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For some reason I cannot drop a line when pressing Enter to start a new paragraph. I remember having the problem before. I was probably using IE 7 or 8 at that time, now I am using IE 10 and the problem still exists. Also, where are My Settings located so I can double check I have the correct...

Hi guys. Long time. Like the title says, I need advice on cutting a section out of a fallen tree. I have a tree about 18" in diameter that fell over, splintering, near the base. It is still attached and not a clean brake. It is laying horizontal about 3' off the ground, supported on the other...

Hi guys. It's been a while since I've run into a problem, but I've got one now. I had to get a new PTO shaft for my PHD. TS had one the right length and shaft size, but the yokes are much larger than what came with my Speeco. I didn't see that as a problem, so I bought it. The problem is the...

For the BBQ'ers out there. Show us your smokes. Yesterday mine was a late St Patty's day dinner, corned beef and cabbage. This was my first time smoking corned beef, which turns into pastrami when smoked :thumbsup: Armed with a little internet knowledge, I soaked it for six hours, changing...

I happened to catch several episodes of a show about wild hogs last night. Wild On Hogs or something like that, on Discovery. It was a reality show, featuring three outfits in different states, TX, FLA and HI, traveling to people's ranches and homes to capture the feral hogs that were...

At least if things go according to the last time I bought a generator :confused2: My PTO generator finally came in, so I got the plywood mounted to the carryall that I made a few weeks back, and the generator mounted to the plywood. I had to shorten the PTO shaft some, which was no big deal...

I used to have access to a full blown sheet metal shop, but I guess when it comes down to it, all you really need is a hand grinder, small welder and a framing square... oh yeah, and a pair of Carharts :laughing: I built this in the style of the one sold at TSC. Just need to pick up some pins...

I ordered a PTO generator yesterday. I did not order the PTO shaft, or tumbling bar thay called it, because I figured I could find one for less than $245. Here's the generator if anyone is interested. Voltmaster PTO15/12 PTO Generator - PTO15/12 - 12 kW Tractor-Driven PTO Generator (540 RPM)...

I'd like to make some wings up for my 3PH Blizzard snowthrower this year and have a few questions for those that have gone before me. Is it possible to make them too wide, within reason? I need 4-1/2" to meet the outside of my rear tire. I'd like to round that off to a foot :thumbsup: 12"...

This seems to be the forum for general advice. And boy do I need it. I have a small business and the VCT flooring was in need of a professional refinishing. I called up a cleaning place in town here and got a price. The owner of the business gave it to me and assured me of a professional job...

So this guy showed up early yesterday morning. And for as often as the dogs have chased him out of the yard, he keeps coming back. I found a pigeon racing organization and called them, thinking they would tell me what to do, but they pretty much said I was on my own. To go ahead and try to catch...

A few weeks ago the neighbor told me his daughter saw something walking across our yards in the middle of the day. He said it might have been a fisher by her description. Today I might have seen the same thing while hogging the back field. Again, middle of the day. I have been doing web and...

It looks like I can put my backhoe to good use again. I'm getting my driveway concreted and want to put a sewer line across it for future use. The township supervisor/planner said to come out the cellar wall at the same height my septic line comes out (which comes out a different wall). That...

Hi guys. Long time. I gotta question and this is the place to ask, what with all the experience here. Why is it that 3ph snowthrowers have no real adjustment to follow the contour of the ground or help them dig in? If you are approaching ground that falls away, the machine doesn't go down...

I'd like to enlarge/widen the parking area in my gravel driveway. This would mean building up the grade where it currently tapers into my lawn about 2' to get it up to the current level. I'm thinking about 40' long that I'd have to do this and the extended part would be about 10' deep. And of...

I need some ideas on how much I want to invest to fix a problem. My house is on a septic system and so is my business, which is on the same property but has its own septic. The township has said we would be getting sewer down the road, but they have no idea when. My house's leach field...

I'm not really sure if this is considered a project, but what would be the best way to remove this bush? It's about 8-9' high and 3' at the base. As you can see, it's a tangled mess of about 1" stems/stalks at the base and gets worse as it goes up. I was thinking about tying it up somewhat so I...

Hi guys. I've read through some of the threads here and it looks like a backhoe could be a worthwhile investment for my tractor, but here's the deal... I've got some drainage to put in. It's a very soft area, so soft that the rental place sent me home when I went to pick up a trencher, saying...

Hi all. I need some input from the TBN brain trust. Recently I got rid of my piece of crap (as some older members will know) Kubota G2160 in favor of a ZD26. Sweet ride. Knocked about 45 minutes off my mowing time. Problem is, it has such a much larger footprint than the G2160 it is now a PITA...

I'm in the market (late) for a 3PH snowblower. The dealer I want to buy from hads two; a Provonost puma, 64" and a something (Ber-vac?) Blizzard in 74". He's trying to steer me towards the Blizzard to cover the 72" footprint of my L3130. He also said he's dropping Puma because everyone chooses...

Here's what I have: I have two downspouts that run into an underground 4" drain pipe. This runs 50' to pick up both downspouts. From the last one it runs 10' and outside a fenced in area, which is where I wanted the drain to spill its water. There is a slight fall to the drain pipe and due to...

I know I had to change my time setting and that reads correctly now, but is there a "seasonal setting" I am missing :confused: Every time I read a reply by Bird, he's standing in front of a Christmas wreathe wearing a Carhart jacket. Something don't seem right... ;) Bird, what's up with...

Not mine, I'm childless, which is probably a good thing being divorced.... My neighbor's daughter just came over and wanted to know if I would take delivery of her father's Fathers Day present in the next day or two. Sure, I said. She bought her father a quad! His brother usually has...

I'd like to pull from the TBN brain trust. I just bought a quad, but have an open pole barn, so I need a way to lock it up but good. When I'm home I can sandwich it between my porch and vehicle overnight and I thought a heavy duty chain and lock through one of the 4x4 posts would be a good idea...

About an hour ago one of our members pulled out of my driveway with a 4' brush hog I no longer used. He had seen me mention having it in a topic wondering if 4' KK brush hogs were any good, if I remember right.... He made quite the drive to get here, but it was worth it to him because he...

I added some tool holders to my bucket today. There's four altogether, made out of 1/4" plate. Here's two of them being used to hold a shovel.

I just had 3-16" stumps ground and all I can say is I can't believe anyone would dig them out themselves. More power to 'ya, but for $30 and thirty minutes work.... for him that is.... I have a stump about a foot below grade and no damage to the surrounding area, just the immediate stump area...

without eating? I'm assuming that robins are strictly carnivorous because I never see them by the feeder. Does anyone know off hand? They have been back here in my neck of the woods for three weeks. That's three weeks of frozen ground and I haven't seen a bug since last.... actually it may...

I have a BUNCH of drywall screws left over after a project. It was cheaper to just buy the whole tub. I have another little project coming up, building a coop, and I want to know if black drywall screws can be used without the heads rusting. Does anyone know if they retain their black coating in...

I guess this is like a Murphey's Law kind of question, but here goes... Given the choice, or lack of, do people build garages/pole barns over known buried lines? Would it depend on what kind of line it is? I have been kicking around putting up a building to park my vehicle and tractor in. (It...

.... and more. I came across this site today. It is the most recent satellite view of any I've seen, from the summer of '02 in my case, as you can see the cement pad for my business and where the excavator was getting the fill dirt from. This one has a little real estate info too, including your...

I haven't been back to my pole barn in a while, at least not to where I was paying attention to things, but the nice weather recently has me outside putzing around more. Yesterday I saw this... It appears to push the tar paper out just about all the way up to the roofline. Obviously something is...

I saw something a little odd this morning and I feel like saying something about it. It concerns my neighbor and his leaves. Now first off I'd like to say that this is my favorite neighbor. We get along great and are always helping one another out. I am not trying to start one of those bad...

A month ago I had an 8' tube burn out, so I ended up replacing both and setting them on my hopper for garbage pick up. No problem. They disappeared with the rest of my garbage. I had four set out this morning and the garbage P/U didn't take them. Apparently they radio in because when I called to...

The long spell without rain really wiped out my yard over the summer and it doesn't look like it's going to come back without some help. It's about 3 acres and there is as much burned out brown, often right down to the dirt, as there is green. I spoke with a landscaper a month ago and I also...

I called Radio Hack and they said they didn't have an answer to my question, so I'd like to give it a shot here.... What I'm looking for is a phone answering device that can be placed inline, ahead of all phones, and be able to take a message when turned on without allowing any phones to ring...

Hey, I for one am glad the picture on the homepage has changed again. Always great pics, but they get kind of boring. But, just my observation.... how come the grass surrounding the M-F brush hog doesn't seem any taller than the grass behind it At least the JD had dirt in his bucket. This...

My first time "real" garden with any size to it is killing me right now. Here's what I am witnessing. First off, I planted corn and beans on Memorial Day according to the locals that don't put plastic over their crop. We had two hot, mostly dry weeks after that. I had also used, as some of you...

I noticed the other day that the areas I keep trimmed low for walking paths were looking a little shaggy, so I touched up the blades on my Rhino SE5 with a hand grinder. The blades didn't look too bad, a few nicks and gouges, nothing like the blades looked on my 4' KK that I had never touched...

I listen to sports radio mostly and with summer here the local sports radio has started broadcasting the local minor league baseball team. I started looking into satellite radio and the portable MyFi can be had for $202 with all kinds of kits for car or home plus a built in antenna for...

I saw that there were a lot of knowledgable pc people here and I wanted to know if someone has an idea why I am having a hard time backing up my work database to a CD Rom lately. More and more I am getting a popup telling me that there isn't enough memory on the cd when I hit record, but I am...

I've been throwing this around on a couple chicken forums and I would like some input from the folks here. It's getting closes to crunch time and I need to make an informed decision. I want to get some chickens. I need a coop. I would prefer the coop be "nice looking" right off the bat, since it...

Got a little question. I'd like to get a spreader for my lawn tractor. After looking through the Northern Tool catalogue I am totally confused as to whether I want a drop or broadcast. Things running through my mind are: The broadcast spreader will get the job done quicker, but The 42" drop...

Just a pic of the branches the recent storm deposited either on the ground or well on their way to being. I'm not sure how my lilac bushes are going to recover or a spruce tree that is now just about bare on one side . Certainly not a catastophe though. I probably had more weight on there than...

This has nothing to do with rural living, but it seems most everyone visits this forum.... To: Gamemaster, Slydog, Junkman, Andy M, Charlie in TX and Coachgrd I apologize for not responding to the PMs I just noticed I had . I don't know how many times I've seen that envelope flashing, but...

Unloaded the KK tiller today and was noticing the skid shoes on either side. What do they do? Wouldn't one shoe ride lower in the ground that is tilled, assuming you overlap a little? Do you set them at their highest position, take them off? Why would you only want to till the ground a little...

So, how deep of snow will an L3130 with loaded R4s on solid ground go through? Can I finesse it enough to hook my rear blade back up that is also under the heavy, wet blanket we got hit with last night and navigate my way from my pole barn, a couple hundred feet to my driveway? Man did we get...

OK, I've read quite a few posts on tillers here over the last week or so. I've looked around the area at them and also online. I've come to the conclusion that that is one expensive attachment for something that isn't used all that much, but it seems like a needed attachment (aren't they all...

\'Tis the season There's still a little snow on the ground here and the morning temps have been in the single digits, but that isn't slowing down the skunks from starting their night patrols. I'm giving my first skunk bath of the season and my employee's dog got nailed last night, too. You...

Does anyone have a good link that would take someone that knows nothing about corn except how to cook and eat it (me), to what one needs to do in order to grow it? I want to plant just a small patch for myself, family and friends, maybe a few critters, and have no idea what implements I need or...

I need some help from those familiar with well pumps and wells. I know just enough to hook a pump and pressure tank up, but not how to troubleshoot. No water this morning in the house. I went downstairs, where my pump and tank are located, and there was no pressure reading on the tank's guage...

Not sure where to post this, but this looks like a good spot... I have a 150g diesel fuel tank. The guy I got it from told me to go to NAPA to get the pump for it. The only one NAPA had was around $50 so that's the one I ended up with. It only pumps fuel on the downstroke, but I can live with...

Not sure where to post this as I don't know if forks are considered attachments, tools or other.... But, can someone recommend some FEL forks to me and where to purchase them? Search has yielded too many posts and I haven't been able to narrow down what I'm looking for. I remember seeing some...

I found out today that my next door neighbor knows me better than I thought he did! Last night I happened to look out the window facing the rear of my property around 8PM. I saw a lot of lights traveling across my field and turning to cross my creek. I went outside and it was my neighbor on his...

Let me start by saying I'm not very familiar with the tools available to do carpentry project. I'm a tin knocker at heart, but at any rate I need some advice on the following: I've got a project coming up where I am going to build out a block wall on the inside of a building (my kennel). I'm...

The dealer picked up my bota for its 50 hour yesterday. There were some other problems I wanted him to look at, too. A couple weeks ago I couldn't get the bucket into the downward float position. They came out, sprayed a little PB Blaster up into the joystick linkage and that lasted about a...

Does anyone have a source or know if they make attachments for lawn tractors, just something to hook up to the small hitch? More specifically I am looking for a pull behind rake that I can gather up the fallen black walnuts with. I could use my landscape rake and my L3130, but I'm looking to be...

of a fuel tank. The neighbor up the road knew I was interested in a fuel tank for my tractor and mower and had a couple of 150 gallon ones that he no longer used, so he called me up today and I took the tractor up the road and picked one up. Free! I don't know what they normally go for, but I...

I went from a B7500 to an L3130. I could lower the bucket on the B7500 and lift the front end of the tractor right up in the air. The L3130 barely comes off the ground. Is this due to the hydraulics or the travel of the bucket? Thanks

I think I bought the wrong attachment for the job.... not that I won't find use for it later. I have a driveway alert that I wanted to bury the sensor and put it in some yellow plastic gas pipe I have left over from a job. I bought a subsoiler thinking that would do the trick, but it doesn't...

Well, you know the rest. I finally got my G2160 in to go with my L3130 and the dealer took back the B7500 a couple of days ago. Nice. I can't believe how much more power the "lawn" tractor has for cutting grass. I was cutting deeper grass shorter and the engine didn't slow down once. It has a...

Does someone have a website for them or a dealer's website I can look at them and price them? I've seen them in a few member's pics, but can't seem to find out more about them. Thanks, Fred

Is there a condensed "how to" on levelling driveways and fields? I've got a backblade and just picked up a box blade yesterday. I'm expecting my new tractor sometime today and wanted to start on my back field, which used to be an old cornfield. "Search" has me reading lots of good info, but I'm...

I saw this subject in a post while I was looking for some insight into what I have been thinking of doing and I am definitely afflicted with it. My 7500, while doing a good job for me, and believe me I run the heck out of it, just doesn't seem to be the tractor I want to keep for a while and I...

In light of the recent storm passing through the northeast, the snow drifting from a different direction and having to move one foot of snow that covered my drive from side to side for the first time (usually the wind keeps my drive semi-clear), I would like to get some chains for next year's...

How do you get the sidearms on a 302 FEL to raise above the mounting receivers on a B7500? I thought I interpreted the instructions correctly, but I could only get them to raise up about 1". I tried different positions of the bucket and the phrase "raise the front wheels slightly" using the...

After pricing out some skid shoes for the Woods back blade I just got for snow removal on my gravel drive, I've decided to try to build my own. Sheesh, they're almost half the price of what the blade cost! I've got a pretty good idea how I'm going to construct them, but can't seem to locate any...

Well, I bought a yard rake yesterday. A 72" Land Pride with gauge wheels, I had a lot of levelling and sod clump breaking up to do around my new bldg. and it worked great. It surprised me that the wheels aren't more readily available, only two places in a 25 mile radius even had them. The place...

Well, I'm finding out why this was such a hot topic a while back. Two days ago I did in about a dozen hives that were being built where the house siding meets the foundation and also under the eaves. Why they can't build one big nest instead of building small ones a few feet from each other is...

A few days ago I scraped down 4" of packed dirt in an area about 8' x 50' with my FEL. Tough going without a toothbar. I told a friend about it that night and mentioned how that if I had a toothbar, things would have gone a lot easier but, I don't know how I would have back dragged the dirt to...

A while back I mentioned hogging some 4-5 ft. tall grass in my back field. I didn't do it all, but rather made 10 ft. wide paths. It probably looks pretty interesting from the air. I figure I'll cut the rest in the fall when it dies off. A few days ago I lowered my BH to where it is supposed to...

I don't remember which of the topics I stated some problems I was having with my tractor on, so I'll update here as I sort of got off topic from the original poster's question anyway. After definitely overheating once and thinking it overheated for a second time after getting it back from the...

Well, I finally got my rear discharge RFM in at the dealer's and got it hooked up. A 60" Bush Hog with chain guard. The grass was a little higher than usual and I set out to give the mower a good test. It was nice not having to worry about shooting grass (or anything else that might have found...

After the advice given in another post, I went with a 4 ft. brush hog for my B7500HST. I bought a KK at the new TSC and it cuts through 4 ft. high field grass like butter. My question is, how do you adjust the cutting height? It seems like all the rear wheel is good for is to adjust the angle of...

Hi All, I have about 4-5 acres of "lawn" around the house I recently bought and noticed when I last mowed it that there were just as many weeds as grass. What would be the best (and most economical) way to help thicken up the grass so it doesn't turn into a weedpatch in a couple of years? I'm...

Well, it doesn't look like like the farmer who worked the field on the property I bought 6 months ago is is going to do the same this year (shoot, I was looking forward to a little lease money ) so, I went looking at brush hogs a little while ago. I can get a 60" Woods standard for $980 and I...