Recent content by NCL4701

There was a post on here a while back from @North Idaho Wolfman politely admonishing folks to be careful about giving advice, I think but am not positive it was directed toward repair advice, outside the poster’s true scope of knowledge. Just because something is what it is on a L2501 doesn’t...

Started at about 10 for me. Swisher Sweets and/or Winstons. After a couple years, if Dad was in a generous mood, he’d add enough for a pack of Levi Garrett or plug of Black Maria for me. (I started on my own.) Almost always when we were fishing or working outside away from the house all day. Mom...

Good thing he had the ROPS up and seatbelt on. 🙄

If you ever need a new one, Google “L type lug wrench”. They’re still popular somewhere.

1. Who do I use? Farm Bureau: both coverage for tractor, select implements (I insure stuff such as my chipper but not the 90 year old root rake that looks like a high school welding project), AND on/off premises liability. 2. Aside from a few products inapplicable to this discussion such as...

Not paranoid. I retired at the end of 2023 and some years before (I don’t recall exactly when) those of us legitimately in the private sector of investigations had access, via subscription of course, to a database that allowed the user to search a license plate number and a date range. It would...

Not being able to turn the PTO to get it lined up to lock in is not a particularly unusual problem on the tractor side if your tractor has a PTO brake that’s working well. It’s also not highly usual on the implement side depending on the type and size of the implement; some are easy to turn...

As my profile indicates, I have a L4701 HST which I owned a couple years before buying T2290, specifically a model RCK48P-90T. If you need 4WD, the T is out. When we bought the T it was mostly because my wife hates zero turn mowers, she alleged she wished to mow the lawn, and we had a zero turn...

Many years ago, shortly after college, I was working as an insurance adjuster after a hurricane. At the time, local agents often rode with us. Agent and I were inspecting a farmer’s property that didn’t have major damage anywhere but had minor damage on numerous buildings. We ended at the main...

Eight bushes in front of one of the houses were out of control. Couple years ago they were nearly to the gutter line and covering the whole front of the house, including the walkway to the front door, like a giant hedge. Pruned them back to just below window sills and about a foot from the...

This is something I’ve wondered about for some time having used a man lift basket on a tractor loader in the past (way before getting my Kubota), but not having extensive experience with other type personnel lifts. Lift baskets are pretty commonly used on forklifts even in OSHA regulated...

I’d check the water content of the fuel you’re putting in the tank. You probably know this, but if you put some in a clear container such as a Mason jar and leave it sitting overnight, the water and diesel will separate: diesel on top, water on bottom. I had an excessive water issue in a 250...

I’ve been quite pleased with the efficacy and durability of my BB1572. I’m sort of assuming it and the BB1566 are pretty much the same aside from the width. It doesn’t have a hinged rear gate or hydraulic scarifiers but it has been quite capable for the tasks I’ve used it for. It seems basic...

Yeah, it’s kind of weird. Of course we don’t have the glacial till and frost heaved rocks folks up north have. Still, it’s atypical for the area to the point it’s near certain the lack of surface rock is due to human effort. Most likely the whole place was cultivated at some point in the distant...

Looks a lot like a standard R4 that’s been siped. I can definitely see where that would be a substantial improvement in snow. Do you find it to be an improvement in mud or loose dirt? Edit: Are the bars higher/deeper than a standard R4?