Recent content by Fear

I would try contacting Nissan directly as this can sometimes budge shady dealerships. Depending on the labor agreement between the dealer and their technicians is often indicative of their policy on honoring warranties. Some dealers pay flat rate, some pay a percentage of hourly labor billed...

The Chevron Synth is listed as meets or exceeds UDT in the data sheets for it so does Valvoline Unitrac I guess with the interval at 400 hours saving the hundred or two $ is not really that big of a deal.

OK so. Playing around with the new tractor yesterday evening and today. Hyd fluid level started dropping, not concerned really, there was a good bit of "dry cylinder" sound from the backhoe and FEL due to them not being bled completely. Called the dealer and was told tuesday or wednesday they...

That is the exact exercise my uncle sat me down to do when I told him I wanted to weld. He had a complete welding shop but 99.99999% of what he did was TIG welding transport trailer after the next of straight aluminum irrigation pipe up in the panhandle of Texas. Every time you crinkle one of...

OK so... Signed the documents on Wednesday and expected a Thursday morning delivery. Delivery guy for the dealership got the days schedule mixed up. Which means I had taken Thursday morning off to take delivery of the tractor, was called at 10am and told it wouldn't be till 3pm. So I went to...

Cleaning out the pole barn the last few days in prep for the new tractor arriving I ran across 13 sizable wasp nests, a few yellow jacket nests and the rest were standard yellow paper wasps and 2 red paper wasp nests. Fun times were had until I got two stings on the head and one on the back. 2...

Dealership is installing the backhoe right now. Paperwork in the morning tomorrow with delivery tomorrow afternoon a good possibility :) Might have to take an early day off to go play with the new toy tomorrow. :D

Another bit about numbers, my wife informed me last night that it is very telling that I spent more on our new "lawn mower" than I spent on my last 4 trucks combined. My reply "Yeah, but I still have 3 of those 4 trucks" Count down is 1 to 2 DTT (Days Till Tractor) Going to call the...

My spreadsheet skills and maths coupled with failing knees in my early 40s is what got me off the floor and job site into an office :) With the right graphing skills you can prove any point you want with a set of numbers ;) I actually drove a tractor on the weekends and all summer long for 5...

Waiting for the dealer to get everything together to deliver it towards the end of this week. That is the one thing that is making me swear the most about it at this very moment. I am sure there will be more to follow. Probably along the lines of fitting my 50 year old 6'5" body into and out of...

I have been researching tiny and small tractors for 10 years. We just were not at the point where I could take the leap on them. I have a strong dislike for second hand equipment and tools and new was outside of reality for us. Not sure why the aversion to used as I am ridiculously frugal...

Where to start? Oh the IMPORTANT PARTS! Soon to be taking possession of a brand spanking new L2501 and toys. Comes with the 60" front loader, 60" box blade, bought a 60" finish mower and the backhoe attachment with 12" bucket. We have been living on small acreages for the last 20 years. Over...