Good morning!!!!

[farmer2009]

guy just left with my Kubota F mower after handing me a big pile of 100 dollar bills. Hotfooted them down to bank. Very nice father/son
combo, son runs landscaping business and both were very mechanical. They saw how clean I had it, ran it for all of three minutes, never even turned on blades, and said it was fine and didn't try to dicker. Thank you very much, my price he knew was very fair. They know more than I do about mowers... Of course I did see his trailer tires were low and since he was pulling a one ton trailer with more than a ton on it, I brought my air tank up and pumped up his tires. Not a trailer they use a lot but surprised they drove it like that, 35 pounds in 55 pound tires. Last thing I wanted for them was to blow a tire and flip the mower on the way home.

got promising news from dealer: I just went out and looked at a 4708 I have on the yard and they are pin adjustable and I moved them in to about 26 which is cat 1. He's going to try to take the stabilizers off the 4708 and put them on mine, would fix everything. I sent these pics to him. I guess buying the least expensive version didn't get me the nice stabilizers... would be nice to have an easy fix. Btw, there aren't any more holes under that cover, just the one at the end, all the adjustment is in the threading.

Drew.
Have you tried pulling the pin on the back side of the stabilizer. Dad’s 471 MF has a similar stabilizer. You pull the pin and move the lift arms to hookup the implement. Then turn the stabilizer to get pin back in. His lasted about 12 years before they froze up from the winter mud of feeding hay. We had to disassemble them to free them up. He has no trouble with cat 1 implements. Also had a tractor once that wouldn’t hook to a cat 1 with the lift arms all the way down. The had to be up a couple of inches.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Per the Mayo clinic:

Rabies is a deadly virus spread to people from the saliva of infected animals. The rabies virus is usually transmitted through a bite. Animals most likely to transmit rabies in the United States include bats, coyotes, foxes, raccoons and skunks.

Plus, they eat small dogs, cats, and will kill large dogs.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Spent most of yesterday playing "pick up sticks" in the horse pasture.

Picked up about 10 Ranger loads. Dump bed is very handy for this.

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Wait a minute, Rick. I thought everything was supposed to bigger in Texas!?!:laughing:

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Drew.
Have you tried pulling the pin on the back side of the stabilizer. Dad’s 471 MF has a similar stabilizer. You pull the pin and move the lift arms to hookup the implement. Then turn the stabilizer to get pin back in. His lasted about 12 years before they froze up from the winter mud of feeding hay. We had to disassemble them to free them up. He has no trouble with cat 1 implements. Also had a tractor once that wouldn’t hook to a cat 1 with the lift arms all the way down. The had to be up a couple of inches.

I was wondering if that pin was to allow you to move or screw it out..

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Bought 2 10# bags of the bonita complete, at $25 a bag.

Now to figure out the application rate. Ky blue / fescue grass is 4.36 - 5.74 # per 1k sf. My spreader is a scotts speedygreen 3000. Not in their table. A scotts deluxe spreader would be set at 5.5 to achieve 3.8. - 5.74 rate.

Apparently according to various web sites, my spreader number is the application per 1k sk, so will apply at 5. But not tonight.

 

[txdon]

Mulched trails in the morning and tractor work in the gardens in the afternoon, nice day!

Hiking meeting this afternoon also - We have a record 540 members, but only about a hundred at the meeting where the Austin hiking trail group gave a presentation on their trail project-Zilkler Park to Lady bird Johnson’s wildflower center- 30 miles of trails. The trail will eventually head to SanMarcus and then San Antonio. Home - Violet Crown Trail

 

[Looking4new]

RNG, Texans are rumored to have bigger equipment.

 

[farmer2009]

Almost made it to 60 today. Hopefully it will tomorrow before rain tomorrow night.

Been a nice few days. Used the 3pt tiller to work up some ground where I fed hay. Then broadcast seeded about 5 acres. Put 100 lbs. of fescue on it, pulled a chain harrow over it. Then chain harrowed the rest of the pastures. It spreads out any manure that didn’t break down over the winter nicely.

Borrowed a no-till drill from my in-laws. I’m hoping that I can pull it. If not I guess I’ll be going back to get a tractor also. It’s a 10’. I know I can pull a 7’ so we’ll see what happens. Will be drilling fescue, Timothy, and annual ryegrass. If everything goes well.

For all you guys that struggle with PTO shafts. Give this method a try. Cleaning Out the Bin, Harmless Style! - YouTube

Everyone get well and stay that way.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 42F for the start, clear sky, calm wind. Wind got breezy in the afternoon, clouds showed up in the afternoon, and 70F for the high. Blood draw and in-town errands this moorning, had planned on dropping a small oak tree that has a persistent mistletoe problem. Did get a short ride in, missed out on nap due to a spread sheet I track rides on was missing rides ullinghair:
Sounds like most of you are under control
Prayers for all.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Wait a minute, Rick. I thought everything was supposed to bigger in Texas!?!:laughing:

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Yup!