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Get the heavy duty or restaurant grade foil.

I will have to agree with you on the people not being able to operate a clutch later in life. All you have to do is visit a local walmart and see how many older people go in there that can barely walk. I'm 61 and still toss my feed bags and tposts around. I get a kick out of it when the young...

Almost anything can be used for good or bad. It depends on who is in charge, and that is the problem.

I completely agree with you. We already have way too much surveillance. I remember in the 90s when they started placing cameras on all the freeways. That to me was the beginning of the end of our way of life. I expect that I am on cameras everywhere I go now.

Yeah FSD and delivery drones. You won't have to go anywhere. Not for me. Makes me want to order a bunch of stuff delivered by drones and shoot at them as they come over the tree line near the house. Hey boys it's drone season...I don't think all this automation makes things better. I work...

You are giving me flashbacks. One weekend we went to Dallas a little later in the day than usual. We like to go get our shopping done before the idiots wake up. I saw quite a few badly loaded trailers that were either overloaded or not being towed level. What good is a 4" drop hitch when you...

A friend of mine once got a ticket for excessive exceleration. He spun his tires when he was leaving on gravel and when he popped the clutch. I happened to be going around the curve next to them spinning my tires a he was getting a ticket. yeah..high school days years ago. Point is in...

Every time I drive to Dallas I usually have multiple times where I have to dodge someone coming in my lane on the freeway. Most of the time I can see the driver on the phone or messing with a touch screen. Touch screens look cool and give you many more options, but they are terrible for us...

I think you are in the minority. I don't usually spill with the new cans, but being older and holding up a 5 gallon can that takes way longer to pour than the old vented ones sucks. I'm in good shape now, but I can see a day in the future where I won't be able to. I'm also starting to get...

A lot of these young people that have never used a real vented high flow gas can are probably going to spill gas everywhere if they are not careful when they get the new vented cans.

I have spilled way more gas with those stupid spring loaded nozzles what you had to push onto the rim of the fuel tank opening than I ever did with the old style vented cans. I made a real mess when the cheaply made and badly designed spring broke. Now I have the 5 gallon push button version...

Power reverser. No clutch at slow speeds. Works great for loader work and moving hay bales.

I learned about property taxes the hard way. I had 5.5 acres near the future path of a tollway. Every year my tax bill went up. I had to have 10 acres to gt an ag exemption. Now I have more than 10 acres, and my taxes are low. I learned why there were cows grazing in Irving, TX while they...

Everything is going up except our pay. We bought trimmed fajitas this past weekend for the first time in a while. They are now $15 a pound. Ok so most of the fat is trimmed and no loss from trimming and they come with marinade and are seasoned. Other places are $11 to $12.99 untrimmed with...

That tractor looks too small to be lifting those bales.

I ran over a hornet nest one time and had to leave my tractor and run. They swarmed it. I left it running for a while and had to go back out and move it after the sun went down. They do calm down after dark.

I usually have trouble lining up the lower link arms to get them attached. The rest is easy. I sometimes have to pull the mower to move it a slight bit to get the pin into the hole. My mower is a 72" Deere, and I can see some day I won't be able to move it enough when I get really old. Maybe...

My last 2 truck purchases I knew more about the options than the salesman did. One was a 97 Ram that I had to order to get what I wanted. The other was a 2013 F150 STX 4x4. In 97 I had to get info from the credit union at work to find out about all the options. In 2013 I was shopping for a...

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Yeah I'm with you on pulling up gravel. Too much clay and sand here to even think of that working. The rocks gets pushed down with every heavy rain. I use an angled blade to pull to the center like you and crown it. I reverse it so it doesn't dig. Then I might go back over the center and...

I agree with you, but here we use mostly oak, mesquite, or pecan. It's a regional thing depending on what trees you have in the area. Apple is awesome for pork ribs, but it is way too expensive here.

Many years ago when I was much younger and dumber we had to remove a huge oak tree from a friend's property to get a mobile home in place. We tried a chain saw, but it barely cut. Even trying to drill a hole in it was difficult. That tree was very hard. We finally drilled a hole in it, and...

This is how a thread on what to do to remove a tree turns into a bbq discussion.

Whether or not they want hickory might depend on where he lives. I don't know of anyone that uses hickory around here.

I hear ya! I could not move back to a subdivision. Been out here over 20 years. I don't miss my neighbors looking back at me through their window as I am looking out my window.

You had a Ford 2000? I had one that they sort of gave me when we bought our place. It was in bad shape. I think it was a 1970 model. I finally gave up on it after the endless repairs when the transmission got stuck in gear over 10 years ago. I parked it out of the way and bought a Deere...

After much thought and reading on this topic I have decided to test my mom's septic tank with my Gravely ZT 60 inch deck and then my Deere 4044M with loader and 6 foot mower attached. I'll wait until she isn't home... yeah bad idea.

Try it a couple times then send us pics. j/k.. I wouldn't.

Saving money and getting a good workout is great. I get a good workout from manually doing some things in the garden. Any time you sit down and rest for too long you might not get back up. We were designed to work. I still disk the garden, but I weed and plant by hand. I get a kick out of...

JD also made those orange mowers for HD. They were junk. Then they started painting them green, and they were still junk. My mom had one of each, and I hated them. I went with a commercial ZT from a different brand when I bought. Not sure about the green ZT equivalent commercial models. I...

That's why my 1970 Ford 2000 is sitting near the fence in a field. Many days when I took longer to get parts and repair than I had time to mow. The last time it got stuck in gear and we had to hammer on it. Got it to move and parked it out of the way.

I have a 2013 Gravely ProTurn 25HP 60" deck. I've had the motor replaced once. It hit something and the key on the drive shaft coming out of the motor broke. Would have to take the mottor apart to fix it, so I bought a new motor complete online for $500 that had a Deere sticker on it. It now...

I'm not wearing a robe to work in the garden or round up cows... just sayin. SPF50 sport spray on has become my friend. I remember when anything over SPF3 was rare. I started using SPF30 on my fair skin when I worked at a cosmetics company in the 90s. Maybe it saved my skin to some extent...

You brought back memories of one wheel spinning in the sandy soil when pulling my disk. I would have to disconnect and hook up again at a different angle to get it moving. No loader.. When I bought a new tractor I had to have 4wd and a loader. Those 2 things have kept me from getting stuck...

I've mowed with a lawn tractor with a steering wheel. Never again after switching to a Gravely ZT with a 60" deck. I mow way more than 3 acres with mine. I would not try using a CUT to maintain the lawn on such small acreage. If you have very many obstacles like trees or buildings you will...

Not very strong, and it leaked oil. It had not been maintained well before I bought the land. It was sort of a throw in. I was able to disk and mow 20 acres with it a couple times before it started breaking every time I used it. It needed a transmission rebuild, a new generator/alternator...

My now parked out of the way 1970 Ford 2000 gas tractor may not be vintage, but it is junk. I used to repair that thing almost every time I used it. I spent more time running 30 minutes each way to get parts than I did using it many times. The last time I used it the tractor got stuck in gear...

oops I missed that.

Congrats. I looked at a Branson package deal before I purchased. Seemed to be pretty well built from what I recall, but the closest dealer was almost 2 hours from me.

They sure are addictive. I remember as a kid playing in the dirt with Tonka toys. Now I have a much bigger sand box and can move all sorts of stuff. When you can easily do something you couldn't before you bought the tractor it's nice every time.

You are running into one of the reasons I went with a Deere 4044M instead of the 3 series. I kept thinking the 3 would not do everything I need, and I am glad I went with my gut on this one. I lift large round bales with my tractor with no problem. The only thing I have to be careful about is...

I never understood why a new 4x4 came with SRA low rolling resistance street tires other than to get the MPG rating higher. When I had those and stayed right at the speed limit I could often get the MPG to read 22. 20 was pretty easy if I kept my foot our of it. I run Duratracs now and get...

I thought long and hard about whether or not to go with the 3.5 Ecoboost in 2013 when I bought my F150. I was leaning toward the 5.0 mainly because I thought it would last longer. I knew I did not want a Ram after my 97 fell apart. I won't go into details. My 2013 F150 4x4 has 270k miles...

We usually hit the road early on weekends to go shopping before the idiots get up. This past Saturday we left to pick up some parts in the afternoon. I saw more badly loaded trailers than I thought was possible. I'm talking junk not secured, others with too much weight, and my favorite ...

Interesting. I might want to do that. I could set up a nice blind overlooking the feeder. Now you have me thinking.

I had to say something about this. In Texas it is getting way too crowded in many places with all the people moving here. I used to be allowed to fish farm ponds when I was young. Now no one will let you on their land. Landowners are tired of all the noise and people. There are many...

They used to hunt the hogs from a helicopter along the river before COVID. I would hear what sounded like full auto rifles, although it could have been a bump stock. We had way less of them back then. There has not been as much hunting from a helicopter there since COVID.

Escaped monkeys... that's how Planet of the Apes started.

I've been at war with the hogs for years. We live in Texas just out of the Trinity River bottoms. There is no way to get rid of them completely. I used to get 120+ big round bales of coastal before the hogs tilled my fields one year. We had a drought right after and my grass only partially...

I want them gone.

I hope yours is in better shape than my 1970 Ford 2000 gas tractor. At the end I spent more time repairing than using it every time I wanted to do something. The last time I tried to use it the tractor got stuck in gear. Parked it and it has not been moved since.

Interesting. I run most of the time at 1500 RPMs unless I need more for pto or loader work. I have a Deere 4044M. The only time it has ever gone into regen was when I idled a little more than usual while getting off to move something or do work or when my father in law ran it and had no clue...

I've used the FEL to lift my tractor up and place logs under the wheels to get unstuck. There are some places where the clay soil here doesn't dry out that fast. It can be really fun.

I almost bought a Deere 3 series. I looked at other brands. I have several Deere dealers here and the others brands dealers do not seem that great. The MF dealer had very little inventory most of the times I went there. I had it in my head that I was going to do garden work and mow acreage...

Sensors are great when they work. I had my 2013 F150 at the shop to get one of the rear doors adjusted. Truck was almost new. While I was there the external temp started reading something like 30 or 40 degrees when it was actually in the 90s. I wondered what that might do when trying to...

I'd need a much bigger coop.

This discussion has devolved into nothing more than opinions and drivel. I am so amazed that some here are smart enough to know everything or to know more about another persons living situation than they do just by knowing near where they live or looking at an old outdated map. This has been...

I've read something similar to this before. A lot of what is said here does make sense. Some day we might know for sure.

There are 2 Buc-ees. One is 30 minutes away. The other is 45 minutes away. Neither of them are on or close to a direct route I normally drive to go to the office or shopping.

Not in the summer when it can be 90 degrees a at midnight in North Texas. All that concrete in DFW makes for some really warm nights with a/c running full blast.

Yeah it seems close, but the traffic is getting worse and worse. We are in the fastest growing county in Texas. The roads appear to be lagging behind. They have plans to build enough houses and apartments in Crandall to put possibly another 30k to 50k people there. The infrastructure is...

Why does that link to the plan that Gale posted make me think of an old man with a long extension cord looking for somewhere to plug it in?

The freezing temps causing issues was a failure of ERCOT to hold power plants accountable. They were assured the plants were ready for bad weather, but it was proven they were not. I've lived in Texas since 68, and I have seen numerous times where we had cold wether for more than a few days...

Good deal. EVs work for some people and that deal sounds like it may save you some money over the long term. I live too far from everything to make an EV practical. As I have said before EVs are good in certain situations.

Successful? Why does ERCOT in Texas always start telling us to conserve energy? Gee it's cloudy today and the wind isn't blowing and only 5 million people moved here since our last fossil fuel or nuclear power plants were built. They worry every time it gets hot now. The conserve energy...

There is nowhere to charge anywhere near us. I mean within 20 miles that I am aware of. The Texas power grid is so under powered with all the people moving here and no new power plants being built. A number of coal powered plants have been shut down. We only seem to be getting new wind and...

Yeah I lost a few gas caps that I sat on the pickup bed rail and got distracted before I put them back on.

I had a 77 Chevy and hit a piece of metal driving across a parking lot. The metal piece flipped up and punctured my plastic gas tank. There was gas everywhere. We pushed the truck far away from the gas and parked it. Just about anything can have a gas tank puncture. Too bad I didn't have...

My insurance company wanted to put a GPS in my truck to prove I was no longer driving to Dallas for work and was really working from home. I said no thanks. My miles driving now are half what thy were when I had to be in the office. Many people that don't live right around the corner from...

That is why I bought a commercial zero turn with a 60" Deck. They last.

Yeah Musk built mostly luxury versions or more expensive models at first from what I remember. Jumping up and down and saying how fast the car is gets headlines and some buyers that want something different. Long term needs to be affordability and efficiency.

I have several issues with EVs. They don't do well in cold or extreme heat. The range drops. When it is 110 my gas powered F150 with max cooling can idle with the a/c running as long as I have fuel. I can also refuel almost anywhere in minutes. EVs are all touted as powerful, fast, great...

This is similar to what I went through for a couple years before I decided on a Deere 4044M instead of the 3 series. I wanted a bigger loader bucket, a wider mower, and enough power. I just kept thinking the 3 series was going to be too small and frustrating. I have never regretted going with...

I love truck shopping. It is the buying at today's prices that hurts.

My 2013 F150 has those rear folding doors. They are great for when I am working out in the field and need to get things in and out of the back seat. I would probably have a hard time getting used to the full size doors if I bought a super crew. Also the hauling capacity due to the additional...

I need to look into a fall cover crop this year. That is one think I have not tried. One year I had what I called an okra forest after I pulled up the plants. A few of the pods had fallen to the ground, and I ran the disk over it. Plants came up all over and lasted until frost. I had a nice...

That looks too pretty. It looks like you may have better soil than what I started with. We had a thin layer of sand over lots of clay. It used to grow cotton at one time. After that it had cows run on it. Then later hay cut and used to have coastal bermuda so thisk it was hard to walk...

I have about 3/4 of my garden planted. Radish, lettuce, brocolli, and turnip are coming up. Squash, zuchini, corn, and onions are planted. All but okra, watermelon, cantaloupe, tomato and pepper plants are planted. I got the last seeds I planted in before this rain. The rest will go in...

I wish I had one of those diagnostic devices when we had our Mercedes.

Every manufacturer has had issues at different times.

My take is every manufacturer has issues at some point. Most are improving slowly over the years. Every now and then a new model or new idea doesn't work like they wanted it to. I did not like the Fords when they were made more car like in the 90s. That sloped aerodynamic front end version...

I do believe it, but I cringe every time I remember how bad my 97 held up. It towed great and rode nice, but it didn't last. 3 transmission failures. Had a rebuilt one installed under warranty before 90k miles after the 2nd transmission issue. 2 water pumps. A/C issues. Serveral problems...

My 97 Ram 1500 had so many transmission problems and an interior that fell apart that I would find it hard to ever buy a Ram again. I do like the way they look, but I just can't do it. The 5.9 gas guzzler was still idling perfectly smooth at 225k miles when I parked it and gave up fixing...

With the tow package? :D

2013 F150 STX 4x4 extended cab with 5.0.. 255k miles and still runs like new. Best truck I have owned. I bought it new. I had Chevys a 97 Ram 1500 before. None of them lasted as well. I like to buy new and take care of my trucks. That way I have a number of years with no payments. I've...

My dad used to plant red potatoes in sandy soil. He would pile more soil and pine needles around them. Seemed ti work well. He always had a bunch of canned potatoes in mason jars every year.

Thanks I will check into that.

I've never had to remove dirt. I usually mound up a 3' or slightly wider row that has a lot of compost in it. I plant several rows of onion sets in it. Without the compost I would have mostly clay. I did not get them is as early this year due to the cold snap we had. I could not get out...

How do you keep the ear worms out of the corn? I have thin topsoil with clay just below it. I've been adding a large pile of compost from the hay I feed my cows every year. Last year I was able to finally get corn to do well, but the worms ate a lot of it. I've read about putting vegetable...

You will not miss the longer distances you have to turn with a riding lawn mower vs a zt. We went from one of those Home Depot mowers made by Deere and then later a Deere lawn mower to a Gravely ZT years ago. I would never buy a lawn mower that is not zt again. The ease of use and turning...

Exactly why I made sure my truck has locking diffs. Elocker in the rear and in 4 low all 4 wheels spin. I've seen too many of the old 4x4s spin 2 tires on one side years ago. It's not really 4x4 if you only have 2 power wheels.

I had to get used to the higher RPMs and run in a lower gear. Before I did I had a few regens. My father in law had no clue and told me the tractor started sounding louder. I read the manual. My tractor replaced an old gas Ford 2000, so anything is more efficient. My Deere 4044M doesn't use...

I think at some point new regs gets a little ridiculous. There have been many changes that are good. Removing lead from gas was one. Auto emissions controls were good. With the emisisons testing and newer engine technology I rarely see a car driving down the road burning oil from the rings...

yeah and those stupid fuel cans that cause me to spill more fuel than I ever did before.

LOL World wide set by who? A UN treaty? You see how well that works out for the US most of the time.

It doesn' matter who they go after. Everything will cost the people that work hard and pay for stuff more. There are way too many people to compleltely clean up everything. Someone mentioned the air is cleaner than 50 years ago. That might be true in some places. It's not true here where...

Did anyone else detect a bit of sarcasm inthe post you replied to? just sayin

Quit burning wood? What about my bbq pit? oh yea just use liquid smoke... nope nope nope and as long as the power has a chance of failing here in Texas during the winter I will have wood ready to burn. Some of us can't quite afford a whole house backup generator, oh wait, that runs on fossil...

I have a power reverser and I love it for doing lots of loader work.

In my area there are mostly Deere dealers. I went with them partially because the dealer network is here and I happen to like the tractor when I sat on it. I looked at the 3 series off and on for a couple years. When I bought I decided to go with the 4 series. Lots of things I either...

Calcium also helps the tomatoes. We have about the same soil here. In some places there is very little topsoil above the clay.

I live in Texas. I have sugar sand on top of various colors of clay. I started a garden spot over 5 years ago. I add compost to the garden every year. At first I planted my crops in rows of compost and soil mounded up. I would put anything from composted cow manure in bags to top soil and...

I have one of those no spill spring loaded nozzle cans. Pain in the ass to fuel my tractor with. I hate holding that button in while balancing the can on the lip of my fill hole on the tank while standing on the rear lift. I guess I need a step or something. I know as I get older I won't be...

I would never buy a lawn tractor. Once you try a ZT you will agree. The ease of turning and mowing around obstacles wtih a ZT makes it amazing. I have a Gravely with a 60" deck. It does have ROPS. I've had it for over 10 years. I was looking at Bad Boy, but Tractor Supply would not finance...

That won't work in Texas. We have temps in the 90s at midnight during summer. There is no solar being produced at that time. ERCOT keep telling us to limit power usage. What will happen with a million EVs charging overnight? I do realize some solar farms now charge batteries to pull power...

It's jsut like everything else. They need to raise taxes more to pay for the upgrades.

When CA deregulated the electricity market in the 90s there were many problems. Lawsuits were filed over price gougning and supply. They manipulated the markets.

I could get my 2013 F150 4x4 with the 5.0 and crappy low rolling resistance non off road get stuck tires to read 22 mpg on the computer if I stayed below 55mph and kept my foot out of it. I didn't buy the truck to get 22mpg, but to do work. If I were on a busy highway and tried that...

No no no no no... Drive across Texas for long distances at 65mph or less and you will start to doze off. We have 75mph and even 80mph stretches of road. When they lowered the speed limit to 55 back in the 70s it was very painful. It is very common for people to drive several hours each way...

Yeah and this is the reason I now do the small amount of work for my father in law instead of letting him borrow the tractor.

I hate those dang horse flies. They usually don't bother me much in the morning before it gets hot, but it's been around 105 here lately. They started buzzing me at 8AM while I was watering my peach trees.

I bought a Deere 4044M a few years ago. I debated back and forth about getting a cab. It would be nice when mowing my fields. I have 61 acres. The problem is a lot of what I do with the tractor couldn't be done with a cab due to trees in the way. Even part of my driveway would be difficult...

I seem to recall Ford had issues with one of the versions of the Powerstroke. A friend of mine said you had to remove the egr and they were fine after that.

I have a Deere 4044M. It needs to run at 1500 RPMs or the regen will eventually kick in. The only issue I've had with it is that my father in law borrowed it having no clue about the regen feature for the diesel particulate filter. He mentioned that it ran louder than normal... and he shut it...

If I were jsut starting out I would learn robotics and automation. Someone has to design and work on the stuff.

I used to buy made in USA. Walmart was proudly made in USA for most products. That is how they built their business. The heirs of Sam Walton decided to manufacture products wherever they could to make things cheaper to get an edge on their competition. Target had to follow. Kmart is dead...

That may be true, but here they are not building enough new plants as millions of people move into the state. I'm for shutting down coal when there are better alternatives.

Yeah it kinda did... once that happened it got me started. I'm not very opinionated. lol

That is a good point. In many areas where the standard of living has increased I have read where the fertility rate has declined. One of the major problems I see is how the land has been degraded, and the aquifers are getting lower. They are not being recharged. Springs dry up. In Texas...

Don't forget what happens when ground water is pumped out of those low lying area near the coast. The land subsides and sinks.

This sure devolved into a global warming debate. You can take snapshots of data and manipulate them to tell any story you want. In the 70s they were worried about global cooling. California has record droughts..then record floods. I have read about the great floods they have every 200...

I have not read this entire thread. I saw the 1000 acre solar farm they installed in Kaufman County in one of the remote areas of the county. I would not have wanted to live next to it. One thing I rarely see mentioned is how much the panels raise the tempurature as they collect this "free"...

You never know for sure. My 2013 F150 with the 5.0 broke a valve spring at 61k miles. All my service had been done as scheduled at the dealer. The dealer said that should not have happened and called Ford. Ford covered it. They pulled the head and fixed it for $200. The truck now has 240k...

AT&T was busted up in the 80s. See how that worked out. Most of the peices are back together now.

United Ag and Turf bought all of them a few years ago. Nothing I can do about that. So far I have been happy with my purchase and I still smile whenever I get on it. It does what I need. Not sure if that would be the case if the dealer were farther away. I did notice some difference in the...

Dealers are very important. In my area the Deere support seems much better that other brands. I looked at New Holland, Kubota, and a few others. I can see why you went with Branson.

yeah on the cabs... They are expensive. I would like one, but then I could not drive around trees as easily. If the a/c failed I would have trouble in the Texas heat. It would be nice if I were mowing a huge hay field and jsut wanted to listen to music and roll for hours while sitting int he...

I looked at Branson hard before I bought my Deere. One of the main reasons I went with Deere is the Branson dealer was way too far for me to get service. The Branson I looked at seemed pretty heavy and had lots of steel. It looked to be a good machine. There was this big package sale with...

I have a Deere 4044m with the regen feature. If I run at 1500 rpms the regen mode rarely kicks on. It says that somewhere in the manual. I did have my father in law borrow the tractor and run it at lower rpms. He said it started sounding louder,,, yeah it went into regen and ran at 1500 rpms...

Starlink is oversold here and over capacity. I waited for over a year after putting my $99 deposit down. I checked my email every few days to see when it was coming. Then I was on vacation and did not check for over a week. That is when they emailed me to reply within 7 days or lose my spot...

yeah that made me laugh. I am in tech and work from home. My service would be ok if it were more reliable and they did not throttle us all the time. We can't stream, which costs us to have satellite tv service. They oversold the capacity with all the people moving out here, but they won't...

I looked it up today, and it appears they were taking applications in 2022 as part of some COVID bill. The map says our area was in 2 of the eligible type places for federal grants. I don't think any were applied for around here. I know we will still pay for it somewhere.

Thanks. I'll look into that.

I live in Kaufman County southeast of Dallas. How in the heck did the county decide to invest in that? We are in a growing area, and I've been stuck at sub 10MB DSL for over 10 years. You would think we lived in a wilderness area when it comes to Internet service.

I've been reading this forum and have enjoyed the opinions. I have a 2013 F150 Supercab 4x4 with 238k miles. I cringe every time I look at what a similar truck costs new these days. I started out in a 77 Chevy regular cab long bed heavy half. I had no idea it was the heavy duty version at...

As everyone else does I get lots of spam calls. They like to spoof the local school district. Most of the time Ignore the calls I don't recognize or press speaker twice so I don't hear it ring then it hangs up. Every now and then when I am in one of those moods I answer and yank their chain...

Big bubba has a point about pushing the limits of your tractor. This is why I went with a 4 series instead of a 3. Also why I did not need the extra capacity of a 5 series. I listened to what the Deere dealer told me about the mower sizes.

From my not too long ago shopping experience with Deere, the 3 series tractors are supposed to be able to handle a 5' mower. The 4 series I decided to buy can run a 6' mower. and yes very thick stuff has to be mowed at a slower speed...

Damn you are lucky. I live 45 minutes from downtown Dallas and have been trying to get faster than 10MB for more than 10 years. I am considering trying T Mobile Business plan that is wireless. They have a free trial period. They guy says he thinks it will work, but they can't garauntee...

Or as I have read in other locations, they will pull power from your EV to keep the grid functioning.

That is a big if. I've read a few articles where they tested one towing a heavy trailer. It does the same thing to the EV that is does to the ICE trucks. It greatly increases fuel consumption. With an ICE you just refuel. With an EV you are lucky to find a charging station. Then it might...

Ford has a frunk where the engine used to be on the F150 Lightning. It can be used to store a generator.

I have a long gravel driveway. It's about 2100' of gravel with sand on top of clay on either side of it. It gets really muddy next to the driveway when it rains a bit. Amazon was making a delivery to the house on afternoon. Somehow the driver was not paying attention and drove off the edge...

I looked for several years at red, orange, blue, and green tractors. I had an old Ford 2000 that broke down every other time I tried to use it. I looked at features and cost. I actually did not see that much difference in cost in others vs green when I looked at features. I am not a big...