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Michigan has had more than normal rain all season. Lawns are green and have needed mowing every week or sooner all season. The record or near record heat for the past few days may slow it down some. We're supposed to cool down tomorrow to the mid 70's.

Heat Streak drought and Lawns
Garden and Landscape
Replies 7 Post by yooperpete

Loadhandler also come in a smaller model for compact pickup trucks. It is item #351-2607 and sells for $89.99 and is only 18lbs. shipping weight. They also sell a mat that allows it to slide easier. (needs to be trimmed for compact trucks) That is item 354-2607, it weighs 32 lbs. and sell for $62.99. It is shown on page 76 of their Summer/Fall 06 catalog.

Pick ups with a dump bed
Everything and Anything
Replies 20 Post by yooperpete

I used to be an avid bicycle rider until my knee went out. Here in Michigan we have the DELMAC ride which starts just before Labor day leaving Lansing and goes to Mackinaw. The route cuts left at Gaylord and heads over to Traverse City, Charlevoix, Petoskey and Harbor Springs, then goes through Cross Village. It is an awesome trip with lots of hills. The day before Labor day you ride across the Mackinac bridge.<br>
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I did it several times in the mid 70's and rode with a rear rack and soft shell cooler to hold 12 packs. Most of the other riders got mad at me and my friends since we would stay up til about 4am drinking beer then head out about 6am to do a 100 mile ride. The rest were pansies.<br>
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I used to have spandex riding shorts, Dieto Pietro riding shoes but that was about 80 lbs. ago and 5" in waist size. I still have my Masserati bicycle though.<br>
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Iowafun:<br>
Ride hard, drink heavily.

Beer Gardens
Everything and Anything
Replies 4 Post by yooperpete

I've never been able to follow JD model numbers. All three models have slightly different sizes and ratings. The 2305 is 24 HP with 57.1" wheelbase and 35.6" front tread width. The 2320 is also 24HP but with 63" wheelbase and 31.1" front tread width. The 2520 is 26.5 HP with 65.2" wheelbase and 32.7 front tread. The smallest of them all seems to be the 2305 with limited category 1 three point having a 681lb. lift capacity 24" behind the lift arms. The 2320 and 2520 both are rated as category 1 with 1150lb lift capacity at 24" behind lift arms.

Haven't seen the tractors in person but suspect the 2305 is physically a little smaller.

3 point hitches on 2520 2320 and 2305 - limited cat 1
John Deere Tractors
Replies 10 Post by yooperpete

Allot of us "old guys" have had knee injuries over the years. We have problems with dumping clutches. Ouch! We have to live with automatics.

New Dodge Challenger a GO
Just For Fun Off Topic
Replies 31 Post by yooperpete

You will find that the FEL is a big wheel barrow that has a 1000 uses while saving your back and other muscles. I would never want to be without one again. Smaller tractors require the 4WD to take advantage of their power. They are light compared to large farm tractors and therefore require 4WD for their power to weight ratio. In my opinion 4WD and an FEL are a must. The big question is what size do you need?

How useful is the FEL
Kubota Tractors
Replies 22 Post by yooperpete

Those of us still living in Michigan and working at manufacturing jobs are getting fewer all of the time. What I can't figure is, all the restaurants are full, the highways of full of people driving long distances with large vehicles and trucks pulling campers, etc. Malls are filled with shoppers.

Granted, homes and property are for sale everywhere, but fewer boats,PWC's, bikes and snowmobiles.

Taxes are high, since we are a wellfare State. More are getting on the wellfare lines and fewer are paying. Hugh homes are still being built, but fewer all along. Nobody builts a stick built house under 2000 sq. ft. anymore.

It is a way of life anywhere in the country. Employers are hiring the cheapest labor that they can. Good paying jobs are few and far between. Construction jobs and diaster repair jobs are paying well. There is a mass exodus out of all northern locations as the boomers are retiring and heading toward warmer climates.

I'm holding out and hoping that half the people leave (the right ones). It will then be nice and quiet. Unfortunately the bad guys are hanging around and we have more violence than every before in the inner cities.

Hope it turns around. I don't have any solutions. Our vehicle license plates still say "auto capital of the world".

Michigan Advertising
Just For Fun Off Topic
Replies 23 Post by yooperpete

I've never had a set. I've always thought they were cast steel.

make or buy a wrecking demolition ball
Other Tractor Brands
Replies 17 Post by yooperpete

If it seems to be running the same speed but not pumping much, it has lost its sealing pressure. If it runs slower than normal, then probably the compressor turns harder than normal. Does it get hotter than usual?

If it is a piston style pump the seals may have gone bad. It is belt driven? Can the belt be slipping? Could a pressure regulator have vibrated, not allowing it to go to a higher pressure?

OLD AIR COMPRESSOR OUT OF BREATH
Shop Tools
Replies 4 Post by yooperpete

If you are handy, you can make your own. Walk up and down your local railroad track and pick up loose spikes- you'll need about 4 dozen. Get pipe about 2 1/2" diameter O.D. and cut to length desired to make the harrows width. Cut the number of pipes to determine how many rows you want. With drill press drill a series of equally spaced holes like a foot apart that are a slight press fit with the rr spikes. Stagger them so rows 1, 2, 3 etc. all cut a different path. The rows should be about 1 to 11/2 ft. apart. Weld side straps to hold it together in a box. Tilt the holes (teeth) about 15 degrees from vertical so the tip of the spikes point rearward. Weld a length of chain to the front pipe section. If its weight isn't enough to get all the penetration you want, put a board on top and lay sinder blocks on it for weight.<br>
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Pull it with a clevis thru the chain attached to your drawbar. Raising the 3point hitch to the desired height will adjust how hard the first row of spikes hits. If you put a cross bolt through the chain just behind the clevis to pinch it together it will stay centered.

Spike tooth drag harrow
Operating and Attachments
Replies 24 Post by yooperpete

Harbor Freight sells some inexpensive long stroke hydraulic jacks. Another way is to have a pivoting pole with a pulley on the top. You can mount it on the tongue and fold it up when not in use. You can get a hand operated cable winch from Harbor Freight also. Another possibility is an electric over oil pump like used on larger dump trailers to run a cylinder. That however would be the most expensive route.

Looking for off-road dump trailer
Pickup Trucks and Trailers
Replies 42 Post by yooperpete

Iowa fun:
Sounds like you need a pair of "ove Gloves". I water my lawn and fertilize it, gives you more mowing time.

TP addiction
Just For Fun Off Topic
Replies 21 Post by yooperpete

Don't know where the locals go. I assume they stay away. We always stay on the strip. On today's CNN travel section had an article about Red Rock Canyon. Think I want to drive there next time I'm out there.

Las Vegas
Just For Fun Off Topic
Replies 2 Post by yooperpete

Sometimes your lucky and sometimes you ain't.

Couple of summers ago I was heading back downstate at 6:30 one saturday morning to help a friend build a garage. I had a friend along that was a former roommate in college that lived in California. I was cruising through East Tawas talking with my friend and not paying much attention. Hardly no traffic. I noticed a cop heading toward me and he started doing a U turn as we met. I looked down and saw I was doing 50 in a 35. As I rolled down the window, I acknowledged going to fast, said I was sorry and gave him my drivers license and CCW permit.

Told the young cop that I had a few guns along. He asked how many a few was and I said about 10-15 and a couple hundred rounds of ammo. Said I was plinking with my friend from California at the hunting property. He smiled and went back to the cruiser. After about 5 minutes he came back, smiled and said keep the speed down and have a good day. I asked him, aren't you gonna give me a ticket. He said "no". I then said Oct. 1967. He said "What's that?" I said, "that's the last time I got a ticket".

I expected to be held for several hours while they looked over my weapons. Thankfully, they didn't look. There were several garbage bags full of empty Mic cans with them.

The other week my wife got pulled over by a woman officer next to a school. It was after school hours. She had driven less than 2 blocks and was timed doing 39 in a 25. She got a ticket for 30 in a 25, that was $117.00 and 2 points. About 5 miles away is another school that has a flashing speed limit sign. After hours, it registers 40 and during school hours it flashes 25. Go figure that one!

I got pulled over today
Parts and Repair
Replies 11 Post by yooperpete

Iowafun:<br>
You seem to be approaching this with the wrong frame of mind. This can be a geat adventure!!!<br>
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Michigan is a beautiful State with hunting, fishing, skiing, biking, hiking, swimming, boating, gardening and tractoring to mention a few. We have more fresh water with the Great Lakes than any other State. Kalamazoo is a beautiful town and home of Western Michigan University (I graduated from there).<br>
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There are some good deals going on land and homes because of some business conditions. My business and others are thrieving here. That part of the State has beautiful rolling hills, sand dunes along the shoreline, vineyards in PawPaw where most of Welches' grape juice comes from and lots, lots more. There are also apple and peach orchards there. Further up North in the Traverse City area is where Cherries are grown.<br>
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You will want to stay away from the inner city sections of Benton Harbor and St. Jo. They have race problems there and I will leave it at that. The surrounding area is nice.<br>
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You should be able to log on line and pickup some local points and find out what is going on in surrounding areas. The site, mlive.com shows many affiliated news papers like the Kalamazoo Gazette, Jackson, Muskegon and Grand Rapids papers for example. Most Michigan people are friendly, especially country folk. You should be able to quickly pick-up on where to buy stuff. In Kazoo, we always went to Hoekstra's meat market.<br>
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Almost forgot, we also have lots of Injun casinos. You may also want to be a member of the Michigan United Conservation Club. You can view it at mucc.org. It has a monthly publication that features hunting and fishing. Walleye, Salmon and Steelhead fishing while you can also hunt for deer, elk, bear and lots of small game and varmints like fox and coyotes. We have woodchucks instead of gophers.<br>
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Like you can make as much as you want out of this move. Positive attutide!!!!

SW Michigan Relocation
Parts and Repair
Replies 56 Post by yooperpete

I like to drive a while, then hang out for a day or so and then move on. That way you can find the good points of interest at various places.

Just back from Winnipeg
Just For Fun Off Topic
Replies 30 Post by yooperpete

On this side of Michigan we have the "Gera Tractor club" that has an annual tractor show corresponding with the Bavaria Festival located in Frankenmuth something like the 2nd weekend of June. Gera is a berg about 4 miles North of town. The neighboring bar owner has an outdoor brat stand. His mom makes an awesome brat and brat sauce combination complete with sauerkraut. If you type "gera tractor days" in google you can read about it. Believe they have an annual tractor drive going from bar to bar in neigboring small towns/villages.

It don't get no better than that. Tractors, beer & brats!!

Tractor Rides
Everything and Anything
Replies 22 Post by yooperpete

I'm an old farm boy. Farmer's stay out of fields when it is wet. Turf tires are better in snow and ice than R4's. They are also better on lawns, particularly if you are fussy about the lawn like me.

R4's are stiffer and better in construction atmospheres like driving over crushed rock, stump roots, etc. Many compact tractors with turfs offer too small/narrow of a front tire and can't support the weight from a loader.

Most users go with the R4 which is a compromise of all features. With my turf's, I can drive on the lawn when it is wet and stay out of the field. When working with wet clay, all you do is make a mess.

BX Tires
Kubota Tractors
Replies 27 Post by yooperpete

If they are projecting 2-4 inches and am assuming if driving over them, the tractor/mower will tip slightly if you have 4 inches on one side and none on the other it will scalp the tilt. Using a bush hog doesn't sound good.

I would seriously consider using a landscape rake and clearing the rocks. Otherwise, I would suggest a walk behind DR trimmer. That is a string trimmer style with a bump pad beneath so you don't scalp.

5-7 acres may seem like allot of work. Just remember earlier generations like my fore fathers cleared a 40 acre farm from trees with a hand saw that were 3ft. in diameter and only had horses to pull them away. Then they dug the stumps by hand.

Recommended tractor size and type
Operating and Attachments
Replies 42 Post by yooperpete

She may be worth allot of money if you could breed her, that is if her off-spring would have the same traits.

The Lab Manure Roll
Everything and Anything
Replies 40 Post by yooperpete