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Okay... I am stumped here! What has been added to this backhoe's FEL bucket??? :confused: Anyone recognize what it is or what it could be used for??? :confused: Dougster :starbucks:

I have always gotten the biggest kick out of orchard tractors. Don't ask me why... I just think they rock!!! Here are some of my favorites (including one toy model): http://www.antiquefarming.com/PDF/johndeereAO.pdf

I know that some of you do this all the time, but this is new territory for me. Looks like a couple of my early jobs in the new digging season will include this component. Up here in the People's Republic it takes all kinds of daily permits & permissions, time limitations, size limitations...

An oft repeated theme of compact equipment vendors at two recent construction shows in New England was that equipment trailers do not necessarily weigh what it says they weigh on their manufacturer's official load rating stickers. The equipment dealers are saying I should have it weighed ASAP as...

Went to the Hartford, CT construction equipment & services show yesterday in the rain. This is the essentially the Connecticut version of the same spring construction show I attended in Boston 2 weeks ago. The Hartford show was much more alive, vibrant and well-attended than the Boston show...

Okay... Who is the Comedian??? :confused: Come on now... fess up!!! :rolleyes: This rather unusual NTT practice of sending unsolicited gifts to the dirt poor old Dougster started out so nice with folks sending Starbucks :starbucks: Gift Certificates... and then two nifty welding books and a...

This is totally out of control!!! ;) Now I am starting to think that maybe you folks are actually trying to KILL your one and only OLD MEMBER with DELICIOUS GOURMET CAFFIENE!!! :eek: Funny thing is... it might actually work!!! :pat: I am turning into a Starbucks :starbucks: Coffee addict HERE...

Went to the MasCon show in Boston on Saturday. Didn't have a whole lot of time to mess around on the nifty new equipment, but I thought I'd post a brief report for anyone interested since there was a fair amount of Kubota equipment (and dealers) present. Got into several deep discussions about...

I keep hearing rumors and reading stories that the Chinese Mahindras are coming soon to these economically-challenged shores. The very term Chinese Mahindras strikes fear in my heart and brings up some troubling visions and emotions about my favorite tractor brand. I am also reminded of the...

Holy Cow!!! :eek: Can you say 3 Starbucks :starbucks: :starbucks: :starbucks: Coffee gift cards in the mail so far??? :eek2: How the heck many of them thar Rep Point thinghys must I have earned??? :king: I was just expecting to earn a gift certificate for one cup of Starbucks :starbucks: Coffee...

Any opinions out there on this particular MIG welder... the Hobart Ironman 210... or any preferred alternates in the $1K price class (excluding gas tanks and spool gun)...

I am absolutely speechless!!! :shock: Lightning has now officially struck twice in the same place!!! :king: Thank you Jay!!! :thumb: Dougster :starbucks: :starbucks: :starbucks: :starbucks: :starbucks:

A big THANK YOU to Brian (MtnViewRanch) and anyone else that had anything to do with this wonderful gift!!! I got in my car... the old ARE... and drove like a madman directly to the nearest Starbucks! I had my first sip of :starbucks: this year... and it was magnificent!!! :thumb: :mrgreen...

Here is a panarama view of "Dougster Swamp" pieced together from 5 separate photos sweeping left to right taken in the spring of 2006 from a second story window of my house. This was intended as a planning photo for the "backyard reclamation" project that eventually led me to consider buying a...

Decorating your tractor for the Christmas season has become quite a tradition around these parts... and they get better every year... although it obviously works best with "classics" and "antiques" in green and red than it does with orange Kubotas!!! ;) Sorry guys! :) So what's the story in...

I promised to put together a "side-by-side comparison" of the 2007 L48 to the 2008 M59... the first one posted anywhere I believe... so here it is! :thumb: Enjoy!!! :) Dougster

Deere 4Q Profit Climbs, Beats Forecast Deere & Co. 4th-Quarter Profit Rises 52 Pct on Strong Farm and Commercial Equipment Sales Wednesday November 21, 9:38 am ET MOLINE, Ill. (AP) -- Farm equipment maker Deere & Co. said Wednesday its fourth-quarter profit rose 52 percent as strong...

I was looking through my archives this morning trying (unsuccessfully) to come up with a photo of my very favorite antique tractor for the "Yesterday's Tractors" forum when I came across this scanned photo of the tractor that started it all for me. I can't remember the exact production year, but...

Have I mentioned yet today that I'd cut off my left arm for a new 2008 Kubota M59 TLB??? :cool: The dang thing is pretty much useless anyway. :D So what the heck??? :) Dougster