Agreed. However, I still wince at the grocery store checkout when I see how little you get for a hundred bucks.
I still remember 30 years ago when $100 would fill a cart to overflowing with 2 or more weeks of groceries. My visceral response is ... that's how much stuff should cost. Mentally, my...
I don't have unrealistic expectations for how long something should last, so much as I have unrealistic expectations of how much something should cost.
Inflation is an awful thing.
So far so good. I only have 2 attachments - an old beat up used brush hog, brand unknown, and a Titan land plane.
I used it for the brush hog and the two lower arms linked up perfect with no bushings. The top link on the brush hog doesn't line up but it's close enough that I was able to just...
Not sure if this is the right forum for this post, but a friend sent me this site (Marshall Tractor & Equipment Co. – | Tractors | Excavators | Skid Steers) in Goddard, KS, and after looking into it I'm thinking it's too good to be true. The prices are on the low side, but the red flags for me...
Recently, I moved my compact tractor/loader/backhoe out to my remote property. Although I wasn't getting full use of it on a single acre of land in a neighborhood, there were times when I was glad for the lift capability of the loader and its usefulness for moving material and pallets around the...
I have a “flat” section on my new property roughly 6 acres that is overgrown with years of growth. Lots of saplings up to 2-3” in diameter, 8-10 foot high, mostly pine and heavy weed cover up to 4’ high. I have been attempting to go slow with my loader down to brush hog, but what I’ve discovered...
My truck is an old GMC Sierra 1500 rated for about 7800 lb. tow capacity. My receiver is rated for about 10000 lb. with a load leveling hitch installed. The load leveling hitch is good for 10000 lb. The 2" ball is rated for 7500 lb (if I recall correctly - had a hard time finding anything over...