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Hello all, I've been working in my yard again lately since finishing most of my Wilma clanup and repairs. I've run the landscape rake over about 1/4-1/3 acre of the property, and have at least 6-8 yards of debris piled around in different places. Once I finish the rest of the I estimate I'll...

I had an Oak tree fall on my pool enclosure during Hurricane Wilma, and the enclosure is basically wrecked. The part which attaches to the house is still ok, so I suspect the hard part of the project is fine. However, I cannot get anyone to come out and do an estimate, because this year (last...

It's nice to be back from my business trip to Penang. I got home yesterday afternoon and looked at my lawn, and my goodness, it was almost two feet high. I felt guilty mowing some of the weeds with the finish mower this morning, but it's all I really have, don't have brush hog. It's also nice...

I have a Robin brand shed on my property which came with the house. It's the Ruffy model found on Robin's website below, and it was installed in 1984 according to the permit on file in the with the records dept. http://www.robinbuilders.com/products/ruffy.html Anyway, over the years, the...

There ia an aluminum Grumman truck for sale near my house. It looks like it's built on a two ton Chevy chassis with a 350 engine, dual rear wheels, eight lug wheels, etc. Anyway, it looks like one of the step vans with the back cut off, but when I looked at it today, I realized that Grumman made...

I guess a picture is worth a thousand words.

As I was working on the yard last night with the BX23, I decided to take a break and shut off the engine and just sit in the seat and survey my work for a couple minutes. As I was sitting there I heard a rustling sound, and saw a Racoon climb out of a huge Oak tree, into a Traveler Palm tree...

I have a shed which uses Tie Down Engineering brand ground anchors, model A22. The shed is a Robin brand and was installed with a permit in 1984. The plan specifically states the use of model A22 ground anchors, or concrete footers of certain dimension and straps. Tie Down engineering no longer...

What can I use to treat some large pine posts to keep them from rotting? I have about 10 posts ranging in sizes from 6x6 through 12x12. All about 8-10 feet long. I want to place them in the ground around the yard basically as markers. A couple for power outlets, one for a hose spigot, one for a...

I know I can go to the manufacturers like Teleflex and Wescon and Cablecraft and have exactly what I want quoted, but I was hoping to just buy one or two for now, since that's all I need. Anyone have a good retail source who stocks this kind of stuff? Preferably with a website with an online...

I am working on some projects for my BX23, and I was curious how similar the Kubota LA210 and LA211 loader assemblies are to the loaders that come on the BX1500 and BX1800 machines. If anyone is willing, could you take a look at these pics and measure the dimensions I have marked off? Basically...

I've made huge amount of progress clearing my property since I bought my BX23 in September 04. For some background, when I bought my house, the previous owner had let the property go, and it basically looked like a jungle. When I walked out of the house, if I got more than 20 ft away, all I...

The History Channel's Modern Marvels show is doing a feature on Harvesting Tech at 10 pm Thursday night. It looks very interesting. I'm sure all the country folk and farmers on this siite won't be too impressed, but for folk like me stuck on the edge of the city, it looks pretty good. Really...

I broke my second septic tank inspection lid, and am needing to replace two lids. I have a fiberglass septic tank of unknown size, make, or model, it just came with the house. It has two 24" diameter fiberglass manhole inspection covers. The lids don't bolt down at all, they just set on the...

http://humor.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://new.funnyfuel.com/funpages/view.cfm/6019 Sent to me by some co-workers in the UK. It's funny, but that's about it.

Also gave a Cat 225 track hoe a hard time. The owner of the Cat said it would be no problem pulling it out, but when he was done, he said "that was really in there". At one point, the rear of the tracks came off the ground about a foot or so, so I guess it must have really been in there. I...

I need to buy some Super UDT. Otherwise, it's a whole weekend without tractoring. Alternatively, I'm at about 46 hours now, and I'm wondering if I could replace some of the Super UDT with a different hydraulic oil, for the last few hours before the 50 hour service interval. There is a John...

I can't see a difference from looking at pictures in catalogs. I think I want a sub soiler to pull up some roots, but I can't tell how a middle buster would work any differently, other than it's more money, which would make the tractor lighter.

What can be used for straining junk out of dirt? By junk, I mean small pieces of broken wood, broken bricks, broken PVC, rocks, sticks, roots, dead plants, etc. I recently knocked down an old mist house which was very run down, and had a tree fall on it during hurricane Jeanne. I moved all the...

What is the thickest root the tyipcal walk behind trencher will cut through? Thanks.

I found as I was digging out some stumps over the weekend, that starting near the stump base would put the backhoe bucket in the middle of alot of roots. So many roots, that the bucket didn't have room to penetrate the ground between the roots. The stump is from a native Florida pine. If I...

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=31&art_id=qw1097402221668B252 A co-worker from South Africa forwarded this to me. It's pretty interesting. Would be neat to see a picture of one. I don't know if it eats the Lions, the article just says it can kill Lions.

I'm removing a bunch of stumps with the backhoe and am looking for a quicker way to cut roots around the perimeter of the stumps. My dad has a cutter of some sort he uses with his 8N. It plunges into the ground and cuts as he drives along. I don't think this will work for me since the BX23's are...

I was using the BX today for a long period of time, and one of the loader retaining pins sheared. It's not the actual pin that the loader pivots on, it's the pin which holds the pivot pin in position. The retaining pin which sheared is the one on the top pivot right in from of the loader...

first flat tire, anyone use \"tire slime\"? I knocked down an old delapidated mist house on my property and have been moving the debris out to the front for pick up. I've been careful to not drive over boards on the chance they have nails in them, but well, it looks like I found a nail anyway...

I'm curious mostly. I have a house in Atlanta which has almost no appreciation in three years, and a house in south Florida which has appreciated almost 70% in twelve months. I'm thinking of selling the place in Atlanta, living here for a while longer, and then cashing out and buying a place on...

I've done a search on tillers and found alot of info, but those threads pretty much go on the assumption that the poster already knows how a tiller is used, and why it is used. I don't really fall into that category. My scenario follows. I have alot of branches and small pieces of roots...

Well, I'm back on the internet (almost) since I have internet access at work, but still don't have any access at home. I've been working on the yard alot, and have put about 16 hours on the BX23 since I took delivery on Thursday, 11 days ago. I took a bunch of pics, but the batteries in my...

I took delivery of my BX23 this afternoon. Have about 1.9 hours on it now, WOOHOO! Anywway, I really overthought the decision to buy this machine. This machine is a mini tank. It's more capable than I had expected the B7610 to be, and much more capable than I had expected the BX23 to be. I bet...

I started out looking at BX23's, and then started looking up in size at B7610 and a 4410. However, I bought the BX23. I mulled over the size decision alot in the last three days, and I made the decision as I was sitting at the desk in front of the salesman about 4 pm this afternoon. My...

Both are similar sizes, prices, and both hydrostatic. Both have loaders (JD 410 vs Kubota LA352) with similar capabilities. Both have backhoes (JD 46 vs Kubota B4672A) with similar capabilities. Drove the Kubota and liked it, but I didn't like the brake pedals so close to the forward pedal, on...

It seems like the MMM decks for most CUTS and subCUTS are about the same price as a new rider lawn tractor. Is it smarter to have two seperate units, a lawn tractor to mow the lawn with, and a CUT for clearing my lot and general work, or is the MMM a better choice? For $1500 price tag of a MMM I...

please explain \"live continuous pto\" I read it in the Kubota B7610 spec sheet. Does it mean the PTOs always run so long as the engine is running? Or does it mean something else? Thanks

I've given up trying to find a used, inexpensive, compact tractor, in the local market, and have just decided to buy a new sub compact. I'm negotiating with four local dealers on a BX23, a TZ24D, 2210, and GC2310. My New Holland related question is: I've come to suspect that my immediately...

I've given up trying to find a used, inexpensive, compact tractor, in the local market, and have just decided to buy a new sub compact. I'm negotiating with four local dealers on a BX23, a TZ24D, 2210, and GC2310. My Kubota related question is: I have written quotes for $15,000 and $15,450...

any known problems with the JD 855 4x4\'s? I'm looking at an older model 855 with four wheel drive. It seems to work fine but it's alot more than what my previous budget allowed. Just looking for some feedback on the 855 series and if there have been any know problems to look out for before I...

I've been looking around for a used B series, but frankly, I'm having a hard time finding a good one locally. A few days ago I found this site and started reading up on the BX series. When I first saw them on Kubota's website, and in the equipment trader, etc, I thought they were just glorified...