WVBill
Veteran Member
I put a couple of high-strength magnets on the metal fenders of my Kubota so when I pulled hitch pins for changing implements, I could just toss them up on the fender anywhere within about 6 inches and they would stick.
Wednesday I lost chains pulling posts so today (after wasting a couple hours looking) I painted them. Every 2ft or so alternate chrome, fluorescent red, yellow. Won't be hard to find now!View attachment 580160View attachment 580161
A few years ago I lost a new chain, bright and shiny. Used it once to pull a log not over 50 ft out into a field. Haven't found that 'easy to spot" chain since.
I put a couple of high-strength magnets on the metal fenders of my Kubota so when I pulled hitch pins for changing implements, I could just toss them up on the fender anywhere within about 6 inches and they would stick.
A fishing magnet! They're powerful and have a loop for a rope. Like this one...a bunch of them on ebay, Amazon,etc.
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I have a couple of these rectangular magnets on the quick hitch. Very handy.
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Bruce
A couple years ago I was cutting a tree on the edge of a hayfield. I stopped to change the chain and I dropped the nuts that hold the bar on into the hayfield. They vanished immediately. I went to the local repair shop and they said they were special nuts, have to be ordered from the manufacturer. I bought a cheap metal detector on Amazon for $50 and found them in a few minutes.
I don't always find what I'm looking for but it's paid for itself many times over.
Yes I just picked up this junk from along the old fence line with a magnet. We'll go over it several more times again.
Years ago I bought a nice Whites metal detector. I found Dad's wedding ring he lost. Across the road I was demonstrating it to my farmer friend and thought we found a treasure chest in his front yard! Digging down two feet or so there was about 20 sections of tin roofing someone had buried years ago.View attachment 580162