Recent content by jltrent

Had both and I liked the heeler better. The Australian Sheperd I had was just too feisty. The fault with the Heeler was she sometimes did not know when to quit. She loved working in the cattle, but when she had them like she wanted she wanted to take them for a ride and not let up.

I sprayed around some of my mother's flower beds and the wind blew the roundup onto some of the flowers. She was not too happy about that. It blows every day and no rain in a while either. A couple more weeks of no rain and the hay will be short again.

Marty Robbins died way too young at 57 after three heart attacks. The guy could sing and race cars.

Could be the feed does not taste the same as what they had been eating. Also 70 lbs a day for three, that ought to put the fat on.

With cattle you can take homicides and suicides out of the ways of death. They can die by accident or natural causes.

There is a reason when you go into the cities where the insurance companies' headquarters are, and they have the tallest, best building there. Had some wind damage on a barn recently and they figured it all the way to the nails, no extra. I thought dead was dead.

You do not idle regen tractors. You have to keep the RPMs up (heat) to keep the filter burnt out or it will regen a lot more. Tractors 70 horses or less does not require to have the def. That is less problems down the road, but the regen is where the sensors, circuit boards, filter and BS is...

If you can get them, always use an OEM thermostat. I cracked an engine head with a POS aftermarket thermostat. Your engine should heat if the thermostat is opening and closing correctly. Overheating can be a problem in other places which is not your problem. Put a piece of cardboard in front...

As stated above the new carb ought to get you going, and the other maintenance ought to keep you going a long time. If you can get pure 100% gas local it is worth the extra cost.

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