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Guys, I have 5 deep cycle batteries, all with "750amps Cold Cranking Power" which I don't know how to interpret. Feeding these are 5 100W solar panels. I want to add a small refrigerator powered by an inverter to 120V. Advertised to draw roughly 1 amp. That sounds OK, I think. I worry about...

Fellas, I'm getting old or maybe lazy but I hate hiking 1/2 mile or more with gear, pack etc when I hunt. I'd like to load all this stuff in the Kubota UTV and drive within a couple hundred yards of my stand. How badly would this impact deer suspicions? Any input here? The machine is...

I had a friend in Wilkesburo, NC take me for a ride in his D900 Kubota UTV. I remarked that I love my D1100 but the power really dies off when I take hills. He proceeded to head up a med incline (pavement) and was able to do about 20MPH. My hills at the farm are gravel and alot steeper. He...

Fellas I have a small flowing creek, narrow, shallow, you get the picture. I have hauled in tractor buckets of rocks and made a "crossing" so I can drive my tractor across. Kinda steep down and up the other side. Got a great idea, uh oh, I got 2 surplus 18" culvert pipes about 10' long...

I have a Kubota DIESEL UTV. No problems but just added a Winch. I know that a winch draws alot of powerr. The battery box (under and behind driver) seems large and I was wondering....hmmm...could I install a larger battery? Suggestions? Thanks

I know, this is not a tractor subject but I'll bet that I'm not the only one to ever be burned by publishers. I bought a ONE year subscription to "BOWHUNTER" magazine two years ago. After 2 or 3 magazines full of advertising I decided that I did not want to renew and didn't. They, of course...

Guys, my 1year old Kubota RTV...1120D (Diesel side by side) overheated climbing a hill. I've climbed that hill several times before. Sometimes the electric cooling fan comes on but this time I got a red light and warning buzzer. The guage was alarmingly high😫. The coolant is full, the fan...

Guys, it's "disking" time for my food plots. As usual they're grown up with tall thin wiry grass and weeds in general. I bush hog but the wiry stuff just lays down and doesn't cut.:mad: Then I hook up my very heavy disk and roll, roll, roll. I recently read an article about disk blade angle...

Guys, I have an older Kubota L-3010. It has a FEL but no hyd to the rear. I want to buy a 3 PT sickle bar (PTO driven) but need hyd to raise/lower the cutter. AS I RECALL.....bad word....there are a couple of "capped" hydraulic outlets on the R side hanging below the FEL quick disconnects...

I have an L-3010 Kubota, a fine tractor. My almost mile long drive has saw briars and blackberries growing right up to the roadbed. I can't cut too close because one side is a steep grade and the other is a steep drop off. (I almost rolled once on that) I see state road cutters using side...

Fellas, I bought a Kubota RTV D-1100 Last summer and am disappointed with the lack of power that it has. It seems to run fine, no hesitation, pulls up hills OK but...on my two long hills it only goes at 11MPH. Even on the road it goes about 24 MPH and it takes a quarter mile to get to that. I...

Never interested me but...I bought my almost new Kubota RTV from a young guy near Myrtle Beach. I'm guessing that he spent his time chasing Bikini's where/as I want quiet woods. He had installed a "rollbar arch" set of pretty nice speakers (4), a 400 watt amp! under the drivers seat and a...

I just bought a Kubota 1100 UTV. A new toy for an old man:) Anyway, it came with mud digging HUGE lug 12" tires. I have no mud...sand...creek crossings...etc. I DO have dry leaves and steep hills, limbs to drive over, sapling "STOBBS" or stakes (2" cutoffs) that I drive over.... I'm...

Guys I have spent time and money TRYING to produce deer food plots on my land. I have one 2 acre field and two 1/2 acre plots, The larger one was knee high sage grass, thistle and weeds when I bought the place. I used a box scraper with diggers to dig, dig, dig the rocks, stones, roots and...

Guys, I have posted several Solar questions/comments here in the past 7 years or so but this one really has me confused. I have 4 panels on the roof; 100W each. They go to a fuse box (2) 20 AMP fuses (I think) Then, the red wire went to a Volt Meter and on to the controller. The black lead...

Fellas, my daughter bought a really cute bungalow house a few years ago. It was built in 1906...Columbus, Ga. It is declared "Historic" and is need of some repair. I'm almost historic myself but I'll admit that this house is about 40 years older than me.:laughing: The roof has an overhang...

Guys, I have (3)300 gal water tanks just slightly above the grade of my building. It connects by "hose" to an outdoor faucet then plumbed to a 12V impeller type pump. I don't know if the pump would "suck" the water in or not since it is just slightly lower than the tanks it might be gravity...

Guys, I'm trying to restore a '75 Blazer....quit laughing...The drive line is all new, the doors, quarter panels, hood tailgate new....and way too many $$$ spent. Anyway, the door glass (both sides) were always stiff, now they're so hard that it takes two hands and I'm afraid I'll break the...

Guys, I'm thinking about getting a UTV. They're EXPENSIVE...and am thinking USED. I have a Kubota L-1010 3 cyl diesel and baby the heck out of it. Oil and filter every 100 hours, air filter cleanings and replacements...etc. AND, it only has 600 hours since year 2000. Here's my problem; I've...

I visited a friend last week who had bought an old M-274 Army MULE. It's a 4X4, single seat but I see "possibilities" (That usually means a place to throw lots of money) Anyone know anything about them and advise me to go for it or avoid it. I'm picturing a co-pilot seat, rubber mat bed, tie...

Guys, I like to keep my toys looking good....even as I age, I don't want my toys to age. ****, huh? Anyway, my 2000 Kubota L3010 has black panels on the sides of the engine. These panels have DECALS about 2.5" tall indicating KUBOTA and L3010. Though I keep the tractor indoors and rarely gets...

I keep seeing this ad about "TESLA" and a "POWER INNOVATOR" gadget what is a u build it kit.....supposed to reduce your power consumption 80%.............. Needless to say that got my little braincells zooming around like protons around an atom.....(or is that electrons?) I have solar panels...

Guys, my high elev land has a small creek coming down from higher land (someone else's) and flows fairly strong for about 60 yards onto my property....then it slows to a slow pooling and then........disappears. The creek bed continues a half mile down completely thru my property and no water...

Guys, I have external water tanks piped to my building, no well, as it is estimated a 900' well would be required, much sleeving and expense. I am so far removed from the county road that the electric company will not bring in power unless I pay $65,000 to do it. Needless to say, I am solar...

Folks, getting old here. My right eye's vision is a tad blurry and that's the eye needed to shoot......anything. With that in mind I have ILLUMINATED scopes on all my long guns. I took my compound to the range a few days ago and while I can look thru the string PEEP, and see the pins....the...

I ran over an old 8" hidden stump while mowing and it hit the metal tube leading out of my hyd pump and going to the filter. I didn't know it until I saw a puddle under the tractor the next morning. (Good thing I have a concrete floor in my shop, never would have seen it on a dirt barn or...

Fellas, my older bush hog needs a new deck. I have bought two steel plates 1/4" thick, much heavier than the original, and intended to weld it on as the orig is..... But....I had a epiphany last night (scary) and remembered how difficult it is to lift the hog, put jack stands under it, lay on...

Guys, My old trusty '75 Blazer had some serious rust....rear quarter panels, doors, tailgate...... I ordered new replacement doors and quarters from LMC Truck. The TAILGATE was located in a salvage yard in Nevada (no rust) The REPLACEMENT panels/doors are extremely THIN, so thin that a...

I know there are hundreds of deer hunters out there who might offer some suggestions on this. I have hunted many times in a tree stand and IF....I can sit still I might get a deer. (I tend to get the wiggles when I get cold) Anyway, I planted a nice food plot at the junction of my property...

Guys I have a Kubota L-3010. It came with a FEL and a bush hog. There is an "under belly center PTO" which I have no impliments or need for. I just discovered a KNOB under my seat that I PRESUME deals with this center PTO..... Could someone verify WHAT this knob is for..... Thanks

Fellas, I researched and asked many questions and read all sorts of reviews about the Chinese Clone Generators before I finally bought the Aurora "Open Frame" Diesel 3 years ago. One of the main things that I looked for was a WARRANTY. I watched the video (pretty impressive) and even called...

Hello fellas, been a quiet winter/spring. Retired from my 40 year career, had eye surgery and haven't been able to get back up to my "farm" But, sure have missed it. Had a neighbor friend tell me that DEER are everywhere. Hope they enjoyed the 3 acres of clover and 2 acres of turnips and...

I was so proud that I cleared a 1 acre food plot next to my occasionally running stream. I then spotted the largest tree with high limbs where I could place a two man ladder stand. Guess what......the tree stand is on the NW edge of the little food plot. The PREVAILING WIND is from the NW...

[B]Fellas, I have about 3 acres on top of a hill top. In the winter the views are breathtaking. In the summer with leaves out I can't see anything other than the field. Everyone, realtor, wife, daughter, friends say take down some trees. The rest of the 70 acres is forest with a few trails...

Would like some advice here...... I bought a box scraper several years ago to help with my gravel road and clear a field of rocks and roots. The road is in fair condition and the field is nice now. Would I be better off getting rid of the box and buying a blade that can be angled? The...

Ever wonder WHY the entire world (other than the US) has DIESELS in just about everything? Little cars, small pickups from TOYOTA, NISSON, SUBURU, AND FORD, GM..... med and large cars, virtually ALL pickup trucks, etc. And the kicker?.....Many of these vehicles in foreign countries carry the...

Friends and fellow hunters.... I have about 3 acres on a mountain top that is a field. The rest of my land is woods. Surrounding properties are all forest too. There are about 3 small, grassy areas available. One borders a nice creek, another is the junction of 4 logging trails and the third...

Fellas, I have a curious problem. I have a steel building with a RIDGE vent. I added a wood stove last year. It kept getting real smoky inside so I BLOCKED off the gable vent......that helped alot. Still had smoke so I added 18" to the insulated smokestack......that pretty much stopped...

I just bought an older Remington 742 (30-06) It appears to be in good shape EXCEPT.....some moron has SPRAYED a thick coating of varnish or clear Lacquer on everything metal. In some areas the spray is thin, (as in over spray), in other areas there are thick puddles dried and "fish-eyed"...

Morning Guys, I'm consulting my "brain trust" here about protecting a gun barrel. Let me explain, I am admittedly ****. I have a beautiful (my opinion) Remington 1100 shotgun. I put an 18" slug barrel on it for those short shot, thick, knarley places where a long range rifle is not a good...

Guys, Years ago I hunted alot, successfully. That was many years, a divorce, and about 5 moves ago. Now I have PROPERTY in Virginia and a 4 car work shop. Here's the catch, I have solar 12V for lights and a woodstove for heat but no comm. electricity. I DO HAVE a generator but how much...

Well Guys, It's getting close to retirement time....my wife has made it clear that she is not interested in living "in the sticks". My 70 acres has about 10 acres of 8" pine trees that I could use to build a small cabin.....maybe? It would be kinda nice to use wood from the property. There is...

Guys, help me out here. I have a 5 1/2" (I think) disk angle sander. I want to sharpen the blades on my bush hog. Can a grinding disk be put on this sander? Most of the grinders look like 4 1/2"....some are disturbingly cheap....JUNK? I hate having tools upon tools to store so when I can...

Guys, I finished installing Solar Panels, solar charge controller, deep cycle batteries and a 400 watt (small) inverter last month. By and large I'm happy, the panels easily keep the two batteries PLUS the tractor battery charged. I wired 5 screw-in house type fixtures for light and split the...

I got busy last month trying to get solar panels up and working that I didn't plant anything. My one field, (hill top), that I planted with Rye, clover, alfalfa, rape and chicory last spring........appears to be CLOVER and RYE now. Healthy, but the other stuff didn't show up. I put up deer...

I got busy last month trying to get solar panels up and working that I didn't plant anything. My one field, hill top, that I planted with Rye, clover, alfalfa, rape and chicory........appears to be CLOVER and RYE. Healthy but the other stuff didn't show up. I put up deer cameras and have...

I've been wanting to get a deer decoy ever since I used a friend's two years in a row bringing out curious and angry deer. It was amazing. But......I also want a bow target that can handle broadheads. I've looked at 3D deer targets with replaceable "innards" , some sort of styrafoam I think...

I can't be the only one who has....make that HAD... a John Deere TRACTORSAURUS baseball cap. I LOVED it. It was black and had a monster JD tractor patch with TRACTORSAURUS across the front. The bill had a frayed center with the JD name "inside" the frayed area.... Anyway....SOB....I lost...

Guys, I have a small solar panel charging a deep cycle 12V battery. I does a GREAT job providing lights throughout my building. I recently bought a diesel generator for AC but it is SOOOO noisy. I got a HARBOR FREIGHT :confused3: flyer with INVERTERS on sale. Hmmmm.....if I got a 200 watt it...

Fellas, I guess I made a bad decision...(never done that before) I bought one of the Aurora Generators thinking it would run almost anything I own. It's a diesel putting out 6500 watts. I have an air compressor with a 4 HP motor, currently wired at 115V and draws 16Amps. The generator is...

I remember my father loving to "garden". He would plant every spring; corn, beans, tomatoes, squash, cantaloupes, carrots etc....we lived in suburbs of a city. He would spend every evening hoeing weeds and sprinkling water...later carrying a pot to pick his spoils. OK, here I am at my...

I had a Moultrie IR 55 along a deer trail well within my Posted property. I even had one of those cable locks around the tree securing it. I checked it on Apr 10.... Came back to Va and ....gone. they left the cable around the tree. Is there a better anti theft system? My neighbor said that a...

I know this is a tractor site...and I apologize but; you guys are a wonderful collection of experience I thought I'd ask. I have a 2008 Saturn Outlook, same as GMC Arcadia....with almost 92,000 miles on it. It runs great. I drive almost 80 miles a day, highway, and about every 2 months Fl. to...

Fellas, while reviewing an aerial photo of my land just prior to deer season I discovered what looked like a logging road that I didn't know was there. It's about 50 yards below my field and runs down the hill about 300 yards to the old unusable gravel road. (used to be the only access to my...

Could I get some direction here.... Last summer I plowed, raked, disked and de- rocked (almost) about 2 acres on the TOP of my land and along the sides of my new road. In Sept I spread RYE, CHICKORY, CLOVER, ALFALFA and RAPE. We had a few thunderstorms and they grew about 3". There were many...

I don't know how I lost it..... Someone here had commented on diesel generators and posted a LINK to an outfit that sells low RPM (540) diesel generators.....small about 5000 watts I think. Anyway I went to that link and sent them several questions. They have NOT answered (5 days) so I want...

I bought a TWO man tree stand from Sportsman's Guide a few months ago and want to hang it. (haven't decided where yet) Unless it's right along my road I can't use the front end loader. I do have the main gravel road and a logging road going deeper onto the property...some deer sign, not great...

Fellas, most of you are experienced at this. I was caught off guard. I planted some Kentucky Fescue and rye last March along the road and the seeds were 1/4" or so. (I put out about 100 lbs. with the tractor spreader). I just ordered seeds.....chicory, alfalfa, rape, red clover for the 3 acre...

Fellas, I just had the road up to my building site redone. The banks recut, the road widened, many ruts and washouts smoothed and water runoffs created. Now I have raw banks on the upper side and wide shoulders on the down side that need planting. I want to draw/keep deer on the property. I...

This might qualify as the laugh of the week but..... I dicided that since it is Sunday I WOULD COOK breakfast:thumbsup: I put eggs in a pan and semi fried them. Then I put them in the oven (still in pan) to cook the tops, (every time I try to flip them they break and the yolks get ugly) I...

This might qualify as the laugh of the week but..... I dicided that since it is Sunday I WOULD COOK breakfast:thumbsup: I put eggs in a pan and semi fried them. Then I put them in the oven (still in pan) to cook the tops, (every time I try to flip them they break and the yolks get ugly) I...

I KNOW some of you guys have considered installing a diesel motor in your SUV's or Pick-ups. I have a 1975 BLAZER with a gas guzzling 350 Sure would like to go diesel. And I'm not talking a 600 cu in diesel, I'm talking a little motor. Remember the VW diesel mini-pickups in the 80's....what...

Guys, I just bought a winch. I plan on mounting it on a "2 inch hitch" platform so I can put it on the rear of my truck AND on the rear of the tractor if needed. The manual says it has #6 guage wire to battery and draws a fair amount of current. I want to run wire (#6 or #5) to the rear of...

I'm trying to get things lined up to plant this spring/summer. I have a "relatively smooth" 2 acre field on the top of a ridge (nice views). I have a box scraper with diggers to do roughing up work. THEN....???? I have a broadcast spreader for seeding....THEN??? A roto tiller has been...

I need advice on the proper impliment and use to plant a 2 acre ridge top field with something deer like. I also have about 4 20X20 areas where I can plant other deer crops. I'm thinking clover, chickory, alphalfa.....or, or, or? My arsenal is slim...(as is my budget) :(I have a box scraper...

HELP...!!! I had a new road cut thru forest last Aug. I fly airplanes for a living and know very little about roads. At this point I frankly think the developer has done me wrong. The contract called for an "all weather road with culverts and broad-based dips as required" There is ONE...

Fellas, I was fussing last fall about my trailer being so low when I loaded it up with Tractor/loader and bush hog. The rear of the trailer is not more than 5" off the pavement. I called the trailer company who made it and was told that it has 2500# axles and 3 leaf springs. I just went to...

Guys, I bought some forested acreage last year and am just getting time off to go back up to see it. I had a road pushed thru the forest and about 1 acre cleared at the bottom and 1 acre cleared at the top of the hill for future home site. There are a 2 or 3 "bus stop" size clear areas along...

Fellas could you give me a suggestion or two here? I just had a road cut thru hardwood forest. The road is graveled about 15' wide with about 4' clear on both sides. There are some 4' high banks on one side and 10 foot down slopes on the other.....there are gentle almost flat areas..... I...

Would someone please tell me how to center the steering wheel on my Kubota L3010? It doesn't APPEAR to have a center hub cap hiding a bolt, there is no setscrew on the side??? It's way out of alignment, when it is straight forward the wheel is turned to the 5 o'clock position. Drives...

I know this is not a gun site but you guys know soooo much, it helps me on hundreds of subjects. I have a REDFIELD WIDEVIEW circa 1980 mounted on a Remington 700, .270 It is a 3X9 approx 30MM (oval) It's been a good scope, it DID fog up once years ago but they re-sealed it under warrenty. I'm...

Would someone be kind enought to tell me HOW you add liquid to rear tires? I have one with straight water and needs antifreeze and the other tire has nothing. Is there an adapter for a hose or a gizmo that allows pumping fluid? Must take a long time, the stem is pretty small......:confused:

Would someone be kind enough to tell me HOW you put water/anitfrz in tires? I just bought a Kubota with Left tire full of ?water? and right tire empty. Think I'd better add antifreeze to left and put all new fluid in right......but HOW? Is there an adapter for a hose or a pump gizmo...

I just bought a Kubota L3010 to use on my land in Virginia. I'm laying awake at night worrying that this tractor and bush hog and trailer and box scrape might "disappear" prior to my next set of days off to go to Va. I put a big chain thru the front end loader and boxscrape (chained them...

Would someone be kind enough to explain how the "Quick Hitches" work. I am usually alone when I attach a box scraper or a bush hog. It takes jockeying the tractor, pulling, tugging on arms, cranking stabilizers, hammering pins etc.... I see ads for a "Quick Hitch", "don't even get out of...

I just bought 2000 Kubota L-3010 It has a rather high non-adjustable roll bar. It is about 2" too high to go into my garage. I have about 25PSI in the tires....maybe lower that? I'm thinking about CUTTING about 3" out of the roll bar and having it rewelded/painted. What ideas do you guys...