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I'd imagine bale spears would hold up well. That's what I used to build my brush forks and they're quite robust

Not able to picture it working as a tool to crown the road other than the first few feet to get it started. As soon as the SS reaches the slope that the blade creates you'd need to adjust the blade to be on the same plane as the SS. With the SS leaning, and the blade still tilted the blade...

Most BLI's get set to show the bucket position when lowered in the "let's scrape up the manure" position. I made one from some rod and mini Heim joints for the L3200 because it had nothing from the factory. You could come up with some crude system of marking it for other positions and develop...

I've had one rotary cutter that chewed into the ground if I didn't babysit the 3PH lever. Never had a flail. I have lots of hours with rear finish mowers. All have been equipped with 4 wheels. With the 3PH set to allow the deck to float, scalping is rare. I do have a place where a small...

I haven't read the whole story, but I would expect to have water enter the building under the walls unless the floor was higher than the exterior. The walls should sit on a "step" so the floor is higher than the apron on the outside. Caulking will fail. At the door, there should also be a...

If you want simplicity and good results, use Ken's Bolt-on Hooks. My BIL has some and they're very nice. If you want to DIY I'd suggest considering angle like I did. It's "bi-chainual". You can drop chains off the front or rear. Had this setup on the last 3 tractors and never a problem...

Big ones get picked up and tossed in the brush pile. Anything around 1" or smaller eventually goes away via the RFM.

Took plow off last week and did a little mowing where the grass was getting tall. Pretty Much a non-winter here. Checked LP tank and it still has over 40% on the gauge. May have gone through Winter on about 400 gallons.

WOW!! Did a quick search and suffered sticker shock. I'd be asking questions at the shop, or looking for tire prints on the pieces.

10-4. I don't even move my tractor with the doors hanging open. The rear quarters and the rear window itself can be opened with less chance of damage. The rear quarters don't provide any meaningful ventilation and I don't trust the rear window flapping around. The doors aren't easily...

Specs for reinforced concrete provide minimum embedment depth from the surface to address spalling caused by rust-jacking.

A little late to the game, but we poured literally hundreds of bases for site lighting poles where I worked. Poles were anywhere from 12 to 40 feet tall (except for football fields) and IIRC, all the anchor bolts supplied by the pole manufacturers were genuine hot dip galvanized. They weren't...

Laughed when I read this. Brought back some memories. It's been a while since the mulberries attacked me along the fencerow.

Way back in '73 I picked up an M&W Little Red Wagon and towed it back to the farm that my FIL bought from a seller about 50 miles away. Part of the trip was on a 4-lane highway. I had a 3/4 ton 1972 Dodge Power Wagon and it was white knuckles all the way. It was the first time I'd ever towed...

I see that the Power Adjust rim is available for them if the other parts aren't too corroded to reuse. Just Google MF Rear Wheels and you'll see a number of them. I'd wonder if the other side may be in a similar condition.