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Dan73 
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 Posted: 01 Jan 2016 at 7:51pm |
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Wow Chris you are almost making me glad that I keep having to take the hood off and charge the battery on my d17 atleast I would see the nest before I start it up. That would have scared the crap out of me.
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Ted J
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Posted: 02 Jan 2016 at 8:47am |
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I'd a liked to see that Chris!! Robins can be the WORST PESTS..... tear a nest down, they come back to rebuild MANY times. They'll finally move to someplace else you don't want em either........ WHY CAN'T THEY PUT the nest in the trees??? Like ordinary robins/birds do? Every year they come back and want to rebuild in the same spot. Even if you move the tractor, they find it. Might have to resort to a more permanent plan of action...
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19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17
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Karl in MD
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Posted: 04 Jan 2016 at 2:45pm |
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Speaking of fires: i got off my farmall M one day, and stuffed the seat cushion up under the hood so it wouldnt get wet. Guess what I forgot the next time i started it? Do you know how bad a foam and canvas cushion smells when it smoulders on an exhaust manifold? You don't forget that smell for a long tiime....
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A man's got to know his limitations.
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Dan73
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Posted: 04 Jan 2016 at 2:47pm |
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Bet you didn't forget the next seat cover either....
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PatrickBeth
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Posted: 04 Jan 2016 at 5:59pm |
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Can't wait to get my WD rolling! So will have stories of my own from attacks from wildlife!
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Brian Jasper co. Ia
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Posted: 04 Jan 2016 at 7:35pm |
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Barn swallows are almost as bad as those robins about putting nests where you don't want them. They will plaster the siding under the eaves with mud and poop. I kept knocking one nest down for a week before they gave up.
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"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian." Henry Ford
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Brian Jasper co. Ia
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Posted: 04 Jan 2016 at 7:40pm |
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But speaking of attacking stinging pests, I will never forget many years ago riding with my uncle mowing hay and we stirred up a bumble bee nest. As soon as we saw the bees were unhappy, he kicked the power director to neutral and yelled RUN! Fortunately the bees attacked the tractor and not us.
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"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian." Henry Ford
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Dusty MI
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Posted: 05 Jan 2016 at 11:07am |
Maybe build a couple of Robin nesting shielders from these plans, and hope the use them instead of where you don't want them. Also the Barn Swallow is very good at catching mosquitoes.
https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=A0LEViMs94tWEWwAhmsPxQt.;_ylu=X3oDMTByMjB0aG5zBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw--?p=Robin+Nesting+Box+Plans&fr=yfp-t-381&hspart=att&hsimp=yhs-att_001
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Posted: 06 Mar 2016 at 5:59am |
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Sparrows are the same way as barn swallows and robins. One day I left the 7080 outside to give it a bath as it was raining and the next day I start it up 6 Sparrows fly out from under the hood.
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fixer1958
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Posted: 06 Mar 2016 at 9:16am |
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First WD I got was down the road about 8 miles. Stuck NF and free. Pulled it home on the back roads. Couldn't go over 5 mph because the front wobbled so bad and there was no seat spring around the seat shock. FIL was on the tractor and was screaming like a banshee. Once it got to shaking real bad it stirred up a nest of yellow jackets under the gauge cluster box. He bailed off of it and it was my turn then. I'm not allergic and he was.
That was a long ride.
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Dan73
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Posted: 06 Mar 2016 at 9:24am |
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Sounds to me like you paid a very high price for that tractor. I would have unhooked it and gone to get a couple of cans of spray to kill them. I typically bring a can if I am going to look at something that has been sitting like that. I have never been stung and don't really want to be stung.
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Steve in NJ
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Posted: 07 Mar 2016 at 6:50am |
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Yeah, Yellow Jackets are bad news in our neck of the woods here in Jersey. You gotta' be real careful around grille shells and final drives during the summer months. Last summer I needed to use the loader on the B. Fired the B up and started to move. Got about 5 feet and the next thing I know I have a black cloud of Yellow jackets flying around nailing me left n' right. Hit the Ignition switch, and boy, did I bail off of the ole' B man! Saw they were coming outta' the right final brake area. I fixed their Yellow Jacket a$$es' and emptied a can of Brakekeen in that final after they settled down. They were flying out and droppin' to the ground. Good ole' Brakekleen man. The best insect repellent...
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JakeWI
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Posted: 09 Mar 2016 at 7:44pm |
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Wasps like to make nests under lift arm latches around here.
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BradH
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Posted: 09 Mar 2016 at 9:11pm |
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The lift arm latches on my WD 45 I just got were packed full of mud dobber nests. Lots of fun cleaning that mess out. We once had a home security system of the A.S.S. variety. Wasps built a huge nest under the awning above the back door. Couldn't find a can of bug spray anywhere in the house. Wal-Mart was 40 miles away. Turns out pepper spray works really well against them. makes for a good show too. One thing to note though, as with many things in life wind direction is important.
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Warning! Blind man with a tractor! Head for the hills!
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