Recent content by deezler

Yeah well said, pretty much my experience and thinking also. I think 3 of 10 trees need the stumps removed so i can lower the grade, then ill just grind the rest.

Do any stump grinding yet? I have a stand of around 10 trees in the 8 to 12” diameter range that i want to take out soon…. Do i laboriously dig all the stumps out with my backhoe, or just saw them down and grind the stumps …? Existential quandaries, now that i have tools of all kinds.

You have just described the scenario in which keeping a running, 2nd tractor around is highly valuable. I wouldn't be trying to tow up to 2 tons when you already have a 1000-lb backhoe mounted. Buying a used mini-excavator to do your digging would be an even better plan, though. If you've...

Haha yep. We are definitely beating some summer boredom with chalk time lately. It's been hot and steamy most days but thankfully the biting bugs are not bad at all.

Not much new to report on the concrete pad. It got nailed by a young lady driving one of those heavy delivery vans for amazon that are made by rivian. She pulled a hard u-turn around my driveway island and didn't care one bit not to hit the concrete on her way. No issues noted though...

Yeah the slip clutch seems to be set on the high-torque side to begin with. One note of caution, Don. I had similar thinking to you, couldn't measure anything easily, figured why not try it first. Well, I did stall my tractor one time with a big cut into a hard stump. Not cool, as the whole...

Welcome to TBN and thanks for the super informative and helpful first post!

Don, since the PTO shaft and slip-clutch stay with the grinder, you only have to get it on once. As mentioned, you spread it out just a wee bit and it will go right on. I pushed mine on by hand after opening it up just a little bit. I don't think there are any warranty implications from a...

Don, no offense at all but if you read the thread a little closer you’d learn that some if not most of us have to pry open the slip-clutch end of the shaft juuuust a touch to get it to slide onto the grinder. A chisel, prybar, etc. I also filed the very ends of each spline/groove a touch to get...

Now that I have my quick hitch, hooking up my hog should be pretty rapid. My meadow is getting pretty thick! Of course, I currently have my backhoe on, which means spending at least 30-40 minutes to prepare a good spot to drop it first. And often it is stuck tight into the subframe mounts...

Fantastic. Keep goin!

Anyway back to more pleasant matters, haha. After excavating this area down to level for my concrete pad, I had way more removed spoils than originally expected. What would you swag this pile at, 7 or 8 yards maybe? I didn't really have an easy answer of what to do with it. This removed...

I do appreciate the reminder to be cautious. I don't plan to post anyones faces in my threads going forward. But nearly every person I know is voluntarily putting their own families close ups all over instagram and facebook every day (my wife and I do not engage). Online privacy is kind of a...

Indeed. I sited this garage to essentially straddle a ridge of high ground, so the ground slopes away on each ridge side of the building. I don't have gutters on it but that hasn't really proven to be an issue. Regarding pics that have people in them. If you or any AI tool can make a...

Yes, probably hard to see but i left 5 pieces of rebar sticking out of the first half around a foot long, that i tied into the rebar grid on the second half. Hopefully that is enough to resist the two slabs from frost heaving or settling differently over time. I think with my pure sand soils...