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Came with the 1248 Landpride bush hog. This one has alloy wheels and front bumper.

We placed an order for a Maverick Lariat hybrid with heated seats at the local dealer. The story is they cannot get onto the order portal until August. They got an ecoboost in. We went to check it out. Wife did not like it. It was 4wd and appeared much higher than the 0.3 inches that the...

We've quite a hill behind the house; so, I wanted a unit that would provide some engine braking on hills. The RTV 520 and all Kubota RTVs are perhaps the only ones with hydrostatic transmission that will ****** and even stop the RTV without braking. For those of you driving automatic...

Highly recommend Pete at Diversified Land Management: https://www.diversifiedlm.com/gallery here in Virginia. The meadow or creek overflow area is virtually clear, just a few larger trees there. Had him remove everything smaller than six inches diameter. Have 6 or 8 sourwoods that I hope...

I've severe neuropathy (idiopathic) in my lower legs; so, I can no longer drive my Miata nor my wife's Mazda3. So, I'll have garage space next to my tractor where the Miata is. Been looking into UTVs. Seems JD no longer makes its small diesel Gator that has only a 1 gallon fuel tank. Now most...

Well, I thought I'd submitted a review of the B2601 in the Reviews area, but I made a mistake on the hours. Went to correct it, and it was not there. So, I'll sumit it here and let the guy(s) who check this site move it to Reviews. I bought the B2601 in January, driving 2 hours up to...

Was helping a friend by removing a raised commode seat because she's trying to sell a friend's condo given to her. Thing had 2 wingnuts and 2 other nuts, 1 each on the 2 screws/bolts. Got the wingnuts and 1 nut off, but the last one refused to yield to my impact screwdriver (phillips head on...

On August 1, I had another hearing test that shows significant hearing loss. Worst is that my understanding is only about 60%. I knew all this before the test, of course. Here's a note I sent a very helpful audiologist about some success I found without spending $5,000 each on Phonak aids...

Anyone else run into this? Just recommisssioned our calcite bed. Had it bypassed since June, 2021 because of water hammer when backwashing. Been monitoring pH. Was always above 7 until about 3 or 4 weeks ago and had dropped to 6.9, 6.7, etc. Broke one of the valve handles when I tried to...

Something knocked off the leading left signal light lens yesterday on the B2601. I've seen grills for these. Where does one get them? Guess it's the dealer for another lens? Messicks? Think some have replaced bulbs with LEDs. Source? Work okay? On our old 1983 Benz, its signal light system...

We've had our Amtrol soda ash unit bypassed since June of last year because of water hammer. Been monitoring the pH. It has been well above 7 since around September of 2018 until recently. Then it turned 6.9 two weeks ago and 6.7 yesterday. We have copper pipes. Need to above 7. One of the...

I did the 50 hour service on the B2601. So, while I was down there, I took a look at the Kubota's driveshaft from engine to HST. NO Ujoint there. There's a coupler that probably allows to/fro sliding to accommodate thermal movement, but no Ujoint. Cannot see the back. Probably none there...

I just did the 50 hour engine oil change on the B2601. Wonder if anyone has used an oil extractor to know which side of the pan the extractor empties? I should have done it, e.g. used oil extractor to figure this out. Then I'd only unscrew the plug that it does not empty next change @ 250...

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Got new tires for the Ryobi ZT480e today. Went 1 inch larger width than the supplied 18x8.5-8 turf tires. The one shot shows the details on the Good Year Super Lug tires that are 18x9.5-8. They still clear the mechanism just inside the tire about the same 1/2 inch. The picture appears as...

Have a little bit of limbs to chip. So, I removed the bush hog and put the WC46 wood chipper back on. First, the QH didn't want to let go of the bush hog. Then could not get the WC46 to go on until I adjusted the top link out quite a bit. (Because the WC46 is up a bit on a dolly made from...

The B2601 remains stingy on fuel. Up to 12 gallons now at 32.7 full up to fill tube: 0.014 gph/engine hp. This is vs. 0.025 gph/engine hp for 3 Yanmar JDs.

It's 8 years old; so, I extracted the oil from the Frontier RC2048 cutter gear box and replaced it with new GL5 stuff. There was some water initially at the bottom. I'd read posts on here before about folks saying they had milky bush hog oil. Guess it does not get hot enough to expel the tiny...

I've 2 gallons of unopened Hy Gard lo vis leftover from when I had my 1025R that I found in clearing out stuff in the basement of the carriage house where implements and stuff is stored. So, anyone in central Va area need some? Only $10/gallon.

I did this on our B2601 Kubota but it would work on almost any machine that does not have a level indicator. Just took 5 ft of 1/2 inch PVC, short 3/8 inch eye bolt, 2 nuts, 2 big washers (B2601 had big holes on each side already), a screw hose clamp, elbow and 2 caps. Use level and mark with...

I tried looking up to find TnT online. All I found was a TBN discussion about it. You obsessed about electric having to be big and tough to be able to move the top link and side link while in motion. HELLO! When you adjust by hand, you don't do it in motion. Why expect an electric one to...

Took the bush hog blades off and "sharpened" them. Explained to my wife that the nuts holding the blades in place took longer to tighten up because I did not get the titties on the bolts lined up with the built-in brassieres in the bush hog hub. Broke one of the two 4x1/2 inch bolts holding...

So far, even at 5.1 hours, it still will not take the rest of the 2 gallons of diesel fuel. All the JDs pretty much run at a prorate on engine hp of the 660 hour 4010's 0.46 gph. This one is far less, challenging the Isuzu's position for fuel sipper at our ranch. It's at 0.33 gph over 230...

A one hp snow plow.

Got the lube shuttle for Xmas. Used it yesterday to grease the wood chipper, as we had it open to clear a discharge chute blockage. Took a few pumps to get grease through it as it comes empty, of course. All I'd done when I got it was to screw in a new cartridge. The head and line are all...

I removed the rear PTO shield. The combo of it allowing a tad less room than the JD 2025Rs and the refusal of the PTO to allow easy hand rotation was too much. The shield is off and will stay off. I'm a big boy and know not to put things in the way of a rotating PTO. Takes a 12 mm open end...

The B2601 was delivered this morning. $11.44k difference for it plus 5 ft box blade and added hydraulic on FEL and JD 2025R 2015 trade-in. $13k for the JD. He had a buyer up there (Winchester) for $14k. Retail on the 2025R is about $17k. Was MSRP on tractor. Gave $1,000 off on it and $400...

I've determined that the retail price of my JD2025R with 429 hours is about $17,000. What is the trade-in or wholesale price I'm likely to get from a dealer? Attached are some pics. It's a gen. 1 2025R with the steering brakes, which are not available on new lower hp JDs. Have had too many...

Looking into bolt on pallet forks for lifting about 300 # of diesel containers on a pallet. One person says they're "junk". Yeah, for maybe heavier loads. Pallet forks are $1200 to go in place of the FEL, on the FEL lift arms. Bolt on ones are only about $90 and LOTS easier to store when not...

What's the price of pallet forks to place on FEL lift arms/frame in place of bucket? Trying to decide on bolt on vs. buying pallet forks for new tractor. Gotta use something else to eliminate muscling 5 gallon containers for refueling the diesel generator. Went through muscling 7 of them...

Not a massive snow, but a very wet 9 inches that downed A LOT of trees and limbs. Power and internet were both out for just over 3 days. Here are some lessons learned: o Generator tank is only good for 50 gallons, not 60 that I thought we had. Ran out of fuel after 70 hours this morning...

With forecast snow coming tonight, I took the WM WC off the 3ph to put the back blade on. Could not figure why it kept hanging up on the 3ph. After 2 seasons of chipping, I'd taken to rotating the discharge chute to inside the folded ROPS for transport. There, it is out of the way of...

Saw it recommended on a video this morning. Wonder how it is from those who have it. Been looking at both air and battery units. Both suffer from having to use same replacements of grease with problems getting old cartridge out and leakage around the plunger leaving grease behind. So, how is...

Thinking about getting a grapple, which requires some hydraulic lines and connections up front. Wondering whether a tee could be put in the lines for the valve/buttons to work a hydraulic top link when grapple not needed.

Has anyone done this. They are inside on the LX.

I'm thinking about getting a box blade to level out soil. Anyone have/used the TSC ones? Otherwise, what's good?

I've a JD 2025R. Good tractor but with some electrical issues, probably mostly solved now. 420 hours. At 660 hours, my 4010 (like a 2019E if made) front driveshaft Ujoint blew apart at 9 years. Had the 2025Rs greased at 200 hours. Supposed to be greased every 50 but cannot get to it nor...

Ran the chipper today for the first time since last season. Got 2 issues maybe others can chip in with their experience. Plan to cut another 1 inch off each PTO shaft. Followed the instructions and think it's too long when lifted and running. Had this issue last year, of course. Just was...

A local outfit rents heavy duty skidsteer stuff. Usually come with a big FEL but also have a very heavy duty bush hog. Am contemplating rental, probably with the bucket first to get some big stumps out. Then have them come and detach the bucket and put on the heavy duty bush hog. How many...

How big a piece of tree/stump will this thing whack? It's a 4' wide bush hog that goes on a Skidsteer. Has 3/4" thick blades. Attached are details. Would rent it with its 50-60ish hp Skidsteer. Guessing it would whack 4" stuff.

How does an L2501 work with brakes on same foot as the HST pedal? I've been looking a Kubota for my next tractor. Have pretty much set my mind on a B2301 but decided to look at the L2501 since it is so popular. Real deal breaker seems to be the brake pedals on same side as the HST treddle...

The hook on the HF QH has been problematic. In putting my bush hog back on after getting the tractor back from the shop, I could not get the 2nd pin in to secure the top hook. Looked at it and came up with this solution today: Removed the hook and then removed top pin from QH and extended top...

The wife was down below again, marking stumps. She bought another 100 flags and used them all up! Must be 200 stumps, mostly small ones, that we have to remove to be able to bush hog without keeping jamming them. Looking at buy vs. rental. Best buy seems to be the WM 24" one that goes on the...

Battery is good at 12.5 volts on the posts. Lots of corrosion on the connections. Had bought some cleaner and protectant for that but decided not to touch the posts because it being an old (original 2015 or 2015 gen. 1) one that I might cause more harm in working on the posts. Seems as though...

Anyone else have troubles with the so-called automatic swimming pool cover pumps? They only pump down to about the depth of the pump, leaving a puddle to later freeze and possibly damage the pump. I Gooped the 2 floats in the one I got from Walmart in the "up" position and use it in manual...

Goats are a form of "equipment". They were here for 6 days and ate all the invasives. They especially love the native poke with berries and all. Had 57 mommas and babies. Think they're cheaper and far more environmental that large flails or bush hogs. We didn't have any big stuff. We got...

How many have wives who keep finding work for you to do? First, it was my old slides and photos, a huge pile. Bought a DigitNow gizmo to scan them (much faster than my flat bed scanner than won't do slides anyway). Mostly only saved shots of people. Got that all done. Now, she's piled...

This appeared on Facebook. Wonder what it is on? Ralph

Could not find the thread where the OP posted a nice picture of the fuel filter. Near 400 hours; so, I changed it on the 2025R. Gen. 1 only has the fuel bowl filter. Got 3 of them from someone here who'd gone to another tractor and had them left over. The ring came off relatively easy with...

We're at the point where our deck needs replacing again. Replaced the boards on the deck and rail top boards about 10 years ago. Two or 3 years ago, I had to replace several boards. Before that, I found that many of the torx screws had corroded and replaced more than half of them with SS...

My Porter Cable circular saw's brushes apparently got too short. Then the recip saw blade would not eject. Time for a new set. Lowes didn't have the PC circular saw in stock. So, I went through Lowes' listings and liked a Kobalt set with near the same stuff as what I have but in 24v...

Normally don't experience them well into July and August, but yellow jackets got me mowing this afternoon. They actually moved some rocks in front of a blueberry bush and have a nest in there. Got a note to myself and told the wife to remind me to go out 6-7 pm and spray with wasp and hornet...

Follow-up On Keeping Hooved Rats Out In an article about a year ago, I described some fencing methods that I had used to keep hooved rats out (not dear to a gardener). I mentioned that the BEST is 2 fences about 18 inches apart, with one being only a single strand of wire. However, I read on...

Last night, I checked the dehumidifier operation. Humidity was showing 64%. No water was being produced. Bought September of last year. Will be calling Santa Fe's 800 # to find out what to do. Compressor obviously is not coming one. Unplugged it for a bit. Turned it all the way up. No...

3 inch chlorine tabs seem not to be available. I loaded the chlorinator this morning and started circulation. Have 3 tabs left outside the chlorinator. Ralph

Home Depot's agent delivered the Ryobi ZT480e (battery powered ZT) yesterday after ordering on 30 Apr 2021. It originally wasn't promised until June 1, then May 24 and now yesterday. Stores cannot get or keep them. They wouldn't let me order from the store and get my veteran discount because...

I stumbled upon the fact that the 20 and 21 inch self propelled Ryobi 40v mowers are top rated. So, have made the decision to go gasless. Took pictures of the 3 mowers(2 gas and one Kobalt 40v), Kobalt grass whip and the 3 gas cans/containers to advertise them on Nextdoor. Most will be cheap...

We did the lawn this afternoon. The wife was not supposed to be doing it (doc told her light duty for 2 weeks after doing her new tooth base), and she wasn't supposed to be pulling old barbed wire out of along the old maintenance road down below this morning either. Told her that I just could...

Pulled the PTO button on the 2025R this afternoon. The bush hog blades did their thing, but then it sounded like the shear bolt went. No, the PTO just stopped and will not restart. The PTO light comes on. This leads me to think that it is the rear PTO solenoid. The PTO push-pull button was...

I removed the blades and "sharpened" them on the Frontier RC2048 bush hog (blades look something like Rocky Marciano's face after a bad fight). The nuts weren't particularly tight when I loosened them with my 6 ft piece of pipe on my 3/4 inch plain handle. I was careful in putting the bolts...

Anyone have a good, reasonably-priced ebike? I went looking about a month ago online and found the choices and the prices bewildering. Ralph

First time to use the QH to move from chipper to bush hog. Did not have to move the top hook but had to tighten the top link up almost all the way, like I did w/o the QH. This was to get the bottom of the QH far enough back to the thing would catch the bottom lift pins. The QH top hook goes...

Commissioned my outside shower yesterday, but the hot water supply was severely restricted. A bunch of green algae pieces came out, but some more must be plugging the works. Took the shower valve out today. It is not plugged, but I buggered the (very old) shower valve in getting it out...

I ordered a new oil extractor from the DR people. Came yesterday in a GENERAC box with a Generac receipt inside. Just like the old extractor I bought more than 10 years ago. The old one had apparently a tiny tiny leak in the system somewhere because it had become much slower in sucking the...

Was working the WM WC46 chipper, and the 2025R's rpm suddenly dropped to about 1700 rpm. Wouldn't go any higher unless I turned the PTO off. Oh, oh. Thought it was the fuel filter. Took it up the hill to the carriage house. Didn't bog any. Probably not the fuel filter. Opened up the...

Went to change the oil in the 2025R. My old DR oil extractor had busted its suction line in a couple places. It had been getting slower in sucking oil out: probably a teeny tiny air leak somewhere anyway. Got another from the DR outfit. Appears the same. Had to drain the oil by removing...

Anyone had luck with acupuncture to correct some lower leg neuropathy symptoms. Should have tried it sooner. It can treat the symptoms and possibly give some nerve sensation back, the good ones. Got an appointment Monday for my first. Met my limit on gabpentin, e.g. side effects showing up...

Anyone seen any prices and delivery on electric tractors. The Solectrac.com site shows 3 different electric tractors and allows you to post an order for one ($1,000) but does not provide any prices nor delivery. Any others? Would love to have one. Solectrac says typically about 3 hours of...

Got it Autozone and free delivery to the house. Just over $10/qt. The 2025R will need oil change and grease job soon. Getting ready. About the best deal was 5 qts of T6 5w40, but I didn't work for Shell. I'd be a traitor. Plus the 40w will use a tad more fuel. Been getting 5w30 Castrol at...

Dried up enough finally to get the tractor out do a little bit of chipping up around the house. Won't be dry enough to go down the back hill until about Friday. Backing off 1/4 turn from the 1/2 turn that was too stiff on the control arm control adjustment via the 6 mm allen screw below the...

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My wife ran into a neighbor who uses a Dremel chainsaw sharpening kit to sharpen his chains. I ordered and received it and have looked at a few videos. The shop we use now charges $10 to sharpen her little 12 inch Stihl chains; so the kit will pay off if it works. Years ago, I used to sharpen...

Moved 20 gallons of diesel fuel from carriage house to garage. Carriage house doors don稚 work on the generator. Can open the one door manually, but the ramp to it could be slick. Generator uses about 6 gallons/day. Snow yesterday and trees all covered still. Rain has started. Supposed to...

This new WC46 chipper plus new QH are about 580 #. That's almost 300 # heavier than the 288# TPH-122 I had. Can feel it back there. With heavy loads in the FEL, I always carry it very low. Thinking maybe I should move the adjustable, bypassable stop on the JD's 3ph jack shaft control to show...

I may treat myself to a Harbor Freight quick hitch this afternoon. Locally only $110. One Woodland Mills video mentioned that it is compatible with the HF quick hitch. Got a guy coming to look at the old MacKissic shortly. Sent him my computer files already and found paper files and even a...

Think I have the wive talked into buying a new chipper. Read the reviews, and Woodland Mills seem to make good machines and have good service. Their website is really good with very impressive videos. I'm impressed by how easy they are to service. Thinking the WC46 is good enough for us: a...

I used to have a whole lot of calculations of lube oil properties and other stuff in Visual Basic Applications (VBA) that were used in Excel. It was one of my hobbies as a chemical engineer working in the lube process business. Found my backup and put together a VBA module with stuff I needed...

You can get the ESPN bowl games on Twitter. I discovered this and got the OSU-Clemson 4th quarter last night. Can get the 4pm and 8pm games tonight, too. Just Google the bowl game you want to watch, e.g. "bowl game on Twitter", to get the URL. Can search on Twitter, too. So far, no sale...

My wife and I have been putting together our neighborhood directory since no one has done one since 2012 when I was last secretary/treasurer of the HOA but had to resign due to health. Everything is on Excel. Going online, there are gobs of ways of converting a column of emails into an email...

Think it's captioned wrongly. He's probably flying around heaven or **** in many pieces. Ralph

What is it? Barn find. Ralph

Our 1987 well pump had started causing some air in the lines every so often after sitting overnight. This is a symptom of a tiny air leak between the check valve and the pump, usually. Also, the pump output seemed to have reduced very slightly over time, not quite 2 gpm. We called Foster Well...

Anyone doing this: Unable to sync OneDrive to an SD card or external USB drive - Office Support Unlink this PC option is under Account when you right click the cloud and click Settings. Key seems to reformat a flash/sd card to NTSC(or whatever the web site says). You have to stop synching...

I'd been accessing Google Earth from one of my old HDs using a HD/USB adaptor. Well, my wife's old HD apparently ruined it or maybe my old HD with its bad sectors made some more, etc. and ruined it. Can no longer read HDs on it. Found Google Earth online. Just Google it and you'll find...

From one of my cousins on FB.

Wife's Dell computer failed last night. Only 4 years old. Don't know whether it is the power unit or hard drive. Will remove hard drive before recycling and plug it in and see if it works. Bought her a Dell all-in-one mainly because it was 1 left at Bestbuy and has what I want, very much...

We're updating our neighborhood directory. No one else has done it since I had to give up the secretary/treasurer job in 2013. We have it almost done. One thing that I am putting together is an email list in a text file to go into "to", "cc", or "bcc" areas of an email in case of an...

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We've 2 stream crossings over a small stream that flows into Ivy Creek, which runs along most of the east side of our property. The little stream is mostly along the north side of the property. I put in a tractor crossing and a people crossing. We had to move the people crossing when the...

My neighbor to the right side is like me: naked gardener, etc. Neither of us could care less where exactly the property line is, maybe within 10 ft or so. Neighbor on the left is a horse of a different animal. He had been renting out the property for the last 16-17 years but has moved back...

Been having issues with our Honda HRR216's electric starter. Starter would spin and not engage the flywheel. Wife could not start with rope starter. I could with a single pull. Got another starter (3rd one now; had same issue before and new 2nd starter fixed it). Started once, and then...

In our 7th year after encapsulating our crawl space underneath the family room and laundry room, we started experiencing odor and it affecting my wife this year. It has been traced to bacteria formation underneath the encapsulation. The expert who diagnosed this recommended a commercial...

I have trouble hearing on the telephone with or without my hearing aids. Saw my audiologist last week for some hearing aid cleaning. Asked her about it, e.g. whether I could get my bluetooth hearing aids to receive signal from my bluetooth phones directly like a friend of mine does. She...

We got stuck behind a tractor going up the road apparently to Barracks Farm (where the hessian POW camp was back in 1775). It had a back hoe in front. Probably used the same hydraulics as the FEL. One would just swing the front of the tractor to make it go side to side. It was an older JD...

We ended up with a odor from our crawl space this year. Been doing fine with an AC discharge into it and 3 fans going. Had tried a dehumidifier in the past, but was just overloaded and heated space too much. Bothering the wife. I absolutely cannot smell it at all. Have removed insulation in...

The circlip is gone from the input shaft on my Frontier RC 2048. Wondering if anyone else has found and used something else there? A couple semicircles that would screw together would work; I'd think. Dealer is ordering the part, but it's a small thing to keep the Ujoint from sliding off when...

A rear 3ph snow blower would really kick it up: Pete Downey - Just a couple of rednecks loading a wheelbarrow Ralph

This morning there was a This Old House segment on heat pump clothes driers. Only exhausts water. All the air is kept in. Richard's estimate is 40-50% energy savings. Sent them a note saying this is probably low. The COP of heat pumps is usually 3 to 4. That would mean 67-75% energy...

Neighbor informed us that one of our tree limbs fell onto his precious property. So, I removed the bush hog and mounted the Mac TPH-122 to shred/chip up the limbs. In greasing it, I found the top/rear bearing on it was missing the grease fitting; it seems to have vibrated out; threads are...

Ever since we switched to Xfinity Wifi the reception on my TV antenna here in the basement is awful. Bought another antenna, a Mohu, recommended as best online. No improvement. Now connected both it and the RCA antenna up together. Still no better. Check online and it says Wifi cannot...

FINALLY got the wife disgusted enough with Centurylink to switch to Comcast/Xfinity for internet and phone (use Roku over internet for TV/movies). Due to swap on Tuesday, the 19th. Her biggest problem with making the switch was the changing of her email for about a dozen or more outfits that...

Hope you can get this: posted on Twitter. How to clean your fuel tank: Twitter Ralph

Especially once the growing season gets going. Ralph

Somehow, the thought came into my mind last night. The diesel fuel in my generator's 60 gallon tank is getting on to near 8 years. Had our 1983 Benz stored for 4 years once. Came back and found the diesel in it rather BROWN. Wondering what some of you have done to freshen up old diesel. If...

Could not go down below today again, too wet. So, I changed the coolant on the 2025R. Think it went about 5 years. Compared to the 4010, the coolant change on this one was very easy. On the 4010, nothing would drain unless the vent on the thermostat was removed; 2025R has no vent. The...

My tractor seat belt almost cuts my gut in half when going downhill. Tightens up too much to turn around enough for backing the bush hog up over stuff. Have to remove it to get enough around to see behind. Anyone have a solution to these problems? Maybe a bigger, more cushioned something...

My new HP all-in-one often will not wake up from sleep. Once had a Dell (wife's before her current one) that took to doing this. Left it on all the time. That's what we used to do with our office machines when I worked. This new HP does not have a hard drive: solid state memory like memory...

How many are experiencing creepy crawly internet after about 8 am and until about 8 pm? I'm on DSL with CenturyLink. Think there was a news segment on it on CBS this morning. Will catch the rerun on Fox at 7. Think it was 6:05; so will be 7:05. Just happened since Sunday. Wife is resistant...

My new computer on Office 365 insists that I use OneDrive cloud (part of the yearly Office payment). It auto copied my files when I put them onto the C: docs and pictures. However, I recently had to add to our church picture directory and could not find either the pub nor the pdf files for it...

Tried googling this. Not too successful. Anyone know of or have an ATV with a 3ph. It's getting close to the point where I need to put the bush hog on the tractor, but we'll still be needed the shredder/chipper for a while. Wondering if there are any ATVs with at least a Cat 0 3ph on them...

Both my wife and I have been getting LOTS of junk email ads. What do you do to block these things, or whatever? On Outlook underneath the "home", there's a Junk selection. We click it and then OK. Ralph

Guess DPF in our pickups will prevent our doing this. Ralph

No, it isn't another printer, although my buying one kind of started this. My old HP 3180 all-in-one printer quit working after a Win 10 update. Turned out, the hard drive failed on my Dell, but I got it started. The Win 10 update had not finished, but my printer install was somehow mushed...

She helped me with the lawn mowing. So, had to pull out her Honda walkbehind. She thought the battery was down. Tried pull starting it. Usually worked. Think I overdid the starting fluid. So, I tried it. The Honda has the thing about the shutdown wire being a tad too long. You have to...

After installing Norton, twitter, me we and my Ameriprise account docs would not load. Reinstalled Edge from IE. Everything fine now. Hope this is the last surprise on the new pooter. Ralph

We've 7 approximately 1986ish skylights in this house. Just got a quote back on replacing 4 of them in the breakfast room. Quote seems a tad high but have a lot of confidence in the guy. Cannot seem to find anyone else to quote. Even have a neighbor over on the next ridge who owns a roofing...

We installed a new tail piece drain in my wife's master bath sink this afternoon. I was looking for something that was a little bit like grease but a tad less messy but not something that would lock things up like putty. Found some old bio white lithium grease in a tube. The outside of the...

To those of you using TP to wipe your butt and nothing else. Quit. Your aversion to not touching yourself "down there" is a big problem. The dry TP will eventually rub the rectal skin raw and open it up to infection and possibly even cancer. Want to wear a bag for the rest of your life at some...

I bought stuff this morning for the 250 hr maintenance on the 2025R. Costed about $100 exclusive of the coolant, which I already have. The parts guy showed me a chart where it shows an internal filter in addition to the spin-on filter. I told him that I think there's only a suction screen...

I bought stuff for the 250 hr maintainance on the 2025R at JD this morning. Came to about $100 exclusive of the Coolant, which I already have. The Stihl chain saw people were offering a veggie-based bar and chain oil for almost $9/QT. That's about the same price as regular bar and chain oil...

Anyone else having troubles with the latest Windows 10 update? First off, yesterday evening the pooter would not even function because it started the update soon as I woke it up. After 1 1/2 hours, it was at 27%. Left it for the night and used the iPad. This morning, it froze and said the...

How many of you have your grandchildren open those supposedly "child proof" caps that are adult proof? Then just leave the caps sitting loosely on top. Stupid government. Ralph

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I was hoping that we'd get through this car (wife's DD) without her having hit a hooved rat with it. She hit one this morning just up the street. A car coming towards her apparently spooked it, and it jumped out and nailed the right front bumper of the Mz3. Seems to be mostly bumper damage...

Why do pickup trucks have such huge differentials? The ones on Subarus are small. The one on our Miata is small, and its final drive ratio is 4.1. Same for our 1983 240D Benz. It was basically the same drive with independent rear axles as the Miata and Subaru have. Why are pickup trucks...

With the driveshaft Ujoint problem on my first JD (a 4010) and a lemon of a 1025R, I'd gone sour on JDs, particularly after finding out that they have not solved their Ujoint problem. Been researching Kubotas, as it's really the only other tractor outfit around here. Was very interested in a...

Wondering about your various experience/knowledge about the diesel state of the art. Just sat (actually laid) down to read a Mother Earth mag and saw a Mahindra ad. Says their diesels do not require a DPF. Yet Mahindra dropped their plans to bring over their diesel P/U, probably because of...

You F-150 drivers will want to read this: Is Premium Gas Worth It? We Test High Octane on 4 Popular Vehicles It's the only vehicle where 93 octane was a big improvement over 87 octane. On the BMW, the 87 octane was better. On my own tests in the MX-5, I've settled on 89 (probably more nearly...

One option for diesel transfer is the Ironton pump on the Northern Tool site. I bought it for $31.20 as an oil extractor. One use ruined the seals on it to get suction from the next car's sump, but it still works to transfer diesel from a 5 gallon container on the floor to the 2025R's tank...

I was reading the B2301/2601 owners manual online. Even Kubota recommends changing the engine coolant every 2 years. What is different about a tractor's coolant vs. car/trucks that go 10 years or 100k miles now on coolant? Think NOTHING. There is really nothing different about a tractor's...

My old DR oil extractor has not been holding its vacuum that long, requiring lots more pumping to get the oil out of sumps. So, I bought an Ironton oil extractor pump from Northern Tool. In the little manual, it says to only use on oil between 40 and 50 C (104-122 F); otherwise, it may ruin...

We used the MacKissic TPH-122 A LOT last spring in clearing out piles of debris the May, 2018 storm left down along the creek. Finished off the 2 chipper blades that I'd been swapping back and forth for 15 years and bought a new blade. Then had to get it sharpened (in machine shop). Started...

The battery was dead on the 2025R this afternoon. Bought in July, 2015. Ralph

I got a bill for $25.70 for parts when they did the PTO button and Ujoint grease. Said they added some 5w30 oil to the engine. Told them that's bad business of not getting it into the other charge ($476) and that it should not have needed oil. Last time I checked it, it was bright and clear...

I hit a stump yesterday with the bush hog and shut down. Restarted tractor and restarted bush hog. Too much vibration. Shut it down and went back to the garage. Parked with the hog in the air at the top of the carriage house ramp. Blades are crossed. Happened one time on the 4010 and LX-4...

I'm looking for a 12v brushless water pump that'll do around 5 gpm and put up about 60 psi, typical of ones you guys would use for sprayers on your tractor 3 ph. Cannot seem to find a source. I'd like it to pump out of a little stream up to my rain tanks. I've some diaphragm pumps with brush...

Anyone seen one of these heavy duty bush hogs? Cat(R) Industrial Brushcutter Operating Tips - YouTube The neighbor is clearing vines and stuff between trees going behind his back lawn down to the little stream that goes along his and our properties. He hired a contractor who came in with this...

My 2025R has 200 hours on it. Figured it's about time to get the driveshaft Ujoints greased since my 4010 (like a 2019E if they made them) blew apart off the engine end one at 9 years and 660 hour. Got plenty of time for preventative maintenance. Plus, the PTO button needs replacement, as I...

I replaced the outer air cleaner yesterday. Found one of the latches holding the end of the air cleaner housing onto the bigger part was gone. Went to dealer today. Cannot get just the latch. Had to buy a new end: $39. Does not have that nipple like thingie that was supposedly the dirt...

The local JD dealer here in Charlottesville seems to be pushing a new front end finish mower that attaches where the FEL goes. They've pictures showing how easy it is to put on, and they have one mounted on a 1025R our front. The parts people had no idea how power got to it. So, I checked the...

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Are your tired of your farmer's tan. See attachment to fix it. Ralph

We're long overdue for an electric tractor from one of the majors. Be A LOT quieter and would service most of us who probably use our tractors less then 4 hours on a given day. Ralph

I was messing around trying to find information on lube base stock capacities. Found an article on XOM expanding their base stock capacity by 20k B/D in Singapore. That's big, but what caught my attention was reference to a new grading system for lube (group II) base stocks. It's something...

Wouldn't you know. FINALLY can get the tractor down the hill along the creek to work on damage left by the May 30th tropic storm last year. Wanted to bust up some of the debris piles and to chip up the small stuff. Belt broke on the MacKissic TPH-122. Called the local dealer. Not in stock...

Found out from a friend who used to do this kind of thing. He says I need 4 8x8 railroad ties. He says that was what he used to support his 3500 # tractor over a stream. He bought 16 footers and told me where to get them. I'd cut them (or hire the lumber Co. to do it) to about 10' before...

How much reach does the typical boom pole give you, past the rear tires? Looks as though the best price is one from Agri Supply: $114 for a 500-1000# lift. Ralph

Someone know what weight railroad ties will support? Probably weight vs. span. Wondering whether they'll support my 2,000 # tractor over about 6 ft span. Have researched how to replace my tractor crossing that is giving us trouble in keeping the PVC pipes underneath working. Figuring on...

Anyone use it: LockNLube(R) Grease Coupler | LockNLube(R) - LOCKNLUBE Just showed up for 2nd time on Facebook. Decided to click on the web site. Ralph

This was happening a little bit on the JD 2025R when I had the bush hog on. Went to operate the MacKissic chipper/shredder today and the PTO was hard to make come on. It did like with the bush hog. The implement would be jolted a tad (very faint). Then it was off. I'm pretty sure it's the...

My oil extractor would not suction the oil from the Frontier RC-2048 cutter gear box today. I tried it very soon after running it for more than an hour. The oil just does not get hot on the Frontier. When I had an LX-4, I suctioned the gear box oil from it fine. It got pretty hot though...

Some English Ivy came in on the east side of the pool cyclone fence and marched all the way around the fence and around 3 sides of my little veggie garden on the west side. I liked it at first, because it stopped me from needing to weed around the base of the fence. However, it has started to...

Not sure this belongs here, but I could not figure where else to put it. My JD walkbehind 14SB had to run with the choke on last time I used it. Went to start it yesterday, and it wouldn't keep going on choke. Only way to get it to run very long was some ether on the air cleaner. Took the...

We've the tractor crossing in reasonably good shape after the tropical storm made a mess of it in late May. Two out of the 5 pipes underneath it are flowing quite well. However, the other 3 are in various states of plugging from impacted sand/gravel in the 4" PVC pipes. Yeah, I should have...

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Had to buy another drive belt for my 14SB (last one about 6 years ago). Think is an absolute beast to replace because of the blade brake. Did it. Now the new belt came off. Turned out the problem was a little part of the drive pulley was bent (real mystery as to what caused that!). This...

My tractor crossing was made a mess of by the tropical storm about 10 days ago that had remnants through Virginia. Worse mess than after Hurricane Isabel in 2003. Debating how to build tractor access to next 2 neighbors' properties that let me maintain trails across their bottom land down...

Anyone have the Worx 40v hydrostat portable power washer? Wondering how far up it sprays. My wife uses a thing to wash the outside of her bay windows that requires prewetting and then spraying of the window with water to remove the washings. Can barely reach it with a regular hose nozzle and...

I should have changed out the o-ring near the end of last season when I noticed a little bit of air in the clear plastic suction basket lid. The pump was a little slow to get going every time this season so far, and last night it really took a while. So, called the pool place and ordered a new...

I somehow managed to lose the key fob to my wife's Mazda3 from my fanny pack. Ordered a new one from Amazon for $37. It looks just like both the fob to the MX-5 and the 3. The 3 does not employ a real key when its fob battery goes out but does have a key for the glove box, doors and trunk...

I had not heard about them at all, but I saw a Silverado Hybrid this morning. How many other pickups come in hybrid? Guess no all electric ones yet? Ralph

Saw my neighbor clearing everything underneath some trees between our properties. He says this new 4052 is a Lamborghini of tractors. Ralph

For those of you with B2301s or B2601s, what does your tractors have on the driveshaft from the engine to the HST/differential? Seem to never hear about a busted U joint on Kubotas vs. quite a few on JDs. Ralph

I cannot get decent okra nor corn from my raised beds. Used to grow both about 7' tall down below in that 2 or 3 feet of topsoil. After CHF, had to give up the big garden and put in raised beds. Too much effort to weed and to take gobs of mulch down to the big garden and to quickly clear it...

Anyone have a Gallagher Portafence fence charger and use it with an external 12v battery? My rechargeable D cell batteries do not last long in it. They want up to about $35 for an adaptor kit to use a 12v battery. Don't think I need to spend this to get the adaptor kit. Just need to know...

I removed the Frontier bush hog's blades today and sharpened them. Put them back on. The first bolt did fine. It apparently slid into the slot and tightened up fairly quickly. The 2nd one obviously did not go into the slot just right, and I ended up with a few rounds of very tight going...

I just switched to my bush hog yesterday. Since I have some fairly tall autumn olives, I was looking at getting the deck to raise higher than when I normally had it set for. The JD 2025R has a number of different holes for this. So, I positioned the pins so that the lower lift arms would lift...

My old Zareba solid state fence charger finally quit working. Got to be 10-12 years old. Had some earlier ones that seemed to work the way old automotive ignition systems worked, and had to send them away for reconditioning about every 6 months. Then the solid state (e.g. electronic) ones...

TSC has tiny models of the 2025 with FEL. Bought one for my kid, whose picture is shown. Ralph

High winds. Woke up on generator power. Wife said it came on about 5 am. It's our 12 kw Isuzu diesel generator from Central Maine Diesel outfit. Our friend, Darryl, ex electrician from Ohio, did the install right at the end of 2012 when I was recovering from CHF. My wife was his chief...

Recently, I decided to take up a couple of our deck boards to check on the gutters underneath. Our handy man, when he replaced the deck boards, put roofing rubber between the joists and sloped it so that it drains into a gutter that then flows to a rain tank underneath. I wanted to vacuum out...

There's a discussion going on in the Miata.net forum about PCV system. Got me wondering what our newer tractors have. Turns out our JD 2025R just has the old draft tube. Not even sure where it is. Will have to go out there and look for it. Anyone ever routed the thing to the air cleaner...

I posted this on the miata.net forum, but so many of you seem to be almost superstitious about oils. Here's a good site that explains about engine oils. https://www.minimania.com/Motor_Oils..._Misunderstood He pretty much says those bar charts in our owner's manual are wrong for putting an...

The B2301 was a new model when I bought my JD 2025R. I looked at a B2301 after having a rotten experience with a JD 1025R but when with the dealership I'd been with and that was so close by. Just wondering how your B2301s are doing. In a spreadsheet comparison, it beat the 2025R. Ralph

My MacKissic TPH-122 had been running slightly rough, a tad out of balance. So, I decided to remove the top chute and the hammer assemblies to figure out why. One of the grooved pins holding one of the 4 shafts in place had come out. That caused that shaft to go out a bit and hit something...

This one: NorTrac 3-Pt. Snow Blower 50in.W Intake, Fits Tractors from 16 HP to 30 HP, Model#?BE-SBS50G Ralph

In messing around with possibly removing the foot pans on my 2025R, I turned the knob for the underbelly mower to the "install" part? Is it any problem with leaving it there? Cannot seem to get it to move now. Do not have an underbelly mower. Ralph

Somehow, it just hit me. I'd put a piece of rubber (well, neoprene or synthetic rubber) tubing on the overflow/breather on the belly tank of my diesel generator. Would a dobber plug this off? Or would the diesel smell deter him? What to do? I put the tubing on it because I overfilled the...

Our 2010 VW Jetta TDI was bought back by VW on December 22nd. Right after getting the notification and selecting a buyback in September, we bought a replacement car and parked the VW, to keep it safe and to ensure that the mileage stayed down within what I submitted. I'd researched what to...

Anyone use/bought one of the wireless cameras? Pearl has one where the camera is a license plate frame. it transmits wirelessly to a small LCD screen than is mounted freely inside the car. The license plate camera has a solar powered battery in it. Not sure what the LCD screen runs on...

Anyone else have their ignition coil on their Honda HRR216 go after only 3 years? Wouldn't start for the wife today. She ran the battery down then went to pull start. Started but then quit after just a little bit. I checked for spark with an old timing light. Did not light up. Guess the...

Got a Kobalt grass whip at Lowes yesterday. LOTS more power than our 18v B&D one. Needed it to attack the stilt grass. Doesn't jam and ball up on oriental bittersweet like the B&D does. This one joins my Kobalt mower and chain saw. This is our week of replacements. Wife's computer went...

Who has changed out the hydraulic oil and cleaned the suction screen on their 2025R? Was thinking I needed to remove a rear wheel to get the lower 3ph bar out from in front of the cap over the suction screen access. Looking at it with my SIL this morning, this bar appears to be shorter than...

About time to do the 50 hour service on my JD 2025R. Like my 4010 before it, one wheel has to be removed to get at the suctions screen. The 3ph bar is right in front of the cap for the screen. Gotta remove a wheel to pull the 3ph bar out. Did it 3 times on the 4010 because the filter was...

I don't know why I didn't immediately move my JD 2025R's ROPS lights to the inside. I busted the amber signal lights on both sides. So, while getting stuff for the 50 hour change, I bought new assemblies. They're now $85 each vs. $56 I paid when I bought them for my 4010 (essentially the same...

I FEEL GREAT! Got my heart doctor to take me off metoprolol. Feel great for first time in 3 1/2 years ago when I was diagnosed with afib and put on it. From the start, the **** stuff made me weaker and fatigued. My wife noticed the difference right away when put on carvedilol (at MUCH lower...

I had one of the hydraulic disconnects on my FEL hit by some brush. Apparently the collar was pushed back, and it came loose. My FEL would not go up or down. Fortunately, I had it up a ways while pushing a limb to the side. I just curled the bucket tip straight down, to get more of its...

My wife got up this morning and found Windows 10 installed on her computer. She didn't know what to do. I got on it and clicked Next and then Declined the installation. It restored her Windows 7. Anyone know how I can contact Dell or maybe Microsoft, whomever did it? I tried Dell contact...

I'm wondering about some maintenance recommendations. In checking out my JD 2025R vs. a Kubota B2301, I found that Kubota had no cleanout of the hydraulic suction screens as recommended by JD @ 50 and 250 hours. Also, JD (and my Isuzu diesel generator) recommend changing the anti freeze every...

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We stopped and visited with some friends today. He has a JD 2210 with FEL and belly mower. During our conversation, he asked me whether I'd have any trouble with the air cleaner on my tractors plugging up and causing bog downs. I told him, no. Wondering if anyone has ever had this problem...

I have this picture on my computer. Almost wish we'd had it turbo charged and kept it, with the VW problem going on with our 2010 Jetta TDI. Drove it for 25 years. Ralph

JD was having a 12% off sale on filters. So, I took my unused filters from my lemony 1025 in and checked to see what other ones I needed for the 2025. Both use the same fuel bowl and air filters. The 2025 does NOT have the underfloor in-line filter that's such a ***** to get to on the 1025...

Anyone done anything to disable your standby generator in case of a house fire? The home inspector came by with our solar panel contractor, to do the final inspection. She cited them for not putting the building's input (from the solar panel) at the bottom of the panel in the house. She said...

Here's a picture of me moving snow on my JD 2025R. This snow's too deep for the back blade. About the 3rd time I could have used a good snow plow or snow blower. Not sure it would push a very big snow plow in this stuff. Maybe I should have kept my Gravely and its square chute snow blower...

Below are pictures of the two push button PTO shafts that I have. The one that has a very prominent button in yellow color is about 2004ish vintage. It's very easy to use and goes onto the PTO shaft like a greased pig. The other picture of the black end is the new one for my bush hog...

I found a use for some of the document holders. The top to the one from the tractor will hold my Thermos. The bottom to the one from the bush hog holds my fire extinguisher. Ralph

I'd like to write OSHA a note about their ROPS requirements. Anyone have a snail mail addy or email for them? My wife insisted I put mine up on this new JD 2025R because it doesn't go above my head like the folded one on the 1025R did. Well, I did and then promptly decided to back it up into...

Anyone used any ICE additive in their Toyota AC system? I bought a container of it about a year ago. The Tacoma's AC seemed anemic, but tested okay. Just haven't injected the ICE yet. It supposedly changes the surface tension of the oil in the AC system so that it effects better heat...

I've declared my 1025R a lemon and have verbally told the sales person I'll take the 2025 I looked at this week. I also looked at and collected information on the Kubota B2301. It wins about 19/11 in comparison against the 2025, but with it being a new model, my having to get my 1025 back from...