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The tractor is hydro. I had never heard of the tractor house - will check that out. It would seem natural for the sister in law that got all of the property (house and 6 acres) would want the tractor. But since there are no horses anymore she really just wants something smaller. Frankly I...

I am in the unfortunate position as executor of my father-in-law's estate. He has a lightly used about 2000 model L3010 with loader. It has less than 500 hours on it. I have a B2710 (1999 model) and this L model is huge to me. Looking for advice on how I can sell this tractor for the estate...

I was going to till in my cowpeas today and I was horrified to see that the yellow plastic filler cap behind the seat is missing. Unfortunately I had done some light dirt work a couple of weeks ago after having replaced two hydraulic hoses which required topping off the UDT. Musta forgot to...

Changed the fluids and filters on my 1999 B2710 today, the tractor has 913 hours. When I removed the right side suction filter this is what I saw. The black stuff won't come off - it appears to be stuck. No issues with the operation, but I wonder if somehow it got overheated at some point? I...

The weed eating I do is with a Stihl FS85, but my wife loves using the wheel trimmer. I purchased a cheap Troybilt (MTD) high wheel trimmer in 2001 and it has been great. B & S 6.75 engine. Offset to the left to get up against stuff. It still runs fine but the bearings are seizing on the...

I cannot believe how expensive trucks have become. Looks I will never own another new one. Other than those making money from their trucks, and others that have a pile of money, I don't see how people can afford a new truck.

I have been on this board for 16 years and it was feedback on this board that caused me to buy this new tractor in 1999. It now has about 900 hours and I have not posted much about the tractor because there have not been any problems in years. Now, all of a sudden the tractor is hard to...

I have a 10 year old Mule 550 2WD and the rear tires are shot and one of them I can't seem to plug the leak. The sizes appears to be 22x11x10. Should any "ATV" tire work OK? It has some kind of Dunlop tires on it, can't really make out the model. Anyone have a good source for such a tire...

Actually I first saw two of these on a trailer at a gas station then later on the interstate. A seat with an engine on each side. any ideas what this is?

Infested once a again. They are eating everything, even the window screens. Put out nolo bait 2 weeks ago when they were small but now they are near adult and are not phased. Sprayed sevin a week ago on everything. Seemed pretty effective but yesterday we are wall to wall on every plant, on...

We have decided we don't want the greenhouse to have a floor, so water spills and over watering will just go into the ground. Probably will use gravel for the floor, maybe pavers for a walkway down the middle. One end of the building will be a shed and we plan to put a wood floor in there...

2005 was $2500. 2014 $5,672.34. 500 foot well, 5HP 20gpm pump, motor, and control box replaced. After the job was done I asked what if I put a 10 gpm pump, maybe a 2HP? Would have saved $2,000. Not sure I could tell any difference.

We were having a nice Easter when our well pump quit working. The well service guys showed up this morning and tested the control box and determined they would need to pull the pump. Only problem is, it came 1.5 inches of rain last night and the service rig is now stuck in my yard. What...

My 1994 Ford F250 has been blowing the taillight/instrument panel fuse. Wouldn't blow it immediately, usually only have drive a few miles. I found this tool and although I am not sure I have actually fiixed the short it gave me a good shot to locate it. You connect the buzzer/breaker to the...

My wife uses this great little tiller. The primer bulb crumbled and since then it will not stay running. I replaced the bulb this morning but still can't get it to run. Changed out the gas but didn't do any good. It will fire and run for 1-3 seconds then die. Seems if I over prime it runs a...

Bought my Kubota B2710 new back in 1999 and it has been great. But as I get older I am finding it harder and harder to change out implements to the point many times I just don't do what I planned because for example I know I will need my tiller in a month and it is on the tractor now and I...

And its illegal to kill them. They sit on my TV antenna (have destroyed one and damaged the replacment) and crap all over my cooking patio. I have sorta been out of commission with surgery and now I find I am going to have to pressure wash everything before I can cook. These are the black...

Many years ago when looking at regular cab trucks I found that I could not get the seat back far enough for comfort - mainly I like to lean the seatback back somewhat - I don't like to feel I am sitting straight up in a dining room chair. I am only 5'9", not a big buy at all. My F-I-L 's...

Many years ago when looking at regular cab trucks I found that I could not get the seat back far enough for comfort - mainly I like to lean the seatback back somewhat - I don't like to feel I am sitting straight up in a dining room chair. I am only 5'9", not a big buy at all. My F-I-L 's...

We have decided we want a greenhouse. My wife loves growing stuff and wants to be able to start vegetables like tomatoes from seed etc, get a head start each spring. I am mainly interested in vegetables - she is also into flowers and such. There are kits that are basically all glass with...

While our work computers and the laptops my wife and I use at home are Windows 7 I have the need to set up a mother in law computer using my older Dell Latitude D830 which is really an nice and workable laptop but it has Windows XP on it. It developed sticking touchpad buttons and I retired it...

I have a friend who lost her dad and is going through is barn stuff and sent me these pictures. It is a pump driven by a 110 volt electric motor, would seem to be some sort of well pump? I am posting pics of the pump and of the label on the pump housing hoping that someone could identify it...

Looks like I have tumor on my kidney. Not real small either - 7 or 8 cm. Didn't have any related symptoms, no abnormal blood work except something call Ferritin which can relate to too much iron or liver problem. But an ultrasound of the liver found the mass on my kidney. Going to a...

I took the truck to Pep boys to get them to look at the coolant leak it has had for a year. While in New Mexico last August I found a leak and after studying the situation I detemined that it was not the water pump but rather coming out of the thermostat housing around the gasket, maybe the...

I have posted quite a bit about this great vehicle. It has 204,000+ on it now. For a year it had a very slow coolant leak (started while we were in New Mexico). Since we are about on go on a 500 mile trip I got it checked out today. Turns out the water pump is leaking at least now - sure...

I know I'm pretty late, but I need to plant the cowpeas on about 3 or 4 acres. I usually till it about 3" deep, broadcast, then drag it. I was thinking doing it different this time by broadcasting then dishing. The cowpeas need to be covered with dirt, maybe a half to 3/4 inch. Seems like...

I bought this small handheld blower today after reading numerous glowing reviews. Frankly so Ifar I am not impressed with the power which is odd since the only blower I have ever used is an electric which is really a craftsman shop vac. The wind just doesn't seem to reach out there and move...

My 9 year old grandson is the catcher

My 9 year old grandson is the catcher

I have a 2006 Honda Accord. It is my commuter car and has given no trouble in 218,000 miles so far. I noticed the surpentine belt (original) looks cracked and needs replacing. I picked up a Gates replacement at O'Reilly's. Got home and thought I could do this in maybe 30 minutes tops...

Here is an iPhone pic of my water heater screen. That white stuff is what I am talking about.

The last few years it seems all the faucets are getting plugged up and the inlet screen on the tankless water heater gets clogged up in just 3 or 4 weeks and I am constantly having to clean them. The washing machine gets to where no water will flow into it. I have to pull the hoses off and...

After years of cooking steaks on charcoal I find that I have much better luck on the gas grill. I have a Weber Genesis and if you clean out the drip tray and the "flavor bars", the secret is NO flareups! I turn on all 3 burners full blast to get the grill to 550+ and cook 1" ribeyes about 6:45...

I just need a saw for occasional limbing and firewood. More recently I need to take some trees down. I use a chainsaw maybe 5 or 6 days out of a year. I have a Husqvarna 141 with 16" bar that has been a great little saw and it still runs fine. I like it because it is light and I can use it...

My B2710 (1999) has rubber tubes that hang down right under the dash, somewhere between the dash and the filler cap. I have noticed for years that sometimes when I am running the tractor in the shop to warm it up there is a 6"-10" puddle under the hose on the right and it is clearly coming from...

We own a 2WD Mule, a model 550. We like it just fine since we don't care to go fast. However it does not have much power for going up steep hills and even worse, it will free-wheel coming down. So we are thinking of a more powerful unit, one that has more power and the trans will hold it back...

A pic of my friend the turkey buzzard at my office, taken with iPhone 5. Actually this is a bad example as it is taken through the window. I downloaded the mobile app and uploaded this. Pretty cool app.

Got 5 new dell computers and replaced the hard drives with SSD drives from crucial. In 6 weeks two have totally failed and one is iffy. Replaced one with an intel SSd so far so good, replacing another with intel today. These are very fast but very disappointed in the reliability. Thank God...

I have a cheap 16' tandem trailer I bought new for $900 in 1999. No more miles than it has on it, the tires still have plenty of tread, but a tire just went flat and separated a belt just sitting there. So, I need to replace the tires. Where should I go for cheap tires for the trailer? New...

I don't know how the title got changed to "C Yukon CL coolant leak". Should be 2001 GMC Yukon XL coolant leak"...anyway..... I posted other threads about doing various maintenance on this 195K mile vehicle and our trips, most recently to Red River, NM, which is where we are right now. I...

Taking a trip to see my wife's dad for his 75th birthday next weekend - he lives just outside Ozark, Missouri but we are staying in a motel in Ozark. After a couple of days we plan to leave there and go to Red River, New Mexico, more than 700 miles. Yahoo maps recommends a route off the...

I was watching Pawn Stars and they mentioned someone was bring this 1955 Chevy pickup. But when they showed up I didn't see a 1955 model which I recall as have the open grill (like the '55 Chev Belaire car) and hooded headlights. The truck that showed up was what looks to me like 1954 and...

About a year ago I posted about the recent FEMA maps putting most of my property and all of my improvements in the 100-year flood zone. Last month I received my new appraised value and they have upped the value of the land about 20%, probably on the basis that the land next door, with similar...

I am trying to build my soil. Two years ago I planted cowpeas and by the end of the summer there was more Johnson grass then cowpeas. Last year I sprayed roundup and wiped out the Johnson grass. I planted the cowpeas. It rain a little and they came up to about 4" tall. Never rained again...

In the last 2 weeks we have been totally infested by grasshoppers. They have eaten all the plants in my wife's flower garden, ate ALL of the tops off the onions, and are working on the tomatoes, jalepeno peppers, and watermelon. They have even eaten my wife's monkey grass to the ground and...

Looking for ideas....... My 89 year old mother loves her computer, email, and Drudge. Her health has declined recently - been in the hospital this year for heart problems, lung problems and most recently fractured her hip and had to have partial hip replacement. She then suffered a heart...

I have a Garmin 755T, just wondered if any of you have a GPS that works well and does not have these problems (that mine has): 1. The next turn is the same highway I am on. For example, I get on highway 82 in Gainesville TX and will get off on highway 287 in Henrietta, about 75 miles away...

I went by TSC to get deer corn today. They had the big impact wrench for $99 (regular $179) on clearance. I learned weeks ago TSC is discontinuing the Farmhand brand. The only had one left maybe I should have grabbed it, but I was unsure of the quality and $99, well seems like every time I...

I have a Scag Wildcat with a 26hp Kawasaki liquid cooled engine, about 400 hours so far. I changed the oil in March, put 10w-30 dino oil in there and have about 40 hours since then (100 hour schedule on oil changes). Because of the 100+ heat we are having regularly I figured I needed to up the...

I've had this little chain saw for about 12 years. I run it and put it up. Never change out the gas, even leave gas in it all winter and it has always started and ran well. Went to use this last week and I could not get it started. Not even a whimper. Seems the more I pull the harder it...

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We bought our property on the creek after years of looking and months of pouring over FEMA maps etc. Built a building in 2000 and our new house in 2007, very carefully situated high over the creek. A good place.... I recently got a letter from our lender that all of a sudden we have to have...

I just bought one of these along with my new compressor (separate thread). The compressor puts out 10.2 cfm at 90psi. I read on a Campbell Hausfeld website that you should size the compressor output at 1.5 times the rating of the tool, and that most 1/2" impacts are about 5 cfm. So the 10.2...

Spent the day picking the Campbell Hausfeld 60 gal compressor at Tractor Supply today. Turns out they didn't have a regulator nor any kind of wiring so I had to go around town picking up everything I needed. Got it unloaded (see pics) and set up, except that I need to figure out where I am...

Went today. This is an incredible collection of war assets, first hand accounts, and artifacts. Most moving was a 48 minute movie called "Beyond all Boundaries". A huge curved screen, along with other auxiliary screens, vibrating chairs, incredible sound, and other physical props made this an...

I see where Tractor Supply has this air compressor for sale at $499, regular $599. It is a single stage 230V compressor with 3HP motor and says it delivers 11.3CFM @ 90 PSI. The compressor is one of those that you have to put oil in, which is a good thing. Most of the reviews are good, but...

My wife and I both have laptops - mine is older with Windows XP and hers is new with Windows 7. She managed to update her Windows Live Mail to 2011 and this has created problems. She can't email pictures out of Picasa anymore. Instead it wants her to sign up on some Windows Live account and...

I brush hogged a few acres of cow peas this morning and tilled the garden. It occurred to me the very low number of hours I have put on my B2710 since we got the ZTR 3 years ago. Only about 100 hours in 3 years, whereas it was 100/yr before that. Looks like this tractor might last me the rest...

There was a thread on this a few years ago, but I am hoping this technology has improved enough that I can get a computer out in my shop building to pick up my wifi signal from the house. The problem is that the building is metal of course, and the house has foil backed insulation on all the...

The parking brake has not worked in years (160K miles). When I had it at Pep Boys for other service I had them check it. They showed me that this vehicle has a crazy design - parking brake shoes on the inside of the rear DISC brakes. The parking brake shoes are worn and had worn a huge amount...

I have posted before on the maintenance items I planned to do. So far I have put a couple of tires on, new shocks, flushed the power steering, front end alignment, new surpentine belts. The truck has 160K miles. We are fixing to go on a week long trip and will put about 2000 miles on it...

I was wondering if anyone here in Texas has this? The forms seem daunting, there are many questions I don't know how to answer, like what is my target male to female deer population? I have 24 acres of which 7 acres is in hay production, 3 taken up by the residence and a pond, and other 24 is...

We made a round trip to New Orleans (from north Texas) this week for medical reasons and we took the southern route from NO to Lafayette, and swung down to Cypremort Point State Park. It is a man made beach and a pier overlooking a bay that is connected to the gulf. This is south of Lafayette...

A friend of mine bought this tractor. Unfortunately the seller was such nice guy and since the lift lever was missing he failed to test the PTO. After delivery he found it would not work, no will the lift work. Took it to a shop and they said everything inside is totally messed up, someone...

....when the middle blade spacer is on the wrong side of the blade AND the blade is upside down. After an afternoon of beautiful mowing of spring growth our on Scag Wildcat 61" I pulled the blades and sharpened them and went to the house. Wow this thing is a hoss. Monday my wife calls me at...

I am about to do some work on my wife's 2001 GMC Yukon XL. It has 153K miles and I want to do these things: shocks front end work if needed alignment brakes tires Not NTB - belt, hoses, transmission service, flush coolant I have bought tires from NTB and maybe had a front end alignment...

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My wife has this truck with 152K miles, we bought it new and love it and really want to keep it another couple of years since a new one just like it is like $45K. Also, I don't know what the economy is going to do, where fuel prices are going to be, and don't know if I would buy this large a...

Mrs. Alan L. and I were a couple miles north of Gunter, Texas headed south about dark today when 3 does mosied across the highway in front of me. There was about a 10 foot gap between deer #2 and deer #3 (#1 and #2 were nose to tail!!!) and I managed to squeezed through there. Whew! I was...

My son and his girlfriend were in a serious accident Saturday. A bobtail truck ran a red light, she saw it and hit the brakes and fortunately she clipped the back wheel of the truck rather than getting T-boned. Air bags deployed, the car totaled, cuts and bruises but other wise fine. Turns...

My truck battery keeps running down. According to what I read, it could be the voltage regulator in the alternator drawing the batteries down when the engine is not running. I am considering switching out the alternator, but need to see how to loosen the belt to get it off/on. The alternators...

The terminal for the positive side of one of the batteries (diesel) is loose and wallowed out and you can't get it tight. I would get a new terminal and clamp it on there, but the problem is that the terminal is not at the end of the cable. Instead, the cable keeps going past the battery...

I have a 1994 Ford F250 pickup and I have managed to lose the ignition key. Should I be able to get a key made if I show my title and identification to a Ford dealer?

My Mom's doggie died Thursday and for the third time I performed a burial on our property using the FEL and a shovel. When its dry our soil is so hard it is literally like concrete. You can jump up and down with a shovel or worry a hole with the FEL (the worst tool there is for digging). It...

Anyone used one of these? Looks pretty cool on the TV infomercial - has counter-rotation blades and cuts both directions - almost any material. Costs about $200. However I got on the website and the warranty info is as follows: We will replace the unit free of charge during the term of the...

I was putting up the tractor last week and noticed when I let go of the joystick, the bucket kept dumping. Is there a spring that makes the stick go back to neutral position when you let go, or is it hydraulics? Does this mean the control valve has a problem?

It is a mustang pump with a little 2-stroke mitsubishi engine - got it at Tractor Supply several years ago. I think the manufacturer is Tri-Global up north somewhere. It won't pump anything at all. I finally took it apart and it did have some silt in it which I cleaned out, but I didn't see...

Anybody use this service, in the north Texas area? I currently use another wireless service that goes down quite a bit, they don't answer the phone on weekends, and it takes days to get them to return emails. Thinking of switching to SOL if we can get a good wireless signal at our place.

We lost our beloved cocker Fudge a year ago to bone cancer. We decided we wanted to rescue a dog from a shelter, and my wife and 9-year old granddaughter found one today, an 8-week old rat terrior. My wife tells me we will get the dog in a few days AFTER it is neutered. I said "what???" thats...

I fired up the tractor this morning, let it warm up and when I came back to use the tractor I noticed a 12" puddle on the floor. I checked it with my finger and it was thick, definitely UDT fluid, clear and clean. The only source that seemed possible was the rubber tube (pic 099), which I...

I receive a lot of pictures from family, and prefer the way Outlook Express displays the attached picture as part of the message without having to open each picture individually. My Outlook Express is on the blink. When I launch it, I get the splash screen but nothing else happens...

I have looked briefly at the Bad Boy at Tractor Supply and I don't think it has anything on the Hustler Fastrak quality for about the same price.

We have pretty much narrowed our search to the Wildcat with 52" Velocity deck and 26HP liquid cooled Kawasaki vs the Hustler Z with 60" XR7 deck and 25HP Kaw air cooled engine. The Hustler is 60" because their 54" has no trim edge, the mower itself is too wide, whereas the Wildcate apparently...

You ask for opinions on the mowers and when they aren't what you want to hear, then you assume the people must have agendas?

My tiller is only a year old. A few months ago after my brother in law used the tractor/tiller to till some very hard ground on his property, when I got it back there were missing bolts on the side gearbox. Afraid there could have been dirt in there I took the cover off, cleaned the gears with...

I discovered a GFI outlet in the master bath in our new home would not work. Funny, because the green light was on but there was no power in the outlet itself. I tried resetting the outlet and the reset button would not stay seated, thus the outlets remained in a tripped state, but the green...

After 7 years with no problems I believe we have iron bacteria in our well water. The water smells like a cross between diesel and sewer and there is a brown slime in the toilet tanks. This starters a few weeks ago, since some big floods we had a few months back. The water got to within 20...

I have researched ZTRs all over the net (including here) and this is what I have concluded. 1) I really don't want to spend more than $5000 to $6000. 2) For that money there really isn't a new unit that I think is worth that - Hustler Fastrak etc. 3) For $3000 you can get box store mowers but...

In my new house I had a line run to my indoor fireplace from the propane tank, not for gas logs but for starting wood logs. There is a valve cutoff sticking out of the rock and inside the firebox is a stubbed out pipe with threads, probably 1/2". I know I need a log lighter bar, but it is...

I have read some of the previous ZTR threads, but wanted to get feedback on a couple of things. How do you like your Hustler ZTR - really specifically I am looking at the Mini Z 52" with Kawasaki engine. Also, the 52" mini-Z comes with either 19HP or 23HP Kawasaki. The only ones I have found...

I have a 250 gallon propane tank for my tankless hot water heater. When they installed it, I had them run a line to my back porch for the grill. I am getting a new grill, but it will be designed I'm sure for a 20-pound portable tank. I am wondering how to go about connecting to the bulk tank...

We lost a little female cocker spaniel on 12/6/96 and I didn't want another dog, it couldn't fill the void. But Fudge had already been born, on 10/21/96. I said I didn't want him, but on the way home I called and Mrs. Alan L. said "I got a Fudge", she had gone ahead and picked up the puppy...

Anybody have any experience with these? I recommended my Stihl FS85 brush cutter to a friend who now says Stihl has a 4-cycle engine that does not have a separate crankcase (thus no oil changes) and you mix the oil with gas 50:1 just like a 2-cycle.

I posted recently about my power steering going out and finding that I had lost a couple of quarts of UDT via a hole in a hose. Got that fixed and everything seems fine. However something happened today that I am starting to get concerned about. I bottomed out the brush hog on a mound of dirt...

I hopped on my '99 B2710 tonight to mow a low spot I have been waiting to dry out before the rains hit. Noticed my power steering was binding but I went ahead and finished -about 30 minutes of brushhogging. When I got the tractor back in the shop building I started looking it over and found...

Just FYI, the IRS has given up on collecting excise tax on long distance service. In fact, taxpayers can get a refund of all the taxes paid during the 41-month period ended 7/31/06. Rather than use actual taxes paid (which is an option), individuals can take a credit based on number of...

We are leaning toward using solid oak flooring in our new house. We have a concrete slab. The stips and planks or 3/4". First, they put down a plastic vapor barrier, cover that with 5/8" plywood, then felt paper, then they nail the flooring on that. This is being done alot around here, and I...

The foundation crew just showed up, laying it out right now!!

We are close to breaking ground, still trying to get some costs together. Wow, how prices have gone up. My house is 2123 square feet of living area, 1679 downstairs and 444 upstairs. Also has a 684 sq foot garage and about 1000 sq feet of porches included a 150 square foot upstairs balcony...

We live in an insulated living quarters in a metal building. Looks like we will hopefully get our house built by the end of the year. My question is, does anybody have any suggestions on how to keep these living quarters (879 sq feet) from getting moldy from not running the A/C? I certainly...

I've been involved in several discussions here about trucks and fuel prices. Last week I painfully traded my 2003 GMC pickup for a new Honda Accord. I drove the civic which is rated 30/40 but it was too small and too rough, so I chose the value pack accord for even less money than the civic...

Got up early this morning. The air was crisp and cold and my breath was visible. Took a sledge hammer to bust the ice on the pond so the cows could get a drink. So many cold days in a row, man I can't wait for summer. Well, I wish that was the case. Its 106 and humid and just unbearable...

Commuting 120 miles a day, the gas on my 2003 GMC pickup is killing me. I have finally decided I need to get a car, but still need a work truck. I found this 1994 F250 4x4 deisel (7.3 Navistar - powerstroke) and it seems to fit the bill. No carpet, rollup windows, manual locks, and manual...

My brother-in-law borrowed my B2710 with KK 60" tiller this week to lightly till about 1.5 acres of very hard, dry clay. When I got it back today I noted the following: 1. A bolt came out of the side gear housing on the tiller. He noticed this and tightened all the others VERY tight, so...

I know there are many factors, but can someone give me a rough idea how to figure how much water will evaporate from my 1-acre pond in a day. Temps in upper 90s, light breezes usually, humidity at hottest part of the day probably 45-55%. I am trying to figure out how much and how often I need...

My B2710 is now 7 years old and I have never changed out the antifreeze. What is the procedure? Seems like when you open the drain plug on the radiator only the coolant from the radiator comes out, what is in the engine stays in the engine. How do you change out ALL of the coolant? Should I...

My older brother in law called this week wanting me to loan him the tractor & tiller to till up about an acre. He has used my tractor quite a bit and has a B2410 of his own, but the 5 foot tiller is a little much for that tractor. I've been behind on brush hogging so he comes by this morning...

Can\'t find a house plan We are wanting to build and cannot come up with a plan. we have searched high and low on the web, have stacks of plan books and can't come up with something we (a) want and (b) can afford. If anyone has found good plans that might have most of this I would appreciate...

My lovely wife called me and work yesterday and said we didn't have any water. I stopped at Walmart and picked up 9 gallons of drinking water, and two 7-gallon water containers. Got home and filled up the containers out of the pond. We used the pond water for flushing the toilets and the...

There have been a few threads on here about construction, so I thought I would get some opinions. We hope to start building a house this year and one item that is at the top of my list is quality windows. Both for energy efficiency (mainly for air conditioning here in Texas) and quality of the...

I had a small smoker with a separate firebox a few years ago. My son-in-law inherited a large, trailer mounted pit and so he took my small pit and parked the big one here at my place. He had a big todo at his place about a year ago and came and got the big pit. Now I got none. I will...

I have come to the realization that, at $3 a gallon, the $458 a month it takes me to get to work and back is getting serious. So I stopped by a Honda dealership to check out Civics and Accords on Friday. They had about 3 Accords and 2 Civics - one of them was a Hybrid. I went to a Toyota...

I was brush hogging around my tank on Saturday. Its about 3 feet low from lack of rain and so I am cutting quite a bit of stuff I have not been cutting - cat tails, willow trees, etc. I always back the cutter down to the water, just putting the tail wheel in the water, then pullling out. Not...

I need to run about 350 feet of water line. I plan to use 1.25 inch all the way - PVC that comes in 20 foot sections. I want to put in a couple of those frost-free faucets, but also I want to be able to pump water into my one-acre tank (pond), such that the pump will run 100% of the time...

Is it \"coyote\" or \"Keeotee\"? My brother in law has 65 HP Kioti. He calls it a "coyote", but I had always pronounced it "keeotee".

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I\'m a Johnson Grass Farmer I was going to do it right this time. I sprayed roundup on the 3 acres. Twice. Bought a tiller and tilled it up after everything was dead. Waited 3 weeks and tilled it again. No sign of vegetation of any kind, so I planted common bermuda. That was about May...

When I parked by my tractor last night the fuel guage was below empty. When I got home from church today I wanted to mow a couple of passes down the sides of my 700' driveway, and thats all. I had maybe a cupful of fuel in the fuel can and poured that in. I cranked it up and was going to let...

Someone posted a while back about the setting of the skids on the KK tiller. I tried to set mine at the deepest setting last week and found the same as this other poster, that there is no way you can put it at what appears to be the deepest settings because various bolts and other parts of the...

I tilled about 3 acres in somewhere around 5 hours today. Tilled one pass on very hard, heavy clay with vegetation on it. Tilled maybe 3 inches deep (seems a lot deeper the way it fluffs it up) and the tiller did a GREAT job! I'm not surprised about how well the tiller did, but very pleased...

I emailed King Kutter to get touch up paint for new KK tiller. They say they "don't furnish touchup paint", but said the color is "new cat yellow". Now I guess I will find some "new cat yellow" to paint the bad spots just to protect the metal. In case anyone wanted to know.......

I posted last night my experience with unloading the tiller. Today I got to try it out. First, let me comment on the appearance of the tiller. Very heavy and seems very well made. Paint job is horrible. Looks like some beige paint was sprayed on it with no primer or anything. Nearly...

My trailer is out of commission and I am close to deciding to buy a 60" KK tiller at Tractor Supply. Can they load that in the back of my pickup? And if they do, any reason to think I can't get it out with my FEL when I get home, without banging up the truck? I would put a piece of plywood in...

I got me an ATV sprayer and sprayed about 3 acres with Roundup 2 weeks ago. Now it is striped green and red/yellow. Apparently I didn't have it mixed good. I ordered an agitator for $25 today. Don't know anything the agitators but I hope that does the trick..... My sprayer just has a hand...

The biggest problem I having in tiller selection is size. Based on what I have been reading there is no better bargain than the KK at Tractor Supply. My Kubota 2710 has 27 gross HP, but only 20 PTO HP. The KK 60" calls for 25 HP and up and its about $1150 at TSC right now. There is one store...

I hear about auctions all the time. But have never found one to go to. What is the best source of auctions that might include welders, 3-point tillers, etc? A local John Deere dealer had an "auction" one saturday, however it was dishonest in my opinion because I won a bid on a new tiller and...

I used my new pressure washer on the cedar deck today, boy was it dirty. But when it dried, many of the boards had hair! Very light colored and not very pretty. I put Thompson water seal on there but after it soaked in, the light fuzz was still there. Any solutions?

I plan to get a 15 or 25 gallon tank sprayer to use in our Mule to spray roundup, and at other times to spray BT and insecticides on trees. I have the habit of using separate pump sprayers for these two sprays, but at $200+ apiece I can't afford separate sprayers for the Mule. Can this be...

I am planning on buying a tiller finally. I had to wait until the prices went up so that I could spend as much for as little as possible...... Anyway, with, say a 56" tiller, how long would it take to till 3 acres about 3-4" deep to get ready for planting bermuda? This is heavy clay not...

Does anyone know anything about the little 2-cycle transfer pump that Tractor Supply sells? It supposedly has a Mitsubishi engine and will pump about 1800 gph. I wondering if its any good and can it be left running until it runs out of gas for an hour or so at a time?

I have a 16' trailer that I transport my tractor on. About 25% of the boards are rotten and need to be replaced. Based on earlier threads, I will first attempt to replace them without the use of a welder or cutting torch. My questions is, what type of lumber is recommended? They look like...

After replacing the tires on my wife's GMC Yukon XL to Michelin LTX 275/70/16, and driving it about 2000 miles on vacation was SO impressed with the ride, quietness, and overall drive of these new tires, that I put a set of the same tires 255/70/16 on my 2003 GMC Sierra extended cab 2WD pickup...

My Kawasaki mule 550 with the industrial engine has never been a screamer, but lately its seems to have lost power. Its only 2 years old with 330 hours, but it seems it first began to lose some power when the dealer did the valve adjustment at 50 hours. Other than spark plug, is there anything...

I have a dip upstream of my pond that collects rain water since I had dirt work on the whole property. There are two good trees in the dip that will be killed when I finally fill it in with dirt, so I'm not real anxious to do that yet. It would seem a short-term solution would be to get a gas...

Granddaughter\'s View of Paw\'s Kubota My 4 year old granddaughter was in my lap today and we were looking at my metal John Deere card collection, given to me by my daughter several years ago. The cards each show a different John Deere tractor, all big ag tractors. I asked her if she thought...

I have a cheap 16' flatbed trailer I bought new for $900 in 1999 to transport my Kubota 2710. Some of the boards are rotten and I would like to replace them all. Unfortunately, in addition to being screwed into the trailer frame using self-tapping torx screws on two coarses, the ends of the...

The wife found a downed hawk an hour or so ago, on one of our trails. While he looked very alert in the face, his wings were both in a bad position. Using a weed stalk, I looked under his wing and could see an injury with flies - figure he had maybe been shot. He was not sitting on his feet...

Can someone tell me what kind of tool you use to change out the wheels on an angle grinder? I have a B & D 4.5" grinder that I have used mostly for sharpening the blades on my brush hog. I needed to put a new wheel on it and could not find the "tool" that I know I must have, but I can't...

I spent the first 4 years of my Rhino 5-footer cutter's life dragging the front end of the thing in the ground. The angle was fairly close to what the manual recommended, but I could never figure out how to keep from gouging little ditches in the ground with the leading edge. About a year ago...

Muhammad: Attached is a screen shot of "last 24 hours". As you can tell, the subjects are wrapped although the display only takes up about half the screen on my laptop that has 1600 by 1200 resolution. The other associated problem is that when I page down, the display pages down more than one...

When I put up my tandem disk today I decided to go ahead and grease the bearings. When I did I discovered that on one of the gangs all the disks are loose, like the whole thing needs tightening. However when I try to tighten the big nut at the end of the axle, it seems tight and I only succeed...

OK, I was thinking I was finally ready to plant about 4 acres of common bermuda this weekend. I have about another 4 acres to do when I can get it ready. Weather calls for 80 degree highs. The problem is, it was 39 last night and we just had a cold snap. Every where I read says to wait...

Fertilizer cost alone seems out of whack. Everything I read says bermuda hay needs 46 pounds of nitrogen per ton of hay. Thats 2 round bales that will sell for $50 to $70. The fertilizer alone, if you use 13-13-13 (which you of course wouldn't use after inital planting) is about $14.50 for...

I have a creek about 12 feet wide and pretty deep. The banks overflow once or twice a year. I want to do a bridge about 6 feet wide, something the kawasaki mule can cross, but mostly a walking bridge. My plan had been to sink 2 large posts on each side, about 2 feet back from the bank, and...

I'm trying to figure out what is wrong with my browser display. I am using a Dell Latitude laptop with ultra high res screen. For instance, this website takes up only half the screen left to right, but individual columns are too narrow to display the text, so the text folds to the next and...

Kubota\'s Utility Vehicle I took a look at one at the dealer Saturday, and WOW it is built like a military vehicle. I have a Mule and this Kubota could eat it alive. VERY heavy duty construction. I don't know the price, but I'll bet its way out of my ballpark.

Anybody watch this show? Man these guys are great, when the old man is not reaming the boys out for something.

I would like to add some NLGI 00 grease to my Rhino cutter gearbox due to the fact that the front seal now leaks after I got a willow limb wrapped up in the yoke. Unfortunately it appears that I would have to buy a 5-gallon bucket of the Amsoil Spy Grease, which would be about a 100 year...

I was brush hogging around the tank (pond) today, backing up under some willow trees, when I got some willow whips wrapped around the yoke right back at the gearbox. Figuring it wouldn't hurt anything I continued brush hoggin for another hour or so with the stuff still back there wrapped around...

I guess I must be some kind of Weirdo. I like it cold in the house. In the summer we set the daytime on 70 or so, and at night about 64. We also use a fan, mostly for the noise. The consequences of this is that I am so spoiled by being cool at night, that I can't sleep if its over 65. By...

We were staying in a cabin near Red River, NM on vacation this week, when I saw this (see pic). I looked out earlier and saw a man and a 12-year old or so boy trying to push a Craftsman garden tractor (no deck) with chains on the rear wheels. For whatever reason they couldn't push it because...

After 4 years, I decided I was going to change the gear oil in my Rhino 5-foot rotary cutter. I got my pan in place, removed the top plug, then the bottom plug, and.......nothing. Not a drop of oil in the gearbox. As far as I know it has been working perfectly, not even making any noise. I...

I'm looking to buy a tiller. The King Kutter II 60" is available at Tractor Supply for $999. Some say even $899 in some areas. But my B2710 has only 20 PTO HP and the KK tiller is rated for 25 minimum I think. I don't want to over work my tractor. I like the looks of the CCM tiller that C &...

I have a 1995 Ford F150 wiht 302 V8 engine. I picked up plugs, wires, dist cap, and rotor to replace. I ran into two problems. First, the wires were on the plugs so tight I could not pull even ONE off. Must a a special tool? Secondly, the **** wires go through wiring harnesses, some hidden...

Nearly 4 years I've tried to get Mrs. Texas Al to learn to brush hog a little, every now and then. Since she got the ducks, and I've been building the duck house for the last 3 weekends, she decided she wanted to brushhog yesterday. She forgot to look up as she was mowing under a tree. The...

I had a trench to dig today for a french drain, so after hearing all the stories on here about using a middle buster to do the job I went to tractor supply to get one. They were out of stock, but there was a guy who had various implements in his front yard. All new stuff, and he had a middle...

My father in law in Missouri ran across a guy who has a D6 that he has spent quite a bit on during the last couple of years, replacing the engine, the tracks, etc. He says he will sell it for $8000. The D6 is probably 20 years old or older. Realizing there is probably a great disparity in...

Has anyone come up with one of those air breathing seat covers for a tractor? It was only 88 or so today, but as usual my butt was soaked to the bone with sweat on that vinyl seat. Seems like there used to be foldable air cushions for cars back before they had AC. There were wire supports...

Here is some backbreaking furniture moving I did today.

I'm watching Nightline. The subject is how the world press views America, especially in terms of the possible action against Iraq. If you can believe the media (a big question), then some of our historical friends see us as a bully. A Russian journalist called us a modern Roman Empire (thats...

Seatbelt Don\'t Work My seatbelt has been contankerous in that sometimes you couldn't pull it out far enough to latch it on the other side. Today I couldn't use it at all because it will come out about 6 inches and stop. Is there anything I can do to the ratchet assembly, or should I just...

I finally got to use my new clamp-on bucket forks (Blueline Mfg), and boy am I happy with them. My main reason for getting them was to be able to pile more brush on the loader for hauling to the brush pile. What I didn't realize is that I can cut down a pretty good pile, then get on the...

I have read some of the brochures on some of the zero turn radius mowers with 60" decks that claim 7 to 10 acres per hour mowing time. I know these things are more maneuverable, but the thing would have to be going too fast to cut with any kind of quality to achieve this kind of mowing speed...

It Ain\'t Really Four Wheel Drive! I stuck my B2710 for about the 7th time today. This time I was not only stuck in the mud, but with the brush hog tied on, I was wedged in the swail of my creek bed. A foot or so of dirt washed out so it was deeper than I expected. While I was trying to...

I've been disking several acres of heavy clay with my B2710 pulling a 6.5 foot disk harrow with about 200# of added weight on top. What I notice, pulling it at full speed in medium range, is that the hydrostat whines much louder than usual. You can feel that there is some laboring pulling the...

We are invaded by SNAKES! Just tonight my wife saw 3 in the tank while she was fishing - they scared her off. Then when I let Fudge (the dog) in, I found another on the porch. When I tried to take his picture he slithered UNDER the porch (deck) where we can't see him. I have grandchildren...

I need some bucket forks, but the ones I want require 3 big hooks to be welded on the top of the bucket. The forks each are "L" shaped with a piece coming down across the front of the bucket from a horizonal bar attached to the 3 hooks, then down below the front lip of the bucket they turn 90...

I posted last fall about my 5 acres or so of heavy yellow clay soil I have that is now topsoil - it came from the construction of a 1.5 acre tank (pond). At the end of last September I used my disk harrow - one pass over this area to break up the top 3 or 4 inches, then I sowed 500 pounds of...

Well I had some excitement on the way home from my Dallas office tonight. I was on the highway driving in the rain and thunder, listening to the weather on the radio, looking at the clouds, when I decided I needed a piece of my red candy I keep in a bag in the glove box. I reached over there...

I just picked up 2 48" bulbs and installed in my new Craftsman workbench overhead light fixture. When I first put them in they each buzzed pretty good and there was no light except on the very ends. Fiddling with them, turning them around in the socket I finally get them to light up and the...

But my son and I had to put it together.

Part of the retrofit Kubota did on my 2710 involved changing out the throttle control. When I was brush hogging Wednesday I found I could barely get the 2600 RPMs for PTO speed. Before, I could get several hundred RPMs above that (even though I never go there). I got the brush hog in some...

Maybe some of you transistor heads have a suggestion. I have been having a problem with Earthlink in that they are blocking all mail from my domain. We have a mailserver that serves about 10 email addresses and has small mailing lists on it- 10 to 30 members in each list. 2 months ago I got...

A friend of mine asked me if that bar across the top of the B2710 inside the FEL is in the way of the hood opening. Its not in the way of the hood, maybe a little bit in the way of the fuel cap. Alan L., TX

I just read an article in Infoworld showing XP (in their tests) to be much slower than Windows 2000. They did all kinds of tests on 2 different configurations - a Pentium 3 with 700 Mhz and a Pentium 4 at 1.4 Ghz. In EVERY test, Windows 2000 was faster and in many cases as much as TWICE as...

I have about a million yellowjackets hunkered down amongst the C-beams of my metal building. They did this last year too. I wonder why? I never noticed this before. I used to really hate these insects, but have learned to leave them alone unless they build nests on the porch or close to...

I got my tractor back today. After a long drawn out explanation from the Kubota rep (which I appreciated), he said they would "check for leaks" and then bring it back to me. Well they brought it back. but they must not have checked for leaks. I'll describe some of what they did in a followup...

The Kubota rep called me today and said Kubota has a fix for my problem, a problem that Kubota previously would not acknowledge. He says it has something to do with cavitation (where have I heard that before?) of the hydraulic fluid. Something about the tubes that take up the fluid and return...

I filled my shopping cart at Tractor Supply yesterday. Picked up this 6.5 foot disk harrow. Used it 3 hours on Saturday and it did a great job plowing up bare soil getting ready for ryegrass. Alan L., TX

I picked up an angle grinder and got my brush hog blades sharpend - no problem. In order to keep the blades from turning while I grinded them I put my floorjack handle through the u-joint of the pto shaft. This is what happens when you engage the pto without first removing it. Alan L., TX

I'm hearing on the news that because this attack would not have been prevented if Bush's missile defense system were in place, it will begin to lose support. To me this is flawed, as what happened yesterday just serves to remind us that terrorists will use whatever weapon or tactic is available...

I've had my canopy on my 2710 for about 3 months now and had mentioned that it made the tractor louder. It was even more apparent today. Not only could I not hear the football game I had on my earphones, but it is so loud I'm thinking I might now need some sort of ear protection. This time...

I just finished brush hogging and after noting that I need to slow down to get the quality I'm used to I checked the blades and found them to be extremely dull. Again. I had them sharpened in the spring. I don't have air tools or a compressor big enough to run many of the air tools, and so I...

I turned off the fuel cock, removed the bowl and filter and went inside to get the new filter. Came back and there was about a 6' diameter diesel slick on the shop floor. I thought maybe I had not shut it off so turned the lever to the other position (on and off indicated by Japanese...

Here is a picture of my Rhino 5-foot cutter. I'd like to see some you guys' implements to get an idea what the various brands, etc look like. I really like this cutter - it is a light duty model but has been worked real hard and has always worked great. The deck is well made, and the rubber...

Here some pics of our place. Its a 40 by 60 by 14 metal building that we built about 890 square feet of living area in. Someday we'll build a house, but we are perfectly happy in this building right now. Alan L., TX

Have any of you purchased extended warranties for vehicles off the internet? I'm fixing to buy a new Yukon XL 4WD and called 2 GMC dealers to get quotes on the 5yr 100K extended warranty. For $0 deductible its $2,385, for $100 deductible its $1920 and for $200 deductible its $1,575. I only...

My daughter gave birth to my second grandbaby yesterday - this time a boy to go along with my precious 18-month old granddaughter. Mother and son are doing great. Pa (thats me) and Nanna are doing great also........ Alan L., TX

Most married couples will get $600 from Bush's tax cut in the next few months. I'm supposed to get mine in August. I figure to buy a tandem disk with mine. Or put it toward a DR field and brush mower. Or a tiller. Hmmm...... Alan L., TX

I got rearended in my '95 F150 pickup a month or so ago. Having pocketed the insurance check, I purchased an aftermarket rear bumper for $200 and had a ***** of a time getting the old bumper off. There were some nuts that I could not find a socket for. 11/16 was too small and 3/4 was too big...

Anybody have one of these? (I know some of you have the string trimmer) I have some tight and steep areas that I just can't get the brush hog into and it looks like it would work pretty good for that. However these things are EXPENSIVE. Right now they are 10% off, but even then range from...

I saw this in my local paper: B7100 4WD front bucket, box blade, grader blade, tandem disk plus other equipment $6000 Looked like a pretty good deal for someone in the market for that size tractor. Alan L., TX

As instructed by Kubota I took my 2710 to the dealer on Tuesday morning. A Kubota technician was there to "(a)make the tractor fail and (b) fix it". Unfortunately he didn't stay long enough to do (a) so he never got to (b). I had stressed to the Kubota service manager for the central region...

My dealer kept my 2710 a week about 3 weeks or so ago to try to solve the intermittent power steering problem before the warranty runs out. They replaced the whole power steering assembly as instructed by Kubota. Since I got the tractor back, both times I have completely filled the tank with...

Coming home from work today on the interstate I saw a trailered Kubota L series tractor with some kind of attachment I couldn't identify. From the back, the first thing I saw was a vertical disk with teeth - looked like a big geer, but only a half inch thick or so. About 18" in diameter...

Ok its nut cuttin' time. I'm seriously thinking about pulling the trigger on a tiller. It sounds like some of you feel the KK is a good deal and seems well made, but what I'd like to know is, are there any of you who are actually USING one, and have for a while. What is your opinion of the...

Most of you remember the steering problem I had at about 60 hours on my tractor back in 1999. When it was REAL hot and I was shredding (using the Rhino cutter, or brush hog) I would loose my power steering until I idled the tractor for a while, then in 20 minutes I would lose the steering...

The bride just let me know that Rhody has a new hat (a canopy for my 2710). She ordered it from the dealer without my knowledge, should be in on Monday. Happy Birthday to me!!!! (39 years old just like last year) Alan L., TX

Does anyone know whats involved in retrofitting my B2710 with a hydraulic top link? I saw my brother-in-law's old 50 HP Kubota M tractor which has a hydraulic top link plus hydraulic height adjustment. Gotta have it for the box blade!!!! Unless there's too much $$ involved. Alan L., TX