stubborn1VT

Love Camden. Super nice ballpark. Have fun Grampy!

He popped on the same list as Ortiz, but it wasn't made public until much later. He admitted to using them later in his career too.

I think DIck's carried a brand called Artic Shield back in the day. Maybe. Maybe not.

Arod tested positive in 2003 with Texas, 2006 with the Spankees, and admitted to doctoring/masking drug tests between 2010 and his retirement.

Dodgers or Astros, depending on who gets the best pitcher today.

Bauer is goofy. Remember the drone accident at playoff time a few years back? I wonder if his "performance" yesterday was a move toward not getting traded. Maybe he's not that clever. Maybe I have a suspicious mind.

It IS impolite to shoot your niece's dog, but it is acceptable IF you only wound it.

It won't reach it's full potential, but hopefully it was at least reach maturity and produce some grain. That's all that really matters as far as drawing deer. It will get big enough to hide you, but that won't matter if it doesn't make some ears.

That applies to the Yankees. Good in the 90s and early 2000s, popular. They have certainly played well so far this season, but I won't be impressed until they win a ring. Been awhile...

I don't know the model #s. They weren't my machines. In both cases these tractors were replaced with geared tractors, and the owners are happier. The numbers you are referencing are "correct" but only measure loss when NOT working. It's like measuring the HP demands of your brushhog when idling in your driveway vs mowing 4' tall grass. Those numbers are strictly measuring loss between the motor and PTO, not the loss between the motor and your brushhog blades. I'm just going on a lifetime of tractor driving and real world experience. I will admit that I have limited experience with hydros. I have been disappointed in those I have operated and seen. You have a different experience. If I was really worried about bucket work I would get a shuttle shift or a skidsteer. I'm very familiar with the capabilities of gear tractors. If I wanted the convenience of a hydro and the performance of a 30HP gear tractor, I would look for a 40HP hydro. That's just me.

In any real world application a hydro loses significant power at the PTO. I don't agree with your research at all. I have SEEN a 35HP hydro that wouldn't run a 6' brushhog up a hill. A friend of mine couldn't till sod with a 37HP hydro and a 6' tiller. The tests you are referencing are done at a standstill, not doing any kind of work.

If it were me I would go with carbon fiber overlayed with leaves and vines. What about a Maine treeline/sunset? Not like an orange/pink sky, but dark trees against a light sky? Glad to hear you're making progress.

Put some turf tires on that bad boy!

Was that with the famous Weatherby Biz? Or was that the reason you bought the super awesome mega accurate Weatherby?

I'm not following you about the Kioti. A gear tractor will lift more because it is only trying to do one thing at once. The Kioti will lift more because it is built with a bigger pump. Beyond that, I'm not following. A 35-40HP fits solidly in the compact class vs a 25HP which is sub-compact. Yours is the only 40HP I've ever heard of that will accept a belly mower. Generally, only sub-compacts have belly mowers. Thus, the generalization that a belly mower means it's a glorified mower. I'm glad you're having fun with this. It is interesting, and it's good to hear what you can do with your Kubota.

The difference in lift is because the Kioti has a bigger pump, and it isn't running the transmission. 35HP doesn't fall into the subcompact catagory. Pulling logs like that is impressive, but with the winch gives you such a mechanical advantage. Once it's up in the air it isn't so hard to pull, as long as you have room to maneuver.

Fixed it for ya!

Do you think you could fix the hydro yourself? I could do a clutch. What you suppose it would cost to split a tractor and fix the hydraulic pump? One of my customers had his 25HP hydro fixed last year. Cost him $2500. I'm glad you are happy with yours. It IS a heck of a machine, but not superior to a geared tractor. Or maybe you're right and every farmer in the world is wrong.

Most repairs on older tractors aren't all that expensive. Clutches are cheap compared to big hydraulic pumps. Hydros may work for some stuff, but they won't stand up to farming. I know plenty of 40-80 year old tractors (MF and Internationals) that start and work every day. Both types have their uses, but gear driven tractors are durable as hell.

When you're right, you're right! (Not really, but the mid-mount mower is pretty goofy on a machine that size)

I think the lawnmower comment applies to machines considerably smaller than 40HP. I should hope a 40HP 4-wheel drive could pull 2 ton! I pull about 6500lbs with my little 32HP gear tractor. That's a dump trailer and green firewood, hills and mud included.

Our town road foreman tested every common tractor made in the 30-50HP range for brushhogging, mowing roadsides, running a box scraper and moving material with the bucket. He told me that the hydros were the most nutless machines he ever ran and bought a shuttle shift Kubota.

Looked it up. Not surprised that Gman nailed it. Hornbeam and not Hophornbeam.

That's way different from the hop horn beam/ iron wood we have here. It doesn't have smooth bark like a beech. Bark looks more like a white cedar. Goes by the same names Gman mentioned. I doubt that tree is as hard or dense as the tree I know as iron wood.

That isn't bad advice. I grew up driving tractors, but for someone who didn't-a hydro is a piece of cake. I like driving stick, but you have to learn how to do it. I honestly believe that a small hydro doesn't have much sack though, and those I've driven were a huge disappointment, even compared to OLD gear driven tractors of the same size. I guess that's my problem is that I compare them to what I know, and they fall short. I drove Massey Fergusons when I was 7 or 8 years old. I didn't drive any compact tractor until I was in my 20s. I only drove hydros in the past few years. They were all 25-30HP and they sucked hard. With that said, you just have to match up the tool with the job. The only other downside is when the hydro goes they are a paperweight. It's not like you can just replace the clutch. One of my customers had his hydro fixed last year and it cost 25% of a new machine. Easy to operate, not so easy to work on. As a side note, it's a damn short list of what could be wrong with an 8n. It either runs or it doesn't. I'm not saying I'm right and you're wrong. I just have a different set of experiences.