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• Posted in thread: Moving large Stones on 03/19/2010 at 8:56AM
  Anybody have any ideas about building a stone deck? I've done several at my summer place at the lake.Layout the area you want to build it on and remove all the topsoil, roots, etc., and lay in a good ...

• Posted in thread: Going on to be a A&P on 02/22/2010 at 10:44AM
  Well Ben, as one of the many guys that "drives the bus" from the front left seat (and front right in a helo) congratulations!!The guys in the white shirts up front definitely get all the glory, but wi...

• Posted in thread: Are there any Survival Blog readers here on Tractor Forum? on 02/10/2010 at 4:05PM
  Originally posted by TF Admin MIB,OPSEC is one of the most important issues in preparedness. ;) It's a pretty important issue in staying alive too! army

• Posted in thread: As Freezing Persons Recollect the Snow--First Chill--Then Stupor--Then the Letting Go on 02/01/2010 at 2:58PM
  Chief, along those same lines, I read a very interesting article about surviving a "domestic crisis", something along the lines of a widespread power outage, such as happened in the NE in (luckily) th...

• Posted in thread: Help!!! I broke my tractor in half!!! on 01/27/2010 at 4:01PM
  Al, I understood what he is saying, and what I said was, I can point you at numerous threads on various boards and blogs where people are in exactly the same situation, the tractor broke, and the comp...

• Posted in thread: Help!!! I broke my tractor in half!!! on 01/27/2010 at 8:45AM
  Originally posted by randym99 I agree that JD and the like are good machines.What makes them great machines are the folks that stand behind them and not just in the good times but the not so good tim...

• Posted in thread: pump flow rate versus implement flow requirement on 01/25/2010 at 10:56AM
  What your tractor is 'rated' at has little do with what it can actually produce.Most of those figures are 'calculated' not measured, and even then in components not a complete tractor. They calculate ...

• Posted in thread: Mysterious fluid leak on a 1715. on 01/19/2010 at 2:46PM
  It sure looks like the weep hole in the bottom of the bell housing.I'm not sure if you have a loader on your machine or not, but just ahead of the brake pedals on the right side (from the operators se...

• Posted in thread: Ford 3000 Gas Hard to Start on 01/19/2010 at 9:25AM
  Those older gas engines don't like the new Ethanol blended fuels, especially after they've got a few hours on them and they start getting a little loose.Ethanol (and all alcohols) really like absorbin...

• Posted in thread: fuel types small engines on 01/19/2010 at 9:17AM
  Modern OHV valve engines do need slightly better octane than the old standard L-head or side valve engines did.That said the 'old' engines got on just fine with anything over about 77 octane fuel, tod...