Recent content by PHPaul

More than three years ago - October 2021 - I posted here about a bobcat eating my chickens. After getting the appropriate tag from the game warden, I gave it to my daughter who wanted to get it mounted. It spent a couple of years in her game freezer waiting for a slot at the taxidermist...

As was mine, D2. Thanks for the assist!

I'm not sure where that rant came from. At no point did I suggest maxing anything out or encourage a newbie to "push the envelope". In fact, I don't encourage ANYONE to take risks. I will admit I didn't specifically state to be sure the 3 point is adjusted correctly for the implement...

The edge tamers will help keep it from digging in. That can be a double-edged sword, sometimes you WANT the bucket to dig. Not sure how easy they are to install/remove. Not a huge fan of spacers, they put a lot of stress on axles and axle bearings. Technique is more effective: 1. Go...

I have found that the "required horsepower" is padded pretty heavily in most cases. I ran a 5 foot brush cutter very successfully with a 17 PTO HP tractor. IIRC, the "required horsepower" for that cutter was stated as closer to 30. I suspect you'll find it'll run the 74 inch blower nicely...

Yeah, I started washing my face, next thing I knew I was washing the back of my neck! :LOL:

I built this Franken-tractor from a John Deere 455 running gear with a Shibaura diesel replacing the blown up Yanmar. It has a slow leak in one tire so I decided to fire it up and pull it out of the barn and up to the shop to blow that tire up. I've had it on a battery tender and expect it...

HAHAHAHAHa! You funny! More likely it's along the lines of "Jeez I hate a know-it-all, I'm going to do it wrong just to pizz him off!"

Welcome to the club :D. I use mine mostly for printing 1:64 and 1:25 scale stuff for my models. What CAD software are you using?

I had one briefly on my B2650. The flow rate was...adequate...but the machine itself didn't even come close to living up to the hype. The knives appeared to be made of aluminum and bent easily jamming the machine. The company was of absolutely NO help. I sold it cheap to a guy who was...

Ah. Shouldn't be much of a problem for a welder to fab up the brackets.

From Amazon for $136 I put four of them on my finish mower. No complaints at all about the heft/quality.

On my B2650, if I put the PTO selector in "both" (middle and rear) WITH THE TRACTOR OFF, OBVIOUSLY I find I can turn the rear PTO shaft between 1/8 and 1/4 turn which is usually enough to line up the splines.

"Nothing is ever as easy as the instructions say it is." However, I endeavoured to persevere and got the front mud guards mounted without undue verbal lubrication or conducting ballistics experiments with hand tools. I started on it mid-morning when it was reasonably warm and got interrupted...