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I just had a 60X60' metal building put up and Everything is wonderful accept the lousy concrete pour. Aside from having a bunch of cracks everywhere there is a low place in the center of the floor where water will hit the concrete out in my covered side shed and end up piling up on the wall and...

Anybody had them put on their gutters and do they really work. I've been trying to get an idea what it would cost to have them installed but it seems like no one will give you a basic idea of the cost involved. I've filled in a few online estimate forms that say free estimates, just fill in a...

I've been working on this tractor for a while now. Every time I fix one thing something else happens. While checking the fluid levels in the transmission and rear I found the transmission over filled and the rear was way down. I think the reason the tranny was over filled is that water somehow...

I'm at the point where I need to put some heat in my new shop. I have plenty of wood that I could use but I am also looking at pellet stoves. I don't know much about them, but I like the Idea of being able to load up and not have to worry about it for a couple days. I'm not trying to keep it 85...

I had to rebuild my shop after the old one burned down. After cleaning up the mess the first thing on my to do list was to put in a new floor so the guys putting up the building could do their part. I talked to a bunch of different cement contractors and they were all running behind schedule. I...

Does anyone here have any experience wiring older trailers to these newer trucks. The trailer has electric brakes. It has a round 7 point pin connector on the trailer and my truck has the spade type connector. I bought an adaptor but when I hook that up the brakes lock up when I try to move. I...

I've been working on this tractor for a couple weeks now. At first all I had to do was change a leaking fuel shut off valve. I ordered three different valves and they were all wrong, so I took the guts out of one of the wrong ones and fixed that problem. I changed the filter and finally got it...

My hunt club ownes a Ford 3000 tractor and one of the guys call me yesterday and told me the fuel tank was leaking. I haven't been out there yet but was wondering what is involved in replacing the fuel tank. It's a fair ways away from me and I would like to take the right tools to do the job...

I'm thinking about buying a new tractor in the 25 to 30 thousand dollar price range. Would like something in the 30 to 35hp range. Witch one is the best bang for the buck?

Hey guy's I was wondering if it would be worth trying to reseal a F11 motor that has been through a fire. My shop burned down taking just about everything in the way of tools I ever had along with it. This pump was on a saw head that I bought a year or so and it was going to be part of the new...

Some of you may remember what I went through building my pole barn that turned into my giant man cave. It was my place away from home that I spent many hours in playing with all my toys. I had all my most sacred things that I had gathered over my life time. All my machines, two lathes, my mill...

Who here has ever dealt with a insurance co? I think I need help.

I have this mid 70's 2414 PowerKing tractor that seems to be losing tranny oil and at the same time it seems to be making gear oil in rear differential. Last summer I replaced all the fluids on this tractor and at that time everything looked ok other just being dirty. Now fast forward about 15...

I built a new splitter last fall that works pretty good but I have a small problem. I put a 16 gpm pump on this one and one of those newer two spool 5200 series Prince valves. One of the spools operates the log lift table and the other works the splitting cylinder. The problem I'm having is that...

I have an old Powerking tractor that I love. I can't remember if it has done this since I've had it of if it just started. I built a grader box to spread and level dirt, gravel or anything else I want to make flat. It's a pain in the back end when you are moving along with a box load of material...

Anybody interested in a BCS snow thrower or a chipper shredder?

I bought these two pieces of equipment several years ago thinking I would be able to use them some day but that ain't working out. One is a chipper screader and the other is a snow thrower. There is a tag on the chipper that says BIO 100 it has a tag also on it with the company name which is...

Has anybody ever tried to connect a BCS snow blower up to an old model L gravely. I came across a Bio 100 chipper and a snow blower awhile back and I surely would like to at least use the snow blower. That 10 spline shaft seems to be throwing a monkey wrench in my plan along with the BCS 2 bolt...

A friend of mine wants me to build him a tool that has a hopper for gravel with a channel on the bottom that you can run that black drain tile through that he can drag through each ditch that will lay the tile and also put down the right amount of gravel under and above the tile. I saw one of...

I have a salami gear pump that has three pumps piggybacked together. I knew the drive shaft on the front pump was broken off when I bought it but I got it almost for nothing so I went ahead and got it. I've been looking all over for a place that I could buy this shaft but don't see a listing...

For the past couple years I have been cleaning up a bunch of trees that got blown down in a storm we had. It was slow going at first because the way I was going at it. I was cutting it up in fire wood lengths right where it was at, then hauling it out in my little trailer and piling it up so it...

I built a powder coat oven several years ago and never could use it but I'm about finished with my new building and I want to hook it up. It has 3) 208 volt 10000 watt heating elements in it. I was going to use 3 phase current when I built it and is why I used those elements. When I finished the...

I've been playing around with different ways to heat my shop for several years now and have almost got it to where it is doing ok but would like to do a few things that would make it better. What I have is a wood stove with a ss tank attached to the top of the stove with the exhaust going out...

I seem to have a problem with trees wanting to fall on or near me while i'm in the woods. I had another thread awhile back about one falling on me while I was cutting wood. http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/safety/331426-wrong-place-right-time.html Anyway.....it seems now they are following...

I just bought a 3 spool Cessna control valve that I wanted to use on my wood splitter for a table lift cylinder and wedge height adjustment cylinder. I don't need but two spools but for what I got this valve for I couldn't turn it down. The third spool is a motor control spool and I was thinking...

I went to an auction last weekend and bought a banged up trencher attachment that works off a skid steer machine. It had been backed over by a big excavator and is in pretty bad shape. At first I thought I could fix it and resell it but now that I have checked it out it will cost more to fix it...

The weather forecast was for 8 to 12 inches of snow followed by very low temps for the next 2 weeks. I was just about out of wood so I needed to get enough cut to last a couple weeks which I could easily do in a few hours. I have a bunch of big oaks that have been laying on the ground for over...

I bought this on e-bay a long time ago and I can't remember what the heck it was supposed to be for. I ran across it the other day and was thinking I could it to control my log lift and height adjustment on a 4 way wedge I'm working on. I think it has a power beyond port.....well I guess that's...

I was reading a thread awhile back where someone was looking for one of these. I came across this one this morning on e-bay. I don't know if it's a deal or not but just wanted to post it up in case anyone is interested. New Parker Bent Axis Piston Hydraulic Motor F12 040 | eBay

Does anyone know what the gear reduction is at the PTO on a model L? I've looked far and wide but can't find it anywhere. Thanks!!!

I have been having trouble with my Millermatic 252. I had it in the shop for almost 2 months and finally got it back but I didn't have a chance to use it until last week. I have been rebuilding my old wood burning water heater and had to put in new tubes in the heat exchanger. Right off the bat...

I just came across an old mortar mixer cheap but it doesn't have an engine on it. I was wondering if I could convert it over to an electric motor. I have a 5Hp electric motor I could use. The only problem is that the motor is 3 phase which I don't have but was thinking about building a phase...

I was wondering if any of you guys ever had to get warranty service done on a miller welder they owned. I bought a new millermatic 252 a couple years ago and awhile back I started having problems with the wire feed and the wire burning back into the tip. I did all the usual stuff checked the...

I was wondering what a good start price for an old Massey 50 tractor. It's the tractor only, been sitting a long time, for sure needs 1 rear tire. It's one of those......it was running great when we parked it kind of deals. I'm sure the engine is ok because I remember them using it to cut hay...

I've been collecting parts to build a wood processor for a long time. I've come across several motors and pumps that I figured I could use for one part of the build or another. I was at an auction last week and they put up a junk with all sorts of stuff packed in it and at the bottom of the box...

I wonder what's going to happen to the pex in my floor now that it is all but frozen solid? Well, let me step back a bit......I guess it's frozen cause I checked the surface temp with one of those laser temp guns and it is reading between 26 and 34 degrees. I had been working on my...

I remember awhile back there was a way to tell what a pump or motor would supply by measuring something on the pump itself. I have a motor that I need to find out the specs on but the numbers on the motor don't come up anywhere. I was thinking I could identify it by looking at other brands and...

I just bought a bunch of stuff at an auction and there is a hyd motor that one of the guys there said was a hydraulic saw motor. I have looked all over and can't find anything on the number that is on the tag attached to the motor. All that I can read on the tag is PT no 400391 and below that is...

I posted in a thread over on the projects page titled "The wood lot". Reading it I got to thinking about how I learned how to a lot of the things I do now. While I was deep in thought my memory took me back to a time when I was real young helping my dad work in the woods behind our house. I...

Anybody have any idea what a 20' 316L I beam would be worth? It's size is 240 X 120 X 6.2 X 9.8 MM -Laser. Also a 316L Rectangular tube 9.5" X 43/4" by 1/2" thick, both are 20' long.

What do you use in the hydraulic system. It seems they want you to use Lucus 15W 40 magnum motor oil in the hydraulics. Every oil company says their oil is the latest and the greatest but is there really a need to use this oil? I use Rotella 15W 40 in just about everything with regard to oil in...

I just got my hands on an old wood stove that has a boiler sitting on top of it and was wondering if anyone has ever seen or owned one of these type stoves. There are a few pieces that are missing that I know I'll need before I fire it up and I need to get some information on it but I can't seem...

As old Junior Samples used to say, ifin' it wernt fer bad luck....I'd have no luck at all. I'm still cleaning up around the place from the last hurricane almost two years ago. Here lately I have been trying to divide my time between working on my pole barn project and completing boo boo's that...

I'm finally getting to the point where I can set up my welders in my new/old pole barn. It's new but the way it's been going it will be old before I finish it.:laughing: I finally was able to get my big oven off the trailer it's been sitting on for three years and into the building where I can...

I'm about getting to the point where I want to paint my pole barn and make it all one color. I thought about rolling it but after trying a small spot that is going to be almost impossible to do. I've been looking around but everything I've looked at is either too cheesy looking or too expensive...

I built a splitter about 25 years ago.........holy cr@p am I that old already???? Anyway it has split hundreds of cords of wood over the years but I have always felt it didn't produce the pressure it should. I played around with the adjustments but never could get it to work right but at one...

Tomorrow morning the concrete trucks will drop off 25+ yards of concrete to cover up my pex tube and make me a nice smooth place to walk on in my pole barn. Hopefully by this time tomorrow the finishers will have done their thing and all I will have to do then is cut a few joints in and then...

The first project after I get my building done is to build a firewood processor. I've found a bunch of sites showing the basic layout but they don't give out much detail on the nuts and bolts inner workings. I'm always looking for anything hydraulic that I can use for different things I might...

Who has the best price for tractor tires? Looking for 2) 13.6-28 and 2) 6.5-16 tires for a 4x4 2525 JD tractor.

I'm trying to save a little on wiring in my shop. What I want to do is add a couple small 6 space sub panels in two spots in my shop. I picked up a 70 amp 6 space sub panel yesterday that has no breakers in it. I picked up a ground bar kit also. When I prepared my floor for concrete I laid...

I'm trying to save a little on wiring in my shop. What I want to do is add a couple small 6 space sub panels in two spots in my shop. I picked up a 70 amp 6 space sub panel yesterday that has no breakers in it. I picked up a ground bar kit also. My question is.....do I need to have a separate...

I'm putting lights and fans in my pole barn shop and I have 4 lights and 4 fans. I want to have 2 lights and 2 fans in the front half and 2 lights and two fans in the back part. I also wanted to have them so I can cut them on and off in both the front and back wall. I ran all my wires and marked...

can you switch 240V lights so that they can be controlled in two places? I really want to use my high bay lights in my barn. It would be nice if I could split them, two in back and two in the front and put them on 3 way switches so both sets could be turned on and off from either end of the...

I finally have gotten to the point where I have started to lay out my pex tubing for my in floor heat system and the way it looks now it may be awhile before I can scrape up the money to buy the concrete to cover it up. I was wondering how long the insulation boards and pex tube can stay...

I have a 1250 gal septic tank behind my house that I want to hook into from my new pole barn. I don't want to dig it up right now because it is so wet but I would like to run my sewer line out and away from my building so I can do some grading to get the water away from the building. What I...

I put this big beam up on 4 steel post and cross members in my shop to run a trolley on for a 1/2 ton chain fall. I also want to run some heavy ground wire under the floor that comes up in places all over the shop so I will have a ground leg for my welders no matter where the work is located...

I was wondering if a light broom finish would be an okay surface for an epoxy floor finish? I hate to pay a finisher to put a nice slick finish on it and have to pay someone to sand it down so that the paint can stick to it. What do you guys think?

I have been searching for the past couple days for threads about heating for my building and have almost decided to use the radiant type system and heat the floor in my shop. I read a bunch of post but all I could find were older threads that were several years old, most were way back in...

Has anyone built a firewood conveyer? What a pain it is to have to handle wood three or four times when splitting. I have been tossing around the idea of building something to move the wood out of the way as it is split and was wondering what others have come up with. I'm thinking about...

I have been using a Takeuchi 130 skid steer for a few days now cleaning up trees that were knocked down by the last storm and it seems to have a problem with the hydraulics. It does not do this all the time but sometimes while operating the machine the 4 in one bucket will open up all by itself...

My wife was already complaining that there was too much blue in the garage and now you has something else to fuss about. My dealer called yesterday and said the welder was in and I almost got there before he realized I had dropped the phone, hitched up the trailer and headed off to the...

Thanks to the hurricane I am getting a new roof and was thinking about going with medal. My house is a small cape with a wrap porch that sits in the woods. Well it used to be really woods but most all the trees right up against the house are gone. It is brick and is sort of like the colonial...

I figured that I had hyjacked bearcreep paul's thread enough and didn't want to stink up his thread with my problems even thought ours are about the same. We were talking about wire size requirements for different applications and soon as I said I too will be faced with the same situation as...

A couple weeks ago we had an earthquake that shook the heck out of the house. At first I thought it was an ATF chopper landing on my house to remove my guns from my cold dead hands but then I realized what was happening and calmed down and said no problem it's just a 5.9 earthquake. Only...

Sorry...double posted somehow.

I asked this in another thread but felt like I was trying to horn in on someone else's dime so I started a new thread. This is a low budget project as I am having to move out of a shop I am now renting because of the downturn in the economy. I decided to take advantage of the downturn and slow...