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  1. WinterDeere

    Help with rotary cutter gearbox

    Yeah, I'd assume replacing the blade/jumper assembly with whatever comes on the replacement gearbox. Especially if you go with something super common (eg. Woods or King Kutter), then blade availability becomes no problem.
  2. WinterDeere

    Help with rotary cutter gearbox

    Cool. You run into all types, here. Got any photos, so it's easier to follow what you're describing? I suspect you're going to get more recommendations on gearbox replacement, unless there's any easy parts channel for that old Ford gearbox. And while I've never particularly followed Ford, I...
  3. WinterDeere

    Carry low

    Figured they might be up, like everything else. What I always thought was odd, back then, was I had old-timers give me that $1/lb number and claim it never changed. Hard to believe, and I never verified the history, other than finding it was true ca.2020. Of course, with a Deere logo on them...
  4. WinterDeere

    Help with rotary cutter gearbox

    This hog sounds like a good project for someone with some fab capabilities, but it might not be a good first option for someone without. What tractor are you running this on? Might do well to look at other second-hand options, ready to run.
  5. WinterDeere

    Carry low

    That'll help. Last time I bought new weights, pre-COVID, they were running $1/lb. with fresh durable 2-part paint. I'm not sure how much they've gone up by then, but it might be worth checking for next time, as the factory paint alone is worth the $5 you might've saved by going used. I had...
  6. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    I'd have beat you to the punch, if I didn't have to search an image! :p
  7. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    "Ethel? She died 30 years ago!" Yeah, I know, it was "Grace" in the movie.
  8. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    Was literally watching Barney shoot another hole in the floor of the Sherriff's office on MeTV, as I read this. :ROFLMAO:
  9. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    It was a meme, so not searchable text. I think Sam Elliot was the face put to it, and it may have been one of Eagle's posts. Of course it's not completely accurate, but there's at least some merit to it. Every trend has its outliers.
  10. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    ... when you ask about and start ranking in order of preference, the cause of death of your acquaintances. ... if you've ever uttered the phrase, "that's a good way to go".
  11. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    Weren't you the guy who posted, "I'm okay with income equality, if you're okay with effort equality"? :ROFLMAO:
  12. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    My parents used to do this, but since the auto part of the train stops at DC, it still left a 5+ hour drive to their home north of Philly, atop all the hassle of queuing and loading cars. Ultimately, not worth the hassle for them, as shipping car door to door and flying themselves was faster...
  13. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    My zero turn tires are kept around 12 psi, and they definitely develop flat spots over the winter. But honestly, ten minutes into the first mowing of each season, they're pretty much gone! Granted, I'm not doing road speed on a zero turn, but they're also bias ply tires.
  14. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    I know he's not jacking up the car. I know this was a big issue with bias ply tires, developing flat spots, but I always thought radials were more forgiving of sitting a few months. The company that makes Race Ramps makes tire caddies that you can park on, keeping the load on the tire more...
  15. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    I'll find out what they do, next time I speak with him. I had thought he just disconnects the battery and leaves it in place, but I'm not sure. If it were me, I'd probably just connect it to a battery tender, and leave the car live, easier than reprogramming everything every time I return. I...
  16. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    The real estate market has always been feast or famine, nothing new. It's not worse than 2003, when housing prices around here almost doubled overnight. Then, everything slid back down to 1.5x of the pre-2003 pricing, by 2010. I'd be willing to bet your great-great grandparents could have...
  17. WinterDeere

    The Resting Place.

    You don't even have to be old! Almost killed myself, taking a trip down a long and steep flight of stairs the wrong way, when I was about 24 years old. Fresh socks on polished hardwood, with one hand full of dirty dishes and a squirming dog tucked under the other arm, is apparently not...
  18. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    They're German... they have rules for that! Seriously, I lived and worked in Germany on and off for most of my 20's, and have been sent back a few times since. On average, they are such rule followers, that it just about breaks their mind when someone even suggests not following a law. I...
  19. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    My mother and husband have been doing the split residence thing for about 20 years now, half the year in Florida and half the year in the Philly 'burbs. After trying driving and the auto train, eventually realized that just shipping one of their cars back and forth was easiest. There are a...
  20. WinterDeere

    To CAB or NOT

    Nice choice! Only thing I'd add would be a quick hitch for the 3-point. Mine makes me smile at least twice per day, as I'm often dropping what's on the three point in one garage, to be able to park my tractor in another.
  21. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    ... and then later, buying up old library card catalogs, to use as hardware drawers in your shop!
  22. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    Good luck with trying that, here! We can't even keep people from trying to use the emergency shoulder lane, whenever traffic slows down.
  23. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    Expect fast food self-checkout, next. Any potential losses may be easily recouped, when compared against the direct cost and associated taxes of a $20/hour employee.
  24. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    You're saying Nixon stopped the printing of $100 bills in 1969, solely to benefit collectors? :p
  25. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    I agree. But that wasn't the point at all. 1. There was never any discussion of construction work on a holiday, they were only discussing a sales call, to show samples. 2. The OP stated they'd stop by Monday morning, no offer of any evening after work the following week. Again, if you're...
  26. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    We have some of the same problems WRT trees encroaching on roads, and tar and chip on local roads. Thankfully the major thoroughfares here never get that treatment, and there's always a way to skip around most local roads for a week or two after the tar and chip treatment. Here, they usually...
  27. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    Yep. But that's "when" and "who", more than "why"! :p
  28. WinterDeere

    The one thing that you wonder why you didn't buy sooner?

    Sometimes. If working on old 0.100" pitch thru-hole boards, the old tech still prevails, at least for the initial pass. Then clean up with wick. But most have desoldering stations, with a vacuum pump (eg. Weller WXD2010), which do the job of those old spring-loaded pumps. The biggest problem...
  29. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    This wasn't about schedule, it was about being a jerk to the customer. No time for that. Again, in Bad Boy Biker's defense, he may have been ginning up the story a bit, for effect.
  30. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    I've heard both "months" and "years" on the news, but I'd think it'd have to be something like 12 - 24 months, based on other similar bridge replacements in recent history. Moreover, our President had a press conference yesterday stating roughly "we are committed to replacing this bridge at the...
  31. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    Being an eastern-PA native, my bar is set so low that I marvel how "good" the roads are, every time I visit the western half of the state. :ROFLMAO: It's all relative! But, point taken... most of the state lies in climate zones with similar behavior, excepting the northwest corner. I've...
  32. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    Agreed. No one should be expected to work on their religious holidays, but the post that started all of this seemed to be more than just that. After all, if you're in a retail business, you have to make yourself available when people are not at work, it's the very reason retail stores aren't...
  33. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    As a 50-year PA resident, who's traveled a lot of other states, I can answer that. Yes, many of our counties have roads that are comparable to a lunar surface, especially this time of year. This occurs because the most-populated areas of PA (eg. Philly and 'burbs) lie in a climate zone where...
  34. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    My guess is NJ and VA are going to be a bit busier, in 2024/25.
  35. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    Good thing. But as it is, it sounds like six construction workers on the bridge lost their lives.
  36. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    Just to make you feel old... $20 in 1990 is nearly $50 today.
  37. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    Heard from a Reformed pastor, and later confirmed by a Rabbi, "most Jews are atheists". Their argument was that many congregants are more concerned with tradition and process, than religious belief.
  38. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    I suppose it depends on the business. It sounds like you were in retail, but I'm in commercial electronics. My last two invoices were around $125k, and CC processing fees on that would cost me $3000 - $4000 per invoice, while also opening me up to battle with a CC company if any customer ever...
  39. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    I think it says a lot about parenting, more than our educational system. I will almost guarantee both of my children are better at arithmetic and basic algebra, than 99% of this forum. So are a few of their classmates, while others sitting right beside them in class are dragging the whole...
  40. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    Here’s something most probably don’t know. If you book a flight to Ontario International Airport (ONT), expecting to see snow and some polite people who can’t pronounce “about”, you’re going to be disappointed. Ontario International Airport is nowhere near Ontario Canada, but in Southern...
  41. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    I’ve never been challenged on it, so I’ve never had to actually put any legwork into researching this, but I’d have to imagine the laws on this must vary by state. No?
  42. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    ... and what was it like, riding the short bus? j/k :D I'm sure I did dumber stuff than that, at various ages.
  43. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    I've actually taken to charging my customers an additional 3% surcharge to use a credit card. Mind you, the things I'm selling range $5k - $60k each and individual transactions can be for multiple units, so 3% can be an appreciable amount for me to lose to credit card processing.
  44. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    Yeah, sad news, if it comes to be. The free market spoke, by choosing reliability over cost. So, now we have to destroy that free market choice! :rolleyes: It's actually being framed as practices that discourage use of competitive products, as in MMS'ing videos, etc. But that's not Apple...
  45. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    What's perhaps more interesting about MTV, than their first day, is the list of videos they played ad-nauseum. I remember one summer (1990?) when it seemed every third video they played was Queensryche's Silent Lucidity. Great tune, the first 3 times you hear it, but you're subjected to it 4...
  46. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    I can't claim to have actually seen their very first aired video, as I had to walk to a friend's house a block away from my own to see cable TV at the time. But I definitely remember going over there to watch an hour or two of MTV together, on the day they first hit the air. We got cable in...
  47. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    We have a dozen devices between Android and iOS, and what you describe is typical of our experience with Android. iOS, being a more closed system, seems to not suffer nearly as many bugs.
  48. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    Why not? Always good to have options. The lever handle French doors between our kitchen and patio can be opened at least six ways: Left hand Right hand Left elbow Right elbow Left hip, then toe Right hip, then toe Heck, if I was a little younger, I'd include feet. And I'm glad for all of...
  49. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    I'm the right age to have my childhood somewhat bracketed by MTV. I remember watching their very first broadcast, and continued watching up until they became more reality TV than music videos, in the mid- to late-1990's. No idea what they've done in the last 25-30 years. "Kenny wasn't like...
  50. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    Geddy Lee, Tom Petty, Steve Howe, Bob Dylan... these guys were not built for MTV. Could you imagine the young version of any of them securing a record contract with a major label, in today's environment? Yet... four of the most influential and successful musicians of the last 50+ years.
  51. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    Might have varied by establishment, or local custom. I know the one we'd go to in the 1970's/80's charged by the head.
  52. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    Should’ve gone in “signs we are not gonna make it,” but the thread was closed.
  53. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    If I'm the guy on the table, I care much more about the comfort of the surgeon, than the nurse.
  54. WinterDeere

    Carry low

    My back yard is one big hill, and the prior owner of my house told me about him doing something very similar to you, as a bit of a warning to me. As he's telling me the story, I'm thinking, "what an idiot, I'd never be that stupid." It was probably a year later when I experienced my own...
  55. WinterDeere

    The Resting Place.

    Now that you mention it, yeah... I remember. But that's like 40+ years ago, and I probably saw the movie only once or twice. But when you say the name, the character I remember first is the old man in the Kranks, a movie played on TV so many times every December that you can't help but see it...
  56. WinterDeere

    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    LED's are diodes, so an individual LED will always be polarity sensitive. But there have also always been bipolar LED assemblies, essentially two LED's in reversed-parallel inside the same package, such that it will light with either polarity. There's a reverse breakdown problem, where you...
  57. WinterDeere

    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    I don’t follow. If the battery is so undersized that the brakes drag down the voltage, then it would not have capacity to keep the brakes locked hard, as intended. If previously connected, we know the battery voltages are nearly the same. How much current do the brakes really pull?
  58. WinterDeere

    The Resting Place.

    The way they play Christmas with the Kranks on an endless loop every December, I’m always surprised this is never listed among his credits in articles discussing his highlights. Probably nearly everyone under age 50 knows him first and best, from that role.
  59. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    So, this is something I work on everyday, in fact I was in the middle of running voltage breakdown calculations on a device when I read this, for 85C and 3000m elevation. There are three common mechanisms for electrical breakdown in air, the one of most concern in land-based systems being...
  60. WinterDeere

    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    As noted in prior post, in PA we are required to have them tested by inspection site every year. We're also required to have brakes on all axles, whereas most states seem to require them on only one axle of a tandem axle trailer. Always adds a bit to the quoted price of any trailer, once they...
  61. WinterDeere

    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    I thought the same. In PA, we're required to have a yearly inspection on all trailers with brakes, the sum total of which is usually the inspection tech pulling the rip cord on the emergency brake mechanism, and verifying the brakes work. Those batteries go bad every few years, they don't last...
  62. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    I honestly don't care about the resource usage, one way or t'other. Honestly, how much petroleum goes into a 1 mil thick plastic bag? It's insignificant. But I do get irritated by the enormous waste and litter problem created by all of these plastic bags, everything from the Great Pacific...
  63. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    Damn. Didn't want to "like" the post, due to bad news, but this was very good info, Lou! Thanks for posting it.
  64. WinterDeere

    Carry low

    C'mon... you're in eastern PA. I've lived 50 years in eastern PA, most of which is among the highest population density regions in the USA. Unless you're in the very north-northeastern corner of the state, and really even then, there are likely several dealers within a 30-45 minute drive of...
  65. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    I'm not that old, but I have been carded by cashiers who weren't even born yet, when I turned 21.
  66. WinterDeere

    The day the music died.

  67. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    That's exactly why I was looking up stuff on the Chestnut, when I came across this video. There's an old saying that, in the time it takes an Ash to grow a baseball bat, a Chestnut could grow a dresser. Coincidentally, I've also been planting Princeton Elms the last ten years, and they've been...
  68. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    Kinda like comparing Simon Philips to Gene Krupa, or later, Mike Mangini against Neal Peart. All great drummers, top of their respective generation(s), but each generation takes what the prior did and then pushes it a bit farther. This girl is pretty good for age 13, well on her way toward a...
  69. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    I never understood all of those supposed Elvis sightings reported in the 1980's, until I saw this photo of George Carlin.
  70. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    Where were you 40 years ago? Hell, it seemed every little old lady had blue hair, and Cyndi Lauper was already rocking orange and rainbow.
  71. WinterDeere

    Carry low

    You can DIY it, YouTube is your friend on that. But honestly, this is one job that's just easier and cheaper to leave to the dealer. My dealer has a truck outfitting for this job, and they can drive to the customer and do the job in 30 minutes. Worst case, your dealer does zero ag work and...
  72. WinterDeere

    Zero Turn Mower Problems

    Exhaust leaks can also wipe them out, as I've found. I had a leaky muffler on an inherited Ztrak 757 (25 hp Kawasaki v-twin), and it sadly took me two or three clutch replacements before I found the true cause of the repeated problem, hot exhaust gas essentially cooking the coil packs in the...
  73. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    Probably a few dollars more than a saw and a pair of spikes!
  74. WinterDeere

    Carry low

    There are many newer options that will not rust out your rims, like the old calcium chloride did. Rimguard is just one name brand of a class of "bio ballasts", essentially using high-density fluids with low freezing points, in place of calcium chloride. Others use stuff like antifreeze or...
  75. WinterDeere

    To CAB or NOT

    That may be another distinction in this great divide. Those of us using our tractors merely for personal use, controlling our own schedule according to the weather, versus those forced to be on it in any weather. I love being on my open station tractor in most weather, but will admit I skip...
  76. WinterDeere

    Carry low

    Suitcase weights are a way to go, and you can buy or weld up your own frame to hold them. The nice thing there is you can vary the ballast according to the task. I know you said you don't want a ballast box, but it is a good way to make something that is the most compact and useful method of...
  77. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    Dude... it was a feel-good story, up to this point! That's depressing. My great-grandmother also outlived her only son and first grandson, in reverse order.
  78. WinterDeere

    Oil Change intervals?

    Not important, if only for preparing for oil change. By the time your water temp gauge is showing any rise, the oil is already plenty warm for draining into a pan.
  79. WinterDeere

    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    Truck owner's problem. I've never been to a building supply where you don't pay before they load your truck. :D
  80. WinterDeere

    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    Agreed. The one on the rear really wouldn't have contributed to that particular failure, but if there were a second hiding behind that one placed toward the front of the bed... Obviously age / corrosion played a role, as the frame should withstand static loads several times higher than the...
  81. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    If you've ever uttered "volts", "amps", or "ohms", then you've used the metric system, Lou! I like the imperial system for pints, it truly is the perfect amount of beer for one serving. When the UK went metric, they actually kept the "pint" as an official unit, for this reason. The Brits do...
  82. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    I have a Pocket Ref ca.1992, and used it frequently, before the internet replaced it. But to my memory, it didn't even include the many duplicate definitions of BTU (eg. IT vs. th), nor gallon (US vs US Dry vs Imperial), nor imperial ounce vs. US ounce vs Troy ounce, etc. Hell, did you know...
  83. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    Quoting myself, I know, but these old Imperial and other colloquial measurement systems cost society a lot of unnecessary time, energy, and expense. I know there's historical reasons for each, but it's really bothersome that we can't just leave them where they belong, as historical artifacts...
  84. WinterDeere

    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    Ding, ding! We have a winner!
  85. WinterDeere

    Oil Change intervals?

    When you begin to wonder just how many linear inches of piping it took to stitch the neck line on that shirt, you've probably seen the video one too many times. DAMHIKT
  86. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    That must be one of the most commercially-successful posters ever made. I think nearly every boy of a certain age had that poster. Probably used a D6 engine as a pony motor. :D Seriously, most of these old diesels used a pony engine to start, including the D6 (I think). Because gold is...
  87. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    Yeah, it's all relative. My step father said recently, "I thought I was old and rich, until I moved to Florida."
  88. WinterDeere

    Oil Change intervals?

    Well, whatever the interval, make sure you fill the filter, before spilling it on. I had to watch this video about 12x, before I really got the process. :p
  89. WinterDeere

    Kubota M5660SUHD caught on fire (60hrs)!

    So, by contrast to that saying, "Everything wants to kill you in Australia," it's just the starlings in New Zealand?
  90. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

  91. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    That's what I'd always assumed. If those gyro's have enough inertia to spin 30 minutes after an engine failure, that's plenty of times for the engineer to hop out and put down the kick stands or landing gear.
  92. WinterDeere

    Shop ideas to consider

    I really hate my garage that has this feature, it creates more problems than it solves, in my case. I actually have two 2-3 car garages, one with a center drain in each bay, and one with the floor sloped toward the doors at 1" per 10', and would never do another sloped floor in any garage I...
  93. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    My father-in-law said something funny last year, "hell, I'm so old I don't even buy eggs more than a half-dozen at a time anymore." For those slow on the uptake, he's not sure he'll be around long enough to finish a full dozen.
  94. WinterDeere

    Battery based vehicles of today and tomorrow pt 2

    I never understood when a public figure reliant on mass adoration discloses their politics. Best case, you only piss off and alienate half your potential customers!
  95. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    My kids are still taught that, and in fact I'm pretty sure they work harder at school and other productive things than I ever did, at their age. I'm a lifelong workaholic, but have always had a problem with choosing projects more for interest or fun factor, than profitability. When you're...
  96. WinterDeere

    Kubota M5660SUHD caught on fire (60hrs)!

    I'm one of those. I open my hood to change my oil, fill the washer reservoir, and any other maintenance. But that amounts to a few times per year, hardly daily. Last week, it was to check brake fluid, after I had to do some rear brake work on my truck. But the time prior to that was when I...
  97. WinterDeere

    Kubota M5660SUHD caught on fire (60hrs)!

    Understood, that would normally be the case. But unless I'm misremembering the details of this old thread, didn't they muddy the waters by taking possession of the machine, and then essentially obstruct the owner's access to it during their own investigation? Now the machine has been in the...
  98. WinterDeere

    Battery based vehicles of today and tomorrow pt 2

    Zuckerberg's "move fast and break things" mode of operation is much more forgivable when programming social media platforms, than automobiles. Musk sometimes appears to have a tendency toward that thinking, at least viewing his operation from the free seats.
  99. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    I'm not following you, Fuddy. No one disagreed on there being horses here, more than 10,000 years ago. It's well documented there were. The issue had to do with the claim that Souix and other Indian tribes were gifting them to each other in the years prior to Europeans arriving, as it's been...
  100. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    We know the egg had to come first. The chicken came out of an egg, it wasn't live-birthed. As to what laid that egg, I don't know, obviously some close evolutionary cousin of the chicken.
  101. WinterDeere

    Kubota M5660SUHD caught on fire (60hrs)!

    lol... guilty until proven innocent! "We cannot prove it was our fault." Seems like they got the burden of proof backwards.
  102. WinterDeere

    To CAB or NOT

    I haven't tallied the results, but it appears that those feeling most strongly in favor of the cab seem to be far north or far south, citing snow and heat. PA occasionally sees below 0°F and above 100°F, but our daytime highs most days fall in a 20F - 90F window, with overnight lows being 20F...
  103. WinterDeere

    Battery based vehicles of today and tomorrow pt 2

    I have no interest in joining this pissing match, but do note that a "lower rate of growth" is still growth, not shrinkage.
  104. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    Small world! Most of my career has revolved around replacing TWT's with solid state PA's! Never worked on TWT's myself, the voltages are too frightening. :D Solid state hasn't made the up front cost any lower, in fact it's usually 2x - 3x the cost of a TWT for a given power and band. But...
  105. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    Good point! Hadn't even thought of that. Makes perfect sense.
  106. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    True, the output field strength doesn't go up linearly with power. But the cost and complexity differences are enormous, probably climbing at more than double square law when you get above 1000 watts average power. There are only a small handful of people in the world working on general...
  107. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    These radars are generally pulsed, and while I don't work specifically on marine radar, I'd guess their duty cycle is probably something like 0.1%. So, a "4000 watt" marine radar might put out an average power of 40 watts. Don't hold me to those numbers, but I'd bet they're not terribly far...
  108. WinterDeere

    Dog pics

    I probably only get half-credit for this weird little contraption we call a dog, but she's damn cute, and a very good little dog. She lets us know just as well as any of the big boys, when a car comes up the driveway, and is a little easier to nap with on the couch than my former shepherd or...
  109. WinterDeere

    Looking for new JD model

    Ever consider just moving to a zero turn? I made the switch 12 years ago, and my only regret is not having done it sooner. They're useless as t!ts on a bull for plowing snow or other "tractor jobs", but if all your doing is mowing and bagging leaves, it's going to be hard to beat the speed...
  110. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    Microwaves are used to cook people, too. Both intentionally, and accidentally. On the intentional end is the Active Denial System, dreamed up by the evil scientists at one of my prior employers. Basically, a 100 kW transmitter operating at 95 GHz through a highly-directed antenna array, it...
  111. WinterDeere

    Coffee scoops and coffee makers

    Weird, I never knew before, that I could smell through a computer monitor.
  112. WinterDeere

    Battery based vehicles of today and tomorrow pt 2

    Dude... we all know they run those charging stations off diesel generators, anyway! :D (j/k)
  113. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    We all work in professions that are way over the heads of the general public. Hell, some here are farmers, and know way more about everything from GMO's to crop rotation to animal husbandry, than I will ever understand. Heck, I didn't fully understand how chickens and eggs worked, until I got...
  114. WinterDeere

    Battery based vehicles of today and tomorrow pt 2

    I still hate on them. Not because of the tech, but because they shaped them like Prius's and Insight's. 😛 Actually, I really liked the Volvo Polestar V60, but... the price! :(
  115. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    I guess since we're on the subject of signals and power, here's another few things most might not know: 1. You are taught you need a return path for current to close a circuit. In other words, current flow from one terminal of a battery, thru the load (eg. lightbulb), and then returning to...
  116. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    I think in some older Bell Labs white papers, it was, at least by a few select authors. I'm pretty sure I've seen it written that way in some of the old IRE (pre-dates IEEE) journals. But I always thought the name was paying homage to the company (Bell Labs), not the man (Alex).
  117. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    True, except oddly... dBm. Of course it's dB's over 1 mW, but nobody writes or says "dBmW", as they do with dBV or dBW. I'm as guilty as the rest, it's a convention I use many times per day, but I always thought it odd. It's also odd that we specify power of enormous 10,000 watt amplifiers...
  118. WinterDeere

    Shop ideas to consider

    At least some around here have full basements, and just appear to be pits when viewed from above. Same hazzards apply, which are manageable. Then there's these guys: https://pitsystems.com/auto-service-pit-system/
  119. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    Interesting articles, but unless I missed something, they did not contradict anything I was saying. American Indians having horses 100 years after the Spanish brought them and abandoned them here, does not imply they were here in the century before the Europeans brought them.
  120. WinterDeere

    Shop ideas to consider

    I remember asking about installing a pit in my prior shop, about 20 years ago. They’re apparently illegal here, but whether a local or state thing, I don’t know. Fumes were cited as a primary reason, but you never know when code enforcement guys really understand all the reasons behind a given...
  121. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    yep... I actually started to type the same in my prior post, but omitted because it's not really relevant. The horses native to North America went extinct probably 10,000 years ago, long before the time of the Native American tribes to which John Lame Deer was referring. The truth is no...
  122. WinterDeere

    To CAB or NOT

    Preferring OOS for everything else, is a big part of the reason I got a tractor big enough to push a plow, so I could sell my snowblower. Back when I ran a snowblower on my tractor, it seemed like no matter which way I blew the snow, it was into the wind. Also, it was much slower than the...
  123. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    At least some of this is total BS. The American Indians did not even have horses before their "white brothers" brought them from Europe in 1519. So, how were they gifting free horses to one-another? There was plenty of warring between Native American tribes, long before and contemporary to...
  124. WinterDeere

    Battery based vehicles of today and tomorrow pt 2

    TrackHawk owners report pretty consistent 11.6 second quarter mile times, so I don't think most stock MYP's are going to beat them in the quarter. They both report the same 3.5 second 0-60 times, with the YP likely being faster 0-30 and the TrackHawk faster everywhere else. The 707hp sedan...
  125. WinterDeere

    Battery based vehicles of today and tomorrow pt 2

    We had an end of summer pool party at our house last summer, all the cousins and family in attendance. One of our cousins showed up on the patio, without their 3 year old, and when I asked about the absence they explained she was sleeping in the car in our driveway. I mentioned something about...
  126. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    I've had a few close calls, always about as lucky as @thepumpguysc, and now spend most of my shop and tractor time wearing safety glasses or sunglasses. The worst is when you forget you're wearing them, and then run out to the store or a kid's Saturday soccer game, while still wearing them. :D
  127. WinterDeere

    Battery based vehicles of today and tomorrow pt 2

    I agree with most of what you're saying, but at the same time, taking out power also shuts down our gas stations. Each time my area experiences a weather event that knocks out the power, the gas stations are also closed.
  128. WinterDeere

    To CAB or NOT

    lol... love the "backup to my backup cold beer." :ROFLMAO: I suffer from the berries down the shirt and stained seat of my paints when mowing, as well. But I'm mowing with a zero turn.
  129. WinterDeere

    Are tractors and equipment a good investment right now?

    Okay guys, then when should I be advertising the brush hog I want to sell?
  130. WinterDeere

    Battery powered chainsaw

    I'd guess it must be a bit of a thing getting it started with three extensions? I notice how much the engine wants to bog on starting, with each added extension. Never even tried 3! I bought the largest engine available at the time (6-10 years ago?), which I suspect is the KM 131 R I see on...
  131. WinterDeere

    To CAB or NOT

    Will most modern cabs actually take a life-ending hit, without just disintegrating? I thought that other than the integrated ROPS in the rear of the cab, most were just Lexan and plastic?
  132. WinterDeere

    To CAB or NOT

    The only time I've ever been stung by hornets on a tractor was inside my buddy's old cabbed Case backhoe. Hornets love to build nests in that damn cab, every summer. It may be not as tight as modern cabs, I suspect.
  133. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    Yeah, that's about the oldest you can normally find in this country, which is very cool. As noted before, 1695 is the oldest building still standing in Williamsburg, a town that's been keeping records since something like 1635. Our house is very old, but your buddy's place was already onto its...
  134. WinterDeere

    Battery powered chainsaw

    Yeah, for sure! I'm usually using mine for vertical reach, so while it's a bit like a caber toss balancing act, at least I'm not trying the hold the weight cantilevered out horizontally.
  135. WinterDeere

    Which animals you think you could beat in a fight

    Her: "I bet he's thinking about other women." You: "I wonder which animals I could beat in a fight?"
  136. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    re: "accurate records don't exist"... sometimes you get lucky! The largest part of my house was built by the pastor of one of the largest and oldest churches in our area, and so his history is pretty well documented in church records, plus his family being one of the original families that...
  137. WinterDeere

    Oil Change intervals?

    Thinking back through all the machines I've owned in my life, quite a long list, I can't think of a single one that didn't specify something like "200 hours or annually, whichever comes first". For examples, the Yanmar diesel in my Deere 3033R specifies "200 hours or annually", and the Kawasaki...
  138. WinterDeere

    Battery based vehicles of today and tomorrow pt 2

    I think this, along with an absolute need to "bend" the rules in city driving, will be the biggest challenges for FSD. I don't know how many of you have driven through center city Philadelphia or Manhattan, but it is simply not possible to get through an intersection (esp. left turn!) while...
  139. WinterDeere

    Shop ideas to consider

    Oh, that reminds me, pull some cat 5e or cat 6 wiring to the shop from the house, along with coax, and a few extra AWG-12 conductors that will inevitably be used for 3-way switches for outside lights, etc. I spent my first several years in this house, with no internet in my shop, and it was a...
  140. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    I don't know about doctors, but WRT dentists, their entire life's work is fighting decay. But decay is inevitable, and will always win, especially when the daily battle is out of their hands.
  141. WinterDeere

    Oil Change intervals?

    Hold on. If your cars have 75k - 170k miles on them, they're almost certainly of an age where the oil life indicator is not tied to a real time clock. If you read your owner's manuals, you will almost certainly find instruction to change the oil at 12 months, whether the oil life indicator has...
  142. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    It'd be interesting if he could really nail that down with some legitimate paperwork, or other evidence, as that would be crazy-old for anything in the USA. Think about it, the first permanent settlement (Jamestown) didn't begin until 1607, and really took a good ten years until you could call...
  143. WinterDeere

    Oil Change intervals?

    I was about to say the same. I only change the oil in my compressor once every 10 years, and because it only takes ounces while that product is only sold in gallons, the oil I'm putting in has been sitting in an opened but capped jug for maybe 20 - 30 years. No issues, because no combustion...
  144. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    My primary hobby and preoccupation at one point earlier in life was antique woodworking machinery, and although I've sold most of it off, I still have a few of the vintage machines in my shop. Belt guards, and even blade guards on most machines, had not even been dreamed up, yet. The most...
  145. WinterDeere

    Shop ideas to consider

    Not 3Ts, but I've resorted to using a shop vac for digging similar holes, and I'm always amazed at how well it works. Essentially, drill and air hammer a 4" diameter hole in driveway, excavate as deep as you want below that with shop vac, sink PVC tube and fixturing to hold your hitch receiver...
  146. WinterDeere

    Shop ideas to consider

    I actually have that, plus a little kitchenette, in my garage. It's a walk across the driveway from my shop, but close enough, and still keeps me from having to take off my boots to fetch a beer or snack.
  147. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    Definitely. Wrought nails were crazy-expensive, so they were almost always saved and re-used. Cut nails knocked the cost down something like 10x, and so less of those were saved. Wire nails were even cheaper. People look at wood-pegged timber framed homes from the 1600-1700's, and sometimes...
  148. WinterDeere

    When the quick attach doesn't hold

    I feel the same way about my pallet forks, of all things. I have JDQA, and it's normally super-secure, nearly zero chance of ever failing. But the way it was implemented by some probably-Chinese manufacturer on my pallet fork frame appears a little less secure than my OEM Deere/Frontier...
  149. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    I think most of this is true, but to add to it, "D" comes from the Latin "denarius", which the old Brits adopted from their Roman rulers. If you look at English currency prior to decimation, they used an L/s/d (yeah... "LSD"! :ROFLMAO: ) system. "D" was for "pence", or "penny" in our system...
  150. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    I got the internship that kicked off a career in engineering, because I was a good drummer, and the interviewer was a keyboardist in a band looking for a drummer. :D
  151. WinterDeere

    Battery based vehicles of today and tomorrow pt 2

    Oh, I definitely agree with you. Same reasons I have a truck on hand. But you have to admit the majority of Americans have trash pickup service, they aren't hauling their own refuse to the transfer station, so that's probably not the best example of why the majority of Americans would want or...
  152. WinterDeere

    Shop ideas to consider

    Good catch! One of those things you usually don't think about until after the shop is done, and then wonder where you'll hang them. I have 16 heavy cast-iron coat hooks on the first floor, and another dozen on the second floor. They get used for coats and hats on bad weather days, but for...
  153. WinterDeere

    Battery based vehicles of today and tomorrow pt 2

    Definitely. I will never be without a truck, myself. But the argument was about "most Americans", and I suspect most who drive a pickup to work everyday only very rarely use it for the hauling capacity. My parents hauled an awful lot of crap in mom's station wagon, or a trailer towed behind...
  154. WinterDeere

    Battery based vehicles of today and tomorrow pt 2

    I drive a pickup, and don't own an EV. But even I will recognize a BEV is probably a better choice for the majority of Americans. 99% of the pickups I see on the road every day are never used for hauling more than groceries, or a few kids to soccer practice. Popularity has always been a poor...
  155. WinterDeere

    Which animals you think you could beat in a fight

    That guy is an idiot: 1. If you're going to mess with a raccoon, at least throw on long pants and a flannel shirt for five minutes. 2. If you want to chase a raccoon off your porch, don't stand between it and the only point of egress. It appears from what we can see in the video, that the...
  156. WinterDeere

    MF 1742 Cranks but wont start

    Dealer doesn't have a service truck? How do they deal with the big boys? I suspect the tool required to reset the code is probably no larger or heavier than a 1990's cell phone. Seems like it'd be easier to move that to the 5000 lb. tractor, than the other way around.
  157. WinterDeere

    Battery based vehicles of today and tomorrow pt 2

    lol... typical news media inserting or omitting a few key words, to leave an impression other than reality. Agendas, anyone? If a water leak was the source of the problem, you'd think they would put that in the headline, rather than using the few valuable words of headline space to point out...
  158. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    That 1960's Peter Principle stuff is an old way of thinking. The Dilbert Principle later posited that idiots are promoted to management, because that's where they can do the least damage!
  159. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    But now we do it in 4k hi-def!
  160. WinterDeere

    To CAB or NOT

    More an issue on zero-turn mowers than tractors, around here. I know a few who've mowed over yellowjacket nests in the ground, and been hit with the obligatory two-dozen stings, but don't know anyone first-hand who's had that happen on a tractor. Very funny story: One buddy managed to park...
  161. WinterDeere

    Battery based vehicles of today and tomorrow pt 2

    Tesla is using BEV semi's. I posted a link to this thread a few months back, of a Jay Leno's Garage episode, in which he drove one, and met with the engineer and chief designer of the truck. Most trains are EV's, they just carry their own diesel-powered generator with them. The first hyrbrids?
  162. WinterDeere

    Oil Change intervals?

    We have the same procedure, other than timing. Oil changes are done in a heated shop in January, while enjoying the cigar. Beer usually comes with lunch.
  163. WinterDeere

    Oil Change intervals?

    I think most of us follow practices based more on religion than science, when it comes to our oil changes. Every January, I change the oil on every piece of equipment used in the prior year. Less-oft used equipment gets tagged with the date of the last oil change, and I'll skip that equipment...
  164. WinterDeere

    Oil & Fuel Oil Filter Flow - Physical Limitation

    Agreed on all points, DarkBlack. But it was still a good view at the antidrainback valve on the can he had cut open, that I suspect few have seen.
  165. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    I agree, in principle. Unfortunately, we have this anchor of history dragging on us. I'm old enough to remember when female engineering candidates were automatically working from a position of disadvantage in every job interview, with then-senior management who got their degrees in the 1950's...
  166. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    This could reflect a mix of three different factors: 1. The employee demographics are a reflection of qualified applicants. If a given minority is not applying, or those applying are not qualified, then they cannot be hired. 2. The un-represented minorities may be applying and qualified...
  167. WinterDeere

    Battery based vehicles of today and tomorrow pt 2

    Kumbayya, my Lord, Kumbayya...
  168. WinterDeere

    Oil & Fuel Oil Filter Flow - Physical Limitation

    Here you can see what an anti drainback valve is, and how it works. I stopped watching half way thru, when the guy was noting it doesn't prevent reverse draining thru center hole, as I believe the oil pump on the engine would (mostly) prevent that.
  169. WinterDeere

    To CAB or NOT

    I'll buck the trend and say that, for my particular usage, I prefer OOS. I'm on and off the machine a hundred times per day (only slight exaggeration), and my yard and work area have a lot of low branches. I'd also have to leave a cabbed tractor outdoors, as my barn could not be reconfigured...
  170. WinterDeere

    Oil & Fuel Oil Filter Flow - Physical Limitation

    Oil is incompressible, so up to the point where you blow out the can, volume in = volume out. Once purged of air, that translates to flow rate in = flow rate out. The beautiful simplicity of incompressible fluids. Gasses are a bit more tricky, but allow us to game the system by playing...
  171. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    There was a story of this happening to a member of another forum I used to watch. Dude had tied himself off to the trailer hitch or bumper of one of their vehicles, over the roof ridge and back down to where he was working on the far side of the roof. Wife decided she needed to run to the...
  172. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    Please, please, oh please... let California leave! 😛
  173. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    To be clear, the state of PA does NOT require the store to scan ID's. This would be a store policy, if even true, not a state law. As stated previously, I don't know if their policy or system allows the use of other ID's, as I've only ever seen anyone use their drivers' license.
  174. WinterDeere

    Oil & Fuel Oil Filter Flow - Physical Limitation

    Fram seems to get so much consistently bad press from every expert on automotive oils and filters, that I'd just chalk this up as yet one more reason to buy Wix over Fram. However, do note each have varying grades, for example in Wix: 1. Protec = economy grade 2. Wix original = good stuff 3...
  175. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    I don't know if they'd accept other forms of ID, but given the location of this store, you're not getting there without a drivers' license anyway. Only catch might be if your chauffer is under 21, legal drinking age in PA.
  176. WinterDeere

    Battery based vehicles of today and tomorrow pt 2

    Agreed. See my prior comments about Hertz. If (likely when) we buy an EV, we'll likely still keep an ICE for longer trips. Although, admittedly, I usually opt for flying longer distances now. In my 20's, I did a lot of long drives, straight thru to Florida, Michigan, Connecticut, Vermont...
  177. WinterDeere

    Shop ideas to consider

    Same. I had an air line on the outside of my last shop, and found it was more a PITA than it was worth, unplugging a hose to carry it outside and plug it in out there. Much easier to just roll up a door, toss the hose end outside, and then close the door on it. Overhead door seals are thick...
  178. WinterDeere

    Coffee scoops and coffee makers

    Nice! But what beans are you getting from Amazon? I use La Colombe for most of my beans, rotating between their Monaco, Rouge, and Nizza medium roasts. Their "medium" is more like "medium-dark" for most roasters, and esp. their Monaco really hits my sweet spot. The 12 oz bags make 24 double...
  179. WinterDeere

    Battery based vehicles of today and tomorrow pt 2

    That's fair. Even most of my life, I was passing at least one gas station in my daily or weekly travels, this is the first extended period where my daily route has me passing none. But also let's realize that no one is filling up before their tank drops below half, and most below quarter...
  180. WinterDeere

    Oil & Fuel Oil Filter Flow - Physical Limitation

    Then what will we talk about on a Wednesday afternoon? Of course, we only have until morning to figure it out, by the original assertion. I suspect the resistance offered by the filter element, pleated paper or what-have-you, is going to be an order of magnitude higher than the drain holes, no...
  181. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    My local grocery store has started selling beer and wine under a restaurant license (PA LCB rules), and their registers are set up to require the entry of a drivers' license to complete the sale. It's always fun watching 80+ year old women get carded for their husband's weekly 6 pack, or their...
  182. WinterDeere

    Battery based vehicles of today and tomorrow pt 2

    I haven't bought an EV yet, but if/when I do, the primary factors will be convenience and performance. 1. I want to just plug the car in when I get home at night, since driving 5-10 miles to the nearest gas station is a PITA. There are no gas stations along the route I drive in my daily...
  183. WinterDeere

    Oil & Fuel Oil Filter Flow - Physical Limitation

    lol... but it's still too much math for a Thursday! :ROFLMAO:
  184. WinterDeere

    Your last generator Maintenance Run

    Slight tweak, to make it better! <-- hates working in the heat
  185. WinterDeere

    Oil & Fuel Oil Filter Flow - Physical Limitation

    Yes, that is what he did. His numbers are correct, per hole. He just didn't multiply by hole count to get total areas.
  186. WinterDeere

    Battery based vehicles of today and tomorrow pt 2

    Didn't know it was a boxing match. It would be nice to reintroduce some civility and useful debate back into this thread, rather than the school yard bickering and sniping that has consumed the last dozen pages. And that's not picking on DarkBlack, it's been coming from both sides.
  187. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    Geez... Do men leap out of it at night?
  188. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    Interesting. I didn't know that, but it seems to make sense. Side note, I did take an hour to build a structure and simulate it last night, stripline construction DC to 20 GHz. I'm sad to say the Gods of Physics held true, you cannot have a 2-port passive isotropic network that is not...
  189. WinterDeere

    Tell us something we don’t know.

    Wow, they grew quick. My great-grandfather and grandfather were big into Scouts in the 1920's, as Scout master and child, respectively. I had always assumed my great-grandfather grew up in Scouts, but I guess not if they weren't started until 1909, as he'd have been aged out before then.
  190. WinterDeere

    Shop ideas to consider

    Plus grounds, as most running without multiwire are just pulling separate 2+G NM-B to each box for each circuit. So, 10 wires for 10 circuits, times number of outlet boxes on the circuit. You give a valid point on the misconfiguration, but thankfully I'm not an idiot, and I'm the only one...
  191. WinterDeere

    Shop ideas to consider

    What's not to like about multiwire branch circuits, other than occasionally arguing with stupid inspectors who often don't know the code as well as they should? I disagree on surface wiring for regular 15/20A circuits, as the conduit is sometimes in the way, and these regular circuits shouldn't...
  192. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    To those old enough to remember the JFK assassination, or already an adult when Reagan was shot (I was a kid), how did these events compare to 9/11 in terms of immediate national/social impact? There's no arguing that 9/11 must be the most impactful event since WW2, in national and even world...
  193. WinterDeere

    Shop ideas to consider

    Ping me if you're interested in buying a 3-phase rotary phase converter. I have the ability to palletize and ship, with an idler motor or without. Mine was set up to run multiple machines up to 5 hp each, and 10 hp total, if I recall. I used this in my prior shop, it works great, but I...
  194. WinterDeere

    Shop ideas to consider

    Multiwire branch circuits, which are now permitted in the NEC, are the only way to wire a shop, IMO. I have 2-gang duplex outlet boxes every 4-6 feet around my shop, each with 2x 120V outlets and 2x 240V outlets, all 20A. This makes it very convenient to plug in any machine up to 2-3 hp, along...
  195. WinterDeere

    Battery based vehicles of today and tomorrow pt 2

    Our local convenience store chain of fame is Wawa, and starting maybe 20 years ago, they started incorporating relatively large gas stations into their layouts. Yesterday I was filling up at one, and noticed two yellow pump handles on most of the pumps, where there used to be a green diesel...
  196. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    Did they make you practice crawling under your desk? :ROFLMAO:
  197. WinterDeere

    You Know You Are Old When

    That reminds me, the guy I was hired to replace as technical director at my prior company, was a USAF bomb and missile tech during the Cuban missile crisis. He had some interesting stories of loading planes with various ordinances during that week, first removing the nukes to load conventional...
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