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Due to various circumstances, we are moving away from our property and rural home. At this point we are going to try and maintain it as a place to return to from time to time during the year (we will be moving about 5 hours away). We don't feel selling it at this time would be a wise financial...

I need some advice on installing a yard hydrant on our main water line from our house well. Our main line dead ends outside the house (after a tee into the house to the pressure tank) with a ball valve- it's essentially capped with the ball valve and was put there by the contractor if we wanted...

We have a new concrete patio and hired a contractor to build a freestanding pergola on a portion of it- we've had other projects this spring and felt this was best left to a professional. The pergola is 4X4 redwood posts, with two 4X6 beams Simpson tied to the posts and 2X6 purlins (rafters?)...

I have a 3320 open station and am seriously thinking of upgrading to the air suspension seat. Any advice or anything I need to know about the install- it would seem it's fairly straight forward. If there is anyone who has done the install that has advice it would be appreciated. A Jones

We are installing a hot tub- we have a 60 amp breaker and 6 AWG wire coiled in the crawl space that was put in several years ago when we built the house (anticipating putting in the tub- took us awhile). The tub requires a 60 amp breaker and draws 45 amps. The tub will need to hardwired to a...

I have a 3320 with the 300X loader, bucket and recently purchased quick attach forks. I recently put the bucket back on and noticed the quick attach isn't lining up correctly with be quick attach bracket on the bucket (see photos). I hadn't noticed this before and didn't do anything major with...

I realize this is old hat to many of you, but I have a leak at the fittings on my CCM top link. There is a male banjo type fitting fitted into the valve on the top link and it leaks when I connect the female hose to that fitting. I'm not sure what thread type the fittings are (the hoses came...

For those interested, there is an Optima Battery refund of $25 through the end of this month. I found one for my JD 3320 for $150 at Napa before the refund.

I've been reading a bunch of threads trying to figure out this hydraulic stuff and have what I think is a simple question. I'm adding a set of rear remotes to my JD 3320 (for a CCM top link) which connects to existing ports on the tractor valve block. It includes hard lines to the back of the...

I have a light duty Deere LX5 rotary mower and I've bent the tail wheel and the bracket holding the tail wheel so now it won't rotate and just digs into the ground. I've taken off the tail wheel assembly and don't have the heat or a big enough hammer to get it back into shape. Can I just mow...

So, I'm trying to figure out my needs for a potential power outtage, my home is completely electric (house is electric heat pump). I have a small studio in the barn which is heated with a PTAC (thru the wall motel ac/heater). Given the amount of power needed to heat the main house, we'll just...

I have a 10 year old fridge I'm going to be using to brew beer. I need to maintain a temperature of about 68 F degrees for fermentation, so have it wired to an external thermostat that kills the power to the fridge when it gets to the correct temp (the fridge is plugged into the thermostat and...

Hey- we have a new pole barn that we are doing some finish work in including insulation and some drywall for two finished spaces. The south facing wall gets hit directly by the weather and when the wind is blowing with rain both windows will leak. I can see a small leak down the inside of the...

Howdy- we have finshished our pole barn and the contractor framed the inside for a shop and studio for my wife. The shop has an outside 3' man door and is framed for an inside 3' man door. After thinking about it, I'd like to adjust the inside door to a double french door so that it's easier...

We are going to have some finished heated space in our new pole barn, the two rooms will be a shop and then a studio for my wife, there is also a full bath next to the studio. The exterior of the barn is metal siding and I'm filling 2X6 cavities with kraft faced R-21 face stapled to the 2X6's...