Recent content by 3Ts

If you're doing a machine shop as part of that, you may want to consider embedding anchors in the concrete slab. I don't have one in my shop because I didn't know about doing that. So, when I poured a driveway, I embedded one in that close to the shop. I have a vise on a post I put in the anchor...

As for tires delaminating: I have an RV and replaced all the tires on it with new (and current date codes). That's 4 tires on the ground and one spare on a rack at the back of the trailer. A few short trips over a few months and went to move the trailer and noticed that the spare tire which had...

This is a 2 part post. The first is about USPS, the second is about UPS. I ordered a package from Amazon and it was shipped for delivery by USPS. It was delivered to a different address on a different highway. It's been raining all day today. Whoever received the box put a note on it that it...

Here's a follow-up. I moved the conduit and only needed to add 12" to it's length, there's enough loop in the wires at each end that I should be able to reuse the wire without splicing it. It will be a few days before I pull the wire back into the conduit because of all the mud. (I don't work in...

Just now seeing this. I have a 16' PJ dump but I don't know what part your pictures are showing. Can you back up some so there is more for a frame of reference? I don't know what you mean by receptical. There is a pocket that is used to hold a brace that keeps the bed from coming down when...

I don't know about Kioti, I have a Kubota L235 (4wd) that I replaced the crankshaft seal on. The same picture of my tractor looks very similar to yours. I had to remove the front axle to get to the seal but I could replace it without removing the gear case cover. And, no, I'm not that much of a...

I agree that it sounds like the battery. HOWEVER! I've had problems with starting my 5055e for some time. Last time I spent an hour mowing then shut it off for lunch, came back out and it wouldn't start. Not even a click. There's a solenoid behind the dash that's in the start circuit so I...

I need to reroute an electrical conduit and will end up making it 2 or 3 feet longer. I hate to replace 4 wires that are 65' long with ones that are 68' long. Is it legal (as in code compliant) to use a crimper to join 2 wires in a butt splice if they are inside a conduit? Amazon has a 10 ton...

I have a backhoe for my tractor (frame mount) and used it to dig my septic system. The hole for the tank is 8 feet deep and 9' wide, and the leach lines are 3' wide. My bucket is 18" wide and the hoe will reach 8'. My soil is gravelly loam with an occasional rock, so nothing like what you have...

When it's really hot and I sweat a lot, I use cornstarch powder everywhere a rash might develop. It helps prevent it from becoming serious.

My pickup (diesel F250) has 2 batteries and it typically sits for 2 weeks or more at a time. The batteries are dead when I try to start it, so I've gone to parking it next to an electrical outlet and plug it into a trickle charger when I'm not using it. For my vehicles that are to far away from...

I had a tear in my seat as well. My solution was different though. I took a can of yellow Plasti-dip (It's very close to JD yellow) painted each side of the tear and put a piece of canvas over the tear and another coat of plasti-dip over that. It's holding quite well and spends it's life out in...

I live in a bowl and no cell phone signal. Hughes net satellite is slooowww at less than 1MB at most times. I now have had Starlink for awhile and am quite happy with it. I use it as a modem with a pass through for the router and feed into ubiquity and use their router and access points. I have...

I'm looking for a fence charger to keep critters out of my orchard. Primarily raccoons. I'm thinking I'll need a mesh fence around the trees (i've only got about 1 acre of orchard) with the hot wire on a stand off from that. I don't want to hurt the animals, just sting them so they leave my...

Don't feel bad. It should have been done correctly, but I think your decision was the right one and for the right reasons. I'd have made the same choice. The other option is to rip a 2" piece and put that at the top, but the reveal will still be different. I've had similar situations, the reveal...