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For future reference, since you already have hooks on the top of your bucket, you can do something very similar to the 'tire/wheel' method. Just roll the bucket forward with the edge on the ground and choker chain/strap the bushes as close as possible, then roll the bucket back. It gives the...

I'll bet a few of us have met expat Californians for the same reasons, LOL. Not all of Californians are idiots. They're just a minority, and can't control what LA, San Diego, and Sacremento decide. They can't outvote the mis/dis-informed. The smartest ones tend to leave that state. I'd...

Some of us are praying for it.

Best advice came from @bigtiller. The problem with trying to back up a wagon connected to the back end of the tractor is that's the 'non-steering' end, meaning it can't change direction nearly as fast as the steering end. Being able to change directions quickly is an absolute must when backing...

Not quite true for tractors with 4WD. For something that's going to be going down the road at 100MPH, yep, gotta be, or you will certainly cook the gear oil or the tires from heat. However, Kubota tractors, in particular the little ones, are designed so that the front wheels are trying to go...

Someone’s using 10th grade geometry to explain ballast. FINALLY! Look at the labels you didn’t remove from the loader. The Kubota FEL model number is the weight rating in KG. Multiply it by 2.2 to get pounds. Now, isn’t it possible that Kubota engineering would size a loader and set the relief...

That's a spiffy rig there. Good lookin' Wrangler in the background, too.

To each his own, but I think I'd rather know that the tractor is going to shut down if I do something stupid like bump the treadle while standing beside the tractor. It isn't just about falling off the tractor, though that does happen. There is usually a bypass function for the OP Switch that...

Did you make any progress on this @jim76? I still haven't looked at the electrical diagram for my LX yet, but like I said, the button has to be held for about 10 seconds before a light comes on (in the button). Is your B2650 hydrostatic drive? Would it be possible to mount a seat bypass...

That mostly suggests a flow issue, but that may be by design as well. Sometimes, though, if the ram can't move fast enough, or the edge isn't sharp enough, it will ball up the fibers of the wood and stall out before it finishes the split. That's when it's DANGEROUS. That log can squirt out of...

I just threw out a small number for the very reasons you state. The bottom line is, if you want speed, you have to have flow. If you want force, you have to have pressure. If you want both, you have to have both, and the horsepower to handle it. Force can be had with larger cylinders, but...

Absolutely, there are auxiliary power plants available as kit systems. They're pricy though, and I've seen very few that include a driveshaft, so you'll have that cost too. The pumps alone can be forward of $1000, and you still don't have anything to attach it or a reservoir of oil, or hoses...

Dunno about you, but I've found that 90% of any skill is not necessarily about what you know already, but more about your ability to find and comprehend the information that is required to diagnose and repair a problem. After that, it's a matter of pulling wrenches, crimping wires, or swapping...

Useless as a screen door [or window] on a submarine. Useless as a left-handed waffle turner. Useful as a pocket on a shirt. Busier than a 3-legged cat coverin' up on a marble floor Busier than a one-armed paper hanger Flat out like a lizard drinkin'. As nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room...

Titan Attachments is NOT to be confused with Titan Implements. They are different companies with different customer targets. Titan Attachments is the 'Harbor Freight' for tractor attachments. Good enough as long as you don't abuse them. But if you get rough with 'em, they'll start coming...

I haven't had any problem with the top hook on mine, especially since I tweaked ALL the hooks a little. I got rid of all the sharp corners and tapered the tops of the hooks, and it finds its way into the BB no problems. It was more of a problem with the chipper because it's so much heavier and...

American by birth, Southern by the Grace of God. I'm a Yankee's worst nightmare. A redneck with an education.

"It come un-crunk!"

And that's actually "Chest of draws". No er on the end. Drawers are what you put in the draws. :LOL:

There is absolutely a difference. Minor in nature of purpose, but certainly a fairly large impact on reloading speed when speed is needed. A Clip Magazine offers a way to go from an empty weapon to a fully loaded weapon with no more than a few actions (eject the spent magazine, install the...

Some of us are not blind to it at all, and rather enjoy the error of those elitist snobs that fail in their estimation of us.

Probably because no one in the past 10 years has been taught to actually SPELL it. Being able to spell a word goes a long way toward teaching one how to use that word. Spelling isn't taught nor graded past the 3rd grade these days. And to think I was still graded on my handwriting (never mind...

I doubt your mud can be any stickier than the bubble gum I have here. I call it bubble gum because it's just as bad as stepping in someone's cud on a hot summer day with a new pair of sneakers with a nice fine tread on 'em. Most of the time, if it isn't real thick, I'll just let the mud dry...

Got several big dead pines I gotta put down this fall/winter. Unfortunately, if I build a fire that big, it's gonna draw a LOT of unwanted attention and be a lot more expensive (fines) than if I just hügelkultur with them. Pine/conifer species are not recommended for hügelkultur, but the widow...

I guess while we're telling on ourselves, I better fess up and tell how I left the catcher bag on my little MTD 3" chipper/shredder in the shredder hopper. It didn't suck the bag in until it was wound up pretty high RPM, which made it even worse. It wrapped on the chopper blade, then got...

Beat me to it, @ultrarunner. Same reason down here in the south where things grow a lot thicker and faster for a lot longer every year. That kind of grass will grow back in about 2 weeks down here. But, since things stay so green, they only cut the ROW's twice a year here. It's a great way...

Your chipper output is actually into the same chamber as the shredder on the engine side of the flywheel. The knives cut chunks off the end of the branches you're feeding which go through the slots in the flywheel, and wind up on the same side as where you feed the shredder. The J-hammers are...

I feel your pain. Gettin old ain't for sissies. Now I know why my grandparents always wobbled and groaned so much. Gettin old is EXACTLY why I bought a tractor. I buy inexpensive (but good) leather gloves in bulk. I don't know how many pairs I've worn the fingers off handling brush...

It really is a balancing act. To your point, it's no wonder so many are confused or misinformed. They read a biased part of something on the internet and decide it MUST be true, and sadly, that's because they're too lazy to completely inform themselves. The first thing they read, especially...

Actually, yes and I have been doing it (before I knew what it was) since 2005 in a lot of the erosion ditches on my property. Learning about it has encouraged me to refine my processes and selectivity a little. Pine/conifer species don't work well for hügelkultur as a general rule...

Yep, like I said, saw first, move after. Glad you weren't hurt, and hope the repair bill isn't too much, too. You got a very dangerous reminder about how quickly things can go south on a tractor. Hindsight's 20/20, but I would have waded into that brush heap and tree-top with chainsaw...

Looking at the photo, you'd obviously sawed on it some. Can I ask why you stopped cutting, and where you were trying to push it to from the canopy end? Casual observation tells me you were just trying to break the top out and push it back to the edge of the brush. While much quicker, I think...

Stihl Combi or Trimmer Plus are both good products. The Trimmer Plus attachments will work on the Stihl head. My son has the much more expensive Stihl Combi, but we've used my hedge trimmer, mini-tiller, and pole saw on it. He gave me a few trimmer heads for the Echo system that he thought he...

Then, someone turns in a cost improvement to take away the free coffee and donuts for the folks that built the company into what it is, probably someone that was hired straight into management with no understanding of how the company actually got where it is. That snowball just keeps growing.

I moved to our little town in 2004. Population, 7000. Today, population 19000 and growing. I feel your pain. I left suburbia because this was what I wanted. Suburbia moved to me. A lot of beautiful, wooded land got flattened for what is now a bedroom community that's overtaxed and NONE of...

I'll echo what most are saying. PTO speed is based on transmission gear selection and throttle on the 8N/Jubilee family, making PTO speed relative to ground speed because the same shaft that drives the rear wheels drives the PTO. Unless you find a way to speed up that PTO or slow down the...

DHS/Customs/Immigration frowns on bringing the cigars back too.:ROFLMAO::D:ROFLMAO::LOL:

10 footers were $14 each when I was building my shop last year. Somethin's gotta give.

Sticks out like a sore thumb.

Don't have SYNC2. SYNC1, worse than SYNC2, and a lot smaller screen. Thanks for the referene, but that ain't gonna fit my dash. BIAS on the controller is set to min when unloaded. Still locks up the brakes on a prolonged stop, just not quite as quickly. I've recently flipped my hitch...

Best they can do is sway control with a trailer. Can't do anything with ABS or Traction Control unless there are wheel speed sensors and individual control for each wheel's brake. Sway control just detects side to side acceleration of the truck and chops the throttle to slow it down and will...

Or aftermarket. Easily installed on my 2014 F-150. For some bizarre reason, fleet service ordered our trucks with full towing package, EXCEPT the brake controllers. Harness was there, relay and fuse in the glove box with a plug to hook up external, but no controller. But we did get real...

Gonna show my age a little. That sign was hanging in the printer room at the University of Alabama for the Sperry Univac 1100 main frame that I learned BASIC, FORTRAN, and COBOL on between 1976 and 1982. I'm of German descent, so it always amused me.

About as useful as a chocolate teapot. Useful as a cat at a dog show. (Or dog at a cat show)

Those that are noticing the shinier paint on the front over what's' on the back might want to consider that hydraulic hoses were probably pulled in two or cut open by mangled metal and spraying hydraulic oil around a bit. That's going to improve the color and sheen a bit. :sneaky:

I learned close only counts in horse shoes, hand grenades, and atom bombs. But sometimes, a good fart works.

It does now, but it originally stood for Tuscaloosa, Alabama where the TA radial sport tires were engineered and developed. Most of the All-Terrain tire designs came after the merger with Michelin to target light truck applications. That's what they claim in the Tuscaloosa plant, anyway.

I got 60K on the OE set. So, I put a set just like 'em back on the truck (just before I bought it from fleet. ;)). Happy with the tires, but not so much with the OE discs. Gonna have to upgrade to something that doesn't rust so easily, groove, and wear out pads. The do like to be inflated...

I just sold my old 1992 F-150 to my stepson. I put Michelin XC-LT4's on it YEARS ago. They NEVER leaked. Rotated once, they had 60000 on them and still look like they have 60000 more. 90% of tire life is alignment for the way the vehicle is going to be used and based on the geometry of the...

Looks like you had squatters, or whoever was there before just LEFT. Kinda creepy with the cheese grater just sitting there like it was used 10 minutes ago, and the unmade bed with sheets still on it. If your roof is ever gonna leak, above the bathtub is the best place, I reckon. Might need a...

That was my point, exactly. What difference does it make if the oil is used oil or bar oil? It's still going to make a mess wherever it oozes out if the saw isn't cleaned up after use. I have a pretty good carry case for mine which limits how much of the stuff gets on the floor of my shop...

Pine resin is what used to be the additive. I remember seeing different ads for what kind of pine and which coast it came off as selling points. We used to dissolve some with kerosene to make a paste, then mix in used motor oil. Or, scrape some fresh pitch off a cut and use that. I ain't got...

Nope, just regular construction screws, but a butt load of them. Each truss has 120 screws (60 each sided) in it for all the escutcheon plates and the webs. In addition to the screws, every escutcheon got a nice coat of Gorilla wood glue to stick them to the component beams. I used 14' 2x4's...

I have both ends of the spectrum. One neighbor, smokes pot with her kid in the back yard, lets her dogs run wild, and then accuses me of calling the pound. Told her, "The pound costs too much. A .22 would fix the problem I have with those dogs a lot cheaper". One across the street, let me...

About the only thing I would have done differently on the framing is skip the center posts and put up trusses. I made my own and had a 24' span. There is ZERO sag in the roof and the building is probably going to land somewhere in one piece if a tornado ever gets it. I put all the trusses...

I got my hand with a belt sander in high school, back in 1974. Ripped all the nerves and soft tissue off the first knuckle of the left hand index finger, exposing it to the bone. I remember seeing the joint to this day. I didn't lose any motor function of the left index finger, but if I rub...

I caught the County Line brand subsoiler on sale at TSC for about $149. I just looked and the current price is $349, more than double what I paid. I needed to cut a trench through hard clay/rocky soil for a water line to my new shop. That would have taken a week to do by hand, using pick-axe...

Have you tried any fuel conditioners/anti-gel additives? So far, I'm still running on the OE fuel filter. Bowl is clean, fuel is crystal clear. News of bad fuel spreads fast these days considering the price. If you're having problems, check with neighbors and friends and locals about whether...

Someone forgot to tell Central Alabama that it's January.

They have a few of them in the Adelaide zoo. Very cool to hear them mimic everything around them.

She was so ugly, her mama had to tie a pork chop around her neck to make the dog play with her. She was so ugly, her mama fed her with a sling shot.

Staggerin' like a drunk bicycle.

And let's not forget Dumb as a bag of hammers.

The last phrase is missing. "And a place to hide the bodies of those that piss me off."

Lower than a snake's belly in a wagon rut. A day late and a dollar short. More dollars than sense. (pun intended) Best thing since sliced bread. Handier than a pocket on a shirt. Does ya good and helps ya, too. Fast, good, cheap: Pick ONE.

What I did. I made two brackets that will fit either side right against the ROPS using two existing holes in the ROPS. Can don't budge, doesn't leak and has proven I don't need one on both sides (yet). I painted the brackets and box orang, of course. I used Nylock nuts on the bolts for the...

Nag nag nag: Dirty Harry, The Gauntlet.

Santy Claws gunna be busier than a 3-legged cat coverin' up on a marble floor tonite.

Sharper than a two-dollar tack. Reminds me of Paul Revere's ride, a little light in the belfry. Just about as sharp as a bowling ball. If all else fails, read the instructions. If that fails, quit because you're about to get hurt. Useful as a screen door on a submarine. Rare as hen's...

Sorry to hear your symptoms are what they are but sounds like you'll be better quickly. I went through the whole gamut of symptoms in about 4 days, not including the loss of smell and taste. None of them lasted very long at all and most were less severe than a common head cold for me, the...

If you want 5 ONLY ways to do something, just ask 5 engineers.

If I damage anything that resembles a cross blade driver, JIS, Phillips, or any other thing of the sort, I usually do my best to find a suitable replacement with a Torx head on it. While damaging the screw is bad, damaging the tool is worse because all it will do then is damage other screws...

No, not really true. I learned how to make beer after 50. That wasn't disappointing at all.

Same Tecumseh as mine with some very minor differences in 76 model and 78. In 78, Tecumseh changed the carb/intake to put a larger air filter on it with vertical orientation. The muffler on mine is quite different too. It's about half the size of a 1 lb coffee can and mounted with standard...

I have a Horse (with PTO) that my mother bought in 1978 and then gave to me when she was diagnosed with terminal cancer about 6 years ago. At the time, the PTO version was supposed to be only available in Canada (according to the Troybilt site), but she got one. She and my stepdad were still...

So, how well would a tax deferred private HMO/HSA work (the terminology in insurance is dizzying) for the purpose of funding the dynamics of age and health to offset immediate premiums and OOPs? Is there such a thing or an option for it, or am I barking up the wrong tree? "Pay Back Benefit" is...

Lots of good advice about the shaft cutting, certainly. Heed it. Best case if you do it wrong, you ruin a shaft. Worst case, you ruin your tractor, or your life. Measure twice, cut once, measure twice again, and cut again as necessary. Just make sure that shaft isn't too long or too short...

Triggering revenge on the first offense is never the best approach. Approaching them during hunting season might not be a grand idea either, considering they are carrying lethal weapons, as you pointed out with your reference to the missing couple. NEVER go out there alone either until you...

If you're having second thoughts about it, you've already answered your question. As for insurance, you've just opened yourself up to all kinds of liabiilties if you don't know who he's 'bringing to the party'. He asked for bow and arrow permssion, than told you he'd switch to shotgun. That...

That's sharper than a $2 tack.

Kaleb (the tractor contractor) is the gibberish speaking old fella's son, which is why the kid understood him so well. The missus and I were both BBC Top Gear (and Grand Tour) fans, and I think BBC is still reeling from firing Clarkson. They tried to get Hammond and May to stay on for...

If at first you don't succeed, and all else fails, read the instructions, quit, or throw something.:oops: Me - in a foul mood.

I've thought about this as well. An electronic level indicator isn't that hard to find. An IPhone has one. Even an LVDT attached where the existing mechanical device is that only drives an LED bar. Cost might be a bit prohibitive for demand, though. A personal version on display might draw...

I rather like the square tube. Looks 'industrial'. Bet tree limbs don't bend that very easily.

Darwin was right. If nothing else, the gene pool will get deeper if the stupid kids keep trying.

As others are pointing out, this does not include orientation of the receptacle. One pointed out that it could be oriented horizontally, as I have seen in MANY kitchen installations. OR, what if you install them overhead for plug-in lighting or garage door openers? What about on the floor...

Same thing was explained/taught to me, same reason, a very long time ago when I first started learning electrical installations. My step-dad was still old-school enough he cut the ground prongs off extension cords or the raised bumps on two wire cords that prevented reversal of the hot and...

What Egon said. Use a thread paste on hydraulic stuff. You haven't seen a destroyed pump until a strand of teflon goes through it. Pumps have VERY low clearance, typically only enough for the hydraulic fluid to lubricate them. A strip of teflon will not fit where oil will. Paste, not tape...

Looks like a 20mm box. I have one too, but can't seem to find a good place to mount it on my lil' LX2610SU Kubota. Maybe I'll just use the box for a storage shed for the tractor ......

Yeah, it does, but it won't burn your ankles with fumes you can't see if you pour it on something and then light it. You actually have to light it and get it hot enough to vaporize. Very stable fuel, and you're not going to ignite it with static sparks. If you set diesel on fire, it's because...

Pretty hard to set diesel on fire, unless you manage to compress it just a little.

Air through the vac chamber isn't the problem, meaning the restrictions through the transmission/hydraulic reservoir isn't likely to harm anything about your vacuum. The air through the vacuum reservoir doesn't go through the motor unless you have a very poorly built vacuum. That's why most of...

How or why would it be bad for the hydraulics? The pump isn't running so there's less/no pressure other than the weight of the implement. There can't possibly be any more stress put on the cylinders than when lifting an implement or digging with the FEL. 10 times out of 9, hydraulic failures...

There's a way to fix that. Hold item 050 (Friction Nut) and loosen item 060 (Jamb Nut). Snug item 050 until you get the desired friction on the lever. Hold 050 and tighten 060 to prevent it from moving again. Check items 040 closely to make sure that they are not damaged and need...

I see lots of mods, and most are very handsomely painted, so I gotta ask what you guys typically use for paint on your mods projects. I bought an old trailer from a work buddy in anticipation of getting a tractor, and started cleaning it up to make it look a little better, I picked up some...