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That should make fence clearing a lot faster!!!! How long until you install a thumb?

This is exactly what I'm hoping for out of electric vehicles. A low cost vehicle that is just for running to town to get what I need, and bring it back home. No frills, nothing extra, and never having to stop at a gas station. It just has to be reliable. Toyota has been talking about doing...

500 hours a year on a tractor is a lot of hours on a tractor!!! I'm less then 100 hours a year, and I have a 2012 tractor that still under 600 hours total use. I also have a 2022 tractor that is still under 200 hours. Since it's very common to only use compact tractors a dozen hours a month...

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Since it's after the meter, I do not believe the Utility Company will come out and find the line for you. They only do that for their lines. Odds are very good that the line is the shortest distance between both buildings. I would pick a building, either one, and figure out where the line...

I widened my tires last year. They are two piece rims and I think there are four options on how wide I could make them. Somebody commenting on my video said that I was wrong, and there are 8 different widths. I made them as wide as I could, which gave me an overall width that is 11 inches...

It's always amazing how the sunlight will show off colors that you normally don't see on birds. My turkeys have the most amazing colors, but only when the sun shines on them just right!!

Every Walmart in my part of Texas sells gas. Walmart has started building standalone Murphy gas stations in town that have the best prices, and they sell Ethanol Free gasoline, which is why I go there!!! The only place that I know of that has Tesla Chargers is a restaurant along the...

Nicely done!!!

I'd had several clients that have had neighbors' trees fall on their house in town. In every case, it was up to them to remove what was on their side of the property line. Then pay for the damage that it caused to their house. Insurance covered most of it, but they always make it harder then...

I put a 300 gallon tote on an old trailer that I found abandoned on my land. It needed new tires and a few modifications to make it work. I put some treated blocks under one side of the tote so it was angled at the back so everything would drain out. I like the trailer idea because I can pull...

I'm wondering about this too. I'm going to sell my dozer and I've never dealt with a sale of this amount before. My first thought is to insist on cash. The dozer is too heavy for a gooseneck trailer, so they will need an 18-wheeler to haul it off. That's on them, and I'm guessing it might...

I piled logs with the root ball still attached in different areas of my pond that have worked good for the fish. They are out too far from the shore for fish from the bank, but when we are in the rowboat, we do pretty good fishing those areas. Something I didn't do but sometimes think I should...

I'd change the headlights if I could.

I've been out in the rain on my cab tractor while moving dirt. If it's not a heavy storm, or if it's just a passing storm cell, I'll just turn on the wipers and keep working.

I know it's not your job, but overhanging branches have a way of taking out a fence ever time it storms where I live.

How long does it normally take for the grass to take over all that sand?

I never realized how much sand goes into making a field smooth.

Reminds me of all those first-time posters who come on here to bash a tractor brand that they supposedly own. I'm not sure if they are making stuff up, if they caused all their issues, or if there really is something wrong with their tractor.

My shop has 12 foot walls and a ten foot tall door. I've brought the front part of my backhoe into it to work on it, but by the time I was done, I realized it was just as easy to work on it outside my shop. It's a 1998 New Holland 555E and it's been outside every day of it's life. Indoors...

Trees hate houses and fences!!! Some trees are just better than others at showing it.

I've never had any issue with dust in the radiators of my tractors, it's always been debris from what I'm mowing. Before heading out, I blow out the radiator with an air hose, and clean the screen. While mowing, as soon as the temp gauge starts to rise, I shut it down and clean out the screen...

A cheap fence will always be the most expensive over time. In my case, I can't afford my fence, so I'm doing it a little at a time. I buy my wood posts and get them set. Then I slowly buy all the T posts for a run and install them. Then I buy a roll or two of the most expensive 2x4 horse...

When I stocked my pond, I talked to the owner of Tyler Fish Farm, here in Tyler Texas. He is a Biologist that stocks ponds for a living, and raises them in over 2 dozen ponds. According to him, Copper Nose Bluegill are the best choice in feeder fish for bass because of how big they get. Big...

That's a very strange video. Why spend all that money on Bentonite, and then just dump it at the edge of the water? It's such a small pond that it would take about a day to pump it dry, and then it could have been compacted properly. Then add the Bentonite to the entire pond and mix it in...

That is the cleanest drain line install that I've ever seen!!! If I understand what's going on. This is for the living quarters that will be on the second floor. And you are getting this inspection done so you can pour concrete, but you will have to get another inspection when you run those lines?

How close are the goats to the apple Orchid? Do they eat the leaves? What about the bark?

I'm familiar with adding Gypsum to a pond to clear up the water from acidic soil. The positive electrical charge created by the soil will suspend the soil in the water. Neutralizing that positive charge with Gypsum will allow the soil to settle to the bottom and clear up the water. This...

I'm not sure how Ph, and Ag Lime will increase the size of your fish. How clear is your water? Do you have healthy plants growing in your pond? The size of bass is based on the size of the food it eats. For a bass to grow, it needs larger feeder fish. If all your feeder fish are small...

I'm looking forward to seeing a video of it in operation. What's better than tearing up fresh dirt!!!

Update on my wife using it. She felt great results when she first started using it, but after a while, she didn't feel it was doing anything, anymore. We're not sure if she got used to it, or if the seller changed the formula, or what happened. But since that first year of feeling that it...

I just went to the Oatey website and saw that they have clear primer that does the same thing as the purple primer. I've never used it and wasn't aware of it. From what I've dealt with, Inspectors like to see the purple on the pipes. I guess it's different there.

There is something about drain lines that I always find interesting. I see two cans by the pipes, but I don't see any purple primer on your pipes. Are the pictures just dry fitted in the photo's and you used purple primer after you took them?

My dogs eat 3 dozen a day!!! Fortunately, the Winter slow down ended a month ago and we're getting about 8 dozen a day right now

I've seen them in Machinery Trader, but never one in person. I like the size of it!!!

Another example of how far it's gone. I'm married to a "Crazy Chicken Lady" She started out with one coop and a dozen birds. That was fine, but then she wanted eggs with more colors. That goal has led to over 200 chickens, and more on the way!!! We have three chicken coops with another one...

On my 2003 Century tractor, I removed the shutoff solenoid and installed a manual choke cable. I pull it out to start the tractor, and push it in to shut it off. They key is just for the starter and should probably be replaced with just a push button. But that's another topic. After doing...

Definitely a lot stronger!!!! How big is your machine? Any videos of it in operation?

You might want to look over on the FB Group called "Massey Ferguson 4700 Global Tractors" I've seen posts over there about tuning their engines, and what they used. There are some dealers that comment on there too, but I don't think they talk about tuning engines. Mostly they offer advice on...

Nothing is going to be lower to the ground, or easier to get in and out of then a golf cart. They are designed for this more then anything else. Just look at who uses them, and how every brand is almost identical. It is the very best design for getting in and out. They have plenty of power...

Thanks for the update. Hopefully you can sell goats easier than I can. My biggest challenge is catching them. Mine are half wild and not into being petted. We can catch them when they are a few days old, but after that, it's a disaster. It took me three tries to make a fence that actually...

Your contractors are going to love you!!!!

It's been a couple of months. How are the goats doing?

Congratulations. What will the skid steer do that the tractor wont?

Do these tractors use DEF? I looked at a 7060 and decided against it because it used DEF, but I don't know about their other models.

WOW!!! My wife planted our garden a month ago and I took this video two weeks ago. Everything is coming up and growing great here. I've been mowing with last year's blades, and I need to order a new set from Amazon. I also need to put the batwing back on my big tractor before everything...

I've never heard of anybody wanting less power from their tractor. If I could have more power and still not have DEF, I would have paid the extra money for it. I don't really need it, but if I had it, I would definitely use it!!!!

My mom won't do any splitting, but when she sees me splitting, she stops whatever she is doing and starts stacking. She even yelled at me from her car as she drove down the driveway after church to stop stacking, she was going to change her clothes and be right over!!!

Great photo!!!! It looks like she's ready for a full day of hard work.

Even though I have a Kawasaki Mule, I think that this is the ideal Side by Side for a farm. Nothing fancy, just a pure workhorse to get things done. Hopefully something similar will be available when I wear out my Mule. It seems that the trend with Side by Sides is to make them faster and...

I plant about half an acre, I have a corn feeder, and I put out Deer Cane Black Magic to bring the deer in. The Black Magic is the first thing they go to, and what they go back to over and over again. They eat the corn, they like the corn, but they LOVE the Black Magic. They barely touch what...

It's always a shock when I see that there are place where people still have snow. We rarely get snow here, but Winter ended months ago, and mowing season started last month.

I bought a Kawasaki 4010 TransMule for my place. When looking, I wanted something to haul materials around the farm, but also able to carry 4 people and an ice chest in the back for fishing at the pond. I like how easy it is to get in and out of, and how easy it is to drive. What surprised...

What model of Mule did you look at? I'm 5'11 and one of the reasons I liked the Mule over the other brands was how easy it was to get in and out of it. My 84 year old mom drives it almost daily and she has shrunk down to about 5'2. She has no issues with the seat, or getting in and out...

Reminds me of when I was looking for my land and seeing how poorly some people live out in the country. It's kind of depressing to know that's what their lives are like.

I went with Kawasaki for my place because I wanted it to be reliable and the ability to get parts. Some of the brands you listed should also be easy to find parts for them, but I'm not sure of all of them. What's interesting to me is how quickly something you buy is all of a sudden ten years...

I like the idea of them but haven't looking into it yet. I just assume they are a lot of money, and I wonder how long they last? We have gone through quite a few vacuums in the house to deal with dog hair, and they all work great, until they don't. Roomba is by far the best, but they are...

Here in East Texas, we don't have topsoil, It's all red clay from the surface until it turns into another color of clay. Coastal Bermuda grass is our preferred grass for hay and ground cover. If nothing is done, Bahia will take over.

Winter wheat grows quick and easy. Any sporting good store will have sacks of seed for food plots that you plant in the Spring. Some will be better then others, but most of them will be OK. A local Feed Store, especially a family owned one will probably have the best choices for what grows in...

That was why I didn't buy a Kubota RTV when I was looking. When financing, it drove the cost way up.

I enjoyed your pictures. It's fun to see what you are doing with your Yanmar. How much HP does it have? Or I should say, how much HP does each one you posted have? Are you able to get enough hay baled to feed livestock? What are you raising? If not, what are you doing with the hay? I've...

I went with 7 years at zero percent when I bought my Massey three years ago. If I paid cash, it was $3,000 less. In my opinion, that was too good of a deal to pass up. $55,000 for the tractor and $652 a month payment. Insurance is through Texas Farm Bureau. It was considerably less than...

Another mistake that I made was making the shoreline drop off too steep. I marked around the pond with red paint to show were the water would be when full, and then I graded the ground above the waterline so it would be easy to mow. Not much of an angle. Then on the water side, I wanted it to...

We have a bunch of feeders for the birds in our back yard, by our porch. My wife is kind of obsessed with them. With the increase in cats, it seems that we've had more birds at our feeders over the years. I don't think one is related to the other, but the increase in birds is because she keeps...

I had a tractor at another farm an hour away and I always had a full selection of tools to work on it. I also had a couple gallons of water, but never needed it. Cleaning the radiator was something I did a lot, so whatever you use to do that. For me, it's a stiff brush, but I also use a stick...

Now is the time to set your posts for a dock. One of my many mistakes was not doing this myself. Once my pond filled up, we fished from the shoreline, or in a rowboat. Over the years, the shoreline grew more and more plants in the water, and it has become more challenging to enjoy fishing...

There is a gas station about a mile from my place that I think people dump their cats at. I've seen cats hanging out in the parking lot there, and I think that sometimes they wonder off into the woods and see the light on at my house. They just show up, so that's my theory. For the longest...

They look great. What brand openers did you use?

What did the Lane Shark cost? How big is your tractor?

I buy the 2 1/2 gallon container of a generic type of Roundup. It used to be $50 until a few years ago, then it went up to $100, and when I just looked, it's coming back down in price this year to $75. I don't think Atwoods is in your area, but it's probably the same at whoever is competing...

You've become quite the cattle rancher!!!

In my experience, when the PTO clutch stops working, it stops working. It's not hit or miss. It's not on first try, then works the rest of the day. It's just dead.

My Scag zero turn throws belts too. I think I've figure it out, but it's too early in the mowing season to be sure. It only happens when I first start to mow with it, but once it's been mowing for a while, it works properly. New blades made it better, but didn't fix the problem. I changed...

That's very impressive!!!! With all my obstacles, I'm lucky to mow an acre in an hour. And I'll never get anywhere close to 11 mph while mowing. That's just amazing. Obviously in your case, the zero turn is the ideal machine for the job.

I have a zero turn because I need it to mow around my house, my trees, my wife's gardens and in the different dog runs. It's a pain, and it's something that over the years I've decided that I really don't like it. I just don't know what to get that would be better. If I didn't have to deal...

From what I've seen, wood seems to wear out around screws and then it all gets wobbly. I haven't done this; it's just an idea that hit me while looking at your pictures. If the wood was wrapped together with wire, it wouldn't get loose as it breaks down from being exposed to the elements.

Did you screw the trellis together? I'm wondering if wrapping it together with wire would work better?

What part of Texas are you in? McCoys has stores all over Texas and their website shows that they sell PT 2x10x20 boards for $54 each https://www.mccoys.com/shop/p/010920/2-x-10-x-20-actual-1-12x9-14-1-ground-contact-treated-pine

I'm watching the radar, and it looks like Missouri is getting a lot of rain right now. Hope you're in the area with all the heavy stuff!!!!

Did you see any elk there?

I like this site. I used it to figure out how big my ponds are, and to estimate how long each run of fencing is. You have to read the instructions to figure it out, but then it's pretty easy to use. https://findlotsize.com/

We have storms starting here in East Texas today. Looks like the will be heading your way next!!!!

I can't think of anything else you could have done. It looks really good!!!

Another thing that I did that surprised me was getting goats. I had blackberries all over the place and spraying them didn't have any success. The worse area was next to my small pond. I could only mow so close to the edge, and the blackberries just got bigger every year. The areas I mowed, the...

Just about anything with 2,4-D in it will work. In most places it's controlled, but you can buy it in one quart bottles without needing a license. The trick is in the timing of when you spray. You want the weeds to be actively growing because that's when they are drawing the most nutrients...

If it was my place, I would keep that culvert in place and build up the entrance to the pipe with sacks of concrete. Just stack them dry so the water cannot get around the pipe, and then hammer some rebar through the sacks to lock them in place. Then I would do the same thing at the exit side...

We have over 100 tomato plants, so the cages work for us, but we still need more every year. Our long-term goal is to double the size of the garden and also have a lot more tomato plants. I'm sure that we'll be buying more tomato cages too!! The cattle panel idea is still in the thinking...

Congrats, that's a great way to start your day!!!

We have a gazilion tomato cages. Most where bought used for a buck each, but there are dozens of the colored ones that are twice as thick. This year she wants to use the cattle panels at an angle for tomatoes to grow into. We've never done this, so it's going to be interesting. Here is a...

Nice looking building. I never seen transom windows over a big door like that before.

It's tricky buying spouts on Amazon. I'm still looking for a good one, and I have several that have been horrible. The flex ones are the worse, but the real issue is finding one with the same threads that I have that will tighten enough not to leak. The ones that I've been able to tighten...

I dumped more money into the Akita Room. She wanted a lot of light over the bathtub, so I went with LED's in the ceiling, and then LED Track Lights on either side. I can add more Track Lights if she wants them, but for now, she says that we're good. The ceiling is 8-foot-long Pine Tongue and...

That looks really nice. How deep does it dig up the soil?

I disagree. A tracked vehicle is designed to have a little weight as possible under it. The tracks spread the weight so the machine will not sink in and have more contact with the soil to increase traction. The easiest way to prove this is to drive over an area of soil that has been spread...

That's too much water!!! Hope it's done and you can dry out. Can you get out and work this week?

I've read that Electrolux is one of the best brands out there, but I've never actually seen one in person. When I was looking, I could order them, but nobody in my area had any in stock.

The first garage door that I ever bought and installed back in the 90's came with a set of springs and pullies. A cable connected to the bottom of the door on either side, went up to a pully, then back to the end of the track with another pully and then the spring. I forget how it was...

That reminds me of another money pit. The Akita Pool!!! They will drink out of it, and one of them will walk into it when it's shallow, but none of them are into swimming. Fortunately, I enjoy using it, and when the grandson is here, he loves it.

True, it could always be worse, but I know that is exactly what will happen in my future. Every step forward means another scheme for her to add more dogs to the herd, or something else. Now she is talking about getting Emus!!!

Where I am in East Texas, we have Red Shoulder Hawks. They are pretty small and mostly eat mice and rats. They follow me around when I'm bush hogging. Sometimes they eat my baby chicks. They are too small to kill my chickens, but one time we had one try, and it ended up in the pond. It...

When building my pond, I read that if you can pick up a handful of soil and squeeze it into a ball without any water oozing out, it's not too wet. If it holds its shape and you can see were all of your fingers are in it, then you are just right. If it falls apart, it needs water. My first job...

Just remember that after you get the beds full of dirt this year, they will need more dirt next year after this year's dirt settles. But that's when we ad compost and other things that require more money and trips to Lowes

We don't have any wild turkeys in my part of Texas, so I'm raising a few so we can hear them gobbling!!!

The rear of my Massey was way too light with a load of dirt in it, so I looked into rear wheel weighs, but got scared away by the price. I built a rear 3 point ballast instead that has totally changed the ride and performance of the tractor for the better. The one thing that I like about the...

Nice looking ponds. Have you had any time to see what the fishing is like?

We're collecting turkey eggs too. Seems to happen every other day. They are all going into the incubator.

Are you buying dirt? My soil is red clay mixed with iron ore in areas. It's great for pine trees, but not so much for gardening. So far I've had 3 dump trucks and one dump trailer deliver full loads of garden dirt. Then the wife adds stuff to the dirt like pete moss, top soil and whatever...

I like how low to the ground you are able to get with it.

My dad's dementia was a slow process that was easy to deal with until the last year or so. Mostly he just forgot what he was doing, or why he did something. And then he would lie about it and get angry when we didn't believe him. When he got angry, he would pout, so it wasn't really an issue...

How are you going to compact the soil? The very worse machine for that will be something with tracks. For my place, I use my backhoe with a full load of dirt in the front bucket and go over each layer with the tires. My dozer weighs 40,000 pounds and after spreading dirt with it, the tires...

We used to rent a tiller, but then Karen took the Master Gardener course and learned about no till gardening. She adds different amendments to the garden beds every other year. For now, we're using two T-Post waterers. We started with the ones from Atwoods, but now they are all Orbit's...

I'm 59 years old and my dad and grandfather both died from dementia. My mom's side of the family didn't have any cases until my aunt got it last year. So now I'm thinking that I'm a strong candidate to get it. I talked to my doctor the other day for my six-month checkup, and she said that...

In hindsight, I can see that all of you are right. But it happened slowly, one thing at a time, until I got to this point. It's only going to get worse. We have 7 Akita's and she is so excited about the last breeding that we did that she wants to do it again. The puppy in the picture and...

That's similar to what I'm supposed to create for her in her garden. I already have a bunch of T posts, so that makes it easy. I just need to hook up the trailer and take the time to drive to the store to buy the cattle panels.

It all started when my wife said that she wanted to get a "Show" quality Akita puppy and start going to dog shows. Several years later, and several dogs later, we now have a stainless steel dog bathtub. It was only $2,400 and Amazon is letting her make 6 equal payments without interest. I...

It surprises me that they put so much money and effort into building a shack that is deteriorating before it's done being built. I'm guessing they just didn't know any better, but it could also be that they just cut too many corners. One time while listening to a guy from Ford talking about...

What does steel do during a fire? I don't understand why it's bad.

This could turn into a full-time business!!!!

That inside photo sure shows how big it is!!!!!!

A Texas State Biologist told me that you wouldn't recognize the area if you went back in time 500 years. The forest floor would be open, the trees would be spread out more and the animals that no longer exist would be plentiful. Mostly turkey and quail are the main ones that have disappeared...

Banning Natural Gas has to be one of the most ridiculous things ever!!! I sure hope you can get your line installed before it's too late.

That's really scary. I have a feeling that a lot of them have moved to Texas!!!! Several of my clients retired in NY and then moved here for more land and bigger houses for a lot less money and taxes.

That makes sense. Sometimes the pictures are confusing for me. How far out are you from a decent sized town? It's hard to comprehend that it's so hard to find people wanting to make money from you. Is there a building boom there? or is it that there just isn't that many people working in the...

I bought a 27 ton Troy Bilt log splitter from Lowes a dozen years ago, or so. The main reason I bought it was the engine. In my opinion, the best small engine is Honda because it will start the easiest year after year. I've never had any trouble starting it, and I've dealt with other brand...

You've had a very busy winter!!!!!! Congrats on getting so much done, it looks very nice. Did you pour a slab for the floor? I'm confused by the picture with OSB on the floor on what looks like the first level of the building.

Thank you, but it's a work in progress and I'm always hesitant to post pictures because I see everything that's not done or needs to be fixed. Our ultimate goal is to build 24 more raised beds from cinder blocks, replace the existing wooden raised beds with cinder blocks, and get the watering...

I have a few of those in different sizes in my truck. I use them when attaching bigger things to brick, like gate hinges. I like them better than the plastic anchors, but I still use the plastic ones for smaller stuff.

Piebald is when they are white with patches of normal color

That sure looks nice were you mowed it!!!!

My beds are 4 feet wide and 16 feet long. This is a picture that I found online that shows what she wants me to do. Except I'm going to put the T Posts in straight and tie the panel to the T Post Here is a quick video of our garden that I took over the weekend with my drone.

I use galvanized wedge anchors for everything. I've never tried the screw in ones since I've had such good luck with what I'm familiar with. https://www.lowes.com/pd/Red-Head-10-Pack-5-1-2-in-x-1-2-in-Wedge-Anchors/1000775748 One of my biggest issues with stainless steel is how week the...

At first she wanted me to make a hoop with the cattle panels that go from one bed to the other. But now she wants them the run the length of the bed and be at 45 degrees. I'll use some old T Posts to hold them up and rest the other side in the dirt.

When do you start planting there? My wife will have all our beds full this week, and now she wants me to get some cattle panels for trellises

Sorry for your loss.

For my waterline, which is only 800 feet long, they water department provided me with metal elbows for the turns. They did not want the pipe to bend, so I have several 45's in my run. This was 20 years ago, and my memory of what they looked like isn't great. I remember there was a lot of bolts...

Be sure to have outlets where you need them outside your house. My back porch has 4 outlets. I have them next to my garage doors, and at the corners of my house. I have them on my wall for my puppy yard, and I have them on a wall for a hot wire fence to keep the dogs from climbing over their...

Wireless for the internet has become so good that there isn't a need for running any wires for it in your house. If you are going to have an antenna for TV, then get a good quality cable for that. We prefer using an antenna for local stations. In some areas, I'm told they won't allow 14...

Sorry to hear about your shed. Trees hate buildings!!!

Since this thread came up, I'll update on the Lithonia lights. They have worked flawlessly since installing them!!!! My wife and I are very pleased with them. https://www.lowes.com/pd/Lithonia-Lighting-6000-Lumen-120-Watt-Bronze-Hardwired-LED-Outdoor-Area-Light-Bulb-Included/5013387275

It doesn't apply to this, but on houses that I work on for clients, I've found that 1/2 inch Hardie Backer stops squirrels and racoons.

Back in the 90's when I still lived in California, they required a permit for anything over $100 that was done to your house. Since it was so ridiculous, very few people bothered to get permits.

Turkeys always make a shop look better!!!!

I can't say how old your oak tree is, I just made my comment because I had the exact same thought when I bought my land. I was positive that some of my trees were hundreds of years old because of how big they were. Then I had to remove one of the really big ones to bring the power line into my...

Without cutting it down and counting the rings, I think you might be off on how old that tree is. My land was cleared by the US Army in 1942 to build a Training Base for soldiers going to WW2. Every tree was removed. Since closing the base in 1945, the trees have been cleared for farming...

Thanks for the update. It's a shame that they didn't use chairs for your rebar. But it looks like a really good slump, so that's probably more important than not having the rebar in the middle of the pad.

That's disappointing. Hopefully they get what they pay for and hire you to do the work again.

Since you did not remove the hoses, and all you did was replace the pins, then I would focus on what you did. Someway, you missed something when putting the new pins in place. Or something fell out or got moved that you didn't notice. It's very tempting to think something else happened, but...

It doesn't make sense to me. Have you looked up the schematic drawings at Messicks.com? They have them for all the parts on my 555E. Maybe they have them for yours too? Here in Tyler Texas, the New Holland dealer has been very helpful with helping me figure out problems with mine. They...

What does a dozen eggs sell for in your area? Here in East Texas, the stores are limiting people to two dozen at a time, and they are in the $5 range per dozen.

I have a 12 inch auger that I use for almost everything. I was going to put a bunch of pipe I the ground. So I bought a 6 inch auger that turned out to be impossible to control. I buried it every time I used it. I couldn’t stop it from digging down and I didn’t have enough HP to pull it up...

I don't know what size your tractor is, but since you were able to move the rock with it, I wonder if a neighbor with a bigger tractor or skid steer could move it for you?

I have no idea what a farmtoy show is, but it sounds interesting. Please post pictures.

I was only using the auger for small things when I came up with the blocks. And I used them every time after I saw how good they worked. I was thinking of making something out of metal that would fold up and be more like a tripod when drilling holes, but then I got the bigger tractor.

When I used my 37 hp tractor, I bottomed out all the time. At first I used a 36 inch pipe wrench to unscrew it, but I had to add a 2 inch metal pipe to the handle to get it going. It was very painful. Then I used my backhoe to pull it out. That was easier, but the hole became twice as big...

Is there any financial loss from the fire? If the building was worth something, then that should be paid to you. But I'm not sure what the 15 acres is worth, or how you go about trying to get money from it being burned? Is there a fence that was destroyed? I don't know if I would even...

I never saw anything like those bikes. They remind me of a Big Wheel from the 70's when I was a kid. Is there a lot of beer involved when driving them?

How positive are you that you put the hoses back on correctly?

What did you catch?

Very nice!!!!! I'm really looking forward to a video of you using the mower on it in the woods!!!

I have a lot of respect for what it takes to run a farm up North in the winter. Here in East Texas, we get below freezing, and even into the negative numbers, but it's only for a few days to a week at the most. My hay bale tractor is an open station Deere that I would freeze to death if I...

I have a few clients that had solar panels installed because they felt they would save money or even make money by selling power back to the Electric Company. They have all told me that it was a huge mistake that they wish they had never done. I don't remember the details enough to write them...

I've never owned any of those things, and I'm thankful for that!!! :)

It has the Cummins engine

I was watching a YouTube about workshops and the guy showed his collection of routers. He had dozens of them. He said that it's better to have a router for every bit then have to waste time changing bits. For some reason, this made a lot of sense to me. I only have two routers, and I feel...

It depends on what you are offering. It's only 37 hp and I use my 65 and 70 hp tractors all the time because of all the power they have.

Yes, but I barely use it.

I've gone back and forth on getting an excavator. My neighbor has hired people to work on his place with everything from 8 tones to 45 tones. The 8 ton machine seems to be pretty good at taking down trees and digging stumps, but he had a 15 ton machine there for a very long time, and it got a...

To answer your question, the best tape is Zip Tape. It does everything people used to use Duct Tape for!!! I keep a roll in my truck all the time. It's one of those things that I have to have with me. For your pinhole leak, the inner tube idea is pretty good. Or anything rubber that will...

Do you already have a mower for it? Are you going to use it for mowing down trees? Those are some of my favorite YouTube videos to watch!!

I have an area on my land that I will not drive anything over from the beginning of Spring, until the Summer heat dries it out. It looks fine, and parts of it are solid, but the areas that will swallow you up are spread out all over there and it's too risky to take the chance.

Looks like a brand new machine. Way too nice to get dirty!!!!

I tried using the FEL to push in T posts, but it was hit or miss on going in straight, or not. I also bent a few of them. What I hated the worse was having to have a helper, and the constant back and forth to get just one T post in the ground. I just finished fencing in a 27 acre pasture with...

That explains it. Thanks!!!

I like the idea of them since I really hate tracks, and how slow it is to get anywhere with something on tracks. From what I've seen on Machinery Trader, they are always a lot more expensive than the same sized excavator with tracks. A lot more expensive!!!! I would be very nervous about...

I had no idea that the Kubota side by side could mount a snow blower on the front end. That's really impressive. Is it a PTO or hydraulic?

Great pics and commentary. Until I got my cab tractor, I had no idea how productive I could be in winter. I never thought of mowing in winter, but it makes sense to get it done before spring hits. Did the landowner give you a reason why they don't want their fields cut for hay? Do they...

She does that with some of her plants, but last year she discovered ETSY. That's been worse than Amazon or Chewy for online shopping!!!!! Now she can buy them by the pound or get a dozen of something that nobody has ever heard of before. Even worse, they send more then she pays for and even...

I think you are making it more complicated then it needs to be. Keep it simple and pour a concrete pad. Odds are too high that one of those beams will settle over time, and when one settles, then another will. The pad does not have to be flat, or level. It's very common to pour them at an...

Your cowbirds are much nicer than my cowbirds

I have a similar problem at my gate where I bring in round bales for my animals. It started last year, and this year it's become a small pond. My cheap solution is to dig up all the mud and bring in dry clay so there is a mound that I can compact and get the water to flow away. I think it's...

My crazy wife just received 10 pounds of marigold seeds in the mail yesterday!!!!! I think she has twice that in zinnia seeds. It was 13 degrees this morning and she has way too much time to surf the internet and buy seeds.

Cowbird's are the only birds that we really don't like seeing. They show up and drive off all the other birds at our feeders.

That Master Gardner thing just made thing worse with my wife. Once she finished it, she volunteered to work at the County Greenhouse. I didn't even know that the County had a Greenhouse!!! It turns out that the County, along with the cities in the County, all swap out their plants throughout...

I hope the cedar works for you. I used PT wood and it was great for about ten years, but now it's rotting at the ends and starting to come apart. I'm going to use cinder blocks to rebuild the beds, but I might start building new ones first. That way we won't lose anything in the existing beds.

One of the fun shows I like to watch on YouTube is the Top Shops on Successful Farming. What amazes me is how much effort is put into fixing and maintaining the equipment by the owners of the farm in their shops. Some of them have better shops then most Dealerships!!!! Mostly they are all...

My 70 hp 4707 Massey Fergeson has up and down buttons on both rear fenders. It's one of the features that I really like when connecting things to my Lift Arms. Not having to go into the cab to do this HUGE!!!!

I've never seen a Fendt in person, but from everything I've read, they are about as good a brand as there is.

I will. As of right now, I'm leaning towards making it out of treated 4x6's. I'm debating on the spacing so I can cut the logs with my chainsaw and have enough space between them to not cut them, but also support the rounds. I'm also debating on how wide to make it. My grapple can handle...

I just read my quote and didn't remember writing it. I guess this thread has been around awhile. I'm currently storing my firewood next to my house, but that's going to change real soon. We've considered all our options, and I'm going to add a lean-to onto one of my chicken coops and keep...

I thought it was too cold to spray, and that you should only spray when the plants are growing. But since the grass is green there, does that mean it's growing this time of the year?

How much rock is left on your road? Is it just a covering? I don't think you can add fines to it and get them to mix with what you already have. I think it's time to start buying road base rock and building the road back up so it's thick enough to lock together and stop box blading it. Once...

When I moved to Tyler in 2002, it was easy to buy a really nice brick house in a good neighborhood for $150,000. Land was a thousand an acre. I looked at some houses on some of the local lakes with nice docks, an acre of land and around 2,000 square feet of living area for under $200,000...

Looking at your rock, it doesn't look like you have fines mixed in with the larger rocks. How thick is the rock? The fines will lock the rock together and make it look almost solid. Your road looks like loose rock. If it's not thick enough, it will never lock together. Were I live in...

When my neighbor bought his land, he hired a crew to install a 5 strand barbed wire fence. At that time, the trees were really thick, so he had them build the fence through the trees, and as close to the property line as they could get. When I got my goats and horse, I decided that I needed...

I just looked on Zillow for the house I grew up in, and there isn't anything in the area that's for sale right now, but they have $1.35 million listed as its value. They sold it in the late 90's for $350,000 and thought they did very well. They bought it in the mid 70's for $27,000

You should have posted the pictures first. Now it really does look like a total waste of money. I like it the way it is.

When I decided to move to Texas, my first choice was in the Kerrville area. I really like the terrain and all the free ranging exotics. But it didn't feel like a good area to find a job, and the land was already very pricey there. I looked farther out, but that meant fewer opportunities to...

About $5 a foot for the materials to build a proper goat fence. Labor is going to be a lot more. Fortunately, the goats are cheap. I'll even give you a dozen if you can catch them!!!!!

Where are you wanting to buy land?