CajunFrog

These monsters are so ugly only thier mothers could love them but they are tough as nails! There is a guy over on TimeZone, Gaio Lakin, who first came up with this mod. I have exchanged e-mails with him. He swaps the chapter rings of the black and orange monsters. The orange with the black eye looks good like it is. The black with orange ring needs something like an orange minute hand to really make it stand out. I bid and won a pair on e-bay and am waiting for a hand removing tool. I plan to do the same mod. It is a relatively easy operation but requires removing the movements and the second and minute hands to swap the rings. Gaio said to be very careful with the paint on the hands as it flakes off fairly easy. I am going to try to mask off the lume on the minute hand of the black one and paint it orange around the perimeter to achieve the effect I talked about above....This will really make it unique don't you thinik. Also a bead blast to give it a semi-matte finish is something to think about. K

I have a friend whose grandson is looking for one of those but it has to be an "exact" replica......he can't afford to have another kid call him out on it. K

This is a great honor. The great Neil has responded to one of my posts! Especially since this not watch related.....no wait!! The tractors have hour meters.....this is as bad as asking who has the best Sub. With my newbee status I really opened myself up for that one. Score another for Niel! On a serious note guys. I have done a lot of reasearch and am about to pull the trigger on a major purchase here. I though maybe one of you guys might have a different source or angle on this to save some money even if its not a rep. You can't sneak one of these babys through customs in a jiffy bag @narikaa. How about it Neil?? You have a lot of contacts and I don't think you are in the tractor business.....Yet! Thanks, K

I have been looking at the pros & cons of self-importing a compact 4wd tractor. I am looking at the Jinma. They make the Farm-pro, Nor-trac, etc. What I am looking for is perhaps someone who has done this here or someone who has contacts in China. I have been in touch with several manufacturing groups and their prices are around 60% of what one sells here or around $5,300 for an epa approved tractor that dealers sell for around $8,800 here. The problem is getting the tractor over thru customs and all. Going thru a bonded consolidated freight forwarder costs around $1200 so that takes a big hunk out of the potential savings and their is always a risk that something could go drastically wrong. It is easier and much cheaper per tractor to import a container load of these but I would have to buy 8 tractors and I do not have the facilities nor desire to go in the tractor business. If I could find 7 other people who live in south central Louisiana who wanted tractors then we all could form a joint venture and realize significant savings potential. What would be nice is if I could buy directly from the factory and bypass the group. This should save several hundred dollars and would make the venture on a single tractor more feisable. Anyone with importing experiece or knowledge in this area please respond or pm me. K

Hi everyone, Let me introduce myself.....not! I did that at the old place. Just when I thought I might have got past newbie status I get set back to zero. Just a shame to leave all that info behind but I we'll get a lot of usefull poop real quick as everone wants to get their posts up again. I think the new admin/moderators got an unfair jump on the old regulars but rank takes privledges. Well deserved in this case. Thanks guys! But then most of the old motors will catch up real quick. Read the recent news/gossip here about the corrupted posts at the old site. Yep...... really beginning to feel like home again! CajunFrog