Recent content by Duwop

I've got a 56 cub and I've put in a new battery and carb this season. Here is a pick of mine and a neat tractor I picked up for my grandson.

How to Build an Inexpensive Hoop-Style Greenhouse | Alberta Home Gardening I read this three years ago and was inspired to build one for my wife. I was caught buy how inexpensive this article depicted you could build one for. The one I've built is 12x30 and cost me just over $600. Harbor...

Story not for the faint of stomach warning, walked the wife out to leave for work and did a quick scan of drive. What's that at the end of the drive, squirrel roadkill got to check it out so I go and give it a nudge to make sure it's passed. Tell my wife wait don't leave let me get the gloves to...

The frame for the green house I put together in the shop last year is still in the shop. The kids were suppose to help the wife get it out and installed ( I can't work with heavy things) but no help as of yet. What a shame because we could have been starting seedlings already so it looks like...

Potato harvest is complete for us this season. We planted 100 lbs of Kennebec spuds in the spring (March) and my neighbor and I harvested Tues. morning. We filled 13 each 100 lb gunny pokes (sacks)full, 100 lbs more than last year. I feel we missed more during the harvest as there were many...

Pests in potato patch, I've sprayed Sevin 3 times and can't seem to kill these. What are they and what would you try to kill with?

I went out to do some tilling and discovered that since last using the tractor the RPM gauge /hour meter aren't working at all. Initial check of cable and wiring seems ok but I was pressed for time and haven't gotten back to diagnosing. Any suggestions would be helpful as to what and where to...

Good looking beets Larro. Today I took a stroll thru the garden and since the garden season is winding down I got a couple of pic for the thread. Seems that the broccoli is coming along nice. Anne has been robbing the broccoli for dinners a lot lately. The lettuce is providing well also but the...

Second corn crop picked and as expected was not great. I did harvest 58 small to medium ears which I sure just may keep us out of the poor house. I picked another head of cabbage that is small but sure to eat good, I'm paraphrasing but the good book says "blessed is the man who tries" thank you...

First frost last night only patchy though. We are still wait for the broccoli to come and we've been turning some of the garden to get ready for planting garlic, shallots and more onions and this afternoon Anne and I went to pick some of the fall veggies for the coming weeks dinner. Our second...

I am tired of the big box store trimmers over the last twenty years I think I've bought 8. Two years maybe three is about the max time I remember having the same trimmer. Are the stiils, husquavaras that are sold by the tractor dealers really better? I've spent a bit of time reading reviews for...

I too found myself disabled 5 years ago I too needed a tool that would help with my mobility issues. I considered golf carts because they were a bit less price wise but if considering making alteration to a kart to meet my needs and terrain but I needed something else. We have 5.9 acres in hilly...

So I put the shoe in the wrong position and while raising the implements it rose up and hit oil pan. I didn't think much of it at the time but the oil is leaking bad and losing oil pressure. Dang it!! On inspection I have to split the tractor to get the oil pan off and replace gasket. I sure...

The garden is going well, snap peas harvested and put up in the freezer and spot cleaned up for other plants. We've had a dryer spring but are now catching up on rain. Planted snake gourd for the first time and the rabbits ate the growth so that's not looking promising. Added nitro to the golden...

As of this posting the 253 is starting normally. I'm post this as a guide for anyone with this model so that it may save some time for them. I was bush hogging thurs. and stopped to take a break. When I went back to start to finish no start. I checked the usual suspects, battery, grounds...