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Thanks - Smokydog. That's the name I was struggling to remember. Piranha tooth bar

I looked and could find nothing about a stump/root rake. Your FEL and bucket is not the best thing to use for digging up stuff. The FEL and hydraulics can, quite easily, be damaged by rooting around. That said - there are two types of bucket edges that can improve bucket use. Both can be...

I bought my Taco Wagon (2018 Ram HD 2500 Power Wagon) in 2018 because that is what I wanted. That new Ram looks great but just not what I want. NOW - if they put a diesel in a future Power Wagon - I might consider an upgrade.

Scootr - believe me - I have tried. There are two factors working against me. Solid, hard bedrock is very close to the surface at this location. AND - true correction would mean considerable earth work on both neighbors properties. My 30 foot road easement is right down the section line...

What a lot of new tractor owners don't yet understand. There is a world of difference between driving a tractor and operating a tractor. And macho or bravado won't save them when a serious mistake is made.

A lot of us have noticed this. Many never read their owners manual until something is broken or does not work. This means that "many" might have no experience nor have they ever used this particular implement or a tractor. I am sure the equipment manufacturers and dealers acknowledged this...

I think your thoughts regarding the tiller warranty are valid. Will you ever get satisfaction? Only time will tell. And, please, keep us updated.

Once I drove my Kubota M6040 ten miles into our small college town. To the Archer Daniels Midland grain storage facility. This facility has a large drive over grain weight scales. Got the exact weight of the tractor. I will NEVER do that again. The idiots on our county road either could...

scootr - Yes - for sure on hitting the drive when it has moisture. There are usually two times. Spring and fall. Then there is the "swamp". A 120 foot section of the driveway that turns to "goo" in the spring. Not realizing that the neighbors large field drains down to this one spot...

Got me to thinking. Why doesn't my 2009 M6040 have a seat safety switch and your bigger M62 does. Mine - get off the seat - a buzzer will buzz about 8 to 10 times. That's it. This is only when the PTO is in use. Nothing changes - life goes on.

Sounds like you need to tighten up the seat belt a couple notches. :)

My 80 acres is very remote. Mile off the county road - twelve miles from our small college town. It's classified as Open Range land. We have all the big, normal carnivores here. Coyote, wolf, black bear and cougar. Of course, skunk, badger, racoon and porcupine also. I can't let...

One thing about leather furniture. You will be using something to keep the leather clean and supple. I have no leather furniture. I do have leather trim in the Taco Wagon. I've tried a few products. Each has its own "after" smell. I've decided that Griot's leather cleaner/rejuvenator...

I had a 450 pound Land Pride rear blade to go with my Ford 1700 4WD. Did great clearing snow on my mile long gravel driveway. Summer use of this blade - a NO GO. My driveway turns to a mile of concrete in the summer. The LP blade was just too light. So in 2009 I traded the Ford in for a...

I considered an electric furnace and duct work when we built here. Sure glad I went another way. We get it all here. Dust, volcanic ash, pollen and pet hair. I would estimate that duct work would have to be cleaned, at least, 2x annually. Filter changes - probably monthly. In the past...

I have 80 acres of open range land. The land varies from perfectly flat to completely vertical. Barring gopher holes or mounds - I know exactly where it is safe/not safe. I do not need a gauge to tell me. More importantly - I don't need a gauge to encourage me to go where I should not be...

Here on my property I would never use my Kubota M6040 for house foundation or septic installation. Two main reasons. Solid basaltic lava is close to the surface. My house footings sit on this bedrock - after three days of hydraulic jack hammering to level everything up. My septic tank (...

Have you thought about moving the fig??

I clean and grade my ditches. I have a mile long gravel driveway. My Kubota M6040 with grapple and rear blade weighs a tad over 10,000 pounds. My first tractor - Ford 1700 4WD - did an adequate job of clearing and regrading the driveway ditches. I had a 450 pound Land Pride rear blade...

dodge man - you are so very correct. Unless you have a death wish - leave what you don't know alone. There are lots of mushrooms that do not give you a second chance.

My Land Pride grapple is slightly narrower than the width across my front tires. This means I can not see the grapple as I attempt to scoop. I have developed a technique to overcome this. For chunks of tree trunk or large rocks - I come straight down with jaws open. Clamp tight on the...

Brownie and I just got back from our morning constitutional. Brownie had a grand time. Romping thru the meadows and sniffing/remarking everything in sight. I - on the other hand - had not checked my weather station before going out. I froze my sweet cheeks. It's not just one single...

I can see none of you guys here have had the pleasure of butchering a caribou. About 30% of all caribou are infested with the Bott Fly larva. Bott fly lays eggs in the nasal cavity of the caribou. From there the larva travel throughout the animal. Slice into a rear leg muscle - these...

No doubt about it. Having RimGuard in your tractor tires will make repairs more difficult. But not for me. No way would I attempt repair on a tractor tire weighing well over 1000 pounds. The local tire shop ( Les Schwab ) has a mobile repair unit - just for that. I have RimGuard in the...

I forage for mushrooms. I have four eatable types around here. The others - I DO NOT fool with. Fortunately - Brownie will have nothing to do with ANY type of mushroom. He gives me that look - "you are actually going to eat that fungus".

gsganzer - by doing something "they" are almost assured to irritate a fraction of their contingent base. Better to just go with the flow and make promises for your next term in office.

To create a crown - you move material from the edges to the center of the driveway. Or you simply rip everything up and restructure. Or some sort of combination of these two actions. The LPGS does an amazing job of smoothing out a driveway. However - it does not move material horizontally...

The neighbor to the south has a few "donuts" of wound up barbed wire. From a distance they look like big chocolate donuts. They were not created by anything shown on this post. The center hole is big as a 55 gallon barrel. It's not the old barbed wire either. "Old wire" used flat wire to...

Willy - the LPGS is not designed to create a crown. Crown is created by the tilt and angle of a rear blade. There are also more expensive implements to do this.

Post #10 - reported.

I've sure never heard of this idea. Besides - when I hook up a trickle charger to any of my batteries - they are already in a shallow state of discharge.

Affecting a law for universal time has no political benefits. It's not an action that will keep them in office. And they sure don't seem to be the least bit concerned about the people they are supposed to serve.

I've inspected hundreds and hundreds of private and public wells. Gotta admit - that is the first well head that I've ever seen with everything above ground. You have the right idea - protect it. Perhaps a little bigger would have made work on it a little easier. However - I guess you can...

When you look at the whole ball 'o wax - the equipment operator can easily be the "scariest attachment".

My Kubota M6040 with grapple and grill guard. Also - grapple wide open.

I have a Land Pride SGC 1560 grapple. 820 pounds of AR400 steel. I'm able to lift 3400 pounds - according to my FEL weight lift chart. I've never lifted that much. Rough, soft ground - unseen holes and mounds -- no need to press my luck. Normally I will go up to 2600 to 2800 pounds...

You guys using blowers in shops, barn & out buildings. Check to see if Hantavirus is prevalent in your location. If so - be certain to wear an appropriate biologic air mask. This virus is nothing to be fooling with.

Once I had problems opening the hood on the M6040. Could not get the release lever to move. Didn't want to pound on anything and add further complications. Brought a gallon of super hot water, from the house, and poured in the direction of the latch mechanism. WaHOO - it worked. Got the...

Couple things I've found out here. Only ONE leafy tree on all my 80 acres. So...just go with the flow and let the leaves stay where they fall. However - The lawns do get covered with Ponderosa pine needles. My son's battery blower is a "no win" solution. I use my JD belly mower to move...

There was a time when all batteries were stored in the spare bedroom. That procedure went south when I bought the Odyssey AGM battery for the tractor. This new battery weighs 78 pounds and it's location in the tractor could easily cause a hernia. Now everything is on a state of the art...

Yes - Tinhack. Flirting with the girls. That IS an important part. That's why I always have a grocery list. Sometime I forget what I'm really there for.

That would have been nice during early moose season. Not so much during late season. Temps could drop to -15f to -20f.

I should hope to say - that's a really fine job. Much more level and smooth - you could play pool on it. I always use my land engagement implements in low range. Takes a tad longer but far less strain on everything. You have every right to be very proud. First use of a new implement...

My Wally BX42S was my first implement to need a PTO shaft. I didn't cut - I didn't measure - until I understood what the owners manual was trying to explain/describe. Once you get your head around it - it's not all that difficult. I connect the implement up to the tractor 3-point. Pull...

One good point about eating out. I don't have to cook or clean up afterwards.

No Trespassing - it exactly 26 miles - one way - from my house to downtown Spokane. I don't like driving in big cities. That includes Spokane. I'll go to an amusement park if I want to play "bumper cars". A short story. There is a particularly cute clerk at the local grocery store. I...

My M6040 has no block, tank or lower radiator hose heater. It starts well at -20F without these features. HOWEVER - I'm retired and have been for quite a spell. I have no reason to be anywhere at any specific time. When it's very cold outside - I find it's much better to just remain...

None of the stores around here have personal shopper services. I would appreciate a service that shopped and delivered groceries to my house. I would definitely tip for that kind of service. None of the services - example, Uber - will come out as far as my place.

Ah, Ha - I still have one of the ammo bags that the bulk ammo came in. The company - CCI in Lewiston, ID not Clarkston, WA. Really - a very small difference. The two towns are on the either side of the Snake River.

We used kerosene lamps in the cabin we built in Alaska. Cooked on and heated with a wood stove. Had a small Honda generator for summer. To run the small frig. Then we retired and sold the cabin and all the property.

My SIL use to work for an ammo mfg - down in Clarkston, WA. She could buy bulk ammo for me. 9mm, 38 special, 357 mag & 22. It was unboxed but dirt cheap. It was the left overs from all the product testing they did.

I can still remember when my great grandkids were that age. Now it's more about cell phones, lap top computers and daily contact with their friends. Great granddads place is not so neat any more. They can smell the neighbors cows and my driveway can be dusty in the summer. I get the last...

CalG - for some this site could be a major learning process. Hopefully.

K5lwq - some posts back you mentioned that Horst could not sell to you because you are not a distributor. I can add to that. So I drove all the way from Cheney, WA to Boise, ID to get my Horst running gear. The round trip took ALL day. I get there and the fellow gives me the same story you...

I heat my 12x20 Tuff Shed with an electric space heater. Kept it at 50F and stored my motorcycle there all winter. The shed is fully insulated, sheathed and wired. What could be easier than just plugging in a space heater and setting the required temperature.

I get gravel, sand, silt and volcanic ash tracked into the house. One major reason we chose quarry tile. Hasn't affected the floor, one bit, in over 40 years. I dry mop the entire floor - once per week. My subfloor - 5/4 T&G plywood. Nothing moves - nothing has cracked. The plywood...

We installed unglazed quarry tile in the kitchen. It has functioned well for 43 years now. Every year I scrub it spotless and seal it with a product designed for unglazed tile. The quarry tile has just enough surface roughness to be non-slip.

That's a really great job Advil. I do not weld. Local shop did this to my OEM guard.

When its raining and I'm using the tractor. So......seldom.

If you get a ten inch Wally - get it with hydraulic feed. This will allow you to slow the in feed down and not overload the tractor. You will pay one Hell of a price - going from the seven inch to ten inch Wallenstein. Honestly - I don't think the Valby 260 @ $12.5K + is worth it. Unless...

I have a mile long gravel driveway and 80 acres of trees to manage/maintain. I have never purchased anything with the idea of future profit on a sale. I buy what I need and use it.

Five years ago I put an Odyssey AGM in the Kubota. 1150 CCA. The only problem - lifting that uber heavy battery over the grill guard and down onto the battery plate. Almost blew a nut.

I sure wish I had my grapple when we were burning firewood. It was - find a way to get that monster of a pine tree up off the ground OR spend a good portion of the day sharpening the chain saw. I always tried to be so very careful. But just the slightest of "touch down" and I'm sharpening...

Maybe somebody could explain, what is TRAP ROCK... I've never heard of it. A fellow down south of me finished his driveway with a twelve inch layer of river rock. River rock is round, like a marble. His was screened, inch in diameter - no binder. He has had to use 4WD to get his...

I have a mile long gravel driveway. We get sprinklings of snow every winter, now. It's been five years since I've had to clear snow. We get a couple inches of slop - it melts in a couple days. When we use to get real snow - this is how I would "do" it. The driveway has not frozen hard...

I have a mile long gravel driveway. I maintain with my land plane grading scraper( GS2584). The LPGS has scarifiers which allow me to fix all sorts of boo-boos. I crown, clean out the ditches and blade snow with my rear blade. My Land Pride GS2584 will definitely NOT crown the driveway.

I can get wind here - any time of the year. The very strongest - around 40 mph. I have a semi-circle of large Ponderosa pines that shield the house and out buildings. Anything above 35 mph can get pretty loud. I've never had any wind damage. Knock on wood.

Our fall/winter rainy season has started. We never get much but it's enough to make the field grass green and growing again. Since Jan - 2024 I've received 9.52 inches. And 1.78 inches in just the last week.

Good Lord Snobdds - is there a good side to that "sculpture" ?? I can't repeat here what that looks like to me.

So....... JasperFrank - the stainless body doesn't stay so bright and shiny all the time. Boy - that would be a downer. Pay a fortune and drive a EV that looks like a slime bucket. Just my idea of fun - not.

I'm still waiting to see a Tesla CT on the road. Just a month ago - I saw one of their cars. I was not impressed.

I know - $18 is total crap. But, perhaps, cheaper than a round trip to get a measurement for a cheaper one.

Ultrarunner - are you sure that property is not in or around my little town. Sounds like an action they would initiate. Screwed if you do - screwed if you don't. I donated my 2005 Ford F-150 to the local Salvation Army. Got sick and tired of taking it to the dealership for repairs. They...

When we lived in Alaska we belonged to the Top 'O the World 4WD club. An adventure/exploration trip almost every weekend - year round. Got to use the winch on my Jeep - really more than I liked. So......coming home from a trip one weekend. There is a car in the ditch. One member hooks up...

OR - just close down the 3-point speed valve; located under the seat when you want to "go" with heavy items on the 3-point. The leakage is internal, it's slow - your aren't loosing any hydraulic fluid.

As long as it does what you want - that's what counts - - Rmart30. It's YOU that must make the final decision - not the fanboys.

I bought a PTO chipper because I don't need another engine to maintain. I had a pull behind/self contained log splitter. It was a REAL pain to pull it around my property. I would locate the splitter in a central location and bring chunks of pine tree trunk to this central location. If I...

I chip my pine stands. Every other year or so. 800 to 1000 small ( 1" to 6" on the butt ) pines. I used the Wallenstein BX42S when I had my Ford 1700. In 2009 I upgraded to my Kubota M6040. I upgraded the chipper to a BX62S. There is one overriding reason that I didn't go to the...

You would think something like that would make the news.

Or the gaskets on the locking knob may be allowing fluid to leak past. I think ptsg has the way to find an answer.

It was 24 years ago. I have a mile long gravel driveway. Straight as an arrow with a valley in the middle. Pretty steep going in and coming out. New "big brown" driver hadn't got the word. In the winter, leave all packages at the outer gate by the county road. Not sufficent speed nor...

And NO - I'm not involved with any towing company - I'm not a lawyer or LEO. But - I've been there and have seen how these situations can develop. Please believe me - your cell phone is the best answer.

Many folks don't understand how an extraction situation can go so very wrong so quickly. - damage to your vehicle - damage to the vehicle being extracted - injury to anybody directly involved or any spectator - property damage - traffic control, in all directions - damage to vehicles or those...

I don't travel up/down my local county road with my tractor. So.. pulling folks out is a very seldom thing. Actually - in 42+ years I've not had the opportunity. BTW - I've checked with my insurance company. I do not carry commercial towing insurance. They will not cover any damage to...

BTW- my M6040 has 775 pounds of RimGuard in each rear tire and my 1050 pound Rhino rear blade on the 3-point. Sufficient for me to routinely lift 2500 pounds with the grapple. And - rarely, under the right conditions - up to 3200 pounds.

And now my song and dance about upgrading your OEM grill guard. With a grapple - the chances of damage to your radiator, grill or battery increase substantially. You will be gathering and transporting loads of limbs, sticks, stobs, crap - etc. Simply being very careful isn't going to cut...

Twelve years ago I bought my Land Pride SGC1560 grapple and WR Long 3rd function valve from the local Kubota dealer. I've never switched back to the bucket. If you get a grapple and a true 3rd function valve - you will get a new joy stick with the package. There will be two buttons or a...

Over the 40+ years out here I've tried to establish some form of depth marking system on my lake. The winter ice will remove ANYTHING that is placed in the water. I tried painting a vertical band on the rock cliffs. The ice removes that after two or three years. What has worked and remained...

With the Ford 1700 I never needed chains until half way thru the snow season. So....there I was; out in the freezing cold and snow trying to put on those UBER heavy tractor chains. I'm just so glad to not need chains with the Kubota M6040. But it's beyond that. I haven't had to plow the...

I ran ladder style chains on my Ford 1700 4 WD. They were a REAL PITA to install because they were so BLOODY heavy. But once installed - all four wheels - I could climb right up the side of my tool shed. They made the tractor ride like a cob. Chains on the rear tires for traction. Chains...

My Kubota M6040 is open station - but I don't mow with it. I've been allowed to help my neighbor more than just a couple times. I've used one of his big row crop tractors to do tilling. Boy - was I ever glad it had a cab - air filters - air conditioning. The clouds of dust roil up so bad...

Never had a frig with an ice maker or water cooler or double doors. I use ice trays - ceramic jug for cold water - one door gets to everything. I just don't need the problems.

You know what....... there is a GOOD reason I bought my Wallenstein BX62S. Ten years now - not a SINGLE problem. You had to see this coming. I chip 800 to 1000 trees every other year or so. I'm a tree rancher.

Here comes our fall rains. All the field grass is starting to green up again.

I've been on TBN - continuously - all day. No problems posting. Got on today at 2:30 AM PDT.

The way most light bulbs and nuts tighten/loosen.

At first I was going to say - "I don't understand". But on second thought - I'm addicted to coffee. Drink it all day long.

I still have the Firestone - 16.9x28 on the rear of the Kubota. I would never consider changing tires myself. I don't have the equipment. Each rear tire is loaded with 775 pounds of RimGuard. Tire, rim and RimGuard > 1000 pounds. One slight slip and "squashed like a bug" comes to mind.

Like ning said - whatever you do - don't screw up the foundation of that building. Sawzall and then paint the stubs with a root killing product. Watch for regrowth the following year. Be prepared with the root killing product.

Two thing strike me as I look at all the stone fencing. My big meadows were also cleared by the homesteader to the North. Even with my Kubota M6040 & grapple - this would have been an ENORMOUS project. I just wonder how the homesteaders sons felt about being assigned this task. I'm sure...

My frig is built into all the cabinetry. So - somewhat limited on choices. My first one - Kenmore - lasted 32 years. I've got ten years on my second. It's also a Kenmore. JMHO - the Kenmore lasted this long because it's just a simple frig. Absolutely nothing fancy. No bells, no whistles.

Over the years I've got several recliners from Lazy Boy. I've never been bothered by any smells. Neither have any of my dogs. They all seemed to like them too. Both my current recliners are LB.

Depends upon how you set up the electric fence. Around here we have tall native grasses. So.....you want to go with a "hot" top wire only. A low wire will do two things - weeds and grass will bend over in the wind and short out the fence. So - yours is one of those "hot ones" that will...

Full load of paint and white hot batteries. Are you going to like the pattern this little thing does on your asphalt driveway - as it goes on it's merry way. You know it will jump off the deck - first chance it gets.

With any type of cam - you will be turning the images over to LEO if you are going forward with prosecution. Better be damn sure the optical quality will function with digital face scanning technology. Otherwise - you are simply wasting time and spinning your wheels.

In CA it probably impresses your friends. Around here - owning a CT shows everybody your true nature. You are a bloody FOOL.

No - more like a great big wet - PLOP. And then the steam begins to rise.

5030 is absolutely correct. It's certainly worth a try. When I made the gasket for the rototiller - never heard of Cornhead Grease. Heck - it was so very long ago - Cornhead Grease may not have existed.

You have a drive shaft coming out thru the gear box cover. You will have to cut a hole out of the center of the gasket material. This will allow the shaft to protrude thru the gasket material. The gasket material can lie flat against the outer edge of the gear box. This will allow you to...

I had a similar situation. Leaking gear box on a OLD rototiller. Company was long out of business. I had to make my own gearbox gasket. A sheet of gasket material - sharp knife - blunt nose piece of plastic rod. Hold the sheet of gasket material in place with wood working clamps. Mark...

So, what takes you down to Iceland - woodlandfarms?

If it ain't baked chicken, baked spuds and boiled carrots - I'm not eating.

These pics are just two of the stone fences. There are many others - all over the homestead. Makes your back ache - doesn't it.

All the land around here - for many miles - was all homestead. Back in the 1890's. It was given by the government with the hope that oil would be found. I rub more Corn Huskers Lotion into my hands than any oil that was ever found around here. Anyhow - the homesteader to the north of me...

I feel fine and everything is working OK. However - now that I'm officially old - both great grand daughters agree on this - winter brings on some new aches. Old joints never have liked the cold.

My Kubota has a lower hose tank heater. Works just like an old percolator coffee pot. I bought the Kubota brand new in 2009 and have not yet had to use this heater. Not enough snow to plow and no reason to go out in the cold. However - it starts easily at -20F without any assistance...

For the first ten years here on the property we burned wood. Didn't take long to learn that our ancient Ponderosa pine were just too large for efficient splitting. First it was getting the round up onto the splitter. Then balance this round while working the controls. I moved down to 24...

For several years we had skunks and raccoons. Then one time the old 55 gallon burn barrel went berserk. Almost started a wild fire. I quit with the burn barrel and hauled my garbage out to the county road to be collected by the local refuse company. Surprise - when we quit burning garbage...

Willy expressed my concerns. So - you get it all hanging from the truss. What about the winter snow load. My suggestion - do it some other way.

Around here I'm lucky to have four feet of dirt over solid bedrock. And I DO MEAN solid bedrock. I have 80 acres. It's a pure rectangle - 1320 x 2640. It took 765 T-145 steel posts to put a barbed wire fence around the 80 acres. Over 1/3 of the posts are set in holes bored in with a...

The fuel tank on my M6040 has a long rubber hose on the vent. Goes up high into the tractor framework. Terminates with a small filter. Keeps crud from being sucked back into the tank. Eleven years now - not even the tiniest bit of dust on or in this filter.

I've had the same problem. My solution - move the lower arms to a half-way position. Half way between full up - full down. Lower the tail wheel and use hydraulic pressure on the tail wheel to raise the blade. There will be a point where there is no pressure on the top link. Sorry I did...

The "tips" of your lower arms are angled down. You are loosing considerable implement height off the ground because of this. In any case - 6" to 8" should be enough ground clearance for most any implement.

Another thing - modifying your OEM grill guard. You may be getting a grapple. You DEFINITELY need to mod your grill guard. Like SmokyDog - post #24 or as I show here. You do not want a limb, stob or trash finding your grill, battery or radiator.

Well - I'm 83 and I still use my two ( big Stihl - small Stihl ) chain saws. I DO NOT fall any of my ancient Ponderosa pines. I cut those up that have fallen due to Mother Nature or Pine Bark beetle. Being already on the ground - MUCH safer. I just have no reason to fall any of my big...

The short story - No, I've never had the twig thingey break. However - discharge chute plug up was a REAL problem with my 42. Not a bit with the 62. When chipping green pine whole - there is a terrible amount of sticky sap. From the main trunk, limbs and all the needles. Plus - the 42...

Every couple of years I thin my pine stands. I'm chipping green pines - one inch to six inches on the butt. Chipping these pines is like chipping fresh Twinkies. I don't think there are a lot of tree types that would be easier to chip. I wish I could say that these chipping projects were...

I had a Wally BX42S for many years - now a BX62S. What happened to the OEM twig breaker on your 42?? BTW - you did a superb job on the replacement.

A lot of the folks with horses use plastic fencing around here. Looks like an old split rail fence - painted white. One fellow down south of me has a herd of buffalos. About 40 or so. Some restaurants advertise Buff burgers. He keeps them enclosed with a barbed wire fence. He told me...

This one grease fitting - on the FEL - could probably be permanently "fixed" by rotating the pin. In the normal - everything off - position, the little hole that feeds grease to the entire pin is sealed off. I guess - out of the 24 or so zerks on the entire tractor - I'm just lucky it's only one.

Hay Dude - if you ever catch those punks - send me an email. I want to help you with their education.

Rockbadchild - that's exactly how I would winterize my bikes also. With one exception. The batteries on the Harley and BMW were sealed. No need to remove from the bike. Just attach a battery tender and leave the battery in the bike. I have an insulated - heated little shed where I kept...

I have two neighbors. One on the north - one on the south. They are as different as two people could be. North neighbor checks his fence line by riding around on his side by side. A cooler full of beer in the bed. When the beer is gone - he is done checking fence lines. His fences are...

Every year - as the warm winds of spring come down the valleys and across the meadows. That feeling - a longing for the open road. You guys know exactly of what I speak.

At the end of my riding days - got a couple BMW's. R1200 - then R1250 GSA. Wanted a bike that allowed me to hear the meadowlarks as I rode on by. With the turnout exhaust on the FXDL - that was never going to happen.

OK - cattle vs sheep. I see the differences. The fellow on my south boundary has always had trouble with the elk. They eat the dead center out of his rounds. Those rounds go into the feed stands. Last few years he gathers the rounds and covers them. That must keep from "elk damage"...

My '98 FXDL. Rode this for over 20 years.

My Kubota has ag rims and R-1 tires. The front tires are set at the neutral setting. The rear tires are set at the widest setting and are filled with 1550 pounds of RimGuard. Even with all this - there are a few slopes on my property where I will not go horizontal.

Many ranchers around here do not unroll. They have feed stands. The bale is put in the stand - still round. Keeps the hay up off the ground.

There is an implement company - ANBO - about 70 miles north of me. I seriously considered them making a grapple for me. They will make whatever you want - out of whatever you want - as long as it is engineeringly sound. They make some really HD industrial implements also.

I've seen old photos of how saws like this were used. End of the bar had a "handle" - like a set of bicycle handle bars. Two men to operate this unit. Used to fall gigantic Redwoods in California.

Yes - that one made by the blacksmith is a true treasurer. I've only ever seen two types. The flat metal with the piercing tip and the rounded one to open a pop bottle.

Your thoughts run along the same vein as mine - txbonds. A Brown disk/harrow. But what little I would use it - a waste of money. However - I do have a very HD disk/harrow of UKN brand. I tried it behind my first tractor - Ford 1700 4WD - no joy. The unit is just too heavy. Now - behind...

FYI - I have one grease fitting on my FEL that WILL NOT take grease. I have to reposition the FEL and then the zerk takes grease just fine.

One reason I bought the Kubota M6040. It can handle Cat 2 implements. Cat 1 implements tend to get crumpled out here. Even when I'm being careful.

Well......it's 10:30 AM and the temps have finally topped 40F.

If it were not for this forum - I would not have known about EA period. I've always bought local. This situation is just one reason for doing things that way.

Out here I am all by myself. Except for Brownie( Cocker spaniel). I have a hard, fast rule I follow. Any first time project - walk thru the entire project before putting anything into action. There can always be unforeseen problems that I best find a solution for, before starting a...

I saw an example of SCARY just the other day. Highway dept tractor with an offset flail mower. As I watched the mower went vertical and to full extension. The tractor began to tip. The operator rapidly lowered the mower. THEN it got exciting. Clouds of dust - rocks of all sizes being...

Feedback. Did you find the problem??

I've never had problems starting the M6040 either. And that was one morning @ minus 24F. I'm RETIRED - still can't remember what in the @#$% I was doing outside at that temp!! My NORMAL routine when it's really cold. Hot cup of coffee - laced with JD or a cup of buttered rum. Sit at the...

There is another - lesser known - thing to consider about heavier implements. All my implements weigh over 800 pounds. Chipper - grapple - LPGS - ROBB - rear blade. Two men and a pickup truck aren't about to steal any of my implements. Besides - I live, full time, here on the property. I...

Six years ago I put an Odyssey AGM battery in my Kubota M6040. I got it because of large CCA capacity. It charges - up to full charge - with the existing Kubota charging system. Nice to know - I can start the Kubota at any temp. However - being retired - If it's really cold outside - hot...

I have a 60 inch grapple on my Kubota M6040. Almost, exactly as wide as the front wheels. As Advil says - you do not need a wide grapple to get the job done. Another factoid - the lower you keep the load, when you lift, the more your FEL/grapple can lift. I lift very heavy rocks/boulders...

The only part of clearing the driveway that gets real old, real quick. The ten to fifteen foot tall, little pines, that hold a ton of snow and lean into the driveway. As you motor past - these small pines dump their load of snow - right on top of me. I've got a canopy on the M6040 and it...

I have one trail/path on my 80 acres. It's used - most often - to check the perimeter fence line. I use the grapple to clear stuff off the path and the LPGS to smooth everything out. It's a path for my ATV. Not so much a walking or skiing situation.

I didn't view the clip. However - what keeps an animal from just stepping around the unit. Rather like a deer jumping over a six foot high electric fence.

kenmbz - That's humorous. I know from having a garden - deer will try most everything - once.

I can still remember that one winter with all the snow. No matter how much FOD you do on a mile long gravel driveway - there will most always be something out there that will blow a shear pin. Especially if it's the first time to clear the snow. So......I'm putting along, in reverse, having...

I've noticed - sometimes "necessity" is not necessarily the most intelligent option. It can surely get you in trouble though.

I, just now, saw something that totally surprised me. Brownie and I were out for his morning constitutional. There on the walkway was a dead chipmunk. As he died he puked up some of his stomach contents. Two bright red berries - crushed but recognizable. He had eaten, at least, two...

Those that use compressed air. I wonder why the punkins don't turn to mush. That's a lot of pressure hitting the punkin.

We get a green plant here - Miner's lettuce. Crisp, crunchy and peppery.

My big advantage - I'm retired. I don't have to be anywhere at any time. Makes life easy. That "slop" we've been getting here, the last five years or so, will be melted a couple days anyhow.

We have Timber rattlers here. Never seen one on my property. We do have Bull snakes. Fortunately - they are not poisonous.

The whitetail, muleys and elk find a pleasant surprise, this time of year. Many farmers either leave their round bales out in the field for a long time or stack them in rows. Out in the fields. The critters find the center of round bales particularly tasty. Round bales don't unroll so well...

I should have also added - Puffball mushrooms. Morels are seldom found here and only in damp, shaded areas. I'm lucky if I can find morels - once every three or four years. I check the same area every year. There is a short section of my driveway ~200 feet - where the shaggy mane grow in...

Mushrooms - morels, shaggy mane Wild onions Oregon grapes - jelly Wild blackberries One must be careful and KNOW YOUR PLANTS. I have plants that can be very toxic - poisonous. Sumac, Night Shade, couple species of the Aminita. Death Cap and False Parasol. And one other Aminita - red...

This reminds me of the winter of '86. We had an honest 47 inches of snow in the yard and on my mile long gravel driveway. I had a six foot snow blower(thrower) on my Ford 1700 4WD. It was called the Blue Machine. A two stage blower. Took me two days to clear the yard - driveway - mailbox...

I had a six foot snow blower on my Ford 1700. It was a perfect combination for my mile long gravel driveway. First gear reverse if the snow was deep - second for ideal conditions. However - it took the better part of four hours to clear the driveway - yard - mailbox area. That's a long...

My Kubota M6040 has readouts for travel speed, engine rpm and PTO rpm. The only one I consistently use - PTO rpm.

arto - yes, the old blue Homelite and the red Homelite were from 1967. The Husky and Stihls are new.

Yes - there is the threat of wildfires here. I've been most fortunate. Only one got close. And then the wind changed direction and the local farmers with their big tractors were able to get it out.

I've had three brands of chainsaws. The old blue Homelite that cut the trees to build my log cabin in Alaska. A monster of a Homelite to two side the cabin logs. A big Huskvarna that was used to cut my pines for firewood. When we first moved onto the property here. Now I have two Stihl...

It was around 8pm. A commotion on the porch. Opened the door - in waltzed two large coon dogs. They immediately went to the wood stove - lay down and went to sleep. They had large leather collars with brass ID tags. Called the owner. He lived about 50 miles north of me. OK - he is on...

My little lake - Martin Lk - ten acres. Five acres - open water / five acres - cattails. It's 80 feet deep and was made by Mother Nature. This is the view off my front porch. Yes - it was cold when I took this shot.

Slightly overcast and 35F when I got up at 5AM today. I know it's trying but still no rain.

Good to hear that all are safe. I just can't imagine living in an area and being constantly under the cloud of a tornado or hurricane.

I would think that you could get a whole lot of repairs/welding done for the price of a replacement FEL.

A couple things here. I have a small dock on my lake. It stays on the lake year round. The deck is that composite material. Made of cigarette butts and old tooth brushes. Never been stained - looks as good as the day it was built. Only problem - that composite material get hotter than...

I have a 2018 Ram 2500 HD Power Wagon. 35K miles. I normally average - 16.5 mpg. If I watch my speed OR drive with the wind - I can get 20 mpg. Drive against the wind or over 70 mph - I'll be lucky to get 13 mpg. Drive against the wind AND over 70 mph - better know where I am and where...

Great video.

We moved onto the property in 1982. It's 80 acres and classified as open range land. 25 miles due SW of Spokane. Started with a brand new Ford 1700. 26 engine Hp. Worked just fine from 1982 until 2009. Then I got a new Kubota M6040. I had completed all the smaller projects in those...

Good friend - thought the local turkeys were quite nice. She began feeding them. The numbers in her yard grew. All out of proportion. They were tearing up her lawns - her flowers AND roosting in/on her porch. When the turkey poop got ankle deep - she gave up on them. It took three...

You are pumping grease into this fitting. Where do you expect the grease that is already in there to go. It's gotta come out somewhere. Try repositioning the FEL. The grease might come out the other side. Your greaseable joint is, most likely, like mine. A solid rod with a small hole...

I have had one instance of warranty work done on the M6040. A service tech came out and installed a heavier duty step. The step used to get up into the tractor. I only knew of this because I got an email - after the fact. They were trying to schedule a time when I would be home. The tech...

Exactly. Somewhere there is a sheared shear pin. Check your owners manual for the chipper.

Long ago I learned how much surveying costs. So - I've gone out and built small rock pyramids over each marker. Easier to find - keeps the neighbors cows from stomping on the pins. Dodge Man probably knows more about this. Three of the gov survey basic details were etched/sliced into the...

It was about forty five years ago. Last few years we lived in Alaska. Driving home - off to the left - a large tracked Nodwell was auguring a test hole in an open field. I stopped to watch. All of a sudden the engine on the Nodwell lugged down and then the governor took over and it resumed...

Surveying can take a lot of time - can be tough in hilly terrain - clearing the lines can be labor intensive. 1939 - my father purchased the 80 acres I now have. It was part of a government homestead/land grant. The 80 acres was surveyed by a gov surveyor and written up as a meets/bounds...

Four years ago - almost to the day. Evening Bar-B-Que. Saw a transformer explode. What a fantastic sight. Particularly since it was a block away and at my son's place in Spokane. Around here - this time of year - an event such as this would likely start a large wildfire.

Ever since I saw the mini-series - Band of Brothers - Austria would be my choice.

I know there are squirrels out here. I've seen two pine squirrels in the 42 years out here. The chipmunk population makes up for the lack of squirrels. I've never seen a CM up a power pole. Must be a good reason. However - the various types of wood peckers have no fear of the power...

Last month we had two outages - VERY unusual. The co-op utility service guys came in to check my line and service during both outages. It was a heavy equipment operator who had knocked down a power pole at a construction site. Same operator - same heavy equipment - both times. Appears he...

I don't think Bison was the brand I was trying to remember. However - they are certainly HD and they do have hydraulic scarifiers. If you will be needing to adjust the scarifiers frequently - hydraulic is sure the way to go. I can definitely verify - manual adjustment of eight scarifiers is...

You make good points - scootr. I hold off until it rains. Rain softens the surface and makes any repairs easier. Damp dirt will compact and - usually - stay where you put it. When dry - any road repairs are not as likely to hold.

An overhaul to the steps up to my front porch. Several years ago - one step failed. I fell - not fun. I'm being proactive. Easier to fix than recuperate from a fall. Whole lot less painful too.

My mother taught me - If you can't say something nice about a person, just don't say anything at all. I have two neighbors. One on the north - one on the south. Both are BIG ranchers with thousands of acres of open range land. I have 80. The neighbor on the south - the salt of the earth...

I have a REALLY old drag disk. Out in my NW field. Put the disks straight - like Mt View Ranch says. Shouldn't tear things up too bad. This bad boy is one implement that can really ask everything of my M6040. Only use in the late summer. Land is super dry. Can get max traction out of...

True country life can be really tough on a dog. I've lost four dogs in my 42+ years out here. The best I can do is have a dog that lives indoors with me and only goes out when I go out with them. There simply is no affordable fencing system that can keep all of natures critters away from...