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How are your knees? I am 67 with a 40hp no-cab tractor losing the battle on 120 wooded acres in the MIssouri Ozarks. Wife is not the helper she once was. My tractor is great! I can (eventually) do anything! But what I'm usually doing is getting in and out of the tractor to adjust 'stuff' for...

If you're going to have a conditioned room inside your barn, I suggest that slab be a separate pour. Once concrete gets cold it stays cold. When planning your electrical requirements, I suggest a dedicated feed for a future EV charger. Yes, this could be shared with welding equipment. My...

Yes. It will be fine.

Don't overthink it. It is a Group 24 battery. Google isn't much use as group dimensions are "not greater than". Even the parts counter computers are not much help. Arm yourself with a tape measure and go to a store with a good battery selection. Here is one from O'Reilly with the part number of...

Husqvarna 125B Leaf Blower. When turning with cordless drill & plug out and grounded against fins, cannot get visible spark. What am I missing? 3 different coil packs (2 brand new). 3 different plugs. Continuity check on kill wires and switch (plus tried w/o kill switch wiring). Flywheel...

I'm preparing for my 500 hr service on my '13 R4041H. Perusing the manual it says valve clearance is 0.025 mm. I've never bothered to look at this. The diagram looks simple enough with a jamb nut over the pushrods. The valve cover is right there on top other than that fat exhaust thingy snakeing...

Here is something that doesn't happen every day. I awoke from my afternoon nap and glanced outside to see what the squirrels were doing to the bird feeder. Oops. That is a pretty big squirrel! The fellow seemed pretty content out there. I can peer into the bird feeder just like he does...

Scored an Oxy-Acetylene rig to compliment my wire welder. Motivation was to be able to heat & bend metal besides just welding. It came with a Prest-O-Lite W-250 torch with a #6 tip as well as a cutting attachment. What it did not come with was a rosebud for heating metal. Alas, the HF...

Thanks for making me think a little more. This is a good deal and I've found a no-brainer coupon. I really like the ability to shut the gas off and let the carb run dry. Don't look like the little one has that and a retrofit would be even money! Now to discard the smaller connections and...

I built a water tower to tend the wife's garden. Now that it is up, I need to make a decision on how to fill it with water. The pump must handle 20' of head lift. I've got a couple of questions: #1 is what to use for a pump. I can haul 250 gallons out to the tower on my tractor. At the start...

I thought I'd pass along some info on my new "Farm Implement." It is a Recoil by Textron Offroad. The farm has its share of other implements: 2 ATVs, some motorcycles, and an LS tractor. Day in and day out, the most-used implement over the last 5 years has been a standard golf cart. I am...

Doing a little construction involving concrete block. They come on pallets. 5 rows on a pallet. Each row has 18 blocks. Each block weighs 37 pounds. Thus a pallet weighs 3,330 pounds + the weight of the pallet. No SCUT can lift that on the loader. However, if you pull off two rows onto a Carry...

What is the prevailing wisdom (oxymoron?) on sharpening the blades on a rotary cutter? Yes, there is a pretty good 2-year old thread on this. It was time to mow again and I noticed the tips of growing grass looked more bludgeoned than cut previously. Time to look at the blade. It looked...

Okay, the OP was asking about box blades and you posted about your road grader. I was curious and clicked over to your link and saw a marketing picture of clean gravel being smoothed on a smooth path on flat ground. I just got a giggle in that their marketing picture conveyed little of anything...

How about a contrary view. What's the matter with Blue Poly? Years ago the excavation contractor liked anything over black poly. He said it grows brittle over time and leaks. And leaks were hard to fix as the pipe would split when trying to splice. He recommended PVC for short runs and blue...

What's the matter with this picture? I was working a side hill making what looks like a trail but actually more for water control. Using HST/Low at a crawl with angled BB. Just got to the top of the rise that completes the path when I heard a loud bang that sounded expensive. The BB hung...

I am having a heck of a time keeping my 3 point arms out of the tire. They are either getting wacked by the knobs on the tires are rubbing hard on the sidewalls. Level ground, not much of a problem but my property has so little of it! Now I'm trying to push the implement over as far as I can and...

Trying to cut a flat trail on a side hill. Sure glad this ain't a gear tractor. Bob

For removing rocks I've had good luck with a Rip & Dig. It comes with a ripper tooth that can catch a rock and I've flipped them out the size of suitcases w/o having to dig around them first. It does put a strain on the FEL and the attachment method will dimple and deform the bottom of the...

I have a concrete project on the to-do list so I was considering building a 3-pt ballast with any left over mix. Now I'm wondering just how much ballast I should be shooting for. Went back to Operator's Manual to find weight information: Weight Notes LS R4041H 3,615 LL4101 Loader...

5 years old is pretty small. Various Gov'mt regulations killed that market. The new 4-stroke 50's are slow, heavy, & complex dogs. My advice is a used Suzuki LTA50 or Kawasaki KFX50 (same machine). They look like this: They are sized (and perform) well for small children, keep their value (as...

Hmm. The way I'm reading these rules, we may not have TSO kicking us around anymore! I mean, the pictures have to be current, yes? Bob

Wrong tractor but my R4041H is having no problems with MF 6' RC72. Bob

Questions: How does that work? Standard attachment or did you build it yourself? Do you only use it 'floating' the loader arms? Does it ever catch a lip on the outside edge? I'd be worrying about torqueing the loader. Does the angle ever want to push the tractor when full of snow? Is it really...

The southern Missouri Ozarks has never been populated by a lot of money but it has been populated for a long time. There are a lot of old barns and I get a kick out of poking through them and trying to imagine the difficulty of building them back in the day. Fallen-in barns are not as common as...

There ya go! Using 2 by 4 stock for roof beams will never hold up. When we bought this place I was sure disappointed with the construction methods on the barn we inherited. The roof is all 2x4s and simple iron nails! I sure would like to have a long talk with the builder! The way things are...

The 50 Hour Service on my LS R4041H is basically a filter change. For the first change, I went back to my dealer to make sure I get the right stuff (and kick tires). I also bought a gallon of hydraulic oil to 'top off' the tractor just in case. Here is the process for performing this...

My son is a long haul trucker and came by the farm to see dad. Got 9 inches of snow 2 weeks ago and it is finally melting but the ground is saturated. Thought it best he back his Freightliner through the gate to find a spot to park. Oops. Back wheels off the drive into the leaves and that was...

It will soon be time to maintenance the new tractor. There sure are a lot of zirch fittings! I own 3 grease guns. Have for a long time. All of them rated +/- sucks. But I'm sure I got them on sale! And the SO is pestering me for a Christmas List... Anyone out there have a strong opinion on a...

My little corner of the Missouri Ozarks was the bulls-eye for the snow storm. (Condolences to the Arkansas folks who got the ice.) So what to do with 9 inches and temps dropping out of the 20s? Fire up the tractor! There is a technique to efficiently plowing snow with just the FEL. Someday I...

New tractor owner: LS R4041H & Woods BSM72 6' Box Blade. Used the box blade with the scarifiers (shanks, rippers) in the middle position to clean up a rutted, rocky forest trail. Good couple of hours work. When I finished and dropped off the box blade, I noticed I'm now missing 4 (out of 6)...

First of all, I'd like to thank all the experts and/or folks who contribute to this forum. A lot of my questions were answered after a little searching and I really appreciate all the contributions to help a newbie learn about tractors. And this is my first post. After considerable research and...