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No doubt there are use cases out there where an EV is still superior to ICE vehicles. Unfortunately there are more uses cases where they arent. As I have stated before, everything about an EV is superior to ICE vehicles except the power source. Once we get that figured out there really is no...

A few thoughts. EV batteries are 60-100kwh in many cases. The Power wall will give you a pittance of a charge. Second, charge when the Sun is shining is a challenge for anyone that is away from home all day (work, etc). Once it hits 5pm ish there is little solar gain left.

Lithium batteries may be cheaper, but they are not very energy dense. In my opinion they remain a terrible option as a power source for vehicular travel. The only reason they are being used today is because the are the best option given current technology.

I said it would be a few decades before the battery tech is there, which is generous. To me a few decades is your "tomorrow." The first battery (partly) powered vehicle was the Prius, produced in 2000. That was 23 years ago. Lithium batteries hit mainstream vehicles in 2010. We have had no...

I wonder how much a solar setup would cost to L2 charge an EV? Remember you would need it to charge in the evening and on rainy days. I can tell you my offgrid solar setup was $50k and there is no chance I could pump 50kw into a vehicle to charge it and keep the house running.

Yes but as the article mentions lots of folks are paying cash because they cant afford to finance…so they are spending around $4000 just to get something to drive. Today EV batteries cost 3 times that, much less a car to go with it. I would not expect that turnaround to happen for another few...

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/21/africa/west-africa-benin-used-cars-climate-intl/index.html This is irony for ya. When someone in the US buys an EV and trades in their gas vehicle, some that cant be resold in the US are stripped of their emissions equipment (cat converters, etc) and sold to...

I use the Bose QC, they are amazingly good and amazingly expensive. I use them for everything including forestry work with chainsaws.

I buy 5 gal premix, lasts much longer than anything at the pump (no ethanol) and for me thats a years worth of fuel in my saws. I had a few places that sold Ethanol free gas, but they went out of business. Not the Stihl brand mind you, but my local stihl dealer sells a cheaper alternative that...

The RTV is a work machine (I have X1100C). It isnt made for fun. I have friends up here in the mountains that have torn up Polaris and sporty "utility" vehicles with a bunch of plastic parts on them. They all want my machine for real work. So thats the trade off. The RTV diesel is pretty...

As I have mentioned before: with EVs everything about the vehicle is superior to ICE except for the power source. Electric motors per joule are more efficient than ICE. However the battery tech really needs to mature for mainstream adoption. Higher energy density, cheaper, lighter.

317 watt/hours per mile is not bad if you have a 100,000 watt/hour battery. That is 315 miles of range. This is a pretty common number in today's longer range EVs.

There is some new work on much smaller scale reactors that can be built it in much less time. We will see if they make it to main stream production. Bumpy road, but its possible. https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/nuclear/bill-gates-nuclear-startup-wins-750m-loses-sole-fuel-source

You arent reading most of my posts if you think I am an EV proponent. I dont have an EV, probably never will. I have 5 diesel machines…dont even run gasoline! That said it doesnt mean I am not interested in the topic and learning about other viewpoints. Much like battery powered hand tools...

No one is forcing you to read this thread. Just ignore it and let the people interested discuss. If you read my posts, I am no real fan of EVs. Where I live I would never be able to have one as they are today (8600 ft, harsh winters, 1 hr from the city). That said I am a proponent of free...

Welcome! Most likely yes. Which tractor did you purchase? Year and Model please.

Do you lift bales regularly with it that are 1800 lbs and transport them?

I was thinking it needed fork lift points! Beefy!

PTO tasks? Might help the tiller and mowing.

See if they can demo loading and unloading a bale of that size from a trailer your height before you buy it. Just drop a bale on your trailer and take it to the dealership...let them do the rest.

What do you consider a heavy bale? A tractor that weighs 2800lbs is going to have a hard time with a large round. If you arent moving them regularly long and uneven distances you might be fine with appropriate ballast. The problem with large rounds is how far they stick out and change center...

Messicks sells them as well so that is a good sign in my opinion...they look fine to me but I dont own one.

Just trying to reduce the inventory. That isnt a good thing, to me it means they are trying to end the line.

Tires to me a terrain and use case dependent. We have R-1s on the farm tractor and I have R-4s on my L6060 which is a forestry management machine in the Rocky Mountains. I would never run R-1s in the mountainous, rocky terrain. R-4 is much wider, more stable on hills, and thicker ply so more...

I like that idea, may try it. So did he cut the rubber mats in the shapes of the steel plates?

Second on the remediation efforts. At the range in town they payed hundreds of thousands of dollars for remediation on 6 ranges. As mentioned, remove the top 6 ft of soil all around the target area and dispose of it in a hazardous dump. Big machines, big money. That said there were tens of...

OP Branson as a Brand is going away. They were purchased by TYM a few years ago and now the Brand is phasing out. Right now they are still making the previous models under the TYM name, but with TYM also having very similar models I doubt they will continue making them both in the coming...

KTAC is $275 a year for my $21k RTV. I can't imagine it being that much for a SCUT but maybe!

7 years 0% down IS NOT 0% interest. If you do the math you are paying an extra $6500 over that $18k sticker just for financing (if the payment is $297/month for 7 years). That's a complete rip off in my book.

Could also be voltage difference. Voltage + Amp = Power (watt). Motors could be more efficient as well.

Both sustained top speed and torque on the motor (acceleration/towing) heavily drain energy. I don't think we can sell slower speeds until these vehicles drive themselves. Just tell it where to go and take a nap. Right now it will be hard enough to sell EVs to the masses due to extra cost...

Come to Colorado and spend some time just North in Wyoming.

I also consider biosimilars to be the same principal as a me-too drug. I do understand the differences but dont think it is relevant to this forum thread. Basically its a situation where a drug company is trying to milk as much money out of patients without needing to put in all of the work...

You may be retired before that approval comes through!

I use the term dangerous as that is in most pharmacy law texts. You are correct that many are safe, but they still require a prescription. However there are certainly Prescription drugs that are truly dangerous as well. There are very few multi sourced product advertisements on the market...

Add fans at each end one intake one exhaust to help with heat dissipation. I would be more concerned about the winter. Are you going to keep it heated?

Im not interested in other industries in this context. Drugs that are so dangerous they require a prescription should not be advertisements on TV. The whole purpose of requiring a prescription is because it requires the expertise of a doctor to decide if it will be safe and effective in a...

How small are the snakes? I like the fine galvanized wire mesh idea provided you dont get rust/seepage from it into the water.

I have no issue with over the counter medication advertising, as that helps inform the consumer buying them. However prescription drugs require a doctor's order anyway...so there is no need to have a patient seeing something on TV and asking about it. If it was a good option any doctor worth a...

First, if your gutters arent handling the rain in your area, then they are failing. You need more downspouts in those areas if they are not clogged. I lived in Houston area for 12 years so I understand the challenge. Once that is corrected you could power wash them with dish soap then rinse...

At least in the US, we will see market corrections. Late 2019-2022 was all in favor of the Seller (due to manufacturing challenges and buyer behavior) ....now we will eventually get back to a balance where Buyers have more advantages. It may be a few more years but it will correct itself...

No they should not be able to advertise on TV. Most of the drugs you see are for specific rare diseases or subsets of diseases. Many of them are GENE specific meaning you must have a specific genetic marker that is identified via testing. All of these diseases require a specialist to treat...

Pass. It will likely spend more time in the shop that it will being used through its life.

Remote workers from out of state in a place with high property value already sell. With $$$ can move to the area and drive up property values beacuse they will pay whatever for the homes. Tons of that with COVID.

Your property value would only go down if there are sales in the area that are comparable to the type/size of home you have. If no one sells...then your value wont decrease. It also wont decrease without an appeal most likely even if there are sales. Thats what I was thinking. At least the...

In CO UTVs are illegal on public roads. I am very happy about that. We had a fire arould my area of CO a few years ago and the USFS shutdown 90% of the UTV/offroad trails for the next 10-20 years for remediation. Im also happy about that! They like to occassionally zip down the road...

I agree there, but we don't really load on trailers. We bale it and move it from field to storage (on same property). I guess it depends on what OP needs to do.

Thats barely 1 a day. Just use pallet forks In my opinion…unless you have really uneven ground to work with. If you already have pallet forks…give it a try for a year. Then you will know if you need a spear or not.

I ask because unless you are moving multiple bales a day or have really uneven ground pallet forks (4 ft length) are just fine. I moved 50 or so bales in no time with pallet forks a couple of years ago. You get good at it....and one less attachment to deal with.

Watch will cell service was an additional $5 a month. I rely on that when out for comms. Phone stays in zipped up pocket.