Recent content by ETD66SS

I had this issue at my previous house. The water Dept. had hired a company to go around and look for water leaks. They found one at my house, the only house in the entire town that had a leak... It was my responsibility to fix the line as it was after the shutoff at the road but before the...

For the living space it is regular steel panels on the outside, fiberglass insulation and then drywall on the inside. 3PLY 2X8 glulam posts are being used which makes the walls 7 inches think. Code here is R30 minimum for the walls, R49 for the roof. This will be an economy (as much as I can...

I guess maybe I should step back a bit. The 10x12 door is not the only bay door. I'll attach my latest plans here, easier to show than describe in words. But the 10x12 door is only for the 2 post lift. I have (3) 14x16 rollup doors, two of them providing a drive through setup. As far as the...

So I have my final drawings done, and will be paying the architect for his final review. Before I do that, one question about the bay door for the 2 post truck lift. I'd like to plan for a large BendPak lift: XPR-18CL or similar. The size of the bay door currently in my plans is a 10' x 12'...

I'm back on this machine and wondering if I can rotate the exhaust and intake manifold and switch to an updraft carb? It would be way easier & cheaper to find parts for an updraft tractor carb, as the downdraft carbs seem to be collectors items now or something as replacements and kits cost...

From what I can tell the D65S-6 is late 70's or early 80's. Probably about the age where parts are no longer carried by any dealers etc.

I also have an opportunity on a Hitachi UH122: The UC on the Hitachi looks way better than the UC on the D65S-6. I have no idea why it was parked, the owner of these machines inherited them and has no clue about them. The man who did died a few years back... I checked the final drives on...

I have the opportunity to get this D65S-6 for very cheap, pretty much whatever it takes to get it running and moving and loaded up on a lowboy and shipped ~20 miles. I've taken a cursory initial look. The UC is quite tired, but about the same as my D6C, some life left and for as much...

$50k lol. I see contractors are going to hold on to the COVID prices as long as they can...

So I gave some thought to a drive through door arrangement in my shop. I don't want to change the building orientation so this is what I came up with: I think I would frame in for the 3rd door (14ft x 16ft) when built, but would only add the door in the future if I really really need it. I...

Around here all the water meters are in the house, most houses here have basements. And all water services have a shutoff valve at the street. Only time a meter is not in the house is if the run to the house is more than 200ft. From my experience anyways...

I use a Ford 1620 4WD HST to mow with, probably close to 2500lbs with mower deck. I think I definitely want the the enclosure(s) in the unmowed area.

Well every county/municipality is probably a bit different in a given state, but I think in most states there is a maximum distance where the utility company would want the meter from the road.

If a residence is more than 200ft from the road, the water & gas services require meter pits. The pits will only be about 50ft form the road, the rest of the ~650ft run will be my responsibility if a water or gas line develops a leak etc.

So regardless of what I build, I need to start working with a couple other utility companies, namely water and natural gas. Both will require meter pits. For anyone with meter pits, is it best to place them in areas that are mowed on unmowed? See pic below. I can choose fore or aft of the...