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Went to go crank the L4760 this afternoon and was greeted with a couple errors on the dash around PTO switch and F/R HST sensors not working correctly. Shut the machine down and took a look, somehow a rat took up residence right under the floorboard behind the steering column. Argh. Looking at...

Coming up on the 50 hour service, was planning on swapping all ~12 gal of hydraulic fluid however every place I can find it is charging near the cost of fluid(~$150) just to ship! Nearest dealer is about an hour away, it's a total pain to burn two hours on a weekday but I'm having a hard time...

So the wind decided to come through again like it has been this winter. We've been lucky so far with our temporary shelters and the like generally holding up minus a few ripped tarps here and there. However today was different, the direction of the wind switched. Halfway through the day I look...

So there's a part of the loader bracket that's right infront of the step that goes to the rear of the subframe that has a bolt pattern for 4 bolts. When I got the tractor delivered it came with 3 of the 4 bolts installed. Two on the front and the third on the bottom. I had some setup issues...

The adjacent 5ac lot came up for sale recently, it's not like you get a chance to expand your lot often so we took a shot at it and looks like everything is going through (closing is next week). Our lot and this one are both hay(alfafa) fields, we've deveoped our current lot pretty well but...

Setting up the electric fence in our new place tomorrow, got about 1800' to eventually hot wire so stepped up our ground rod game a bit and grabbed 3 6ft grounding rods to drive tomorrow. I've done them the old-fashion way with sledge hammer and garden hose. Planning on soaking the ground a...

Trying to wrap up some loader work a bit quicker than I normally use the loader for managed to snap the loader joystick right off the 3 "joints" that it articulates around. No amount of hand effort would get it back in place, before I start pounding on this with a rubber mallet am I in danger...

Anyone else always end up on the wrong lateral side of the bulldog coupler when hitching them up? Never have a problem with the standard trailer hitch but always seem to overshoot on the side that needs to be closed. Was moving a few trailers today and did it every single time, argh.

We'll be moving to our new place that we've been building over the last year-ish. Going from 2.5ac of mud in the winter/dust in the summer to 5ac of lush farmland. Here's what it looked like ~4 weeks ago before the grass really took off. While the Ford has been good to us as the field at the...

What's with the lack of HTTPS on TBN these days? Not cool to be sending passwords and session IDs in the clear. Plenty of great options out there like Let's Encrypt - Free SSL/TLS Certificates. Heck if it's a cost thing I'd happily pitch in for an SSL cert.

Moving our Ford up to the new property ~200 miles away. Drive is going to be a mix of interstate and Highway 101. This is the first time hauling our tractor any serious distance, I *think* I've got it secured pretty well but would appreciate the wisdom of the internet on what I might be...

Tach went out on our Ford 1500 last week, parts are pretty much impossible to find for it. However I did find a tach for a 1510 at Wengers for ~$50. PTO speed was the same and looked like same mating threads so I ordered it. Just installed it and while it works, it seems a tad slow. PTO...

After having my second set of cheap auto-shop oil cans spring a leak on me I'm looking to grab something that'll last a bit longer. Before I scrub through Amazon reviews, anyone have any favorites they can recommend?

Doing the first set of service on our new-to-us Ford 1500. All the other zerks took 4-6 pumps before I could see grease come out but the king pins on the front axle took 30-40 and I still wasn't seeing anything come out. Grease was certainly going in, do they just take a ton of grease or is...

The hose that sends oil from the side of the crank case to the gauge popped on us today when turning it over. Going to pull the cable later to find the thread size so I can block it off with a bolt until I can find a replacement part. Anyone have a clue what part# or where to find a replacement...

Ex-WWII tanks still used as paddock bashers on Australian farms - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Of course this is Australia, crazy Aussies.