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https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/report-33-american-adults-had-mental-illness-or-substance-use-disorder This likely does not help either. A third of the population. Scary

Well many are not going to like this answer but about 240 million out of about 320 million took the clot shot and one of the hundreds of side affects are brain fog.. Like they say hate the message not the messenger

Sounds like you need to make sale and move to a apartment in the city.. Does not sound like you a a hands on type of guy

You got 18 and you are concerned enough to make a post about a 40 buck fix? Unbelievable.

If you have one from the 90s obviously its a good machine. Spend a few bucks and have someone repair the minor problems you mentioned. Newer does not always mean better. Think thinner metal etc. 50 years ago i had a Simplicity riding mower. Only a 36 inch deck BUT had a drive shaft from motor...

Your never going to change nature. If the water has decided thats were its going to flow, thats were it will flow.. Stop it there and it will find somewhere else to flow and wash that area out. If you just use it as a hiking trail build a small bridge over the washout

Sounds like we have the same gen 7500/9000 been a good unit and has lots of hours. The question is why do you want to monitor output? You might look at it once or twice and after that not even notice it as all you really wantvis a house full of power. I also use a manual switch and it works...

I know you set on a heavier machine but being the owner if a IHI NX15, a 4000 lb machine i could do everything you ask unless the boulders are the size of a car. Plus you could move it in a car trailer as i do pulling it behind a Montero. Thus you have the option to to do some small work for...

True but from my readings there are things like safer shampoos and soaps. Must most just buy off the shelves and have no clue about it going into the body. Not getting sunburnt is a big one. But i have been a nudist from age 10 and 71 now and sunscreen has never touched my body. And i wouldbet i...

No doubt about that the same as prostate cancer, but still no reason not to stop putting chemicals on your body. Like they say if you would not eat it why would you put it on your body and absorb it. Ok so desperate people drink aftershave i have heard from store shelves, not counting them LOL

Ya and your doctor told you the covid clot shot was ok too i bet.

Ya. And the covid jab was safe and effective. Another reason to get more clean sunlight on your body. Reading is important but know the source of the info. Remember the Ford salesman will always tell you there cars are the best just like the Chevy guy

Should have just bought her a big brim hat instead of toxic chemicals

And you have read correctly. Google the ingredients of sunscreen and you will fine lots that are hazardous to human health. People do not realize that everything they put on their skin goes into the body. Sunscreen, aftershave, deodorant etc. If you want to test that theory get some DMSO and put...

Leave it there. And with that perfect hit you should have gone bought a lotto ticket that day

I too have a hoe about the same weight as yours, IHI 15NX and would never even think of hauling it on a single axle trailer. Lose a tire and maybe lose the hoe. If need be hire a welder to build a heavy frame yet smaller trailer. I have a 16 foot, 10.000 lb trailer and the only part i hate is...

Check Kubota. Slower but a true work horse

A friend has 2 Kubota unitscon his property for work use. They are not the fast fun type of side by side but the working type. Fence repairs etc

Its not about price. Its about how many ply the tire is. Remember it only cost twice as much to do it right the 1st time

Load them on a trailer and go help the neighbors

I bought a used IHI 15 NX and love it. Built a thumb for it and it hads been so handy i would never sell it. You will find more use for it once you own one

On my tractor, excavator and truck =312000 km all i have ever used was luberfiner. Never had any problems with these filters

Those trailers are for towong front wheel drive cars

Yup they have to try to make things idiot proof because of idiots and the lawyers in the country. A friend gave me a few little yellow caps that he bought on Amazon that you install in you gas can to give back the vent cap that was on all our old plastic jugs before. Now the new crappy cans work...

Maybe just me but you are looking at about 20 g difference and only gaining a cab. I would build one. Your machine has no hours and has been taken care of. If you dont have a mig welder that uses mig gas buy one.. Remember its on a farm not a tractor show. Good experience and i would bet your...

Solid tire units are indoors Air filled tires outdoor machines. But if the ground is real hard you can get away with a solid tire. Air filled gives you more ground clearance. If need be take some short lag screws and stud the drive tires up. I did that on a old Yale i had and even on packed...

I made a set 50 years ago from welding cable and good clamps. Do it one and you never have to do it again

Regardless what unit you buy without a heated place to park it, it will be hard on the machine. Spend a few bucks and get a electric oil pan heat blanket and slide it under the motor to warm the thick hard tovflow cold engine oil and saveth motor

I have not read all the replies but have you thought of taking it to a Upholstery shop and just having them redo the seat.

2 things i have learnt over the years. Cold and heat shorten the lifespan of batteries. Up in Canada they only ever died in winter. Thus the use of a electric battery blanket. Now down here in Panama i use a heat shield blanket to keep engine heat off the battery

If you put JD oil in a orange tractor you will get up the next morning and it will be green. Simple science LOL. same as HD saying you must use their oil in your Harley. Never have i seen a HD oil refinery

Wow should have proof read that. Sorry

As a welder all my life and worked in a shop for 3 years that made attachments whatvi would dois buy 42 inch forks for pallet moving and then make a set of folk extensions for the lighter stuff. Say for example your forks arec4 inches wide. But real heavy 6 inch C channel . Not the standard...

Why a slow tow? If the trailer is road worthy and the load is tied down what is the problem

I had sporadic use of some of my movements with the armrest up, but after I took that switch apart and cleaned it hoping to find the problem which it was not . I have no movements now with the armrest up.

Hope the original poster posts the solution to his prolbem so we can all learn more.. Having just gone through what he is talking about i want to know his experience

Well i know mine failed all at once. Worked all on day. Loaded the machine, came home unloaded and parked it under cover. Went out in the morning and fired it up. Lifted the boom and swung it 180 degrees, lifted the blade and backed it out. Dropped the blade to lift the machine as i was going...

So out of the 4 oarts of the pump parts 1 and 2 ( closest to the motor) were not working. 3 was giving me my swing and 4 was the pilot part. My boom would use a little of 3. Not enough to dig but at least to lift, kurl, my thumb etc

Try this. I just went through the same thingvwith my IHI 15NX. Tested everything and ended up buy a new nachi pump. From (Alibaba.) and yes the sale went great at a good price. But back to your prolbem. The only thing mine would do is blade up, track extension, and house would swing. But no...

My 2 cents. The 1 ton excavators i have seen can not dig hard soil. Put the bucket doen and lift the hoe up. I have a IHI 15NX 4000 lb machine and have dug tons with it including swimming pools. The only time i got stuck and had to stop digging was in a material here in Panama we call tuska. But...

Hi. Need so impute on hydraulic oil. I have a mini excavator and the manual calls for number 46 hyd oil. I live in Panama and everyone seems to use number 68. . What is the difference in these and could they be interchangeable. My thoughts and not sure if this is correct but seeing the machine...

Get a new set of ramps or build something that will let you do it

As a life long welder i would say forget the idea of a heat gun. Takes to long so the heat will soak into the stud. Take your oxy, act torch with a good sized tip and have your pipe wrench ready and give to a good fast heat. You need to get the stud moving fast before it soaks up the heat

Ya that's what people said when I bought my very first new car going to high school and working partime. Your wasting your $2200 on the 1971 Toyota Corolla. Made of old beer cans they said. 200.000 miles later sold it to the neighbors for 500 bucks. Would not be surprised if they were not still...

Up put the bucket down and lift the machine. You will never be able to counter weigh that prolbem. I one ton is a great Machine for a hyd jackhammer in small areas and not much else

I have a IHI 15 NX which is a 2 ton machine and a very happy with it. I bought it used and other than normal hose replacement it has been trouble free. I built a thumb and can pickup a rock about 2 ft in diameter. Built a 8 inch bucket for small trenches, it came with a 12 inch and I also built...

Correct. I did contract work for a Ford warehouse in Canada and they did the same thing. Into the scrap bin, when I ask why they did not sell it to their dealers at a discounted price they told me in the bin is a 100% tax write off whereas selling it is only a partial tax write off. Standing...

My ex brother in law use to add I gallon of diesel to his tank on a new 1976 Ford pickup everytime he fueled. Said it lubed the top end. Put a zillion miles on that truck. Not sure how many gallons of gas the tank held

No I am talking about the 5g ones someone was saying at a sale where he thought they were Chinese. I have seen some good Chinese quality stuff here in Panama but have seen some real junk also

Oh ok. That shows where the quality of your attachment comes from. I was lucky enough to work for a hydraulic machine shop for 8 yrs before I started my own company that had a brilliant owner. He had me build many specialty machines over the years. And it greatly added to my already knowledge...

No doubt that companies are building add-ons. I saw the one I was talking about 16 years ago. The manufacturers are going to make anything they can sell. But this section of TBN is a Build it Yourself section and there comes a sense of pride when you can build it yourself as opposed to opening...

Should be able to build it for much less than 5g and not Chinese Quality. if you have some good welding skill.

Wow you did yourself proud. That is a beautifully done attachment . Yes that is the idea that I saw that company did on a old skidsteer. What was you profession in life

Great. Now you can take contracts for those long roads. You are a pretty fart smeller... I mean smart feller. Post photos LOL

That is interesting but 16.g is a lot. They started with a old wreaked machine. He said it fell over with the bucket high and loaded and twisted the arms so they got it at a good price. I would not want to mod a good machine but finding a wreck up there should be fairly easy. wish I could find...

Sorry don't have photos. We were just fueling up at the same gas station. Just picture a grader and you will see the front part of the frame you would need to build. Me being a welder by trade it would be a easy and fun build. I think I would likely build the front main frame out of heavy wall...

Hi. I don't have one of these myself but saw one many years ago as I was driving a 31 ft motor home pulling a 30 ft enclosed trailer on my Canada to Panama move. Might be of interest to some. Met these guys in a gas station and they had taken a older skid steer, pulled the arms and bucket off...

Who would really care? As long as it is making air. If you start draining the water out of the tank and find oil in it then there is a problem

If you are going to use heat extend the rod out as this gets the piston away from that end. Next the heat has to be fast so it does not soak into the pin. A cutting torch is what you would use as tip temp on a neutral flame is 6000 degrees. Have help and as you start heating have a friend...

Don't be surprised on how much they give you trade in. Same as the car market, they jack the price when you trade. That's why the 1st thing they ask is if you have a trade. In the industry it's called PUTTING THE CUSTOMER TOGETHER

When I lived in snow country I found it was best to pack a base and then just clean the top or you will be raking all the grass in spring to get the rock back on the road. The as I got smarter I found out it is just easier to move to Panama and forget snow country. But I must admit I do miss...

Pay once, cry once. Get a steel blade and be done with it. It only costs twice as much to do it the correct way the first time

From what I understand 2 flute is for aluminum. 4 flute for steel

Fill it with water before you try any method

As a licensed welder in Canada all my life tell your friend E7018 or E11018 DC rod. Preheat it and when finished it has to be cooled very slowly. Either a heat resistant blanket of in a box of floor dry or kitty litter. His biggest prolbem will be getting it dead straight. You might have to...

Yes I have that happen on my old Hyundai SUV. Rad low and overflow has fluid in it

Don't use oil that old school. Go to a motorcycle shop and get chain wax. Run the new chain for a short time to warm it up a little and spray on the chain wax.. Bikers figured it out years ago. It lubes better and does not fling off. yes this is from experience

Beautiful car would love to own that. And at lest you can say the name unlike the Nissan SUV that has 2 Qs and a bunch more jumbled letters

Something else to remember is it is cheaper (cost per cubic ft) to fill a big tank than a small one. And once you are set up you will find more projects. Like they say... Pay once cry once, and if you start doing more now add in the extra costs for higher cost per foot, time and fuel for trips...

A idiot chasing views. Remember when they told us not to carry a cell phone close to the body, use hands free if possible, not to have near you bed? Well there is a reason for that and yet they seem to not mention that any more. It seems sitting on a huge battery pack is OK now. Myself I am not...

If you want a tight turning radius you are not buying a Ford. They are the worst I have ever seen. 40 acres to turn this rig around will become your favorite song

Put a ad out that states it is complete equipment for a welding shop. Approx price for everything and interested parties need to bring letter of credit from their bank. No exceptions

Not sure if this will help but I moved a single gra Not sure if this will help but one time I moved a single garage .we jacked the building up a bit and then backed a flat deck little trailer in the door and nailed 2x8 across from side to side as the boards rested on the trailer .took the...

Hire a neighbor kid. All kids want spending money. As we get older we get smarter not stronger

If your that nervous don't do. You will be a hazard to yourself and others. There is enough bad drivers on the road already

One on each end. Easier to get stuff out if it's full and maybe a nice breeze if you are working in there when it's hot out. That's why they built shotgun houses. Front and back door in line for the breeze,. Shoot right through the house and not hit anything

Knowledge does not weigh anything, you can fill your head and still lift it off the pillow in the morning. Go learn all the stuff. Professional welder my whole life and do not regret a minute of it

What's wrong with that. Pretty good for the equipment that they have . I would gladly take one of theirs over a Fram

He got out of the cab to help a neighbor and must have left the machine in neutral without the park brake and the machine rolled forward and ran over him. Stupid mastake by someone not qualified to run machinery

Another option because you do not know if it is just going to keep cracking in other spots would be go yo a RV dealer and buy a piece of the rubber roofing material that that use in RVs. I used it on a car hauler I built and it was great. Clean the roof and glue a sheet over the entire roof.

Watched a video years ago on YouTube and so guy in the States went a bought many different brands of oil filters, went home and cut them apart to measure the spring pressure and the length of the filter material. I can not remember what he said was the best filter but remember him say don't even...

You will be sadly disappointed. If the ground is hard you will plant the bucket and just lift the machine. I have a IHI 15 NX that weighs 4000 lbs and would not get anything lighter. A friend has a micro CAT hoe and tommow I use my machine to dig him a swimming pool. Micros are really small and...

Take it get it running and look for a after market FEL if you need one. Before I moved from Canada to Panama I bought a Kobota B7001 (Grey market B7100) that had been a rice paddy machine in Vietnam before imported into Canada. The importer put on a after market loader and I brought it to...

When the connecting rod broke on my BS 16 hp MTD (common problem I read) I order a Predator 23 hp VTwin. Bolted right up the original holes and so far with 105 hours no problems. Only problem is HF will not ship to a freight forwarder so getting it to Panama was a bit harder

Like Ning said get it close to the ground but you do not move the tractor. Have the truck pull out from under the load and you let I down very slowly, then you move the tractor. Lean the bucket back as far as you can with the safe in it

I have a IHI NX15 with the 3 cyl yanmar. Hour Meter stopped years ago so a guess would be 4 to 5 thousand. It gas been a great little machine the last 12 years I have owned it. Getting some pin slop but nothing bad.. I welded up a thumb and it has been so handy. I am a retired welder from Canada...

Not trying to be nasty but as a welder the last 50 years as a living they are very bad. Did you weld them up hand from bottom to top which is the correct way. You might want to hire someone if you want them to last. Those welds need to be ground out as there is just no going over them. And the...

Just remember if you grind a wrench to fit keep it cool and don't let it get hot, the same as when you are sharping drill bits

Saw a video on YouTube years ago with a tractor hoe VS a crawler hoe of equal size. The tractor hoe did not stand a chance. Too many things you need to do to move up a few feet as compared to a crawler.

You are correct lastkidpicked I get lots of work from the big guys and hand out their numbers when it's to big for me and I am not seen as competition either as I have the only little machine within 60 miles.

Well my advice is not to go that big. I do everything you mentioned here with my IHI 15 NX which is a 4000 lb machine. Plus I also dig swimming pools. Besides the 12 inch bucket that came with the machine a built a 36 inch bucket with no teeth, it is great for softer material for moving more...

One of the things I did for construction companies was mount viberators on the bottom of gravel boxes. They were about the size of a iron and 12 volt and the driver could give the load a little shake to make sure everything slid out. Would something like that work on bins

Kind of related to round bales if you like using horses. Many years ago as a just out of school kind starting my welding career my step-dad farmed but also had a love for his draft horses. He would harness and un harness them twice a day just to feed his cows the round bails he made. He had me...

Not a farmer so don't know for sure but would putting on a pair of snow shoes solve this problem if you had to enter a bin they seem to work great in snow

Groves say left hand. Check with a bolt supply house next time you are in one If you own a good set of machinist micrometers like Mitutoyo heat a small block of steel red hot and let cool. It will be smaller as the metal molecules have moved tighter. 50 years welding has taught me lots and 15 of...

2 things most left handed nuts are usually marked by having little groves cut on the six high points(hard to explain but easy to see if looking at the nut) and second anytime you heat a piece of steel red hot when it cools it is smaller than before you started thus tighter in your case

We do not have E fuel here in panama but remember back in Canada some people would wash the fuel to get it out for mowers and chainsaws. To wash get a clear jug, those 5 gallon water jugs for sale at grocery stores are good. Drink water or water plants. Put 4 gallons of gas in jug and a cup of...

Looks very good. One idea would be to put a couple of adjustable height shoes on the back of the blade,so you are not counting on the 3 point holding it at a set height that way the 3 point can be left in float and yet the blade does don't dig in any more than you want it. A square tube in a...

Just remember that grease is the cheapest tool in your tool box

Why would anyone that uses a grease gun more than a few times a year ever buy one that needs tubes of grease over one you can self load from a 5 gallon pail.. When I did the math on tubes over pails here in panama I get equivalent of 10 free tubes out of a 5 gallon pail.

I have a Everlast TIG and also their mig and and very happy with their equipment . Never used their plasma

A 55 gal drum laying on its side on a homemade trailer using some old motorcycle tires and a 12v RV pump. You could make a sprayer bar off the back and just motor along slowly and if you put a valve in you could have a hand held sprayer also.. Easy to build project

I have never used a tow hoe but own a IHI 15 NX excavator and it weights 4000 lbs and sometime it is too light. I would guess you will put the bucket on the ground and lift the hoe

As a life long but now retired professional welder I would use a Bessey style C clamp ( the sliding bar style) and a heating tip. Clamp it at the tip and start heating and tightening as it starts to move. This in not a major repair but a half hour job.

I have what you almost have here in panama. My Westinghouse is a 7500/9000 in a 6x6 shed . In front of the engine side of the Gen I have a 1 square foot hole with expanded metel to keep out the larger critters. I have a good 16 inch fan sucking air and blowing on the engine. At the Gen /exhaust...

Many years ago at least 25 I was a welder for a machine shop we built a machine to cut open converters for a guy. He told me it took 25 full size converters to get a Oz of platinum. He broke them open put the contents in barrels and ship them to Europe to get the platinum extracted. He showed me...

Nice. See folks it's true, as we get older we get smarter not stronger. Handy attachment

As a life long professional welder I can tell you they are not cast iron. If that last photo is your weld you need more practice. Preheat with cutting torch or propane torch. Use 7018 weld the best you can and cool slowly, floor dry or cat litter is a good product for slow cooling. Pour 3 or 4...

Not trying to be nasty but you could reinvent the wheel also. Buy a mixer and mix, dump it in your loader and drive and pour it.

It's real easy if you were happy with your Everlast go get a Everlast mig. I am also very happy with my Everlast Mig and TIG welders Now retired welder my whole life. Second you will not find any made in America welder (Lincoln, Miller Hobart) etc for under about $3000. They can not compete...

Look in your area for any steel sales place. The welding shops have to be buying the steel they use from someone. Another source could be a steel scrap yard

If they are willing to ship to a addy in the US then why not to a freight forwarder. My opinion stands. They have their money no matter where it goes

Nice. And as they say, as we get older we get smarter not stronger

Had the BS motor on my MTD lawn tractor break a connecting rod which on the net says happens to lots on them, put a predator 23 hp v twin and have 100 hours and no prolbem. The only ***** I have is with Harbour Freight, I live in Panama and they except Visa but will not ship to a freight...

Years ago when I was in Canada I had a welding company and installed a 12 volt electric vibrators on a customer's gravel trucks. Not sure where he got them but all I had to do was cut a piece of plate about 12 inches Sq and drill and tap 4 holes and then weld them to the bottom of the truck box...

A friend has one called a Dixie Chopper 4x4 zero turn. When you want to turn a small set of wheels pops down and picks up the front tires to make the zero turn work. And he has some good step hills

Well for me never. I remember when they were telling us about cell phones that we should not carry them in a shirt pocket, not to have them near your bed when sleeping, use hands free to keep it away from your head and now that EV came out all those health protection measures are not heard...

Find a good fab man and have him design a folding ROPS and build it. It's not rocket science

Yes but do you remember when they were telling us not long ago about cell phones? Don't hold them to your head, don't carry close to body, don't have near your bed. But now electric cars come alone it's OK to sit on a huge battery and cook Eddy and the Twins. Think I will stay with y old gas car.

Your wife is correct on this. Get your tiller back hopefully before it is broken

Not a expert on this but with that big of trees is there any wood value? If there is talk to a small lumber mill and see if you can work something out even if you have to give them the logs at least it will be less work $$$ to just remove the stumps and not have such huge piles to burn

As a lifetime but now retired welder that small mig will do the job. 2 things help if welding say the ends back on the bucket. 1st is the mig gas. Use 75/25 as it burns hotter than straight CO2 plus less splatter. And 2nd weld vertical as much as possible as it allows you to see the weld better...

Not a chance. Folks seems to forget the warnings they blasted us with not many years ago but have since stopped about cell phones. Not to have them near your head, not in shirt pockets. Not on the headboard when sleeping. But now the tree huggers and electric cars are coming more into...

OK Karen

Remember grease is the cheapest tool in your toolbox

Have not read all the replies but the small torch is not your friend. You need a big one that is fast at heating the lug nut before the stud gets hot. With a small one the time to heat is too long and the stud is absorbing the heat also thus expanding. A friend with a Ford noticed that on his...

Like the old saying as we get older we get smarter not stronger. Your new ride is great

Do we have a hyd oil expert on the group? I have a IHI NX15 mini excavator and the manual calls for #46. oil. So this is what I am wondering about. I live in Panama and a cold night is 73 degrees and average daytime temp is 90 to 95. Everyone down here uses #68 oil and 46 is hard to find. Is...

If gas will destroy a diesel engine can some please explain how a friends old TD9 International crawler with a over shot bucket starts on gas and then is switched over to diesel to work. I realize there is no load as it sits and warms up

If you could rent a Gradall that would be perfect as they all have wrists

Peanut butter works good as bait

Having grown up in Canada a block heater and oil pan heater are a way of life. In the a out 40 years using then I have never had a problem. Plug it in a forget it. A oil pan heater should be part of your setup. You want oil that flows the second you touch the key. If you want to do a test put...

Sorry to disagree as a life long welder that does not put you in to a Tig weld. It puts you into a mig weld using a shielding gas not a Flux core wire. The gas can be straight CO2 or what is called 75/25 and that CO2 and Argon . The 2nd one is more expensive but the weld bead lays down better...

Well like they say if your not living life on the edge then your taking up too much space.

Yup being a weather person means you can be wrong most of the time and still have a job.

All good but remember the oil in the pan is as thick as honey when it is that cold. Buy a strap on oil pan heater so when it does start the oil can pump to where it should be Remember heat rises so it will also help heat the block.

I live in Panama and my B7100 is the same way. Even here were it is warm glow plugs needed but it has always started. My biggest problem is the steering box has piled up 2 times. I think the FEL might be putting to much stress on it. Might see if I can find a box out of a old Datsun, Toyota and...

Same here from when I lived in Canada never a dead battery in the summer 30/40 below and they stop cranking as good. Now here in panama the heat cooks the battery so I usually open the hood when I get home to help cool the engine compartment

The best way I found to handle this was 15 years ago when I made sale and moved from Canada to Panama. Have not had one day where I needed to plow my driveway. Ok ok I know the words your thinking. I also think plow before the rain

With that much tire eating stuff in the mix rent a cat and have him dig a hole and push it in and cover with the material from the hole. Some treasure hunter will unearth it in a 100 yrs or so

Find a open end wrench that is a little small and grind it to fit the plug and just keep it for that use only

After living in Canada most of my life and owning many gas and diesel engine things I honestly believe that the best thing you can do for a engine in cold starts is have a oil pan heating blanket. Block heaters are needed also but all they do is heat the block, the oil pan hangs below the block...

I have read that the covid19 so called vaccine has been proven to attack the brain. This was proven by autopsies on people who's friends and family said their mental state changed before the death

Mig welding is your best choice for that. Tig is mainly for Aluminum and stainless steel and other alloys

One other note when I had my welding company in Canada I did a lot of work for Costco and the manager of a store told me their top of the line Kirkland tires are Michelin. My F350 portables were heavy and I started buying their tires and loved them.

If you have enough work for it buy a mini hoe. I have a IHI 15NX and added a thumb as the pedal and lines are already run out to the stick. Yanmar 3 cyl and has been a great machine. I retired to Panama and out of boredom bought it and put in house foundations as they do not do basements also...

Something to remember. Factory tires are called round black things. That is because the car manufacturers push for cheap prices from the tire manufacturers this they build a cheaper tire because they get to sell millions of them. This is really noticeable in motorcycle tires. I personally think...

1st off I do not know where you live and that might make a difference but as I get older I never miss not having a basement. Make the house a little bigger if you need one extra room for hobbies etc or make a small shop as a free standing side building if you need one. Going up stairs at 60 is...

You needed to do what a friends dad did years ago. He owned a small electrical company and on the way home one night in his work cloths stopped at the Chev dealer wanting to buy 4 new company service vans. Walked in in work clothes not one sales person even greeted him. He wandered around he...

Not really sure about the new ones except what I hear about gas milage but I sure wish I still owned my M38A1. It was slow and sparce but would go anywhere you pointed it. Even found a manual at a old car swap meet that showed you the pattern to plow fields as I guess lots were used after the...

I tried ever synthetic oil I could find for my 1985 Honda golding and the best I found was Amsoil. Put 250.000 miles and was still running strong when I sold it. There could be others as good I do not know. The biggest risk is the oil filter. Saw a video years ago where a guy bought a bunch of...

My old MD GOLD broke a con rod so I put in a harbor freight 23 hp v twin. Not that I even live in the US but if I did I would peel the 23 hp decal off the engine take it to a company that make decals and proudly drive my new 27 hp lawn tractor. It's. Ot hard folks.

Wrong machine. I own a IHI 15NX here in panama and with the thumb I put on it it is great machine. I can pick up a 24 inch dia rock and also great for trees but it would suck as a plow.

Good adive and always disconnect the battery to stop from frying and circuit boards

As a now retired professional welder all my life I would v it out and use 6010 for the root pass and then 7018 for the hot pass (2nd) and also the cap. Remember that you can not down hand 7018. Grind or power wire brush the 1st (root pass) and then chip the slag and power wire brush the 2nd pass...

Something you need to remember is to let a acetylene tank sit a few hours if it has been laying down or you risk the chance of the Portland cement not being settled and messing up the reg. Maybe that the dust you mentioned when you took the reg apart

What would you expect from a state that just said women products have to be put in the boys washrooms in schools. I am truly glad I am old. I can not amagine being 18 nowadays with the future they have with the nut bars running the country

I was a welder all my life and read a accident report where a young inexperienced guy tried that while it as still on the vehicle with the oil drained. When the oil fumes hit the right temperature it blew half his face off. Remember it only takes twice as long and twice as expensive to do it...

The top of the line Costco tire is made by Michelin. Not sure about the others

Put a couple of empty 55 gallon drums standing up in the front when you go and this will force the operator to load further back. Pull them out when you need the full size trailer for other loads

Sorry hit the wrong button. Tack it on. Preheat it a bit, not red hot but to hot to touch, turn the oxygen off on the torch and just leave the act on and blacken the chrome rod, this helps stop splatter sticking as it does not stick to carbon. Weld it and then col slowly, cat litter is good for...

Having been a welder all my life and for 15 years a welder in a hyd shop in Canada I have welded thousands of cylinders. Take it apart so you do not cook the seals. If you do not have a lathe take it to a machine shop and have them machine a new rod end and tap it for a nipple and have them weld...

The weight loss comes from thinner steel. Adding weight on top is not going to make up for thinner, weaker steel. Remember you get what you pay for. A good example is the high cost of cheap Chinese goods

Its too bad you can not get the Ford ranger we get in Panama. Either a 4 cyl diesel or the 3.2 five cylinder diesel. No gas pot even offered. Friends with the 5 cyl are get right around 30 mpg. And a 5 cyl engine is easy to balance to they run super smooth.

No not attack but call BS when we see it. I also know you are not going to bent a shaft hitting it with a rubber hammer. That is pure BS. Being in the metal trade from the time I was 18 until I retired at age 53 and moved to the Caribbean and still doing some specialty welding and small...

I was a welder/machinist all my life until I retired and in my opinion he is not giving bad advise. And you saying you know for a fact the shaft is bent tells me you do not know what you are talking about.

If you put a thumb on the hoe it makes it 1000 times more useful. Can not imagine having a hoe without a thumb

I used a product years ago called SealAl. Run and yellow tube. It was on a gas tank and never had another problem with the leak. You can do it as the fuel is leaking out. Not sure if you can still get it

In Panama the pickup and both passanger and cargo vans are sold under many names. i got the passenger van. Mine was sold under the Chevrolet name but are made by Daewoo. New in 2010 it was 10g and still driving it today, now has 260.000 km or about 150.000 miles. No real problems except I had...

I will try something tomorrow. Pull a bucket pin on 1 cylinder with a empty bucket and see if my body weight can get the bucket to droop and then try the same un pinning the other cyl

Sounds like what mine is doing. Never thought maybe just 1 went real bad and the other does not have the strength to hold the load. It started just yesterday but last time was good. Thanks

No flow control on there as far as I know. I have a flow control on the thumb of my mini excavator so I know what they look like but never seen one on my tractor

Hi. I have a old B7100 with a aftermarket frontend loader and yesterday moving dirt the bucket started to droop as soon as I let go of the lever.. Can't see both tilt cylinders going south the same time. Kind of thinking the spool valve but have never taken one apart before. The valve looks...

Your not welding 1/2inch in a single pass as your mig is not big enough to go from short circuit to spray mode. Been welding professionally for 50 years so you can fool some but not all

Thank goodness for the CO2 as it feeds trees which in turn gives us oxygen and with the population growth we need oxygen. And throughout history the world has been changing forever, they have found dinosaur bones in the artic ice. And I can not believe this push for electric cars. Think back a...