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Walk through the woods (or fields) and it's completely different rules for them.😆

One burnt up last weekend at a hiking trailhead in my little podunk town. The news did not identify the make. The "drive by" media will take the silliest thing and run away with it until the next silly thing trying to make news. I heard it on the radio as I haven't watched the local network TV...

Much of these driveline troubles are the result of the govt regulations of emissions and efficiency across all of the manufacturers. This includes the resulting computer(s) management. One has to admit that the overall durability, efficiency and power has easily doubled since the days you could...

Yeah at 8 pm yesterday it was just starting to get reasonable at about 82* here. 😆 That's usually my upper limit but yesterday in comparison to earlier it felt nice.

I forgot about that👍 I only use it once a year on that place. I built a hydraulic top link year's ago and it's very handy with the flail.

Not a great picture but I found one on my phone. Might as well show you the view from this guys place. I cut it once a year for him and he was very generous paying me to use the flail over my rotary.

AFAIK operation of a flail is designed to ride on the ground on the big steel roller, at least that's how mine works. At that point it's weight is only a concern during transport. That weight is also very "close in" in comparison to a rotary mower. I wouldn't have a concern at all with your...

Lowering the backhoe boom might be a good practice if there's not a "pin" or some type of latch that mechanically supports it's weight, I'm sure you have one. Carrying the weight isn't going to bother the tractor especially parked, but if there's a week or 2 in-between use just keep everything...

^^^ That was asbestos and no more dangerous than hardy BUT back then they cut them with a guillotine type shear. Saw cutting requires the same precautions for inhalation. LP "Smart Side" blows away Hardie's so called fibre "cement" siding. The big players have moved to LP Smartside from hardy...

I remember when the CTL were becoming more popular 20 +/-years ago and the stated operation costs (per an equipment trade magazine) was around you $6/hrs for a SS and in the $12/hrs for a CTL. Now many sites the added flotation is required and let's face it, they're much cooler,😉 But that's...

It's a tough year for dry hay! My friend makes baleage and wraps it for his beef cows but likes to make as much dry hay, (small squares) as he can for sale for the hobby critters and family cow types. They just can't handle or deal with the weight of round silage bales. That doesn't mean he can...

What surface is your drive? It sounds like traction is your problem. I use chains on my SS and screw in studs in my tractor tires. The studs are in permanently and are miles better than nothing but don't equal chains. With just a little portion of $8k you could have a set of "winter tires"...

My guess is you'd be $8k+ ahead just using the tractor & bucket for any snows that this wannabe might handle. Now if you were in VA instead of NH.....😉

I think your numbers are mixed up. Weight rating at the bucket pin is the greatest with every inch forward reducing from the pin #. Simple leverage & geometry. 👍 Then there's usually 2 lift cylinder positions on the M series. One for lifting height (upper position of the lifting cylinders) and...

The tractor/SS debate really depends on your property and tasks. No question that a tractor is the best for the average suburban property with lots of lawn and shrubbery. The 2 are as opposite as a fork and a knife.

I have a crane for my SS

Gradall's are more popular in the mid Atlantic region than anywhere else I've been. Mostly the truck models that can travel at normal road speeds. I'd see them under an overpass on the highways working on the sloped concrete where there's no headroom. Normal excavators used to be limited to the...

They always come up cheap compared to a conventional excavator. That machine is way less money than just a new tilt ditching bucket for similar weight class stick & boom excavator. (The telescoping "boom" on all Gradalls rotate)

https://wausauequipment.com/snogo/ This size is what you mostly see. A serious and expensive unit that takes the same to push it around and a township or airport type of application. On the opposite side of the the spectrum would be something for a side by side ATV or quad and gasoline powered...

You'll also want a clutch or some way to disengage the motor from spinning the blower. This could become a bigger (successful) project than I think you know. Like many others have mentioned, there's many variables for you power requirements... Snow consistency Depth Rate of travel. Someone...

Remember he might just be as cautious as the seller as you are as the buyer. There's a lot of "shenanigans" out there in today's world. Reassurance of only wanting a photographic confirmation of the numbers with you being waaay out of state is a concern that's understandable. Tell him that you...

All of the titles that I've ever seen have a front side stating the State it's titled in, vehicle description and VIN and the owners name and any lein or leinholder(s). The back side is where assignment/sale takes place. You couldn't do anything (title wise) with just a photo of the front. I...

This does mean that it's not going to slip away from you a 2nd time right? I'm not ribbing you but thinking that you missed it and being a little upset with yourself can be just the little bit of encouragement that you needed to make up your mind. 👍 Been there myself more than once. How's that...

^^^^ talk about some expensive rubber!

Drywall, I'll double up my daily load estimate.😉 Putting a lumber "package" together at the yard takes some time. They can reload a drywall order in under an hour. 👍 Did they leave the pto and pump on the truck by any chance? That could be of some future use and add to the value.

That truck, in the lumber yard business might have made 1 load a day on average! Single axles and 450' & 550's made the majority of less than the whole house framing package delivies. With the self loading moffet type forklift with all 3 wheels driving all but eliminates difficult off road...

HD research the undercarriage parts and maintenance costs of the ASV machine's u/c. Just the amount of parts is staggering. Secondly, short of actual "flotation", steel over the tire tracks is superior in traction in the woods to any rubber track tread style available. Metal over the tire...

Did you ask over at Heavy Equipment forum? https://www.heavyequipmentforums.com/forums/forestry-equipment.91/

Bad fuel would be my first guess, or at least a possibility. Usually there's a little lever or knob to manually pump fuel through the lines and fill the last little bit of the filter if you are away from an air compressor. If you end up with another filter, cut apart the "bad" one and look for...

If I were to guess, the gutter guard is overwhelmed in a decent downpour and water is finding it's way behind/on the fascia with some of it showing up at the bottom of the fascia and some that is carried down back towards the wall on top of the soffit and eventually running out of the J and down...

I did see a guy make a very nice feed wagon, might have been a mixer (feed) out of one of those OshKosh ready mix trucks on YT.

Do those "pup's" steer or are they set up like a wagon?

I wondered about height. You know about the 6x6 dream, I have limited experience in that class truck (in awd), but in reality (and IMHO) if a tandem with inter axle lock is not enough to pickup your big squares in the field, you really shouldn't be there unless it's just the morning dew and a...

To me, it checks a lot of "boxes" for a farm hay hauler. Nice long bed, nicely equipped with straps and a box or 2. Set up as a tractor with air to the back. Nice drive train with axle interlock Relatively low mileage Front floaters And a cool paint job😉 Would 3 days off and hauling home with...

So if that Sterling is $20k I think you should. 👍 I like the camo also. It'll partially match your IH and several other colors. 😉

A 10' bh will be dual spindles. What a bunch of guys are suggesting is that the blades, which are usually only about 20-24" long attached to a heavy bar or a round saucer shaped metal thingy and generally called a stump jumper, pan. Where an immovable heavy object is struck by the blade it's...

I've done the same with "Trex" type plastic deck boards.👍

I've only known that trees on the dam are a no no. Regular shoreline won't doesn't matter other than leaf and branches falling in the pond.

That's a laugh 🤣 People would be better off uninformed rather than misinformed. This story does not line up with their agenda and will never mention the facts that they had nothing conventional "spinning" ready to make energy when the unicorns and fairies failed to carry the load.

They usually require welding of the threaded base plate to the machine. I don't see why you couldn't use a longer bolt than the one supplied and drill and nut into lighter metal such as the fenders you mentioned. Ideally you'd find a more inboard location. Both rubber and wooden sticks are non...

We'll yeah, but make it 45-50 and sunny. 😉

Depending on how "deep" you have to disassemble it, I'd replace every O ring you can.

Ok, you just got another subscriber for your YouTube channel! Fantastic stuff👍 And I was right in my first post, your too modest and my hat's off to you and your build!

WOW! I'd say so.

Nice!! That's a lot of work that turned out great 👍

Hey welcome to tbn and don't be so shy with your pictures!😁 It seems like you have underrated yourself as to your fabrication abilities and it sure looks neat from your (only) picture.😉

Maybe it's time for an excavator section here.😉

I've been in those beautiful old stone houses like @WinterDeere has. Never lived in one but my opinion is that the mass works better cooling in the summer than holding or absorbing it (heat) in the cooler times. We turned off the wood boiler and turned on the mini splits a good month ago.

Would that be Dennis, aka "backwoods savage" on a different forum?😉

Tractor on mill duty.

Ouch! Iirc many rigid thumbs just attach to a longer pin at the end of the stick, in other words it could be generic. (Other than pin size)

I'd "poke around" with your new excavator at the spring and inspect the 300' waterway to the pond. A fallen stick or accumulated weeds or leaves will easily divert slow moving water.

Taken care of 3200 hours is nothing. A "stiff leg" fixed thumb is almost as handy as the hydraulic version and your upper mounting point is there. Nice machine Hay! Congratulations 👍

Watching, you're not alone. 👍 I'm thinking that a fancy new helmet would probably be more comfortable and lightweight, but the darkening part is easy and likely not the answer. 😐 Idk. You got me thinking about a "highly filtered" video cam sending it to a screen in your helmet! I can't reliably...

Yeah I remember when TSC sold belting. Anymore, around here it's mostly pet food, corny lawn ornaments and clothes. 😆

Any of the big brand dealers might be able to direct you to a service. Good luck, that's a frustrating problem.

I've done a LOT of "bushhoging" with lots of different cutters. I don't know your exact conditions or experience, but generally where a bush hog is required there's little concern about thrown sticks or rocks out of the back. My approach to your described mowing where your not familiar with...

All I can think of is are you missing any cutters on the drum or are the bearings in good order. Is this a Lamtrac machine? Sorry I can't recommend a shop that would balance something that big, but there's got to be one somewhere. That's a expensive, primary component of an expensive machine...

I've seen a horizontal strip of a rubber belting type material used. Is it the front, tractor side of the mower or the opposite back side?

Arly I watch tbn on my phone and I don't think the atv section is even mentioned in alerts, that's where I reply and read from. I've caught myself almost responding until I remembered that it's your atv working thread. 👍

Does the removable dock have anything to do with the move? I can see that you're dragging it though the corn.👍

So sorry for your loss WawaJake

They're USA headquarters is down your way Eddie.

Dang speed reading. 😉 Not my first time. Have you asked on; https://www.heavyequipmentforums.com/ There's not a ton of ctl talk here in general, then machine specific makes it less likely. Hopefully you'll get lucky.

36k Eddie and no videos but a bunch of stills. I'm down in the wood yard rightnow, no wifi and I don't see where to make my pictures smaller.

I lift my Gator on my 2 post automotive lift and with chains, have "hung" an 8' twin spindle bushog, and an 8' flail mulcher and even the front of my zero turn for blade changes. You only need to be smarter than gravity 😉 with a healthy dose of rigging sence. Usually I'll lower some part of...

I don't have any experience with your Tak but won't it be easier to start with the switch? Good luck, that's a royal pita to go through just to change the attachment.

After several close calls mulching I finally got around to building this window screen taking advantage of a rainy spell. It's the upper screen. There was a plexiglass visor above the window that cracked and barely hanging on that I replaced with homemade steel version also. The old visor...

I have the same situation except my "generator building" is about 300' away from the house where my remote meter and x-fer switch are on a pedestal & generator. I originally put in several spare conduits and was able to just install a light and switch the is powered by the utility side of my...

24% more may be a consideration for a really big grain farmer who's going to sell/trade at 6-8000+ hours, (if he's not leasing) but in that homeowner market, no way will you get your money's worth. This market is squarely kubota's, but I would stop at Yanmar & kioti just because. I do love the...

Spend a year on site with/on the crew(s) and doing the work. The office types are so incredibly disconnected from the work being done and the minute by minute conditions that can change. Thinking that one can change the accident rates with a schedule or other paperwork, meetings or regulations...

You're lucky! Around here you'd be pushing a wheelbarrow load of rust around for the last 100,000 miles!😉

I hope you don't have a Tesla automobile. 😉

I would investigate that the switch is working then look into the electric solenoid valve that would make the change. This is based on your word "switch", meaning electrical to me.

I'd be highly insulted! Why did this 15 year old story end up on the front page?

I did that last summer on a 2 year old f 150, over a thousand bucks with a check in my pocket. They let me walk out and I did. The next very similar truck I found I was holding to my $40k limit and they couldn't believe that I was willing to walk away over the pretty small difference (don't...

Would you be talking about that Takeuchi excavator that you were looking at? The decision of yea or neigh for me is based on my (usually a long time) researched opinion of prices and value and how I'd feel walking away empty handed over $1000 (or whatever) because often I'll have a "I should...

Those look like Quadco cutters on your new mulcher. You should be able to both sharpen them and rotate them 180* for a new edge. Quadco has a distribution center in NC and lots of cutter specs online for when you need them. On the downside, I ask them how many I do I need for the first quantity...

Mulching, brush mowing to me is so incredibly satisfying. The before and after could not be more dramatic and it's like your making real estate!

Moving logs to the firewood area to work up.

That's not going to èver trouble you again. 👍

I've found that with plenty of available electrical outlets about 8-10' apart along the walls, 3 or 4 20' HD extension cords seems to work out better than my retractable.

As for the oil treatment, I painted a new board fence, common red oak boards. Red oak is not the most durable wood in the weather but it lives in very similar conditions as a trailer deck. It wasn't until about 20 years that I had to replace any of them. If it's not the rain, it's the sun drying...

It looks like you're wheels are set to the narrowest setting. If you swap them side to side (dish out) you'll gain some working space back there making adjustments easier along with added stability. That JD sway control functions just like Kubotas but the pin drops in vertically on Kubota...

Yeah, too muddy to plow for the last several weeks and it's been snow turning to rain for the last 2-3 little snows in the past 10 days. That snow "stuff" has been off for almost a month for me.

White Oak is pretty much the decided (here) to best the material for this..... but you need to find someone with a sawmill and has access to white oak logs. If this is out of the question, you could always bolt a PT 4x4 to a cross member to support a joint between, say a 8' & a 10'.

Heck I thought it was a sideways N 😆

Me too, but it's unable to communicate to the grid and neighbors are a long way off. They still come and read it monthly and this is for many around here. 😆 Iirc at the time, they were getting highly paid by BO's administration so it was a profit item for the utility.

I've had valves freeze up from years of accumulated condensation froze under a cap that the spool moved back and forth in.

They're one of those things that you'll wondered how you ever lived without one, but you probably know that!

There's a big difference in "running" a mulcher and being satisfied with how it cuts under load and recovery time. I have a very high regard of Takeuchi equipment. A call to a Tak dealership might be helpful. You and I are used to mechanical Pto power and grunt. Rotary hydraulic power is hardly...

That's how I understand it. 👍 There was some discussion above about transmissions and iirc, axles being different with an "R" that had me questioning myself.

I thought that the letter after the numbers only represented the "trim" level throughout JD' green equipment.

Idk if HF has gift certificates and I know it's not as personal as sending him a tool, but they have 1/4" (useless imo) and 3/8" in both short and long body configurations. They (HF) are certainly just fine for the hobbyist and an affordable way for a young man to begin building his toolbox.👍 I...

We had a dozen in the yard the past couple of mornings. The dogs love rolling around in the resulting turkey chit, on the snow.🥳 I think we'll just let them out to chase them next time. We enjoy watching them, but having to wash 2 dogs before you're done with your first cup of coffee.... It's...

Very pretty and not my (wrongly stereotypical) vision of FL! But it's still too hot there for too long. 😉 Where's the new mulcher pictures. 👍 Nice work Charlie!

For terraceing your slopes, an excavator with carrying ability might be what you want. Wheel loaders are not side slope friendly. These Mecalac machines are from Italy (they also make wheel loaders) and your might be able to rent a machine to judge it's performance in your conditions and...

I've done it twice, early on in my ownership (not knowing better) and yesterday. Both times were "climbing" over a blunt edge. The tension seemed to be fine and I had no trouble in the snow. I like the high leading idler wheels on your 6x6 although that design might not be possible for a SxS...

The snows all but gone, but the ice is still hanging in! It gave way leaving the tracks a 10-12" edge to try to climb up from the creek bed. Both ahead and behind. Then even though I was being cautious it threw off the front left track and needed to be lifted out. Both my forester and I had a...

Around your mill, just let your imagination run. Getting the dang slabwood away from the "action" would be my first use. That's a non stackable part of the process that accumulates quickly and can get out of control dwarfing your board pile. Great find 👍

Hey welcome to tbn! Glad you can now back up peacefully. 👍

And it is an EPA regulation, not an executive order. I wonder if someone who worships the climate change religion enters that position can undo it as easily as an EO? It would seem to be. Surely anything produced in compliance will be grandfathered in the future, of course you can't...

....or look for the switch. The pedal area/linkage etc. is a good place to start. Hopefully both ends of the wire between the switch and the alarm have a plug type disconnect. Key on without the tractor running and something heavy to press the pedal in reverse will allow you to go deaf...

It seems that the op hasn't been back since his post. I also find like @EddieWalker that you better have soft stone free soil to push a T post in the ground. They seem to be made out the the worst chinesium metal available. His solution is a good one especially for working alone. I've had...

Steering valve is bad, I think. 😉

And what's to say that it won't grip before it's pulled away from the target? @5030 at your age and your relationship with your dealer, go get yourself a 10,000# mini ex with a rake and a thumb!👍

That's a pretty inexpensive way to "dip your toe" into the mulching business and to guage your customers interest in this service. Even if you only got a couple of hundred hours out of it. (if parts or repairs are not available) That's $32.50/hr in mulcher costs leaving plenty of room for fuel...

I've had regular paint on a brand new Deere pto shaft have to be removed before it's first use. Apply tension to the shaft and apply hammer to alternating sides of the yolk. A little spray juice will make you feel better and might help slightly. 😉 Patience and persistence my friend, once off...

You added a mini x to your fleet?👍

This (blue Knife link) is what came on my skid steer, it functions just like your battery posts. The Anderson type connector is fantastic for hi draw accessories like a winch, but as you stated just getting to the battery is inconvenient to get to for "jumping" or something like a 12v sprayer...

I can look at this 2 very different ways not knowing either of you 2 involved. This one is not very friendly to you. 1. The neighbor lives on his land tending to it and during a beneficial prescribed burn he underestimated the conditions. He spent a terror filled several hours trying to...

This is what I was trying to explain earlier in this thread. Does anyone need a fast car or a boat, RV, or a vacation home. You can rent all that chit too! I had a bunch of Tonka's and Matchboxes 😝 not so many hot wheels and always fixed my own bicycle. 👍

Used equipment of this category will appreciate over time as long as you don't neglect it's appearance and function. It's quite common to basically have free use of it during your ownership other than fuel and grease. About 28 years ago I bought a used low hour excavator (Hitachi ex 60) for...

Generally 3 days of rental will get you a week. The same for weeks, 3 weeks/month. It might be limiting to find one with a mulcher. They're subject to abuse of the expensive "teeth".

I agree, but that's an expensive club to join! Just the price of a mulching head would buy a mini ex. Now I understand that either way he's buying a mulcher, but a CTL capable of mulching is a more expensive power unit than a mini ex. Another thing is an excavator is much more user friendly for...

I would (flush the case) 👍

A roll back function will not be able to dump truck no matter how you play with the cylinders. It's the long overhang past the rear axle that makes a rollback do it's thing and dump trucks are completely opposite with very little to no overhang past the hinges that are generally directly behind...

Now I remember you. Didn't you build a pond in the woods?

....and we got almost 5" of snow yesterday. 😆 What's all that green stuff. 😉 Sure is pretty.

I do this with my little angle grinders, got about a dozen. A much easier economic decision than hay dude's 4th tractor!🫡 HD, I would think that you're field mowing would happen well after haying is done? Maybe your opening up the perimeter.... where the sticks and branches are hiding.

Some guys have vacation homes, fast cars, boats and campers. I'm partial to my 1.1 sq mile of land and the equipment necessary for improvements and maintenance. Here's just a few of my "boats and fast cars"🥳 I am retired but I'm on vacation by just going outside and it's just a matter of...

Yanmar is another quality unit also. I really want one of their big 103-105 hp? CTL.

Montana was part of my "humidity learning". From being there in the close to 100* summer and hearing the temperature on the radio and observing the tiniest of glistening perspiration on my arm (lesson 1) to spending time snowmobileing in LoLo MT at new years and 5* temps that I estimated to be...

It's funny to "watch" the friendly jabbing about the weather between the north and the south. I'm from a neutral weather area (the mid Atlantic region). Winters sucked, hardly any snow and when it got cold enough to snow it was a dry weather pattern. Then there's the humidity, it makes the cold...

Yeah, and combined with being a "tight wad" my whole life... I do more window shopping than real shopping. 😉

^^^^ then there's the same question about when you need a part! Wheeled machines are not mechanically driven and there's at least 1 drive motor per axle and more likely 1 at each driven wheel.

Hopefully many regulations will be going away soon!

This makes me wonder if you could find someone else who has coal ash with no use for it? I don't know what it's like to "gather" and transport thinking it might be as dusty as wood ash or maybe it's like coarse sand that I think I remember from way back when I walked to elementary school. The...

I just came across this on C/L I don't think that I'd use it often enough to justify the purchase along with the hassle of keeping the salt sand on hand and loading it with a shovel although 1 tub full would be more than enough for an extremely icy season. It's a "UTV" sized spreader.

Out of curiosity, why did you quit coal? Another question is what did you last pay a ton for coal in NEPA? I've been heating with wood (wood gasification boiler with radiant heat) for the past 15 years and am wondering about the time when I find it difficult to make the 6-7 cords a year?

It's surprising how little sand or salt it takes to work. I'm not sure how that attachment above distributes the material but I'd estimate that it's a wasteful amount for vehicular traffic unless you were traveling 25 mph. I do see where there's (possibly) 2 shafts down low, but any sand or...

Well over 20 years. I used them for jobsite storage.

Sunshine for a few hours (or all day) will allow a lot to drop off and making the rest easy to scrape off. Hot water is fast also if you don't have sun. Some jobs just take patience and elbow grease, it just depends on how much the stuck snow brothers you. A warm machine in a warm garage will...

Here in the north east they mix a little rock salt with sand to prevent the sand from freezing and provide a little melting when applied. I'd say about a bag of salt to a yard of sand. It can stay outside uncovered if necessary but a simple cover just to keep any new snow off or at least...

....and warming up?

Ask your buddies if they have an advisor that they've been working with for years and are happy with. I've been trying to get some of the younger guys that I know that are doing very well to get with my guy or someone else who can lay out some options. Ours started us out with setting up a SEP...

I'm new to glasses (under 1year) and I ordered through Zinny thinking that I didn't really know what type of glasses that would be happy with a I'll do my bi focal, progressive, darkening, coatings, etc "exploration" with the cheap glasses! I've not found a reason to switch to spending double...

That could be @arrow, now I'm confused. 😆

Are we talking about 2 different goals? The pipe is to not dig - plow up a gravel driveway. Sarg's rig appears to be a "soft edge" to not scratch an asphalt, concrete or brick/paver driveway. 👍

Hemlock, kindly like the Tulip Poplar of the mid Atlantic rein. 👍

Congratulations HH! You'll soon never look at a tree the same way.😆 My first project; My generator building. And my 2nd project; My sawmill building! Enjoy your mill!👍

My Fire starter kit. Diesel fuel, waste oil, propane torch and a gas or lately a battery blower. Of course there's waste cardboard and other easy to light stuff. This one was a battle to get started. Last Thanksgiving day, freezing rain that turned into a wet snow. I got it going without...

Hey I think I've seen you on your YouTube channel 👍 Am I right? Here in Maine we've had a sleeper snow winter. Plenty cold but dry. The little snow are accumulating and we got a wopping 8" Saturday night. 😆

^^^ c'mon man, really? 🫤

Are you sure you just don't need glasses? 😉😆 It looks like it's a "gasket" style so junk yard? I'd keep researching, including an independent auto glass shop. I remember the "bullseye" or chip repair kits that would make them invisible, and that was a long time ago. There might be something...

We're way behind in snowfall this winter and the tracks on the utv weren't really necessary. We got a 8" snow Saturday night and that put it beyond tire duty where it's not been plowed. It was almost knee deep beyond where compacted by the tracks. and to be in thread compliance... Good clean...

That's a nice setup Ray! The price really doesn't surprise me and for someone who's regularly doing serious mowing/clearing type of woods work, it's probably an easy decision. Now for the occasional guy, that would be a bigger decision. There are a lot of stories here (over the years) of guys...

Do you have any locust growing around you?👍

Go to the rear axle or the bell housing area if there's a suitable attachment point. A little tractor is probably the perfect candidate for a home made roll bar. Make it taller than you would think is necessary to be above your head. If you lay the tractor on it's side it needs to be tall enough...

Rt 11 about 4 miles south of Limerick. He has a little Web page. S A McLean

I don't recognize this Mack cab. It's a 10 wheel (6x6) wrecker. I think AWD is a requirement for his collection. There's quite a few Oshkosh airport type (cab over rear engine) of fire trucks, AWD of course. Perhaps it's the running gear that he's after. These are much younger, still cool but I...

Gordon, Steve (the owner) is just passionate about the old iron. He just told me a little story yesterday about a Kenworth dealership who is repairing an old Walter for a town in western NY around the "lake effect" snow area where they've had several 4' snowfalls. The guy was looking for some...

This is the place I buy my cutting edges for my plows. He has 100+ old Oshkosh, FWD, Walter and that's not including the Fords and Mack's along with probably a few other that I didn't recognize. This guy came out of a rail yard in NJ. He said it was a 40's model. See the rail car coupler...

Xxx sawmill and kiln. Xxx Log to lumber.

Play around with the lever lowering the mid mount and stop lowering it when it sits on its guide wheels. Are your 3pt arms any higher? This is just a guess on my part, but the several inches of lift that's probably all the "travel room" available under your tractor may not need fully lowering...

Way up here in Maine they say that every inch of foam over a buried pipe equals 12" of equivalent cover. So if you're ever thinking about digging in your we'll or water line remember this. I hope you guys are able to enjoy this snow event and the few pictures that have been posted say that's...

That is some crazy stuff having snow covered states down on the GULF OF AMERICA 🤣👍 Just wait to go out on the roads and enjoy the experience! It'll be over before you know it.

I would add some type of treatment suspecting that you're local oil companies probably don't add anything at all for cold temps. In the northern states it's added as the temperature drops and most still add more. For a jug of "power service" It's cheap insurance. This jug treats 250 gallons...

It'll be strange for you guy, but just make sure you are ready with fuel and food along with maybe some type of insulation to stuff around any vulnerable plumbing. A propane torch is valuable for many things when it's below freezing, even if it's just to melt the ice out of a padlock. Don't...

I kinda think the F is smoother, but it's travel speed was slower as I had up/down hills and it was happier in low range. Also my Z was 27 hp and my very old F2000 was only about 20-22 and has the added drive train mechanical drag that has to account for something. Take my info with a "grain of...

25 years ago transmissions were better. Think about a C-6 ford or the GM TH 350-400. As long as you changed the juice every 70k+/- they would last forever. As I type this I'm thinking about today's HP also..... never mind, maybe. 🤣

I've had both, and fully agree with HayDudes early post. Remember anything with "lawn mower" size tires is going to ride roughly if you go fast enough. If I had to generalize the difference between the F and a Z, think about what vehicle you drove in your 20's and what (and how) you drive now.😆...

I think that the epa standards are behind this. They can't control your driving habits and shift points to meet mpg and emissions with a manual trans. The manufacturers are "knee capped" in this area. But it's (on average) probably true that the computer is a better, more efficient driver or at...

Manual transmission in my (1999) F450 dump. It's a pleasure to use when I need it. Now with the 6-8-10 speed automatics and engine braking in today's light duty trucks, what's not to like? My only reservations with the "juice" trannys are the long term reliability and the insane costs of a...

I had a rugged JD 709? (20 years ago) mower that was very rugged. I regret selling it just for another 12" of cut. Although I do prefer the twin spindle design but that seems to start at the 96" size.

Balancing this close to the center of rotation shouldn't be an issue as long as his added steel is the same dimension, length and position.👍

That is the "up" side of the stump pan correct? I'd have a welder weld it back together and reinforce both thin sides at the spindle hole. He'll know what to do. Fix both of them even if you have to remove the other one. That's BS on Bush Hog's part. I have endless trouble with their blades...

Very nice. 👍 I do wonder why "they" don't offer a simple enclosure. No fabric headliner, a/c, heat or radio. Simple to remove doors and glass too! Flat and gasketed for local glass shop replacement. I guess I'm describing a cab of the 70's.😆

I have one cut down to fit the bed of my little Tacoma with no signs of even fading. It is under a tonneau cover in snow season but it's been in use for 8 years and see's various petroleum products and other normal "working" pickup duties and it's still in perfect condition.

With my tractor with range selector lever, it just gets another lever position and a new decal indicating the fully forward position of creep range. It originally had 2 positions (L&H) now there's 3 and with the 6 speed gearbox I have 6 speeds in creep, low & high. I can't speak to your M7060 or...

I just added this to my M 9540 for similar reasons. After getting the wrong p/n from the local dealership (and they said that it was an obsolete part) I called Messicks parts. They found a supply of them in Kubotas obsolete parts warehouse and sent me one. They then took it on return less an...

This will depend on parts availability. A thing that's hard to include in your purchasing decision, but as the years tick off you'll regret dismissing this consideration. Here's the advertisement for it xxx? years down the road; Tractor for sale. Backhoe and loader operate fine, could use new...

Stop in at MB, they have a big rental fleet and balancing the machine to your site (via various types of rentals) would be smart. I think the Standish area is a little less rocky than I have about 14 miles away. 👍

Welcome to TBN! What area of the state is this project? Do you have any clearing and machinery background? I'd find a week of time and rent a 6- 10 ton mini excavator to see what you project looks like and what you're up against as far as the soil and rock ratio. Usually 3 days of rental gets...

If you shorten the length won't that make them narrower?

I have a set for our Gator. They're a lot of fun but very slow. The drive sprocket is about 12-14" diameter wich is your final drive ratio. Think of it as driving on your wheels with no tires. If you don't care about flying around with the engine screaming and maybe have more of a "hot rod"...

You drive over a stick or rock, you feel it twice on a SS. On a CTL you feel it twice and the number of rollers in between the front and back idlers so usually there's 3 to 4 depending on the machine. That equals 5 to 6 times. I'd steer clear of a used ASV unless it's very cheap or the hundreds...

In my reasoning to buy an aluminum Ford is the body panels. Rinsing (washing) the deep dark recesses where the salt fog is created @ about 35-40 mph throughout the various hidden areas and especially all the seams and spot welded miscellaneous support "channels" is impractical during the winter...

Hey you didn't read me fussing about backup cameras. 👍 I even like electric mirrors. 😆 It's probably me, but our roads are so bad that it's normal around here to use the whole lane and more if there's no traffic, and my latest complaint is the steering vibration when I get close or cross the...

@WinterDeere must have been shopping F 150's. They do have gas and diesel V-8,'s in the f250 and up.

Not a brand thing at all. Just a general comment on the pussification of trucks with all the useless electronics and screens that have no business in a pickup, or at least should be an option or an "upgrade". I really don't like this even with the base level XL interior (having...

Probably the kind of stuff that is a concern for someone who really should just buy a car!

It's seem like about a 3 rock to 1 dirt ratio around here.😵‍💫

I had this wagon load just hanging around down on a landing, mostly just keeping the wood off of the ground. I need the wagon for something else but I wanted to unload it up where I work up my firewood, up about a 1/8th mile hill through the woods. It was very icy and anyone who's ever pulled...

I'm in the process of mounting this shear and rotator. I'm mounting a solenoid valve in a little, well protected area under the coupler pins. My hold up is the wiring. I have an unused toggle (momentary) on the left joystick that I want to operate the valve to divert the flow from shear action...

^^^ and by your handle, I'm guessing that you have a ford ranchero. You might as well put a picture of that up also. 👍

What you want (if it's not too late) is sweet spot between low to the ground rollback (carry) and up high dumping angle. You didn't mention your tractor but most tbn tractors don't have a prayer to load a dump truck so a good dump angle isn't important as a good, well rolled back carry angle...

I'm kinda freaking out here that y'all are talking about bidets on TBN! 🤣

Is this for a regular welding area? Are welding sparks your only concern? 18ga sheet metal is enough protection from welding sparks. I'd kinda be concerned about trying to cover wood framing to the point where you can't visibly check for something smoldering or douse it with water. I'd come down...

You'll be fine with it for trusses. Trusses usually means a good level site and you seem to be aware of the proper conditions. I have a teleboom that I made and prefer it on my SS with a rigid frame and higher lifting height and capacity than my 95 horse Kubota. Just be careful learning both...

If the dealer can't move on the price, there's always asking for another pair of remotes on the rear or a 3rd function on the loader. Even if you pay for the parts and he throws in the labor it's better than nothing. I imagine that the 3rd function is the more expensive of the 2. It's probably...

FWIW I have a friend who has a cdl to drive Chrysler executives around DC. He's been there for a very long time (I think he's mentioned 30 years) and he's an accomplished bluegrass picker (no liquor or drugs) but arthritis is bothering him. He bought some 50 state legal CBD and then paid for his...

That or something like it. Try it to see if fits (and "clicks in") to each other. You'll probably need 2 wrenches to remove a rear FM coupler and keep everything clean.

Hopefully there are some identification on the tractors quick connect. If the dealership doesn't know the worst thing you'd have to do is unthread one of those and carry it in to a hydraulic supply and ask for the mating male side.... x4. There are good references online but the male ends show...

I just fed a friend's cattle over a 4 day get away for him and getting in and out of his m7040 cabbed tractor was the first time I've noticed what a pita it was over just hopping off my open M9540 To unwrap silage rounds.

It sounds like you're disengaging the PTO while repositioning for the next pass. I understand your concern about engaging the pto with high engine rpm's and agree, but why are you disengaging or not simply throttling down? But I think you really just want a new hst tractor and I don't think...

Here's one that I made almost 10 years ago. Note the tube in tube that has limited travel for float. Tilt far enough and hit the bump stops and you have down pressure. https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/threads/snowplow-design-with-float-d-p.349647/

Your terrain pretty much dictates to float or not. Pretty paved driveway without drastic "rolling" surfaces, rigid will be fine. Undulating dirt/gravel you'll want float. Floating is also more friendly to your loader and without float it will take much more influence from obstacles, the ground...

HD I have one that looks like this. But I got it probably 30+ years ago, pre nozzle foolishness I believe from Baileys.com. Anymore I find it a little more convenient to just carry a small jug of mix and whatever jug the bar oil comes in.