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    Look for advice on tractor purchase

    To me the Mahindra with less than 400 hours looks like a nice deal. i own a Ford 6610 just like the picture but mine appears to be in much better condition
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    Add another Challenger to the TBN inventory

    Looks very nice ! How many hours on it ?
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    Car Insurance skyrocketing

    You rolled your friends van because of a lousy deer ? How did that happen ?
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    Who rides motorcycles?

    Oh sure it’s broke in at 100,000 miles but usually many many more trouble free miles left. Lots of folks wouldn’t even consider buying a motorcycle with 100,000 miles on it, I probably wouldn’t ether because there are plenty of low miles ones available reasonably priced.
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    Stick Removal

    The small stuff mostly gets turned into mulch with lawn mower. The bigger stuff I pick up manually and put it on brush pile, it’s kind of an annoying job, thankfully I don’t have anywhere near as much to pickup as you do.
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    Hydraulic Top Link with Quick Attach Hook

    I removed the factory slide out ball hooks and shipped them to a board member out in California to have the Euro hooks welded on, Fit Rite Hydraulics is the name of the outfit. The welding and shipping plus the Euro hooks with one set of category 2 balls and 2 sets of category 1 balls wound up...
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    Hydraulic Top Link with Quick Attach Hook

    I have euro hooks on the 2 lower points they were very expensive but also very helpful. The top link is hydraulic so it’s fairly easy to hook and unhook. I usually have to get on and off the tractor a couple times in order to get hooked up. Quick hitch doesn’t work worth crap for my PTO...
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    Who rides motorcycles?

    They ain’t forcing anything, even Honda has been surprised by how many folks choose the 7 speed DCT over the manual 6 speed transmission . I have taken test rides on both and highly prefer the DCT. The 2002 Goldwing I bought brandnew currently shows 613,000 miles on odometer.
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    Carry low

    I’ve seen plenty of rims ruined by rust even without any kind of fluid installed in the tire.
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    I need a new lawn mower!

    I believe the rough terrain and mud you mentioned pretty much rules out a zero turn mower for you. Probably better off looking for a nice used tractor type mower until your lawn gets repaired.
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    PTO shaft hitting the drawbar

    Mine probably wouldn’t hit but I pull the pin and slide the drawbar forward so there’s nothing to worry about, takes about 10 seconds to do on my tractor.
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    PTO shaft hitting the drawbar

    What is rfm ?
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    How agriculture works thread

    That definitely was a very interesting video ! Video predates Massey Furgeson inventing and patenting the 3 point hookup system which Henry Ford later attempted to steal, it turned into one of the biggest lawsuits in history and Henry Ford lost.
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    Eau Claire Farm Show March 5-6 2024

    I have been attending for years, it always very interesting, free admission free parking. Looks like great weather this year, hopefully will see a few of you there. https://www.visiteauclaire.com/event/60th-annual-eau-claire-farm-show/98433/
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    Snowblower 3point Snowblower

    I am a 72” MK Martin owner and wouldn’t buy the same blower again The shoes are crap, I never saw another blower with shoes like mine. The owners manual says to use 1/4 by 1 inch shear pin for the auger but it fits the hole very loosely, the next size bigger bolt in metric or USA simply won’t...
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