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I myself just use the fittings that screw in, pretty pricey buying all the dies and crimping machine, when I have something odd or special I call Pirtek, they can make up most hoses and can do steel lines also on your job site or local area don't know where your at but they're locations...

That JD 430 is ancient, you can buy parts for it from a website out of Hobert Indiana, tractorsalesandparts.com, has hundreds of old JD mowers,I own a X758 that's almost that heavy very reliable lawn tractor for my extremely steep back yard, the diesel helps slow it down going down the hill...

Don't use traps or poison, have a cat that keeps most rodents away, go through most equipment with a backpack leaf blower once a week which takes care of most would be nests, clearing dust and debris keeps equipment running cooler.

Yes you are picky, do you call your hand tools by such names as crescent wrench, channel locks or Allen wrenches, yes they all are brand name tools too, when your supposed to say adjustable wrench, adjustable pliers or hex key wrenches, but most don't, real picky, yes I have a set of Allen...

Don't forget about all the processing plants that have been monopolized so they can cut you short on your beef prices

Diesel is high, so is gas, on weekends however the streets and highways are full of cars going who knows where, If people keep driving on weekends like there's no tomorrow gas and diesel will remain high, because of the demand simple logic, why would the oil companies drill for more oil when the...

I to own a filter wrench similar but it's not Channelock, I can't imagine a chain wrench slipping, if you set it up near where it's screwed on it will bite, I use a cheater with that long handle of a chain wrench, come or blead.

Putting gas in a diesel motor is scary, in most scenarios the motor blows up, if it's still running but making terrible noise , might drain the tank and add diesel fuel, change motor oil, because most certainly the rings are probably on their way to failure as well as the cylinder walls...

I was wrong and you were wrong it was the 2015 Congress that placed a bill to start exporting oil , Republicans controlled the House and Senate and that president threatened to veto that bill, but was trying to pass other legislation through and went along with the bill

Well I own a diesel lawn mower, but have listened to the idiots about banning leaf blowers, buy ethanol free gas at a Sinclair station, just went up to 4.59 but keeps all 2 strokes from having to be worked on as well as small trim mowers that don't get much use, no carburetor issues with that...

No words have spoken more truth, Good luck Dude in all your endeavors.

Where you live for 5 dollars a gallon, I buy ethanol free gas for 4.35 and diesel for 4.25, I love in the Midwest in the 5th highest state gas tax in the country, California is the highest.

Sheep or goats and a donkey they hate coyotes, stomp them in the ground if they get close, yes donkeys, maybe one Aussie or Border Collie, too many pups and they forget their job. Always only needed one Aussie for 100 head of cattle, they're harder to move than sheep.

Exactly,

You said it was a ditch removing water from a roadway to a river, but the pictures indicate it's more of a drainage ditch for the hayfield, if so tile the hayfield

You put down feet on your measurements did you mean inches?

Sounds like they need to reconsider and put a three or four foot pipeline in place instead of a fifteen x four ft ditch that's going to erode that hayfield like no tomorrow, what are they going to do with all that dirt they excavate, berm the ditch? Should make bailing hay a real task.

I own a 25 year old half ton Ford, keep up maintenance on it, but things still arise, 124,000 miles, if it has hydraulic brakes, the fluid back then is corrosive and probably has eaten through the steel brake lines and the rubber connectors from steel to steel are shot, the brake cylinder is...

R4s are all right on flat ground, but junk and highly dangerous on a slope, they will slide sideways, then bite for a couple seconds and tip the tractor up, I use turf, the old saying get what you pay for, turfs can be had in six ply, less chance of going flat from abrasion or nail, they bite...

Typed tie rod but my phone doesn't think I can spell, so changes the word, Smart phone, yes right.

Saw the video, makes it hard to steer the front with backhoe attachment on need a whole lot more weight on the front if you want to steer instead of plow with the front, yes that's what your doing, that can cause the steer linkage to bend, isn't that backhoe a quick detach accessory on that...

Never have used studs or chains, have APT Carlisle tires on small tractor , 7 ft blade on front rear counter weight on back, about 75 lbs more than front blade, never have any problems pushing snow, fully tilt blade to the left or right which keeps tires within blade width, no matter how deep it...

Most diesel experts have said that a 6.4 power stroke is a throwaway motor at 150,000 miles, don't hold up after that, that's why they came out with the 6.7, more head bolts ,better built, the problem with emissions on a diesel is the motor needs to be at wide open throttle to keep the...

Not sure about studs on tractor tires, but have always been told that pushing snow a turf style tire gets better traction on snow where as an R4 lug style tire is good in mud, turf tires come in some very big sizes for tractors now for medium size tractors

I know a company who buys 10,000 gallons at a time and they get a dollar off per gallon, if price goes down in the first 3 months they get that cut too.

When my small lawn tractor (X758) sits in the winter time I always put Sea Foam in the tank seems to always take care of any problems you seem to have, use it in my 2002 F-250 Power stroke too.

I'm a little cheap when it comes to a ballast box, because then it has to be filled with something and doesn't move around easily unless you put a furniture dolly underneath when you take it off, I was at a auction and bought those weights that are used for calibrating scales, they weigh 50lbs...

From the specs of the 44 Riva with trailer the loaded weight is over 33,000 lbs.which requires a class 8 truck for that boat and was being pulled by a class 3 truck, oh the F-350 in question can only tow 18,000 lbs, 21.000 with a weight distribution hitch which one could guess wasn't on the...

Ford specs for conventional towing for 2017 F-350 DRW is a max of 18.000, that's a crew cab with a 8 ft. Bed with a diesel, less for a shorter truck or a gas motor. Truck was way over it's limit.

A Riva 44 weighs 29,000 dry weight, not counting the trailer, if this was a SRW truck and had new brakes all the way around including trailer, it still wouldn't stop going down a hill because the truck was 8 tons over it's Max limit

Sure doesn't look like a dually F-350, they have extended wheel well arches looks to be a SRW truck which put s the capacity much lower, the trailer looks like a boat dealer type that hauls all sizes of boats that's why so many axles, still looks like the boat sitting so far back makes for to...

After finally getting the picture to come up the trailer might be 44 ft but the boat may go 36 ft. as far back as the boat was on that trailer one would assume hardly any tongue weight, which could have been a factor in not stopping and for making for an uncontrollable situation, the truck looks...

Any boat with that width would need a over dimensional permit and an escort possiblity front and back to be allowed on any road, beam meaning width, it was more than likely over height, since he didn't possess a CDL he didn't know the laws or guidelines for hauling such a load, 5000 ticket for...

Saw your pictures of your Holly trees, look like English Holly, there are more than 400 species of Holly, English are evasive types get a maximum of 40 ft. Down my way are American Holly which get huge, some 3 or 4ft at the base, 60 to 100 ft.depending on soil type.

Woodpeckers prefer Sassafras trees to Holly trees any day of the week.

If your in need of a Forester contact the DNR website, oh and I live in Indiana and have seen 100 ft Holly trees but their are many species from bushes to trees, I was the told the trees are a valuable as Walnut

From why have read on the internet about Holly trees a Forester would be a good idea because said trees make fine expensive furniture and are in high demand with lumber businesses.

How many trees are we talking about, some times it's better to talk to a Forester, they will give you an idea what their value is worth, have a group of lumber businesses bid on the trees, they would remove said trees and you would be left with the branches and stumps, grind the stumps, sell or...

John Deere makes a 1600 series wide area mower with a 11 ft cut that mows 75 acres in 8 hours but are extremely expensive and can maneuver around trees, but are just mowers but you can put a front blade on but no loader.

How about 100 head of sheep and two border collies

The trailer is to big for the truck, should trade down to a 7k trailer then you can still haul almost 3 tons but the tongue weight would be around 700 and wouldn't have to worry about cheap paid operators who could care less how it's loaded.

Didn't mention what the driveway was dirt with grass or gravel or paved, however between the teeth on a landscape rake would leave a lot of residue unless you have some sort of blade or mold board at the bottom.

They make shoe kits for most blades, I installed a kit on my 60" Bushhog blade that allows the blade to float on a driveway no matter if it's paved or not, then you can drag the blade or flip the blade and back through the snow, some kits are round at the bottom and some are rectangular, they...

In most cases a nut like that once it's off should be replaced and don't forget the anti-seize on the nut and what ever it attaches to.

I just don't understand why anyone needs that much torque, the last time I needed that much torque was taking bolts loose on undercarriage bolts on a D9 dozer

My Proto 6202A goes to just 750,3/4 drive on the output 1/2 drive on the input 227 in 750 out, but these multipliers can be dangerous if the bar that slips in the multiplier to hold it in place slips, it can break a leg or an arm.

Should be able to buy a multiplier on eBay at a decent price, haven't used my Proto for quite some time, not since cordless impact wrenches came out, some 1/2 inch cordless goes to 1200 ft.lbs.

I myself have a very steep hill in my backyard and use a JD X758 but it's double your budget, flies up the hill if I get caught in a rain storm, walks down the steepest hill having never to hit the brake, in my honest opinion the lawn tractor makes the best sense since it has an actual brake...

Bar tires work good on slopes and putting fluid in tires adds needed weight, some places use windshield washer fluid and I was told beet juice is another great fluid for rear tires