Recent content by Botamon

Those bad boys were how we got all our supplies in the jungle:

All the time. Pretty much every day. I live pretty remotely so it is very quiet (and I don't have a TV or radio running all day long!) Most of the sound around my place is the birds - I have several bird feeders set up and the birds can make quite a racket. To me the "whop whop whop" of a...

When bushhogging I clean my radiator and condenser daily. If its exceptionally dusty then twice a day. I can actually watch the coolant temperature gauge creep up from where it normally runs as chaff and dirt accumulates in the screens and radiator.

Not sure when spring arrived in northern Nevada because we never had winter this year. Last night the Reno news reported that they'd broken the high temperature records for 8 days in a row. Not just broken but in some cases annihilated. Like broke the old record by 10 degrees or so...

How does EGT monitoring work with the new Fords? Do you have to install a pyrometer probe somewhere in the exhaust like I had to do in my older Dodge/Cummins?

All of us on this site who advised you to go the F450 route are happy that we made you happy!😁😁😁

When bush hogging with my M7060 I have to blow out the radiator and screen daily; I can see the temperature gauge raise up past normal as I'm working after several hours.

My 2016 M7060 is still on its original battery. Just changed out the battery in my ancient John Deere 2020 diesel for the second time. Walmart Everstart, and it lasted just over 13 years. As did the battery it replaced, which was also an Everstart. But both tractors have battery maintainers...

Keep in mind that the South Rim of the Grand Canyon is nearly 7000 feet (North Rim is ~ 8000 feet). High desert. Big difference from the low desert (elevation 1000 feet and below) like around Las Vegas or Death Valley where it is pleasantly warm this time of year...but broiling hot during the...

I was amazed to recently read that on some of the heavy-duty Ford Superduty trucks the gooseneck coupler ball will be 3" - as will the bumper pull ball! And of course the bumper pull receiver opening is 3" square. All to accommodate the 40,000 lb those trucks are rated to pull. So maybe...

"Best practices" is always to get rid of those problematic "lock-o-matic" hubs and replace them with manual ones. Every Ford owner I've known who had those "automatic" locking hubs on their trucks has had trouble with them. Worse part was, some of them didn't even know you could still lock...

Take my hubs apart once a year to clean and lube. Part of the regular maintenance schedule. Never had any problems with them (several vehicles), and they always turn easily.

Especially on equipment that I don't use very often, when I store the equipment I pull the two pieces of the PTO shaft apart and leave them that way. Then when I need to use the equipment again I clean and lube the two sections and fit them back together. I've had it happen in the past that...

Depends entirely on the individual post office as to the service you get, at least around here. The closest post office to me, about 20 minutes drive, is also the "main" post office for a huge area around here. And it by far has the worst service. Hours are 8:30 am to 12:30 in the morning...

Only place I've seen an "Amazon truck" within 170 miles of where I live is their 18 wheelers on Interstate 80. I've seen their delivery vans in Reno only. All my Amazon packages have always delivered to my house via UPS or FedEx until recently. So if their contract with USPS is no longer I'll...