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Interesting, how is that decided in a case like this if the Judge chose to look at it? Laitila clearly thought it was his land, so I assume when he paid his tax bill, he thought it was for that land. Does this require some kind of screw up on the part of the township to charge the wrong...

Ski season is over, time to get back on bikes! :D

I don't think you have to pay the taxes in MI. This is a case involving some property just a mile or so through the woods from ours. No mention of taxes in the decision. It's interesting reading. And a reminder to always follow up on your paperwork...

HST To answer some recent posts, I don't think it's anything safety switch related as the tractor will crank, just slowly and won't start. But so far I've been completely unable to reproduce this. I must be missing something when it happens unexpectedly. Going to try and remember to double...

Good day for some midwinter tractor maintenance here, so decided to see if I could reproduce this at all. No luck. I can kill it by either getting out of the seat while the pto is running or pressing on the HST pedal and after that clutch in, it'll restart happily every time. I have a...

I have not properly load tested the battery, but it seems to have no problem starting the tractor at -5F without any sort of block heater, so it would seem like it's fairly strong. I think I've verified that the PTO shaft is not trying to turn when this issue is occurring (one of my first...

So sometimes when snowblowing, I forget about that switch under the seat, and stand up or shift my weight enough to cause the PTO safety switch under the seat to kill the tractor. But here's the weird part, after doing so- it can be difficult to get the tractor restarted. I don't think it's...

Not nearly that exciting over in my blind. Unless getting 2 inches of snow through twilight counts as exciting.

Cleanup. About 2 miles west of Arly's pictures.

This guy spent the winter living in a culvert under our driveway. Our dog is either lucky or knows not to tangle with porcupines, so I generally leave the porcupines alone as long as they leave us alone.

Was recently in a situation similar to yours when we found ourselves the owners of a long gravel driveway and the need to keep it open all winter. Although we do have some curves and hills to deal with, ours sounds much less treacherous than yours. But I think we do have a lot more snow to deal...

Almost anything is better than trying to move snow with a bucket. For early season before the snow really starts to pile up here, I'm also a fan of backblades. I could even get plow shoe attachments for mine. Works every bit as good as the 7 foot hydraulic plow I have on my jeep. Actually...

Pure gold! :D

Yeah, this is kind of what I was getting at, although I didn't really get into investment returns in my initial post. This was initially prompted by recent articles such as this, regarding the annual cost of car ownership. Although I'm able to significantly beat the average annual cost of car...

I have a State Farm "Personal Articles Policy" written for the fully financed amount. I'd have to check but I probably have a $1k deductible. Weird that your state farm agent couldn't do it. We do have our homeowners insurance through this guy and my wife's family has used this agent for many...

That's the dream, isn't it? Better just sell the car too. Lay in a bunch of 50lb sacks of potatoes in November, and I'll see you all in April.

Yep, I'm assuming dry rot and mice will be bigger concerns over this tractor's life than mechanical wear.

Do you have any idea how much an apartment in town costs now?! And the bus is $5/ride! But that's a whole other thread: finding real estate far enough out to get "out of town" pricing, but close enough to ride my bike everywhere. I have isochrone maps and spreadsheets on this topic. I'm...

Mostly curios about my fellow residential users- those of us who don't claim a tractor as a business expense. How much does a tractor cost you per year? I only really *need* my tractor for one thing (snowblowing). Kind of curious to run the numbers to see if a tractor is the most financially...

I feel personally attacked. Pretty sure I have that same bike t-shirt that dude is wearing.

Not rural, but related:

I find stuff like this fascinating. Especially how things have been playing out in my neighborhood. Within the last few years, houses have started going for crazy money: 45646 Superior Rd, Houghton, MI 49931 | Zillow That may not seem like too crazy of a price, but I can assure you that for...

Snowshoes. :D

This winter has been fairly cold for us (~5F, -15 wind chill- any colder than that, I don't blow snow). My L3901 is taking a long time to get up to temp and you really have to work it hard to keep it there. Thinking of blocking off the radiator grill with cardboard or some such. Anybody have...

Roof is clear! Might be a day or two before I can get around to replacing that window.

Sisyphus and his rock-

Somebody was adamant that my bridge across the creek was far too narrow for all but the bipedal.

I have that same model! Love the Garmin GPSMAP series. Solid workhorses. I particularly like the feature where you can geotag any image and use it as a background map. Really fun to do that with historic maps.

I have a couple different options given conditions- The long tail cargo bike pictured runs on 2.1" marathon gt 365s, a highly siped, very soft rubber tire like a car snow tire. Works great on clear pavement, but also in very cold temperatures on packed snow like we have now. Doesn't do so hot...

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Yes! Next question on dumb things I do in the winter? :D

Yep. Once you're in the water, it's not too bad. The run across the ice in your skivvies to and from the hole in the ice is by far the toughest part. My snow photo: Coffee stop on the way in this morning.

A tiny honda civic?! What kind of suicidal nut are you?! I don't understand how anybody can venture out on the road in anything smaller than an F650. You know, for safety.

This is something that pretty much all of the literature on safe bicycling stresses immensely- cyclists need to ride as predictably as possible around cars and avoid sudden moves that drivers can't react to in time.

As others have said, adjust the top link and the angle makes all the difference in the world. Your blower manual should have spec for acceptable driveline angle so as not to put undue wear on the u-joints. Also take a look at the cutting blade on the bottom of the blower- sometimes there's a...

Even with cheap gas, I find it absolutely insane how people can grind tens of thousands of dollars in automotive assets into the ground just moving bodies around. My tractor is literally paid for with all the money I save not hauling my carcass back and forth to work in a car every day.

Unless there's a lot of cyclists riding around on one kidney, I'm gonna call bullshit. <1k cyclist deaths/yr and >18k organ donors/yr doesn't seem to support that.

Not entirely true- at best, they cover maybe half of road spending. https://taxfoundation.org/gasoline-taxes-and-user-fees-pay-only-half-state-local-road-spending And consider that a significant portion of that road funding goes to roads that cyclists can't or won't use. Most of the roads...

Just because there's a bike lane, doesn't mean we're obligated to use it. My city does this all the time. Builds bike infrastructure, then fills it full of shitty intersections, obstructions, debris, or doesn't maintain it. It's fine if you're out for a toodle with the kids, I guess. But if...

The funny thing is, somehow people assume that getting in a car is somehow safer than riding a bike, despite it being the leading cause of death for several age groups in this country. https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2013/06/13/bicycling-the-safest-form-of-transportation/ So ride a bike. It's...

Surprisingly, it's safer for us to treat Stop signs as yield signs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho_stop I will absolutely roll a stop sign if I'm not cutting somebody off. I will also treat the red light at the last intersection before work as a stop sign because it won't detect...

1000+ miles in four months is nothing to sneeze at! (y) I commute to work primarily by bicycle, mostly on rural roads with no shoulders (because I live on one). I find most folks who pass me are exceedingly courteous, but as you've noticed there's the occasional impatient person, like you-...

We seem to be on our way towards spring here with some warmish weather and snow melt, but it still wouldn't be unreasonable to have another 2 months of snow either. Wondering how everybody approaches the changeover to spring conditions. I typically like to build up a nice solid mat of...

I have to say, she's a really great student. She may have a had a little trouble with the "keep it between the ditches" lesson, but she really progressed fast. We made it all the way to advanced tractoring topics like diff locks and walking yourself out with the loader!

We took a decidedly simpler approach at Rancho SuperiorLakeEffect: Thanks for the skiing invite earlier- wish I could have joined you, but between work, school, and house projects I keep a pretty full dance card so it's hard to get away on short notice.

AAAGGH YETI!

As per usual, I have no problem taking things apart- putting them back together again is the issue. :melodramatic: Was chasing a coolant leak on my 14 hour old L3901 today (another rant altogether), so for better access- I removed the hood. Pretty straight forward, pop the pin out of the top...

Somebody asked about how they do, so I thought I'd start a thread given my experiences with them. Finally have enough snow on the ground to test things out, so here's what I've found. The test course (picture from last year, not this much snow yet): Varying slope over about 75 yards with...

Need some backward facing work lights on my new tractor for this winter. Will probably just run a separate wiring harness and switch direct from the battery, but curious if others have found viable options to wire LED work lights into the factory harness without splicing anything. Would be...

Hi folks, new member here. Bought a house last year with a 1/3 mile gravel driveway. Managed to keep it open last winter with a big old ariens st1236 and tired old jeep cherokee plow rig, but it was always a hassle. So this winter I upgraded to a Kubota L3901 with a SB1064 rear 3 point...