Recent content by mikim

first - i set the stage 30 years ago when i welded a 25 - 30 lb scrap weight on top of my t post driver. Sunday i was using it to drive an 8 ft ground rod for lightning protection at my gate opener. on the up stroke i lifted it just a bit too high, it came off the rod and as i bobbled it - it...

I was passing a junk shop in our little wide spot in the highway and they had this 2 wheel trailer sitting there with a home made cover that I thought could be renovated into a small cattle trailer for goats and maybe mini cows. I dickered with her a bit and took it home, thinking I'd have it...

I've been having some problems with severe power loss - as in limping back to the barn and barely making it. It would sit overnight then be fine for maybe an hour, then lose power again. I suspected bad fuel and confirmed it this a.m. Couldn't believe how filthy the fuel in my can was. I use 5...

I have a woods 80X hoe on a NH TC45... I've had it about 7 years with no troubles til now. I was digging a trench - put no undue stress on it that I can think of...But the swing left has stopped working. I can swing right under control, but when I swing left it does so out of control and without...

putting up sheep & goat fence in front pasture (about 3 acres) ....pic of my fence crew -- ages 12, 13, 15....grandsons from 3 daughters.

making progress -- Ron - if you come in Dec to check it -- I might have it complete by then....;)

Breakfast party! Work's gonna get a late start this a.m.......;)....having too much fun.

If you look closer Bird you'll see a shiner in my hand as well. The reason Jim's eating alone is - he & Kathy were late and the rest of us were done.

L-R ...Kyle, Harvey, txdon, mikim, bindian, and sitting jinman

When I got done with it - I figured it owed me some so I put it to work in the garden.

We all talk about being able to carry tools / chainsaws on board the tractor and there are a lot of solutions out there that guys have come up with. Here's mine. Yes the ROPS is folded...My tractor and I live / work in the trees and it's safer to have the ROPS down then up as it grabs limbs and...

This is the first garden I have ever had. The wife is the gardener here - I built the fence etc and she does all the "gardening". The asparagus we put in 2 years ago so this was the first harvest year. She picked every day for 2 weeks then decided to let it go to seed for next season. I put...

put my radiation mask to work today.

Have a Woods BH 80X and that thing saved my butt again this a.m. Came out of the house and there was water bubbling out of the ground right where the water main goes to the house. 3 hours later water line repaired and I still have a working back. Without that BH I'd still be digging and...