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I grew up in the middle of a square mile of orange groves. The sandy soil had good drainage properties, but not a lot of organic material. A couple times a year they would run down the rows of the grove spreading chicken manure to give the trees nutrients. After a good rain, boy, was that a...

Welcome, fellow Central Florida tractor guy! -- Carl

There's an app called "Heavens-Above" which is great for figuring out when and where to look for things in the sky.

NIW, Thanks for sharing your story, and for letting us be part of your pack! -- Carl

I made it to the jury selection process one time. Did not get selected, but the experience impressed on me the importance of doing everything in my power to ensure my fate doesn't end up in the hands of a bunch of people who are grumpy about being there, and who are convinced that I'm the...

Thanks so much for all the good info and suggestions. When this happened I didn't know anything about cows, but I knew who to ask! :D Here are a few pictures. A normal section of hedge, about six feet tall. The section that got worked with over. The culprit, pretending he doesn't know anything...

Caught the neighbor's cow munching on our hedge this morning and introduced him to the hotshot. Might just be my imagination, but it looked like he decided to move to the other side of the field, as far from our hedge as possible. :D My neighbor was out working on fence today and we talked a...

I like the cayenne pepper suggestion but the hedge is so big that it would involve a lot of spraying. We also get pretty frequent rain showers here in Central Florida. I will keep that idea in mind though in case a specific section of the hedge seems to be getting picked on. -- Carl P.S...

Thanks for all the suggestions. My neighbor and I are generally on pretty good terms, but neither of us has an extensive background with cattle. He has been responsive about putting up fencing to protect the part of the hedge that's getting picked on, but it's a 300 foot long hedge. I'm trying...

My neighbor got a couple cows to keep the grass in his field under control. We had no problems for a year or so, but recently one of them has started eating our Camelia hedge. The hedge has been growing for 20 years, and now in the space of a week there's a hole in the middle of it! :mad...

Aren't the valves on high pressure gas cylinders supposed to be either fully open or fully closed? I think I remember reading somewhere that partially open valves leak. Maybe that's where the gas went? -- Carl

Jerry Clower, Steel Marbles: https://youtu.be/OvcZJxp1OEo

Funny incident from this weekend... We had half a dozen citrus trees that were in decline. They were showing signs of greening and needed to come out. I fired up the tractor, put the grapple on and got to work. The first three were smaller and in the worst shape. They pushed over easy, no...

OP back with another update... After moving the generator a couple times with my jury rigged sling contraption I researched pallet forks and ordered a lightweight set from Titan. Turns out I can lift it just fine. Whew, that problem just got a lot easier! :) -- Carl

In a related vein, Tom Kelly's "Tenth Legion" is a great read on turkeys and turkey hunting. -- Carl

I read somewhere that the majority of the cutting takes place in the inch or so of blade near the tip. Maybe you only need to hard face the tip? -- Carl

Good one! When a buddy and I visited Alaska we wanted to go hiking. Locals advised us to make lots of noise as we hiked and if we saw a bear to climb the nearest tree. This was no easy task, the lowest branches were about 20 feet up. Once we were up the tree we should determine whether it was...

Ah, I missed the part where you were trying to keep the front end from getting too light. Most of the time I see filling tired it's about lowering the center of gravity for increased stability. I applaud your efforts to keep costs down, my daily driver is an '87 Camry with 340,000 miles on it...

The front axle swivels while the rear does not. I wonder if that has anything to do with the recommendation to load the rear but not front? Since the front axle swivels side to side (note: speculation alert) you won't get any extra side to side stability until the axle locks out. You get...

I love how this guy handles scammers... :) https://youtu.be/_QdPW8JrYzQ