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  1. Bumpsteer

    I'm hosed...

    Pulled the battery out of the old 743 Bobcat tonite to add water (do it twice a year). Checked the date, dang, 7 years old...I'm hosed, I touched it, It'll be dead tomorrow, when I need it. Ed
  2. Bumpsteer

    Murphy's Law

    Murphy was/is an azz.... Steam cleaning the 72" mower deck tonite. A month late, dark out, freezing temps, flashlight in one hand, stiff-arming the wand in the other and I'm soaking wet. Finish up, start putting everything away. Sometime between rolling the washer outside and finishing, one...
  3. Bumpsteer

    Cordless ratchets

    Looking into getting a 1/4" drive 12v cordless ratchet. Probably a Milwaukee as I have a couple other of their 12v tools. Looking for feedback / experience. Currently using an IR 1103. I've got to the point where, even in the shop a cord is annoying. Cordless tool and battery technology has...
  4. Bumpsteer

    Tool bags..

    Whats your opinion on them? They are great if you like to dig thru a mass of tools in the bottom of the bag or lose expensive tools when they fall out of the pockets...the zippers are a pita, never get used and the bag gets filled with debris. Many of the tech bags are nice, although job...
  5. Bumpsteer

    Channellock pliers

    Sooooo, I had to borrow a pair today, have the 460's, needed the Bigazz 480 size. Now, what ones to buy, the 480's or get the big curved jaw ones? I was installing the fuel sending unit on the polaris ranger....the 480's did the job, but wondering if the curved jaw style would be more usefull in...
  6. Bumpsteer

    Pressure washer / steam cleaner hose

    Anyone have a good on line source for pressure washer hose? Looking for 3/8 id, 3000 psi. Current hose is Eagle and has held up very well. Thanx Ed
  7. Bumpsteer

    Hey! ND guys....

    Farmer Lund & Shimmy......how did your planting go? Pretty much crap here in my area....our fields are crop insurance for corn. One friend's tractor & air seeder have sat in the field so long the beans are 4" tall. Lots of guys hurting, won't end well. Ed
  8. Bumpsteer

    The dog and the welder...

    WTH? Every time I roll the mig out of the tool crib, the dog comes running? Stays right there, up my ass while I'm setting up. Then the other dog thinks he's missing something and gets in the way too. It ends with both of them going in the truck!
  9. Bumpsteer

    Working on any equipment with an ecm

    How complacent one gets, chasing down a code rather than look for simple shrit first..... I know better, it just doesn't come to the front of the brain sometimes. Working on my Polaris Ranger, had a injector fault that could've been 3 different things. Checked everything electronic I could...
  10. Bumpsteer

    743 Lift pump

    My 743 is suddenly down on power, fuel filter had 220 hours, was clean, sediment bowl clean as well, changed the filter out to elimate it. Air filter, same hours, was clean also. Linkage is fine, throttle stop is still safety wired from the factory. Currently at 2800 hours. Machine runs fine...
  11. Bumpsteer

    Arbor press

    Picked up this little bundle of joy back in May from an on-line auction. Had planned to do a comlpete restore, but time isn't my friend. Finished up a mechanical restore tonight. It was so gummy from setting, 2 people couldn't move the ram with the handwheel. Polished all the shafts, honed the...
  12. Bumpsteer

    Milling 2018

    Been 4-5 years since I milled, nobody else has used the mill either. Couple days getting it fired up (20 hp Honda), including a carb teardown and cleaning other than greasing, it's ready. Got my way overdoo to be milled logs on site and the mill shed cleaned out. Going to be extra waste...
  13. Bumpsteer

    View from the backyard tonight.....

    Need to wake this forum up...... Tractor on the right in making his second pass with the joker......Nick is closing fast with the air seeder. Ed
  14. Bumpsteer

    Question for the welders

    Been doing some shop cleanup/cleanout. Don't recall where I got this, or why, but it's an inert gas regulator, new in the box. What welding application would use this? Secondary side pressures are high for general mig or tig use. I'm at a loss. Ed
  15. Bumpsteer

    PSA: Poly totes

    I see these repurposed quite a bit for various things, one being used oil storage. FAIR WARNING! they are meant to be disposable, they are NOT UV light resistant, after a year outside the plastic becomes very brittle and doesn't take much to break or crack. I've had 2 go bad this year, a...
  16. Bumpsteer

    Big Bud tractors

    This was owned by a local field drainage company. Other Mi. members will probably recall it. To my knowledge it was repalced about 2 years ago with a track machine. It might not look that big all by itself.....if you ever saw it parked next to another tractor you would think otherwise...
  17. Bumpsteer

    Big, really big, and heavy.

    This came through town last week while I was at lunch. Pretty cool. 1,350,000 lbs :eek: http://www.hooperwelding.com/news/large_asme_reactor/default.html Ed
  18. Bumpsteer

    Sugar beets

    The field across the road from me was put into sugar beets this year. There is only one farmer in the area that does them, most are grown north of me. They moved in equipment yesterday, started harvesting this am. Seems early for harvest, but it's been very dry, the dairy guys are chopping corn...
  19. Bumpsteer

    Skidsteer grapple bucket for sale

    I bought this without to much thought...its to damn heavy for my 'ol 743 Bobact. Weight is 1100 lbs. 66" FFC grapple bucket very good condition, just a little rust and 1 slightly bent grapple tooth (far right side). Cutting edges like new. No leaks on cylinder, flat face couplers. I paid...
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