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What is your plan of attack? Shut tractor down and run? Downshift and pop the clutch? I got my first experience of running over a yellow jackets nest while bush hogging. I was in a super low gear so I shut the tractor down and ran. Probably got nailed 8 or 9 times. I was able to wait for...

This might be a ridiculous statement, not even sure it is possible. But what about DIY chip seal, is that possible? I am not very well versed in the was of the paving world. The county to the south of me uses it on all of the small to med. sized depressions in the roads to delay the inevitable...

Yeah, that is the recipe for rust buster I saw. I wonder if the acetone evaporates off over time. I guess if it is in a sealed container that would not happen. But one of those open topped oil cans might not be the best option I imagine.

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?

Interestingly Mud Daubers are not a huge issue here. We have them but they have never really been an issue. And I have LOTS of stuff sitting outside.

I like those last 2 posts! Thanks for the info. Great ideas!

Excellent stuff gentlemen!! Keep em coming!

I have 3 or 4 old oil cans like this from my dad's garage. What kinds of lubrication do you all keep in your old oil cans? I have heard of a good rust penetration recipe that I need to make for one, maybe just some good oil in another. Just reaching out to see what other useful things you...

You almost had me convinced to put it outside again, but then you started talking about mud daubbers. It is ok, I have 3 rooms in my shop, I can put it in the store room and soundproof it a little to keep the noise down.

I have always wanted a mill too and maybe one of these days I will get it. For now I have a friend that is a mile down the road with a full hydraulic Woodmizer who I get my wood from. It is definitely a lot of work but oh so satisfying to make something beautiful out of wood that used to be a...

I did this same thing to water my food newly established food plot in the middle of a drought a few years ago. Harbor Freight has a high pressure pump that I used. It powered 2 sprinklers quite well, used a generator to power it. I have know idea if it will push the water that high with...

Ok, consensus is keep it inside, I can make that happen. I don't want to screw the thing up. just because I want another 3 sqft of floor space. Thanks TBN brainstrust!

I have a run of the mill Husky compressor from Lowes. I wanted to put it outside to free up space in the shop and cut down on noise. I have a complete dry area under a roof to do this. What other considerations should I be concerned about. I probably need a better air drying system and have...

Dang Sig! That got me all misty eyed! I am sorry for your great loss. He is with Mama now! Rest in Peace!

Oh yeah! That stuff looks nice! It is on the short list. A little pricey for a 10' gate, but I like it!

I like the picket idea, one option was just that but I was going to use 1x4s, pickets would look nicer. I like the looks of this. Top section vertical 1x4s and the rest corrugated metal. Would't be light weight but I could use a wheel.

Thanks for the link but I think that stuff looks like crap. But maybe the right color. I have almost given up trying to think of a lightweight solution. Everything I can think of looks crappy. I have some more ideas: Maybe a sun design made out of wood. Or a wood/corrugated metal combo...

My main goal is threefold. Make it so every single person driving by cannot see directly into the shed, make it less easy to hand stuff through the lower rungs of the gate and maybe make it less easy to climb into the shed. The majority of the stuff living in there is going to be: A) too...

I am putting the finishing touches on my shop build. I am trying to secure my shed on the side of it so I can use it to store more valuable things. I have almost completed the 1x4's on the side tp close it in and am adding a regular old cattle gate to the front. By itself I do not hate what...

Yeah, that was my next question. How much better is the new stuff than this stuff made in the 60's or 70's? I imagine it is a notch or 2 better due to constant improvement in lubrication technology. I have some old metal can quarts of oil I found as well and yes I would never put that in...

In my opinion both of those things would be a great idea. Mine has no extra ventilation but has a roof built over half of it, I think that helps.

I have a 40'er in NW GA myself. It gets hot, but we are not talking like 150 deg. Maybe like 20 deg above ambient temp. I keep a walk behind leaf blower in there and my ATV, never have been scare of the fuel igniting due to high heat.

My dad's garage is/was full of amazing relics of the past. 2 examples of this are these 2 5 lb. cans of grease that are more than 3/4 full. The one on the left Texaco Regal Starfac 2 hasn't been made since 1970 and the one on the right Lubriplate 630-AA is still in production but I think this...

That's the right attitude! I doubt your future generations would agree with you. But you will be dead so who cares right?

Day 5 of our Boundary Waters adventure. She did so well!

A bet that our children's children (and beyond) will pay for dearly!

OK, because all climate deniers are the smartest, most well educated of our society. 🤣. YES!! Follow the money!! Who made more this past year, oil and gas producers or wind turbine manufacturers? If you think there is more money in helping the environment than destroying it,YOU my friend are...

Oh wait should I lay on top of that graph population change over that same time? You must be one of those folks that thinks all scientists (except the ones that deny climate change) are in on the hoax to screw you out of your cheap gas and right to pollute how you see fit. This seems to me to...

I have a perfect spot at my property for some of those drive on ramps built on a hillside, one of these days I might makew something like that.

Thanks for the replies. I do not plan on lending these tools but I do plan on using them, potentially with friends around or helping friend's. I am not worried about any of these people stealing them from me but things get mixed up and in the wrong box. I just want me tools to be marked well...

How do you gentlemen mark your tools? Paint pen? Nail polish? I just inherited a bunch of amazing old "Made in the USA" tools from my dad and I want to make sure they don't grow legs and walk away. With wooden or plastic things I have a branding iron I use, with larger items a stencil and...

I saw that today. Holy crap!! It did make ,me LOL.

I am just starting my collection. But I am in FULL agreement, if it can potentially be useful and I have room to save it I will. And I have plenty of room ;) The end of July I am driving a trailer up to my dad's house and loading his garage into it. He is 96 and will not be using his floor...

Yes!

If anyone needs a Kubota call the dealer in Chattanooga. Their lot is jam packed with everything you could imagine.

Very pretty. Look like lenticular clouds that are getting swept downwind by the higher winds aloft. :geek:

Really thin synthetic sun shirts do an excellent job of keeping you cool when they are dampened. They also have those cooling towels that you wet and they keep you cool.

I wonder if it would be worth tying a rope on the FEL lever to let yourself down. It would even work with the tractor off.

In theory I love the IBC tote work cage. But my question is how do you get up there? I guess that is a 2 man operation. I work alone mostly so it just never made sense to me.

North Georgia Equipment in Rock Springs, GA. One of thier oldest dealers. Branson HQ in just down the road in Rome, GA

As a younger man I worked Xmas trees in the North Carolina mountains. This was for a VERY WELL established farm, but we sent out MANY tractor trailer loads of trees each year. The owner was making money!!! I worked for about a month and made $3000, the work was non stop, 12-16 hour days...

715028 400# Tennessee Mountain hog 687627 Load of maple.

Not sure I mentioned un-inventing anything. I am just making a statement. But if I could remove one thing, Tik Tok.

We are going to "technologically advance" the human race into extinction. Mark my words! Been happening since the industrial revolution, won't stop till it ruins this earth for human habitation. We'll all be dead, but it's gonna happen.

I like Rural King better then TSC as well, but our closest one is over an hour away. :cry:

Warm Weather crops in as of last weekend here in SE Tennessee. Tomatoes, Peppers, squash, beans and basil. Took last year off so it feels good to have a working garden again this year!

The dust is called delta dust and I have a little puffer that allows me to put it JUST in their evil little hole. When they go in the hole they get their deadly dose. The spray is called Cyzmic cs and I am not super certain it is nearly as effective. I only apply it to the areas I see them...

It is that time of the year again, carpenter bees coming to get your wood structures. I had pretty bad issues over the years with the beasts. Last year I started a program to eradicate these pests and keep them from eating my structures. I used a combination of a spray to treat the wood in...

Yeah, thats what I said, inverted, very different.

That is weird! It is like an inverted lenticular cloud.

Rented skid steer with heavy duty bush hog on front Had to cross a small stream, 3 feet deep 6 feet wide. Tried to make a little crossing with cinder blocks, worked pretty well going one way. Almost got stuck in the mud over on that side but got my work done. Heading back across the stream...

Rented mini-x. Was digging with medium sized shrubs at the edge of my pond. Got a good sized one out with saturated root ball. As I swung over the pond to drop behind machine the weight towards the side of the tracks mini ex cocks up to about 30 degrees and comes to rest on the boom on the...

DANG! Some crazy stories! Broke my FEL quick attach while using a stump bucket to dig out some small trees. It was getting into the summer and ground was drying up making it a much more difficult job. Luckily welds looked like very bad penetration so it was covered under warranty. Def. did...

OH I LIKE THIS! SAVING FOR A LATER DATE!

I say Pr-ah-Ject. Maybe it's becauseI am from Chic-ah-go

I think I will go buy some Seafoam tomorrow. I am a believer, I just haven't used it in a while. Thanks for the reminder!

He is the richest man in the world(or was, don't keep up with that), he has to have some clues about something!

That really is the magic formula isn't it? My boy is 10 and is just starting to dive in to figuring out what he wants to be good at. I just know he is going to be amazing at something, we just haven't figured it out yet. Mama was as D-1 soccer star and a professional figure skater, so luckily...

I think we are going to do $5 bundles in a self pay kiosk as well. That $100 rick can bring $200 if put into bundles. Our gas stations and grocery stores sell it for $7.50 per 0.75 sqft. I think 1 sqft for $5 or $6 is a great deal. 42 sqft per rick = $210 for pick of bundles. @2LaneCruzer...

So I had just bought my property and decided to sneak around with the ol .308 to see if I could get a shot on a deer. I was following a game trailer that traversed a steep slope into the bottom land. All of a sudden i saw a skin colored life form off to my left 10 feet, SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF...

160K?! That is just getting broken in!

I felt the same way about the new and used truck market. Went to price a new Tacoma, they quoted me $41,000 out the door, the truck had not even started being built yet and they wanted a deposit. NO WAY! I started looking at used. And yes, while prices are inflated there are some good deals...

Yeah, doesn't matter to you Alaskans. It is either dark for too long or light for too long, right? 1 hour either way is inconsequential.

Yes, I realize that. My mistake.

I read that the transportation sector has their schedules planned for the rest of the year. SO I guess when it changes in March 2020 it will be the last time. I HOPE!🤞

OOPS!! Missed the other thread abotu DST . Admins. you can erase this one.

Looks like the Senate passed a bill to get rid of Daylight savings. Next onto the House and Biden. What you think is it real this time, is DST gone for good? Looks like if it passes it will not take effect until Nov 2023. What will I do without my extra hour of sleep in November. :ROFLMAO:

We did wear hearing protection and gloves but didn't really have a convo about it. But I will talk with him about it next time, great idea! Also attention to detail. There is a rhyme and a reason as to how you stack the crates, teaches him attention to detail.

Thank you all for the comments. If felt good to get this projects started. He has been bugging me about it the last couple of weeks. Which is good, you gotta make them want it, not force feed them this kind of stuff. I think so many great lessons to be had. @Gee Ray - I am hoping this is...

I noticed some stuff at Harbor Fright back down a bit in price. But that is about it.

My son is 10. I talked to him earlier in the winter about stockpiling some wood this winter to sell next year. I made him the SWEET deal that I would split he would stack and he could keep the money. We started today, got 2 ricks of wood put back, hoping for 4 or more to season all summer for...

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The only time I have gotten hassled by customs was coming back from 2 years in Colombia. He grilled me about what I was doing there and I told him the truth, teaching chemistry. Then in Spanish he asked me, "How could you be teaching Chemistry?" I told him in my mediocre Spanish,"Because I...

Exactly!! Then why comment?

That is why they call them SCUBA bottles right?

It can't be that old, because it is in pretty decent shape. I've had it 4 years and quickly got it out of the weather.

Thanks y'all! Yeah tank looks fine, but I will inspect bottom closer to make sure.

I have a 100 pound tank that I inherited with my property 4 years ago. No idea how long it had been sitting there before I bought the place. It has maybe 40 pounds of propane in it. My gut tells me that I am good to use it, but my question is... Does propane go bad? Discuss!

Well said sir!! VERY TRUE!

Nothing is discarded in those place!! EVERYTHING is fixed multiple times. I am sure the people doing it have LOTS more skill than they do resources (tools, shops, parts, etc.). Have you ever seen the videos of guys rebuilding a motor off of a huge truck sitting on the side of the road? Crazy!

It was an 83 Royal Enfield that was the same as the 1957 model (with minor ignition upgrades). Rule of the road is, if I am bigger I have the right of way. Numerous times daily I was put on the shoulder by a bus or truck passing in my lane knowing full well I was coming RIGHT at them. Oh the...

I have ridden (rode?) a motorcycle all over India, YIKES is a good word to describe it.

I do like the looks of those binzeebos. Pretty cool if you can get your hands on a cheap/free grain bin.

I went to Bohemia around Xmas one time. The conditions were great, at the time they had the most snow than anywhere in the US. Nice place.

I paid $1700 for an UGLY 40' HC in spring of 2018. Prices have skyrocketed since then, but $4800 seems pretty high.

Yes sir I hear ya! I am not piling up a bunch of junk I will never use. I am reasonably picky about what I will take. But people throw out A LOT of good stuff.

Yep, I have had a few dud cans in the last 6 months.

My pack rat days are just beginning, my take on it is if you have the space why not? I have a 40 foot container, 20 foot of it is for storage. Starting to refine my system a bit, just need more time! I bought a lighter weight 4x8 rack system that I need to install in there to help organize...

Wouldn't be a bad idea to price is out. Not that big of an area.

The way I look at it. If they hack the camera on my computer 99.8% of the time all they would see is my face and the wall behind me. Not very interesting. I just don't see what someone would have to gain by hacking my camera. I hear ya on the mic thing, I have had some interesting ads pop up...

Very slick!! Well done sir!

Thanks for all the replies. Some good stuff here! Compaction is good, I have been spreading it in 1 to 2 foot lifts and running it in with my tractor. This has been an ongoing process over 4 months and so far there has been no noticeable settling and very little erosion even after some big rain...

I am just wrapping up filling in a 30 x 50 foot spot that was too sloped to be usable, now it is nice and flat. Flat land on my knoll is at a premium so I wanted to make this a nice little spot to camp. My plan is to make is a nice grassy area. How important is adding topsoil to this area to...

Well I do not smoke, so no, the world is not MY ashtray. Yes I agree, I get just as pissed when I see someone throw their butt out the window as I do when they throw their coke bottle out.

A cig butt is a lot different than a bag of diapers or a couch.

Yeah, we have that around here as well. It is sad and those people could care less about littering when they are fighting for survival. But it still disgusts me when I see it. What you don't see out west is trash along some of the most beautiful stretches of creeks and rivers like you see...

Only trash litters! This is my single biggest complaint about the south, the number of lazy good for nothing idiots that dump their trash on roadways. Everything from tossing their fast food bag out the window, to bags of households trash, to TV's, couches and mattresses. It is the lowest...

Regarding insurance, you have coverage on a new vehicle for 4 days that matches the coverage you already have on another vehicle. Plates, I am sure if you had the title of the vehicle and told the police officer the deal he would give you some leniency. The gentleman I bought from let me use...

Well the deal is done!! Proud owner of a 2008 Tacoma SR5 4x4 double cab long bed with 163,xxx miles. Toyota tech/mechanic owned. Upgrades: aftermarket exhaust, K&N filter, 17" forerunner wheels instead of 16" stock, Aftermarket Alpine radio with bluetooth, 60% on Toyo Open Country tires, rear...

Been in the market for a used Tacoma. Found a gem about a 6 hour drive from me. I decided instead of driving to fly. I know this has been done before. Any advice? This is off of Marketplace. I have thoroughly vetted the parties involved and I feel really good about everything...

It looks like used UTVs are starting to drop in price a bit here in the southeast. Still high, but prices are becoming manageable. Hoping to find a used one I like in the next couple of months.

No complaints on the USPS here, but I feel for those poor mail carriers. They do work some long hours.

Beautiful pictures. If I was closer and had an RTV I would totally be in!

1 acre of my property was used as a scrapers junk yard. It was the cousin of the guy I bought it from stuff. Luckily when I bought the place they hauled most of the metal scrap off and helped me clean it pretty well. After they were done I had a party where I bought some beer and made a big...

That is really cool! Great idea! I have a few million dollar ideas I would like to get 3d printed, wish I had skills like that.

So I think this is what I have decided to go with. Yes, it is plastic Chinese crap from the Evil Empire (Amazon) but it should serve the purpose well, and they are cheap. Like everything from the Evil Empire. Duck Blind: $3 each Canoe: $10 for 2 Truck: $10 And for the tractor I have a...

On my 30 hp tractor with similar tractor weight and lifting capabilities I have a ~1200 lb ballast. I would not want to go much less that that. 1000+ lbs. seems like a good bet. I have lighter implements that I can use when I am not needing the big boy. It's scary using a FEL without some...

I need cup holders in 3 or 4 locations. Duck blind, tractor, truck, canoe. So I am looking for some advice on good cup holders. Not necessarily the most expensive more the best value for the function. What do you like and why? Thank you!

Winter has arrived with a VENGEANCE hasn't it? Easy for me to say down here in the southland. :cool: But we have had our share of winter since the new year. Snow a couple days ago and a "winter storm advisory" for tomorrow, what that means is we MIGHT get snow. Also, Friday is supposed to...

GREAT JOB!! Such a great looking splitter. I bet you it will tear it!

I have all of the above and I just think it depends on what exactly you are doing. Why not have all of the possible options. I have a 1200 lb. ballast barrel and a 750 lb box blade set up. Most times for dirt moving activities the box blade is more than able and a welcomed tool. If we are...

GOSH I LOVE MORELS!! They are not prolific in our neck of the woods, but they can be found. My neighbor is a huge shroom forager. Lots of Chanterelle, Chic and Hen of the woods around here. We were camping a month ago and she picked a bunch of immature puff balls and sautéed them up, they...

I am a better person for having read this post. Thank you everyone for your wisdom. The fist tractor I bought used had gotten contaminated with water on the delivery trip from the dealer, luckily dealer took it back. It was a gut wrenching experience though, so water contamination scares the...

I love a good scrounge or FB marketplace find. This week I had one of each. I sent a guy a FB message about some Pelican box storage totes a couple of weeks ago. He was a little far away (1.5 hours), so it didn't work out. He sent me a message the other day saying if you come get these...

I'm still here. And no, I haven't had any reason to need to beef up security yet. Luckily, the entrance to my property is pretty private and very few people know it even there. Thanks for all of the feedback though. @Jstpssng Have have seen plenty of gates that I would put $100 on vs you in...

Saw this driving down the road last summer. Ridiculous, but so cool.

Oh man!! I had one of those stump buckets. After I broke the SSQA brackets on my FEL I sold it (luckily the welds had bad penetration and I got it warrantied). I miss it sometimes. Kinda wish I would have kept it for digging ditches or gingerly digging small holes. But probably better that...

Lets hope an error, or I might have to go to HD and do some panic shopping.

@MoKelly Cool photo! Was it retouched or is that the original? It is incredibly crisp, clear and colorful. I am assuming it is retouched, never seen a 50's era photo that nice.

I went to a NYE party in a not so nice neighborhood once. I had never seen or heard more gunfire in my life. It was downright scary. Will never forget it and hope to never see that again.

Thank you all for your responses. Lots of great info and advice here. I am not trying to make a road, I just use this area for wood processing and storage. Now that I have it better organized it will be light tractor traffic and a pick up truck every once in a while. I think I am going to...

Another vote for VERY useful reference tool. Mine is pretty darn accurate and takes most of the guess work out of using the bucket.

A 1/4 acre slab? I think even making it gravel will be pretty cost prohibitive with the cost of gravel now a days. It is $600 a tandem load around these parts. It doesn't get TONS of traffic, just my tractor moving a log or 2 or my pickup fetching some firewood. I have heard about lime...

I have a landing at the property that I mostly use for wood cutting and storage. It is about 1/4 acre. When I bought the property it was unusable because it was too sloped, full of ruts, chunks of concrete fill etc. A couple of years ago I got hooked up with some nice clay fill and filled it...

Now that is some gold right there! Some really good stuff! Thanks! I love the coffee idea! And the 12v fans, brilliant! That is my biggest complaint about the wood stove. 80 deg in the living room, 65 in the back office.

@tibadoe I like your idea about stocking up on oil services. I need to change the oil anyways. Thanks for that tip!

In your first breath you say it is funny about what people on TBN argue about (which I totally agree with, never seen more know it alls in one place, ever) and then in your next breath you refute the usefulness of canning, gardening and heating with wood to save money. Hard to defend your logic...

So you are telling me one of these Heats a slightly drafty 1950's rancher as effectively as an oil filled radiator using the SAME EXACT amount of watts? I would have to argue that. OK, maybe they are not "way more" efficient, excuse that false claim. But they are also less noisy than those...

They are a small electric radiator that is filled with oil. So once they get up to temperature it does not take much energy to keep them there. They are way more efficient than your average radiant electric coil heater, I have been told, but honestly I have no real numbers to support that...

It is obvious prices are on the rise. It is not awful yet, but some think it will get considerably worse. I am not one to get caught with my pants down. SO, I was hoping to gain some insight on things y'all are doing or plan on doing to make the blow not quite as bad. I am in pretty good...

Love the rustic nature of that lean to! Great job!

There is a lot of truth to that. But in most of those sports you do not have teenagers texting and 18 wheelers to deal with. Motorcyclists are second class citizens here in the US. It is scary and getting scarier. I lived in India for a year and Colombia for 2 years and rode a motorcycle...

ETPM - I miss riding a motorcycle but it is stories like this that keep me from getting back on one. Glad you are OK. Sounds like a great place. LOVE that part of the world!

I am kicking myself for not ordering a metal carport 2 years ago. Pre-Pandemic a 18x21 carport of the simplest design was $795+tax in my area. That is for pick up and self install. They are now $1295. I am just going to have to wait to see if they come back down. If not I will probably go...

Kubota dealership in Chattanooga is FULL of inventory.

SCARY!!! I make it a habit to look at my front left wheel as I am removing my foot from the parking brake and getting off the tractor. If it is going to roll the slightest movement in the tractor will be shown by movement in that front wheel. If the wheel moves at all I am resetting brake...

No, but thanks for starting this thread. We are talking about doing this to my brothers deck. Have you gotten a ballpark estimate of cost yet?

Yeah, I have done 2 weekend rentals from the Bobcat dealership, 1 skid steer with EXTREME bush hog and a mini ex. I am not sure how many hours I put on it but probably in the 15+ hour range. There was no discussion of allotted hours for the weekend rental and they never came back to charge me...

Deezler, I am in the same situation as you are. Our land is RIGHT on the outskirts of Chattanooga in Georgia. Actually our northern property line in the TN/GA border. But literally the second you leave Chattanooga into GA you are in the country. But still just minutes from the conveniences of...

Depending on how much serious grading needs to be done I would rent a mini ex and at least start clearing areas for a road and house site. It is not expensive ($450 and around here you can rent on a Friday and have all weekend), it is HIGHLY satisfying (every 10 sqft. you clear makes your...

All very valid points. And an attachment on the FEL is not a place you want things slopping around. My pallet forks have little pockets that the forks go into. I was thinking about fabricating a mount that would drop in from the top and allow my Quick attach to mount to it, kind of like Lou...

SO you think the annoying factors come from the cheapness of your plate or do you think all of them are like that? I like the boom pole option. Would be good for setting trusses.

Anyone have one? I want one to use with my landscape rack as I have numerous applications where I think that would be useful. But I am not sure that is worth $257. What else do you use yours for? I could see it being useful to gingerly dress the edges of something with the box blade. Not...

6 years ago I installed a wood stove in my house. I spent a couple years doing the maul method of wood splitting, and while I like it and consider it cathartic and moving meditation, AIN'T NO BUDDY GOT TIME FOR THAT!!! On my way to work every day I drove by a guys house that had 2 splitter in...

Do you think it would be taboo to use large pieces of asphalt in this system as well. Again, this is a wetland type area, is the risk of serious pollution an issue using old asphalt in a wet environment like that?

I am about to install a Tactacam cellular game camera, 12v battery system at my property gate. That road is the only way for vehicles to get onto my property and the easiest way by far for foot traffic to get onto my property. I was going to go the solar panel 12v battery route but most of the...

These things stick to just about any pants I have worn. This weekend I used a comb to try and remove them. Worked OK but not perfect.

Couldn't see your link. But this is what I am dealing with. Mostly.

You are correct there are lots of types. The ones i have are almost like small flat triangles, no real spines to speak of. I quickly looked for an example on Google but couldn't find it. Or these really small balls with little spines. I guess the good things about burrs is if you are...

My goal was for my acre up on the hill where my container cabin and where we do most of our hanging out to be BURR FREE this fall. Well guess what I failed!! I hate looking down at my legs to have 20,000 burrs all over my legs. Infuriating! Does anyone have any burr removal techniques that...

Excellent advice! Makes perfect sense. The only problem is this area is along a creek and it floods 3-8 times a year. So unless I raise that area somehow it will always get wet and stay wet for awhile, generally most of the winter and spring.

Anyone want to sell their brush puller? Want one bad. Very few used on FB marketplace. There is one for $750, but it is 4 hours from me. Seems like one of those things that you only need for a little while. Once all the crap trees are gone seems like it would become obsolete.

Smokeydog, is that a hydraulic unit? I would feel SOOO accomplished if I could pull out privet that size all day!!!

Wow!! Looks like a handy tool. I am covered up with privet, this looks like it would really clear some privet out.

Good idea! I have already done this to an extent over the last year or 2, but only mostly in the ruts. I think that is why the mud never gets too deep. I have some only busted up bricks and cinder blocks laying around that I will use fo that.

Thank you for the responses gentlemen!! It isn't a spring, just a low spot that holds water and has been driven over enough to make a mess. I do have an option to run a culvert before the section to divert water away from it a bit. The water does have a way out now, this spot is just a...

I have a section of road in my bottom land that stays consistently wet and muddy. The ruts are about 6 to 8 inches deep, so not bottomless and I am never worried about getting my tractor stuck. But I would like to have the option of getting trucks down there. A truck would probably have to...

I agree about the post stating the virtues of recycled asphalt. I used it on our driveway and it has held up pretty nice. We have a short incline that was graded wrong to begin with and always would rut out ever time. I laid the millings on there a little thicker and regraded the best I...

That is not fall, that's winter!! :ROFLMAO:

Not sure about where you live, but summer is about to relinquish it's grip on the southeast USA, AND I AM SO EXCITED!!!! Nice cold front ushering in cooler, drier, breezier air. Just in time, because I am SICK of sweating!!! That is all I wanted to say, ENJOY IT!

I have been on both sides of this coin. 20 years ago I hit a dog, out in the county. I might have been going 40 miles an hour or less as I was on the brakes and skidding down a wet road. The dog rolled for about 20 feet and then ran off down into a holler. I stopped and got out and I could...

Here is a picture from the fire pit at the property. I need to take out 4 or 5 trees in the foreground for an even better view.

I mean NO offense by this ... definitely not an elegant solution but a very functional one that solves the issue of a wasted bladder. Thanks for the pictures and explanation!

I'm having a hard time following you. Picture please.

I have seen the cut bladder method, and I like it. It is a good use of the bladder rather than throwing it in the dump. If I had bought a bladder with the totes I would use that system. However, that still leaves 75% of the plastic unused, still seems like a lot of waste. I could always take...

$50 is a good price for anywhere. Scoop em up! I got a bunch of totes without the bladders in them last fall and it has made firewood processing 2 or 3 steps easier. So far I have just used tarps over the top, I will need to think of a better system once I start putting them into service this...

I do have a story about crazy stuff flying off trailers though. I was driving down a 4 lane divided highway at night when my buddy and I noticed sparks about 300 feet ahead. Right about the time we noticed that we saw a 20 lb propane tank come clanking by us in the other lane. BUT, we still...

Thankfully no! But I try to be that Good Samaritan whenever possible. Always worth it to keep the "Good Deed" meter on full!

SO AWESOME!! What a great feeling!! It is going to feel like winning the lottery every month! You ought to buy yourself something nice for all your hard work.

I has 4 structures the bees LOVE. A screen porch, my sons tree house, an old shed and my NEW garage. I vowed this year I would fight back and I did. The main goal should be prevention. I don't like to use chemicals whenever possible, but drastic times call for drastic measure. I ordered a...

In my area log splitters are getting a premium this year. I bought mine last year about this time so I have an excellent understanding about what has available and their prices last year. This year is seems there are WAY fewer and the ones that were $600 last year are $800 this year. Just an...

I LOVE THOSE ARCHES, SO COOL!! That being said.., I mean Zero offense by this, but it looks like you have WAY too much time on your hands. I unfortunately DO NOT so I am forced to use one of those noisy, fatty making machines.

Mine only lasted about a year and a half. Luckily they put an Interstate in it, ran over to the Interstate Dealer and got a brand new one for free.99!!!:cool: Forgot to add.. The old one leaked pretty bad causing a bunch of corrosion. Nothing crazy awful but still a pain to clean up and deal...

ZERO smell, tastes SOOOOO GOOD, nice and tender. It is our first wild hog, not a ton of them up here, yet. I guess we got lucky. The guy had cojones(balls) the size of jumbo baked potatoes.

Yep! Big ol boar! Oh he is FINE eatin' already had plenty!!

People who purposely program their truck to "roll coal" and then do it on a daily basis are idiots. This kid was just an extra special kind of stupid I guess.

Will be following this. Buddy just killed a huge wild boar and I would like to make a ham out of one of the roasts.

Good friend of mine killed an ABSOLUTE HOGZILLA this weekend in the Tennessee mountains. 11 yard shot with a bow. I helped with the extraction and processing of the boar that weighed in about 330 lbs. Thank goodness for the Branson to get this thing up in the air for processing. Got it...

My vote is that most are better than sitting at a traffic light.

Hoping you have a complete and speedy recovery.

Well, we have too many of those as well. But no, I mean comfort and safety. Most people in the US are wimps and could NEVER imagine doing some of the things that people do on a daily basis out of pure necessity throughout the developing world. Our society coddles us and makes us weak. But I...

I assure you those bags are not full of feathers. Here in the US we are so used to comfort and safety, we are addicted to it. Travel outside that bubble and you realize there are people in this world who do so much more, with so much less.

"By failing to prepare, you prepare to fail." Ben Franklin But I have read somewhere that he did not say that. Who know, I like it though.

I spent some time in Nepal and I was always impressed with this set-up. I think it would be a great solution for the shoestring budget guy who has a 2 wheeled tractor but not a 4 wheeler or UTV.

Oh, I was never interested in buying it. Just posting it up for anyone else who could be interested. You all make valid points. You don't often see a machine like that for sale for so cheap, I guess there was a good reason for it.

Key word: IF FIX!!!

I don't know anything about it, just saw it on FB. Seems like a pretty neat machine, dozer AND 3pt PTO! Looks like a good deal if you can fix it.

I like the Tactacam cellular game cameras. WAY better than Spypoint in my opinion. I honestly see cellular as your only option at this point. Get a cheap lock box with the camera to slow down camera thieves. Good luck!

I have not fully read this entire thread but I think I can speak to the majority of your concerns. First the exhaust system. I have a 3015R bought new in April 2019. By July 2020 (about 150 hours) I was having issues with the DOC exhaust system. Light on full time, lack of power. My dealer...

They were HUGE (by black walnut standards) logs, about 30"+ diameter. The tree had been dead a while when I saved it from the dump so the outsides are a little soft. But yes there is plenty of good wood left. Probably not gonna make any cabinets out of it, but I see many nice cutting boards...

I've had some black walnut logs laying around for years. FINALLY got my buddy down the road to mill the last one up for me. My goal is to stockpile as much black walnut as possible. This stuff ain't getting any easier to find or any cheaper.

Point taken Herm!

I guess I should have elaborated. I have done some research. It looks like duals in the back would go a LONG way in preventing a turn over. Maybe that coupled with filling tires. It seems like those 2 things would keep a rider upright on all but the craziest slopes. What says ye?

Thinking about investing in a riding mower to make my life easier. Both the lot my house is on and my acreage are both on the hilly side. I was wondering what are some things a man could do to make their rider more stable on hills. Thanks!

Put a wood burner in the house 6 years ago. Mind you, we live in SE Tennessee so the need for heat is not nearly as great as my Northern brethren. But I enjoy it! Gives me great joy to take discarded or deadfall trees and turn them into heat for the family. I have way too many projects to...

I was at our local refuse center at the beginning of the summer and just so happened to look into the metal recycling dumpster and there sat this nice looking Husky 345. I ever so subtly grabbed it out of the dumpster and took it home. To my surprise I put a little gas in it and it fired right...

I like it a lot!! I would love to do something similar. How much to you think you saved putting this together over a new canopy from a manufacturer?

Excellent Info, Thanks! I WILL have a mini-split in my shop by next summer (need to insulate first). It is only 670 sqft so I imagine I can get a pretty small unit. Plan on going with Mitsubishi and have my HVAC tech neighbor install it.

Front right and rear left tires have a slow leak. front will leak down to essentially flat in a couple days, rear leaks down to 5 psi in a week or so. More of a hassle really. I have just been bringing my Rigid cordless tire inflator each time I need you use the tractor, but that is getting...

I bet you have doves galore in a couple of weeks!!