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I know it was re-aired not too long ago, but since I've received a couple of private requests recently, maybe it's time to share it once more. Since it's a little dated, maybe I should mention that one of the main figures in this greeting represents a fella who was well known in TBN land, both...

I browse in 24-hour mode and then click on messages of interest. Flat mode is my default. The attached screen shot shows what I sometimes get. Everything but the messages. If I were a bettin' man, I'd say there was an off-by-one calculation problem in determining which posts should show...

My wife doesn't always consult me on matters that I think she should, but this time it worked out okay. Whenever it's time to order new bank checks, we pretty much never agree on which free background to order. Try to imagine Tim The Tool Man Taylor "discussing" the choices with Jill, and...

<font color=red>The following was originally posted by <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.tractorbynet.com/cgi-bin/compact/showprofile.pl?Cat=&User=glennmac&Number=193779&Board=buykubota&what=showthreaded&page=&view=&sb=&o=&vc=1>glennmac</A> and is reformatted here at Glenn's request:</font...

My fire break project is causing my brush pile to grow quite rapidly, and I'd love to start reducing it somehow. Burns are no longer allowed this year 'cuz of the extreme fire danger -- ironically the very reason for my project. I don't have a chipper nor the budget to get one, so I was...

\'Nuther Stupid Rock Might be more appropriate to name this thread "Stupid Harv", but I prefer to blame the inanimate objects. Some of you may recall some of my previous encounters with the stupid rocks lurking in the dark recesses of my property, like the one I dubbed and the infamous star...

Re: I found out why I don\'t have any fresh eggs... <font color=blue>I meant it to go into the Rural Living</font color=blue> <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.tractorbynet.com/cgi-bin/compact/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=rural&Number=172422&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=2&fpart=>Your wish</A>...

When all else fails, ask the TBN brain trust. Need a new car for the wife, which of course means a good kid hauler among other things, so it ain't gonna be no sub-compact. We've been shopping for a couple of weeks and we keep running into the same problem, namely, the driver's seats are not...

Hookin\' Up That Rotary Cutter I haven't used my rotary cutter as much as I'd like to, mostly 'cuz I'm always pressed for time up at the property, and hooking up the PTO shaft has always been a trying experience. On Father's Day, however, I thought it through a little bit and figured out a way...

Ever have one of those "one hour" projects that eats up your whole weekend? My 9-year old daughter is very big on tetherball at school, so I figured this was my chance to be a hero and whip up a tetherball court of her very own up at the property. Heck, we have 42 acres -- I figure we could...

Okay, so I'm a little short on good tractorin' stories since I've only been on my 'Bota once in the last couple of months. But since this happened right in my suburban front yard this morning, I thought I'd toss it in just for the heck of it. The telephone pole in my front yard was tagged for...

I chose the Projects forum 'cuz it says, "For the dicussion of all the things you do with your tractor!" Just saw this story pop up in the local news here, and figured it was somehow appropriate to share with this board: Man Arrested For Alleged Backhoe Rampage 02.08.02 BYRON (BCN) -- The...

On another thread, Greg H. explained how he uses his box blade in reverse to achieve some high quality grading effects. I have used my own box blade this way only a few times, usually just to push a small pile of spoils out of the way or something. Greg's point about going backwards is that...

Not exactly a crisis, but I notice that if I edit one of my messages that includes some of the new smiley faces /w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif, some get turned into the longhand text version of the image tags with a dubious url. This message, for example, looked fine (all smiley faces intact)...

Seems kinda late in the game for me to be asking this question, but it's mostly intellectual curiosity at this point. In the <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.tractorbynet.com/cgi-bin/compact/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=buyjd&Number=99527&page=&view=&sb=&o=&vc=1>Trencher Attachment</A> thread...

Well, for a variety of reasons (including nearly a solid month of rain), I haven't seen my tractor in about a month and a half. So when, at the request of my son, I was called in to oversee the repair of a tractor that was completely broken in half, I jumped at the opportunity. I told them I...

Now that the year 2001 is winding down and the number of picture posts is ramping up, I am curious about the role TBN has played in the digital camera market. How many of you folks out there purchased a digital camera since the beginning of the year? How many did so with TBN as at least one...

Whilst thumbing through some of my old tractor picts, I notice I had one of my tractor as I found it on the dealer's lot. What I found interesting was that it showed the rear wheels set narrow (for pulling a cart through apple orchards). Before I took delivery, I had the wheels set wide to...

This has been covered numerous times before, but as I think of some folks contemplating whether or not to order a FEL with their tractor, I think of how it was for me. I guess I was on the other end of the scale, 'cuz my mindset was more, "I'm getting a FEL. Wonder what kind of tractor I...

Nice touch, Muhammad. Very nice.

For me, half the enjoyment of TBN is swapping experiences with folks from different parts of the country, different backgrounds, with different tractors and equipment on different kinds of land. Why is it then, that so many members these days are leaving their profiles virtually blank? I...

Okay, so I'm stuck here in the burbs, hundreds of miles from my tractor, so I'm groping for some of that country chore feeling. Best I could do was watch the removal, city style, of the tree next door, which died mysteriously almost overnight. (No, I didn't do it just for the story. ) Ever...

So I'm out there trying to scrape a few inches off a stretch of my soon-to-be-muddy tractor path using my box blade. As I've mentioned before, my soil has just enough rocks to be really annoying, especially when I'm trying to produce a "mirror finish" with the scraper. One of two things...

Has anybody but me been frustrated by the capacity of a standard bucket when you have more bulk than weight to deal with? Nearing the end of my first full season as a tractor owner, I find that I am often faced with the chore of just shuffling massive amounts of weeds, leaves and other debris...

I seem to have developed a slow hydraulic fluid leak (I think it's at the loader control valves), so I need to top off the "tank", so to speak. When I changed my fluids a few months ago, I filled the transmission with the Kubota UDT Hydraulic Fluid. Of course, I used up the whole 7.5 gallons...

Gotta question that's been tickling around in the back of my mind for a while now -- Maybe it's just 'cuz I always use the Past 24 Hours mode, but I find it somewhat confusing when the subject line has been altered. Okay, it doesn't take that much to confuse me, I admit, but I was wondering...

On this last trip to the property I stumbled (almost literally) on some beat up old junk that was so covered up with grass, leaves and dirt I'd almost forgotten they were there. Never had a good look at the stuff before, so I hunkered down and hauled it all out of the weeds and up to the shop...

It's too bad that county fairs have taken some bad press here lately. By sheer coincidence I took a break from working at Mom's place to drive my family to the nearby Amador County Fair in beautiful downtown Plymouth Friday night. I've mostly been to the state fair and some of the larger...

Although my immediate need is only tangentially a tractor safety issue, I will post it here because it might easily serve that purpose. Not to go into any detail about why I might have to be ready to be called back to the house from my tractor on a moment's notice next weekend (3 days...

This topic has popped up on the Chinese Tractor thread, but I thought it might be worth a thread of its own. It's one of those things I've been curious about for a while, so what the heck -- might as well put it out there for public opinion. As a frequent picture poster and a recent...

Okay, now that I'm approaching 50 hours of actual seat time (almost caught up with Mark Chalkley, I believe), I thought I was starting to understand the box scraper. But... NOOOOOOOOOO!!! My final chore over the weekend was to try to create a walking path for my elderly mother, running maybe...

Best Father's Day ever! The family's treat for me was to say, "Go play on your tractor all day!". Didn't want to hurt their feelings, so I had no choice but to spend over 6 hours hauling, lifting, scraping, pushing and just plain joy-riding around the 42 acres. Spent most of that time...

Things have finally dried out enough to get some actual tractorin' done. I suppose the last couple of weeks of temperatures in the 80's, 90's and 100's has helped. I was able to get past the muddy stretch for the first time since winter, and that gave me my first opportunity to work on the...

Well, it was only 3 weeks since my last trip to the property, but oh what a difference 3 weeks can make! Last time up I tip-toed gingerly across the still soft "muddy stretch" of my tractor path and hiked out to check on all 3 of the culverts I installed last year. The weeds had started, but...

This is as about as far off topic as you can get, but it's one of those things that just has to be shared. The photo was emailed to me fairly anonymously, so I don't know the exact source, but it's quite possible that some of you may have already seen it. It's an incredible panoramic view of...

Muhammad - I just noticed that the pictures that accompanied the Pouring That Diesel thread can no longer be found. Did you at one time say something about pictures posted last year, or am I thinking of something else? Maybe digital picts have a half-life?

I was showing a picture of my Kubota to an older fellow at the gym this morning. He spent much of his life working on highway crews, and gave me a lot of tips on how to use my tractor to build my culverts. He was politely impressed with my L2500, but I thought it was interesting that the first...

Some of you may recall my very first tractor project last October was to build 3 separate culverts which were designed to give me tractor access to the "back forty" of my property. (For those of you who missed this exciting saga, you can find the thread or check out the Cliff's Notes version on...

Didn\'t like THIS surprise... The weather finally let us spend a weekend at the property. Uneventful, but enjoyable for that very reason, if you know what I mean. Before we left for the trip, as I mentioned in the "Wild Game Photos" thread, we had begun our annual swimming pool pre-season...

According to his recent post, WVBill is going to favor us with some pictures of deer in his yard. I find myself looking forward to seeing them, and got to wondering if others of you have similar pictures to share? Maybe it's 'cuz I'm still a suburban boy that I enjoy my trips to the property...

Muhammad - I'm going to risk embarassment here and ask if it's my imagination or is their something different about our TBN pages? As a web developer I've always thought your title banner across the top of each page had a pleasing look about it, but all of a sudden I'm even more pleased. New...

Following a tip in ClayG's post in the "Tip 'N' Tilt" thread, I just spent the last half hour downloading and reading through the operator's manuals for various Bush Hog implements. I don't own any Bush Hog implements (yet), but these online manuals are chock full of useful information and...

Signatures (cont\'d) [It may just be my poor choice in browsers, but long threads really slow me down. Hence, this continuation] <font color=blue>I recently saw an L2500 at a rental store near me and they are quite a bit bigger than I thought.</font color=blue> Ya gotta remember, Fishman...

What\'s going on in California? #2 The original thread has gotten too long for easy viewing, so ... Yup, Rat, I'm on good ol' PG&E and loving every minute -- NOT!!! We've managed to dodge blackouts here at our house, but even after cutting way back on our usage, our bill still went up over...

Bird - About time I pulled this thread over here into <font color=orange>orange</font color=orange> territory. This is actually a reply to your last post in the "<font color=green>Check it out</font color=green>" thread. Your air cleaner system looks identical to mine, except for the size...

Del - Since you seem to be back in action here on the board, I'll ask you a question I've been meaning to ask you for a long time. One of my all-time favorite TV series was a show called "Northern Exposure". I loved the back woods small town atmosphere, and I always wished I had friends and...

You guys are going nuts! If I've left you out, just say so and accept my apologies:

I generally try to stay out of things like this, but this one is just too cute (see attachment). Please don't kill the messenger.

Yesterday (Sunday) I finally had occassion to take my 'Bota out on the road. I was using my bucket forks to transport a large, modified doghouse out to the well head to use as a protective insulating structure. Because of the recent rains, I had to circumvent a marshy area, and the best way...

Muhammad - I realize you're in the process of making changes, but since I'm taking off for the property in the morning, I thought I'd jump the gun and ask about the new display options. At the moment, I have lost my font size adjustment that used to occur when I logged in to the board. On my...

Muhammad - I keep trying to wean myself from reading every message that is posted, but I just can't help myself. Since I am now spending way more time reading TractorByNet than I really have time for, I was looking for a faster way to get through it each day. I generally just use the "Past...

After seeing some comments in the "Cold TC45D" thread, I was concerned about the the temp readings on my L2500. A number of folks said their temperature guage needles barely move off the bottom peg under normal use. Mine settles in right at 12 o'clock (mid-range) for the most part. Gerard...

Whilst crawling under my L2500 to change the hydraulic fluid, I noticed that one of the large bolts holding the ROPS on was hanging quite loose on both sides of the tractor (see attachment). I managed, with some effort, to tighten one of them up, but I couldn't budge the nut on the other...

So, after 30 hours in the seat I finally decided to figure out how to check fluid levels 'n' such. I was assured at the time of purchase that all the warranty maintenance had been done on schedule (it had 187 hours on it when I bought it), and they even went ahead and did the 200-hour stuff...

Well, I forgot to send out Christmas cards again (I'm batting about 30% over the last 20 years), but that doesn't mean I can't share a little cheer with my TractorByNet buddies. It's a little too big for an attachment, so I'll just hand it to you here -- [b]HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!![b]

I started to reply to LarryT about how clean his tractor looked in his photos in the Tip 'N Tilt thread, and then ask him about pressure-washing, but I think this calls for a new thread altogether. I've been using my small electric pressure washer (1100 psi) for cleaning off my L2500, but I...

Well, I'm a little ashamed to tell this one, but maybe there will be some value to someone out there. It's amazing how fast I went from the illusion of being a clever tractor fellow to feeling like I had the the IQ of a presidential candidate. I was basically putting my 'Bota through its...

On this last trip to "the property" I settled right in to what is now my "normal" routine of scratching the dirt and slogging through the mud -- good solid tractor chores. On Thanksgiving morning I went for a stroll at about 7 a.m. to take some pictures of muddy tracks in the road and other...

Well, we've had some first tastes of winter out here in California -- even had to put on a long-sleeve shirt. Had some good rain and even a little snow in the foothills where my tractor lives, and my culverts and "tractor path" are facing their first test against the elements. The three...

Well, we're about to hit the road on our way to Grandma's house for the Thanksgiving holiday. Sadly, there is no connectivity there, so I'll be getting way behind on TractorByNet. I'll just have to console myself with about a half-acre of turkey, stuffing, potatos, cranberries, pumpkin pies...

As author of some of the most boring posts on this board, I thought I might query into the viewing habits of the general readership. Aside from the good-natured ribbing taking place on the "Not A Coffee Cup" thread, I'm sure there are some who are truly fed up with the inane chattering about a...

Come spring I was planning on buying a 3-pt PTO-driven boom sprayer as a first attack weed weapon on a few acres of the property. Being new to this whole tractorin' thing, I was wondering if the availability of certain implements comes and goes with the seasons. In other words, is there a good...

Muhammad - This recent blooming of picture signatures has reminded me of what appears to be a modification in the message-posting logic. When I was doing my experiments, I would post a message, check out the results and then immediately delete it 'cuz I didn't want to clutter the board with my...

This one is a work in progress, but maybe I could get some opinions from the board (I've seen no shortage of opinions out there). . In an attempt to address the ol' on-board storage problem, I've turned to the void behind the driver's seat between the ROPS uprights. Without drilling, welding...

For the longest time I've been looking forward to starting my very own "L2500 Enhancements" thread, but now that the time has finally arrived I've decided it's better to have separate smaller threads that deal with each enhancement individually. This also allows certain enhancements, like this...

I've read the other discussions on diesel and how to obtain it, transport it and store it. I've also heard the pros and cons (not to mention legality) of gravity-feed systems, and I even bought a drill pump to try out myself. I changed my mind about that one without even trying it, thanks to...

Harv\'s L2500DT I'm starting to see the value of this forum for Tractor Photos. It's already turning into a cool place to come see other people's tractors. And from the discussion going on in the "Digital Photography" thread, I think we're going to see some more real soon. Way cool...

I'm finding out, as I'm sure many of you already have, that it's not enough to know the tractor safety rules yourself, but it's just as important to make sure that everybody who will be around the tractor also knows the score. My wife and kids have been thoroughly indoctrinated and keep a safe...

Muhammad - The 2 new forums, "Tractor Safety" and "Tractor Projects" are GREAT!!!. They fill the gap perfectly. I'm a little confused about the "Tractor Photos" forum. I haven't actually tried it yet, but exactly how is this different from the normal "Attachment" mechanism that's already in...

Just back from 2-1/2 days on the "culvert project" -- progress report coming soon on that thread. Before I turn in for the night, I wanted to solicit some more advice from the seemingly bottomless wealth of tractor knowledge out there. On my next trip back to "the property" I will be blazing...

Looking ahead on my culvert project, there is an obstacle near the site of future culvert number 2. There is a stand of the dreaded blackberries, about 8 feet high right at the approach to that creek. I would dearly love to demolish about 200 square feet of the stuff. I have an as yet...

Hmmmmmm. Took a shot at what discussion group this one belongs in. If you're taking polls, Muhammad, how 'bout one for "Tractor Projects" or "Tractor Usage" -- you know, a proper place to chat about the things we actually do with our tractors? I know there are previous threads dealing with...

So, after months of shopping for my tractor I finally have it, but due to totally unrelated circumstances I haven't been able to get back to the property since that first day in the seat. What's my only recourse?KEEP SHOPPING, of course. For the last couple of weeks, every time I left the...

You guys came up with such good information on floating the bucket, I just gotta ask you for a little advice on using the boxscraper, too. I was totally impressed when my broker guy (Miracle Mike) demonstrated grading with the box scraper. While driving in a circle he gently lowered the blade...

This is almost as painful as the shopping was -- now that I have my tractor it's killing me that I only get to see it on weekends, and this weekend is my prescheduled family camping trip. I'm looking forward to the trip, but at the same time I'm pining away for my new baby. Anyway, I'm...

Just to show you how trivial I can get -- As I surf the board I enjoy peeking at the members' profiles to see what part of the country they're in, what kind of equipment they have, etc. Pretty much what the profile is there for, I assume. On each profile there is a space for "ICQ Number"...

I gotta pay homage one more time to my tractor broker, Mike, who I shall now call "Miracle Mike". Not only did he find me my L2500DT, but within 48 hours of my signing on the dotted line he got the tractor from the dealer, picked up the loader from a Kubota parts house and installed it, ordered...

Thought I'd move the discussion of "live" PTO to it's own thread, especially since "Shopping Advice" is no longer appropriate to this poster. When I first started looking into the L2500, owners of the same model claimed that it's PTO was non-live, yet when I asked the dealer, he said it...

IT\'S A BOY!!!...I Mean A Kubota! I couldn't stand it any longer. Made the 90-minute drive to check this one out and it looks to be in perfect condition. 187 hours pulling an apple wagon, several maintenances done on schedule, starting at 50 hours -- last one at 186 hours. No frills, fer...

Kind of short notice here, but my quest has now take a serious turn towards an L2500DT w/FEL. It was used for a little over 100 hours doing nothing but pulling an apple cart (hope it wasn't upset. ) If I go for this one, it will have a brand new Kubota loader installed and the whole thing will...

Shopping Advice - Small L\'s As some of you know, I've been shopping in vain for a reasonable deal on an L-series Kubota in the 25-30hp range. I started with a very small budget, hoping to find a "steal" on a good used machine. Had a couple of close calls, but each one vanished in a cloud of...

We established in previous threads that each ROPS is designed and rated for a particular tractor. Besides the obvious mounting differences, the main factor was the weight of the tractor. The question now comes to mind -- how much does a tractor weigh? Suppose I buy a shiny new 'Bota, just the...

As I prepare my tractor path I'm getting closer and closer to having to add some culverts -- 3 in all. That's how many existing runoff channels there are, and I will need to cross them all with the tractor to get to where the chores are. I didn't realize it 'til I started this project, but all...

Thought it was time to start a new thread on all this safety talk. "Off Topic & Just For Fun" doesn't seem quite right for such an important topic, but it didn't quite fit in the other categories, either. Since I am still shopping for my first tractor, they don't get any more "beginner" than I...

Muhammad - Congratulations on a superb message board. I do this sort of thing for a living myself and I have to tell you this is one of the cleanest, friendliest sites on the entire internet. Having said that (and it needed saying), I have occassionaly noticed my messages getting slightly...

Here I go sounding naive again... As I continue shopping for my 'Bota I'm filling in the voids by making what preparations I can. One thing I'm doing is mapping out a tractor path which will allow me to get to various portions of my 42 acres where work needs to be done. After reading so many...

Stopped by the closest thing to a Kubota dealer in my area today to check out the economy L's. Mind you, this is near where I live, not where my big property is, and it's not tractor country around here. The only Economy L he had in stock was still in its crate, so I didn't get a look. I...

After several months of researching and shopping I was told by my tractor broker that he had just the machine for me -- an L2350 w/loader and box blade, 500 hours, excellent condition for $11K. For the last 2 weeks I've been waiting for it to be shipped from Utah to California where I could...

Still narrowing down the list of attachments for my (hopefully soon-to-be) tractor. One of the items I was leaning towards was a set of bucket forks, but a while back Del posted some info about something called a "loader rake". If it's still there, Del has a page with more pictures at...

Well, still no word on when my tractor will arrive, so I'm easing my anxieties by shopping around for some of the basic paraphernalia that I thinkevery tractor owner should have. One of my first tasks will involve moving several 10-ft sections of steel culvert pipe around. Diameters will be in...

I was just preparing my very first post in anticipation of my very first tractor, when I realized I could use some advice from you all right now. I think I have a line on a used L-series Kubota in the 25hp range, with loader and box scraper. I will also need a few more implements to handle my...