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So here's the final update on dumping Spectrum. Spectrum tried to offer a promo, (which is only 1 year) but told him if it was not 60 dollars or greater it will not work. Informed rep. that I called twice and was told tough cookies. (well not exactly that way, my wife is there to enforce...

Break down: Spectrum TV select 89.99 Digi Tier 1 15.00 (get us what we actually watch all 3-5 channels) Receivers 12.50 each (x2) 25.00 DVR service 12.99 Internet 84.99 WiFi service 7.00 broadcast surcharges total 25.75 five different taxes 24.45 total 285.17 Direct TV with two internet...

GVEC told me 2 years for fiber here. Well our Direct TV promo is two years. I hope to wean wife off this and see if i can find her games show network and the old classic shows and the barn wood builders (frankly the new magnolia network really sucks) but I digress. Yeah two years to wait. ATT...

Should I remember and not get distracted I'll come back and post how DTV worked out.

I think I got what I need now, greatly appreciate the help and insight. Now we'll go get a router and set it up and when the Direct TV gear comes in, we're set. The move over to another service and our own router will save us about 45-47 a month, which may not seem like much but it all adds up...

Good to know appreciate that! It's what I was looking for.

Hope it works out well for you. Over here the monthly rate hikes are more reliable then the internet service! From 120 a month now reaching target of 300 a month for cable and internet. So rolling over to Direct TV and getting our own router. over 45 a month savings and it all helps.

All of the Shiner, Gonzales area has is Spectrum and our rates going up are more reliable then their service...LOL... The modem and router are two separate devices. I'll go shopping and see what wally world has in Victoria. Internet service also is their monopoly. All other alternatives are less...

Looking to get our own WiFI router and cut the 7 buck a month rental from these folks. Anyone using a non-Spectrum provided WiFi Router? If yes, did you have to call them to have it activated? Based on experience gained from this, any recommendations on which router? Thanks in advance...

So, Shiner has a Bobcat dealer....All I need is give him my NX4510HST number for my parts???? Dang 10 minute drive better then 1.5 hour drive to Kioti dealer....TY for that....!

I was given a copy of the engineering drawing of the building(s). The floor joist are supported by 4 each 4 x 6 beams running long ways. That is the narrow 12 foot width. So reading all the different insights given, the joists being supported by four beams, this should be a non-issue. This...

Just got a copy of eng. drawings from local dealer. Specs say to use 2 inch ring shank nails. Ha...so floor panels won't be coming up. But when my aluminum ramps come in, the 2 x 12s will be used inside to park ZT on top of them. problem solved. Spread the load over a larger area.

yup, exactly. Thanks...I have the door opening on the narrow end. (12 ft. span)

I agree: something more rigid, like 2x material will spread the load across the floor joists/subfloor, and you will be fine. It's my tunnel vision that gets locked up. So yeah this is good. I happen to have two 2x 12's. So, soon as I'm done stapling insulation and tinting windows, it'll be...

So the sheathing is that synthetic flooring material. Not sure how thick it is. The support guy did not convey interest in answering my questions. Now am considering laying in some 19/32 plywood. Three sheets, for driving in and storing the ZT. Then I'll have a trip point mid-floor of...

Yes, got them from Graceland support via two phone calls.

Received a Graceland Portable building, a 12 x 20 with 12" center floor joist. Graceland could not tell me size of floor joist, neither seemed interested in finding out. It appears that sales is the strong point and tech support is a bother(?), my perception only folks. Not a slam on them, it's...

Well the NX issues is new to me. I upgraded from the CK4010HST to the (2017) NX4510HST, set the link pedal and have never looked back over the last 1100 hours. But guess like any equipment made they all have issues. The Tundra for examples is have a time with engine teething problems with the...

Just going from memory on my former CK40HST, I'd say yes. On the NX45HST, the drive shaft goes through the center as well. I've pondered the process of a what if scenario. If it is necessary to repair a small leak, look at the clearance from the drive shaft to the pan. Maybe it's possible to...

I bought the combo tilt/incline meter from here. https://www.tiltmeter.com/ And my pucker factor is at 10 degrees. I will take more time to approach a task differently, if current position reaches this point and see no return back to zero degrees. Thank God you lived to see another day. And...

@LightningCamaroGuy: "Yes the Ariens APEX that you can buy at Lowes is a good mower, but Lowes can't perform warranty work on it, and that same mower can be found at dealerships that can perform that for you, even if it cost a couple hundred more the lawnmower dealership is the better overall...

You can come up to speed here on what JD is doing. Disclosure: I have no dog in this hunt. I refused to consider JD products because of what was addressed in the video. Also, JD refuses to allow owners to repair their equipment, you have to pay for them to connect computer to activate...

I see lot of tractors towed by 3/4 and 1 ton trucks in a 30 mph zone, zooming by, bouncing on our pot hole ridden county type road. I cringe, hearing them before I see them zooming by. One day, (I pray NEVER) the image of one sliding off the road crown and into the ditch and tearing our...

I add 15-20 oz. of seafoam in fuel tank for injector health, biocide for the fuel tank and typically run engine around 1500 rpm. Short run times is same effect as a vehicle that makes short trips in town, acids and condensation is #1 enemy of internals. One suggested holding off until you have...

So summary of this condition: 1-Clutch coil bad. Solution Megger the coil. No megger then check ohmic values across coil and each side to ground. 2- Low on freon and is merely cycling normally as the low pressure switch will protect system from freeze up. 3- Possible clutch plates are simply...

Interesting...cause I notice when walking down the land down that the deer have a lot of beds out there. So that may be another reason. I try to get all my limbing work out of the way to allow the field to have undisturbed growth. We just had about 7 hours of steady downfall of rain from this...

Got it...appreciate it thank you....!

Pretty serious equipment there! And seems to make really clean cuts. Ignorant question from me: I noticed last year when my neighbor cut and finished baling left a lot of stems standing everywhere. Which was OK. I re-cut to mulch and let it feed the soil. This year the cut was super clean and...

One ounce per gallon, and same ratio of Erasure for Johnson grass plus a few ounces of generic dawn for surfactant. Got a 15 gallon sprayer from Full-O-Pep rated for Diesel use. Set it in the bucket and use the 15 foot hose and walk around trees and get the fence line. Yeah not cheap, I buy the...

I'm a happy camper. Our 500 year FEMA flood zone is now productive. last year we got five bales. This year got eight bales. Texas law makes me build an annual record for five years before we get ag exempt on our property taxes. This year I did not 'help' my friend and left him all of it and did...

TW20 here. Rhino | TW20 Series The 'hidden gems' will seem to jump and find your blades! Such as railroad ties and then the blade bends into interesting shapes....lol.... Change oil each year. Take clutch apart and clean up on occasion. Many tractor dealers carry them and will change blades for...

Good job! That must have been quite the adventure to cipher through! ha...

So quick scan did not reveal details of what little I have learned so here it goes. I bought a Gravely 48", wish I didn't overthink it and got the 52". Why a Gravely? Because my local tractor dealer in Shiner and treats me well. Having said all that here is what I learned. The first time it...

I have used two scanners to no success due to lack of data base on scanners. This is a dealer only item. Unfortunately it seems that the farm industry has kept us the owners from accessing diagnostic data from our machines. Keep us updated as you slog through this one.

Well it did take some time but got it plugged. Used half of one tire plug, a round dowel then a alignment pin to push it in. Lathered up real well with rubber cement first. Trimmed it down, more cement and rolled it near even with tread. Now curing for a few days. So, another simple job well...

Man this here be TEXAS dats a itti bitti deer for that tiny antler........LOL:ROFLMAO:🤣🤣 I kid, I kid.... Yeah I've run over antlers and never seen one weak enough to break into that small of a size, unless that belonged to a very young buck. Gonna save it, my neighbor is big time hunter; I'll...

Ah-ha there we go. Yeah i do have some in my kit in the shop. I'll see if i can get a fresh tube of the glue and stuff it in there. Should bond really well. See, the obvious escapes me until i ask! TY....!

We have copper heads here, no rattle snakes. Oh and we have been having hogs rooting around our pecan trees.

I walk around and inspect machine and wow a white dot. Hm, using two HF picks and removing it, it is a 1 1/4 long tooth, from right rear tire. Again, wow, what are the odds? After repairing the left rear now the right rear tire. Well the good news is that it was removed from the R4 elevated...

Congrats, NICE rig......!!!!! Gotta look at the spec on that one. Looks like a 10 foot bat wing would be perfect fit.

Aha...so this may be what the young man was referring to when he mentioned it in his video, that air had destroyed the seals. It seems to me now knowing this, he speak as if to a well versed audience in the hydraulic world. Which was not me! Appreciate the schooling, interesting.

Well the loader was slow to lift, quick to drop. I never knew bout damage from air but here it is. Part one was was pretty interesting. One day I'll find time for part two. On edit: I do have a slow leak down. The bucket will sag?, tilt down slowly. Every so often I'll have to curl bucket...

Chinookman...Not very active as I have moved on from tweaking trucks to just maintenance. Every once in a while I post asking questions like which type of shocks to use, stuff like that. Kinda like here, was on a steep learning curve but then got busy cleaning up pasture, have house built and...

Thank you. Logic told me same but one thing for sure, I'm pretty ignorant of a lotta things. So ain't to proud to ask and be sure. Have a happy new year!

So the seals on the front loader got replaced. One was leaking and when I removed it yeah the piston was very loose. Could extend and retract piston with next to zero effort other then the weight of it. So got both done. Now they are installed and ready for service? Is there a process for...

Something to be said about those serendipity moments eh??? glad it worked out so well..

Yeah, I tried removal nah ain't happening. They are flush and tightly embedded. The harder i tried the more rubber came off as the thorns just splintered. So, i really must adjust my nuclear industry OCD mindset and shrug this one off...🙂🙃

Yup, learned this from Ask Tractor Mike channel. Using a tape measure from 6 to 12 O'clock and measure height. Then with implement attached look at the contact area of the treads. Add/remove air to adjust for full contact of tread to ground. The thorns are all flush and embedded. I did ask the...

Found leak on the left tire and learned a lot. The tire is full of huisache thorns. One spot though had a small piece of rubber cut, bout 5x8mm or so. Set left axle on jack stand and inflated to my cringe factor. Tire gauge useless on a water-filled tire. The liquid gas leak detector fluid made...

Sorry but you confused me. I was speaking of the tire the OP was dealing with. THAT tire, I did not know if it was water filled or not. This issue I have, I KNOW it is water filled. And it does not leave any witness marks of any water at all. So I will have to brave it and inflate it a bit more...

I WISH!!!!! Have been having this problem for months now. Only now have most projects come to a form of final completion that I can afford to dive into diagnostics. Filled with water by dealer back in 2017. This past June left tire started making a pooch, like my belly the bottom had this fat...

Since there are no scanner available for us when it comes to tractors try a hard reset. disconnect the battery overnight and and if you can access any sensors to the exhaust, DPF unplug as well. Next day, reconnect everything, then battery last and try to start engine for a manual regen. Also...

Do you have a local echo dealer? Have you spoken to your local Stihl dealer? Ask him about new emissions and how thy impact reliability and service. Husqvarna is going full green and closing more factories according to Chickanic on her u-toob channel. So w/o brand wars get full info from local...

TY for the info. We live on edge of town and society breakdown has not yet reached our lil 5k population farming community. Nonetheless, tractor and towing vehicle sit under carport. Will look into this and speak with our texas farm bureau agent. Have lot of gravel work to do but we've been...

Why did i assume it was an orange machine...sigh silly me...;)

I went to my local welding fab shop. Got 24x28 1/8 inch, then ACE hardware for u-bolts and mounted up. Then clearing a stormed broken limb the broken portion swung into grill and put a nice dent! But save the front end. So if you have a local fab shop talk to the floor hand for a look and then...

Have you ever seen a kit to add a hydraulic cylinder to the FEL lever pins, so one doesn't have to get off the tractor to change attachments?--- IIRC Tractor Time with Tim long ago did a video on this compared to his little "Johnny" Deere. But then I'm past getting old ....lol... So I may be all...

I would take a look at measurements on you DK and compare seat dimension with A NX tractor. https://www.lowes.com/pd/Ariens-Ariens-Camouflage-Zero-Turn-Seat-Cover/5001638597 Bought this one last year for Gravely ZT machine and paid round 75 bucks or so. Then my overpriced 220 dollah seat cover...

Thanks for the tip....!

So let's discuss chargers at this point and battery testers. Newer chargers have a desulfate function. nice to do once a year. Let it cycle for 24hours. A high frequency signal passing through that breaks up the plate sulfation and helps restore chemistry. Then a slow charge until it's full...

Timely topic. My 2005 build has hit the technological wall. AMD Phenom II X5 1055T will not support TPM module and therefore no W11 for me. Two channels that helped bring me up to speed is Britec09 channel and jayztwocents channel. Britect09 has lots of info for the DYI folks. My WD Black HDD...

Have looked at the FRS and there is a family license with a one time fee, IIRC. So anyone in the family ,siblings and all can use one under one general license. Pretty generic used to be bout 30 bucks or so back in 2019. Will just dig into all this when I get caught up. Currently filling a 17...

Appreciate the idea of a 2 meter band radio. Currently no way for wife to contact me when out back. Even though it's only 8 acres I'm a small dot to her and waving arms no longer works at that point...lol. So, This is on my top five projects that are running in parallel right now. Greatly...

I asked that question once and got boo'd off the stage by all the HAM-sters on u-toob.......but yeah agree indeed....and pray it does not come to that either.

Read the reviews on the Sangean and placed order. Think we're gonna need it soon. Things took a bad turn over the Atlantic side. Not the thread for side bar, other then well we all gonna need this device....'suddenly' is key word. OK family thanks a lot for the help.... Moving to next storm...

Short on details yeah sorry bout that. So mostly interested in listening to ham operators that support emergency operations during hurricanes and storms. So upper/lower side bands would be great. Don't have license Tx/Rx from a Ham rig. May work on that once I get my feet wet on the passive...

So am in the market for a short wave radio or a ham set. Ham set, nothing fancy where it will take a lot of complicated antenna set up. I've seen the one u-toob channel where a telescoping antenna was used for field used. Looks like I could set up near an oak tree and have it camo'd. Neighbors...

NAPA's synthetic about 105 or so year and half ago...worked just fine......when the Kioti recommend ones were considerably higher. NAPA had same specs. Kubota did not carry the synthetic and their gallon bucket was equal to or tad higher. at 820 hours when it get near 1k hours will go back to...

Thanks for the pics....I'm at 800 hrs now. So my inspection routine will now add a closer look to the fan. After several pasture jobs I normally take the time to use simple green to clean the blades. It just never occurred to me to look for this. Shoot even an obvious crack like in the pics...

Thanks for that reminder. I've been parking mine outside trying to figure out a shop lay out with a new ZT mower added to the family. No issues but as a pre-flight inspection before firing it up not a bad idea to check it......good call....! Used to spray for them until I learned they kill...

Could not tell by the OP first post of the age of said tools. But one person did mention the difference between the old Ni-Cad and the Li-Ion of today. I'll mention ol Red on his U-toob channel The Den of Tools just did a piece on the Dewalt 20v LI-Ion batteries. Now Dewalt does not out right...

Shaking my 8-Ball.....Aaaaaand.....it says "YES" it will exceed the drain plug removal thread.......heh...I'll be Baaaaack..in a few weeks....

Well sir we planned to the best of our ability and bought a house in our home town in a new subdivision with a 1/4 acre corner lot. So far so good. Two years later the small opening between us and our neighbor squeezed in two houses. Then a school was built across the street and traffic was...

Feel your pain. Just re-read my contract because the pay off is getting close!....about a 35k deal of machine and loader. Good habit we have is we pay a lot into principle on any long term purchases. So this made the trade in less painful. Snow will work your machine but who has that ancient...

DK just has a few less bells and whistles. Kissing cousins...heh...

I've got the NX4510HST and am happy with it...BUT would I go 10hp more....??? YES...!!! I've turned down work because I don't have a batwing for my lil ol 39hp PTO...... 60 acre job.......and it seems the more willing to turn down jobs and treating my customers respectfully I'm still getting...

Thanks yeah supply chain is def. broken all around......there may be one inside one of those 10k containers floating off the Cali shores....lol... on edit https://www.ballard-inc.com/product/darwins-grip-trimmer-handle/ by Oct. 11th...we'll see getting ready to place an order. Save 5 bucks...

LMAO........:ROFLMAO: yeah Sure felt that way when we finished....lol.......First two cuts I did for him were not bad cause all I did was shred. This time he wanted curb appeal, well okidoki....he's the customer! All the services we performed was based on previous discussions of what he wanted...

So fellas that 's exactly what I was looking for cause my neighbor ( a landscaper) told me I was to low. Just trimmed out their maint shop and gonna hit again Friday....will invoice him Monday. Man you guys killed greatly appreciate it....

Awesome thanks......I normally get the job done and invoice a few days later. So I'll monitor the trim work time & distance. Which will work out for me. Been giving my son seat time and I did trim work on the last job.

Yup title bout says it all.... Have been charging 75 an acre to cut this commercial account on his two yards. Now he wants to up the curb appeal and trim out the chain link fence. Not residential, but knock down the Johnson grass from 3'-6' to some ground level. So for those down here in the...

Also recommend Bifin IT, good stuff. Did learn that mud daubers eat black widows and brown recluse. So, now that we've moved into the house I give them free reign. However, those stinking black widows have made their way towards our house. Once the house was dried in though I did seal the sole...

Well hey fellas hope all are well...been a while right? So, finally got settled into the house and many sundry honey-do's....and Shazam it's time to mow a .....front AND back yard...that used to be pasture....gulp! That 18 year old 21" Husqvarna ain't gonna get it. The Ariens Apex was my first...

Well fellas finally did it....after ALL the videos, research blah...blah...blah.....went to Shiner and placed an order on a Gravely ZT HD 48". Spec for spec..with so many other choices it still came down to....dealer support. No doubt there will always be a 'better' unit. But I bought the dealer...

Well the normal annual ritual of gear box oil and slipping clutch was done earlier.....shoot done forgot what month (sigh).......... Anyways, went to hook up cutter two/three weeks ago now and I hear a rattle..... Have learned NOT to ignore unusual/unexpected noise/...

So wanna share my entertaining story so others can do this much quicker and cleaner..... NX manual states every 2 years, and was a year late on this....... Well the radiator drain plug is a rubber cap with a center rubber plug and a hose clamp. So here is what I strongly recommend. Get a 3/4"...

With max budget of 5k been looking at Ferris, Cub Cadet and eXmark ZTR mowers, 48 to 50 inch deck. The only Ferris in my budget was a 400S 48" cut....not ruled out yet....(B&S engine while company is under a Chapter 11 yech) Cub Cadet ZT2 50" or ZT54 both kawasaki engines.....watched video of...

So here we go. In Dec. parked it for lunch and upon return to work no start. Take battery to NAPA and get a 690 CCA battery. Works good for about two months then a no start. Use battery charger and test alternator, check good. Did adjust belt tension. Battery charging at 14.6 vDC. In April same...

OKIDOKI folks it's that time......2nd cut this year and my eyes look like a new yea's hang over morning......:D So I need a pair of goggles to keep the particle out...whew....it was just dry enough to cut one side of the creek and my eyes looked ...well...you know... Dewalt has the yellow...

High folks, well it's that time. Want to share my discovery of NX4510HST filter and the alternatives. Pretty successful but for one, the Fuel Filter. So here we go. HST Filter -Kioti# T4125-38021 Dealer Price about $146 Wix# WL10243 NAPA (NAPA Gold) $80 / O'Reilly's Auto $67 (Wix) UPC#...

Hey fellas.....Sooooo.....getting ready to remove spoils and start bringing in top soil to build up elevation for home build next spring. So as the title says, which one to get? Notice did not ask which is the best, silly right. It depends on the need. So here is the sit-rep. Have a 200 foot...

So......if I had to do it over again would I....sigh...yeah.....to stinking hot over here not to....but was not cheap.....like me.....:D $10 bucks per yard and it took about 1.5 yards. So 20 for material. Went to tractor seat dot com and emailed them about fit up for YLee. Pretty much told to...

Hey folks. Got four of these from HD and started planting them but now am second guessing myself. Here's what I did. Dug hole about 30" square one shovel blade deep. In the center dug another 6 inches and buried a fertilizer stick, covered in dirt. Then layered with compost, then dirt set root...

Well after a good soaking and the rains gone; here are a few snaps of the peach tree leaves with the brown spots. Plan on taking the pics to county ext. agent see if he also has any recos. So whatever you suggestions you seasoned folks have is greatly appreciated.

Well our peach and pear tree planted last Feb. are now blooming. Great right? well not sure, maybe someone can help out with advice. The pear tree suffered from brown spots last year and as fall continued I removed all infected leaves. Well now the fresh new baby leaves have brown spots...

Yah know fellas yah gots the right tools listed but you failed to include the right technician for Kandu!:eek: OK which way to the drain plug??? OK, now what...I've used all the TBN recommended tools?!?!

I'm with you on the so called OEM fluid. Let us know how you like the Mobil 424 fluid after you've had a few hours of run time. Went to NAPA and ordered 10 gallons of full synthetic. (Coastal) Did not retail in smaller containers so went to local bota dealer and got a gallon in case it needed...

I watched this with great interest because its impact on all of us. So thought that as a small community (well outtah 7 billion people we are!;) ) this will be of big help cause the media is not keeping us informed but rather distracted. Let's see what your take is after watching this. best...

I used this under the awning of our barndominium. on edit wrong web site. Here is the one I used: https://atticfoil.com/ Also laid some over the decking of the attic space over the living area. Noticed a tad improvement on a/c loading and heater needs in winter. So using double sided tape this...

Nice link. I use this Rtic tumbler: So the puny little notch to allow handle to set in correctly is a big fail. ;)

Hey folks. In the shop area I now have a corner that is ready to have a wall built to hang hand implements and other wall of the corner for air compressor, hoses, air filter etc. Some items to spend time decorating one wall are are; pick ax, maul, shovels etc. Leaning towards 1/2" but...

If you get Chippewa boots look for the ones with the zipper on the back. I have to yet to find a boot maker willing to cut mine open and install the zippers. So removal even with a boot removal jig is a pain. If you shred tall pasture grass, work around/trim oaks, pecan or any other type of...

So, I'm in the middle of the 50 hour service. Get to the front axle, drain the now grayish fluid and get my 85-140 valvoline gear lube ready. Owners manual in section 2-4 shows 1.9 gal. or 7.0 L In the other section of different NX configurations the table shows 1.85 gal. or 7.0L of gear lube...

Mods if this is the wrong forum please move, thanks! So, I'm looking for an app that can show me mowing speed and total acreage mowed. I found farmers app but being an old codger did not find, locate or see these type of features. Have a good week yah'll..

Hey folks this machine is a real challenge. It started out last summer with fuel leaking from the muffler. Don't know if this is right or wrong but life long habit whatever fuel was left in tank it stayed in there. Then last year fuel dripping out of air filter, then out from muffler. So I get...

Hello folks So as a new guy here already starting out to pick your brains. This is a description of the property. Of the eight acres about 5 to 7 was heavily populated with large huisache. It was cleared once by two dozers that got stuck and had to be recovered years ago. I spoke to the guy that...

Hello folks: Been lurking here since March of 17. The many contributors here helped me with the choice of tractor for moving onto our homestead. Yah'll didn't know that did yah'll? :thumbsup::) The eight acres does not readily seem one would need such a large tractor; but heh I'm soon about to...