We got plenty of assassin bugs in the southeast. The species they're talking about that carries chagas disease is not native here, but is sometimes brought here by "migrants." Some of our common native ones, like the giant wheel bug, have very nasty, painful bites. I would rate them much more...
Depends on what you're using it for. In a smaller tractor that I planned to use with a variety of implements to do a variety of things, I'd go with gears. Much more versatility, and you can gear it down to get more power at lower speeds. For something bigger, or that you're just mostly using as...
Yep. Everybody trying to get over a mile back and doing dick moves like blocking the other lane actually slows the traffic down a lot instead of speeding it up.