Recent content by MBDiagMan

I've tilled the winter grasses in once since my Fall tilling. It was before the snow piled on heavily. It is still much too wet to till again. I got a field cultivator that will cultivate two rows, three feet apart between the wheels. I don't have a way to throw up beds, so I guess I will...

And whatever you do, DON'T ask how much money you will make during the interview. That discussion will come in due time. In my past lives I interviewed lots of people and when they ask how much money the job pays during the early processes, it tells me that they are only interested in how much...

John, I'm sorry to hear about your wifes condition. I lost my Dad and my Mother in Law both to Alzheimers as well as watching our pastor and close friend go down with it. It sounds like you are trying to spend as much time as possible with her as time marches on. This is a very wise thing to...

My wife and I are serious animal lovers. That said, if a dog, even my OWN, gets to the point as described by the OP I will take him out. It's a tough thing to do, but when it's necessary it MUST be done IMHO. If PETA reads this thread I guess they'll come after us all, but that's just the way...

I agree with bc. I used to leave a block heater plugged in overnight so it would be ready to go in the morning. This was out of ignorance since at the time I did not know that they would heat in an hour or two. I've just never seen ill effects except as bc said, running up the electric bill...

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. My Mom had 14 siblings and my Dad 6. I lost my Dad this past February. He was 89. I've lost quite a few treasured Aunts and Uncles just in the last three or four years. In all our relationships, family can't be substituted for. You have...

It's always good when you have a cow that will take to nursing. In fact if a guy can find a few and is in need of extra money, go get newborn calves from the surrounding dairies and put them on the nurse cows just a little every day. Supplement that with the bucket and you can raise some...

Yes, my old shredder had a center opening in the rear. These particular models evidently rely on the two angled sections for the cuttings to drop out. I have seen several other shredders of this same model and they came from the factory in the same configuration. I put this one back in that...

I ran the same shredder (some call them a rotary cutter) for 24 years until it reached a point that it consists of more weld than original metal. I bought a John Deere 613 for very reasonable money. It was in very good shape and had never been welded on, but the rear apron was torn to...

Well since someone dug out this timeless thread I will offer my $0.02: I grew up in my Dad's shop and on my Grand Dad's ranch. My Dad had a car shop when I was small in the fifties then was in the Fork Truck business. I went to the Army for three years where I develeoped an interest in...

Update! After tilling the garden, warm weather seemed to set in and it has a beautiful stand of grass. If it stays warm I think I'm going to have to hit it with Roundup before it lays out 'til time for retilling and planting.

Frank offers a good suggestion, but even here it takes a little glowing, manifold heating or if the tractor has niether, starter fluid spraying to get them started in the dead of Winter. IMPORTANT point for all diesel owners to be aware of. DO NOT use starter fluid on an engine with glow plugs...

The big guys usually are very gentle. They rarely had any of the other kids on the playground pickin' on 'em.

Love my wife!

How much closer before the hunter teaches him a lesson with Smith & Wesson?