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I bought mine last year.it fit together tightly and I use it for my heavy Deere riders or as an in between work bench. Absolutely gets my recommendation.

Skookum is the best.realgood top drawer. If a guy is running a bunch of junk on a logging show or rinky dink substandard activity. “That ain’t quite skookum”

We’re burning daylight. Who checked the fence last? I thought I set it down right THERE

If you can get the job done with an 1800 dollar mower and have it for a couple decades by golly my hat is off to ya.

I don't have hilly, ie steep ground to mow. I have rolling fields and orchard that I use my X370 on for mowing close to my electric fences in pastures. This is my first NEW Deere mower after having three used ones. I sprung close to 5K for it. This mower has 110 hours on it. Power steering and...

The most dangerous machine in the woods is a farm tractor. Timberland, 4000 acres? Get a cat with a drum, six way blade, and removable brush rake. quit trying to talk yourself out of one.

Wood headboard and deck 2by wood. Removable sides of the same. No need to go overboard with iron

For what it is worth from my experiences… Build your building with Eaves.

I have done a lot of this stuff doing residential tree work. We would use a throw ball and small line into neighboring large tree limb…attach bull line to small line. Pull bull line through and loop at the break…bull line slack gets taken off TIGHT…further cripple the break and detach..begin...

Not a real good solution. You won’t get water to the surface until the area is totally saturated. Water follows gravity first and goes down. When all the bottom is saturated it will begin to go laterally and then finally to thesurface

I hired a leak detection guy from fifty miles away and it was worth it. He charged the system with helium.

Back in the eighties, I took a seasonal job with the local county parks department maintaining mostly rural parks, out of town, some on gravel roads. Each day, coming in we douched out every mower. Period. All klnds of mowers, tractor flails, ZTR, conventional, walk behinds, riders, all of...

That is a good and heavy stick. Use your drawbar a good cable or chain. If you want to minimize ground damage hang a block in a tree to give lift, run your line through the block.

When you got nothing you got nothing to lose.

Call or write them! I have mine for 35years.

by law you need proper hazmat placards to transport big tank

I have posted this before.. mounted on a pallet with lag bolts and straps. just right for my SSQA forks...local farm supply -50gallon... nowadays these are pretty spendy but sure handy.

A trust is a document that is supposed to consolidate all the assets. All the owners of the trust are, owners. What ever is spelled out in the trust makings should include the WILL, which is separate. Maybe you had an attorney to just keep the peace amongst all concerned. My only input is...

ChooChootaboogie... Out here in Western Oregon we had a trestle collapse Saturday around noon. The two engines made it through, so did a few cars. Then cars when in the drink. One car hanging off the trestle, one car completely in the river, one car half in and half out. You can google Mary's...

Make a plywood box.bottom rests on inside rails.sides maybe three or four inches max.one bottom four sides and no top

I have one of Pats’ early editions that is welded and non-cast iron. My implements are of different eras and varied hookup widths. I did purchase the spreader bar and also a longer top link arm. I would buy this set up again.. I have extra washers of theirs and keep them mounted on the...

Wellllll, here's the answer to my question. I had a mobile tractor mechanic come out. I have used him before, he's local out of Brownsville, Oregon. He went through his standard mechanic analytical processes with meters and jumper wires. It was the Dash board key switch that failed. I...

I think my switch has gone south on me. Last couple weeks it has hesitated, seemingly at the Key and I think it is the switch... I have tapped on the starter a number of times and no change. Lights all work. New bigash battery and clean terminals.... Anyone ever replace the iginition switch on...

When I didn't have a shed or shelter of any kind, my tractors suffered for it. Western Oregon way too much rain. I began covering them with tarps,worked halfaffed but condensation build up was not making me happy. When I had decent shelter, tractor happier, me happier. I hose it off after...

I have purchased the stainless mesh with aluminum edge gutter guard available at Costco and HD. They make them for different size gutters. Gutter Glove I think is the brand. I have used them about six years on my barn, house, shops and garage. I have Oregon white oaks, douglas fir, and...

Dry wood is hard on any chipper. When running vines and stuff like wisteria, grapes, etc., I keep some solid stuff to chase it with. Same thing with blackberries. If you just load er' up with crap it balls up inside. Best to feed and chase, and use reverse often, back and forth.

I found that adding another axle to the lift end has made my life a lot easier. I don't have hardly any pavement on my place. Gravel in this shed with some plywood pieces here and there. Notice the hoist harness I have on top. This was purchased a long time ago from Northern and I don't think...

My experience with a Woodmaxx WM 8H has been terrific. They have newer hydrostatic machines now and they are also highly rated by friends of mine. I enjoy my machine with no problems. I send my chipper blades to a shop for sharpening. I have YEARS of experience operating commercial arborist...

I don't have anything fancy. This is a 50-55 gallon square tank I bought many years ago coupled with my hand pump that is a Tolkeim old as the hills. The tank is both bolted to the home made heavy pallet, 4x6 and 2x10 and also strapped with a rachet strap. This has been a great unit for me...

I have run pro saws all my life. My stable at 75 consists of two Stihl 170's with fourteen inch bars and full floating sprocket. This is a low entry homeowner saw that comes with a little longer bar from the dealer. I like the shorter bar for more power and general poop around the place use. I...

I fried a couple of those less than a hundred dollar units at my place doing concrete and house siding. I said to the heck with these things. Laid out big money for a Northern unit with Cat pump and Honda motor. Might as well have the best. Top Drawer super.

I bought it this spring after ditching my old HF lower quality one that I had for seven years. This mower jack is top drawer and I lift a JD 370 with ease and safety. Also use it as an intermediate work table

I have read where some are dissatisfied with their JD mower decks. All I can say is that the upper tier decks on my machines have held up real well. They are thicker gauge and strong. People that don't clean their decks all the time risk the time honored tradition of rotting them out. Even...

I am a deere fan... I have had an Lx172, still have that with out a hood. I have had Lx178 and that was a super machine. I am three years and 100 hours into a x370 that has power steering and power deck lift. It was a bit over 4600 out the door when purchased. It is a super machine. I keep the...

the best thing for backing a farm wagon is A TEAM of HORSES! I have one of the OMNI MFG three point adapters that bolts to the iron drawbar and attaches to the top link. It has a receiver. I have found it to be most satisfactory for everything I use it for. It is solid and not sloppy. Just...

My Woodmaxx hydraulic model is a great machine that I have had close to eight years. Stringy stuff can be problematic if you just load it up too much. Have some solid material around with you to chase it. Anyone can plug a machine if they want to and you will learn not to. I run black berry...

In the PNW, companies like WESTECH are the suppliers for real loggers. I've read here about gripes about wire rope kinking or jaggers. A choker of wire rope is a fixed unit. You don't shorten them. The nubbin on the ends don't come off and when set through a choker bell, if set right, do not...

PKP is standard on aircraft carriers along with liquid foam. Nasty stuff that works when it should. Don't leave port with out it.

I think you carport is a dandy. SOME day some one might want to enclose it. Maybe you, even though at this time, no. Bite the bullet. Lay plywood down then thirty pound felt and then your metal. All of these vapor whatknots in rolls sooner or later get birded or bugged. They look like heck and...

Many moons ago I had industrial model of your Massey. Mine had same power train but very strong FEL. I have had an L4400 Kubota FWD with FEL for longer than I can remember right now. So I vote for 40+ horsepower and a detachable front end loader AND SSQA. Now a days a tractor with the skid...

I have 2.5 and 5 pound ABC dry chemical units and just recently had a couple of them hydro tested and refilled. I will ad that all of my extinguishers at this time are AMEREX. Not badger not kidde, 'nada. At risk of a ford and chevy contest, Amerex has better guts. I serviced many brands...

My WoodMaxx WM8-H. Hands down. I have had it about six or seven years now. I agonized over it for a couple years before buying. I chip almost everything from fencerows, orchard, standing trees limbs, blow down. I don't build bigass brushpiles to burn. I can hook and unhook in a matter of...

Point well taken..FYI... Two years ago when I decided to do this. I did contact ALL concerned agencies and was given their blessing. They appreciated my advance discussion instead of cowboying it, ie Gov't can't tell me what to do. What we will be doing is Repairing the bank, removing...

Greetings from the PNW. I have a pond plus or minus an acre in size. It is a man made pond from the era of taking livestock to the water. It is fed by winter and spring run off and a spring. The west band was compromised a few years ago by a combination of beaver and cottonwood. Last summer I...

67 IHC Loadstar1700 sold it two years ago 1970 IHC 1200D traded off for first Toyota 81 Toyota pickup fwd smashed in logging accident 87 Toyota pickup fwd burned up, turpentine gloves ignited in sunlight 94 Toyota T100 fwd 94 Toyota T100 2wd 2014 Toyota Tundra fwd Still have the last three...

NZ hi tensile fence is difficult to say the least. If you do a lot of it and then you get the knack for it. This tool on Amazon is a must. It is GREAT for making you cross wire at the corner brace and end brace. You just need to do one wrap around each post. Use this tensioner, and then when...

I had a Massy Gasser a long time ago with a crappy tank. I pulled it, ran gravel in it and tossed the heck out of it. Emptied it, douched it out best I could, Dried it and filled it with gas and went for it. I cleaned my glass bowl filter OFTEN and kept the tank filled almost always and had...

The old adage, you get what you pay for... Phonak is a leading brand most certainly. The OTC hearing aids are like not the real deal for serious hearing loss. The VA supplies Phonak brand. I'm on my third set of Phonaks. Over the decades, technology has changed them dramatically. If you are...

The thing I like about my carryall is if I don't want to put it on my three point, I just put my FEL landpride forks under it like I would a pallet. I can load it up with gear, go to the spot I need it, just drop it off right there. It beats having to fasten stuff on a pallet, especially if...

It really depends on the use. Homeowner or arborist or logger? If you are burning a gallon of gas a day or more... Take the bar off. Clean the grooves, flip it over reinstall after cleaning out the oiler exit on the saw body. Remove greasy sawdust. Clean the side cover with your bar wrench...

Flatcar Bridges | Rick Franklin Corporation This guy has been working with the railroads since the seventies, rebuilding track when they have derailments. He salvages all kinds of material including flat cars and box cars. These decks make real good bridges. Put one down and be done with it.

One flip line is not enough. TWO. You always need to be supported by a lifeline and belt line, or two belt lines. Modern arborists embrace mountain climbing technology using different apparatus. When climbing around and over limbs and branches, always be tied off somewhere. When chunking out a...

Woodmaxx hydraulic feed chippers are worth what ever you gotta pay for them. I can't imagine anyone being disappointed. When I was on the fence whether or not to buy one, I phoned a guy in my region who I saw on their customer comment page. He sold me on it and I'm glad he did.

One of our dogs is a border collie McNabb cross. I got him second or third hand. He had been abused, no question. It took him a long time to get civilized, poor guy. We changed his name from Ruger to Rover. The one thing is he chows down like he is starved. Well, he surely was starved at times...

I have big project planned for next year and the contractor put in a new access to our property. Forty feet of culvert, ribbed on the outside, smooth inside. Five loads of one inch minus rock on a four axle dump truck. This will allow for Anything, ANYTHING to access with no problem

If you only use 300 gallons a year... that means the rest of the time you have it sitting in the back of your pickup for really no good reason at all. That is roughly my use. I have fifty gallon tank on a skid that I load and unload when I want, a few times a year.

I HAVE been wearing hearing aids for thirty or so years. If you are a Vet you may qualify for their assistance. If you are in the private sector the least expensive purchases will be through Costco. If you are going to look into getting hearing aids, go to a real ear nose throat doctor first...

3/8chain is good for most applications. I run all kinds of lengths with 3/8. 32 36 42. Full skip is a hazardous kickback professional chain that casual firewood cutters don't really need. Full complement chain is safer and smoother. ya don't need some wildass hotrod saw to cut firewood. Full...

I think a bit of the problem is your piecemealing the job out. I understand "I can do this, why pay him for this work" and just have him come in to put it altogether. We have had numerous upgrades over forty two years. In home projects there are way too many variables, opportunities for...

I am having a malfunction and can't post. Sorry for the distraction.... I will work on my skills.....

Tractor is in the shed as well as flail and tiller. Forks, brush hog, carryall outdoors, sitting on timbers off the ground. Chipper absolutely stays in the shed when not in use.

Lead poisoning is a leader in the deaths of carrion eaters. The north American condor was almost extinct, and would be if not for the intense conservation efforts being put forth.

I found this to be a real winner for me. White paint on the sides of my SSQA manure forks and forklift forks helps me line up much easier from the tractor seat.

Cougars are back in the coast range, and valleys of Washington and Oregon. Roughly twenty years ago give or take the powers outlawed hound dogging and treeing the big cats for sport. It has taken a while for them to rebound but they have quite well. You do not want to RUN. nope nada no no. If...

No matter what the status of his property and possessions are... you need to secure all assets. When people are dying, these things have a way of disappearing. My experiences in the past were to have certified copies of the death certificate. Most banks have an individual available to sign...

Fluid Film is my absolute fave for just about anything. Number one on my fave list is using it on my PTO Shaft and all PTO implements for the easiest hook ups ever.

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I am real glad I bought the Pat's System quite a few years.ago....Mine are the older style, welded up version. I sure do recommend them

I attend a senior gym called "fitness over fifty" No body plays Rocky there. Everyone is humble and trying to stay tuned up and in the game of life. Some people are ALL messed up but they put one foot in front of the other and persevere with a smile on their face. It's a great place with staff...

If you wanna kill big leaf maples cut them off. Bore the stump with the nose of your chainsaw or use a big drill bit.Pouring straight glyosphate might do the trick but something like Garlon Tordon, etc nasty stuff will kill it. Gotta do it when the stump is fresh.

I have had a three older Deere riders.They didn't have wash ports. I would put them on car ramps or something to lift them up so I could hose them and putty knife them well. Most often after every use. Caked up mud and dirt are the culprits. When HF started selling different mower lifts, it...

In Western Oregon, a project like this would likely entail topsoil and then CLAY. If you buy an auger you will find that drilling holes with a tractor mount or skid steer mount by yourself is less than desired. You will want a spotter. If you drill all these holes, you wil need to clean them...

Differentstrokes for different folks I've had a Wave from the beginning of time.Always have it on my person. quick fence work, screw driver, cut this cut that. combo pliers can't be beat when your tool box is far away.

Sometimes a Great Notion. It is also known as "never give an inch" in some circles because of studio pissyfits.

How about common sense? If it looks wrong, it probably is. Having loaded tires and full bucket would give you some margin.

It sounds like a love affair with an oldie. You won't regret springing for the grill guard. OEM spendy yes. Stout and does the job, yes also

I have two pairs of Nicks'. The oldest pair I had a complete factory rebuild. Mine are custom ordered and not off the rack. If you don't mind the process of getting custom fitted for a pair of real leather handmade boots, you can't go wrong. My original bootmaker was a guy in Portland Oregon...

I might just as well chime in here. I have and have had upper tier JD riders. When it is damp or wet, I hose the decks out after every use. EVERY one. Sometimes I really push these mowers beyond their intended use, on a place like mine with moles and voles, ruts and nuts. tall and wet. Sometimes...

Willamette Valley, Western Oregon, it is way too wet and cold. Grass is super high, might really top out and still be bad weather.

I have a few more thoughts to share, aside from falling and bucking timber, I also did extensive urban removals with a local arborist. PROFESSIONAL Arborists use a throw ball to get a line high up into a tree. Basically it is a big bean bag with shot gun shot in it. The bag is nylon or...

When you use a line on a tree...... wire rope or manila or poly.... take a ladder and place it around the tree as high as you dare. The higher up you go the better leverage you will have. TENSION is the theory. Not pulling it over with your pickup or tractor. First you face it up. Then you...

I would say you have enough opinions here to make you weary, confused, or emboldened. You have a decent size tractor. I don't know how agile you are, nor savvy. By all means any ground attack you make requires a Clear and clean escape route. You would want to practice the escape. I would...

I can agree with those who say don't monkey with grinder to have it fit. I betcha the dealer would do jus that. I have some SSQA stuff that is hard to fit and found if I grease the underneath of the top mount, the tractor side slides in easier, and when I shake the whole set up a few times I...

I prefer OOsak method. I had three sets of running gears over the years. Some where dedicated to off road, other were highway towable. For farm and off road that is my choice. I had one wagon that had a two inch ball set up. That wagon I towed down the highways behind a pickup or 2T farm...

I think you might be money ahead in the long run if you consult a local Certified arborist or very experienced nurseryman and get some input from them. People plant trees they like. often they are the wrong tree(s) for the location. There are so many native trees, and so many non native...

One thing I might add. If you are using your chips for bedding to mix with manure, make sure you know your chip source. Some wood is TOXIC to some livestock. You can look up something like " black walnut or black locust toxicity to animals"

It will not turn into compost quickly. If you have lots of it and leave it in a pile, it will begin to heat up, especially if you are chipping live green material. Urban arborists often have big piles that they continually feed, piling with tractor or bobcat. That stuff cooks down at the...

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I have a number of front end attachments for my ssqa. I have found that the one that fits best is the bucket that came with it. Others sometimes I would fight a bit and get to the point in my head maybe I am gonna bend the heck out of it. I started greasing the underside of the V now and then...

I just use schedule 40 PVC made into a "J" shape. Inverted and screwed into the vent hole. On the short end I have screen duct taped on to keep bugs out. Over the years, never had a problem. I did it this way until I finally broke down and bought a dedicated rectangular tank and mounted it...

Find out where your closest or best hydraulic supply place is. Call them and make sure they do custom work. Take yours to them and have new ones made exact fit.

Bolt on forks are for those who wish they had SSQA forks. REAL forks. Dig in the pockets and buy the real thing, you won't regret it. I'm at the stage where I don't need a big tank anymore. I don't need to have a hundred gallons sitting in the back of my pickup all the time, either. This...

Looks to me like a cultivator and or hiller, tillage with a team or single horses, or small tractor.... betcha..

Maybe I missed something.... I built a free standing harness room in my barn... It has a concrete floor. I put black plastic down Under the concrete. This room has never sweated nor pulled moisture up through the slab. The walls are just plain insulation, with paper on once side. Walls are...

Stihl chains are the hardest I have ever used, hold and edge unless you hit a rock or nail. HARD to handfile

I used to get my bar oil in fifty gallon drums.I was a professional. There's a reason I didn't run crapper oil in my chainsaws. Sometimes if it was really cold, I'd mix some diesel in my oil jug for the day. When falling for other outfits, I'd burn a gallon to gallon and a quarter of gas a day...

We have installed Mitsubishi mini splits over the last eight years and so far so good. It's all a retrofit but we couldn't be happier. I have not removed our ducted forced air wood furnace, but haven't used it since. We still fire up the Jotul now and then. I think forced air systems, will...

I gotta 20K rider on my L400 Kubota. Thousand dollar deductible. It's in my whole policy and dunno what I am paying specifically on it but don't care. I keep it in a 20 by 48 enclosed shed valued alone at 29K, and that is insured as well, same deductible. Fourteen years ago a tree fell on my old...

I gotta buddy. He is a gearhead, handyman extraordinare, jack of many trades. Some years back, he bought a chunk of ground, took his out of state architect friend plans and decided to have a go of it. Five thousand feet, two story place. He acted as his own GC and hired all the...

Ho boy, me thinks you gonna wanna rethink your desires.......

This is the real deal I think.... I have seen similar sets at serious trailer dealers. Amazon.com: Fulton Trailer Tester : Automotive

TMGT' has the same gutter guards I do, Easy On. I have purchased them over time from Costco and HD. I assume there are knock offs but I'm most pleased with them. They do come in different sizes to fit different size gutters. You can use their stickum tape or provided self taping screws or...

To chip or not to chip, that is the question. It all depends really on what your consciousness and attitude is. I can't see the point of stacking and burning. I can use the whole tree chips. They decompose, they mix with manure, and don't panic, it's organic. You can argue the cost of anything...

These two additions make sense when I am working in the orchard and need to do some real clean up. Two pieces of pvc pipe, cap glued on the bottom with drain hole drilled. Plywood and two by four box fastened via one bolt and one pin. Box come off when doing maintenance.

My double decker for reaching higher, yeah I know the tire needs some air. Cleaning out the barn owl box for the upcoming year.

I would have enjoyed them making it right, but after having them send me one pair, sending them back, sending me another pair, sending them back, I got frustrated enough, politely said, to forget them. Some one in their mfg chain royally screwed up, First pair I waited two months for, second...

For decades I had a guy in Portland Oregon make my boots, John Newberry. He learned at Whites, then struck out on his own. I think he made me five pair of work boots, I still have a pair of dress boots, all lace ups. He died and so I went to get a pair of Whites. They made me two pair that came...

I have the same AmpStep on my Tundra long bed. I wouldn't be with out it. My veterinarian has a couple AmpSteps on either side of the front of his Tundra Supercab and likes them opposed to running boards.

I am not in the severe temperature zone you are in. Sometimes it is snowing and freezing but not much. I take the time to hose out or scrape my bucket when done. A clean bucket is a happy bucket! I take the time, makes my next barn cleaning or rock hauling easier.

You are right.... I just never could get a good fit with their off the rack boots. The other guys measure and build to order. Totally custom if you want them.

Nicks' boots USA White's Boots USA Viberg Canada Drew's boots USA Anything else is a throway these days.

Overspray is tresspass. Being a good neighbor means you don't spray over the line. Chemical drift is an intrusion and just because they have been doing it forever means they need to stop. I have had chemical drift and I won't stand for it. If you suspect it is continuing, document with pen...

This was a "been gonna" project for a while. I made a mock up out of wood and screws. I went to the scrap yard and bought the aluminum I wanted. I cut it all to size, took it to a job shop and had it stuck together for 45 bucks. The side pocke insert piece is solid, so is the outer lowering...

I have one. heavy angle tray, heavy angle top and back. Side pockets for stakes. They made good stuff.

100 percent cotton hickory shirts Madsen's or Baileys, mail order on line or maybe your local farm store

The bars should have gauge engraved on them. as in o63 or 058, etc. That determines the garoove and accompanying drive sprocket. They need to be the same. If the saws have different gauge requirements, the chains shouldn't be switched out to one another.

I never drill holes with out a spotter. Neverrrrrrr. If I have a number of posts to set, I get a helper and trade off tamping and leveling. Building fence and serious repairing fence alone is a drag. I have had to replace wood posts in line. To protect my woven wire fence, I have a half sheet...

I have to say, the most dangerous piece of equipment in the woods is a farm tractor...... I know it aggravates but they really aren't designed for that use even though you can put all kinds of components on them.

I have known guys who seemingly never lube their top link. They just don't. I watched them struggle, beat, and mumble when switching out implements. My extended, ie not OEM top link has no zerks. I just keep the threads oiled generously a few times a year, and sometimes remove the unit...

It aint the size of the wand, tiz the magic behind it... A pro knows how to cover trees with diameter much larger than their bar length. Safely and efficiently. I don't have any new generation saws. Mine are tried and true and probably not fit for your app. I would say full skip chisel...

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My experience with sheds...... Putting down some form of insulating or condensation barrier under a metal roof.... ie hanging the stuff on your nailers and then putting tin on top...... in the end, bugs, birds, bats, and flying monkeys eventually trash it so that it has holes and leakage, and...

In closing...... Rocktober update.. Thursday the 21st they phoned and said come get it, repairs complete. Yesterday, Friday I picked it up a and asked to see the compression release mechanism that they removed and replaced. Nobody could see a problem with it there but "to keep the customer...

Assuming you are a young couple..... you have many years ahead and lots of changes in the future. I would recommend you put plywood and paper and metal down. The only thing you will regret is the money at the moment. In the future you will be glad you did it. Some people like having the rain...

Around here in western Oregon, all the farmers have flatbed truck with a big skid tank and all the trimmings to make a quick attack.Some have some are tandem axle jobs with two or three thousand gallon tanks. Some are dedicated but most are temporary for summer harvest season. Buddaymine in...

If you are gonna do it, and do it right besides making a doofer.... get yourself a tandem axle trailer and mount a five hundred to seven hundred and fifty gallon poly tank, Honda pump, plumbing and hoses and you won't regret it. During fire season in the PNW, loggers are required to have...

the sign is one of those plastic things made like cardboard. It is the top to a wooden crate. The crate with the top go over my air pump that I use for a summer aerator. The crate is a shelter from the weather and I have standard furnace filters duct taped on the inside to help keep the intake...

Until about seven or eight years ago, I burned all of the orchard trimmings, fence line clearing, anything organic that I could burn.I enjoyed sitting around the fires and keeping them tight and clean burning to the end..... for a couple, few days afterwards. I always considered it a waste and...

I made six foot wooden extensions that are handy for carrying lots of brush or orchard debris. These are plenty strong and as long as the loader can lift it I am good to go. Handy as can be for huge pile of branches or what have you.

My Carroll is handy when I want it. I like being able to carry stuff in there that I might bang up if in the bucket. I can carry stuff up front with the forks or bucket, and carry stuff in the back, which makes some short trips now and then instead of multiple. Sometimes I will just put my...

Your local yards have hack loader operators who Don't Care. You buy the product and you tell them how it should be loaded. And, you are pushing your luck with a half ton with that kind of weight. Trailer weight and product are over you recommended payload.

But Wait, there's more..... As the world turns so does the supply chain. I've been at this warranty problem with the Honda 13hp motor now for how long? As of today, I have been able to obtain a ten percent refund from Northern Tool. I phoned them again yesterday and they offered that, I took it...

I have a few ol grease guns. One has a pointed nozzle. One is air operated pistol grip. Two lever guns and a hand pistol gun. I had a real good older pistol gun that was easy to operate, it was German, and a joy until I ran it over. I went to a local farm store and bought some Chinese one...

I have three hooks. always have always will. Hooks on the side for light work. hook in the center for HEAVY work. It doesn't do the mechanism any good to reef the heck out of one side.... plus you can get your tractor airborne. Welded on or bolted on, is the best. I see the guy with the grab...

If Echo doesn't make a harness, why not try Shindawa? I'm not left handed... If the harness doesn't suit you, you can cut it up and reverse it.

And now, a word from our sponsor... Howdy and this is the latest on my Honda Motor saga. It is Wednesday evening. Monday I took it back to Pape' and said It doesn't work. Fix it fix it fix it and if you can't deal with warranty issues I don't care. Fix it. I spoke with one of the shop service...

One man's carryall.... I have SSQA front end loader. I have Landpride forks. Sometimes I just pickup my three point carryall on the forks, fasten it with rope go on about what ever I wanna do. It's handy if working in remote spot and just want to leave the carryall and tools etc right there. eazzzy.

Number 9 in the diagram is called a pop off. There is the threaded end and the closed end. Seems if I removed it, or took the end off that would release ANY residual pressure. The closed end has an inserted cap with a hex head. I just don't want any springs or Jesus clips flying round and...

The Final word. I took it in to the Honda authorized dealer and they said nothing wrong with it and I need to follow instructions. Well gents. This big motor is more than I can turn over. I like to thing I am farm ready even though I aint twenty two any more. I Can't start this "nice machine"...

I am on the west coast. Ordered it online and it came freight delivery.

UPDATE I had emailed NT over the weekend and expected to receive a reply today Monday. Ample opportunity to get back to me given the time zone diff. No word so I phoned and went through the telephone tree, was connected with a tech guy, most pleasant. We just don't see it being a pump issue...

I have run rentals that were garbage and easier to start.. Here it is morning and I try to start, of course I have the wand engaged and it busts my butt. Total resistance, need to be King Kong. I pull the plug out again and it turns easeeee. I just don't get it. It's like I need a compression...

Red GX390, muffler is black air cleaner shroud is black

My new Northern Tool pressure washer started out wonderfully. I dunno what happened. First time out. Ran it for an hour and a half, two at the max. Shut down. Put some more gas in and yank on it to rock and roll again. Nada. Dang near tore my arm off. Then the starter rope slipped out my hands...

Why don't you give your local soils and water conservation district a buzz and see that types of nuke juice they approve of and don't care for. Looking for the least toxic and benign solution. Fences might be not worth saving. And it depends on how many feet or miles of fence you are trying to...

The drought is just another hoax

This started out as the steel shipping pallet that my Woodmaxx chipper arrived in. I liked it and then made a duplicate that is c clamped onto the original to give me added height.

Schedule 40 You "might " think about a few other things. Black Poly has a way of being eaten by gophers or moles. Ask me how I know. Run a wire alongside you new buried pipe so SOMEDAY you or your successor will know where exactly the pipe is. Draw a map with full description and put it in...

If you are real serious about the best footwear, skip all the throwaway stuff. Get some USA or Canadian leather work boots made to order. They will last you a lifetime and become your heavyweight best friend and protect you. Smoker jumpers and firefighters pretty much go with Nick or White...

What everyone knows and says.... Fix it. I had one of these seven hp tillers bought new in 79 for 900. I ran it and ran it and ran it. Finally about five years ago some one was selling a BRAND NEW HP that had been in Storage for fifteen years. Sold t he old one and got t he new one with the...

I'm amused at the gripes about bar oil use.It's lubricant well paid for and used. If you don't wanna buy bars, don't wanna have sloppy chain slap in your groove, then buy the oil and use the saw as it was intended. You can be an excellent chain filer but if your chain is loose and side to side...

IF the wind accompanies this heat wave like it did last year........ We are in very very big trouble.

I've got a 2014 Tundra standard cab long box that is one heck of truck. But it is super sized and if they would have not discontinued the t100 long box I would have bought one of those in a second. These rigs that need steps up the wazoo are nuts. Add steps so you can reach over the side? Add...

You can purchase cone like shields that go on the end of wands. I have them on my Solo back pack sprayers, and they are easily removed or installed. It will absolutely control drift. Check em out

If you cut the unwanted brush trees off, assuming they are 1 to 3 inch diameter, you can brush the fresh cut with straight glyosphate on small paint brush. Or also drill small holes in the top and paint. That is the most benign treatment. Tordon, et al, they are all really toxic and will work...

Using a jack just seems like child's play according to some posts. Jacking timber has a learning curve. Ingredients include not undersizing your jack. Placing the jack where it NEEDS to be placed, not where it is convenient. Always use a jack plate, ie a plate ontop of the ram face. Best to...

We gotta split, mannnn. Yesterday marked the ten year anniversary of the tsunami and meltdown in Japan. We watched all the houses floating around and wondered WTH are those heating units doing at the top of the walls. Fast forward a couple years we figured they were the new mini split ductless...

Drop down to lower gear(s). Might aggravate you because you are working slower, but ahhhh.. steadier.

Captain Dirty is right on target. Discretion is the better part of valor. Money asside, remove it from the equation for the moment. The idea of hiring a certified insured arborist or insured logger is to minimize risk. You hire them to insure they will do the job flawlessly. Yeah maybe you and...

I'm a beast of habit. White Ox double layer cotton gloves, with or without elastic band. Aint the cheapest but "that's the way I like it". USA made. Bailey's sells them, and they also sell a no name double cotton also. I keep my leather gloves for driving or going to town if it is cold out...

I am assuming you are west of the Cascades. A 35 yo DF stand is a gem for now and the future. First I would recommend your local county or state Small Woodlands Association. Before you go out taming the land it would be nice for you to appreicate fully, what you have in your possession. On...

To put it politely I do not like this new format and think it is unfriendly and nasty. It sucks.

may I suggest?

I have no use for canopies or toppers. This is what I do for bedrails on all my pickups.Stout as stout can be. I can put binders and chains on there no problem, Heavy duty yes, over kill, maybe. does work for me with anything of value and weight. Unbreakable I guess, never have rolled one of...

I don't have much in the of concrete floors or aprons around here so castors are kind of iffy. I do have SSQA forks and this is my solution and I am really happy I finally did it after grunting around fifty gallon drums for so many dumb years.

The best twenty dollars you will spend is for a line setting sheet. For Internationals, this is the birth certificate and will tell you what engine, transmission, rear end, brakes etc that truck has. It will take the guess work out of any work you will do on it. Line Set Ticket - Factory Build...

Your three hundred gallons fuel tank and fuel and are gonna be heaveee. Huge HD castors underneath a home made pallet made of wood or steel would keep the center of gravity low and provide a space underneath for forklift forks. Picture this with castors under it.

I like your two by four bumper idea. I made this one a few years ago, double decker that can be taken apart if I only want low.

I need a new starter assembly for my old mower. Bendix spring is shot, ditto solenoid. Anyone have suggestions and good review for aftermarket or rebuilds? thanks

I don't see the point in a thirty gallon tank and trailer. Fifty seems the minimum and a "code" set up is safer although higher cost.

I like the versatility of having more room in my pickup bed and not packing a bunch of fuel around all the time. With my SSQA forks, this works nicely for me.

These work for me.

I am following up on Xfaxman. I have a 2014 Tundra work truck that is a huge change from our two, 1994 T100's. If they still made them I would buy them again. Convenient, fairly comfortable and eight foot bed that you can work out of without a stinking ladder. With almost five hundred K miles...

1967 Loadstar with a sixteen foot steel bed, scissor hoist, single ram. It is pretty convertible, I have a huge box I bolt on to it, or five foot side boards, or one foot sideboards. 345, five and two. Not the fastest but the gears are the key. I haul five six yards of rock, equipment, raw logs...

I had to use a pallet for a platform, working alone, using the ladder alongside it. Not the safest but I did work safe The yellow man basket is a actually a double decker. Top section can be removed with four c clamps opened up and taken off. If I had the smarts and access to one at the time, I...

I found that my wooden fork extensions come in real handy moving brush and limbs. I can stack on there by hand or I can go underneath. It works out super well for me if I am loading up some stuff to take to my chipper pile. I dump it in a way where the brush isn't compacted and easy to hand...

[ Two border collies this summer. replacements for a kelpie I had to put down unexpectedly The two top photos if they come out sideways, click on them and they should right themselves.

The B.C. Fires have been affecting the Willamette Valley for weeks in small and large ways. The last ten days fires in Oregon have been breaking out here and there. The last week has been tragic and horrendous for those in the direct vicinity. For all others it has been air quality like Bejing...

These are original Melroe fabricated and super handy. Spears can be shuffled around and removed for any width and number configuration. They are held in with cotter keys in back. I keep it hosed off and oiled in the winter. It lives outside.

If you have shorter pallet forks and you want to haul bales, you might try some wooden extensions

me too

two by eights six feet long. two by four six feet long, ripped. douglas fir star head exterior wood screws works fine for me, I have tried repeatedly to post photos and to no avail. Done it lots of tiems before, but for some reason, they don't come through. Anyway they slip on the forks like...

Similar to what I have, but never have used it for my orchard

I recently acquired a rather derelict LX172 as a barn find. Hood of course toast. Couple tires flat. Bagger assembly intact. I drug it out and loaded it onto a trailer and hauled it home. With some standard boy scout procedure I got the Kawasaki 14hp to run like a clock. New air filters, plug...

I am finding that five to six inch stuff is having a difficult time getting through the rollers. They chew it up and don't digest as they should. Maybe I set the spring tension wrong? Should I loosen and back off on the eye bolts or tighten them up? Or is it something to do with the small set...

The bottom basket began as the shipping pallet for a Woodmaxx hydraulic chipper. I worked great, but I needed more height. So made another one to bolt down on it. Then I decided that I liked having it be easily and quickly switched on and off so I went with four inch steel C Clamps. The lower...

Better RED than DEAD!!

another use for pallet forks...... This is a home made man lift basket. Bottom has slots for the forks. It is one section. I just added a second section for more height. Second section is secured with four C clamps

I haven't seen any tongue and groove barn floors in the pacific northwest. Alleys in OLD dairy and small farm barns were all rough sawn, side by side. If you lay em up and put them in dry, generally they will stay pretty tight. If you put them in green, they will shrink and you will have a gap...

Here are finished snapshots. I cut out the spots where the angle was in the way. That was fine. I hadn't quite bargained for the inconvenience of the board that had to be cut on the ends. It was just too tight to make it fit without cutting one end out more than I wanted. I wanted to make it...

Woodmaxx pto chippers come partially assembled but crated with a platform and uprights made of rectangular tubing and angle iron. I had this thing sitting around wondering what I was gonna do with it. On the bottom I added some big C iron to house my tractor forks. A couple more pieces of angle...

You're not crazy. This pole barn structure is sixty by fortyeight. All the siding and doors are RS full dimension douglas fir or western red cedar. Full dimension means a full one by twelve with full one by four batts. This one went up in stages over a five year period. The only thing I...