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Pretty slick using the carryall full of fire wood for ballast.

I bend teeth on the top jaw every time I grab a log like that. I reinforced the teeth with gussets, but still bend the points a little bit. A few whacks with a deadblow hammer works, though. My grapple probably isn’t the most expensive one, but it does what I need done. I just try to make sure...

The fuel filter mount SHOULD have a spring loaded valve in the tank side to prevent draining the tank onto the floor. There really isn’t much pressure because they’re gravity fed. I had a stick come over the FEL bracket and hit my filter. Didn’t know until I smelled the fuel. Thought I’d broken...

Not bragging about it, but I did EXACTLY this in high school at the beginning of my junior year to a new teacher, just joking around so she’d be more at ease with the class. Got sent to the principal’s office, told him exactly what happened, and he thought it was funny as hell. Teacher didn’t...

Knock on wood, I still don’t have to get up in the night to pee. But, if I fall asleep quickly, I rarely sleep more than an hour before something is hurting and I have to change position to make something else hurt worse so the pain that woke me up doesn’t bother me anymore. The wonderful thing...

Don’t get me started. …..

Have you tried to find one like that lately? They’re as rare as chicken teeth. I like them because they’re light and fantastic for precise wood work.

Got bored yesterday and decided to roll and sort one my big compost/deadfall heaps (again) yesterday. Started by greasing the FEL, grapple and top link. Smeared a bit on all the ball joints of the 3P members. Checked oils and topped off with diesel. Checked tire pressure. 20 in the front, 18 in...

The really sad part is they were probably told by an HOA that they couldn’t fly Old Glory.

It's really handy when you're doing loader work and need to keep your right hand on the loader stick. I didn't like mine at first either, and still typically drive with both hands while in transport, but once I get started using the loader/grapple, I automatically grab the spinner now. It just...

Old age I am convinced causes an increase in IQ. Can’t get old if yer stoopid.

The newest LX models are supposed to have addressed the hydrohowl with a new transmission design. I’ll agree, my 2019 LX2610SU has quite a howl, but it still beats hell out of my silent axe, shovel, pitchfork, bow saw, and wheel barrow. Only slightly more noisy than the little 6HP...

This is the trap I keep falling into trying to be a good neighbor.

I like the puller. Simple, but should be very effective. If made from hard steel and sharp edges left on the cutouts, it should bite the posts pretty well. I take it you have some sort of SSQA adapter for the chain? Do you use the curl to pull, or just the lift?

At least it ain’t green.

The needs of the few…..

Kenny’s hooks are da bomb. Got the hooks on top of the bucket and d-rings in the bottom for heavy lifting. One of the least expensive and best mods I’ve done that has saved me a tremendous amount of time.

Have you ever noticed how quickly something you just had in your hand less than two minutes ago can completely disappear, only to be found 30 minutes later in a place where you KNOW you have not been?

@Daren Todd and I seem to have very similar senses of humor. Wish I could find it again, but one of my favorites was a sign written in Braille. “HOT! DO NOT TOUCH!” Ranks right up there with Braille on a drive-up ATM. What’s next, Braille stop signs?

Growing up, we had steel 5 gallon buckets left over from various products related to farm life and a family member who had a logging business, but mostly because my stepdad hated plastic buckets. I never got an explanation for why, but I knew better than to ask, too. If you think plastic ones...