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We've all gotten used to equipment and tractors getting bigger and bigger. However, one of the ag engineering professors at Ohio State started making the argument a few years ago that for efficiency and improved soil health and less compaction that the industry should move toward smaller...

Sorry lost track of this. Just bought the hooks and eyes and built everything else. The global quick attach doesn't really have a "plate" like the skid steer attachment does. The hooks drop over the round bar along the top, and the eyes engage pins at the bottom. On my Farmhand loader I was able...

Sorry for starting this but some pretty interesting reading. Primary reason I was thinking about this issue was the washout/ bearing erosion issue. I too have heard that for years, but I've taken dozens of different motors apart, some without any bypass system at all that regularly ran high...

Ok boys and girls, here you go. 2/3 goes to the local schools. The County general fund only gets $243 and change per year (these are the per half year rates). Your civics lesson for the day. Understand where your taxes actually go.

Didn't you folks in Texas have a bad freeze around this time last year that froze water in a whole bunch of houses? I'm always amazed at how nasty diesel crank case oil looks after a relatively short service period. And this motor has no signs of any excessive blow by. I mean at 100 hours...

Enclosed garage with a cat! It's tough, doggone things get in everywhere.

The M4500 has always started really well, coldest I've started it is -20F and that was without being plugged in. I've got a New Idea Cutditioner that I use to mow hay with and it will work the balls off of this tractor in heavy first cutting hay. Always figure the 15-40 was a slight measure of...

I am the second owner, I've had it for quite a few years now and I did see the service records for it when I bought it at which time it had a total of about 900 hours on it. So yeah, as a matter of fact, I do know the history on it! If you'd bothered to read the op instead of getting smart you'd...

My M4500 doesn't get that many hours of use in a year, maybe 100-125. I've always done the change it once a year right before making first cutting hay in the spring thing. Last year the factory sending unit for the oil pressure idiot light went bad and I was in a hurry to get things going so I...

It varies significantly from state to state. Here in Ohio in rural counties like ours the lion's share of property taxes goes to the local school district. Beyond that there's senior services, local/rural fire, the park district and a couple other things that are voted on to the tax bill by...

Having ridden a motorcycle all across the US and Eastern Canada I can safely say that the scariest place I've ridden is Montreal.

Parts are plentiful for that, and pretty inexpensive relative to newer engine series like the LS. You won't know till it's apart but I probably wouldn't do a simple re-ring unless it is in exceptionally good shape. As noted it's the machine work that adds up. Bore and hone, grind crank, possibly...

If searching salvage don't limit yourself to just Kubota. Hesston, Oliver, White and Fiat all used those same body panels for various models.

Anymore the shorter question for me to answer would be "what DOESN'T bug you"?!

The Gem working the Egypt Valley mine not far from where I grew up. That row of white marks to the right is a row of bore holes. They'd drill down in a line like that to just above the coal. The holes would be charged with ammonium nitrate bags and diesel fuel. The last bag down also got a...

The Gem of Egypt and Silver Spade operated in Eastern Ohio were both larger. Amazing machinery. Operated on electric, they used a dozer to move the "extension cord" around. Really eerie to be around (that's relative, they'd only let you get so close) them when operating. Did get to stand under...

M4500, cheap (price wise) tractor. Had good features for its time.

Ever since I put this Farmhand loader on my M4500 I've wanted to convert it to a quick attach system for the bucket and attachments. So this fall it got done. I opted to go to the euro-global system that Deere, Fendt, MF and others use on their larger tractors for a few reasons. One, it was...

This is my home made front mount mover, but this is the type of "spear" that you want.

Whatever you buy, get one with a spear that has a long taper on it. They go into the bales much better than the spears that have the short 6 inch+/- tapered ends. If you are handy with the welder, Vevor has some good deals on just the spear from time to time. Just used one of theirs to "remodel"...