Recent content by InTheWoods

Jeesh - quite a twist from your original plan of a whole-house Diesel set with ATS. I'd keep a backup backup generator if I had a 'Champion'...

I ordered a batch of hoses in February. It took 5 days and a phone call before they shipped it - silence before then. Not, IMO, the greatest service, but the hoses seeem decent.

I retired (mostly) at age 62 a year ago. I spent a long time before that pondering it. I finaly realized the only time I'd be 100% sure it was the right time was if I waited until I was dead. So, I settled for being 51% sure and haven't regretted it for a nanosecond since.

^That's kind of what I've been thinking and the reason behind my wanting to know details about what the OP was doing that might have caused this...

Is this a LA535 FEL? Curious what size logs you( @FarmtoLake ) were carrying (i.e length, diamter, species)

Is this unusual? 'lifting a few logs that seem to be no problem', and then a twisted FEL as a result? Is this just a bent bucket, or actually bent loader arms? Whatever the OP did to cause this is something I want to be able to avoid. So what, specifically is the likely root cause? Just...

I've pondered that too. It's not obvious. I keep the saw positioned so it couldn't hit my leg, as long as things go as I plan. I suppose that a human with perfect situaltional awareness wouldn't need chaps. That's not me! I recognize, partucularly when limbing a downed tree on a slope...

Good thread guys. Thanks for the reminder - my chaps have spent a little too much time hanging on the hook instead of me wearing them...

Dang. I post here for the abuse, not forgiveness...

WSM for the B7510 is a little light on detail. I've no idea of the similarity to the B6200.

compressed air?

Nice work. I bet you'll like that grab handle. My B7510 FEL requires that a tranverse member be fitted, and it serves as a great handle when hopping on the tractor: Make sure that bucket plate doesn't interfere with the SSQA mechanism when mounting/dismounting the bucket...

There are plenty of electric vehicles that sell for MORE than $80,000. However, the best-selling vehicle in the world last year was an electric vehicle, and it is priced similarly to its competitor gas models: Tesla Model Y lists for $44k in the US, but many buyers get a fed tax credit...

I suppose your great grandfather said the same about horseless carriages. And yes he was right - look at GM/Ford/Stellantis - no profit, and basically doomed as their market gets taken over by better options.

Dang - I sure wish I'd of been more clueless about finance, physics and manufacturing about 5 years ago: