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Finished up digging a half acre pond at my house and stocked it the last weekend of March this year. I added 5 lbs of Flathead minnows, 100 Red Ear Perch (Shellcrackers) and 250 4" to 6" channel cats. The cats were on the small side of that range. I have an aerator and feeder on the pond. Upon...

I got the new Mobley on the new 20.00 plan. Mine does shut off after a few minutes of inactivity. Tried going into the power saving settings to change to 2 hours but cannot find a power saving tab in settings. One of the websites suggested a auto reset power plug but those look like they need to...

I recently bought a Toro Workman with a diesel engine and dump bed. When looking at it at pre-purchase i noticed the back brake lines had been disconnected and capped off. After purchasing and getting it home, I took the back wheels off and had a look. Right side hardware is all gone. No shoes...

I have a 30x50 metal building with living quarters on one side, (think 15x50). Above the living area is my storage area. I did build stairs to get up there but would like to have some sort of lift to get some of the seldom used items up there easily and back down if needed. For instance I rarely...

Several years ago we bought a Kodak all in one color printer. One of the selling points for this printer at the time was cheap replacement ink cartridges. They were selling color cartridges with some photo paper for something like 10.00. Now the printer no longer works and the ink cartridges...

A couple of things come to mind. I don't have a Bad Boy but you might also have a safety on the blade engagement set up. I went even balder trying to figure things out on my Exmark when I repowered it last spring. I Replaced the old engine that had all the safety switch's controlled by the...

I was going thru some old family books and pictures and found a copy of a will from my great grandfather leaving some land to my grandfather. Thought it would be interesting to see where this property was and what it looks like now. I tried looking on the internet and I just dont understand the...

I installed a Marathon 50 gallon water heater back in '98 or '99. I busted a water line while mowing and had to shut off the water to repair. Repair was pretty simple but Later last night I heard water dripping when I walked past the water heater area. Water was seeping out the top of the heater...

I was mowing the yard yesterday when a noise started. I shut the machine down to investigate and found the belt that runs from the PTO clutch to the deck was twisted several times between the fixed idler pulley and the deck. That caused the tension pulley to pull up and start rubbing on the...

I recently purchased a Case 570LXT for enlarging my pond and general dirt work around the property. I expect to get a lot of use from it over the next couple of years then re-consider the need for it and maybe get a smaller tractor after the big dirt work is done to my liking. Rear tires now are...

At my country place I don't have cable TV or internet. I am wanting to get a DVR to be able to record some TV for use when nothing else interesting is on. I have seen some OTA (over the air) DVR's advertised but it seems they require an internet connection or a subscription to a program guide. I...

I recently purchased a Case 570LXT and while going over it waiting for the ground to dry a little, my neighbor and I noticed that when the tractor is first started, the tach does not register and the voltage stays at battery voltage. A blip of the throttle will get it to charging. Neighbor...

Got the call Sunday evening that the main door on my shop building was open as my neighbor was returning from a run to the store. He knew I was out of town and gave me a call. He looked around and nothing seemed to be missing or out of place so he hit the button on the door opener and it closed...

I recently sold my Nissan Frontier and would like something with more towing capacity. Getting rid of a pop up camper and will be getting a travel trailer in the 20-24 foot range. The 2004 to 2006 Suburbans are what I am looking at. This will not be my primary vehicle. I noticed on one of the...

I have a Dell Vostro 1000 laptop. It was getting buggy and running slow and I was wanting to try Ubuntu so I loaded it and got it running but could not get the wifi to work at all. It then dawned on me that one of my primary uses for this computer was using Microsoft streets and Trips. It looks...