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The assistant ad of the school putting down new soccer turf was out in the 110 degree heat index putting up a temporary fence yesterday because someone drove their vehicle over it.

https://highgrademfg.com/laminated-tires/ They have the common parts and complete wheel assemblies depending on what you need.

You need Iron Man's exoskeleton suit.

What is the log structure that looks like it's leaning a lot?

"What? Me Worry?" Alfred E. Neuman

Tell us more about the scooter. Looks pretty cool.

What would be the drawback to having a wifi camera that shows who is at the gate, allows you to talk to them and give them a key code to a manual keypad to unlock the gate?

Probably be good for everyone if we'd only listen and change.

Some of our indoor crew happened to pose for you guys this morning. I've been pleased with the Shark LA500WM vac I bought on Black Friday for something like $130. The roller is easy to clean, designed for both carpet and hardwood. The clear debris tank is easy to see when full and easy to...

I don't know if having imaginary friends appeals to the tech guys living in a virtual world or if the business guys want this because they are thinking of paid subscription fees?

Automated AI + drone tech used in Ukraine could result in whoever controls the machines controls the world.

The issue with adapter plates is you might have to have them fabricated and then they add weight that reduces the net lifting capacity of the loader. Plus, you can get into some issues trying to figure out the angles needed to make the adapters work right with implements that weren't designed...

Saw a FB post today where it looked like some guys were laying grass sod over a farmer's field that some contractor tried to level to create a soccer field. Don't know what the past contractor did to the ground. Didn't see anything but sod and a tractor with a 3pt tiller in today's post...

Any underlying philosophy that has no respect for individual human life is what's dangerous to human life whether it's AI or communism or any other "ism."

I think they may not use SSQA mounts. The Power Trac isn't SSQA, for example. I'd be curious what a Kioti compact track loader costs in Hawaii in comparison to the Avant. SSQA attachments for it are commonplace in the states at least.

Can't speak to whether you really need to just hire a dozer or compact track loader. But if you're seriously looking at spending that kind of money, you should also look at the Power Trac PT 1445 which has a 45hp diesel. https://www.power-trac.com/t18class.htm

Wouldn't want one of those on a tractor unless it had something substantial to protect the operator from falling limbs.

I think they've tightened up on absentee ballots and voter ID in Tennessee, but in other states, I get the impression that they don't want voter ID requirements because they'd lose some voters that maybe aren't eligible to vote. The story in my town is that some paper ballots got thrown in...

Back in the early 1980s I was driving behind a couple of other drivers following a local fuel delivery truck. This was the kind of truck that had the fuel tanks right behind the operator's cab. I heard a backfire and then saw flames shooting from under the hood while the truck driver bailed...

I'm just wondering if the guy who checked his gas tank with a lighter was named Eric because we had a guy here by the name of Eric who checked the gas tank on his motorcycle with a lighter. Didn't kill him.

What I see in the first picture is a steep slope with either a creek or some kind of drainage ditch at the base of the slope. What kind of equipment has been used in the past to mow that slope? My concern is that a typical 45 hp tractor might roll over on that kind of slope.

Congrats on getting all 3 dogs to hold still and pose at once.

They obviously knew how to build washers and dryers to last at one point. Mom's 50 y/o Maytag clothes washer still running.

I don't use eBay much anymore. What I see is new items are generally cheaper and are delivered faster through Az. Selling through eBay with their fees and potential returns not worth hassle to me.

I guess whoever assembled the first one didn't get the slots in the brake cover lined up right and just screwed it together because they were in a hurry or maybe it was a new employee? IDK.

They refunded and told me to keep it. I really don't know if I will be able to get the spark plug out of the first one without stripping it. Probably need to run it, soak it, run it, soak it...and then see if it can be removed. I thought about running the saw with it as it until I have to get...

Got a second G2511 from Az. Unlike the first one, the brake properly actuated right out of the box, the air filter element doesn't have any obvious gaps (but will need an O ring to take up the play in the mount), and the overall plastic seems to have fewer sharp edges. Haven't tried removing...

Maybe there's a reluctance to mess up a $500 Echo with modifications or maybe there's no budget for mods left after spending $500, but I appreciate the temptation to experiment with a $99 saw. $55 for bar/chain, ? for OEM air filter mount, ? for Egan...aren't you past $99 in mods?

Looked at TYM/Branson at a former Branson dealer shortly after TYM merged the Branson line into TYM. He said he preferred the TYM/Branson models over the TYM ones at least in part because he knew the Branson machines. So that's what he ordered and had in stock. IMO, there's no real...

Many of the carb kits I've looked at were so close in price to buying an entire new carb that I really didn't want to mess with trying to clean the carb.

$15.99 for an air filter v $99 for the whole saw.

Get a refrigerator with a lock.

I started with a cheapie mig 110v welder that had a light duty cycle. Couldn't weld very much before it shut down. Bought a 220v Hobart Handler 175 ...night and day difference. These days, inverter technology makes the welders lighter and more affordable. I agree with WranglerX. Buy what...

The Joncutter G2511 I bought from Az had the brake tripped when it came out of the box. No amount of leverage was going to reset the brake lever without breaking something. I took it off the saw and the mechanism that holds the brake piston or whatever you call it was misassembled. There are...

The Joncutter G2511 I bought from Az came with that same box and says the same thing on the plastic bag. The technical data in the owner's manual does not list the number of drive links. The bar is printed HYA-45-509P.

I would not use strut for that. Part of the problem is making the bag holder strong enough that it doesn't get warped in use. If that bag just had some wire stiffeners like yard leaf bags to hold it open and hold the loops open, that alone would help.

Haven't run mine, but generally chains seem more bouncy at first run and then after one of my "sharpenings," that goes away.

Did you install a new Echo oil part? Generally wondering if Echo parts will fit the Joncutter G2511?

Rather than spend $500 on welder stuff, I wonder if a set of SSQA forks might be worth considering?

Along with the California proposition 65 cancer warning

After the R1 v R4 debate, we now have the TP v bidet debate. I've never seen any printed instructions for using TP. Need a new forum for "Potty Talk."

I tend to think the days of the media publishing anything that resembles the real story are pretty much over. It's either some PR puff piece or somebody repeating the same lame "news." There's probably more actual content in this thread than in the general media, perhaps few of which have even...

What do you want to fabricate? I wouldn't want to weld strut because of the galvanization and the shape of the strut. Square tube would be my preference. As for welders, yes welder and Harbor Freight are both popular options, especially on sale. If you buy a mig, I'd get some Lincoln wire...

Sometimes end up in the dryer and that's not good.

The smaller 14hp Chinese mini skid steers have sold for $3,000 plus auctioneers fee of about 10% in Middle Tennessee. They will come with a bucket, but forks will be separate and cost more. For a US made machine, the Power Trac PT425 is about $16,000 plus cost of bucket and forks. Power Trac .

Could try PowerToys Image Resizer. PowerToys Image Resizer utility for Windows There was a very innovative tent camper manufacturer headquartered in Lapeer, Michigan some years ago that sold campers under the Apache brand name. The guy was pretty much a genius at making tent campers that set...

There was a time when kids wouldn't be caught in a pair of ripped jeans for fear of looking poor. I understand stone washing to make them softer and look used, but rips?

Could someone explain the Egan pipe to me? Is it basically a tube that has been cut and rewarded at angles to clear the muffler housing or do the angles and size of the pipe serve some other function?

One could look at how much fiddling I've already done and decide Hockfire is a better value to sort things out. I don't mind putting a $99 dollar saw on the tractor just in case, but not so sure about keeping a $500 saw on it.

Pretty hard to spill gas filling that kind of jug because of the wide opening plus it has a vent for easy pouring. And it can be sealed tightly for storage. No fool spring loaded spout to mess things up. But allow us to use a gas container that makes sense?

I have that o ring kit somewhere. The blue air filter isn't that deep. I'm wondering how the OEM filter on the OEM mount on the G2511will work out for CleverKnollFarms?

There was a point in US history when they used to burn old houses to get the nails.

Without grease to stop the fines, that filter looks open on two sides

Still remember my Dad trying to fix a roof leak straightening the copper nails to reuse them. The roofing contractor hired by my Mom to replace the whole roof sure didn't bother. Tore that roof off 20 years later and still found a few copper nails.

Your way of putting the o ring inside the filter throat works. 13.8x2.4mm p14 size from the kit. The throat on the blue air filter that came with the Joncutter, IMO, is an improvement over the OEM design because it fully encircles the outlet. The OEM filter posted previously in this thread...

I tried putting it around the base of the air filter inlet where you used grease. The blue air filter fits snugly enough that there wasn't space for the o ring I had which was one out of my Harbor Freight assortment of rings.

IMO, when a city, county or state can't even balance its own checkbook, that's a sign that some people need to get fired.

You can pretty much picture the arrogant know it alls who decided totally sealed gas cans were the answer to cram down everyone's throats, and are the same ones who will never admit that the gas cans they mandated are responsible for more fuel being spilled than ever before.

Traffic in my area is 6x what it used to be and drivers are more aggressive. Was sitting at a red traffic light on the four lane by Walmart. Dude in the lane beside me floored it when the light turned green. Guess he was too distracted to notice the state trooper behind him.....

I haven't seen the back of the OEM echo filter, but will mention that the air filter that came on the Joncutter G2511t had a flange all the way around the opening to seal to the metal housing on the carb. I tried an O ring, but then there wasn't enough room for the filter to seat. Not sure...

I think there are getting to be enough owners of chinese minis on TBN that they should have their own forum on TBN. Maybe not enough owners to have brand specific forums yet, but a general forum?

As I interpret the release, they are only saying manufacturers can add a vent, but the spring loaded shut off funnel mess is still there?

Check your sparkplug first before spending a lot of time on other issues.

I remember reading a comment on another website where someone said that heirs want cash and real estate because the real estate can be turned into cash.

Allegedly....

It isn't loose to my thinking Going over the G2511 saw from Az this afternoon, the chain brake assembly was misassembled causing it to bind up, sharp plastic flashing in lots of places all over the saw, couldn't open air filter or spark plug covers without binding due to flashing that needed to...

Got it off. Note the general plastic flashing visible on parts like the area where the air cleaner cover attaches at the top. The air filter element seems to have about an 18mm inlet.

g2511 I ordered during moment when it looked like supply of $99 was about out arrived. Wish I'd gone through Hockfire to check it over. First off see gap in air filter element and there's some resistance to the air filter element coming off even after rotating it. So stopped before I break...

More gas gets spilled and vented into the air with these stupid EPA cans than the old ones.

Maybe after 5x it's time to avoid women?

It costs them a lot to keep the crooks locked up so they don't want to do that. But they like to hand out easy to collect fines like their graffiti fines they impose on property owners when some vandal spray paints their property. Or they don't lock up shoplifters and vagrants which causes...

In my personal opinion, the fact that medicare will pay X for each specific billing code box checked might be viewed as a minimum price floor. With insurance companies negotiating discounts, also hard to compare prices for services, especially when any major medical event will involve multiple...

I don't know why your seller did that. In general, if a property has been listed for a long time, the seller may not be getting any offers near what they want to sell it for so they try to find a way to relist in a way to make it look a new listing to get potential buyers to look at it again...

Step away from the trimmer and the blower and come out with your hands up.

My answer would be get going and lower ...but may not matter that much so long as you aren't loading up the box before the clutch is fully engaged. If you could find a cheap dirt blade that can be angled, you could use it to create angled water bars even while driving with the direction of the...

Likely 2 stage clutch. Make sure to fully depress the clutch, allow the PTO to stop turning, then engage, all at low engine RPM.

Sometimes property stays on market overpriced because of some drama on the seller’s part. I see 2x listings in Nashville vs one year ago with some softening in asking prices.

Hi-yo!

Life was easier before I got so much stuff.

I think he just means tread lightly because it would be so easy to make things worse in spite of hoping to make them better.

As perilous as it may be to say anything not knowing both of you, sometimes it is helpful to not only step back from making hurt feelings worse, but find somewhere to get away together from the tension plus say something genuinely complimentary that you feel about her.

IMPO, Az prices sometimes made to appear as if marked down, but the “mark down” price is the same as our local TSC store price which is no bargain. Point being that sometimes should compare prices at multiple retailers instead of getting sucked down the Az rabbit hole.

In Tennessee, public teacher retirement pay is pretty solid, especially for someone who lives a long time. Private schools …not so much.

The other part of the challenge for you is working in a setting that saves lives. You may not be the doc or nurse, but you help make it possible for them to do their jobs helping other people. Makes it tougher to decide when…

He has always done what he says he intends to do. Gave college plently of advance notice. If they don’t find a timely replacement, it is on them, IMO. Plus, his wife is retiring, too.

Long time friend is college maintenance guy retiring in December. He recommended they hire assistant to learn job. No signs of that happening. Meanwhile, paying hefty fees to property maintence company to do the work he cant get to.

Idk, cars used to go 200k with reasonable care, but not so sure the CVT transmissions today might be intended to fail at 100k miles.

I suspect the challenge for you will be adjusting from 100 hr weeks to? Plus, what would you find to be a satisfying way of spending the new found time? Few years ago I knew an administrator who was being politically pressured to retire. It didn’t make financial sense for her to keep working...

Anything you would do differently or could have saved some work looking back?

You might search or ask on the chinese mini forum on fb if there is some kind of common leak in a particular spot on your machine. Like some say the O ring on the pump hose has been crushed on some models of minis…not saying yours…just a possible example. The other challenge is figuring out...

Seen guys retire and then die. Don’t know if the transition was too much for them.

I had a gas handheld auger. Thought it was going to save so much work. Then a few rocks convinced me otherwise.

As much as one might want a preemissions tractor, could be a challenge to find someone willing to sell theirs because they probably don’t want an emissions tractor nor want to pay today’s prices to replace what they already have and prefer over the dpf machines.

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Idk, manual post pounder gives me more of a workout than I ever wanted.

Wife got ad for replacement windows saying they were needed if over 5/years old. Who makes up these scams?

Wife will not drink tap water at home without running it through filter. Always thought parent’s well water tasted the best.

If you are saying that the area suspected of leaking cant be visually seen because of lack of access, what other options are there besides an inspection mirror or USB inspection camera? I would think an inspection mirror would be the easist and least expensive option to try first.

What sets you apart from the manufacturer is quality control and talking with customers which is the reason many prefer to pay more to buy from you.

I remember reading that one electronics manufacturer kept having warranty claims. They determined that the chinese factories they were using to make their products had substituted components for the ones that they had approved for them to use. They decided to build their own factory in china...

I struggle with making practical sense of it when it comes to the choice between a 7 foot rotary vs an 8 foot twin.

The r4 tires on my mx5200 are good for stability, but they flatten the grass and weeds. I wouldnt expect a pristine cut no matter what kind of mower I use. The grass is going to be flattened before the mower touches it. I tend to suspect kubota stops at recommending a 7 foot cutter because...

Anytime I see a tree that has been down a while grown up in weeds around it, I start thinking some snake is going to be somewhere in that kind of a mess.

Wonder if chainsaw chaps are also good snake bite protection ? Neighbor found rattler in area he and I had been working in.

You started this thread asking if you should get cert. to DIY. I guess you are pretty glad you werent the poor guy who installed this system and had these failures right off the bat?

I think the question is whether the additional cost of the twin would be justified if the twin handles better and cuts more easily on the MX than the 7 foot with the longer blades. My impression from reading other threads about 7 foot cutters is people don’t seem to like them due to being...

Is semi mount the same thing as some call a drag behind from the drawbar?

Thank you dnw64 for pointing that out. The twin gearbox assemblies may move the COG further rearward than the cutter length itself would indicate. $3,500 for a 7 foot cutter that is near Kubota’s specs vs $6,500 for an 8 foot twin. Seems like a lot more cash at risk if the twin is not...

Guessing inexpensive valve sourced from china failed….? Our power company replaced the 20 year old power transformer at the house after tree fell on it. The replacement lasted 6 days.

I remember it. There is a good video on youtube by Harrol Farms showing how he converted an electric cement mixer to hydraulic power and mounted it to an ssqa plate. He came up with a very logical mount for a small hydraulic motor.

I am curious how kubota decides their size recommendations. If the 8 foot twin weighs 1500 lbs but is shorter in length, I wonder how much practical difference it would make compared to a 7 foot 1,000lb single cutter?

Curious why the manual recommends up to 84 inch 1000 lb cutter when the other specs say it can lift 2,400 lbs 24 inches from the lift point unless they have figured out the effect of additional leverage when using an 84 inch cutter?

Which one or ones (g2511and g366 pro)?

I do not like the DPF on my mx5200 because it sometimes calls for regen cycle at a much higher RPM when I am mowing. Also think the fundamental idea of running at a higher RPM to generate heat to burn off particulates is nutty, IMO. If the DPF system were optional, I doubt many would request it.

What is a good bar and chain for the g366 pro?

The big wheels on the Ridgid actually work outside in the grass. The disadvantage is the stand takes up a lot of space in a truck bed if you are hauling it with other tools to work on different jobs. The smaller Ryobi folds up more compactly. Also takes up less space in a workshop. edit...

The ryobi folding stand is good and inexpensive when on sale, but doesnt have wheels to roll around on the job RYOBI Foldable Miter Saw QUICKSTAND A18MS01G - The Home Depot The Ridgid miter saw stand has a pair of large wheels so it can be rolled around. Can be had on sale sometimes...

When a bunch of things go wrong, usually better to stop and regroup for another day when we are better prepared to deal with it. Lots of bad accidents happen when we are frustrated.

I dont know what 2 stroke oil they use in china. Have read the chinese ship soy bean based hydraulic oil in their mini excavators. If that is true, what oil do they mix in their gas?

Will admit to having ordered one. Is the chain tensioner good on these?

Direct drive? Do you remember which hydraulic motor you used?

I have sheared a bunch of bolts used as shear pins, but always kept the RPM low. Interesting….

I have a TSC countyline, but purchased at auction. I cant remember who actually makes it for TSC, but I suspect the gearbox on mine was made in Italy. The price at TSC when on sale would have been a better deal than what I paid at auction plus the time hunting the correct seal. I dont know...

Other than food poisoning or starting a engine fire that starts a forest fire , that burns something else really expensive leading to all kinds of bad consequences, what could go wrong? So let’s not do that.

I remember reading how to cook baked potatos on car engine manifolds during a trip so probably possible to bake some chicken while mowing.

Older machines still in good condition command high prices in middle Tennessee because the new ones are so expensive. But 0 percent financing is available for new Kubotas that come with factory warranties and dealer service. TYM seem to get all the attention when TYM is brought up here, but...

If you want to avoid buying a PHD with a chinese gearbox, you might look at an equipment auction to find an older unit made before production got moved to china. Bought my PHD at auction. Needed a gearbox seal, but found one after figuring out that the gearbox was actually made in Italy. I...

I think the real issue is the demand for real pianos has fallen because weighted keyboards have eaten into sales and maybe fewer young people are willing to invest so much time learning to play. But there are pianists who insist on having not just a real piano, but also screen them for...

Have same question for my mx5200 now running light 6 foot cutter with ease, but thinking an 8 foot twin would speed things up later in season when fields arent so grown up?

Is there a clone version of the rear handle 2511p or only the top handle?

Dealer might swap tires on a used unit if he has them to swap out.

California dreamin has turned into California fleein in spite of the climate.

Havent seen many tractors of that size with turfs. Most dealers here seem to push R4. I went with R1. R4 might be better option for trail work to lessen impact on the trail.

That wont kill all of them. Only make the numerous survivors really mad. Try a strong concentration of dawn dishwashing detergent in a sprayer.

Local piano shop told my wife that most older console pianos are shot with little value. Tuning is about $150-200 in my area, too.

Someone else may know of a USA made unit, but off hand, many of the gearboxes used to be made in Italy and today might be made in China. Some also appear to be the same unit made or assembled under different brand names.

If it doesn't clean up to suit you, maybe treat yourself to a new suspension seat?

Been there ...still there. I even thought I spaced garden tomato plants far enough to get the tiller between the rows this year.

With the contractor acting like that, it may have been a blessing that the didn't show up, foul up the job and still want to be paid.

1970's international cub cadet garden tractors came with glass sediment bowls that had shutoffs in them. Early 1980 troy bilt tiller had shut off. honda gx engine had shutoff. The old Briggs that had fuel tanks mounted directly to the carbs didn't have shutoffs. Leaving any gas in the carb...

Yes, what's your interest in having a front mount cutter? If it's just cutting grass, both John Deere and Kubota make front mount mower/tractors like the Kubota F3710, etc.

^I think spending the money on a hydraulic top link instead of taking a loss on the current box blade might be a good plan. Then you can easily adjust the blade from the tractor seat.

I won't pretend to know the real answer, but I wonder whether using a dry spray lubricant would be worthwhile?

Ventrac, Steiner, and Power-Trac all make articulating tractors with front mount mowers and brush cutters.

Local experts vs TBN?

Seat rental, utensil useage fees… Restaurants seem to be copying medical billing practices?

If you try to take too much bite into the gravel that is still packed, you are going to experience loss of traction. Ease up on the angle and depth of cut. If you can pitch the road surface to one side or the other or crown it to both sides, sometimes you can avoid using water bars, but you...

Time for a specific forum for chinese mini excavators, skid steers and track dumpers? Seem like many new owners run into issues right off the bat.

The customers doing self checkout at our Walmart today seemed incredibly slow like they didnt have anything else better to do.

Pre2020, a large coke on special at the drive through was $1.00 + sales tax at McDonalds. Think it went to $1.50? Don't know what it is now because I stopped going there. Mrs Rocks went to a coffee shop and paid something like $10-13 for an ice coffee drink over the weekend. Takes a lot of...

Maybe try ebay or amazon because there seems to be a few adapters for sale there common to chinese minis?

Search tool is very useful in finding information, but underutilized.

Politicians here were swayed by projections of tax revenues and income to come. Stadium attendance can fall off if team does poorly. Sometimes injuries to key players can do that. Tourists can change destination plans on a whim, too, but the government issued bonds still have to be paid. If...

I think those go for about $3,500 plus auctioneers' fee in Middle Tennessee then they ask $5,500 or whatever on marketplace. There were some chinese mini skid steers of a different brand that only went for $3,000 plus fees at the late June early July auctions.

Both the State of Tennessee and the city of Nashville coughed up a record subsidy for the new Tennessee Titans stadium. Reported estimates vary, but one news media outlet estimated $2.3 billion in total cost and interest payments. There was a period when not much happened on lower Broadway...

I use a drill rod that is about 5 feet long as a lever to move my brush cutter into final position for hookup to the 3pt hitch. Parking on a level spot also helps a lot. Harbor Freight sells a digging bar that looks like would make a good, long lever.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/fredgraph.png?g=1Kbmv&height=490 https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/QUSR628BIS Unprecedented amount of money was printed beginning 2020 that resulted in doubling of median home prices in the span of about two years instead of twenty years. This also increased...

It's a bit shocking they'd put the battery in such an inaccessible location. Do you know where the Kubota engine in this unit was made? Just curious if Kubota has a deal to supply engines or if these are actually made somewhere in china to Kubota specs?

$15,900 teeter totter plus delivery. There are no stabilizer arms to transfer the forces of digging to the ground so all the force is on the mounts and the tires and the wheel motor axles. Take a shovel and pick up a shovel full of loose dirt. Then try sticking that shovel into compacted...

In the course of digging a trench, there are going to be more repeated cycles of stress on the loader arms than a one off attempted lift of something that's too heavy. Might also consider measure where the forces are applied at the length of the digging arm versus the forks if you happen to...

I hadn't looked at your latest pictures in post #26 until just now. That's too steep and narrow to safely operate your backhoe. Even working by hand on the downhill slope would seem to require a body harness so you can rope off to something secure. My preference would be something fixed like...

There's also a huge difference in force required to dig compacted soil versus lifting something that has already been severed from the ground like a section of downed tree trunk.

A project like this requires thinking about what you can physically manage. Handling large rock or RR ties without a good sized excavator may not be workable. Next best option, IMO, is smaller rock, but cemented together or perhaps held in place with the gabion structures previously suggested...

Short axle strap could be wrapped around boom at the bucket and then use heavy d ring to connect to tree strap. https://www.harborfreight.com/3333-lb-capacity-24-in-x-2-in-axle-strap-with-d-rings-57271.html The better method of lifting the tree would be to lift from the root ball underneath...

I think that this washout can still be solved by careful installation of something like the railroad tie retaining wall previously suggested that incorporates tiebacks to keep it from topping over. The OP knows the actual terrain, and if he is uncomfortable using his backhoe due to the dropoff...

There is a lot of strain digging with a backhoe bucket, especially when rocks and tree roots are involved. PT mini hoe design appears to reply on turning the PT to dump material to the side. There are no outriggers on the mini hoe to distribute the force of digging to the ground. One reason I...

Which attachments did you buy?

Also, while mini skid steer attachments might be better suited to being adapted to PTs due to being lighter in weight than SSQA counterparts, the mini skid attachments seem to be higher in price. SSQA plates are very affordable if the OP wants to build something specific to his needs without...

I would consider buying the T8 quick attach plate and welding it to a SSQA mount so you can use SSQA attachments or fabricate your own using blank SSQA plates. This opens up your options to add pallet fork attachments, trailer hitch adapters, etc. without necessarily having to buy PT specific...

Hard to swallow, but the price of most durable assets has doubled over the past 10-15 years. Think about the kind of work you actually intend to do with the machine. A rotary cutter and a front bucket probably cover most use cases, but what specific work do you need to get done?

$4,300 spread over 20 years of ownership would be $215 per year not considering the net present value of how those funds might have been otherwise invested. But I really want to emphasize using the search tool to read prior discussion threads because they may contain some very useful insights...

The question of whether to buy a 422 v 425 has been discussed in a couple of older TBN threads. There were some members who posted their opinions in those older threads that haven't posted in this one. I'd suggest using the search tool to find and read those older threads. One member in the...

In your situation, why did you pick the 425 over the 422, Moss Road?

I know two different men who thought bulldozers were fantastic machines for clearing brush off farms until a piece of brush came through the operator's station putting each one of them in the hospital.

I was wondering if the compressor for the air conditioner is mechanically driven by a belt off the engine or is driven by an electric inverter motor?

I'm curious how your road was carved out of those boulders on your mountainside in the first place. That's pretty impressive. It looks to me as if water picks up a lot of velocity coming off the top of the mountain before it arrives at your road where it then starts looking for the low point...

I don't know if it would make a difference, but you could remove the old trailer deck and use the trailer frame as a drying rack to get the oak further off the ground and away from ground moisture. My experience with sawmill red oak used as siding is the width shrinks a surprising amount after...

What's the PTO HP of the 422 based on its 8gpm@2,000psi? And what practical difference does the extra PSI of the 425 otherwise make other than being able to run a 60" cutter versus a 48" cutter? 422 manual quick attach wouldn't bother me. Not having a ROPs would bother me a lot. Even if...

I have also wondered how these units compare and wondered what recommendation Terry at PT would offer? 60" deck will cut more acres faster than 48", especially considering that you may lose 6 inches or more on each cutting pass due to overlap. 25hp IMO isn't that much for cutting tall...

Dealing with 2/3 harder than the actual install? Independent installer quote might bring objectivity to other owners. Would think they would be getting bargain to pay for all the materials if you do the install?

Pretty amazed that you could even get air condtioning on this size machine and even more amazed it was available at the price you paid.

That is quite a story for a one of a kind tractor.

I used a needle scaler on mine earlier this year. Some rattle can paint is touted as one coat coverage. Why not if it only needs touching up in a few spots?

Giving him time with the dog near the end was a bright spot in a tough situation.

The metal on your trailer looks in amazingly good condition. White oak will be awesome.

What contribution will the majority make?

Use some OT $ to hire a reputable siding installer?

I will miss him.

Can take days of repeated heating, oil, and cooling to break the bond of rust that formed over decades. Or maybe someone has that pulley for sale on ebay for that old tractor?

Sounds a little personal ….

Patience….lots of it. Let penetrating oil do its work. Repeated applications of oil and heat. Would suggest a pulley puller, but could wreck the pulley if he gets too aggressive.

I suspect just being able to interact with any pet is a really big deal to anyone unfortunate enough to be in a setting where they arent allowed to have one.

Hardie's website has a video demonstration that their plank doesn't swell or split like wood after being submersed in water for 7 days. Also note that their installation instructions are pretty detailed about recommended membrane and flashing underneath the siding. Just because the Hardi...

I believe it's advertised as water resistant, not water proof, perhaps due to containing cellulose? Their technical bulletins are here: Installation Guidance | James Hardie

I suspect just having a bush hog on the rear 3pt will exert quite a bit of counter leverage due to its length. Not having anything on the rear 3pt is asking for trouble.

I don't know if they were bargains or not. Doesn't take much for unexpected repairs to wreck a "bargain."

Even if you have loaded rear tires, you need something heavy on the rear 3pt to counterbalance that kind of load.

Last local auction, one Kubota 008 with 300 something hours sold for $6,500 and another with 500 something hours also sold for $6,500 plus the auctioneers fee of 9.5%.

Did some garden tilling and weeding this weekend that I had put off due to rain for weeks. Made me remember the days of wanting to get out of having to hoe the garden, yet there I was with a hoe and nobody was standing over me telling me to do it.