Recent content by farmer bill

I have a set of kraeuter combination wrenches that showed up at my home farm in the early 70's. I was a little kid, just around starting school age at the time. I think it was something the feed company gave their customers. It came in a blue plastic case that lasted quite a while but...

Yes, they are also often called headlocks around here too. It appears they have different names in different regions. And yes if there are farms with cattle around they shouldn't be too hard to sell.

Those are self locking head stalls in panel form to be put along the feed bunk as they were located in your barn/shed. They can also be set to not lock, which they are set for most of the time. Handy to catch cattle once in a while for routine health protocols etc when they come up to eat at...

Hi Folks, As per the thread title, has anyone here tried out one of the new m18 fuel bicycle handle weed eater/ brush cutter? As much as I really like my stihl with this handle style this is very intriguing to me for weed eater work around the farm yard. A link to the tool...

Several good discussion points raised that I have thought about/ observed too. I agree with price being high too. I did send Milwaukee an e-mail asking about a fuel version. No reply.... One thing that has kept me from purchasing Makita is the handles seem to be shorter and don't fit my...

Hi, Any thoughts on why milwaukee is not offering a fuel version of the m-12 polishing and sanding tool? Seems like the advantages of the fuel motor would match up very well with this application. Thanks for any insight you can provide.

I have an older, about 50 years old, insulated, but not heated garage. It has a concrete floor. At one time it had a wood stove in the corner. This time of the year if I open the doors moisture condenses on the floor. Any suggestions for ventilation ideas to reduce/eliminate this? One...

I agree that their compact head 3/8" have a really nice feel to them. probly no real good way to put a detent ball in the existing one either I suppose. the hole is there, just no ball and spring

I saw on one of the youtube channels where they took them apart and determined that the anvil gear was smaller on the compact heads than the regular 90 tooth ratchets

Hi Folks, Is there a repair kit available for the gearwrench 90 tooth compact head 3/8" drive ratchets? I bought one via an on-line vendor and there was no detent ball in the anvil to hold the socket on. Gearwrench did send a replacement ratchet via warranty process. Took about 2 months...

A question for the folks here. Does cutting pvc rapidly dull the blade of a carbide tooth circle saw blade? I don't know why it would ... but thought won't hurt to ask I used a "low mileage" milwaukee brand one to cut some pvc pipe when installing some rfid antenna panels and since that use...

Thanks for the feedback everyone. Sorry for the delay in responding back. Been a little busy the last few days. I agree with buying in bulk to hopefully reduce cost and agree with something spinning this fast better be good, but am interested in which are the good ones that may cost more that...

Sorry if this has already been hashed over, but I could not find anything. What are your all's experiences with brands of grinding wheels and cut off wheels in the 4 1/2 inch to 6 inch size for angle grinders that last/work better than others. I have recently re-located to a place where I now...

Wooden posts, probably somewhere between 8 and 12 inches diameter at the concrete.

they are not going to wiggle out. would be nice if they would.... They go 4 ft into the ground below the concrete..... to deal with frost heaving problems in this part of the world.