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I have a place on a lake in north central Minnesota. 12+ years ago, a lake lot when for sale, 200ft frontage, but shallow lot, very close to me. Crazy high at 359k asking price. Sat until two years ago, sold for $359k. The owner owned it outright and waited for their price, paid a few...

Get a paddleboard paddle, most are adjustable too.

Set up is placing too much stress on the rope, by pulling straight back to lift. I did the same thing initially, snapped the cable. Added a pulley, solved the issue. I now run with a synthetic rope.

I have those same tracks on my 2017 x1100. Love them. Wintertime use only, for plowing and on the lakes for ice fishing. There's a lot of surface area with them and can float over a lot of snow. The tracks also provide a lot of traction for pulling ice shacks, so long as it's not glare...

Update, I did find that the disabler I posted at the start does not work on the 2025 Silverado I purchased. I would need this one: https://www.rangetechnology.com/products/afm-dfm_disabler/parts/RA007 It's new. I called and they stated it was just finished testing in the last couple of...

Curious if anyone has disabled their AFM (Active Fuel Management) on their Chevy or GMC trucks. I purchased a 2021 Silverado during the chip shortage in the days of Covid chip shortages. I really liked that my Silverado did not have the AFM as they didn't have enough chips to activate it...

Built a Pole Barn 6 years ago, uninsulated, concrete floor, 40x72 fourteen-foot walls. Two twelve-foot doors and one ten. Keep a wheel-house (icefishing), tractor, RTV and trailers inside. Boats in the winter. I read on a thread here once, that you will pay for a pole barn whether you have...

We've got 70 acres, abutting to our 1.5 acre house lot. The 70 acres is used primarily for hunting. 30 acres of grass, half of that, bluestem. 3-acre and 1-acre food plots and 1/2-acre garden. 25 acres wooded, with a 10-acre pond in the middle of the woods. We spend pretty much each...

Bought my first 60 acres of hunting land, just referred to it as the "hunting land", then bought 40 acres north, called it the "North 40", bought 30 acres east of the 40, and called it...... the "EAST30".

Yes it is, with enormous amounts of natural gas.

I was a UTV novice 6 years ago. It takes a bit to learn how to drive them. I looked at all makes, and then bought my 1100c. I too like many at first, perplexed by shifting and speed, at times. Once I started to listen to it, in high and low, and understand the hydro transmission it became...

I have double doors in the front of my newer home. Absolutely love them. Especially for moving furniture in, and the aesthetics from the road on a larger build. It's in northern Minnesota, and don't notice any colder floors than a single door.

Finished my retirement build 18 months ago, fully contracted out. Just showed up on weekends to check on work. North central MN. We had owned the land for years prior. Fully insulated poured concrete and conditioned crawl space, 4 feet high. Four bedrooms, three and a half baths. Single...

HA! So true, I have three doors on my 40x72 pole barn. All on the non-gable side. It's the only way it would work, without a lot of extra excavation work. If I were to do it again, I would have done it differently, knowing what I know. But never having a steel roof and new to pole barns...

I felt the same way a few years ago, spending $23k for my x1100c, with a set of tracks. Couldn't believe I was spending that much money on a UTV. I wondered what was wrong with me. I'd never owned one of any kind prior. Within a couple of months, I knew it was money well spent. As of...

Most do not. I live in the city and spend the weekends "up north". None of the city slickers have them, but a few of my northern neighbors do. I help people up there with my tractor whenever they ask and can find the time. Weekends are pretty short. Those jobs usually turn into a...

Great story! and good on you. Another of those bands where I sadly say "Wish I would have seen them live".

Dan McCafferty, singer of Nazareth just passed away. Hair of the Dog was such a great album. Played that vinyl over and over for years.

How much damage can, or do, chains cause to an asphalt driveway?

Living in Minnesota. I buy a new vehicle about every four years for my wife and me. She gets the new truck and I take her four-year-old truck. So, we keep them for 8 years with about 150k-170k miles on them. No undercoat and have never had a rust problem on them. Been doing this for 30...

Thanks Moss. They don't ship, but now thinking about it. Found it on Amazon, but you have to buy in bulk. Found it on their own website, but $20 to ship for $5 cheese. Not the same stuff I grew up with but..... Will look locally first. If I order it, I'll report back after a taste...

We do not. Do they carry it?

hahaha, yes I remember that too. It was bad. But I loved it, I wonder if I still would. that's why I'd like to find it.

When I was a young lad, I used to eat a spreadable limburger cheese. I loved it. I remember it being referred to as "deer" brand" because it had a deer logo on the jar. I'd really like to try it again, but have had no luck finding anything like it at all.

My RTV-1100C came with a near full tank of gas. Worse thing ever.... When I bought it three years ago, they found one for me in Texas. Didn't get to me until December and outside temps were -20's. When I picked up up at the dealership it was already outside running, as they showed me...

Love burn piles, great way to spend weekend time. Never been as large as the OP's post however. Been clearing and burning an area for our home for years. Finally built last year, and I miss it. Starting the process on another piece of land, and will start clearing other areas near the...

Nice build! I Recently finished a new build of my retirement home. Put two refrigerator's in the kitchen. We entertain quiet often, and have always looked for extra space. One has become a purely beer/Seltzer/pop fridge, the other is strictly food. Nice to not have to walk to the garage...

I did that exact thing just last weekend. I have new spots that pop up from year to year. It works out to be quite manageable, once I got through them the first year. The numbers get less and less over my 70 acres. Tooke me all of 20 minutes last weekend.

Sorry to break into this thread, but a question. I'm new to Arc Fault breakers. Our new home has a number of them, and we've had three lengthy power outages in the area in the six months there. A week or so ago this happened. In talking with the electrician who did the install, apparently...

I found this interesting today... Guardian does sell glass to residential window fabricators. "Wow. Well on a day that it was announced U.S. Inflation was at its highest rate in 40 years, another bombshell was dropped. The news, in case you missed it, was a 40 percent price increase on glass...

I have a sweeper and like it. Look at a good quality one. I have two, one is great, a cheaper one is terrible. The better quality sweeper has a much better adjustment to get closer to the ground if needed. Picks up grass clippings, mulched leaves, sticks well. I have both up north, and...

Good to hear, thank you. I just put a 54" Titan in my garage last weekend. Now if it stops snowing, I might get to use it this spring. I didn't get the ability to test it over rough terrain, but it sure seemed like it should work well. I also didn't want to wait too long to pull the...

Curious, of the "Wow!!", as in "wow, good" or "wow, not so good" ?

I've long wondered about operators manual stating that the hand throttle should not be used while driving the vehicle. I do not use it often, but I have on occasion. Here's my example, in the winter when I have my tracks on, and pulling an ice shack behind me, occasionally I need to climb...

I joined as a never-had-a-tractor-before guy. Learned a lot here by reading lots of posts. I read right past any of the statements that are deemed "offensive" I guess. They don't bother me at all. After reading through these posts, what about a solution using technology. Of course...

I had an issue a few years ago. I purchased a piece of land fall 2016, asked the owner about the people hunting the property for ducks. I had previously seen spent shells and the area people had driven to to hunt. He said no one had permission to be on the property at all. Since I was...

Like many, mine took years to get where it is today. Originally purchased a small cabin on a lake in '97, less than an acre lot with 150' or lakefront. Being up there every weekend, we could see regularly other properties going up for sale. A couple years later, an empty lot came up for...

There are lots of good winter boots out there. Many people forget about socks. All socks are not equal. Get a good quality pair, or two, of polypropylene socks. They will wick moisture away from your feet. Then wear a good set of wool socks to put over them. It'll help tremendously if not...

So very true. I bought mine, primarily because of my RTV-x1100 experience. Was impressed with that, and started my tractor search with the same dealer. It's my first tractor and I simply love it. I knew nothing of tractors when I purchased. Dealer was/has been great, for a guy who...

I hit a dog probably 35 years ago. Late evening, pretty dark out. Came around a curve on a road doing 45-50, and there was a dog standing in the lane. Hit the brakes, and hit the dog. Pulled over as I saw it drag itself under a pine tree. There was a lone house, so I walked back to it...

It is my hobby. I only get to my acreage/tractor/pole barn and associated tasks/maintenance on weekends. That life has taught me many a life skill. Neighbors tell me all the time to relax a bit. I'm 100% relaxed doing all those things. I also do tractor work for the neighbors, take down...

Twin Cities as well the last few days.

I've noticed that when I lay my Husqvarna chainsaws on their side, they do not leak bar oil. Or very, very little. If this is standard, why are cases not made to lay them on their side in storage? Does anyone make a case with saws meant to be laid on their sides? I have two Husqvarna 445's...

When I bought my RTV-1100 a few years back it was through a discussion with the dealer, with a set of tracks as well. He didn't have one I wanted in stock, found one in Texas to bring to Minnesota. I was in no hurry to receive it, was in beginning process to build a garage, where it was to be...

Could be an oxygen depletion issue. Duckweed and other possible plant life dying using up oxygen in the decay process?

Good thread. Body and mind has become disconnected as I age. I turn 60 in less than two months. Still play softball and still try to stretch doubles into triples with a 70% success rate, as most can't accurately throw from the outfield. That's the mind telling me how hold old I'm not...

Congrats, you're going to love it!!

I've been working for a year planning the new retirement home. Sticker shock was definitely there for me as well a year ago January. The designer, we didn't use an architect, knew what we wanted to spend. But, I could tell his main focus was designing the home we asked for. After his first...

I had an issue a couple years ago. Always new "some" were around but within the span of a year, I saw trees coming down at an accelerated rate. I only visit my cabin on weekends. It was incredible to see the destruction week by week. Not just the dropped trees, but all the trees they would...

It might not be the career causing the stress. It might be where you're performing that career. Took me a couple tries to settle into a management position I plan to retire from. I feel like the luckiest guy around now, for the last 15+ years.

'63 Split Window Corvette

Minnesota has the same law requiring businesses accepted the oil. I found a larger gas station complex that caters to truckers and has a maintenance facility on site. They have a large dumping station (pit) for oil open to the public. I stop by when I have 15 gallons of used oil and dump...

Roy, I cannot tell you which are best. I have had Camso track systems on my Kubota RTV-x1100 for the last three winters. Definitely a bit of a chore to put on and off each fall/spring by myself, they are heavy. But, I absolutely love them. For me, it's all about traction, whether it be...

HAHAHA, says a guy from Minnesota.

So a few years ago I was out in the middle of a lake duck hunting. slow morning for ducks, but the sunrise was nice so I took a few panoramic photos with my cellphone. That evening checked them out and this is one of the 4 I took, and the only one with this "figure" in it. I'm not saying...

I'm at 80 hours total for the two years owning my B2650. I would say year two doubled the usage of year 1, I expect to double usage again next year. Year one was a test of creating and managing a food plot. I mean, my one acre weed patch. Learned a lot. Year two: Expanded the plot...

All: I've been looking for a RTV-X1100 Service / Workshop manual online. I cannot find one on the Kubotausa.com website. The closest is a RTV-1140 WSM. I see others claiming to be selling them, but I can't get a look at them first to make sure it really is a good Work Shop Manual...

Agreed, I do a lot of chores in the fall when it cools down for firewood and such. Just moved 32 tons of rock, most every one of them moved from the bucket to final resting position by hand. Mid-thirties for temps and wind ahowlin', stayed just warm enough not to be cold. I did 150 feet...

On thing I'll add, since the photo was taken and breaking the winch cable plowing, I added a block & tackle. It's a big difference for winch style plowing, I think. More control, by slowing the lift and drop by half speed and a true lift rather than pulling back to raise the blade. Easier...

I'm three years into my RTV1100 for plowing. It's certainly a skill to push snow, hats off to those who do it well. I've had good luck with mine, I'll upgrade the plow when I move further north into retirement. For now it works great, for $600 with extended push bars to make sure the...

Greetings, I have four windows in my pole barn that I cover with hinged pieces of plywood when I'm not in the area, which is most of the week. Right now the hinges are on the bottom, and drop the plywood down for light, and allow the breeze to come in. It's a pain as, of course, I really...

I was running my B2650 with rotary cutter this afternoon and ran into an overheat scenario. It was very dusty where I was working in a field, I as taking down some saplings as well, maybe 3 to 4 feet high. I assume it overheated due to radiator getting clogged up, but not sure right now...

Been about a year since I lost my Coop. Still miss him dearly. May have been one of hardest things I've done in my life.... But lots of great memories and hunts. Best dog in the world. ( but ain't they all )

Seems the more I read about tracking devices, the more the marketers confuse me. I've thought of adding a device to a toy or two. My stuff sits in a pole barn 2 2/12 hours north of me all week long, wheel house for ice fishing, UTV, Decoy trailer, tractor, boats. Safe area for the last...

I run Tracks on my X1100 in the winter. The only disadvantage I see is speed, you'll lose darn-near 50% top end, and they are hardly speed demons to begin. I do get better speed on pavement by going to two wheel drive and simply push the front set of tracks. Advantage for sure when plowing...

Last year we built a 40x72 pole barn, concrete floor. Can't believe how full it is already. Should have added the extra 8 feet to length, but started with a plan at 30x50, so I'm content. Something odd has happened to me. I find it oddly satisfying sweeping the floor. Me...

I've been meaning to buy a set of chaps after reading some of these posts a couple of months back. Never got around to it. Well I got dinged this past weekend after 20+ years using my saws. I was just about done cutting, and I was getting a bit tired. But I figured I'd finish brushing...

I've got my small tractor, pickup and SxS. I drive my pickup form home to my cabin, where the toys are. I have 130 acres of land to hunt there too. Use the UTV to get around from property to property, not all contiguous, but all within a mile between a couple of the properties, and only my...

I went a different route and switch to tracks for the winter. But, I also pull an ice shack around the lake in the winter as well. Because of the tracks, I went third party and bought a plow from MotoAlliance, Denali model with the DENALI UTV Snow Plow Blade Extended Pushtubes and MA11770...

I'm a novice here, it looks correct to me, but it would e helpful to see a picture from the rear. I assume below bolt #2 (see photo) is the separation in the bottom and top of the ROPS. The plate is welded to the bottom half. Three scenarios perhaps? First: Pin (#3) should be in the...

I JUST BOUGHT A TRACTOR!!!!! (Thought about buying a Corvette, but wanted to look way cooler.) Don't think the wife sees me any different though. yet. I just received my KUbota 2650 and wanted to add a three point ball hitch to the arsenal. Looking online to get some pricing and I'm...

I'm planing to install a light bar to replace my forward facing fog lamps on top of the cab. I plan to move those lamps to the rear of the cab. Wiring is in place for one rear-facing lamp, but not two. Do I use 14 or 16 ga wiring to extend to the second light? Thank you.