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With the Trump imposed 100% tarriff, I wonder how marketable the Mahindra tractors will be?

Longevity always depends on how you take care of something.

One thing I might add and that is the CV joints especially on my powered implements require a certain number of strokes on a level gun to fill properly and why I use manual lever guns. You overgrease a CV joint, you blow the seals out of them and CV joint's are expensive to replace. Only time...

I have not purchased a tube of grease in decades. Buy all my grease in 150 pound open head drums and bulk refill all my grease guns from the air greaser. Just purchased a 150 pound of Lucas Red and Tacky to replace the almost empty drum of Lubrication Engineers Teflon fortified grease I...

Never broke one of their impact sockets even using them on my IR 1" air impact driver

If you want easy to mount weights, peruse FBMP or Flea Bay for Olympic Weight plates. You can get them used for cheap and they come up to 100 pounds per plate.

Have to say the guy across the road sprung for an EGO riding mower, got half his lawn mowed and it died. Went back the next day for a real gas powered mower and probably saved some jack as well.

Gee, I love my wife and my dog but one thing I would never love is my tractors as they are machines as in not able to love me back... They are for work and to make my life easier and that is it. They get well fed (diesel fuel) and reqular maintenance and greasing and once in a while, a bath but...

All depends on your intended use. I prefer the hydraulic shuttle on my Kubota's as it totally eliminates the dry chutch and the HST still has a dry clutch. Got well over 6000 hours on both my Kubota's (each) and I've never had to adjust the wet packs ever. I use them hard all the time.

If the sub structure is good, replace the deck with synthetic dimensional decking and forget about it forever or until the substructure fails. No upkeep other than a pressure wash infrequently. We did ours and all 3 rentals 3 years ago and everyone looks like new. We used Trex and stailless...

Been popping woodchucks a lot lately and I like watching the local family of Bald Eagles feasting on their remains. When the carcass get small enough for them to carry it off, it leaves, never to be seen again. Being predators I guess an 'easy' meal is just that. Think I've dispatched around...

Especially of they are Pre 4....... As people buy them up and the field narrows, the price goes even higher. I was just offered 37 grand for my 1997 Ford F350 4 wheel drive diesel pickup. OBS Fords are getting really rare today and mine is a forged rod 7.3 to boot. Ordered it that way in...

Amy and I always leave a 20% cash tip unless the waitstaff is very poor and then it's still 15%

Far as the inverter genny is concerned, I bought a Champion years ago and it runs like a top. Sounds like it's a motor issue not the inverter head.

I own and use their Pro-Tig 205 Tig welder and a pair of plasma cutters, one high amp for the CNC plasma table and the other for general shop use and my employees use them all the time as well. So far, 3 years and 0 failures.

You are missing out of some great tools.

Looks like a great way to get Carpal Tunnel.

Emission realted components are Federally mandated... 5 years.

I don't. HF has really upped their game the last couple years. They still sell crap but they sell quality stuff as well. You just have to pay for it, like anything else.

Something I ALWAYS do with HF, I warrented my welders and Plasma Cutters for 3 years plus their one year warranty.

Had a Rapid Pump jack for a while. Flawless.

People are generally stupid.

Not something I've ever had to do because I ALWAYS use never sieze on spark plugs.

Yes and it runs just fine. Bit smokey but I run it in canned gas.

They would be priced so far above and beyond current pricing, they would never sell except to inordinately wealthy buyers.

Far as I'm concerned, Rustoleum is better paint coverage wise than Krylon ever was.

Both my Geberacs being over 15 years old now 'lack' all the fancy failure prone crap the new ones come with. No digital readout just condition lamps and manual main breakers but I do have to service them on a regular scheduled maintenance interval, which I have the entire time.

I think Kubota is trying to keep up with Deere in that respect. Kubota went from reasonable to insane.

Gone are the days of legacy appliances. Today, it's maybe 10 and landfill. I will say my ancient Maytag Wringer in the shop will outlast me, just like it outlasted my wife's mother. Best shop towel machine ever made. No cycles, just run until done...

Least they still have the World Headquarters and retained a lot of manufacturing in Clyde, Ohio and Findlay.

Spray it first with Glyphosate, let it die and turn brown and then till it. What I do every year.

Because they are all made in China or Taiwan today....

Yesterday at 3pm and 4pm, both my propane fored Generac that powers the house as well as my turbo diesel powered Generac that powers the shop and outbuildings exercised right on time, as usual. Nice having turnkey units.

Show me somthing that don't cost more today please?????

Waste of time fiddling with it as it is. Needs to be chisel plowed and disced and the reseeded. You need to have a local farmer with the right equipment do it. No point in being half arsed with it as it will net you nothing but greif. Pay a competent operator and be happy.

I've had both in the past but now only have geared tractors but hydraulic shuttle which eliminates a dry clutch. If I was mowing the yard or doing light duty tasks, a HST but for heavy duty work a geared unit but hydraulic shuttle to eliminate a dry clutch entirely. Both my units are hydraulic...

Sounds to me like the origional owner echered it. Be apprised, the fix is expensive.

Hope you didn't use cheap Tractor Supply fluid in place of the JD HyTrans?

How old is the battery, are the connectios clean and bright? Just because the battery shows 12 volts, means nothing, an old battery can be incapable of providing the starting amperage. I replace my batteries every 4 years no matter what. Most starting issuues will be the battery or corroded...

I use my wife actually. She predicts better than anyone. The 2 fields around the barn, I'm gonna run the shredder on and chalk it up to a bad year. Least I'm not using the equipment much this year. Maybe next year will be better. I'll stick to mowing lawns this year and I'm sure glad I...

So, wear a mask when getting it out... simple answer.

Gonna have to bite the bag then. Most dealers charge around 100 bucks just to plug in and that don't include any repairs.

You will find that the cost of relay's at your dealer will most likely be 4-5 times the cost from an electrinics supply place like Digikey or Dell Electronics. Not Dell computers FYI. My relays were 85 bucks per from the dealer and I crossed the catalog number at Digikey and got the same exact...

Pretty easy to change the stock filament bulbs that are about as good as nothing to LED's and you'll never replace the LED's because they won't fail like the filament bulbs will. Got rid of the hilament work lights on my M9 Cab as well and went to LED work lamps and they are so bright, I can...

You get something wrapped around the mower blades on a Kubota front mount deck, just like a Grasshopper, you can tilt it vertical to remove anything, change the blades or clean off any buildup that collects on the underside. You do have to disconnect the driveshaft first but after that it's...

Yesterday sucked. Keeps raining here and the sheeters are wicked, despite the bats and barn swallows. Go outside and give a pint unwillingly....😂

Gonna copy your air spring soon as you send me a link as to where you got it Lou... The other thing I like about mine is the steering wheel and the power syeering. I really don't like the oars, neither does my wife so I got her a Cub Cadet with a steering wheel as well. Her's is gas powered...

One thing I'll never buy again is a gasoline powered mower, no matter what brand, simply because the gas motors are a furl hogs and the projected lifetime if any if them is 1500 hours whereas a diesel powered machine, 1500 hours is chump change and a disesl, unlike a gas motor spins at a lower...

Rates NEVER go down, only up. What a racket.

Myself, I'd rather have tulips on my organ than roses in my piano...lol Far as EV's go, I think they are all various levels of fugly, especially the Ford electric Mustang. We have 3 Tesla's in the family and they are also ugly. If I was ever to buy an EV, it would be a Rivan 4 motor. While...

I have a rear (3 point) mount myself and you cannot beat a post driver. I have the biggest one and it will drive rail road ties, no issue. Takes a pretty stout tractor to operate it however and my OS M9000 handles it just fine. Much better than augering holes and quicker as well.

My philosophy is with insurance, you have to have it and if you suffer a loss, they will always screw you to the wall... If I told anyone how much I paid in insurance for the farm, for the rentals and for the machine shop yearly, you'd probably thing I was nutz. I forgot to include the cars...

I know little about small tractors. I would base my purchase on how dlose the dealer is and what kind of reputation they have because at some point, you'll be buying parts like filters and a good deal is always better than a poor one. From what I can ascertain, both JD and Kubota make...

I tend to use Walkers Game Ears myself, but then most times I don't use anything. At 76 I have what my wife terms selective hearing anyway.

When I bought the open station (used), I put about 2 grand into it. It needed a new front guard (which I made in the shop), a new drawbar because it came without one (new Kubota), complete filter and fluid change including the front axle, it was weeping from the front right outboard so it came...

Here is the one I bought new and had to special order and it's fully loaded, 3 sets of remotes with flow control, 2 speed PTO, full winter package, creep gears, fully optioned cab (rear wiper, heated rear and side glass, cast center rear wheels loaded with 2 buckets and SSQA, even has a factory...

No TYM dealers around here, never seen one so I cannot comment one way or another all I know (from personal experience) is, a Kubota 5030 if taken good care of maintenance wise would be a good buy used. Any pre emission unit of substantial power will command a premium price. My dealer told me...

Never purchased their drills. In as much as I own and operate a short run machine and fab shop, I only buy high quality drills and taps and dies anyway. Heard bad things about their drills so I would not buy them anyway. Only Cleveland Twist or Chicago Latrobe here.

Whatever. I don't really care as the one I own does what I need it to do just fine. I don't wear out saws as a rule anyway as referenced by my 028 I bought over 40 years ago that still runs like a raped ape, pulls a 20" bar of 404 chipper, no issue and only runs on canned gas. I did have to...

Exactly. Buying a used unit without a loader, expecially a Kubota is asking for grief. Kubota mates their loaders to specific models, always has. The last new Kubota I owned was a 5030 HTC cab tractor. Bought it new with 2 sets of remotes, R4 tires cab and all options. I was just getting...

Most everything that HF sells today in the upscale tool lines fails to qualify as suck tools. Having said that I don't much care for the HF rivet assortments. Much better quality one are available elsewhere.

Anything emissions related by law has to be warranted for 5 years, no exceptions. The problem will be getting a dealer to fix it promptly.

Guess you could urinate in the front axle if you so desired...

Only if it's leaking. Regular grease won't liquify and will cause the bearings to fail from lack of lubrication. Corn head grease on the other hand liquifies as it warms up and provides lubrication to the bearings.

Don't you have a spell checker? It's HYDRAULIC not hydroulic

Joncutter... What is it for, cutting up toilets? I'll keep my top handle Echo thank you. Far as saws go, any saw, Chinese or not will cut good with a properly sharpened chain.... I will say the Echo really requires breaking in a bit, couple tankfulls of syn gas (Echo Red Armor) in my case...

I get a kick out of Messics ads. Always pandering to buy their products...lol Apparent they also recommend 90 weight gear oil, what I use in my Kubota's

...and for some reason AC techs fail to replace the caps when servicing them. Sort of like valve caps on tires....

I hes gear oil in both of my Kubota's simply because gear oil better absorbs the shocks of gear movement when in 4wd when I'm moving and loading round bales in the field but UDT or SUDT works as well plus gear oil provides better boundary lubrication to the outboard bearings, something I've had...

Should be a drain plug on the bottom of the gearbox. If it'e leaking, the Corn head grease. If it's not, any gear oil, brand irrevelant.

Sadly, not the way it plays today and why the tractors I have will never be replaced in my lifetime. My forever tractors.

Sounds like a call to the dealer to diagnose and fix the issue. Again, every time I read these posts, I'm sure glad neith of mine have any emissions junk on them. You coudn't give me any T4 tractor.

Over your head with an ac system can result in very expensive component replacement. Usually leaks can be attrobuted to charge valves not seating properly.

People always tend to over torque spark plugs and install them with dry threads which is an invitation to galling or cross threading. If the spark plug has a crush washer on it, 1/2 turn past contact is always enough and if it's a tapered seat, that also applies but again always use never sieze...

Having said that, my dealer has no rental machine for rental and never has had. He does trade with other dealers when a dealer requires a machine he has in stock, just how that plays. When I bought my Kubota BV round bailer, he got it from another dealer and was shipped to him. Interestingly...

100% correct. Try starting with the battery and the connections. People trnd to neglect the starting battery and the battery connections as well as the chassis ground which all have to be clean and bright. As a rule, I replace my starting batteries every 4 years no matter what and I check the...

It seems apparent that the precip we get travels to you a day later. I have some really rank hay standing that needs to come off so I can fertilize the fields. When I can get it off with the crimp rolls cranked tight, I'll do it and I'll give the bales away to my customer. Been a terrible...

Got it here again this AM, 1/4" and supposed to rain tonight. Very frustrating. My cousin, south of Chicago told me he hasn't had any rain for a month. I'll cut it one way or another and it's rank so I'll give it away. It has to come off to get overseeded and fertilized. I have a forrest...

I've always been a nal about my equipment but everything gets scratched in use. So the mini ex had some dirt on it, big deal and 7.1 hours could be from moving it around in the lot and/or pre servicing it. No such thing as a virgin machine that I'm aware of.

Always apply a small amount of never sieze to the plug threada no matter what engine they go in..Prpblem with chasing the threads with the head installed is you will get swarf in the combustion chamber and that is not a good thing.

Another fishy thread....:D

I don't and just like clockwork we got a half inch last night, right on schedule. That hay is all rank but it has to come off at some point and I'll most likely give it all to my cistomer for free. just to get the firlds clean and ready to spray. Terrible year for me but now that I downsized...

Both my M's are way past any warranty ever made. They have 5000 plus hours on them and are over 20 years old anyway.

Just keep in mind always that where you have the 'stinger' installed isn't the actual combustion chamber temperature at all but I'd add at laest 100 degrees to be the actual combustion chamber temp and aluminium pistons (which you have) don't like chamber temps above 1200 degrees prolonged. Bad...

I really don't like the sound of squealing belts one bit. Squealing means wearing to me.

Interesting. I engage the pto driven drive shaft front mount mower at an idle and then take it up to speed and do the same when I slow it down to a stop.

Got a kick out of the video's. He obviously don't know that anything over 1200 degrees at the point where he inserted the thermocouple probe, the pistpns were well over 1200 degrees, at which combustion chamber temperature can cause the aluminum pistons to start melting. Warranty or not is not...

Nice puppers. I love all animals, especially medium to larger sized pups and to me they are all pups no matter how old they are. Never met a dog I could not get along with. My rule when metting a strange dog is don't move fast, never reach out for them and let them come to you and smell you...

With a dog and 5 house cats inside plus another 10 outside, we love all of them and they all get good food and supplements if needed plus they all get veternary care and all the males get 'fixed'. Keeps the fighting down bacause cats like to fight anyawy. I have my own 'personal' cat in the...

Loos like something our Aussie would do, great find... All the delivery drivers are trained to give Tully a biscuit when he barks at them. All he wants is a buscuit and a scratch and they become fast friends. I have to keep him in the fenced front yard (which is huge anyway 1/2 acre) or he'd...

I use canned fuel in all my 2 stroke engines and never run them dry as canned gas (Echo Red Armor) has a 2 year good as new warranty on it. Running them dry, however won't hurt them as they are running dry on pre mix, not straight gas. Other engines, diesel particularly, I top off the fuel...

That is the cleanest, most tidy Ford ever posted on this site, beautiful. Most posted pictures, the tractor is crudy and looks like it was never washed and I'd be ashamed to post a picture for all to see what a poor operator I was. You certainly don't fit into that group.

And people that sell it will make the claim... not rained on as well. Strange weather here. The truck farmers have been pulling cabbage and replanting despite the rain. Loads of it going down the road almost continuously, headed for the processing plant at the end of the road, where they...

Raining here again. I was going to mow the yard, that's out as well. Sure my Kubota diesel mower can handle it and make lots if clumps.... Hay is rank but least it's standing. Looks like a forest out there... I'll have the crimp rolls set tight and hopefully I can sell it, fingers crossed on...

Personally speaking, I don't like a tractor with a clutch in the bellhousing, because at some point in it's life it has to be replaced whicn entails a split and lots of cost. Only thing in the bellhousings of my M9's is a damper plate to reduce driveline shock when shuttling from forward to...

We love ALL pups here, including our Aussies. Never met a pup we didn't like. Candidly, I prefer pups over people most times...

Very nice but not marketable because the cost to make it commercially would be prohibitive. Not many people would pay the added cost when much cheaper alternatives are available and if that ground was mine, I'd be cutting, raling and bailing it....lol

You could have included the rest of the 'pup' in the picture as well....

I'm with the others, just replace the entire assembly. Agrisupply (ASC) sells at a reasonable price complete pto driveline assemblies with or without the double Cardan joint. I replace one on my old hay mower (1000 rpm), just before I sold it. Went from a shaker to smooth as butter. I went...

If I were you as you diagnose the root cause of the drain, I'd install a battery disconnect on the POSITIVE terminal of the battery, not eht negative terminal as breaking the positive will isolate the battery from the system and allow it to retain it's charge. I run disconnect switches on all...

I believe you mean outlast. I'm sure they will and they will bring a good sale price for my wife as well. That aspect has already been arranged a head of time. Having said that, I still will never use cheap lubricants or filters. Probably sitting on 150 grand in tractors and implements, all...

Got an additional 1/3" last night. Our only slavation is the 'idiot' across the road who has to mow his lawn no matter what... He has rows of what I refer to as 'cud' windrows in his lawn. He's fun to watch actually. Yesterday afternoon he was mowing in the rain but quit when it started...

That's bullsnot and far as disposable income is concerned, I'm on Social Security, how's that. There is always a difference between cheap lubricants and expensive ones, if, you bother to read the fine print.

Friggin rain here again, today. The way we are going, I'm gonna bale the lawn as well... Wierd weather. My buddy in Indiana is dry and has been.

If you ALWAYS wait for the implement to completely STOP, then no.

Far as I know, only the smaller Kubotas have mid pto's. Not the larger ones. and the mid pto is not 540 either, I blieve it's 2100;

Not so with Kubota's, least the ones I own. Removing the front cover exposes everything including the PTO chutch pack, BUT while you can see it, it's not accessible from the back, only from the front and that entails a split which is why, at least for me, every implement I own has to have an...

Actually, any tractor with a clutch brake can benefit from an over riding clutch especially when using implements that will drive the pto when freewheeling like a shreder for instance. The clutch brake is designed to 'hold' the pto stub stationary when the pto isn't engaged but it's nit...

It was actuallty, cuts to the chase. Cheap is cheap no matter what it pertains to.

You got it, run around town. Don't even try to offroad it.

Only (removed) left here is my Focus RS turbo and my 97 F350 4x4 truck with it's modified 7.3 forged rod diesel. Never had an issue with either. Candidly I prefer GM vehicles for ease of routine maintenance. Of course the 97 is an OBS truck so plenty of room under the hood, unlike the new snub...

I always store vertically but I use my skid forks to stack them.

I would consider a full size when they start to come off lease, only way however.

Sure glad I got smaller at this point at least and cutting down the road miles also cut down the maintenance costs as well. Rained here almost all day, how exciting.

I see a ton of the Bronco 2's on the road and I cannot warm up to them at all. The full sized ones yes but the full sized ones are always loaded with Gee-Gaw as well. I bet none of them will see any off road use. All about show.. and a huge payment as well.

Everytime I go uptown.... There is a repair shop there and everytime I look in, there is either a Ram with a Hemi or a Ford gasser in there getting the engine torn down and it's usually the cams that go.

Probably locked up and full of rust anyway. I'd scrap it or part it out as people gobble up used JD parts, condition not with standing. If that was a 4020 diesel, I'd drive out there to pick it up.

Both my M's are the first Kubota's I've owned with actual fuel gages. I still carry my fuel level stick behind the seats anyway.

Neither of my M's came with fender mounted pto linkage but they both have it now care of Kubota parts. Something I feel should be standard on any ag utility tractor. They have nice flip up shields, problem is the shields aren't large enough to accomodate the CV joint and housing on the end of...

Interesting you load 'eye to the sky' not something I do, I always load 'eye to the side' on my customer's flat bed trailers. If I store them in the barn however, it's always 'eye to the sky' simply because I can stack them better and they keep their round shape and don't get oval from rounds...

... and those little brake pads are there just to stop blade rotation sooner. Problem is, whent they wear away, they start to scream. Wife's CC ZTR had them at one time as well. They are extreme planned obsolence.

Closest I ever came to flying a plane was sitting in the copilot's seat in the company Lear, when on short jaunts. Never had a copilot aboard. Don't know if that is kosher or not but how we flew all the time. I was always more comfortable in that seat than sitting in the back for some reason.

What I meant to state actually. Parking brake light as well as glo plug light is good with me. Oil pressure and water temp lights not so good because when the light comes on, chances are the damage is already done. I cannot imagine an out of fuel light, it illuminates as the motor is...

2 things I really have no use for is 'idiot lights' and the idiots who pay attention to them.

The whole thing seems loony to me. My 'water meter' is the switch on the deep well pump.

Why do you want a locking fuel cap in the first place is beyond me.... Just another key to misplace.

Too bad AI cannot do spell correction for your comments...

Mower deck pulley's are all planned obsolence parts, I just replace them as required. Least my front mount deck on my Kubota diesel only has 2 and they guide the flat belt as the spindles themselves are drive shaft driven. 40 bucks today is chump change.

Have no idea so I'll play ignorant on that score. I keep mine at the sidewall indicated pressure.

On the Kubota it's conveniently mounted on the top of the front shroud, just above front hinged door where the net resides and it's quite large as well so easy to see from the operators seat. I actually added a suction cup rearview mirror so I don't have to look back to see it. If anyone wants...

Every tire ever made for ag or commercial or non commercial use will have the recommended pressure embossed in the sidewall. What I always refer to and always have.

Lou.. My biggest fear besides loosing my fingers or my scalp in the spinning PTO shaft (would be had to loose any scalp as I'm pretty bald), is winding up any electrical, electronic or hydrauic connections in the PTO shaft and having to remove the shield to fit the Kubota bailer's pto shaft to...

Nice thing about my Kubota's, NO REGENS EVER... 6,000 and 5500 hours respectively. Only regens are the Li-Ion batteries in the Mag lite that mounts in the cab...lol

Interestingly, I had to remove the outer PTO shield on the cabbed M9 so as the final CV joint and shroud would clear, something I wasn't crazy about doing but I could see no other practical way to gain clearance. On the Kubota bailer, the monitor is hard mounted in the cab on the right side...

Good to have neighbors will to help. I don't have that here as my neighbore are all row croppers or truck farmers and while I have the prime movers available, I have no extra hay tools available.

Curious as to what make of round baler and if it's a NH, I have the adapter as well as the liquid filled gage to check the bailing pressure if you want it, I can send it to you. When I traded the NH for the Kubota, the gage and adapter stayed here. Let me know and you can have it as I have no...

Both my M9's are like that actually. Each lift arm has multiple holes in it so you can space them accordingly, though I've never did that. Would be an easy modification by drilling holes in the lift arms using a drill press or a Mag drill.

Most likely coincicence as ORD is the same as On Road except for the red dye. It's all Ultra Low Sulfer Diesel.

Not a clue as I quit using CACL long ago. CACL is corrosive and will kill any plants it contacts.

For someone with all that fancy dan equipment (your plasma looks like my Shop Saber), I'd think your spelling would be better. It's LAMINATED, not lamented. Hopefully your finish work don't reflect your spelling quality.... I don't understand using Hardox material for something that really...

Way too much information.... My buddy who owns 56 road tractors trades them in at a million miles and get new ones. Reason being is past a million, things start failing. and he gets a mil on his team tractors in 2 years or less.

I have no idea as I have not purchased any in a long time. Not like they somehow vanish from the rear of the trailers or truck and I don't anticipate ever buying any, anyway. I used the term 5 dollar rubber mudflap as a descriptor, but you already knew that. In fact I have 4 or 5 laying on...

It does and it's a 5 buck fix. You can actually have your hitch pin quite proud of the drawbar, in fact I recommend it as the prodruding hitch pin causes the mudflap to stay down farther and 'groom' the windrow better. Once I did the mudflap deal, I quit looking back to see the forage balling...

... If it will start that is and not have electronic or emissions issues.

It's a friggin tractor, not a sports car....

Why I have 2 idetical Kubota's One is just hitched to the round baler with it's complex electric / electronic / hydraulic hookups and the other one does everything else. Last time I had to hook up the bailer, took me 45 miuntes to figure out where what went where and having to referece the...

I know that story personally.

Guy across the road nad a seond hand Husky ZTR tha mje flogs on regularly. Ki9nd if surprised it actually runs as Husky mowers are top tier amyway. Everytime hw mows it's always we and cut close and makes cud and right now looks like a mini hayfield with brown windrows and the cud will kill...

My philosphy is.. if it starts to get away, let it go as it's insured anyway.

Bet you had the distinct odor of dog poop when you get to ER as well....lol

It qualifies as a REAL farm eruck now.... Ran my discbine into a fence post and bent the side shield on the right side trying to get all the forage cut, From here in out I'll stay a foot off the fence line. That side shield is over 500 bucks at NH. This winter I'll take it off and maybe...

Most likely made in China. Me, I stick with Bauer cordless, never let me down when I need it.

I have to always err on the side of preventing an issue. Remember, I have employees and employees tend to be lax about things. Overkill is always better than a boogered up machine from damp air. The finish on the large Vulcan cabinet is superlative as well and went right together, everything...

Not my thing at all. In fact the only dimmunitive cart I own is the obe for the Shop Saber CNC plasma cutter. It carries the plasma torch and consumables. No gas needed, just compresse air at sufficient volume and of course the air has to be dry as well. In fact, besides the refrigerated IR...

I prefer to buy them aleady made. One, it'a already made and two, they are a business expense. Even loaded up neither are hard to motor around either and I like leaving my welders in the front of the shop away from dirt. Of course they are all 'fan on demand' but they will still ingest dirt...

Always thought 'baptizing a Baby Ruth. was more applicable.... My favorite one is of course, 'it never breaks in the barn'. How tru that is...

Life is a finite thing assuredly. If it wasn't, we'd all die at the same age in time. Of course some need to pass sooner than others and some should not even be here at all... My issue with Glyphosate isn't the application of it, but handling it in concentrated form as in preppig it for...

I'm in your arena as well. I don't bale sileage either. I purchased the 'Sileage Special' on the recomendation of my dealer, not because it cost more but because he also bales dry hay and has one as well and when I bought it he insisted I buy the Sileage Special model for the extra stripper...

Other than the net tail issue I had with my BV series sileage special, I've had NO issues with it whatsoever. The issue with the net tail protrusion wasn't user fixable however and required the intervention of the Kubota regional rep to fix. Far as I'm concerned, issues are all in the realm of...

Good comment. The less pesticide / herbicide you apply, the less is ingested by the end user, aka: the animals ad because all my hay goes to one customer who raises resturant quality beef cattle, he insists I use as minimal as possible man made innoculants and I comply with his wishes. 99% of...

Coming from a lawn care guy of all things... I'd really like you to provide a substantiating link for your comments as pronouncements like yours only sew the seeds of doubt and nothing else. My view of Glyphosate is substantiated by my County Agronomist who is State certified in that field...

Interesting and false comment about the Vulcan wheeled welder cabinet. Not the cheap Chinese one in your picture either. I have 2 actually, they both carry 3 120 cubic foot bottles and numerois machines and are very well built. One has my Pro-Tig on it plus an everlast water cooler and one...

Front wheel weights maybe?

Purchase it direct from Fords and eliminate any middle man.

Extended vehicle warranties are like most insurance. Only good if you need them and then a Godsend. Again, with me, only a factory authorized extended warranty, no aftermarket crap. Too bad you cannot do that on tractors as well..

I refer to the Avalanche as the 'Mudslide'....

Not painful with creative financing... By the time it's paid for, it's junk. I see creative financing has entered into the 'decade' realm.

It does for the upwardly mobile, of which I'm not. Take a look at the Rivan, to me it checks all the boxes and costs appreciably less as well.

Front shaft is easy-peasy and both mine have geared transmissions and no clutch so I've never had the joy of splttimg either.

2-4-D Buteryac. It ain't cheap but a little goes a long way and unlike Glyphosate, it don't accumulate in the soil for later issues. I quit using Glyphosate a long time ago, actually. Here in Michigan at least, you need an applicators license to buy it. Not sure about other states. The...

I spray mine with a 350 gallon pull behind sprayer. I looked at the weed wipers but they look hit and miss whereas spraying isn't

Because my Kubota's get heavy ag useage, I regularly replace the soft spline coupling on the front driveshaft The coupling is a wear item versus the hardened splined driveshafts and I keep an extra one on hand at all times. You can tell when it's worn out as the feont will start making in...

I confess, I went and looked at a Rivan after watching the YT video on the Amascon delivery trucks (all made by Rivan and other than the strange ffront end, it's a nice vehicle with good range and I'd consider buying one. Standard is 4 motor and comes with off road tires as well and well under...

Why buy from a 3rd party outfit when you can buy it from Fords direct. Listed on the back page of the owners manual, pertineint numbers, etc. Once you buy the Fords warranty, you are in their national database so every dealer can access it plus they send you a hard copy of the warranty, which...

You can always buy an expensive scan tool (My Autel set me back over a grand) but yo still have to buy the parts and install them.

All it takes is one good 'bang' ant it's worth it's weight in gold and peace of mind. I still would never buy an aftermarket warranty, only an OEM underwritten one. Again, only familiar with Fords but I see the others offer a similar deal.

When I bale wheat straw, I alwys bale in the evening when there is a tad bit of dew on it. Hepls keep the bales together prior to netting. Not an issue square bailing wheat straw and I had the knotter blowers on my 575 to keep the knotter stacks from getting fouled. Hard to bale wheat straw...

They come in twin rotor as well as single but I bought the single and I'm quite happy with it. 5 years and no maintenance other that checking the gearbox oil and greasing the trailing wheels. No issues about parking it either because all the tine arms come off and tou can park it in a 4 foot...

I will say from personal experience (5 years now) that a rotary rake beats a side delivery, hands down Basically maintenance free as well, just keep the hypoid gearbox filled with gear oil and do tate I have not broken a time, even though I have spares. The thing I like best however is, on my...

Small squares were not an issue because the bailer pickup is offset so I ran the tractor in the already bailed up windrow and I had a 1/4 turn bale turner on the back end of the 575 which dropped the bales out of the aready bailed windrow.

Never had that issue, ever, but I keep my wheel spacing wide enough so I don't run over windrows.

I always have that issue when bailing fluffy windriws that my Kuhn Masterdrive rotary rake makes which it inherently produces. What I do is, I took a rubber 1/2 length truck muflap (not a white plastic one), but black rubber, and cut a rectangular hole near the top so it slips over the...

On performance vehicles ICE or not, I'd never buy any vehicle made by Chrysler or any if it's subs simply because I know what is under the sheet metal. Could have a Briggs lawnmower engine in it for all I care.

Sheesh, I went on that site and put in my somewhat fictitious information (had to fudge the year and it gave me a price that was almost twice what I paid for the factory extended warranty. I don't think so...

Again my ONLY recommendation is an extendable factore authorized warranty like Fords offers. All the rest are worth maybe the paper they are written on, maybe.

If you want the entire shaft look on ASC's website. The sell Euro-Cardan PTO shafts complete in any series for big bucks but they also sell import Chinese shafts for a lot less. Last time I euckered one, I bought the Chinese one from them. All listed it their online catalog and they ship...

I agree to point and it will all distill down to what is prudent for the individual. In my case I knew up front because I did the research ahead of time, that the German built turbo charged engine and 6 speed closr ratio trans were prone to issues. What I didn't know was if it was from abuse...

That depends entirely on how deep the 'mar' is and how flexible the packing seals are. Most all hydraulic rams are hard chromed to begin with to combat corrosion. Finally it's the curl cylinders not roll cylinders, haven't a clue what a roll cylinder is.

Again, I don't know anything about 3rd party warranties, only Fords extended warranty administrated by Fords. I'm extremely leery about any extended warranty not underwritten by the manufacturer and I've read horro stories in the past about them. My post was about personal experience and...

I have no idea as I don't follow Tesla's trends.

I might add that if you do that, you will pay for the entire duration of the extended warranty on the spot. No payment plans available. You give them your CC number, they email you a copy of it to carry in your vehicle. If you have no intent of keeping the vehicle a long time (I do). don't...

100% agree. The aftermarket warranties are about as good as the paper they are written on. Having said that, if you can extend the OEM factory authorized warranty, extend it and that is exactly what I did with my Ford Focus RS turbo, not because I was worried about it breaking, but because of...

For me, basic theft prevention is having master disconnects on them and never leaving the keys in them unattended unless they are sitting right here in the side yard and that applies to all the vehicles, not just the tractors Vandals will be vandals no matter where you are though my view is...

You will always pay a premium price for premium power, no matter what it is because with the power comes the advanced technology to produce that power and my Focus RS Turbo is no exception. Never seen a 'stripped down' Fodus RS Turbo, I don't believe any exist, consequently, the sticker price...

Choices and preferences are about individual tastes as are costs. Some folks may not like the styling og my Ford Focus RS Trubo, but I do. It's a royal PITA to get in and out of but once in the Recarro bucket seats and the 3 point racing harness gives you a sense of security even in the tiny...

I agree to a point and that point is none of them are REALLY worth the asking price and what drives me to only buy off lease vehicles where the origional lessor pays down the inflated cost and gets nothing in return. Got my eye on a soon to be off lease Chevy Equinox hybrid. Don't care what...

You got that right. Like they are trying the design the most ugly vehicle and sell it for the biggest bucks. Least the Ford looks like a pickup truck. I watch ads for all the new 'electric' vehicles and in my view, they are all varing degrees of fugly. One ad I find to be particularly bad is...

I don't consider any vehicle that costs over 100 grand to be inexpensive, but then I invest my money in things that don't depreciate anyway. Don't care what a vehicle costs actually, other than they are a poor investment. If you want to throw your hard earned money away, by all means buy a...

In my asthetic view, the Rivan is even fuglier than the CT. The front end reminds me of a puffer fish.

Flop or not entirely depends on what you want to spend your money on. I like my Cousin's Cyber truck but I'd never own one.