Recent content by jadefox

Thanks all! All of this is very helpful. Our three new interior walls are built, and I went the Big Box to get a 250' of 12-2 wire so I can rough in the electric. I noticed they were having a sale on fiberglass insulation, and I was thinking of putting R-13 or R15 in the three interior walls. My...

We're enclosing a section of our 150+ year old barn to be a workshop, and we're thinking through insulation. There are two exterior walls to the new workshop that are sheathed in horizontal boards and then sided with shingles. In places there is old (very) tar paper between the sheathing and the...

So the concrete piers went in last fall, but we've been swamped with other stuff. More progress soon!

We went with a bridge...in part because of the aesthetics and where it is on the property and in part because they just replaced the utility poles on our street and gave them to us. :-)

We're getting ready to re-nourish our gravel drive, and while we're at at, we want to make some upgrades. First, we want to include edging along one side of the drive to contain the gravel and create a border garden (eventually). We're thinking of using 6"x6"x8" landscape timbers set in a...

I thought I should update. :-) First full fill yesterday.

Hi, All. We're adding a 32'x10' shed to the side of the barn. Part of it will be for implement storage and part will be wood storage. We have a basic plan, and I was hoping to float it here for some feedback: We will be using four pre-cast piers with 6x6 pt posts. The header and ledger boards...

Hi, All. I'm looking at at Husqvarna YTH20K46 with a 46" deck for mowing the lawn. It's got a Kohler Courage 20 engine with 114 hours on it. There is a broken pivot on the deck that will need a weld, but everything else looks good. Any thoughts? I'd just use it for mowing, as we have our BX for...

I'm looking to build a small bridge to span a ditch. It needs to be able to handle our tractor and other lighter machinery. My initial plan was the old telephone poles with a heavy wood deck, but sourcing telephone poles has proven a challenge. What have you done to build a small, tractor-worthy...

We are planning a very small pond, and we thought we'd see what advice people here might have. The site is at the end of an old drainage ditch around our 19th century barn. It is a depression that collects water and probably was a small "pond" at one point in the past. We cleaned out the brush...

Made out great! Love the pumpkin and it's earning its keep BIG TIME. The deal we got took advantage a sweet Kubota financing deal, plus essentially a free implement, but that price sounds around about in the ballpark. We decided against the deck, but we've added a plow/blade and a box blade. The...

Lucky indeed. I was pretty sure that warming to 20 was not going to resolve the filter if it was indeed waxed. I think what happened is that the dealer delivered with a full tank of fuel sans additive. I assumed since the delivery was in December, the fuel was treated. My fault, and I've...

Hey, Guys. I'm a new BX owner, and I have a brand new BX. I was clearing snow this morning when all of a sudden the tractor began losing power. I put everything in neutral and let it run, and it kept surging and slowing, surging and slowing. I stopped it and checked oil level and coolant...

We have a four-acre piece of property with a load of projects waiting to happen (and potentially some more property coming online). We moved in last November and are now embarking on our second year working on the place, and we've decided to make a change when it comes to our tractor. Currently...