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Sitting on my deck with a cup of coffee and a camera in the morning netted me these two beauties. Taken from about 20 feet away. I set the ISO to 6400 and the shutter was also at 6400. 500mm lens f7(approximately) I used Photoshop Elements on the bottom photo to remove some of the noise from...

I have searched and haven't found anything like it in images on the Internet. It might be worth only its metal weight, but it looks like it would be worth more than that.

I found this while digging in a water line. It is about 4" or 103.2mm in diameter. It's 5.6mm thick and weighs 9.5 ounces. This property was developed about 25 years ago, but I think this is older than 25 years. This northern desert country and the ground is dry and dusty most of the time. I...

I couldn't see spending the money to upgrade to 20v tools, so as I started buying new tools, I just bought the 20v to 18v adaptors and kept my old ones. I followed Project Farm's recommendations regarding after-market batteries, and the results have been pretty satisfying and not terribly...

I believe this same doe is a frequent visitor to the property. She seems to have no qualms about getting close to the house at all. Caught her peeking in the window about a week ago,

I have a Ford 1715, sort of the economy version of the 1710 I believe. When I bought it, the previous owner had just put a new clutch in it. I drove it for 20 minutes and it became stuck in second. I didn't have the tools to fix it so I took it to the shop. Apparently when they split the tractor...

The aurora occurred the morning of my birthday. I'm glad so many others got to enjoy my birthday present from the Creator. The only editing I did was to increase the saturation some.

Your comments on weight have me now thinking along the lines of the Homestead Implements version. Their's weighs in at under 400 pounds, whereas the ebay weight is 600 pounds, although that probably includes the Chinese angle iron crate

The sagebrush is on neighboring range land. Most of the tumbleweeds blow in from the neighboring properties north and south. To the south is a federal game management unit. You almost need heavy welders gloves to handle them nasty things. I've been using a pitchfork. According to the state weed...

They are out of business. A lot of people got burned with their full payment in advance with a 4 to 6 month delivery. Most got a refund on their purchase from their credit card, many have not. probably 20% saw no refund, principally those who paid by check or debit card and those with 4 to 6...

By the time I bought suitable forks and the thumb, I would be at about the same cost. here is a sample of the Tumbleweeds I need to get rid of. Some of them are four feet in diameter. The pile in the first photo is just 3 or 4 trailer loads. I have a pile set for burning that is now 30' x 10' x...

I have been thinking of a grapple, but I don't need it to be heavy duty. I am plagued with a whole bunch of tumbleweed. Some of my own and some that blows in from north and south during strong winds. I have been working by hand gathering them off the fences and some out of the fields, but I...

The new Everything Attachments website looks like this: { "statusCode": 404, "message": "Cannot GET /", "error": "Not Found" } I guess that Ted's scamming days are done,... at least for a while.

It does look like an interesting concept. It appears as though the conversion is quick and easy, with pins and hairclip pins.

From Tractor Data. com: ioti KL2610 Loader Loader weight: 928 lbs 420 kg Height (to pin): 98.4 inches 249 cm Clearance, dumped bucket: 74 inches 187 cm Dump reach: 11.3 inches 28 cm Dump angle: 48° Clearance, level bucket: 88 inches 223 cm Reach at ground: 63.4 inches 161 cm...

I have been using the manufacturer's fluids and following their maintenance schedule, and I will as long as it's covered by warranty. Fluids are cheap compared to paying out of pocket for warrantied maintenance because the fluids weren't up to spec.

Exactly. Operate an HST like you would a Bobcat or an excavator. Really, it's the same principle. You aren't turning a drive train as much as you are powering a hydraulic pump. The only thing that is absolutely engine speed dependent is the PTO speed.

Plus the had the load hanging from the backing plate. I whole system would have been more forgiving of operator error if the mounting plate had been vertical instead of tipped forward. Kudos to whomever made the grapple, it didn't lose it's grip even after being detached and depressurized.

Re this thread: Never wrestle with a pig. You just get dirty and the pig enjoys it. Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself.

Yup, The shop foreman at the company I retired from always said, oil is cheap insurance, but what did he know, he only managed maintenance on 20 mixers, 40 dump trucks 20 semis, 10 wheel loaders, 8 excavators, plus quarry rock crushers and gravel wash and screening plants.

Apparently the pressure was building up, the turtle was forcing its way out and he let it drop here. I have an older brother who had the same idea and his pickup made it all the way to 118k miles before it became junk.

You ought to sit down some day and binge watch Eric on his "I Do Cars" YouTube channel. His conclusion about oil changes is quite different from what you have posted. In the engines he tears down every Saturday, about 80% of the failures he discovers are due to improper oil changes, (or no oil...

The only downsides to the HST I have found is if you are on hilly ground an HST won't hold speed on a grade like a geared transmission will, up or down. Down being the biggest problem, I have to ride the brakes when mowing down my 15 to 20% grades making the cruise control somewhat useless. ...

I am surprised some importer of Chinesium attachments hasn't copied the design already.

It seems like the Washington philosophy this century is something akin to "We aren't increasing the debt, we still have paper, ink and printing presses."

Does any one else make a similar unit. I'm still hating the flower pot and it's only a few months from cutting season.

At that retail price, they must have been aiming at the Tesla owner, willing to pay premium to go EV. I can see it working for a suburban hobby farmer to clear snow off his 300 foot driveway and to mow the back 3 acres of his 5 acre parcel, but not much else. Around here, that EV tractor could...

I have been labeled anti-EV, but I am not. What I am is anti-government-mandate EV. Ev's have a place where they work well 100% of the time, and that is city and suburb commuter and grocery getters. My personal needs in vehicles is one car and one pickup that will do everything I ask them every...

It is just that there really is nothing happening with the EA story. It's in the hands of the courts so we all know that EA ist kaput but not much else. I have been on other sites and forums and it's pretty much the same as here. Other than some still bragging about their wonderful and no...

I drove his once. Three on the tree I think. It was 1969 when he had it. Definitely not the car for date time shenanigans though.

I think whoever said it was wrong was wrong unless they can state a logical reason. As for socks. all the time except in cheat grass season, but I still wear them when I go to town.

A good friend had one just like that in the late 60s. He drove it to LA, but I think he sold it there. His was a 59 I think.

Didn't have a crank start, but the incline came in handy when I couldn't afford a new battery. (That was pre-everything is an automatic) for you younger folks.

Negative first, always. That way no spark if the wrench touches metal. Now for more important questions, which sock to you put on first? :p

I don't have perfect credit (it's in the low 800s) so I use a debit card because I want to. As good as cash at local establishments. For online orders, I use PayPal who has a liberal refund policy. It's just easier making direct payments and not having to fuss with later funds transfers to pay...

Looks like the Wow emoji was given a black eye.

I was operating commercial vehicles on the road for over 30 years. I had vehicle inspections done at state scales, even road side inspections, but I have had my tanks dipped exactly once, at the Sumas border crossing when I was coming out of BC with a load of pavers.

Actually the electricians mantra is "ground is down the world around."

I mount them all sideways with the neutral lug down so as to not offend anyone. Plus one side has a short 6" male plug so it can go either way. It can even plug into itself, but I try not thinking about that. 😂

I was just getting ready to buy one when all of this started coming down. I hate the flower pot shield.

Look up the "Reasonable Man" legal definition.

In order to hedge, one has to be able to pay the bills. EA may have hedged at one time, but they have been on a payment before delivery basis for a while according to post by those who claimed to work there, and owed substantial amounts to their suppliers, freight companies, etc.

Offering a 10% discount in the last few months of operation after the bank had filed notice of foreclosure indicates intent to defraud. Not difficult to establish at all. If he didn't have $10 million in his back pocket to satisfy the bank he knew, barring winning the Powerball lottery. that...

Asia, China in particular, has tripled their output of greenhouse gases while the rest of the world has worked to reduce theirs in this century. It's not like clean technology didn't exist, rather China and Asia chose to go cheap and dirty. Our solution to clean the atmosphere, buy "green"...

Sometimes having the right size for the job is a lot better than bigger. I have a Boomer 50 and a Ford NH 1715. Sometimes the Boomer isn't big enough and I wish I also had Powerstar 90, and sometimes the Ford is too big and I wish I had a Workmaster 25S SCUT. Working on the options now :)

Meanwhile, the Conover Police are working on a criminal case against Ted. They are looking for as many unfulfilled prepaid orders they can find, especially those that have not been refunded. Willing to bet there may be some federal charges also since this involved interstate commerce.

Pretty difficult to do a hedge contract with the small amount of steel EA was buying. Plus while steel prices fluctuate, the price of steel isn't that big of a factor in a 400 pound implement that sells for $3000. And the final business model of EA was a result of a combination of over...

If you pull it, it is a trailer. If it has a tongue, it is still a trailer, but can be defined as a wagon by type. Just like a semi-trailer is a trailer, it is designated a semi- because it carries only a little more than half of its weight on its own axles. When I had to back a trailer with a...

Interesting story, but it is apples an oranges to the subject of this thread. There is nothing that EA made that was so unique that it couldn't be sold the next day or the next week.

What he said, and work smoothly and slowly keeping the pallet slightly tipped back as you lower it. BTW did anyone mention ballast? 😀 It can't be stressed enough. My loader is rated to 1850 at 500mm and with just loaded rear R-4s will pick up a 1 ton pallet.

It's a bad business model for a small business that doesn't have the leverage to demand a hedge contract. EA only started this model during and because of Covid. The photos of their original site shows a yard full of completed attachments awaiting orders so they could ship. Moving to Emmanuel...

My brother is blind and liked to go out in the evenings and feed and groom his horses. I spotted a cougar on a game camera and suggested in the strongest terms that he limit his trips to the barn to daylight hours. All open pasture for several hundred feet around, so they are not likely to be...

The difference between what I posted and this is one is before and one is after moving to Emmanuel Church Rd. Looking at Google Earth history, it appears that EA moved from this location to Emmanuel Church Rd sometime in 2019, before the Covid rush. The GE satellite images show an apparently...

Depends a lot on general health and genetics. If your family has a history of joint problems, your 10-20 years might be accurate. If not, stay otherwise healthy and enjoy. I don't know your age, but if it is any help, I road a metric century at the age of 60 at an average speed of 14.9 mph. (it...

That was pretty much their pre-Covid business model. The attached photo is from Bing Maps street view of the Corriher Attachments property that is listed on EA's shopping cart page as their point of shipment. You can figuratively drive around the block and the yard is loaded with completed...

I was doing a Bing map search of their old address and the yard was full of implements. I don't know the date. This is the address shown on EA's shopping cart page for figuring freight.

5. For me also. I got burned to the tune of $5k 30 years ago in a similar situation. I seeth when I see stuff like this.

As this was all starting to come out, I was thinking along the lines of Luke 12:18

I'm shocked, shocked I tell you that for some reason, all the fanboys have gone strangely silent in the past 10 days. Actually, it is now virtually impossible to defend his actions. I read that they weren't able to serve him on the last action because he failed to appear for a court date. It's...

Says a lot about his character when though all the financial woes, he offers a 10% discount in November on EA's web site, just in case somebody was still sitting on the fence about that new attachment.

It was the same where I grew up and then the freeway came through town. It used to be that I avoided 2 lane roads after that and preferred the freeway. Now that I am old(er) It's the opposite. I prefer the two lane roads and avoid the freeway. However, since moving to north central Washington...

If it's a three point hitch, it is a universal fit. The PTO splines are standardized also, so I would say no problem. There are some imported implements from some countries that use a different hitch.

Plus any completed and unshipped ordered pieces whether completed or just tacked up. The bank is first in time and first in line for everything in a situation like this.

I got a text from a BIL asking me to sign into a website about some grant given to seniors and telling me how great it was and how much he was getting. Being suspicious, I asked him his wife's maiden name. (Our wives were sisters) Last text I ever received from that number. My BIL had gotten a...

I did about the same thing to the tailgate on my F-250, not quite as badly bent, but still it irks me that I did it. it caught the trailer tongue jack at just the perfect combination of angle and turn.

Not only vendors but product quality of any product can slip, or can rise. If I see something that has more than the usual 5-10% bad reviews I look to see if the bad reviews are recent or ancient. If ancient, than the glitches have been ironed out and it's probably safe to buy.

From what I found on other sites, there are 2700 numbers between the last known order taken in January and the last known attachment order delivered which was placed in August. No way to know if orders placed after mid-August were delivered unless someone speaks up. In that list of unfulfilled...

My only thought is to find some way to use flat glass. Maybe divide the window into an upper and lower sections and use some kind of filler wherever there are air gaps.

Wow! Confirmed that it was open by EA two weeks ago, which is seven days after the company went dark and laid off all of their employees. SMH

I think the website is an orphan. No credit card company will service them now. PayPal and Venmo all bounce back to the site. I won't enter a credit card number to test that though. It's been paid for through mid-September, so it will likely remain until it's time runs out.

Using the reasonable man definition, plus the fact that Ted was transferring assets into his son's and his wife's name, as stated in the court filings. Plus EA was on a cash only basis with his suppliers, plus he was already 4 to 6 month backlogged on order production, plus knowing he could not...

Nothing about Ted knowing that the bank was coming for his assets was make believe. Meanwhile he in the meantime lowers real prices on real products he absolutely knew that he would not be able to make good on. All in the hopes of getting a little more money in his pockets. Not make believe...

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I'm going to bet that nobody will be able to talk you into trading it for a Ford Lightning, Tesla CyberTruck or a Rivian either. I live in north central WA, so I know what remote can mean. Funny, but apparently the governor and the legislature don't understand the concept of remote either.

The video appears to have been filmed inside the cleaned up and almost completed building. YouTube lists the video as "1 year ago."

Name one. I've seen opinions which aren't libelous. I've seen statements of fact which are also not libelous.

In a building that size, there was likely a 10-20% up front payment and a contracted performance pay schedule after that. The items I've seen that stopped the occupancy permit were all minor fixes. All of the materials should have been paid in full and the contractor should have received about...

Judging by this award, Neill Grading and Construction is no fly by night outfit. After seeing what I believe to be shady practices by Ted and company, I am likely to believe he tried to stiff the contractor, just like he stiffed a lot of his customers.

I have a 2015 F-250 crew cab gasser. I don't drive it much except to the feed store and to get hay or building materials. It has done everything I have needed it to do including hauling the Boomer 50 in for service and hauling hay over the North Cascades during a drought year, three tons at a time.

Speculation on my part also, I think they looked at their bank account and saw all that cash (for future builds and deliveries) and figured they were swimming in money and spent a lot on financing their new building and on personal stuff. When it came time to but the steel for the next build...

Your tractor owners manual will have the sizes for R1, R4 and turf tire sixes that should be used. I got this from TractorData.com Kubota L3902 Tires Standard tires (ag) Front: 7.2-16. Rear: 11.2-24 Lawn/turf front 25x8.50-14 Lawn/turf rear 13.6-16 Industrial front 27x8.50-15...

We had a commercial vehicle enforcement officer that seemed to focus on farmers and contractors hauling equipment on trailers. Most people have the "if it fits, it ships" mentality with trailers and pickups and only worry about weight when it becomes painfully obvious it's over loaded. Although...

Please let us know what your e-commerce company is so I can avoid doing business with you. It is unconscionable to try to condone EA's business model in the last year or so, and says more about the one defending the practice than I think is wise to reveal. 1. They were taking payment for months...

The satellite photos from yesterday's posts shows both buildings side by side on adjacent pieces of property.

There is a world of difference between ordering an implement with a 6 week promised delivery and a 6 month promised delivery. The main difference is it 6 weeks is well within reasonable time for a C-card charge back if the seller doesn't meet the shipment window. There are numerous stories on...

In the satellite images I posted, (post #852) the smaller long skinny building (has a red marker on it in one image) is their existing manufacturing floor and is 35,000 square feet not counting the front office space. The larger building is 99% complete, awaiting some code compliance details...

My sincere sympathies for your recent loss. I can't imagine the pain of that kind of loss I don't actually have a dog in this race, but I was similarly scammed 35 years ago. When my dad passed we took the money we got from him and bought a few acres. We then took the rest of the cash and put...

I was referring to their past capabilities, not their current status. These satellite shots (probably from 2022) show the new building close to completion. One is from Apple maps and one is from Bing maps. Google maps which I didn't include, shows the building laid out, but with construction...

I saw an estimate based on the last known order placed in early January minus the last known order delivered mid-August 23 and it was 2700 orders. Figuring that about half of the orders were for parts, tooth bars, PTO shields, etc and maybe got delivered, that leaves an estimated 1200...

I looked at the thread title and I thought it was amount female deer. 😂 There should be an oil spec for your tractor in the owner's manual. Any oil that meets that spec should be fine.

That's a lot of EA hype and not necessary, unless you are planning on ripping up a 4" asphalt driveway with a heavy 80hp tractor. Most people using a landplane are smart enough to buy to the horsepower rating of their tractor. It's going to take considerable effort to bend or twist the main...

I recently watched a video of Ted in the new building extolling the virtues of his land leveler. bragging about the extra heavy duty everything on it. I noted the nonadjustable blades. While I like the way the scarifiers were mounted and the handy handle I also wondered about the cutting tooth...

Yup, it's a "My grapple is bigger than your grapple" or "My grapple can beat up your grapple with one had tied behind his back." It's kind of juvenile really.

That would make a huge difference if there were only 10 manufacturers/sellers of tractor implements.

That is the technique I use with my old Ford 1715, but the seat switch in the New Holland wants to kill the engine if I stand up or lean to far to the side. I have a red chinesium snow plow that has a mounting plate that is six inches wider than standard. That was a bear to get lined up, Once...

You sound like he's your fishing buddy.

Partly to do with the fact that EVs are on average driven less than ICEs. Cars tend to be pretty safe when they are parked in the driveway.

The horse ain't dead as long as the EA website looks like business as usual. Although today was the first time PayPal refused to service the site. I've had a $10 item in my cart and click the PayPal button every few days just to check. It will probably remain as an orphan until their hosting...

Considering some of the absolutely stupid threads that have been started on TBN, (If Aliens exist, what will they look like) this horse seems to be still pretty rideable. If you don't like seeing what you consider to be a dead horse get beaten, ignore the thread. Nobody forces anyone to click...

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Some apparently think speaking the plain truth is bashing. Knowingly taking money up front for materials he knew he couldn't supply is thievery. There is no other word for it. Even using the "reasonable person" criteria, there is no way that Ted didn't know or shouldn't have known that full...

Just guessing, but when shipping got beyond three months it was a game of bailing out the boat as the water kept rising. Giving them the benefit of the doubt, I think for a long while they figured that once the new building was online that they could slowly overcome the leaks. Once the building...

It's almost begging for some scammer to hack them for email addresses and then send out emails to the effect of: " So sorry for the delays in shipping. If you would please go to Walmart and purchase $500 worth of gift cards and send them to us, and we will promptly ship your item. We will then...

The bank likely owns both of their facilities old and new. They had some people with some great ideas on how to build and improve on tractor implements and I have never heard a complaint about their quality. I wonder if they patented any of their ideas. I just watched a video, made about a...

That is the quote for EA fanboys and for anyone who received their order in a timely manner, (30-60 days) no one is disputing their quality. But there is another, and rather more well known quote that applies to everyone else who ordered and waited or continues to wait beyond 60 days. Ted must...

Has anyone ever stopped to figure how big a revolving free loan EA was getting from the consuming public with their long delays in shipping? With a 35,000 sq. ft. production floor plus office space and 45 or more employees they had to be able to produce a lot. Figuring that even though some were...

I just use a tractor, landplane, landscape rake and offset blade and I maintain a mile and a half of driveway and shared road. It only takes a few hours when I do it 3 or four times a year. I can't see a dedicated machine for that chore. If I did, it would likely be something like this...

It would only be reasonable if the item ordered was a custom one-of. For an item that really should be off-the-shelf item, like a 3 point or SSQA attachment, it was ludicrous to ask, and foolhardy to pay beyond the 60 to 90 day easy charge back time period.

Yeah, like fake newspaper articles and fake delinquent tax statements, and fake testimonies by fake former employees, fake reports of chained gates and empty parking lots, fake non-responsive owners, fake full voicemail, and fake outrageously long wait times and....

At least they marked them out of stock instead of taking the order and then notifying the buyer of an indeterminate shipping delay. I think you will satisfied with the Homestead. My experience with them was very good. I placed my order on February 7th 2022 I received shipping notification...

4 to six weeks is a lot different than 4 to 6 MONTHS. If you haven't received shipment notification by the seventh week, there is still 5 weeks in which to call your credit card company and get a refund, it's actually a pretty safe time frame using a credit card. I've seen some on other sites...

It's not really a dead horse while their website is alive and taking orders. Perhaps beating this dead horse and keeping it fresh and on "Today's Posts" might inform someone else of EA's problems and prevent them from attempting to purchase something from them, particularly if they might be...

Probably true, however, they haven't been here since the beginning of the year. If that is on the advise of council, they had plenty of time to shut down the paywall at their site.

That's a possibility, but it is likely that the owner has the password to get in and access the web pages. All he has to do is give it to his attorney to shut down the site or at least the shopping cart part of it. The pages will automatically shut down in August, and in the meantime every CC...

Lets face facts. we are all 25-40 year olds trapped in a steadily aging body.

There are no legal issues involved with closing a website or putting up "HAVING ISSUES WITH OUR ONLINE ORDERING. PLEASE TRY AGAIN LATER" banner on their pages. I have the feeling that the house of cards came crashing down and the owner is beyond caring what happens to the business or his...

You first! There is no notification on their website of possible problems fulfilling order in a timely manner. A reputable person/dealer/company would have by now. The only action they seem to have taken was to suspend their Facebook page. I took the complete order using PayPal right up to the...

It doesn't explain their failure to pay the property taxes on their current location. That indicates a serious cash flow issue beyond the building dispute. $50k is not a lot of money for a business their size. It also doesn't explain there continuing to operate their website in a business as...

It's extremely easy to criticize, and justly, a company that didn't pay their property taxes on their existing facility, have it shuttered by court or county order, and continue with a business as usual appearance on their website. Out of curiosity I placed $10,000 worth of implements in my...

That is exactly what I was thinking. Their website appears to be a low tech do it yourself looking site. Even it isn't, it only takes a second to make a phone call to their IT guy and tell them to shut down the sales page. With something like " Do to technical difficulties we are temporarily...

4-6 weeks is plenty of time to file a no questions asked refund from a CC company. When I bought a landplane from them two years ago it was 6 to 8 weeks shipping, but it was actually on the road in 4 weeks.

This is the one I am thinking of ordering. https://homesteadimplements.com/root-grapple-pinnacle-series-for-utility-tractors/

Lower grade steel needs to be thicker to do the same job, so that is understandable. I'm glad yours works for you. Mine works for my mile and a half of road. The Land Pride offering is 72" and rated for 50 horsepower. The one I bought is 84" and rated for 55 horsepower and is compatible with...

With their gates locked by either court order or by the county for non-payment of property taxes, I sure hope you paid by credit card and can get a refund. There is little hope this will be resolved soon if at all. Homestead makes a pretty good unit in their Pinnacle series. The 84" is $2260...

I stuck an empty Mack dump truck and 4 axle trailer once. One level ground, didn't sink, I was on top of well compacted dirt. I had to get the pit operator up to the dump site to pull me out. I had backed in dumped both boxes and was about 150 from the dump piles rolling along at 5-10 mph and I...

There is a world of difference between authorizing payment in full and not being charged until it is shipped and then waiting for delivery and paying in full and waiting months for production. The former is reasonable, the latter is not.

They are locked down either by the law suits or by their county because they are $50k in arrears in property taxes, past due as of 9/1/23. It doesn't look too promising for those who have paid upfront for implements and have not received a tracking number.

It's pretty obvious that they haven't been a healthy fully functioning company for some time, at least since August of 23, and likely for many months before that. A company that size should easily have $51k in liquid assets to pay a property tax bill. It's not like it's a surprise bill. I...

In fairness, the article is from August of 2022 and he may have been selling the home for cash for the business expansion. Still, with a house like that, it is a bit unconscionable for them to be asking for payment in full, up front, on a 6 month delivery.

I bought my 7' landplane from them. Well built and well designed. I've had it for about 2 years. Their website tells you upfront about lead time, which was about 6 weeks for mine when ordered. They beat their projected time by two weeks, which was slightly to my disadvantage. The roads were...

Licensed? No such thing as a drone "license." Assuming you actually do have a Part 107 certificate, then you have your drone registered and have RID on it otherwise the certificate isn't valid. You obviously didn't fly above the clouds in ignorance of safety and the 400' AGL limit. My drone...

The poster child for the FAA crackdown on drone operations. Thankfully, no general aviation pilot has met that drone in its journeys above the clouds. The rule of thumb in general aviation is see and be seen. Pretty hard to see a small drone that is someplace it hadn't ought to be in an...

I use about the same setup. Nothing can stop it, if the plow can't push it, turn around and the blower makes it disappear. I got feet of snow last year and the plow eventually had nowhere to push the snow so I plowed to the center and blew the snow away. First year here we got snowed and drifted...

I find some of the videos entertaining but I mostly watch documentaries on science and history. There is one channel I really recommend if one is buying tools or other hardware is the Project Farm channel. The guy meticulously tests and torture tests battery powered tool, oils, wrenches, jump...

One thing my former shop supervisor always said, "Oil is cheap." As a matter of fact, so are filters and so is grease. I just change things and do maintenance according to the owner's manual. There are no guarantees that things won't break, but when and if they do, I won't be thinking "I wish I...

Never tell the operator of a 998 "just load till it runs over"

Rio Bravo, Sons of Katie Elder, Bandelero all good movies with Dean.

I lived in a place that had lots of neighbor cats doing all kinds lounging and using the gardens as their restroom. My wife tried to chase them all away. I had some mole hills show up but the regular cats ignored them. Then a stage cat showed up and just stood on a rock near the mole hills. My...

Google didn't even acknowledge that this place existed. I entered the location on their edit page. Then they acknowledged that there is a house here but gave directions to use Pilot road below the house. Now, they finally have the directions mostly right, except they try to route people through...

When I worked in a building supply store, I occasionally offered suggestions or sometimes showed them the way to tighten their rope, but I never touched their line beyond that. The only thing I actually did to their load was staple a flag on the overhang.

The Xbox had lots of room. It has a terabyte of storage. It might be the northern location, it might be the ground link, but it was literally like someone slowly turning down a faucet. The loss of streaming signal was sort of random, but I seldom see that problem with the wireless broadband...

I have pretty much given up using Starlnk. My daughter and granddaughter were here a few weeks ago and had brought her Xbox and connected through the Starlink. I watched the progress line as she tried to download a large file. It started out fast, but at about 33% it started to slow down. it...

I was heading south with another truck and someone hundred yards or so back wouldn't dim their lights. I flashed my work lights at him and he ignored it. The other guy told me to pass him, and then flashed his work light which were according to the driver, aircraft landing lights. They turned...

I always love an open mind with an unbiased opinion.

In late July a property owner decided he needed to work on a piece of equipment. He ignored the dry temperatures and the brisk winds and proceeded to do some work with an angle grinder. This is the western edge of the fire on the Smilkameen River. You can't see the eastern edge. The burn goes...

A glacial erratic at the SE end of Omak Lake. The name is almost too obvious, "Balancing Rock."

Orchards near Oroville WA. Whitestone Lake and Whitestone Mountain.

That must be the species of tree Home Depot gets their treated 4x4s and 4x6s from.

Not really a cool nature photo, but more of a cool what nature does over time to eventually reclaim anything not maintained photo. The Pflug Mansion as it is called was built near the mining town of Wauconda WA about 120 years ago. The owner/builder hauled the lumber in himself and built the...

The trailer I owned had the winches alternating. Other trailers I pulled as an employee had all the winches on the left, or right and alternating. But it's been 25 years since I've done any flatbed work.

EV have their place. I probably could have gotten everything I needed taken care of with an EV, including hauling hay, but there was still about 10% of the driving would have been inconvenient at best. It doesn't make sense to me to have a second vehicle for 10% of the driving and having two...

I have a 100 gallon tank on a heavy duty pallet. Diesel has a pretty good usable shelf life so I don't worry about it getting old. On top of it is a 12v pump with two filters inline to auto shutoff nozzle. I've had it for a year and a half and filled three times. It's just about time for the...

The deer here are brazen. They think nothing about stopping in for lunch on my deck without an invitation.

The coyotes seem to prefer to crap on the gravel driveway. There are always several piles to drive over on my way to check the mail.

There was a pit bull living near me that would chase my car every time I drove home. The road was on the outside of a green belt adjoining the development. One night on the way home I saw a pair of eyes in my headlights and then they disappeared. As I drove by a power pole I heard a bark growl...

It's going to be a bit difficult to find a lawyer who will take it on contingency. The complainant will have to pay the lawyer up front, and that tends to stop a lot of suits from ever being filed. When the lawyer starts talking about thousands of dollars in fees, well maybe the smell isn't so...

They also can't claim that said operation is lowering their property values as it was an existing factor when they bought it. It's sort of the equivalent "buying as is, no warranty" paper you sign when buying an older used car. It doesn't stop all suits, but I can't think of a single lawsuit...

In Washington State there is a form that is included with the escrow papers that basically says that the purchased property is in an area with farms, mining or industry, as a result may include smells, noises, traffic and dust. The form is signed and included with the county paper work. It cuts...

This handsome gentleman came to visit today. Browsing through the garden and then he decided to take a siesta. I easily got within about 40 feet of him. He looked at me when I first came out and I guess he decided I wasn't a threat and would look away or groomed himself as I shot pictures. He...

We used to load Western Electric crossarms in Consolidated Freightways trucks. The were most often 10' crossarms so they were always lengthways. Used a Hyster 60 to lift them up and a Hyster 225 to push them in. That was back in the 1970s and early 80s.

I was initially, but the winds have shifted several times during the week and the entire valley is now smokey. At my age with a history of breathing problems, I am an indoors cat for the duration.

Especially in dry grassy areas. From what I have been able to find out unofficially; A property owner was working with an angle grinder outdoors in the hills just a little north of me. He caught the grass on fire and I gather, tried for a few moments to put it out himself. The winds were out of...

If your rake is level front to back. adjusting the angle should not affect side to side angle. What I have done when I have a dirt close to the level I want it, I use a 8' wide drag harrow flopped on its back so the tines are up and drag it back and forth and every angle I can make work, for a...

It's never too hot to mow, but unless things are well irrigated, there is, "it's too dry to mow." More than one wildfire has been sparked by the spinning blade of a rotary mower sparking against a rock. I take the mower off the tractor in June and won't use it again until after a good soaking...

A dedicated industrial backhoe is a little bit different animal than a backhoe attachment on a compact tractor, so it's a bit of an apples to oranges comparison. Better my $1500 gone than a $7500 attachment (we are talking new) just sitting there under a tarp slowly deteriorating. But even...

I had one project that I've ever needed a mini for. 800+ feet of three foot wide by five foot deep trench. I rented a mini for the job. According to the hour meter, it took me 27 hours to complete. Total cost for the mini delivered and picked up, was under $1500.

For the price you can rent a lot of mini and do a lot more unless there are specific projects that would justify the purchase.

Congratulations on your new machine. I thought 50 was too big but when I bought, the 35 I wanted was still 6 months backordered. I' am glad I got the 50. I think you will be glad too. The only time I think the Bomer 50 is too big is when I try to use it in a building.

What O-rings do you think there might be in a gravity fed tractor?

The only thing I can think of that would be proprietary is the plate that attaches the starter to the tractor. A good shop that does motor rewinding should be able to repair the motor for considerably less than $1700.

That is the one big disadvantage of tractors is that things like mulchers etc. mount on the back. I've spent 30+ years looking forward and at side mirrors so my body doesn't like back of the tractor work either. I bought a 6' 3-point snow blower last year and the first few times I used it were...

I just turned 72 myself. I am about as far away from Florida as a person can be and still be in the lower 48. I Live in desert country. If the temperatures are mild I prefer the open station, but being desert, there are fewer nasty little bugs. When it is blistering hot and dusty or freezing...

Temperatures have moderated the past 3 days and have been 5 or more degrees below the forecast. The next 8 days are supposed to be in the mid 80s to low 90s and then back to the 100s or better. The hygrometer in the chart reads about ten to fifteen points high. It is located about 16 feet in...

I've been it lots of gravel pits and I've never seen a loader with his bucket in the air except when weighing and loading. Other than that, they are low. Most likely MSHA rules.

A guy I went to high school with had one that color. I looked at the ad, it might even be the same car. Bellingham, where I went to high school is 25 miles north of Burlington WA where the car is listed.

I think they changed the way they rated octane in the 1970s with the advent of catalytic converters and unleaded gas. My best guess is that modern regular octane gas will be more than sufficient in your tractor.

Trees are a crop, get used to it. Or do you propose corn farmers stop clearcutting their fields also?

Saturday evening sunset. First day of July. All the fireworks on the 4th won't surpass this.

Even then it didn't make sense. The weight in the tires on the downhill side is balanced by the weight of the tires on the uphill side. It's items above the axle on the centerline of the tractor that make it tippy, engine, cab, operator, etc. Plus having the tires half full makes the tractor...

Don't I wish. I have some sloped pastures that make me a little nervous to mow and one section I won't mow because the bottom of the hill turn-around is on a side slope next to a fence. The other pasture has about 18% overall grade, but sort of steps down. I haven't even seen anyone publish a...

Doesn't make much difference if it is on the uphill side, until it's past the vertical center of gravity. by that time, the tractor has already tipped over.

I am on 40 acres and have the same problem. When I could I drilled the holes with the tractor as level side-to-side as I could. If I couldn't get level enough, I hand dug the hole. My fences are wire, so most of the posts are T-posts. I am arthritic and 72 yrs. old and was digging the holes in...

Why only 50% vs. full to the top of the rim? It may help marginally with stability on a side hill, (and I'm not sure on that) but when using a loader, it would reduce stability compared to full ballast.

For it to be that cheap, the tractor had to be manufactured for a quick bolt on mid PTO. Mine came with a mid PTO but it is optional on all of the LS made New Holland tractors. If it weren't for needing the loader year round, I might have considered a front mount snow blower.

Mid PTO has to come from the factory. As Torvy said that is for mechanically driving attachments that fit under or in front of the tractor. The third function can be done either by direct hydraulics, meaning a third pair of hoses connecting to the loader, or with a diverter valve that diverts...

After the flooding on that river a few months ago, I am thinking bridge scour. The compacted material under the pier got washed downstream and the void filled in with sand and small material. I saw something about this on The History Channel MM Engineering Disasters episode about a freeway...

Are you getting a lot of water in your fuel, or leaving the tank empty most of the time? Otherwise, I can't think rust would be that much of a problem.

The words seldom said by a tractor owner; "I wish I had gotten the less powerful tractor."

Ray is gravel pit boss/operator at the gravel company I retired from. He has spent decades photographing wildlife in and around Whatcom County WA. Eagles are one of his favorite subjects. He has a Facebook page loaded with his photography. I've often wondered what he is doing as a loader...

Get Together - The Youngbloods

An old wagon road heading north toward the BC interior. I can trace the road from the area of Fort Okanogan through uncultivated land to McLaughlin Canyon, past Tonasket and towards Oroville but lose it in all cultivated land about 10 south of the border This section is an uninterrupted two...

Like a Rock - Bob Segar & The Silver Bullet Band

Sunset Friday evening as the overcast was breaking up.

I suppose in a way it might. However, my nearest steel supply is 35 miles one way and C-channel and zip ties just don't raise the confidence level in me that high. The difference in price is negligible, the difference in feeling safe would be a bit larger.

That's great erasing your tracks so you can't be followed.

Where I live it's all two-lane roads with the occasional third passing lane for uphill traffic. Follow a vehicle on the flats that's doing 55-58 mph, until they get to the 3rd lane, then they accelerate to 65. Since I am pulling a trailer, I can't accelerate fast enough to pass them. But when...

My New Holland 50 doesn't have them but I bought a pair from Tractor Mike. Since I don't have the fabricating tools or skills, I thought $100 was worth it for safety.

The primary instruction for anything is put lube in the gearbox because they are never ever shipped with oil in them from China.

You can see the light bar mounted on the deck headache rack being taken out by the car before she hits the back of the cab

No cones but according to the accident report, the truck lights were on to the rear. As fast as she was going any cones would have only caused her to look up as she hit the ramp.