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Having grown up on a New England dairy farm, and driven since I was about 10, backing up a trailer was learned so early it is now a natural, I don’t have to think about which way to turn. Learning to back a 4 wheeled wagon into the hay barn was learned so late I have to tell myself which way to...

Thanks for your input. I have, I know that. It was desperation on the part of many countries to come to SOME tax agreement as so many countries have been helpless to impose even that pitiful rate. It didn’t reflect what the G20 wanted but what they could get. Most countries have a GDP less than...

We are in a time that corporate taxes set to 21% encourage excessive profits while they last. It is in the best interest of companies in extractive products to get them now while the demand is high and the taxes are relativly low. For a lot of history the maximum rate of the graduated taxes on...

I’m not sure if your rear attachment is the same as my BX1870 but here is my solution. I bought one of these at H-F: https://www.harborfreight.com/3500-lb-step-bumper-receiver-69673.html and one of these although any adapter could work...

I’ve used mine several times behind my BXX1870 and for that machine it is rugged enough. I double nutted the handle bolt but other than that it’s good to go. In the spring I’ll weld the short cross brackets to fit concrete blocks.

This morning at 6:30am I looked out onto a white lawn! Frost not snow thankfully. I am ready for snow I guess. Yesterday I stored the FEL inside the back of the barn, got the snowblower on and lubed it up. As the whole BX1870 was new to me a couple of months ago I had to do some trial and error...

Stations are at $2.99 in NH yesterday! Great progress! Thanks to Biden releasing some reserve and convincing OPEC to ramp up production. That’s government working for us. Thanks Uncle Joe.

Don’t wait until you are so old you can’t do much anyway. The wife and I walked into our employers when we were 52 and both quit on good terms. We traveled to the Southwest and bought a lot in an old mining town and over the next 5 years spent winters building a nice Santa Fe style house with...

No keys with the dealer’s switch, two from Amazon if you order from them. In fairness I must say just after I bought the tractor I went in to get some filters, an extra key, and hydro oil. The parts guy tossed in two keys no charge back then.

When I bought my BX1870 early in the summer the battery posts were corroded badly but the battery was only 2 years old. When you tried to start the tractor after the preheater wait, it would begin to turn over then just stop turning. The dash lights stayed on but the only way to start it was to...

Something to consider is the management. We lived off grid for 10 years beginning in the late 70’s. The system was a 3KW Dunlite wind generator and a bank of 19 FLA batteries. Inverters were terribly inefficent and VERY expensive so we went 114Volts DC. Payoff was 6 years and eveyrthing worked...

I noticed the drag I ordered price was reduced to $65.99 on Amason. I set up a chat session and got a $10 credit. It came yesterday and I assembled it in about 20 minutes. Good hardware and it seems perfect. It weighs about 35 lbs. I’ll try it later today w/o any weight added as the loam is...

Thanks for making that clear. I will not be paying anyone to rip it out and start new. It is green and we have had enough rain to keep it green. I’ll keep picking the surface rocks, filling the low places and occasionally scraping off he high spots that have been there since the beginning. I’ll...

Thanks, I do have a 5’ back blade and that is what I have used to get the lawn like it is. However it does not take out the undulations and tends to tear up sod clumps. If I fill a spot with loam it helps a lot but really does not do a smooth enough job to keep me from bouncing along as I mow...

Oh Gad. Age? I never thought of that. At 73 I mostly don’t think I’m old but the years have gone by. Yes I was stronger 50 years ago. I’m now stumped. I did clean the mating surface, oiled the gasket on the new filter, threaded it on as I have several hundred times before on my cars, trucks...

I am planning to put two or three concrete blocks on it which it is made for. The loam I have is very light and fine. If the drag doesn’t move it around I can add another block. I agree it doesn’t look like much but remember- It’s $76! Youtube is full of videos (thanks Mark_BX25D) of such...

Thanks, are you finding it smooths and levels to your satisfaction? I considered something like that with the smooth side down but thought it would just follow the bumps which is why I decided to try a rigid frame that might take off the bumps and fill the low spots with screened loam.

I’ve got a few places the rocks can go to improve the drop-off beside the drive so I’m with you on getting rid of them. BTW when the excavator was shaping it and smoothing he would just drop the bucket on rocks less than a foot in diameter. They went out of sight. I should have stopped him as...

I recently serviced my BX1870. Since it only had 87 hours on it I opted to change the hydrostatic filter but not the oil. Yesterday I was digging up surface rocks and filling the holes with loam. It’s a very satisfying job, makes the yard look better and mow better too. I noticed a few oil...

Thanks for the responses. I see there are lots of options. My question was "I would like to know if anyone has used anything similar?” So far I guess not?? I may have to try it and report back so others will learn from my misery. And DustyRusty- that is the method I have been using, haul, fill...