Recent content by hwp

The snowblower has been removed, the spreader has been removed, the cab is off, the ROPS is on and for now the rotary broom is on to dethatch the lawns. Now it is time to tune up the mower deck and be ready for summer.

Clearing last night's snowfall of about 4 inches. The throw is significantly less than normal because I didn't get around to rebuilding and fitting the impeller blades this fall.

Over the past year of so my F2400 (basically a B2400 turned around to go the other way)has been developing an increasingly frequent starting problem. Initially it occured once in a while but lately it has become more like once every two or three times when I try to start the tractor. When I turn...

My cistern is basically an enclosed concrete box with an access hatch and is located under the laundry room in our house. As a result I cannot use a mechanical float system to indicate the water level in my cistern. I came across a product made by Rain Harvesting from Australia called "Rain...

I am thinking about installing a 40kw packaged standby generator but can't decide between diesel and NG. I don't expect it to run a lot - we haven't had a power outage in the 10 years we have lived here. But if we did it would be a disaster. If I thought it would get a lot of use I would...

The wiper arm on my cab was a casualty of the heavy snow storm on the weekend so now I need to replace it. None of the local auto parts/ truck parts/ tractor parts supply houses have anything. Does anyone know of a source for pantograph wiper arms (the type that moves the blade in a parallel...

I have always used a rule of thumb that there approx. 150 heaping round mouth shovelfulls in a cubic yard. But now I'm wondering how good an estimate that is. I used the last of the salt from my salt box this morning so neede to get some more. I thought I built my salt and sand boxes to hold...

Does anyone know of a supplier of an electronic water level monitor for a cistern? My cistern is a concrete box (all six surfaces) under my laundry room and serves as part of the foundation of the house. There is a plywood trap door in the laundry room to access the cistern. I would like to...

I thought my system was running very slowly so I took it a shop to have it looked at about two weeks ago. It turned out that a fan had come loose from the motherboard. They told me that as a result of this the RAM was fried, but because it was so old (4 years) that type of RAM wasn't available...

Here's one reason why.

Does anyone know where I can find tap drill info (soft and hard materials, close and free fit) for machine screws from 0000-160 through 00-90 and 0.5 through 1.0mm? I searched with Google and didn't find what I was looking for.

Has anybody found anything that will control these pests?

I dabble in model railroading and I currently have two engines that have the same problem (same manufacturer, same wheel configuration [4-8-4], different road names), the drive wheels are loose from the drive axle. This is a common problem with these models. These are fairly good quality older...

Anybody have any suggestions for a good CAD freeware program? I've tried CAD Standard and it is fairly good, but the freeware version is rather limited. Just wondering if there is something better out there for casual personal use - for free of course!

The weather here has been quite warm the past couple of weeks. All the snow was gone and the flowers were poking up. Sooo, I de-winterized my tractor. Off came the salt spreader, off came the snow blower, off came the cab. And then we got dumped on yesterday with 15cm or so of snow! I do have...