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As I age, I do less. But that has really picked up in the last year due to my shortness of breath and O2 usage. Last fall we bought a used Fisher HD plow for the truck. It works well. Just last week the battery was dead - wan't shut down properly. Of course this was the week I caught my wife's...

In central Maine we always get snow. When we first moved here and I was young, I shoveled the drive. Then I got a Bolens snowblower and used that. I got hold of a 1948 Farmall Cup with a blade and that worked pretty well. I picked up a Snowbear plow from Sams Club and used that for a few years...

I take the snow removal and sanders going past the house for granted. They are local contractors- gravel in the summer, snow in the winter. Our town has its pile of sand and salt as does every town in this area. Clicking through accuweather I came across pics of a recent snow storm in NC and...

I don't burn much a winter. Just 4 cords, sometimes less. But it is the primary heat and we use a large Shenandoah that looks more like a box furnace. Ugly as all get out, but it holds the fire all night. Fire brick lined - I'm on my second set of bricks- replaced them last year. I buy 4 cords...

I bought my first Chevy Silverado in 1993. I am on my second. Tough trucks, handle well, and fun to drive. My current truck, a 2003 4x4 2500HD WT Silverado has done its share of work, wood, plowing, highway driving, hauling. Even hit a deer up front and been hit by another. Never stopped, going...

This is a fun video of a model corn harvester and farm stead. A ton of work went into it. Looks very good.

We have about 21 wild apple trees growing about the place. They look like Joyce apples- a cross of Macintosh and Liveland raspberry (1923 Ontario). Being wild- there are a few trees that may be original, but the majority are volunteers. For the most part they are delicious, tart, good green or...

I planted a new garden in the back field, along with some young trees. It is too far to run a hose, so I got a 55 gal rain barrel from Walmarts and stuck it on my carryall. The siphon action was ok until the barrel was 1/2 empty. then it stopped. So I bought a small pump- 1 gal/mn and set it up...

Great football game. New England Patriots are tough. Sea Hawks did well, out played and lost. I've always enjoyed Tom Brady and Bill Belichick over the years. Wilforks is only other player left from the 2004 Superbowl team. Good to see them win. Tough, thinking team. Gave it their all. Did New...

I don't like doctors, medicines and the whole medical process, so I am always looking for alternatives. Here are some things I have a preference for: toothaches- I use left over antibiotics for a couple of days; arthritic inflammation - ceylon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon in my morning coffee every...

Every time I go and plug my block heater in on my TC30 I can hear it, It sounds like something sizzling (antifreeze!). It is full up - I topped it off a month ago, The fluid color is good, green. I replaced the thermostat and temp sensor a year ago. It does not overheat, the fluid level stays...

This was a good documentary that I watched a portion of today. It is well done and provides some new information that I was unaware of. Luogocomune - Sezioni

Giving thanks is something we each do in our special way:

6 cords were delivered Friday. Time to start stacking. 4 cords will be for next year. I used to get it dumped near to where I stack it, but using the bucket. it doesn't matter anymore. I am finding that 8 buckets is about 1 cord. I have a five foot bucket. I keep forgetting how new wood is...

I have a new bumper pull horse trailer- this spring, and I was taking the tires off and doing some undercoating. It didn't come with a tire wrench or jack, so I got the wrench from the dealer and the jack elsewhere. So today I've got it up in the air and am taking off the third tire using the...

This is my last month at work. I've been teaching 26 years in the same highschool classroom here in Maine. Students I once had have been sending me their children! 12 years before that were spent working for the state of Mass. -mental health counselor, assistant psychologist, teacher, and group...

The RT Hummingbirds are a little late this year in comparison to last year. Cooler. Same for the tree swallows. The intermittent frosts seem to have held them south of us in the Augusta region along the river from what my son says. Nothing in our area. I saw 5 lessor yellow legs earlier this...

While it was 17F this morning, spring is here I suppose! We have the usual birds- robins, redwings, grackles (common and rusty), juncos, sapsuckers, flicker today, song sparrows and a fox sparrow singing this last week. The winter snows have brought back our flooding fields (it has been a long...

I always have used Mastergold 10W-30 year round in my 2003 TC30. Never a problem. I went and bought some hydraulic and engine oil a few days ago and drained the engine oil today. When I went to fill it up I saw they had thrown in 15W-40 instead of 10W-30. I stuck it in, (needed to use the...

For years I never minded oil or grease on my hands- part of life. About 10 years ago I was changing the oil on my truck, laying on my back and unscrewing one of those filters that screws upward (same as on my tractor/hydraulic). There is no way that I know of not to get oil all over your hand...

I saw my first robins of the year down between Albion and South China yesterday. It was a flock of 5-6 in sumac by the dirt road I was on. I saw them there last year about this time. We still have about 5 inches of snow on the ground, but the temps are in the 30's and low 40's. It was snowing at...

How long do you leave your tractor plugged in? Just when it really is cold, or all the time? I've been wondering what's the best way to go. I'd like to leave it in all the time. It's handy but that constant heating makes me wonder about the gaskets and the need to rebuild the engine. I had a...

For the last year and a half I've been using a cane. I have arthritis in my hip and it helps me to get around, especially when I am stiff. I make my own canes -rough. I've made 6, from ash, apple, and maple. I've put hame tops on 4 of them. They work pretty well and my design improves as I go...

Years ago I bought some excellent mixed hay, leafy and green, full bales. It was dry, dust free perfectly conditioned. The farmer told me he was putting sludge on his fields and the hay was really growing thick and tall. I was impressed. That winter my 2 horses and pony colliced. We almost lost...

I have a mini Northstar Trencherman backhoe that I picked up 20+ some years ago from what was then Northern Hydraulics. (Modified since from 5 hp to 8hp and 1.2 gpm pump to 11 gpm 2 stage pump- faster) Lent it to a friend and it came back with a screwed up cylinder. I ordered a couple seal...

I have a 2003 NH TC 30. Great tractor, but due to my arthritis, it feels more cramped than it did when I got it. Today- after bush hogging my back field and neighbor's field this week, I finally decided to move the seat back. I was tired of sitting on the fender and standing as I drove- though...

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I bought a Sears 42 " Briggs & Stratton 24hp ztr back in early March on sale. I finally had a chance to take it out today. I've always used a Sears GT 26 hp garden tractor for mowing, cleaning the horse barn, rocks, dirt etc.. I even used it with a blade for plowing. It's muddy in my area so I...

I saw 3 hooded mergansers swimming in a small brook yesterday by the road. Heard a cardinal singing and two purple finches were in the door yard. Tons of robins, redwings, and some cowbirds have shown up. There is still a fair amount of snow around, but it was sunny and in the 50's today.:)

I put a hand lever on my foot brake today. Nothing fancy, just took a piece of rebar and ground it smooth to take two cable fastening u bolts minus the sliding piece. The rebar is up against the pedal with a u bolt below and above. Behind the pedal I've got a 3/16 piece of flat stock drilled to...

Last year I used the bucket on my TC30 to move snow. This summer I fixed up my 7' snowbear plow to fit on the bucket. I doesn't swivel but I find I can push the snow where I want it to go. I plowed my two drives today - 8" of new snow. Basically I was leaning to use the setup so that I wasn't...

I'm putting in a threaded temperature sensor this weekend in my NH TC30. I'm used to using teflon tape and pipe dope for threaded plumbing joints. Should I do the same thing for the threaded temp sensor and just screw it in straight? Sometimes threads are cut on a taper and as it tightens, it...

I replaced the fuel filter on my 2003 TC30 yesterday. I discovered a few things. One was that my 2000 TC30 was really a 2003 TC30. I bought it from its 3rd owner last winter and went with what he said. However, in changing the filter, I found the date of manufacture on the motor. 03 looked like...

My 2000 TC-30 has the temp gauge out. Just happened last week. I was taking the radiator screen out and cleaning some leaves out. Is there a wire connection near the radiator I could have knocked loose? Where is the temp sensor a wire would go to? The fuel gauge right beside the temp gauge...

On my 2000 TC30 the manual says to shift the lever forward to engage the front wheel drive. My experience has been that it engages into 4wd by pulling the lever back. Anybody have an idea of what's going on? What am I missing?

Local parts guy told me that I don't need to use NH 134 hydraulic oil in my NH TC 30. He had another hydraulic oil 20-25 dollars less than the 134. I asked what was different. He said the 134 had some additives for moisture. He said to just add a bottle of dry gas to the 9 gal. of oil when I...

I have a 2 piece rops on my NH TC30 that is joined and pinned above the seat. I want to lower it 5-6 inches so I can drive it into my barn without a worry- 1.5" clearance now. I thought to cut the rops on either side, remove the unwanted length, and insert a piece of square tube, pin it, and...

I've had a mini backhoe from Northern Tool since 1990 (smaller than the one they sell now). It has worked well- ditches etc.. I replaced the 5 hp motor with an 8 hp Tecumseh. The 1.5 oil pump was replaced with a 2 stage 11gpm pump. I've split and twisted the leg support frame and had that...

I got tired of replacing electric winches, controls and wiring on my electric snowplow mount for my pickup. It always quit when I needed it and the parts had to be ordered. I bought a TC30 last winter and used the bucket. I got thinking that it might be faster if I mounted the snowplow on the...

Hooked up my 2000 TC30 (bought Feb 2011) yesterday. I bush hogged my horse pasture that was overgrown with goldenrod, poplar, spruce, choke cherry, dogwood, thorn, apple brush. The biggest was 2 in thick and a couple taller than I was on the tractor. First I hit them with the bucket, kept going...

The TC30 lower left link lift arm was bent - quite a bit on one side. I looked it up and NH had it for 160 or so and TSI for 30-40 for a generic Ford arm. I tried straightening it with the bucket and lifting front end up off the ground. That didn't work. So I overhung the ends on 2x4's and hit...

I've got a 7' snowbear snow plow I want to use with my 2000 NH TC30 - 30hp. I'm thinking of cutting down the snowplow mount so that the mount sits inside the bucket pretty close. I plan to bolt the snowplow frame to the bucket using the holes in the bucket that are already there to add teeth to...