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    Duckweed in a lake

    Anyone know of something to kill it ? I found one spray but got sticker shock
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    Bagger for BX1800

    I am getting one that was on a bx1800 with a 54" deck. What changes will have to be made to it to fit my 60" deck?
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    City / water control guy want my land

    Have about 1.5 Ac with my house on a lake to the back To the side is a creak that drains out of this small lake They sandbagged the creak to see what raised levels would do It made about 30 of my yard ankle deep. I call that a swamp. I removed their sandbags but now have a septic problem...
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    Cyclone Rake or other leaf vac

    I have a bx1800 with a 60 deck My yard is in Fl and is 1.5 ac with a lot of mostly oak trees (but some others like banyon,pine, maple, cypress) oak leafs out number all others bay a truck load to trash can :) I had priced a Kubota bagger system and they can make the new bx baggers work with...
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    Free oil tank located in central Fl

    500+gl Used oil tank All you have to do is come get it Also not yet as I am still using it but soon I will have available a 500 gl propane tank with pump and all for filling up fork lift tanks
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    Anyone use the I-Robot gutter cleaner

    I have lot of trees and leave and a two story home so gutting cleaning can be a challenge I was looking around for easier ways to do it and came across this iRobot: iRobot® Looj™ Gutter Cleaning Robot - the faster, easier way to clean gutters. Shop the iRobot Store for Looj Gutter Cleaning...
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    Fl Rain....

    OK that is enough for a few days. They lakes are full and the rivers are running again
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    I just noticed something that needs corrected :)

    beside each of the forum titles is the ghost or a tire track It would seem to me the tread pattern could be wrong for the lawn and garden tractors
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    BX bagger cost... I don't understand it

    Just what is it that makes them cost so much? It is not like there is too much to them. Shoot you can get one with it's own trailer holds a lot more and motor (does not use PTO) cheaper just how is that It would seem to me that a PTO driven bagger "should" not cost so much. Someone help me...
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    Got me some more weight material

    We had 4 feet off of punch presses sitting here at work 16"x13"x3" solid steel That should be good for a pound or two
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    Can you hear me now?

    they asked me to move some stuff in the parking lot last night with the forklift so they could play basket ball. but it seems the drafter we got had also laid his phone down in the parking lot....Not on the many cars that was there. not up on a bunk of lumber that was there or on top of one of...
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    reducing sound from a motor?

    I have a trash pump with a 5.5 hp gas motor like on a mower running my sprinkler system... man it moves some water.... anyhow running it for hours and hours the noise is aggravating to my neighbors (I don't really care) and me and more so my wife(now I am forced to care) Seeing how when it is...
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    irrigation pump question

    I have one that pumps out of the lake to water my yard 2 1/2 line into the pump and 2" line out if I tap a small valve on the intake side and open it . The line should suck and not blow water right? I want to do this so I can put out liquid iron or bug poison or whatever on the yard using the...
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    neat farmall grader

    Not mine I was just looking around and found this Did they make them or is this a conversion someone did? Farmall M Road Grader Tractor
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    F250 air filter

    I about lost it when I found out the replacement filter is over $80...... Not a K&N filter or something like that just the stock filter
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    Beach cleaning

    Anyone got any thoughts on my plans go for it At work today I got a GOOD used titan 3" trash pump that they were going to trash because they did not feel it was worth shipping to the other office (long story but it was free to me) It pumps 18,000 GPM The beach front at my lake is loaded with...
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    Bagger for my bx1800?

    Where I have moved the oak leaves are abut to overwhelm me So I talked to my dealer and it seems that I can no loner get Kubota bagger. So now what? Anyone know anything about the DR type pull behinds?
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    Game camera recompilation

    My wife drives a school bus. Someone that has a key has been getting on it and plundering in her paperwork and stuff. We know who it is (another driver) but need proof to get something done. Requirements 1. Black so it can blend in 2. IR so there is no flash (it is happening at night) 3...
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    Free gun

    Figured that would make you look :) bs pictures by ckevans61 - Photobucket Old guy gave me this double barrel I know very little about it Things I do know Belgian something something is stamped on it (very hard to read) It is 12-gauge and it needs some work may be just a wall hanger any...
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    Getting and excavators feet wet

    ok I know about how deep in water/mud I can go with a real excavator but I am renting a small one to clean out my lake front as I don't want a real one running across my brick drive and messing up the yard. beside a smaller one will work fine for what I need. Looking at a TB135 excavator if I...
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    Seems like a strange tractor?

    Case Lawn Tractor 220 with Snow Blower/Winter Cab/Mower Deck/Dump Cart Well maybe not so much the tractor but seems like a strange on to be on a Florida sales add
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    CDL physical

    My wife who is a school bus driver and gets paid very little went in for a physical and they want her to take a sleep apnea based on noting more then her weight at a cost to her of 6k to me they have no base for this. checking for a sleep problem this way if like checking a cars spark plugs buy...
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    Saturday was busy

    this was done mainly by hand and wading out a heavy homemade rake with a chain and pulling back in with my truck
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    Airsoft guns

    So I go the the hobby store this past weekend to get one for my boy. he and his buddies are getting big into playing war and he wanted a "good" gun. Man these "toys" have evolved look, act, feel real lots of range and fire power. Daddy may have to get one. Is it ok to shoot 12 year olds if...
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    Welcome to my world

    last night I get the old "the dog has something cornered in the back yard" I get on my shoes to go out and my son is loading his pellet gun. I am like what are you doing put that up. So I get out there to find it is a rat snake after messing with it to be sure it was not something that might...
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    Heck of a deal for someone if it is real

    happened on this on craigslist. Tractor Kubota BX2200
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    Craigslist 3 point sprayer for sale

    So if I find a 3 point sprayer for sale in the same town that my in-laws live in and if says contact Chuck or Jennifer and my wife's name is Jennifer should I worry?
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    Cup holder

    So has anyone ever been able to use the finder mounted cup holder? Unless I am parked it will bounce the drink right out. But it does make a good place to keep a roll of electrical tape
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    How much firewood for this winter

    Old man and his grandson were cutting and stacking fire wood and the old guy tells his grandson to run down the road and ask the Indian down at then end how bad a winter is it going to be. The boy come back and says that the chief says it is looking bad this year So the old man and boy cut and...
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    Came across this on Craigslist

    Tractor new holland 4WD and Woods 72 mower Seems like too good of the deal to me like a scam
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    So I find this on the net

    and can't help but think it belongs in "related topics" Now what TBNer is this related to?
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    When was your house built?

    I will start 1917 2x6's are all full 2" x 6" makes repairs fun
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    How to Kill yellow jackets?

    Found them when I was clearing with a bush ax (well they found me) caned wasp spray seemed useless can not use gas because that are at the base of a group of trees I do not want to kill withing feet of a lake. I wanted till after dark and seven dusted them (because I had some) seemed to slow...
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    Backpack leaf blower

    got me one of those $350 echo ones from home depot as I was getting sick of racking a sweeping the drive. Boy that thing "worked" great the dozen or so times I have used it. Got home from work yesterday and notice a gas can was left out of my shop so I picked it up and took it to the shop and...
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    What a good weekend

    My daughter graduated high school this weekend. last two years she went to one at the local collage that has now become a state collage ? Honors with distinction so many "and this and thats" in front of her name I lost count Already has something like 36 collage credits.
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    Can you come help me mow

    I get a call for Sis and BIL who took on a mowing job that was too much for their mower and wanted me to come help with my bota. This is what I found when I got there.
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    Found that soft spot by the lake

    .. working by he lake and the rear tire found a spot with no bottom
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    BX running hot

    My little bx was running hot and did not seem to be pumping water so I removed the thermostat and it is now pumping water but still will run hot. My assumption is the radiator is so small the coolant will not slow down enough to just run without the thermostat. I have one ordered and it should...
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    Bad Storms here yesterday

    found these pics in the paper
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    Check this out auto-steering

    TeeJet - FieldPilot® Auto Steering mowing made easy? :) LOL
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    Clearing a lake front

    bout a new (to me) house on a lake and it has been allowed to grow up with cattail grass and all the other stuff that grows in the edge of a Fla lake. Any suggestions? was thinking of renting a mini excavator but I do not think they will run is much more than 6 inches of water and I need to get...
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    Snow  Just to let all you snow guys know

    I had to mow grass today :)
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    dedicated kubota forum

    what is wrong with this one? "Kuboata owning/operating" it's fee and all Bota
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    How to make you 3 point drop lower

    The attached pics show how I was able to get my 3 point to lower more. Notice the two adjustable arms. I can drop the quick hitch right to the floor if needed
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    My 10-year old son is making a killing

    10$ a week using my Kubota with me trailering it to my moms for him to mow. Part of the deal "them two" made for me is I get no equment rent, no fees of hauling the mower to her house and I must pay for all needed fuel oh yea and I have to do the weedwacker work
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    BX overheating

    Like many others.I noticed that my bx temp was now starting to move real near the red. It has enver done that Screen is clean and even took a garden hosed to the radator with no luck it would go right back up after an hour or so of mowing. Well I stopped by the carwash to clean it on the way...
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    Cheep tool company that starts with an "H"

    I must have had a brain cell die or something. Not Harbor Freight but the other one... What's the name?
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    Always keep one eye on where your going

    http://whatreallyhappened.com/IMAGES/groundedship.jpg
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    Not sure were to post this

    found on youtube thought you guys might like it YouTube - Sweet Georgia Brown med traktorkomp
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    Fishing last night

    Wife was realy wanting to go so I took her and kids down to the lake to fish for a little while. Well I am getting on to everyone about watching their back cast and all was going ok till my girl got a little bass and got a little worked up... I no more got sat back down at the front of the boat...
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    Any one know about car type ACs?

    think it would be easy to take a junk yard ac system out of a car mount to a carryall and convert it to run off the PTO? Think 540 would turn the compressor fast enough to do any good?
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    Man it's hot yea hot

    out working on the boat top today and had to get the fan out. It's xmas time right? don't feel like it
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    going to the Florida flywheeler show this Saturday?

    anyone going in the morning? Florida Flywheelers Show Events
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    Bolt holes on the back of the new bx seat?

    4 of them, they are the same size as the ones on the bottom. Any idea what they are for?
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    Stearing lines again

    well kind of "again" repaced the back two a few weeks ago and check the front ones and they "looked" fine Well I got about three more mowings out of it before one of the front ones started leaking At least they don't seem like that will be too bad to replace
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    Do the new bx loaders fit the older bx's

    I have a 1800 will a 1830 loader fit it or can the loader for the 1800 still be found?
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    So how hard is it to get the floor pan off a 1800

    I have to replace the steering hoses and realy don't want to lay on my back
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    leaking steering lines

    Went to mow moms yard today . Got the tractor loaded and noticed UDT all over the place. Steering line is leaking. Best I can tell it has chafed on the metal as it exits from under the dash. I would not have expected this with only 400 hours. Looks took the covers and deck off so I can see it...
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    Diesal truck stoped today on the way to work

    I give it gas to go and it does not want to move right away then it is like someone kicked it in the back side and it takes off Next stop sign I push the peddle and it stayed at idle RPMs. So I shut it down and it will not start back. It seems to try but never starts I am thinking a) bad fuel...
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    If you wife pays off your tractor early....

    and does not tell you. Can you punish her by buying a loader for the tractor?
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    Will "Feed" corn grow?

    If I go by a big bag of whole corn feed could I expect it to grow if planted?
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    Bx1800 Battery light is on

    I asume I have to replace the alat. How hard its it? (I asume not much more that on a car) How costly is it. (I assume much more than a car)
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    So what is the smalest tractor with AC

    sure would make it nicer cutting the yard. How long do you keep a tractor before trading up? is there a such thing as too big? Is something like this to big to mow a 1 ac yard? http://ensign.ftlcomm.com/tractor/johnBob/big.jpg
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    Well I got new siding for x-mas

    I got me new siding for the barn the old t-111 was rotting from the bottom.So I went to work and cut off the bad stuff (about the bottom 4 ft) Sure seems funny taking a skill saw and cutting a building in half Anyhow got new plywood with felt and just about have all the new Hardy Board lap...
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    Can you still get a Loader for a BX1800

    I checked at a dealer the other day and they said no.....Is this true?
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    Cattle gap in road question

    you know the type you drive over that are just a bunch of pipes. Will a dog cross one? I want to keep my dogs in without having to get out and open a gate all the time
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    Is JimR still around?

    I have not been able to get on for sometime. Anyhow I just tried to PM him and got "user not found"
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    "Liquid Glass"??

    Anyone use this stuff? my fiberglass boat is in bad need of a waxing and I am thinking about using this stuff
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    PTO diven presure washer?

    does anyone make one? weems my tractor would dive one better than a little briggs would.
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    E-mail ?

    how do I send a e-mail without anyone knowing where it is from ? I need to report something to the law
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    Florida Flywheelers show this weekend

    anyone going? There going to be a TBN tent?
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    It sputtered on me today

    my bx sputted twice on me...kind of like a gas motor with bad points....never quit and seemed to clear right back up..... what you thing a little water in the fuel?
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    New Bx's have a 1/4 inching 3-pt

    New Bx\'s have a 1/4 inching 3-pt worned if I can convert mine to 1/4 inching valve?
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    FIL bouth me a Jon-boat

    EDIT cause I can't spell Title needs to read "FIL bought me a jon-boat" He called last night and said "I bought you a jon-boat come in get it saturday and when you do bring me $100 " LOL
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    Well Momma say the Bota will be paid off soon

    So I say good I am going to add a loader it it soon (when it is paid off) The nerve of this woman....she looking right in my eyes and said NO but she said no about a bx1500 and I got a bx1800 Now where you hid a loading on my land (1 ac. )that she will not find it?
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    help me think

    I "want" (not need) bar tires and a loader for my BX1800 (2002 model) anyhow we all know the price for these items so I was worndering what it would change my payments to trade my tactor on a new on with bar with the loader? maybe just keep my mower deck assuming the 60" decks are still the same
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    Lazer on everything

    I was looking at tools and god they even have a lazer pointer on a drill now so you can see where the hole will be drilled. I guess looking at the tip of the drill bit was too hard. As I am ranting to the wife about this I say I should put one on my Bota so I can cut perfict rows in the garden...
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    Tooth Harrow

    I want to make one of these(see pic below)...I think they would work good down here in fla. It looks simple enough but I have not seen one live and have a few questions about it I would think that heavy rebar would make good spikes (correct me if I am wrong) how big and long are the teeth...
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    Got my Xmas light up

    Click here to see them . . . . . . . . . . . . . (ok maybe they not "mine")
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    Quick Hitches  Quick hitch

    well got me one and it works great. it only came with 1 set of the adapters bushings whatever they are called for the lower arms. I put these on my box blade and it worked so good I went off to get two more sets of them. God god those things are $44 a set (21 and change each) at TSC almost 1/4...
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    maybe kubota could do something like thsi

    hope this link works
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    Hauling diesal on a trailer

    what are or where can I find what the rules are? We (work) have a 500 gl trailer mounted tank to haul fuel in to feed our gen sets when we are without power due to hurricanes but I be darned if I can find on the Fla DOT site what the rules are and they are not very timely about replying to e-mails
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    Wilma

    a few of the pics we took last week when we made some fuel and supply runs to the home office http://home.earthlink.net/~cealpine/pb/
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    OK I know it is not safe to ride kids but .....

    ...what about dads My wife says I am crazy but. This weekend I had to put up gutters at my mothers house. not wanting to move the ladder 8 billion times I climb up on the canopy of my BX with my tools and have my 12 year old daughter move it forward as I work. The bigest problem I had was if it...
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    It's not fair

    It\'s not fair here I set at my desk job and they are clearing land right outside my window. got all kinds of big toys running and I have to WORK!
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    yahoo mail ?

    if I send a yahoo e-mail to the county gripping (without being nasty or rude) about lack of code inforcement will they know who I am. I don't want the people I am gripping about knowing who it is as they work for the county and I feel they would cause problems
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    JD "Bush blades"

    JD \"Bush blades\" http://cgi.govliquidation.com/auction/view?id=641978 I found this too big for my scut but my be a good deal for someone
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    u-pull it junkyards are great things

    I was helping the Brother-in-law look for a part for his old truck. I got to noticing that more cars anymore have electric radator fans. Soon after I got home I had a hole cut the the top I had build on my bota and an fan mounted to blow now on my head. Now I am thinking if I could mount a...
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    Door knocking bear

    Door knocking bear Animal experts in Croatia say a bear has learned how to trick people to let him in by knocking at the door. They believe the 35-stone brown bear probably learned the trick while nudging a door to get it to open. Experts speculate the nudging was mistaken by the owners for...
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    chipper

    Worker Clearing Wood Chipper Pulled To Death By LAURA KINSLER lkinsler@tampatrib.com Published: Jul 7, 2005 TAMPA - A pile of wood chips 6 feet high was soaked with blood Wednesday afternoon after a Tampa construction worker died while clearing a lot on 127th Avenue. A black...
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    48" bushhog on a bx1800

    48\" bushhog on a bx1800 my manual says use a 42" but 48" is a lot cheeper (I guess they make more of them) So will 6" more be a big deal?
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    Should I file for a Devorce?

    Got home from work last night and my wife used MY BOTA to mow MY yard....THATS MY JOB!!!!!!.. She like it so much she mowed the yard beside us for the lady also!!!
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    Grassy type bamboo

    you know the clumping stuff the size of your finger. A co worker was talking about digging some up and how hard it was going to be. I (being a nice guy and looking for seat time) told him I would bring over the BX with the box blade and we would hook it with the root rake and pop that "grass"...
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    Need rain?

    They were saying on the news here that our part of Fla is 370% above normal. Somewhere else in Fla was more than 500% above normal. We are not far enough above sea level to take much more lol.... I think we need a good tropical depresion to set over here for a week or so
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    Another barn moving post

    I have a 18x20 wood frame barn. It sits on a 6" floating slab. My granddad did it this way for me so "we" could easly move it when I built a house. Well it took longer than we thought for me to get around to replacing my MH with a house and me granddad (my know how guy) is no longer around to...
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    I can't understand some people

    I can\'t understand some people the people beside me have girls that are into FFA...(I think it is more mom and dad you know how that is) On about 2 acares that have a donkey a goat and 3 cows so you can just guess how the grass does. I was out cutting my corn stalks down and asked if they...
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    Stuck cuppler on my PTO

    got done spraying last night and went to unhook the pto pump and the little ball fell out of the cuppler. I is stuck on now. I got so mad that I put the whole thing back in the shop before I broke something. This this is new and still has the tractor supply sticker on it and now it is stuck on...
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    What are the tricks to pulling a well pump?

    it is 75-100 down a 4" well hung on steel pipe. I need a new foot valve in it. The well guy want $500 to do it. I was thinking that with the tools it would only have took him and hour or so so I thought 200-300 but to me 5 seems high
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    Uddergate

    Moooooo http://www.letyourselfplay.com/lyp/uddergate.htm
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    How come it's so hard when they are watching

    How come it\'s so hard when they are watching Wife got a 18' above ground pool for the kids to play in this summer "She say get that tactor and box blade and level me a spot" OH BOY SEAT TIME!!!! Well that pass was too deep opps up to much and so on for a long time Got to pool up and she Then...
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    No more NWS

    I saw on the news (can't find on the net yet) that a PA (home of accuweather) congressman is trying to kill the NWS.....Well kill is not the word . There would still be one that only gives info to the news and accuweather type....and there may also be no more NWS radio. no more NWS web site and...
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    Separate Area for "how to" or "tips and tricks"

    Separate Area for \"how to\" or \"tips and tricks\" A lot of guys show lots of good tips tricks and how to....with a lot of detail maybe we should have a area for that. heck even have it where most of us can't post in it but have to request from TBN that something "good" that was posted be...
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    Diesal Tuners

    I might of asked before but I will again like let's say this one Predator are they all they say or am I looking to scew up my truck? anyone running a tuner?
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    Deere chopper

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    Truss Info

    I am always seeing a lot of Truss questions up here. Alpine is one of the Co's that makes truss plates and they have a lot of information on their web site http://www.alpeng.com/wood_truss_info.html
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    LOT (3)PLTS, AUGER & ATTACHMENTS, MD H8200-9, W/ 9

    found this. thought I would post it as I have no use for it http://cgi.govliquidation.com/auction/view?id=560733&convertTo=USD
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    Chickens

    The next door neighbors have girls that at into FFA they have fences most of their yard off. The whole yard is maybe 2.5 acres. Is this little area the now have 3 cows, a donkey several pigs off and on, a goat and they are talking about a horse. I have no problem with any of this as they all...
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    Vacation time

    hooking up the camper going camping. This will be the first time I have pulled with the f250 powerstroke looking forward to seeing how it does. Anyhow what do you think the chances are the wife will let me put the Bx in the back of the truck so I have something to do for the week of sitting in a...
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    Pic from the Fla flywheels show

    Ford
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    Saw this at the Flywheelers show last weekend

    I pic is worth 10000000........
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    Florida Flywheelers ...Whos going?

    http://www.floridaflywheelers.org/ ANNUAL SHOW Feb. 24-27, 2005 i want to go Saturday if its not raining all day
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    Holly cow....

    Calf will need a fleet of BXs soon
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    We are running it dry

    I don't know were to post this as TBN does not have a place labeled stupid We have a big diesal gen set here in case of a power outage. We have a outage this moring and they don't hook it up. I go to lunch and see it running and ask why is it running if the power is already up (it was only...
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    Bed Covers (more parts for the new truck)

    I had a soft one on the Dodge but I think I would like a locking one on the Ford. Any TBNers got or know someone that had one of these Fold-a-covers? Seems less moving parts to go bad (and cheeper than the roll up type)
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    What Brake Control would you get?

    for a 28" travel trailer? I had a time delay type on my Dodge and it seemed to jerk a lot and it seemed when you get it set right for the open road it was not right for when you had to jump off to the city
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    How cold for a block heater

    My new powerstroke has a block heater and I know it "should" never get cold enough here in Fl to make starting a problem. But, I do travel to NC and TN form time to time. At what temp do you guys plug your heaters up? When do you think about adding antigel?
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    Good deal? (Truck)

    04 king ranch 8000 miles every thing you can put on it from the factory 37k
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    Tractor Supply's quick hitchs

    Tractor Supply\'s quick hitchs I have desided that my wife will buy me one for Christmas (She does not know this yet but that is another story) Are they good quality or should I look somewhere else for one?
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    new f-250 mpg?

    well with the price of diesal going higher and higher I now don't see paying 5k more fore a diesal motor just to pay more for fuel. so window sticker does not say the MPG on 3/4 ton trucks....anyone know what there are getting? F-250 4x4 crew cab 5.4L 8 Cylinder gas
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    Here is Pinky, our pet of the week

    http://www.StupidVideos.com/?VideoID=837 Now that's funny.
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    Kubota saftey written for junkman :)

    http://kubota.com/h/safety/Coloring_Book.pdf
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    Is 3 point leak down normal

    mine seems to be leaking down with the tractor off very slow(like over hours) is that normal?
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    4 door diesel 4x4

    Ford or Dodge? (no I will not even think about a Chevy) I have a 2001 quad cab with a 318 and it is a great truck but the kids are getting bigger so I am thinking about moving on. Ford is a true crew cab so that means more room for the kids in the back Dodge and the dodge dealer have been very...
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    Be careful were you put that three

    Because 100 years from now when your long gone this might happen http://home.earthlink.net/~cealpine/BaddayinAfrica_3.mpg edit : should have said TREE
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    all this for $850?

    I was looking for a good used tiller and happened on this. To far for me to drive and a little too big for my BX but thought I would point it out to you guys. 5ft Blade, 5ft PTO tiller, 4ft finish mower, 7ft disc, bottom buster & row maker...
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    This is funny

    http://aclu.org/pizza/images/screen.swf
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    Is this a good compressor?

    http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product.do?BV_UseBVCookie=Yes&vertical=TOOL&pid=00916870000&bidsite=CRAFT 6 hp 33 gl tank....Think it will run a paint gun ok? hey have it on the net for 329+- but I just got a catalog with it for 299
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    The toughest truck on the road..

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/prog28/hilux_broadband.ram about 15min long
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    Just scored another freebee

    1500 sq foot of new roofing tin. the stuff that is shaped like shingles
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    Correct way to fix a drive?

    people behind me want my help fixing there drive. Over the years because they just drove through the sand it has become way soft and basicaly a wide ditch running right to their house. (the UPS truck getting stuck last week really did a number on it) He wanted me to level some limestone ot clay...
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    What to plant in my garden.....

    this time of year in FL? Right now it is just horse poop and sand. I feel the need to grow something
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    found a 7" x 16' steel pipe here at work

    found a 7\" x 16\' steel pipe here at work it is faily new little to no rust with what looks like 1/4 inch walls on it. it will soon become mine.. Now what should I build with their pipe for me
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    You can't buy a look like this on a kids face

    You can\'t buy a look like this on a kids face and all I said was "do you want to drive this down the road"
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    nail guns

    way to many people hold the trigger all the time and use the safety to drive the nail as the hit the gun on the wood. Not that it is that bad a thing to do if you remember to let go when you slip or fall. Working in trusses I have seen more than one person nail their foot to a table. But...
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    Tires  All this talk of filled tires got me wanting to do

    Dealer says I can just use water. Will that rust my rims?
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    This Storm

    This is kind of cool
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    Boy, 11, Takes Car on Long Excursion

    Boy, 11, Takes Car on Long Excursion Sat Oct 9, 4:52 AM ET U.S. National - AP INDEPENDENCE, Mo. - An 11-year-old boy who told authorities he was upset about being bullied at school took off in the family car on an odyssey that ended more than 200 miles away on the other side of the...
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    Hu my power bill went up a little

    only went from 133 to 579 for a dubl-wide moble home and I did not have power because of two hurricanes and the stupid lady on the phone with the power co say it must be something in my house hummm that much more draw it would blow the breaker or start a fire
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    I think I have "bota-shoulder"

    I think I have \"bota-shoulder\" my right shoulder/neck area is killing me. I assume from watching my box blade
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    Loader cost

    so if you had a bx1800 and were wanting a loader how much shoud you expect to spend?
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    Found me a truck to pull my Bx

    http://www.internationaldelivers.com/site_layout/severe/cxt.asp
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    Hey Flboys look out (AGAIN)

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    Rock Fishing

    http://www.blur.com/html_quicktime/rockfish_480.html Really nothing to do with tractors ....(Well I guess you could say he was fishing from one) but it is good
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    main rad we are off of

    on 8/14 shoudl have read "Main ROAD we are off of" guess you can't edit the subject line
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    JD's new 2 wheeler

    JD\'s new 2 wheeler .......
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    Things you learn after a week with no power

    Most people can't live without it at all.No idea how to cook or even what kind of food to get so it will not go bad. So people think that the city can keep pumping water without power so they let their kids play in the hose. If your neighborhood is screwed up people will dive through grove sand...
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    Hurrance Charley is comming to town

    Does not look like it will be a whole lot unless you live on the beach or in a low spot. But I am sure my Homeowners ins. will skyrocket now
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    Cool Tops fan

    This is cool . But they want 350 for it. Seems like it would be easy to build just a trip down to the old u-pull-it just yard and 30 mins with a welder http://www.codymercantile.com/item-detail.cfm?ID=7145&storeid=1&Cat_Display=static
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    Never let you wife see you hit a tree!

    While looking at the boom of my spreayer to keep it from hitting a tree I hit my sun shade on the tree. The wife is now calling me George of the Jungle
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    Too Funny not to post

    Was thinking about putting it in saftey http://www.dentry.net/uploads/pitstop_1.mpg
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    Sprayer  What PSI for a sprayer?

    Just built me one. What kind of PSI do you guys run yours at?
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    The war is on

    Look out fire-ants I got my 3 pt sprayer done.(pictures to come this weekend) Now assuming homeland security does not come after me it is full out chemical warfare. Now what to spray? I have some ideas but would like to here what you think BTW I did find out that it does not take too many RMP...
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    Deck adjust knob broke

    The plastic (why plactic?) knob you turn to adjust the cut setting and lock the deck in the top setting split on me last night. They are sending me a new one but I don't want it to happen again. They deck is very hard at times to lock in the TOP setting and I am sure this is what did it. Is...
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    Bush hog size

    Ok the book says I can pull a 42" hog with my bx1800 but 48" cost a lot less and are easier to find used. So do you guys think that 6" will be a big deal?
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    New Sun shade (Thanks Mom)

    Made me a new sun shade this weekend with the help of Mom (I can't sew but knew want I wanted) Made me a rectangle frame out of EMT and attracted it to my ROP Got some white canvas and died it Kubota orange (1/2 red dye and 1/2 orange) Even got orange small rope/string holding the canvas to...
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    Strange phone calls

    Coworker here just told me he got a call last night accusing his son of biting the neighbor’s dog. Having no son he says are you tell me that my dog got out and got your kid? The caller replies NO I told you your son bit my dog!! He tried to explain he did not have a son and they got pissed and...
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    Well I got demoted yesterday.

    I was bad enough that my 11 year old girl wants to mow and anything else she can on my BX but I thought that boxblading the horse crap over the garden area was safe for me to do after all what girl wants to play in horse crap. Well I was wrong like radar she hears the BX running and here she...
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    Coworker (more of a friend than a coworker)

    About two weeks ago 30 mins from leaving for vacation got knocked backwards while working in the shop hitting his head on the concrete floor. Got air lifted out of here has had two operations on his head to remove blood clots and still has yet to “really” wake up. I had not said anything yet...
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    Weather tools ...What do you use

    I use intellicast.com and accuweather.com found these this week that are cool also Stormpredator.com..... you can set up a scan zone around and area and set up treshholds of how hard the rain has to be in that zone and a alram will sound. (I am just running the free trail for now) And for you...
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    Fuel price web page

    http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/oog/info/gdu/gasdiesel.asp
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    cost of sef done 50 hour service?

    well it's about that time I have about 45+- hours so I am going to do the 50 hour service this weekend. I talked to the service guy last time I was in the shop and it all seems simple enough. So roughly how much is this going to cost me?
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    There is the right way to weld a gas tank and then

    ...there is this
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    I'm a redneck because of my lunch?

    I\'m a redneck because of my lunch? Seems just because I had Fried tomatoes Fried bologna Oh yea and a sliced red “mator” too The prople in this office think I am a redneck. Don't they know good food? Does lunch have to come in a paper bag with a M on it?
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    Sprayer  What size 3-point sprayer

    for my bx1800 + 1 acre yard? ( have 80 lbs of extra weight on the front) I am thinking that a 25-30 gl would be more than enough
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    Husband burns house so wife won't get it

    Husband burns house so wife won\'t get it ok maybe this is not related but I had to post it News Husband burns house so wife won't get it By J. Eric Eckard, Rocky Mount Telegram A Nashville man going through a divorce burned his home to the ground Wednesday in an effort to...
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    Now that I have the tractor,

    My wife says I have a problem. I find myself riding down the road looking at driveways and yards spotting high or low spots and saying “I could fix that” or “They should fix that it looks bad” Overgrow yards/ fields I do the same thing. Is there a support group for my sickness?
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    This must be my "bay back" for getting the bota

    This must be my \"bay back\" for getting the bota edit : make that "bay back" "Pay back" My wife bought 75 bags of mulch (5.5 yards +-) (all came to the house in one load on my truck) 50 steping big stones (all came to the house in one load on my truck) 220 16 inch conc edgers (yet to be...
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    They can't find there driver?

    They can\'t find there driver? ok my tractor was going to be delivered two days ago and the second sending unit was bad I call at 11am today and the driver will be back in 1 hr and then be out with my tractor... At 3:30 I call and they say he has not come back yet and they have not seen him...
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    New add on's for tractors (funny)

    New add on\'s for tractors (funny) http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=33646&item=2463481666
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    Second sending bad

    Had a fuel leek and put the Bota in the shop. The sending unit in tank was bad and they replaced it. They were loading it on the truck to bring it back to me and the driver noticed the gage not working...Yep the new sending unit was bad I guess it is better it happened there but two of them...
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    Where is mopower440

    Did he not say instpection was monday?
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    Oil & Fuel  Well my 1800 is in the shop for the fuel leek

    He said it was the sending unit and when he took it out it also looked like the hole for it in the tank was cut the wrong size so they are replacing the tank also. They I took it to the Friday and I might not get it back till this Friday I feel like a kid that can't play with his toys
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    Kids run to clean the yard now that I mow.....

    .....with the Bota I got sick of telling them to pick up this ball or that toy and you know after running a few over when they hear the mower deck fire up the run to check the yard for anything they forgot….”Momma with the new tractor daddy will just cut up anything" Now when they leave toys out...
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    Is it just our Tractor Supply or is it all of them

    Ok tractor attachments are mosty stored outside and I expect to see a little rust on them but I went to the TSC in Lake Wales Fl and all of their stuff looked used it was so rusty. Am I wrong to expect when I buy something new for my tractor for it to look new or expect some major discount...
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    You can buy anything on e-bay

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2231937565&category=13983&sspagename=STRK:MESSE:IT&rd=1
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    how wide is the frame on the front of a bx1800?

    I am cutting a chunk of steel to bolt to the front for a weight and forgot the mesure how tall the frame is. Also if you happen to know the size and spacing of the bolt holes it sure would help me. Save me a trip back to the house anyhow. Thanks
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    Found me a hunk of steel out in our shop

    and I am thinking it would make a goo front weight if I can get it and maybe cut it down a little to make smaller weights it is 3" x 1.5' x 2' best I can figure it should weigh a little over 360 lbs. That should help stop the wheel spin when I am pulling my box blade
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    Tiller  Homier Tiller

    anyone have one? are they any good or just juck? Cost seems to be about 1/2 of the other small ones edit to add a pic
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    3 pt speed

    When working my box blade it seems like the speed of the 3 pt is way to fast.(to me anyhow) I know you can slow down how fast it drops with the little knob under the seat but how can I slow down how fast it come up?
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    Check this out "mattracks" for CUTs

    Check this out \"mattracks\" for CUTs web page
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    I have to put my baby on a trailer

    got to take it over to moms this weekend to do a little work for her. Anyhow how is the best way to strap down a Bx. the back is easy to find a spot to hook to but there is nothing on the front of it. I am thinking of just adding a SS hook to one of the holes on the front of the frame
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    Hyd top link cost?

    so how much would it cost me to add one to my Bx? Is this something I can do myself?
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    Wood heat to go

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    Kicking the arms off of a 3 pt attachment

    I was unhooking my box bale and just kicked the lower arm off this weekend. When I kicked the last one off the thing rolled just enough and fast enough to catch my foot between the blade bracket and the arm....Good thing I have small box blade and my wife was there to pick up on it. Nothing...
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    Bagger cost shock

    well I priced a bagger for my bx1800 and was shocked to find the proce was around $1500. I dicided I really did not want one that bad
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    Speaking of dogs, this just makes me mad.

    The people across the road from me got a dog and chained it in the field. The only time it was ever been mowed or anything was when they went on vacation and I slipped over there and did it with an old tractor because I was sick of looking at it. Their yard it just as bad and full of junk. It...
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    Banging deck

    with my 60" deck on my 1800 set to top it seems to bang the heck out of the bottom of the tractor. Right now I am setting it to the highest cut so it does not bang but this is not realy what I would call locked at the top. Thinking about glueing a piece of rubber to the top of the deck. You guys...
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    Grading  Box blade tricks on a BX

    Ok I have used box blades on full size tractors and never had too much problem setting the at the correct height to level a drive or whatever but I and sure having problems with my 42” land pride behind my bx1800 and was hoping that you guys had some hints / tricks that could help me. Seems if I...
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    I might have to buy another tractor

    Every time I "need" mine the wife has the little red wagon full of kids riding them down the road So I may have to get another one
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    Wires under seat are for what?

    If you flip up the seat were the wires are right in the area of the little red vent on the trans case is several wires that are pluged to nothing. What are they ment for? I might be able to take a pic tonight if needed
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    Stupid little red tail lights

    last night while unhooking my box blade on my 1800 and droping my flashlight a few times I looked at those little red tail lights and thought "why in the world th boto put them on" Really what good are they? shoot the thing has the big yellow flasher if I did decide to run it down the road. now...
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    3 pt sprayer

    I am thinking of building my own 3 pt sprayer ... Seeing how I have 99% of the stuff anyhow and just need to put it all together. So without counter weights (hills are not a problem I am in Fl) will a 55 gl plastic drum full be too much for the bx1800 or should I keep it at about 30 gls or so...
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    GOT IT

    Well they droped it off Friday and other than the wife chewing me out about playing too much she is over being mad When she came home from work it was raining (not hard but goot and steady) She walked in the shop and looked at it and said "seems too big" . She than had me show her what did what...
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    Mowing  Mowing question with a BX

    Yea mowing, I am in Fla and need to mow not move snow The deck has adjustable casters in all four corners and the tractor has an adjustment for the cutting height. So do I set the cutting height on the tractor then adjust the casters till they run on the ground all the time or do I adjust the...
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    Well we are expecting

    Due date is Friday afternoon if everything goes right wife is a little worried but at 1200 lbs I guess she should be. Maybe I should get her an epidural it helped when the boy came along ….It might help with the bota also. I just have to prove to her I can keep the little guy busy and he does...
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    Kubota Credit or my bank?

    Bota's rates seem fair.... Are they ok to deal with or should I think about my bank?
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    Well you gus say bigger is better right?

    As you know I have been talking about and wanting a bx1500. I was calling around today trying to find one for the with to test drive and founs a bx1800 for 8400 with a 60" deck..... so...um.....I have to tell he um dear guess what I want now
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    CUT life span when compared to a graden tractor?

    ok in trying to get my wife to think the bx1500 is over all a better deal left me see if a assumptions are right here. a gas "ridding lawn mower" (like sears) will last about 8 to 10 years - on avg the Bx should make it 20 - years right? how about cost of service? the new ridders all seem...
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    bx1500 questions

    I have been looking at these things to mainly mow about 1ac here in fla. It has been a long fight with the wife about the cost of "that thing" to mow but I know you guys can't help me with that. Anyhow the dealer I would buy from is out of them now and I showed one to the wife at another dear...
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