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Sorry Moss. Laziness on my part...not scrolling up to the post to which you replied.

1978. Speed limit was 55 then. Why test higher?...besides, they have improved the containers since then.

Glyphosate. Kills the weeds that are contacted, but doesn't travel. Utilities use it around poles. The original Triox was great for longer term, but EPA killed it in '85. Ground clear works OK, but better after using Glyphosate.

Also has zero to do with nuclear waste. Some people must have the false impression that nuclear rods are volatile and explosive. They aren't. Also are not liquid or ooze like they do on TV. Thick canisters with a few rods, usually with concrete filling the rest of the canister. Nuclear...

I probably wouldn't 'trade' as you usually get much less than if you sold the old one yourself. As to other JD dealers as suggested above...in many places JD has only 1 dealer, but multiple stores. They (and to a lesser degree Kubota) are pushing for fewer dealers with large footprints. Good...

Cats work well, too. They kill some and dissuade others.

Lots of variables with a plow. Soil type, moisture, temperature, blade type, size, sharpness, depth, angle...the list goes on. Weight over the drive axle should improve traction. The extent to which that happens cannot be answered in a meaningful way. Also, you may need significant weight on...

If that was real, it would have to be much lower because of the risk of a head-on with someone going much faster. No worries as it is clearly BS.

Either A) you misremember what was said B) the guide was talking out of his backside or C) guide was just looking to scare some kids Canisters are 5-15 inches thick stainless steel. There has never been an leak due to a transportation accident.

There have only been 2 meltdowns. Both in Ukraine. https://www.answers.com/physics/How_many_nuclear_power_plants_have_melted_down

It's not that the new ones cost a lot, its that companies take a lot of risk because of overregulation and lack of a real comprehensive energy policy. Decentralization allows the people in states to make decisions and still can provide national backup power in the event of natural disasters...

It's always funny to me how these people think they will be the ones to survive/be in charge when society collapses. At some point, it will revert back to might makes right and the very people pushing this stuff will be begging for someone to save them.

Read your article. They don't know why/how and it was Cesium, which is for medical, not power generation. Most people have a completely ignorant understanding of nuclear waste in modern reactors. Too much Simpsons, too little science.

Thanks for the input! Wife vetoed sleep number early on. She didn't want an 'inflatable' bed. Not worth the argument for me! We just ordered the Leggett and Platt base with all of the features we want. $2800. Two different mattresses. She got a Nectar Ultra Hybrid. I got a Brooklyn...

I couldn't find that. Recent articles I saw on the interwebs indicate the feds are trying to streamline the process to get as many as 10 approved and built. Zero are currently being built. Personally, I think they should build them on federal lands and start in the states that use the most...

That's why you use the wheel, it doesn't vary. A simple look at the front of a CX2510 can confirm their published clearance is BS.

Not strictly rural living, but something many older folks are using. We're about to pull the trigger on a split king (side x side Twin XL) adjustable bed base(s). Does anyone have any experience with these? A lot like equipment, to get the features we want, we get to pay for ones we don't...

Almost all new tractors in the US are foreign, even the ones that pretend they are made here.

It's a bit harder to tell where a guy is going, and why in a farm truck. Am I at Lowe's to get a new grill or lumber for a calf hutch? Am I at the church to worship or am I delivering produce for an event?

"Actively involved in farming" which wonk gets to decide? If you live in the city, but work as a farmhand, does your personal truck get farm plates? If you own acreage, but lease it out, does your personal truck get farm plates? We are small potatoes, but have a timber exemption for property...

The dogs get me out for a walk daily, rain or shine. The full loop is about a mile. Resistance training helps to build/retain muscle. Muscle burns more calories (but weighs more than equal volume of fat). I tend to ignore medical advice that focuses on weight rather than body fat.

Center of the wheel is just a SWAG. It cannot be more than that. It is almost assuredly less as the axle takes up space, too. Clearance should always be the lowest point, period. You cannot drive that CX over a 13" rock unless you have at least 1 wheel going over it. One recurring problem...

I think the error is on the CK stats. The tire diameter is 12-16" the clearance cannot be greater than the radius or 6-8".

Give it time. I've had fiber from AT&T, Spectrum, and Frontier. They all had uptime problems. Sure, they are cheaper than Starlink, but much less reliable. 99% of the time, you lose Starlink is because you lost power anyway.

They wasted a bunch of money running Spectrum down our road. Made a mess and zero people wanted it. Everyone uses Starlink because it goes out less than the buried lines.

Some of these ideas are great. Be sure you know how to use/dispense the stuff in your kit. Getting caught with distributing prescription drugs isn't good either. Prevention is the best first aid.

That proves his point.

I was working in tech support at Gateway during Y2K. It was mostly a nothing-burger. We had staffed up and it was actually pretty slow. I'm surprised y'all didn't just upgrade operating systems.

Similar. I would use it for a quick, rough estimate of info...what's the population of XYZ? Also, calculations that are outside of my knowledge base...what's the melting point of magnesium? Never ask about anything that could be based on anyone's opinion. There are things AI could do well...

It is impossible for a "corporation" to pay taxes. They are just a pass-through for taxes on regular people; a misdirection play for higher taxes which naive people believe are paid by someone else...rather like tariffs.

Mine is 95% a work unit. "Trips" are around my 20 acres or down the road to a neighbor (under a mile). Running out of juice is never a real issue, just my cheap backside pinching pennies. L definitely has more oomph than M. H gives me about 10 mph additional top speed but really only useful...

Same with my SxS. No Revs to worry about, but batteries last longer in M. H is only for very short runs along our road to visit neighbors. L only for a couple of steep spots and when towing a heavily loaded trailer.

Regardless of one's opinion on fuel economy, allowing one state to dictate rules on interstate commerce violates the constitution. As for an earlier comment about being one country...we have never been. The US is a collection of 50 countries who abrogated a piece of their sovereignty to...

The previous owner of my Tundra pulled a gooseneck with it. He had it for 6-7 years. I don't know much about his trailer, but definitely possible in that class of truck.

Only the plastic ones have no vermin that attack them!

Nice! I have a forest of loblolly, which is a longleaf pine that grows fast. True Longleaf pines grow more slowly, so are less common. Texas has a program to restore Longleaf, but not in my county. 😞 We planted over 125 Virginia Pine we got from the Christmas Tree Growers Assoc. I'm...

That model is also sold through Rural King as the RK55. I have its cousin the 574H with a few more hours. It's about the same frame, but uses the TYM engine instead of the Yanmar.

^this! Which single store is what I'm interested in knowing.

That made sense before they started swagging the numbers. Now they get some real data and then guesstimate how many they may have missed. When power is derived from the numbers, it is ripe for abuse and difficult to catch/stop.

It's been a minute since I thought about data plans. Almost like long-distance.

Happy birthday. Mom turns 93 one month from today. You're comparatively a spring chicken.

Putting your tractor in a "garage" instead of a barn or machine shed is the line of demarcation. 😃

Sorry, man. Economic laws cannot be ignored, no matter how much they hurt people's feelings.

The T224 is not the same as the Mahindra. The eMax was made by TYM, but different engines. There are minor differences on the others. TYM has been making tractors for 75 years. They either build their own or have a dedicated sub that makes them.

$21k for what you need means you need to find a deal somewhere. Used is always tricky. Best if you can find someone you know and trust that is wanting a new tractor and you can buy the old one.

Back to an early post on this thread...unless you financed with an ARM in a low interest market or are just wanting to buy new, higher interest rates are not a problem. They are much lower than when many of us bought our first homes. Lots of economic errors made in the state. The geography...

That was a negotiating problem.

What year? They are on par with JD now in terms of $ for the same features. The selling points for both are as much dealer network as anything else. Good equipment, but not remotely a good value.

Flashbacks to my former life before teaching. It's always a conundrum between going with what you have and what would likely be better. It is 100% possible to set up Excel in a way that allows multiple people to enter information, but it is a little clunky. Access is better, but some staff...

There's definitely a happy medium between most HOAs where over-controlling self-important 'Karens' try to dictate their preferences on everyone and a free-for-all where people are deliberately poor neighbors just because they can. I've lived in places with both extremes. Now, we have almost no...

The state police clarification is when they use a merge sign, not a yield sign. More clarification: https://www.fotopouloslaw.com/blog/who-is-at-fault-in-a-highway-on-ramp-collision/

No clue how often they need to be sharpened (more likely replaced). I would guess about like shaving. The line is heavy, comparatively. That's not good for battery life. The line doesn't cut better. My earlier comment was more about if you use a string trimmer on uneven ground, you can...

This doesn't apply to interstate onramps where a yield sign is present. (Almost all of them). One problem with quoting laws is you almost need training in reading them to read between the lines. Here's the Illinois code for that. 625 ILCS 5/11-904 So what happens is you get some self...

Another possibility is local craftsmen. We have some wood workers in the region (Piney Woods) who will pay for select timber. I don't know if White Pine is coveted for that. Here guys look for a bunch of different species. That could offset the cost of removal.

That axiom works when dealing with traditional mowers that are essentially cutting with a relatively dull piece of iron. My understanding is these have much thinner, much sharper steel blades. It's more like shaving than mowing.

What "will run" versus what is actually good for the tractor in the long term are two different things. Better to have a little extra HP than run at the edge of the specs.

It's a trouble shooting step.

We used to have the indoor vacuum ones. They had bumpers and feelers to find obstacles. They alter course a little and figure their way around. Higher end models would 'remember' where the obstacles were to make the future runs more efficient. Someone asked about rough terrain...since they...

How about loader work? I use mine for moving downed trees/branches and moving dirt/rock (light duty, not like a bulldozer). You'll appreciate the heavier machine doing road maintenance.

Samsung cooktop has been outstanding. Liked the first one so much, I insisted on another for the new house. Had a door issue with LG fridge as house was almost built. They sent a specialist from Shreveport (85 miles away) to install the replacement and make sure it was perfect. He gave me...

Heavier is almost always better with tractors. It will help with stability (safety) and traction. Most of us try to add weight by filling the rear tires (or some other options).

Agreed. That's why I have a HiSun. It would be one thing if the prices were +/- 10% or less. Often its double. There's a whole string of 'whys', but many aren't appropriate topics here.

It's not really that, for me. They said the same about Japanese and Korean companies in the 70s and 80s. My issue is the Chinese government ultimately has control.

I'll play...Nova BCRM 175 ditch mower. 26 x 1.76 lb hammers. 2200 rpm cylinder (no idea about tip speed). 68" wide. It can take Y blades, too. I've been happy with the cut quality. I don't really have a lawn. We cut easements and ditches with whatever brush grows wild. Definitely better...

Just my opinion...it really depends on how much you like to throw money around, how comfortable you are doing your own wrenching, and what sort of dealerships are within an hour or so of you. John Deere and Kubota are both significantly higher priced that similarly equipped/capable tractors...

@Asteral worked (may still work) for Big Tex in Caddo Mills. He's a wealth of knowledge on this stuff. @ptsg is a bit further away (Portugal), but also has a great deal of knowledge, too. @K5lwq is also nearby and has experience with Branson equipment.

I wouldn't get a diverter given the choice. Operating my grapple with buttons built into my joystick is just natural. Having to swap functions to use the grapple function would be awkward at best. I've never had a problem with precision. It is definitely nice to be able to open as I lift to...

That may be good info for our Kukje experts.

I struggled with a similar conundrum when we got our SxS. The HiSun, like the CFMoto is assembled here in Texas, but the company is Chinese. The price was about half of a similarly equipped Kinetic. As mentioned above, the components are almost all made overseas, regardless of nameplate. I...

Well, Kukje used to make engines for Cummins, so there's a chance. Unfortunately, that's about where my knowledge ends. This presumes you have done the basics. Usually it is a radiator screen problem. You decided it was the gasket, but 2 of 3 'tests' don't indicate that. Hopefully...

Exactly what I have, too. The chainsaw was the 1st one. I got tired of dealing with fuel. I get pros wanting longer run time. I've got 3 batteries. Way more time than I'm working, especially in summer!

Here's where I got my CID. Great guy. They ship, but I chose to pick it up because it was only a few hours away and mine fit in my truck bed. He probably has inventory in stock. Lonestar Equipment, Denton, TX.

I have the 58v Echo battery job. Unless you are using it professionally, it will handle anything the gasser will do. I use it on some brush and thick grass. The new ones are 56v. The batteries last longer than I do!

Those are fancy ones. Snow fences are common back home. The fence briefly slows the wind and it drops some of the snow before it gets to the road. I lived on the flat half of SD, but we still used the fences. I know of farmers who use them to increase the snow cover on their fields.

I used to use those. They hit something and snap, often at the hole where they attach. They work well until they don't. I wonder if you should soak those, too? 🤔

Sorry Arly. Thought it was relevant since, while electrics have less maintenance (which I love), repairs are typically more expensive.

We had the mower for about 5 years. It was used for maybe 3 of those. The part alone was $200. Labor was minimum of $99. New mower is $279. Warranty was 1 or 2 years, iirc.

I wouldn't buy anything from that pallet forks dot com site. They are a Chinese importer and use an address in TN to sound legit. They sullied the name of Titan Equipment so badly that they changed their name to Ironcraft. Literally the last place I would buy anything, and I am cheap...

So can you say now who you saw there?

Sounds like mine. It's for my Dewalt unit. I have a saw blade option I bought online, but didn't fit my old trimmer. I should see if it will work on this one.

HOA? In the Piney Woods? You must be on the lake. We're about an hour north of Tyler. We barely have codes for building. My HOA is my wife, haha. Our Greenworks Twin motor push mower just died. It was going to cost more for the replacement motor than to buy the exact same mower new...

Wait until the climate crowd learns that sheep gas is as bad as cow gas. Comparisons to NZ are just ridiculous. Isolated islands with the land mass of Colorado and the population of Louisiana. I have no opinion on how they want to live. I expect the same in reverse. We really don't need your...

Mom was a public health nurse in San Bernardino County when I was young. They seemed to do a lot of free health screenings (late 60s). Scoliosis and TB tests.

When I cut brush, I use the brush cutter head. It is far superior to line for brush. Brush, for me can be over 6' tall and an inch in diameter. Not small trees (though it handles those well, too), some weeds out here get huge when left alone for a couple of months.

Shame! You really don't know that. You would need to communicate with each tree to determine how it identifies. 😀

No offense to my Kiwi friends (I'm an All Blacks fan), but New Zealand would be a mid-sized state by population or land area. Its per capita GDP ranks near the bottom when compared to US states. New Zealand is also blessed with having no bordering countries. Isolation allows for a simplistic...

Interesting. We had to go to a local farmer's market a couple of weeks ago. I chatted with a woodworker selling some pieces made from this stuff. Last week, we drove to Lubbock and back. There's an area about an hour from here called Bois D'arc. I'm guessing that tree is common there, too...

Imma find you if my breaks now. We've had it since before 2000. Its been with us in 3 states in 4 locations. For 17 years it was in the garage in Texas...running a lot. In SD and WI, it was worked less, especially in winter. In the new house, I designed a spot for it indoors.

We just put things that are ready to wash in a basket. We call it a laundry basket. Some people have fancy hampers for the same purpose. I keep a small pile of re-use clothes handy. She has learned to let them be. She usually asks if I have anything else when she does a load. I probably...

Part of the problem with the fires is that certain areas do not subscribe to the proper management of the forests. Those huge fires didn't happen as often in nature because smaller fires kept the fuel under control a bit. Forested areas need controlled burns and/or fire breaks to prevent some...

The only way for that to happen is with deflation. Ever since we went off the gold standard, deflation is virtually impossible over the mid to long term. Iirc, there's only been maybe 2 or 3 quarters since then where overall prices dropped. Look back into the 1800s and early 1900s. You would...

CID is great. It is affordable, strong and light. You can also add options like cylinder guards. Here's mine mounted on my 574. In general, with grapple usually you get a little more narrow than tractor. They are going to hold 2X their width (or more). Weight is your enemy. It also helps...

That's not inflation. Companies have decided that since the tariffs get the blame (rightly so) for some increases, they can increase prices and blame tariffs even if they are not affected by them. Current inflation rate is only 2.7%

There's your problem...asking AI is like asking Wikipedia.

Picking individual years is not a way to judge. Neither is lumping the top 5 in without including everyone. Out of context 'profit' doesnt say much. Our national interest is to ensure they continue to explore domestic sources.

I don't think you're supposed to marry your grandmother. 😀

It can always be worse. You could have not noticed and then accidentally poured a gritty substance in your engine, dropped a lit doobie on the floor and started an oil fire and succumbed to the smoke in an agonizing death. 🎶 Always look on the bright side of life....🎶

Close. Those 3 tractors are all made by TYM. TYM completed their purchase of Kukje a few years ago. They have owned most of it for 7? years or so, iirc. They seem to be doing a good job of slowly merging the legacy TYM lines with the legacy Kukje lines. Often with a takeover you see them...

You cannot be legally required to get THEIR insurance, you just have to be covered for the collateral on the loan...just like any other collateral based loan.

Those subsidies exist because we need petroleum products for national defense. Even in a mythical world where we have enough wind and solar and batteries to have EV tanks, we still need lubrication. There is no national security rationale for wind and solar. We need to streamline the nuclear...

I think the idea is that you keep your replacement spool soaking in water. I don't soak, but I've heard about it. It's so humid here that the line has plenty of moisture to aborb! 😃 I just bought a huge roll of 095 that will work in all of our trimmers. (Some will not take the heavier...

All farms are organic. I've never seen anyone raise inorganic crops or critters.

If it is like my 574, there are 2 PTO switches that need to be off. The switch from off-manual-auto and the push button toggle that lights up when it's on. Even if the switch is set to off, if you push the toggle, it will not work, even though it doesn't light up....ask me how I know! I hope...

The effect was to change most state governments, that had been patterned after the national government with a lower house based on population and an upper house based on region (usually county).

Who are they? Many utilities are not publicly traded. Elon has grander ideas than owning production of electricity. What we need is a rollback on nuclear regs for approvals with enough poison pills that future govs cannot cancel them. Until or unless electricity production is stable, no...

Sad but true. Unless the US mandated things don't have it. (Not likely). We are too big to ignore, but not so big that mfgs are going to make 2 versions of everything.

Supreme Court ruling (Sims) took away the checks that kept cities from dominating states. Next to impossible to put that genie back. They would have to enforce a return and reset most state governments. Our system was built to balance city and rural power. The Court broke it for the states.

I'm with Eddie. We don't have grandkids, but I wouldn't be roped into paying for my adult kids or their SOs. My SIL is a PITA, so I'd rather stay home than vacation with him. On the outside chance I paid for them, it would be in exchange for something I wanted. (Labor, visits, etc) I'm also...

I think you'll find the wider grapple has the same problem, with a slightly larger load. My loads are ofter much wider than my grapple. The limiting factor is the width of the trail, path or road. Most of my place is forest. I agree, there's a balance. Too narrow makes it difficult to carry...

Well. Bury your head in the sand, but the vast majority of people with wealth use credit wisely.

Too late to this thread, but I went through this whole process not too long ago. A couple of points: wider grapples add little, except extra weight. Look for strong, light steel. Check out the size of the cylinders, especially the diameter. Consider cylinder protection if you are...

You'd think, but it's the lawyers. Fix tort in the US and the costs drop considerably.

Odd. Mine worked perfectly. Next time I'm in the barn, I'll look for the details.

Howdy, neighbor. I looked at the big brother of your Fox Cross. I don't remember the cost difference.

The companies, sadly, are unlikely to make any significant changes. The rules will change again in 3 years and they will be left holding the cans. The only way this gets fixed is for Congress to pass a law restoring common sense. Tractors are too few in number and geographically spread out to...

I've never had that happen. They cannot file without your consent. Also, go to a doctor/facility that isn't in your insurer's network.

His insurance isn't all they will pursue. They will go after assets and garnish wages to recoup their losses. For some, they have no legal assets or employment, so companies can still reach a dead-end. And yes, we all pay.

That's odd. Info@novatractor.com is where I email questions. Jack has always responded. It's been a year, maybe he isn't in that roll any longer.

Depending on the density of saplings versus grasses, you may need a forestry mulcher vs ambushed. My 20 acres is mostly plantation pines. We have hired land-clearing teams to handle some of those tasks ill-suited to our equipment or skills. A few hours of professional work is cheaper than...

Just don't tell them. Rather like if you have a car accident. Sometimes it's cheaper to pay out of pocket than file a claim.

It's a game. They overcharge everybody to make up for the ones where insurance says no. That's one reason why if you go in without insurance, the prices are lower.

I only have one a day and Gatorade Zero has no sugar. I work in the heat for an hour or two and then drink one. After that, water 99% of the time. I may have unsweet tea if I need caffeine. Gatorade was actually developed for adults. The powdered stuff on Amazon is pretty cheap. They sell...

Of course, you have to plant something, but the new seeds don't have competition because the random wild stuff was sterilized. If the ash is too deep, you need to spread it out so some organic soil can be reached by the roots.

The key is that when people have choices they can at least move away from bad coverage.

https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/members/jack-yuan.200184/ Here you go.

I think it must have been something they were burning. I've never had problems getting grass to grow when burning natural trees and brush. Use a rake to spread them out and plant seed directly in the layer of ash.

Lack of replacement population is a huge problem that is about to smack us in the head.

Wife has one. They work for light jobs only. Not nearly enough pressure to replace paper.

I use plastic, but reuse them a lot. I get the powdered Gatorade zero and mix it in reused bottles. 90% of the time its just water, but this time of year, I need the Gatorade. The bottles help me track my intake. I usually have 1 in the fridge all of the time and rotate so I always have a...

Lots of burning around here. It's thinning time. There's a few hundred acres of loblolly in my area that were all planted about 15 years ago. Ours should be done in a few weeks. It will take all winter to burn the slash. I may need to buy a tiller!

They are the biggest Kioti dealer. Kioti even begged them to drop TYM because they compete so closely. During the troubles, Kioti couldn't keep up with demand, so they added TYM. It cut into Kioti sales once production picked back up. The good news is they are unlikely to ever drop Kioti and...

The marketplace is definitely worse.

Good point on employers using their size to help. In and out of network issues are amplified when you are rural. This is even worse if you need specialists. Wife had to change doctors and go back and forth quite a bit to get her cataracts done. Even at that we have to go 50 miles+ into...

Jack at Nova is here on TBN. He has been very helpful with questions and such. He's the primary contact here in the US, I believe. They come in through South Texas (Beaumont?).

@ultrarunner I saw the same thing living within a few hours of Mayo. Lots of Canadians used to come into Minnesota to get care. Comparing costs is hard. You would have to quantify the cost of delayed care, the much lower limits on suits for malpractice (as well as a higher standard of proof)...

I have a 175cm (69 inch) ditch bank flail (Nova BCRM). Heavier than what you are looking at, but my tractor is 50% heavier and 8" wider than a CK. You definitely feel the weight when it is shifted. I'd stick with the 48" at most with that small of a tractor. It's not typically on the ground...

Burning often improves growth. I'd make sure it was actually burned to ash and then spread it out. You could till it as @jyoutz suggested. If, like me, you don't have a tiller, grasses will grow fine in ash. The sterilization only happens when it is hot. Most seeds don't survive that part...

Those fees were always there, just not itemized.

Ours is fine. Problem is either localized or maybe with your dish/router? If you haven't already, I'd reboot the equipment.

We had two ISPs from 2020 until we retired. The Starlink outages are rare and usually short. The wired kinds always seem to get vermin or digging that severs a line.

Good points. The competence of the billing staff also matters greatly. If they code things correctly. They get paid. When they don't, we get on the hamster wheel of finger-pointing. Note: correctly doesn't always mean right. Wife's doctor knows how to work the system. She needed some test...

I can't imagine not sitting in the seat and looking at it for myself. I guess I get that from my Missouri roots. Show me.

Most of the high cost of medical in the US is directly due our tort system. Most countries limit how attorneys get paid and how much people can get from lawsuits. We all pay extra so everyone in the chain, can pay extra for liability insurance and run extra tests to CYA from lawsuits. Until...

Good to know. I rebooted my dish and my router. I couldn't research an outage because it is difficult to get phone signals out here. Impossible indoors. I'll second the best rural option. Our area had Spectrum run everywhere almost a year ago. No one uses it. A big waste of tax dollars...

We put in Schlage with knobs. We've had them and Kwikset over the years in various houses. Schlage is much better quality, IMO. Have also dealt with pets and handles. I'll stick with knows until or unless one of us gets so crippled up we can't use a knob.

@CloverKnollFarms. I went back and looked at what my old district is paying. Starting for a teacher with no experience is over $64k. Coaches and some other get more due to longer hours. (The stipend isn't worth the extra time, you really have to love the job. The real benefit to coaching is...

To be fair, if you polled people 40 years ago, what % would have expected Ozzy to still be here in 2025? Not my favorite genre, but he had talent.

Contrary to what some people believe, private schools pay about 80% of what public schools pay.

One of the last pieces of advice my dad gave me before he passed. "Keep that equipment greased and it will last longer than you."

Most of our neighbors have taken in strays that were dumped by irresponsible people. What do people think is going to happen? Some neighbors have 5+ dogs because they feel bad. We fenced the whole thing to keep our dogs in and to keep strays out.

My recent college grad got a job teaching. She is frugal and is renting a house with 2 others. Her salary will only be $35k, but she says it's plenty for her. Note: more than 3x my first 'real job' annual salary and I had to work 12 months to earn it.

I hear you, 1 Old Man. We've had 4 GSDs now. The current one is a rescue. She was a pup when we got her. We also have a couple of Kangal(Anatolian) Shepherds. The rescue in Central Texas where we got the Kangals had a bunch of GSDs and Malanois, too. Most were grown, but you can definitely...

I've had mixed results with the pill pockets.

The big ones decided to protect us from a young copperhead. All's well that ends well. Both got bit. One spent a few hours at the vet on antibiotics and fluids. Copperhead did not survive the encounter.

No doubt. It's not an indictment of all doctors. I'll have to remember the in-law scale! When kids were in MS, another parent was/is a podiatrist. We coached together and years later I sought treatment from him. (He played FB and graduated from Cornell for UG and MD). I'd definitely hang...

Mom and daughter, both RNs. Mom retired a long time ago. Daughter is in L&D. Neither hated their job. They didn't like certain aspects. In mom's case, they worked 12s and had to flip back and forth, days to nights, sometimes in the same week. Daughter didn't like working Med-Surg and has a...

Ouch. And you're not even in the part where people agree with you. You can order a 'tool' rack and use that. I got one for my SxS that will easily work with power tools or varmint eliminators.

People will be surprised how many jobs AI can replace/reduce. Even people-centric jobs like nursing can be affected. It may not completely replace them, but time spent charting or decision-making will largely be eliminated. Fewer heads needed to do the physical work. California made the...

Follow up. Got a spice grinder set for Dad's Day. Electric with two grinders, a two-blade and a 4-blade. Game changer. The 4 works better for dried chiles. The 2 works best with hard seeds like mustard, allspice, or coriander. I've made my own lebkucken blend (a German gingerbread), garam...

I considered a backhoe, but iirc, it was an additional $7k-11k. That's a lot of mini-ex rentals.

Nope. I've used fly paper. They work better once you catch one or two. I guess flies are attracted to dead flies. We have one of those blue light plug in glue strip things in the house. Flies don't seem interested, but most of the other flying bugs that get indoors seem to get stuck there.

It's also better at altering the digital results! 🙀

Me too. I started out just letting you know it's already possible. Militaries already have it.

Autonomous flight is already possible. There are a couple of drawbacks, though. 1) loss of power to AI and it crashes. It's not like a car that you could just stop and get out of. 2) human acceptance. Some people are OK with autonomous cars. Few are keen on the idea of no pilot. 3) as you...

Personally? I'd rather have the choice of using the tractor I'm on at the time rather than driving back to the barn to switch equipment. Especially if someone else might need the other tractor(s). As much as one can pack capabilities into a package, that's a good thing. Also, the further I...

My neighbor used to be a welding "professor".

TYM is right there in Georgia. The T25 lifts more than the Mahindra and seems to meet all of your qualifications. (Not 100% on tires) Price will likely be the lowest of those.

Sure. My advice was targeted at what the kid already wants to do. I think we need to value skilled trades equally with college education. We shouldn't be pushing the wrong pegs into the wrong holes either way. If a kid wants to teach, make him an effective teacher. If the kid wants to weld...

I completely understand how the program works. The drawback is that someone with just an English major will get more education on English than will an English Education major. Post graduate certification gives you the same embedded experience, but you have more subject matter knowledge to...

It probably could for the most part. Even if it wasn't AI, you could just hire monitors at a lower rate and have students watch recorded lectures. That's right. It turns out that the direct instruction that some teachers hate is actually what works best for most students. AI would be better...

We had 2- 78s growing up. Both were Japanese from when dad was there fighting the Communists in Korea. (He was a courier and back and forth between the 2 countries a good deal.) We also had some good stereo equipment for the time. A real-to-real player. (I remember we had some Glen Campbell on...

As a retired teacher I would advise him to major in what he wants to teach and then get the certificate later. The education courses are the most useless. Teachers are better with more actual subject matter knowledge.

I don't know about that. Primient makes it and they don't have any production facilities in Iowa. So does Indiana Sugars in Gary, IN. ADM is huge and has plants everywhere. Couldn't find anything specific as to which of their plants make hfcs. Cargill is based in Iowa and makes it. No info...

I think you'll find it is more driven by the price supports given to American sugar interests. They make it so sugar is more expensive. HFCS is only about 3% of the corn usage in the US. Ethanol is a much bigger driver used by the Iowan lobbyists. It's 33-36% of domestic corn usage. (And...

That model uses a DPF filter to meet emissions. No DEF. Like all tractors that use a TYM/Kukje engine, it does not go to limp mode if there's a regen issue.

It's the one I grew up with. Eventually, it will be my son's. All of the kids are musical, but he is fantastic.

They want to sell new ones. There are shysters in every business.

Why would I drive it so far just to sell it? I can play it.

Chains operate locally and regionally as well as nationally.

^I think it's a both-and rather than either-or. A 75 HP machine will be a PITA to work with between and around the trees. You can get a 48-55HP machine, new for 30-35K and it will work for when you need to do some work for yourself. The capital expense can be depreciated against your income...

Sam's has automated the receipt check on the way out. They still have someone standing there, but the receipt is read automatically. Our kid used to like to hand the receipts and get a smiley face on it. I don't have a problem with checking receipts. Theft prevention keeps my prices lower...

Definitely a multiple machine requirement. I'd go with your initial thought. I have a much smaller loblolly plantation. My 55HP machine can go between the rows. We hire out the thinning. I'd budget for a future bigger machine to keep your breaks maintained. You can hire out or rent for...

It's a little more detailed than that, but it is what almost all mfgs do in the US. Even Deere's assembly plants are just putting the major components together.

I think size tends to be an analog for weight. The width is important, too as it affects the balance. I have a side-shift on my T574. I wouldn't recommend one on a smaller machine. Machine size is important here too (frame and weight). A 3015 has a bigger frame than many 30 HP SCUTs. A...

Wife got burned a few years ago as the seller on something similar. When it comes to online transactions, at the first sign of something odd, stop drop and roll. Better to miss out on a good deal than be taken. Sometimes it opens you up to further fraud. She didn't mention it to me before...

On a typical CUT there isn't enough hydraulic flow to push a front mounted cutter. Lane Shark may make one that would work, but I'd be wary of balance on a smaller CUT. I have seen a sickle mower that will attach to your bucket. No idea how well it works, but it is intriguing. It would run...

It's actually been mild for July. No 100 degree days yet. It's still hot and humid. Heat is much easier to deal with. It was hotter when we lived in Vegas, but the humidity stayed under 45% even at its worst. Here it's rarely less than 50% in the summer. We got some rain today, so it...

Love co-ops for utilities. A full EV has to fit your usage. My nearest family other than my kids and wife, are 13 hours away. Even in a best case scenario I'd have to stop and charge twice each way. I have to take my truck up there...inheriting a piano. It gets 1/2 the mileage of our...

With utilities, it has long been practice, if not legal requirement, for them to detail the costs. Often, they are passing along government fees. I've got zero issue with that. It gets different when they add on fees and blame the government when it isn't really a gov fee or requirement. My...

Yes. Tipping when they come outside to your car is normal. It's usually a buck or two, not a %.

Compared to my childhood, we took our kids out a lot. Dining out was a huge splurge. 75% of the time it was because we were traveling. Another 20% was after Mass breakfast (maybe 4 times a year). We actually ate out more during Covid specifically because the local restaurants (not chains)...

We had to shave our GSDs' necks to get contact.

Our blue and black berries are only in their 2nd season. We got about a quart bag of blackberries (2 plants). The canes for next year look good, though. We nipped the buds off of one blueberry plant (of 4) because it needed to grow better. The others produced OK. Not sure how much she...

It's just Torvy. 😀 The barbed is directly above and below the field fencing. 2 rows closely spaced on each. It seems to be a common setup here. The cows haven't visited since we put it up. It discourages the 2-legged kind a bit, too. Nothing will stop a determined animal of either sort...

Not inflatable. It's hard plastic. They could damage it if they were trying to dig. Fortunately, they just want to flop down and cool off.

Fencing laws vary by location. Where I live is open range, so if you don't want your neighbors cattle in your place, it's your responsibility to fence them out. We put up woven wire fencing all around the property with barbed wire on the top and bottom. We don't want our dogs to get hit by a...

Hehe...the "little" one (not pictured) is a GSD. They treat her like a younger sibling. They spend the bulk of the day indoors this time of year. Kennel has a dog door directly into a 'mud room' with their crates. Wife also got a couple of those cheap plastic pools. They all like to flop in...

Ouch! That's my future. 3 big dogs totalling 265 lbs. All about a year old, so they still have some growing to do. Anatolians are all muscle and can be a bit clumsy. They 'play' by smashing into each other at full speed. They have come close to knocking me down. Wife has hit the turf once...