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Somebody clue me in on this warning light that has been recently activated on a new to us JD5065E with about 450 hrs What servicing will I need to do Its number 10 on the dash and in the chart OMSJ14615

Got a couple of a new (to us) tractors at work this week. A 2wd JD 5065e sync reverser and a MFWD 5095m power reverser and loader Traded off the old 2855n Deere but still have the JD 4320 HST with loader and the Kubota M9000

How many of you small tractor owners specifically those with inside rear wheel widths of less than 30" would desire a small plastic mulch layer designed for machines of 25hp and less. For those not knowing much about one it is a rear mounted 3 pt hitch attachment configured to mechanically...

Latest Ingersoll Rand cordless impact wrench release claims to have more breakaway power @ 365ft lbs than the of the current 3/8 and 1/2 drive competition in cordless compact wrenches like the Milwaukee Fuel 2754 and 2755 @ 220 ftlbs Slightly heavier and longer the IR as kit has one 5.0...

There recently was the 9.0Ah long run battery release from Milwaukee for high draw items like their new 10" inch cordless miter saw and line of 18V powered outdoor yard tools and before that Makita had some twin 18v battery setups on certain tools for extra power and run times. But Dewalt has...

Micronized Copper Azole Preservative what gives... I got some PT landscape timbers at the Orange box yesterday to make the frame for my HF greenhouse like they recommend to use and just now looking at the end tags it says "not for contact with aluminum"... oh well dang that's what the...

Some really are...right? And we all probably know one too! :D Well at the WOC, World of Concrete trade show Makita just unveiled their latest high torque brushless cordless impact wrenches to level up the field. 3 new monster models a 1/2 wrench, a 3/4, and a 7/16 hex drive . Milwaukee...

This looks pretty cool guess its new from Ryobi Comes complete with 18v lion battery and charger too. New Ryobi 18V Chemical Sprayer P2810 - Tool Craze

I see Rigid has a cordless fan now, who else has them? I know Ryobi does. Makita too. Don't quite know about Dewalt. Rigid Ryobi Makita Makita has an even larger fan model on the market too...the DCF300Z I have the Milwaukee one I definitely like it. In the heat of summer I use almost...

This online link just came my way so I figure I'd share it here. I don't recall seeing it before so I don't know if its something new or not I just perused the search feature quickly just throwing in a couple of widely known brand names of tools and equipment in a general search nothing...

I'm really needing a few new ones :D The cheap lightweight stuff like the WallyWorld sells are pretty pathetic I have had some really good heavy ones usually I score them at flea mkts or stumble upon some closeout sale never paying more than $10 -$15 tops, but I have pretty much managed to...

I'm curious who uses their 1/4 in hex shank impact driver for drilling holes. I never have...yet. Mostly because I never have had the proper shanked drill bits. I guess mainly wood or wood products drilling is what talking about here, unless someone offers up a real world experience in some...

What do you guys think of these.. Seem Milwaukee is betting that this will replace the standard abrasive cut off wheel for the price point. Almost 400 cuts is claimed for one 4 1/2 wheel. Price $34 Milwaukee STEELHEAD Diamond, Goodbye Abrasive Cut-Off Wheels - coptool.com I'm not a metal...

Well we had the first plowable snowfall of the season only just last week here in southern VT. A wet and heavy sleet mix that's all iced up now as it dropped into low single digit temperatures overnight. A tragic tractor/suv collision resulting from those weather conditions I read about further...

I seen this list earlier today at Modern Farmer. Some of these reminded me of me...just a little :laughing: "My New Year resolution is to recognize that my wife may not want to talk about vegetables all the time. The other one is not to assume a ride through the field to check on our...

Seems that you no longer need that choice in your life. :confused3: Against the wishes of domestic producers and under threat of costly legal implications from both Canada and Mexico A Montana-based cattle trade association called R-CALF USA was the most vocal proponent. R-CALF released a...

or woman :D Trucker Destroys Historic Bridge Because She Didn't Know How Many Pounds Six Tons Was And I thought those motor jockeys from north of the border were bad. :confused2:

Traditional right? Just made eggplant parmesan, baked rigatoni with ricotta cheese, meatballs, hot and sweet sausage with onions and the sauce was from all the tomatoes I grew this season. Plus there is a full loaf of an olive oil Ciabatta bread just to fill you up. :) And talk about a GREEN...

Geez and for a while there I thought an IPX5 rated waterproof BT speaker was like really cool... Pretty awesome tools! And prices. :D Nemo Power Tools - Waterproof power tools - Tool Craze What no recip saw? :rolleyes:

Look like UPS is overwhelmed with packages from online shopping (which is up like never before) and have started using U Haul rental trucks to make some deliveries :eek: UPS: Don?t Panic If Your Package Is Delivered By A Driver Behind The Wheel Of A U-Haul ? Consumerist WSJ reported today that...

would you pay?? Not your basic Butterball: People are gobbling up heritage turkeys - Food - Boston.com I would raise birds if I can get customers like this! :D

Anybody seen this before... Eastern coyote? Meet the Coywolf | Watch Nature PBS online Recent hybrid cross breed they say :confused:

"Hey its just the way we have always done things" :rolleyes: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/19/business/irs-says-coca-cola-owes-3-3-billion-in-taxes.html?_r=0 Got to love it! :D

Being its a rainy day I'm just catching up my growing and farming news reports over the past week since the Holiday. Outbreaks in over half the country at least 27 states... :eek: Salmonella Outbreak Causes Massive US Cucumber Recall : News : Food World News According to the U.S. Centers...

Holy crapolly...now that's just plain nasty! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODf7760HwNY&feature=youtu.be Now I never intentionally treat my tools that rough but guess you never know what just might happen. :D

Anybody read upon this yet... Is this too much to ask for? Just for a selective few or the everyday guy too? "The Tool Control is really awesome on these drills and impacts as you can actually go in and set the exact RPM and torque levels for each of the tools 4 settings" Today?s Biggest...

Wow hey my Boss bought a cheap tool business and he wants me to market them now for him...along with 50 million other things he asks me to do ;) So I set up my first day of sales today I haven't unpacked all the boxes yet but there's wrenches and pliers and bolt cutters, hammers and...

Oh man I know that the lumber hardware store owners buys me an ice cream every afternoon at 2pm and sometimes breakfast at the lunch counter if I am early enough but geeze these driver bits I bought today where just total crap...I really couldn't believe it... all I was doing was driving...

Give me some suggestions... My boss wants the upstairs in his new barn finished so he needs a finished floor over the construction subfloor which is real mess from paint and wallboard compound. Its got to be wood of some form no adhesive tiles or lino Consulting with my independent lumber...

no slip all nylon gloves... Bought a pair...I love em digging in the dirt, mud, or handling greenhouse materials, tools or machinery. Problem though local hardware store had them for $7.00 a pair and when the guys at work saw them they ALL wanted me to get them some too. So I searched online...

Is there any good ones? Can actually be depended on? Be secure in knowing a light load wont fall out? They bought one today from a chain auto parts store its total piece of junk. Plastic clips that slip the strap with the slightest pressure. Wont last me the weekend I figure and I'm actually...

The last thing I need to do right now with all my other job priorities is get into this but the owners son decide to change the blades on the Woods BrushBull we use to cut at the orchard where I work. So after him wasting 5 hours getting nowhere giving little love taps with a 3lb hammer thru...

Wow! Owners make decision to put down escaped bison - WRGB CBS6 - Top Stories

So quite a while back we had a good long thread on the Non Contact Infrared Thermometers when I was looking to buy one. I was really concerned about their accuracy at that time. Online reviews seemed to be all over the board. It was like a hit and miss it seemed. And I did get one that I have...

Geez jus seen the latest 18V floodlight from Ryobi. I have to say its a really decent design with the 2x4 hanger and especially handy is the 120V plug in receptacle for unlimited use. Plus with these LED types of light there is so much less heat than with a halogen bulb. I have the Milwaukee...

I just viewed this online Anyone else seen it yet? Lumber Liquidators linked to health and safety violations - CBS News

I have a lower end version of the same manufacturer's clamp meter the 202A. Good reviews on Amazon For less than $25. Its decent well made, simple little meter for doing ac/dc volts AC amps and diode continuity testing and I'm happy with it. The big brother here is the 204 about twice as much...

Wow this off Ag Clips this morning Fraud, deception alleged in sale of family farm in Dudley - Worcester Telegram & Gazette - telegram.com Banksters and Lawyers who'd a thunk it hey :rolleyes: I'm posting this here because of the rural/farming nature of the family involved and the importance...

Anybody still have some? You know what I'm taking about...the fruits of your labors from your garden or orchard endeavors. What else right :D I getting down to the nitty gritty this time of year. Used up all my pickled hot peppers now, and the local onions I had gotten from another grower...

All right its winter for me I'm off of work for a while so I relax and sometimes watch DVD movies. I'm probably showing my age but I just finished watching the 2009 release of Star Trek with Chris Pine as Captain Kirk AGAIN! Its like at least the 3rd time I have watched it :laughing: I grew up...

We should have a place to post all those tools and/or accessories we just can't do without (or that were told we can't) How did we EVER get by before such modern innovations were invented Ladder Grabber EXT Review | Pro Tool Reviews Obviously there always someone somewhere feels that an...

1000 injuries in 3 1/2 years Whats up with this place? OSHA says the company's safety record is so poor that the administration has placed Ashley in its "Severe Violator Enforcement Program." Over the past three-and-a-half years, more than 1,000 work-related injuries were reported among the...

Some recent threads show that there is a lot of people on TBN with electronic experience parts/soldering/repair general electrical maintenance auto. Even the last little motorcycle project I was involved in had to solder in new brushes and a wiring harness to update and rebuild an antiquated...

Guess it was inevitable hey :rolleyes: Radio Shack files for bankruptcy, may sell off 2500 stores throughout North America You know its such a shame but a sign of times I tried to get a solderable fuse recently to fix the circuit board in a 6 outlet power strip we fried at work...none in the...

Any word on the rodent today? Yankee magazine says they're one and the same Difference Between a Groundhog and a Woodchuck | Lexicon - Yankee Magazine

Holy cow I just caught up this news. It originally happened just before the holidays and although nothing about it was in my immediate region it still concerns me somewhat considering I work for a decent sized regional apple producer and distributor with a tri-state market. Stuff like this is...

Put a motor on that thang! :D Lance Farmstrong - Modern Farmer

Ahh the deep space intricacies of painting your barn. :rolleyes: Hey but everybody really knows...red is simply the cheapest paint to buy. Google THAT! :laughing: Barns Are Painted Red Because of the Physics of Dying Stars | Smart News | Smithsonian

Hey I picked up this 24" Stillson pipe wrench for less than the price hot dog and a soda at the big flea mkt where I spend all my weekend time selling for the business I work at. Most folks never look twice at it and pass on by but since my buddy had snapped the handle of my cheap 14" Harbor...

National Ag Day was yesterday March 25. There was a lot of promotion in a lot places so I don't how you guys missed it. :rolleyes: I saw some great statistics on US Agriculture it surprised me being most folks think of farming as something from days gone by... and that Agriculture is still...

The "This Old House" thread brought back some fond memories of the New Yankee Workshop show Watch the craftsman himself at work... New Yankee Workshop - Shop Projects - WorkBench I - YouTube

So USA TODAY ran some articles ranking states by the over all well being of residents... America's most content states have good jobs, health Report: The most miserable states in the USA You can download the full report...http://info.healthways.com/wbi2013 Maybe you agree...disagree...

Here the link for the latest U.S Farm Census Statistics released today USDA - NASS, Census of Agriculture - Publications - 2012 And a few highlights... 6 Things You Need to Know From the New Farm Census - Modern Farmer

This study suggests just that. The study by scientists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln argues that there have been abrupt declines or plateaus in the rate of production of major crops which undermine optimistic projections of constantly increasing crop yields. Seems corn, grain, and...

What Does The Farmer Say? (Ylvis - The Fox PARODY) - YouTube :laughing:

Yup another food thread :D Years ago an old fellow vendor at my farmers market who originally came from Maine gave me some of those green and purple striped Italian pole bean seeds. Dragon Tongue was the name we always called them at market. Don't know if that's exactly right but it always...

Man we've had a lot a rain lately. More than 13 inches in two weeks but nothing like 2 years ago when we were struck hard by hurricane Irene here in Vermont. The flooding was spectacular (if the that's proper description!). Stream and rivers became torrents and all major access for transport was...

Hey I just learned I have a bad upper ball joint on the right side of my Dodge Durango I have 108,000 mi. I bought it used 2 1/2 years ago 88,000 mi. Looking on the web the just now pricing the part I learned Chrysler has had a serious issues with ball joints on Durango models made from 1998...

So what do any of you guys (or gals) know about flowers except not to weed wack them, run them over with the mower, let the dog dig them up, or spray them with roundup :D The flower guy is what they call me at the market and that's because I sell TRUCKLOADS of greenhouse flowers all season from...

I'm sure anyone who ever travels is quite aware of the different accents across the country but lo and behold a university level researcher created some maps showing regional favoritism of different words. 22 Maps That Show The Deepest Linguistic Conflicts In America - Business Insider But I...

At the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington DC Smithsonian curator Peter Liebhold thinks there should be an Ag Hall archive of American farming and is now asking for farmers and rural communities to contribute. Liebhold is hoping to gather enough information for the...

Long story not so short. ;) I have been having some battery/charging issues over the winter months. I had found a broken battery post clamp on my negative cable replaced that, then still had a weak battery after a few days sitting. Considering it was the original John Deere battery that came...

I like hot peppers...I grow them, I sell them, I dry them and grind them up, and I pickle them. I even eat them at breakfast. Hot cherry are my favorite love them with cream cheese and bagels! I even like hot pepper sauces but I never made one yet but might be a cool thing to do. :) My best...

The movie I just watched it. Has anyone else seen it? I direct marketed fresh produce at farmers markets and to resturants chefs on my own for many years, and in my current postion I now get paid to promote fresh produce and to do farmer markets by my employer. In my area of the Northeast its...

Decided to get into the cider donut business down at the orchard and this is what we got...a Donut Robot Mark 2 makes up to 450 donuts an hour. Ansul system, stainless hood, table, machine, mixer, I turned this 2x4 shed into kitchen...roof vents, wire, insul, windows, ceiling joists, rock...

Took these pics last summer and one day had showed them to my boss at work He insisted it was a coyote and I say its a grey fox! So I figure wheres the best place for another opinion or two...or 3 or 4 lol! Why on TBN of course! :)

bite the hook and take a chance?? Seems all over EBAY and Amazon (maybe even other places too) there all kind of stuff being sold/shipped direct to you from Chinese sources. Granted it ALL comes from there anyhow but is it really cutting out the middle man...or is the American markup worth the...

It's Do or Die for Sears, Best Buy, J.C. Penney and RadioShack - WSJ.com

...with Laser! So who has one??? I want to get one of these. I'm sure it will more than earn its keep around my house even more so in the garage and I might even check the grease temp in the new apple cider donut machine I just installed down at the Orchard where I work too! So today I went...

Here's a few pics of the mulch layer I got from Holland Transplanter. <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.transplanter.com>http://www.transplanter.com</A> Looks like it will make for an easy job of installing the plastic mulch I use in the vegetable garden. DFB

Did someone mention mud? DFB

After seeing Devildog's photo thread profiling his Leinbach plow <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.tractorbynet.com/cgi-bin/compact/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=photos&Number=114207&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=0&fpart=>Breaking in new plow</A> I also decided to get one. I've purchased direct from...

Recent discussions about removing trees coupled with the current mild local weather had me motivated to tackle some overgrowth that was too big to get at with my JD 413 rotary cutter last summer. A stand of white pines. Many in the 4"- 6" dia. range. Bolted the toothbar back onto the loader...

Winter storm watches have been posted for parts of Northern Pennsylvania, central and eastern New York, (but not New York City or Westchester County) and parts of New England. Most of Massachusetts is in the watch, as well as Southern Vermont, and a small portion of Southern New Hampshire. This...

FYI Saw some black painted King Kutter equipment at a dealer's recently that I hadn't seen before. I e-mailed KK for info on what I had seen and they sent me a brochure describing it as THE ALL NEW XB LINE. EQUIPMENT DESIGNED FOR TODAY'S SUB COMPACT TRACTORS. (their words not mine) and...

I call this the jungle. An old horse corral overgrown for past decade. DFB

Saw this article in the morning newspaper. A small business success story. Rot to Riches Seems like you can sell just about anything these days and find someone to buy it. DFB

This looks like one handy attachment for logging work. DFB

Which tire is best? It seems that the question has been around awhile. Came across an old magazine that had these tire ads in it. FARM JOURNAL Oct. 1937. Decided to post them up here. DFB

Gave the JD 4100HST (115hrs) a good workout tilling up the garden and running back and forth to dump bucket loads of stones, which gave me plenty of opportunity to use the brakes. Coming to a fast stop the brakes would make a loud howling sound. My brother, a OTR driver said it sounded almost...

I know thru previous posts there are all types of ballasting being used. Some of the ideas are quite creative for sure. Weight being the important factor. Anyhow my tractor (JD) came with a loader operators' manual and it is specific on how much weight to use on different models as proper loader...

Can't get an image file to load up into my post. Is there just a problem on my end or is that something that still needs to be straightened out.

Just a simple idea. Ain't much to look at though. The box is from a utility lawn & garden trailer. Mounted on a carryall frame.

Muhammmad, there are no photo links to be found in any forum at this time. (7:00 AM EST 01/13/01)

Here's a web link to one source of these materials. www.greatwesternliner.com

Muhammad, how does this idea sound. Basically it would be a survey indicating what implements are being most frequently used with which HP tractors by forum members. The results could be displayed in columns on a cross reference chart. Implement type/usage down one side, HP rating across the...

I knew that John Deere were once two cylinder but...

This article was frontpage in this morning newspaper. Quite a kick in the pants for those south of here.www.portland.com

I just gotta think anyone who's a serious gardener has to appreciate this implement. Its a rototiler that can be adjusted for row spacing and the red box on top holds fertilizer that feeds in front of the tines thru the tubes so you can side dress the plants.

This one's not really a compact. FORD 3930

This one's my favorite FORD 2120

I hope you like looking at tractor photos as much as I do. They're not mine but belong to those near and dear to me. I took these pics when I was home for the holidays. FORD 1210

Had this photo in the computer. John Deere 4100

No, not the ones with the brown trucks. Seems that the local utility company is challenged to supply a continuous source of electricity around here.(maybe all the holiday lights has something to do with it) Now its 3 times today the power went just for a moment and had restart, log in etc. Just...