Recent content by Old_Paint

Thanks for the correction and the info. I had to go back and dig out the invoice to make sure I was wrong. Dunno where I got '76 from because I just looked at the invoice and it was ordered 10/03/83. It's definitely a PTO because I've taken the tiller diff off it. My folks were still...

I have a ‘76 model that my mom bought after I graduated high school and left home. It’s the model that was designed to allow other attachments such as a generator, but I think TroyBilt elected to not get into the attachment biz. I’m thinking it probably had something to do with the changing...

Yeah, she might even get away with justifiable homicide.

I owe WR Long an apology. I did not buy the 3FV kit from them, but instead bought the Summit kit. Now that I know what I know, words of wisdom are the retainer “nuts” for the solenoids on the Summit kit valve are plastic (non-ferrous/non-magnetic) so they don’t get magnetized and stuff sticks to...

Had an intermittent problem opening the grapple this morning. Hmm, what now? At first I thought it was the control switch because the closing switch went wonky a couple years after I got the 3FV kit from Long. Just a minor issue then that it wasn’t securely fastened to the support, easy fix. I...

I wish I could let my girls free range. Too many predators, mostly uncontrolled domestic animals that are probably fed chicken flavored feed. I’d hate to have to leave a collar in someone’s mailbox, but wouldn’t hesitate to protect the girls. The best protection is a coop with a large run. We...

I thought you just had some chickens that were hard to move. Is that a BB1248? Didn't notice at the time, but I got a BB1248 with my tractor package. It probably would have been OK if I had standard size R1 Ag tires on it, but I've got oversize R-14's which make the tractor have a 54" track...

Makes me kinda glad that I don't have bolts in my wheels other than the lugs. Not saying what I have is better in any sense, though. I'd surely have missed those too, and my luck isn't nearly as good as yours. With my luck, that bolt would have found a way to stand on end and go through a...

I had a very similar incident with two boys who showed up on my doorstep in Kentucky. They were soaked, muddy, and had two dogs with them and it was just getting dark out. Hmm, what’s this about? I asked the older one if they were lost, and he confirmed. But also said he knew where he live...

As funny as that scene was, I fell off the chair when the end of the principal's office scene panned out to show the big grin on Ike's face after they lost it about "Report it immediately to Beulah Ballbreaker". I still giggle when I think about that scene.

If I was gonna go through that kinda trouble, I'd take the blades and spindles off the deck. Really not that much trouble once the deck is on saw-horses. No masking then, other than any threaded holes in the deck. Makes easier touch-up of the orange outer paint a lot easier, too. Most of the...

That would typically have been one grandmother with a 1/4" diameter peach limb about 3 feet long so she didn't have to run so fast (because she was kinda built like a washing machine), or the other grandmother with a 2 foot long wooden spoon. All bets were off if mom pulled her shoe off. It's...

Dry summer last year made the beetles very hungry, so now I have 4 large pines that have to come down. The smallest is about 20 inches at the stump, but that bugger must be at least 140 feet tall. Would have just let 'em stand and let the woodpeckers have them (along with several other beetle...

I have to say that I cannot, and in the same sentence, thanks to all those that can. I know exactly what they are, though can say I've never had the need for them thanks to all those who served that made sure I didn't have to. I never served, but am damned lucky that I didn't have to thanks to...

Well, I had to think about it, but I'm not a child of the 80's. I'm a child of the 60's and they were certainly around back then. They are what I thought they are, but I just don't remember expiry dates on them. Some of those probably were left over from the 60's and just got expiry dates...