Recent content by MHarryE

I'm in shock. Pam called me this morning to say Brad's cows were in her yard again. For Northeastern MN, we have had a non winter. Right now we should have nearly 2 feet of snow remaining but we have scattered white patches in shady areas. She was chasing cows until 3 am. I took a chance as...

Pressure should be checked at high idle. SCUTs and CUTs in every case I know use direct acting relief valves. That means oil is working against a poppet held by a spring. Increasing flow by increasing engine speed means more flow has to go through the poppet at relief, so the open area needs to...

Nephews 4 x 6 version just finished 3rd season at about 1,000 bales per season with no significant breakdowns. I bought a used BR7090 4x5 this year, had 17,000 bales on the monitor. Failed a bearing on upper roller first day but after that baled about 1,000. Found things like needing to keep the...

Times have changed. I was born and raised in this township, left after college and returned in retirement. Back on our dairy farm, dad had a problem with the neighbor's beef bull getting out of its fence and through our fences where it bred some of our Holsteins. My dad was not much for chasing...

Thank you! That's exactly what I was looking for. Minnesota Association of Townships was unable to give guidance, and I wondered if there was a more cost effective way to find regulations other than have our attorney investigate. Thanks again.

I am a township supervisor. We have a complaint from a resident whose yard keeps getting messed up by cattle from the beef farm across the road. We're not talking about a large farmer, about 20 beef cows and their calves. I've checked his fences and from what I can see without going on his...

So many comments about using a solvent on asphalt. Even a seal coat may not make the stain invisible. Is the appearance extremely important to the customer, because the actions already taken are as good as I think you will get without damaging the long term life. My experience has been mill it...

When I bought my first tractor for the farm I purchased for future retirement. It was on the lot as a 2002 Kubota L3720. When I retired, I wanted a cab so I traded it on a L5740. Deal was all done and when I looked at the paperwork, the dealer listed the trade-in as a 2001 (he had looked up the...

The University of Nebraska Tractor Test Laboratory (NTTL) is the officially designated tractor testing station for the United States and tests tractors according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) codes OECD codes. Tractors are tested in the country of...

Lots of water washing RimGuard out of the gauge has worked well for me.

Tires, weight, weight distribution. That’s why you can see pickups pulling tractors. My SVL75-2 will pull great on concrete, but will slide backward down my tilt trailer if it’s damp. Driver for my nephew said don’t bother replacing the rim-guard in the Kubota M105S when a tire failed, but now...

From what I read, the real problem was loss of coolant and the DPF problems were all symptoms of overheating. It's right that the coolant recovery tank will have fluid if the block is cracked so there is an air leak. The coolant contracts as it cools and if the system is sealed, it will draw the...

Part of it has been assembly. If parts being assembled are primed in the same color as the final paint, hard to spot if something is missed. Hoods - my cousin's NH TS115A has most of the blue peeled off it's plastic hood, looking more every year like Oliver Wendall Douglas's Hoyt-Clagwell. In...

Gasoline air fuel mixture compressed and ignited heating the air which then pushes the piston. Diesel compresses air only, then fuel is injected over time giving a continuous push on the piston instead of a sharp push falling off. The diesel will pull better because of the constant push...

Update on the girl - infection after first leg surgery ended with infection, second and third surgeries and now the foot is amputated above the ankle. 3 hours rehab daily, has to be rough on a 6 year old. Haven’t heard about the other injuries so they must be healing okay but considering she...