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I used to operate a P&H Crane and we had problems with fittings. Now years later I found out that it was clay based grease. For years now I only use Moly grease.

I remember him saying he wanted to be a brain surgeon or a fry cook!

36 degrees this morning.

I rented an apartment in a house in a Detroit suburb in 1969 and they had one similar to that there.

We had 8 milk cows when my Dad bought the farm, he kept them for a few years, he kept the best cow (5% milk fat), sold the others and bought some beef cows. I drank a ton of raw milk, we made home made yogurt and churned butter from her cream. My Mom made squeaky cheese, I think it might be a...

Our school had a paddle in the Superintendents office, holes in it and it was called the board of education. I never got whacked with one, but one time the English teacher tried to hit me with a ruler, I caught it, broke in half and gave it back to her.

I had been somewhere, so my window was open. My GSD loved to go for rides. I was taking the GSD and Cocker out for a p*** call and when we went outside my 100 lb GSD jumped though the window into my 1980 Datsun 4x4 pickup. They can read us like a book, he knew I was going somewhere. He looked...

This stuff didn't sting, you're thinking of Merthiolate, which was red and really burned. I was shirtless sitting on the hood of my buddies 66' Mustang and I fell off and got some road rash on my back. My brother applied Merthiolate everywhere and oh boy did it sting.

Over here, many are on a 45 degree angle hinge, so when the plow or anybody hits it, it flies up in the air and comes back down.

I know my fabricator could mount a drawbar on the bottom of BH, I've thought about it. So far, no need. I would never mount a trailer hitch to my BH bucket and having the stick cylinder holding it in position. I do it with my 4 wheeler, but it only weighs 600 lbs.

When I need my BH and trailer somewhere, I hook my 4 wheeler to my BH bucket hook on my L3540HSTC. Then I come back with the 4 wheeler for the B7100 and the trailer. It's easy to drive my trailer backwards in 5th gear, it's a CMI 4k dump, works great. A long time ago, I posted about my B7100...

I left a blue paper towel in my pants pocket that went into the wash, it came out in perfect shape.

I mess with my ex-boss (used to own the company I worked for), now my friend that he's cheap. He's Italian and in Italy they say they have porcupine pockets.

My arthritis made it difficult to change implements on my B7100DT so I retired my Woods RM48 and bought a Husky zero turn, now I just keep my box blade on all the time. Bought and started using the zero turn in 2022, in the fall every year it's loaded with grass stuck to the bottom. That's with...

My ex-wife made me fat, too good a cook, before our divorce I hit 235 lbs at 5' 7 1/2". My classmate died at 33 yrs old, I thought he died from a heart attack, he was also heavy. Because of that I decided to lose weight. Of course she laughed at me. I told the wife, one plate for dinner (not 2...

At 18 yrs old 5' 8 1/2" 155 lbs, 60 yrs later 5' 6" 207 lbs. Two things getting bigger, my waist and my feet.

I worked with this American Indian, everybody called him Indian Joe. He would work with us on poured concrete walls. Other jobs he would do was high rise steel buildings, when her worked with us he never laced up his boots. I hope he did on the other job.

When my Boss changed the boom cable on the P&H 215 crane he always welded the two ends together with a coat hanger.

My older brother who died 3 years ago loved his cyclonerake. His whole yard was covered with trees. He used it on a zero turn first, but bought another garden tractor, he said it worked better on.

Your Idol wears diapers too.

Please explain, you that knows all?

Were you there? How do you know they're chickens? I guess I need to use crayons.

There are hundreds of factories around the Detroit area making small parts for the auto industry. An older man and wife I knew worked in one, they said working conditions were terrible. Pay was $7.25 per hour. I have no idea how many, but there are factories all around the USA paying minimum...

When I was still working, the owner of the company had a guy giving driving tests. He was taking bribes to pass car drivers license, I don't know about CDL's. Anyways the State caught wind of it, he knew he was in trouble and shot himself in the head. I never met the guy, I rarely went to the...

My L3540HSTC probably uses 3 qts per hour, my B7100DT uses about 1 pint and hour. Total I probably use 50 gallons a year. I'm 78 and I have arthritis in every joint in my body. To fuel my L3540HSTC with a can I put a rag on the hood, now pick up a 5 gallon can of diesel, set it on the hood. I...

I have pallet forks, but not in the winter. It takes me less than 10 minutes to fill the 6 cans at the gas station and 15 minutes to empty them into my cube. To take the cube to town. I would have to roll up my tonneau cover, remove the plastic containers full of stuff, take the bucket off of...

I'm 78 and I can still put a full 5 gallon can of diesel on the tailgate of my Chev silverado 4x4 with one hand, I don't know how much longer. I buy 30 gallons at a time, then dump them in my 50 gallon cube in the pole barn.

On my computer I have NWS forecast my town, NWS hourly, NWS radar, WU forecast, town 25 mi southwest of me and WU forecast, town 25 mi east of me. On my phone I have NWS forecast my town and WU forecast close towns and My Radar. I use the combination of all too give me my forecast.

I have these 14" x 20" knee pads, one in the house and one in the shop. They save my knees. Left knee inside was replaced.

I was a functional drunk. One of my Dad's best advise was, never let a self inflicted illness keep me from going to work. I always sat up in bed before I turned the alarm off. Quit drinking 31 years ago. I sure don't miss hangovers.

You sound like my buddy who is retired, but still farming, years ago he was with his tractor out in the disced field and he borrowed two of my wrenches. Within minutes he had lost my two wrenches and his pipe wrench. He found my wrenches, but not his pipe wrench.

Back when I was married we lived in a township west of Detroit. Everyone had an acre or more. There was a pack of dogs 5-6 that would run through the neighborhood every morning. They would tear up your trash on pickup day. We didn't use trash cans, somebody told me just spray your trash with...

I got my real ID a few years ago. She asked me if I was a Veteran, she said if you are you can have it on your ID. The following week I brought my DD214 in and she put VET on my read ID.

I bought my B7100DT 4x4 with a rear mower, Woods RM48 instead of a belly mower. I used to mow in 4th gear.

Here's my 1978 B7100DT that I bought new, it has around 1200 hrs now. I leave my box blade on always, because of my arthritic spine I quit using my Woods RM48 and bought a zero turn mower. I also use it for moving trailers. I put hydraulics on it so I can dump my CMI 4'x8' dump trailer. Once I...

In our gas engine P&H Cranes we changed the fan blades, pushed out in the summer and in for the winter. I never ran a dozer, but I think they had the same setup.

My L3540HSTC has two screens, easy to clean. I installed plastic screen on my Kubota B7100DT and my Ferguson TO-35. I brush hog with the T0-35 and after 45 min the screen is covered with junk and the temp is rising, I clean it with my shop vac. I bought a DeWalt leaf blower and if it works to...

I had to replace the seat on my Kubota B7100, I bought a stock seat from maybe Ebay that was only $150. Around 6 or more years ago.

My Kubota has pioneer connectors and depending on the temperature they won't connect. I take a small screwdriver that I don't need, cut the shaft off and save the small handle. Then I use a rag (so it doesn't squirt) and a small hammer and tap either the male or female gently with the plastic...

Many years ago I had squirrels build two nests in my Dodge diesel air cleaner box, I'm just glad I took a look in there, otherwise who knows how bad it could have been.

I don't poison anything, because I might have a weasel hanging around and I like them for eating mice. Also, I have a crow (I named him Clyde) that's not friendly, but hangs round the yard sometimes.

I read where mice when they move, they leave a constant pee trail behind them.

I have an Ironton 12 ga, 75 ft and 3 plugs on the end. I think I bought it from Northern Tool. I've had it at least 10 years. They sell some Ironton on Amazon.

In 1973 I had a 1964 Jetstar 88 Oldsmobile. The only spot on the car that didn't have a dent was the driver's side door. It had a 100k on it when I bought it, but ran like a top. I put another 40k on it. One rear tire kept going low on me so I thought I'd take it off and bring it to the tire...

I found this a while back. I've also read that it should be 20% less.

Around 1982 I was living in Menlo Park, CA with my young cousin and a couple of brothers from the same town in the UP of Michigan. One of the brothers showed up with and old Mustang, missing wheel covers. He asked me if he could use my socket set (3/8" SK). Later on I went outside to see what...

I saw this online a while back, said hide a key under a rock or carpet, put one there that will go into the lock, but won't open the door.

My burn barrels never lasted long, so now I cut the top and bottom off and use a removeable cover for the top. Also, I set the barrel on two cement blocks so it gets plenty of air. Now they last a long time. I used to go online to mich.gov and see when I can burn. Now in the summer months I...

I don't know how many times I fell for that one.

Or a Superman outfit.

I eat 24 g of 86% Ghirardelli dark chocolate every morning, it cuts my essential tremors by half. Also, the only one that doesn't have any heavy metals in it.

Computer is fine now. When I had the Dell contracted techs out here, because my hard drive failed they put windows on D-drive and put it in the first position, they also had windows on C-drive in the second position. After talking to the Dell techs in India we switched them back and everything...

I almost missed my older brother's funeral. I was wondering about the date and called my sister in law about it, she said it was on the radio, I said I don't listen to the radio. County has 5.8k population so they put funerals and anniversaries on the air.

I still use standard Listerine mouthwash, I like it.

I don't burn wood anymore, but we always dragged as many logs as the tractor could handle. When bucking them up, just touch up the chainsaw at each gas refill. Why waste fuel skidding one log at a time.

How about China, the whole country only has one time zone.

In 2014 my Cleary 40x60x12 6-12 pitch showed up on one tractor trailer. Some of the columns were 35' long. Cleary has a truss and a column about every 4'. Cleary column is 3 2x6 nailed together.

Oh geez my fingers hurt. Some of you older guys will remember that some Fords would go into drive from park. My buddy had a 1964 Thunderbird. He stopped at a party store and when leaving, he's car wouldn't start. He opened the hood used a screwdriver to jump the solenoid on the starter, when it...

I bought a heat gun from Amazon, works good, but even low is too hot to remove the tag from my license plate. Now I have a hair dryer from Amazon when I don't need so much heat.

When you remember that woman on TV saying, I fell down and I can't get up. I don't fall down and I can get up if I have to, but I always make sure I got one of my 2' step ladders in the shop handy for a little assist.

Not snow, but I bought a DeWalt 20V leaf blower to clean off my brush hog and zero turn mower. I got tired of pulling out my compressor hose way out of the shop to clean off my machines.

Arly told me about DuPont Snow & Ice repellant that works great. I only put it on my auger shaft, because with damp snow it will build up on there and quit blowing.

They both had OS on them, but from what I understand, C-drive is solid state and much faster than D-drive, which is the way they are positioned now after they fixed the problem. Currently there isn't any OS on D-drive (2 tb). I believe it was using the OS off of the slow drive (2 tb), which...

Ok problem solved. Went to buy a new hard drive from Dell, he said why not talk to Dell techs first. No cost to talk to them, but for a diagnosis it's $99.00. It took two techs and some time, but they figured it out. I had a new hard drive installed a couple of years ago by a contracted company...

Yesterday when I was done blowing, I set the temperature in the shop to 55 degrees and put the overhead fan on. I have a little more to blow today and do the same thing. I have a 3 inch drain that works good. Tomorrow I'll shut the heat off, because it's going to warm up. The heat is off...

When I was in the USAF (1964-68) I learned how to operate a American Crypto machine. I think they were similar to the ones the Germans used in WWII.

No big deal, I don't get that much matting and I have a 2018 Silverado 4x4. When Cleary built my Pole Barn they had a Chevy crew cab, long bed, 2x4 dually that was useless on that matting on the county road. I have a 6' rear blade that I used to remove it so they could move around.

Snowing and blowing today, wasn't supposed to. Hours blowing snow 2022-16 hrs, 2023-22 hrs, 2024-9 hrs and up to now I already have 25 hrs this year. In normal years I would get 30-40 hours. Most people clean snow every time it snows, I don't. I wait until the settled snow is deep enough to do...

I almost flipped mine on top of me, so I installed AG tires and what a difference.

Yes you're right, it would be tough putting 32 gb of ram, 64 bit operating system and windows 11 on a 1997 Dell desktop. My first desktop was a 1997 Dell 286 processer (ram, don't remember) and 40 mb hard drive. This is probably my 6th or 7th desktop computer. This desktop computer is a 3 year...

Need help from you computer gurus. I've had a desktop computer since 1997 and should know more than I do. I have nothing stored on my C-drive, but as soon as I open a browser or my email it will go up to 100% usage. With just my task manager open, my memory will show 11 gb of usage. I had...

I agree, my older brother(passed) had a neighbor across the street in a small town. My brother and his neighbor both had John Deere 2405. My brother had no problem with his snow blower, but the neighbor would buy sheer bolts by the pound. Then the neighbor went up in size to a 35 hp tractor...

The dealer sold me my 2012 L3540HSTC-3 with a BH92 and loaded tires, nothing was mentioned. I did see it in the manual later. No problems in 12 years.

It was -25 this morning and -15 when I was blowing snow, but nice and sunny day. Ed

It's -10 here and snowing. Ed

It's 2 degrees here, 7-8 inches of snow with a lot of wind and drifting. I haven't gone outside all day, will go out in the morning around 9:30am and do some cleaning with the blower. Ed

I just crossed that bridge last Friday, had to go up to Hospital for a CT Scan.

About 6" Sunday and a couple yesterday. Probably do a little clean up today.

When getting a prostate digital exam and you feel hands on both of your shoulders get a different doctor.

I've been taking Saw Palmetto since 1994 and Flomax since 1999. I had to see a Urologist, because my bladder didn't look right on a CT Scan. It turns out it was stretch marks from holding my urine too long at work. Long drives to work and driving the Crane across the Detroit Metro area. I also...

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I've bought about a $1000 worth of items from Amazon in case the Tariffs raise the prices, which I don't need until summer.

I was in two motorcycle accidents, one when I was 22 in Detroit City in 1969 a guy pulled out in front of me while I was doing around 35 mph with out a helmet. I was knocked out cold and I cracked my clavicle and totaled my brother's BSA 441 Victor. California maybe 1986 I went down with my...

A crew leader I worked with wrecked a crotch rocket, while he was in the hospital he ordered another one. A few years later he wrecked again and has brain damage. He wasn't a very friendly person, but after the accident he became a nice guy, that's what a guy who knows him said.

My Dad had a Ford Model A with the back half of the cab cut off and used it as a sweep rake for loose hay. My Grampa had some kind of a old truck with out a cab that he used for something, I was too young at the time. A guy that lives a few miles from me has an old Model A with out a cab that...

My first used car is 88 years old.

I have an aluminum drop hitch just like that without a scale that I bought for $275 25 years ago. It has all three ball sizes. I like it, because it is much lighter than a steel one.

I stopped at my buddies house and he wasn't home, but there was a guy on his roof doing some work. Right after I got there the workers ladder slide sideways off of the roof. I put it back up for him and asked if he had a cell phone, he said yes in his truck. Neighbors house was about a 1/8...

I guy I know has a wind turbine blade trailer and used to haul them with his son driving the trailer. He said he quit doing it now, because he had to go out of town for months at a time. He said it paid good though.

A Urologist wanted to do Lazer surgery on me 25 years ago (money hungry). I've been on Flomax since then, plus Saw Palmetto. I asked my Doctor here years ago, how come when I get out of bed or sitting in a chair for a while I have trouble starting. He said, because my legs were close together...

My buddy and I remind each other that when you step over something you're not picking your foot up as high as you think. I have a 6' and a 8' orange step ladder. I should have a 10' to change the light bulbs on my 12' ceiling, but the 8' is heavy enough for me, so I added the 2" x 2" for...

I don't need much nuts and bolts, because I have a fairly large assortment of this and that. If I'm going to need something I order from the Bolt Depot. Some of these places if you buy 3 bolts, you have to buy 25 washers/nuts. At this place you can order 1 bolt, 1 washer and 1 nut...

Before I had my Pole Barn/Shop built, I was cleaning the battery on my 4 wheeler and dropped a brass bolt in the grass and of course a magnet isn't going to help. Now what am I going to do. What are the chances of having something to replace this metric bolt in my coffee can of fasteners. Not...

When my Dad bought our farm in 1950 it had 8 or so milk cows, because it wasn't modern the milk prices were low. He sold the cows except one. He bought some beef cows and we farmed until the end of 1962. We logged poplar trees every spring to make extra money for the farm. I went into the USAF...

This guy I worked with used to ride the back of a garbage truck. In a commercial area he found 25 bags of metric tools that would go with some kind of heavy equipment. He asked me if I wanted a bag, I said sure and still have an use them today. They were all open end wrenches that weren't bad...

When I bought this in 2014 the first thing I did is put a 1/4 turn valve on it. I would get on my knees and blow it into a bucket. After having knee surgery I couldn't do that anymore, so I would reach down and open the valve. Problem was my arthritis kept getting worse, so even that was...

I had arthroscopic surgery on my left inside knee, a few months later I had the inside knee replaced. Both times I could not shower for 17 days. My left leg was in a brace for 3 days, had to sleep with it too. I didn't have any pain, because of the nerve blocker. I had pain once I started...

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Speaking of mouse traps, I have two battery operated ones. Suckers are deadly and all I do is put one peanut and a small piece of jerky for bait. When they go in to investigate they do the 5000V dance. The old farm house I live in has a 4 lane highway for the critters to come in. I catch mice...

After reading on this forum how to mix peanut butter, I bought a mixer from Amazon and the dough hook looks just like yours and works great.

Even when I was married I would wash my muddy, greasy work clothes. I used Tide and Lestoil or Pinesol. Then I would wash the washer with Lestoil so her clothes wouldn't get any grease stains.

There was a Sports bar in Menlo Park, CA (I think) with big thick tables and people were encouraged to carve there initials in the tables. Also free peanuts on all of the tables and throw the shells on the floor.

Anyone ever play stretch with a pocket knife?

I like it, we have some country stations that play a lot of young country, which I don't care for. On SiriusXM I like 50's, 60's and Willy's Roadhouse. I like that fact that it doesn't fade and I don't have to change stations.

I live in the house I grew up in and I still have two lightning rods on the house.

My Dad made a hay wagon out of a 50's Oldsmobile chassis. When hooked to the baler and loading the wagon, with its springs it felt like you were on a boat. It worked fine until we quit farming.

Our antenna was next to the west upstairs window, one channel, but the wind would sometimes move the antenna. Me being the oldest I would adjust the pipe holding the antenna. My Dad would stand at the base of the stairs while I had the pipe wrench on the pipe turning until we had a picture. Of...

Back when I was married I asked the wife if she knows how to change a tire, she said yes, I said ok, show me. She didn't know how. I instructed her and made here take off her tire and put it back on.

We have a Ace Hardware 20 miles from here. Not huge, prices are high, but handy to have when you need something. Best part is they give 15% discount for Veterans.

We didn't get a TV until 1956 when our one station started, combination of ABC and CBS. Radio before that, Lone Ranger, Cisco Kid, I don't remember any of the others. The only time I saw NBC was at my Aunt's house, they had several channels and a rotor. Also that was the first place I saw...

I think my first credit card was a BankAmerica card (which became Visa), then later I got a Sears card.

I bought a ripper tooth from Rhinox that is made for a KX121-3, I had my welder modify it for my BH92.

I renewed online this year, but the last time I went to the Secretary of State office I showed them my insurance card, they said they don't need it. They have that information.

I bring my oil to Mechanics who use it to heat their shops. I burn all paper and carboard. Once a year I go to the dump, just went last week, throw all the junk on the bottom and the garbage bags on top. It's Waste Management, so it costs $56.00 to drive through the gate with one bag or 20...

I have two Auto Mechanic Shops in the nearby village that burn used oil for heat. They will take anything I have.

Gorilla wagons, from Amazon. Mine is rated for 1200 lbs, change the handle and be pulled by a garden tractor etc. They come in many different widths and weight rating. I had a narrower one on order, but someone stole it in Lower Michigan somewhere. I cancelled that order and bought the wider...

Champion 3500/4000. This what I did, concrete in the shop only. It works for me, because I have arthritis every joint. This way it's easy for me to check or change oil and start it. Total weight about 200 lbs.

Becoming older, 60 nothing, 62 SS no big deal, 65 Medicare nothing special, 70 nothing, 75 holy moly what the hell happened!

I have the Yost 6 1/2", reversable jaws. I've had it 12 years, I'm not a heavy user, but I like it. Prices have come down, I paid $275.00 from Amazon 12 years ago.

Just saw it on Facebook, an old clip of Red Skelton on the Johnny Carson show. Johnny asked Red how he gets going in the morning. Red said I open my eyes and if don't see candles or smell flowers I get up and have some coffee.

It's not for a dragline bucket. The crane is used for setting concrete forms that weigh up to 1200 lbs. When you sit at the corner of a basement hole often the distance to the opposite corner may be 80', so just boom out and lay the boom almost flat to reach it. Now I have to set a form right...

This is 1991, working as a poured basement wall crane operator. Only been there for few months, one of the owners was out and changing the fuel filters on the truck/carrier. Looking towards the front from the middle of the truck, cab on the left, very narrow, next engine compartment and a open...

I think we all have these dreams. I'm in school and not ready for a test, I'm back in the Air Force or back at work having some kind of problems.

When I hall some 2x4's or 2x6's, I use my 2" strap and go over the tailgate and hook on to the bumper on both sides. Keeps them from moving or maybe sliding out on a long hill, it's a 330' deep river ravine on the way home.

I'm 78 with osteo arthritis in every joint, doesn't stop me from doing anything. I just can't work too long and when I'm done I feel like somebody beat me up with a baseball bat or I fell off of a roof.

I still have my Dad's Montgomery Ward heavy 1/2" drill, works great. Probably bought in the 50's. I bought a Sears 1/2" in the 70's, but quit on me in the 90's. I rarely use the drill, but nice to have one.

I already posted that my L3540HSTC-3 had a speedometer, but I've only used a few times. I wanted to see how fast it is on the road in high range high, which was 15 mph. Once I was blowing very hard, deep drifted snow and I was only doing .5 mph. Situation like that I wish I had some more...

I have a 1958 Ferguson TO-35 and it has the tach and speed deal, but doesn't work. They didn't become Massey Ferguson until the following year even though they were owned by Massey. This tractor used to be my uncle's, which I used many times when I was a teen.

Finally got a ripper for my BH92, really nice taking out spruce stumps with it compared to my 18" bucket.

My 2012 L3540HSTC-3 has a speedometer.

This is what my mechanic changed when my L3540HSTC-3 wouldn't start a few years ago. My friend found one on the internet for $35 or so, but I was in a hurry and had already ordered one from Messick's, maybe a $100 or so.

Back in the 1970's I was a crane operator for a poured concrete basement company and the crew leaders had Fords with extended cabs and long beds 2wd. Once in a while they would ask me to go pick up coffee or something. Driving that long wheelbase was nuts in a small parking lot. I said to...

Living in the Detroit area, getting a divorce and moving to California for a while, because of the recession. I had central air in the house, plus AC's from before. I called my Dad in the UP of Michigan and told him I have 3 window AC's, 5k, 10k and a 12k, you can have any or all if you want...

I'm not a mechanic, but what I understand, all generators should be run on half load for a half an hour once a month. I run my generator Champion 3500/4000 on half load every three months. What I understand also is it's more for the generating head than the engine.

My Dad was a mailman for 17 years. First was a Dodge 2wd short box for a couple of years. International Scout, had two years, little things started falling apart. 1968 Chevy 4x4 suburban 1/2 ton, great vehicle and kept it to the end. Next 1974 Ford 150 extended cab 2wd long bed. Next 1978 Ford...

So what do you think that the injection costs $35 is lower down middle on the right side of the engine. It wouldn't start, no fuel, changed the small pump and guess what started right up.

My 2018 Chevy Silverado 4x4 extended cab gets some decent milage. Since I bought it my total milage is computer: 20.4, which is 18.9 actual. You can have the mpg set for current 25, 50, 100 or 500. I have it set for current 25, coming back from Wausau, WI the best I got a computer 30.7, actual...

There's at least one here. Guy 4 miles North of me as the crow flies, has two pics on his game cam. Two people have seen one 7 miles SSW of me. This past winter coming home from shopping there were tracks on the road in the snow for a hundred yards, then turned east. 4 1/2-5 inches in...

I have a 2012 L3540HSTC-3. It has a lift pump, which failed and wouldn't start, I had changed a few years ago. I had my valves adjusted last year, a little over 800 hrs. Three valves needed to be adjusted. Mechanic did it. I have a manual, for the valves the tank has to be removed and the FEL...

In the mid 90's two overpasses got hit in the Detroit area within a short time. One down on I-94 and another close by me on the upper east side, 22 mile overpass on M-53. That one there, took them 3 years to repair it. Found out when they went to set the overpass down, they were 4 inches...

What do think that only buy 5 gals at a time? Gas, I buy 20-25 gals at a time and diesel I buy 30 gals at a time. Right now I haven't been to NAPA this year and I have a bunch of used oil in 3 and 2 1/2 gal plastic bottles. Ferguson brush hogging is only 8 hrs a year. Husky 54" zero turn is 2...

I operated a lattice boom P&H Crane on a CCC 10 wheel truck. The boom was 50' and the jib was 30'. While driving on the road the jib was chained underneath the boom. The boom stuck out in front of the Crane about 33'. The Crane length while driving was 67'. The boom would be in the cradle next...

Only my 2018 4x4 Chev 1500 Silverado now, but I always had two vehicles and for 10 years I had two 4x4 pickups. At least once a year I have to buy gas for ATV, gen, Ferguson. Twice a year I have to buy diesel for my Kubotas. Twice a year I have to bring used oil to NAPA where they burn it in...

I have one, but never used it. Back when I was working I could have used one, sometimes when my Crane was in the shop and I had a spare out, there was a couple of zerks that the lazy operators wouldn't grease. What I've learned from this forum is to stay away from the clay based grease. I use...

Build a shelf. You should be able to get your zero turn on top and storage for something on the bottom. I have forks, Woods RM48 and grapple. Saves space.

My neighbor's vent plug was plugged on is brush hog, when opening the fill plug it spit fluid. It was overfilled from the dealership. I check or clean my vent plug every year.

This has nothing to do with snow and ice, but yesterday I was coming home from grocery shopping with 2018 Chevy pickup with nice daytime running lights. A black pickup, might have been a Chevy was in my lane passing a car as I met him. I had to go on the shoulder at 60 mph to avoid a head on...

When I got out of the Air Force and went to work in the Detroit area. Back then everything was 2 wheel drive. People had a bad memory, when the first snow hit it was nothing to see 15-20 cars in the ditch on the freeway. My 2nd time working in Detroit many vehicle were 4x4 or all wheel drive...

When I got California in 1982 my cousins told me about the slickness of the freeways in the winter from the rain and all the oil droppings throughout the year. I noticed it soon after that on cloverleaf getting on the freeway and my Datsun 4x4 was sliding slightly.

I was driving the Crane, just got off of the freeway and pulled over by the Michigan State Police Weigh Master. The Crane isn't licensed, instead we had permits for the state, counties and some cities. I was showing her my permits, it was very cold. The woman State Police Officer (very nice...

I had a very pretty young women working for me back in California. There was an off ramp that you couldn't make a left at the stop sign when you got off of the freeway. She mentioned that she always did. I said you're going to get a ticket. She said that all she has to do is show her baby...

When I was 12 (77 now) I bought a 8 transistor Channel Master (Sanyo) radio. Here the UP of Michigan after 9pm I could get WLS in Chicago and KAAY (I think) in Little Rock, Arkansas. Finally broke when I was in the Air Force in Okinawa. One of oddest plane rides I had was flying from Seville...

While I was in the USAF stationed near Seville, Spain a guy had bought a Fiat 500 on the base and asked me to drive it downtown for him. Smallest car I ever drove. Seat (auto car company) had bought the body stampings for the 1964 Dodge Dart. So you would see them running around, but the...

What was that noise? My shirt fell. It sounded louder than that. I was in it.

In Detroit, the reason they were going to fat singles is that mud and rocks don't get jammed in between the duallies.

I worked in the mud for 29 years, the dual wheels on Ready Mix trucks were much better in mud than the single fat tires. Don't remember about sand. I operated a P&H 215 Crane mounted on a (CCC) Crane Corporation Company 10 wheel truck with front wheel drive. I learned the best way to back up...

I bought the ripper for KX121-3 for my L3540/BH92 from Rhinox Group UK. Price is a little less and free shipping. What I like is that it is 1 1/2" thick. Very strong, weighs 147 lbs.

One of my three times I changed my tranny fluid.

I bought 5/16" kennyd hooks, so you can use 1/4", 5/16" and 3/8". I have 5 welded on my FEL bucket and 1 each on my BH bucket and my Ripper tooth. I've never needed a strap on there yet, but I have D-rings on short chains with hooks.

I wish I had pictures, but this was about 1978. I had a 1975 Datsun 2wd, 7.5 ft bed. I stopped to get some topsoil. Told the Endloader operator to give me a yard of topsoil. He asked me if I'm sure if you want that much, I said humor me. He dumped it in the little pickup, got out of the...

B7100DT has 40 lb in the front and 75 lb in the back. L3540HST-C has 3 55 lb each side in the back, plus loaded. That gives me about 970 lbs and also the BH which stays on all summer.

Same thing where I worked, the mechanic hated the Cat skid steers. The owner was a Cat man, had a Cat excavator and dozer with no problems. After many years with the Cat skid steers they finally switched to Bobcats.

I dated a women in CA, originally from Germany. Her Dad was a soldier in the German Army in WWII. He told her that if those damn Americans would have stayed out of the war they would have won.

Stalin knew about the bomb from his spies before we dropped it.

I screwed 2x6 together and drove up on the ramps. Gave me plenty of clearance for 5 gal pails, which are easy to handle. I've used them many times now. Just did my 850 hour hydraulic fluid, plus front axle.

My buddy has ramps on a hillside for his L3830, for all oil changes, which would be nice. I screwed 2x6 together and drove my tractor up on top. That way my 5 gal pails will fit underneath. I've done this many times now. 50, 450 and 850 hours and also greasing my SB subframe before I drilled...

My neighbor gave me the phone number of a guy not too far from here that will come and get a skunk out of a live trap. He uses a stick with poison on it, sticks them with it and takes the skunk home for the spray bag. I haven't used him yet, but who knows.

This mine from 10 years ago. I think I used it once. Inspector approved it.

Not me, but a clam bucket crane operator that I me in a bar in Detroit City. I was downtown to get my marriage license. His company would send him to wreck buildings and put it in piles or dumpsters. He told me about a hardware he had to take down. It was completely full as the day it was in...

I don't have a groomed orchard, just quite a few apple trees. The ones in the yard are gone now. I have Michigan red clay here. At first I would cut the tree down and then dig out the stump, made a mess. Now depending on how big the stump is, I cut the tree high up. For a 6", I cut it about 3'...

If I go grocery shopping and forget my list, guaranteed I'll forget at least 3 items.

My neighbor lost two of those tent sheds already to storms. I think insurance paid for them.

I just read a story in Reader's Digest about four young men that were attacked by a Grizzly.

I thought UDT was regular dino and SUDT2 was synthetic or half synthetic. When I check the dipstick, I hold it horizontal and towards a light and it's easy to see. Somebody a while back said that he's not going to change his trans fluid at 400 hours, because it's still clear on the dipstick...

Thanks Smokeydog.

I'm 77 years old, short also and have a BH92. Smokeydog, what and how did you do your step?

Just changed my transmission oil to SUDT2 again and also did my front axle to Mobil 1 75w-90 again. The manual on my 1978 B7100DT said to use gear oil in the transmission. Sometime after I bought it I got a notice in the mail that said the manual is wrong. Letter said to us UDT in it. It now...

No chain rattle at all, whether I'm on the road or woods trail.

My brush guard and chain holder. Two 5/16" gr70 10' long.

Kubota gave me filters and UDT free for my 50 hr, but I put SUDT2 the last two times. Tractor cost me 51k in 2012 and I'm not going to try and save money now.

Go to Rhinox (especially if you have a quick coupler) or elsewhere and buy a ripper tooth, it will make taking out the stump easier. I got one coming for my L3540HSTC/BH92. Rhinox didn't have a quick coupler for me so I have a machinist making me one.

My 2nd mowing of my yard this year, going past the entrance to the cow barn the 3 tine potato hoe had fallen in the grass. Hit it with the Husky zero turn, took the head of the hoe, shot it through all three blades and spit it out the side. Replaced the blades and looked at the damage of the...

My mechanic had a mini, don't know brand or how heavy, but it had a 14' reach. They are very slow moving if you have any distance to go. Sold it and bought a used year 2000 commercial 16k lbs Backhoe for 30k, Ford I think. I have a Kubota BH92 that I like, I wish it had more power, but what's...

My 2018 Silverado parking brake still works, because I press and release it often. I liked the floor vents on my 1969 and 1970 Corvettes, lot of air. Plus no AC on the cars. Of course the T-tops and removeable back window on the 1970, 1969 was convertible, which I didn't like, too noisy.

I don't have a torch, but have a IR air impact wrench 380/780 ft lbs. Anyways some of the bolts I have had won't come off with this. I found that a propane torch and a little time, (usually 5 minutes) and you get it cherry red and off it comes.

Found this somewhere, won't be long now for me.

I thought the anti vaxxers did a good job of lowering the population.

I almost flipped mine in a ditch, because of lack of traction with the turf tires. Bought some AGs and no problem.

If you try to install a zerk that is almost the same, you could ruin the threads. Find a zerk thread gauge online or store. I have one that I bought from Amazon.

I retired in 2005, even though I was a crane operator and didn't work very hard I had calluses on my heels. For the next 12 years dried skin would peel off of my calluses. Worst part was when in the winter dry air they would crack. Very painful. I tried some OTC medicines that didn't work. I...

My 1978 B7100DT I bought new. Use it for box blading and my CMI dump trailer on the front. The 1958 Ferguson, use it for brush hogging only, used to belong to my Uncle and I operated it when I was a teen. He must have overhauled it, because the engine has like new compression and runs great.

I put 10 ply tri-rib from India on my Ferguson TO-35. I had a FEL on it, but I sold it, because I have the Kubota. I don't think you could wear them out that quick they seem pretty tough.

For 2023, revenue 4.4 trillion, spending 6.1 trillion and debt 34 trillion. Of course the best way to fix this problem is to cut taxes.

Nothing rots in the ground, only at ground level if you allow water to surround the post. My poles are 2x6 treated completely and 3 are nailed together to make a pole. I have the grade on PB where the water runs away from it. I'm 77 and I won't live long enough to worry about it. Edit: The...

For you guys thinking about building a pole barn, one thing to remember is the larger you make it, the cheaper it is per square foot. I had a 40x60 built for 40k and my brother had a 28x32 built for 25k. Same company.

Please don't assume, they are screwed together as ramps and I drove the tractor up on them. I've done it twice and soon will do it again. The reason I put it on blocks is, because I use 5 gallon pails and I need the room. Edit, also in the winter I would drive on to two blocks on the right...

I was going to have 10x10 doors on my pole barn, but my buddy talked me into 12x10 doors. I'm glad I listened to him.

I have the L3540HSTC-3, same trans as yours. I'm at 853 hours and I'm going to do my 3rd change soon. I use 5 gal pails, the two rear side drains fill less than half of each bucket and I do them first. Then I do the front main one and that is about 4 3/4 gal. I get somewhere around 8+ gal total...