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For most any hardware, the answer is almost ALWAYS McMaster-Carr... https://www.mcmaster.com/products/square-u-bolts/

Yeah there is no food safety issue using normal MIG hard wire - ER70S, probably. It is just steel, like the rest of the pan. Well, I guess I am assuming it is a steel pan and not aluminum or something else... That would be an important point.

Finish work is always slower than you may expect. Take your time on that stuff and you'll get there. (y)

Another plug for Automation Direct VFDs. Their phone support will handle even the stupid questions I had without any problems. Very good support, so if you know nothing about these (Like me) then it is a good source to buy from, and they are not expensive either.

Diverter and 3rd function are terms often used interchangeably even though there are subtle differences, as you are finding out. But it sounds like you have it solved now, so good!

So you are running a pump heavily and the only power is battery? Might a small generator be a better starting point? That would give you the motor and generating piece of it. The monitor/trigger part might be tougher, but you could deal with some of the things Lou listed above, perhaps...

Who needs curtains? You are in the middle of nowhere... Now maybe some blinds for light control in the Bedrooms might be needed but those can be pretty cheap and easy if you just need "something" up there to make it livable. Those rollup vinyl shades are dirt cheap and very effective at...

Looking good. I might suggest you add angle braces to both sides of the center posts. That should help the railing act a bit more like a truss so it can't fold down like a parallelogram if it gets overloaded. But if you are keeping the loads low, then I wouldn't worry about it.

We got pounded from this. 8-10" of super heavy snow into the night. Power flickered around 1AM and it seemed like we lost a leg as some lights were behaving weirdly for a bit. Flicked on and off a few times for 15 min and then stayed on but later around 3AM it went totally dead until like 7AM...

I guess it depends how deep you want to get into customization. You could custom make a tool box with proper clearance - either make it shallow enough all around or allow for the swing of the handle just in that area. You could probably fab up a shaft extension for the jack where you pull...

That's funny because I have met a number of people who I consider anvils, in my life. Oh wait - you said something different, didn't you? ;)

That really isn't so much about the fact that it is rebar, but what the diameter of it is. The modulus of steel really doesn't change much no matter what you do to it. High carbon, lo carbon, alloy, heat treated - doesn't matter - they are all right about 30 Msi (million psi). So you hang out...

My car (sports sedan) has 19" wheels and the fronts are 40 series and the rears are 35 series as they are wider. I already lost one front tire to a nasty pothole at 75mph on the freeway in the first year. My wife was driving at the time and not watching as closely as I do, but dunno if I would...

Yeah you have no hope of backing up a very short trailer. It will jackknife in an instant. The others have the right idea of using a hitch on the bucket. There are many clamp-on ones out there for sale if you prefer to buy rather than build. For example...

I've been following these but haven't said much yet. Ning's calculations make perfect sense for the tension on the rod, assuming a specific deflection of the blue rod. But as LD1 pointed out, the loading characteristics of this are far more complex. So if the bridge deflects X in the middle...

Good to hear from you guys again. Near record snow here too. We are somewhere around 81-82" for the season so far Minneapolis/St Paul. They keep saying if we hit 85", it becomes a top 5. Right now we are around #7-8 I guess. I'm pretty sure we will hit top 5 but no way we will make #1...

While I have an occasional beef with how the code gets stretched over time to include a few too many things (tamper proof outlets are a major hate of mine), the basics are very solidly grounded (electrical pun) in reality. You may not have noticed but floor & table lamps typically have a 6'...

Lower sidewall makes the tire stiffer in lateral movements and generally more responsive to steering inputs. It also reduces tire flex and thus reduces heat build up from hysteresis in the tire rubber so they run cooler under racing and hard driving conditions. You seriously trying to compare...

Free tires for life a company perk, perhaps? :LOL:

Code is pretty inflexible about many things including this...but the local inspector has final say. There is no way a 6' gap between outlets at a kitchen countertop would meet code spacing (I laid out most of the rules above)...BUT...if the inspector is OK with it, and he will sign off on it...

+1 The only reason it can leak is if there is a hole, ergo that means you melted through it if it leaks at the end of a new weld. Not sure why the welder Doug used could not get them to seal up but perhaps it was stopping short on the weld. I don't know that MIG or stick is going to matter as...

Standard NEC. The kitchen requirements are probably the most detailed and picky of anything for basic residential electric. They require 2 independant circuits serving the countertops, they must both be 20A and most of the time GFI protected. Then no more than 2' along the countertop to any...

Maybe it is just that you are not done yet and I can't see all of what is going on in the kitchen countertop outlets, but my first impression is that your countertop outlets are not close enough together to meet code. It has to be no more than 2' to an outlet along the countertop with...

Maybe the load was not ceneterd and they were trying to slide it over using the table as an anchor to pull against? Just a random guess...

With that many leaks (...so far...) aren't you more concerned that you should replace the whole back plate? I would expect that this is a sign that it is getting thin and is just going to keep springing new leaks as time and use go on. Now getting back in there to weld a new plate is another...

I've used Tire Rack a few times over the years. Picked up snow tires and rims for my wife's car and mine 2 yrs ago. They have a warehouse here in the Twin Cities, so i took that option, drove my truck over after work, they brought them out, loaded up and gone. Easy peasy, especially since...

Wait - are you saying they changed the price on you WHILE you were pumping gas? And it didn't let you finish at the original price?

The first few times I towed my tractor I did not know about this issue and loaded up similar to the video guy but had the good fortune to be on flat ground so did not have any issues. Once I read about this potential here on TBN I started using jackstands under the rear of the trailer with a...

Here is today's entry seen by a friend in the Twin Cities area leaving a Menards... Not sure if I should give him points for actually trying any tie downs or not given how sad they are...

It's Johnny PalletSeed!

1. I'm not so sure 2. Why yes. Yes, I do . And I thank God for the wisdom to make that decision many, many years ago. Though I do work in MN and live right near the border by Minneapolis/St. Paul, so it dominates the news here. We see much more about what goes on in MN than WI in general.

Even a couple years ago I would have said banning ICE's was pie in the sky also. I am no longer so sure. In neighboring MN, the D's tipped the senate to a very slight majority and kept their also slight majority in the house last fall. Well they are now behaving like they got 90% of the seats...

Yeah I had several poor assembly issues from the dealer on my Kubota too. The worst was they seriously hosed up the 2 rear hydraulic remotes. Cross connected hose and levers so that nothing would work until I sorted it out myself (in the field too, Grrrr)

And that is the problem. It is a belief. Not a fact. Every regulation has 2 sides to it: benefits and downsides/costs. Both must be considered in the balance. But the climate religion will not consider that there are any downsides as it has gone well beyond any semblance of facts.

It is perfectly reasonable to say the federal government should be doing THIS but should NOT be doing THAT. Otherwise you are saying they should be doing anything and everything. This way tyranny lies. Federal emergency response is what I assume you are talking about and that is a good use of...

The others covered this well so the only other thing I would add is that ceiling fans use basically nothing for electricity, so even if you ran them on low 24/7 it won't amount to much.

The point of this thread is over-regulation and is exactly what is being described for all these industries that have moved away from the NE or out of the country. And it also goes directly to the point of the cities dominating the political branches of what rules get passed just by sheer...

I get why you need it. Me too on my tractor, but if this is a poor design, then replacing may only be a temporary solution. I might suggest that you save the old one and modify it. If you can get the wiper arm aligned on the shaft correctly, then I would drill through the entire assembly...

Did they change the design or materials? If not, how would you expect this one to work any better?

Those corrugated covers are supposed to be connected to a fume recovery system that sucks the fumes back into the tank (or maybe into a carbon cannister). There should be an active draw on them when in use, if I understand it correctly. I could be wrong, but that was how it was explained to me...

Several states have vapor recovery nozzles at the pump. Mostly those with poor air quality issues, and also those with overly intrusive governments, not to get too political... It solves part of the vapor release issues, but doesn't deal with it once it is in your car and the temp rises, for...

There still is that button but now they call it Watching the thread. So click on the thread tools and stop watching it... But it doesn't make the thread disappear. The easy solution for the OP is just skip over it and don't read it...

Oh it is hard to beat "The State" when they are h-e-double hockey sticks bent on doing something. First they ban the sale of gas cars. Next they refuse to register them. Next they tell insurance companies they are not allowed to insure them in the state through the state insurance board. And as...

What the heck happened it it to half tear off one of the foot pads? I have a gouge through the chain cover too, though not as major as yours did. I'm guessing that is a common issue...

Nice delusion. Yeah batteries are getting better, but it has been 30 yrs since I bought my first cordless drill and I would say they have improved a lot but nowhere near enough to match gas OPE. I think a battery powered chainsaw would be very handy for dealing with limbs and such. I got a...

Well duh. It is clearly a gravitational anomaly. You are welcome! (y)

If you like the Dewalt but think it is dying, why not just get a new one of the same??

Yes that would sound intentional... But most of what I have seen is that they just forget to cut out the rock around a box

Gene, Like I said in your other thread, you need to call one of the dealers and talk to them. Bearings are standard and can be found locally in most places. These will most likely be metric. The bearing number is engraved into the bearing, so that makes it pretty easy to find replacements...

Oh it happens! And it bows the drywall too, but not always enough to tell until you start scratching your head saying "now I swore I put an outlet here"... Then you look more closely and it become obvious. I swear every drywall job misses one or two...

Well I don't know where you are located but I found a dealer out of SW Wisc who got parts for me. Or you could go back to the source like Gordon posted at NE implement. A quick web search for Farmi winch parts should help you find someone closer to you, if you are out west or something. There...

Engineers don't do things for no reason, so I'm guessing there is a reason for it. Now I can't say if it is a GOOD reason or not ;) ...but I would suspect so. Since it obviously is not going to help airflow, it must be for another reason.

Jay, I'm very sorry for your loss.

The owner of Cyclestop posts on here regularly... I expect he will be along soon...

It may be too late for this, but put blue masking tape on top of that painted alum trim before you grout or you risk scratching it all to h-e-double hockey sticks... It also pays to use blue tape anywhere the tile ends to protect the wall and make clean up a lot easier. Plus it helps make a...

Yeah your thinset looked a bit soupy in that first batch. The difference between too much and not enough water is pretty narrow... You also had me worried that you were not going to clean off the thinset on the surface until later on after that first wall. You'll never get it off if you wait...

Ah. I did not watch the video, just went on what you said "not warming up"...

I'll echo what others said on how useful a class can be. Just make sure it is hands on and not just a lecture class. I rather doubt any welding class would be book only, but you don't want to find out too late... When you see the fee and then look back at how much you used in rods, wire, gas...

Thermostat? Water pump? Those would be the things I look at first with an engine not getting up to temp... Tstat stuck open will do it.

I have a linear drain similar to that. It came with a SS tray that you would tile just like the rest of the floor (and do it to match the pattern too). It lifts out for cleaning. Mine has 2 L-shaped perf screens screwed into the main body near the drain for catching hair. One on each side of...

Recycle it or find a garage/shop that has a waste oil burner. It may be used stuff that they left instead of disposing of, perhaps?

And nobody has asked how the heck that got down in there or where it came from? But yes, good thinking! (y)

WOW! You must be like the legend they told about Homer Simpson - 7-foot tall! With arms like tree trunks!

Make a ship lap cap to top the gap ;)

What is that on the walls? Looks kinda like lap siding?

For hand-cutting dovetails in fine cabinetry? :D

Have a look through the G&G Mfg catalog (click on the PDF link). They have a lot of odd stuff, but I can't figure out exactly what it is you have from the info and limited photos you posted. https://www.ggmfg.com/products/

You can just tile it like the rest of the shower...That is what I did

Can't help it but when I read the title...

Yeah i was thinking about mentioning that too, as it seems a lot of people don't realize it. Look at the teeth on the jaws, especially the fixed one on the end. You will see they are not straight but are angled back. You want to be pulling in that direction. In the video at one spot you had...

Thanks for the stats. Very interesting. Do you think the drop in posting with the upgrade was real or some artifact of how things were tallied before and after the change? I think most people have seen the general decline in activity on forums over the past 10 yrs as you have noted. But they...

Gotcha. (y) I too have Fit Rite Top and Tilt and they have been great. Unfortunately when I finally got the kit from Brian, it exposed that the dealer had an incompetent moron assemble the 2 rear remotes and they had crossed up hoses and control handles and everything. I had to sort it out...

You realize that one of those times you take it apart to grease it, you could just drill and tap and add zerks, right? Then you can just use the gun in the future...

Tank traps!

These days I would definitely use LEDs. I used T5-HO commercial fluorescents, which were recommended as the most efficient bang for the buck at the time (and because I have high enough 13' ceilings). But I was just a couple years or so ahead of the explosion in LEDs or I would have done that...

I would look a bit more closely. These days that ground wire is often a braided feather-thin strand that can be wrapped around the power wires or sometimes even stuffed back inside the fixture. If you can't find anything, you can buy fixture ground wires that go under the typical lamp nipple...

The blocking is staggered, so at best only every other bay would be on the edge of the OSB sheet...

Double ouch - plastic still on the seat even!

Hardware cloth, bend over end of exhaust pipe, secure with SS hose clamp. Same thing I do on vehicles to keep them out of the intake.

Back in business! Finally got the PTO subframe remounted yesterday and got the broom back on tonight and tried it out. It all lined up quite easily and I really didn't have to do any adjusting, which surprised me, but I'll take it. Seems to work fine again. After an hour of brooming off the...

Nice! I see 2 full rows of blocking in the walls - why so much for 12' walls?

My preference too. The wires on light fixtures are so tiny and the space is often so small to work in that the smaller size and extra flexibility of 14 ga helps a lot. Plus nowadays with LEDs drawing so little power, a 15A circuit goes a loooong way on lights. Plus when you trip a breaker...

Ok, NOW you are overthinking this.... It's plenty close enough for use. Go forth and torque precisely and fear not!

Nice try, Richard, But Terry is NOT giving you the punch set! Because he promised it to me! ;) :ROFLMAO:

And don't forget oil cans!

What could possibly go wrong? Why do bad things always happen to good people? LOL

Ah yes the old ground prong debate... Per Eddie's comment above, I am here to tell you I am the One Guy this actually happened to. I was picking up tools after a project and had my electric drill still plugged in (yes that long ago that cordless was not so common). I was carrying too much...

Replace the brass hose barb with one that is the same size as the other part. Then the hose fits both...

On my previous tractor. 3/4" 9ga expanded flattened. Before it was painted orange to match. I still haven't done one on my new one. Will probably regret that some day... In addition, I added brush guard protection to the back of my grapple which does 2 things: 1. Obviously helps stop...

Good point Mike. I was thinking homeowner CUTs not Ag stuff, and not sure where the line gets crossed from one to the other but I did talk to my agent about ours. But that advice still holds - talk to your agent and explain what you have...

Fer sure. Once I get it all back together there is always a test run... Only had a little time tonight but I did pick up the correct key stock, so I was able to assemble it. Bolts are only snug right now and need to be tightened down once I am sure it is all aligned correctly, but I kind of...

My worst nightmare. Good luck with the next effort - rebuilding or other.

Most tractors get automatically covered on your homeowners policy as personal property, but it makes a lot of sense to talk to them and ask if it needs some special rider or whatnot as insurance laws vary by state a lot. BUT... if it leaves your property and gets damaged, then they won't pay...

Finally got it welded today but don't have it all back together. Having a hard time finding the full length Key stock. Need to try another Menards or two to find one that actually has it in stock... I preheated it to 200+ deg first since it has a lot of mass of cold steel. Just my basic...

I have yet to put anyone on ignore on any of the forums I frequent. I did come REAL close on TBN with one member that was just truly abusive and obnoxious to anyone that dared to disagree with him, but it looked like he eventually got banned after his behavior - which was out of control - went...

Holy cow, that's a bad day! How bad did they nick you for the new glass? That had to be pricey!

^This. There is a difference, but it is irrelevant unless you are a race car driver. Nitrogen is just an easy way to get totally dry air, with no moisture in it, as the moisture causes much bigger swings in pressure over the temp range of tires on the track than totally dry air would. Other...

Finally an update to show. I have a friend who is a machinist that was on vacation and he knows this stuff much better than me, so i waited until he got back and we took a look at it then. Plus just busy with other stuff. Well the conclusion was to cut off the old thing entirely, flip the...

Interesting discussion. On the chance that you do conduit some advice is that home centers often only have 10' sticks but the contractor supply places can get 20' sticks, so half the number of joints. That helps a lot. Plus they can deliver if you don't have a long trailer. Also make sure...

And it might be worthwhile to look closely at the 2 hoses you will need to remove to see if they might be worth replacing since you have to take them off in any case, it appears...

Very nice work! You sure know your way around a fab shop, even if it is the back yard! Looks like stick welding best I can tell. Is that all 6011? That's what it looks like to me on the weld close-ups I saw. I assume you've used it a while since it looked to be finished before winter, so how...

Make a right where the pile of rocks used to be... Actual direction given once to me...

Arguing in continents? Hmmmm ;)

FUNKY!

Then if that is the case, they are mislabeling it as epoxy. It is a specific chemical family. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epoxy Again, no opinion on whether or not it is the right stuff, just keeping terms straight.

Well, no, that is not true. While I know you have a background in autobody repair, this statement is not correct. Epoxy is a specific class of materials/chemicals that cures and crosslinks, typically by reacting with a diamine or dianhydride. There are other materials that crosslink including...

Only the X500 and X700 series have the diff lock. X300's do not. If more weight doesn't do it, then some sort of chains would be the next move. There are rubber ones that are less harsh on hard pavement that might help. You may need to try a couple things starting from the milder ones and...

I know the feeling. Ferguson is the one around here that is a PITA to deal with. "Only sell to the trades". There was one location nearby that would sell to us humans, but they have since stopped doing that I am told.

The shaft has a universal joint on the other end, then a solid 3/4" x 7/8" shaft that was welded to an adapter and then to the adapter a friend turned for me, and finally to the splined adapter. It was all made to sit at that spot, so the section that fits the bearing does not extend back any...

Car washes around here close when it gets below 10 deg, typically. Sometimes below 5. 20's are perfectly fine to wash a car. Upper teens OK, lower teens can be pushing it depending on if you are parking somewhere indoors or not. Water is always hot as far as I can tell, year round. It would...

My lovejoy showed up today. It is BIG. See pic. I sized it up with the space and you can see how it is about 1/2" too long to fit in between the bearing collar and the front. So I need to shorten it, which I was expecting, shorten the old shaft that it goes onto (sticking through the bearing...

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Next time you install a cabinet, or anything similar... Make sure you shim behind the points you screw it to the wall. Otherwise it will not be solidly attached. For that bathroom laundry sink, you should have shimmed directly behind those 2 screws. I prefer the composite shims as they don't...

8-9" last night and about -10 right now with a bit of wind. Supposed to stay nasty cold and get very windy tomorrow. Great time to stay inside.

Well the first question is what is the range of the torque wrench? Is 108 near full scale or only 10-20% of full scale? The recommendation is typically to unload them to less than 10 or 20%, so if that is where you left it, don't give it a second thought. If you really want to get it...

Pump turns easy with pliers. Should be no issue there. Good call. Not sure on the shavings vs chunks in the splines as much of it fell out when I pulled it. I found and spec'd a Lovejoy. Dayum they get pricey at this size! Should be out a week or so, and will get ordered tomorrow. The one...

The Grand L 30 series will display an error message when you try to crank if one of the safety conditions is not met. It will say CLUTCH if you don't press the clutch in for example. Have you looked for that? Might save a lot of time troubleshooting...

All of the above. If it isn't causing a problem, leave it. If it is, then heat as noted and a bunch of leverage to bend it back to shape.

I got it apart and had a good look at it. The splines on the coupler are totally sheared off clean. You can see them down farther inside the coupler but they should be out to the end all the way: I have read all the comments, and thank you for the suggestions and compliments on the work. I...

Here is what the shaft looks like currently. I welded adapters onto the end for the pump. Pump is at the bottom of this pic. This was before I welded up the coupler. There is a solid 3/4x7/8" shaft coming out of the U-join yoke. This is welded to a shaft adapter and then welded to a 7/8" x...

Looking up the parts I bought to weld up into the shaft coupler, it says "Made from machinable & Weldable Cold Rolled Steel" so that means unhardened mild steel. Methinks that is not strong enough for this application... Not sure where to find anything better so I have a lot of searching to do...

Found the failure point. Pump splined shaft looked ok but a little dinged up plus some smeared metal in the splines. Couldn't turn it by hand (still connected) so I doubt anything internal is bad. Went and stuck a finger in the PTO shaft spline coupler and it was totally smooth, so the...

Yes, this is fully self-contained and does not interact with the tractor hydraulics. The PTO drives the pump on this. The diverter is therefore tied into the motor circuit, as that is all there is for the entire system. I have not tried swinging it by hand but it did not seem to want to move...

So I was using my broom to clear the 4" of snow we got overnight and was going along fine. I get down the drive and back up and at the top use my momentary switch to swing the angle from right to left (it was full right and I wanted to go full left) and it moved left and then stopped dead...

Finding the right doctor can make all the difference. Much of medicine is "playing the odds", and of course you understand why, as it is logical. When 95%+ of the young, seriously underweight girls you see have some sort of eating disorder, you assume it as the first and most likely cause. The...

Small pumpkins here, but I think "n' stuff" is the correct spelling ;)

My 1 y.o. car has "self driving" features in it. My first car with any of that. The dealer said it is essentially the same as what Tesla calls autopilot (which is overstating it more than a bit, as I came to find out). It does 3 main things when you go into Full Assist mode. 1. Adaptive...

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That looks like a regular 5hp lawn mower engine. You know - the kind that bogs down in some heavy grass if you don't get to mow for a few extra days. I think it is kinda laughable to think it can do any damage to brush and trees. Heck even a 23hp riding mower engine probably isn't enough to...

Looks easy to "steer"! 🐄

No opinion on what to do, as that is all personal preference, but if you elect to paint, then an airless sprayer is the way to go. Trying to roll with all the corrugations in the steel will be a nightmare. You can get long sprayer wand extensions so you can reach high up from the ground or at...

That falls under the similar thing you hear a lot in western PA. Things like "the dog needs walked" or "the sidewalk needs shoveled" Throw a "to be" in there...for gawds sakes!!!

Something you may find helpful around all those beams so you don't get paint on them is a paint shield. It looks like the worlds largest drywall taping knife but is light weight aluminum typically. They are about 2-3 feet long or so with a handle maybe a foot or so long. You hold it up...

Oh that is priceless

I'm with the others here. A strap around the bundle gives you a little security, but not much. The only boards that will be held are those directly touched by the straps or squeezed by contact with those boards. All the stuff in the middle of the stack is free to slide around. One trick...

Well that sux! We had a jetted tub that came first time with the box destroyed but only one crack in the tub itself, surprisingly. However one crack is too many so back it went. 2nd time was good. How much must one not care about the work you do to trash stuff this bad, this often and just...

C'mon Moss, we know all the supplies are just related to the ice shacks and prostitutes! That video still kills me. What the heck was he thinking?

I would still highly recommend a respirator with carbon Organic Vapor (OV) cartridges for any extensive interior painting. And with paint spray pre-filters if you are spraying (not critical for brushing/rolling). Unless you have it well ventilated, but even then, you are pretty much marinating...

TripleR has been gone a few years now. I am assuming health or passed away given his apparent age and the health problems he occasionally talked about.

Is that those Rev-A-Shelf corner slides, or something else? I have seen a couple trick corner cabinet hardware setups, but they are all a compromise. We had a lazy susan in our last house corner, which was Ok, but god help you if something fell off back in there and jammed it up... The best I...

I wouldn't sell them. That kind of equipment has gone up in price a ton, especially the last couple years. If you decide to replace it in the future, it would cost a fortune and you probably wouldn't get as good quality. What you list are all good general tools that can be very valuable for...

I build similar to how Buckeye described. I use prefinished maple 3/4" cabinet ply for the cases for base units and 1/2" cabinet ply for uppers of the same species as the finish wood to match. Frame and panel doors and here I did flat front drawers, but those can be frame and panel too...

Me? I'm a Real Man (tm) and only use 55 gal drums that I lift over my head and aim the stream to hit the fill port without so much as a funnel! Arr! Arr Arr! Whilst bellowing like Tarzan!🌴 Oh yeah, right - I just use a hand pump to get 95% of it, consolidate the remainders into one pail and...

Oh yeah. They are incredible. I especially like the comparisons with the older telescopes for the same image field. It is astounding the resolution and power of this new Webb telescope.

The artist should have added "Pew! Pew!" sounds to it also for the laser beam shooting out. 🤪 I do get a kick out of these artists impressions of things we can't see. They are very creative, but of course they really have no connection to reality either.

Putting it up a bit higher helps. I have a 2-3' wall outside my shop where I often park the bucket when i need to use the forks. Easy to line it up. The other trick is my forks live on a dolly so I get the tractor close, then push the forks on the dolly so the forks can get hooked by the SSQA...

Nice video and work, but I am with Scootr and Ken - this works much better on a SS where you can actually see what is going on, unlike my Kubota loader on my GL series. Plus getting the holes to line up to the pins is not easy on many attachments. I often have to stand/jump on my forks to get...

I think the backing-up/jackknife problem is a ratio, not just one number. I haven't proven it, but the distance from the steering axle (front) to hitch relative to the distance from hitch to trailer axle (or center of axles) is the ratio I think that matters the most. A long vehicle like a...

I like to say "We'll blow up that bridge when we come to it" instead of "cross that bridge" and see if it gets a reaction

Complicated?

Says the guy currently with the tag "Top poster of the Month" under his name... :LOL:

Yeah I know the risk of all the heavy stuff in the back seat floor of my extended cab PU, but I'm hoping it will make for a quick, clean kill ;)

The hanging forced air type heater will be the easiest overall and not too bad to run costwise. You did not mention if the garage doors were also well insulated. If not, that would also be a first thing to do, but I suspect they are given that you insulated the walls, etc already. Just make...

Thank you for the good LOL! :ROFLMAO: But seriously now - I will have you know that this request violates TBN Statute 126.34.2 "Mandatory thread drift process" and Statute 293.6.2 "Disallowance for Respondents actually reading the OP". Since this appears to be your first offense, the fine...

I only had one exposed beam to deal with. It was left covered up by the insulation guys that did the spray foam. They cover everything with plastic for good reason, and I had them leave most of it to protect stuff from drywall, mud, and later paint. All windows were masked off inside to the...

Finish work is always slower than rough work. You are spot on to take your time here and get it right. She may feel you are close to done, but there is still a TON left to do to make a finished house. Drywall and paint are where you start to transition to the slow stuff, and like you said, it...

Oh no! Just seeing this now. RIP Roy, you were one of the legends here on TBN.

Yep seen it here too in some oaks. Tree get damaged and the ants move in.

Airless sprayers are basically hydraulic pumps where the hydraulic oil is replaced with the paint you are spraying. The pump pressurizes the paint to a few thousand Psi into a reinforced hose. And at the end of the hose is a tiny orifice on a gun designed to atomize the paint into a consistent...

Moss, we don't want to hear about your weird bathroom rituals here. That is Front Porch territory! :ROFLMAO:

Plenty of other good suggestions here. I wasn't advocating for pouring a pad, only noting that you really have a good bit of time left to do so if you wanted to, given your climate. ...Unless you get a sudden, deep cold snap that lasts.

You have plenty of time left to pour a pad...at least weather-wise. As long as the ground isn't frozen, you can make it work by putting insulation or blankets on top so it cures right. You are warm enough there, you can probably pour into December easily. You can also get additional additives...

Prime at the very minimum. Paint or not, does not matter much. If it is easier to do it all, do it.

Gentlemen...That's not welding - it's sewing! You can the threads poking out! Geez! ;)

Can't say for sure as I do not know the 60-series but on mine the whole Mid PTO came as a kit. That included the gear to replace the plate, the handle you pull up to engage mid (push down for rear PTO) and all of the various brackets, links and hardware and sensors. Be advised that the one...

On mine (the XX40 series) you could easily add the mid PTO to the cab versions, but for the open station versions, you had to split the tractor to do so. I know the cab one is easy as I did it. Pull off the plate with the hydraulic drain plug in it and put the PTO there in its place.

Iron eating bacteria are a big problem in parts of MN and they make the water taste like rotten eggs. The northern part of the state is know as the Iron Range for all the iron mining that has been ongoing for decades, so not a big surprise. People assume it is sulfur in the water but it is the...

"He could of won" or the like instead of could have. I think it comes from the verbal shortening of "have" that is common in speech to "could uv" which of course is really "could've" but when you say it out loud it comes off more like "of". Somewhat related - There is also a brain teaser...

I had a single stage 60 gal and upgraded to an 80 gal 2 stage. It is made by a local outfit here called C'Aire and is industrial quality. For spraying, I use a turbine driven HVLP but the air sanders can really work the compressor. It has enough capacity to keep up when I use the 6" ROS full...

It happened in a park or trail in Minneapolis a few years back. 2 ladies were walking on a path and a tree or limb fell and killed one of them out of the blue. Found it. Link below. 2014. I was off a bit on details, but close...

'ee's not dead! He's just pining for the Fjords!

Me three-ther 🤪

Don't get too far ahead of yourself there... The tapers still need to do all the screw heads in that bathroom (including some probably behind the toilet?), and still have more seam work to finish. Then you need to paint. That toilet is gonna be in the way. I understand your desire to have a...

Given you say you are very rural and contractors seem somewhat limited, For the foundation, waterproofing is critical. I would try to find a place that can spray the polymer coatings made for this as they are very tough and flexible. Much better than any hot tar. Then find a source for Dimple...

I know time is at a super premium in your situation (BTDT) but if you can find a used tile saw on CL or FB market, then buy it, get a new blade if needed, use it, and later resell it, prob for the same you paid for it. When I was building, I bought a lot of tools that I later sold, some new...

Not sure if all of the coatings are grippy when wet or not. Many here have done it and might be able to help better. I have not as yet. Renze, I think the point was this was not a new tractor. He's had it a long time and made the step himself. Wasn't the dealer at all...

Get a circ saw blade for the siding. I have watched your videos with the shear and it is painfully slow. Fine for small cuts, inside corners, details ,etc but not made for long straight runs. The cement board blades make less dust than a regular blade would and the dust is not a big deal for a...

Bedliner coating. You can get kits with smaller amounts of it.

I'll pile on! Those are awful, amateur welds. I see lack of fusion in a couple pics for sure as the toes are just beaded up sitting on top of the metal. So if the hinges are this bad, what about the rest of the welding? They might have glopped on enough metal to be able to grind back flush...

We have 3 cleanouts in the house and one in the garage. You don't live in a freezing climate, and I bet that has a lot to do with it. A cleanout outside would be a potential nightmare in the winter if you needed access. That was all done by local professional plumbers from a larger local...

Oh that's what they WANT you to think! I'm not fooled, no sir! You see that black color? That is used as a signal to the black helicopters as to where to go and who to shoot first when the globalists take over and come for our precious bodily fluids! ;)

Absolutely. They either think you are crazy or just don't understand the magnitude of what you have taken on and completed. The ones who think you are crazy tend to "get it" and are definitely more right than the other group. 🤪

That pretty much mirrors what we had to do. I was surprised you previously said everything had to be done. Oh and inspectors don't care about finish work at all. Paint, trim, doors, tile, etc they could care less about. I put in a temp sink in the kitchen to get past inspection and ripped it...

Square U-bolts are available from good hardware sources, like McMaster... Cheaper than $25 for most sizes, even in stainless... https://www.mcmaster.com/square-u-bolts/

Putting up rock is not too terribly bad, other than being heavy hard work, but taping is a skill and talent that not everyone possess, and I for one do NOT! I did actually put up some sheetrock in my place as UI had to do it for things like ceiling insulation and I did rock my entire shop with a...

Yeah an experienced crew sure can rip through a place fast. But the "negotiate extra money"???? Did they quote it by osmosis or just reading your mind? How would they not know the basics of the layout? I hope you got those floors covered!

Sorry, Eddie. No matter how ready you think you are, it always hurts. Take care of yourself and your family through this, as you will all need the support.

Floor plan may not be what was built exactly, or it may have changed since that was drawn. There are some very odd details in there otherwise, as you note...

Oh yeah on the number of death certificates. People told us to get a lot, but very few required an original in our experience. Most places either photocopied the one we gave them and gave it back, or had us fax or scan and email a copy. We may have actually used 2 or 3 originals and had a ton...

Things will vary by state, for sure. My experience with my mother in law was strange, IMO. My wife called the credit card companies and said she passed away. They said "I'm sorry to hear that. Please send a copy of the death cert to xxx" and that was it. None of them really asked to be paid...

If they line up Hubble just right and point it towards earth, could they maybe burn ants with it? Just curious... ;)

It looks like the bed of a snowmobile trailer in/on the front truck. Like maybe they used it as a ramp/flatbed in their rather ill-conceived plan to haul the second truck. Looking at the front of the truck on top, is that just headlights reflecting, or is it the beginnings of a fire? All in...

Those are the wires that hold the magic smoke it! No wonder it won't work!

Thanks guys. Some good options to look into. And yes the inspection doesn't keep it clean but lets me know it is pretty clean. Nothing more than a little bit of fluffy carbon here and there, no build-up. The fireplace is a Finnish masonry heater so it burns very complete and hot and I only...

And why does that matter? He wants/needs one....

I have an 8" flue running something around 20' or so. Does anyone have a decent source for a sweep brush online? The local stores only seem to go up to 6". It has stayed pretty clean from hot fires (and inspection), but it is time to give it a pass or two to keep things happy. thanks, Dave

The cab versions of the Lxx40 series all have horns in the center of the steering wheel, but I think the open station ones do not. If it is the same on the -60 series, then a steering wheel and the rest should be obtainable from Kubota if you look up the HSTC (C for cab) versions on Messicks or...

WooHoo!!! Congrats, David! Big milestone. Listen to Eddie's suggestions. For example, you had said you were going to cover your stained floors a long time ago. Now it will be critical. Drywall and paint will destroy them. Hardboard and all seams taped with something sturdy is going to be...

Running into these the past few days while clicking on the next page of a thread. No rhyme or reason to it. Try again and it might work, or may take a few tries to work. Or try another way to get to the next page and it might work. Anyone else notice and any fix coming?