Recent content by biketopia

I'm so sorry to hear this! Kudos to you for doing everything in your power to make her time spent with you wonderful.

Drug the driveway again, lookin real good now! I should really be more proactive about it rather than let it go for 6-9 months takes much less time and keeps things looking good. After that, I split wood until well past dark using the floodlights on the ROPS for visibility. I go in for...

Used the tractor to move my brother's safe from my house, where it was stored, to his new house about 25 min down the road. We were doing everything we could to dodge the severe weather in the area. It started dumping at my place right after we left, but we were ahead of the storm all the way...

Put the land plane on the other day and worked the driveway for about an hour. I haven't dragged it all year so it was getting a little neglected, especially on the hill to our parking area after a big rain last week. Got it looking minty fresh again, and the Mrs' is happy because there's no...

Good-looking deer. I have tons of mommas and babies, seen one or two in velvet, but nothing worth a damn.

Weld it, ream it, hope it holds together :ROFLMAO: . Next time, don't hit it so hard when trying to remove the tie-rod. https://www.maxpeedingrods.com/product/performanece-ball-joint-rood-for-1-12-per-foot-reamer.html?tracking=googleshoppingUS&code=USD

+ 1 on Technu! I get PI pretty bad and would get it at the most random times messing around the property. Now, after I've been messing around in an area with it, I wash real good with Technu, and then when I shower I do it two or three more times, has done a really good job of keeping me from...

Your bin store seems to get good stuff. All the one by me ever has is clothes and dumb household knick nacks from amazon.

Sounds like a great deal. Do what you gotta do and enjoy your nice tractor. Don't lug it, and it won't smoke. Also, without it turning the exhaust into a flamethrower every handful of hours, you will be doing your part to reduce forest fires; pretty much all the forestry equipment CA and other...

That box blade is a beast, go for it. Also, I'd look into adding more remotes and/or a diverter. Once you can make adjustments from the seat, there is no going back. Plus, your machine being the size it is, many implements you may end up with will have multiple hydraulic-acting cylinders...

Why not get a small excavator since the MF does all your CUT duties as is? Then you can sell off the MF backhoe, utilize all the implements and such you already have for it, and end up with a more capable digging machine vs. a third tractor to use for a few specific chores that you can already...

Absolutely! I'm kind of surprised your F-450 hasn't had a GLP-1 shot yet 😉

My "no going back " comment was based on my experiences in the automotive world. Modern ECUs timestamp and track everything. Just because you re-flashed it back to stock and reinstalled the DPF does not make it untraceable. Most will store a log of the ECU flashes, the number of regens, etc...

You would be doing what those in the diesel pick-up world call "weight loss." You'd tune it and remove the DPF, unlocking greater HP and Torque for both the tractor and PTO; however, it does not do anything for loader capacity or lifting force, just FYI. Once it's done, there's no going back...

I think you're on the right track, size and price-wise. Are you looking to bundle everything at once so you can finance the whole deal, or are you paying cash, or does it matter? I ask because I think you can do better on the grapple and likely the rotary cutter, shopping around a bit, even...