Search results

I had jack stands under the mower…. I get that it could rotated back over them, but the stands were basically under the center of gravity. IE not gonna crash down. I think.

Sheesh. His starter probably died because the engine is real hard to turn over due to various internal damage. I agree with whoever posited above that he probably bent some rods due to hydrolock before it pumped the water out enough to run. Your neighbor is an absolute dummy for immediately...

I will note that I went pretty sharp on this go round. Probably too sharp. Then made some new trails in the woods and took out many large 1-2" stemmed bushes and saplings. As well as accidentally got into the dirt/ground a few times, as often happens by mistake when navigating rough terrain...

Just sharpened the blades on my new (to me) brush hog. It came with my newer (lightly used) Kioti tractor in a package deal, but I didn't need it for the first couple summers, until now. With my hydraulic top link, I can actually tip the sucker way up into the air. I put jack stands under the...

One thing that is immediately clear is that the loader was still being used heavily for a good while after the first cracks began, haha. I'm not sure most of us would know to inspect for cracks in obscure areas of the loader subframe. But it sure would have been better to discover the cracks...

Dang, that sucks! Definitely looks like the one side had lost it's weld across the top for a long time already. Which is odd because clearly the side welds were stronger than the metal itself, causing the tubing to rip apart instead of also failing on the side welds. Was it really even welded...

We get pileated's in our woods down here too, but they usually don't stick around. Probably just a stop by on their way up to Arly's for the summer. I heard a wild bird call from my open garage a couple months ago, and instantly knew what I might be. Sure enough a pair of pileated's were...

Quotes for a garage came back 2-3x of your 150k budget? Am I losing my dang mind here? You are in my town, too. I went with chelsea lumber for my pole barn garage, but they can stick build too. I'm sure it could easily be twice the costs I listed above, but might still be worth getting a...

gulp. Thank you for sharing. Does that include electrical, insulation, and interior finishing? Man. Times have changed quickly. I got my 30x36 pole barn (with attic-room trusses) for 17k of materials, 8k of labor, and 4k for the slab - back in 2016. Slowly doing electrical, insulation and...

That one is odd. Normal semi trailer is around 13'6" and that bridge clearly says 14 ft. Is there a car underneath the other side of the trailer, I'm guessing?

How handy are ya? And how fast do you need it to dump? Just figure out where to bolt or weld on the right angle iron, and you can mount one of these bad boys yourself for cheaper. Will take 30-40 seconds to dump, though...

Beautiful structure, congrats! Yeah that wall blocking is pretty interesting. Triple blocked on the other wall! And that man-door header sure isn't going anywhere either, triple jack studs on a non-load bearing wall? lol. Is that an extra upstairs gable wall section? Not a cheap oopsie, eh...

We had a good morel season on my slice of forest as well. Well over a pound just from some casual browsing, but the season goes quick! Now I search for trillium flowers (and lady slippers).

You could definitely excavate a little gravel and pour inside the existing metal if needed, but tractors don't mind a gravel floor! Just make sure that all rain water flows away from the building on ALL SIDES and directions, don't let that gravel floor stay wet. Looks great though! Thats a...

Same for michigan, they do well here but are still just so rare to see. Neat!

Keep the table saw!! Cmon, man. You’ll need it again in such short order. It can just be a nice storage table/platform with a cloth over it in the extra bedroom or whatever. Or lube the heck out of it and get a $200 tent-garage setup going. You can’t run this whole farmstead without a workshop...

Electronic C of O copy, nice. Ours was just a standard yellow paper inspection slip; was tempted to frame it but that seemed a little too dorky LOL. Your wife is right, most people will simply not understand how precious and rewarding it is to obtain that document. Kitchen looks great! I...

I also sharpen my hog blades as installed, with the angle grinder. Takes less time to sharpen them than it does to try to get them off. And how sharp do hog blades really need to be? I charge right back into saplings and bushes with mine, so, not very. It's kind of amazing how blades as dull...

Are those listed weights really correct? As in, are we to understand that increasing the width a mere 6 inches takes the grapple weight from a feathery 255 lbs up to a porker of 445 lbs? That's pretty wild, if so. My guess is the 54" is actually 355 lbs, not 255? I see you just copied the...

A friend of mine borrowed my father-in-law's 4x8' utility trailer once to move to a new house. The trailer had 4' tall sides so he presumed anything he tossed in there was good to go. Well then he hit the highway at 70mph, and watched in his mirror as an entire COUCH levitated up and out of...

Congrats on having hot water! Bet that felt good.

Remove it? Um, I don't think you're going to remove that scrape... if you're lucky you can make it look good from 5 feet away or more. Alloy wheel curb scrapes are pretty permanent, in my experience. On painted wheels you have the easy option for paint touch up work. But polished aluminum...

Like rangerFred said, thats built as a pre-runner (desert racing truck). Looks pretty well executed to me. The front camber is to aid in cornering at really high speed on dirt, the inside front wheel often lifts off the ground. Note the roll cage inside as well. Why that dude is driving it...

Totally agree. I thought the OP just wanted spark protection, I guess I misread the situation. But if it's a wooden barn, I don't think anyone should really plan on one half being fully fire proof from the other half, or from mother nature.

Beautiful. How did you spillway area hold up to the spillover?

Why would you say that? I've not heard any complaints about the Kioti HST, even from those with 1000+ hours.

I was definitely glad to get a CK3510 WITH the DPF on the exhaust myself. No residual stink and smoke cloud in my unheated garage when starting up, even when it's really cold. When driving forward under load, I can definitely still smell that I am driving a diesel powered machine, so it's nice...

Smart. Get the nosy building dept out of your hair. My goal at this point is to never have an inspection again. I honestly wouldn’t mind the safety check, but my township is now charging hundreds of dollars every time, even for mundane electrical circuits. and then immediately bringing the...

Yeah right!! Haha. I promise you’ll keep finding details to finish and things to add/improve. But! Thats amazing. Best of luck with final inspection and the refi! (Sorry about your interest rate…)

Building an entire house while simultaneously working a full time job (so as to be able to afford it) is a fairly ridiculous endeavour that few humans can fully appreciate. My best buddy build his house next door mostly solo. I put in dozens of hours with him, helping with site prep, material...

As I got onto the highway after work last friday afternoon, the Buick Regal in the right lane going 70mph right in front of me was ejecting some plastic parts out from underneath it. So I spooled up the turbos and quickly shot around him before anything could hit my truck. Couldn't believe...

Just to be pedantic, No, Ford did not receive a federal bail out. GM and Chrysler (Daimler) did.

Very nice. What did you paint it with? I'm not aware of any food grade paints.... are there?

Great pivot! You truck definitely would not be happy towing a CK3520 with backhoe. It likely comes to over 8000 lbs on a suitable trailer. Plus, you can do your own maintenance, it's not so terrible.

Not surprised either. I forgot about this thread, got a like for a post back on an early page so was checking it out again. Jump to last page annnnd.... oh of course the guys are talking about currency and economic policy LOL.

If you actually read your owners manual, almost any pickup truck other than brand new HD's will REQUIRE a weight distributing hitch when towing above 5000 lbs on the hitch. Even my old 2500HD did. Did I sometimes tow heavy without one? Sure, but legally it was required. WDH's are great. For...

I don't have a ton of knowledge about these, but I see this label a lot on the commercial canister style doors. https://www.overheaddoor.com/commercial-doors Another option could be a curtain. Vinyl welding curtains are fire proof...

Not Aeschilman's at US23 and 6-mile. They have around a dozen Kiotis on their lot (easily visible from highway). And like 40+ LS tractors....

Did you really not even know that there was a longstanding federal subsidy for homeowner PV (photovoltaic) systems? If you have no idea what is going on with the tax code and energy subsidies than maybe don't worry too much about it LOL. By the way the tax credit is back to 30% now. And was...

Looks like a tornado came through the background to me! yikes.

I'm not sure who you are trying to convince with this statement, but I would presume that the first two contractors saying to "strip the top soil" also includes leveling the parking pad area, compacting and readying it for stone. Just because the pad area slope a foot in one way or another...

Man..., just passed a late 90's powerstroke short cab, 8' bed, pulling a dump trailer this morning. Doing real work after 25+ years, body still looked perfect. Wanted to grab a pic for everyone but it was raining and fairly dark out. I just love seeing this vintage badge on the side of a...

I mean, why not? You can get the same fuel economy as a medium or large SUV, but with more ride height (visibility), crash safety, and the ability to throw dirty crap in the bed or tow a huge camper or boat, etc. The 1500 pickup is a real jack of all trades now.

Cough, cough. Looks like a really nice extended cab 2500HD just got posted for sale really nearby me (see signature :) )

Haha those are so weird! Stubby little front doors. I love it, though. I presume thats because they used the same front doors on all cab models. That era of F150 crew cabs was a lot shorter than the current ones.

This chart is so funny, because it is completely selective and makes it look like the bed has been shrinking dramatically. But you could get an f150 with the exact same ~6.5' long bed in at least the final 4 out of 5 generations shown. The % went down on average because people use their...

Shoot, I'd take just shortening the overall truck by 6-8" by taking it right out of the rear leg room. Figured my late-model pickup would have a tighter turning radius too, but its basically the same as my trusty old 2003 Sierra.

I just put up some curtains in our living room finally.... after 7.5 years of building our house in the woods. Not necessary, but they look nice (happy wife, happy whatever). We did get bedroom curtains up sooner. Not a fan of the sunshine waking us up before 6am in the summer time.

Missed this thread. Too long to read through all of it, but it is kinda funny how tastes can change. I just bought my first crew cab pickup. My justification was getting room for kids in the backseat, more inside cargo room for vacations and camping, etc. But I wasn't gonna give up all bed...

The Fred returns! We Miss your wit and tractor updates, dude. Yes, a piston is very much designed specifically for the conditions expected (cylinder pressure, temperature, power level, etc). If you’re lucky, Kubota or whoever is lazy and used the same strong piston in a derated n/a engine...

Not to be a total stick in the mud but that doesn't fit my intuition at all, ning. haha. The blue standoff doesn't change dimension at all just because the bridge deflects. it moves with the bridge. I think what actually happens is the top leg of the triangle stretches/elongates. The way...

Lol your decimal point is off by just a few places. Just 250k, somehow. Schedule set for I-94 shut down for repairs to Ann Arbor bridge hit by truck Schedule set for I-94 shut down for repairs to Ann Arbor bridge hit by truck

Good to hear. But I'm pretty curious how you build abutments after the bridge is already in place? Looking forward to the pics! :P

I don't know anyone who has one of these tractors, but I'll tell you what, they are sure helping sponsor this website. Triple ad setup on a single forum thread, impressive. Agree that the specs and standard features look very good for the price.

Most of those prices are insane, lol. But... one of those prices is... not like the others. I love my MTL.

Great project and thanks for sharing. Nice work so far! But your design gives me great concern, so heres 2 cents you didn't ask for. You want to drive a 6000 lb f150 across a 7' wide bridge? That sounds terrifyingly narrow. I made sure to get just over 9' wide for mine, which is very...

This dummy screwed up traffic all over town for a couple days now. Gonna be at least a few more, sounds like. My elderly parents live right down this road and accessed most of their shopping by crossing this bridge. The detour isn't awful, but with the extra traffic its inconvenient. I don't...

Here in southeastern Michigan it seems like we still get ~50-60" of total snow in most of our winter seasons, but it just never lasts on the ground any more. It's been several years since we had an accumulated snowpack that lasted for weeks. This winter we've been right on the rain/snow line...

Whoa. Is that on his mountain? Looks amazing. Charred wood exterior is definitely a hot trend right now. It holds up well to rain, I hear. I thought it was called shou sugi ban, but apparently that was a horrible western misinterpretation and its called yakisugi...

I need to make something like this. Problem is, it's gotta be robust, chainsaw safe to cut on, but also cheap. Don't wanna spend hundreds on lumber like i7s table, beautiful as it might be. Plus I want to be able to lay a whole load of logs on the table, not just one or two at a time. I used...

I mean, you coulda left the pertinent half of my post in place. :) I'll post it again because I'm still thrilled with my MTL grapple. It's every bit as good as the other ones but for literally only half the price...

I do agree, gents. Just saying, you could probably get away with it (but of course, why chance it).

Honestly I can't see a basic little naturally aspirated Kubota diesel engine as truly needing a specific premium oil. The internal surface pressures are probably kept reasonably low as a better guarantee of engine longevity. Depending on how much soot the engine typically deposits into the...

That part had me laughing out loud. A wheel is a strong thing to pull a vehicle from, if you can't find any place better. But then the guy has the car in reverse and is punching the gas? And the pickup is getting all jostled around from it, and no one is screaming to stop? ridiculous. Leave...

I mean, just about all the highways show as "closed" right now on google maps traffic. I think they are, but probably not barricaded off. Lotta idiots still attempting to take their ill-equipped luxury cars and brodozers through the pass anyway. I'm not sure I would have much patience for...

Lot of hack job towing going on in this video. All of the sierra mountains are absolutely CRUSHED by snow right now. Not sure I've seen sno above the power lines before. Too much snow to go skiing! bummer.

When I was tractor shopping before buying mine, I did look for a bit at what the smallest and most affordable turbocharged CUT would be. I just LOVE hearing a turbo spool up on a cold start.

So I know you discussed a lot of your process already. But how hard would it be to compile a package of the necessary parts for anyone else interested in doing this? What was the total investment? Also, unless I missed it, you conveniently just glossed over the oil feed and return lines for...

Terrific fabrication, courage, and testing/reporting here. Thank you for sharing! We've seen this post/results before though, right? OTT? I am glad you achieved your goal. You have the thick skin needed to explain your reasoning here on a forum full of snarky critics. However I have to...

It's sure tempting to just "not plow" when you know the gravel is soft underneath the new snow, and you have 6" of less of snow. But when it eventually gets compacted into an ice sheet, that becomes a mess for timid drivers or people with lame tires. I specifically bought a new (used) rear...

My hands/skin do not get irritated by handling split ash firewood. Thank goodness, because often is up to half of our firewood. It DOES often have a lot of splinters on the split surface, but usually not small ones. I do get big splinters occasionally, but they don't go deep - have learned...

I was getting ready to order an F150 this year - wanted the powerBoost hybrid for the 430HP/570lbf-ft, 23mpg combined, and the 7.2kW generator built in. Dealers all reporting 4-8 months for new '23 orders, yet many of the current ones arriving now have taken more like 10-12 months. And it was...

Man, great price for 2023. I'm quite curious how much HP some guys are adding by "turning the fuel screw up" on these 2610s. Because I sure do love how I can cruise uphill with a light load in high range on my 3510.

^ what a waste. F^&(*n idiot.

From a couple pallets of shingles?!?! Wonder if the forklift pushed down on the back of the bed? Yikes

South texas? That's a pretty long work commute from Maine. Must be paying pretty well eh People seem to define sand differently across this country. Here in Michigan if we say sandy soil, it is LOOSE, super well draining stuff, easy to ruin. But I've seen people call packed sandstone "sand"...

Ready to Go to Work - Well under $20,000 - See Retailer for Current Pricing Thats a huge price undercut compared to most competition when you price in the included options. Kinda looks like a bunch of junky bits bolted together though. Hard to say. 925 lb loader lift is a bit wimpy for a...

Haha very true. At least the 20-somethings can't afford an RV, let alone a car these days. Heck half of them don't even want to get a driver's license anymore. I also had to learn my way on a Farmall A. Super-A, to be exact, so we had fancy hydraulic lift for the snow plow and rear hitch...

I suppose it can depend on the motor. If the turbo geometry or programming is such that it still pumps a little air, easy to stay at positive pressure under no load. My VW diesel would go just a little negative under no load; the cylinder intake strokes are sucking air in past a filter, makes...

Lol. Counterpoint, Do you think that retiring 65 year old city dwellers who have never piloted any heavy equipment before in their life should be allowed to hop in a 20 ton+ RV and just go for it with no training, education or certifications...

That a modern turbodiesel engine rarely has any intake vaccuum. I dunno about "edge case" though, zero accelerator pedal coast-down will definitely have a little vaccuum, and sitting at a steady idle speed will too. Just not anything close to a gasoline engine with a throttle plate.

Thats exactly what I do, double stacked IBC totes of wood under the metal carport, then take one at a time right up to the screen porch door. I also toss a sheet of plywood over the tote sitting outdoors by the house in case it rains or melts before I get the wood moved into the rack in the porch.

Here comes the endless CDL debate. My unprofessional opinion: CDL limits are 10k for the trailer, OR 26k GCVWR, IF and ONLY IF you are transporting things commercially, IE for-hire, or for profit or as part of your commercial business. If you are just hauling your own equipment from place...

This is a very good point that is not mentioned terribly often here. I initially tried to get all my felling for firewood done in the winter time. But it turned out that my habits mean that I am logically doing big landscaping and clearing projects in the summer time, so thats when my trees...

Yeah I had to pay 3500 for my carport, which really stung when I was used to seeing all the ads showing them as more like a 2000-2500 cost. I sucked it up and am very glad to have the covered storage. I'm curious about your bags. So you toss wood in randomly, right (no stacking) ? Then do...

I would start by searching craigslist and/or facebook marketplace for "IBC". I got my first 12x for $25 apiece (275 gallon size, = 40x48x48"), with no plastic tanks of noxious chemicals to deal with. If the plastic liners are not too disgusting, you can cut them up to make hats or find other...

You did hide the references, I had to find it by studying the topography and elevation and matching it up. :) Probably only map nerds like us would bother searching well/long enough to find it.

You are very correct about this. I forgot to explain, cut the stump off only if you have the whole thing out of the ground. As in, I use the excavator to lift the entire tree, stump and all, out of the ground. Don't only get the tree pushed over and then immediately start sawing the stump...

I stack mine in two neat rows in the IBC totes. The tote is 40" deep which let's me have a nice air gap in between the rows of my 15-16" firewood sticks, for better air drying. Throwing them in randomly reduces the volume of firewood a good bit, makes it harder to unload, but most importantly...

Dunno, I have rented a bobcat E35 a few times now. It digs out 20"+, 50-60' black cherry trees with ease. Maybe 10-15 minutes to completely encircle the root base with deep trenches. Anything under 6", can just yank out with the thumb. 6-18" range trees go pretty quick, dig a couple trenches...

Oh cool, he's got a nice view of _____ ski resort from his mountain top. Kudos to buckeye for finding his mountain and giving me juuust enough clues to also locate it. I was looking too close to his container castle at first. Thats a lot of elevation to conquer with roadbuilding.

ok, maybe so. Still, dudes were walking around behind it while precariously secured. A guy was riding it when it went off the road and jumps off. Andrew somehow jumps into his truck as it was sliding past. So much danger; comfort levels can vary. I noticed how he would stick his leimbs down...

In the future I do hope to build a solar kiln. Ideally for the cut lumber from the sawmill I don't even have yet, but also for spring-time early veggie starting, and accelerated firewood seasoning. Something basic like this...

Snapping heavy 3/8" chains when you're standing near the decapitation zone is certainly one way to learn about recovery safety, sure.

Good thread. Some very nice woodsheds in here, but I can't help but think of the repetitive handling whenever I see one. That's the way my dad operated when I was a kid also, we'd take the lawn tractor and 10cu cart over to the woodshed, load it up and back over to the house to unload and...

Right. I suppose he's building a pretty wide, mile+ long road. Or maybe even a road network.

I would only cut down the trees over ~24" diameter, or maybe over 50-60' tall. Just use the excavator to dig the stump while the tree is still whole, it makes it SO much easier to pull the whole stump out of the ground when you have a couple tons of tree leveraging it out of the ground. Then...

Whats kind of crazy is how much heavy equipment he is determined to get up on top of the mountain even before having a proper road to get up there. Why not.... start at the bottom to make a proper road? Or is he starting from his new gravel/shale pit and working back down?

WTF. Incredibly dangerous, inept hauling of a new roller up his mountain. Just feels like we're going to hear some very bad news one day about him or one of his helpers. Or one of his poor doggos. I'm frankly kinda surprised he would post this crap.

It was a dumb idea to begin with. Poor communication from the sawyer.

Solid investment. As we knew it would be. Great work!

🍿🍿🍿🍿 I decree, Pine wins, build the bridge out of plywood. Wait, this thread is about a bridge, right?

"The MOU commits John Deere to ensuring farmers and independent repair facilities have access to many of the tools and software needed" "The agreement formalizes farmers’ access to diagnostic and repair codes, as well as manuals (operator, parts, service) and product guides. It also ensures...

Hmmm ok sounds like you guys know more than I do. It still sounds like an admission from Deere that they won't pursue legal action against anyone attempting their own repairs or aftermarket service/support therein. We shall see, indeed.

Suck it, Deere. You were always in the wrong on this one. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/09/tech/deere-tractors-farmer-repair/index.html https://www.fb.org/newsroom/afbf-signs-right-to-repair-memorandum-of-understanding-with-john-deere

I mean, it might be prudent to ignore the plywood or OSB that gets sandwiched with 2-bys for structural calculations, but using real 1/2 or 3/4" plywood obviously adds strength. You could build a glue-lam beam out of ripped plywood strips and it would be strong as hell. Stronger than...

500 gpm?!? wow. Thats a lot of PVC. Total system cost? Do you have a macro diagram of the whole system? For example, why do you need the coanda effect, where does it help make power? Why do the turbines have multiple valved inlets like that? How long do you expect all that PVC to be...

Not to derail my own thread but I am 100% completely ok with regulating anything discharged to a waterway. We have automotive suppliers here in Michigan plating chrome who are apparently allowed to send toxic, forever chemicals like PFAS/PFOS down their drains to the local water treatment...

That's probably the boat I'm in (navigable waterway pun not intended lol). Uh, I mean I'm not in any boat. No boats in this tiny stream. :P Anyway I'm sure as heck not gonna go asking around or invite for any inspections.

Agreed. You gotta be really looking for it and sorta know it's already there. Maybe I shouldn't have blown the leaves off my gravel approach ramp (grey color on right side) because the brown bridge deck blends in pretty well.

Agree Lou that those are robust bridge options, but how do you carry and move them into place across an active creek? A crane or telehandler? Lotta logistics there, vs constructing something piece by piece.

Responding to some other bridge threads reminded me about my own. Still going strong, doesn't get much usage other than by foot or my lawn mower for trail maintenance. I did end up adding some 16' treated 2x12s to help spread out the load when I drive across. The tread width is sized juuust...

I have a similar size creek that I wanted to cross, and also used utility/phone poles like bandc07. Works great for my CK3510, still haven't tried my 6000 lb pickup yet. My bridge thread

New bill my email this morning and it appears Comcast just jacked my rates another 10% with no explanation or justification. Now my poor wife will have to spend another hour or two on the phone paying hardball to get everything reset to a new plan. I can't even call them because I end up...

^ yikes! Gonna be quite the torch. That looks like it will fall over once halfway built, for sure. Hope you have a roofing magnet sweeper on standby. :)

Sorry, I somehow missed the pics prior to requesting. Looks pretty solvable. I'm somewhat envious of your excellent stash of free gravel that you now get to harvest. My 2c (certainly not an expert) : When you see the water flow get to about as low as it ever gets (summer drought?), start...

I think there are 90x cmus in a full pallet. ~3500 lbs.

Well gary, you can probably tell that we love threads about water crossings here on TBN. Fun projects to achieve on your own property that usually require substantial tractor support. But c’mon man, get us some real pics of the area and stream in question

We did this too. I love ours, however we recently stopped using it because the water sealer I put directly on our slab failed and started to peel up. What did you seal your slab with?

Is a bridge not an option? Pretty easy to engineer and build a 10-12' span that can hold concrete trucks and heavier. The cross sectional area for water flow under such a bridge would be immensely more than your listed culverts.

Yeah I'm aware of the New Madrid fault but thats like 700 miles from Michigan (I should have said "upper" midwest I guess). We occasionally get mag 2-3 quakes here but I've never even noticed one while it's happening. Pattrix, sounds like a robust building coming together. Can you share some...

Maybe a dumb question since I haven't done all that much plumbing in my life, but: does it really matter that much? If you drop a drain collector fitting into the sawn off pipe you have, won't it be able to rock/wobble around a little bit? Just glue it into place by correcting as much angle...

Serious skepticism from this automotive engineer that the OP needed a whole new ECU for his issue. That sucks; very interested to hear how it was resolved. Beer-Hunter: your issue does sound more like an ECU/wire harness issue. Dying at random is quite hard to troubleshoot, unfortunately. So...

Yeah still sounds like while the injectors/engine may be getting some fuel, they aren't getting enough flow to allow for rev/load. I would inspect the entire fuel system path from tank to injectors.

Good point, earthquakes are definitely not on our mind for building here in the midwest. Interesting that the engineer doing the plans found it unnecessary though.

In reality the floor slab you pour will support the vehicle in/out traffic just fine, and the rest of the foundation will not somehow just come apart because it's not tied together in a full rectangle. Its a huge concrete footer, full of rebar, it'll be fine. The purpose is to support the...

You can repair the pex if you damage it. You need to get that drain straightened up at floor level, not above. Sucks. You have more than one bath, right. So use the other one to begin with while you take your time to make this right. 100% agree with Eddie that an 8" step up into a shower is...

On my prior tractor, a 7-point toothbar dramatically transformed the digging power. The OE straight cutting edge simply did not apply enough local pressure to bust up hard packed soil without putting the entire weight of the tractor behind it - which was obviously very hard on the loader frame...

I also vote squirrel/chipmunk. They are doing this at my house now too, to find their buried nuts to eat. In the summer when they stash them, the hole is not very noticable (they cover it up, and grass fills in quick). You'd think the proper squirrel etiquette would be to at least fill in...

Not sure I agree. Look at the cylinder he is spec'ing here, it is capable of a lot. When you go to clamp a log down, or snatch up a half ton boulder, you need to squeeze them HARD. A metal-on-metal joint full of sand doing grapple work all day long will eventually not be very fun to operate...

First of all, F%^& Comcast. Evil, corrupt, incompetent monopoly of a company who routinely violates their promises and raises rates on customers without justification. Our internet service with them is lightning fast (~600mBpS) but they just jacked the monthly bill from $117 to $147 and say...

Yeah it sounds like he enjoys using his personal snowcat to pack down the sledding hill for his kids, and maybe also plow the driveway. Did it roll over and he fell out? Or did it have a transmission or parking brake failure, allowing it to roll over him? Curious. And then to top it off, Ken...

Ahh gotcha. Sounds like you need a late-model dually then, eh.

Wow, hard to believe that the 8.1 and allison could add 500 lbs. what size fuel tank(s) do you have? Mine only has a 26 and might have been half empty when i drove across the stone yard scale. Anyway, without rereading the thread, why is 2400lbs payload so terrible? As long as everything is...

Yes all rotating/pivoting joints must be grease-able or it’ll wear out in no time. Your design grometry strikes me as a bit odd. Without setting up a basic dynamics model, my intuitive sense after 20 years as a mechanical engineer is that you are losing a lot of clamping power while...

Sounds like he obviously meant “corrupted” but said corroded instead. Unfortunately ECU calibrations do have this issue under rare circumstances. Hope your reflash is now permanently durable! Yeah that would gave sucked to pay hundreds of dollars for while under warranty, but you made the right...

Wow. Maybe you missed the part about how zero other gravel driveways in my entire township and county have this piece of pavement in place. I totally understand why they want us to do it, but no one does, and they clearly do not enforce it. I honestly would not mind having it, but when trying to...

My property came with a basic driveway already in place for the first 200'. With a 20' culvert at the road in the ditch. I am on a medium traffic, 45mph paved road. Well my township made me get a "driveway permit" from the county road commission before they would grant me a home building...

HST transmissions are super reliable, easily going several thousand hours without any repairs on most modern machines. Just change the hydro fluid on time. 10,000 hours? That would take most of us more than a lifetime. I would be looking into industrial backhoe machines if you really want to...

CAT is a hugely successful company with a lot of upward mobility, for SURE. Congrats. A buddy of mine has a neighbor who started as a mechanic in our local Michigan CAT rental and service shop (was able to bring home backhoes and 305 excavators from work every night for neighbors to use...

My favorite ski resort in lower Michigan is reporting 55" so far on the season. Pretty good lake-effect contributions, but the temps have swung up and down enough to melt much of it and require strong snowmaking to open all the trails. Sorry this is off topic. My snow weapon is just the FEL...

Hmmm, good to get a reminder not to clear my paws into full sun. Not sure I really truly knew that.

You need at least 2 rear remotes if you want both hydraulic top link AND tilt link. Definitely get two remotes (or three). Adding them yourself after purchase is definitely possible, but often a pain. I'd let the dealer handle it unless you're very handy with hydraulic projects. I would...

I planted a pair of pawpaws a few years ago in a semi-sunny area. They are coming along pretty nicely and starting to grow now after struggling for a bit. Hoping for some fruit in the next couple years!

I've seen them on some newer ones, yeah. Maybe just 2022s and 23s so far? I dunno if they are goodyears.

It's not like 1500 rpm is particularly dangerous for your mains/rods/cams while somehow 1000rpm is always perfectly safe. I would argue there's essentially no difference in observable wear - you just need oil pressure either way, and it comes up quick. More important to me than...

Do I recall that you have a Napoleon stove also? My Napoleon 1450 stove also felt a bit weak on the gasket after just 3 years of use. We had gotten a few CO alarms so I decided to do the door gasket - but it might have been fine. The real culprit was installation of a solar panel array on my...

Sorry, did a quick google maps search but didn't immediately answer your question like I thought it would. Calling rural stations in farm-heavy areas might be what you have to do. The only one I know for sure off hand with off-road in pump access is Wacker/corrigan over on M52 just north of...

Glad you found it, and THANK YOU for coming back to your own thread to update it with the answer. Can you describe where the fuel line kink was (any pics?) ?

Gas, no question. Everyone who buys a diesel UTV ends up complaining about how pitifully slow they are. Even if you're not into sport driving - the diesel mule apparently climbs steep hills at a walking pace at full throttle. Just sad.

Good thread Ning. I replaced my door gasket a few years ago and found it quite easy and nice peace of mind to get a tight feeling seal again - figure I will do it every few years or so as preventative maintenance. And if you want to be additionally extra sure, buy a basic carbon monoxide meter...

Just heard from a coworker that he found gas for $2.33/gal this morning (again, not in a great neighborhood). Meanwhile in our affluent cities and neighborhoods, gas is still $3.49/gallon. Wild disparities in pricing all over the region currently. (it's not really luck...., it's choosing not...

Whilst waiting for a pump to open up at my local station the other night, it occured to me to document this current pricing disparity. I can't say I can ever recall one fuel type being HALF the price of the other. Really seems like total Bu!!**** for diesel vehicle drivers, frankly. It's not...

I've been hearing about many European rivers being at historic lows. Not sure they would all be operating as planned/hoped at this point - maybe moot next year, but better look into it. Rhine, Danube, etc. Super low levels, with WWII relics popping up out of the water in the shallows, etc...

So you stop and unbolt your wheel weights whenever you need to drive up a hill? Lol.

The other thing about air bags.... is that if you inflate them up to max, you are essentially removing suspension movement from your vehicle. So forces that are normally absorbed by mechanical deformation of the spring are now instead transmitted directly to the frame. An HD dually pickup...

Diesel is ~7.1 lbs/gallon, though. Just to be OCD here

A whole level of love above "tree hugger".

sheesh man, you got a big fancy kioti, a huge payloader, and cash to blow on steel for random art pieces, but no shop? Humble pole building is an achievable goal! :)

Maybe just cut the slab out? You've got big tractors.... just cut through the slab (maybe leave the perimeter if under walls, etc) and drag out huge chunks with your tractor(s), then pour new. An alternative could be to pour a skimcoat / thinset over all of it (if adding a little height...

I mean, no need to be nasty at the man, but it would be good for him and other potential customers to bluntly point out that his ridiculously rude demeanor is costing him real business, and customers real access to quality machines. People do kinda need to be told when they are being dicks, for...

Yeah we're preparing (mentally) for true winter to hit us next week up here. Hopefully some decent snow in time for xmas! Maybe I will voltage test my ck3510 upon a cold startup and see what happens..... My engine changes tone for all sorts of reasons, but it's a bit more complex than your...

Haha, no worries man we've all had that kind of brain fart when it comes to engine instrumentation. I'm commenting to this post before finishing reading the thread, just to point out that a change in engine tone does not only indicate a minor load increase from alternator load and thus battery...

Haha! Sorry about your troubles but thanks for the enjoyment of following along. Why didn’t you shove the tractor into your shop to do the wheel/tire/chain work? Sweet monster btw!

Block heater usage is definitely a net benefit for engine health and longevity, not a detriment. Of course, only use it when you actually intend to start the engine, and try as best you can to only start the engine when you know you'll actually get it warmed up fully. Internal combustion...

Miserable. So sorry to hear that. Sending positive energy her way, and good luck to you all.

Holy….. carps, dude. Are those 50+ foot logs, being easily trailered around behind a kubota tractor? Thats just for your own personal firewood?!? You must have an uninsulated clapboard house, or feed an outdoor burner for a mansion eh? 🤪

I do both! Bind the pile together with one strap, and then clamp it down to bed anchors with another.

It's hard to blame the dealer for charging you to pick up the machine, but $4.25/mi is a bit much. Do you have a truck that can comfortably tow 8000+ lbs? Take it there yourself, dont give them the satisfaction. Any other dealers in your area?

Sounds like you have a new fun project to tackle! Lol. Prior to foam backing-rod and sika-flex, I used a combo of compressed air and shop vac to clean out the joints.

And while I have my old pics located, here is the slab after two coats of TIAH sealer. I was really pleased with how the slab turned out, not perfect, but for $3200 poured, pretty rad. Sad that I can never expect those prices again! If anyone follows the Diesel Creek channel on youtube, that...

You funny. :P 2" R10 foamular250. Not cheap! But I like to think I would have insulated the slab anyway even if not doing radiant, if the building is to be heated. We did 4" for R20 under the slab in our house, even without any PEX/radiant in it. Holds temperature crazy stable, it's awesome.

I'll measure mine next time I have the bucket on. I park in my garage without the bucket to save the ~two feet of length from always being in my way. SSQA is so convenient for on/off that I generally switch FEL attachments a lot and then dismount when coming in to park. I presume you need to...

I'll never understand why people use gasoline on fires. I suppose if it's the only accelerant you have on hand, you might think it's normal. But diesel fuel burns great without the explosiveness. Same for lighter fluid. I bought a weed-burner torch that runs off a propane tank, easy peasy...

My tractor should fit the bill. CK3510 lifts 1835 lbs on the front loader and checks in at 120 inches (without the loader). I believe the loader only sticks out about 2-2.5' in front of the tractor with a bucket mounted. BUT, if you have something mounted on the 3-pt hitch, it can be a LOT...

Just for long term convenience, basically. If you leave open saw cuts, they fill with whatever wants to fall into them. Dirt, sawdust, bugs, grime. But sometimes more importantly, water and other fluids. My garage is still unheated and freezes up in the depths of winter - I don't want any...

Asking genuinely here: So after my concrete guys left (they started the pour around 7am and left by 3pm with a very nice finish on top) on a hot summer day, even in the shade inside my garage it was drying out pretty quickly. So I watered it down with my garden hose a couple times to keep it...

Regarding a floor covering. Upon the advice of my concrete guy, I went with an industrial grade clear acrylic sealer, and it has held up AWESOME so far. It was only $130 for a 5-gallon bucket of it and I only used about 3.5 gallons to do 2 coats. Just used a normal roller to plop it on nice...

Lol. I'm (so far) firmly in this category though, I knew I'd want radiant heat eventually, so I did all the work to put my PEX in. 5 years later and I still don't have insulation in my garage roof, so there is no reason to proceed with actually heating it yet. The PEX and manifold kit only...

This is why I stack my board in a semi-pyramid shape - it gives your strap some "purchase" on all columns of boards. Here is my 1 minute sketch from paint.

It's a good question, and the physics in my engineer brain suggest this is a bad idea. Picture hitting a bump that induces a counter-clockwise lean/roll in the vehicle - you've just undone the straps. Granted, they would have to be loose enough to allow some movement. But there's just no good...

Man, ain’t that the truth. These pallets had to go. But dang. Soil was nice and dry yesterday afternoon, so i could drag my magnet through the top couple inches with ease. Got this many more:

Yeah thanks. It rained a bit overnight, so I'm going to check the area again today and see if any nails resurfaced.

I suppose my answer would be that batteries are big, heavy, and very expensive, and you'll never avoid having very limited run time under load and long recharge times (see the Soletrac specs for example). So the target market for gas is only: as a somewhat less desirable replacement for diesel...

Burning bonfire piles hot and clear is the only respectable way to go, IMO. For your neighbors and for the environment overall. Feeding one ultra hot pile location with a tractor grapple is an excellent way to keep things contained and controlled, but also hot and efficient. Not awesome when...

Backup cameras have been mandatory in all new cars since 2018, actually. My wife's Mazda CX9 tends to cloud up and become useless (even when clean it's pretty blurry). But my 2019 VW had a neat trick, the camera was concealed inside the rear VW emblem, it would only pop out when you were...

Yeah I tried to scrape the ash off down to clean soil (not perfect) and then sprinkled some sandy soil back over top. I worked it a bit more after that picture but you are absolutely right. Would love to reseed asap but it's frozen soil time now. Probably throw some seed in May. I have a...

Rubio monocoat is some good ****, for sure! We used AFM Safecoat DuroStain for our beam and trim.

Here's my thought experiment. A Chevy small block is a proven, lightweight, compact powerhouse. Take their newest 5.3L v8, the ubiquitous choice for large SUVs and 1500 pickups. It makes nearly 300 lbf-ft of torque at 1500 rpm, and a full 100 HP already. Now strip the cylinder deactivation...

I just had my largest bonfire ever. Had a pile of old scrap wood, junk pallets, busted shipping crates, old wooden furniture... the pile kept growing all year but the weather and my schedule didn't cooperate. It was hot and dry all summer and making a massive fire didn't feel right. Well...

Found the electronics nerd! J/K, that is some terrific organization. Do you make a lot of custom controllers with arduino and raspberry pi stuff?

From my perspective, diesel has been more expensive than Gasoline ever since the <15ppm low sulfur mandate came online and Hurricane Katrina wiped out the refineries in the gulf. It's basically a question of supply/demand in the context of refinery output capability. You can only crack crude...

Wonder if you were thinking of this company. They can convert an HD diesel engine to run on pure Ethanol with relatively minimal modifications (all external and control side). My company is supplying them some special powertrain technology to try to boost efficiency further and move into large...

Ha. I’ve been to clingmans dome. Zero view from fog, but we walked up the tower anyway. But The fog/clouds are typically at the higher elevations, not lower.

So you shoved the swing first? Cool pic! Didn’t know the clouds/fog ever did that down in TN.

Thats how I light my bonfires and campfires outdoors, hadn't considered it for the woodstove... we typically just stuff in 5 crumpled sheets of newspaper and few kindling strips and she goes up ok. But now I'm pondering.

You guys aren't wrong to have doubts about the intelligence of decision and policy making at the EPA. Seeing the new emissions regulations kill the fuel efficiency of HD pickup trucks and also smaller passenger cars has made me pretty angry over the past 20 years. No one wants (or should) to...

My dude, I didn't mean anything personal or insulting by that. Just pointing out that your frustration shouldn't be with the EPA in this case, because the principles of DPF implementation are fairly straightforward and easily engineered to work smoothly by other manufacturers. But yeah if I...

Its not the epa’s fault that LS can’t figure out this pretty basic engineering challenge. Is your engine a shiabura? I believe that LS has used at least a few different engine suppliers over the years. Kubota had problems with its B3350 (i think that was the model?) but quickly figured it...

Of course part of the issue is that wet green lumber is very slippery (surface texture yields low coefficient of static friction plus they are basically self-lubricated). But this guy had used, dry lumber. If definitely would have stuck together if strapped in a bundle. What i often do, is...