Recent content by composter55

I have a 20' carhauler w/ dovetail that I use to haul pallets of firewood or logs and a Toro Dingo to load with. I pull with a 2003 Suburban 1500, and have to balance load critically: too much in front, and the hitch will scrape on speed bumps, even slight driveways, etc. Too far back, and sway...

The holly bushes I have dug/pulled try to resprout from even tiny roots I missed. I don't think stump grinding would be permanent.

My solution would be to build a trailer with a pump and equipment on the front, but create a slide on and off bed for 275 salon totes. Maybe a tilt mechanism? Idea is to have multiple totes already filled (I'd use roof runoff), so you could swap tanks instead of waiting to refill. Also have pump...

Is it possible the pressure is in the grapple, not the machine? That is the common problem I had. I tried to swap to the "connect under pressure", but those aren't interchangeable with normal flat face, and I couldn't find "CUP" style that would mount on my Dingo bulkhead...had to swap back, but...

You can also make converter hoses if you have different tractors and attachments: A foot long hose, with a flat face on one end, an ag on the other. Of course, you need two, opposite sex. But only if you are needing to swap from one tractor to another. Faced this with a Dingo (flat face) and a...

I am not a very experienced welder. For reference have a 220 AC/DC Montgomery Ward, had H.F. flux core, and now use an Eastwood Mig 135 (110v). Pleased with it for most of my purposes. They have more powerful welders, but I don't have a convenient 220V source, so it's Mig for most small, thinner...

A youtube program I watched says small mills in many areas can get their lumber inspected, or even get certified to inspect their own. I'd put them on Craigs list and F.B. Marketplace, and let someone else haul them home. That is a shame to wast such nice logs! Those probably aren't from...

This is far-fetched, but possible: I bough a very used Howze 5' unit, and it was my first exposure to brush cutters. I constantly had trouble with it, then tore it up! As I replaced the wheel, I realized the frame had been assembled backward, and the "caster effect" was also working against me...

I pulled a lot of small brush, and bought some small yellow chain fromWM, about 1/2", because it was easy to wrap, and I could easily find it. Would old snow tire chain work for gripping brush? I live on the Gulf Coast, so there is none of that stuff around here! Do hook up to the drawbar...