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Progress on the batwing - i drove up to the farm with a fresh perspective - took ur guys advice to take my time - take breaks - i promised my wife and myself i would ask cousin or another neighbor for help if i did feel managable with the wheels off - taking the wheels off helped a lot and i got it done cept for wheels and other couple lil things

you guys do great work iwish i had learned that stuff and could weld and create stuff like that, im just a fix it to survive kinda guy - kudos to you amazing men

Thank you ! i have some rattle can work i need to do thanks also, i was staring at the off white rustoleums at the store teh other day and there was too many for my brain to decide !

what color of the creamy/earlier white is best in a rustoleum color/number from a rattle can ?

that looks great mike, now you are going to have to build a bigger counterweight 🙂

i hope you get to feeling better and they get things figured out

i got this one second handed worn out 3x before me w/out a center/divider box, its the old style w/out a separate center blade/4 gearbox unit. i understand the fixing things for sure - i have more time than money i had to sit/ponder out of sheer exhaustion yesterday so plenty of time to rest and for once in a long time i didnt lose my temper i was just overwhelmed and didnt have the energy to get angry i guess there is a benefit in being tired. yea i wish i could say i was doing something radical but topping a hay pasture that is smooth was all i was doing so i guess it was cracked/fatigued already and finally broke, thankfully when it dropped into the dirt and blew the driveshaft carrier bracket apart and started slipping the slip clutch and whacking on the tongue i just pulled the engine to STOP and saved any more damage other than putting a new bolt/washers on the carrier assembly. the slip clutch smoked some but didnt check on it yet yes when things keep breaking it gets pretty aggravating/overwhelming i dont know what i would do if i did this full time, i would really have to do some major thinking.........

Got my backside handed to me yest took 6 hours to get those apart - just wore me slick trying to get relief on all the joints to get pins out to get it apart for repairs - i bought it know its got weak spots wish rhino would hv designed it diff or built it heavier I had to rest over n over - couldnt get impact in places - wrestling with heavy 3/4 inch sockets n ratchets - cheaters - trying to reach under with one arm n get on a bolt n run impact in other im just not as strong as i used to be - i found myself in tears a couple times out of frustration and feeling defeated but i finally got it apart with bottle jack n boards for support - neighbors going to grind it out and reweld and add some support in places to help - it broke while clipping my dads pasture thats just for hay/smooth so not rough at the time

Its hit or miss what i see in the corp or farm environment - some folks complain some folks work - some folks try to get around it some embrace the challenges and opportunity to learn - i hv high expectations i dont like whiners and believe in teaching a man to fish U cant teach desire or common sense

Its season here - pouring rain had work to do on batwing but hvnt gotten it inside and not gonna get soaked trying to get to the deer blind - good luck to you hard core fellas !!

bout like an oil thread on ford vs chevy - a lot will depend on budget to some degree of glass nikon makes good stuff so no knock there swarovski is good but $$ leupold - again more $$ but lots of options in glass like nikon i have bushnell and hve been happy with them

mink oil and https://bickmore.com/ products

All my wife n i hv seen is a junk buck chasing a doe and 2 otters

supposedly after 2016 they are better on the oil consumption - did you know subaru is in bed with your beloved toyota, hopefully the bad things dont rub off and the good things for toyota rubs off on subaru. toyota owns over 20% of subaru 😁 my sisters camry has the same display/console as my subaru i dont like the thinner oils in anything its like pouring water in my engines seems they are all going there for the sake of better fuel economy, quicker lubrication

i dont know what it runs to buy bags and a stitcher but if i had the means/way i could sell it out of my barn all day for 6 bucks a bag or more because the folks buying it at TSC pay 11 for it

it was 20 when i went out yest, i backed the gooseneck into the shop and worked out of the wind on a platform for gravity wagon, drove up to folks ( i had the day off ) and it was 28 when i got there about 1230, worked outside on deer blind stuff. Was out all day, wasnt too bad but chilly. My last trip to the field I walked back to put memory cards in cameras in the dark around 715, moms thermometer still said 27. Its a mile walk down to the field where i had to get my skidsteer. I kept plenty warm, the wind was calm, so many stars. Thankfully i didnt get consumed by a bear, mountain lion, zombie or sasqwatch. Something about a cold walk in the dark to remind me of the calmness that can exist. It took me back to the cold mornings before school running traps.

whoa thats a lot of work dont fall off

nope.............mine is only 1 qt at 2500 miles with 250K on it, i dont think that is unreasonable i think a lil might leak even tho i dont see it anywhere in the garage but smell it sometimes when i drive it when I get out. my F150s all were about a qt every 2000 even when fresh 706 is about 1/2 qt/day running hard and the 291 i drove as a kid working was about a qt/day so i guess they arent that different i will say my wifes newer subaru makes it to 5000/oil chg and dont have to add but its 7 yrs newer and only 40K miles our 460 would use 1qt/1500 pulling heavy trailers i know the newer engines seem better for the most part no matter what manufacturer you need another subaru you know u love them, or maybe just txplant a motor on something cause you like them so much

Praise the Lord yes!!!!! for all of you that have or still are and those that have gone before. You have blessed us all - Thank You!!!!!!

Congrats!!! glad you were able to hang onto your gpas tractor you might keep track of the 1066 it might be available one of these days and you could potentially get it back when you are able welcome to the tractor addicts home

mine are DEhumidifiers so just coils/compressors i dont use a humidifier here in the winter it stays pretty moist round here most of the time

Been working on some missing sheet metal for the 706 cab

bow/arrow at night shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh be vawy vawy qwiet

how ironic, i harvested the motor out of one like that i called it the water wheel and put it in another unit i had that is still running.

just helped a neighbor put in the updated glow plug heater assembly on his 7.3idi, 65bucks i think he said online - its quite smaller too!!!! hope she serves you well, you being a farm kid dealing with farm stuff will find the perfect combo to getting it into reverse and also learn to park where you dont need reverse as much until you have time to dig in and fix it if desired. Solving problems and living with quirks are a great advantage in life you are learning already and will serve you well. enjoy your time/efforts making it your own