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New toy, dji mini 3 pro, did a quick panoramic and stitch of home before I flew inside to thaw out, 7C, absolutely freezing by our standards. Anyway, this is home

And the customers line up, none pay of course

Sorry I'm late, I slept in, it is 0600. Very quiet night with high temps and lots of dry grass, no fireworks, I went to bed at 2200 and didn't miss anything.

We have made a deal with a neighbour for grazing his cattle on the back 20 acres at our place we use the front 20 for our horses and hay cutting wasn't an option due to fallen timber damaging his equipment, anyway he has offered to give us 20 round bales for grazing his cattle. Now, I got our...

The seat is fine but seems to be rated for the more lithe amongst us, around the 80kg mark, I come in at around 130kg and when we hit a bump or dip the seat bottoms out, the jarring becomes painful at the end of the day and rather than buy a new seat wonder if anyone can offer options apart from...

We need a carport to house two vehicles and double as a bbq area, here comes the dilemma, there is a major town near us called Sale so when we put in 'carports Sale' we get a national or state list of suppliers, we have tried to get around this by rearranging names and titles but to no avail...

Found him in the garden today sunning himself, not really bothered about our presence in his garden.

Looking at a recipe, biscuits with gravy, I thought it sounded awful then discovered what you call biscuits we call scones, moving on, what we call biscuits you call cookies, your jelly is our jam, tater tots=potato gems, picking up a recipe book becomes quite a challenge. Of course our own...

You probably already know this but here goes, we use a 10 and 20 litre plastic jerry can with the flexible nozzle, both can start getting heavy while filling but sit nicely on their side on the front wheel which just needs you to balance them. Much better than the Kubota BX we had before where...

I have a few attachments from the Kubota BX which are going to be too small for the Kioti DK5810, mainly the landscape rake 4', harrows 4', 4' grader but I can offset that and make it work for cleaning gutters without going in the ditch. Ideally what width implements should I go, I want a box...

Posted in wrong spot and can't remove.

Got a 915kg bag of horsefeed on the float, called a bulker, big heavy woven poly bag with 4 loops on the top corners, bucket off and hay spikes on, two loops on each spike and push to back of spikes, gently lift , no worries, easy then suddenly back wheels up in the air and we are tipping over...

Had a load delivered a few days ago, ute was in the way so missus moved it out of the way. Somehow she managed to leave the ignition on. Yesterday I went to move the ute and discovered it. Somehow this is my fault. Seeking the collective wisdom of the erudite members to explain as to why I am...

After some complications we have been graced with a new filly, mother and daughter are doing well and should be home in a week. Girls are over the moon and Fritz the german shepherd will have yet another equine friend.

Finally happened, into the new home although travelling back to the old pplace a few times a week to pick up bits and pieces, 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom on 38 acres and it is starting to get expensive. Just haad about half fenced and that was $20k, need a bore and tank which will be about another...

Stolen from a friend of mine

This ad for a local insurance company I found amusing.... Budget Direct – Bad Dog - YouTube

In what we call the Melbourne zone we are in complete lockdown, I have been stuck at home for the past 3 weeks and a bit and looking a bit ragged, I have a full beard that grows rather quickly and generally go for a trim every fortnight, all barbers are closed so I decide that it is time to have...

We have 4 1000 litre IBC's which contained diallyl dimethyl ammonium, plan on cutting them in half and using as self wicking garden beds but they need to be cleaned out. Have googled this chemical and cannot find much about it but it appears to be water soluble according to some but can be...

Just upgraded to a dk5810 hst and according to the manual there should be a regen switch, the dash only has blanks where the switches should be so I am wondering if mine has regen or is it an automatic function.

Back in the bad old days when working up in the high country we often encountered 2 and 3 day trail rides, the customers were mainly young women but there were a few young blokes for in the words of that famous poem (The man from Snowy River) 'The word had got around' the male to female ratio...

BX2370 has been a loyal and trustworthy friend but unfortunately has become somewhat unsuitable for the future, we have sold our property and committed to a new home with a bigger parcel of land, we plan on producing our own hay which will be in round bales which is beyond the scope of the BX...

I want to make a chainsaw scabbard for the tractor and use PVC water pipe, I have seen it somewhere but I don't know how to flatten it, if I use her oven and it melts I fear castration with a blunt knife so I am calling on the erudite members here for some advice.

It can be done!! With the forks on the bucket I can get under the bale and tilt back slightly, the forks then act like a sled across the paddocks, 4WD is a must as the back wheels come up sometimes but overall low and slow gets us there without incident, apart from being harassed by hungry horses.

This is a favourite at home with all the family, no hard and fast rules with the ingredients, adapt to suit: 1 or 2 chicken breasts cut into about 3/4" cubes and flattened with a meat mallet. Dark Soy Sesame Oil Sambal Oelek or any good ground chilli paste Juice of one lemon Dry sherry Peanut...

Not for you but cerrtainly for us, 39C yesterday and 43C today and needed to cool off, made a warmchicken salad for dinner which has quite a chilli bite and wanted something refreshing to cut through the 'bite'. Look through the fridge and pull out a couple of cucumbers, the long skinny ones not...

Finally but I agreed to go back to work just to help out when they get stuck which is next week! Applied for a pension from the Government and it was granted, I receive the princely sum of $6.20pa (yes folks six dollars and twenty cents a year) but I do get a pensioner concession card which...

Had me going when I first saw it

Schrodinger's Dumpster

Friends of ours are cutting hay and have made small round bales for us, they weigh 240kg which means I can move them around with the BX2370, going out today to pick up the bale spike for the bucket. Happy horses, happy daughters. Normal bales are about 600kg and I really don't want to buy a...

Apologies if I have done this before. Many years ago whilst working for a certain Government Department I had to work with a gang of labourers who would transport me around various locations so I could conduct my work. These men were critical of anyone who was not a local and I was no...

Sort of, suffering depression and other forms of withdrawal, due to circumstances beyond my control I have not been on the tractor for about 5 weeks and it is having a detrimental effect, look like another week at least before I can get out and put in some fenceposts that need replacing and...

Thought I would give it a try and was not disappointed: 1/2lb Brisket 1/2 lb Chuck 2oz frozen butter grated. Combine all three quickly and form into patties/burgers, sprinkle both sides with salt and pepper and rub with olive oil, grill on high heat for about 5 minutes a side, put on a slice of...

Sure we are all guilty of one.....

Arrived Sunday afternoon, Mother and son are doing well, one happy daughter. The mare has been with the vet for the past 4 weeks and she assisted when the time came as it was a red bag birth, she was on hand and fixed the problem immediately. Foal is suckling and lapping up the attention, they...

Today we have a public Holiday (in Victoria, bottom right hand corner) for a football game. Australian Rules where two groups of Neanderthals dressed in shorts and sleeveless shirts throw, run with and sometimes kick a ball from one end of a field to the the other. The object is see how much...

Watching the news today and our Prime Minister arrived in Washington, they played the National Anthem for Aus then USA and our PM stood at attention whilst USA dignitaries put their right hand over their heart, it is not something we do at home but I wonder should he have when they played your...

The first accurate one I have seen...

We have found another property that we may buy but the land needs some attention, at the front the grass is patchy and I was thinking of getting a 4-5' disc harrow to turn it over with some fertiliser and mulch then seeding. Having never used a plough or disc harrow I have no idea how deep they...

Eldest daughter is in med school but has done vet science, I was talking to someone about how it could be difficult to deal with some peoples conditions because of individual foibles, quick interjection from daughter, vet science is more difficult that psych as we had to deal with animal foibles...

Now I have got your backs up I thought it was an opportune moment to share one of our South Australian delicacies, enter the 'floater'. Take a bowl of thick pea soup, drop in a hot pie, swirl some tomato sauce on the pie and enjoy (optional). I can see the looks of envy and just know you just...

Had a minor dispute with SIL over the pronounciation of this, I say YO-SEM-MITTY she says YO-SEMM-MITE. I am pretty sure that I am correct but she says it is wrong and only pronounced that way in the cartoon, Who is right?

Interested to see how many there are. A friend of ours won't open the microwave for 30 seconds after it has gone off as the lurking microwaves can still 'get you'.

I keep my BX in a locked shed and as an extra security precaution have the park brake engaged, hi-Lo in neutral, FEL locked and PTO engaged, with these in place it will slow down a potential theft but I am wondering if the PTO being engaged is likely to do any damage to the beast, it won't start...

We had some issues with climate activists gluing themselves to the road, this cartoon came up shortly afterwards. Always a solution.

Mine, broad range but generally we have Becks, Peroni, Moretti in the fridge but lately some of the locals have improved dramatically and the James Squire range has come a long way with some of the more exotic ingredients they are using. I have never gone for some of the local big names such as...

From many years ago, we went out for a days XC Skiing and on the way up there was a sign telling us to pull in and put on chains, we were exempt as we were in a 4WD but pulled in anyway to grab a drink. While waiting two girls driving a Mazda 323 pulled in and with a minimum of fuss fitted...

1. We have a road that does not carry a lot of traffic, it is sealed but narrow so that you have to run two wheels in the dirt when passing, some just refuse to move over, I ease back out and make a point of giving them no choice. 2. Go away to an event or for a few days and take your camp...

I found it amusing....

We have been in our place for 17 years and with developments happening around us have decided to sell up and move a bit further afield. Plenty of places for sale and we have been rezoned from rural to residential so we are looking at developers to buy the place and turn it into a housing estate...

As some know I play and teach music, mainly classical, I happened upon this, three young girls with recorders. Recorders are a basic school instrument with a one ocatve range but the good players can extract three octaves with breathing control, lower breath, deeper note, higher breathe higher...

Just my twisted sense of humour?

An old friend of mine had some wonderful stories and a few funny ones from his time in the RAN, he was a Commander when he retired but this story relates to when he was a Junior Officer. The ship shall remain nameless to protect the guilty but it had returned to port and a celebration was afoot...

Horses being idiots (at home, one of ours), home from the hunt, resting on the ball, Remembrance Day, hunters cup, plaited up

Just bought another wood fired pizza oven, we were in two minds as to whether to get a permanent dome or portable and wound up getting a portable unit. Firebrick base and 304SS inner with a metal outer and insulated in between, it is called a Maximus and comes from Portugal, I have seen an...

Is it just me or are they generally difficult to start after a few hours use. I have a Sachs Dolmar chainsaw that is 30 years old, splutters on the second pull and fires on the third and has always done that, Kohler 18hp in the mower that fire after a few turns, Honda splitter that fires second...

Another day ruined, got to see a sunrise and she was supposed to be on at 0730 then changed it to 0930. This is Dean, her favourite horse (out of four).

We thought in this lane we might find some but to no avail.... A puggle is a native juvenile marsupial that are quite common, until you have the camera

semi skids on Vimeo It happened again a few km further up the road and those ditches are quite deep.

Can't find my handbooks, does this work off the engine or the hydraulics? Just curious.

Just put this somewhere else. CFA. Country Fire Authority, a volunteer fire brigade (mainly, there are some full time workers) who put out some of the biggest fires in the State, in all States but operate under different names. Temperatures have been in the high 30'sC, today is a lot cooler but...

It needed doing......

Moving some gravel into raised self wicking garden beds and made a bit of a mess while turning so decided to level the ground a bit with the harrows that were still on. Love of my life gets home and wants to know what happened to the oregano and dill. I saw them but just thought they were...

Heard on the news parts of USA are getting -47C, we are getting a belting with up to +46C, it is hot and unpleasant, no water, no feed for the horses and we are hard feeding, idiots starting grass fires. Cool today but up high again for the weekend and next week. Opposite ends of the world and...

Youngest daughter has just started working in coronary care in a private hospital and decided to buy herself a new stethoscope, eldest daughter came home and saw it and put them on to see what they were like (youngest is a nurse, eldest at med school). Put them on and looks away as youngest...

We had an upgrade done on our work computers a few days ago, were told the system would be down for 15 minutes, complete blackout for 24 hours and when it did come back on we had no email. I came in a day later and found a back way into the system through the company website and accessed the...

Just an observation, I look at a lot of Youtube videos for advice on how to perform different functions and tractor comparisons and I notice that almost every tractor I see has an ordinary bucket, most of these videos are USA based. Here just about every tractor you see has a 4in1 and I must...

Somewhere in rural Russia are a couple on a farm, Natasha and her active communist husband, Natasha comes inside and announces that it is snowing, he steps outside and says no it is raining, a small argument ensures but he nips it in the bud with his final announcement 'RUDOLF THE RED KNOWS RAIN...

Almost 3.00am and Christmas Day. Off to work soon so have a good one when it arrives.

apart FROM ME..... Wife is working, Daughter is a nurse and rostered on, other Daughter final year med school and will be in a hospital somewhere, I shall have to console myself with the fact that I get paid 2.5 times the normal rate which ultimately means the Government will reap the reward. We...

Not up for swinging a lump of metal around any more so went and bought a 30 ton hydraulic petrol unit, had a look at a few at one of our reputable dealers and found it all a bit of a mystery, the platform looks identical for most of them but they come with a B&S, Chinese or HOnda engine, a few...

We have 5 mares and a rig at home and a few days ago got up and found this!!! Mother has rejected her so daughter is living in the stable and feeding her every two hours. They look quite comical, all head and legs.

I worked in prisons but got to know quite a few LEO's and heard a few stories, this is one of my favourites: In one of the bayside suburbs of Melbourne a group of about 80 had hired the upper floor of a well known pub, a local villain got wind of the booking and decided that he could make some...

Just got one today for a blocked radiator cap, they are sending out replacements as they become available. Wondering if this is local or an international problem.

Or, it's all Americas fault. MIL was entering the early stages of dementia and making some claims to the problems with the world but the one that stuck out was flooding, we were having an unusual amount of rain and floods and she came up with her own conspiracy theory, it is all the fault of...

Randomly took a few pics from about 1500 I took a few years ago and in the interest of US Aust relations I used music by Aaron Copland for the slideshow. Camp draft sdlideshow on Vimeo

Often seen is the use of the word 'Ye' in an attempt to convey something old but what is less known was that this is not Ye but The, in medieval England (probably not so merry) there was a letter that sat between looking like a Y and a T, imagine an upper case 'T' with a slight dihedral, when...

Today is the big day and for the occasion we got a public holiday on Friday, such is the commitment to this past time, I am not a follower but will include a description of how I perceive the game: Australian Rules Football. Take a field and place four goalposts each end, two long ones in the...

Phone rings and a very noisy background that didn稚 sound like the usual call centre, a sub continent accent tells me it is Telstra (one of our Telcos but not mine) and I have a problem with my computer. I said I am sitting at my keyboard what do I do so he gives instructions to type in www, etc...

We have a friend who is vegan purely for a medical condition and SWMBO has invited her and her other half over for a BBQ when it warms up a bit, meanwhile I get to cook something that resembles a meat burger so I tried one made with walnuts, oatmeal, black beans, onion, garlic, red wine vinegar...

Seven days into spring and have had a short run of sunny days, picked up a pile of fallen branches to pile up to burn off and 4' of unhappy brown snake fell out when I dropped them. I dropped them about 3' from the raised bucket and not sure if the fall killed it or the bucket dropping on...

This resides on the Victoria/NSW border near Mildura, a formidible beast that would not break any land speed records but pulled some huge trailers. I found the wheels interesting, almost a forerunner to tracks. Known as Big Lizzie this would have been quite a sight in its day.

We need to replace a short section (about 100') of boundary fence using 5 or 6" treated pine posts and I have seen foam used to secure them into the ground. My questions are: 1. Is expanding foam as good as the makers claim. 2. What sort of space do I need between the post and soil, I have an 8"...

Or horse trading as we more commonly call it, another post reminded me of a friends experience. We pay a goods and services tax on most things of 10% but most tradesmen will do a better deal for cash or a trade with no paperwork involved, a friend of mine is a trade teacher and bought some new...

Just bought one for general use around the place as we are sick of all the fuel containers and different mixtures, quite impressed with what it can do. We use it for general clean up, pruning and cutting smaller logs for firewood, so impressed we are now getting a mower for our small lawn area...

Was a few years ago but a few tractors:

And I declare myself the winner, was grading the driveway and moved to a paddock where my wife had a coffee for me, turned the ttractor off, dropped the bucket and 3PL, took out earplugs and had a drink without getting of the tractor. 10 minutes passed and time to start up, earplugs in, fire up...

When I finish is there any reason why I cannot leave the wire in the feeder and extending from the tip, seems a pain to remove it each time it is used or is there a deterioration issue?

There are now many silo's in the country that have been converted by a variety of artists, we just spent 3 days visiting six of them and this is some footage of three. They are really quite good and boost for tourism in regional areas, at one of the silos I had problems landing the drone when...

Two subjects which makes us feel unique. 1. There is a largish town on the East Coast of Australia that has two main industries, these are sugar cane and prawns, both are most active at around the same time of the year and the sugar cane is carted out of town about the same time as the prawn...

Here's an option for you "Kangaroo (Reincarnation Song)" from "It, Wit, Don't Give a **** Girls" - YouTube Don't forget your passport....

One month open season, could be a new trophy to hang on the wall if you can catch one. Haggis Hunting season starts today - Scotland Forum - TripAdvisor

Just relate this to the tech minded electronic gurus. Was about 15 years ago and we had done the switch to digital TV and a lot of VHF to UHF, the main transmitter is blocked by hills in some areas and one town on another side of the bay had no reception so a repeater was installed, the bay at...

Sun is shining, no wind, harrowing needed, arena needs levelling, piles of horse sh## need moving, instead we go out for lunch, come home and sit outside with a bottle of wine, Kubota sitting in shed feeling unloved. What is wrong with me, can this be cured?

We live on the flat near Westernport Bay (in case anyone wants to look it up) and are surrounded by hills, took the DJI Mavic Pro up for a look at the sand quarries that operate around us, the drone is about 1km from home at about 400', late afternoon as the shadows tell. This time of year the...

Getting towards the end of the packing sand, with recent rain it has compacted and made it hard to pick up so bucket over the top and back drag to break it up and make life a little easier. Arena 2 on Vimeo

We are trying to complete a 45x45m horse arena, have the gravel down and as level as we can get it and have now started on the packing sand, just about finished this and I dump it and back drag to smooth it out a bit but when the time comes I need to level it off before the sand top goes on. I...

Careful people, they are out there and allowed to roam free, this one is a regular contributor to the media, a member of left wing activist groups, animal rights and a host of other time wasting activities, you can have her if you wish.

CASA is our version of FAA, any other interpretations upon request: Hi Mate, I am writing to you because I need your help to get me bloody pilot's license back. You keep telling me you got all the right contacts. Well, now's your chance to make something happen for me because, mate, I'm bloody...

I used to travel quite a bit and found sometimes that peoples perception of weather and temperature somewhat strange, in Australia we have Queensland which is arguably one of the warmer climates and Tasmania which is probably the coldest. You visit peoples homes and in Queensland the people say...

I touched on this briefly after spending a few hours shifting sand and came in with a sore backside, anyway, problem solved, I bought a seat pad which is contoured and has a cut out section for the cocyx, nice gel and foam with a pretty furry cover. Had it out and really feels good until I did a...

Our horses don't have any....

Not really for the Kubota forum as it is a general thought on peoples perceptions of sub compacts. I have a BX2370 and was out leveling sand in the arena a few days ago when our stock agent came in with some 20' x 7" poles, he had trouble getting a gate off the tray as the poles had moved and...

We have a selection such as Harps (30 minutes past the hour) Corpse (15 minutes past the hour) Crook (not feeling well) but there is one Americanism that has thrown me for a long time, Git on Done, can someone please enlighten me as to what it means, I have heard it, seen it and really am at a...

Maybe of interest if anyone knows any vintage WWII pilots or their families. Until this was sent to me I had no idea that the USA flew Spitfires or had their insignia on them, this is an interesting short story. SPITFIRE 944 - YouTube

Makes me quite ill, has always been the case although I can eat cured meat such as salami, bacon and ham. It is frustrating when we go to a BBQ and they have smoked ribs and all I get is a salad because almost everyone does pork ribs (we do beef but hard to find beef ribs with some meat on...

Have ordered one and awaiting delivery, I have watched all the propaganda on how good they are, does anyone here have one and can tell me about the pitfalls? Uuni - The portable and affordable wood-fired oven

Isn't it amusing what you can do with a short video clip by changing the music Dansje doen @ Awakefest 2013 (Benny Hill) ORIGINAL - YouTube Music is Yackety Sax and associated with the Benny Hill Show

Had a chuckle when I saw this when picking up horse feed.....

Sat up until almost 1.00am and only managed a couple of barely acceptable shots. Nikon D800 with 300mm f4 lens

Two of the younger generation: If I miss a payment on the car and the boat I'll have enough for a deposit on a jetski. Ye Gods, what is the world coming to?

This was taken a few days ago (not by me) and it just gets better as it moves on LiveLeak.com - 4x4 Recovery Fail

I often have to shift a couple of trailers/boat/horsefloat around and to make it easier for myself I would like to weld a tongue onto the counterweight on the BX2370. Removing the counterweight is a real PITA, well, more to the point, putting it back on is and if I can just lift the drawbars of...

We have had the BX2370 for a year now and quite happy but I have seen several videos on the BX2380 even before I got ours, to date I have not seen one in Australia and the dealers deny their existence. Does anyone know how the distribution works, are they for the USA market only or do we have a...

Thanks to this forum this inexperienced operator has finally discovered what the float can do, first of all I never knew it was there and trying to level of some area just saw me scraping dirt and gravel around with the bucket following the course of the wheels resulting in a pretty rough job...

Mentioned in another post, we both enjoy sailing and have a 23' trailer sailer, Cole 23 (a local craft) fibreglass hull. Claimed to be a 6 berth but you would either need the cast from Snow White or be very friendly, we find it accommodates the two of us nicely although we do sometimes take...

Here I am sitting at the computer, it is 5.35am Christmas Day and I am at work so I feel that I can be the first to offer seasons greetings. I started work at 3.pm on Christmas Eve and finish today at 10am and on the occasion of any holiday it can be a very busy night with many people suffering...

Wandered in to a tractor dealer during the week after a 3PL top link as I find adjusting the one I have a PITA when I hook up the grader then adjust again to put the counter weight back on, well, the staff looked at me like I had just arrived from another planet (beam me up Scotty, no...

After reading some posts in a similar vein thought I would share this, we have a corridor at work that is quite dark and has a low wattage light fitting so we can see where we are going, it is also a ramp between levels and has a low (7'6") ceiling. I got to work one day and the light was blown...

About 30 years ago I worked for a conservation department and one of the pre summer jobs was fuel reduction burns, to do this a small aircraft was used with two crew and pilot, they would have a box of what were like table tennis balls which were about quarter full of potassium permanganate...

Slideshow taken at a local Iris Nursery, SWMBO loves flowers especially Iris (s) and orchids so I put this together for her, I supplied the geetar music. Iris on Vimeo

We bought the BX2370 in early February this year and had a few problems: 1. The front hydraulic disconnects kept coming undone and after three visits from the dealer finally discovered that the plate that holds the connectors was mounted too far forward and the front right tyre grabbed the...

small acreage where we breed horses and daughters and operate a drop bear sanctuary. all flat and recently bought a kubota bx2370 with 4 in 1 bucket. currently teaching myself to weld so i can make a trench cleaner to fit in the bucket and save my poor old back. so far so good and retired the...