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I have a B7500 subcompact Kubota tractor. Everything was running fine. Then about a month ago it sat for 2-3 weeks during heavy rains. When I went back to start it, there was black smoke at startup, then it ran for 15 seconds or so and quit. In trying to start it again right then, I see...

Sorry but I couldn't find an answer on the forums. How do you QUICKLY and EASILY remove the flat steel plates from T posts (the ~ 4 inch x 8 inch plates attached to the end of the T post that goes in the ground to give it stability.) It looks like the nubs on the T post that you attach...

I have a ranch road maybe 7 years old made of kolechee-type roadbase around Austin, TX that has developed some ruts maybe 3 and some cases 5 inches deep relative to the center or crown of the road. I have an incredible opportunity to purchase asphalt road grindings or millings from a state...

I have a gas powered Troybuilt string trimmer and had to replace the rotted neoprene fuel line which is maybe 1/8 inch o.d.and maybe 1/16 or 3/32 i.d.. The fuel line push fits onto a conventional small hose barb on the carb. Problem is the i.d. of the replacement fuel line is a TINY bit...

I have a big PTO winch and have some questions about how to power it electrically. About all I know is it is bidirectional, and was used on a truck to move car bodies around in a junkyard, and somebody guessed it was wormgear driven with a ratio of 60:1. I am using it to move a 400 pound...

I just bought a big old PTO winch made by the Silent Hoist & Crane Company, S/N 7958 (no apparent model number). See picture #1 I am using it to pull a 4x8 trailer up and down a 40 degree incline cliff about 80 feet. Trailer weighs maybe 400 pounds total when loaded with tools, quickrete...

I am putting in a concrete slab under my 40 x 15 foot roof overhang extension on my barn for some extra outdoor work room- not alot of floor load. Because I don't have a big concrete mixer and crew I'm thinking of doing it one section at a time, e.g. in four separate pours of 10x15 foot...

I'm trying to get a little trailer full of tools, Quickrete, etc. down from a cliff to a river bank and back up to do some work around the river and avoid many trips lugging stuff up and down the steps. The cliff is about 80 feet up vertically from the bank and at about a 40 degree angle. The...

Anyone got any website/plans/specifics on making a filter preceding a pump for pumping lake water to an irrigation system ? I know in general about using a three foot 4 inch diameter piece of pvc capped at the ends with little holes drilled in it and an internal piece of pvc with slots in it...

I'm trying to get river water up about 120 feet vertical up a 45 degree bank thru 2 inch pvc to a 2500 gallon tank for some cattle water and irrigation. I'll probably use up a tankful a week. What are my most cost effective options in terms of electrical pump and what would the specs look like ...

I'm connecting 8 round 2500 gallon tanks for a rain catchment system (each about 8 ft. diameter, 8 ft. tall). They will be in two parallel rows of 4 each, e.g. X X X X X X X X And they will...

Could anyone point me to instructions on how to make gutters from scratch from sheet metal stock ? (NOTE: not how to install/cut etc. store bought ones) ? I just got a super deal on an 8 foot sheet metal brake for $100 and want to try my hand at it. Thanks for any pointers to instructions...

I'm needing to get maybe 200 pounds at a time up and down a hillside where I'll be doing work at the bottom- hauling hand tools, generator, bags of cement, etc. Its maybe 100 feet and down an angle of maybe 30 degrees. Does anybody have any sources of ideas to consider ? Its too difficult to...

I need to pump from a river up an embankment to water my cows. I'm guessing its maybe 150-200 feet vertical and maybe a 45 degree angle. I don't need a big flow- maybe 150-200 gallons over night to fill a water stock tank. The river is only about 3 feet deep. I'm thinking a deep well pump is...

I've got a B7500 with around 300 hours on it. The engine sounds fine at rest and its always worked fine up until now. But when I drive it, now it makes a sort of grinding noise that sounds like its coming from either roughly the midsection or more towards the front. I'm pretty sure the sounds...