Recent content by BigDave

I live on top of a hill with a roller coaster private road. I generally end up clearing a quarter mile of roadway. Last winter I went without chains on my tractor & had some pretty scary sliding incidents. So, I could put the chains on this winter & solve my tractor's problems, but what about...

I picked up the mail last evening & among the usual assortment of bills was my propane bill. They topped off my tank with 39.8 gallons and the bill was $636.80. THAT'S 16 BUCKS PER GALLON!!! I haven't followed propane prices to closely, but I think they are off by a decimal place. A buck...

Optima\'s a perfect fit I started blowing my 10amp fuse this summer due to infrequent use on my part and a battery that is showing signs of age. I went battery shopping and found the new Optima Yellow Top 51R to be a perfect fit. It looks like it was made to fit my TC33D, nearly identical...

Now it\'s getting deep around here MY wife sent me these to share with TBN, hopefully they haven't been posted already. First question: What is he planning to do with that snow blower?

For my birthday my wife took me to the MotorTrend Autoshow over in Baltimore and as a good sport didn't complain at all, except for when I sat in same model as my own car. (I just wanted to see what the 2004 was like ) Anyway, I had two things I wanted to look at: Trucks & supercars, well high...

Green-Rite My fantasy of owning my dream implement has come to an end. I just couldn't justify spending $7000 on an implement even to myself let alone the CFO. I tried. I thought of how I would have thick beautiful lawn, but I live in the woods so not many people would every see it. I...

I've started researching tillers. I spend more time websurfing for information that I do for visiting tractor dealers I used old posts to find the names of various tiller manufacturers, and I found something very interesting: Maschio tillers with straight blades, sort of like the Befco...

I not sure if this is strange question or not. Is it safe and/or wise to put a garden over the leech field of our septic system? Should there be county regulations that I need to research? A little bit of background: It is the only flat land of any decent size on our property, & the misses...

I am looking to purchase an aerator and an over-seeder. This can be a single unit or a separate aerator & seeder. I've done a search of the TBN archives and read better than a hundred posts on the subject, but I haven't seen the answer to the following question. What type of aerator would...

With the good weather this weekend, I decided to get off my butt do some outside work. The usual spring items: clean-off the patio, fertilize, prune, etc. Of course there were jobs that I didn't get to before the winter that still needed to be done. One such job was to play amateur...

Yesterday, we had about an inch of snow on the ground in the morning with another inch or two predicted during the day. Since my car is uselesss with it's performance tires, I decided to take my 2wd truck to work after throwing some snow in the back for weight. I got to work with no problems...

I picked a car buyer' s guide magazine to pass some time during a flight today. I still associate Ford & New Holland, but correct me if I am wrong, but Ford is completely out of the picture. So we have Case New Holland which is owned by Fiat. We'll, I read today that GM is a 20% owner of...

We just got a notice from the county that they will have a hearing regarding a proposed 180 foot cell phone tower that the farmer across the street wants to let AT&T put up. I know it's not my land, so I shouldn't have the right to complain, but a 180' tower? We leave in a small one stoplight...

As my tractor rode off on the flat bed truck, I wondered if I would ever see it again. I wanted to follow it to the dealer, but I had to get to work; I was already late. This isn't a normal feeling a tractor owner has when he sends his tractor off for the 50hr service. In fact, I am very...

Does New Holland make a step for the TC33D? I asked my dealer, but they weren't sure. They haven't got back to me yet with the answer.