Recent content by Blue2Orange

+++ for the Merlin app. Not only sound id, but if you snap an image it might identify your bird. Also, the manual mode by inputing the data fields. Not perfect. Supposedly the Eastern Towhee are "unlikely" in my region. Have been around for a few years. Surround sound Towhee from sunrise...

SGC0554, at ~180lbs. Max logs I've lifted have been single lengths of red oak 4-5ft lengths at 12-20". Unsure of max load of the grapple. IIRC, with the QA on the L344 the max load which I assume includes the weight of the implement is ~600lbs. Looked at some pto powered cable winches to...

Image? Assuming tilting off axis clockwise relative to the tractor v. just shifting to the right? And when not loaded with an implement sits level relative to the tractor?

No issues using the grapple on the BX, but like any loader work it needs rear ballast. +300# box blade stays on during the non-snow months. Light mass of the BX feels unbalanced just moving around with an empty bucket without some mass hanging off the 3pt. The overall low weight and short...

IIRC, my local Kubota dealer charged mid to high $800's when purchasing the BX. Incentive price to buy now? I made the mistake ~25y/o ago not buying the Loftness snowblower with the then new NH. Year later and add $600. Really like the grapple claw. Makes life nice when moving logs and...

"with other..." Last Autumn tried to order some studs(iGrip?) from a company out Canada. At the checkout page a note popped up stating they are currently not shipping to USA addresses.

Old memory, but the image looks to be the lifts.

Enjoy the new tractor. I downsized to the BX. Just a casual tractor user. Another low hour year of use. Low 80's over the BX's first 12 months of use. Driveway maintenance (smoothing and snow removal), hauling and moving firewood logs. Deep(+20") or heavy wet snow blowing is much slower...

Have a small ballasted keel trailer sail boat. Years ago I looked at some "jacks" Defender (store and online boating shop) sold. IIRC, they clamped onto the trailer allowing you to lift it off the bunks. Bit expensive. McMXi's system looks to be good option for smaller boats. Plus you then...

I replaced the lead acid battery with an Optima Yellow top on the old NH when it was new. Lasted more than a decade. No maintainer. Price for the next Optima scared me into purchasing their digital smart charger. Only issue with the charger was that it shut down if the air temp dropped below...

IIRC, a YTube video review of battery chargers/maintainers link somewhere here at OTT. Most of the units reviewed had some issue with either overcharging, poor maintainer function..... Too much junk made and sold. Interesting at least with the above Ford manual post (post #41) that it notes...

Depending on what type of rust. That is, just surface v. deep rust. When talking with the body shop about dealing with my developing rust issues on the pickup rear wheel openings. He noted not much can be done about the rust that is starting from the inside in. Cut and replace the damaged...

With time and more long term data change happens. Vioxx(rofecoxib). The "great" new selective COX-2 inhibitor for the treatment of pain, arthritis. Supposedly better tolerated than the existing NSAIDs. Turns out to be a too selective COX-2 inhibitor. Too high risk for CV events. IIRC...

"Standard care" can be quality care. Just not as common as it should be. Just maybe a biased impression that evolved over a few decades of being part of the system. Mergers, acquisitions, insurance companies, benefit administrators, excessive pay for executive level personnel has eroded the...

Seems like the twice a year I take my truck in for basic maintenance service the mechanics note an issue or impending issue. Seems like when I go in for the "annual" physical the MD finds a new issue. I had the dealer switch my winter to summer wheels and tires. One front and one rear brake...