Recent content by DKCDKC

The mixture is key. I have a mile-long and hilly gravel drive. Put down some 1.5 & 2 inch stone - thin layer. Then an inch or two of half inch stuff, then what we call crusher run - a mixture of small gravel and dust. It has held up quite well now for over 20 years. I tend it with a box...

I have a 2021 Subaru Forester Touring and am delighted with it. I had a 2015 Outback before that was totaled by a careless guy in a truck, but immediately bought the Forester. I live at the end of a curvy, hilly mile-long gravel driveway and found most other car models simply can't take the...

I trim along some fences and my driveway by strapping an old heavy push string trimmer to the side of my FEL, firing it up and simply driving slowly letting the trimmer do the work. It handles hitting wires, rocks and such pretty well. I wouldn't do it in my yard, but it works in the field.

I bought my first tractor, JD 2030 25 years ago, but from a JD mechanic I knew. He swore it was in great condition. And it was. I traded it in in 2012 because I wanted a smaller tractor my wife could drive - and went new on a JD CUT so I wouldn't have to worry about repairs for a while. And...

I find that common sense is the best guide. I have operated a CUT 3038 for 11 years now mowing and doing other work. When I get to a hill that makes me uncomfortable, I slow way down and lower my FEL to just off the ground. I want my COG as low as possible. Sometimes, as I proceed, I just...

I have a 2012 3038e with almost 900 hours - much of it working in forest land and bush hogging. I have never experienced any problems with running over brush, stumps etc. with the undercarriage. Indeed, the tractor has never been in the shop for anything other than oil changes etc.

I haven't read all the pages of comments on this thread, but I haven't seen one factor in evaluating solar that I am considering. I am out in a very rural area and, at almost 80, may well need whole-house backup power for medical reasons in the next few years. A number of my relatives moved in...

I live in a rural area and sometimes items are not available locally. I check local first, then Amazon, then check as many other sources as possible before ordering. About half the time Amazon is cheaper - and almost always faster. Speed is an issue on equipment related things because I want...

I used to have Verizon but switched to Beam fixed wireless for speed and then to T-Mobile 5G Unlimited. I am in a very rural location and Verizon was never very fast here - about 20 mbps or so. And, as I recall, if I used more than a few hundred gigs it would slow. Service was unlimited - but...

I built my garden years ago by filling in a flat area on a hill near the house - so there are uphill slopes on three sides. I then planted Jerusalem artichokes (Sunchokes) on the hills and it grew beautifully with no fertilizer and only water overflow from the garden. So I have essentially a...

I've had tractors pop a hydraulic line before, you just go get a new one. But, in 2012 I bought a smaller 3038 as a retirement unit. It's got 800 hours on it now, and no issues... Except every few years it seems to loosen one of the hydraulic line fittings and I get fluid everywhere. Never...

I'm just about 60 miles N of you. Got 120 acres, mostly forest, and a parcel shaped like a mallet or something - almost all the land in a square with a pigtail extending a mile through the woods from the highway for access. We built a weekend place on it first while I was still working, then...

I have a mile-long driveway through a forest and a yard bordered by forest on three sides. For the abundant big stuff I use the (relatively) inexpensive Brush Crusher grapple and take it to a burn pile. For smaller stuff, I use grandchildren.

I bought an old Howse C360 Finish Mower for about junk value a few years ago. It had been sitting under a tree for about 15 years I think. But it didn't look rusty. I greased it up, changed the oil in the gearbox, replaced a few tires that had dry-rotted, and actually used it for a full...

Had a 2015 Outback for years - loved it - but it was t-boned by a careless driver and totalled. I switched to a 2021 Forester Touring. We generally loved Subaru because of the snow performance and ground clearance - we live at the end of a mile-long gravel drive through a forest. We went with...