Search results

I have noticed that if there is a fresh post in Rural Living group in the Starlink thread, I can see it if it is at the top of the list when I'm in the main forums list. But if I click on Rural Living group, then I can't see the Starlink thread. Today I did a search for the Starlink thread and...

For various reasons I have a strong preference for a 3pt log splitter, I had decided on the Timberwolf TW-3 with PTO pump. I went to order one today and was told they are no longer making them, not enough demand. :( So what 3pt splitters do folks here recommend now that the TW-3 is no longer...

I have a TIG welder, but I am not very good with it yet. I have an OA setup that I do okay with. I'm looking for a flux core MIG machine. Most of my welding is done outside and the nearest supplier for gasses is 1.3 hrs, one way, and $30 in tolls away. Hence looking for something that doesn't...

The wifely unit is talking more and more about getting a tracked skid steer rather than an excavator. Are there any 'quality', less expensive, skid steers out there?

Hi folks, one of the rear tires on my kioti has a slow leak. The leak is near the bottom of the tire as I can't see any juice running along the tire and the valve stem is at the top. But there is certainly juice all over the floor. Any suggestions on the best way to plug the leak on a tire that...

I have a Stihl MS280 I bought new about 2001. It has served me well until this year when it started not wanting to run at speed. After about a month, it won't run at anything above idle. It starts fine, 2 pulls, will idle all day long, but as soon as I hit the throttle, it dies. It has run on...

Hi folks, I want to get my Dish TV signal from my house to my shop, about 500 ft. I don't want to have to get another account with another dish. Is there a wireless way to get the signal out there, or am I going to need to run 500+ ft of RG6? Any other suggestions? I have tried using the Dish...

I have an old trailer and the wooden deck is rotting out and needs to be replaced. I thought there was thread about this but I can't find it. So, what do folks recommend for a new deck to carry my 7K lb tractor?

I am looking for a grapple for my Kioti DK40, I was getting ready to buy the EA grapple. https://www.everythingattachments.com/Wicked-Root-Grapple-by-Everything-Attachments-p/eta-wrg-cmp.htm But that seems out of the question now. Most of what I find are for SkidSteers and weigh over 700lbs...

I'm looking for recommendations on keeping my truck level when towing my various trailers. I have a boat trailer that has about 750 lbs of tongue weight. I have a box trailer that tongue weight varies between 500 and 1200 lbs depending on loading and what I am carrying. I have a flatbed for...

Any idea how to get rid of the "Latest Threads" listing that is now showing up on the right side of the page?

Hi folks, The 40 year old well pump in our house in NC is getting flaky and it is time to replace it. The pump is in a pump house, it is a 1hp vertical pump. The well is about 100 ft deep and about 100 ft from pump to the house, don't know how deep the water table is. A replacement vertical 1hp...

I didn't want to hijack LD's thread so I thought I would start one of my own. I learned a good deal from his thread, enough to make me reconsider going Geothermal. My house was built in 1975, not sure on how much insulation there is, single pane windows leak a bit of air. I know those need to be...

I just moved to a property that has 12 wooded acres and I hope to get my wood stove installed soon. I am looking for a log splitter to help in the wood gathering/prep process. I have rented a few of the Horizontal/Vertical machines and I don't like the ergonomics of them so they are off the...

I am looking for game camera suggestions, something basic. I don't need wifi or cellular connections. I do need decent night vision, B+W okay, no flash, and a memory card that I can pull and put in my computer. Rechargeable batteries that will last a few days. I did a search and of the few...

I know there has been some threads on gas powered pressure washers, but I can't find them. I need a pressure washer to; clean my mower deck, clean boat hull after a season in the water, clean concrete floor in my storage building, clean vinyl siding. The unit will be used about 5 times a year so...

Hi folks, I am looking for advice on how to spend my money... I knew that would get your attention!! My wife, aka SWMBO, wants me to get a small plasma CNC system for making up signs and other small artwork from metal. I don't foresee needing anything that would handle a piece of sheet metal...

Forgive me if this has been asked before. I did a search and couldn't find anything. I have been looking at replacement tires for my trailer and I see a lot more options if I go LT vs a "trailer" tire. Are there any issues with putting on a properly rated LT tire vs a ST tire? I have also heard...

I have a DK40 SE HST and in the cold weather, less than 20dF, the HST will continue to drive for a few seconds after I take my foot off the pedal. The colder it gets, the worse the problem is, that is the longer it will continue to drive after I take my foot off the pedal. If I am going from...

I have some aluminum I want to weld, I know being a DC machine TIG welding with the 150STH is not a good choice. I was wondering if I could add a spool gun and have the capability to weld alum with that. Thanks

My DK40SEH is starting to drive me nuts with this cold weather. I've been using it to move snow banks and clear the driveway to my shop. The FEL is painfully slow to dump. After picking up a load of snow, when I go to dump it, if I move the FEL control fully to the right... it takes over 20...

We have been without power for a few days now and when the dust settles I am thinking of picking up an inverter generator vs one that screams at 3600 rpm all the time. I was wondering how well an inverter generator would handle the loads of a well pump. When a well pump kicks in the initial...

I am getting ready to take my new box blade to our 1/4 mile dirt road and one of my neighbors driveway. I tend to over do it, if a 5 degree cut is good, a 10 degree cut is better. I am looking for some sort of tilt meter I can put on my box blade so I can maintain a more consistent grade...

The last several years when I removed the chains from my tractor I have just put them in the bags they came in and hit them with a spray of Fluid Film and set them in a corner. But I have always spent 30-45 minutes in the fall untangling them before I could put them on. This year I tried...

I have 2 rear remotes on my DK40, both are being used for T-N-T, I am considering adding hydraulic angle to my rear blade. What is the easiest way to get a 3rd remote to the tractor to be able to angle the blade on the move? I haven't seen where Kioti offers this option. Thank you

I have a new DK40, loaded rear tires and Fel, I have some chores that I think a box blade would be good for. We have a 1/4 mile long dirt road that the neighbor hires out to have maintained. Only issue is the guy who does the work always levels the road and doesn't put any crown on it, which of...

I am tired of all the static electricity in the winter at my condo in Mass. It is heated with forced hot air via heat pump and the local HVAC company says that it doesn't run hot enough to properly use an in-duct whole house system. They said I would have so many issues with it they won't even...

Hi, I recently bought a used Cam Superline 18' trailer. Seller said it was rated for 11,500lbs, VIN tag was hard to read but it looked like it said something like that... so I believed him. Nothing else on the tag was readable so I contacted Cam, gave them the VIN from the title and they sent...

I have wild strawberry plants taking over my yard. I have tried most everything at the box stores to kill it, nothing has worked so far. It is not like a cultivated strawberry bush, it is more like a low growing vine. It is taking over more and more of my lawn. I don't like the way it looks and...

Hi folks, For the most part I am enjoying my new DK40SE, although I have found a few minor annoyances/issues in the 2 hrs I have put on it. - Why does Kioti put the rear tire valves toward the inside where they are a pain to get to?? Every DK I remember looking at has it this way. I would...

I bought a used 2006 CK30 TLB several years ago with 298 hrs, it now has about 470 hrs on it. It had an oversized loader bucket on it for snow removal. It worked well for snow removal, but it could barely lift a full load of dirt. The backhoe also had trouble breaking thru a 1" diameter root...

I am having some issues with my CK30HST and I am considering upgrading to the DK40HST as I also want a stronger loader and backhoe. For the DK40 with loader and backhoe I got a price of $35K with financing, $31.5K cash, does this sound about right? These are the prices I got from the closest...

I am getting a bonus this year, about $1000, so that is about my budget. I have an O/A setup I have been using for the last 30 years, self taught, I get the job done but it is not pretty. I tried stick welding about 35 years ago with an old gas powered Lincoln, mid-60's vintage, and didn't have...

I am looking for pellet air rifle suggestions. My goals are target practice, general plinking about and reducing the furry tree rat population. I am looking for one that has good accuracy, not CO2 (I don't want to have to keep buying cartridges), not made in China. I had a Daisy, worked well but...

I have a set of EverythingAttachments light duty pallet forks. I was thinking of turning them into a light duty grapple setup to move a bunch of brush piles I have. My thought was to have some bolt on hydraulicly operated 'jaws' hold the brush in place. Presently slinging chain over the load is...

Thanks to folks here giving me the courage and knowledge to tear into my dipper cylinder. Last year I noticed that the dipper on my BH was in a word.. gutless.. it would hardly move any dirt. I depended on my curl and boom to get anything done. When I removed the BH for the winter.. I had left...

I really need to install a snow fence. I am tired of clearing 3 ft of snow blown into my driveway... days after the snow has stopped falling. I am looking for any advice on type of fence and location of fence. Seems I heard somewhere that the fence should not be right next to the driveway... but...

Some quick pics of toothbar on my CK30.

My house was built in 1980, I have owned it for 4 years. I have discovered that there is NO moisture barrier (house wrap) under the clapboards!! :eek: I am getting ready to remove the all the clapboards (half are rotting anyway), upgrade the windows, replace the fibrous sheathing with plywood...

I am looking to get a generator to power 80% of the house when the power goes out for extended periods. I have ruled out a PTO generator due to not wanting to mess with tractor and generator in a storm. We had 50mph winds last night, pouring rain when the power went out. I am not going out in...

Short story long... I bought a Miracle Truss steel building, before I bought it I was told that none of the trusses weighed more than 125lbs. I figured that with some scaffolding, 3 guys could lift that into place safely. Well... when the building arrived, 2 guys could hardly lift one of the...

Short story long... I bought a Miracle Truss steel building, before I bought it I was told that none of the trusses weighed more than 125lbs. I figured that with some scaffolding, 3 guys could lift that into place safely. Well... when the building arrived, 2 guys could hardly lift one of the...

I have several sections of my property that are a bit uneven, they don't look good and I often scalp those parts of the lawn with my 48" mower. There is also a section that slopes towards the house and with some work I can change it to slope away. I was going to use either a middle buster or a...

The original owners of our home had one of those large 6ft satellite dish's. A subsequent owner turned the mounting post into a swing set. SWMBO decided that she wanted the 'swing' moved out of the side yard and into her garden. No problem... I though... just dig up the base, dig a hole in the...

Hi folks, I have a mechanical thumb on my BH, I am getting tired of moving it between mounting pins for the different things I am doing with it. I also think it was welded on too far from the bucket and it would pick up better if it was closer. Sooo I was thinking about converting it to a...

Hi folks, I am looking to replace my Husqvarna 48" 14hp walk behind with a ZTR. I have about 1.7 acres to mow, lots of obstacles, read turning. I am trying to keep price below $4K, a minimum of 48" deck, the quieter the better. I want this to be my last mower, so it needs to last 15+ years. Toro...

Has anybody seen or heard of the DRPower ZTR? DRPower ZTR

IT- I was wondering if you had a chance to use 'my' front mounted 3pt hitch yet, if so, how well does it work for you?

I have been out of town for 4 days, I was wandering around my property with my dog and just down hill from my well head the ground was soaking wet, puddles even!!?? I have lived here for 5 years and I have never seen it wet there and it has not rained for 2 weeks!! :eek: This can't be good. The...

I was looking at a new GM truck, 2500HD, and one of the options listed was an integrated trailer brake controller. I gathered it automatically controlls the braking force of the trailer depending on the load. Does anybody know anything about this? How well does it actually work?

When I bought my used tractor w/BH, I looked very carefully for any sign that the shafts on the cylinders might be nicked or marred up, I saw nothing. Now that the BH has sat since January, I notice rust on the shaft and oil draining down out of the cylinder. :( It is for the BH stabilizers, so...

Does anybody have any experiance with these 3pt Logsplitters? I do find it a bit of a stretch to call them "the toughest splitter on the market". Ramsplitter Log Splitter Model 3PT Attachment, the Toughest Log Splitter on the Market I have read many of the logsplitter posts and don't remember...

My Kioti CK30 was delivered last week. :D I knew I needed to get something to grease a few fittings... I had no idea one machine could have sooooo many grease fittings. :eek: What do folks recommend I look for in a grease gun to make this piece of ownership as easy as possible? Within reason...

Well after a year of looking, several months of negotiating with different dealers... my used '06 CK30HST is FINALLY here!! :D Here is a link to my web page for those who might possibly want to see pictures. My 'new' CK30HST

My "new to me" '06 CK30 is being delivered today! :D But I think there might be an issue with it. :( I had a second rear remoted added to it :) and when I did my prepurchase inspection the lever for the rear remote that the BackHoe plugs into would not move. It was stuck in the forward 'ON'...

I had a quick chat with another, much more knowledgeable, Kioti dealer this afternoon and during the discussion I mentioned I wanted a thumb on the BH. He says he welds an after-market mechanical thumb on the Kioti BH, as there is no plumbing for a hydraulic thumb. What are peoples feelings on...

I did a bit of shopping yesterday, looked at Kubota B3030, sat in the seat and promptly slid off the front. The seat bottom tilts down/forward so it is work to stay in the seat!! :eek: Not the tractor for me, dealer says there has been lots of complaints about the seat, he thinks he can fit a...

Hi, I was comparing the LK and the CK. With loader and backhoe, I can get the LK3054XS for less money than the CK25, both gear. Is there any reason to consider the CK over the LK? Somebody here posted that they would get the CK30 over the LK3054 due to more features, they didn't say what...

Hi, I have a Toyota Tacoma, towing capacity rated at 5000lbs, the tractor I am considering, attachements, tiedowns and trailer come to just over 4600lbs. I have passenger tires on the truck, not LT tires, trailer shop says I am asking for trouble and I should put LT tires on the truck. I have...

Hi, I was out doing some tractor shopping and found a place with a new LK3054, with FEL, BH, Sunshade, lights. They are asking $20.5K, sounds like a good price but I have no idea on Kioti pricing, it is the first one I have ever seen. After a quick search, I don't see any postings having...

Hi folks, I'm still considering a tractor, I rented a Terramite T9 over the weekend to get a few odd jobs done around the house. It is rated at 32hp, web site says it is turbo'ed, it is all hydrolic drive, I believe the BH had a 12" bucket on it. I was thinking about getting the JD2520, but...

Hi, I have been lurking here for a while, now looking for some advice. I have 4 dealers within 40 miles of my home here on Mid-Coast Maine. 2 are John Deere only dealers, 1 is a Kubota/NewHolland dealer, 1 is a John Deere/Mahindra dealer. I have been into the Kubota/NH dealer 3 times and nobody...