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Heh, funny looking black bird, not even really black. Oh well, it's dead now...

I'm not a fan of Chinese tools, but the truth is they are already making good quality stuff. It's just not the cheap stuff. Like your Westinghouse motor, they can and do make excellent things when they get paid a bit more.

As others said, you get what you pay for. Somethings I buy cheap, and consider disposable. Welders and plasma cutters are not in that category. I'm kinda stuck in my ways, and it's Miller welders with Hypertherm plasma. Never had anything but positive experiences with them, and I'm not...

I put tubes in my rear R1s a while back, but that was really just because I was fluid loading them. Nothing wrong with tubeless, and depending on type damage, tubeless may be a LOT easier to fix at home. The most common tire damage is a simple puncture due to nail or similar, and these are...

Excellent, thank you. That's just the kind of specifics I was hoping for. My box went on CL yesterday.

Ok, I finally got a chance to try it out today after swapping back to the R1s. In my opinion, it will work, but certainly not at capacity. It will cut, but just from gathering a box of dirt with the shanks engaged, the 3 point couldn't lift it until I let back on it. Just as I was afraid, it...

Well, I generally feel pretty good about my assessment, it goes right along with the responses so far. I'm waffling between "sell it and find another rather than risk breaking something" and "it's within the manufacturer limits (even if barely), and it's a component where heaviest is better up...

Oh, I guess I glossed over an important point. The tractor carries it just fine. I couldn't lift it off the trailer with the boom pole using the short loop. But once I got it off and on the 3 point, it lifted and carried it without complaint. The only indication of working at it's limit was...

Agreed on all points. But in this case, the limit for lifting is right on the line, and the force of use is not in lifting the 3 point, but rather the traction achieved with loaded R1s in this case. And it certainly has all the weight it would ever need, likely enough to take too large a...

Thanks. I could modify it myself, but the better move would probably be sell and find a more appropriate size if it doesn't work out. In any case, I'm pretty confident that it's a Gannon H120 from what I've found on the web. What's left of the labels is the right size, shape, and same...

I have a B2150 and have been making do with a too small 48" roll-over box blade. Today, I acquired what appears to be an actual Gannon (no legible markings) 66" box scraper that looks exactly like these pictures. I was really looking for a 60" box, but talking to the guy on the phone, it...

From the title, I thought you had posted a pic of my tractor...

Without going into too many details, I had a similar great experience with Ruger. Back around 1991 I had a variety of guns acquired over the years, and I bought a little plinking pistol new from them; a Mark II 10" slab side (call "match", or "competition", came with scope rings and I had heard...

The older Troy Built models like the Tomahawk seem to get good reviews. Just as you describe, they are what they are and they do the job intended. All these modern MTD and such, about half plastic, and with over rated Chinese HP motors, everything I read about them makes it sound like they are...

That has essentially been my MO for a while. :D From what I've been reading, those small chippers seem more work than they are worth when it comes to stuff like tangled twisted Mesquite limbs. My understanding is you have to cut it into smallish straightish sections to get it to go into the...

Those things will really eat you alive if you are not careful. I've had the same problem, mostly trimming and putting out in a pile for bulk pickup. I invariable have a number of new wounds from the process. So for that and other general duties, I've been sniffing around for a decent chipper...

Sounds like you got the gist. It is frustrating that they don't have more connections, but it's the best I've found. Even the clowns at the local shop (some good guys, but mostly clueless clowns) don't know how the numbers relate models and models to models. The only thing they MIGHT know...

Kubota does not seem to provide much help in this respect. This is the closest I've found. You can click on a link for a model number that you want to learn more about. Once there, you can follow the links near the top to find some of the related models. So, here is my tractor. And I can...

I use various manual/single LULAs too. Got them for my 9 and my 5.56, works great loading from loose rounds in a can, and unload right back into the can (well, onto a towel, then the can). And couple of speed-loaders for the wheel guns (357Mag). My world would be complete if I could find a...

If you don't need it, you don't need it; if you do, you do. But if you carry heavy loads on the loader, need to lift them high, particularly on uneven ground, you'll want all the weight down low you can get. Also if you need all the traction you can get. For instance driving the loader bucket...