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Has anyone else noticed a shortage of cream cheese? Weeks ago I noticed that the shelves, and there are several shelves for cream cheese, were fairly empty. There was cream cheese but not the usual flavors and not many containers of what was available. This has been going on for weeks. A...

<sigh> I guess it is our turn. Our 13-14 year old Goodman HVAC system has a leak. The HVAC guy was out today, and since our unit has the older refrigerant, we need to have a new condenser and evaporator. <sigh> Long story short, the condenser unit is a good 65 foot run to the...

12 years ago,:shocked: a woman named Rox joined TBN to talk about tractors and farming. What made Rox a bit unusual is that she is one of the few TBN woman and her "farm" is an olive orchard in Provence France. Rox is an American, and if I remember correctly, her husband Nico is/was a...

We heat the house with a wood stove, but last week, when the temperatures were down in single digits and the highs were in the low/mid 20s, the wood stove could not keep up with the cold. :rolleyes: That meant the living room was at 72 instead of 80 and the Wifey was not happy. :laughing: I...

Last night, I watched a documentary on PBS about the Apollo 17 moon mission which was the last mission to the moon. The show was very interesting but what really got my attention was the use of duct tape to fix the moon rover! You can't make up stuff like this! :laughing: The short summary...

EE_bota died back in October and I did not notice the announcement,http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/family-friends-announcements-notices/295319-ee_bota-has-passed.html, on the Family and Friends section of TBN until yesterday. EE's guest book closes on 11/16/2013 which only gives TBNers three...

I saw a video in the last week or two of a kid at a small wave pool start to drown. The pool was full of kids and when the child starts to drown, none of the other kids reacted to the child struggling in the water. It took the lifeguard about seven seconds to see the child in trouble and...

I saw this article today about RVing. The writer used to be a very funny columnist for the N&O in Raleigh. He retired what seemed like only a few years ago, but it turns out it was back in 2007! What he had to say was really interesting and fits into TBN conversations about RVing and...

MossFlowerWoods thread about white tails reminded me to tell the tale of the albino twin white tails. Hopefully, the resident TBN Grammar POlice will approve my usage of tail and tales. ;):laughing::laughing::laughing: We got lucky a last year in that there were twin fawns born. We see quite...

We have been looking to buy a vacuum sealer aka FoodSaver for years. The problem was that every time I would start researching models and brands, the number of bad reviews scared me away. For the last week or so I started up researching again and the reviews were bothering me. They still are...

O TBN Hams, TBN Hams, where art thou TBN Hams? :laughing: We are tired of paying Directv half a decent car payment each month, and finding nothing to watch, so we are getting ready to cancel the service. We are using Netflix and Amazon Prime for streaming but we do watch some gardening and...

We have been looking at food dehydrators for years. The round models I have seen have not seen large enough the reviews have been iffy at times. We eat quite a bit of dried fruits and we are planning to plant Blueberries and Apples this fall so it was time to look at dehydrators again. I read...

On another thread, I think it was one about protecting chickens from foxes and coyotes, I mentioned that the NC WRC had a survey early this year or late last year about allowing the hunting of coyotes at night with a light. This is currently illegal in NC. Today I got an email from the NC WRC...

For a couple of years our youngest has wanted chickens. She is always wanting something. :o I long suspected that the wifey also wanted chickens but was letting the child be the lead on the chick acquisition mission. :) A month or so back we they bought six chickens and I had to build a...

I saw the add for this pump in Grit magazine. Bison Deep Well Hand Water Pumps The pump will work for wells up to 200 feet deep. It is not cheap, the above ground "pump" is $790. The cylinder in the well is another $438. Eight foot sections connecting the two are $52 each. It sure ain't...

I could have sworn I had a thread on well house design but I could not find it. It was interesting reading the titles on the threads I created many years ago. :D We need a well house. When we built the house, I built a box that is roughly 5'x5'x5', as a temporary cover for the well. This...

Last summer I was running the tractor and noticed that the FEL was jerking/shuddering when being raised. The tractor needed engine oil/filter, coolant and hydraulic fluid/filter changes so I parked the tractor until I had time to do the work. Work was requiring seven day work weeks over the...

I was up late on Saturday night. Sleeping in a bit late on Sunday when I hear the wife say to the kids, "Maybe something fell and that is why we do not have water." Hearing "...we do not have water." got me quickly out of bed. :o Turned out the water supply had frozen up. We had had 2-3...

We have a 35 inch CRT TV we bought for about $1,000 in 2005. The room needs a bigger TV. It needed a bigger TV in 2005 since we had a 20 inch TV that was unviewable in the new house. :D The CRT was the best bang for the buck at the time. But bigger would have been better.... Last year I...

A tractor mowing on I95 was hit by a tractor trailer yesterday. The mower operator was killed. The semi hit two safety trucks before hitting the tractor which was mowing the median. The guy that was killed was working with his brother and son. The son was injured as well. Man killed after...

My area has had quite a few tractor deaths and injuries lately.... One was a guy who had is foot and hand taken off in a chipper. :o The latest one and the strangest is http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/09/27/704921/rameses-owner-fights-for-his-life.html. This farmer owns the Ram that is the...

Just ran across these old color slides. Enjoy. Captured: America in Color from 1939-1943 Plog Photo Blog Later, Dan

The motorcycle threads made me think of this again... My intention is to NOT start the debate over whether one should or should not wear a helmet when riding a motorcycle..... Though I guess it is inevitable. :D A few years ago I read an article which I THINK might have been in Car & Driver...

Last Friday. Which was the 13th. :eek: I was driving with my wife and youngest when we got into a near head on collision at an intersection. We were very lucky in that I saw what was about to happen and was able to brake and turn which kept the accident from being much much worse. The...

I have been reading about the fire(s) that kill so many people down under. Pretty danged horrible. Thoughts and Prayers for those WAY down south in Australia. :) SOUNDS REAL bad. Later, Dan

Over the holidays I finally decided to get a framing nail gun. I have been looking off and on for years to get one but I could not justify the spending money. But now I have a bunch of projects that a nail gun would speed up. So I started researching. My primary requirements for the nail...

Just a heads up for TBNers.... I noticed right around XMAS that the mortgage rates had dropped under 5% for a 30 year mortgage! :eek: I thought when I got a 7% loan on my old city house that I was getting a deal. I could not buy a house in the mid/late 80s since the interest rates were...

Sounds like a strange question I know.... :) My 3PH log splitter has legs. I am not sure how steady the splitter is when its NOT attached to the 3PH but when I bought the splitter I figured it could be used standalone with the tractor providing hydraulic pressure. So I sized my lines to...

Sunday I was finally able to get some tractor work done. I have been working 10-15 hour days plus weekends. But that is over and I can finally start catching up on my chores. Way behind I am. :rolleyes: I had figured I had about 8 hours of mowing to do and I almost took a half a day from...

They DIY insulation blower thread pushed me to finally ask a question to the TBN Brain Trust. Our HVAC system is in our attic. The heat pump is outside but all of the duct work and blowers are in the attic. Not a big deal except that in my area we are supposed to have R35ish in the attic...

This was a VERY strange story. Dont read it Eddie. :D Special Forces soldier killed by snake bites :: WRAL.com The soldier was Special Forces trainee down at Ft. Bragg doing a land navigation exercise. He went missing after one check point. After 21 hours of searching his body was...

Just saw this story. Farmer sends message to neighbors with car fence :: WRAL.com Had to laugh. :D Later, Dan

Just saw this on a news page, Breitbart.tv ｻ 80-Year-Old Woman Defends Dog, Ranch From Mountain Lion With Deadly Shot. Its an 80 year old women who killed a mountain lion that was after her dog. She shot it with a 22. And wants it back to get it stuffed so she can talk about it for years to...

Last spring we had a wind storm that brought down three oak trees somewhat near the house. One tree is firewood size, roughly 15 inches in diameter. The other two are something else. Some of the largest trees we have. One is close to 34-36 inches DBH and has a good 40-50 feet of straight...

We had two HUGE oak tree blow down a few months ago in a windstorm. The one tree looks to be 36 inchs at the stump. The other one I have not quite made it to the stump yet. I cut a trail with the DR mower and chainsaw to the trees so the tractor can get in to get out the logs. This weekend...

I just bought a log splitter the runs off the tractor hydraulics. It works fine and I'm happy with it since its splits the ugly wood I could not split by hand. The manual said to make sure that the high/low hydraulic hoses where connected to the proper ports on the value. I have a Power...

I'm in a quandry or at least I have a new one to add the list. :D I need a log splitter to replace the old Mark I Manual Wood Splitter. Me. :) The choices I'm down to are a Troybilt 5.5 HP Honda powered splitter at Lowes for $1300ish. Or an Iron and Oak 3PH hydraulic splitter for $1300...

A week or so I heard what had to be a mouse. The problem, besides a mouse in the house, was that it was in our closet. Our closet has built in cabinets and the mouse was under one of them. I could not figure out how it got in, much less got out. But that was the first and last I heard the...

I remember a discussion years ago on TBN about MarkC working in hot weather to the point he got heat exhuastion. At the time we had a member, RCH, who was a doc and wrote up a formula for a "sports" drink. Turns out the discussion was in 2000. What is amazing to me is that I guessed the year...

We have a heat pump HVAC system that gets used about three months of the year. This past heating season I think it ran less then five times since we heat primarily with wood. We will likely start using it this month or next and then the AC will run until sometime in September. Will running...

Driving home tonight I passed a house where I have seen a guy working with a JD tractor. I think its a 7xx or 9xx tractor but I can't tell since the road curves and I can't get a good look at the tractor. Today I drove by and the man had the FEL a good six feet in the air. And he was standing...

I just received my latest NC FB magazine and they had an article on ROPS and older tracgtors. If you are an NC FB member they will pay up to $300 to put a ROPS on a tractor that is lacking one. Maybe other FB in other states have such a program. They also mentioned that most tractor...

On our survey we have a road and there is a 50 foot MBL that follows the road. I USED to know what MBL stood for but I can't remember. I have tried some web searches but no luck! What does it mean? Thanks, Dan

I get a newsletter from Blackstone Labs which does my oil testing. Their latest newsletter has a story is kinda funny but the real, and scary, story is at the bottom of the page. Blackstone Labs newslettter Later, Dan

Boondox is having a good conversation on wood splitters and I don't want to hijack the thread. For those of you with wood splitters, how many cords per hour/day can you split? Right now I split my wood with a 6 or 8 pound maul. I can do about a 1/6 of a cord in a couple of hours. My guess is...

Well I finally got the ring to move and replaced my fuel filter. JD came out and under warranty replaced the wire from the battery to the starter. Seems like the assembly can melt so they are replacing them on at least 4700s. Mine was fine though. So with a new cable, coolent, fuel filter...

I have a 4700. Saturday I changed the oil and filter as well as the engine coolent. Figured while I have the FEL and engine panels off I'll change the fuel filter..... I can't get the ring that hold the fuel filter bowl and filter to move. The ring looks like a gear. I have used my strap...

Has anyone had used/owned the DR Brush Mower/Finish Mower or generator? How did it work? Is it reliable? DR has a "sale" going on until 10/13 that is 20% off. They always seem to have a sale going on with 10% to 15% being the usual. While I have a JD4700 with a MX 6 there are places that...

I just saw this tid bit. "...Occupational exposure to mineral oils, particularly hydraulic and motor oils, may increase risk for rheumatoid arthritis in certain genetically susceptible individuals." Link To Study Summary I think the key words are occupational meaning lots of exposure. May...

Just saw this horrible accident in our area. A 12 year old and a man where riding horses along a major road when the kids horse spooked for some reason and ran into the road. The horse and child where hit by a semi and killed. The semi tried to miss but there was nothing he could do. The...

My quick connect hydraulic couplers have been siezing up with crud and corrosion and thus are not really quick connects anymore. I have replaced a couple sets over the last few months. I took off the 3ph and the my hydraulic toplink to put on the backhoe and sure enough the couplers for the...

Either last week or the week before there was an article in the Wall Street Journal about a Gas to Liquid plant being built in Qatar to produce diesel. The plant is huge 50 acres are some outrageous size and will convert gas, which Qatar has huge reserves, into diesel fuel and other petro...

There sure are alot of people building Pole Barns! My plans have been on and off again for years but this time I have to do something so here is what I'm thinking about building. I don't like the idea of wood below grade. I know it can be done but I ain't doing it. What I plan on doing...

I did not want to hijack the Dead Tree For Firewood discussion even though it was very timely, as usual for TBN, for my firewood question. I had numerous trees that fell during Hurricane Fran which I think was in 1996. There was a big oak that fell down, at least 30 inches at the stump. I cut...

Since we have a few truck and tire threads, here is another. I have a F350 Crew Cab with an 8 foot bed. The tires are Steeltex Load Range E that where on the truck when I bought it new. They are wearing fine on the rear but the fronts have strange wear patterns. I wish I had a digital...

All of the fence discussions focused my thinking on what kind of fence(s) we are going to need at our place. Our house should be done in November and we have two requirements for fences. The most immediate requirement is to keep our dog in on the house lot. The one dog will eventually be...

I just saw an article on Bank Rate regarding disaster aid. The link to the story is SBA Disaster Loans . Basically if a storm victim has damage they can get low interest rate loan of up to a 30 year term to cover repairs to a primary residence and its contents. They have to go through FEMA...

Has anyone bought the Markham Pallet Forks? I have searched TBN and I see people talking about getting the forks but I have not seen anyone who has actually purchased. Markham is near enough to me that I can travel to pick up the forks. I would prefer pallet forks that attach to the bucket...

What does the TBN Brain Trust know about supplying combustion air to fireplaces and wood stoves? I have searched the Internet and found some information but not alot. My FIL has a massive stone fireplace in his house. Its big enough to be used as a divider between the living and dining rooms...

To make sure the Dino Vs Synthetic Debate never dies, here is what I have learned over the last 6,200 miles on Rotella T 5w/40 oil. I decided to try this oil to see if it would help starting the truck on cold mornings. The truck has always started but it sure does not like it when it is...

OK, I have read the MX 6 manual twice and I still don't see the answer. How in the heck do I change the gearbox oil on my MX6? I checked the oil this weekend and it looked like margerine. I'm guessing condensation got into the gearbox so I want to change the oil. I don't see a drain...

We have been trying to close on the construction loan to build our house since January. Lots of problems with the bank. For the entire time we have been dealing with the bank on this loan the plan was to use the land as the down payment to get our 20% into the loan to avoid PMI. We have...

I know this is a strange question and I'm not looking for Medical advice from our resident Doctors but is it normal to have white blood cells in urine? Or colonies in urine? Without going into a lot of details one of my daughters has bladder reflux(VUR) and is on preventative antibiotics...

Hello, I asked the following on the Lincoln Welder web site and I just go an email from them with the answer. Except that the note did not answer the question. So I'll ask TBN. Can the generators in the engine welders such as the 305G or 305D be use to power household electrical...

The barn fire thread prompted me to ask this question. How many gallons of water would it take to put out a burn pile that was smouldering? What I have been doing is burning large piles of trees/limbs/etc. When they burn down I bury what is smoldering, mainly coals, with dirt. Works great...

Ok, so you are asking how a Great Dealer, Tiltmeters and fuel filters are related? Its a somewhat long story.... But its from me, one of the most long winded guys on TBN, so keep reading! If you have read about the problem I had with my tractor you know I had some issues that are most...

Today I went out to the property to mow. Its been two months according to my notes. I really don't think its been that long but at least 4 weeks. The grass was long but it sure did not seem like two months long. I get out there, wade through the tick and chiggers to get to the tractor and...

Don\'t Mow Over Rabbits! I just saw this on the web.... http://www.ajc.com/health/content/shared/health/ap/ap_story.html/Health/AP.V5603.AP-Rabbit-Fever.html Three men came down with Rabbit fever aka tularemia after one of them mowed over a rabbit nest killing some of the critters. One man...

FYI. A few weeks ago I finally ordered some dibbles and seedlings. I have only been trying to do this for three years so I'm just a bit behind. We timbered part of our land and with the house site picked and almost about to break ground on the foundation I finally got a chance to plant some...

I received a magazine last night that had an article on hemostasis products. These are products that stops or slows massive blood loss. I read another article about the military use of these products in the last couple of weeks. The article mentioned that some of the products are expensive...

I'm asking this for my wife's friend. One of our dogs has cancer and my wife has been all but moving mountains keeping the dog alive. She has found a group on the Internet that is concerned with cancers in dogs. They seem to be a pretty good group from what I can tell. There is a trial...

I FINALLY got my last bill for my last loads of material. I have mentioned in a few threads that I was building a driveway to my house site. With the last bill, the pictures developed and put on CD I can finally share what I did and what I would do differently. I learned a few things but...

I meant to post this last week but it just got pushed down on the stack.... Two Saturdays back I had to mow. So I dropped the box blade and was backing up to the MX6. Now the MX6 has uses a vertical steel box as one of the supports for the two bottom links of the TPH. The problem that I...

I just saw the following story. http://24hour.newsobserver.com/24hour/nation/story/473138p-3781955c.html An 89 year old man was operating a tractor with his 80 year old wife. She was standing behind the tractor when his foot slipped off the clutch and ran her over. He fell when he got off...

I'll let the TBN Collective tell me if I just came up with a crazy idea on how to sell our house...... The wife and I where talking last night about how in the heck we where going to fix up the little things on our house, put it on the market, and build a new house. The usuall issues when...

I KNOW this sounds wierd but it works. A few weeks ago I was listening/or reading the Peoples Pharmacy and saw/heard about putting pepper on cuts to stop bleeding. Here is an article on the Peoples Pharmacy website.... Black Pepper For Cuts This stuck in my head for some reason and was...

I was at my JD dealer last week and noticed they had a stack of FleetGuard filters. I asked my sales guy why they had FleetGuard and he said that JD owns them or some such so they where now selling FleetGuard. I heard that FleetGuard made good filters and I have been trying to buy one for...

I saw a article last week about a new product that MIGHT be released to get rid of ticks. Basically what they are testing is a mouse trap that gets mice to come into the box, where the mouse is treated somehow, sponge?, with fipronil. This kills ticks. Here is a qoute from the report about...

Has anyone bought ON road diesel in bulk? I have a F350 that when I fill it up it takes 30-32 gallons in a 38 gallon tank. Right now I fill up about twice a month. Once we move to the property I'll have to fill up at least three times a month if not four. I'm thinking that when the wifey...

The following happened this weekend. I waited to see if there was going to be any other information on the incident but so far I have seen none. A local property owner was having problems with people dumping trash on his property. He put up a cable across the road/trail that was on his land...

I'm not sure if this has been discussed before on TBN. I know I have heard of people being injured by bungie cords on a kayaking list I monitor. My mother in law as using some bungie cords this weekend to strap down a load on her car. The cord slipped and popped her in the eye. Luckily for...

I heard about that the EPA was phasing out CCA pressure treated wood on a commercial of the evening news. I never saw the story but I found this on the EPA website. <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.epa.gov/epahome/headline_021202.htm>http://www.epa.gov/epahome/headline_021202.htm</A> What...

Dog People, Our last Golden Retriever is getting patched togather as we speak. A few weeks back we found out that the dog had a 5 inch turmor in her liver. From my wife's discription it looks like a Kong Toy. The two tests said it was not cancerous which was great news but the vet REALLY...

Sigh..... A couple months ago I started a thread about the Wife's Horse which had pain it it's from shoulders. That problem has been resolved. We moved the horse to a new stable. The owners seemed to be honest and have been trying sell the horse for us. After the horse was healed from the...

I know you think this is spam and Dan is selling cars for a living! ................ Nope but I learned some things this week on www.ford-diesel.com "]http:// www.ford-diesel.com [/url] and figured I should pass it on to TBN. Especially with the thread that started about buying a diesel or...

Calling all Horse Experts, We have a horse that has a pain in its right front shoulder. It appears to be a nerve type of pain. A few months ago this showed up, the vet gave the horse acupuncture and the pain went away. Now its back. The horse was ridden Friday and was fine. Saturday the...

I just emailed and faxed copies of this letter to my congressional representatives. I feel strongly that the new levels of security at airports are not worth a rats behind. We need real protection on our airlines and we needed it yesterday. The communication, movement and shipping duties...

I have an MX6 with a slip clutch. I have lots of rock and stumps to feed into the rotary cutter so I went with the slip clutch. The manual tells how to take the thing apart and replace everything but nothing on how to make sure the slip clutch slips. So how do you know if the slip clutch is...

There was a section on the front page of the Wall Street Journal this morning, 6/26/2001, that was talking about work place safety. Two paragraphs were about children and tractor/farm safety. The first paragraph was about a safety group, I can't remember if it was a private or government...

I just saw this report on a news website. The report has some storys of farm accidents with children as well as some statistics of same. Sobering stuff... In 1999 there were 104 children killed in farm related accidents. 30 fatalites where in Penn state which seems kinda high to me. Amish...

Hello, I have a drip/leak in one of my quick connect fittings on my power beyond kit on my JD 4700. What is wierd is that the leak is in a connector that is NOT being used. I have the back hoe on the tractor and the leak is from the connectors that I would use to allow the hydraulic oil to...

This is for Gordon and other Forester types.... I timbered some land last year and I'm trying to figure out the tax implications. Heck, I have been trying to figure out the tax implications for a year! 8-) My forester says I don't owe taxes since I bought the land/timber in the same year I...

In case people in the Raleigh, NC area have not heard, The Southern Farm Show is at the fairground today, 1/31 until Friday 2/2. I managed to escape from work for a few hours and learned a lot at the show. I wish I had a few more hours to spend down there. I have a bag full of brochures to go...

I have not seen anyone ask these questions before, suprisingly enough, but has anyone out there built their own house? Anyone have experiences with ICFs(Insulated Concrete Forms)? We have been working on getting our property ready for a home. We have gone through modular houses, builders...

I'm getting to the point where I'm going to have to put a gate and fence across a road to control access. Right now the road is "controled" by a cable and lock. Not real secure but it has been working. Our friends are getting their house built and workers need access to the property but they...

I finally got more work lights installed on the 4700. This was a spur of the moment buying decision on my part but in the end it worked out. I was in a auto parts store and so "Tractor Work Light." Of which they had exactly ONE. I needed at least two and really three. So off started the...

In one of the Kubota sections under Wife's driving tractors, a bit of a thread started up on Wireless TV Monitoring. I figured it would be better to move the conversation to Rural and talk security. Ever since I cleared the saplings from the road going into the middle of my property I have had...

Hmmm, Rick aka Mr. TiltMeter, mentioned FOPS as a opposed to ROPS, to provide protection in the woods and when using an FEL. What do these things look like? Are they four posts? How do they attach to the tractor? How much do they cost? Thanks, DanWhoIsWorkingInTheWoodsWithAnFEL

Well, I did it. Last Monday, I bought a JD 4700, MX6 rotary cutter, FEL with 4n1 bucket, JD 48 backhoe, and a boxblade. The equipment was delivered on Friday and I spent all weekend working the tractor. The equipment is AWESOME. I can't believe how much work I got done. Simply AWESOME. I...

I need a TractorByNet Tractor Buying Sanity check! 8-) I'm VERY close to getting a JD 4700 MFWD, 4nl FEL, rotary cutter, and box blade. I need a sanity check by The Great Minds Of TractorByNetLand to make sure I'm buying what I need to get my chores done. I have 54 acres of land some of...

I was just read'n though the forum and noticed a conversation under fiberglass boxes that went off thread talking about stumps. Well, I got stumps and I need a way to get rid of them. 8-) Gordan and Dflegar had a nice conversation about stump grinders and I hope they see this thread since...

I posted the following information under the "New Owner of TC45D" thread in the Buying a For/NH forum. I noticed in the other 5105 thread that 521 loaders might be a problem. So far two dealers are pricing out the 521 on a 5105 MFWD. --------------------------------------------------------...