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I've been looking at making a knife edge ripper at least 2' long to pull through the ground something like 1" pipe without digging similar to those with a vibrator. Just wondering if you have tried something like that and how it worked. Lawn sprinkler companies use the vibrating ones. To cut...

Been doing some more trenching and digging between rains. Found it is much easier to trench in a straight line if I spray paint a line on the ground to follow as I back up. During digging the tracks shift around some so it is hard to keep them in a straight line. Found that it digs ok at less...

Put in the new plug. Oil was showing about 1/3 on the stick. Topped it off with a half quart of oil and it ran. Didn't try to dig today though.

Thanks. I show BPR6ES which is probably the resistor plug. Didn't get a chance to work on it yet. Have to go shopping. Will try a new plug. Was going to double check the gas flow and see if the oil module shutoff is acting up. Otherwise I will pull the tank and carb. I need a new hose routed...

Been multi tasking but got back to digging yesterday for an hour then it died so I took a break. Tank half full and it wouldn't start but it would try to fire. Got worried I may need to access the battery to charge it. Tried to take the side panel off but it didn't come loose and it was...

Got my 8" bucket yesterday. Measures 8" wide on those wings on the side and 7" wide for the interior of the bucket. Haven't tried it yet. Cost 151 bux with PayPal. Shipping notice prepared in Ontario, CA but shipped from the exact same rented warehouse dock the auger came from. The auger...

Hello guys. Got a friend with a John Deere 320 skid steer. We've been trying to figure out how to work around having to put on the seat belt. Same for the seat requiring weight in it. So far I figured out I can run the seat belt behind the seat and latch it. However if I get out and back...

All I know is I spent an extra 10 grand on my JD 4052R to get a cab. A/C, heat, radio, etc. I'm not spending my older years out in the blowing dirt, grass, or snow whether mowing for hours or pushing snow. I get on clean enough to go to meeting and get off clean enough to go to meeting or...

Received my 150mm auger today. 88 pounds worth in a plywood box. Ordered it Friday night for $352.25 that included tax. Shipping notice came on Monday evening and fed ex ground picked it up from Pasadena, TX. Got to Kansas today on Thursday. Definitely a heavy duty model like used with a...

Thanks. When it is below zero I will be in the house. If that 2 gallons of iso 46 isn't enough then I will top it off with iso 68. O'Reillys sells the multi vis stuff if I ever go that route. I hope the iso 68 will dissipate more heat so I don't need a cooler particularly since I can take...

I trenched the water line originally but it doesn't dig holes to make connections. Probably have a hundred projects around the farm and most of them will need the hoe which is why I bot this. And I'm not on the clock to make the 30 mile drive to haul it back and forth. What I'm learning is...

Hello guys. Have a new FF-13 Chinese mini excavator. Been doing some trench digging and learning how it works. It calls for ISO 46 hydraulic oil. Bot a couple gallons of AW46 to change it for the first time. Not sure how much it takes. Been reading a lot about guys adding an oil cooler...

Hello guys. Been trying my new FF13 digging a ditch. Have a bunch of water line to replace and lay new. Also plan to bury the electric lines at the farm and run internet in conduit. Digging about 39" deep so my lines end up 36" below grade and dug around 60' so far in hard clay. Just...

We currently have 8 cats that have showed up at the farm. Many more have lived and died over the years and have a spot in the farm pet cemetery. 6 came in the last 3 years and 4 of them last year. Spay, neuter, and annual shots and vet bills for various ailments adds up over the years but we...

I ordered an auger from Aliexpress. Used PayPal. Will see how it goes. First I've heard of a virtual card. Will check that out. Thanks.

Followup on the adapter. Didn't notice from one side but the auxiliary hoses are 5/16" so it didn't work. Those hoses were a TS22-05 and DN8. DN8 for 8mm. It would take the M16x1.5 fitting for that hose. However I took off one side of the stick cylinder hose to add the guage. I had already...

Also I'm looking at buying the auger attachment and the 8" bucket from Aliexpress. They are listed as in stock in the USA. Recall reading a couple people have bot from them with good luck but also saw some other mention of the credit cards getting hacked later on. The actual nomenclature...

Thanks. I believe that fitting would work along with a double female npt coupler to screw in a guage. I had to go to Wichita yesterday to the VA and stopped at Austin Hose. Ended up buying to adapters to get to the guage fitting for a total of 20 bux. It was DIN 2353 L (Light) metric...

Hello guys. Got a FF13 mini excavator with the 13.5 hp Briggs and Stratton XR engine with EPA certification stickers. Long story but I bid on 2 excavators and won both on govplanet run by Ritchie Brothers. Just sold the FF15R to a friend for 5 grand. I've read through the long threads here...