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First of all Sandman, if you are out there, I'm sorry, really really sorry, but don't worry. I will get this fixed! ;) Second, yes, that is right, it is when your toothbar only has TWO teeth. :D Now don't get upset with me, I'm KY born/bred, so I can say stuff like that. It's not like...

Thought I'd share this with you all. I'm sure you've seen these here and there, but we just got this for my little girl. Figured I'd start her off right. She picked this over a Barbie Jeep: She had such a blast, she wanted me to get in my tractor and follow her around. It even has a...

When I first got my tractor I noticed that I had to be careful not to cut the wheel too hard if I was going very fast at all or my front wheels would leave big ruts in the grass. Here's what kind of tires I have: We were in a drought most of the summer, so the ground was like concrete. I...

So I did a little research... here's what Bush Hog sells now: It appears from what I can gather, that these teeth are heavier duty than the teeth on a bar, so for digging and such, that should be a good thing. The down side is the pain in the keister factor if you want to take them off. Too...

Yep, will do. It was dark by the time we got to that last night so I couldn't get a shot of one on a bull. We did one with white on his hind section, and it turned out real nice. I'll get some shots of the brand tomorrow, both metal and on the animals. The cool thing in relation to this...

Yikes! That is some serious drill work. Kind of makes my stuff look like whittling butter. We're in the middle of working the cattle right now, but I'll be back on the phone next week trying to find that tooth bar. Here's some cool metal work. I'll get a better shot of it later, but here's...

Home made huh? I wonder....... Looks like there's something etched on the side there... let me see if I can zoom in and see what it is... ...ah ha! I bet this was Rob's middle school shop class final! :D

Actually, dieselfuelonly, I am a little concerned for you. I've seen this look before: That's the same way my wife looks at my tractor now. The difference is that your horses don't have the luxury of voicing those thoughts (I am assuming here, maybe your horses are more talented then ours)...

Do I sound like the kind of guy who would have a magnetic base drill?!?! HA! That is great! My feeling of inadequacy is now complete. :) So does this mean that you don't think my drill will have enough umph to get the job done? Here's a picture of it: :D (Glad to hear the JD is back among...

We had a family reunion on an old family farm over Labor Day weekend. While there I noticed tons of poison ivy all over the woods next to the fields they mowed so that we could camp out and stuff. I asked who did that and how they faired with all that poison ivy. One of my uncles said he'd...

No worries there friend, look at the tred on those tires: No way I'm replacing them until I have to, even if I had the money I'm way too tight. I will however be careful with them. Like a dog with 3 legs, you learn how to get around in your situation as if it were normal. That caution will...

jinman, Howdy, thanks for the input there. I by no means would ever rule out operator error. In fact, that's a virtual guarantee with me! :) My brother refers to this as an "I.D. 10-T" error. When you put that closer together you get Id10t, or more simply put, Idiot. :o I've certianly...

Very simple answer. We're in Kentucky, the Bluegrass state. When we're in a drought the grass turns green instead of blue! :D HA! No seriously, I think the difference is the yield on the fields. The grass is not as thick, not as long, and the clover tends to get burned up pretty fast...

Here's the deal: In central KY we're having the worst drought in decades. Many cattlemen have been feeding hay since late July in some cases. Who knows what they will do come winter as hay is not only expensive, but so scarce so there may not be any to buy. I was mowing my lawn tonight...

Hmmm.... some good points. Safe zone needs better acces. If I could flip the whole thing around, mirror image, the dube actually has a little gate in the side of it that would give perfect access. The only problem is the main entrance would be there by the barn in the middle of the fence...

See if this will help. Here's the first cut, similar to your drawings. I added the plane of the blade so you can see where it needs to be moved from. To make this cut you would have to do this: (that's supposed to be the mitre saw by the way) However I suspect you can't do the 60° angle...

Howdy to all of my new friends here at TBN. I found this site back in July right after I bought my tractor. It's been great getting to meet so many folks with so much experience. I've posted here and there, but most of it's been in anticipation of some new toys for my tractor. Well, the...

I've been thinking this same thing. This weekend I took the family to the Cincinnati Zoo and along I-75 the mowing crews were doing some of the death-defying things already mentioned here. Then last night was trying to spread out some piles of dirt left over from cleaning out a pond. There...

Howdy Ed, so now we can talk freely about all things cattle! For those who just found this thread, you might want to check out the last half of the thread linked to above. There will likely be some comments and such that span from that thread. OK - to your questions Ed, Sorry I didn't have...

Thanks for the tips on the Dozer work. I don't know how many dozer guys I'm going to have available to choose from, but it sounds like that would be a good quesiton to ask - what's the dozer rated for in terms of yards of dirt? Is there a better way to ask that? I'm very excited about the...

Pardon a "blue" guy from looking around in an "orange" thread, but I'm a nerd (engineer) by nature and can help with one part of this. I'm not familiar with a B3030 or its capabilities, but I can help you figure out how long the rear blade needs to be. Do you know either the angle you'd want...

Ha! So is this going to become the "my BB could beat up your BB" thread now? :D This could be a new extreme sport, instead of head-to-head competition, it would be a tail-to-tail competition in dozer mode! When I get a chance I'll get some better pics showing the BB and I'll measure the...

I saw a thread in here on the beauty of wood and thought I'd share this. I'm not really much of a wood worker, never made anything before, however they say necessity if the mother of invention. This past spring I bought a new saddle and planned to get a $19 saddle stand at TSC, but they are...

FINALLY!!! The deal is done. I'm the proud owner of a new FEL and Box Blade after a very looooong night - we had to take a bull in to slaughter, about 1,600 lbs, over 6 foot horns. He couldn't get his rack through the chute at the slaughter house, so he dipped his head and picked up a gate...

Ha! Pond by shovel. :eek: That hurts just thinking about it. No worries on me making it too small. I pulled up my farm on Google Earth and used their measuring thing to figure out about how big the lake would be. (rough estimate anyways) Since I'd be damming up a valley it's hard to say...

Thanks, I'm a Ford man through and through. I'll need a smaller tractor too, but thought I'd start with that one! It has 4 forward, 1 reverse, and a hi/low. It's laid out like this: 1 2 4 3 R on the left shifter, then right next to that is: L H I'm sure there's logic there somewhere...

dieselfuelonly, Congrats and welcome to tractor land. You've already gotten some priceless advice here, but I'll throw in a couple items. Mention how hot it is in the summer while you are slaving away to make a better life for your family on that old tractor you saved so much money on...

I'm also a newbie and have a question about your post, but first, ericinok, hopefully the folks here at TBN won't be laughing at you, maybe laughing with you as we've been there as well. :) I bought a farm last year, but just got my first tractor last month. I tried to get a buddy to show me...

OK, so I'm waffling a tad on the EXACT dimensions of my rears. I've never measured them personally. I bought the tractor in July and they guy said it was 8' wide. It's at the dealer right now getting the FEL mounted and fixing a couple of small things like the hydraulic fountain that was...

Ha! :) Yep, Grrrr, your comment sparked this thought, and I thank you for that. Otherwise I might have wandered into this blindly and regret the deal later. Yep, I've noticed that. I made a quick turn in 3rd gear (high) and left a pretty good rut in the barn lot the other day. :(...

I know there are several BB threads out there, I've posted in a couple of them, but they are old and may not draw the traffic. I'm planning to buy a BB Monday, so I'm hoping to get some thoughts before then. Here's the deal, I have a Ford 6610, wheels are out wide, 8'. My farm has gently...

Now that would make a nice pair of snake boots! :) I never realized there was such a thing, but it looks like they use good thick bull hide - which is what my distressed boots are made out of. Mine probably aren't as strong as these, but would be better than most shoes.

Yes, awesome pictures, both of them. It's precious to see the little on next to those huge cows. So first of all, that shot is one you'll never see with longhorns because they have 3 foot skewers on each side of their head. :eek: They don't exactly pack very well, but that's OK for us. We...

Great point about the hitch points! Bush Hog uses a "triple lug" that you can see in this picture. There are three lugs with holes, the outside is Cat II, the two inside are Cat I. The pin is both Cat I & II, which is nice because you don't have to use bushings for Cat II, and you get the...

Thanks john_bud, and I mulled over it, that's what I came to as well. The 400#'s looks about right for the TSC version, not a very strong top link section as 3RRL found out. This picture is the 60", but the 72" is $469 with one more scarifer: I talked to the guy who's putting the FEL on...

YES! I had almost this exact same discussion with my business partner Friday. I was reading on one of the links you posted about how cattle have such a great memory so you should make their first experience a good one. We need to brand about 35 bull calves, but we don't want that to be the...

:) Hmmmm.... that's almost like a dare..... :) I'll have to give that some serious thought. You know... Flusher posted a picture of his tractor, FEL, and BB on another post recently. Here's a smaller version of that picture (I hope you don't mind me posting this Flusher, I'm doing it...

OK, I did do a search and I couldn't find this out there. And please excuse the question if this is rediculous. I finally found some lift arm pins I could use with an old land pride grater blade that was my grandpa's. It doesn't use the normal draw pins. Anyway, so I wanted to smoothe out a...

Yep, that's it! And that's Bob Dube standing there demonstrating it. The only thing that's not clear in that picture, there's a gate in his hand. It's almost perfectly lined up with the camera so it looks more like a pole than a gate, but that one closes and ratchets in towards the other...

I just bought a used 6610 II with 4000 hrs, paid $12.5K, 2WD, new tires - loaded, ROPS, decent paint. Plenty of power for what I need, 170 acre farm, pulling batwing, roll baler, and clearing trees for a pond (when I get a backhoe). I also just ordered a FEL for it and am working on a rear...

OK this post is from texasjohn, he posted this in another thread I have on rear weight being more functional than just heavy. This was his solution and an all time classic!!! Thanks texasjohn for the pics and for permission to post this over here. Folks, this is one of those things every...

That is great! Does that thing make coffee?!?! :D That looks like the most usefull all around 3pt implement I've ever seen. There's not a chance I could make something like that, but I love seeing it. It does give me some ideas though of some things that I might be able to pull off...

Ha! I think you underestimate the effect of putting NINE coats of poly over the stain! :D I wet sanded with about a million grit sandpaper on the last few coats to get one heck of a smooth shiney finish. That distracts from some of the mistakes I made. :) I used a router to put a fancy...

I just found this thread while looking for some other things. It seems to have slowed down a bit, but since I'm here. My carry all is about like every one elses except that I'm so new to this that I haven't had a chance to get it good and dirty. I used the TSC/KK frame, painted blue to match...

Howdy, I started another thread asking for tips on safe operation of a FEL. I've gotten great responses. One of the suggestions was to make a rear weight, here's that post: So this got me thinking, does anyone have any neat ideas or designs for such a weight or something similar that would...

Thanks elalexander. Actually Bubba (the roan Quarter) and Shorty belong to my best friend. We're partners in a cattle business and are in halves in the stock, but we (my friends and the stock) are all like one big family. :) He got his farm first and offered to board horses for us. He's...

Wow, thanks to everyone who's chimed in so far. Some really great advice. I'll check out those other threads in a moment. Keeping the load low, that certainly makes sense. COG and all that, very important. Going slow, while against my nature in most circumstances, I can see is a must...

Ha! If he can build a cherry table then he can most certainly handle something as rudimentary as a carry all. I'm not exactly a skilled wood worker, but it is fun to build with wood. It is very forgiving. Here's a fun project I worked on over the winter. Now I can use a saddle as a piece...

Thanks for the tips. I've been using the "manage attachments" button. You can load higher res pictures as links without it slowing down how fast the page loads, but sometimes it's nice to have the picture in the text. Ah ha! Thanks! :)

Howdy all. I saw a couple of threads out there in the last couple of days where people turned their tractors over, I presume while using their FEL's. Luckily it sounds like neither one was hurt, and their threads are more about how to deal with the tractor after the fact. Well, I am getting a...

Not sure if this is the right place for this thread, but it's as close as I could find. I just bought my first tractor, Ford 6610. I bought it on the internet, so I don't really have any local contacts tractor-wise. It's generally in pretty good condition for a 1991 with 4,000 hrs, but there...

I'm 34 years old and decided to buy a farm last year and take up farming. Besides telling me that I'm nuts, my papaw pulled me aside and gave me a list of things you just have to have if you're gonna be a farmer. He walked me out to the shed by the barn and started pointing out equipment. I...

I've searched the forums and didn't find what I'm looking for, so I hope this isn't something that's been asked tons already. Also many of the posts about loaders seem to be a few years old and it there's some new models out there these days. I am new to farming, so I am trying to do my...

Howdy, I'm new here and to farming. Just bought 170 acres outside of Lexington, KY. I've got my main tractor (Ford 6610) and am starting to pick up the escential impliments as I can afford them. I bought a King Kutter bale spear at TSC, the Cat 1 model, 2,000 lb capacity. Underneath the...