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Oh my gosh . . . "Illegal" to "harvest" rainwater??!! Kalifornia really needs to dry up and blow away. Rain falls on my property and I cannot do what I want with it? Does that apply to air, dew and sunlight? Time to move, dude.

Governments are more and more like banks: Nonsensical policies/rule/regulations. Think about it: Snow-melt (or, whatever liquid) is on the garage floor. So . . . It can go into a floor drain or the floor can be sloped toward the door(s) allowing the fluid to exit that way. And, it eventually...

Taking a risk is not the same as being careless. Some of you may be old enough to remember when BBs came in cardboard tubes. M80s and Silver Salutes were cardboard tubes filled with gunpowder. Boys being boys, sure, we married the two: If an M80 does this and a Silver Salute does that, what...

Is anyone else sick and tired of being sick and tired? If so, you know what to do. So, do it!

Electric may be the future. I like the idea of electric cars due to their performance. But, I also like the idea of nitro-methane dragsters for the same reason. I own/drive neither. For some idea as to the real cost of EVs (possibly, electric tractors as well), meaning the cost to EVERYONE, not...

Forgot I had this before/after photo of the Harbor Freight pole saw. Sort of a Big D and Little D thing, huh?

Gas? Generators. Vehicles. Tractors. Electric? Tools. I started with those Makita 9.6-volt tools. Nah. Went to 12-volt, 14.4 volt and, finally, 18-volt Ryobi in the blue battery days. Better. But, still Ni-Cads at the time. Then, Lithium. MUCH better in durability, performance and life span...

Speaking of stopping on such roads/shoulders: Given the number of videos we see of police officers and motorists being hit, by all sorts of vehicles, while stopped on the side of the road, why do people stop there? And, why don't police agencies get together to make it standard operating...

Here's my solution for the lack of a 12-volt outlet on my tractor. The adjustable stop in the adjacent control slot provided the mounting inspiration for this addition - It mounts with two clamps (nuts, bolts and washers) through two holes in the bottom of the enclosure. (No tractor drilling...

That coal fired versus solar/wind stat is as flawed as the Covid mandate stats were after those, who refused to comply, were fired! It's easy to claim high levels of acceptance/adoption when all of the non-accepters/non-adopters are excluded. Same with coal - Kalifornia has mandated the closure...

Carbon dioxide? You mean that stuff that has increased by 140 parts per million? The stuff that the climate, uh, 'exspurts' harp on? Yeah, it's gone way up. Increased by 0.014% of the atmosphere in 300 years. At the current rate, it will be up another 0.026% in 2123. A total of 680 parts per...

No, they are not worrying about nothing. First, there's the additional cost involved. Next could be the "mandate" that requires them for all fuel cans. Then, there will be the mandatory surrender of any non-compliant ones. Then, there will be the "show proof of ownership" requirement before...

As a former landlord, I sympathize with both sides. However, the tenants, in this case, have gone well beyond what is reasonable. Pest problems can be difficult to handle in occupied properties. Many times, the tenants bring the pests with them. But, that does not seem to be the case here...

Finally, after 40 posts, 3gunr opens the Mahindra NO REGEN door. I came across this thread at the 80 posts point and was determined to add the word "Mahindra" to the discussion only if someone hadn't already done so. However, with all of the thread-hijackers and side-trackers (Regen & Weight...

Obviously, YMMV . . . But, the $140 (delivered!) that I spent on a pair of clamp-on forks is likely the best money I've spent. They are 48" and are supposedly rated at 4,000 pounds. But, ratings are ratings and reality is reality. I'd say, maybe 2,000 pounds with a peace-of-mind limit of 1,000...

I live near a decent sized city with one of those Blamazon Distribution Centers 15 miles away. Even though my family tries our best to avoid doing business with Blamazon, now and then, we wind up using them as a last resort. (Recently, for a particular item: eBay/China, failed, eBay/NJ failed...

My problem was not with the dealer. Five years ago, the dealer and his staff were top notch when I bought the tractor. (So was another located in SE Alabama.) However, the inconsistencies in the manual relative to service intervals, fluids, etc. caused me to contact Mahindra corporate in Texas...

How 'bout the manuals that provide you with all sorts of things to do and not to do but fail to include things like power consumption, electrical connector sizes, fuse sizes/locations and other details which are imperative for the proper use of the equipment? Or, even a specification sheet or...

To me, the folks who came up with this silly 'no-mow-in-reverse' stuff are idiots, own stock in electric clutch, etc. companies or both. Talk about unnecessary wear! Every time you restart, you put wear on clutches, belts, pulleys, bearings and the operator! This is a ridiculous concept...

If you have a smaller tractor, don't need to move a lot of fuel, etc., worse comes to worst, transfer to a gallon container with a hand siphon "pump" and pour from the gallon jugs. Slow but reliable and, when I've done it that way, never spilled a drop. I could handle 5 gallon containers but I...

I guess the regen jockeys should do what the Aussies are required to do: Have a fire extinguisher on board! Seems to me that having common sense would allow onee to avoid situations like that during regens and to not miss the opportunity to delay them. At least, it would for me. DPF, DEF, DOC...

Then, there's this: http://www.kisandost.com/KisanMitraWeb/MarketBulletinView?moduleType=SubjectPartFile&FileName=221 Which, after a while, on a good day, produces the same file. Must be hosted on dial-up, though.

Look. You obviously want a tractor. You will find MANY uses for a loader. The first thing you need for it are inexpensive ($150 or so IF you shop around) clamp-on forks. After using them, you can decide if you want to go full-blown quick-attach forks or not. With the loader and the forks, you'll...

Nah. ME? Download a potentially copyrighted manual and risk decades in a Super-Max prison? No way! But, my neighbor has no such compunction and he can read REALLY well. Sometimes, he even reads loud enough for me to hear. He says, "Thanks. Thanks a LOT!" I say, it's about time someone got...

Regen? Heck, my Mahindra has no such function. Tier IV but no regen, no DEF and no wild fires . . . That's JUST why I bought it - 'cause I was so worried about setting the woods on fire. OK, OK, maybe there have been cases - Like catalytic converters and leaf piles don't mix well. But...

I've seen much written about the quality (or lack thereof) of Walmart's Super Tech line of lubricants. And, many comments about the source (actual manufacturer/distributor) of these products. A segment of the public believes that paying more for lubricants naturally means the lubricants are...

First, I agree with whoever it was that commented on the torque required to remove the two oil drain plugs. Not to mention that it took a bit of effort to persuade the oil filler plug to leave its cast iron well. (Did that BEFORE I drained the oil - Just in case.) OK, I am no diesel mechanic...

My 1533 is almost a year old and I have been wanting to add some work lights to it. I decided to mount them on the roll bar (ROPS) but didn't want to drill it or weld to it for fear of being accused of weakening it. The certification tag on it makes me want to just leave it alone. I found some...

Yes, this is a LONG post and I am probably tilting at windmills but maybe it will help some other poor sap some day . . . And, before you say, 'Just run it at full throttle', I say, fine. BUT, why even mention the RPM thing?? OK, so I bought a new Mahindra 1533 shuttle with loader and backhoe...