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Is this a case of a factory solution to a problem that doesn't exist?

Nice thing about this scenario.... "Life" can not be invented. It takes a special spark!

4x4 gauze a couple triangular cravats a couple rolls of cling Good tweezers and a small hand glass. Always in the truck, Lots more in my work vest ;-) (ski patrol)

I'm trying to think of a single situation where I would like to have the hydrostat disabled by the brakes. Might save trying to drive with the brakes on, but that... I can tell.....;-)

If you are not pulling plugs, (or drilling ,as in post #3, It's a waste of time and effort.

Art and beauty. Nothing a machine is or does can be felt to be such.

Amazing what could be replaced with a turnbuckle and a short few lengths of chain. Lift links are not sacred , nor magic.

Nice fab, and a very nice tool! I wonder what it might do that a planting of radishes and alfalfa would not. Such "organic" means have been effective in my area. The benefit is literally TONNES of organic inputs. And you don't need to do more than scratch the soil surface.

I've bought enough "log loads" over the years to question that same measure. My orientation has always been "A cord of wood is a the amount contained in the volume 4' wide, by 4' tall, and 8" in length. That's a difficult measure when carried random butts on a logging truck. So one year, I...

8 feet? Your loggers are only half the men that work here in New England!

I don't pay a gym membership/ I'm 73 yo, working up my winter's heat for the past 40 years. But felling, topping and cleaning up, 6 cords of fire wood is just a lot of work. It makes the $1000 a load seem like chump change. And the same money into the oil burner would get me a couple of...

18-22 has been my experience. Might be a local thing. Trucks are one thing, pup trailers are another// eta Think of the tonage when encountering a loaded rig on the roadway! Dang, don't get on the wild side of a wreck with a loaded log hauler!

I've got the B2601 set up for a hydro top link, have the cylinder "mostly" ready. But even a top link from Tractor supply doesn't fit the winky support wire offered by the factory. What great solutions have you come up with? I have been using a loop of clothes line cord. (para cord what...

I'm setting out some sad hemloc logs as cribs in anticipation of the load delivery. The spot is best served with "custom lengths". ;-)

My neighbor up the hill has a processor. He must move 200 cord a year. Tag along loads come past our place every week or so. I here the processor running just about every evening. I admire his industry, having known the fellow since he was five years old. He doesn't burn wood himself, go...

We had the sort that went over the stove burner. Pre electric. ;-)

Outed! ;-)

flail mowers, mulchers, rotary mowers. Snow blowers RULE!

Common around here, VT. Is to leave the fresh gatherd bales on the wagon for the first night.

Well? Smoke or fire? Curious.......

Curious, For the past month and a half, NOT A SINGLE TICK! And I have not cut down on my exposure, and have not added any preventive measures. Odd? Or just the seasonal decine?

Seafoam into an old engine can overwhelm the oil filter with dislodged "crud". I killed an Audi A8 with that stuff!

link to wiring diagram. https://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/attachments/forum-g5200-wiring-pdf.53690/ It appears the glow indicator coil is in series with the glow plugs. If that hot coil is not getting red hot, neither are the heaters.

I can not be much help with your "What should I try next", But I have the three spindle assemblies from an unidentified Kubots mowing deck that came with my B7200 (old ;-) The deck was rusted beyond repair and is long gone.. but, I saved the spindles because they still turned smoothly. If...

There is enough energy in one of those to start a wicked fire!

Not in the tube! THINK! Grease is no more than OIL in a retentive matrix. The oil weeps out.. sure! Moly remains, well sure But there is little lubricity in the oil retention matrix. Live with it..Learn the reality! There is no magic! OIL is the lubricant, grease is the vehicle!

YUP! See that line off to the right. (not where the arrow points) That's the trigger to toss the chain in the "just for roots" bin.

From the chart, Lithium complex seems the most compatible. How does one select "Lithium complex" at the grease counter? Is there an obvious lable on the tube? I keep one gun just for the water pump on the Fordson. ;-)

If I want to purchase a replacement air "screen" for this little clown G 2511, where do I go? Hockfire, where the unit was purchased?

Is it not significant how readily we justify the expense of replacement when the knowledge (information?) comes just a bit late. I would much rather read something to the effect of. "I pulled the brass plugs, but messed them up and had to fabricate replacements out of beer bottle caps. The...

I have completely different expectations for objects that WEATHER than for those that break of wear. The sun is immutable! That's on me if I want rubber parts to last. If anything but a kids toy, I want to rebuild,or repair "real" things. Consumer electronics become obsolete about the same...

Hmm We get it on bottles often, depends on which store we go to. We like the Co-op, but Hannifords will do.

I look at every "tool" as a kit of parts to be refined. That goes for my B2601 as well! I don't work when it's dark outside, so your modifications are inspirational, but not needed by myself. That ammo can is a great replacement for the pathetic little box originally mounted! If only a chain...

Green water is every bit as wet as any other color!

I always liked "Jets" cereal. Unsweetened oat puff balls. I could put sugar on myself!

Put down a small hemloc just now. Used the Husky for the felling cut. Then switched to this little clown saw. What a limbing machine! A bit more bending over due to the short bar, but it's so light. A little dangerous being a one handed saw .. but I try to think about every cut and...

I used the lil'bugger today. just a few cuts on a hemloc root that is wrapped around some exposed ledge. It was a bout 60 years old when I cut the tree down a few weeks ago. I left the stump about four feet tall from the top of the ledge, thinking to try to tip the lion's share off the ledge...

Oh, I should add, Whenever I look into any of my several plastic five gallon fuel jugs, I'm always impressed with the amount of GRUNGE in the bottoms. 'might be why I regularly use the strainer funnel. ;-)

I'm waiting for the the "What should I do with this junk chainsaw" thread ;-) But I'm thinking having a handi gas saw in the truck all winter (cut my way through the storm felled trees, and I have had several occaisions for just that) And on the tractor all summer. All I expect is that it...

I use a funnel with a screen for all "can to tank" fuel transfers. Experience and observation have shown me it is a good idea to do so.

The saw arrived today. USPS seems to like to send packages on regional tours....;-) Got a couple of extra chains along with. I checked the air filter fitting /sealing, and greased the interface. Seems like a "why not" idea. Mounted the OEM chain and bar. Was impressed by the three way allen...

They do not appear to be very effective at it. Momentary, as the one chases the other off into the woods. Then, less than a minute later, one is back again, takes a sip or two before the other runs them booth off again. And it's NOT always gender specific! It goes every which way. Fun to...

If you needed to convert 2000 fixtures, "EASY" would have new meaning.

I fill our small sugar water feeder every day. It's often that there are thee pairs "fighting" over access to the feeder while we are sitting out on the deck for supper. I'm not sure if this is more or less than "normal". Is there any place in North America that DOESN'T have hummers in summer...

I've got that BS here as well. I went over the river and bought tubes there.

It's too bad a proper two stroke expansion chamber exhaust is so bulky. Those things can really make an engine come alive. BTDT racing motorbikes "when I was a young man".

Not that many years back, my mother (age 96) moved into a "retirement community". With her own small "cottage", and many like minded (aged) people around, she did well and said she liked it there. Forward to a couple weeks ago when I and my wife got her on an airplane and took her to attend...

The engine on my B7200 is VERY COLD BLOODED! It will not start without a good amount of time on the heaters. Count of ten MIGHT get it to go in summer, count of 25 to 30 in winter. The "glow" coil on the B7200 is in circuit with the heaters. I would start with getting that preheat working...

Can you even imagine the mind numbing experience of building those things all day, every day and having them sold for less than $20 on the internet market?

They are cheap for a reason! My bet is that the worker at the production end could care less about what we might think of the quality.

I have a couple of grease guns with plungers that will just NOT fit into the grease tube. I've fought with that spring loaded monster so many times. It makes me want a 5 gallon pail and a pump to refill the lever gun.

I would like to see good suggestions and examples of the screw drivers used to perform the screw adjustments on chainsaw and string trimmer carbs that don't jump off the screws all the time, I have not had good results slipping fuel line over the driver shank, Most of the access holes are not...

I common expression (where I grew up) pf doing something without too much concern over the outcome. "on a lark" "just for fun" "not really caring one way or the other" Meadow larks calling from the tops of power poles sort of set your mind in a light hearted mood...

Let me know if you want to buy a "like New" snow blower and front mount! I've got an extra! ;-)

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/actionheat-12v-plug-in-heated-car-seat-2097044?cid=Google-Shopping&utm_source=google&utm_medium=shopping&BU=TSCO&adtype=pla&campaignid=22258948701&device=c&product_channel=online&product_id=2097044&store_code=&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22269431188&gclid...

My wife and I have never had an argument. (50 years together +/-, 3 kids ,all good) She did hit me once with her pocket book, but I was driving across the causeway and couldn't do anything ;-) I have yet to figure her out. She has absolutely no sense of humor, jokes are wasted as she looks...

I keep a roll of paper towels next to the 5 gal. bucket that the grease guns are put into.

Back home.... my cousin farms.. it's a $7M line of credit every spring.....More now ..Unless he has cut back. Age and all.

Carefully wrap a few snug turns of mason's line around the insertion end of the seal to compress it. once started, pull the cord free. eta You will need three hands to do this ;-)

One may asks: Does having all this "Made in China" STUFF, enhance the quality of life? bring happiness to families or well being to children? I don't see it. Perhaps you do. "True wealth is knowing when you have enough" Quality is not moved by comfort nor convienience.

I can't recall the last time I "ate out". Though there was catering at my young son's wedding a couple of weeks ago.

WIRE!

My first tractor (Fordson E27n) cost me $200 cash. Brand new rear tires, but needed the main bearings re-babbited. (Mowing hills with only splash lube is a devils mix) The second tractor (Bolens HT, with a 54 inch mowing deck and snow blower) I traded for a Honda trail 90 that I had bought...

How does lift capacity factor in when you have a larger tractor? Something I never really have understood in these kind of posts.

Buy the one you like the "feel" of. $3K won't buy a mower deck!

Presenting information is not teaching. If info were enough, the internet would have made us all "smart". It hasn't! Teaching is 90% inspiration. Look back on your own education for examples. They are the only ones that count!

The term "You can't believe your own eyes" will have additional significance. Without trust in the reality of what we perceive, our own reality will faulter

When chasing "juice" issues. I often start with turning on the HEADLAMPS! noting if bright or dim. Then giving the same assesment while the starter is being engaged. Bad battery, high resistance etc. , will show. Call it "voltage drop" ;-)

At 476 lbs, the BMW is heavier than my 800 cc sportbike. That's a non-starter for me. (330 lbs for the Vespa)

Springs sound like a GREAT idea. I want to do the same with the front mount tractor snow blower.

I do lust for that late model Vespa GTS310 perhaps over winter, nearest dealer is a three hour round trip.

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Should we get into the SUTO? "or whatever the achronym" It's even good for ENGINE oil! One Fluid to rule them all!

Look what you made me do.... put in an order for the $100 special. That less money than a pair of batteries for the Makita electric. It's going to have a permanent home in the tractor scaboard.... thanks you guys! ;-)

stuffed crank!

wish I could. IIRC correctly, it was one of the big makers. J-D or the like comparing their own fluids. I gave a look, but I'm already on the boat, so ....

You are right, Those welds suck! ;-) Grade 8 is a waste. Grade 5 (three strikes) are far too good, even if only 1/4 inch. https://site.alliedbolt.com/files/ShearStrength2.pdf

Check that seal for debris. Grass and what not. I had a leaker on the Hurlimann front axle, and a good cleaning (long grass) took care of it!

They mix just fine!

Except ...I have read...... UTTO Prolongs seal life over gear oil. So if you don't need the EP properties of sulfur, Go UTTO! I use it in EVERYTHING that isn't Infernal Cornbustion! Think about it, what is there in a front axle that isn't in the big box under the seat? If UTTO can work in...

I frequently get an active population of yellow jackets in my shop building. I don't like 'em! and they are a danger to myself, and others, especially kids. So.... I set up the shop vac so the hose inlet is "right next" to the hole, turn on the vac and walk away for a few hours. The...

A secret to welding?.... Watch the puddle!

The Kubota B7200 I picked up years ago was a Florida transport, and had set out most of it's life. The first few months I had it, the lift would frequently stick up even with a pretty heavily loaded implement. I got good at jumping on the little box blade while holding the lever to lower...

Adams 5-2343, was the earliest home number I had to memory. I recall when we dropped the party line and added the prefix.

So I bought a B2601 to get the turf tires that my Hurlimann didn't have. "Save the Lawn!" Now I use the Kubota for most tasks, and the Hurlimann just sits with the back blade on. Waiting to scrape road or snow. The B7200 just pulls the garden wagon, and serves as the snow blower mule. I...

I've pinched saws many times. One time just a couple of weeks back, on a dead hemloc that was leaning wrong. For myself, it's often a matter of timing. Nothing a couple of wedges and a 3 pound hammer didn't cure! I've got three good running saws, so I have no fears!

Percolators attempt to provide sub boiling water to the coffee grounds. That is, boiling sends the water up the basket tube, past the relatively cool water in the pot. The "less than boiling" water PERCOLATES through the grounds , extracting the "coffee". When the body of water reaches the...

I'm trying to visualize this brush grubber. "Out they come, like a cork in a bottle"????? I must be missing something. Help me...

Invest heavily in "good wife" the dividends will carry you through the hard times!

Bruce That's too obvious! ;-)

Well, the fox is in the door yard! We have a culvert under the drive not 50 feet from the house. The mint grows thick at the exit, as the culvert runs all spring melt. The mint was being trampled lately, and I said to the wife, "might be foxes". Sure enough, the young one was out and...

Clean the points. You may have a bad condenser that is pitting the points . Get a spark! then worry about the starter motor!

You bring out a point in the labor hours. Myself, I have invested in tools and equipment so heavily that I need to do these simple tasks in order to justify keeping them. ;-)

The OP's premise that most CUT applications are mowing grass is wasted on me. I have three CUTs, and have never mowed a blade with any of them.

Being a 6 spline, 360 divided by 6 = 60 degrees. divided by 2=30 degrees.. and one spline can never be more than 1/2 off from mating. Yep! 30 degrees +/- should cover it. ;-)

My mother, age 96, still bakes cookies and has a reputation for her generosity in her community. I've learned to like the ones my wife makes now, but I would never show that to my mother ;-)

The only cookies from the store were Oreos and those cream filled wafers. Mom made the Choc chip, the PB, the snicker doodles, the sugar cookies, the Cho Chip date bars, brownies and fudge. At the holiday time, she would go all in. But there was no one overweight in my family..even...

End grain poplar makes long lasting friction material.

Looks handy on a skid steer. Might chew up a FEL frame in a hurry. I wish I could offer anything from experience.

I went out this morning and walked the boundaries of a 100 acre parcel under consideration to buy (hot market it seems) It was a hot one, near 90 f, but I relish tromping the woodlands. Pretty steep terrain, over 40 degrees in a few spots. picking my way with the aid of brush to cling to. a...

Darwin approved!

For me it's the hassle of getting them. Far more dicking around than the $40 .

I can't even imagine asking this question. Is it the tractor you want feature wise? Have you compared the market IN YOUR AREA for other tractors of it's type and capabilities? )Craigslist , FB marketplace? Is it in good shape, or is it in need or repairs (tires based on age)? Can you handle...

These and a two wheeled scooter would have to be a lot of fun!

Well I guess some fox are attracted to TRACTORS!

bull snakes do not naturally occur in Vermont

I guess I no longer need to consider protecting the gardens from moles by encouraging foxes, A good sized BLACK BEAR just sauntered through the back yard as the wife and I were sitting out having lunch. It was less than 40 yards away, and in no hurry. So much for the tree fruits, blue...

Do vultures feed on moles and voles? Those are the two garden pests I'm hoping the fox will concentrate on.

That creek had a name where I come from.

I keep a pile of stumps covered with brush and limbs out by the vernal pool.

The goal is rodent reduction I've had both red and grey fox through the yard recently. I want to encourage them to take care of moles, voles, rock squirrels and grays. Dog food placed in a rotted stump?

get a replacement from the dealer. The cost will be worth not having the hassle.

When was the last time you were// "fit to be tied"?

If you come by, I can turn that 1 inch pin down to any size you need on the lathe. Not a simple task, as the commercial pins don't give much material to chuck up on. I bet you could live with a center hole for this application ;-)

20 years ago we didn't see a grey fox walk through the yard a week ago, and a red fox walk through tonight as we sat out on the back deck having supper.

This is a rather obscure one, used by my "crowd" when quite young. It was an expression that defined an encountered problem , often as a adversarial tease. "tough titty said the kitty, but the milks OK"

Is your "barn Door" open? Wider than a barn door..... higher'n a kite Can't dance and it's to wet to plow. Sh&t or get off the pot. lickity split dog gone straight as an arrow. got your ass in a sling

How does one cross from 7.00X12 to the more modern format? XXX XX-12 I would like to replace the front ag tires on my Hurlimann. All I find are fork truck tires and "implement" tires.

Slug-a-bug where I come from...;-)

A "regular" coffee in New England comes with cream and sugar. And It's been "hot as a pistol" around here of late.

It's too late now, but those seals will ALWAYS let lubrication oil into the bearing after a small amount of use. I make it a practice to clean the bearing first, then just give the top seal surface a squirt of chain lube and a squirt of motor oil. let that creep into the bearing past the...

If you read the text, there are no hands or hoses under or near the deck or spinning blades. Only the water spray, bouncing off the concrete onto the mower underside. I also value my appendages! ;-)

If your grass is mowed when it's dry and doesn't mat in the corners, and you live in dry country, cleaning at the season's end is fine. For me, I try to mow dry grass, but it is often wet with dew even at noon in July and later. I bring the mower to a concrete pad at the shop, and spray...

Always provide for the VISE! A bench without a vise is...well, it isn't! (Nice work! I'm just envious!!)

Well, If you are using this carry all on your sub-compact Mahindra 25, the front of the tractor will come off the ground before you over load any part of that carry all. I've got that same carry all (same color any ways) and when it's fitted to my Kubota B7200, the tractor is a real wheelie...

It's DRY snow where you are, dry all summer too by the look! That may be the difference.

The fold down blade is available as an add on for about $350 from York. If it would work with your rake, I can not say.

I run this type of York rake off the 3pt tool bar. https://www.yorkmodern.com/catalog/model-ta26b2-rake-p-194.html?osCsid=fd0p0rjf0s98vlqqrd4q3tu1b1 It's not particularly heavy, the sulky wheels control the cut, and the drop down scrape blade can move material efficiently. For a while, I had...

Just having a look at "Tractor Data", that loader is good for a ton of lift at the pin. About 2/3rds of that in a bucket. Using forks would put the load out away even more. The loader frame may be at the limit with that 1600# payload. Just something to consider.

call it deterioration, paint fails, moisture gets in, freeze thaw breaks up the board. When snow piles against the house is the worst. Either where it slides off, or where the melt drips and splashes. My experience, that's all.

Problems can arise if the friction material "bonds" to the pressure plate or the flywheel. The friction plate then self destructs. Wet clutches are the solution, Heck, Even my 1950 Fordson has a wet clutch. l-)

Hardy board does not hold up in S. Vermont snow country.

Can you go in through the starter motor hole? My Kubota B7200 has a lube point (Alemite fitting) but takes a long straight tube on the grease gun to get to it... I really should, it's been years and years....

Now here is the real benefit of ai.

I just got back from a bicycle ride. It was quite warm today, though the evening has cooled a bit. Road along side the rushing brook. (It's been rainy). Smell of fresh mown hay in the air. A good looking doe munching away in a wet area. Up to a height of land we call BEEC Hill, A fantastic...

I was recently "made" to select a tie that would compliment my wife's new dress. Youngest son is getting hitched next week end out south of Lake Tahoe, My wife wants to have the photographs worth keeping. ;-)

My travels on the Vespa were well rewarded. The comments and reception when I made stops at grocery stores were the best. "You rode that thing all the way here!" ;-) I camped where ever the evening caught up with the opportunity. One rainy night, I was on a picnic table under a small town...

Is it so, that present ai renditions can not discriminate between factual references and crap generated by ai? If true, that will be it's end.

I read..... AI is going to put all the lawyers out of business. Anyone can get an entire position with case history and citations to present to the courtroom. Just read it off..... seems like a win to me.

Do any of you old timers recall the jingle, "You're in luck, when you've got a McCulloch ..Chain ..S.A.W." ?

The first log load I ever worked up was cut with one of these. A Mac-15. Dang that was heavy, and needed constant attention to leaking fuel or oil. I knew nothing of chain sharping, and don't even recall having a chain file... I was heating a big old house in Bethlehem New Hampshire...

That toilet tank is tuff! Just don't bang it. If solvents worked, (approved and available ones that is) then they would not serve as "all purpose sealants". Those brushes come in all grades of wire size. Weiler is a useful reference...

My trouble with "under thinking" is the positioning of both the hose couplings and the control levers. I did add a three spool "loader valve" to the Hurlimann. (That was an effort!) I used a Lamborghini valve just to keep in the spirit of the effort. (This Hurlimann 435 Prince was sold by...

Wire brush on a drill motor! They come in a variety of sizes and confidurations

Imagine working up a winter's wood with just an axe! It wasn't that long ago....

I've got a pair of McCulloch Mac-10s that I bought new more than 30 years ago. A couple years back, I went to the selling dealer to see about a replacement air filter. The fellow behind the counter just laughed. The one saw works fine, great when sawing off the pile where the weight isn't an...

I've got a "Man-and-a-half" saw. Comes in handy when doing any timber work. The kerf is fine, and the cut pretty smooth. Runs through hemlock in short order...

I can't imagine... though when I was a young man, I did 7000 miles in 27 days, ON A VESPA! Miami to Western Montana and return. 11,000 is way more than 7,000! I only like riding solo, groups bug me...

At 73, my sport bike gets heavier and heavier every year. Just remember, You don't quite riding because you have gotten old, You have gotten old because you have quit riding.

I've used the MacKissic TPH185 3 point mounted chipper shredder for a number of years now. I've sharpened the pair of knives maybe a half dozen time, replaced the anvil, and flipped the shredder flails to use all four corners. (I may need to build the set up with hard facing next go around)...

Think back to the first time your father's hand came off the seat post, and you went solo. Two wheels and freedom!

I couldn't even keep PAINT on my dirt bikes! ;-)

Cut with a sharp utility knife while the engine runs? My '99 VFR Honda has gear driven OHC. There is something special about that sound.....;-)

I don't like WOT , It sprays green crap far and wide, and really scrubs off string around the many rock at my place. If it were not for rocks, I wouldn't even have a string trimmer. But because of the rocks, I have TWO of them.

Guilty? There is no "wrong way" to run a whacker!

Looks like we have the same model. It's been good to me, Snow in winter, road in summer. It sure can throw a tractor around! Must be made of good steel! ;-)

Coil polarity?

That hole just pushed the price up a bunch. Drill rod is HSS, High Speed Steel. It stays hard even near red heat. Does the pin need to be hard?

I only have four tractors at the house now. (Sent the smallest one off to my son's place to use as a lawn mower. Three of the four would be called "small". "Expensive wheel barrows" is what my neighbor calls them. And he has a BX !

Sure! Buy a long twist drill of the correct diameter (from a good mfg.) Cut the shank to length as required with a cut wheel (even a dremel tool) dress the ends to suit. Are there any additional features? a C clip groove can be put in with the cut wheel while spinning the blank in an...

From the pic, it's not going to fall any time soon. Might let the leaves drop just to make things less bulky.

Limb the top to get the weight off. Cut that first branch going down to the ground, let the next two carry the weight. Get the tractor bucket under the horizontal stem. Cut the standing trunk at a point higher than the fence. Drive the tractor so the stem clears and set it down. I'm sure...

Well, The wine caps just keep popping up around the place. It's been an exceptionally wet spring! We have found great ways to add them to our "usual" meals. Last night we had poutine. Grilled potato slices, cheese curd and gravy. The mushrooms were just right in the gravy. I've been...

The official "Sparky" lexicon is "intermittent". Yah, Some times.....

Safety THIRD! ;-)

Can the ethanol be removed from pump gas by adding a cup of water to a five gallon can of gas and then pouring that through one of those "removes the water" screen funnels?

My wife agrees! She often is heard saying, "if it saves just one trip to the Emergency Room" (or the chiropractor)

When aluminum was first refined, it was deemed more valuable than silver, if not gold. As I recall, the final of some tall building was a small pyramid of formed alu. We have it down now though...

there is this.....

One "trick" I learned from my uncle when loading a tractor in uncertain conditions. Let out air from the tires to increase rolling resistance. That way, if things go south, crap will happen in slow motion. Might give you time to get out of the way. Having a portable air compressor handy...

On a V twin engine with a single carb, one cylinder is always sucking hind tit. If there is a fuel delivery issue, it will show on that cylinder first! Check with the Harley -Davidson crowd for confirmation.

These garden tractor/mower buckets are a thing. https://johnnyproducts.com/products/johnny-bucket-dd?srsltid=AfmBOorDjsda5MItFi75y7GqyW3x7iHIIWFjv4OkF2nrP9_40jJtr6RV But even limited to 200 pounds lift capacity, I bet they are hard on front wheels and axles. I mean, how do you know the...

I learned long ago.. "There are as many was as there are men!" And that is a salute to the many men in the world!

It's the shock loads on the gear reduction that is the Achilles heel on turbine powered stuff. They require something like a fluid coupling along with a speed reducer. Complexity is a killer.

Myself, I want no stretch when directing a tall tree down. I want to know exactly how much effort it's taking to displace the tree in the direction I want it to fall. I trust gravity that much! And my hinge cuts just a little less ;-) It's the wind that really gives me concern.

Can I get one of those "pull extenders" from an interweb discount outlet?

The tree is just waiting for you to die. Then your silly machines will stop their annoyance, and the tree's roots will feast upon your remains. ;-)

There are the times I really miss having a bottle of 1,1,1, Tri Chlor. around the place ;-) That stuff goes anywhere!

If you want, I can snap pictures of a couple of chip piles of hemlock that recently came out of my MacKissic Chipper shredder ? I chip for the chips , not to reduce the brush. Burning works for that.

In addition.. Don't think you are going to "pull down" or even direct the fall of any real tree with a typical hardware store come-along. They don't have the reach to do much more than take the slack out of the line. A pair of those devices and good use of Prusiks can do the job. Much...

Just to add flavor to the thread..... I was once clearing a home site with a couple others. The son of my next door neighbor was building just down the road. One member of our group was the builder, and he had the plan, and a small track bucket dozer. ;-) I was just a cutter. I had boxed a...

Last night , late, a couple of foxes were making all sorts of yowholing racket not so far from the house. I shined a bright flashlight out there but saw nothing as they were on the other side of a stone wall. The neighbor was aroused from his sleep and let off a .22 rat shot. That did quiet...

I can see that "remove a half block" working on the flat, and on a south facing wall. I'm not mentioning it to my wife though......;-)

Well, between my wife and I, we pulled 5 ticks since last evenings shower. 3 for her (I don't mind looking for them) 2 for me, They were all the little ones, and just getting started, so came off easily. I need magnification to see the little buggers though.

I back up the joint eye with a heavy hammer. a 12# maul works most times depending on space. With that "anvil" in place, the distortion caused by a blow or two from a shop hammer has always been enough to pop the taper. Banging on the threads has never left me with pleasing results. Let the...

If it's rusted stuck, stop pulling! The wrong piece will come loose. Get a coupe of new nuts, thread them on, making sure none of the steering shaft threads show, and start tapping . Tap a little, tap a lot, keep dosing the spline with ATF or what ever you have. What you want is to start...

First of June and here we are at the supper table out on the back deck, fire blazing in the pit, birds chirping and puffy clouds passing through a cool blue sky. Salad greens picked from volunteers between this years garlics. Shredded beets from storage, mint leaves fresh from the front lawn...

Just a data point I recently purchased a B2601 with 800 hrs on the clock. Private sale. The seller was/is a likeable and helpful fellow with other tractors and alternate needs (land purchase) The machine had documented service history, and showed no signs of abuse. It has been perfectly...

I've looked hard at the Smallest Bauma. There is a "dealer" not to far away, But I'm sure freight would add up for my location. I've got Four tractors that can spin a pto at 540 for hours on end. Why do I delay? the little Honda powered Homelite Serves us well enough?

Did they happen to be "New Departure" brand?

I nearly always bring a heavy hammer and a wedge when sawing logs on the ground. Seems like the blade always gets bound up sometime. I suppose I push the cut a bit ;-) Driving a wedge into the kerf takes 30 seconds, and the saw pulls right out !

That looks like it would be very useful at the landing, or at the mill.

More pieces, more work. Three ten footers worth sawing. A bunch of shorts to split for "camp wood" ;-) 119 rings by my count. Some really skimpy growth about 90 years back. I wonder what that was all about? There is more than 100 sq. ft of sound bark peeled off the three bolts. To bad I...

Your not the first. https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/threads/torn-tie-rod-dust-covers.18262/ They come in all sizes, I got some from "Energy -Suspension" but that was many years ago. This search string on any engine will return way too many options. ;-) "tie rod rubber caps"

Would a flail mower be an option? Perhaps you could rent one to try.

A Burnz-o-matic hand tourch is a great aid to clearing stuff tangled in tines. You don't really need to "get to it", just get close!

This Eastern stuff will squirt you when you drive a nail into it, even after a month off the mill. But those nails sure do hold tight.

I shudder at the loads one could place on the front axle casting with that set up. "honey, step up on the back of the mower deck, I just can't lift this load, and need a bit more ballast out back!"

100 feet of hemlock doesn't look like much when the limbs are chipped. Sort of like a wet cat.

The specimen appears to be returning to the earth from which it came. 3 inches of rain starting at ten o'clock last evening will do that I suppose. The crown or cap, that was a shiny black color has detached and inverted to form that now white blotch at the end. The upper left aspect is where...