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Personally I don't like the split side by side pedal hydro system in some JDs. I can see myself hitting the forward pedal v. the needed reverse while looking backwards and hitting whatever is in front of me. It just seems like a weird system. NH had one solid rocker pedal. The BX a split...

Sometimes nice to have a back up copy of the manual. I also prefer a real paper manual. Somewhere somehow I managed to misplace my original manual for the NH. Price from NH was a bit expensive. Luckily there was/is a farmer who was/is running a side eBay business reprinting manuals...

Old memory popped up in the old brain. When first looking for an alternative to the NH branded coolant years ago I think I remember that a coolant specific for diesel engines is required due to the higher compression, temperature...... Coolants for diesels are formulated to minimize or...

Rural location? Up here it is volunteer fire departments and EMS. They look for actual structures to practice on. Few years back a house needed removing. They used it as at training house fire. Owners were left with a debris pile that fit into a dumpster or two. Just a guess. FEL with a...

Sounds like my neighbor. He hasn't changed the oil or filter in his tractor. I think this is his 3rd winter. He only had 60 hrs or run time at the beginning of winter. I asked him why not? He use to own a rental company. Same maintenance on his rental fleet. I guess maximizing margins...

The local Kubota dealer only sells at least the compact and SCUTs with block heaters for a reason. Region ranges from ag zone 3-5. The compact NH purchased in '01 had a block heater. Same dealer. Still working last winter. Traded it in for the BX this past April. I plug it in for at least...

Just start from front to back and top to bottom if no manual. Eventually you will find all the fittings that require grease. Some are real obvious. Zerk fittings. Others not so. Just look for where the factory greased if a new tractor. Lot of fitting in tractors to grease. Don't forget...

My NH had both SI and SAE bolts and nuts. Real pita. Personally I could live with just SI. USA, Liberia, and Myanmar are it for those who's official measurement system is Imperial King George's system of choice. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin supposedly were proponents of...

Around here the towns have what they call "snow emergency parking". Varies from town to town. Some combination of no parking on avenues or streets or even numbered or odd numbered streets or avenues or whatever..... Basically you cannot park on the street until the street has been cleared of...

Yes, expensive if needed. Life would be nice if everyone would adopt a standard. I like the function and features of the Genius5. Their spec claim seem to be true. "Smart" enough it doesn't over charge you battery. The video linked in an early post had some "interesting" chargers...

Update. Noco replaced what turned out to be a defective Genius5. The old Noco battery load tester worked the last time used. First Noco Genius5 purchased for the BX last April hasn't had an issue. Why I purchased a 2nd Genius 5 for the truck. Noco warranty is for real. Another reason why I...

Bit of wimpy snowfall year. Again. Season total through Jan. 31st was 205(cm, not inches). It's nice today at a balmy 18F and just a light breeze. Too cold over the last couple weeks and no Clippers or Lake Effect dumps. Just slow accumulating snowfall of trace to 5" per day. Forecast for...

Live up along the shores of L. Superior in Northern WI. "Banana Belt" from Lake effect warming. Ag Zone 5. But I have for the past quarter century used anti gell, cetane booster during the winter months. PowerService brand for what it's worth. Record low at the house set back in the '90s was...

Block heater! Many early mornings or late nights that were too cold for me of snow blowing. No choice back then. Original block heater was still working after +2 decades. Retired now. Don't bother clearing the driveway until temps are above 10F unless absolutely necessary. Once the air...

A decade or so ago we had a significant overpopulation of deer in the region. Neighbors ~10 acre clearing usually had a herd of deer grazing every morning and evening. They were content just munching away. Couple larger ravines crossing under the road. Deer highway. The deer don't use the...

Part of life in the Northwoods is supplying road kill for the scavengers. Supposedly why our vehicle comprehensive is on the higher side. Happen to one of the nurses I use to work with. One morning R was seemed real down. Asked her if she was ok? The drive home the previous night a deer...

In the "good old days" the local USPS office had two drop off mailboxes. One for local mail and the other for all other mail. USPS staff would process the local mail. For those with PO boxes straight from local processing into the box. For the rest of us rural people into the proper bin for...

No. Pretty basic tractor. Cruise control only works in the forward direction. Locking diff. That's about it for additional features. Bucket dropped to float reducing mass on the front tires and the resistance of the snow load exceeds whatever traction there is on the fronts to zilch.

JMHO. Sipes work differently for water v. snow. Water it allows the tire to shed allowing more rubber on surface contact. On snow it allows it to pack into the grooves allowing more snow on snow contact. Anyone that has alpine ski/snowboard or nordic ski knows the effect of too soft a wax...

I cannot push snow using the bucket downhill and make it around any of the curves. Front wheels spinning, but not biting. My neighbor thinks he can since he has weighted front tires. I told him he is free too try. That was several snowfalls ago. Hasn't tried. But then he is always right...