so waht ya doin today?
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CWLONGSHOT
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Gonna cast a few new molds today!! Two .400's and a 45 BRP.
FUN FUN to be had here shortly!! (Before it gets hot)
cw
FUN FUN to be had here shortly!! (Before it gets hot)
cw
Finishing up in Springfield today, working a drive up COVID clinic. This place is a major hot spot right now.
3 days of being in the sun will make getting home even better.
Got to meet some new people one of whom is a hunter so that was a major plus.
3 days of being in the sun will make getting home even better.
Got to meet some new people one of whom is a hunter so that was a major plus.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
I wouldn't even think about a modern "garden tractor". You won't be happy. If you want to get something handy, I'd look in the compact utility tractor line. You'd be amazed how handy a front loader bucket is! And it'll do your bait pile... I mean food plot! Or you can go the ATV route if the loader seems unneeded. Either way you can spend as much as you can afford, or you can go used. An older small farm tractor of 35-45 hp is an even better option IMO, but to each their own. If you go that route, forget the 9N, 2N,8N Fords. Cute, non-threatening and near useless. Try to find something with power steering, live hydraulics and that someone local can support.
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Winelover
North Central Arkansas
My ICF and cement guy is a born and raised local. He raises cattle, too. When he was here, doing construction on the house. He told me if I ever considered a tractor. Don't go smaller than 30 HP. With the slopes/inclines around here, the smaller ones are prone to tip over. Having said that, Smokey's back acreage is steeper than mine.
Ya, me either, and never with fine grained powder. (Will we go to hell for lying?)
L Ross
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Never did that, but whilst wiggling around under our 57 Olds to try and extricate myself from beneath the engine after reinstalling the drain plug, I managed to kick over a brand new full jug of Valvoline 10w-40 in the driveway. Of course the cap was loose. I just used a dab to lube the gasket on the filter and didn't put the cap back on properly. Grass and weeds wouldn't grow in that spot for two years. Much better than Round Up.
Rick H
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Once upon a time I broke a motor mount, driver's side in a 289K code Comet Caliente. Couldn't get the new mount in with the oil filter on and didn't have a proper jack. Had my brother brake torque the thing in reverse so I could slide the old mount out and new one in....with the oil filter removed. The job had to be done from below. It is amazing how much oil is pumped in just a few seconds......really should have done it with a cold engine too.
Nurse Karen had a time getting all the coagulated blood out of my hair, did a great job. Also fixed me blueberry pancakes yesterday for lunch and didn't complain when I ate her Dove ice cream bars.
This 'injured' state is sorta nice! Actually I have a CT scan this afternoon and she ain't gonna let me out of the house looking 'rough'.
This 'injured' state is sorta nice! Actually I have a CT scan this afternoon and she ain't gonna let me out of the house looking 'rough'.
CWLONGSHOT
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Glad your OK man!!!
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
I can see that if there is a loader or backhoe on it. I've almost done it with my skidsteer. I don't know that it's a function of HP so much as a function of a fairly narrow width to fit in peoples garages and be easily trailerable combined with a relatively high rear wheel and usually small front tires. Add a loader and a hill to that outfit and they can get tippy. OTOH, I ran a tricycle (narrow front) tractor on side hills for a log time and never had an issue. But I darn near flipped my 800 Ford with the nice wide stance on the same side hill. Why? The tricycle tractor had me sitting about 30" higher which accentuated the "tippy" feel and made me think more than the low seated tractor that "felt" more stable but wasn't really!
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California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
House was built in '58, in '81 added an 18'X21' family room and expanded the kitchen three-feet. Old, two-wire (excluding kitchen and family room), pre-polarized, pre-GFI wiring.
In 2013 I had all the GFI's here interior and exterior replaced/added by the same electrician that wired your house. Not a one of them have a light on them. 
smokeywolf
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If I had the financial resources to buy an ATV, a zero-turn mower and a tractor and build another garage to store them in I'd do that.
Need to keep some capital on hand and think more along the lines of a "jack of all trades" machine.
I'm very happy to pay my neighbor to mow my 1-1/2 acre of grass, but can't count on that situation forever and also want to mulch leaves more in fall to provide a less attractive environment for the ticks.
- Want to be able to plant and maintain a food plot (probably never bigger than 1/4 acre).
- Given that I'm in good shape for someone much, much older than myself, I'd like to be able to keep trails clear and do a little grading without doing yet more damage to this already messed up body.
- Have some large rocks/stones that likely weigh upwards of 1,000 lbs that I'd like to move a couple of hundred feet.
- Have a couple tons of soil in a pile (150 yards from the house) that the previous owner was using for raised beds. Would like to be able to use that for anything I want.
- Would like to be able to move larger quantities of firewood (or drag a blown down tree out of my pond).
- Would like to be able to bring in a deer carcass from a couple hundred yards away.
Don't know what your budget is Smokey but I have everything you mention there except for grading, gonna need a tractor of some sort for that. John has extensive trails on his 57 acres that we keep open with a chainsaw and weed whackers. Has one that I'm pretty sure was cut with a front loader by his builder before he moved in.
You don't need the expense of the kind of zero turn you were talking about earlier.
I bought a 48 inch Snapper zero turn that I am more than pleased with. New - $3500
Tracker 570. New - $6400-$7000
A decent poly cart - $400-$700. (No not one of those cheap tin lawn carts)
All of that should fit in your detached garage even with a car in there.
If you want let me know and I'll come over and get the tree out of your pond and haul your log splitter to it, use the poly cart to haul split wood to your wood storage. Give you a good chance see what can be done.
You don't need the expense of the kind of zero turn you were talking about earlier.
I bought a 48 inch Snapper zero turn that I am more than pleased with. New - $3500
Tracker 570. New - $6400-$7000
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A decent poly cart - $400-$700. (No not one of those cheap tin lawn carts)
All of that should fit in your detached garage even with a car in there.
If you want let me know and I'll come over and get the tree out of your pond and haul your log splitter to it, use the poly cart to haul split wood to your wood storage. Give you a good chance see what can be done.