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    Need trailer wood deck recommendation

    I would check in your area for a place that sells Marine grade Lumber. Bring it home and let it dry. This does two things, it allows the wood to shrink, and it allows the wood to soak up oil. I would then build a box of two by eights or two by sixes longer than the longest boards on my...
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    Life on the farm

    My dad grew up on Captina Creek. We went there to look up the house but it was nothing but a pile of bricks. I stole one for my dad. I grew up in Caldwell. I hated going to Woodsfield to play basketball. The court was the stage for the auditorium. If you stepped over the line on the front side...
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    Yanmar mini excavator

    Vermeer equipment sells the Yanmar mini excavators in Florida. They don’t even paint them industrial yellow anymore. They’re red.
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    Skid Steer or CUT for Road Maintenance?

    If I had to maintain a large length of road, I would buy a pull behind land leveler has shown in these pictures. You could attach this to the three-point of the tractor and with the hydraulics on the back tip left and right and fine-tune the adjustments up and down. This would eliminate the...
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    Truck Size to transport

    There are several more factors other than the weight of the tractor that would determine the size kind of truck you need. They might include such things as how often are you going to tow it? How far are you going to tow it? Are you towing it as a farmer or is this a commercial enterprise? What...
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    Student Loan Debt?

    I am a very simple man. Several of you are quoting government statistics. Lord knows they would never put out false or misleading information. I am in Florida which is growing by leaps and bounds. I have a hot shot trucking business. Therefore I watch the load boards. I only watch the loads...
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    Got asked to bid a very unusual project

    You might look into a floating excavator. Put a barrier below the jam, and then place the floating excavator up river and disassemble the mess. You might have to pick up some of the stuff places on the barge and then pull the barge over to the shore so that you could transfer the material to a...
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    Tractor decision

    I would look for better uses instead of burning them. Are there areas that need erosion control? Wildlife shelters? Wind breaks for the new house? Compost for the garden?
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    8’ dual spindle chopper - should I get a 3pt or pull type?

    I have a Rhino TW 96. I pull it with the new Holland TL 80 A cab. The mower is a two-point hook up and has a hydraulic offset about 18 inches to the right. Without the offset ability, it would be pretty difficult to trim with this mower. And I truly can’t imagine trying to back up this mower as...
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    Hay Ride Wagon Build

    I would pass on the one that you have pictured. It looks to be of the fifth wheel design. That is the front axle turns on a pin sticking down from the frame. Instead look for one that has automotive style turning. That is it has tie rods and tie rod ends and leaves the wheels at the corners as...
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    Broken welds

    I had a similar problem with a massive Ferguson, 1528. Be very cautious as to who you find to repair it. My front axle broke off three times due to poor workmanship on the first repair. I ended up taking it 1000 miles to a shop that I knew, and they repaired the frame and axle and never had a...
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    Rotting metal floor in horse muck trailer

    I would simply replace the floor with whatever material you’re comfortable working in. Metal if that’s your cuppa tea or wood if that is your strong point. I would then obtain some plastic 55 gallon drums and cut them in half. Attach some rope loops to make up Muck buckets that are easy to slide...
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    Plastic rail road ties for fence posts ?

    30 years ago, I was able to buy plastic fence posts. They are still upright and straight as can be. If you go to put a new nail in them now however, you got a pre-drill it. But they have held up beautifully. The only problem is, I haven’t been able to find them again. And everything made out of...
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    Rear Finish Mower Are Pegasus rear finish mowers any good?

    I ask him if I could come to see it and 50 minutes he replies that it is sold.
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    Rear Finish Mower  Are Pegasus rear finish mowers any good?

    Looking at a 5 foot Pegasus for $950. I am unable to find a dealer for parts. Is it a good mower? Anyone know where in Florida to get parts? Looks a lot like a Tractor Supply /Rural King mower.
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    What to drag behind a disc?

    I was able to trade 2 bales of hay for this spreader bar. With all the attachment points I can angle it to move dirt if needed. I pull it with a New Holland TL80A pulling an eight foot Rome Plow. It makes things very flat. It is a load for the L2501 to pick it up to set it on the trailer.
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    Winter Maintenance on Slippery Private Roads

    Since I live in Florida and haven’t had any ice problems since about 1982 in Ohio I’ll state this solution in the form of a question. One of the smaller, old-fashioned side drop grain wagons could be filled with sand, cinders or any other suitable agent in the warm weather. The wagon could be...
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    Limburger and onions sandwiches?

    If you shop in your bigger grocery chains, you can find lactose, free milk, and lactose free ice cream. Any of the hard cheeses are also for the most part lactose-free, or very slight amounts. Cheddar or Swiss are examples of the harder cheeses that you should be able to tolerate. Even...
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    Pto generator

    If the op has a longer pto shaft from another piece of equipment then he could extend the tongue and reduce the angles of the pto. Fabricate a drop hitch to place on the drawbar once the set up is at its location and drop the front of the generator making the pto shaft straighter. At the same...
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    Dog in the Tractor

    You should’ve bought a tractor with a buddy seat.
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    Hay Unloading Attachment

    I don’t believe there’s much of a problem of pushing the hay off of the trailer. Most of the hay that I see being shipped is two bales on the bottom and a single bale in the middle of the top row. If you were to push the bottom, two bales off of the rear of the trailer, the top one would fall...
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    Moving from 1/2 ton truck to HD truck

    2005 GMC 2500 crew cab, 360,000 miles, 6.0 gas 4 x 4, 410 gears, pulling a 27 foot gooseneck. I had replace the engine at 210,000 miles and the transfer case at 355,000 miles. Purchased new. 2004 GMC 3500 crew cab, 451,000 miles, 6.6 diesel, 2 x 4, 373 gears pulling the same 27 foot gooseneck...
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    Round bales and cleanup

    I know my goats would not touch the hay once it was on the ground. Sheep may be the same way. Google "round bale hay feeders for sheep". Look at the ones that you could adapt to your skills and budget. Example...
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    Three Point Draw Pin Nut keeps coming off - how to secure it

    Do as 5030 and then run a second nut behind the first and lock them together. You could also drill a hole and put a cotter pin to hold the nut from backing off. Use a castle nut just like a trailer axle.
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    Making Copper Pipe into Overhead Sprinkler

    What about using the irrigation pipe with the pop in sprayers? Or buy the spray heads like those used in restaurants over the grill areas? Drilled holes in copper pipe would just Spray straight out the hole and not cover very much area. 1/2 inch tubing may not allow enough water to flow.
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    Fuel Filter - bad fuel

    Change the filter. You may need two or three. Also add some fuel dryer to your tractor tank.
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    Understanding Curb Weight, GVWR, Towing and CDL requirements

    The weight of the truck or the trailer means very little. It is the Gross Combined Vehicle Weight that the DOT looks at when inspecting the truck. My 2007 GMC is rated for 11,400 gross weight. My trailer is de-rated to 14,500 pounds. Thus the GCVW is 25,900 pounds. The empty weight is...
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    Backing up a Gen Trailer

    You could make an extension to the tongue that is pinned on. This would allow you to back the trailer in easily, then remove the tongue for storage.
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    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    If the gross vehicle weight of the truck plus the gross vehicle weight of the trailer exceeds 26,001 pounds you need a CDL. It does not matter whether you’re hauling commercially or not. If the DOT pulls you over and checks the gross vehicle ratings on both the truck and the trailer they can...
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    Pull behind type finish mower

    I had a Swisher 60" mower that I pulled with a 12 hp Wheel Horse. I set it off to the drivers side so that I could use the tow behind to trim and to mow under the trees. It worked very well for me. I would do it again. Make sure you have a place to store it out of the weather. They do not...
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    new (to me) email scam

    I get it every day from several different places for several years. Mark it as spam and forget-about-it. The package never shows up.:)
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    Minnesota to try and ban gas powered equipment

    I know in plant city Florida. The strawberry fields are turning into warehouses and parking lots and I don’t mean a few of them. But many of the fields are now paved over. Many of the areas that ones were orange groves, cow pastures, dairies are now subdivisions. for example, in Tampa Florida...
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    Bad Day for Pole Barn

    Why on earth are you all writing about the insurance? Tree is down and cleaned up. No one was hurt and the damage was minimal. Each state as it's own set of rules for dealing with the responsibilities of tree damage. That issue is also mute. The cost of the clean up and repairs was less then...
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    Minnesota to try and ban gas powered equipment

    You can sit here and mock the idiots for wanting to try to band the small motors, whatever the limit, they choose. The problem is most of us on this forum understand how to work and get things done. Many many of the people living in the city have no clue. They are used to simply picking up the...
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    Kubota L4400 4x4 manual trans change to hydrostatic

    Why would you get so offended? If someone ask you budget? The idea of swapping an old hydrostat for the gear transmission would require a good deal of money. The idea of swapping the old tractor for one with a hydrostat would make more economic sense since you have a bad back and a time frame...
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    Truck & Trailer ideas to tow 14,000 and be under 26,000 pounds

    In the state of Florida, you do not need to go to a driving school to obtain a CDL. If you are driving for yourself, you can get the manual from the DMV and take the test. The gray area comes when you try to drive for somebody else, and need the CDL, there is a requirement for driving school...
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    Bale moving RK37

    How big are your bales? What do they weigh? The spec sheet says 2235 pounds. Do need to double stack the hay? Are you in mud and or hills? You could use a spear on the 3 point where you have more lifting capacity.
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    Need help from a pour pro

    The correct way.
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    Truck & Trailer ideas to tow 14,000 and be under 26,000 pounds

    You need to reread the requirements for taking a CDL test in Illinois. There is no way to take a CDL test with a pick up and trailer and receive a class A with air brake endorsement. They also distinguish between a CDL with an automatic transmission or a manual transmission. There is also a...
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    Kioti 4510se

    Just curious, but how many hours do you have on the tractor? You also need to get a hold of a workshop manual for your tractor. You have a relatively new tractor with wet brakes and for the brakes to be worn out seems to be a little premature. That is why I am asking how many hours you have on...
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    Rear tire spinning on Rim

    They make rim glue aka bead sealer which I would apply to the rims. Follow the directions. I would then inflate the tires to the max that is stamped on the tire. After a few days reduce the pressure to 10 pounds or so that will allow the tires to make full contact with the ground.
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    Safety Features for a Barn

    Most homes have a single egress to the second floor. Most often a stairway. If that pathway becomes blocked you can open a window position the escape ladder out of the window and climb down to safety. Most often it is a very modest purchase with a great return if it is ever needed. We kept one...
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    Things that happen in your small town that you wonder if it happens everywhere?

    My mom was pulled over for speeding in our small home town. When the officer looked at her license he ask, "Are you George's mom?" When he got a "yes" from my mom. He said something to the effect of slow down and have a good day. Mom did not realize he was my new football coach as well as the...
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    Safety Features for a Barn

    I would add emergency lights so you can see if the power goes out. Make sure your address is visible for the fireman to see. You might also post a sign to indicate if the building is occupied or empty. It sounded like it might be a guest room and not occupied 100% of the time. As for the second...
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    Old hay wagon wheel bearings and grease seal

    Go to YouTube and look up "trailer wheel bearing". There are several to watch. Much easier then trying to walk you through it. You need a new seal, an inner and outer bearing, and an inner and outer race. Wheel bearing grease and lots of paper towels. Pack your bearing in your hand before you...
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    Truck & Trailer ideas to tow 14,000 and be under 26,000 pounds

    I run a 2007 GMC Daully 4x4 classic plus a 30 foot big Tex gooseneck trailer. The truck gross is 11,400 the trailer gross is derated two 14,500. This gives me 25,900 to run down the road. The truck and trailer weigh 15,000 pounds. This gives me a payload of 10,900 pounds. I do not think you will...
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    Buying land that has a natural gas line on it?

    You need to go back 12 years to find an event that killed 8 people. And I expect you will get into a car or truck to drive somewhere most days as an average of more then 90 people get killed every day in accidents. So more then 400,000 people since the pipeline accident have died in auto...
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    Buying land that has a natural gas line on it?

    As stated earlier the safety of gas lines is very good. The few examples that you find are going to be very low compared to the 3 million miles of NG, 2.6 million miles of gasoline lines. There are thousands of wells drilled all over the country on thousands of farms that are connected to the...
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    Pull behind brush cutter

    I found these last night. Made to be pulled by horse but I am sure they could be pulled by a tractor. And they are bigger. Up to 90 inches. https://thegrasshippo.com/ I am sure they are not cheap but I bet they are well made. It should be easy to make an offset hitch. I was thinking the self...
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    Compact Hay Equipment

    I had two tractors, and I was doing hay. I had a new Holland TL80A with 80 hp and 69 to the PTO. And I had a Massey Ferguson 1528. Which was 28 hp. I also had a new Holland to 273 square baler. I ran thousands of square bales through that 273 baler with the little Massey Ferguson. The Massey...
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    Pull behind brush cutter

    Swisher, DR, and a few others make call behind rotary cutters for ATVs. I had a Swisher, but it was the finish mower, not a rotary cutter. I liked it quite well. With the offset hitch, you should be able to ride down the middle of the trail cutting on one side and turn around and come back on...
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    What is a New Holland TL80A hydraulic oil equivalent?

    I called the dealer. He said J20C or A21XL. This info did not help much. So I was trying to purchase the oil from Advance Auto Parts since they are 1 mile away and the nearest New Holland dealer is 81 miles away. The Advance website has no info on the tractor hydraulic fluid shown except it is...
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    What is a New Holland TL80A hydraulic oil equivalent?

    The WSM calls for Ambra Muilt G. I can not seam to find it anywhere. After reading about the 303 law suit I was wondering if anyone knows what to use. The Warren company that makes the Costal 303 claims it is compatible but it is not clear that it is. Thank you for any help.
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    Kioti dealer service call pricing...unreasonable?

    I don’t have your brand of tractor. But with most warranty work it is the owners responsibility to move the tractor to the shop. The $4.25 per mile charge is outlandish. The $75 service charge for warranty work is kind of a moot point. The warranty charges should go back to the manufacturer...
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    Trimming around chain link fence.

    The propane deicer for side walks and burn the weeds. Look for one with a long hose and strap the tank to a hand truck. A built in ignitor would be nice also. https://www.amazon.com/Propane-Melter-Burner-Roofing-Igniter/dp/B01BN8JJO0
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    Plowing County Road??

    Just wondering where the human compassion has gone. The man helps his neighbors and maybe some strangers. He is doing the right thing maybe not for money nor notoriety. It was simply the right thing to do and the best part of it is he enjoyed doing it. So I’ll say thank you for being a good...
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    Plowing County Road??

    If you already have a beacon on the top of the tractor add the slow moving vehicle triangle. You have every legal right to drive a Tractor down the road. Make sure to turn your lights on also. As a kid in Ohio we plowed the county road and mowed the ditches because the county just didn’t do it...
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    Plowing County Road??

    Put a yellow flashing light onto the top of the cab and plow the damn road. You have the right to keep the road open for emergencies.
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    Anyone ever seen anything like this?

    Look at this: “military mule”
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    Not that I need an other project...BUT!

    If you Google “military mule“ you We’ll find pictures of the old ones and contemporary ones that are still being built.
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    Foods you ate growing up that most folks don't eat today

    Use the bacon grease on corn on the cob instead of butter. A little salt and pepper and you are in heaven.
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    MF1528 how to examine driveshaft? No more 4x4

    I had a MF 1528. The front axle is a known problem with them. The front drive shaft is very small in diameter. There are only 2 small bolts that are used to attach the front axle to the frame. They allow the front axle to move very easily. When the axle moves it will brake the front drive shaft...
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    Best way to cut large tire in half?

    I would bury 1/2 into the ground so the goats can play safely.
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    What to do with disabled friend!

    First thing, thank you for helping your friend. Second get him a wheel chair. I am able to walk with a crutch for short distances, 15-25 ft. After that fatigue and pain quickly becomes a problem. The chair will allow for the longer trips without the fatigue and since he is ambulatory the...
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    Cool old Allis Chalmers G

    A Farmall Cub was also very popular as a truck farming tractor. If you think a Cub is useless you just do not know how to use one. My dad and my brothers and I prepped thousands of gardens for decades in my home town. With over 245,000 Cubs built somebody thought they are useful.
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    Seed Bed Creation

    I do not understand the need to use Round Up for a simple garden plot. Plow it this fall. Cover it with organic materials, leaves, straw, saw dust after taking the soil samples. Plow it in the spring at 90 degrees and then disk it. Add fertilizer at each row of plants. There is no magic way...
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    NO automatic payments!

    I do not allow automatic payments. The companies will change the charges and not notify you. Pretty soon you’re paying three or four more dollars per month and nobody was the wiser. I drive a hot shot truck and many of the brokers want to pay with ACH payment. The problem I have is the...
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    Using old Cement-all.

    I don’t know where you were located but pavers laying horizontal are susceptible to the freeze thaw cycle. If you lock them in with a cement boarder and then grout them into one large piece there will be cracks formed as the pavers will expand and contract with the heat and the cold. I am in...
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    Foods you ate growing up that most folks don't eat today

    https://www.walmart.com/ip/Armour-Sliced-95-Fat-Free-Beef-Dried-2-25-oz/10290797 Expensive but good.
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    Foods you ate growing up that most folks don't eat today

    Armoire sliced dried beef at One time came in a nice little jar. You popped a metal laid off and then you had a new drinking glass. As I was growing up that was about all the drinking glasses that we ever used. we often had the dried beef gravy. Often over bread or toast or mashed potatoes. It...
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    Foods you ate growing up that most folks don't eat today

    Fried elbow macaroni. Boil the mac per the directions on the box. Drain it then pan fry it in pork chop or bacon grease. Fried until it turns golden tan. Salt and pepper to taste. Take your cholesterol meds. But it is damn good.
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    Anyone else do random acts of kindness?

    Lions Clubs International at one time was a big help with glasses for folks needing a hand. Goggle your local chapter.
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    Trailer weight/advice needed

    From the picture it looks like your truck is a short bed truck. Is there room for the trailer to swing as you make a turn? The 6.0 and 4.11 gears will pull the trailer with no problem. I have a 2005 GMC 2500 HD 4x4 and used it to pull a 28 foot 14,000 pound gooseneck over 300,000 miles. My 3500...
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    Anyone else do random acts of kindness?

    I was in college in NE Ohio. An unexpected snowstorm dropped about 4 inches of heavy wet snow along with a temperature drop of several degrees. As I was walking back to the dorm there was a young lady in an electric wheel chair trying to get back to her room with very little success on the yet...
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    Pasture restoration Citidiot style

    I was able to trade a couple of round bales of hay for this 12 foot spreader bar. I have plowed and then used an old heavy Rome Plow (harrow) with this spreader bar chained behind the Rome Plow. I used 2 chains in order to keep the bar parallel to the Rome Plow. I was not attempting to level the...
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    Trailer towing question class 6 truck without CDL

    In Florida the GCVW must be under 26,001 pounds to be able to skip on the CDL. They look at the combination of the truck plus the trailer plus the load. I have been DOTed several times and since my truck gross is 11,400 and the de-rated trailer is 14,500 they never have given me a problem. Also...
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    Rotary cutter rear u-joint shield??

    The owners manual that I found online states that you need the number 2 shear bolt. you might try Mowing with the mower a little higher in the thick stuff and then come back through a second time at the proper height that you want. This may allow the cutter to chop the material easier and save...
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    Using old Cement-all.

    I would suggest you not use cement as a grout for your patio project. It will look nice new but will deteriorate very quickly. Instead put down a gravel base, put down the sand base, set your pavers in level them and then lock them in place with sand. Using cement as a grout will lock...
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    Hay field improvement ideas.

    Twin, The soil test will help. As Hay Dude said an aerator would most likely help if you can rent one. If you can not rent an aerator you could substitute a disk with the cutters set to go straight. Just enough to open the soil. Do it in one pass to open the soil You do not want turn the soil...
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    Concrete placement bucket

    Buy some bagged mix. Rent one of these: Strap the mixer to a pallet and pick up the mixer to dump into the tubes.
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    Bathroom tiling - regrouting - need Dremel tool with Cubitron for removing grout

    scrape it off with a razor blade. Using a buffing wheel sometime might damage the glazing on the tile.
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    Would it be possible to convert a lawn mower into a lawn "tractor"

    I don’t believe you will find a cub cadet 1042 has a frame. Nor is the drive train designed to engage in dirt work. I believe your time and effort could be put to much better use. Find an older true garden tractor to do the chores that you are wanting to do. An older cub cadet, John Deere...
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    Charging for Bush Hogging/Clearing Around Retention Ponds

    The first thing that I would question is how close to the water are you required to mow? This will help define the time involved in the mowing. Are you expected to weedwhacker down to the water or just mow as much as you can. I have 100 feet of lake front that looks very good because I can mow...
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    Self powered rotary cutters.

    You can use the offset with a mid mounted mower and widen your cut. or you can pull it directly behind you if you were in very heavy grass and save a re-mowing. You can also use it offset so that you cut grass that has not been run over by the tractor tires. It is not difficult to quickly learn...
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    Chains or caps?

    Have you tried to call the salvage yards for tractors? Might be able to find a decent set of used tires.
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    Pls Recommend Mowing Solution for 10 Acre Rural Residential

    I keep reading these replies and they state that a zero turn can run 10 to 14 mph. And they probably can. But most yards are not golf course greens smooth either. Even if it is that smooth that you could run at that speed would you want to? The concentration that is required to travel at that...
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    Pls Recommend Mowing Solution for 10 Acre Rural Residential

    if your present tractor is in good shape keep it. And buy one of the 5 foot tag behind mowers such as a Swisher. You’ll have less than $4000 invested in it. And will cut your mowing time in half. if you set it upright you could trim pretty well with the tag behind. And for what you can’t get...
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    Electric vehicles during a disaster

    I don’t know if this is true. On the radio today they said that to make enough power with solar panels for California 100% of the state would need to be covered with the panels. So it would be impossible to power the state with green energy alone. California has already shut down all but one...
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    Best Way to Get Hydraulic Fluid into Tractor?

    Careful now, you are showing your age. If you did that today you could not afford the fines from the EPA popo.
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    Best Way to Get Hydraulic Fluid into Tractor?

    I have one of these and it works well...
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    Corn farming question

    once the corn turns brown and starts to die off you leave the ears to dry. If you harvest it while it’s still moist then you have to dry it which is quite expensive. So if the weather is good and the corn is drying you leave it and let the sun take care of it. And then it can be harvested.
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    Load Max Gooseneck Trailers - VIN Plate

    Ask for a copy of the title from the auction. Then contact Load Trail. "Recently, Load Trail combined with sister company (located on the same property), Load Max to offer all trailer lines under one company name. Load Trail started out with few resources, but has grown into a thriving business...
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    New Kubota l2501 tires leaking water

    More then likely there is a marking on the side of the tire for the maximum air pressure. Place the valve steam to the 12 o'clock position and air the tires up to the maximum air pressure as shown. Drive the tractor over some bumpy ground and check for leaks. If you find that it is now sealed...
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    Have trailer prices started to drop in your area?

    I have an Appalachian trailer. It’s a 2005 dump trailer. Crudely built but tough as nails. Good luck with your new trailer.
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    Another Grain Bin Incident

    The need to enter the bin is often the grain will bridge. As the auger empties the bin the operator looks in from the top and will step onto the unknown bridge which then collapses. There is safety gear designed for some one to wear in a bin but often the person is tired, hot, and in a hurry and...
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    1938 Oliver change to 8 volt

    I learn something new everyday.
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    1938 Oliver change to 8 volt

    to the best of my knowledge there’s no such thing as an 8 V battery. As others have suggested the best you could do is just convert it to 12 volt.
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    Shipping container axles adding?

    This happened 6 or 7 miles from my home just last week. There are several mobile home builders that ship on I75. I run a hotshot truck out of Tampa and the MHs on the side of the road is very common.
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    Shipping container axles adding?

    I do not know if this still holds true but at one time the mobile home rims were an odd size that you could not buy a standard tire to fit. And the ones on the MH are poorly made. Stop and think about how many times you see a MH sitting along the highway changing a flat.
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    Shipping container axles adding?

    Do you all buy tags for the farm equipment that is pulled down the road? This is just a covered trailer. Pull it with the tractor and hang a SMV on the back. There is no need for all the drama. An empty 40 foot container weights something like 8500 pounds. So a 20 footer is 5000 pounds or less...
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    Haying with a Mahindra 4110. Enough horsepower?

    I assume you are on limited funds since you said a new tractor is out of bounds. You do not say what part of the country you are located in so I will address this as if you are in the middle of the country. This buying guide will help you. https://tractortoolsdirect.com/buyers-guide/ A...
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    Haying with a Mahindra 4110. Enough horsepower?

    What kind of baler do you want? What kind of terrain is the field? What kind of transmission is in your tractor? The tractor that you have can be used as a hay cutter, operate a tedder and a rake. It is not big enough to run a round baler. It could be used to do square bales with an older New...
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    Any pictures/plans of a firewood wagon built on hay wagon running gear?

    if you Google IBC totes for storing firewood you will find many different interesting ideas. with the totes you would be able to make your wagon as a simple flatbed and then stack the totes onto the wagon to haul them. The totes would provide some ventilation for the wood to dry and at the same...
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    Self powered rotary cutters.

    I had a Swisher 60 inch tow behind. https://www.swisherinc.com/classic-14-5-hp-60-in-briggs-stratton-12v-trailmower.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjwjIKYBhC6ARIsAGEds-LpGHOWV7BrkJBzRMFAB6pZ4YJ2wBpkm2_lQ0PswMl-Dcje8bevyPQaAs43EALw_wcB I used it behind a Wheelhorse with a 42 inch deck offset to the left side...
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    Right size disk

    if all you’re doing is 3 acres for a food plot I would look for a used 60 inch disk. most people on this website will tell you to find a three point disk but I have always preferred a drag disk. Buy the heaviest of either type that you can find. You can always lay a piece of railroad tie or a...
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    Electric vehicles during a disaster

    when they say a storm is going to hit the southern part of Florida the people in Miami Naples etc. start heading north. It can be three or 400 miles to get away from the storm. The problem is the sheer volume of traffic on the highways. There have been times that they’ve shut the southbound...
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    Dry hay rain

    there’s not much you can do about it now that it’s bailed. Leave it set in the field for a few days and check the moisture again. If it’s dried out you can go ahead and store it. You could also get a thermometer to check the temperature deeper in the bale. And this would give you an idea of what...
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    Electric vehicles during a disaster

    I was listening to the radio today. An interesting topic came up. How would the people in Florida evacuate for hurricane in electric vehicles. it wouldn’t take much for the charging stations to be overwhelmed leaving thousands of motorists stranded as the storm approached. The second part of...
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    Reducing pollution is contributing to global warming?

    This is what the Green side wants in every car because fossil are bad for the environment.
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    Hole in the Wall Buffet's and Restaurants

    This place is in the middle of no where but it is worth the drive. Duck's Dam Diner ; 9685 SE Highway 464C. Ocklawaha, FL 32179 Other good ones. Steph's Southern Soul Restaurant at 14519 5th St in Dade City, FL A strange name but good food, Kafe Kokopelli, 37940 Live Oak Ave, Dade City...
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    land pride 1272 rotary mower need help thanks

    Without any history of your tractor or the machine this is pure guess but I would look underneath the mower and make sure that the blades are turning free. Might even make sure that the blades are sitting sticking out. Look for twine or something like that wrapped around the bolt that holds the...
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    Massey Ferguson 1528 4 wheel drive won't engage

    The 1528 has a very weak design to attach the front axle to the frame. It is only 2 small bolts. If they have become damaged by dropping a front tire into a hole or bumping a tree, the axle will shift enough to break the drive shaft that runs to the front axle. On mine the front plate the axle...
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    Reducing pollution is contributing to global warming?

    Do you have any idea of how devastating the clean air has been to thousands of families that were able to make a living when Pittsburg meant steel? The pollution did not magickly go away it was relocated to China and India. Wheeling Steel had around 14,000 people working and puff the jobs were...
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    Small towable graders?

    The wheeled box blade would be worth looking into. I have seen some with tilt and with enough weight to do some work. https://www.agrisupply.com/compact-drag-scraper/p/89820/ 3 point attachments tend to follow the pot holes and bumps and get transferred to the tool attached to the tractor.
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    Valve Stems on my New Tractor

    It all depends on the make and model of the tractor.
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    The Ultimate Way to Moldboard Plow

    This is out of the box thinking put to work.
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    Ironcraft Implements (formerly Titan Imp.)

    Is this the better of the 2 Titans? One was often commented on as poor/average quality while the other one was a better quality.
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    New Tractor, first post. County Line post hole digger with half of trilobe PTO

    Post hole diggers are often not used very much. If the rest of the digger is in good condition you can buy a whole new PTO shaft for less then buying the parts for the old one. Check out You tubes for cutting the new one to the correct length. Then drill away.
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    Newbie to haying

    I put up thousands of square bales with a MF1528 hst with a NH 273 baler. The MF was outstanding at baling as it is very easy to adjust the ground speed to match the density of the windrow. I have a NH TL80A cab and the MF 1528 was the go to tractor for baling. So the OP's tractor would work...
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    New Tree Shear slow closing.

    Did you check the level of the hydraulic fluid level? What diameter of hose did you buy? Double check for a kink or a pinch in the lines. Check with the loader up all the way and all the way down. Do not forget to rock the shear up and down with it up in the air.
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    Newbie to haying

    I was looking at this thread it got me to thinking. If you have a quonset hut, is it large enough to store the hay without baling it? This would allow you to do your own hay with a much smaller investment. The hay sweep would be a good tool to do such a thing. The addition of a hay trolley to...
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    Newbie to haying

    Do you have a barn to store the equipment? Hay equipment stored out side will not last long. Have you checked on the price of the equipment? Do you have the time if you are still working vs retired? Understand that 8 acres is not enough land to justify the cost of the equipment. If you want to...
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    Valve Stems on my New Tractor

    Really! A brand new tractor and those SOB engineers could not figure out they needed to put a valve stem on both sides of the wheel. How dare they make such a grievous error in judgement. Fire them all. Call the dealer up and demand that the prep man come out and give you the proper amount of...
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    Dock Rebuild Specs

    I have been looking for a better way to build a dock. I think this has some promise but it isn't cheap. https://rollingbarge.com
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    Back dragging: how aggressive?

    This might help explain the problem better.
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    If you won the lottery, what would you do with the money?

    My credit card shows immediately when there is a charge put on it. So you know longer have to have that fear of somebody using your card without your knowledge. In most cases it’s instantly sent to my phone but sometimes in poor reception areas it’ll come a few minutes later.
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    Dock Rebuild Specs

    I haul for a company called decks and docks lumber company. They sell marine grade pressure treated lumber, pilings and anything else you would need to build a dock. They’re based in Florida but I know they have some stores in Georgia. They also sell a product calling an e-piling. it is a...
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    What implement for creating furrows?

    This would not require to much to make your tiller into the bedder.
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    Leinbach ?'s and opinions

    Purchase a quick hitch Cat 1 Quick Hitch-3-Point Quick Hitch | Agri Supply and weld 2 pieces of angle iron below where the top link would attach. Ignore the quick hitch parts or remove them if they do not work for you. Check to see if the quick hitch will give you the reach that you need. Check...
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    Vermeer 505 Super I

    Not to sound like a smart a$$. Once you started the tying process do you move ahead into the windrow so the grass coming out of the pickup can catch the twine and start the wrapping? Just a few feet.
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    Bush Hogging 8 acres - pricing?

    I thought I wrote this post as I was reading it. I just quoted 8 acres 20 miles from the house. It is located in the city and there would be trash to pick up from the vagrants. I included 2 million liability insurance for $1000 per cut every 6 weeks.
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    Pasture into hayfield

    The last field I did was plowed with a 4 bottom moldboard plow, disked with a heavy Rome plow with a 12 foot spreader bar( a spreader bar from a crane) chained to the rear of the Rome plow. The moldboard plow turned the soil and buried the seeds deep enough that there was not a problem. The...
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    2004 tc35 fuel bowl slow to refill

    Replace the fuel filter. Do not check it. Just replace it.
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    diy rock slinger

    Too cool
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    Foods you ate growing up that most folks don't eat today

    Pickled watermelon rind is very good also. We need more of grandma's cooking and canning.
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    Foods you ate growing up that most folks don't eat today

    Add pickle relish on top and it is one of the best meals ever.
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    Which grapple? Landpride vs EA vs MTL for Kubota L3560LE

    I have a L2501 HST. Love the tractor. I had a 2005 Massey 1528 with the Add A Grapple from Precision Manufacturing. I transferred it to the new L2501 in 2018. Much cheaper then a true grapple and it is so useful. It can be easily removed from the bucket but I never take it off. Truly the best...
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    LEATHERMAN tools

    I was a ceramic tile contractor and I was always in the new tract homes on the closing day. I always carried a Leatherman with me. The supers on the job would call for me and my Leatherman to fix this and that. A/C, plumbing, electrical all got their final touch from the tile man and his...
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    Loose wheel bolts

    It is unfortunate this happened to you. The ballast lawsuit paid $5 million for another person not reading his owners manual. Jury orders John Deere to pay $5 million for Stillwater man's tractor death It is unfortunate in this litigious society that we now live in people think they have no...
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    What is this lifting ?? tongs for ??

    Not for a pot. It would go plop. You need one or three to stop the flop.
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    Ground Hogs

    My dad got something from the Landmark Feed Store. You poured a very small amount into the hole then wait a few moments. Using a very long pipe with a rag that was on fire he would touch it off. I wish I knew what it was. It came in a small brown glass bottle. But you never had to do it twice...
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    Goats and electric fence - finally giving up

    If you goggle it, it says goats love it. Time to buy a few goats. Cheaper then a tractor.
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    Goats and electric fence - finally giving up

    First of all make yourself a tester. We used an old wooden baseball bat. Drive a large nail into the end of the handle and leave it sticking out several inches. Drive a nail or screw into the other end. Stretch a piece of wire from nail to nail tightly. Now you can jab the one nail sticking out...
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    Sickle mower bent bar repair

    Looks like a dandy ditch mower to me. Maybe the top of a new rose trellis? I would look for another one. I do not think you will be able to get it completely straight which will cause some extreme wear on the blade.
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    Who’s cutting hay?

    I always thought that this would make a marketable bale for some people. Decorations or feed for a few rabbits, or a single horse. Someone with limited abilities could still be in the horse business and able to feed their own...
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    Am I nutz?

    The strength of concrete is inversely proportional to the amount of water added to the mix. To make a mix that would blend correctly with the front end loader would make a very soupy thus weak mix. Something like this would be much better. This would give you the correct mixture to produce a...
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    Foods you ate growing up that most folks don't eat today

    This is one of my favorite snacks. Lay a layer of saltine crackers on a plate. Pour hot tea over them and sprinkle with sugar. Two Fig Newtons with a slice of Velveeta Cheese.
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    Smoothing land - How to start over.

    I would till up the land with a tiller. You can rent one if you can not afford to buy one. Use your disk and smooth it out. Seed it and drag the area with the harrow.
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    Considering selling near new diesel 1430

    I would think the power track was much more useful. The ability to do more then run up and down the road. Forks on the front with some type of carry all box and a trailer behind with a seat for extra people would make short work of transporting anything up the hill. Are you mowing around the...
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    Sickle bar recommendation?

    With no experience using a 3 point mower can be tough. If you can find a mower for the Cub, I would go that way. The mower is off to the side between the front and rear axles and this makes it much easier to operate. The mower will follow the same way you move the steering wheel. Read up on how...
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    Saving Money as Prices Increase

    How much are you mowing? Time for a little bit of fence and a cow or two. Or maybe a few goats.
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    Anyone ever drove over plywood on soft grass or mud w their tractor?

    What are you trying to do with the tractor that you need to cross the mud? Would it be more effective to spread some stone if this is to become a repeated operation? Digging a drainage ditch an option? Rental stores have rubber mats for rent but they are very heavy and hard to move. Trying to...
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    Saving Money as Prices Increase

    As of June 10, 2022 Exxon is worth 423.19B. So they are getting a return of 1.29 %. In the real world that is not a great return on your money. So, yes they made a lot of money, but they have a lot invested. The only problem I see is the size of the companies. Blackrock and the other large...
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    $10 small sq bales of Coastal

    I see a lot more pink Mahindras then I see discolored Kubotas. And a lot of milky colored JD hoods.
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    New in Texas, How to Move John Deere Tractor

    Go to Tractor House. They have a way to figure the freight cost. May not be the best price but it will give you a starting place for the price. I know this will offend some on here. Do not use Uship. Many on Uship do not have the proper insurance. If they did they could not afford to move...
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    What would you do ?

    Mother nature trumps mother-in-law. Wait until there is good weather. With the water restrictions the land scaping will not live anyway.
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    $10 small sq bales of Coastal

    Had to go to the feed store today. Bad news. Sweet feed $15 a bag. Chicken scratch is $21 a bag. Coastal hay $12 a small square.
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    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    The employee can do nothing about it. If you can find a cop to write the ticket is about all you can do. If the cop is friendly he could write a ticket for each spot that is blocked. I drag a gooseneck 99% of the time behind my dually. I am also handicapped but I park in the back 40 unless...
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    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    Didn't you know horse people are special. Just ask, many will say they are special.
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    New Holland 269 Baler making misshaped bales

    How long has the baler been sitting? Have you run enough hay thru it to polish the chute? Have you looked to see if the fingers that shove the hay into the chamber are bent?
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    $10 small sq bales of Coastal

    It is the same in all businesses. I haul freight and the are loads posted on the load board that pay less then the cost to do the run. Yet these fools take the load because it is fuel money to get some where else. Then you get to hear "I only paid xyz last week for the same load." Pretty soon...
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    Lawn Roller fill

    Why not fill it with water? Use it all summer and drain it in the fall. If you drain a little more then 1/2 the water freezing it should not be a problem.
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    Choice: food or solar fields

    I did not miss the point you are missing the point. The Green energy that is being forced upon this country is not going to make a big difference. The Green is not as Green as they want you to believe. Facts are facts the US can not produce the lithium that will be needed for the electric cars...
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    Choice: food or solar fields

    Tomorrow I will pickup some materials at one solar farm and drop at 2 more. I will show you how ugly and useless the land becomes after becoming a solar farm. One was an orange grove, cattle grazing and water melon field. The second one was a row crop field. The third one I have not been to yet.
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    Choice: food or solar fields

    Go for a week and do not use anything made by or provided to you that is linked to oil. For example, you can not use your computer. After all the plastic more then likely is made from oil. It was shipped to the US on a ship using oil and diesel fuel, then the truck that got it to your store was...
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    Choice: food or solar fields

    Would some one explain why an oil company is evil for making a profit. If you spend millions for the equipment, the oil lease, and a chance that the hole will come up dry you need to make money to stay in business. For example a one time use drill bit can cost $10,000 to $100,000 or more...
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    Choice: food or solar fields

    With the current government regulations and the resulting fossil fuel shortages that are sure to come we as a nation will not need to worry about the energy will come from. There will be fewer and fewer people able to afford to buy the electricity so the demand will drop. Problem solved. The...
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    Choice: food or solar fields

    It is amazing how a lot of people promote the use of nuclear power and fail to look at the true cost of it. The mining for ore, the refining of the ore, the dangers of transportation of the ore to power plant are all important problems. Then when you decommission a nuclear power plant what do...
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    $10 small sq bales of Coastal

    In the Tampa area Coastal has been over $8 per small sq. bale for months. Anything else is even more. As stated earlier I believe the glue factories will be very busy very soon.
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    Choice: food or solar fields

    This might work but all the solar farms I have seen in Florida are to short to get under and stand up. I have been to 9 or ten of them all here in Florida. They all are built with heavy short I-beams uprights that are not conducive to working under. I have wondered why the panels are not set up...
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    Smaller rear tires to lower tractor ROPS so I can fit into my trailer when hauling

    Sell the trailer and keep the tractor. Buy a trailer that the tractor will fit in.
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    Choice: food or solar fields

    Maybe the government should make it more inviting to keep the land as farmland i.e. lower taxes or higher fees on the homes that are replacing the farmland. No taxes or fees when the land is passed from one generation to the next. I am sure better minds then mine could make it more inviting to...
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    Smaller rear tires to lower tractor ROPS so I can fit into my trailer when hauling

    Without seeing your tractor and trailer I can only make a suggestion. Get a pair of jacks and lift the front of the tractor to see if the ROPS will drop. Soften the tires and measure the height with the soft tires and lifted front end and check the height. In order to get the tractor into the...
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    Need Help Avoiding Turning too Sharp with E12 Batwing Mower

    Why can't you turn to see the tire and the tongue of the mower as you turn? May help if you learn to sit part way twisted to see better. The other thing is mount a camera and screen to see the area better.
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    Choice: food or solar fields

    Build the panels over and along the highways. Might save some money on road repair.
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    DPF Regeneration driving me crazy...

    When the pressure from the government forces companies to choose either close down and move out of the country or spend millions to modernize you move to a country that wants the "dirty work". The products still get made just somewhere else. The biggest problem is the never ending regulation...
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    DPF Regeneration driving me crazy...

    It is nice to think that all the air pollution was from cars. But stop and think about it Wheeling W VA, Pittsburg, Gary, Cleveland all are nice and clean because the industries that supplied a lot of good paying jobs packed up and moved out of the country. Look at the poverty, drug dependence...
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    Suggestion for shed walls' base.

    You need to make up what kind of building you want. Either make it a pole barn or pour a concrete footer below the frost line and build up from there. Putting up a building without a proper foundation will not end up well when the wind starts to blow.
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    Understanding weight for traction

    Yes you need ballast. Liquid in the tires is not the only way to add weight. You could always add iron wheel weights. The weight hanging off the rear of the 3 point should always be used when you are using the front end loader. I would spend the money to buy a box blade as a counter weight. A...
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    Your towing rigs and trailers

    I did not know that giving advice to avoid problems was taboo on a forum. Silly me. Safety has a lot to do with one's attitude. If reminders were never needed, repetitive meetings would never occur. Posters, warning stickers, meetings, tag out locks would never be needed. We would just claim...
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    Your towing rigs and trailers

    Gee I wonder why there are mandatory safety meetings in almost every company in America, many daily? Saying something where there is a problem might not be popular but it MIGHT help to keep an accident from happening. You ever pick up a dead body from an accident that could have been easily...
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    Your towing rigs and trailers

    It is sad that there are people who would trailer a tractor without securing it. "The brakes will hold it." type of thinking. I would rather have the safety police on duty as opposed to an accident. Often people new to tractoring or hauling just do not know enough to save themselves.
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    How do you store your outside generator?

    One of those green metal box that the power company used. Strong and weather resistant. If it is big enough to cover the generator.
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    Yellow or Dijon?

    Any grilled, black and crispy hot dog on a fresh bun makes any mustard taste good.
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    Anyone ever built their own "bog mats"?

    The plastic mats seam like a good idea but they are extremely heavy and they are hard to move.
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    Unused Topsoil

    Next to my warehouse was a company that welded rolls of plastic together to make the big sheets for billboards. Much stronger than the blue tarps. They last much longer than a blue tarps. Check on craigslist or Facebook for a source and use them to cover your pile of topsoil.
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    Concrete Floor Leveling Question

    I had a tile company for 10 years. Your issue is not that big of a problem. If the drain is for the sink only then as stated before either add an extension to the drain or chip out the floor and add the correct connections for the drain. Then clean and scrape the floor. You then can use the self...
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    Gen Y or Shocker Goose neck hitches.

    I have a 14GN Big Tex Trailer. It has not been my favorite trailer. But it does what a trailer does. I have worn out the coupler with more then 300K miles on the trailer and I was wondering if anyone has installed a Gen-Y or Shocker hitch on their goose neck. They are kind of pricey at the...
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    To Chicken or not to Chicken?

    I would guess you have never gone hungry. Since the garden will "set" in a relatively short amount of time. Often my parents shared extra garden goods with friends. Just as often the extra was set out by the road for anyone to take. Often it was the same families that needed the food as...
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    Foods you ate growing up that most folks don't eat today

    Add some strawberries to the rhubarb pie and you have some good eating. mincemeat pie pickled water melon Rhine dried beef calf brain head cheese ox tail pickled pigs feet
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    To Chicken or not to Chicken?

    Do feed them the scrapes from the house. Seam to love almost everything from the table except onions. Recycle the egg shells back to them as well. They have greatly reduced the number of snakes and bugs in the yard. The small holes they dig are a drawback but I think they are worth the trouble.
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    6ft Rotory Tiller not getting job done

    I have found this thread to be very interesting. Fact: the tiller is not the correct tool for virgin ground breaking. Fact: soils varies a great deal from area to area. Fact: the breaking of the soil with some type of plow or disk is often needed. I am also noticing that several people keep...
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    6ft Rotory Tiller not getting job done

    Two things. One, is the idea already stated, adjust the clutch. The second is to slow the ground speed of the tractor to as slow as it will go. Once the clutch is adjusted the ground speed may be increased after the first pass. The virgin ground is not helping your problem. If you can obtain...
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    Treated Wood Okay For Fish Pond Bridge?

    Look into what to put on the wood for a safe preservative. Maybe linseed oil? If you are concerned you could make a tray under the bridge to catch the rain water and let it wash off the ends of the bridge. Something like an A/C catch pan. It looks like you could incorporate the tray so it would...
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    Tie Down Straps with loops for tractor

    There are only a few instances that a chain is required. Otherwise any type of strap or chain is correct as long as the WLL is correct. I often see steel I-beams tied down with straps. Often there is not even a corner protector between the strap and the I-beam. I believe that is were a chain...
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    Tie Down Straps with loops for tractor

    If you look up a "rigging supply" store you will find many different sizes and styles of straps with a loop on each end. They will have the correct markings on them.
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    Tie Down Straps with loops for tractor

    This is no longer correct. The strap can be any size as long as it has a WLL, working load limit, marked on it. I was just DOTed yesterday. Six 2 inch straps on 10,006 pounds of plastic deck boards. Each strap is rated at 3,333 pounds WLL.
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    BUSTED IT UP GOOD.

    Used golf cart top transplanted to the LS. CL or FB for a good deal.
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    Order Checklink 3PT Stabilizers

    I would ask the dealer to supply the rest of your tractor. Somebody forgot to install them when they prepped the tractor.
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    Massey nightmare continues

    I would like to know why the OP was treated with such hostility. Several have acted as if Massey was something beyond reproach. The backlash from some one reporting a bad experience with a machine is just plain wrong. Maybe he did go about incorrectly by posting the message in different forums...
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