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I'm almost finished with a refurb on a trailer I built back in '91. While it was stripped down, I harvested a bunch of links from a light chain. These are welded all along the inside of the trailer frame. Wires are run through them and ty-wrapped . With the rounded surfaces, abrasion...

I've always wanted but never owned a drill press. Seemed like the ones with real grunt were always a lot more than I wanted to pay. I have some projects from time to time that require drilling holes up to about 1-1/2" diameter in steel as thick as 3/8" or so. The tool for these should be an...

Picked up a Vevor mag drill and have a question on the extra Jacobs chuck. There's an adaptor that has a Weldon end for the drill and a tapered end for the chuck. Does the tapered adaptor simply get driven into the chuck? We had Hougen and Yancy annular cutters at work, but the Jacobs chucks...

When I did the service on my tractor Friday, I was having trouble seeing the fluid on the stick. Typical. I did the brown paper trick before but thought I'd try something different today. A minute or two with some sandpaper on the dipstick created a roughened surface that made it easier to...

My L4240HST started making a noise today while mowing. It has made a similar noise in the past, but today it was really loud. It happens when accelerating AND when I leave off the hydro pedal and the tractor slows itself. Previously it made a noise when there was a load on the trans, mostly...

Bad week for equipment here. Washing machine died last Saturday night. Water heater went out Monday and by Thursday the water pump on the Trailblazer was making so much noise I didn't trust driving it. Replaced water heater Tuesday. New washing machine came Wednesday. Yesterday #2 Son...

I picked up another plastic drum for fuel storage. It was used for olive oil and was drained but not washed out. Rather than fiddle with water or solvents I decided to remove as much of the olive oil as possible. The drum sat in my one shed for a couple weeks, so nearly all the residual oil...

Our situation - about 13 months ago we had an opportunity to be foster parents "for a few months" for a 10 month old baby girl. A lot has happened since then, and there are many details we can't mention. We are now moving to adopt her. This isn't the retirement we pictured, but we wouldn't...

#1 Son is working on a house and needs to get parts for his hot water baseboard heat. He hasn't been able to find any info on the brand. A few supply houses haven't been able to help. Neither has the internet so far. The end caps are about 9-1/2" tall. He needs 1 left end cap, 2 right end...

Things can get strange even in our little corner of the world: https://www.abc27.com/news/police-man-killed-father-with-crossbow-before-taking-his-own-life/

A frequent concern with tire selection is how they treat the yard. We had quite a bit of rain here on Wednesday. A nearby neighbor's rain gauge had 5.6" in it. When I was mowing yesterday afternoon it seemed like a couple photos may be of interest. Two pics are looking down our driveway...

On the l4240 there's a noise when the A/C compressor kicks off. First of all, the cooling functions just like normal. When I mowed today (hot & sunny) it cooled the cab sufficiently with the fan on medium speed. I noticed the noise today when I was out of the cab with the engine idling and...

Looking for a narrow pin-on bucket to fit an L48. Prefer 8" but could use anything 12" or narrower. Thank you.

With the current freak show characters running the commonwealth, one should expect anything. Here's an example of just how goofy things are getting. What’s next? Maybe I don’t want to know. Pennsylvania will be requiring vendors to utilize 26% “participation” of minority businesses in many...

A couple months ago I bought the complete filter kit (oil, 2 hydro and air) and almost enough Super UDT2 at Messicks. I was sure there was a part jug of UDT2 in the shed from when I did the L3200 - but was wrong. That meant a quick trip to pick up a 2-1/2 gallon jug of the nectar to top it off...

Had a large dying tree that grew out of the bank of our creek. Cut most of it down last week and had the trunk to deal with today. That provided a chance to play. Never been real good scampering around trees - and I slowed down a bit after my 70th birthday. Wanting to stay dry meant setting...

Reader's Digest version. Had a set of forks made to fit pin on bucket of the L3200 that we sold, so needed another set. This time used a QA frame so they'll fit the L4240 or anything else with QA. Used 48" bale spears, a frame I picked up cheap and scraps I had stashed. Works great. Needs...

SOLD Jan 17th Kubota L3200HST with implements - $19,870 2012 Kubota L3200 Hydrostatic, Loader w chain slots, 6' LandPride FDR1672 Rear Mower, 64" Pronovost Puma Snow Blower, Rear Blade, Brush Forks, Tooth Rake for bucket, 524 Hours. Custom (steel and safety glass) cab with heat, LED work...

After spending a little over 60 hours on this tractor the only thing I wanted to change besides the work lights so far was the angle of the seat bottom. Kubota seems to prefer a forward tilt for the seats. Two previous Kubotae needed addressed almost immediately. This one was less irritating...

Past Problems: * ROPS mounted work lights attracted bugs in warm weather and probably because I wear glasses, provided glare year-round. This was true with halogens and LED's. * LED's mounted on the ROPS and cab roof made it difficult to see where the cut / uncut grass met. I'm guessing it has...