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I'm not sure why this is. I pay attention to every detail on my tractor when it comes to maintenance. Well, except one detail it turns out. I can't chalk this up to laziness. I can't even blame it on being absent-minded. I'm thinking it must be perception. I've been driving my tractor around...

Every time I go into my dealer and spend a little money, I get a free hat. Keeps me going back. :thumbsup:

Ok, first, all you guys with the F150's, Silverados and Rams don't get all worked up. I know some of you think the only real truck is one that will haul around a 30' fifth-wheeler but this post is for those of us who have different needs. I've been in the market for a new truck lately and while...

I'll tell ya what, try to get someone to build you a gate so you can take it home and install it yourself? Not so easy. They all want to install it for you 'cause there's money to made there. If you tell them you want to do the work yourself then it's "see ya later". We had a hard time finding...

My wife and I have been living on a 10 acre parcel for thirty years. The road that leads to it has an easement across another undeveloped parcel whose owner we have never seen nor met. Recently, that parcel sold. Since 1985, I have kept the road maintained with gravel, ditching and constant...

Sometimes you get lucky. I've been looking for a companion chain saw to my Echo 14" limbing saw. And my Ryobi electric chain saw. And my Ryobi gas pole saw. So the o'l brother decides to clean out his garage. Comes up with this Husqvarna 61 chain saw that has maybe 5 hours of use on it. It is...

First, I own an iPad and like it, so I'm not bashing Apple from a PC standpoint. It's just that I have always thought Apple Corporation treated employees like they were only there to help Apple stockpile money. Money first, people last. So intent are they on commandeering the...

Because its only function is to provide a platform for my 1,000th post. I'm sorry to TBN for having posted 1,000 pieces of worthless crap. But it really is the forum's fault for having the word "Tractor" in the header. When I see that word, I'm attracted like a teenybopper to an Apple store...

My new-to-me Polaris Ranger had some pretty worn tires on the front when I bought it several weeks ago. Some time back my kid bought a new Polaris ATV and switched out the tires first thing so I bought the two front tires from him for a measly 40 bucks, figuring I'd use them at some point. They...

Not only is it the time of year to start my tomato seedlings, it is also time to go around the property and gather up all the birdhouses to get them ready for the upcoming nesting season. Our houses are geared for bluebirds, swallows, wrens, flycatchers and anybirdy else who wants to move in...

Been looking for a used UTV for awhile now and brought this one home today. I'm hoping some folks here who have a similar model can offer me some advice on maintenance, things to watch out for, etc. I didn't get a manual for it so will have to go looking for one. It has 536 hours on it. 2 wheel...

Keeping my fingers crossed the ol' well holds up through the Summer. This is a pic from a few years ago, taken in March from along my driveway in the CA foothills. The trees have leafed out in the early pic and it is not time yet for them to do so this year but still, the land turns bright green...

Maybe you've seen these, maybe you haven't. 1. If the enemy is in range, so are you. 2. Incoming fire has the right of way. 3. Don't look conspicuous, it draws fire. 4. There is always a way. 5. The easy way is always mined. 6. Try to look unimportant, they may be low on ammo. 7...

I set my new game cam up to see what critters go up the path to visit my vegetable garden when I'm not watching. This is what I've captured over the course of a week. I know that mountain lion's out there, sooner or later he'll show up. Things That Go Bump In the Night - YouTube

I know it's not the most exciting of topics but I'm leveraging the power of TBN to solve a minor issue I'm having regarding a small pond that I just finished digging. It was another chore for the B21 in digging the pond followed by a lot of hand shoveling and rock manipulating to get it ready...

For anyone who is about to troubleshoot or replace your mechanical tachometer/hour meter cable, here is what I just went through. Searching TBN, I did not find much in the way of what to expect so thought I'd throw in my two cents for anyone doing a search on the subject. My tach cable broke...

Went to the movies yesterday to see the latest Hunger Games (which was quite good, by the way) and came home to see this: According to my weather station, we had a wind gust clocking in at 70 mph. It blew the palm fans over the house and into the back yard too. It took about 10 feet of...

B21 schematic, if it helps.

This is Mike and Ike, my neighbors. We've known each other for twelve years and have become good buddies. Whenever they see me out by my compost bin, they come running over just like a couple of puppy dogs. This time of year I feed them tomatoes that have become overripe from the garden. This...

Buzzards been circling down the hill towards the edge of the property for the last couple of days. Scores of them. Wife calls me from her cell phone after leaving for a trip into town this morning and says there's something big and dead alongside the road leading up to the house and I'd better...

It's interesting, when I drive the wife's Prius, I noticed that some folks who are driving in much larger vehicles, usually with over-sized tires, tend to tailgate me, pass unsafely and generally try to intimidate, using the size of their vehicle as a weapon. I don't get this behavior much when...

So I took the Yamaha Kodiak down to the mailbox a few days ago. The usual two mile trip down a gravel road, very scenic with lots of side roads that lead to nowhere. Grabbed the mail and headed back to the homestead. I was feelin' pretty good this day and decided to take the ATV up one of the...

You think you know a thing or two about wells, having depended on one for the last thirty years. Well, I learned something new yesterday so I thought I'd pass it on to the Collective, in case you run into a similar situation. My wife has around three acres of landscaped botanical gardens and I...

Got this idea from another post here where someone mentioned using an iPhone app. I checked the Kindle Fire Apps and found a free inclinometer which works pretty good. My Kindle case (rubberized and magnetic) allows me to drape the unit over the cross bar above my dashboard. Of course, I...

OK, of course it does but.... enter Pete, my neighbor who is 75 years old, lives by himself on the parcel next to mine. He speaks mostly Italian. Almost 30 years ago he bought a well-used Kubota, I forget the model number but it is good-sized, maybe 30 hp, with a 72 inch Top and Tilt BB with...

It looks like before long, Mahindra will start making and selling a small pickup here in the states. Mahindra pickups to be assembled in Alabama beginning next year I hope it turns out to be something worth owning because I have been lamenting the demise of the small truck ever since the early...

Been thinking a long time about what kind of tractor shelter I need, taking the following into consideration: Living in California, my primary objective is to keep the tractor out of the sun as much as possible to keep the paint looking nice as well as the seat and instrument panel. I'm not...

Howdy Folks, Bought this B21 last summer and it was looking pretty forlorn. Spend the last few months taking it apart, banging out the dents, refinishing the metal, replacing hoses, etc. Finally got it finished this weekend. I know I like any and all tractor pics and I know you do too. It...

Greetings Fellow Earthlings, It's taken me 5 months to figure out where in the heck to put a toolbox on my B21. When they designed this tractor, they left NO room for a toolbox of any size to be mounted by the user. I need to mention that I do not have a backhoe on this TLB but even so, space...

Who needs tractors anymore? "Green" is the way to go! Pedal Powered Snowplow - There, I Fixed It - Redneck Repairs As stated on another forum: This would be my own personal version of ****, having to live somewhere where I need this...

Could bringing your new Land Pride grader blade home and attaching to your tractor be considered art? Nah, but if you put music to it, you can fake it... YouTube - Troutsqueezer's New Kubota Attachment.avi

The wife and I were cleaning up the leaves in the yard today. I had my ATV with trailer parked nearby waiting for me to fill it with leaves using my plastic round-shaped leaf grabbers (those things work well). I can grab a lot at one time and toss them into the trailer. The wifey has control of...

Ok, it ain't much...but there's a cool factor - however small. :cool: I could have splashed down 20 bucks plus shipping to buy one of these over the Internet but I'm cheap and they look so easy to make. Now, whether it works or not, I won't know until tomorrow when I come home from work and try...

Thought I would make this post for posterity, in case someone down the road is suddenly faced with replacing the water pump on their Kubota B21. Now they can have something to reference to. Just got my new (used) B21 a couple of weeks ago and after a few hours use, the water pump started...

Greetings folks. New to the forum although been reading it for some time in anticipation of getting my new (to me) Kubota B21 (1300 hrs). I took delivery last week and spent the entire time since getting rid of rust spots and doing some touch up painting. You know how it is, I want it look like...

Greetings from N. California. Pilot Hill, to be exact. Pop. 642. I live on 10 acres and after 25 years here just got around to buying a used 2002 Kubota B21. Got it all painted up, rust removed and now it's ready for some action. Got a two mile gravel road to maintain as well as some...