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These are the only mentioned tasks that I can see might benefit from a smallish backhoe. Depending on the soil conditions, which can be a huge factor. My place is glacial till -- primarily sand with the odd fist-sized stone. The backhoe is handy and faster, but really there's nothing it can do...

Ok, here comes the rabbit hole... Later in the video, where he's talking about his preferred product, he mentions the crash detection and notification function. Whoo boy. Speaking as a member of the emergency service most likely to be notified of snipe hunts, I can tell you that this can be a...

I believe they use low-energy bluetooth to connect with an Apple phone. The range of the tag is very limited, same as any other BT device.

The other thing I will mention: cell phone jammers are available. And lately, thieves are known to use wifi jammers to defeat wireless home security cameras. It would not at all surprise me to learn they've started to apply the same technique to defeat trackers,. That said, I have heard of...

While the device itself may not require a subscription from the vendor, I note the following in the description: "You only need to prepare a valid activated SIM card (Attention!!!! SIM card is not included in the package, you need to prepare it by yourself), and then plug in this GPS tracker...

I got my backhoe - in near new condition - from a guy who bought it as part of a package with his machine "just in case". It then sat for years taking up space before he decided he was never going to use it again and was tired of working around it. A bit of a unicorn, perhaps, but it happens.

Rate-of-rise heat detectors have a large air chamber and a small thermal link in the centre -- usually the link is finned. The chamber has a tiny leak to allow normal temperature variations without false alarms. A quick rise in temperature will cause pressure to rise inside the chamber...

Many years ago I responded to a fire in a steel silo. It was constructed of thick (3\8" IIRC) plates rivetted together like a ship's hull and used to store sawdust -- fuel to heat greenhouses, about 1/2 full. It turned out the initial fire triggered a dust explosion which blew out many of the...

It's built into the control valve set. The backhoe controls have internal passages to route the flow in the bank of spool valves according to the position(s) of the lever(s). As with the loader control. However, you are adding an external control with it's own independent spool valve. There is...

On the B7100, one has to chain the lift arms up when using the under-seat diverter valve. At least, if a 3ph implement is installed. If his B6000 does in fact have the hydraulic block, then there's a good chance it is the same size as the later B7100. But it's equally possible that some years...

If there is one, I'd love to hear about it for the same reasons. I've tried the toothed bucket. I tried the roto-tiller. No Joy. The best I've been able to achieve is giving it a nice crown and breaking the banks at low spots when thawing or rain is in the forecast so the runoff has a place to...

That explains why people thought the brackets were welded to the tractor at the factory.

Another possibility is the internal layer of the return hose may have collapsed or torn, blocking flow in one direction.

What this world needs (or at least, my world) is a FEL joystick operated dual spool control block sized for around 5-6gpm, in keeping with the capabilities and capacities of the average SCUT. The smallest controls can handle around 10gpm (Summit's smallest is 11gpm). Yes, a 10gpm can handle 3...

It seems to be discontinued by Loctite. Just what's left in the supply chain now. Make sure you have the hole absolutely clean. Use brake cleaner and a cotton swab repeatedly. I would smear the thinnest of layers inside the hole and apply a layer to the bolt itself (after applying the release...