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    Equipping a Polaris for Fencing

    https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/tarter-farm-and-ranch-equipment-2-in-receiver-wire-unroller We have one of these for barb wire, it works well and could be made fairly easy. Being in the hitch, you don't have to lift the roll of wire very high which came in handy for my dad who I...
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    T-post clips

    We use these from McCoys with cattle panels https://shop.mccoys.com/fencing/chain-link/p.3862 They are straight aluminum ties that are meant for chain link fence but work great for cattle panels over tposts. Lowes sells something similar if you dont have a mccoys store near you, home depot...
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    Utility Vehicle.....mufflers

    I've had the muffler completely off my RTV900 and couldn't tell a whole lot of difference. Most of the noise on my machine appears to be from the engine itself.
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    Homemade Trailers in TX

    That is great to hear. Really says a lot about their customer service to go above and beyond to help you out like that. At least there's still some good people out there!
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    Homemade Trailers in TX

    It does appear to be an old CM logo. Did some searching on google and came across a few with a logo that looked to be the same. Here is the best one I came across: I would work off the assumption that your trailer is a CM based on the logo and look around the area where they told you in the...
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    Polaris 500 Sportsman

    Check out the Polaris website. They have the owners manuals available for free download. You might have to download the "Universal ATV manual" for your year model as well as the model-specific supplement which has stuff like fluid capacities and some part numbers I believe...
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    Looking for new stock trailer

    I have put gooseneck hitches in 5 different trucks and haven't had to remove a bed on any of them. On a Chevy 2500 we did have to loosen the bolts and lift one side of the bed to slide in the hitch, but even that was pretty easy. Etrailer.com as mentioned above will have the full installation...
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    What a day...

    When I was 15 and just started driving, my dad put me in his crew cab F350 standard transmission diesel and had me hook up to his 16 ft flatbed car hauler that I could barely even see from the drivers seat. He told me to back it into the gate from the road, down towards our barn and line it up...
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    Polaris ATV

    Admittedly not much of a mechanic when it comes to ATVs. I do own a 99 Sportsman 500 4x4. The issue with it pulling hard to the right sounds a lot like the front hub is locking up. My 500 has the selector switch for 4 wheel drive on the handlebar, when selected and driving normally the bike...
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    Bucket mounted hay spear?

    I used one on a 2wd Kubota m4900 with LA1002 loader for several years before I broke down and got a pin-on spear that replaces the bucket. Starting out, we were only feeding 80-85 rolls a year. As the herd grew little by little, I'm now feeding around 140 rolls so I bought a pin-on spear last...
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    Classless

    Being that it's Kinsler, I would have expected him to toss the bat and start arguing with the umpire before realizing it was a home run and somehow still manage to get thrown out trying to steal second.
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    I need lots of help

    I have a small corral setup like this on a leased place. This place has a large front pasture with a gate going to the smaller back pasture, I set up my small corral on the front side of that gate. When I need to catch some calves, I will walk the entire herd through the corral and feed the cows...
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    how do you check a solar panel output?

    Alternatively, you can pull the battery out and charge it with a normal battery charger if you have one that will charge 6v just to see if the battery is still good or not. I keep a spare for each of my chargers at the house in case we get a week or so of clouds that won't let the solar panel...
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    Woven Wire Fencing

    I've always used a t-post to pull woven wire. Wrap the end around the t-post, tie the wire to itself and pull away. We run a chain to both ends of the t-post and pull with the tractor bucket to tighten it up, makes it easy to adjust the height that the wire is pulling at vs using the utv or...
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    Should I buy these heifers? Im a newbie

    Not knowing the prices in your area, I can only tell you $1200 for a bred heifer out of the pasture here is a good price. Based on what I've been seeing at the sale recently, you can get a decent light bred heifer around here for $1200. Most out of the pasture are $1500 and up. If I was in your...
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