on my way to work this am, and the county mow crew was out mowing row and medians. must have had a new guy on the tractor looked like a ts 100 on a 15' batwing... wings folded but no transport locked.. he wipped it around from one lane of traffic at high speed, drove over median and sharp...

anybody know which governmental regulatory agency handles complaints about the telco.. if it makes a difference, i live in florida.. thansk soundguy

Many of the websites I browse continually complain about my old IE6 browser, and a few are even dropping support for it.. so I downloaded IE8.. did the setup.. etc.. and then afterwards it needed to reboot ( this is on a compaq desktop xp-home edition machine.. 1.5g ram, amd sempron 3100...

if anyone knows of one, let me know.. I want a 7XX series as my next project. gotta be close enough to day trip though.. so not much past lower georgia, or alabama since i'm in mid florida. thansk soundguy

guy at work's ac blower fan for his 98 durango stopped working.. he thinks it may be the ressitor module.. it was cheap enough to buy.. bout half the size of a pack of smokes.. has a 2" x 3/8" 4 blade connector on outside, and the restive elements on the inside with a small cage around them...

Here's the deal. My wife has to do a bit fo traveling for work, and once onsite uses a laptop.. generally doesn't have good 'space' for a mouse, and absolutely hates the synaptics touchpad built in to her laptop. Laptop is a compaq and has 2 4"x4" flat areas on either side of the touchpad...

Got her seat back on and fenders and grill and bumper mounted just as the rain was starting.. her 'test' drive was a mad dash tot he bar to get under cover! soundguy

I remember downloading this and installing it on my xp-based laptop.. had to run out and get a vista laptop for work and now can't 'resize' pics. can't rememebr where on the MS i found the pic resizer.. anyone got a link? and does the resizer work for vista? thanks soundguy

late 68 3000 diesel w/ 8spd. soundguy

late 68 3000 diesel w/ 8spd. soundguy

Got a friend at work that has a dodge grand carivan.. 04 or 05 maybee... ABS lamp went on on dash.. and trac control lamp is on saying trac off. I've seen ford traction control that pulsed the brakes.. etc.. guessing this is the same.. and that there is some issue with the abs that is disabling...

we just got one at work wih sn of 5568L44184 any ideas on age? thanks soundguy

Where i work we traded some equipment to/from another contractor and ended up with a massey ferguson 243 and this tiller came with it.. unit is a dixie.. no idea of age.. but from looking at metal.. would say 10+ years at least...gearbox looks decent inside and drivelie is tight.. no real...

noticed it is staying in 1st till oike 3krpm if you try to use more than normal throttle on take off.. then really accelerates like it should when it shifts gears. if you take off from a stop lamp normally, it shifts about 2krpm.. and otherwise feels normal. drives fine thru rest of gears...

I just got stuck with somebody else's problem. We use mobile office trailers at our construction sites ( Ge brand if it makes a difference.. ).. anyway.. they have one of those verticale mounted ac's onthe outside back wall.. " The wall mount".. apparrently the one in one of our units we need...

how come nh went to such an anemic battery in the xx10S series machines, vs the old trusty 4DLT from the thousand series. It's kinda annoying to have to pull my 34 year old ford 5000 around tot he front of the barn to jump off my 9 yr old 7610s. Both tractors get used the same amount, and over...

getting 500 server errors on this site only, all day. doesn't seem to be effecting any other sites i'm browsing. a refresh makes the page load with no problems usually. soundguy

Anyone know whee to go / what to download (packet) to setup a women/minority business? One of the companies I work for is downsizing and changine a bit and they want to resetup the co as a w/m.. looks like the task is falling to me to make it happen.. any insite would be helpfull. thanks...

Got a question for you tech guys. At work, our router has wireless G. I'm considering getting a new laptop ( as my old desktop died a few weeks ago, and I'm using an old laptop in it's place.. and like the portability ). I'm looking at a laptop that says it has wireless N... and wondering...

I have a friend that has a Mitsubishi MT750 3 cyl diesel that needs a starter.. his old one died and he sent it away to be repaired and they lost it! the shop doesn't know where to get him one. any ideas? soundguy

At work one of our jobsite foremen has an older dell latitude 610 ( I believe ).. is an older pentium III 1.2ghz, but originally came with XP, and has otherwise been a decent machine for them to beat up onthe jobsite. Has a usb2 card in it's pcmcia slot as the usb broadband modem would not work...

I know the difference is basically in the major and minor diameters...however i was looking at a hyd valve at tsc and it mentioned work ports were npt 1/2" and in and out port were 3/4" nptf is that a typo on their part.. or? what. I see they only sell npt adapters.. no nptf parts.. etc...

I will need to be drilling and tapping some cast for npt pipe fittings. anyone know the drill sizes I'll need for 1/8 , 3/8. 1/2 and 3/4 npt taps? want to have all the stuff at my shop before i start working on the project.. thanks soundguy

The wife raises small birds ( finches, parakeets, cockatiels.. yada yada.. ).. she has a room full of them and thus buys seed in the 20# bulk bags. Offacionally we get these small ? moths? that are about 3/8 to 1/2 inch long.. they are apparently the end result of a small caterpillar that makes...

Just got home with her last night a 59' ford 541 offset. soundguy

Have been cleaning up my tool boxes lately and came across a set of craftsman closed end ratched wrenches. kinda klunky.. can't believe I bought them at one time.. but must have.. I'm guesisng they must be at least 15ys old... shiney metal face.. black plastic margin.. anyway.. one of them is...

I se they have a few bio diesel cookers as well as lots of wind products.. soundguy

At work we have one of these beasts and it was brought into the shop for service.. mechanic came in and asked me to look at it as he was stumpe don an issue... don't know why he asked me to look at it.. In any case.. here's what i saw. Running with arms centered.. sounds good.. tourning one...

My brother called me last night.. he has a chevy 2500.. he parked it on a job last night he was working on.. went to leave last night.. turns key.. nada. Has lamps and dash lamps, had starter a couple times.. then nothing.. no starter even.. not like dead battery.. just won't engage anymore...

to all the computer guru's out there: Ok, my wife uses an older IBM thinkpad for work ( teacher ).. It's a pentium 3, but had xp on it when new.. was not a win 98 upgrade deal. Has the ati radeon mobility / 16mb memory / 350mhz video processor. 2 days ago at a conference she was watching a...

Truck is having hard time starting.. turning key gives a good clunk.. hitting it 3-4 times and she catches and start spins over like no problem. one of them gear reduction units it looks like. Guess i will be climbing under there int he morning and pulling if I can find one in an auto store...

Anyone use it? I picked some up for my ford diesel tractor this year.. figure it would make it happy! Not a bad price for a 5qt jug either.. something like 12$ soundguy

Got a question for you windos guru's.. I use xp, and normally when i reply to a message on some forums, I type the first letter of my handle and email address.. then the autocomplete gives me an option to choose a previously entered one... but.. it stopped doing it after a windows update 2...

I picked up a used but good condition oil pan for my ford 660 at a show this weekend, to replace my old crumpled (but working ) one. I put it in the electrolysis tank today and cooked it all day, then pressure washed it, and soldered up a small nick in it.. then primed and painted. Hit the...

Found this on another tractor board I in-frequent... "Mind probe,, hmmm never thought of that one! I must post,,, must post,, must post,,,,,,,on MTF,,,, hahaha!!!!!!!" soundguy

If you've got a large chinese tractor.. post your hp / model, how long you've had it.. type it is.. how it is working for you.. etc soundguy

I have a field general rough cut mower.. 7' hub sheared right out of the stump jumper the other day. ( looks like it was welded in once already. ) I need to find a new stump jumper blades and blade bolts... I'm having a hard time tracking down field general. Output shaft on the comer...

I was at an auction today and say a bunch of 7810 and 7610 and 6610.. some of them had these nice cast foot peg/rests that bolt to the top of the tranny ( 8spd ) using 2 bolts each side.. these were cast.. and not torch-ho-made units. These a ford item.. or aftermarket. I liked them.. I need...

I finally gave in and picked up a cheap ak47.. been thinking about one for years.. never got one.. though have a few SKS.. since after nov 08 military pattern rifles may get a bit stifled.. I figured.. now or never... found a cheap ( and wanted cheap.. etc.. ) wasr 10/63 ( romanian, IMP by...

Got a question to any former or current LEO's, and would like to hear youropinion on it. Exactly how much leeway are citizens given, by LEO's when the citizens are 'making way' for an ambulance. IE.. At luch at an intersection I was at, an ambulance came thru on the cross street, and due to...

had to move hogs all morning and afternoon.. made up a wood platform and welded wire pen and chained it into the loader bucket on my old 1955 ford 850..worked great.. drive up tot he pen.. set down.. swing door open.. run pigs thru the chute and then trap em in the cage... drive up onto the...

What's the deal with fuel in the south east? I'm hering of big shortages in ga.. and here in fl.. our diesel supplier for the GC i work for just cut us off! We got 250g last week.. and that was by begging. We are having to send our transport rig to a filling station at the interstate just to...

I just broke down in the pasture on my 7610s.. turned out the plastic? fuel strainer setting on top of the fuel tap melted and along with pieces of it and some sediment..was enough to starve off fuel. Now.. i replaced that fuel tap in 2004 due to a cruddy gunked up fuel strainer// I cleane dthe...

I usually hop online and just keep hitting 'my home', and choosing threads to read that I have already replied to.. as of lunch, whenever I jump to one of those threads I'm sent back to the first post.. then i have to manually dig and guess as to where I have last read up to.. any ideas? soundguy

Walmart is the closest 'grocery' store we have.. so we use it most of the time. there is a publix a few more miles down that we sometimes use ont he way home from work.. etc... Anyway.. i was there shopping last night, and in the pet food isle, noticed an oddity... usually walmart branded...

Lately I've been spending 95% of my off work timegetting a new pasture ready.. water pump, lines, pens, moving animals.. etc.. today I don't have to be to work till 5pm, so i decided to do a farm chore day.. got up early, fed the animals at both pastures, and then mowed my lawn and edged it...

My shotgun experience is limited to a mossberg 12ga pump and a 20ga bolt action. I picked up a nice little H&R .410 single shot this weekend.. it says it is chamberd for 3" and is full choke barrel... etc. Digging around my bullet bin, I see I have some winchester .410 2.5" #7 shells that I...

Rain don't bother me none. Wind is higher than I like.. not 'roof ripping'.. or even shingle ripping.. but it's tugging on things like awnings and shelter structures .. etc... dang strom aint moving fast.. it's setting here. north floridians report in. soundguy

I just had a well drilled out on a remote pasture, and I'll be waiting about a month for the power co to get power out there. I plan on taking my pto generator out there so i can power the well so i can pressure test the pvc line for the cattle waterers before I cover the trench up.. any...

We have a steam cleaner ( genny) made by Hotsy.. from the mid 80's or so.. burns kerosene and plugs into to 220v.. Anyone know of a source of downloadable manuals for this thing? soundguy

I've been seeing small 'cars'.. 3 wheeled.. 2 in front.. 1 in rear... has the front end of the size of a small car.. like a MG.. rear wheel looks like the back end of a motorcycle. Has seats and steering wheel and controls like a car. Suposed to get good milage, and just need a regular class...

I've been using a featherlite weedeater since 95.. well it gave up the ghost this weekend. At it's age.. it doesn't owe me anything. I'm in search of a new string trimmer... preferable more HD than the featherlite ( got that cause the wife said she wanted to help outside.. but she never...

Got home from work early yesterday and it was raining a bit, but needed to mow the pasture as weeds were knee high and outgrowing the grass. Ate dinner while waiting for the rain to stop.. went to fire up the NH 7610s and the batwing when i forgot i had pulle dthe battery out to charge it...

I'm realitively new to DSL.. just had it for right at a year now... Yesterday no internet.. after hemming and hawing with tech support for an hour they decided my modem died.. asked if we had any power outages that day.. etc... nope.. no power outages.. and al the other phone equipment onthe...

Wife has an ibm laptop running xp ( don't know the model.. but it had xp natively on it.. it wasn't an upgraded unit from 98..e tc.. ). She downloaded some email on it about 5pm, and shut it down like normal. she got to work tonight, and started the thing, and it came up to the windoes screen...

neat.. I just got my first and only email notification to a reply in a thread, that i have -*ever*- recieved while here on TBN. Wonder what made that one work? soundguy

Was headed to work this am, and loaded up our GE dishwasher ( circe 2000 model )... has run fine .. no problems. Put soap powder in it, shut / locked door, made the pot/pans / hot wash selection, then turned knob to start.. and heard a hum.. but no water.. opened up and did ti a few more...

Lately i have see what i think are sparrows setting at a bird feeder. red head,a nd red patch ont he chest. any ideas on type? thanks soundguy

A while back i posted asking for a site to test DSL speed.. I lost my bookmark and can't find the links that were posted / messages they were poste din. Anyone got a good site I can hit to find out how fast my dsl line is running? thanks soundguy

Back in 1999 when i lived in a diofferent house, we had a gadget, probably from radioshack, that you plugged in to an electrical outlet, near a phone jack, plugged the phone cord into it, and then you could go just about anywhere in the house, and plug in another box into the power outlet, and...

I was looking at some napa gear oil specs, and noticed warren is making some of the gear oil. soundguy

I have a few expensive analog TV's, and only one digital ready tv. We have cable.. it is analog cable right now.. but in about a week, it will be going digital cable... meaning only the new tv with the digital ready tuner will work. I know you can get D to A converters for 'broadcast'...

My local CNH dealer has a 70's era diesel 3000 with PS on his lot, and for 500$ more next to it, a TC33 with a few hundred hours on it and a box blade. Go figure... soundguy

I'm wanting to get my feet wet with a small gps.. say.. something with about a 3.5" screen, and preferably one that will speak the directions. I'd like to find an econoy / entry model one in the ? 99$ range. I have looked at a navman.. F15 model .. it fits that bill pretty close.. but wonder...

I got to work this am, and there was a browning 22 semi auto rifle leaned up against my file cabinet. the style that you pull a spring tube out the back, and can then load in some LR shells thru a hole inthe stock, then reseat the magazine tube spring, and then the cocking piece is underneath...

I was just at a sunoco filling up my diesel truck with fuel, and ran the credit card, flipped the handle onthe diesel nozzle up, and was setitng there waiting for it to start fueling.. nothing after about 30 seconds. then I noticed it wanted me to make a fuel selection.. sure enough.. 2 buttons...

I see we have a northern tools store opening in a city north of me.. anyone been to one.. do they carry same or different stuff as the catalog? soundguy

Anyone familiar / have power point? I need to take a small handfull of .jpg files ( low res.. not big files ) and a .mp3 song and assemble them into a .pps file.. or power point file ( IE.. a slide show that has music playing during the show. One of the files inthe list would need to be...

we brought in a 1630 into our shop.. has a loader and a broken block now.. loader mounts to a group of 4 holes on either side of the front of the block.. the holes have a small raised area where the bolts go it.. maybee 1/4" raised area. loader was dealer installed here's the deal.. looks like...

I couldn't hit tbn this am.. got 404 error.. was this related to the 19th/20th server area.. or just something on my ISP? thanks soundguy

My local CNH dealer also carries mahindra. Thus there is a good selection of blue and red tractors on the lot. I've noticed over the years that he sells a few older legacy 'Ford' tractors as well.. I guess trades.. etc. Anyway.. I noticed today they had a 70's era ford 3000 ( 3cyl, diesel, PS...

I'm trying to find a short clip of an orchestra playing.. perhaps a minute or 2 at most.. with audio. something that can be played by windows media player. Ie .. I'll need to save this as a file to a thumb drive or CD.. I won't have internet service able to 'link' to it to play it live... I've...

Does anyone know of a delco oil filter that will cross over to: fram ph8a napa 1452 or napa 1515 wix 51452 motorcraft FL1A All those filters more or less cross to each other.. but i would like to know a gm filter that crosses to those as well. thanks to anyone who can help. soundguy

Had a buddy over on sunday ( same one who went to texas to help me pick the tractor up ). We worked on the loader some.. got the 'foot' and boom installed. I still have to make the pins for the bucket.. hopefully will get some stock material today at lunch. No plumbing has been done yet...

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For years, I've used a cheap harbor freight paint gun ( syphon type ) to paint my tractors. Back in 2000 it was a 14.99$ gun on sale for 9.99$.. I knew it was cheap.. but have painted a dozen tractors and implements with it and it has done a superior job. While i clean it meticulesly.. it has...

I managed to get home early enough to get some primer shot on the cast iron. At the end of the day, I find I need to change my compressor oil.. it's getting dark. Also.. I think it is finally time to retire the 9$ harbor freight spray gun.. I had to keep dinking with the syphon control to keep...

Update... have been fixing leaks and neating up wireing and replacing broken fasteners.. etc. had to drill out a broken bolt inthe front pedistal, and replace a few small parts.. belts.. etc. found some tinwork on ebay ( machine used to be LPG, but was converted to gas.. thus old tinwork was...

I was at walmart buying some pressure washer syphon cleaner fluid, and some engine degreaser. i decided to save money and not buy the 2.97 gunk foamy engine bright, and instead bought walmart engine foamy stuff for 1.17.. it is about as good as hand soap.. or maybee not even as good... DO NOT...

Been absent a few days as i made a run from florida to texas to pick up a ford 951.. am tired and hitting the bed. did a 48hrround trip red eye there and back. soundguy

As most of us do, I frequent quite a few other boards.. many of them tractor.. or at least antique or related.. some utterly unrelated... I've run into a good many people from other forums.. all using different handles. Many times I find people on very similar forums.. using very different...

Got a question. Any of you guys that have had an MRI.. I'm sure they asked you about welding right.. then if you said yes.. they did what? A friend told me they did an 'xray' of his eyes to check for metal particles. I figure they had to do something.. but what about the rest of your body...

Got a MF 261 in the shop with a loader. hyds are plumbed from a diverter plate on the hyd top cover with a manual selector valve on the plate... one line out to the loader spool valve, and one line back to the diverter plate. Hyds pulse realy bad.. hoses shake... loader does lift.. but is...

I was just at TSC to drop off a battery core and get my 10.65$ back, when i decided to window shop the cultivator's and plows while awaiting a manger to sign my refund papers. I noticed that the subsoiler and the middle buster each use the same frame, and the only difference between the two is...

I'm helping a guy ID a yannie.. any ideas? Engine # 2T84A-280203 soundguy

So far in the past 2 weeks I have seen 2 really bad accidents.. BOTH of them were trucks ( 3/4 or 1-ton ) hauling 18' trailers with skid steers on the back. In both cases, after the wreck, the trailer was jack-knifed an on its side.. one had the skid steer still attached.. one had it come off...

Hey guys.. looking for some old.. but not antique stove parts. My stepfather built his house in about 1972 and has a 'built in' I guess you call it, chambers stove/griddle top, and is looking for parts. Model # GSO 42-E-1 He is looking for the following parts, new: 4 each Flash Tube...

Anyone got a link to a viewer to see PPS power point slide shows? On my laptop I actually have microsoft office PPS viewer ( but not power point ).. none of my other PC's have office or the viewer.. so to view a slide show I have to copy everything down to flash drive and dig the laptop out...

Was just on napa's website trying to lookup a battery. site bites to put it plainly. Now I see why they don't have a 'contact us' button. the email server would crash from all the complaints. can't search for hardly anything without specifying a vehicle... and they don't have an option for...

been a long time since I was in an economics class. Got a funky depreciation formula question. As i recall, you can set a value, and then a time for complete linear straight line depreciation and graph it. select 2 points ( x,y) coordinates, and then calculate the slope. then plug the slop...

If anyone here gets the tractor shop magazine, the front cover this issue ( jan/feb 08 ) is sporting a blue tractor this issue.. my 1975 ford 5000... just thought I'd share that ;) soundguy

Was poking around in town and saw some eye candy... couldn't stop to smell it.. but looked it up on the dealers site later...Not that i need another tractor.. but I like to look!.. Unit is a tn70 on his lot used, with 1100 hrs, and a price tag of 16.9K. Looks like a deal. well used Box blade...

Wife has an old ford aerostar minivan ( 3L v6) that is cargo'ed out. We use it to haul musical gear to gig's. Gets run about 1 per month. Long story short. aftermarket (sony) cassette deck in it went bad and killed the battery dead flat. Amazingly, the 39$ walmart battery came back to life...

For anyone that knows ford tractors.. then you know palmer fossum. Just heard from his familly he is quite ill and in the hospital. Just an FYI Soundguy

Had some of my family and a few friends and neighbors over. had a buffet style dinner, and then some christmas carroling while hay ride around our neighborhood. Soundguy

Some nice tractors.. and a good little parade! soundguy The allis G is mine.

Our co. just picked up one of these and the mechanic can't make is pump water. Anyone got any info on them? thanks soundguy

Just saw a story in the paper about a child that was setting on a parade float... Wheels on the trailer caught his feet and he was drug off and run over. It's the season for many of us to be doing parades and hay rides, so lets keep safety in mind and be careful. Soundguy

We upgraded tot he new model of roomba scheduler as our extended warranty was coming to an end and we were going to ahve to buy another warranty since these little pieces of junk break about every 2 months. We's had the new redesigned one for 2weeks minus 1 day now. Would ahve had it for 2...

Ok.. I've got a question here about PC processors. Scope of this discussion will be limited to intel pentium 4 and Celeron, and AMD Athlon/duron and Sempron. I think I'm correct in assuming that the celeron is a scaled down or 'economy' version o fthe pentium 4.. IE.. not as much 'umph' When...

Since i own an orange tractor.. An old Allis chalmers G, 1949 model, I parked it out front of the house last night with it's single hheadlamp burning. Looked a whole lot better than a jack-o-lantern. Anyone else use a tractor for decoration? Soundguy

Ok, after some discussion last night and this am, a couple of us have decided to start a 'daisy-chain' letter for Rob_in_NY . As most of you know from the other thread he has been seriously injured and will be laid up a couple months at least. Sandman2234 has his mailing address, but was asked...

Anyone got the soundtrack to ghostrider the movie? In the ending credits, if i remember correctly.. there was a 'techno' version of 'ghostriders in the sky' I can't seem to track down who did it. ( for all I know it was studio done at sony just for the movie?? ) anyone know, or have the...

I was just leafing thru a farm magazine today and now see that cub cadet is advertising yanmar made tractors... anyone got one yet? soundguy

My broter brought me his gateway computer that was not working. he had just moved and had not had it on in 3mos. Said it had hdd failure on bootup when he hooke dit up. unit is a couple years old maybee.. pentium 4.. etc.. I thought maybee it had just had a low cmos battery and lost hdd...

Buddy of mine called me and aked about a red 'blood' spot in the white of his eye that he found upon waking this am. I didn't know what to tell him.. other than to call his eye doc. Got me curious though. Anyone have any idea what these are? what to do? any links? thanks soundguy the...

Long story short. The GC i work for just aquired an old limerock mine. Pit has been inactive for some time, but had begun to be re-opened by the prev owner when he decided to sell out. County listed the mines status as active, and we have a letter from the zoning board acknowledging that the...

Had never though about it till my doc noted that i had a high reading when taken in her office. i explained that i don't care for DR visits much.. and the pumper gets going pretty good. Anyway.. i decided to get one of them nifty automated checkers.. so now I check 2-3 times a day.. about 5...

I've got an older friend that like to bird hunt with a browning A-5 12ga. it is hanging on ejection.. IE. he fires, and it won't eject. he's using 3" and high brass. ( says it really doesn't like 2 3/4 shells ). I haven't used a browning auto in a long time due to horrible ejection problems...

We've got a water pump power unit that has a deutz engine and the mechanic things he has the inj pump timed correctly.. but wants a 2nd opinion. We can find the dot onthe inj pump drive gear.. we can't find any mark on the cam gear except for a faint line.. and thet is where we have it timed up...

We've got a case 721 C wheel loader that somebody stole the quick coupler off of while on the job. ( The bucket is already setup for the Q/C) Anyone got an idea where i can get the part for the machine? I've got an email out to wengers. The case dealer had one that fits a 'D' in stock but it...

Drove the 5000 w/10' 3pt mower down the road to my pasture this am to cut about 7 ac of cow pasture... was about 5.5 ac into it when i hear a loud snap and Klang, and feel the mower tug oddly. I was on the clutch fast and looked back to see my right lower lift arm not hooked up... After i got...

I was heading out to look at a couple ford 5000's today ( 2900$ - 4500$ ).. and happened to pass a tc33 gear trans with 7xx hours onit at a dealers site.. with a price tag of 6500$ on it.... The price -Really- made me considder this little thing. Anyone got one that wants to comment? I had...

A buddy just calle dme to tell me he saw 23$ / 5g pails of oil at his local wally-world super center.. Soundguy

What's the earliest year/model that mahindra was offered in the states as a domestic product? I believe it was 1994 when mahindra usa emerged. would that have been the 375/475 line? In any case.. I know a guy that is becoming a mahindra dealer.. and he is looking for.. something like a B275...

Anyone have a ballpark weight for a case 580L rubber tire hoe ( TLB ) No extenda hoe.. but is 4x4. Thanks soundguy

Our shop is in N. central florida ( ocala area ).. We are having a hard time locating a place to work on our large overhead 'garage' roll up bay doors. Anyone in florida have any sugustions on who you use? We used an outfit from tampa about 6ys ago.. but they are out of business now.. and it...

I'm putting together a time card system for our shop employees. I'd like an inexpensive and easy to use machine. I've looked at the offerings from office depot, and staples. Anyone care to offer comments? thanks Soundguy

I see that Howse has -FINALLY- come out with their 15' batwing mower. A dealer a hour north of me has one on their lot. Anyone else seen them.. or used one? Soundguy

Anyone got a link to a free/ez to use dvd player software for a pc? My wife just called and tried to play a dvd on her laptop ( yes.. has dvd drive.. ) and she said she couldn't find any software in windows for it. Any ideas where to download something... I can get onthe internet/dsl with the...

I know petro chemicals can make short work out of styrofoam.. however.. I was taking my work trash out yesterday and noticed all my styrofoam 'take home' cups from lunch were eroded where my lemon or lime sat in them ( from iced tea.. not soda.. ).. some of them almost clean thru the cup...