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Further update to my above post. The birds have just gone crazy and we have had many new birds show up today. A new feeder my wife just put up was emptied of a half cup of food in just a few hours. For the first time, we saw two birds at a feeder at one time. The other three feeders are also...

I have a Grammar seat on a different brand mower and it is wonderful. My back hurt awful with the old seat but with the Grammar it's zero pain. If you buy a new mower and the seat is an option, get it.

On the Kubota trans whine, I found that Kubota brand SUDT2 gives me less whine in my B7800. Some do and some don't so if not using it, try on your next fluid change.

We've had enough birds lately that the wife put up an additional feeder to go with the other three. We don't have crowds like the guys in the Pacific Northwest but we are now getting lots of activity. Also, the migration south will begin in a month or so and in the past we have had lots of...

All of a sudden the tide of birds has turned here and we've had many dozens of visits the past week. They do not look like the birds of last year, however, and I can only recall one I believe I saw last year. Most of the birds are an emerald green color and there are lots of this year's green...

Toyota Tundra, 10,200 max trailer weight.

Good advice that I don't fully understand but will measure today and start figuring things out. One trailer is an 18 ft HD hauler and the other is a 12 ft HD dump.

That looks pretty nice. So it’s basically quick to put on and take off?

I need help buying a weight distribution hitch. I don't tow much anymore but do tow 10,000 lbs every now and then with a 10,200 lb max rated vehicle. Usually I haul 7500 lbs for trips up to 50 miles. My neighbor has convinced me I should have a weight distributing hitch but, which one? After...

Around here, the number of zero or near-zero till acres jumps every year. It definitely is a trend.

This is still a great photo. Ovrszd has that knack and fabrication skills.

Our Springers love theses little pools on hot days. They are low cost and last for several years.

Dogs protect family and the people that protect them. I've seen it many times. I doubt any stranger could approach that child.

Yesterday was perfect for my Springers with a long day outside playing, a peanut butter snack, car ride for 20 miles with their heads out the window and a good bath followed by belly rubs.

Great looking dog. A long eared Springer? Here's mine, right after a haircut.

Well, you've done a great job and it's paid off. Good habitat and good food is pretty attractive.

We live on flat farm ground of the midwest. Before we got here there was nothing but corn and soybeans everywhere so we cut out a few acre home site and I planted maybe 500-600 tress. Most were shelter belts--spruce- along the perimeter but lots of cedars and the evergreen types. Some maples and...

Amazing video. I wonder if the TIER4 tractors with their forced regeneration cycles have started many crop fires? The big fear around here is corn stubble, meaning the stuff left after the harvest. it is very flammable and a fire in that is hard to put out because of the residual corn stalk...

In the old days of 10 years ago the straw sat sunbaked in the field for a few weeks and then was begrudgingly baled into small squares and almost given away to get rid of it. Some burned it in the fields if they could. These days we have much shorter wheat varieties to deal with so straw...

Do you often get that many birds at one time? I had to look for a minute to count them all. We're the next state over and have only had two birds a couple of times. Maybe they're all related?

Great setup. If I was a hummingbird, that's where I'd go.

After two boom years with zillions of birds we only have a handful this year. Mortality or bird flu, let's hope things improve next year.

That is one heck of a versatile machine.

Those are some serious slopes.

How about "This is why we can't have nice things"? I got that infrequently and usually after I broke something or did something stupid.

One maker of tools that makes mostly (all?) USA tools is Klein Tools. They used to be hard to find and concentrated in commercial sales but recently have seen their tools it the big box stores. I think it was either Lowe's or Home Depot. https://www.kleintools.com/catalog The nipper and pliers...

Paul Sorvino, age 83 of severe asthma. Scene from Goodfellas:

Things don't always have to come from the USA to be great. Maybe they just have to NOT come from China? Below is a great pair of locking-type pliers that are made in Germany and are the finest I've ever seen. They are probably the best in the world. They are called pipe pliers but if you grip...

. “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” George Santayana, 1863 -1952)

Wow, what a slope to combine on. I never knew that was possible.

My own quote is that "Life is series of moments in time".

We do not remember days, we remember moments. Cesare Pavese

I believe ag and commodity prices are in a decades long bull market but still can'r resist ag jokes. For example: The farmer had just won $2 million in the lottery and when asked what would do with all those winnings replied "I guess I'll just keep farming till it's all gone".

Everybody takes a beating sometime... Henry Hill in Goodfellas.

We were getting extremely dry until a day ago. Then we got 2.25" early in the day and 2.20" later in the day. Then we got another .62" the next morning or a record rainfall. The parched crops and laws instantly rebounded with corn growing a few inches overnight. Now we've got another inch or so...

The Godfather street scene with Sonny beating up Carlo is a classic.

James Caan. Age 82. Plays a tough guy better than a tough guy.

We used to live in a very rural cold area and winter required the dogs--all six--stayed in our huge kitchen with warm wood stove as long as they behaved. One Thanksgiving morning I was in the attached garage and I heard a commotion in the kitchen louder than I can describe. When I opened the...

Nothing is better than a dog feeling safe in a forever home.

There are plenty of those huge, tracked grain carts around here. They do hold a LOT of grain and you should see them going down the road. They often block both directions of traffic.

Very quiet for the last couple of weeks. It's hard to remember from year to year but it's definitely quiet at the feeders this year. I hope they recover going forward. We miss all the HB activity.

It was a cool morning so time for a 12 mile ride around the block. High speeds, ears flapping in the wind and a smile parsing their lips. They couldn't be happier Springer Spaniels. The big one is 12 and the little dog is one year old. .

Me too. Always give a good dog a good treat and I know you're about to.

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It's not my favorite saying but as kids in the olden days we all parroted this popular commercial. LSMFT

I've always wondered if that would work as a low-buck option--and it does. Great video.

Yes, 3PT is easier to transport but does a mediocre job. Pulled type is harder to transport but does a great job. I sometimes let customers choose which type and show pictures of the jobs each type does. So far, 100% went with the extra cost of the pull-type. It takes me an extra trip--and...

In the 10 years this thread has been out, I've worked a lot with larger size cultipackers and cultimulchers and have learned the towed ones put more weight to the ground and do a better job at packing than a three pt hitch model. I've worked with 1000 lb versions up to maybe 8,000 lbs. The...

Things I learned in business over the years are "Never assume" and "There are no coincidences".

When I moved here I had to have an old, but cherry farm truck "inspected" by a dealer. Not for safety but rather comparing VIN numbers and registration accuracy. No big deal but I had to wait a few minutes. The conversation with the owner's son shifted to the new Thunderbird coming out since...