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I have a 1952 Fergie TEA20 that has a dust exclusion cover in the distributor. How in all creation do I get this thing off to get to the points?

I am not the safest person around or the shapest saw in the shed, but I have not killed myself yet. I have a Stihl 311 that I use relatively reagurally around the farm. Chainsaws scare me so I am more careful when using it than with many power tools, but I still get in a bind sometimes. Where I...

You could get the one you have recored. Likely cheaper and you have one that is going to fit your machine. Check with an auto mechanic they will know where to go and what to do.

A steam engine requires about half the oxygen of a diesel internal combustion engine to operate. This became painfully apparent when diesels replaced steam trains. It takes nearly twice the Horse power ( the power to move 550 lbs 1 foot in 1 second) for a diesel to pull the same load over the...

not sure about that retrieving the grenade part....BOOM!

Just a bit large for my acreage.

My wife has developed a weird deafness. She cannot seem to hear things like "It is behind you", "let go of the rope" " look out!" Last Saturday we unloaded a round bale and rolled it into the pasture. When I was cutting off the wrapper I said to one of the cows "Working with Wifey is like...

I live in rural New England and have seen several old cars and trucks used for tractors. Even many tractors around here are 30 or more years old. It is not unusual to see an 8N out cutting, raking or tedding hay in the summer. Start with a solid framed car with a 4 cyl engine and a manual...

I would try using my spinning jenny. It works wonders with electric fence wire

My wife and I have been married 35 years and have done a lot of projects together, her favorite thing is to say "We can do this!" My favorite is... We the willing Led by the unknowing Are doing the impossible For the ungrateful. We have done so much with so little for so long We are now...

Any advice I can give would be based on 30 year old information as although I once was a competent competition shooter and worked at one of the busiest firearms stores on the east coast I have been pursuing other knowledge and interests for 30 years. If I may... Everyone shoots a used gun so...

Even as a child I disliked christmas. As I got older it became the most hateful thing to me. After I got married I softened a bit through the years then a couple years ago my wife and I sat on the living room floor with our dogs head on my lap as she died on christmas day. So, yay, I am ready...

That may be so but skilled, aware drivers get hurt or killed on the road every day. I lived in Hillsborough County Florida for 24 years and my vehicle was hit 17 times, all but three times I was at a legal stop. None was my fault. Two of which I ended up in an ambulance, one with a broken...

ok, will try that next

neither linkage is frozen or stuck.

I recently purchased a 1952 TEA20 with a rebuilt engine and new tires that ran beautifully. After a couple months it starts and runs for a minute or so then dies. It is very difficult to get it to start again and dies almost right off. It is getting gas to the carb. The plugs look like it is...

The use of Naugahyde caused the total extinction of the Naugie, a cute six legged rat. this caused Chrysler to go to Corinthian leather in many of their vehicles. I am still looking for a Corin. So many names for the same cheaap vinyl.

Sorry, USD. did not realize you were talking AUD.

<<sighs>> There is no convincing those who are like this. I have had these argument with people who belive such miraculous cures, you cannot disprove believe. I mean if you believe in VooDoo a chicken bone cross will remove the curse on your flyrod so you will catch a salmon.

I recently bought a TE-A20. The English built version. At 3K that girl better walk and talk. If it has any problems at all you should walk away from it. I paid $2300 for one with a running rebuilt engine. Still having an issue with it that I am chasing dow. Wish I was a better mechanic.

I just read this whole thread, and what I have seen; 1. There is no conclusive proof that DE has any benifits to hair, nails, or much else that people claim 2. Most (if not all) of the 'evidence' given is not scientifically valid 3. It is known to kill microbes and some parasites, good, bad...

If it starts then I say yes. 350 AU = $220.26 USD. The tires are worth more than that

they are undercover agents for the KRU loking for people to train as tank drivers and tractors to use as tanks not to mention their personal accounts to help pay for the little disaster

Our Great Pyrenees guard dog had a busy night. I got up to check on him a total of four times, the last about 3:15 am. Each time a stood with him and listened to silence and got my big hug. The last time was the exact opposite of silence. I threw on my muck boots and yelled to my wife that...

Well you had some tomato to wash the skunk off with.

start with 1 banana in a blender then fill with ice. blend until smooth. Taste. Now slowly add other thinds, ie berries, apple, lettuce, whatever. when you like what you have drink it.

Well, that is hard to say. In 2009 my feet were hurting rather badly and after x-rays the Nurse Practioner I was seeing said I had heel spurs and should loose weight. After a while I went to a Podiatrist who cursed doctors who took little rime to learn about things beyond common colds. He said...

ok. So I am 60 and both achilles tendons are torn, I have broken a vertebrae and have several other back problems. The pain is constant. I have not been able to stand on one foot for a minute for a decade. So I guess I am dead. should I mention my left hand was recently put back together after...

So the question remains...Will the solar system pay for itself? I lived in Florida for 24 years and every time I looked into a cost/ savings analysis the system would be obsolete and in need of replacement years before the so-called savings would equal the original purchase costs Here in New...

In 1975 I was playing baseball for the school team. I seldom played as I was a poor player on an awful team. Our equipment consisted of ancient halfhelmets that were ten sizes too large for any of us. I was pinch hitting in the ninth of a game we were loosing by a dozen or more. I dug in and...

Has anyone here ever worked at a gas station? By some of the resposes I have to assume not. All of the pumps at a station are connected to the same tank. There is normally a tank of the low grade and one for the high grade and they are mixed at the pump for the mid grades. So if one pump is out...

I am not sure if you could order it, but you could buy paregoric over the counter, my mother used it on my little brother to stop teething fussiness. If you don't know, it is opium and alcohol. I used to buy blueing solutions in the 1980's that have been removed from the market. I haven't seen...

My wife is always mad at me for not hearing her. Finally a few years ago she made me get a comprehensive hearing test, When the doctor was explaining about my hearing loss I stopped her to get my wife. The doctor told her that if she was in another room or the tv was on that I would have a lot...

I am not OCD about much. I worked with a woman who was very OCD and she would go around the building every morning adjusting the screws on switch and outlet covers. I would put them all out of order behind her just to upset her. I got in trouble when I was caught and claimed I couldn't stand...

jf you insist on painted numbers you could try automotive paint (expensive) or acrylic paint from an art supply house (affordable). You will need to get a Gesso, like a primer, for the acrylic

Not sure if the patch would be large enough, but if it is I would drill three holes across the repair, insert small metal rods (perhaps pieces of cattle panel wire) then attach a fourth piece across the three, then make your patch as before.

I have used an old jumping jack and not a thing about it was fun. It was hard to start, heavy (of course), if you hit something hard you better look out.

for Florida that is a huge rock, for New Hampshire it is a stone. 2 ton Comalongs will be nearly useless. Easiest way I have found to move large rocks without a backhoe is a rock sledge, or some say sled. Get an old pick up hood, using bars, chains, whatever you may have, roll the rock on the...

If all the local trustworthy butchers were not closed for the summer she would have been butchered a month or so ago.

Yes, the train always has the right of way, however that does not give the owner of the rail line the right of way to not maintain the crossing safely. Someone said that there have been several other accidents and law suits. The NTSB could very well recommend a light or change in the road or...

I cannot argue with you on that. Do you have a better suggestion on how to get a 1000 pound plus animal to peacefully go back into the pasture when it is not what she wants to do? Thank you

as a former manager of a shipping dept I see at least three good reasons for this packaging. 1. It was the smallest available box at the time of shipping 2. The company has a policy that boxes look professional and neat while keeping contents safe and secure. This precludes cutting a box...

I have goats and cows and a Great Pyrenees, oh yeah an electric fence. I mean an Electric fence, a 30 mile 1.6 joule charger on less than 1/2 mile of fence. The goats and the dog look at me and say "What electric fence? Oh, this one that I just walked though?" And fencing, goats get out if they...

Sounds like Captain and Crew got every bit of everything she could give, and she performed exceptionally. I have always wondered were such bravery and devotion comes from in men. And the ship itself seemed to be devoted a small ship taking on a bigger ship, holding together with a hole big...

Are you asking if this is correct? Does everything else work correctly?

Did any of you read the original post before responding? YES I read the original post. Why else would I say that 'The only advice I would give'. If you know something about this subject,why not share what you know as requested so he can keep an eye on whoever he has do it. I could do what...

My only advice is to call your propane supplier, tell them what you want to do and let them come out to do it. Any cost incurred will be less than the cost of repairs caused by an error in design and build on your part.

I know your pain. Remember the joy

from what my 30 something grand daughter told me not for a very long time.

I think there is more half-truths, lies, misrepresentations, misinformation, and bad research flying around about marijuana than any other substance in the world. I do not listen to any of it anymore. I despise the taste, hate the high, and cannot understand why people will pay so much for a...

When I got my Great Pyrenees livestock guard dog my predator problems reduced considerably. Got a new problem though, he likes visiting the neighbors more than they like him visiting.

I have three strands of barbed wire with two strands of electric powered by a 30 mile 1.6 joule charger. My Great Pyrenees walks right through it My bull (who now sleeps in the freezer) walked through it then turned and tore the crap out of it in anger and one of the cows jumps it. In fact,she...

I am beginning to think I am the worst fence builder ever. No mater what I do the cows find a way to weaken it and out they go. Then yesterday my young boar said gate, what gate, and went right through it. I have one dog that digs under fences, one that jumps them, another that pulls on them...

interest is the result of the bank's need for money. The banks pay an interest on your money commensurate to their needs. It is not set in stone by the Federal Reserve. Inflation numbers reported are not reflective of what it costs you and me to make it day to day.They are a measure of what it...

My wife says I am accident prone, I don't know, maybe. I get cut a lot. I was at a doctors office one day about a year or so ago and a nurse was doing the weight and blood pressure thing. She mentioned all the scars and I said hell, those aren't scars you should see my legs. She got all serious...

I would expect that you will have to remove most if not all of the nails. You do not want to bow or bend the siding as you will never get it back to the original shape and position. I know doing it by yourself is a pain. That's how everything gets done around here (of course wifey helps when she...

Well consider this... I once asked for advice for a tractor that was for sale in my ares that had a particular problem. I asked a particular question being specific. It took about two weeks to get an answer that wasn't smart assed or not concerning the stated problem. By then the tractor had...

Ahhh, New England after Winter. This week I had frost one morning, iced over water another morning and 80+ degrees today.

when selling a house rule number one is always TALK TO A REALTOR. They will tell you what you need to repair and what you need to disclose. Don't go off half cocked doing needless repairs and just be truthful with the realtor and your but is covered. When the buyer applies for the loan the house...

every time I find a home for something I have to move it. Right now it is pigs. My wife decided we needed a pair of Hereford pigs this winter so I built a stall in the barn for them knowing they would have to be separated by May. well now I have to build another stall, actually take one of the...

my beef has always been fluoride. https://www.ehow.com/about_6544969_fluoride-rat-poison.html Replaced by safer ingredients in rat poison but used in drinking water and toothpaste. I try to stay away from talking about this because I get sounding like one of those nut cases who rant about...

I have no knowledge of such things, sorry. but hang on someone will come along who knows

talk to the dealer who did the work. the mechanic could have damaged the seal while installing it

PTFE is a Teflon like material that is very slippery. It is used as the thickener in the grease and is considered as about the best on sliding surfaces. It is one of the new wonder materials. Grease is made of three types of components oil (mineral, vegetable, synthetic) thickener (ie clay...

I have a 2005 Toyota Camry and put eight it once. My wife swore there was two bales worth of hay left inside it afterwards. p.s. I should say in and on it. It was likely a sight going down the road.

if they drop CHOP em I have mentioned my bull experience in a couple of other threads. I do not think I will have an intact bull beyond about 6 months old on the farm again.

my first thought is it is sitting there for a reason

Agreed. I have learned that saying "I told you that" doesn't work so I when she complains about how difficult it is I say "Welcome to my world"

Jersey and Ayrshire cross

My wife is in her 70's and I am in my 60's so we are not near as resilient as we once were, but we are okay. Auggie is 10 months old and has backed the bull down several times so was getting rather cocky about things. He is far more respectful of the bulls horns as of late. After the bull hit...

This is true but made me chuckle. For the last five years I have been telling my wife I need a tractor. She always says "I know, I know!". Lately it has just come down to "If you want that I need a bigger shovel." Well recently she has had to help me roll wrapped round bales into the pasture as...

If you ask the question is it big enough the answer is it is not big enough.

In 1987 we lived in Nashville for most of the year. I worked in Brentwood building some of those houses as big as the whole lot. I remember one on this side road that went through a field and into the trees. At the corner of the side road was a ranch house with a one car detached garage that...

I have no doubt. I lived in Hillsborough county Fl for 24 years. The Fish and Game 'experts' were always saying that there were no panthers in the county, yet we had a breeding pair of them at the landfill. The experts vehemently denied it until one of them got hit by a car. They also loudly...

This has always been the way. Those who destroy the countryside to build their homes to leave the city are always the ones who cry loudest when the next person does the same thing to what they see as theirs. It is funny, but should not be ridiculed as with 61 new homes come hundreds more...

Probability of Non-Earthling intelligent life in the Universe 100% Probability of said life visiting Earth in the last 100 years <1% The universe is too large and time is too vast to think otherwise.

Parts are made everywhere and always has been. Henry Ford attempted to make all his own parts and pieces and soon found it was not feasible nor profitable. Forty years ago my best friend was a machinist working at a small privately owned shop that had a contract with Cadillac making parts for...

ah safety glasses, my wife made me buy them when I got new glasses. They are now scratched, bent, ill fitting,and otherwise less than pristine. Boards have knocked them off, goats have headbutted them off, turkey wings, bull horns, dogs, ladders, pigs, and all manner of crazy hazards had their...

two rules 1. half the speed double the feed 2. keep cutting edge cool figure these out and even "junk" bits will drill through steel

I lived in Florida for 24 years and when it comes to their lawns people will do the craziest things imaginable. It is all trying to one up the next guy, people think that the native Bahia grasses are ugly and die back too much so they sod with Saint Augustine and other non native heavy bladed...

15 degrees and about 18 inches of snow on the ground here. Will need a bigger shovel to plant my garden for a few months.

I used to do leather work. I expect that machine would work well up to a point. Most tools for leather work need a bit of practice and tweeking to learn what they can and cannot do.

I asked google if honeybees were attracted to sound. "Studies have shown that bees can detect the air-particle movements associated with airborne sounds and can detect sound frequencies up to about 500 Hz. This means that bees are attracted to music with a 250-500 Hz frequency as it is...

looks to be more marketing and PR than anything of real function.Almost any design will give traction to a tire, deer hooves, cat paws, wiggly squiggles. Tread depth and composition have as much to do with it as anything.

I am not sure you will find an easy start that will serve you purpose. Granted I have not looked into chainsaws for five years, so things could be different. @jyoutz advice is sound. I like Stihl, I just have had good experiences with them and they take a beating. Do not under buy yourself. Look...

Our Freya, my avatar pic, will do that with her soccer ball and in the summer, with rocks.

Lots of things to answer The bull (Leroy) is 20 moths old he is in a smallish pasture with two yearling cows and he is used to getting his own way more than combative. Leroy has previously dealt with two dogs, Freya, our Aussie Shepard who he terrorized with one look (she is my picture) and our...

There was a total of one crash invoving a Concord. It was in Paris when the plane hit a piece of debris dropped by another plane that caused a fire and crash in a residential area of Paris. The fuel problems were caused by the late 1960's design of the engines. When started fuel costs had...

the plan was always to butcher the bull, so Auggie will definitely get his share

I did not want to post here because in the last 35 years my wife and I have had 11 dogs that we have rescued in one way or another. Among them were three or four great dogs and two that were absolutely amazing. On January 15 we answered an add on a farm forum for a free 8 month old pure bred...

If it were me; The choice: tractor A has what is needed and looked for, price is within budget. Tractor B has what is needed and looked for Plus a feature that makes it more appealing and a useful or needed implement for the same price as tractor A If all else (dealer service, warranty, etc)...

5hp is a large pump. how deep is the well?

From what I have seen on this forum many, if not most of the posters here, use their tractor as little more than a glorified lawn tractor. In fact I do much of what many here do with an old Craftsman lawn tractor and a shovel. Yes, I would much rather have a nice new CUT but I do not have the...

I have a 25 ton County Line splitter. it split over 10 cord every year. It is the only machine I own that has given me no headaches. Try to take it from mw and you would quickly find yourself fertilizer.

we;;, I am 60, but I remember having a wringer washer, a wood cookstove in the kitchen, taken bathes in a round tub on the kitchen floor with water heated on the wood stove

I Have a pile of 12 or so broken tire chains that I picked up as scrap metal and kept them thinking they may be useful, and I have found several uses for them so far. The one pictured is the largest of the pile and I just had to cut it shorter. The other is made from two smaller gauge chains...

The chain in the picture is heavier than the one on the other tire. This chain measured 13.75" wide and looked to be a good fit for a 10" wide tire. The chain on the other side is thinner and is doing the same thing. I have almost no experience with tire chains so I am shooting in the dark on...

here is a pic.I hope

I am in need of chains for my garden tractor. I guess I need to state some background. We retired a few years ago and bought an abandoned farmhouse on ten acres. Money is far tighter than we ever expected so nearly everything is 'find a way' the cheaper the better. The $100 or so for new chains...

So what is the penalty in NY state for grand theft choo-choo?

they are not all the same size. I can guarantee it! I lost one of mine and have bout four different sized ones that I was told would fit (all slightly different sizes) and none fit. So there are at least 5 sizes for a one ton rated axle.

fertilizer. Use your favorite. We keep ours natural as we get it from our animals. Is your soil good? What does water do in it?

double post, sorry

This type of sh... ah, cra...,um, I mean progressive, ahh, thinking has been going on for a while now it seams. In 1997 I started college, I was closer to 40 than 30. I was always seeing the signs of modern mis-education. One of my favorites was in an Early American history class. We were going...

I am fully aware of my state's motto and how it is often misconstrued I am also aware that crude oi production peaked around the turn of the century and demand has continued to increase About choice The law does not take your choice away, it simply changes the choice presented to you. I do not...

We are at a time when something needs to be done. Is the law perfect? No. Will it cause problems for some? Yes. Will it do what the drafters want it to? Eventually. I think that this is much like the emission laws of the 1970's. They caused a lot of trouble for several years, but I doubt if...

A floating restaurant? I think the gods could not stand to see such a ship reduced to such a task and sank her out of love and pity.

I have seven goats and they put the lie to this statement. They will not eat first cut hay, poplar, spent grain from the brewery unless it is dried,and many other things. They will, however, eat the wooden walls of their stall, wooden gates, and just about anything you don't want them to eat.

Well, to me what makes a tractor beautiful... I can afford it (as a retiree on a fixed budget with a small farm I refuse to get a loan for a new one) It will be reliable It makes my life easier HMMmm, color does not come into it, but if I have a choice I'll take brunette with blue eyes... No...

as to how... reported stolen on the 5th returned by to him by his son on the 7th who had taken it for a joy ride. He did not want his little 'snowflake' to have a record so he never reported to the police he had it back and the police never investigated the 'crime'. Owner bought tires and...

Well that sure is better than fishing for a tractor which happened in a town near me whe a know-it-all employee drove it into a pond and it went totally underwater.

Well in the late 1980's I moved from Tennessee to Maine. Soon after I got there gas prices went up 50 cents per gallon while it stayed the same in Tennessee. That is why the hell I wondered. There are a lot of reasons that price can soar in one area of the country while not in others, and...

Is it just here in New Hampshire that feed prices have skyrocketed or is it everywhere? In just over a year layer pellets have gone from $11.99 per 50# to $17.99, cracked corn form $9.99 per 50# to $14.99, goat pellets $12.99 to $17.99. This is same brands in the same store. This is beating my...

A transmission specialist once told me that every transmission will have some metal in the oil. No way to avoid it he said.

Wut? What?

I guess I am not part of "Everyone else". I have zero use for Mc Gross-Me-outs (the name I call McDonald's). I do not know or care about their ice cream machine. Additionally, I think the government has nothing to say about it and should stay out of it.

Wow! Just WOW! Not sure I have ever had anything to say that was important enough to have all that tech around

chat sacré

You hit that on the head, Grumpycat. My wife is convinced we can use the intercom feature on our house phone. The last time we tried that I almost threw the POS against the nearest tree. We are on a fixed income and my wife says why pay money when we can get something for free. So I would never...

The plot looks like home plate. 1005' of road frontage goes back a couple hundred feet then angles in to a point a little over 500' from the road. It is heavily wooded except where I have cleared a spot for pasture and around the house and barn. It slopes uphill from the road with a brook...

I started there and almost posted my question there. I did not want to hijack the thread or derail it as it was more about long distance mobile communications.

Ok, I have some questions concerning this, trying to learn what I can do. Here cell phones are just short of useless, CB radios are useless and we do not have the funds to spend on fancy radios, or the intent to use them. A large percent of our car travel we are together, so what we need is the...

I lived in Coastal Florida for too many years to get involved with all the panic and hysteria. The storm will come, the rain will fall, the water will rise and the wind will blow. It gets you or it misses you then it goes away. If you are not prepared already it is too late now

sounds like the Ghost of Christmas past is trying to get in touch with you

my error, good catch

Grease is made of three primary parts, Base oil, Thickener, and Additives Base oil can be Mineral, Vegetable, or Synthetic Thickeners can be Calcium, Aluminum, Lithium, Barium, Bentone (Clay), and others So it is entirely possible that a synthetic grease is clay based Bentine clay has been...

well, if the couldn't run like that then the little boys would catch them too easily. What fun would that be?

First, I did not say the new owner did not do enough due diligence, i said a clever lawyer would say that. Second, due diligence is due before one takes ownership, not afterwards.

As a New Hampsherite I am not surprised by this nor is it rare. In the town where I live there is a group of what the locals call "Free Staters'. NH has no sales or income tax so if you do not own land you pay no state tax ( you will find many renters that will argue that they pay tax in their...

fordson production moved to England somewhere along the way (I forget the date). They were manufactured in the Ford plant in Dagenham. I presume they moved to Cork after a bit. You may what to look it up

If you are buying used very high on your lists of musts needs to be GOOD TIRES.

I hate buying new tools it usually means I broke an old tool A couple of years ago I had a rash of broken tools and I was complaining to my step daughter about it... ME: ..complain' gripe, complain, damn tool broke, gripe, moan Daughter: ...and how old was it? what did it cost? ME: had it...

in a way it almost sounds like a spring toothed harrow

Used to see Charles Bronson rather often. He did not live all that far from me and skied on the same slopes. He was very quiet and stayed to himself o n the slopes. He bought me a drink once in an airport bar and we talked a bit.

It makes no true difference what the original meaning of the native american word is. It would be hard to tell now anyway. The thought of a higher being, force or, mystery is what was meant. If it mis-translated into Great Father (which I do not doubt) it was so the concept could be understood...

I cannot imagine driving in posts, On my property it is difficult to drive in a T-post deep enough to bury the plate. It is an event if i can pound a ground rod in the ground. And forget about getting an auger to three feet. When they were drilling my well they had to move twice because they hit...

I didn't jump too high I had recognized the tracks

I have a dog that is sure there is a yeti in my back yard. One night at about 2am she went to one of the windows and let out with her something is there and I am going to kill bark. I went out back with a flashlight in one hand and a 12 gauge in the other. I saw some large tracks in the sandy...

Aliens! It's aliens for sure, or maybe ghosts, yah it's ghosties I know it. yawn!

Do not doubt it too much. I dug a two foot deep ditch 70 feet long by hand because I could not afford to hire it out and without it I would not have propane. I am just about finished with a fence that took over 2000 feet of barbed wire to make a pasture for my cows and goats. I cut the fence...

'play it again,Sam' was never said in the movie Casablanca. He said "Play it, Sam' Watch the movie and you will see.

MG was Morris Garage started about 1920 Morgan started in 1910 or so

"Everything in the universe is exactly as it should be." an enlightened man

Well, I would have to use a shovel. Not because I am so tough, just because I have nothing bigger and cannot afford to hire someone. I often tell my wife I need a bigger shovel.

I don't know; my granddaughter's husband was told if he shoots up that whole packet of heroin it would kill him. Well, he did not listen and it killed him as dead as a sardine in a can. Cured his stupid real quick. Bad news is my granddaughter is a widow, my great-grandson is without a father...

Now I screwed that one up

Yep turkeys all over the place. I kind of like it. they seem to like my place better in the winter though. Wish they would hang around more in tick season though

If you have not contacted a DIY pool store I think I would. When I lived in Florida these pools were being filled in or replaced with new one piece pools as the upkeep was prohibitively expensive. I hope you can make this work for you.

Horsepower is a bit of a lie anyways. It depends on the method used to measure it and where it is measured. The same machine,car,truck,bulldozer, whatever, can have at least three different horsepower ratings depending where it is measured. At the rear of the engine it would be highest, 112 hp...

I was told it is so the wedge will not cut your hand off. wonder if that would be worse than the mangle hand one would have after the hand was stuck between the wood and the piston for the last 20 inches.

guess I ain't got it so bad. Just picked up a "new" stove for my wife. a Crawford-Century made in the Walker and Pratt foundry in Boston MA about 1930. Cost? Free. Guy wanted $150 by the time my wife was done he thanked us for hauling it away. Of course I now have to find a away to enlarge her...

guess I run in a slower crowd as an overpriced, over horse powered sport car is very, very low on my want list if I were to win a lottery. somewhere around page fife I would think

@Jchonline I think your numbers, although correct, are a bit skewed by married couples purchasing the truck. Many times the husband's name is alone on the loan and title or the first of the two. This could show as a man purchasing the truck even though the woman is the 'owner' of the truck, just...

It started in the late seventies when woman started buying pick ups. By the mid eighties trucks were becoming 'softer', pretty paint, more comfortable, less working truck more show. Buy about 2000 they were being equipped with all the latest gadgets. Now they are behemoths with everything a...

it does have some perks but I am finding dealing with the town government is not one of them

I live in what seams to be a geographic oddity, everyplace is an hour and half drive away. Nearest Kabota dealer an hour and half, John Deere dealer an hour 20. But there is a Kioti dealer 20 miles away! So how do you like your Kioti, would you recommend one, what is good, what is bad?

as a person looking for his first farm tractor this has been a great read. One thing that I have seen referenced in my research about the N series Fords that has not been mentioned here is that more people have died using an N series than any other series of tractors. Neither writer gave a...

I waited too long and missed it. oh well. Thank you for the help

I have a chance to purchase a 1954 TO-30 that the owner claims it has a steering 'issue' turning to the right. He claims a steering box can be had for $350. Sooo... Does that sound true? I could find no such animal on a quick online search. Are these difficult for a non mechanic type to work on...