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Well my replacement certainly can't be called "affordable", but I need(ed) a battery that can tolerate our -40 F (ambient) winters here. I bought an Optima red top battery the very first winter I had my tractor. The first time the ambient air temp hit -30 F, the OEM Interstate battery died stone...

Pulled my 3 pt snow blower off for the year on Saturday and put the box blade on. Then used the box blade to repair my torn up driveway from this year's thaw and mud event. Had to wait until it all dried out so I could fix more ruts than I was making. Of course, it started raining last night...

I have to do all the gutting and skinning. Doesn't bother me to do it. Once the animal has been turned into "just meat" (skinned and quartered), she's fine with cutting the quarters into roasts or steaks or cutting up stew meat. But she won't help while it's still "whole", with the head on and...

It will only be loud the first time you do it. :) When we bought our current place, I made sure to order a 10' gate be put in when the fencing contractor put in our fully enclosed backyard fence.

Friends don't let friends own wheelbarrows. I haven't owned one since we moved to ND in 2011.

The old saying, "One shot = One deer, Two shots *maybe* One deer." This is 5 shots from my coyote rifle, from a cold, clean barrel. Yes, I know, I measured it from "outside to outside", and not "center to center", but I figured the coyotes would be more concerned with "outside to outside". Lol...

On flyers, I was having issues with my new (at the time) 6.5x284 and working up a load with the 142 gr Sierra matchkings. I kept getting these random flyers in my test groups. It was maddening. I'd run 3-4 groups in a row that were all nice and tight, and then wham, I'd get a flyer. It wasn't...

True points to be sure. This is what loosing your focus looks like while shooting from a bench: That is 4 shots (the first 4 shots) into one hole at 100 yards. Then, stupidly, after shot #4, I picked my head up off the gun to turn to my shooting buddy to have him check out the group I was...

I never load match bullets for big game hunting guns. My first choice will be either a Nosler partition, or ballistic tip. If it will shoot those (most of the time), I'm "settled" on the bullet. I will use varmint bullets for match shooting with no worries, if they meet my accuracy requirement...

I've been a handloader since 1975. But I didn't really get truly serious about my handloading work until I starting shooting competitive rifle matches in the early 80's. Loaded my own rifle and pistol ammo in everything except rimfire (obviously). Most of my firearms have never had a "factory"...

I had a 3 prong spear at my last house. It had one main spear and two smaller spears to act as keepers (for lack of better term) to keep the bale from spinning on the main. I could move large round bales no problem, but obviously it wouldn't move pallets. Curiously, I ended up (and still do)...

I did the muffler mod. Apologize for not posting the link before, but when you said you "read all the posts", I assume you meant this one as well: Exhaust Mod on my 3725

I just have a cheap "homeowner grade" splitter myself. It will go vertical or horizontal, but I've never tried it in the vertical mode. Like others have said, I need to work while standing and not bending over and wrestling rounds on the ground to split. Picking a round up off the ground to set...

Time for the Ultimate Solution, in my opinion. If I'd have known how great it was, I wouldn't have waited near as long to do the mod. And performance of your tractor has probably fallen off so gradually that you haven't really noticed it. I was surprised by the sudden power increase after mine...

For me it seems to be caulking guns. I use them so infrequently, I must have bought 10-12 of them over the years. Last time we moved, I think I found 3 or 4 of them. Finally got around to recaulking a shower fixture yesterday and I actually found 2 of them sitting side by side on a shelf in...

It does have enough mechanical adjustment to get there. But only because it is already sitting on a 20 moa base. For those unfamiliar, that means that the base is angled in relation to the bore line, and not parallel to the bore line. This puts the bullet strike 20 moa "high" before you start...

Premium quality glass is a big part of it. Also, depends on terrain and even then, sometimes you have to wait for movement. It gets hard to tell the difference between a clod of dirt, or a rock, and a bean bear. I have one shooting friend that constantly says his glass is "good enough", but at...

Dear Lord, why would you want that? Give up that peace and quiet? :ROFLMAO: How hard would it be to run a conduit underground from point A to point B? And my cell phone works in my metal shop building, no problem.

That sounds light to me. You may want to weigh it yourself on an actual CAT scale once you get it. Mine weighs 7100 lbs with a 6' box blade on the 3 pt hitch (my rear tires are also filled with Rim Guard). I believe your frame is larger than my 25 series.

What size is your snowblower? You only have 38 pto hp, and your 3pt hitch is only rated for 2850 lbs, according to TractorData.com I run a 6' snowblower on 32 pto hp with no problems at all. That BX you're looking at has less than half the hp, 17 pto hp, and a 3 pt lift rating of 680 lbs. If...

I change mine solely based on hours of run time. Run the same oil in it year 'round. A synthetic oil with a temp range to meet our temp extremes from winter to summer. I also use my tractor year 'round.

No, I am not missing THE POINT. Sigh. I'm totally agreeing with your opinion that you are better served with an open station. I have no idea why you are so worked up over this. ONE GUY, (not me), in post #4, said some guys that he personally knows said .... whatever. That's not "all of us cab...

This is absolutely incorrect. It has nothing at all to do with "cab guys not understanding open station guys". You don't want a cab? Got it. We all GET THAT. No one is trying to change your mind. Ok? Take a breath or something and party on, tractor dude. Some of us live in weather areas that...

Around here, when it's middle of winter, -40 F(C) outside, and a 40 mph wind, and the road must be opened, we just call that "Tuesday".

I do much work on snow and ice. Every year (except this one, lol). I've never damaged or "smashed" anything. I've been in and out and in between tree rows. Many times. Many random fields. I've never damaged or "smashed" anything.

I'm using this: https://www.amsoil.com/p/amsoil-5w-30-100-synthetic-tractor-hydraulic-transmission-oil-ath/?code=ATH05-EA But I'm thinking I have a much wider temperature range I have to operate under than you do. For me the choice required going full synthetic with temps from -45F to +100F in...

I'm very thankful for my cab, with both a/c and heat. We get pretty extreme cold temps (most) in winters, but it also gets hot in summer. We are blessed with an expected operating range of -45F in winter (no windchill b.s.) and also +100F in summer (that's true ambient air temps, none of this...

Just for me, I won't/can't do ANY excavation work. Nor do I want to. The additional insurance premium for even whispering the word "excavation" is BRISK. So no excavator or backhoe in my future. At least not for hire/pay.

I had the exact opposite "problem", my daughter shoots left handed, is left eye dominant, and I had a safe full of right handed guns. Lol. Son in law is right handed, right eyed, so at least there's that. He'd never been into hunting or guns, but is showing interest now. I told them both that...

My Branson 25 series weighs 7100 lbs and you're right, weight is a factor for traveling over lawns, doing "homeowner" stuff, etc. Right now our frost is out of the ground and everything is soft and soggy. If I were to drive mine across my lawn in these conditions I would make one heck of a mess...

I don't know about all that fallderrall. But I'm not a special forces ninja (or pretend to be). I'm just an old man that occasionally likes to turn bean bears (prairie dogs) into red mist. All I know is my longest to date first shot hit on a prairie dog has been 1104 yards. I used this: I...

I agree. My first shotgun my Dad bought me when I was a boy was stolen out of the gunrack in my truck in downtown Alamogordo, NM in 1986. It was a single shot 16 ga Winchester (Model 37? it's been so long now). Actual monetary value at the time was probably laughable, but I was heartbroken and...

Every once in a while Youtube does an update to try and stop all the ad blocking apps from blocking their barrage of garbage. It usually lasts for a few days, into a few weeks, and then at least AB+ will do an update to fix it again. I've had Youtube ping my blocker 3 or 4 different times now...

I still have the Ruger single six my Dad bought me back in 1971. I can't even imagine trying to carry that in my front jeans pocket. I don't own a Sig P365 (or any Sig, really), but I'd much rather lose a new Sig anything than to lose my old single six Ruger. And I do carry it while hunting...

Agree on the bathroom access, needs to be from the shop floor, not the office. I would also add a large shop sink with a foot activated valve to the wall right next to the bathroom door for washing hands and parts. I would move the left side (as per the picture orientation) roll up door AND the...

Do you have to kiss the fish, or kiss the neighbor? Send pics of neighbor... :ROFLMAO:

I was at $80 an acre for mowing pastures, corrals and road ditches with my 6' rotary mower. I did have a $100 minimum, in case a guy just had a vacant lot that needed weeds knocked down. Held that price for a couple years. I also had a 50 mile maximum travel distance that I would take. Last year...

I would have offered to put it back.

Why would you want to? They will likely pattern like garbage, since they will no longer have consistent wad pressure against the combusting powder charge. And they are NOT like "cut shells", the "cut" on cut shells wraps around the circumference of the shell, not split down the side. And have...

It's quite obvious in the video that the building is not finished. Cleaning is the last step before handover.

How big are the round bales? This is a 6' bale, and my tractor has all the weight it wants on it. This is with rear tires filled with rim guard, and a bit too light weight of a box blade on it: It was too light in the @zz, needed a few hundred more pounds of weight on the 3 pt hitch. I got...

You didn't read through the thread at all, did you?

Swap the pto shaft? Does the stub shaft coming out of your pto drive not stick out far enough to clear the coupler latch on the end of the blower's pto shaft? I'd just look at a replacement pto shaft from local (tractor supply, etc) and swap it to a coupler that works on your tractor.

Heck if you cut those in half, I'm thinking your current Kioti could drag those all over heck and back (one at a time, of course). Certainly wouldn't be a problem with the 474 or similar sized chassis.

I do the same with mine. After the second time losing the retaining pin underneath, I realized that the adjustment pin fits in the hole in the arm snug enough that it will not rattle out. I've never had the pin pop out of it's position hole and it's been like that (with no retaining pin...

Unless these downed trees are absolute monsters, I don't think you'll have any issues at all pulling the logs out with a 474 sized chassis. I think traction will be you're limiting factor here, not tractor chassis size. I've pulled some pretty hard pulls with my 25 series, 4200 lb bare...

Ok, I don't have an open station myself, but looking at your pic, isn't one of those pins on each side the latching pin and the other pin on each side the "pivot" pin?

Yeah, surely this won't turn into a troll fest thread. Lol.

After owning and shooting several different 45-70's over the course of many years, both with smokeless powder and black powder, I would say that a 45-70 with blackpowder is going to be very similar to your muzzleloader recoil. However the recoil with smokeless powder is going to be remarkably...

"... and some folks just have to pee on the electric fence for themselves..." It's going to have to be dug up, cut, spliced and rerouted through a new trench. How much spare money do you have?

It will certainly "get some action". From working at a telecom myself, you would be hip deep in a lot of (expensive) trouble. If they pushed it, they can come after you for any and all "downtime" related to the outage that you caused. Including costs of all associated repairs. My advice would...

The new models are 4 speed hydros I believe. So not the same transmission as our 25 series. Mine also can be balky to change ranges, especially when cold. Also can't change ranges when the parking brake is on. Sometimes I just "nudge" the motion pedal either forward or reverse, and then the...

They are, yes. I've been in many fields where garbage, old fence and random car frames were left laying out in the tall grass. Only to drive over them and hear the racket of the mower blades "finding" them. Never had a puncture (knock on wood).

My experience with R4's on my own tractor are similar to CH's. If it's sloppy muddy out, you're begging for trouble no matter what tire you run. If it's just soft dirt, I've never had any issues with traction. Most of the time I don't need 4wd either, unless it's steep as well. I would certainly...

Are you saying that California has banned the ownership of older equipment entirely? Like going yard to yard and confiscating trucks, tractors and excavators, etc? Or just banned the sales of new equipment in those categories? Those are drastically different things.

My advice would be to pass up that trailer. I can't be sure how much it would weigh, but I can assure you it will be much more than 2000 lbs. I have an 18' car trailer with a wood deck, and it weighs 1900 lbs. With a steel deck that's at least thicker than tissue paper, you can expect at least...

It was 48 F yesterday for a high and it's supposed to hit 50 F today. Crazy winter. Snow still in shady areas but most of my lawn is bare. Walked down to get my mail yesterday and the bare parts of my driveway are soft, so frost is already coming out of the ground. We should still be in the...

Let's revisit this subject in July.

I have pushed (can't really call it "plowing" when using a bucket) snow with my bucket and bare edge on pavement when helping friends deal with heavy snows. I always tell them it's possible that it will leave scratches on the surface (they've never minded when dealing with several feet of snow...

That looks like a horrible setup to me. Edge is too thick, and with all that framis (crap) sitting in the bucket bottom, looks like a pain to actually dump the bucket clear. But that's just from looking at the picture. Do you have one of these? Does it actually work better than my assumptions...

If it's not here: Updated list of Service Manual + Part Books Send a note to Asteral (member here) and maybe he can find it for you.

It has nothing to do with your operating system (windows 8/10/11, etc), and has everything to do with your internet browser (chrome, firefox, edge, etc.) The most likely culprit is that Muhammad has to put another quarter in the slot on the side of the server.

If you just use cheap masonry bits, they will just snap the ears off the tip, likely in the first hole you drill. I have both a cordless Dewalt "hammer" drill, and a dedicated Bosch SDS hammer drill. No comparison at all. The Dewalt is like a toy drill that makes the "hammer sound" and does...

Are your rear wheels set out all the way now? They can have 4 different spacings set up on the rear wheels. Center hub offset "in" + outer rim offset "in", center hub offset "out" +outer rim offset "in", center hub offset "in" + outer rim offset "out", and center hub offset "out" + outer rim...

They don't. It was supposed to be an "upscale" version of the model 20, but it was short lived. Branson used to use a different cab on the older model 20. When they brought out the 25 series, it had a bigger cab, came stock with a/c (it was optional on the original 20 series cab), came with 2...

The one in my profile. It's a 3725 CH (cabbed hydro). The bare chassis weight is 4200 lbs, by the time you add a FEL, standard bucket, fill the rear tires with Rimguard, and a 6' box blade on the 3 pt hitch, it weighs 7100 lbs.

I have ballast (Rimguard) in my rear tires, and I always have something on the 3 pt hitch as well. I do various odd loader work and randomly have to lift objects from the "not very heavy" class, all the way up to the "nope, can't lift this one" class. Currently the heaviest 3 pt attachment I...

Dog stories... Could have so many. Wife and I have rescued labs since the mid 90's. I'll try not to hog up the thread. With the exception of one Aussie I found as a newborn that was dumped way out in the desert with the rest of his litter mates. Found him while quail hunting when we still...

I would take a hard look at the 5520 if I were looking for a 50hp unit. Up here we go with cabs due to the weather. I like the 4 speed hydro. If I was buying today, it would be a cabbed 5520 CH (cabbed hydro) with 2 rear remotes and a 3rd function.

The "sawzall option" will MAKE IT a pre Tier ANYTHING tractor. That is the point. And you'll never have to deal with it again. Ever. It's almost 5 years since I did mine. Zero issues since. Zero. Exhaust Mod on my 3725

Best way to find a weak battery is to get it good and cold. The Optima battery in Mrs. Slim's Toyota 4Runner finally gave up the ghost after 12 years of reliable service. Just replaced it Saturday, with another Optima red top. The Optima in my tractor is 7 years old and still going. Started it...

We've had several days of high winds in a row. It took the scant little bit of snow we had and filled in our driveway in a nice drift. First time I've used the tractor in probably 3 months now. Cleared it with the blower and the bucket in just a few minutes. Figured I had to do something, since...

Of course there is always the "sawzall option"... 😇

What is "Fear of Wife"? If Mrs Slim sees a snake, it's all over for Mr. Snake. No discussions or committees will be convened. Me: "Sorry ol' Mr. Snake, ol' buddy, ol' pal, but..." BLAM. 12 ga works just fine on them. Hasn't been an issue since we moved up from AZ.

Used it to pick up my 1k lb gunsafe from the back of the moving truck and set it on the front porch so the movers could wheel it inside.

Can't answer the question on "how many wires", without knowing things like (a shop manual with a schematic would be "gold" here): Single field or double field alternator Internally or externally regulated Have the battery load tested first, if the battery tests good, then take the alternator...

You're just adorable.

My opinion is if the new stock is pillar bedded, I doubt I would worry about bedding it (depending on application). I've put on a couple stocks that had to be bedded, but they were more like replacement stocks (wood) going on factory hunting rifles, and had to be bedded for a proper fit. But if...

I think it actually comes down to where you are in the world. Winter finally found us, yesterday, the high and the low were both -22 F, and we had a steady blowing wind. We're supposed to have high blowing winds until Monday. Even in full bibs, boots, heavy gloves and parka, not "fun" to be...

Or, you could sell firewood by the tote, and take a deposit for the tote when dropping off full ones. Then swap out with the next full tote when they buy next year, or if they don't, tell them you'll return their deposit when they return the tote. Make the deposit enough to pay for the tote if...

I would say "Option 3" Having a GOOD dealer nearby. Just because a tractor has a certain color paint on it, does NOT mean the dealer is any good. When I was tractor shopping, both the Kubota and the Deere dealers nearest me were complete garbage. I wouldn't go back and have dealings with...

I like the bean bag shotshell approach. Less fooling around with various "stuff". For as few as would be required over time, I think it would be more cost (and sanity) effective to just buy some bean bag shotshells.

I doubt very much there could have been any damage due to over filling. It was more likely a setup issue when they were getting it setup at the dealer. Could have been as simple as the 3pt lift valve was backed off all the way? Unless I'm missing something, the reservoir tank for the hydraulic...

"Think about"... Heck, I have like 4 of those! Lol.

For my area, there's still a couple old guys working at the local Napa store that know how to look up generic parts out of books (not just a computer with "make, model, year"). That's probably where I would start if it was me, the local Napa store.

I have cut stuff with my light duty 6' cutter that would horrify some folks. Lol. (It's taken more of a beating from hidden rocks and objects "forgotten" in the tall grass than from size of materials cut). So I get what you're saying. But specifically with the Rhino Ag, since you've had a chance...

I'm surprised the Rhino Ag is only rated for 1.5" of cut. But, you're correct, that is what they spec it for. I've watched several Tractor Time with Tim videos with the 10' version (same hardware, just narrower) and he'd cut 3"-4" stuff on a regular basis. I think he cut one over 5" in one...

I agree. Even if I had a tractor big enough to lift it, I wouldn't want to. That's way too much to be hanging from a 3 pt, both in total weight and center of weight being so far back from the hitch.

RIF Reading Is Fundamental.

Well, now you won't get any. :ROFLMAO:

To the OP, I would have been much less worried about the smoke on cold start up, but that's just me. As long as it clears up as the engine warms up, it's fine. I'm very surprised you don't have a block heater installed by your dealer on EVERY tractor that goes out his door, based on your...

I would also say ignore the brands and go with the dealer. Is there any reason you're fixated on ONLY Kubota or Mahindra? Aren't there ANY other tractor dealers in your area? LS? New Holland? TYM? I shutdown Kubota as a possible purchase in my area because the local dealer was garbage. Not...

I was under the impression from reading the description on the website that the hydraulic ram was for additional downforce only. From the product description: Hydraulic cylinder assist to drive the auger into harder ground; oversized 3-point hitch A-frame with additional reinforcement

Pfft. The only possible issue is the gun won't eject the fired casing. I've used a few in one of my .45 1911's, and there isn't enough inertia energy to blow the slide back all the way to cycle the spent casing out and pick up a new round out of the magazine. That's no big deal at all once...

Worth a shot, since you bought it already. Run it at moderate-slow speed, don't just give it it's head and let it drill down at an uncontrolled rate. Certainly DON'T use the hydraulic ram to push the auger down harder: TMG Industrial 48” Hydraulic Assist Post Hole Digger, 12” Auger, Category...

Never even considered removing mine while trailering it around. I guess if I lived in a state that enforced such things (remove while trailering), I would consider it. But here, heck you can be dragging your trailer behind you by it's chains, with the trailer on it's side, while it was on...

Ok, I get it now. We don't often see that term used for utility electric power here. Makes more sense. Electric grid power loss in winter would be devastating here. We'd be ok with a generator and wood stove, but many would be left hurting. Our little co-op has been pretty stellar in keeping...

I'm sure I'm not the only one that has no idea what you're talking about, "...if the hydro shutdown unexpectedly." My tractor also sits in an unheated shed all winter. It's a hydro. It has never "shutdown unexpectedly". Can't see how it ever would, or why it would be related to temperature in...

Keep us posted on when you get to try it out. I'm wondering if you'll run into any issues with it so far out in front of your front wheels? Just curious if you get pushed sideways with it or not. Or, do you run front chains?

That is beautiful. I couldn't agree more. I may borrow that (with citation given to the creator).

Hyperbole much? A swing and a miss. Guy has a 40 year old septic system, WITH NO PROBLEMS. Now suddenly, there is some "concern" about lint from a washing machine. Lint? From a washing machine? Glossing over the empirical data (that's a fancy term for scientific evidence) that the existing...

Sounds like a solution to a problem that doesn't exist, if you ask me.

I was responding to the OP there, grs

We still don't know what temps you're dealing with. That would determine many of these answers. Here, we use "winter fuel" and still treat it with Power Service. Never an issue. IF you get *real* cold, I would NOT use anything like a heat blanket or a heated fuel filter to try and keep your...

Here, that thing would be on from sometime in October, until sometime in April or May.

OP, If you're not actually going to use the tractor that day, it won't hurt a thing to not plug it in. If you're going to need it, then by all means plug in the block heater. I have mine on a timer to come on in the mornings for a few hours (that gives me a wider "window" of time I can use...

My tractor is tiny compared to some of your big Ag tractors, but I don't "road" it anywhere. Any of my off site jobs have been far enough away (anywhere from 10 to 50 miles) that even if I wanted to do so, at 15 mph top speed, I'd have wasted the day just getting there. So I chain it down and...

Personally, I would not be interested in any tractor without a FEL or 4wd, *FOR A FIRST TRACTOR*. Maybe if I already had one or two tractors with FEL's, I would consider it, IF I NEEDED ONE. But for a primary tractor? Nope. No reason on earth to limit yourself in such a way. You're buying...

Reminds me of this humor post I saw on another forum a few years ago...

Yup. Even the 2-7x I had on my 375 H&H would have the front sight and muzzle in the scope view if you had it on 2x. You have to get to about 3x or more for the field of view to shrink enough for the muzzle not to be in the scope view. Easy to tune that out once you've looked through it a few times.

What I used to do to respool my cables was to hook up to a vehicle with an auto trans, put it in reverse and just let it idle in reverse to pull on the cable while I stood there controlling the winch. Let it unwrap the spool enough to clear whatever cable wrap or issue, and then just let the...

It sounds obvious I know, but in order to get yourself unstuck, the other end of that winch cable has to go somewhere. You've got to figure out both "ends" of that scenario. If you're stuck in a field (lets say), winch cable in hand, what are you connecting to that can withstand that much force...

I'm not handing out questionnaires either. Perp's right to consume oxygen is instantly revoked the second they cross my threshold. From that second forward, them continuing to consume oxygen should be considered a privilege. I will already be taking up tension on the trigger before I announce...

What would your usage be? What are you going to anchor a 20K winch to that you don't end up just dragging your truck towards the "stuck" thing you're trying to pull out? Or, vise-versa, if it's your truck that's stuck, what are you going to be able to tie off to as an anchor that you won't end...

Paul, Not sure if I'm going to remember it all correctly, it's been decades... You have the over powder card wad, and then on top of that needs to go a "cushion" wad, before the shot goes in. Then after the shot goes in, you need to compress the shot column in the hull before you put the over...

My blower is rear facing 3 pt style. So lengthening the top link tips the blower towards the cutting edge and away from the skid shoes. And it still wasn't enough. I think I'll take the shoes off one day this week, we have a day coming that's supposed to be almost 40 F this week. I'll play with...

It's a Woodmaxx blower. I didn't have to drill any holes. The cutting edge is a bolt on, so the bolt on Edge Tamers just bolt through one of the existing bolt locations on the cutting edge. I just replaced the original cutting edge bolts with longer ones that fit up through the bottom and extend...

A couple thousand each of 7.62 Nato, 5.56 Nato, and 45 acp the rifle ammo is mostly MEN (German) with some IMI (Isreali) thrown in the mix. Both sources are high quality, Nato spec ammo that's surprisingly accurate and very clean burning. Anywhere from 50 to 100 each of various hunting rifles...

We got a pittance of snow last night, about 3" of actual snowfall. But it drifted into the driveway up to about 6". Used the 3 pt snowblower to clear the drive, mostly just to test my adjustments and see how the new Edge Tamers worked. Was mostly "ok", but I think I'm going to take the rear...

I gotta agree with Dodge, As soon as you mentioned "striping", my first thought was you need a zero turn. I doubt you will be happy with a bigger tractor running a belly mower. *Maybe* a 3pt finish mower, if you get a quality one.

No loss of power. About the only "downside" (other than the cost) would be the tractor is now heavier (which is almost always a good thing), and you may have to watch out while driving over soft ground, finished lawns, or anywhere that it's possible you could leave tracks or impressions in the...

Until our ground freezes up hard, I do have issues with picking up gravel. Once our ground freezes, it stays frozen like concrete for the rest of the season. I have a gravel driveway to clear, as well as the approach to my equipment shed, which is just grass to clear. This year I have Edge...

Until our ground freezes up hard, I do have issues with picking up gravel. Once our ground freezes, it stays frozen like concrete for the rest of the season. I have a gravel driveway to clear, as well as the approach to my equipment shed, which is just grass to clear. This year I have Edge...

You don't really say one way or the other: Are your rear tires filled with ballast? Is your tractor open station or cabbed? Are your tires R-4 or R-1s? Each of these factors can add or take away from the "feel" of stability or traction on slopes. Hopefully you're open station, with R-1's...

My last place had a ditch and culvert by the road that went to 25 degrees in slope. I would mow that area driving straight up and straight down the slope. I never had any issues with my cabbed tractor, with filled rear tires, 4wd and diff lock engaged, in "Low" on the HST, pulling a 6' mower up...

I'm using synthetic at $210 a bucket, but at least I only need 2 (5 gal) buckets.

Yeah, that would be a pain to use. I'm fortunate that my brake pedals are on the left side, and my motion pedals (HST) are on the right. My diff lock pedal is also on the left side. Much easier to operate that way.

And split brakes are your best friend

Rough day. Happy Birthday, lol.

Same here.

I don't think I've been to a gun show in 30 years. But one of the "big" ones that would come to the Phoenix area they would "check in" your guns you were bringing into the event and when deemed "safe", they would zip tie the actions closed and put a flag in the muzzle. I never really cared for...

Well now, why wasn't that part of the original post? Me thinks more replies would have been different then?

How big is your wooded lot? If it was me, I'd just go over it a few times each season, maybe once a month depending on regrowth, with my 3 pt brush mower set as low as it would go. Previous poster recommending mulching blades on your GT isn't a bad idea either. Just with smaller, thinner...

On about any lever gun I've ever handled, to include the Marlin 336, you can operate the lever just far enough to eject the round from the chamber, and stop moving the lever further to the point where the next round is released from the magazine. It takes a little practice, and involves -slowly-...

OP, I mow stuff frequently that is taller than my hood. Most jobs in fact. Sometimes I mow stuff taller than my cab. Totally not kidding. I've got the pics... I'm able to take full passes with my 6' mower at a quick walking speed (don't have a speedometer) and that's working with 32 pto hp...

I believe you. Heck I could to, if I didn't have so much stuff in mine (40x70)

I guess I've always just emptied my rifle when I got back to camp (or home) at the end of the hunting day. When traveling to and from the specific hunt area I'll be actively hunting in, my magazine is loaded, but the chamber is empty, with the bolt forward on an empty chamber. Once I step...

I have no idea if my delivery guys are "regular" or not. If I'm home, they just drive up and drop the package off by the garage door and leave without knocking or saying a word. If I'm not home, they do the same. I've had the same USPS mailman for about a year now, give or take. It's a rural...

You're at 62 pto hp on a 7' cutter. That should be more than enough. What's your version of "working too hard"? Is it overheating? Could just be chaff in the radiator, which is the bane of all mowers really.

Or you could just win the big lottery. And then farm until the money's gone... :ROFLMAO:

I agree with the idea of cutting it first before trying to disc it under. I like the look of the cultipackers I've seen in use, but I don't have one either myself, and doubt I'd get enough use out of one to justify the expense.

Yes, cabs rule. You are going to love having that cab, both in winter with the heater and defroster running, as well as summer with the a/c running.

Are you putting on "factory" parts? I have a Stanley muffler on mine you can buy at TSC, paid $38 for it. Been on there almost 5 years now. No issues, no leaks, no cracks, nada.

Used the FEL to load up the truck bed with leaves this morning. Had initially thought to just burn them in my burn barrel, but that was way too slow. So, they're all loaded up now and tarped down for the trip to the landfill tomorrow. The last bucket full. Using the Edge Tamers made easy...

I've only looked at the wright mowers online. I don't think they'd be any better than just a regular 3pt mower on your mesh fence. The whole idea of the wright is to be able to get under the fence (either barbwire or pipe, etc). With only being able to get close to the wire, might as well just...

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Open station, any rear remotes? Where are you located? 20-25 K ? What is used stuff going for in your area? How rural are you?

That's some nice black dirt you have there YF.

There was not a 25 series offered with a 3 cylinder engine that I'm aware of. My 3725 has the smallest of the 25 series engines in it. And it's a non-turbo 4 cylinder, 37 hp. The 4225 they added a turbo to the same 37 hp engine to make it 42 hp. Use the 25 series manual as stated above.

Hey, someone put your blower on backwards! Just kidding...

Yeah, I used to be a die hard mopar guy, cars and trucks. 60's - 70's though. The "deal" I made with Mrs Slim when we moved up here to ND in 2011 was that I had to sell that black power wagon before we moved, but she would let me buy a new truck once we were settled up here. There are many...

And I did used to be thinner... :ROFLMAO:

Ok, ok, I give, I think this is the post you referred to: Actually, I got that nickname from the off road club I was in back in AZ. I had a 64 Willy's CJ, mostly stock, mild lift, lockers, 5.38 gears, winch that was only used to pull out others it seemed. I was usually the last one in line on...

I used to be thinner...

Well in that case, you've convinced me. Sounds like a skill issue to me. Should probably try some kind of weights or ballast on your 3 pt hitch. No pavement here to drive off of. Don't know if the OP even has any pavement to drive off of. You don't know either. He wants a front mount blower...

Poor guy. Just remember, they're pronounced "heaps" with the "J" taking the Latin pronunciation. You're welcome.

That's a lot of hay. Lol. My first thought, after having to run double 28's for freight, is that they sure are a joy to back up while the rig is all hooked up.

If you actually engage the blower first, before you start moving forward, and oh, I dunno, lower the blower to the ground... and start snowblowing snow while moving forward... Like the equipment is intended to be operated... I just don't know about you sometimes. Some things shouldn't have to...

I joined up (volunteered USAF) in '83. Soon enough after Vietnam that there were still a bunch of 'nam vets in the service. Also soon enough after 'nam that service members and vets were still commonly treated like garbage by civilians back home. I would still get spit on at airports and bus...

I would be careful about lubing that, as it would likely make the area attract dirt and grit, which could worsen the effect and wear it out quicker over time. Maybe some kind of dry film lube, or graphite powder type lube? I haven't done anything to mine, but it's only 6 1/2 years old now.

Yes, but since the blower itself goes over the ground first, this is a complete non-issue. You really have some odd ideas sometimes...

You have a "warm weather" problem that we don't have up here. Lol. The blade is too warm for the snow. You are just going to have to angle that blade more to get it to slough off the side more, at least until running the blade in the snow has cooled it down to the snow's temperature. So maybe...

I agree. I tell Mrs Slim all the time that "they'll never take me alive". To the OP, I'm using a cabbed 37 hp tractor with a rear mount 6' snow blower myself. It's not "fast", (I've never understood the fascination with "fast") but it's "permanent" (much more important to me) . Meaning I...

I would guess that the error is on the Titan bucket. The only attachment I have for my FEL other than the factory Branson bucket is an Artillian HD fork frame and set of forks. They fit my Branson SSQA mount without issue.

I guess I've just been lucky so far? I just drain mine at the end of the season and leave the input hose loose to dangle off the end of the pump housing. Now you guys are making me paranoid. Lol.

I believe you will be just fine, weight is listed as 908 pounds. Your 3 pt is rated for 2646 pounds.

I'd be interested in one in 4x4 as a daily winter driver, as long as the heater and defroster work. They can keep all the extra hee-haw garbage on the new ones. My 11 year old Ford xlt package truck has all the bells and whistles on it I would ever want.

That looks like something that should have been removed when they received it from the shipper. Glad you got it off. Makes me glad I have a 3/4" air impact wrench. Would have made short work of it.

All our ammo came in 10 round stripper clips. Then you would take the "guide" and set it on your magazine, set the stripper clip in the guide and press them into the magazine with your thumb. We had 20 round aluminum magazines (way back when I was in, lol) and fed them new ammo out of the 10...

And why is none of this stuff showing up here on TBN?

I had a geography teacher in high school that would give pop quizzes if too many kids cut class that day. He'd shout "Pop Quiz!", and it would be something like "what color is my shirt", and "what color is the chalkboard", etc. Then the kids that missed would be offered a "makeup" quiz with...

Op, Just run it. No worries about "break in". Does yours have the regen button on the dash? Newer Bransons did, older ones did not.

Here too. I just have to watch the classifieds and be prepared to pounce on them if they come up in my area for reasonable money. I don't pay more than $20 each, and hopefully find some for free (occasionally).

If these tractors are not in area where you can drive to them and physically climb all over them and drive them around, I would pass on all of the above.

I saw "one"? Scrolled down for quite a ways down. One. Occurrence that I saw. Of course, no back story, no information about what they had previously done with the tractor, no display of any knowledge of lifting, or lifting correctly... Not taking sides here, but "one"?

Paul, you should be able to reload those brass shells indefinitely. Only real hazards to them are either losing them in the field, or accidentally stepping on one and smashing it. Other than that you would have to tell me how you managed to shoot one out (as in how many shots it took) as they...

I guess it would depend on where/how the site location is situated? Some sites, they want you to not leave anything behind, and some don't care. Right now, if I'm looking at very large rounds, I have to cut them small enough at the site to be able to dump them in my truck bed (8' bed) and then I...

For several years I restored cars in Arizona as a side business. The thing with Arizona cars is the metal will be perfect, but it's the "soft" parts that get nuked by the heat and sun. So things like interiors, rubber seals, window and windshield seals, etc all get trashed pretty soundly. Not to...

Isn't that the truck that you already sold? You know, for 3x any sane market value? To a guy you demanded bring $35K cash in ONLY SMALL BILLS?

That's the main reason I never bought one Eddie, most of the time it would sit. But those few times you need one, they sure are handy to have. Would probably get used mostly for bringing loads of wood to the house to be split and stacked later for firewood.

That $1.25 a shot is probably cheaper than those brass hulls you have. Make sure your daughter picks up those empty brass hulls, lol. Only brass hulls I dabbled in were 16 ga loaded with real black powder.

My father used to tell stories about being a boy on his granddad's farm (Iowa) and as the oldest boy, it was his job to get up in the early morning and light the fire to the only wood stove in the house which was in the kitchen. He'd break ice off his blanket when he got out of bed. Then after...

Nice looking dump trailer. There are times I really wish I had one. I always worry about over filling them at the job site, and then not being able to dump it (dump won't lift due to excess weight) at the dump site, when I don't have any equipment there to unload it.

I also like the IBC totes for firewood. Once they are filled with split wood, I'm done handling them by hand until time to burn the wood. I can stack the totes 2 high (I can do 3 high if I run out of space, but don't really like doing it) in my equipment shed. Then when it's time to bring wood...

I agree with this. Why are you pumping so much grease into your pivots/joints? Only one or two strokes of the gun handle is plenty. You can hear the new grease make a faint "crackling" sound as it enters the pin or swivel area (whatever it is that you are greasing). No need to overdo it. I...

I understand what you're saying about implement weight. That was why I asked such a specific question on what you were using for ballast. In your case, how often (if at all) do you really need to handle max lift jobs? Some users do such things frequently, and some never come close to maxing out...

I would really, really encourage you to stop doing that. That is very hazardous to your front axle. None of this is brand specific, or color specific (however you prefer it). I'm not trying to pick on any brand by saying this stuff. You guys need to be careful out there.

That is less than half of your rated 3 pt hitch capacity. And it's probably fairly close to the back of your 3 pt, as compared to say a 3 pt brush hog that sticks out 8-10' off the hitch arms. The reason your butt is "puckering" is because that's not enough counter balance weight for a "max...

J, I'm going to ask you a very specific question, that I would like a very specific answer to: Exactly how much weight are you putting on your 3 point hitch when you are "butt puckering" at your 2000 pound lift? Yes, it matters. Exactly what form does that 3 pt weight take? Is it a ballast...

No way do you let them ship that tractor back to you. Even for "free" shipping. No way. Tell them *very* firmly that you don't want it back. Only resolution is full cash refund, or as K5 suggests, tell them to upgrade you to the 4820 and pay whatever that difference is (if any). Time to bring...

Uh, you're missing quite a few days in that picture. That's not even once a week.

Unfortunately, we are not even close to saying the same thing... Not sure how to rectify that, either. It is most certainly NOT being done as an "advertising draw" or other such stunt. "Reality" is in the eye of the beholder. They are most certainly not "exceeding safety limits", or any other...

I think part of the issue is a "cultural" one. The south korean brands aren't into being nannies and nurse maids like the us brands tend to be. I think part of that is cultural based, and part of it is they just don't think about the general public being "sue happy" like the us brands are used...

I hear the Amazon ones (drones) drop prizes. Kind of like an aerial pinata.

Muhammad had to put another quarter in the meter.

This sounds like a perfect opportunity to hire a contractor and be done with it.

The only part I like is when all the draftees with criminal records move to the other end of the bench when he tells them he was "in" for "littering". Then they all come back when he adds, "And creating a public disturbance" (or something similar). I thought that was funny.

I figured you'd hurt some people's feelings with that pic. Hay Dude, It's a license built Cummins, built by what was Kukje, prior to the acquisition and merger of Kukje into TYM. Stoyan, Some guys on here lose their absolute minds over saying such things. Call it "emotional damage". One guy...

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