Recent content by NCL4701

In my experience, which is admittedly anecdotal, the hours in that chart would likely be accurate if you never once greased the U-joints. Keep them greased and they should last much longer than that. I do minimize offset angle to the degree practical. To me, they’re kind of like tires, loader...

Went out to check game cams this morning and found yet another dead Virginia pine precariously hanging over a trail. Couldn’t see what exactly it was hung up in due to too much surrounding foliage. Looked like it was almost totally in two pieces at the base: just kind of sitting on the stump but...

Looks like a big house cat. So I’ll vote bobcat.

I don’t know about your specific model, but many of the 4WD tractors have a split oil pan to allow clearance for the front driveshaft which results in having two drain plugs: one on each side. If it has a split pan with two plugs and you only pulled one, that will leave undrained oil on the...

One of many types of tree frogs we have. We hear the chorus of their herds nightly except in winter, but rarely see them. The leaf he’s sitting on is a white oak leaf about the size of the palm of my hand. Frog is about the size of a grape.

Very nice tribute to your friend. Sorry for your loss.

1. There’s nothing about the kid having a gluten allergy. If the kid had an allergic reaction to gluten, he’d be going to a hospital in an ambulance rather than being picked up by his parents. So it has nothing to do with people who have legitimate anaphylactic reactions to gluten. 2. The...

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As someone who doesn’t have a flail, has/am seriously considering getting a flail, I have to ask: You really can’t turn a flail without lifting it off the roller?

Of course they won’t do that because it could actually work to reduce costs for on road diesel end users and heavily reduce tax revenue. Allowing use of off-road diesel on road sounds great to people who know nothing about the end user logistics of procuring off-road diesel (most people)...

@MtnViewRanch is a member here who seems to get universally positive reviews on his kits, but I have no direct experience. I have a dealer installed top/tilt. Could have saved some money going a different route, but it’s too useful to have any regrets. If you do much blade work, highly recommend.

As others have said, power down to avoid corkscrewing. Do not float. As the loader arms come down in an arc, they move the auger head forward. The only way to correct that is by moving the tractor backward. You have to move backward incrementally as the boom moves down. Adjusting curl is...

It’s a Praying Mantis. Most are green, at least they are here. But they can also be brown. They can change color when they molt, which allows them to blend with their primary environment whether that’s green or brown. I don’t recall ever seeing more than a handful of brown ones. The whiskers on...