Recent content by kj3

Update 2 After trenching and putting down the 3" base rock I packed that down just driving over it some, not too much but just a bit. The trailer had to be put in place several times so I could see how it was doing with the fresh covering of big rock and though it did settle a bit I was able to...

Progress Report 3 trenches done, about 140' total. Perforated pipe laid down and covered with 3" rock. This should allow a lot more drainage, hopefully solving much of the ongoing problem. Of course since I'm laying in the pipe I did what umtallguy said and curved the end of the pipe up to the...

We have a trailer that weighs in around 2 tons and used Monday through Friday, at the end of the day about 50 gallons of water is drained out. Between that daily dose of water plus any rain it doesn't help our situation. Over the years I've tried different solutions and using a hose from the...

Well there's a kink in the plan. One of the beams has pulled away from the main structure and I need to pull it back in. Being at a corner there isn't a way I see to get at the end of this beam easily and pull it. I tried pushing the other end with the tractor but it is higher than the bumper...

After some measurements and sketches I came up with a basic list of materials. You can tell the floor was partially collapsing in the second picture above, it appears that probably animals spent time in there for some period and I found the floor joists were 8" logs in fair shape on the ends but...

I have this barn with thick log walls and on one exterior side there is a room that is in complete disrepair. Since it protects one of the log walls I need to continue protecting that but rather than just pull it down and then cover the logs I figure I would be better off to have a new 10x20...

This doesn't seem to be covered anywhere but I would like advice or to hear of experiences for lapping corrugated (wave) metal roof panels with something like Tuftex clear/translucent polycarb which has a hex or octagon profile. Since they won't mate up the same as like panels because one is...

gghb, your solution is great, easy enough to install and works like a charm

I'm posting this under operation because when bush hogging in tall grass and weeds I find the front drive shaft is gathering strands and continues until there is a huge mass a couple inches thick. Being fairly new this really caught me off guard the first time. I used a machete to cut the mass...

I think this is the best topic to post under though really I'm just wanting to bush hog more rather than bale anything. My issue is that the previous land owner had about 10 acres cleared with a tree hog and among that area were a few Osage trees. Last year I asked a local guy if he would bush...

My barn is new to me and not very much to look at It needs some attention for sure but is pretty solid so I'll be fixing it up as time allows. What is cool is that this barn was built around a really old barn. So inside there are a few 50' American Chestnut logs and many more shorter ones...

Just checking things out, hoping to learn more about small tractors especially Satoh 630d What implements work well with them (or not) and general maintenance.