Recent content by IHDiesel73L

Unfortunately no-the area I’m looking to drain and make the “beach” is a strip of land about 50-75’ wide between the northern bank of the pond and the stone row delineating my property from my neighbor’s. My lot is only about 200’ wide at that point so I don’t have a ton of room on the other...

All of the back and forth here inspired me to watch a few Youtube videos on how field tile works vs. how french drains work which is what I have the most experience with having built them many times. Found a bunch of good content from ag extension offices, etc... Field tile is meant to do what...

I guess I just can’t wrap my head around how the pipe doesn’t just get completely full of mud in short order with no filtration on the outside, but if it works it works I suppose. I’m trying to reclaim what was an overgrown swampy mess to make a nice area for a fire pit/beach for my kids and...

I am in the process of rehabilitating a small (1/8 acre or so) pond. Prior to grubbing all of the vegetation around it (nasty Russian Olive and Multiflora Rose, etc…) the north side was very swampy because the pond is fed by multiple groundwater seeps that just oozed out of everywhere before...

I'm on 2 acres with a small (75' x 150' give or take) pond in the back that is about 6' deep in the middle. Essentially its just a hole in the swamp that the previous owner dug about 50 years ago. He took his backhoe into a wet area and started digging and mounded up the spoils on the low...

I've got five or six large (60-70') locusts that are all right next to my barn (within 10 feet) and they range from 18 to about 24" in diameter. Obviously there is no room for error removing these trees. The barn is old and not particularly large, but it does keep the rain off of my tractor...

I am building a small office/guest cabin on the foundation of an old barn on my property. The barn did have electric and water but it was torn down before I bought the property. I've located the services and the electric is adequate but I'm not so sure about the water. The service is 3/4"...

Still kicking around ideas for an office/guest cabin in the back of my property and contacted an Amish builder about 3 hours away. They usually do LP Smartside but will also do metal over 7/16" OSB. I am considering ordering a building just skinned with OSB which would be a cost savings and...

I've seen these types of gambrel trusses discussed from time to time with various opinions of how well they work and how strong they are or can be if built in a certain way. The first time I had ever encountered them was in a factory built shed that my dad purchased years ago. It's 14'W x 18'L...

You're correct-what I really meant was "gooey stuff for plugging holes in a roof," not actual caulk :ROFLMAO: Looooong day of hanging lights and running wiring today along with general cleaning up and organizing in the main barn as well. Girts are complete-sides are ready for tin:

I recently bought a well used 1979 Kubota L295DT. The rear tires (12.4-24 ag tread) are pretty rough (cracked sidewalls, chunks missing, etc...) and have tubes that are filled with brine according to the previous owner. The left rear has not only developed a leak, but the valve stem got pulled...

That's a massive double stemmed black locust. 60-70' tall. There are a few of them right next to the barn but that one is by far the largest. It's got to be nearly 5' in diameter. They all need to come down because any one of them would turn the barn to matchsticks and crush my Kubota like a...

Progress has been a little slow...I'd get so much more done if I didn't have to go to work during the week :ROFLMAO: Center post set. Girts came from a shelving unit my neighbor had built in his barn-I also got four 4x8 sheets of 3/8 plywood out of the deal! He has to be out by December 1st...

I left the old ledger from the original lean-to attached to the wall and am going to put a bunch of nails/hangers in it for each yard tool. Thanks! It obviously saves a lot of money but it's also pretty cool to add onto my barn with pieces of another old barn. My property was once part of the...

After I finished my rear lean-to I turned my attention to the side lean-to on the barn that someone had put on fairly recently judging by the fact that it was built with modern 2x4s, newer looking tin on the roof and Homasote sides: It was roughly 6' x 12' and I had just been stuffing crap...