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Since my last post, I took a lunch break, and when I went back out to the shop, it fired up and ran fine! Part of the issue may have been, probably, a splice I made in the feed line, new 3/8" to old 5/16" hose, all I had at the time and I was trying to not make a 30 mile round trip to town to...

Well I didn't expect this: I bled the heck out of it, and all I can get is very rough running, obviously not getting proper fuel flow. Keeping in mind it ran great before I pulled the old fuel line and the fuel tank. bled it again, and again, and it just doesn't get any better. Here's a...

I cracked all three at once, and cranked until a bit of spurting took place, but also still air bubbles (in retrospect) were visible. Then the battery got low. After tightening them back up, it fired up but ran crappy. Then some visitors stopped by, with a box of wine, and the work was put on...

On my D1103 3 cylinder engine on my Jacobsen mower, I recently needed to replace the main fuel line from the tank to the pump. The engine ran fine before BTW. This involved removing the fuel tank to get at one hose clamp. So I replaced the line, installed the fuel tank, and filled it about...

Getting the big hydraulic leak so easily fixed, made me a bit nervous when the next day I noticed another much small leak. I mean, you never get off that easy! Turns out it was diesel not hydraulic, and the solution was as simple as could be: the main feed line from the fuel tank to the pump...

Thanks for that price breakdown D2Cat! My foreseeable use is pretty predictable:on my own place, only. I can't see bending that roller but if I did I'd make another one out of sch. 40 pipe. As for the cutters, the flails, I have yet to get a real good eyeball on them as I will need to hoist the...

I recently bought an older Jacobsen flail mower, (like this one, but with a flail https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx2a85d_z1U) Kubota powered, used. The near zero turn mower maneuverability of the thing is what attracted me. All hydraulically powered, with a 62" flail mower. It came with a...

I got it home, and used it for the first time and all went well. Next morning I noticed the shop floor had indications of a hydraulic leak. OK, not too bad...but already I was thinking I probably got screwed on the deal, and put off investigating down there as I assumed I'd find a major...

Good to know greenacresnorth, it sure looked that way! I made the drive to go look at it, turns out the farmer seller is also a pilot and also has a grass strip like I do, but as the weather was scary stormy it was a good day to drive! It is rough cosmetically, seat all cracked, paint faded...

When I saw this mower in a local used equipment rag, (not this exact one, a bigger and newer one but the same concept https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUoXc8Jya1A) it instantly made sense to me. It's always bothered me, struck me as inefficient anyway, to first drive over THEN mow brush and...

My county road guys used some black stuff on my gravel road this spring, not the usual, I at first thought it was re cycled/crushed asphalt but turns out it is lava rock, run though a crusher. It makes a great gravel road surface, it really locks together tight, and kind of looks good too, most...

Real "moist" in SE Idaho also, but good enough to move some gravel around. When you instantly go from stepping in mud to stepping on nice clean gravel, you feel like you are really getting the best bang for your gravel buck! I am still getting back to normal after adding onto my equipment pole...

A bit above 5,000'. the peak in the background of the driveway shot is over 9,000'! The valley below is 4500'. Heady stuff for a kid raised near Detroit!

This is the second year since I cut in a 1/4 mile+ long bike/walking trail trough the trees that run along the creek that goes through my mountain property (12% grade mostly, hard to tell that in pictures). I knew there would be maintenance, but was surprised to find that even after a record...

Ran the box blade over the driveway while it was still softened up from the spring rains. Between it, a scraper blade, and the FEL, not to mention the U 25 mini excavator's blade, I got it handled! Especially gratifying as I used to do this type of work by hand,, as in with a rake and shovel...

I got the chipper on and for the first time since I put the bike trail in last year, did some spring maintenance. In the 1/4 mile of twisty trail, it seems I will have an annual renewal of the path chip, cool. They make a great walking or riding surface, plus you get rid of the dead fall...

I have an ongoing project that will start any day, as soon as it stops snowing 5" the last 3 days) and dries out a bit! Last fall I added onto an outbuilding, just a post and beamer, mostly to house the tractor attachments I keep buying, and the 12' dump bed trailer, I bought the year before...

Rather then start a new thread, I thought I'd revive this one. I got my 3/4" spacers for my L3301's rear wheels, they fit perfect and it was an easy 1 hour job getting them on, now my brand new cross link chains don't rub the inside of the fenders! On the front, I have an old pair of pickup...

I asked Jim, who was 95 at the time, how his arm got buggered up. I had known him for a couple years, and had installed a big off grid solar system at his 450 acre home. This guy was a WW2 Marine Air Corp pilot, with 2,000 hours of combat time, flying Corsairs off of carriers. After that he...

I also thought about getting the 12' dump bed trailer out of it's winter home, so I could haul the removed snow out to the country road, which I'm at the end of. But it's building, like the excavator, was also snowed in, and by the time I got it cleared the need for it was past. Yeah, the wind...