Welcome to the Built-It Yourself Forum!

[Muhammad]

Welcome to the newest addition to TractorByNet.com, the Build-It Yourself Forum!

This forum will be a place for tractor owners who want to build their own implements. Joining us here in this forum, will be members of the home-built implements forum on Yahoo, the third group to join TractorByNet.com in recent weeks.

For those of you who are visiting for the first time, on behalf of everyone at TractorByNet.com, I'd like to welcome you to our community. We are very excited to have you join us, and look forward to the new topics and even broader range of knowledge and expertise you will bring to the forum.

Since the format here is quite a bit different than the Yahoo club format, it will probably take you a few visits to get used to how the format works, if you have not visited TractorByNet.com before.

For starters, if you have not registered here, please do so. You can register by <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.tractorbynet.com/cgi-bin/compact/newuser.pl>clicking here</A>. Registration will allow you to create a user profile, receive e-mail notifications, edit posts after you post them (for typos, etc), see which messages are new and which are old, search user profiles, and much more.

After you have registered, you will receive a confirmation e-mail from us, containing some basics about the forum and your user account information (username, password).

Once you are registered, you will want to login to the forum to take advantage of the many features we offer. If you're not logged in, <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.tractorbynet.com/cgi-bin/compact/login.pl>click here</A>. If you are logged in, the navigation bar below the banner ad on this page will have a "Logout" link to the far right. If that link is not there, you will want to login by clicking the link I mentioned earlier, or by clicking the "Login" link on the navigation bar.

Once you are logged in, you will be taken to your user account control panel. This is where you will be able to set all of your preferences for viewing messages, and also, you can update your user profile there. You don't need to change any of your settings initially, but most members dig into those settings after they join. To edit your basic profile, <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.tractorbynet.com/cgi-bin/compact/editbasic.pl?Cat=>click here</A>.

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On the main index, you will notice that below each post total, the number of new messages is displayed. To mark a forum as read, simply view the forum index page and the next time you reload the main index, it will be marked as read. The new message feature is nice so that each time you login, you will easily see which messages are new since the last time you viewed the forum.

To post a NEW THREAD, simply click on the "Post" link in the forum you wish to post in. Then, follow the on-screen instructions to post. To post a REPLY to a message, click on the "Reply" link that is located next to the message subject.

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You may also search for users with shared interests, or for users who live near you... the profile search page is located forum FAQ, such as how to post images, use emoticons (/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif and many more), etc.

We have done a lot to make the forum as user-friendly as possible, and hope that you feel comfortable here and find the forum easy to use and navigate.

There is a lot here, so it might take a few visits to "explore" but please use the site as much, and as often, as you like.

If you have any questions at all, about how to use the forum, or other questions, please feel free to post them in this thread, or in the "News/Feedback" forum accessible from the main index.

Once again, I'd like to welcome you TractorByNet.com, and look forward to you being a part of our community!

Regards,

 

[Youare]

Cool! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

There are many of us out here that for one reason or another want to build rather than buy.
This is a great addition to TBN.

Thanks for making this a better place Muhammad.

Randy

 

[s1120]

I have been a member of that club for over a year, and I have to say I got some good info from the guys there. I only posted a few times, but always read every post. I am glad they decieded to switch over here. Seems like Yahoo messed up bigtime with the big switch, and we are coming out better for it. I am also on a few Yahoo Case/Ingersoll clubs and a few are thinking of coming over here also./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[Tractors4u]

Thank you for having us here. We built up quite a membership at the old club site and we exchanged a lot of great information. I look forward to the same level of activity here.

 

[EdKing]

Welcome aboard Brent. I look foward to all the info. I have quite a few ideas I have been wanting to try, now there will be a larger knowledge base to bounce my ideas off of.

 

[Golfgar4]

<font color=blue>I look forward to the same level of activity here.</font color=blue>

You guys had a nice site going over there at Yahoo, but with all due respect, I think you're going to find a much higher level of activity here. And the addition of the Yanmar guys is only going to help it get even better! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[SteveV]

Hmmm.../w3tcompact/icons/hmm.gifmaybe the project picture postings are causing problems in the general forum area. It is probably a seasonal thing though, planting season is rapidly closing in! Anybody know someone that likes to build stuff??/w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gifSteveV/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[Youare]

Boy. I'm finding out there are some good sites related to "country living" that I have never heard of or found before. I found TBN while searching for information on compact tractors one day. I'm glad this is the site everyone is coming to.

I can hardly wait to see what's next./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Randy

 

[Mark_in_NH]

Muhammad,
This is an excellant idea, alot of these guys are real talanted in building there own implements etc. I look forward to see and reading all the ideas this forum will bring forth. Hopefully someday, if I can ever learn to weld, I will be able to add to the list. Thanks.

 

[Jim_W]

Muhammad,
I came across tractorbynet a few days ago and really like it. Can you advise if there is a way to have the newest messages at the top, instead of the bottom? I can't find where there is a setting for that, and I think it would be pretty handy if it exists, so as not to have to scroll all the way down to find the newest messages.
Thanks,
Jim W.

 

[Muhammad]

No, the post ordering is not configurable.

 

[Golfgar4]

Jim,

I may be mistaken, and Muhammad can certainly correct me if I am, but the first time you open on a thread you'll go to the original post that started that thread. If it's one that's been there awhile, yes, you'll need to scroll down. But if you had already opened a particular thread before, and you happen to be coming back to it, when you open the thread, you will go to the last post that was attached the last time you visited that thread. At least that's the way it's been working for me. Is that clear as mud /w3tcompact/icons/hmm.gif?

 

[Muhammad]

Yes, the forum jumps you to the first new post in the thread.

 

[MarkV]

Welcome to all you Build-It-Yourself folks. I find it really exciting to have you here on TBN. Having never spent any time on Yahoo, I didn’t know there was a club like yours and look forward to reading and seeing your projects.

MarkV

 

[rwigfield]

Does anyone know how to enlarge the photos in the posts so they can be viewed ?
Richard

 

[Redfisher]

This sounds like it will be a good group!
Heres a pic of a three piont hitch my dad and i made
A good build it yourself project/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[jimgerken]

Hey, I am going to like it here. Thanks Muhammad!

 

[Boomerboy]

Muhhammad,

Finally! Hurray! A forum to get your teeth into! Congratulations on this idea! And welcome to all those new to Tractorbynet! I'm sure those that feel distrupted in their original place, or those that think it will never be the same, I tell you that it will only be better! I visit a number of sites dealing with this subject, and our favorite hobby, and none are better, none are more comprehensive, not tickler my fancy more than Tractorbynet. I use it as my home page so I see the new stuff every morning & evening. I'm thrilled to see this specific discussion forum take shape. Thanks, Muhhammad, Master of the Tractor Spirit!

I have always searched the Attachment and Cutomize Forums for ideas concerning home fabricated items. this finally limits that focus. I plan to participate often, as I love to fabricate my own attachments.

Again, Welcome to all new visitor. Sign up and become a member Now! We'll love to hear from you! /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif

 

[Mark_in_NH]

Redfisher,
Nice hitch. I like the way you made it with a receiver hitch style. It gives you the ability of changing from a Ball to a Pintle etc. etc.

 

[markcg2000]

Excellent idea, Muhammad. This is sure to be my favorite forum - not that I can actually do any of these things /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif, but it'll be cool to try. Being highly budget constrained, I'm always looking for a less expensive alternative.