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Guys I think my humor was too subtle. Re-read my OP carefully. Or TL;DR Ranches are money pits, the scale of which necessitates...

A backhoe is a great thing to have but it all depends on your usage. They are not just for digging.. If you have an hydraulic thumb they...

Interesting experiences. 20+ years ago, I knew we needed a tractor. I nagged at the wife about things she finally told me to shut up...

I considered buying one, but renting an actual backhoe or a mini-ex is quite affordable for a day, mostly half a day in my case. When I...

I am so glad my neighbor talked me out of a backhoe. Saved $8000 and in the last 12 years I have done less than $600 of backhoe work...

Backhoes are great tools, but terribly hard on farm tractors. Farm tractors just weren't built for backhoes, so they can't really handle...

A loader is important, and I'm glad my tractor has one with a big bucket. It's proven very useful as I will explain shortly. But the...

My plan was to be curator of my own tech museum focusing on the automobile through the decades starting with 1900… It would be a fluid...

Inflation hit hard August first… almost across the board everything the hospital buys increased 10 to 25%… never seen anything like it.

Agree. Go to Dollar General a get a gallon of purple power apply the tide washing powder and then moisten good with the purple power and...

Tide washing powders. Good as it gets. Scrub it with an old broom

Think of it as building character. ;)

Good excuse to epoxy coat it, now? My barn had a huge oil stain like that in the middle of the floor when I bought the place, so that...

On the bright side, you did put the drain plug in pryer to putting fresh oil in. [emoji106]

Been there done that. I use paint thinner and acetone to clean it up in well ventilated space. But it never looks as good as original.