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Pinterest - the bane of husbands everywhere! "Oh honey look what we can do with..." Gaaaah!!!! Vent over. OK, so how do you get those nice boards separated from the pallet?? I tried, and they were attached with 3 1/2" Spiral nails which were impossible to pull.

I have an enlarged prostate - have for a long time. Biopsies show no cancer. :thumbsup: I have all the BPH symptoms... Really don't want to get on the drugs for this, what with all the side effects, etc. My Urologist suggested Prostiva RF therapy. Non-surgical microwave therapy to the...

We live on the edge of a small (10 home - 3-5 Acre) subdivision. Corn fields just beyond our property line. At least one neighbor has a cat that they let roam wild. Don't know whether it is "fixed" or not. Suddenly we've become "over run" by feral cats. There's at least 5 or 6 of them and...

When I bought my house 12 years ago, I wasn't thinking about it so the builder just used standard "builder's grade" toilets. After moving in we soon learned that "incremental flushing" of a big "job" was imperative to avoid having to plunge. :o This past weekend I replaced one of the toilets...

My good ole B6100 battery finally died. I can't find any identifying info on it. Anyone know what size/class battery fits a B6100D?

Wife wants to replace the kitchen table. I can build one, I say. I built a pretty nice coffee table and end table set out of Ash several years ago so I figured I'd give the kitchen table a try. Then, while mowing the grass the other week, I noticed the 4' long X 16" diam log of Black Locust...

Is there any way to extend the life of Round-up/Glyphosate once it's in the sprayer. Sometimes when I mix up a 15 Gal sprayer tank I don't use it all. When I come back to use it in a week or two it has formed gelatenous globs in the tank and clogs the filter screen. Anything I can add to keep...

Saw something today on the field down the road I've not seen before. Farmer was snow-plowing his field, making snowpile windrows. He was followed shortly by a bio-liquid fertilizer spreader up and down the rows. We got 36" of snow two weekends ago, and another 12" a week later. It's still...

OK, I'm bad - we haven't used our motorhome in 8 years. It's been sitting in the barn neglected. I started it about 3 years ago when I thought a neighbor wanted to buy it but not since then. Now I want to put it up for sale on a consignment lot. So what precautions do I need to take in...

OK - I've never owned a gun before - never felt I needed one. I live in a rural area - small cluster of 10 houses on 3-6 acre lots - none closer than 400'. corn field on one side of my property. Wife has decided that the damage the local woodchucks are doing to her vegetable garden and house...

Been reading the thread on chainsaws on a stick. Good discussion and info on manufacturer comparisons but I've been seeing that manufacturers offer both 2-Stroke and 4-Stroke engines. I've only ever had 2-stroke engines on my small garden power equipment. so now I have that choice...

My wife is wanting a new lightweight vacuum cleaner. She's seen the ads for the "Oreck 8 lb vacuum - the one they use in hotels" yadda yadda.... Anyone have experience with these? Any other good recommendations? We've had ones from "Dirt Devil" and they've never seemed to clean very well...

I built my house and moved in September of 1999. New water heater at the time, of course. It's propane fired and we have a whole-house filter and water softener in front of it. Well water. Northern Shenandoah Valley location. I've read that average water heater life is 10 - 12 years, so I'm...

What would you do? We've been taking our dog, Lucy to this vet since she was a pup and have been very happy with this vet. We've also boarded Lucy here when we've gone away on vacations. She needed some oral surgery and we were planning a 4-day vacation so we dropped her off on Friday and...

Just saw this news story about Tornadoes in Texas. http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Video/080424/n_texas_tornadoes_080424.grid-4x3.jpg Are all of you Texas TBNers OK? WVBill

I'm building a low (32" tall - 4 courses) concrete block wall. I have poured a concrete footer and am starting to lay the block. I can't get the mortar to stick when I try to "butter" the end of the block. I spread it on but then as soon as I turn the block so the head face is vertical the...

In my thread on Basic Backhoe Operation, Scott replied "We always used 1/2" rebar for grade stakes inside the footer. Paint marking paint on the ground so you can find them when the concrete is flowing." Scott, are you saing that you drive 1/2" re-bar into the ground to the level of the...

So as I mentioned in my other thread on Basic Backhoe Operation http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/projects/97247-basic-backhoe-operation.html , I'm building a Quilting Studio for my wife. It will be a one-story 24' x 24' stick-framed building on a foundation over a crawl space. The Attic space...

OK, groundbreaking on the Quilting Studio for my wife is set for next Saturday. It's going to be a basic 24' x 24' stick-built building set on a footing/concrete-block stemwall foundation. The building site is on a slight slope - the right rear corner is 30" lower than the front left corner...

I have a slow leak (goes flat in about a week) in the front tire of my Kubota B6100 (6-12 size - R1 - Not loaded). I did the "soapy water test" and found that the leak is at the bead/rim, It leaks probably about half the way around. The tire is only a couple of years old and it's in great...

I'm getting ready to design/build a small 20 X 20 foot building as a quilting studio for my wife. the enclosed floor area needs to be a free span with no internal supporting posts/walls. I live in the northern Shenandoah valley and will want to insulate/heat the building for winter use. My...

My wife wants a portable DVD player she can use to watch her instructional videos while she is at her longarm quilting machine (big sewing machine on 12 foot frame used for quilting large quilts). I see ones from Mintek at various stores for as low as $149. Anyone have any...

OK, I'll admit it. After living on our four acres in a rural area for seven years, I'm still a "city slicker" to some degree. But I've encountered two situations recently and just don't know how I should have handled them. Situation 1. Driving to work at 4:30 AM down a two-lane road about 2...

My wife's Quilt Shop has a 19' x 14' room attached to the back - an add-on to the original 1900's building. It is concrete slab-on-grade, frame construction. I don't know if there is a vapor barrier under the slab. We rent the building. We want to turn the space into a quilting studio. It...

Hi, Meet Karri (see attachment) our new kitten. My wife adopted her from the animal shelter weekend before last and picked her up from the vet after being spayed a week ago Monday. When we got her home we noticed she had quite a cough and a runny nose so my wife took her back to the vet who...

I've been reading tractorbynet, lawnsite.com and various manufacturer's web sites for the past several weeks, learning all I can about my options for a ZTR to cut my 3.5 acres (less house and numerous flower beds & trees) in the Northern Shenandoah Valley where VA, WV and MD come together. I...

The the outer covering is deteriorated crumbling off down to the cords on the hydraulic hose from the pump to the SCV block on my old Kubota so I've decided to replace it. The new one is on order. I was laying out my "plan of attack" this weekend and have run up to this question: Niether end...

Yesterday I was helping my neighbor level an area for an above-ground pool. I was pulling my box blade with my B6100 (gear drive) in 4wd around the six foot circle for his pool. I lost traction so I engaged the diff lock - while truning at minimum radius. I think I might have gone about 10...

Is anyone else experiencing slow loading of the main index page? All of the forum index pages and individual threads load just fine but the main index page sort of "hangs" for a while (the IE loading bar on the lower right stalls) before it finally loads.)

I bought a FIMCO 15 gallon spot sprayer to use for spraying my fence line and other spot spraying. I load it in the bucket of my FEL and I've run a flat two connector under the hood to the battery so it's easy to connect the electrics. I found that the 15 foot hose that the sprayer came with...

I live in the eastern panhandle of West Virginia, near the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers. I have a pile of hardwood bark mulch that I have not disturbed since it was delivered from the nursery about 6 weeks ago. Yesterday I was scooping up some mulch with my tractor and...

I am about to buy a new computer and have a question about CD's and DVD's. I want to be able to take the digital still pictures that I take with my digital camera and make a disk that I can give to someone who has a DVD player hooked up to their TV and let them see (either automatically or...

OK, I don't know if you've seen this on your local news but there's this guy who drove his tractor into one of the ponds near the monuments here in DC yesterday afternoon. The police have about a mile of Constitution Ave. shut down which brought traffic in DC to a virtual standstill last...

To Vin and Neil and anyone else from "down under". ...er - what's "Proclamation Day" all about? My calendar just says "Proclamation Day (Australia - SA)". By the way, happy Boxing Day also to those of you in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK.

Muhammad: Would it be possible to add an indication of the date of MY last post to a forum / thread when viewing the Flat Mode? I find on occasion that I make a post and then when I come back to TBN later on or the next day, I can't remember exactly what forum/thread I made my post in. I end...

I Have a B6100DT that has developed a noise that seems to come from up in the engine/clutch area rather than back by the gear shift. It seems to be on the right-hand side about where the 3ph hydraulic pump is located. The noise is unaffected by operating the 3ph so even though the noise seems...

Oil Change heads up - \"true confessions\" Don't make the same stupid mistake I did. Those "gallon" jugs of Mobil 1 and Syntec actually have 5 quarts in them - not 4. I wasn't paying attention so I changed my oil and dumped in the whole "gallon" jug plus a little out of a quart container. My...

My wife and I have what we call a "bird garden" - lots of plants birds like plus bird feeders and a couple of bird baths. Anyone have any ideas on how to rig up something to keep the bird baths full? I thought of a stock tank or other float valve but they were just too big. I can't get the...

Here are some pictures of the toothbar I made for my B6100. I described the planning design in <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.tractorbynet.com/cgi-bin/compact/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=implement&Number=109898&page=&view=&sb=&o=&vc=1#Post109898>This Thread</A>. Because I continue to be...

I know this topic has been "done" before - just wanted to share pictures of my project yesterday evening. Took about 2 hours start to finish to lay almost 400' of 3/4" black poly pipe in 2 runs. Pictures part 1 attached.

I haven't seen a discussion of this important piece of safety equipment but I can attest to it's value. About a month ago I had rented a post hole digger and was in the process of returning it, late on Saturday, by myself, tired and in a hurry. I was dragging it off the back of my pickup...

Like Thomas' post in the Off Topic section, My wife, the "landscape designer" decided that she wants to put a "patio garden" in our back yard. Attached picture shows a mosaic panorama of the way the yard was and the first few steps toward the goal. Yes, it would have been a lot easier if she...

When I raise my new Linebach PHD out of the ground while it's turning, or start it turning before I drop it, the Auger tip wants to oscillate around in a circle. It doesn't just hang straight down and rotate. This happens whether there is mud/dirt on the auger or not. Anyone else have this...

After making eight trips back and forth to the house from the far reaches of my 3.5 acres to fill/re-fill my 2 gallon pump-type sprayer the other night, I've decided (and got CFO permission) to buy a 15 gallon 12V powered sprayer ("ATV" type). Here's my question. Currently I have two...

Last weekend I bought a Leinbach post hole digger for my '78 B6100. I had rented a Danhuser before and it worked just fine although quite frankly it did have some trouble digging into my clay. (the cutting edge was really worn.) The first hole I dug with the Leinback dug in like a knife...

OK, everything I know about e-bay bidding I learned from the thread "ebay sniping" here on TBN so I'm a real novice and I have a question... My wife wants to buy a book on doll making from e-bay . <A target="_blank"...

We have a formal dining room set. Table is mahogany veneer top. We made the mistake of putting a cheap vinyl/foam table pad on it after we used it last a couple of months ago. Getting ready for holidays last weekend, my wife took off the table pad and found that it has left marks in the gloss...

My workboots have "worn out" and I'm looking for a new pair. Any recommendations for workboots out there? Comfort and durability for weekend tractor/yard/home maintenance work are key. RedWing?, CAT?, any others? Thanks.

I picked up my local Jefferson County West Virginia news paper yesterday and found this ad: Kubota L2250, 4WD, 1986; 26HP, 60" belly mower, 5ft rear blade, 3pt hitch, 950 Hrs, runs great, Kept inside, $9,000. I can't aford another tractor right now but if anyone is interested, I'll e-mail...

At both Farm & Fleet and Tractor Supply, I've seen 5 gallon pails of WD-40. Now I use WD 40 in the spray cans for various things. Those small cans seem to last me forever. What would someone use 5 GALLONS of WD 40 for??? Just Curious.

I needed to run electricity from my house out to the new barn I built and since I have the tractor, I didn't want to go rent a ditch-witch. So I bought an $80 middle buster and used it to dig the ditch for the electric conduit. It's 135 feet from the house to the barn. After about four...

I bought a 6' landscape rake for my old Kubota B6100 and when I put it on, I realized that the 3ph links are not quite level. Never noticed it before since the box scraper and tiller I had are only 36". My father-in-law kept the tractor outside in Southern California for 22 years and I doubt...

I'm thinking about getting a post hold digger for my B6100DT but I have two concerns. So maybe those of you who have B6100/B7100's can give me your opinion. 1) Is the B6100 heavy enough? My thinking is that in operation, the auger is trying to pull the back end of the tractor down. How great...

The attached picture summarizes my problem. My driveway goes from my house (just out of picture in lower image) past the barn and out to the road. Total length is 350'. Driveway is 2 years old. The problems: 1) gravel has been compressed and mud is starting to ooze up in the tire tracks 2)...

As you probably know, Montgomery Ward declared bankruptcy and is closing all their stores. They are having "going out of business sales" and the discounts are fantastic on some things. Last night I went to the MW store in Winchester VA with my wife to pick out some jewelery for her birthday...

Muhammad: Last night I was telling my wife about the pictures people had posted of their snowfall and she asked if I know where all these people live. I said that I do but then realized that it would be handy to have some quick way of refreshing my memory. I started putting together the...

I have an old Kubota B6100DT. The FEL has a completely separate hydraulic system. As the weather started getting colder, I started noticing noise from the hydraulic pump whenever I actuated one of the hydraulic controls. The higher the engine RPM the louder the noise. I concluded that this...

Here are some pictures of the snow blade that I adapted from my Craftsman 20HP garden tractor to my Kubota. This first picture is the snow blade itself. The modifications I made to the blade are the attachment points for the chain (seen in later pictures) and the wide crossbar which has a...

Does anyone know if there is an "aftermarket" or alternate source for tines that fit Kubota rototillers? The B6100 my father-in-law gave me came with a Kubota FS850 rototiller that he certainly put to good use. All of the tines are worn down to less than half their original thickness and two...

I finished off part of our basement last spring into a large recreation room. Now, with winter upon us, it's clear that even though the walls are insulated, the gas (propane) furnace for the house can't comfortably heat this "new" space in addition to the main floor. My wife has absolutely...

Amazing how one thread feeds off another on this forum... here goes.. On the Rediculous Use of Tractors thread several of you describe tasks that probably don't take five or ten minutes. I was ondering about those kinds of tasks. I was also wondering about tasks in which I'm using my tractor...

I think Bob and Kelvin have B7100s and Bird used to so maybe you or someone else can help. The parking brake on my B6100DT is set with a little lever that engages a tab on the brake pedal in a toothed section of the lever. It's a 1/4" steel rod only about 4" long and sits on the deck down by...

This shows a better picture of where my tractor lives when not in use. (I guess I can squeek this in under "Tractor Photos" ) We built this pole "barn" during a family reunion back in May. In a week, my Father in Law, three uncles and I got the poles up, roof on and the front and back siding...

We both show our age a bit, I'm afraid. The Kubota is 22, I'm older. Got the tractor from my Father in Law in September. Replaced the rear tires and added the ROPS. Now I'll turn to the cosmetics & give her a clean-up and new paint job. Bill

I'm moving over to this forum from the Attachments forum because it is more relevant. I have a 197X Kubota B6100DT (Gear tranny). The operator's manual that came with it (B5100/B6100/B7100 Operator's Manual) says to use SAE 80 gear oil in the transmission/gearbox. Kelvin's operator's manual...

Newbie question: How do the "innerds" of a 3ph work? What mechanism raises the lower link arms? Since there are no hydraulic cylinders visible outside, there must be the equivalent inside the tractor's gear case, right? At first I thought that maybe the lifting mechanism was completely...

I'm a newbie so I need help. I switched from my rototiller to my box blade and back to the rototiller on my Kubota B6100D once so far - and spent a week nursing my back afterwards. The PTO shaft on the rototiller has a spline that attaches to the spline on the tractor PTO, then a flexible...

New-guy-with-tractor needs help... I got a little "play" time with my B6100D this weekend. It has a 36" FEL. My wife got some trees to plant so I used the box scraper to scrape off the sod where the trees were to go. I then had small piles (less than a bucket full each) of loose dirt and sod...

Well, I went to California and returned safely with my 1974 B6100D 4WD in tow. It is in real good shape ovrall - fully functional. But since my Father-in-law kept it outside in Southern California, anything rubber (hydraulic hoses and tires) and exposed to the sun is in pretty sad condition...

Hi, I'm getting a great "deal" on a 1979 B6100. I live in West Virginia and we have a house on 31/2 acres of ex-pasture land. My Father-in-law who lives in California said I can have his tractor if I "just come get it". Well, I may be dumb but I ain't stupid - I'm hitting the road in a couple...