Recent content by Slowpoke Slim

My new blades... They have 3 mows on them now, around 30 acres. They still have most of the paint left on them. Sigh. Probably going to order another set. Last set lasted 8 years. Oh, and here's my new front chain guard... Yeah, it's coming off.

Kids and dogs... Match made in heaven.

Haven't posted anything in quite a while, been crazy busy with both a new "day" job running me ragged, and also work around the house, with some mowing jobs thrown in. I was back at one of my "regular" customer sites in July. I've posted many pictures of this site in the past, so only a couple...

Blow by? Bad egr valve (if it has such a thing?)?

I still remember the joy of backing up a trailer dolly with a 3 axle Pete. Still hate to even see a set of doubles going down the road. Lol.

I bought a new lawn mower. Today.

That sure is a nice looking spreader there. You just get that thing?

I also bid flat rate jobs. Never by the hour. I did raise my prices this year, which is the first time I've done that. Everything is just so expensive now, filters, fluid, insurance. Just keeps going up. I have one more set of filters left on the shelf, but I'm dreading buying them again. Fluids...

Well, you grin and bear it. Sometimes you're the windshield, and sometimes you're the bug. I "find" all kinds of things in some of the fields I mow. Even the ones I mow every season, or a couple times a season. One of the biggest reasons I'll never mow without my FEL and bucket on. I've found...

We currently have 5 dogs. All are rescues, all are either labs or lab mixes, and all are a close part of our family. One of them goes in for surgery tomorrow to have a lump removed from his throat. He's still young-ish at 6 or 8 (dang, have to think about that one, not really sure on his age at...

No such thing as a "lemon law" for tractors.

Same here. Even half standing up in the cab, I can't see the hitch over the hood to line it up for hitching. It's "on" the ball now. I even tried a flipped over drop hitch, which helps a little bit, but still almost impossible to line up without getting out first.

I just wrap a chain around each front corner of the tractor frame for the front tie downs, and run chains out to the back corner tie downs off of a straight clevis hitch on my draw bar in back. Binders on each corner. Don't need any "hooks". Works fine for me.

I have had several hoses made by a local hydraulic shop. I know they also rebuild cylinders, I've just not had to have mine done yet. But they have done cylinders for folks I know. Point is, this is not something you should have to go to a "dealer" for. See if a local hydraulic shop can rebuild...

Neil actually received so much blow back for the way he "set up" that original test. He had to do a second video to talk about it. Said it was his most attacked video he ever put out (to that date anyway). You could tell he was not expecting that much heat. If you wanted to design a test to...