Recent content by Popisin

Cautionary tale. I bought an STE35 from Agrotk through EBay. That machine is a 3 ton Chinese built Shantui excavator. Shantui is a reputable manufacturer. It was sold as being in the Chicago AGT warehouse and that delivery would be within 10 days. That info was repeated by the seller during the...

I know this is an old thread but if anyone stumbles across it I got a little bit of insight. I am bidding on these AGT NT 30's as they come around. I have a price I'll pay and it hasn't been good enough in the three or four auctions I bid but close enough I'm not going to throw more at it. I've...

Assuming the pump is a grinder pump there's a good argument that this is a superior solution to gravity. It's pouring a soup into the septic tank which is more amenable to decomposition and diluted which makes it that much easier to navigate the leach bed. As unlucky RV'ers will tell you...

If you have 1000 ft of gravel to housekeep and plow and want to log out and stump for yourself and keep warm while doing it take a look at https://www.4amauldin.com/product/m-413-xt/ They are out there on the used side too. Like all combo machines they have drawbacks but consider that any...

I weld stuff so it never occurred to me to bolt them on. I can find a handful of 1/8th some wire or the other on the welding trailer. I would have to sift through a bunch of homer buckets to find the right size hardware to bolt stuff to the bucket. As far as what preference I vote forks. The...

I replaced three hoses so far this year on the backhoe. Two went bad from a combination of being on top of the arm in the sun and the weather and since they feed the extendahoe cylinder they are always moving back and forth, a lot more than the other hoses travel. The other hose was a small...

I'm not defending or glorifying unions. Their function is as a voice for working people. Whether they do that job well is the responsibility of the rank and file to elect into leadership better representatives. Apparently you know dozens of people who should work to elect representation that...

Is the argument that a person who works a manufacturing job is less worthy of health and safety and wage expectations than a person who is in a skilled trade? Is a skilled trade less worthy of those considerations than a professional? Is a professional less worthy than a executive? Labor...