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Happened to me once. I was on my Yamaha Kodiak riding the extremely remote country about where the Colorado River becomes Lake Mead so the nearest town was probably Mesquite, Nevada, about 90 miles, when I noticed the dash lights acting oddly. But the bike ran fine. A few miles later I...

Stock countershaft sprocket on my XT225s was 15T. I always carried a 14T and 16T in my backpack and would change sprockets depending on the terrain. Only takes about 15 minutes on these bikes - very easy to do. If in gnarly terrain the 14 got installed; if I had a long stretch of pavement or...

A word of caution on these things. The battery is tiny and doesn't last long so make sure you install a new one at least every 3 years, and keep a battery maintainer on it. Reason I stayed with the old model XT225 is that it had a kick starter in addition to the electric starter so even if the...

Sure they will. Already do, in some states. Haven't you been reading any of Ultrarunner's posts about life in California? If it becomes National policy then whatever Texans prefer won't matter.

Not this newest model but the previous one. XT225. Had a 1992 and put thousands upon thousands of miles on it so in 2010 when a pristine 2007 (last year they were made before Yamaha went to the XT250) came up for sale with only 247 miles on it, I bought it. 8000+ miles on it now. Both bikes...

Yes, and in 4 years when Governor Newsome becomes President Newsome those pollution controls will come back, only be much harsher. (Enter your favorite tree-hugger's name here) Then what? Are we going to have to install DPF/DEF systems on all tractors, new and old, to be able to run them?

Much ado about nothing. That's my take after having owned a Kubota M7060 for the past 8 years. I too was worried about the DPF (Diesel Particulate Filter). No more. Regeneration is a seamless process...if it weren't for the light coming on in the dash telling me the regen process was...

For some manufacturers, maybe. And depends on the year. On my Fords the procedure to disable seat belt chimes/auto lock and other features is outlined in the owner's manual. On my new Toyota...NOPE! Not allowed! Some on the Toyota forums have been able to fix that by using a laptop and...

So give us an evaluation of the 3-wheeled Can-am. How's it compare to riding a two-wheeled motorcycle? What's your fuel mileage like? Just wondering because I'm kind of in the same boat - getting too old and clumsy to be on two wheels. But it seems to me that if I couldn't be leaning my...

Looks like a Rubicon that has never been off pavement! Because of where I live my rigs drive mostly dirt and gravel roads and those rocks really chew up the tires. Here's a shot of my Toyos at just over 24,000 miles:

I bought a bumper-pull 14k trailer in 1997 I think. Still on the original tires today. Very few miles on the trailer - tread looks like the tires are brand new. Trailer is stored in my pole barn so not exposed to sunlight or to any fumes of any sort. Every time I hook on to it and pull it...

Same here in Nevada. What is it with these young guys and straight pipes (no mufflers)? With the aggressive tires they run I can hear them coming from a mile down the road! Always a Dodge(Ram) Cummins - never hear a Powerstroke or Duramax modded this way.

My 2006 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon has crank windows. No power windows available in that year or earlier Jeep Wrangler. Not sure when Jeep started offering electric windows in the Wrangler.

Had one of those, spec'd just as you've listed, for many years, put thousands of trouble-free miles on it. Bought it for $1200 from a friend who used it as a wood-cutting truck. Pickup bed was removed and a flatbed installed, with high wood racks. It WOULD haul a load - I moved several...

You can thank all those hard working folks we elected to Washington, D.C. for the rules and regulations making that necessary. Start-stop. 0W20 weight motor oil. Cylinder deactivation. And so on. Engineers got these engines so they'd go 300,000 miles easy and now the bureaucratic mandates...

Goats and kids holding up traffic on the Beartooth Highway in Wyoming...elevation just shy of 11,000 feet. Photos taken a month ago.

I have the same complaint about my 2022 Toyota 4Runner. For example, if I'm coming into a town where the speed limit is 35 mpg and I back off the throttle it instantly downshifts. Then as I'm trying to maintain that 35 mph through town the tach jumps up and down a few hundred rpm the whole...

This is how I do it all the time. Buy the tires on-line and have a local tire dealer install them. Heard from those who've tried it that even using a tire machine, changing an ATV or UTV tire is MUCH harder than changing a car or truck tire.

That's exactly why you are changing belts! Driving at low speeds in high range. The owner's manual for my Can-am Defender very specifically states that if the machine is driven below 15 mph then low range is to be used, else the belt will be destroying itself. I have 5000 miles on my...

I saw a map like this a week ago from a different guy...authors of these need to get together because their conclusions/forecasts are wildly different.

Wow! If the ones I just installed last at least 10 years I'll be a happy man!

Recently I had to buy some inner tubes for ancient trailer wheels that were all rusted and was amazed that I couldn't find any made here in the USA that would not quickly disintegrate. EVERY one I looked at on line said "Made in China" and most were brands I had never heard of. Finally came...

Been true here out west for a good 10 years now. Used to be, if a wildland fire got started the nearby ranchers and farmers would immediately mobilize, sending out their dozers and large tractors with discs to cut fire lines before the fire got too large and totally out of control. Our own...

I didn't know ziplock baggies existed back in the 40s and 50s???

Quite a few closed here in Nevada also. Algae blooms that happen every summer, some of which are rather toxic.

A beach on a lake and a beach on the ocean are two different things. My daughter LOVED walking the Oregon beaches at low tide, watching the sea lions and picking up star fish, etc. Tide pools are just full of little sea creatures and kids love that.

My tractors aren't nearly as big as Hay Dude's. I run 13 psi max in the back tires...I want to see a bit of a bulge in the sidewall. Much easier on me and the tractor and whatever implements I've got hooked up - and better traction also. Same with the front tires - don't remember the exact...

Hay Dude, every time I see the pics you post I'm reminded of how incredibly lush and green Pennsylvania is, compared to Nevada where the only green is an irrigated pivot.

Just make sure those trails you plan to go on don't have any off-camber sections. Those narrow side by sides have a much higher center of gravity than a quad and roll pretty darn easily.

This applies only to you folks who live in the "salted roads" part of the country. Here in Nevada, nothing rots. I routinely find old abandoned vehicles out in the desert and there is no rot, only faded paint.

50+ years ago I went to work for a mine out in the middle of Nevada. There was a tiny town there - the mine owned the houses, took care of the utilities for the town, etc. Nearest bank, nearest almost anything was 80 miles away. Payday was Friday morning, every two weeks. No such thing as...

There are very good fuel cans out there - but they are expensive. Because of the remote areas of the country I travel I always carry at least 10 extra gallons of gas. A few years ago the old "GI" 5 gallon gas cans I was using began cracking on the sides so I finally invested in a set of Wavian...

I've not seen one of those "push-in vents" that come with the new nozzles that didn't leak. And half the time the threads on the replacement nozzle don't match my gas cans.

After my Dad passed away a few years ago I was going through the documents he left behind and found the bill of sale for a brand spanking new Ford 861 PowerMaster tractor with snowplow. Only $3475 in September of 1960! I spent many, many hours on that tractor! Great machine - it went with the...

Go big or go home! These days you can buy yourself a John Deere that lists at well over a million dollars! https://www.slashgear.com/1432122/most-expensive-tractors-ever-made-ranked/

The farm I grew up on in Pennsylvania had only stone walls for fences - each individual field had a stone wall around it. We don't own the farm any longer - but when I was there a year ago most of those stone fences were still there. Here's a pic of me and my siblings with one of the walls...

Phone number that I've always enjoyed listening to......

Exported?? My understanding is that most of the alfalfa grown here in northern Nevada is exported to California?

You just live in the wrong part of the country and are being ripped off. For the past several years diesel here has been a little bit cheaper than gas and just recently inched up so now its about the same price as regular.

I hope that 6.7 Cummins gasser is a winner. I really mean that. BUT - I always say I'm not going to be a beta tester for new technology. Let's see what the reliability figures are, 5 years after this engine hits the market and people start working it. The old 5.9 Cummins and 7.3...

They do here in Nevada! A 5.9 Cummins and a 7.3 Powerstroke in decent shape sell for big bucks around here. The Duramax not so much but that's mainly because of the IFS.

My Dad bought his first 4wd truck, a 1963 Ford 3/4 ton, brand spanking new and all the neighbors used to give him crap, using about the same arguments as you are putting forth. Till a January storm rolled around, with 3' of fresh snow. Guess who they called when they had to get out? That 1963...

Absolutely. Anyone who's driven trucks with the old Ford 300 cubic inch straight 6, or the Chevy 292, can tell you that. And it is why I still drive a Jeep Wrangler with the straight 6 engine and manual transmission. Just can't stall those engines even if the tach is only reading 500 rpm -...

I've installed those shut-off valves on my older lawn mowers. My newest is a Honda and it came from the factory with a shut-off valve installed in the fuel line. If any of my small engines are going to sit for any length of time I turn off the valve and let the engine run until it runs out of...

We're talking about "older" diesel trucks - the theme of this thread. So the only part of the above statement I can agree to is the "cheaper to buy". Around here, if you find an older Dodge/Cummins with the 5.9 or Ford 7.3 Powerstroke that hasn't been abused you'll have to pay just about what...

Same here. The control you have, going over rough trails with varying conditions, is phenomenal. I was worried about the durability of the belt when I bought my Can-am Defender. No more. Almost 5000 miles on it now and the belt still looks (and measures) like new. But then I religiously...

I use velcro straps. I fold up the loose ends of the ratchet strap over the ratchet assembly and then use the velcro straps to keep them in place. Been using the same ones for 10 years now - they work great. Very secure, and reuseable. Available in various lengths. I use 15" long ones for...

That's peanuts these days! TFL did a comparison test of the full-size Bronco against a Jeep Wrangler with the 392 engine. Sticker on that Wrangler was $109,000!!!!!! I mean, really? For a Jeep?

My Mom was the same. She would help butcher and cook anything raised on the farm. BUT...she refused to touch wild game. I remember coming home with pheasants I'd nailed with my .22 and she told me if I wanted to eat them I'd have to prepare them. She would have nothing to do with wild birds...

Don't know anything about the Bronco Sport. But I have a friend here who had the new full sized Bronco and just traded it in. There are no window frames around the door windows in the full size - something Ford did to make the removeable doors smaller. With his, traveling at freeway speeds...

The "autolock" hubs haven't improved through the years. I notice on the off-road recovery YouTube channels they sometimes have to recover a newer 4wd pickup with the autolock hubs that refuse to engage so the truck is just a 2wd. Never understood the need for autolock hubs - what is so...

My Dad would lock in his hubs around the first of November with the first snowfall, and unlock them in April. But he did shift the transfer case in and out of 4wd as needed. I sure wish today's trucks still had the manual locking hubs and a manual transfer case lever on the floor. Too many...

Loved my "mini" Bronco, a 1973 model. Wish I had kept it - worth a lot of $$ today! More comfortable, more roomy, AND more dependable than the Jeeps I owned later.

^This! I see so much of that around here. Young mine workers making $100,000+ a year, driving diesel pickups (mostly Ram and Ford) with monster lifts and tires, because they can. Not because they need that kind of power. I can usually hear the Rams coming from a half mile away because...

I guess some people just don't have any luck. I bought a 2016 F150 with the 3.5 Ecoboost new. 8 years and 80,000 miles later it has been flawless. Never been in the shop for any reason. I also drive a 2007 E350 that was converted to 4wd when new. Been driving it for 18 years now and the...

I'd sure like to know how this works. As someone who has used a satellite phone and an InReach satellite communicator for years I know that to get a satellite signal the device has to have a satellite-capable antenna AND have a clear view of the sky. They don't work from inside a vehicle or...

^This! With the money you are contemplating spending on a new truck, you could refurbish your old truck including refreshing the engine and various components as needed - and have something just, if not more, dependable as the new ones. New vehicles are run by computer and electronics and from...

The 6.7 gas engine may be a winner and it may be a dud. 5 years after it hits the market and people are using/abusing it, we'll know just how good it is. I don't want to be a beta tester on something I pay $100,000 for...that's what trucks will cost by the time this hits the market.

Thursday evening my area had a dry lightning storm come through, starting multiple wildfires. The fire in this photo, taken from my house but across the valley from me, actually started on the far side of the mountains on Thursday. Yesterday a powerful west wind drove the fire over the...

Encourage bull snakes to hang around...they'll take care of your rodent problem and you won't have to worry about your chickens!

Don't pick an F150 to tow a 10k trailer! I've owned an F150 for 8 years now, along with a 3500. The very thing that makes the F150 a pleasure to drive compared to a 3/4 or 1 ton, that compliant suspension, is what makes it less desirable as a tow vehicle. Too much of "the tail wagging the...

Its a Yamaha. Take care of it and it will last forever. And yes, an open diff is nice because it will allow you to turn much sharper. As far as I know, no manufacturer installs a "limited slip" diff in a side by side. Its either locked, or open with a switch to lock the diff when needed.

Every smart phone built in the last 10 years has GPS circuitry built in and can be used as a standard GPS unit by downloading your choice of app. Be it an Android or iPhone unit, they can give you your location on planet earth to within 30 feet (usually a lot closer), and no app is needed to...

They were dissatisfied with the neighborhood so they all moved to Nevada??

^This!

I have the same problem but here it is not deer, it is the hundreds of quail. They are busy scratching away all day long; any seeds I plant just get eaten.

This was me! It has been 4 years now and I couldn't be happier. Best vision I've had since I was a teenager!

Saw the Vietnamese taxi version on the one occasion when I arrived at a "civilized" part of Vietnam, 50+ years ago.

If they ever make one with a 200 mile range that's reasonably priced I'll be seriously interested. For the reasons you stated, and especially the quiet. Would be great to explore out in the mountains and not disturb the wildlife.

Yup! Been a Jeep Wrangler owner for many, many years. Currently have a 2006 Rubicon. It will go just about anywhere that anything with wheels can go...but if the terrain is rough you'll be going really slow and still getting knocked around in the cab. Traveling the same route in my Can-am is...

When day dawned this morning I saw my lawn was covered with ice from the sprinklers coming on during the night. Just checked the National Weather Service and low for this morning at the nearest town was 29 degrees..................

High of 59 degrees here in northern Nevada today, with powerful winds from the north. Had to turn my pellet stove back on!

Here in the desert most baling is done starting about 2 in the morning (middle of the night!) when the humidity is highest. Baling during the day when humidity is in the single digits just results in "shattered" hay. From the National Weather Service - typical summertime conditions:

MY experience has been that they have on average doubled the life of my batteries, especially the smaller batteries like in my quad and dirt bike. So I bet I have about 15 of the darn things...EVERYTHING I own except for my daily driver is on a battery maintainer. So as far as I'm concerned...

Just a Lincoln tombstone with a different label stuck on it.......

Come out to the desert where EVERYTHING has a thorn. We'll soon cure you of the flip-flop addition!

Good luck with that. I'm still sucking air but almost 80 years old and lately got so spastic and clumsy that I'm putting my 2-wheeled Yamaha up for sale. Used to be if I went down it was no big deal - brush off the dirt and get back on. If I hit the dirt now these brittle old bones will...

Plenty of them bad boys up there...still in velvet right now:

Living the good life, in the cool mountains in belly-deep meadow grass on the Etchegoyen Ranch:

My eye doc explained to me that if I chose the multifocal lens option I should expect to see more "flare" at night. Which is why I chose the distance only lenses. LOVE my new vision, and getting ride of my heavy eyeglasses (I was so nearsighted that my eyeglasses were 9/16" thick!). But yes...

I would love a Wolverine...through the years I've had excellent luck with Yamaha, both motorcycles and ATVs. Currently own a Yamaha XT225 and Kodiak. But Yamaha doesn't make an all-season, all-weather machine which is why I bought the Can-am. I need something I can use when it is 10 degrees...

Don't know about all Honda models - but the most popular (and utilitarian) Honda Pioneer 1000 absolutely does have turf mode for the rear diff. Scroll down to "Transmission" in this link: https://www.soviescycleshop.com/Brands/Compare-Models/ff8a50b5-6eb2-4bd6-8b1e-b0b20021e239 The new Yamaha...

Almost all now have a selectable locker - switch on the dash to engage the rear (and front, on some) locker if it is needed. Can-am Defenders and Polaris Rangers now all have selectable lockers. Only a few manufacturers/models have stuck with the locked rear. Not only does the locked rear...

So much of that is in the original engineering design. We have a Yamaha Rhino and an older Polaris Ranger in our Search and Rescue fleet. Both of those have the engine pretty much under the cab. To check the oil in the Rhino I have to remove a cover between the seats to access the engine. In...

My riding buddies that have tried my Can-am have told me that my Can-am is much quieter inside than their machines (Yamaha Wolverine and Honda 700). AND cleaner - dust free - after riding through silt beds. To me, because I often ride alone in really remote places, dependability is paramount...

Guess I've been lucky. When I moved to Nevada 52 years ago I hooked up with an Independent Insurance Agency. Been with them ever since because they have always taken great care of me. They handle all my insurance - home, auto, and they move me around from one insurance company to another as...

Do you have a pond on your property? Saw a YouTube video not long ago of a guy who back his rotary mower into a pond and engaged the PTO...seemed to clean everything underneath the mower pretty good!

:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO: Fastest is about 4 days for anything from Amazon, and it has gotten slower lately and here's why. USPS does not deliver packages to individual homes or mailboxes in the area where I live. They deliver to their own "banks" of mailboxes which are a few miles apart...

Try that in rural northern Nevada - getting anything delivered like lumber - and see how far you get. Here, you are on your own as far as getting anything delivered. Nearest Home Depot or Lowe's from my location is 130 miles. This means no towns, no nothing - and no fences, so cattle and wild...

I have a Honda lawn mower and genset. Both come with shutoff valves from the factory. Owner's manual for both recommends running the carburetor dry, and it also recommends to use non-ethanol gas if possible.

I know a lot of these machines are programmed so that if the seat belt is not buckled then max speed will be only about 15 mph. If your machine has that circuitry, did you check to make sure it is not malfunctioning?

That's how they work when turning sharp. My solution is to raise the 3 point hitch lever just a tab above its stop when initiating the turn, then dropping it back down to the stop after the turn.

A slide rule was mandatory student equipment when I was at university back in the 60s.

Around here you won't spend much time traveling then, just counting. Huge flocks of them around despite a long hunting season. Very prolific.

^This. Here in northern Nevada if you go to town on a Sunday morning you'll see multiple crew cab F350/3500 turbodiesels around town. The whole family fits, plus after church they load up on another week's supplies before heading back to the ranch. That's what the bed of the truck is for, not...

^ This. My place here in Nevada sits on a full basement, thick concrete walls and floor...don't remember the exact dimensions but it is something like 30' x 66'. Lived here over 30 years now and not a hint of moisture or dampness down there. Regardless of the outside temperature it never gets...

Yup. A few years ago when I decided I needed a general purpose vehicle that got good fuel mileage I was looking at Dakotas and Ford Rangers and whatever GM was producing as a mid-size back then. But after doing my research comparing vehicle capabilities versus fuel mileage I ended up with an...

This fine example of a Nevada speed goat moved onto my place a few weeks ago. Now that the heat is on he hangs out in the shade from my trees next to my house (there's also water there for him to drink).

Where I live and ride is very remote, plus many times I go out alone, so dependability is paramount for me. It is not unusual to spend a few days in the outback and not see another vehicle or another person. Yamaha has been my go-to for the past 30+ years because of their record of...

^This! I have some good friends who bought a couple Chinese-made quads (his and hers!) a few years ago. Both are now sitting unused because the company that made them has disappeared and no parts are available.

My experience is just the opposite. When I retired 8 years ago the number of extra cards for everything that I had to carry increased so that I had to buy another wallet - it is so thick I rarely ever put it in a pants pocket. Before retiring I didn't need a medical card, now I have to carry...

The OEM exhaust on my old John Deere was one of those vertical ones that ended right about head level. My solution was to take a hacksaw to it and cut it off about 3" above the muffler. Then I bought an exhaust extension pipe about 3' long that slips snugly down over that 3" stub. So now the...

Came across these three bighorn ewes with lambs while trekking nearby Nevada mountains yesterday:

From everything I've read the Maverick has a pretty good reputation. Quite reliable and very good on fuel. Not something I would ever buy (just a car missing a trunk lid far as I'm concerned) but for someone who could use its features, sounds like a good vehicle.

Lots of angry people here in northern Nevada....apparently a fuel delivery driver inadvertently dumped a load of diesel into the "regular" tank. Lots of cars not running too well...

I always loved rhubarb fresh from the garden also. My Mom always had a huge patch of it growing and I loved to snag some and eat it raw. Years ago I was visiting my parents and of course grabbed some rhubard and was eating away. My little niece noticed and wanted a piece also so I broke off a...

I often leave my Yamaha Kodiak and hike up canyons no wheels can traverse. Don't have to worry about someone stealing it, this is who watches over the ATV while I'm gone...rattles are buzzing so fast they are just a blur in this pic.

Why I mow in the Kubota with a/c turned on. Let the cab air filter take care of all the dust/debris...and the angry insects I stir up!

My quail sure appreciate the sunflowers I plant once snow falls. Me, I love to see the contortions they go through trying to reach the seeds on those downturned heads!

Nope. They all have pivoting blades. The blades on a mower can be attached to either a flat piece of metal, or a dished piece which allows the mower to slide up and over an obstruction. That dished piece is the stump jumper. No stump jumper:

You would never work for a mine. Random (supposedly) testing for ALL employees. Sometimes you'd be tested 3 times a week - and then it might be a year or so before your number came up again. Refuse to take the test and you will be escorted off the property and you'll not work for that mine or...

For 22 years I was an EMT/firefighter in a tiny town in Nevada that was also this remote so perhaps I can answer some of your questions. 80 miles from the firehall to the nearest emergency room - also in a small town. Nearest trauma center was 140 miles. No such thing as the "Golden Hour"...

Yup. Especially when you have a really "hot" ride......

Wow. Just Wow! I've been the owner of a 2007 E350 with the V10 for 17 years now. 74,000+ miles on it now. The ONLY thing I've had to have fixed in all these years is replacing a brake switch which was causing the cruise control to randomly cut off. No, it has not spit out even one spark...

If you look around on the web you can find a small study someone did on this recently, in Maine or Massachusetts I think but somewhere in the rust belt. They collected a bunch of 10 year old pickups of all brands (GM, Ford, Dodge/Ram, Toyota) and checked them to see which ones had resisted...

It's amazing how some trees manage to survive. This huge cottonwood was blown over by a windstorm but some of the roots were fine so the main trunk put out lots of limbs pointing up to the sun!

Don't know about ALL models - but I know that my Can-am Defender and the Search and Rescue Polaris Rangers I maintain have stake pockets on all four sides of the bed. I have seen all sorts of lightweight sides to fit those stake pockets - some home made and some that are available commercially...

No way I know of. But then, if these systems were failing all the time you'd see posts complaining about it on the tractor forums. Do a search and see how many you can find. No moving parts to go bad in the emissions system. The DPF system works by injecting extra diesel into the exhaust...

Normal use for me means that there is a piece of equipment on the 3 point hitch and connected to the PTO. And to get 540 rpm at the implement I have to run the engine at just over 1800 rpm. The hydraulic system (front loader, 3 point hitch, remotes, even the steering) is also happier at higher...

If you ride only flatlands then a narrow side by side is fine. If you ride in the mountains - they are trouble because they roll so easily. One of the reasons I chose the Can-am I have is because it is wide - and stable in off-camber situations. True, it can't fit on narrow trails or in...

??? Not sure what your statement means. If you are talking about the regeneration process, you have the wrong idea. My Kubota M7060 is 9 years old now and only once in those 9 years have I had to "sit around and do nothing" while the regen process took place, and that's only because the...

Easy enough. Whether you could get the tractor to run afterwards is another story. Like any modern engine that Kubota is computer controlled and if you expect to be able to run it after deleting all that emissions stuff you'd better know how to reprogram the computer to run without it. As...

Depends on what you consider as a "rough" field surface. I mow 50 acres here in northern Nevada yearly. The acres have never been a field, just desert overgrown with cheatgrass, and there are holes there big enough to swallow anything but a large diameter tractor tire so I doubt any zero-turn...

Still have all my darkroom gear, down in the basement. Two enlargers, to enlarge up to 4x5 sheet film. Been over 30 years since I've used any of it. Navy-trained photographer - at the time, the Navy had the best photo school in the world. Yes, you got to know film speed versus f stops and...

Nope! Had two 2-stroke bikes during my many years as a motorcycle rider and got rid of both quickly. Where I ride means huge differences in elevation. Valleys at ~ 4000 feet elevation but the trails in the mountains surrounding the valleys go up past 11,000 feet. Seems I could never tune...

Quality of these aftermarkets varies even with the same manufacturer. A few years ago I bought a "two pack" of 18V batteries to fit my aging DeWalt drill/driver. One of the batteries is still doing great...the other refused to take a charge after about a year.

You have to be VERY careful buying off Ebay...way too many counterfeit items being sold there that are labeled as OEM when in fact they are fakes. https://www.ngkntk.com/newsroom/feature/emea/2020-1/counterfeit-spark-plugs-the-ignition-villains-that-could-ruin-your-engine/ I got burned big...

The Polaris 1500 is an all-new unit...new, and unproven 3 cylinder engine and a new, unproven transmission they named "Steeldrive". Only time will tell if they will hold up in the long run. Me, I wouldn't want to be a Beta tester on something where the starting price is ~ $30,000. If, in 5...

Here's how the squirrel hunters in Nevada do it...stand is mounted on a trailer and they pull it around to various fields....

Nearest Walmart to me, in Winnemucca, Nevada, has had EV charging stations for several years now. I have NEVER seen anyone using them to charge an EV.... This same Walmart also had a gas station for years. Then it disappeared without explanation.

The CVT was my main concern when I bought my Defender. Just turned 4600 miles on it now and the original belt still looks and measures like new. Follow the owner's manual instructions as to how to treat the belt (no towing in high range, and no driving in high range below 15 mph) and they last...

OP also states that he wants to use the machine for trail riding/camping. Automatically eliminates a golf cart or electric ATV. Last I checked the longest range on any electric ATV/UTV these days is 40 miles and that just won't cut it. Went on a short ride yesterday...99.1 miles by the time...

The new Kawasaki Ridge UTV has an in-line 4 cylinder engine. https://www.kawasaki.com/en-us/side-x-side/ridge/2-to-3-passenger/ridge

A side by side has one big advantage over a Jeep or pickup or other vehicle of that type....no hood to see over! It makes a huge difference in nasty terrain because you can see right down in front of the vehicle and what's there. If the vehicle has a long hood out there then your visibility is...

As far as I know, this "freewheeling" feature is only on Polaris side by sides. Both of the Polaris units in our SAR unit are this way. And I detest it...as you say - totally counter-intuitive to step on the gas to make the clutch engage for engine braking! Every other brand of side by side...

No need to add a brake line lock on a Can-am Defender. Standard feature - push down hard on the brakes, pull up on the lock and the machine ain't going anywhere. Works on all four wheels, not just two like some "Parking Brakes". One of the reasons I chose a Can-am was that it had both a brake...

^This! Been a Jeep owner for many, many years...latest is a 2006. Of all my vehicles the Jeep is definitely the hardest to climb in and out of. And it is worthless for hauling stuff around. The open bed of a side by side is much handier.

^This! Is your place a swamp?? If you're not planning on "mudding" then save money and look at the standard Can-am Defender. I wanted an all-season unit so I bought one with the cab; don't care if it is 20 degrees and blowing snow I can still use it in comfort. I've been putting several...

"Ears" Why they are called "mule deer".....

More to it than just done "legally". Most tractors that have emissions crap on them are run by an electronic brain box that in most cases needs to be reprogrammed to run without the emissions system in place.

Good luck in finding a new house built that well...that you can afford to buy. Seems to me you'd have to spec out exactly what you wanted in the house and then find a builder who would build it just that way. Too many new homes these days are built on the cheap......

I've had multiple feral cats move into my barn over the years and I like having them around for rodent control. Unfortunately the cats don't last long...too many coyotes prowling around.

Same here!

Gorgeous! Our forecast is for snow showers for the next week. Nothing is blooming yet around here. Only sign of spring is that in some places the grass is sprouting green.

I've been using one of those little pumps for several years. I've found that if I place the gas can up high, above the level of the tank into which I want to add fuel, all I have to do is turn the pump on for a couple seconds. That starts a siphoning action and the rest of the fuel will flow...

I've had several of the old Ford F350 trucks with the 460 gas engines through the years. Never any problem with the engines - very reliable. But very thirsty as far as gas mileage. Don't think I ever got better than 12 mpg running empty. Loaded and towing it could be half that. (All were...

And then came the prohibition on gas stoves and gas water heaters....all to make us dependent solely on electrical appliances where the electrical grid is already overloaded and vulnerable to outages from hacking and other reasons. Already the power companies are turning off power grids...

Maybe where you live! It has been snowing on and off here for two weeks, and long-term forecast shows the same for the next 10 days!

As long as there is firewood available! Where I live, not too many trees. For years I drove to Oregon - round trip ~ 500 miles - to pick up loads of firewood. Then that source dried up too so I had to go to a pellet stove.

Thank you for that idea! I'll have to put that up in my garage and see how it works!

They are starting to hatch right now but at this stage they are tiny. By the end of April they'll be an inch long and starting to migrate, seeking anything green to eat. By June they are close to 3" long and they don't start dying off until September and sometimes October. The entrance to...

Mormon crickets cause plenty of accidents here, crossing the highways by the billions. It's best described as driving on thick grease. The State just puts up "Slick Road" signs and calls it good: What it looks like when a swarm is crossing the road: After they've pass on there will be two...

For the first 20 years I lived on this place of mine in Nevada the ground squirrels were very abundant. I found it unique that, unlike the groundhogs in Pennsylvania who came out of hibernation when it warmed up and the snow melted and then disappeared again in late fall, the ground squirrels...

The biggest change I've seen in northern Nevada is the dramatic decrease in the number of mule deer and the corresponding huge increase in the antelope population in the 50+ years I've lived here. Used to see huge herds of mule deer, now I see huge flocks of antelope. And your Arkansas quail...

I've had an F150 I ordered in just that configuration! A real bladder buster, what with a 36 gallon tank and the great fuel mileage it gets! 3.5 Ecoboost, 400 miles since filling up and 417 miles still to go before empty: (Overall fuel mileage since new, with almost 80,000 miles on the...

I have elderly neighbors next door living on 20 acres with a few goats but they grow a huge garden every year. But they have no tractor so every summer I mow about 5 of their acres as wildfire control, and if we have a big snowfall I plow their driveway (1/4 mile long) and areas around their...

Only one criteria...will it do the job? Nothing else matters. And if you'd chosen a non-Tremor model you'd have more payload. The Tremor has a softer suspension tuned to articulate and ride better off road compared to a standard F250. Which is why I wouldn't even consider an F250 and go...

^This! Unless you have a really old truck all the newer ones won't allow a hose down into the gas tank. That's why these days gas thieves drill the tank itself - no way to siphon out of the tank. Don't know what all the other manufacturers use....but this is what the fill spout in a newer...

Many changes, and not always for the better! The Marines have a high-altitude/cold weather training center in the Sierra Nevada mountains just west of the Nevada border. When I passed through there in the 60s they had to train in absolutely realistic conditions - which meant digging latrines...

I've already done that...but only for those LPs/CDs that I couldn't find on line. I found it much easier to get a Spotify subscription and then record the music I wanted right to the computer. Then it was just a matter of putting the music I wanted on various flash drives, to play in my...

My understanding is that at least the new Fords are still that way. Put it in "M" and whatever gear you select, that's the gear the transmission will stay in. That's the way my 2016 F150 is......and my 2022 Toyota 4Runner. I use "M" a lot when off-road, going down steep grades, to keep from...

What kind of fuel mileage did that Ram 5500 get on the drive down and back???

That was me also, growing up on a dairy farm in Pennsylvania. All the time I was growing up, till I got drafted (Vietnam was going on), if the temperature outside was 50 degrees or above I never wore a shirt. And of course, no one used sunscreen back then. By the month of May I would be...

Same here. I have a standing appointment with my dermatologist twice a year and she always finds more to cut off or freeze at each appointment. But then my Dad always wore a broad-brimmed hat (usually straw) and long sleeved shirt when he was outside and yet he had the same problem. By the...

My brother has been a Goldwing rider for years - owned several of them. Puts about 150,000 miles on one and then trades it in for a new one. Last year he decided it was time for another new one...had to go all the way to Texas from where he lives in Kansas because that dealership in Texas had...

Same here! I was an EMT/Firefighter for years and how to get a proper blood pressure reading was always part of the training and refresher training. Now, I walk into the doctor's office and a young lady immediately slaps a cuff on my wrist that automatically takes a blood pressure reading...

Wait another 20 years and then tell us how it goes. Your body will change A LOT once you are over 65. Me, I was over 70 when a statin and BP medication were first prescribed. Very low dose on both...but as you age things change. Did a lot of exploring on my dirt bike until a couple years...

Yes. Here's the shift pattern for my M7060. My ancient John Deere 2020 is the same way - Park position in the tranny for when you get off the tractor. Neither tractor has a "Parking Brake" of any sort.

My theory is that a lot of us who are on blood pressure meds really don't need them. "White coat syndrome", plus other factors, make blood pressure rise. Myself, I live here out here in a rural area where it is quiet and peaceful and my body gets used to it. When I have to drive to the city...

I'm a bit older than you but I don't feel I've lost any of my riding "skills" that I developed over a lifetime on two wheels. It's my old carcass that is failing me. My reaction time that used to be milliseconds...seems like now it would have to be measured in minutes. Used to be able to...

Same here! Gonna put my little Yamaha XT-225 up for sale as soon as it warms up. Getting way too clumsy to be riding on two wheels. Used to be if I crashed I'd just jump up, pick up the bike, and keep on going. Doubt I could do that anymore. If my old bones hit the ground these days they...

I would check the linkages. Lots of places for things to come apart. But difficult to do if you have a cab model!

There are warning stickers in the cab of my HD10 about towing backwards. Supposedly suction from towing at speed and vehicles going in the other direction can rip the windshield off. But I won't tow it facing forward on the trailer because of rock hits (my towing is mainly on gravel roads)...

Not mine...I took this pic in Nevada's Ruby Valley this past summer...someone letting the paint on their Kubotas fade to a less bright orange.........

Cattle clustered around the (frozen) waterhole on the Roaring Springs Ranch in the Catlow Valley, Oregon:

Out here we get "ghost" antennas up on the mountains where the relay stations are placed.....

ALWAYS under a roof, be it in the pole barn or in a shed. That Nevada sun wreaks havoc with paint and rubber.

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I almost ordered one. Lots of articles out there about the years this was available and how to tell if an F350 was equipped with the wide front end. Depending on the year it would have Option 67W or 535 on the build sheet. Here's an article from Moog, who supplies front end parts...

I installed a set of General Grabber A/TX Load Range E tires on my F150 5 years ago because I drive mostly dirt roads. They've been excellent. And yes, they have the 3 Peak ice/snow rating but I can't testify as to how good they are in ice/snow. I'm retired and when there is ice/snow on the...

That wide axle was an option for the F350 at one time. No idea if you can still specify it these days.

Good luck! I've been living on the same place here in Nevada for the past 30 years. Every year I'm pulling more mower-destroying rocks out of the ground. It is a never-ending process.

Same here. Lots of talk but no action. No fiber has been installed in my area at all yet on the news they talk about the millions of dollars spent in Nevada for "rural broadband" access.

Haven't seen that particular screen...but I think ALL the modern vehicles with all the electronics, the big screens in the dash and other gizmos, have a lot of battery drain going on when the vehicle is shut off, just to maintain memory in all the electronics. I learned very quickly that if my...

"General" level HAM operator. But only because it is a requirement to have a HAM license to belong to my local Sheriff's Search and Rescue unit. All SAR communications are via HAM frequencies, and all SAR vehicles have HAM mobiles installed in them. Plus each SAR member gets a HAM handheld for...

Not too bad. Keep in mind this is not your automatic transmission of a few years ago where 1st gear was only about a 2.5-1 ratio. 1st gear in this new 8 speed automatic is 4.71-1. 1st gear in the 6 speed manual is 5.13-1. I have a 2022 Toyota 4Runner which comes with a 5 speed automatic...

This. As a long-time Wrangler owner I follow several Wrangler forums. There are many more problems with the 6 speed manual transmissions in the newer Wranglers than with the automatic. That 8 speed automatic is one of the best transmissions out there, regardless of brand of vehicle. (My...

Wow! Just wow! That's an awful lot of problems for a truck that new! Did you buy this new? I have the V10 in my 2007 E350 and it has been flawless. Been driving it for 17 years now and the ONLY thing that's been done to it is changing a faulty brake switch that was causing the cruise control...

Wife and I both had AAA memberships but dropped them after we found out they would refuse to respond to calls off pavement. Wife had a flat on a wide smooth graded road near town and AAA told her "Sorry". We were not the only ones who've had this problem with AAA...lots of stories like this...

ALL the radios mentioned in this post are essentially line-of-sight. In other words, if there is a hill or mountain between two radios, there is small chance they will be able to talk to each other unless there is a repeater on top of the mountain to relay the signal. Signals CANNOT travel...

3/4 and 1 ton trucks not only have stiffer springs, they come with 10 ply tires with very stiff sidewalls - plus the tires are also aired up to 60 to 80 psi. I have both a 3500 and a Ford F150 and the difference is a noticeably better ride on the F150 - even though the payload of the F150 is...

Wild turkeys and cattle grazing together in a meadow in northern Nevada today....

Biggest problem I have with GoPro is that you are essentially stuck with wide angle views only. Personally I prefer a more zoomed-in view.

Absolutely true. No 10 speed manual transmissions out there for cars or pickups...but that's what most automatics are these days. And gear 7, 8, 9, and 10 are all overdrives. When the tranny is in tenth the gear ratio is so high the engine is barely over an idle at highway speeds. Whereas...

Don't think any of those old trannies would hold up to the torque of a diesel in today's pickups...I believe all of them are now rated over 1000 lb-ft of torque. If I remember correctly the new Superduty is at 1200 lb-ft of torque. I think the GM Turbo 400 you mentioned was supposed to be the...

Been driving manual transmissions for 70 years now. Still have two...Jeep Wrangler and Dodge/Cummins dually, both with 6 speed manual trannies.

Most manufacturers have gone to this. Was just watching a video on the new Ram 1500 pickup. Not only no dipstick in the engine compartment for the tranny, but there is no dipstick for engine oil either! Supposedly there is a sensor that will tell you if the engine oil is low..........light...

I just wish I had internet fast enough to even think about streaming anything. And no, I'm not about to pay for a Starlink setup. Cell signals are pretty weak also, and intermittent.

Mule deer in a field, northern Nevada.....