OK lets play.....Whats leaking?

[Runs With Scissors]

Just got off the tractor and found these spots in the snow.

I looked for a coolant leak but that seemed ok.

I am thinking that I ran over a nail and it's tire ballast, but couldn't find it with a "cursory inspection"

I can't remember what type of ballast they put in, but I thought it was "beet juice".

I have only ever ate 'red beets" though.

Guess's?

 

[DustyRusty]

Diesel fuel or your dog is working hard at marking his territory. Check your fuel filters for a loose clamp.

 

[jimh406]

Did you stop there previously?

 

[chim]

Sure, right away you want to blame the tractor

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

Grab a sample with snow and melt it, that will tell you if it's water soluble or not.

The what does it smell like?

 

[Runs With Scissors]

Did you stop there previously?

yep...running back and forth, in a small area, moving IBC totes with firewood around.

 

[Runs With Scissors]

Diesel fuel or your dog is working hard at marking his territory. Check your fuel filters for a loose clamp.

Hahahh.....my dog "Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock" (aka Gunny) has been gone a long time......but thats another story.

Gotta try to find a pic of the old "Gunny" and post it......great dog!

 

[Scottly]

That looks a whole lot like the hydraulic leak I had a few days ago.
Check your filters.

 

[The Evil Twin]

Melt the snow. Take a lighter to the fluid. If it burns, diesel. If not, hydraulic. If it puts the flame out, drink it

 

[Sidekick]

It's the juices you squeezed out of the weeds under the snow. I had similar last week when the ground under the snow wasn't fully frozen.

 

[Runs With Scissors]

It's the juices you squeezed out of the weeds under the snow. I had similar last week when the ground under the snow wasn't fully frozen.

OMG...now that I think about it, I think you might be right. We only have about 1.5 inchs of powdery snow right now, the ground is only partially frozen, and there is a small concrete sidewalk that I was going over and I did tear up a little of the lawn.

So I'll bet I crushed some grass.....

As a matter of fact, during the "investigation" I kept picking little pieces of "bright green flecks" off the tire...

Hahahahah......I bet it's "grass juice".......

It will be light in a few hours, so we will see, but thanks for the insight @Sidekick

 

[Runs With Scissors]

It's the juices you squeezed out of the weeds under the snow. I had similar last week when the ground under the snow wasn't fully frozen.

It has been confirmed!!!

I just move the tractor and there were no leaks found, so @Sidekick was spot on!!!!

It was "grass juice"...

 

[The Evil Twin]

It has been confirmed!!!

I just move the tractor and there were no leaks found, so @Sidekick was spot on!!!!

It was "grass juice"...

I told you to drink it

 

[Sidekick]

I told you to drink it

Ferment it and have a party .

 

[WI_Hedgehog]

I was sure @Runs With Scissors was going to need shots.

 

[bbxlr8]

Don't you have the JD Dye in hyd fluid?

FWIW I hate the flux in temps we are getting here - I have been moving some fallen dead ash off my older next-door neighbor's property and have to cross her "lawn". Just to be sure, I am only going when highs are below 32 even with my R14s.

Also turned my side yard into a mud bog last thaw around the holidays - should know better but the tractor makes things SO much easier!

 

[The Evil Twin]

I was sure @Runs With Scissors was going to need shots.

Medica or "medicinal" ?

 

[Runs With Scissors]

Don't you have the JD Dye in hyd fluid?

Yep. I thought it might be tire ballast or coolant.

"Grass juice" never occurred to me.

 

[6869704x4]

Same thing yesterday

 

[InTheWoods]

Well thank God it wasn't the on-board Beer Tank.