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    Pulling tree out with wheel & chain?

    The HF moving blankets are lightweight. What I read elsewhere seems to favor those saddlebag looking winch dampeners that have a bit of weight to them. I don't know what the best safety option actually is, but welcome any discussion about this. I hate to think some bad accident could have...
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    Pulling tree out with wheel & chain?

    I've been thinking through my options for removing some tree trunks that I've already cut. Reading the arborist forums, some of those guys distrust using any truck or tractor as an anchor point for tree work, one issue being that tires only have so much ground contact. While 3pt forestry...
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    Is a subcompact under 25hp enough power?

    I've owned 25hp, 35hp, and 52hp tractors. The 25hp was fine for light duty work, but struggled with my 6' rotary cutter in tall vegetation, and the 6' cutter was too heavy for it anyway. The 35hp was somewhat better at running the 6' cutter, not ideal, but the 6' cutter does so much better...
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    Car Insurance skyrocketing

    I keep looking at the vertical jump in the money supply graph that occurred in 2020, but kept rising through 2022. My guess is the risk assessments and reserves for losses were based on historical norms, but along came an unprecedented jump in the money supply which increased replacement and...
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    Useful attachments adapted to PT ?

    Does brake tender mean having the auto brake that applies itself when the PT isn't moving forward or reverse? I turned the brake off at the switch and felt it disengage, but it was still 3.5 minutes before the PT would move forward after being started.
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    Useful attachments adapted to PT ?

    Couple of pictures showing some of the chunks on the hillside and the depth of the mulch relative to the cutting blade. The body of the tape measure is 3.5" tall. I raised and tilted the deck as far as it would go in both directions. The problem is the discharge area is directed towards the...
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    How are actual sale prices vs MSRP currently for Kubotas (or other manufactures)?

    The OP priced a Kubota in April 2020, went away to serve and came back to significantly higher prices. It's understandable that he'd be asking if these prices four years later are for real. These kind of price increases over the span of four years aren't normal by historical standards.
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    Useful attachments adapted to PT ?

    The deck cutting height works okay in fields where there is no mulch debris, but I'd like to find a way to increase the cutting height to mow over the chunks of mulch debris in the fields that were mulched. Looking for laminated wheels that would be taller than the OEM versions, one of the...
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    soft shackle users?

    jinxed yourself?
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    Useful attachments adapted to PT ?

    I started off running about 1/4 throttle a couple of days ago. Today, I tried increasing to 1/3 to 1/2, but there is still a delay in getting the 1445 to move. I don't think it's temperature related because our overnight temps were in the 50's and it was about 70 degrees when I ran the 1445...
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    soft shackle users?

    Trying to yank something free puts much more strain on the components used in the recovery system. I suspect things would go better and be safer if they were using multiple pulleys to create mechanical advantage instead of relying on a single line, pulled slowly, and kept an eye on how much...
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    Debaiting on trading in

    I have the same situation with a dirt floor. I just wonder if you could make it easier by putting down some 6x6 PT to at least be able to slide the BH to some degree because it would be tough to move it directly on dirt? If concrete isn't an option, perhaps there is something else to make the...
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    Push Mower

    My Dad had an unpowered manual push reel mower. There was a spot of Kentucky bluegrass in the yard that it wouldn't cut worth a hoot. Could have been dull blades. Fortunately, I came along at a time after he had bought a small gas powered riding mower.
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    Massive storm clean up

    adjoin or next door neighbor
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    Useful attachments adapted to PT ?

    I'm not offended. I appreciate all the help I can get. I couldn't even get the 1445 to move after it was delivered. Called Terry. Told me to cycle the parking brake switch a couple of times, press the treadle peddle, and then wait for it to move. That finally worked. Another thing that...
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