What did you do on or to your LS Tractor today?

[jdeilus]

Contemplating paying it off. At the current pace, it'll be paid off by March of '23, which would be about two years early. I'm at a point where I might be able to pay it off by March '22 which would save me another year's interest. That's only a couple hundred bucks or less since interest is under $15/mo due to the extra payments that brought the principle down. Bank account interest is nothing, so there's no advantage there. Plus with the loan gone, I could make a change in insurance since it would no longer be obligated.

I have been making extra principal payments every month. I’ll have mine payed off by the end of 22. Two and a half years early.

 

[jdeilus]

I had a carport put up to store my tractor. I actually had room to put other stuff in there too.

 

[RSR]

Pay it off as soon as possible!!! My favorite quote is, "those that understand interest earn it, those that don't, pay it." Plus, with the way inflation is going, putting the money into something like your tractor is probably not a bad financial investment. That, or you could invest the extra saved money in Legos ....

Those Legos under the tree might be worth more than gold one day

Researchers from the Higher School of Economics found that select unopened Lego sets on the secondary market saw an average annual return of 11% — that's higher than gold.

www.npr.org

 

[JCoastie]

Tractor is at the dealership getting some warranty work done. Before I dropped it off, I took off the brush guard and had a welder add some expanded metal to it along with a clevis mount for a shackle/tie down point. I figured I could get away with grappling without the expanded metal , NOPE! caused a small dent in the front of the hood. Picked up the brush guard today, prepped, primed and painted it, just no tractor to put it on lol I used Rust-Oleum Professional Safety Blue over gray Krylon primer.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Tractor is at the dealership getting some warranty work done. Before I dropped it off, I took off the brush guard and had a welder add some expanded metal to it along with a clevis mount for a shackle/tie down point. I figured I could get away with grappling without the expanded metal , NOPE! caused a small dent in the front of the hood. Picked up the brush guard today, prepped, primed and painted it, just no tractor to put it on lol I used Rust-Oleum Professional Safety Blue over gray Krylon primer.
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Great idea.

 

[Avenger]

Looks Great!

 

[Mrsig]

Great job!

 

[Bearsixty7]

It was a nice, warm day yesterday and the ground is really dry so the garden got tilled so all the chicken straw and other matter was incorporated for planting here in the a couple months, maybe sooner the way it has been so warm.

 

[mxr662]

Put the mini split on the bracket.

 

[Cycledude]

What exactly is a “mini split” ?

 

[mxr662]

Ductless air conditioner/heat pump.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Finally got the nerve to brave teens and 20's temps and plow the 12" of snow we got. With sub-zero temps at night, it wasn't going to melt anytime soon.

 

[Diggin It]

I'm thinking of something I didn't think I'd be thinking of for a long time, if ever.

I'm on track to have this paid off by the end of '22 or early '23. But now I'm not sure I want to keep it. A lot of the plans I had for it fell through and most of what I needed to do with it has been done, or will be by then. I'll be down to just needing a mower again. Don't expect to need the BH or tiller.

Once it's paid off, it won't be costing me anything unless it breaks down. But that's $15K or more that I might need for other things.

Got a lot of thinking to do ......

 

[swreeder]

Started with this:

Tackled this:

Ended up with this:

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Swreeder, looks great!

 

[sodamo]

Good job

 

[Mrsig]

Great job!

 

[lostcreekranch]

Has anyone sourced a replacement halogen bulb for the LS Cab work lights? Mine is an XR4155HC but .. likely same on all cabs?

They're stamped 12 volts / 37.5 watts .. but number is unreadable.

Dealer is two hours away so I'm hoping to find some online.

Thanks!

 

[swreeder]

Has anyone sourced a replacement halogen bulb for the LS Cab work lights? Mine is an XR4155HC but .. likely same on all cabs?

They're stamped 12 volts / 37.5 watts .. but number is unreadable.

Dealer is two hours away so I'm hoping to find some online.

Thanks!

This might help: LS bulb replacement with LED

 

[PCABE5]

Should be a 881/886 halogen or led bulb