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Art? Any thoughts?

Kubota A1400 question
Kubota Tractors
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$Call the sheriff every time there is an infraction, and make sure a report is made, not just a "good talkin' to". There needs to be a record kept.$ Vandalism or Civil Matter
Just For Fun Off Topic
Replies 55 Post by AV8R

When I bought mine the "bicycle" handle was explained to me as a safety/liability need for use when a brush cutter blade is installed on longer shaft, more powerful units.

There is a brush cutter blade available for my little FS-45, but no bicycle handles, so this seems a bit inconsistant to me. Sounds like the whole ROPS paranoia thing to me, IMO.

Weed Eater
Mowers Field and Finish
Replies 28 Post by AV8R

Dennis--<br>
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More advertising is good (pays the bills) but could you orient it vertically along the right side rather than having two columns? I can no longer see the "New Posts", "Hot Subjects" and "Featured Suppliers" without side shifting.<br>
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Just a suggestion: Put the site features on top then the advertising below for easier access and viewing.<br>
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Still my favorite website though! Where do you find the time?

Now I need a bigger Monitor
Website Operations Howto
Replies 4 Post by AV8R

Baldor is definitely the best of the best as far as motors goes. I could be wrong on this, but aren't the slower RPM motors larger and heavier than the 'high' RPM motors? This could make for a longer lasting better unit, if its true. Either should work though.

Link below is to an automotive restoration supply company who has everything you never wanted for buffers and buffing supplies. Wheels, compounds, cleaners, etc.

Anyone know anything about bench buffers
Just For Fun Off Topic
Replies 3 Post by AV8R

I guess that makes me an OINK (one income no kids) hoping to become a DINK soon. (sigh.)

O K then
Kubota Tractors
Replies 33 Post by AV8R

Make sure that you are signed in (at the top right of the home page) and "refresh" the pages that you can't see.

If that doesn't work, you may need to clean out your cookies and temp internet files, then re-sign in.

premium upgrade
Website Operations Howto
Replies 5 Post by AV8R

My factory catcher/vac does such a nice job that do not regret the $$. Leaves, pine needles, grass clippings are all picked up without a problem.

I helped a neighbor who rented a thatcher this spring at his place, he thatched and I followed and vacuumed it up. I was very impressed by the amount of suction created by the unit. He doesn't pic the clippings, and was surprised at the amount that we took off his yard. His yard looks beautiful now for having done this.

BX2200 Grass Catcher
Kubota Tractors
Replies 8 Post by AV8R

There is a company called Hoppy (I think) which manufactures wiring kits for the major brands of trucks. They are similar in construction to the factory kits in that they splice in at the existing plugs at the rear of the truck, not into the wires themselves.

I put one of their kits in my Dodge when I got it (10 years ago) and it is still functioning perfectly. I wish I could say the same for the quickly crumbling wiring in the trailer itself!

The liquid tape product that Murf recommends is an excellent way to re-weather proof the damaged wires you have, after you repair them.

Brake and light wiring
Pickup Trucks and Trailers
Replies 4 Post by AV8R

35+ years, it happened with the 70's vintage GM's I've owned, ever since they went to the foam backed fabric over cardboard headliners. I think once the foam separates from the fabric it is very hard to get it to stay again.

The spray glue never worked for me, If I used enough to hold the fabric, it would soak through and look horrible. If you can remove the trim that holds the headliner and remove the liner and backer-board you can scrape off the foam and try the glue trick or even stitch it up.

Car headliner troubles
Website Operations Howto
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The 3 dealers I've tried to do business with were in Wausau, Marshfield and Stevens Point. I drove one of the CRD's from a dealer in Eau Claire, which is also where the two "acquaintances" I know got theirs from. This dealer also has the Dodge brand, so they know the value of the diesel customers (we're a strange lot. ;P).

Sorry about the issues with the Trailblazer, what kind of tranny trouble?

small suv s
Website Operations Howto
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Art-- Read the "TP MowerAxle Review" just above the ad. The deck in the review looks to be a "B" series deck, not one off a BX.

Mower Deck Upright Storage
Operating and Attachments
Replies 7 Post by AV8R

My opinion: Get the weapon of choice (12 gage) and make them disappear. These are dangerous animals that are very unpredictable and very aggressive (especially with cubs).

I had one take up residence in my back yard, 25 yards from my back door. The local DNR would NOT trap them or remove them, because they are "protected." I was told to "live with it" and not to even try an drive it off (bleach or moth balls in the den). I had no choice when it started to climb the stairs onto the deck on the back of the house.

***BE CAREFUL, PLEASE***

So a family of badgers moves in across the street
Just For Fun Off Topic
Replies 4 Post by AV8R

Disclaimer: I too, own a BX2230.

I may be wrong here, but for mowing only, your zero turn will (literally) mow circles around a BX. For the additional work, however, you'll need the BX. For light FEL work and mowing there is nothing wrong with the 1500. I would encourage you to consider the 2230 over the 1800 for the reason I chose: simple economics. I paid only $600 more for the 23hp over the 18hp, not much of a decision there, in my opinion.

bx1500 v bx1800
Kubota Tractors
Replies 6 Post by AV8R

I don't do this very often, but I have to agree with Duc.

Sick thread.

Man serves time when Dog Kills Cat
Just For Fun Off Topic
Replies 31 Post by AV8R

I'll agree with kwschumm. Pop for the snowblower right away, you won't regret it, I guarantee. You'll also need a counter weight of some sort for FEL use. I went with a cheapy King Kutter box blade. It works good with the BX and didn't break the bank ($250 at Fleet Farm last summer).

BTW: Price sounds fair to reasonable to me.

Michigan BX 2230
Kubota Tractors
Replies 13 Post by AV8R

I'd like to thank all my Tractor Point friends for making my year at school more bearable. I will be unplugging from the T1 for the last time tomorrow, then it's back home, to the land of dial-up.<br>
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Having some real people to correspond with has been a welcome "reality check" from the land of institutionalized insanity here at the university.<br>
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Thanks to all of you. Hopefully I can still (slowly) check in every once in a while. Wish me luck in the Job Search, now!

Thanks everyone
Website Operations Howto
Replies 10 Post by AV8R

When did the dealer "fix" the leak? If it was recently, take it back and make 'em do it again. If it wasn't then I don't know.

F350 Oil Leak
Pickup Trucks and Trailers
Replies 2 Post by AV8R

(lifted from another site)<br>
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Engineers' Conversion Tables<br>
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1. Ratio of an igloo's circumference to its diameter = Eskimo Pi<br>
2. 2000 pounds of Chinese soup = Won ton<br>
3. 1 millionth of a mouthwash = 1 microscope<br>
4. Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement = 1 bananosecond<br>
5. Weight an evangelist carries with God = 1 billigram<br>
6. Time it takes to sail 220 yards at 1 nautical mile per hour = Knotfurlong<br>
7. 16.5 feet in the Twilight Zone = 1 Rod Sterling<br>
8. Half of a large intestine = 1 semicolon<br>
9. 1,000,000 aches = 1 megahurtz<br>
10. Basic unit of laryngitis = 1 hoarsepower<br>
11 Shortest distance between two jokes = A straight line<br>
12. 453.6 graham crackers = 1 pound cake<br>
13. 1 million-million microphones = 1 megaphone<br>
14. 2 million bicycles = 2 megacycles<br>
15. 365.25 days = 1 unicycle<br>
16. 2000 mockingbirds = 2 kilomockingbirds<br>
17. 52 cards = 1 decacards<br>
18. 1 kilogram of falling figs = 1 FigNewton<br>
19. 1000 milliliters of wet socks = 1 literhosen<br>
20. 1 millionth of a fish = 1 microfiche<br>
21. 1 trillion pins = 1 terrapin<br>
22. 10 rations = 1 decoration<br>
23. 100 rations = 1 C-ration<br>
24. 2 monograms = 1 diagram<br>
25. 4 nickels = 1 paradigms<br>
26. 2.4 statute miles of intravenous surgical tubing at Yale University Hospital = 1 IV League<br>
27. 100 Senators = Not 1 decision<br>

joke of the day
Just For Fun Off Topic
Replies 10 Post by AV8R

The turnbuckles on the BX are small and light, so they do not turn smoothly unless under perfect conditions. Also because of the tight quarters of their location, getting both hands down there to adjust them is often not pleasant.

Over all the telescoping units will be a welcome modification.

Telescoping links for 7510
Kubota Tractors
Replies 17 Post by AV8R