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I have a leaking cylinder on my la680 and went to get the rebuild kit, but there are two different kits. I can not see markings to tell me what cylinder I have so is there any way to tell without opening the cylinder up to look at the "ram" size?

Looking at a few used x300r mowers and wanted to see if anyone had used one and how they like the nagger system. The bagger is the biggest point of sale for me. If I can bag the grass without a side chute that would be great but I would love the hear what someone who uses it thinks before I...

Here it is with most of the tin on it. The ridge cap has not come in yet but otherwise its on to framing out and siding on.:dance1:

Eddie, Yes the cedar is from my land. I debated long and hard about burying them even for the center posts but ended up purchasing 6x6 treated for the buried main supports. I wanted the look of cedar and couldn't beat the price so I dug 3' down and poured cement then used rigged up forms to...

Well the wife and I have been busy. Got the floor up and then started on trusses. After figuring out the proper way to tie the trusses to the decking things started going surprisingly quick. It was also surprising how quick it went from shaky to a mostly solid frame. Next up is the side sheds...

We started the shed\barn today. It is only going to be 29x20 so it is not huge. I would love to have the ability to take what I think I need, add 30% then double it but that is not in the cards right now. This will be the hay loft, tractor roof, feed storage with a stall for a cow in the future...

Has anyone bought or used a building from meeks.com? I'm considering a portable livestock building as storage for the riding mower and tiller while keeping some hay and animal feed dry until I can move up to the full 30x40. Yes the front will have to be covered but for the price I can engineer...

I found them. They grow into solar arrays if properly taken care of.

We finished building a house this year. The original design was for a wood stove in the basement to allow the slab to warm and the heat to rise. Well with building being the process it is and me not realizing what I was getting into when we started, I didn't get the chimney built with the house...

The 1530s synchro and clutch seem to have given up the ghost this weekend. I tried unsuccessfully to adjust the clutch play but it didn't have any effect. She starts fine but is stuck in gear. Has anyone ever done a 1530 before. If so would you have any advice or tips for some who might try it...

Well the ground has finally thawed out enough for the ground to become mud. I mean a lot of mud. :) The concrete guy brought out a pump truck as the cement trucks where stuck as soon as they left the rock. So now we have basement walls. I'm not sure whats next but I'm sure it involves a butt ton...

Its been fun out here the last few days so not much computer time. But I'll try for a quick update. We are fighting or better said waiting on mother nature to calm down. The day the footings where poured it was 50 degrees out. The next day the high was 9. So much for living in the temperate part...

This weekend we finally broke ground on the new house. We are building on what was up to now Mom and Dads back hay field. We got 6.5 acres from them last year and have been working on it since then. All I can say is I hate easements and access rights.... Below is what we started with. We have...

I sold the house that my wife and I had spent 5 years rehabbing. Sold so fast I now live in Mom and Dads house which is weird but good. Our little family started work on the new house on 6 acres. Maybe Ill get a post started on that one some time. So far it has been a lot of paperwork and legal...