Recent content by billypumper

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I myself just use the fittings that screw in, pretty pricey buying all the dies and crimping machine, when I have something odd or special I call Pirtek, they can make up most hoses and can do steel lines also on your job site or local area don't know where your at but they're locations...

That JD 430 is ancient, you can buy parts for it from a website out of Hobert Indiana, tractorsalesandparts.com, has hundreds of old JD mowers,I own a X758 that's almost that heavy very reliable lawn tractor for my extremely steep back yard, the diesel helps slow it down going down the hill...

Don't use traps or poison, have a cat that keeps most rodents away, go through most equipment with a backpack leaf blower once a week which takes care of most would be nests, clearing dust and debris keeps equipment running cooler.

Yes you are picky, do you call your hand tools by such names as crescent wrench, channel locks or Allen wrenches, yes they all are brand name tools too, when your supposed to say adjustable wrench, adjustable pliers or hex key wrenches, but most don't, real picky, yes I have a set of Allen...

Don't forget about all the processing plants that have been monopolized so they can cut you short on your beef prices

Diesel is high, so is gas, on weekends however the streets and highways are full of cars going who knows where, If people keep driving on weekends like there's no tomorrow gas and diesel will remain high, because of the demand simple logic, why would the oil companies drill for more oil when the...

I to own a filter wrench similar but it's not Channelock, I can't imagine a chain wrench slipping, if you set it up near where it's screwed on it will bite, I use a cheater with that long handle of a chain wrench, come or blead.

Putting gas in a diesel motor is scary, in most scenarios the motor blows up, if it's still running but making terrible noise , might drain the tank and add diesel fuel, change motor oil, because most certainly the rings are probably on their way to failure as well as the cylinder walls...

I was wrong and you were wrong it was the 2015 Congress that placed a bill to start exporting oil , Republicans controlled the House and Senate and that president threatened to veto that bill, but was trying to pass other legislation through and went along with the bill

Well I own a diesel lawn mower, but have listened to the idiots about banning leaf blowers, buy ethanol free gas at a Sinclair station, just went up to 4.59 but keeps all 2 strokes from having to be worked on as well as small trim mowers that don't get much use, no carburetor issues with that...

No words have spoken more truth, Good luck Dude in all your endeavors.

Where you live for 5 dollars a gallon, I buy ethanol free gas for 4.35 and diesel for 4.25, I love in the Midwest in the 5th highest state gas tax in the country, California is the highest.

Sheep or goats and a donkey they hate coyotes, stomp them in the ground if they get close, yes donkeys, maybe one Aussie or Border Collie, too many pups and they forget their job. Always only needed one Aussie for 100 head of cattle, they're harder to move than sheep.