Recent content by tmcj

For items that I move around the garage a couple of furniture dollies work well. 2 dollies attached to each other and set at the width of the snow pusher and bucket. I had another set for the whole FEL with the bucket attached so I could move it around. Rear blade gets 2 car dollies for the...

If I don't place some sort of support under mine it will lower as the stabilizer arms bleed off. I typically just use a set of jack stands under it which works well.

If you were looking to make money with your trailer you would do better with a deck over trailer. Your wheel wells will limit what you can or can't haul well when it comes to placement and weight distribution. Almost all hot shots that pick up at my company are deck over trailers. Any type of...

I would suggest getting a snow pusher with the rubber edge. I use it on my concrete section of driveway and also gravel. It hasn't hurt the concrete and shows very little to no wear from the gravel. You can still easily pile up the snow too.

I have a fencerow/treeline on one side of my 1 acre yard. Every spring I go through the yard and pick up the larger sticks and toss them back into the tree line. Then I just use a leaf rake to gather the small stuff. Rake it into piles then scoop them up and toss them back into the tree line...

I think we are done with snow here in South Central PA. I mowed my yard this afternoon. It would be weird to have to plow snow again, lol.

We haven't had anything significant yet here in south central PA. Looks like maybe 6-12" this weekend. I might have to put the tire chains on but I'll probably wait till Friday or Saturday. It may change to .6 - 1.2" till then and they won't be needed.

I would not consider a vehicle, tractor, or any equipment being properly and legally hauled on a trailer to be held to the details for a SMV sign. Kind of like hauling a car with a smashed rear end and getting pulled over for having a light out. I would argue that one to the bitter end, lol.

I had hauled my tractor at anything up to interstate speeds (70 mph) countless times and never even considered taking it off. Then one day for whatever reason it went flying off about 2 miles from home going about 45- 50 mph. Not sure what caused it, maybe some crosswinds sweeping across the...

Have you tried adjusting the engine RPM? You can run at full throttle but if the RPM is set too slow it will give you issues. There is likely an adjustment for full throttle RPM range at the carb. Probably a rod or a spring that attaches to the throttle linkage. If it is weak or worn the engine...

I would go with any combo of black, dark gray, silver, blue. I don't like red for anything. I have 1 red shirt only because it was a Christmas gift that I politely kept, but I typically dont wear it, lol. My family always had Farmall tractors as I was growing up so I'm accustomed to red for...

I'm assuming that you are running the motor at full throttle? Those are designed to run wide open when cutting, especially with thicker weeds or brush.

I have a 2018 Duramax. Bought it in '19 with only 3k miles on it. It now has about 43k, so I'm good for about 10k per year. 90% of that is back and forth to work. I had an '07 GMC 2500HD 6.0 gasser before this one. Due to GCWR the trailers I had bought for the GMC were the typical 10,000#...

On a side note with the truck....I use a detachable lanyard so if the truck is left running the doors are locked and I have the key fob. I haven't tested how the security system works in that case, or if it works at all. My wife's car will shut down if the key fob leaves the vehicle. Not sure...

My understanding, and correct me if I'm wrong, is that with a diesel system it's not good to do short starts and stops if it is not up to normal operating temperature to avoid carbon buildup since things aren't hot enough to burn it off. In this case I would let my truck idle if it's only going...