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Fixing the driveway today after yesterdays storm. Scooping buckets of gravel to fill the wash-out. The bucket will not curl!!! What the heck??? The Quick attach weld failed. Note the lack of penetration. Removed the quick attach, places the bucket right on the loadrer and finished the job.

This is premature, a year or more out but I am thinking.... Time to retire my 23+ year old Craftsman garden tractor. While it runs fine, it is 23+ years old and will not always be the case. One more similar sized machine should last me to when I go to the 'old folks home'. Looking at current...

My little guy does not start readily even doing 20 'Mississippis'. I need to test the glowplugs. Anyopne got the ohms I should be reading at the plug? I assume full battery voltage is also expected. Thanks!

I'm thinking about replacing my rubber valve stems with metal. After a little research, it seems there are many types and it is not a simple matter of 'one size fits all'. Anyone know what specs I need to follow? Going on my little BX25D BTW, I looked and did not see what diameter hole or rim...

My BX25D has stupid short sidewalls. Today, I was picking up a 500 pound oak log. As I was backing up, I noticed the left front was flat! I dropped the log and gingerly drove back to the house. I saw marks in the gravel from the storage shed so the tire had to be flat when I pulled it out. I'd...

Thought I'd give y'all a laugh at my expense. Still a little clean up after the storm of 01/04/2022 here. One birch had lost a major branch that did not fully separate from the tree. It was (in summer) more than 1/2 of the leaves. I looped a rope on it, pulled with my BX. Nope, nope going to...

I just got this email, obvious scam. Note the 'from' email address and the name of the customer, not me, as well as a model I do not own. Do not let the scammer scam you. Not sure how they got my email address, not that it matters unles OTT was breached.

As I read it (and I apologize in advance) it is one ounce pf Power Service to 10 US gallons of fuel. I have a four gallon can so I'd add .4 ounces (11.8 ML) to the four gallon can. What is I went to say, 1/2 ounce per four gallons? Nothing bad I assume, just wasting treatment? What is the...

I was thinking about adding a voltmeter to my little guy. Of course, I want it to operate only then the tractor key is on and have it fed from a fused source. I was looking at the wiring to the fuse box. There are two wires leaving it, Red with Yellow stripes for work lights (that I do not...

Either It does not exist (or I'm an idiot-probably the latter) I found no information here regarding the little BX25D battery. Mine is going to be four (I think) this year and it is obvious, the battery is loosing its' gusto. At rest voltage is 12.36. It still starts every time but, it is tired...

Twice in the last year, I've had to tighten the belt on my little guy. I suspect it is wearing out or simply going bad. It has been loose enough where I could grab the cooling fan (yes, engine off!) and easily move it. I've not had any belt squeal or battery charging issues though. But, I think...

First time doing these fluids. I'd changed the HST filter back at 50 hours. 155 hours now and 2.5 years. I felt it was wise to change the HST and front axle. I took the bucket (Quick release) and BH off to make it less cumbersome. I also remove the BXExpanded skidplate. I cleaned off all areas...

My Sears Craftsman garden tractor with a HST and a 22Hp Kohler Commnad V twin has made it past 1,000 hours. Engine, I replaced the oil seal on the flywheel side at about 800 hours. Spark plugs, oil, air, oil, filters and minor adjustments. One out of ten cold starts, it burns blue smoke for the...

Time is near! So I am 'prepping'. My drain pan barely holds two gallons, I'll be getting 3+ of course. Anyone had a similar issue? Do I just remove the drain bolt, when my pan is 'full enough' do I stem the flow and screw the bolt in and drain my pan then drain the rest? I've never changed this...

Before I even got my BX25D, I got the BXExpanded skidplate and quick on rear receiver. The skidplate, once the front bolts are in, comes off and on with no tools. Nice and stout, well made. My only complaint was the spacers used with the front bolts were just short sections of thin wall conduit...

I have a old bell, that used to be at my parents place.After forty years, the posts rotted and the bell came down and sat in their barn for years. Now it is my turn to have it at my house. It has wrought iron mounts and the bell is dated 1859. It was on 8"x8" posts and sat about 6 and a half...

Recently, I've noticed when my well pump (submersible, 80' from the house) shuts off, I get a single 'water hammer' clank. My feed pipe comes out of the ground, then attached to a few floor joists en-route to the pressure tank and switch. I do not recall the shut off being so severe (ca-junk!)...

Before anyone gets excited, no, I have not done this, but would like to. I have found when I am 'stuck' and want to engage this, it is a real PITA to press the lever down with my heel and deal with getting unstuck. IIRC, one of my dads old subcompacts had a simple lever/knob that you could flip...

I have to pump out the muck in my pond. 5 gallon buckets hauled to the FEL do not cut it. I could do 10 FELS a day for a few years. I get filthy with the crap splashing. Thinking PTO powered diaphragm trash pump say 3 or four inches capable of a 15' rise. Thoughts/suggestions?

I had a few River Birches on my lake. Wanted to get rid of a couple (out of fifty!) These two had quite curved trunks and were leaning out ofer the lake, living on the edge. First one, maybe 8" in diameter and forty fee tall/long (tilted over the water). Cut, dropped, put a chain on it and...