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Not only have they done studies but they had the example on the coast where they took one out and 8 years later... no change. Then the DA's get a bunch of activists together that come to the conclusion (after years of tax payers wasted $) that they need to remove 4 more. No thoughts of where...

Just a thought but why is it always regulating the equipment used to create our food and not the stuff used for entertainment? Hmm, seems odd doesn't it. So excuse me but this is all BS and when private planes and jetting off for a holiday are banned, the states actually fight forest fires...

I tried a bunch of different things for weight on the back, MY solution is a tad different. I found a front frame mount weight bracket with 1500 pds on it. Fit other weights I found on the property when I bought it. The frame mount fit cat 2 pins perfectly. This was low profile and didn't hang...

LLC and taxes, accounting done by my wife and I. Years ago I went to 4 different accountants with the same numbers and no one came back with the same. The differences were not small.

Ok, this is a fun one. I've done most all of the above and then some. A lot I'll not put into print though.....

I just run my 12 volt pump off a jump box. Simple and someone needs to fiddle a bit more if they want to steal fuel from me. Hasn't happened yet but the targets I leave out could be the reason :)

Depends on the road and amount of snow. I use a 9' plow/dozer blade on the front of mine and I can change the angle from inside the cab. As far as pile up or being pushed around its never been a problem for me. I do .6 miles then our drive. I tend to run at about 20 mph while plowing to throw...

On my 5110G, I'm trying to find time to do either a flat black on it or a carbon fibre wrap. either of those actually look real good on the body style they did. I really hate "green" tractor colors. On my little TC-30 though, ford blue I think looks just fine. I got the idea from this...

Water looked to be up over the motor on the 2 I looked at, hard pass. Especially since it doesn't look like you are buying a complete tractor.

Looking at that photo and knowing the construction of most radiators.... that would take a pretty good hit to do that. I'd be suspicious if I were you. Just odd. Anyone else ever have a break like that?

I have both, and I really never even think about which one I prefer. They are different machines with different uses but I do prefer to drive the power shuttle. The G5110 has a feature I never use but you can push a button for doing loader work, when you hit the brakes it'll engage the clutch...

I've never tried the battery ones, the electric I found lacking but these worked pretty well for me. Can get a tad expensive and if they ban gas motors in your area.... DR Leaf Blowers and Vacuums| DR Power Equipment

Well worth it to help keep your sanity :) Or piss you off if listening to talk radio.... Use it every time I'm in the thing.

The Titans had no problem with this, not that you want to try that with a sub compact though! But the car weighed in at 2500 pounds. This wasn't what bent the frame on mine.

I have the Titan euro version. Normally use them for moving building supplies and hay bales. I've torn the metal frame that the forks slide on, bent them at other times. After beefing them up they seem to be better. I'd check the farm auctions in your area, you can get skid steer mount forks for...

About any size excavator will sink/ get stuck in the area I'm trailing. At least until I'm done. I've had good luck with my tc-30 near water. With backhoe on I can pull myself out 95% of the time but I give up ground clearance with it on. The 5110g is not the one to use for this except for...

My big one states 30 degrees for roll over. At about 10' tall I'm not very comfortable with that, at 20 degrees I'm still not liking it. I do have a gage in the thing though to know where it is. Like the video when I'm on bank, I need to worry about rock chuck holes. fortunately I have big tires...

To get back to your original question and out of the weeds, the m18 series will do most of what you described. The only issue I have with them (this includes all the drill/hammer drill combo) is that when you do want it to drill concrete they are too fast and burn up the bits as fast. Sure you...

Most batteries come pre tabbed these days so a spot welder really isn't needed. But if you want to go that route you can make one, but it's not worth the effort unless you are planning to do a few and upgrade from nicad to lithium. I like some of my older tools vs the new ones. Just remember if...

Some Metebo are made in Shanghai, China. Germany, France, Switzerland, Mexico, China, Hungry and Romania among others for Bosch. It's a crap shoot these days since parts can come from anywhere to be assembled and labeled. As far as batteries go, you'll be able to replace the internals yourself...

Tools! I'll save you guys because I can go on about this topic for hours. I used to test tools for suppliers .....

You are right, it actually wraps around the axles. But, I found not going deep and a few passes helped not wrap as much then I went over with my box blade with the rippers extended and the box not dropped all the way. Perfect, no. But it did help a lot just a time waste when it should have been...

If you are running a EB engine I'd highly recommend putting a catch can on it. Some of the newer versions have put in fuel washes for the intake which help, but not that much.

No one has mentioned this product, Bed Rug. I've used one for 18 years now and it's held up very well. Easy to remove if needed also. Except for a few small dents as the padding started to no longer pad, the bed looks new still. I do have a cap on that one but have had it off enough times to...

There were many things done in the earlier part of the 20th century that also shouldn't have been done. But as far as the tax credit lifting more children out of poverty, how many were put into it by the reaction to covid? I'd bet more that the resolution has lifted out of it. I don't feel like...

The covid cash never should have been offered. While some small companies may have needed it, it's a typical government handout of other people's money that gets abused. These never work as intended. The people who should take the blame are in government. The companies and people are only taking...

Maybe hydrogen fuel cells and solid state batteries? With the current tech and batteries.... fairy dust.

walhondingMF said... "You can blame the current office all you want. The fact is, workers in America have had a 9% increase in wages but stock holder profits for fortune 500 countries since the pandemic have gone up 25-30%. It's called price gouging." Real wages are up less than what you've...

All this talk of keystone , for and against. Just wondering if all these arguments apply to the carbon capture pipeline they are taking properties under the guise of "the Greater Good". At least oil is a proven commodity, this carbon capture looks more and more like a scam the more I look into it.

While I really would like a land plane or an actual road grader (that would be nice) I've taken to using my field drag to repair the road and drive. It's the perfect width, fills in the low spots even though that creates a soft spot. I have limited traffic on my road and drive though so it's...

I researched solar for a while, read the manufactures literature on how they claimed the equipment would perform and the expected degradation schedules on the various ones. There really is getting to be less buying options as companies have left the field. Based on the research I've done, micro...

Good to know. By the time I'm done with the day my eyes are shot, those little arrows are hard to see so never noticed them before. Thanks.

Ok, I did my conversion wrong. BUT, a 7500 system under idea conditions will put out 10,000KWH max per year. These numbers are based on what the panel manufactures themselves say. They base this on ideal conditions 5 hours or so a day so there is room for error up and down. You're saying that in...

It was a big enough issue as they are (were) relying on wind and solar more and more. The wind had to be shut down due to temp, granted with the proper oil in them they could have kept them running under the conditions they experience, but they didn't. The solar just didn't produce as expected...

No offense taken, just figured I could explain the name. Wish he'd lived that long but the big dogs tend to die younger. His replacement (Reagan) looks the same but at 55pounds is less than half his size. I understand the symmetry thing with art. Clean lines always look better. Add in curves in...

I couldn't find the post you replied to so I'm doing it here. THAT math does not add up. A 7.5kwh array would defy known science for it to produce 30MWH in 41 months under the best of conditions. I'd consider replacing that app! Maybe it was a typo?

So, not much info to really discuss this. How old are these plants? Megawatts produced per acre? One LOOKS to be coal fire and the other natural gas. What generation is the tech in these? The IPCC claims these type of plants put out 2x the CO2 (not a pollutant) than solar but they also do not...

It's really limited to what you can grow under these installations. Is it possible? Yes but the labor goes up tremendously and most plants still need more light so you get slower growth. Grazing maybe for a short time anyways. The install would also cost more if you were to try and bring...

Art is in the eye of the beholder. But, walking around a solar "farm" is like walking around a corn field? Really? That's like saying walking through a downtown of a major city at night is like walking through the woods. Not equal. The Elvis I was the caretaker for died about a decade ago, So...

LOL. Some do I'd guess but not me. I moved out of the "city" to get away from the crazies before I did something that might land me life in jail. This is off topic though. Now the question is... are we a civil society or not? If we (still) are then we have an agreed upon set of rules (laws)...

It is not. It's a name added to make it sound better.

I normally won't do folks research for them... But here. Can wind turbines harm wildlife? | U.S. Geological Survey Now go look up eagle deaths. Same for solar farms in Arizona and California. The failure rate of nuclear plants PALES in comparison to wind turbines. When was the last "melt down"...

All we are doing is making sure the zoning is enforced and not changed after someone buys a farm with the idea.... I'm going to put in 1k houses or other BS like that. IT'S ZONED AG. Not for that crap. And, it keeps our "elected leaders" in line when they think they can arbitrarily change the...

Wow, this is the topic it seems. I also have an opinion that many may disagree with. To start, wind power causes a ton of wildlife death where it is at. They don't work in low/high wing conditions and when they fail.... hopefully you are not near them. As with solar, most of this comes from...

I guess what I meant to say is to look for them at auction. In the area of Idaho I am they show up at Armstrong Auctions, I've also noticed them in Bellingham Wa. Typical auction, some go for a good price others a tad high but most under the cost, and they are new. Then if you are close to the...

The Auctions have been nuts, period. BUT, a Canadian company has been bring down their new dump trailers lately. The brand is Southland. I found them comparable to my Big Tex. More so in the tie downs, ramps, rear stands and onboard charging and so on. I ended up selling my beat up 1997 Tex and...

Actually, eventually it will make a living. I'm bright enough to understand that you can't take an old neglected farm and set it up in one day or even one year. It takes time to re-build infrastructure, herd's and so on. Sometimes things change, I recently had genetic testing done on my bull and...

My 2 cents is at 15 acres go with a 50hp. A small baler will take 35-40 hp to run at the pto. I can run mine with my TC-30 but in the long run it's too hard on it. The bigger gives you more options for future proofing what you don't know you need yet. We have changed up things in our "plan" so...

I'd consider what I do more of a life style choice since I spend 12-14 hours a day out there. This time of the year repairing field damage, moving the animals to new paddocks and training etc. Others would consider that a full time plus job.

Consider looking into Starlink (110 a month now). It's fast, but is it available to you is the question. Then for phone Ooma (free for me as a tester), a VOIP. I was one of the testers and have had it since... a long time with no issues. Then consider a ROKU for the TV, free (after buying the...

I'm not really sure how folks make any money buying the latest and greatest equipment. I got into haying about 1.5 years ago and except for the tractor I spent 8500 on a swather, baler and a pull stackwagon and it includes the cost to make them all work properly doing the repairs myself. If I...

:) Pushing 60 now. That was always fun. How I got into it was running my mouth with the FIL. I was put in my place pretty fast, but I learned how to do it properly. A lot of skill goes into climbing damn near any tree no matter the type. For now I'll stick with safer things like learning to Bull...

I climbed into my 220 pound range, now in the 180 range. If you are 240 and can still do it, good for you but I'm guessing you are a bit younger than I am. :) Have you ever raced 150 pounder in prime condition in your prime up some old growth? If so you'd understand what I mean by that. It's...

I've always told people that if you are over 150 pounds, don't climb. All the equipment advice has been given above and that is extremely important to follow. A man lift rental or buying is your safest option and there are 4x4 self leveling options out there that can get into most spots. Hunting...

I may be one of them, even though I've been here since 2011 I don't post much. But when a topic goes the way this has I have to put my 2 cents in. Or with our new inflation $20 :) Being charitable is a topic with many opinions.

I think you nailed it, "people just take care of it". Places like this exist off the coastlines :)

OK, I feel like I'm missing out on a few things like USPS delivering mail to my home. I either drive, walk or horseback to go get it on the main road, one of the other things I choose not to worry about. My big tractor is insured for road use and is road legal. Before I had my fuel tank, I'd...

We just had a snow "event". Not much but we won't get over freezing for a bit and I didn't want it going to ice. So I plowed the road. no big deal but my wife was happy as she had to use my truck to get out yesterday (she prefers not to drive it) and by the time she got back it was all cleared...

I don't find it to be slow at all. If I decide to remove the wash boarding I'll run at about 8-10 MPH and if I'm only going for snow, 20 mph or so. I am running a much larger tractor than most for that though but only a 92" plow so I still need to make a couple of swipes at it. The road is...

I feel no obligation to do this, nor do I have expectations of them feeling obligated to help me. No one gets offended or butt hurt and the only time money will change hands is if it's a business transaction.

I've always been... if you want it done do it yourself. At my old place I got tired of the crashes and abandoned cars in front of my property, so when it snowed I went out to clear the hill and no more problems except for the people who thought I worked for the city that would demand I come and...

Sounds like something I would have tried if it wasn't for the corrugated pasture I have. Really hate them, feel like a bobble head every time I go over it cross ways. But, it's my irrigation.....

I have ducks right now, but they don't seem to attract flys. The neighboring farm leases out the property for grazing and as soon as the cows are there, we get a bad fly problem. Nothing I can do about them but I try to keep ours taken care of. There are a few coyote and fox dens nearby, the...

The corn is a good idea. I haven't been told yet how many chickens there will be :) I figure it'll need to bee a few hundred of them and unless I get a night scope, maybe 30-40 will survive the coyotes and fox's. My wife wants to do electric poultry fence, but each paddock is about 2 acres. That...

It's good to be cheap sometimes. You can spend and spend on attachments!

Right now I clean their pen by hand and put it into a compost pile, then turn it with blue. Then I move it to another location with green (faster) when the pile gets too big and it's time to start a new one. Comes out pretty fine with all the moving of it but I still need to figure out or buy...

I think I'm starting to formulate a plan here. Since I hate leave my place these days, while out cleaning up stuff left here over the years I've found more that enough stuff to try a few of these ideas out. A little change up on the boom though. I use my 3 pt tow hitch for more than just towing...

That's a clever idea! Only drag where you want it.

Pretty dry here except when I irrigate. Our big problem is flys. I picked up a gadget called a durabull, it's built locally and it's for the cattle to rub against. While they do that it dispenses bug control on them. I was also informed that we will be getting chickens this morning so I think...

LOL, I should have clarified, the bulls are hard on the fence. The grands found out the hard way it's electrified so they won't go near it. :) I have 3 that will be moving next door on a lot we put aside for them, I'll find out later how hard they are on things. Hopefully they want to learn this...

I like this also, could even let the grandkids "pretty" them up with some paint on the tires. Then I can just leave it in the bull pen and they can abuse them instead of my fence?

These are my pulling options. While the green one is very nice, I prefer to use the blue one most of the time. It just can't run the baler...

I like the idea of the landscape rake. Even though I found some stripped mattresses, chainlink fence and enough old oil pipe today to be able to weld something up. I've cable, tug rope and chain on hand for linking up. I have a 12.5 +/- area that I need to keep up on which is much better than...

I like it. One thing I don't have a problem with is rocks! Now that I've said that I'll start find veins everywhere. LOL

I was also thinking something like that could be hung on the wall when not in use... OK, After I build a wall to hang it on. :)

I actually like that mattress idea, I found two here already de-bedded. If I start buying too much equipment there will be no budget, this "farm/ranch" won't produce an income for another couple years so right now it's just a great sucking sound. Still not sure how anyone can make any money...

But a lazy boy is much more comfortable than a tractor on corrugated fields! :) The truck tire thing is interesting though, I have a crap load of tires that I've been finding and getting rid of here. I have a bunch of large ones left that I haven't tossed or turned into animal rubbing posts yet...

It sure didn't seem to break up easy! Some did. But cows patties with the occasional when my "neighbor" brings his horse down, but not much of that overall. Would a lead bar be good to use for pulling chain link? Some cheap at auction this week.

LOL, I set up a screen with cattle panel I had laying around last year, it worked but I'm thinking there has to be a better way. Used railroad ties to weigh it down but turning around corners sort of destroyed it. No 4 wheeler, but I'm seeing the need for one.

Thanks, that a good explanation. There is a ton of different equipment out there that I have no clue what it's used for.

Ok, I have a odd one here. Has anyone used a cultipacker for breaking up cow manure in pasture? If not, why wouldn't you want to do this vs a screen harrow. New to "farming" and looking for efficient ways to take care of things and this "project" as it grows out of control. :) And needing to...

Never say never BUT, we have never lost power. I do have a gen set for the house but I don't for the other two mains on the property. The little one can be powered off a battery with a simple wire switch out. I'm new to farming pretty much. I'm a city boy who married a small town girl so.... I'm...

From the article, "Once your cattle are trained to electric fences, you'll be amazed at how often a simple length of rope can trick cattle to calmly and quickly do what you want in situations that would be tremendous challenges to more traditional cattle herding tools like cattle prods, ATV's...

Mine trained fast, I used 1"1/2 tape in their pen to start. His WERE trained at one point but with the voltage and having strands on both sides it should do the trick. I may have a few adjustments but I'm ok with that. Just in case, I have a 56k joule fencer on order also, a bit too strong for...

I found a great spot where my fencer shouldn't "disappear", the old wire was destroyed. No solar this time either, to easy to walk off. I added a large greenhouse this year with power so that's where it's going.

It actually does work for moving the cows around. I've spent the last week acclimating our cows and buddying up to the herd boss. I can lead them out to graze and she will follow me everywhere and the rest her, that is also a problem, she's gotten out to try to break into the house. Guess she...

Some of the Texas fence ruling decided..... See below. I'm still at it with my neighbor, I got his attention when I texted a photo of his Angus bull in my field with this would be the perfect spot to drop him (legal in Idaho, just have to leave it lay). Since then he has been a little more...

I don't live in Texas but I've had similar issues with a leaser on the property next door. This same guy leased the property I now own. Here there is a "leave it lay" law. Means if you have live stock causing damage to your property you can shoot it but not move it or use it. We are also a...

Some good advice on this topic. My 2 cents worth is (for the areas I've worked and lived in) I'd go with a sleeved Uponor Wursbo pipe. For reasons stated above that some ground tunnelers like to bite them. This type of pex can freeze to about 4-6x it's normal size and survive, you can heat up a...

From what I can tell, all tier 4's are not equal. After having issues finding a GOOD used tractor in the 65-110hp range I ended up with a new 5 series Duetz. No regeneration, dash will light up with the error code etc and over all it seems pretty simple to work on as long as you don't need to...

Any thoughts about using a TC 30 for mowing using a belly mower? About 5 acres of grass with hills and such, some with pretty steep angles. What I'm wondering, is this too heavy for a nice cut without "rutting" the yard or should I just find a good riding mower for this job? I have the tractor...

Want to get any opinions before I jump into my next tractor project... Here it is, want a smaller bucket for pulling stumps. Since my machine is only a 30hp I want no backing to it to get a little better rip force and leave as much dirt behind as possible. So, I'm thinking a 8" "frame" with no...

I finally got this done. May have gone a little over kill on the socks but figured why not since I had it. It was also a great learning experience but a pain to do with out a second hand to help put the boom cylinder back in :) Thanks for the help on this. By the way, looks like I did it right...

Hey all, this is a photo of my 758c NH backhoe. Anyone out there that can tell me or send me a photo of the "proper" routing of these instead of this blown line waiting to happen? I've had no luck finding the info on that. I also have a angled plate that goes over this cluster ! help on that...

Hello all. New to the forum and new to tractor owning. Thought I'd join and hear all the good and bad advice I can get :). Never owned a tractor before but have borrowed a plenty. Now I guess it's my turn to fix and maintain the thing. 2007 TC 30 HS with FEL and BH. 318 hours. So far it's...

Hey, I'm new here and want to say hello in advance. I just bought a 2007 TC 30 HS with FEL and BH. 318 hours on it and while I looked for any signs of leaks in the snow below it before I bought it... get it home clean it up (1st mistake) and looks like I have hydro fluid coming from between the...