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I changed the coolant in the MX this past weekend and noticed that an idler near the A/C compressor belt wasn't making contact with the belt. There's no adjustment to get it into contact, only a bolt on the left side of the engine that is used to adjust the tension in the A/C compressor belt...

I've never owned an oil extractor pump mostly because I've never owned an engine that presented a major challenge when it comes to changing the oil. I suppose the worst thing I've owned or encountered are cars with fancy belly pans that need to be removed in order to access the drain plug...

I read a lot of negatives about CraigsList but I've had such a positive experience with it over the years. I've sold cars and trucks, an MX6000, automotive parts, and now a MidSota trailer without having to pay any fees as you do with Gunbroker and similar. I've found a snow blower, 3-point...

This is a piece of equipment I could make use of on my hilly, uneven property, but they're not cheap. Land Pride appears to make a dizzying selection of models and perhaps there are much better options or at least better value options out there. So who owns or runs a folding rotary cutter...

... this seems like a steal. Messick's has them for $5,695 and that's the sale price! This one is supposedly in excellent condition and only used for three seasons.

I bought a very well used Schafer disc harrow a couple of years ago for $1,200 and used it last summer on part of a new driveway project. It worked well but it was very sloppy on the drawbar. The coupler is worn out and I don't like the lack of a good jack (don't care for the current set up...

This past summer the Del Morino Centurion Super 158 flail mower that I bought from GWTC a few years ago started to squeak and I couldn't tell where the noise was coming from. I removed the three belts and turned the drum by hand but was no closer to figuring out where the problem was. I've...

I went to my PO Box this morning and there was a package in an Amazon bag from a company called HOTOR. When I opened it there was a HOTOR car trash can in the package. It's weird. I even contacted the seat cover company I recently ordered from thinking that perhaps they'd had it sent out to...

I've wanted to find some decent seat covers ever since buying the two tractors I currently have. I haven't found much that appeals to me but was perusing CraigsList over the weekend and saw an add for seat covers. Upon further inspection I liked what I saw. Simple, canvas, durable...

Boats should come with a warning sticker such as "may cause a lack of focus, daydreaming, longing etc.". :LOL: Since becoming a boat owner a year ago, I find myself dreaming and scheming about lazy summer days on the lake. I never used to think much about the summer during the cold Montana...

I watch a YouTube channel that mostly features big bulldozers but they posted this "short" today. Someone was bouncing down the road with a Kubota on a trailer behind a U-Haul van. :LOL: A few months ago a member posted something about a contractor damaging their tractor doing something...

I bought the King Kutter receiver shown below for $50 in September of 2021. It was laying next to the used snow blower that I bought. It's been useful when needing to move trailers around and I used it on the M6060 this past week to move a trailer load of wood up to the house. Most of my...

I picked up 8,500lb of firewood today with the 16ft PJ dump trailer, and before heading out checked tire pressure and put a few pumps of grease in each of the four wheel bearing zerks. On a whim I Googled "greasing wheel bearings with zerk fittings" this afternoon and clearly I had no idea how...

I had an appointment at a local clinic a few weeks ago to discuss ways to optimize my health so that I can continue to do the things I enjoy for as long as possible. Part of the check up was drawing blood to look at cholesterol, testosterone, vitamin D and B etc. I've been taking Cardio...

Does anyone here buy themselves a Christmas present? I typically do, and use this time of year to buy myself a "luxury" item. Something that I don't need, can't really justify, but would quite like to have. I have plenty of firearms so it's not like I need another, but I ordered a...

I was watching a popular YouTube channel last night and was surprised at the implement being used. It was a Uniforest Scorpion Grapple Rotator which I'd seen used on the front of the host's skid loader, but was surprised to see that it has 3-point connectivity too. Not something I'm looking to...

If you had a time machine and found yourself at the dealer looking at tractors but knowing what you know now, would you do it all over again and buy the same model? I went from a BX25 to an MX6000 open station to an MX6000 cabbed tractor, and then added an M6060. I was thinking yesterday how...

The title just about says it all. I'm not sure how I'm going to do this, but I want to get the 816lb of suitcase weights off the front of the M6060 and put them on a rack for storage along with the other two weights that don't fit on the mounting bracket. I want this rack to be usable as...

I've had the M1078 for about a year now and I need/want to be able to pull my trailers around with it. It has a really stout Pintle hitch on it that I made use of when I towed my Jeep behind it on my way back from Seattle, but it's not something that I'd use on a regular basis. Midwest...

I started a thread last year about buying a boat and got to use the boat for the first time just over a week ago. My friend has a boat ramp and dock at his place a couple of miles north of Flathead Lake so it makes getting on and off the water much more convenient. However, the boat ramp and...