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Yep, high prices and high interest rates are forcing the dealers out of ”greed mode”. I just found a new/leftover trailer for a very reasonable price. You have to really scour the ads & dealers to find a great or even a good deal today.

Not if you check it out before buying it, right?? I’m not saying something like the lights, fan, etc might not be broken, but pretty much start it up and test it out a little before buying should do the trick on an old 2WD backhoe. Heck, I’ve had brand new equipment break in first few times...

It’s the same tail layout as my single axle, so my mowers will clear the “hump”.

That’s more of a ditch cleaning machine. The wheeled excavators are just like a tracked excavator. I think the wheeled excavator is great for DOT’s because they can put a guy in it and drive it to and fro without a CDL.

Need to get a triangle box for the tongue. All of the ones I have found interfere with jack handle. Also want to get a spare wheel & tire for it. What’s another $400 bucket, right? Never ends……

Great videos. Thanks for sharing. Makes us all realize how hard haying could be and that we who have the luxury of modern equipment are lucky. I like the excavator being used as a bale grapple. Great “swiss army knife”.

And that was the number one objective- getting the best deal possible. Already have a huge trailer. Sometimes light & cheap is good, too.

Upgraded my single axle lawn zero turn trailer to a 7k tandem last week. The single axle was limiting me to moving one machine at a time and we frequently need both. Money is slim with today’s economy, so I found a deal on a close out 7,000lb dual axle trailer. 20FT Retco- made in Missouri. 2)...

Keep in mind a 1-ton dump truck cannot tow a fully loaded trailer and have a load of gravel dirt will overload the truck. 1-ton dumps are ok for payload in bed or a loaded trailer, but not both unless it’s lightweight material. at under 10k, with today’s used truck prices, you are looking at...

Buy an old full size backhoe at the best price you can locally of CL or FBM. Do all your work with it. When finished, sell it for same or more than you bought it. Then buy tractor you need to maintain your property

Coons are fearless. They will lure a dog out into a pond, play with it, stand on it’s head and drown it.

We got them here. Used one to dig out an old steam engine pipe used as a water pipe under a driveway.

I slept through this tractor deal about 2 months ago. 2010 MT545B $67K and 4,000 hours. CVT, loader, front PTO & front 3 point, 34MPH Then another on New Year’s eve for $77,000. This time a MT555B w/ 5,000hours. Who buys a tractor on New Year’s Eve? lol I keep thinking it’s like 2019...

In Europe, high speed tractors are used as trucks. They pull dump trailers, flatbeds with lumber, and of course Ag products. Then they can be used to push snow, too. They are licensed there, but not here (yet). It’s a great loophole for someone wanting to pull a heavy trailer without a CDL We...

That’s really cool. I loved watching my Magnum 270 hit the dyno. It made 273HP at the PTO stub. My Massey made 159 I think. Dynoing equipment has to be done correctly. Engine must be warmed. Controls operated correctly or readings can vary. Give me Cummins or Sisu all day long. Can’t afford...

I’m not surprised. I and many of us, are traditional in that we bring our folks home to die. I have found out from some of my Realtor friends that having someone die in your home actually detracts from your home’s value! And let’s face it…many of our younger citizens just aren’t as tough. They...

I have a Dacor wall oven with matching integrated microwave and a Dacor gas oven/range combo and they are restaurant grade. No problems.

We love our scotsman cabinet ice maker. I would never build another house or kitchen without one, but they are not very reliable. we haven’t used our refrigerator freezers ice maker at all.

My 9540 did

Here’s an idea for you: Buy a Fendt 900 Vario or a JCB FasTrac. They’ll do 50KPH or more. You can hook any damn trailer you want to it (they have 4 wheel disc air brakes and trailer air brakes) and massive hitches. Independent suspensions, coil springs, air ride bags and shock absorbers. NO CDL...

OK, can the cat be jailed?

Never understood the state my dad slipped into in his last few days. Almost a coma-like sleep. He never had anything close to dementia. He was alert and sharp just the day before. But he slipped into this almost vegetative state. I asked the palliative care nurse what was happening and never...

Thanks you and the others that realize Kubota is not selling tractors with true 0% financing. I realize people like their Kubotas and I have 3, but the blind brand loyalty is just silly.

If the cat kills the woodpecker, is there jail time for the cat owner? It is illegal to shoot a woodpecker, like if someone found out. :censored: Asking for a friend….

Amen to that. Thanks for making sense from nonsense

He’s generalizing too much.

anyone? OMG, talk about extreme. :ROFLMAO:

I don’t know why they wouldn’t. They’ve done a great job over the last 40 years building a reputation and a network that customers can trust. They do an incredible job catering to the smaller farmer, excavator and large homeowner.

I realize thats a new tractor, but you can get a nice used 15HP farm tractor with a loader and maybe 3-5K hours on it for that. And it would last about 20 more years and do 3X the work. There’s an upcharge for small-ness.

That is 100% true. I hunt with a retired appliance repairman. He said buy the base model of the highest quality brand you can afford. The bells & whistles just cause more repairs down the road.

We have a GE monogram refrigerator. Looks like a knock off of a sub zero. Has run for 20 years with only one repair for a primer bulb. Excellent appliance

Those were decent trucks as long as you took care of the automatic transmission. Had like 7 of them from 1989-2000. Had a few with ZF manuals, too. No power, but easy to fix, reliable.

Yep, gotta love anything made for snow from Canada! I really want this Arctic plow, perfect for the Ram, but don’t want to plow with the Ram. Its bad-ass! I’m surprised Arctic didnt sell better in the states. Best designed plow I’ve ever seen, until Deleks. I have an HLA log grapple and a...

The Arctic skid steer plow comes with a thick plastic moldboard, a galvanized frame, a crossover relief valve and a snow foil. No significant rust after 10 years and protected hydraulics. It is a trip edge plow.

I was behind 2 20-something girls in a dually cummins pulling a very large horse trailer with living quarters. I’d say in CDL country on more than one count. They ran the trailer tires over a curb while making a turn and couldn’t pass a skateboarding license test, not to mention a class A CDL.

Oh we definitely don’t, but you have to understand, when she moved in with us, she could drive, walk, buy things on line and use the bathroom. The decline happened in front of us and once we were committed, my wife wasn’t going to give up on her. We have tried everything; in home therapy...

Well I had 2 Bosch dish washers from the early 2000’s that would wash dried concrete off our dishes. One broke and we could not get parts. Replaced with Kitchen Aid. Would have been better off letting the dogs like the dishes clean. It’s a pile of crap. The other Bosch is still hanging on, but...

If the glow plugs are tied into thermostats, sensors and the ECM, it can get complicated. I had to disconnect my glow plugs from the ECM and install a manual switch for them. It was tied to an air temp sensor, a water temp sensor, a timer, the key switch and the tractor ECM.

Caring for my MIL has made our life worse for the most part. We both understand that we have been left with the “glorious” task of elder care for my mother and hers. But like RSKY said, you ain’t “lived” till you’ve had a diaper with a steaming pile of adult crap thrown at you. Kid diapers? No...

Have you tried the plastic owl?

No piney, It’s not just based on the Sills post, it’s based on your other Philly hate posts.

Amen brother.

My dad had same, but he knew he had both. When they shut his off, I freaked out and attacked the guy that did it. He left. He returned after I was calmed down. It was a bad scene and I regret it. Just didn’t want to see my dear ol dad go.

My dad went 3 days after entering hospice, but he was comfortable, clean and treated more humanely than we could have. My mom actually called an ambulance in her last months and asked them to take her to hospice. She was so weak after being used to being so strong. After a week in hospice, she...

Meh…not so sure. I worked with a guy that smoked & drank. Died at 58. Parents lived clean. Died in their 90’s. It’s both nature & nature. One could be born with genes that would allow 90 year life, but through careless lifestyle cut that number well short.

Just throwing this out there: Many people sign “DNR’s”. Is it morally reprehensible to sign a dementia DNR, where one would sign over a document to permit euthanasia in the event that the individual can no longer feed themself, bedridden and cannot recognize any relatives anymore for a given...

Very witty (y)

It was already done, in mass, in 2020 in PA, NJ & NY.

Laugh, but I believe that Demenita and other brain related ailments is rooted in the over consumption of sugar or alcohol or both. I have read a few dementia doctors articles on how sugar goest to the brain and hardens the synapses/neurons in the brain begins to “harden” and won‘t work anymore...

They should all float, whether it’s a loader or a front 3 point. At least mine do…. Being able to have down pressure is great for packed/driven over snow. Customers appreciate the cleaner job. If the loader makes the plow too heavy for you you could install a plastic cutting edge.