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  1. Yogi05

    Broken Rear Cab Glass

    Mostly the front is damaged. It's all square tube around there. Placing it on a level floor would probably work. I'll deal with when/if I get that far. I think it would be a matter of starting from the top down and squaring all corners etc as you work downward. One cross "beam" is broken off...
  2. Yogi05

    Broken Rear Cab Glass

    Once I get around to taking the cab off I'll find someone to try and straighten it. A guy one road over knows a guy (heheh - a guy who knows a guy) who apparently would do that just to say it did it. And since that's in my price range I'd be willing to tell whoever he wants me to it was he, the...
  3. Yogi05

    Broken Rear Cab Glass

    Insurance gave me a cheque (check in the US) that was too short for me to go ahead with the cab. A cab was available from China for $10K, plus re and re and up from there ($13500 to start) to put fenders etc back where they were. I used it quite a bit with the crushed cab. Just had to watch my...
  4. Yogi05

    Let's see your knife.

    In the late 80's I paid $95 for a pair of Kershaw scissors because they came with a pocket knife that looked like a shotgun shell :) I still have both, and another Kershaw. I still use the scissors on a daily basis in the kitchen etc. including cutting tooling leather once in a while. Never had...
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    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    When I happen to watch these dash cam vids the first thing I think is why are they not backing off? Or changing lanes? Gotta get the dramatic footage I guess.
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    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    I could still buy 8 cars for that. And have. (1 at a time over 8 years of course).
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    Are they? Or have skills been depreciated by gadgets? Self parking cars, lane departure, collision avoidance, back up cameras, distance sensors so you just listen for the warning beep instead of actually learning where your vehicle bumpers and fenders are.
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    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    Kind of related (tailgate talk) I went to a family (in-laws) and friends gathering. A guy there was badly beaten up. Black eye, various cuts. I asked what happened. His friend had damaged his tailgate, so the beat up guy told him to get another tailgate. The guy brings him a really nice, custom...
  9. Yogi05

    Tractors and wood! Show your pics

    I got a pair of magnetic mirrors for my new TYM. I like them even though I chose a pair that was a little small (5x7). The magnet seems plenty strong and they don't vibrate or go out of adjustment so far.. I mounted them on the side of the FEL mounts. There's a wide array of magnetic mirrors...
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    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    I think maybe police just came across this one, as opposed to pulling it over while driving, but you never know. (Beautiful colors in the photo though)
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    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    Pulled over by police. In Northern Ontario if I remember correctly
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    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    Not sure if these are "towing something wrong", but here goes. This strap and winch ended up on someone's front seat After falling off a truck and going through the windshield And bouncing off the steering wheel.
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    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    I follow the Ontario Provincial Police traffic enforcement division on X. They also do carrier enforcement. You should see some of the scary stuff on the road. If I ever think to transfer pics from my phone to my PC I'll share some.
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    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    I thought you might be saying you won the powerball or something.
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    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    Is there a story there? Or lottery being you saw the break before it became tragic?
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    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    Curious. Looks like quite a bit of rust, specifically on the fresh break/crack. Looks like it was broken for a while before you noticed? 1200 mile ...... 2 day trip? Regardless, could have been very, very bad.
  17. Yogi05

    Tractors and wood! Show your pics

    Man, autumn olive, sassafras, wild grape, Glossy Buckthorn. All these trees we don't have here, and several I've never even heard of. 'course, I don't pretend to know much about trees to begin with. The only tree I can identify is Dogwood. And only by it's bark !
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    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    But the salesman said it would tow and hold whatever they need it to. In the city near me most pickups, and there are LOTS of them, have never even had a lunch box or grocery bag in the back. In case, you know, it scratches the paint.
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    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    Go to the burger joint up the street. Order a double whatever and ask for LOTS of extra salt. Back at the truck, empty all the little packets under and around the tires. Eat the burger while waiting for the salt to melt the ice. Spinning faster on ice doesn't make you go faster. To play hockey...
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    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    I guess someone was bound to do the math :) (I used PgDn)
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    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    You better be serious. I just spent 4 hours reading the thread.
  22. Yogi05

    Where Does Your "Handle" Come From?

    I'm a huge fan of the old Dodges. Wouldn't happily buy anything newer than 1993. I've owned 4, all from 1989 to 1992. Can't find them here anymore. Not without a fat wallet anyway.
  23. Yogi05

    Where Does Your "Handle" Come From?

    That giant goose still there? I passed through there (one night in a hotel) as a kid in 1973 and seem to remember a giant goose. (Could be wrong).
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    Where Does Your "Handle" Come From?

    He was ten. And quick on his feet. The same gang, me, buddy and his wife, and a few kids off to town for ice cream after dinner. Took the back roads. Off at the far end of a field we could all see a herd of deer. Friends wife just could not spot them despite everyone, including the quick kid...
  25. Yogi05

    Where Does Your "Handle" Come From?

    I'm guessing there may be some interesting stories behind people's handles. Share 'em up. Some may be obvious, others not. I'll start, although it's not particularly interesting, I don't think it's actually as obvious as some might think. Decades ago, when I was much more hard outer shell than...
  26. Yogi05

    HP For Snow Blower

    I envy you being able to sit back and watch the snow coming down. A couple (or few) winters ago I was out of a job but with a good severance package and was looking forward to Oct to May doing as you describe. Watching winter pass from indoors, mostly. I had applied for a job that November that...
  27. Yogi05

    HP For Snow Blower

    We've had a couple of easy winters here too. But the snow still needs to be moved. Our last couple years have been a few inches at a time but 3 or 4 times a week. Doesn't require removal every time, but one a week for sure. I'm not shy with my good vehicles that are worth hundreds, so I just...
  28. Yogi05

    Anybody still use CB's?

    LOL good point. Darn new fangled #*#&
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    Anybody still use CB's?

    Can you get something to attach it in a stake pocket of the box? It's been years, but I seem to remember Firestik (that's how they spell it) had a lot of CB install solutions
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    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    I follow an Ontario Provincial Police Carrier enforcement officer on twitter. He posts pictures of what he sees on commercial vehicles he stops. Frightening stuff on some of them.
  31. Yogi05

    Which paint for covering up smells

    When the tenant was there did you ever see a sketchy-looking woman enter but not leave? Some people just refuse to pay. :)
  32. Yogi05

    Let's see your knife.

    Don't know if anyone cares, and I may be derailing the thread here, but.... Mentioning my prized knife got me looking again. Last time I looked for info was 2010 according the date of my pictures. I actually found some info this time. Seems, by the markings on the knife my knife might be from...
  33. Yogi05

    Let's see your knife.

    It was a long ago time I tried to find info on my knife. Mostly for sentimental reasons. If I could date it I would have an idea where it was purchased from in my Grandfather's small town. I'm guessing wherever it was, they're likely still in business today. That's when I took the pics. Got lots...
  34. Yogi05

    Let's see your knife.

    My favorite. It belonged to my Grandfather. As a kid, I used to visit for a couple weeks a year and I strapped this on the day I got there, and didn't take it off until the day I left. Whittled lots of wood with it, and gutted lots of fish. Estimated date of manufacture somewhere in the early...
  35. Yogi05

    Mouth Taping, Anyone Else Doing It?

    I've been on Bi-pap for years (higher pressure than cpap). First time using it was like a switch got flipped. I woke up realizing how badly I had been sleeping since my late teens (59 now). Sometimes, sleeping in a certain position, I wake up dry as hell because the machine blows out through the...
  36. Yogi05

    Which paint for covering up smells

    I have used an ozone generator. One we had at work that supposedly can be used to get dead person smells out. It was used for airing out used cars. I smoke like an '89 Ford Tempo and have used it at home to remove years of smoking. Recently had some repairs done and just a fresh paint job did...
  37. Yogi05

    EA Root Grapple won’t close

    No expert here but sounds like a stuck valve to me. Either due to solenoid not switching properly or junk jammed in the valve/line. Maybe, and this is just top of the head thinking...... if you relieve the pressure in the hydraulics using the FEL (like if you're disconnecting lines) could you...
  38. Yogi05

    Problems With TBN website??

    Is anyone else having trouble getting the website to load? Several times over the past weeks I've hit my book mark to log in and a page shows something like "cannot access" or something. And not the usual page I see. There is a link to log in, and I can log in and look at any notifications but...
  39. Yogi05

    HP For Snow Blower

    Thanks. I'm not sure we're colder here than Montana. Pretty close to the same latitude, but I never checked. I'd love to see Montana some time. One of several States I plan to see. I'm not that worried about a cab. Many people around me have tractors for snow removal and they survive without a...
  40. Yogi05

    HP For Snow Blower

    At those temperatures F and C are only a couple degrees off. My first service where you change pretty much all fluids is at 50 hours or 1 year. I may switch some of them to synthetic then. I'm curious to see hwo the new machine starts in really cold weather. My old one was a fight, and I had...
  41. Yogi05

    HP For Snow Blower

    Always hard to find technical info on Fotons. Some diagrams are close, but not close enough. That machine has separate hydraulic and trans fluid so I used what I was told was sort of universal. I'm not risking that on the new one.
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    HP For Snow Blower

    Put some scratches on the new buggy today. On the bucket anyway. Moved a bunch of crap with the grapple - love that thing. Filled my ballast box with the neighbor's gravel after drilling a couple drain holes in the bottom (who makes an open top ballast box with no drain holes??). Figured out my...
  43. Yogi05

    HP For Snow Blower

    I may split the poppit valve and let it drain for a couple days.
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    HP For Snow Blower

    I have no idea what fluid I used in the other tractor. Just generic stuff I believe. The label is off the jug. Do I have to take the connectors apart to drain old fluid out? I assume so. Or can I push the check ball?
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    HP For Snow Blower

    Another question. When and if I attach the 3pt snow blower from my broken tractor, a friend pointed out I should either flush the fluid from the blower, or make sure the fluid is the same as what's used in the T25. Sounds reasonable I guess, but I can't find out 100% for sure what type of fluid...
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    HP For Snow Blower

    Ran it for a couple hours today. LOVE the grapple. Pushed her a bit to see what it would do as well. With a longer but smaller tree I found it's power limit trying to shove that tree into some thick bush for storage. Grabbed a couple whole logs by their end (about 6 to 8 inches around) and...
  47. Yogi05

    HP For Snow Blower

    Well aware. They're pricey enough here without a cab. I only make so much money.
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    HP For Snow Blower

    Had to travel a little to get the new machine. Picked up this morning at the dealer. 2024 T25 Got it home. Would probably be surprised what this set up costs in Canada, but other brands are even more (according to my shopping before hand.) No, I'm not telling. :) It's embarrassing.
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    HP For Snow Blower

    Maybe we could car pool. I'll swing by and pick you up on the way. :) And I hear Florida is constant entertainment.
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    HP For Snow Blower

    Looks familiar. Mine has the hydraulic shoot "mouth" adjustment, but the second remote on my old tractor needed a new valve so ...... By spec sheets, my TYM will be lacking a little on the PTO, but like everything with a smaller machine, little bites. I think I'll miss the 50hp, and hope to get...
  51. Yogi05

    HP For Snow Blower

    I am in Canada after all. Average snowfall in my area is 6.5 feet per winter. Could be more than 100 feet but no more than 175. I forget how far I cut trees to get to where I built my house. It was a long time ago. My current blower is broken so a lot of how I do snow depends on whether I get...
  52. Yogi05

    HP For Snow Blower

    Is beet juice not common there? It is here for tires (doesn't freeze). They even spray it on roads here instead of throwing salt. It's supposed to prevent long term damage to roads and cement. Non corrosive as you mentioned. It doesn't work worth a darn on the roads. All it does is coat mirrors...
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    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    The plane in that video looks like some kind of inflatable rig. Notice when the nose hits it crumples, then expands again.
  54. Yogi05

    HP For Snow Blower

    All good considerations. Thanks.
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    HP For Snow Blower

    Are you one of those psychos.....psychics ........what do call them? :) Psychic sounds right. Whatever you call it. have you been reading my thoughts?? All that you mention went through my mind when I was rationalizing. Right down to the leverage idea. I am just doing light stuff. Landscaping...
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    HP For Snow Blower

    Excellent. Thanks. My broken Foton has a piece of tree stuck in between a rear rim and tire. While it's still holding air, another knock on that piece of wood might flatten the tire. I'm picturing all that beet juice or whatever running out. (those tires are not loaded, but if they were ,.......)
  57. Yogi05

    HP For Snow Blower

    My thinking exactly. And maybe even better weight distribution on inclines etc. Thanks
  58. Yogi05

    HP For Snow Blower

    Just pulled the trigger on a new TYM t25 (comes with FEL and added a grapple, and ballast box) Any opinions on if a ballast box is better/worse than loaded tires? Dealer says more weight with loaded tires, but a couple hundred more dollars. I figure, and a friend agrees, a box has advantages of...
  59. Yogi05

    HP For Snow Blower

    Could be a Canadian thing. There was so much wide spread damage from that storm that the claims were farmed out to US affiliates. The person handling my claim at first was from Dallas Tx and sympathized with how badly I needed a tractor to clear snow. That may have played a part. Also, they...
  60. Yogi05

    HP For Snow Blower

    Not sure what you mean by mule except maybe a casual slang for tractor? That's how it reads. Been through all this with insurance. I wrote about it in this thread. Insurance gave me some compensation even though they said they don't insure over 25HP on general household policy. This tractor is...
  61. Yogi05

    HP For Snow Blower

    I'm going to hijack my own thread. The TYM tractor comes with a skid steer style quick connect I think. It has two levers to lock the attachment on as opposed to inserting pins. Is this what they refer to with "skid steer quick connect"? If so, does that mean I can buy any used...
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    HP For Snow Blower

    Thanks for that outlook. It also reflects what my friends are saying when I bore them with the topic.
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    HP For Snow Blower

    The one I was looking at had CC. IIRC is was like a lock lever which is fine. I have considered that in my internal debating.
  64. Yogi05

    HP For Snow Blower

    One of my many ailments is loss of motion in my neck. I can not easily look backwards. In the Foton I simply stood facing backwards, used a low gear and if needed I was about to disengage the blower or step on the clutch. I've realized I won't be able to do that with the Tym unless I look at...
  65. Yogi05

    HP For Snow Blower

    This is the blower in question. The circle and arrow shows the chute wheel (for turning it) but doesn't show one end of it bent down somewhat. On one corner you can see other damage. I'm not 100% sure because I haven't used it since, but by hand I can turn the auger, and I don't see any...
  66. Yogi05

    HP For Snow Blower

    Yes. Exactly. And I've considered all that too. Common sense on the capabilities, and some prudent use. In the OP I wasn't sure if the T25 would even run my current blower well enough to bother putting it on. Enough people have now related they have done it, or similar. I wasn't worried about...
  67. Yogi05

    HP For Snow Blower

    The storm was May 2022. They just finalized my house repairs a couple weeks ago. Unfortunately, the only reason I can consider a new machine is the amortization is 15 yrs. Making the "what can I squeeze out of my pay consistently for a long time" a consideration. Even the dealer told me not to...
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    HP For Snow Blower

    That's some real life/experience confirmation there. Thank you.
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    HP For Snow Blower

    I have been using it on the Foton. It came with it when the guy gave it to me. It's goes through any amount of snow no problem on that tractor. But it's broken now and I had to weight fixing it, or new tractor payments. If I eventually get the Foton fixed it'll leave me the option to keep both...
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    HP For Snow Blower

    The spec for the 3 point shows as around 1500 lbs, the spec on my blower shows as weighing 500lbs. (That sounds a bit light, but I guess specs are specs). Lifting it shouldn't be a problem.
  71. Yogi05

    HP For Snow Blower

    Insurance gave me a certain amount to replace the cab, but the estimate I had was $2k more TO START. So whatever else they ran into doing the swap would be on that too. I didn't replace it. I was impressed I could still get a complete cab but I didn't have any extra money if the estimate got...
  72. Yogi05

    HP For Snow Blower

    I have a broken Foton TB504 (50hp) and it came with a snow blower. I am toying with the idea of buying a new TYM T25 tractor. I'm curious if I can use my current snow blower on the T25. The setting: The blower I own now is an older Lucknow S5 OH. Spec sheet says minimum recommended HP for that...
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    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    I'm curious how long it took those dolly wheel bearings to weld themselves solid.
  74. Yogi05

    Tractors and wood! Show your pics

    Wanna bet? I keep wanting to put little vid clips for proof but it's off topic, and politics I guess, so........ trust me.
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    Tractors and wood! Show your pics

    Here's a mangy one at my front porch a couple years ago. Later saw mom around too. The squirt bottle is in case it starts scratching the car or trying to climb the curtains :):) I've had all kinds of critters visit. A family of fox living in the yard for a while. Beautiful, healthy...
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    Tractors and wood! Show your pics

    My ol' hunting buddy is planning a hunt there. I can't go...... So you're a guide? What area? I don't think he has a guide yet. (PM me if necc. if too personal for here)
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    Tractors and wood! Show your pics

    C'mon now ..... there's no moose in NF (He said jokingly, having been born there)
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    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    I'm inclined to think that is a disgruntled employee.
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    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    Thought i was going to have to find a camel last night. Got stuck in my driveway for a couple minutes.
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    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    I was hoping to see the guy that was holding the boat on the right side get nutted by the rear ramp flinging up.
  81. Yogi05

    Shuttle Shift Broken

    Very possible. It's still a big job (cab off to access transmission etc). Handy to have a diagram that I know for sure is for this vehicle. It's a big ask.
  82. Yogi05

    Shuttle Shift Broken

    Thanks 254OZ but it sounds like your Jinma is different. I was curious about that because many things are the same between the two, and I often hear they are completely the same. I also suspect there is a roll pin dropped out or similar but was hoping for a confirmed schematic before digging in...
  83. Yogi05

    Shuttle Shift Broken

    2006 Foton 504. Using it the other day and the shuttle shift started moving freely. No forward or backward after. It has the hi/low shifter, a gear selector, and off to the side the shuttle shift. I had a peek under it today hoping it was a linkage dropped off but, noooo. There is a short...
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    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    I watched one of those car restoration shows recently where they were asked to restore one of those for a train museum. Apparently there were trucks made specifically for railroads. The one I saw looked like that but had kind of a funky cow-catcher on the front. That said, that's quite a jag of...
  85. Yogi05

    Tractors and wood! Show your pics

    -26F here in Ontario with a windchill of -42F Brutal.
  86. Yogi05

    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    Semi trailer converter dolly. Same idea?
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    Cool Or Creepy Things Found In The Bush Or On Your Property

    Thought I'd give this thread a bump and see if we get any fresh "weird stuff found in the bush" stories
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    Smashed my Deere Canopy

    Unprecedented wind storm. One through the roof of the house too. $36K damage. I just added that as a sort of joke. Not to derail the thread.
  89. Yogi05

    Smashed my Deere Canopy

    I feel for you Thankfully I didn't do this by driving into something :)
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    Another what is it.

    Going by the name on the dial ... I Step, a quick search shows modern I Step equipment to check your feet. I assume stance, arches etc. I'd guess a primitive version to check posture, feet etc.
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    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    Until the snow collects and vehicles ride up even higher
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    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    In Montreal they have a few overpasses marked as too low with no warnings other than a height sign. When a truck stops at it, a local trucker will pull up beside and tell the guy it's good, go ahead, and then drives under it himself. Wonder why a city that size wouldn't just mark the correct...
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    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    A tanker burns on the main highway through Montreal Canada. This is in the center of the city. IIRC driver died. Bit of a long video but interesting to watch the progression and the people around it. Different angles/cameras and really gets going around 6 min.
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    Tractors and wood! Show your pics

    Exact same thing happens to conservatives in Ontario Canada. Toronto rules by numbers.
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    Beware of Catalytic Converter Thefts

    They may get a surprise but your exhaust pipes will be just a destroyed. Sorry.
  96. Yogi05

    Labour To Replace Foton Cab

    As long as I don't have to order glass separately. If the insurance grants this wish I will remember to ask the dealer. I spoke to my broker today about a vehicle and asked about the tractor. She said 25hp is usually covered under "possessions" so 50hp won't be covered. I later got an email...
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    Labour To Replace Foton Cab

    It better come with glass. The front at least. I'm dropping little tempered glass chips all over my place.
  98. Yogi05

    Labour To Replace Foton Cab

    I don't think it officially had ROPS. I think it was just a really sturdy cab. One fender was bent down about an inch and one floor pan (seems to be part of the cab) bent down a tad as well. If it had more body damage (seeing as the cab sits completely on the "body") I would have looked closer...
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    Beware of Catalytic Converter Thefts

    There were some REALLY po'd people around that time. Some nasty calls to local talk radio LOL
  100. Yogi05

    Labour To Replace Foton Cab

    My thoughts exactly. The clutch was a previous estimate that I didn't get done, but yeah, that estimate included the car re and re so hence the question of it sounded like a heavy estimate. Possibly thinking it was really good money if it was insurance paying. I also told him if they're not...
  101. Yogi05

    Labour To Replace Foton Cab

    I do trust this dealer, just suspicious of everyone :) It sounds like maybe the majority of the clutch replace may have been messing with the cab. I dunno. I have to try and push the insurance for an answer now because I'm looking at 3 or 4 mths to get it done and that's well into snowy season here.
  102. Yogi05

    Labour To Replace Foton Cab

    So 20 hrs is not out of line then.....
  103. Yogi05

    Labour To Replace Foton Cab

    My understanding is it will be ready to install. Glass there and everything. I made sure to point out it has overhead heat, front and rear wipers, and some switches etc. Again, I am assuming the new cab has all that with it. I hope so because the headliner is damaged (cracked) and a few other...
  104. Yogi05

    Labour To Replace Foton Cab

    The clutch estimate was last august. And yes, judging by the bent floor and a slightly bent rear fender, the old cab will be under some tension. Reasonable to me as well. Especially lining things for re-install.
  105. Yogi05

    Labour To Replace Foton Cab

    Agreed. Yet they are a Mahindra dealer who does install cabs on new machines. And the mechanic does own a foton.
  106. Yogi05

    Beware of Catalytic Converter Thefts

    Those type of laws stopped the manhole cover thefts dead in their tracks in my area. To the joy of local drivers and insurance companies.
  107. Yogi05

    Labour To Replace Foton Cab

    I generally am not physically able to do this type of work any more. I anticipate other problems once the cab is off but I'm hopeful they're easily fixed. I thought of trying to get it off myself so I can use the thing properly in the meantime. The thing that slows me down for this is the pedals...
  108. Yogi05

    Labour To Replace Foton Cab

    Exactly. That's why I raised the issue about a previous estimate that was a much larger repair with what appeared to only be a few hours to re and re the cab included. Yes, he knew it MIGHT be an insurance job. I specifically told him I didn't know if they would cover it or not at this point...
  109. Yogi05

    Labour To Replace Foton Cab

    A body shop might be able to do something with it if they could find a square corner to start from. Then I'd have to source some glass. There is a heater overhead, and some switches for work light, wiper etc. One of the "beams" across the lower front windshield is broken right off. If worst...
  110. Yogi05

    Labour To Replace Foton Cab

    In May, an historic wind storm blew through my area. It doesn't match the devastation of a tornado, but it was like nothing I've ever seen before. I ended up with $37K damage to my roof but I am still better off than people who lost whole outbuildings/barns etc. Insurance covers my house. What...
  111. Yogi05

    Beware of Catalytic Converter Thefts

    Yup. Was $2.03/L for a month or so but Provincial government reduced the tax a little so we're down to $1.83/L or so. FYI, roughly 4.5L to a gallon
  112. Yogi05

    Beware of Catalytic Converter Thefts

    Converted CDN price to US is $7.60/gal for the last month. Came down in Ontario a little over the weekend to $6.90/US gal.
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    Beware of Catalytic Converter Thefts

    No emission testing here either, but cats are kind of necessary if you want it to run right. Or at least work without a check engine light on all the time. Without the O2 sensors your mileage could go either way. Gas is what? $5/gal there?
  114. Yogi05

    Broken Rear Cab Glass

    Thanks. Oddly, I'm more upset about the tree on the tractor than the tree through the roof of my house. They make lumber every day to fix the roof, but foton parts seem to be few and far between. I really liked the cab in winter, but if it's not covered I guess I take it off and do without like...
  115. Yogi05

    Why would you buy a tractor that does this?

    I was thinking the same as everyone else mentioned. Kind of a "solution looking for a problem". I couldn't help thinking, when he had the extra wheels vertical beside him, that I wouldn't want drive wheels that close to me while moving.
  116. Yogi05

    Broken Rear Cab Glass

    I could ask a similar question, but I need a little more than a front glass. Anyone know where to find a complete cab for a Foton TB504? I haven't talked a local dealer yet who is familiar with this brand, and insurance hasn't confirmed whether it's covered or not yet. Sorry if I'm hijacking...
  117. Yogi05

    Beware of Catalytic Converter Thefts

    That's the risk I take with aftermarket stuff. A factory pipe with cats would be more than the truck was worth. When I nought it there was a used factory pipe in the bed that the guy said was supposed to fit. It didn't. Pay your money, take your chances I guess.
  118. Yogi05

    Beware of Catalytic Converter Thefts

    No. That's clearly a parenting issue :)
  119. Yogi05

    Beware of Catalytic Converter Thefts

    I put aftermarket cats, which have no expensive stuff in them, on the truck I bought. I'm thinking of putting a sticker on the fenders saying "Aftermarket Catalytic Converters. No rare metals inside - no value"
  120. Yogi05

    Beware of Catalytic Converter Thefts

    Cats are stolen for three precious metals inside them. Can't remember what they are at the moment. (Platinum, rhodium and another?) I just bought a truck cheap because the cats were stolen. Ended up costing more than I expected to replace the whole front pipe with aftermarket cats. The original...
  121. Yogi05

    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    No plate on the quad? It's Quebec, doubt it had anything to do with the load or securement. :)
  122. Yogi05

    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    How else do you keep your beer cold on a camping trip?
  123. Yogi05

    Tractors and wood! Show your pics

    I'm hoping it's covered too. Market value is not much I wouldn't think (2006 50 hp Foton) so repair if possible might be better??? Hot my 3pth blower too. Right where the chain drives the auger but I haven't look in the mouth to see if it's usable or not. Bigger things to worry about.
  124. Yogi05

    Tractors and wood! Show your pics

    Thanks Gordon. All good except for the obvious. Wish it had missed my tractor though. The house roof will be a project, but more or less easily fixed. The tractor, not so much. Not sure what it'll be like getting parts for a Foton IF insurance covers it. Cab is pretty much wrecked. I think the...
  125. Yogi05

    Tractors and wood! Show your pics

    Oh yeah, the one broken tree I was asking advice on best way to cut down a month or so ago is still standing. So is the dead maple everyone was warning me about LOL
  126. Yogi05

    Tractors and wood! Show your pics

    Lots of trees at my place last weekend if anyone wants to come get them Massive wind storm blew away Ottawa and east. I'm east where the worst damage happened. I'm not bad off compared to many. Totaled barns, tops of houses, sheds etc. My hydro was out for 8 days. Just came on today...
  127. Yogi05

    Tractors and wood! Show your pics

    We get these dang things all over the place. Usually healthier looking. I think that is molting fur, not a sickness. Same as the one on the right in the first pic and that was a couple weeks later than the bottom pic.
  128. Yogi05

    Help With a JD Gator Mod Please

    True enough. But it's been annoying for a long time too. Sometimes I procrastinate. Different people use it. As others come and go the complaint is still the same. I am sending it for some much needed maintenance so now would be a good time to follow through.
  129. Yogi05

    Help With a JD Gator Mod Please

    Thanks. I will. It won't be until this weekend.
  130. Yogi05

    Help With a JD Gator Mod Please

    I've read fixes like that but it's equally about getting rid of the no-so-well-functioning pedal starter.
  131. Yogi05

    Help With a JD Gator Mod Please

    I have one of these. It's a 2006 if I remember right. No idea what model. It's used at a facility I manage so it's not my personal machine. It has the starter button on the gas pedal, and whenever you stop the engine shuts off by design. I'd like to change that so it has a regular...
  132. Yogi05

    Cool Or Creepy Things Found In The Bush Or On Your Property

    You read the title?? Yeah, I figured it was a ski ramp. I was just trying to be clever.
  133. Yogi05

    Cool Or Creepy Things Found In The Bush Or On Your Property

    I thought that was going to be waste of time. Turns out I rather enjoyed it LOL. Wonder what it cost for the ramps? Justified I guess if they roll lots of other things down it like shopping carts, soup cans, whatever.
  134. Yogi05

    Cool Or Creepy Things Found In The Bush Or On Your Property

    And you guys vanished into the bushes on the other side?? :)
  135. Yogi05

    Cool Or Creepy Things Found In The Bush Or On Your Property

    I was going to look for that at one point in this thread. Then...... squirrel!!
  136. Yogi05

    Cool Or Creepy Things Found In The Bush Or On Your Property

    Unless something drew the dog somewhere he doesn't normally bother with?
  137. Yogi05

    Cool Or Creepy Things Found In The Bush Or On Your Property

    I always wondered if it was a dog straining against its chain. The chain being too small to see in the pic.
  138. Yogi05

    Cool Or Creepy Things Found In The Bush Or On Your Property

    I don't have more creepy things from my yard or the bush to share so to get back on track here is something from someones yard. (hope the language doesn't get me busted)
  139. Yogi05

    Cool Or Creepy Things Found In The Bush Or On Your Property

    I'd just drop food through the mail slot. Clean the messes just before they get home. Interesting. No one ever asks me to dog sit.
  140. Yogi05

    Cool Or Creepy Things Found In The Bush Or On Your Property

    He won't do that again !! Found a cat with his head stuck in a can dropped, after lunch I assume, at a road repair site. Took it off then the cat took off.
  141. Yogi05

    Cool Or Creepy Things Found In The Bush Or On Your Property

    So big I don't know where Dorset is too. :)
  142. Yogi05

    Foton 254

    My theory is there is just enough drag through the clutch/gears that it turns a bit. I guess one of us could jam a stick beside the pto output shaft and see if anything still turns??
  143. Yogi05

    Foton 254

    By can't shut it off do you men the pto shaft turns when there are no implements attached? The stub shaft always turns on mine and I never worried about it, but I suspect if I had a safe way to hold it, while disengaged, I could stop it from turning. I've never got out and checked with an...
  144. Yogi05

    Cool Or Creepy Things Found In The Bush Or On Your Property

    Did this thread get sidelined??
  145. Yogi05

    Cool Or Creepy Things Found In The Bush Or On Your Property

    Here's the old doll I mentioned. Circa 1945 based on net research my sister did.
  146. Yogi05

    Foton 254

    I have seen a t-handle rod sticking up on both right and left side floor but it was in an 85hp. Mine has an unlabeled t-handle at my left heel which I eventually found out was to engage 4wd. A small pedal at my right heels is for temporary diff lock. Hope I'm helping and not just yammering.
  147. Yogi05

    Foton 254

    On my 2006 504 it's a chrome lever on the forward side of the left rear fender well. In other words, left of the driver. Push more or less up and down. Low is 540 rpm. Can't remember if it's labeled 540/1000 but I think it is. Hard to find diagrams for these things. I have a bunch but you have...
  148. Yogi05

    Cool Or Creepy Things Found In The Bush Or On Your Property

    Ok, so google says 1.5 to 4lbs for a porcelain doll (doesn't specify French). At the high end that's 8548 lbs. Will the Suburban hold that ok? :)
  149. Yogi05

    Cool Or Creepy Things Found In The Bush Or On Your Property

    That's pretty cool. The second picture is sort of ironic. A turkey posing beside a stump with a hatchet lodged in it. :)
  150. Yogi05

    Cool Or Creepy Things Found In The Bush Or On Your Property

    What's the weight rating on a suburban?
  151. Yogi05

    Cool Or Creepy Things Found In The Bush Or On Your Property

    I'd say that qualifies.. Neat old chairs. Did you find them years later or took one when the circus was packing up? Maybe a RB Circus museum or something might be interested? If there is such a thing.
  152. Yogi05

    Cool Or Creepy Things Found In The Bush Or On Your Property

    I looked but couldn't find a picture of a porcelain doll like you describe that has been handed down for 3 or 4 generations in my family. My sister has it. Eyes close as you tilt it back and has most realistic looking front teeth I have ever seen. No idea where it originated or how old it is...
  153. Yogi05

    Cool Or Creepy Things Found In The Bush Or On Your Property

    I don't know if it was ticks or just winter hair coming off in clumps. Here's a closer pic showing the thick winter hair. Also, no ticks that time of year obviously and that would mean the ticks got at it in the fall. I dunno. That pic is from about 10 feet. Here's what I believe (for a...
  154. Yogi05

    Cool Or Creepy Things Found In The Bush Or On Your Property

    That would be my understatement. I was guessing (but pretty sure) until I looked it up :) Hunh, I thought NUMA was a fictional thing in Cussler's books. Learn something every day. It's possible as well it drove itself into the dirt enough to be hidden? As much crap as I have seen littering...
  155. Yogi05

    Cool Or Creepy Things Found In The Bush Or On Your Property

    I was puttering around the yard and heard a flitter in the bush. A partridge wandered out and decided to follow me around. (cool thing) He showed up 3 or 4 different days and one day followed me up to the front porch and then attacked the back of my legs with his wings and claws. He got a...
  156. Yogi05

    Cool Or Creepy Things Found In The Bush Or On Your Property

    Hard to believe someone hasn't stumbled on it. I can't go anywhere in the "deep" bush without finding beer cans or coffee cups. Pretty sure Ontario is a tad bigger than Maine. 416 000 sq miles vs. 33 000 sq miles.
  157. Yogi05

    Cool Or Creepy Things Found In The Bush Or On Your Property

    Kinda turned into a truck discussion thread?
  158. Yogi05

    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    That was actually a real kijijji pic I came across. In fairness (and possibly ruining the humor) he had a flimsy strap on the front and back but if I remember the pic now, they were not attached to anything important.
  159. Yogi05

    Cool Or Creepy Things Found In The Bush Or On Your Property

    Ok, that's a tad creepy looking. (The mummy, not the prom date) (the dog mummy, not the step mummy) (ok, not the dog ---- oh never mind! Sorry if I insulted anyone :) ) Nature doing what it does though I guess.
  160. Yogi05

    Cool Or Creepy Things Found In The Bush Or On Your Property

    Ok, that's F'n creepy for sure. From my OP story I was afraid I was going to find a baby in the blanket. VERY glad I didn't but I know exactly what you must have felt.
  161. Yogi05

    Cool Or Creepy Things Found In The Bush Or On Your Property

    They are a HUGE thing in Ottawa. Some really interesting items. As I said before, Mr. Lee's story is impressive too. They design a lot of their own tools, they will look at people's inventions and buy/market/license them. They have their own engineers too IIRC. They used to do funny videos for...
  162. Yogi05

    Cool Or Creepy Things Found In The Bush Or On Your Property

    Wasn't there a few feet in and out of shoes washed up on the shore of Washington State and British Columbia?? A weird phenomenon for sure. Wouldn't be surprised at a shoe in a car wreck I guess. Did the hatchet/hammer/nail puller look like this? Available at Lee Valley Tools in Canada (a very...
  163. Yogi05

    Cool Or Creepy Things Found In The Bush Or On Your Property

    Thought there might be some stories to tell and pics to show. I don't have a picture but here's my first contribution. Deer hunting. Standing on the edge of a sort of meadow I see something under a juniper bush not far away. I take a look and it stopped me in my tracks. Under the bush there...
  164. Yogi05

    Tractors and wood! Show your pics

    This was my original thought because it's lodged pretty well amongst that other stand of trees. Which by the way are all off one stump. I was simply too chicken to try it thinking it didn't sound like a very good idea. Maybe I was wrong after all and it's not such a dangerous thing. It's on the...
  165. Yogi05

    Tractors and wood! Show your pics

    Not enough room to move it once hooked. Part of the problem. When I built the place I used various methods to take down hung-up trees and sectioning was one of them. Back when I did this I was daring and much faster. I am neither now.
  166. Yogi05

    Tractors and wood! Show your pics

    It will be taken down in due time. Part of clearing some of my property. If it falls now it's now going to hit anything. It's very much like the one I pulled down by hand. Pretty soft.
  167. Yogi05

    Tractors and wood! Show your pics

    I might have another tree that would be a decent anchor point but it's 50yds or so away, then you'd have to come back toward the leaning tree and beyond to pull it upright. Lots of cable for that. I wasn't really considering cables/rope or pulleys because it strikes me as too unpredictable. I...
  168. Yogi05

    Tractors and wood! Show your pics

    I have a bunch of dead stuff around like that maple. It's why I don't tramp around my property :) I took down a similar dead one in the early winter because it might fall on a shed, or my tractor. Simply threw a rope on it, and fed the rope around a good tree which gave me a 90 degree angle on...
  169. Yogi05

    Burn barrel got me, emergency hair cut!

    I was lucky in more ways than one. This little explosion happened inside a minivan wheel well while I was checking a brake leak.
  170. Yogi05

    Tractors and wood! Show your pics

    Can someone tell me how to safely take this tree down? I think trying to use my FEL to move it, either from the top(ish) or bottom, would end badly for me or the tractor, or both. Can't pull the base away from a distance because there is not enough room (house). Can't just cut as it stands as...
  171. Yogi05

    New snow

    Generally we have always been able to get around with fwd or even rear wheel. We're a hardy bunch :) Majority of vehicles do seem to be AWD on the road here these days too.
  172. Yogi05

    New snow

    We had around 12" yesterday. All powder. Was supposed to be around -14C but with the wind it was -25C. Damn cold. I worked outside most of the afternoon. I still can't get used to the cold (new job). Got home and the neighbor had done my driveway quickly for me. I called to thank him (this was...
  173. Yogi05

    Burn barrel got me, emergency hair cut!

    I found out the hard way that the fumes from Brake Clean are very combustible. Bunch of hair and beard gone. Burned toward the back so silly looking. Count yourself lucky it was just hair. In my experience those "flash" burns don't usually burn the skin too bad but I did have what felt like a...
  174. Yogi05

    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    Yup. Clicking too fast. Sorry.
  175. Yogi05

    New snow

    I'd love to be able to do snow driving forward. My poor ol' neck can't do the owl thing and like others here I have to stand and turn in the seat. Not a big deal but it'd be more comfortable in the seat obviously. There was a conversation here about leaving block heaters plugged in all the...
  176. Yogi05

    New snow

    I'm going to complain less about the snow we get now. ~5.7 feet/year. We don't even think about 10cm snowfalls other than all the people who suddenly forget how to drive and we only get about 8 snowfalls a year of that amount or more. We do get the odd one that grinds everything to a stop...
  177. Yogi05

    New snow

    So that's for the year so far, right? It's the same as our annual snowfall average. About 5.5 feet. But our 5 feet is for the whole winter. You're there already. Wow. And nice looking place by the way.
  178. Yogi05

    New snow

    Freezing rain changing to snow from tonight till Friday for me. 20cm (8in) over 3 days will just make for some crappy off hours driving like when I head to work at 5:30am. I guess the backup winter car (AWD) comes out tomorrow.
  179. Yogi05

    New snow

    You guys can keep that out there thanks !!
  180. Yogi05

    New snow

    And where does all the water go?
  181. Yogi05

    New snow

    If you put one of those in the pond and the chute turned on you it'd blow you right out of the cab :)
  182. Yogi05

    New snow

    Holy jumpin'.... Imagine the chute on that snow blower !
  183. Yogi05

    New snow

    Newfoundland Canada in my opinion has had some of the worst snow storms in the world. A quick google search will show thousands of pics like this. I try to think of this when I am dealing with "the worst" storms in my area. Sometimes makes me feel a tiny bit better in a "could be worse" kind of way.
  184. Yogi05

    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    Not necessarily wrong, but...
  185. Yogi05

    New snow

    LOL Who said anything about want?
  186. Yogi05

    New snow

    -31C with a -37 windchill in Ottawa area last night but it warmed up to -23C when I got up at 4am LOL
  187. Yogi05

    New snow

    Thanks for that. I used a similar calculator. I am basing the block heater amperage draw on hearsay from an "ask the expert" on a trailer/rv site. The warmer was input and results from a calculator site like you provided. (maybe I did the calcu on the block heater on that site too. Probably.
  188. Yogi05

    New snow

    No generator. Using 2 standard outdoor cords (together-not separate cords) for a total of 185 ft (either that or 200 ft). A Kat's 300w heater supposedly draws 3amps ("Expert Reply:I spoke to my contact at Kat's and they informed me that the Kat's Heaters Handi-Heat Magnum Magnetic Heater part #...
  189. Yogi05

    New snow

    I could do a little clean up. Plow deposit at the end of the driveway etc. but tractor power wouldn't start yesterday. I had one of those magnet block heaters plugged in for 8 hrs. It turned better but not fast enough to start. It's been 30 hrs now and I'm about to give it another try before...
  190. Yogi05

    New snow

    Our snow stopped. One day dump (Monday). A few flurries since, which is about 2 inches at a time. Holy, is it cold this week. -20F and-34f wind chill. And I just started a new job and most of it is outside. What a week to do that! Way too old for outdoors.
  191. Yogi05

    New snow

    Our tally for Monday was 48cm = 19 inches. Another 10cm possible tonight (~4") Everything was a write-off Monday. Cars stuck where municipal plows should have already been etc. Some abandoned cars. Ontario Provincial Police were posting a phone number to call to find where your abandoned car was...
  192. Yogi05

    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    Imagine the size of the wood stove !
  193. Yogi05

    New snow

    I've only seen the inverted rear mount blowers on commercial snow removal and they use it for getting close to garages and stuff in the cities. I'd love to have a front mount to save the neck strain of turning around, but for the 4 or 5 times I need snow removed each winter it's not justified.
  194. Yogi05

    New snow

    Up to 50cm here. (Eastern Ontario including Ottawa). That's about 20 inches in english. Got to use my rear mount blower for the first time. The PTO clutch is out of whack but I found out if I shut the tractor off, engage the PTO, I can restart the tractor and use the blower. Worked as I...
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