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Seems rules for thee but not for me is his platform? Yup there is a lot of hypocrisy in these green advocates (for someone else). He has outed himself several times but his bandwagon must have several spare wheels because he just keeps rolling along. add: the heat pump conversation, The air...

there's a reason why they are "poor third world countries".....they "don't do it"

That last line rings true and the "divide and conquer" supports a global play against the USA. Some might conclude that even our supposed allies are in on it? Certainly the socialist extremity has much of it's roots in Europe.... the internet being the "lazy" venue, perfect for "catching the...

We haven't sunk our ship yet (USA) So goes the demands, so we can become them and buy in to the environmental hysteria that has hijacked economies in the western world. Not to mention the ability to defend themselves if a country like China or Russia chooses to intervene. However this guy or...

The mainstream "news" as well...information has been hijacked and the truth suppressed.(lying by omission is probably the most common, and in turn, the most nefarious) Who feeds the info?...probably the most powerful sponsors, using any available platform or site to support their agenda and...

sounds like a threat. where did you get this copy and paste? notes from the virtue signalling World Economic Forum? We're always the odd one out, that's what makes us the best nation in the world. China?, Now there's some real genuine commitment.....a government that unleashed a bio weapon on...

info today: a thousand lemon-aid stands many selling the same thing (often an ideology represented as a product) Once you introduce politics in the mix not only does the science get skewed, the cost and logistics gets the "shell game" Fear is the headline.. it works on people's hearts and...

it's funny how the cost always gets back page news.....not just directly to the consumer but the environment as well. fossil fuels are currently the bad guy but what about.... Manufacturing solar panels, wind turbines, and electric cars that need large amounts of raw materials/rare earth...

As said by Hay-Dude, battery powered equipment has a place in most people's tool shed...I have some and most work fine. But the mandates are for totalitarian governments. Freedom of choice is a staple of a free society....You want electric fine but don't remove my choice of what works best for...

I suppose people adapt and learn a new curve..but I'm an old guy who doesn't have the time or money to reinvent myself when the old way costs less and works just fine the problem; they,(the bureaucratic rule makers and Congress pundits), like the energizer bunny, keep going and going and...

fair enough...

I beat that by one year when I bought my new Kioti tractor. ( it was tier four but not the final version) no reburner..... they had one 2012 clutch model left on the lot...Everyone wants hydro stat nowadays...but i wanted the clutch cause none of my land is flat. It was both research and a bit...

well here is the rub....natural diesel vs additive diesel B5 ultra and others which claim to replace the natural lubricant sulfur...hydro technology claims to replace sulfurs natural lubricant. ....?????? from several studies around the world with different wording but essentially the same...

Oregon regulations has squeezed supply issues designed to force people into higher % bio- diesel..Right now most pumps are B20 and the B5 mix has almost disappeared ...the subsidies for the ethanol fuel mix has been tripled by the last admin.(the so-called infrastructure bill) Basically...

To answer that I would only be able to offer a "storied" version of West Coast experience only..figured it would be too long and not that interesting, so I will try to condense: The East Coast is likely different I live in a pretty remote/secluded area and in reality out of touch with...

How rich are we after we pay our bills? .... and don't have the growth and diverse working population needed to sustain economic viability and to fund these un-vetted social programs.... if we keep throwing money at something that has no outside audit, veiled accountability, proven waste...

I homesteaded 12 acres of raw woodland....it was hard work physically and also took a great deal of "diligence" Property that was built from the ground up by me and my family.. Probably not your "vision" of success. If "socially minded" is about power and influence in a society then I'm not...

proxy manufacturing with foreign adversaries in the mix compromises regional free trade and should be understood if these 3 nations expect co-operative/reciprocal trade relations and region sovereignty. This is where the build should be. Much of South America is being lured away from America...

the major cost of auto insurance is about liability/medical. If you have more uninsured people you pay for their lack of it.

unchecked diseases spread .... since I'm in the area where it has. You get those negatives when single party rule dominates the agenda and also collaborate state to state to help get a unifying hold on control and power. Secular/hijacked societies from states like California, Oregon...

yup warfare is rapidly changing....cyber, EMPs satellite interceptors,Bio, etc ....and probably several other means we don't know about. Economic weapons could be the most powerful in the long run including those dastardly tariffs. Think ignoring China might be a mistake in that regard. They...

I agree the Monroe Doctrine? Those founding fathers had some pretty good insight on how to form and keep America's new found identity viable. Regional security being a key to preserving democratic republics in the region. Industry, innovation and free enterprise, eventually provided both the...

Critics usually get it wrong and the general public should pay little attention to knee-jerk rants. Smart people in charge now so it's best we let them....well, "be in charge" Could be a major step forward given the last four years of no-one in charge, or in charge of decline. yes, China is by...

reciprocal trade is not the doom and gloom you project and there will be many other supporting items in the full package..all quite transparent, what a concept! So maybe you should be thankful for this wide open transparency so you can guess about the future with this information up front ...

Well, Hay Dude, by design, reality escapes these sheltered folks, They really think they are smarter than the new cavalry coming in. But how smart are you when you pretend that business as usual is working? They are satisfied with being a service nation with big government in control. Or...

yes term limits may help It's the DC swamp and donor money that moves these people away from the voters. Soon they become part of it. It's an entrenched system and will be a tough one to break down. Transparency and an informed voting public vs politically tainted opinionated journalism...

Yes progress has it's virtue...and also has a signal of it as well. I suspect 'the good old days" to have a wide and varied opinion on when or if? I'm an old guy so lived through good and bad. Maybe it's human nature to always want something better or more attuned to their chosen...

no as we exclude the lecture on what is and what ain't, here is whats historically undeniable: The continued diversion to Congress for the same results only more of it, that kicks the can down the road and gets us 36 trillion in debt. Then comes the never ending cycle of tax, spend, and...

government workers spending time online projecting politics in a tractor forum instead of concentrating on their job. Could that be considered a waste of taxpayer dollars?

So there is no government waste because Congress assures you that? Seems that is rather "ridiculous" so maybe the "concept" of exposing the books (transparency) just might be good for citizens who pay taxes and want to know if government is milking them. Soon to be 37 trillion in debt. Right...

very good post....and it also points out that the "undermine Trump news" is loaded with narration against anything Trump. When has it not been? It seems that the thread was started based on slanted headlines and a narration? .....when the details and thought process (from much smarter people)...

Well said

Well it's much more than that, but I do understand unions as part of the problem. However, IMO, progressive governments are a major player. As " supply and demand" can be real or manufactured/manipulated. Union leadership and their lawyers, represent the system as the workers are simply...

FBI, ATF AG HHS ????? They make announcements about how we should be aware but activity in the arrest and prosecution stage seems scarce? Is this just a problem that isn't a problem unless it becomes a negotiating point for political posturing? Pretty pathetic, Long past time for an honest...

Politics as usual.....transparency is never favorable to government, (especially when promoting a particular agenda)....Enter the so-called news to hand out headlines with intentional divisive rhetoric. It's pretty obvious that this is just a sideline attack on the incoming administration by...

Likely the cartels are both supply and demand for the guns....Get rid of the cartels and the problem will get addressed at it's source, including deporting the facilitators in the supply chain from the USA.... but will take time given the entrenchment allowed for many years in Mexico and the...

clover and alfalfa are the main cover crops/nitrogen fixers in the Willamette Valley and east of the cascades....They get a double shot, clover and alfalfa hay bring big bucks. (usually several cuttings and more leafy after the first cut ) Then they can plant other follow up crops in nitrogen...

Yup, them horses are out of the barn and roaming the plains of the USA. Fields of hay and alfalfa and bags of of high quality grain at their disposal. that said the Cartels own them and they never pay their bills.

It was on several news stations....and online platforms. "Just the News" posted a Reuters report that Sheinbauam said they discussed illegal immigration and drug trafficking....according to her no agreement was reached. (Political posturing the norm.) She is a socialist so promotion of open...

YUP, The smart people had this notion all along. Glad they will soon be fully in charge. seems all these second guessers and self-anointed economical experts in this forum just have a personal vendetta. The start of this thread suggested that as well. Also for those that don't think...

I don't look at the Mexican people as the enemy. But "helping" corrupt Marxist style governments has a very bad track record...... and with China lurking and the Cartels in full blown production of fentanyl, human trafficking, smuggling,etc. how could anyone expect anything but a promotion of...

If through Chinese or other foreign proxies, it makes perfect sense. If it's done as a deterrent for illegal immigration and helps to secure our border with both sex trafficking, terrorists, and drug transportation it also makes sense.... remain in Mexico worked and was only accomplished...

Reciprocal trade with our trading partners...This is just common sense. Global marketing has grown to the point that it has left domestic fiscal responsibility mortgaged. (kind where we are at now). Tariffs can be used as a bargaining chip that puts our domestic market in a more competitive...

I wasn't defending the harms of particulate fallout.....as in which comes first, the "man made Co2 causing forest fires" or a much more complicated natural cycle with the sun at the center?

government mandates usually mean cost, lack of choice, and the science doesn't really matter when the experiment has a predetermined outcome. When a particular government determines how you make your product, innovation loses out and most consumers carry the fallout via their pocketbook and...

Credibility has always been missing from the EPA.....People are fools if they think this guise of peoples health concern is at the forefront of this ever extending reach for our wallets is anything but a phony virtue signal that targets a dumbed down public. ......The EPA has close to a zero sum...

First of all your entire post is worth the read. A good analogy of caution and wisdom. Many folks are so busy with sustaining a livelihood that they miss the "big picture." ......and to this particular quote I will add that parts, service, and choices are diminishing at a rate that leaves...

I agree...they just don't stop. I have a tier 4 Kioti but it is first phase and just has the electronics. no re-burn and also 2 grand cheaper. I did some research and planned my purchase (2013) and the dealer still had a 2012 model (clutch). A simple, but well built tractor with the consumer...

mandates/regulations hurt most of us and are costly ....ordinary people accept them because choices are diminishing at a rapid rate......In the name of environmental stewardship but administered by "virtuous" bureaucrats. The by-product of reducing sulfur dioxide and particulates is C02......so...

yes, the good old days when customers had the most influence on what the market supplied.....But we were our own manufacturer/supplier back then and competition gave us those choices...... then add in government mandates/compliance etc. and the choices are further diluted.....

who protects us from the government? Since many of these bureaucratic and elected officials seem to promote legalizing drugs and then letting the system free up the distribution and remove the penalties with the less than 1% chance of actual rehabilitation. Talk about wasted money...but we (not...

Here is some science. I Just use it to try and understand why a global group of elites use it to create hysteria and demolish economies? There is a war on fossil fuels. Wars have consequences and leave a lot of people dead, wounded, and impoverished. I didn't get this from a link I got it from...

Capitalism today only succeeds for large corporations who in turn control the government. When your government colludes with these global entities, that have an agenda to take down the US with a green energy hoax, then individual and often selective "facts" mean little. Poorer nations won't get...

"those who think they know it all have no way of finding out they don't" reference pending

but at least us flat earth people know that mankind can't control the climate, there are two genders, and that women have two x chromosomes (no variation) and men have an x and a y. (some variation but never both without the other). Kind of a good formula for the existence of life's generations...

careful now, you might push me over the edge.

NG is a fossil fuel...it is still a target on the escalating war on fossil fuels. Fracking and other new technologies opened up better opportunities for extracting oil and natural gas reserves. All of this was available at reasonable costs because the structure and investment costs were already...

from National Geographic "Weathering describes the breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on the surface of the Earth. Water, ice, acids, salts, plants, animals, and changes in temperature are all agents of weathering."

Good analysis...... and the games they play are about shoving climate change down our throats as a diversion to the real issues that have compounded themselves into self destruction. The US is on the verge of collapse, The climate change hysteria is a huge chunk of ill advised policies...

Here you go leaving out weather and geology to promote your theory.....Miami and Manhattan are at or below sea level. This is just a simple fact of the landscape. Then you leave out the moons effect on tides and of course storm surges. This is weather and not climate. No one can accurately...

Hope you make a lot of money....where can I collect?

you don't say much but the content and context of what you say gets to the point in a hurry.

This was not proven .......with SARS they were able to duplicate animal to man infection.....They have never been able to do that with the Wuhan virus. China could clear that up but they knew it came from their lab, so they covered it up and let it spread around the world.

The "scientific community " likes to identify with groups hence the words community/consensus etc. Most geologists, physicists, meteorologists don't interact in a group think tank to decide what gets surfaced to the public. They likely have been studing climate long before the hysteria hit the...

this simple sentence says it all....thus the truth gets compromised, no matter what model you introduce. However the practical, reasonable, logical side doesn't get the headlines and therefore doesn't reach the general public. The problem of course is that science gets hijacked in the...

It's a tough battle for the little guy....especially the rural folks (the new frontier for their takeover.) These corporations are banking on their power,money and influence to literally squash opposition. Small towns and rural communities simply don't have the cash to fight them. Now with our...

One thing about the weather it changes....for the past 3 to 4 years my area has been colder but later into the winter and into spring. Snow pack is above normal again this year and California has had the most snow on record this past winter and into spring....Last year it snowed a over a foot in...

I don't have solar panels but the work just to shovel off deep snow was plenty for me. I live at a higher elevation and snow stays longer and can get deep in a short time. We have "seasonal" weather and patterns but sometimes it just stays cold. 2-3 inches or maybe some melt during the...

So they are constantly improving fish survival rate; this from the Pacific NW National Laboratory "On average, about 96 of 100 young salmon, called smolts, survive the downstream migration through each lower Columbia River and Snake River dam. This means, with several dams on the Columbia River...

I live above the lower Columbia river. Part of the vast Columbia River basin which begins in Canada. Politics is everywhere and that includes hydroelectricity. It took 20 years of negotiation with Canada in 1964 to construct storage reservoirs to improve capacity down stream. Currently this...

so you have solar panels on your roof?

Could be plenty of pitfalls yet discovered? Infrastructure the big one and land mass used is #2. See some untouched land, fill it up with metal and plastic. So if you live in the north, less sunlight for longer periods and more cloudy days and with snow accumulation, when the sun comes...

looks a lot more on blue run states to me. So "almost as bad as" just doesn't fit according to your map. But i guess I shouldn't believe my lying eyes?

I live in the pacific NW....hydro plants along the Columbia have very efficient fish ladders that work just fine. In addition to this, the dam also provides, recreation, irrigation, and flood control. Not to mention affordable power..... and with infrastructure already in place, cheaper to get...

This thread started out as someones concern for his daughters property being surrounded by a forest of solar panels....I don't want to speak for anyone but myself in here I would share those same concerns, as in turning our rural landscape into a plastic and metal forest. I homesteaded some...

I don't necessarily disagree with your analogy on business vs government but I have to argue about having a businessman's perspective into a broken and stagnant system. How we approach this is easily debated, and is, but with little integrity and no results. When you have a divided and...

my hero(s) are....not famous. They are relatively simple and modest and mostly behind the scenes. Many of them people who gave everything for their country including their lives. The politics always undermines their great sacrifices but they did it anyway...... Maybe they even preserved the...

American companies have been moving out since the 70's that's 5 +decades of outsourcing and no legislation before that did anything about it. We regulate our industries and they move out .......Why single out someone you don't like and point the finger...... China is entrenched and corporations...

It isn't my plan...... it had already been implemented. So anyone can talk about a good plan for America but we need someone to step up and execute it. The process is swampy to say the least but a particular businessman was willing to challenge it head on and did get some meaningful things done...

Corporate America runs the government. They elect and appoint representatives to influence their cause....For the last several decades China and the global elites have a huge presence in how we run our country. So essentially we are already state run. The last administration was taking...

This has data that clearly refutes this.....now I could ask you; hows the weather? and you could sit in your cubical and tell me it's sunny and yet the people standing outside in the rain have a different opinion.......

Logistic costs get passed on to the consumer.....More regional supply = lower costs......everything we do here to promote domestic logistics reduces costs. Here's what we know as outsiders; The deal that was made with oil companies (the America first administration) by modifying some...

But running oil in a pipeline is better than transporting by trucks and rail both economically and emission wise. Whether you argue for or against the pipelines, they reduce costs and less polluting which makes a case that they are a better way to go.

We are reducing emissions ......But the issue is how we do it and how we measure the results. Elimination of Fossil fuels is a nice virtue signal but impracticable. If we look at the big picture of fossil fuels compared with intermittent alternatives such as wind and solar then the moral case...

Ok but you threw in the false claim of how fossil fuels are killing the planet....I understand why people get duped because the mainstream, and in particular, the immensely powerful World Economic Forum flood our hearts and minds with agenda driven propaganda. (Follow the money). I bought in to...

This is a broad brush statement that indeed lacks insight and your so-called "research." You can make this claim like your friends Gretta, Al, and John but here is the problem. No supporting facts just rhetorical parroting and grandstanding. Most people don't research this and that goes for this...

Well I'm an old retired guy, 35 years in the work force in an industry that made a product...I commuted from my small homestead 50 miles to work every day.. now retired and went from part time farmer to pretty much full time. My faith in US manufacturing is as low as yours and add in that...

Green energy is a scam and taking up large tracks of rural land for solar panels and windmills by using short term incentives is absolutely insane. People that buy into this have been duped and before they realize what hits them it will be too late. (the inevitable cost of this cart before the...

First of all I can imagine a grapple but that's as far as I have gotten with that expense..I'm with the guy that says a little hand labor is good exercise for an old guy like me, so I use a pitchfork on the smaller stuff and debris. (fork into the bucket). Didn't see it mentioned here, but this...

and the trigger here is a claim on what is "substantive" vs what is not.

".05 cents in 1968" is $15.00 today...... and counting.... not the tag word "inflation" but simply what it costs an "individual" to own and operate theses items. The "additions" never stop, so one might wonder when the "good of mankind" has an end or even a reasonable result that doesn't...

I have a couple eagle flip top cans......there is a custom plastic spout you can attach to pour.....No resistor inside the spout or can. Sometimes you just pay for what you assume is quality (by the high price) but don't always "get what you pay for". However, the cans I own (expensive) but...

I liked your whole post and points well taken, Oh yes the big picture.......Seems that taking freedom for granted is the blind spot that a dumbed down, dependent society has given up to government? I've been around a long time and government intervention is always about power/money/control...

The issue here is they don't stop adding more regulation and expense.....checked out California lately. The EPA has a history of being politically coerced and mired in bureaucracy. They have very little credibility left....so this is why the flags go up.

30 years back when things were made in America and Japan, Consumer reports was pretty good. They had good testing and maybe they still do, but now most everything made is brokered to the lowest bidder(outsourced)........ and testing a new product that might only last until the warranty runs out...

I use TWP on decking and wood fencing. I switched back to 100 as I found it lasted longer than the environmental (more expensive 200) Some States still allow 100, but I'm not sure about Canada .....I have used Cabot acrylic on my barn siding and it has held up well also.

several points; preparation; the hard part (as always) is pre-stain preparation. Bare new wood vs old and weathered? vertical or decking? also type of wood (much of your deck wood supply chain is hemlock or other white, loose grain soft wood and treated on the surface only(generally not good...

I suspect a reputation or a familiar name might get more interest, but market value alone doesn't consummate a purchase for a potential buyer. In this day and age with assembly, parts, and materials all potentially being compromised with outsourcing you never know where that part is made or what...

I use that method as well. Cut (in the woods) into similar lengths along with larger branching depending on the tree. Pick them up with pallet forks, yard them to my wood shed, and roll them onto home made log rack near my wood shed. This cutting platform base is two large cedar logs one 28" and...

yes, maple, alder, and Douglas fir.....some cherry laurel that is harder. Maple and alder are soft hardwoods and not ideal for heating but I have 12 acres of these and Doug fir, so it's a free supply. Last season. I burned about 3 cord Oct-Mar, The temps were about average, but the usual colder...

yes I am an old guy (73) and I have been splitting wood manually since I was around 11 years old. I came to this thread because I have been on the fence for awhile (on getting a splitter) given my age. I have wooded property and for the last 35 years have been heating my home with this...

it's a middle class decline........which was once the heartbeat of America. But I'm pretty well convinced that there is a "grand design" here related to power and control. Those that can't afford are essentially dependent on governments to supply their needs. They also don't have the skills...

I guess many wonder what the Biden admin. is doing for the rest of the country. I am sure a vested green California gets the perks it needs to help promote a policy with their "green energy showroom" Bad example of common sense evolution when you just add debt to cover the costs...

EV vs ICE ? well I do like a competitive market so I have no issue with that. It's the elimination of choices that gives me pause. I'm an old guy and the eggs in my basket are 90 % ICE. not because I don't appreciate "modern advancements" but because I'm vested in what works for me personally...

An acknowledgement gets you somewhere .......We all live in our own environments. The "huge number of Americans that fit that profile" can cancel us out, if they desire. Portland, the surrounding metropolitan area, and down the I-5 corridor run our state....Most people in charge are not native...

Climate change has been around for about 60 million years....For the past 3 million years, Earth’s climate has been in an "Icehouse" state characterized by alternating glacial and inter-glacial periods. Modern humans evolved during this time....so what data shows a date on "a particular point of...

Well I've read several books. I've never been a single source person because you have to cut through agenda driven and politically skewered propaganda. The best book for the science is by M.J. Sangster "The real Inconvenient Truth,it's warming but it's not CO2". The best book for explaining the...

I am merely providing the known science.....the bottom line for how much C02 affects global warming is probably not "settled" as the claim insists. So I stand with continuing the science and not using skewered modeling that has political motives with hysterical hype designed to extract money out...

It's so common for "rebuttals" to be attributed to a political party or ideology. I'm an American and I think for myself and draw my own conclusions based on whats evident. Biden's government has put pressure on oil companies with his war on fossil fuels. Refineries have been shut down in...

I am confident that you are confused? Fuel prices started climbing two months after Biden took office for one simple reason. The War on fossil fuels and the green new deal. (his executive policy) So politics started affecting fuel prices, and the subsequent economic decline, the day he took...

This time estimate might work in a stable economy, that has (and uses) it's own domestic resources. So we shut down an infrastructure all ready in place, IE the fossil fuels that built our nation, and also made it stable and economically viable, and we proceed with an expensive new world "deal"...

here is the math (if you believe in science)? The main gases in the earth's atmosphere are nitrogen (78%), oxygen (21%), and argon (0.93%). This leaves about 0.07 % of the atmosphere for all other gases which are mostly greenhouse gases. Greenhouse gases are therefore trace gases. Of the...

gas operated appliances are the most efficient source of energy in the market today. I'm not promoting gas as it's not available where I live but I do understand the science....and I have a heat pump that will not will not heat my home in the cold winter months in the north. I totally rely on my...

It seems that this point is often overlooked. I would say that Rural folks and those who just want an outing to a landscape other than urban streets and suburban neighborhoods might resent this comparison to Europe if it means limitations on their freedoms to explore the vast spaces of their...

MossRoad; I understand what your saying, but offer up the following reasoning; The global economy is not working for most US citizens. "Isolationism" seems like a political talking point and is not what putting our country back to a reasonable more viable economic position is about...

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a manufacturing facility....or an assembly plant? Whirlpool is a corporation that puts its name on a product that they are satisfied to recycle on the cheap....I guess at least having US workers employed is better than no jobs, but a company of integrity with a reliable long lasting product...

they may have been assembled in the USA ? but all the parts are brokered to the lowest bidder....Of course China is main ingredient but they are moving on to more profitable ventures like the NBA, solar panels, batteries, Apple, Microsoft etc. the list goes on.........much of these parts come...

Sorry for your misery, perfection takes time....and money (lots of it) The 6.0 and 6.4 were disasters. Glad I have my smooth running Navistar 7.3 power-stroke that has lasted for 22 years. Doesn't overheat like the Detroit either. the 7.3 liter is a basic, well constructed, diesel engine and...

well done. I like the common sense and taking out the "one size fits all" lumping. You mentioned the bio fuel ratio that some may not correlate to fuel economy. My experience with both my F-350 7.3 diesel truck and tier 4 (4th phase no regen) tractor, is that not only do they run with less...

I agree with your sentiments on these basic principals for environmental responsibility. As a country overall we have done a pretty good job at improving and holding energy companies responsible for the environment. I would say that most energy companies today are on board. But as stated above...

The oil companies used flaring to mitigate a much more concerning release of raw methane into the atmosphere. Does make sense to capture it but everything is at a cost up front. The fossil fuel industry is under attack politically, and as always the consumer will take the hit for poor policy via...

I'm not debating the science just the "cart before the horse solutions".... in which governments politicize, cater to special interests, and leave the middle class with the expense and blame. Viable economies were built on fossil fuels, so if you just turn it off (as in the US today) the...

I might put my contribution to clean air and water above yours. So don't try and claim a moral high ground here when you lump me into your problem with your supossedly deteriorating air quality. Get someone in your area to look into your problem and leave the blame where it belongs. You folks...

Yes I am old enough.....but I lived in an area that had clean air and not many automobiles. Probably about as rural as one can get I suppose. I have a different view of government as they have forced metropolitan compliance's on a person who is a responsible citizen without their...

government, along with their environmental lobbyists have little regard for the average rural American and really not much for science unless it suits their agenda......No speech here just plain fact. The math goes like this; Our atmosphere is comprised of 78% nitrogen, 21 % Oxygen, and 0.93%...

The blue one on the left is an OEM relay for the starter solenoid(?) and the one on the right is the replacement? I noticed the amp. difference on the high end.

4.5 billion years of climate change on earth. "mother nature" in progress? However the context was anthropogenic Co2 emissions and how global politics misrepresents the science.

yes you live in CA and unfortunately that "climate" disease is now in Oregon and Washington........carbon tax anyone? Ps I don't deny climate change but I do deny the hoax that man can change it. 78% of our atmosphere is nitrogen 21% oxygen, argon .93%. This leaves about ,07 % left for all...

good insight......Yes that is the plan

I wonder if a perfectly innocent post could be hijacked by righteousness? Seems you might be bored?

Ok I think you have a reasonable perspective but not sure if your promoting a specific angle? You said your in sales so it would seem a bias account? The middle man (dealer) is often a local that may have an investment in the community as well. He needs to make a profit to stay in business...

It's the stereotyping of "Old Farts" as if wisdom is obsolete. I'm older than you, but here I am in an online tractor forum always looking for information, options, and ideas. I learn something new every day, but it can take weeks (or longer) to verify the legitimacy of each source on the...

Most older people accept that change is inevitable. But if change is not an improvement over what works for them then they resist. Choices are what matter and when "you people" continually undermine/eliminate choices in the name of progress then you get what we have today. Corporate...

I have a 40 hp kioti tractor. It runs on 15 blended diesel. It even runs when the wind isn't blowing. 80 million wind turbans at full capacity doesn't make it run any better. This information is not available on either right wing or left wing cable. I can agree there is plenty of nonsense to...

We all want clean air but still have to have a bottom line we can be comfortable with. Everything they mandate puts added cost on the owner. Plus maintenance, trouble shooting and sometimes operation gets more complicated and time consuming.....My tractor is tier 4 compliant but these have been...

Larry Sanger the co-founder of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, who left the organization more than a decade ago says; "biased and partial actors have "gamed" the user-edited database, ruining what it was meant to be. He said that because "Wikipedia allows anonymous contribution, it has been...

yes sir captain Narrative I checked my head this mourning and it was quite intact. i even did a brain test and passed (C-) I guess i have some learning to do and at my age whoa!) Seems i survived on Common sense, logic and reason? (so far) maybe a bit of skepticism as well so after that...

We have the land mass I'll give you that....but as the norm, government exploitation has the power and the incentives (taxpayers money) to push what is looking more and more like an agenda. At what cost? both monetarily and environmentally. These turbines need massive foundations, rely on...

I agree this is a platform that rural people can feel comfortable in without the bombardment of people who just want to rant. I have been caught up in some topics that certainly have political tones, but lets be clear politics has been injected into just about everything these days. I was...

Coal plants were overwhelmed with regulatory compliance. They made major improvements over air quality in the last 3 decades but as always these costs get passed on to the consumer. With almost zero tax breaks and public opinion turned against them they were doomed.....Natural gas (a fossil...

it's great to get input as I like to see real pro-active solutions and continue to wonder whether government is actually working for it's people or simply working for control of a platform. In most cases the later is true... hence your "monumental task" became someone or something beyond your...

so, you edited your comment and offered up some other comments....IMO one giant step towards "real solutions" would to have been to honor/enforce the existing immigration laws in the first place. But then you start putting both activist and bought judges into the process and legal immigration...

yes there will be abundant fraud and waste. There is plenty of historical evidence that fraud, waste, mismanagement, and political hacking are the norm. The evidence is presented in your assessment of our roads, airports, bridges, etc. as past political porking/hacking/corporate featherbedding...

The stated goals of subsidies (supposedly) were to stimulate demand for wind and solar technology in the hope that their high cost would decline. As we see today that is no longer viable as the technology has plateaued and therefore these larger companies can enter the market as is (but these...

This is an old thread and likely dead but I read through much of it as it meandered through peoples thoughts and debates. Really very important issues that could have a lasting effect on America. and how it's middle class citizens get victimized by ideological groups that play the "I'm educated...

there you go, Mikester excellent point(s) and one that many younger generation people are fine with because they accept having their livelihoods controlled by government bureaucrats and global elites. I guess owning something outright (bought and paid for) means you only own it by permission...

I'll go along with that........(I live off a gravel road so dirt on equipment is part of life for me) Truck gets washed and waxed but hits the road dirty more than clean......and I do wash my tractor once a year, even wax it.

Is this is an assumption based on city/suburbia driving? (referring to a rather narrow take on truck heights.) Out here in rural America we need the ground clearance and my rare trips to metropolitan areas (maybe your location) gives me a better view of my surroundings as long as I play it smart...

Bubba needs something that can't be provided in a tractor forum. We don't play politics in here so try out your group think bs somewhere else......besides you have expounded a total fantasy which is typical of someone with an agenda....try social media... In here we believe in mechanical power...

Are you close to marine fuel (boat docks and moorings) They generally have non-ethanol fuel for boats because of the moisture wicking. Oregon has been hijacked by the rural hating city outsiders (Marxists) as well, but we still have the marine resources and some local supply at a pump or 2 about...

here we get a statement that a "know it all" makes claims but can only back it up with cherry picked singular data essentially leaving out specific details and facts mentioned by some of us in this forum. I could digest some info from him if he wasn't supplanting valid data and personal...

My statements are false because you say they are......? Your chart is "modeled" to get a result and is fake because it leads in that low emissions fuel standards are better for fuel economy. I'm saying your argument is subjective rather than objective...which is what you people do.

I do think you have nailed it alexpops. So this is the real inconvenient truth. If you think man caused co2 (anthropocentric) at .25% of all greenhouse gases will be a factor in climate change then you have been duped. (its politics) and the idea of making rural America pay for this hoax is...

thanks guys....great advice and the part about pulling a plug and checking part number is perfect for my situation.

Currently I have some issues with cold starts on my Kioti DK 40. So after some suggestions and further trouble shooting, I have this information; I originally thought my trouble was electrical as in the relay or timer......but after doing some testing I think I can rule that out? I get about...

got my new tester...getting 11.67 volts to buss bar (checked at 3rd plug down on buss bar)...have yet to pull off the buss bar to check individual resistance, but decided to check OHMS and got .5 from I presume might be an average of all 4?......It seems funny that I may have had the plugs go...

I think there are many lubricants that work...( if the problem is the switch itself,) then a lubricant might fix it....WD 40 worked fine for me, so nothing special, but I did need to use it several times at first and then when I shut down I would spray some in the key port as well. (use the tube...

thanks , I am in the early stages of diagnosing as this just happened abruptly a couple days ago. The dash plug indicator light does come on and goes off like it would normally. My tester is broken so I will have to get another. Starts fine after warmed up.....it does start cold but chokes and...

a very common issue in which Kioti is aware of. My dealer in SW Wash. gave me a new modified switch, but I never used it so I'm not sure if it is a genuine fix? What I did ,as others have stated is I kept lubricating with fluid flow and WD 40 and it would engage....Then I decided to cover the...

it seems my glow plugs aren't working on dk40SE. 2012 edition Will a bad relay cause this?

Hello, I read some past threads about Kioti ignition switch issues. I have a 2012 build Kioti DK40 SE. After owning for about a year I have recently encountered ignition switch issues in which sometimes it doesn't start or doesn't turn on the dash indicators lights or both. Continuing to...