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all hooey, just like the Pintos blowing up... fuel tanks are in the rear of dang near everything and were before the pinto... sure shortcuts were made but if you do almost anything wrong enough something stupid will happen...

there are some great videos on youtube too to help you get the hang of welder settings (is it weld.com not sure but that guy has some good stuff), many of the newer welders have a chart on the wire spool door that is actually pretty close... I haven't put gas to my home wire welders just flux...

That's the kit I've used and referenced above, it works fine, has it's limits but is cheap... is set up for HDPE with the filler rod and such... $20 is cheaper than a new top for sure... If thick plastic I've gone as far as going backwards first to V out the crack first to make room and make...

That only works on ABS and PVC like plastics, HDPE is way different and NOTHING sticks to it, and nothing breaks it down, it's basically why they're cracking down on plastic grocery bags... I always test MEK (usually I keep a bottle of Plastruct around, expensive for the size but it's handy as...

I wouldn't worry about it, chances are if it is off any from that it might be a percent or two tops... checking them on a bolt isn't a great way to test as the breakaway torque is harder than the rotational torque unless you have some clutch or something... best to compare against a beam style...

For HDPE the $16 soldering iron style kit from Harbor Freight works ok, it comes with some stainless screen to imbed in the plastic to help strength wise and way more filler material than is usable with the build quality of the unit but I have no regrets buying a couple of the kits... DO NOT...

Project is complete... Pump was set with Sch 80 PVC before which we decided to cut on the way up, was threaded at the junctions but didn't know that when we started... oh well, off to Lowes to get some 160psi rated black poly pipe and clamps and the pliers for that for like $130 more... They...

No pitless in this setup, it's just coming out the top of the casing plug from the looks of it, maybe I'll post the pic I took of the top of the well last weekend later tonight, haven't gotten it off the phone yet... It's at least not a buried well like some of you have, there is no frost line...

My brother and a friend are coming over on Saturday, we'll figure it out one way or another... On the sand, it was pretty bad at first, the well was new just before I bought the house in '14, I used to have to clean the filters every couple weeks, now I just change the fine ones every few...

Oh, my setup is pretty thorough, not saying there isn't an issue with the pipe out of the pump, it does not hold pressure between the pump and the check valve just after the well. Anyway, after the well casing there's a stainless check valve, a flow restrictor, then a centrifugal sand filter...

If it had a high pressure or didn't turn on I'd look there but my system has two gauges that both read 30psi with the pump running constantly so the pump can't make pressure. I'd so much rather it be that little pipe :)

Without going crazy I could only check one leg of the motor with my amp clamp (making reasonable assumptions they "should" be the same...) but it was only 3.6A so it's probably a little low which would make sense with the low pressure... I imagine the motor is fine just the pump is eroded from...

The pressure tank is perfectly fine, I checked and it had like 35psi above the diaphragm and was empty because the pump can't make that pressure... I pulled the tank first because I thought it might have somehow been plugged with junk and it wasn't. Speaking of the tank, I initially thought that...

There's a problem with the pump since the piece of teflon I found in the flow restrictor came from somewhere, so the pump has to come up no matter what... Good to know I should be able to hand pull it, I'm very handy so I'm not too scared but it's still something new...

The water pressure dropped sometime last week so I finally looked into it today and the pressure tank is fine, pressure switch is fine but it would only get to 30psi and the pump was running constant so I went further up the line and found a piece of teflon in the flow restrictor, thought it was...

I found the picture of my method, if it wasn't live edge I would have just used one strap going over the whole thing and skipped the 2x4 or whatever board I used, I think it's a 1x2 thing that is used for strapping metal siding together... but yes the other methods listed above work good too...

For boards like that I would simply put a cheap ratchet strap from the bumper, over the tailgate back to the bumper on the other side, I hauled a stack of rough cut live edge wood that was around 8' long in the back of my '97 Ford Ranger 900 miles down I5 to Bakersfield CA with two straps...

If it stays lit when you keep the button pressed it kinda sounds like a thermocouple. I'd known about thermocouples and how they work through engineering school but didn't realize those were actually thermocouple's... Turns out those valves work by using the electricity generated by the...

Yee, the gun and lead are somewhat consumables really (or should be considered that I'm pretty sure...), they at least now offer replacement liners that aren't too bad, the trigger switch on the 100A deal is cheezy and has shorted out a few times on me causing some issues, even had to make a new...

Husky is Home Depot, Kobalt and Craftsman s Lowes Very true, I'm not saying their welders are the best but I'm not the average user, resale value doesn't enter into my equation anywhere and I'm pretty crafty so scabbing on another lead doesn't scare me too bad... my statements aren't for...

I have several US General boxes and like them a lot, last I looked I think the Husky boxes are the same price or similar and I would probably steer that way, they have some nicer features like soft close drawers... I have a couple friends that got them over US General and I don't blame them...

Their welder prices are silly now, the Titanium welders are a far cry from the blue or black versions of old... when I was broke I made a 100A Chicago Electric flux core welder work and once I figured it out it did just fine but you had to know that welder and ignore normal settings... I ONLY...

For functionality? two benches, a bolt bin, a storage cabinet/bench thing, one mini pallet rack type shelf and that's it other than just junk, IE my '90 Ranger and 21' jet boat are in there along with all the ATV's and such... Oh boy, it has been a while since some pictures, here's some random...

Still working on things on the cheap side but moving along doing stuff... Not long ago I did some non permanent wiring for my $30 garage sale air compressor, 220V 3hp I think 30 gallon... it works great, had to put a new belt on it and fix a couple leaks as you'd expect... Tonight I wired in a...

Since I just cleaned the headlights on my fleet (6 rigs, oof...) this afternoon the cheezy way with 0000 steel wool and soapy water I was reminded what a deal the HFT .5 gallon pump sprayer thing is... I just keep it loaded with soapy water for washing things or finding leaks in tires or...

Had to do some looking for this post, been a while! I haven't been shopping much lately, not enough spare funds... I picked up one of their 10 piece 10mm socket sets, a decent set for cheap since I used a I think 20% coupon on it? haven't used them but their sockets aren't bad... I've had one...

On my pintle hitch it came with a big cotter pin for some reason, I spread the ends a little so it's springy, works fine, as said that's just a safety since the latch is spring loaded... I haven't found a pin I like so I just keep using the cotter pin...

looks like it's just the middle lug nut that's loose... :)

Possibly, I know on sheet metal stuff going one way and not the other is harder, unless you just poke through and go there (harder to maintain). I usually just remember as I go, when I notice the wheel just going away super quick I adjust my direction or angle or whatever I can... sometimes it...

you tow with no tongue weight? When I load tractors and such on trailers I go until I see ~3" of squat in the back of the truck (hard to see from drivers seat though...). I would MUCH rather err on the side of too much tongue weight than too little, BTDT, hauled two AC B tractors about 300 miles...

Ok, didn't realize it'd been this long since I updated this thread... I got the final inspection done last Thursday, so that's over with. It was another few grand to get electrical to the shop but it involved a new transformer for the house/shop service, buried conduit to the new meter panel at...

Rangers and Mazda B series are identical mechanically year to year between '94 and '11, the differences are in interior and exterior trim stuff and option packages...

I don't have many pictures of my stucks with my little tractor, these two weren't too bad, the last few were worse... :). The second one is older but it might not look like much but I was pulling a pull type disc at the time hooked up to the tow point just under the PTO (it's not a drawbar so...

The 4t/2t switch is right on front, easy to hit and they do behave weird... I haven't played with it enough to get used to but for some projects it would likely be a nice feature...

I've had no bad luck with the harbor freight cutoff discs, I've gone through many of them... when they go on sale for $5 for 10 discs I stock up a bit, I'm set for several projects at this point... I saw some were on closeout but it looked like just the 5 packs not the 10 packs... at $.50 a...

Definitely a block heater, the other end is at the back end of the oil cooler on the drivers side of the engine...

small displacement turbo gas engines are rough, lots of cylinder pressure on a light duty engine is asking for cylinder wall or piston ring wear before mandated warranty period... same reason the Chevy and GMC 1500 got the 400hp 6.2L engine starting in 2014 but in a 2500 or 3500 you could only...

Not saying anything that's there is great, I've had hot hydraulic fluid in the face when some old hoses blew, I've replaced like 8 hoses so far, still a few left but hopefully in a couple years I'll put on my nicer more appropriately sized loader once I build a frame for it... Kwik Way back in...

Not to split hairs but Husky is Home Depot and Kobalt is Lowes... :) I plan to build a leanto on one of my sheds and enclose it for the shop air compressor, just to get the noise out further... I stick with oiled compressors for less noise but do what ya gotta do, I understand...

I have an old Kubota L260 with a Kwik Way loader that's undersize for the tractor but works fine... it has an external belt drive pump in the 8gpm range, the ancient loader valve is toast, my right shoe I was wearing while moving some dirt last weekend is NOT gonna rust... I'd rebuild the valve...

The 3.0L is a pretty good engine I doubt I'd worry much about it... I do everything myself so I just deal with things as they come, I'm not one to replace stuff that isn't bad especially now that "new" parts are of questionable quality...

I have both the Unlimited 200 and the MIG 170 or whatever, I got the MIG 170 open box for stupid cheap a few years ago and have been beating it up trying anything sketchy with it just to find it's limits, haven't found them yet... it's killed a GFI outlet, ran on a 4kw generator to the point it...

Getting to the end disc likely isn't fun but taking a disc apart isn't as bad as it looks... take the two clamps off the frame holding the gang on, drop the whole gang (maybe get the end nut off first with the disc on the ground...) then start unstacking the assembly. My brother and I did a 14'...

Have you looked at prices for what should be "cheap" Jeep's lately? even old squarekee's aren't cheap anymore unless you stumble on someone that hasn't looked on craigslist or facebook marketplace in half a decade... Anymore you have to be in the right place at the right time or know how to fix...

I've been a Ranger fan for a while (yeah, username is that Ranger...), I currently have two Rangers and two Explorers along with the F350 and the wife's Camry... The 3.0 is a good engine, just keep up on the fluids and it'll last a long time. If automatic transmission wouldn't hurt to shift it...

Depending on if you can find one a Chevy/GMC 2500 with a 6.0L "should" be a good cheap truck, the gas mileage will leave some to be desired but the drivetrain is fairly solid (aside from transfer case chain tensioner issues in 4x4's where they wear a hole in the T case and leak out all their...

your red line sketch should work with 3/8" plate, I'd be tempted to leave the original brackets there for structure, and if I'm understanding right you plan on putting a gusset outward, I would gusset from your bracket to the original bracket and add some more plate to the top side otherwise it...

Sounds like a plate in the battery broke off so it has the voltage but not the ampacity... have fought similar, it's annoying...

Yeah, I spent many hours with that stupid thing and all I knew is what it took to get it to weld, once I figured out it welded decent with .035" wire I just stayed there and realized what it took to get decent welds, then once I played with actual good welders I realized it was backwards... I've...

I have one of the older "Chicago Electric" flux core welders that's rated at 100A without a fan (newer ones don't have a live gun at all times and have a cooling fan so they rated them at 125A...), I've only hit the thermal overload once, albeit it welds like heck if you apply "normal" wire feed...

Oh, I know there's a diffrence in warranty and standing behind the product, I got the 200 before I looked deep enough into the Everlast world, the 170 was just too good of a deal to pass on...

Why in the world would you choose to weld on AC if DC is an option unless you are welding aluminum? I have the Century equivalent of a tombstone that's AC/DC and once I went to DC it hasn't been switched back in 15 years... I don't care if it's 7018 or 6011, DC is nice... I'll admit I don't use...

Something in the 140 range should suit what you want and price range... I have some of the Titanium offerings from harbor freight and they're treating me well even though I have the 170 and 200 but still, I've beat the everliving snot out of the 170 since I basically stole it (open box sidewalk...

The modern tiny inverter welders can actually weld pretty good... I've been using and abusing the Harbor Freight Titanium MIG 170 for a few years on flux core with all sorts of inputs (4kw generator on 120V, long extension cords, 220V, etc...) and using the chart on the side cover as a starting...

And all those posts are from the one bad batch a decade ago... I've been running HFT flux core wire for a long time, the cheezy flux core welder (at least mine) doesn't care what wire you feed it as long as it's .035", it will NOT run .030", too hot even on low. The Titanium welder will weld...

A basic two axle flat deck trailer of the length you are talking would be fine, it's easier to find two axle trailers it seems even though a single would probably work fine...

If you don't want something as big and bulky as the TS torches (I have both the fixed and adjustable, they're great...) and have a tractor supply around, pick up one of THESE, I have one and it's a good budget torch and has an igniter...

I have a "Smoke Hollow" brand pellet grill, apparently made by Masterbuilt and they don't make pellet grills anymore from the looks of it... I've had it for around 3 years now and it's been stored outside with just a cheap cloth BBQ cover which isn't perfect, I've had to take it apart twice and...

I have one of the $6X (they move around in price, usually $60-70) Harbor Freight compressors and it's a beast, way quicker than the cheaper ones, the one that's about $30 isn't bad either is just slower... Depends on what you are trying to do, the big HFT compressor has been reliable for me...

I have a US General 4X" box I got a few years ago (I think series II) when they were like $350 or whatever, when I built the new shop and when things were still affordable I took advantage of sales prices and ended up with a 56" bottom and top with two sides, every piece had some discount... The...

Good call :), it was parked there for over a month while I revamped the wood shed floor... it wasn't spilt and wasn't likely the last one opened that day lol

Oh, I understand the engineering behind it (been a while since statics/dynamics classes at this point though...), just didn't know how common it was... once I realized what was going on I thought it was kinda neat for a shortcut... I do see the downside of it though, after whatever abuse it's...

Got a trailer from a friend of a friend for cheap ($1500 all said and done after getting new tires and redoing the wiring at the tongue), it's a car hauler with slide in ramps that are over 6' long, two six lug axles both with brakes, the whole deck is 1/8" diamond plate, in the tire area is...

My shop isn't quite finished with permits so I haven't gotten too far with getting things situated yet... I ended up with a pet grooming table though, it's fairly small at under 2'x4' or thereabouts but it's handy since it can go from like 18" high to around 3' high... it's a 110V linear...

I'm pretty sure that's a Simplicity tractor as they used that rear hitch style and that style drive from the engine. Just a warning the Simplicity I've worked on in the past the power from the engine to the transmission came from the flywheel side so it turns backward...

Most of the newer stuff doesn't have adjustment needles... There should be a bigger diaphragm on the carb with a spring loaded needle on it, that's the fuel pressure regulator, if you pry the lever up a touch that might richen it up a little but could make idle rougher so gotta balance that...

Looks kinda like a water pump pulley to me, but what for I don't know... of all the obscure stuff I do not much is for V belts...

Yeah, it's a pain to work on... but it runs great now! Pretty sure it was just a weak spot, knowing the full history of the saw the coworker that had the saw originally (bought new) a tree fell on it not too long before it started idling high which broke the outer handle only (3 rubber...

A few years ago I ended up with the 4x6"? horizontal band saw used for $60, finally used it over the last week, the first cuts weren't great so I dug into it a little and the eccentric bolts were loose for the leading edge guide bearings, tightened those up and it cuts dang near perfect... the...

Perfect! Thanks! That was easy...

Well, that didn't work... Will have to look into a new lower case half or something... It's mostly aluminum but there's definitely some magnesium in the mix... too many angles to get an even heat, ended up with hot spots and burned through, if I got it hot enough the filler fell out of the...

It's just the "pan" as you say, since it started idling high it apparently has less than an hour on it. I'll try fixing it for now but will keep a new engine in mind, the current owner is kinda weird at times about cheap parts... I'm betting it's aluminum but will shave some off for good...

Working on a Stihl MS170 for a coworker that he got used from another coworker because it idled high I found the crankcase was cracked on the bottom... Is it likely aluminum? I'm just hoping it's not magnesium... What's the chances of that aluminum brazing stuff working? I've used it before...

My wife had a cupcake tray or something that she didn't like but it had a cover that's like described above, it's lived in the microwave for a couple years... myself I don't need food to be lava so I don't use it a lot for the spatter but it keeps the moisture in more so I think things warm up...

Go into your browser and clear the cache, my computer was doing the same thing, cleared the cache and it works fine... If you're in Chrome, 3 vertical dots in top right corner, history button, next history button, in the window the pops up check "cached images and files" and you can deselect...

wait, that's the month/year I was born, don't call me old... :)

If you use a shotgun, do NOT use anything smaller than #8, I tried #9 because I ended up with some since I bought a new caliber mid rona so it was slim pickins but I never successfully dispatched a gopher with the #9, where I've gotten around 20 gophers with #7.5... their skin is way too loose...

I've shot around 20 pocket gophers with a 20ga shotgun this year... I just take a walk in the morning and evening and watch for them pushing dirt, usually they'll stick their head out real quick so it's a small target... At my house I don't have many directions I could shoot a .22LR without the...

For the rotor to get in that far to the caliper bracket and rub on that something has to be assembled wrong or there's something wrong with the wheel bearing/spindle...

They were too loose... Not blaming the impact on that, but if you put a wrench on anything after installing it with that impact it's surprisingly wimpy... It "sounds" impressive but it isn't... I could have gotten a dud, I might try to tinker with it at some point...

I might take back anything good I had said about the 1/2" drive Bauer 20V impact, For whatever reason I trusted it when I put the lugnuts on my F350 and almost lost a rear tire with the camper in the truck and towing about 7000lb... so like 18k pounds combined... could have went bad but stopped...

I have a slightly smaller doubled ended version of that on my porch... haven't used it but have been meaning to clean it up :) I'm nearly more intrigued in why there are sheet metal screws holding a cardboard box together... I mean I'm a redneck and will do what it takes to get something done...

Just in case anyone is in the market, the tiny Titanium 125 inverter welder is I think $180 this month for inside track members, so technically it's probably cheaper to get the membership and that than buy it normal price... or even the recent sales price has been $200...

Yeah, it can be expensive, my dad wanted to be cremated which wasn't too bad, we had a celebration of life a bit later at a community center by the highest concentration of people which was cheap... the rest was a pain in the rear when there was no planning involved... After dealing with it I...

For vinyl all that's needed is some MEK, which is getting hard to find but you can still find Plastruct-bondene last I checked which is just MEK in a tiny glass bottle with a brush in the cap for model railroading...

I've been using the soldering iron type from Harbor Freight for a few years, it isn't great but it gets the job done and for $16 it's cheaper than buying a lot of the stuff it can fix... I used it a couple months ago to weld the gas tank of my lawn mower, used it to sink some of the stainless...

The cage is the stuff that's all mangled, the black thing on the top picture is just a dust seal to keep some grease in and some goop out... I've seen some bad bearings in my time, usually the cage goes and it makes a racket, if you're lucky it'll still work... once the cage all falls off the...

For tractor work I usually use some 3M Work tunes, was a good $25, should have bought two... I think they time out after a couple hours which isn't too bad. I have a set of Howard Leight noise canceling muffs I use sometimes, they were $15 cheaper when I got them, for whatever reason green is...

Just a note on your second bearing picture, the part all wonky is the bearing cage and no balls are missing, the cage keeps the balls separated evenly, they actually assemble the bearings with the balls loose then put the cage around afterward...

Just to follow up in case someone else finds any of this nonsense useful... I have no idea what was going on originally but it still working perfectly... must have been the seat switch somehow? The mower hasn't missed a lick, but being hot I haven't mowed a whole lot with no grass growing...

Larry, VERY close, it's what's across the road, I'm on a smaller creek running down from the hills... yeah, I wish they never introduced reed canary grass, it's a jerk and I can't do a whole lot about it... You're funny... with the high water level I can't walk in the area with the stupid reed...

Ok, here's some more pictures. The first one is of what I'm pretty sure is deer markings from a few years ago on the other tree (planted at the same time, the other is obviously way happier about it's home) that's healed over, shotgun for scale. Second is the damaged tree as seen standing...

It was a little colder today than it has been, but I chose today to mow my pond (dry for a month or two), started with the Billy Goat brush mower then got tired and switched to the riding mower... started doing loops and noticed a swarm around an area... yellow jackets, I didn't investigate but...

some penetrating oil and heat (one or two propane torches) has been enough on most of the farm stuff I've worked on, the rust on that isn't as bad as on rusty cars, if it is the bolts just break so get new ones...

I have a 12/12 roof and just enough room between the gutter and power line to put a ladder in one spot against the brick chimney which is why I went this route... but it's better than hiring someone every couple years...

The water level has been up to the base of the bark since about March, I mowed around this tree in February but the water level stayed up high for WAY longer than normal this year... the soil is way too soft for anything shy of a 4 wheeler to drive in (when wet like it is now anyway) so it is...

at ground level? normally that starts about a foot up and would have at least some scars in the wood, not just bark damage, I only saw one piece of bark on the ground. I have another weeping willow over a hundred yards from this one that I think does have buck deer damage, but not near this...

This is on a weeping willow, there's a trail leading from the creek that's 40' from the tree through the grass to this. Only the bark is disturbed, the underlying wood is barely even scratched. There's been beavers in this area but I haven't seen anything from them in a couple years, I got a...

I got one of those drill from the bottom deals from Amazon, it works pretty good, there's not much of a jog in my chimney from the stove so I just take the fire bricks off the top and go through that, it gets a lot of soot out. Of course my insert uses a flexible round 6" insert tube deal...

Those 201's are a tough engine. I think it's recommended to retorque the head bolts occasionally on those which is probably what happened... My brother has a 4600 that ran bad when working it for an hour, changed injectors so it wasn't that, it's apparently in the injector pump, he started...

No pictures cuz I was trying to pass ASAP, but yesterday I saw a flat bed semi that was empty, they had all their 4x4's in the braces under the bed... problem was 2 of them were about 1' from falling out! I didn't want to be by the scene of the crash, I didn't know how long they had left in...

Unless the seat switch was somehow shorting to ground I have no idea... I got the new seat switch tonight and put it in and it worked just like normal... Seeing as though the seat switch gets key on power and powers the relay that's the only thing that makes sense? I mowed for like an hour...

About a year and a half ago we went to Ikea and ended up with either their most expensive or one step down... The king size the wife insisted on BARELY fit upstairs (1913 house...) but honestly it's been pretty good, I sleep pretty good on my back or side and thinking back haven't had any bad...

That happens... lot of scrub on a big heavy trailer... a friend had a 3 axle 5th wheel toy hauler and he had a heck of a time with tires until he went with WAY over rated tires... I think he said 14 ply? When you run out of spares, gotta jack up an axle and let it ride till you get to a tire shop...

This is from '96, it's simpler than newer stuff. The fuel tank is in the rear under the back fender, there is absolutely no wiring near it other than the 2 wires to the seat switch which run by themselves ziptied to the fuel line for almost 3'. There is a ground wire to the engine from the...

Thanks, I'll look through it tonight, I should have the seat switch Thursday so I'll give that a go then...

I'm running out of ideas, there's no chafed wires anywhere that I can see, I've moved them all and it acts the same... it's a component but can't figure out what one! It's not blowing the fuse right now, so there's that... I think I'm going to order a new seat switch, maybe it isn't working...

This is one of the single switch versions, just two wires I guess I need to look into the whole circuit diagram if I can find one, see what all goes into the fuse... for whatever reason the headlights aren't working, but I haven't paid attention to if they have worked lately... the wife has...

The seat switch was replaced last year I think? it's the normally open type that closes when you sit down, when it went out I replaced it with a piece of flattened Romex until the replacement came, there's no chip in the connector and the seat switch functions (just checked) The relay isn't...

Yes, it starts and runs, if you sit in the seat and push the clutch it will start right up, let off and the safeties kill it, push it in again and it will run, rinse and repeat... same with PTO switch. The PTO switch I ordered didn't do it, but I changed it anyway, the old ones handle was...

I have a mid '90's Craftsman mower, missing identifying stickers but I have the part number somewhere... Anyway, should be fairly standard, has safety switches everywhere and electric blade clutch with 3 speed high/low transmission. It will start just fine, but if I let off the clutch it will...

I'd heard bad things about the cheap tap kits but had had the older ones with decent luck. Picked up a set of metric and standard and was severely disappointed with at least the 8-32 tap, it would barely tap aluminum...

That and a rebuild kit should be enough if just that doesn't work... It's a simple carb, some carb cleaner, a tooth brush (probably not necessary) and a piece of wire along with the rebuild kit (likely just the gasket and a float needle) and you should be good to go. I've made a gasket out of a...

I use these, need to make some more... I have a couple that have 7 rat traps on them too... I've been meaning to do some of the bucket traps either with the spinning bottle or the diving board type... This setup is simple, it's just a bunch of alternating mouse traps baited with peanut butter...

You're doing what you are supposed to do, but it's not what most people do... they give you the 1-2% back to entice you to use it and over spend, but those that do what you and I do are well within their safety margin with the 20% interest that the people that carry a maxxed out balance pay...

I won the stupid award last night... was taking the pivoting ramps off the trailer since I didn't need them, they're like 5' long and made from 3" channel iron, 1" rebar and some other stuff that's heavy... the first one when it fell out of the pivot brackets landed on my big toe knuckle on my...

It's actually illegal to cultivate noxious weeds... I do give the Evergreen variety more love than the Himalayans but they are way less invasive... Yeah, I don't see how they would ever get less invasive around here, they don't give up...

I got the Coolant Vacuum Fill Kit yesterday to fill the 7.3L in my F350, it's kinda hard to fill and I've used vacuum fill kits at work with great success so I figured for $60 (inside track price this month, same if you used the fathers day 20% coupon) I'd give it a try... used it tonight and it...

Judging on our local climate I'd guess it would be more related to ice storms than too much rain... Some of the Himalayan plants in my front flower bed have grown about 6' canes in the last 3 weeks... of course they're growing within the Evergreen variety that I trim around... I'm pretty sure...

I'm sure there's plenty left... as much as I try, there's always some left :)

Yeah, they're jerks... I have a bunch on my property but mostly against buildings and "stuff" so I can't tractor them over yet... If I had to guess, he's probably pushing the bulk of the plants out of the way then mowing later

I saw a picture of a coyote proof fence at one point online, it was basically a normal fence with a cable across the top with two nested PVC pipes over the top cable, makes it roll extra easy and once they get their torso on it they roll backward instead of over the fence...

Sure did, I loaned out my chain harrow, I normally pull that behind the RFM. It's way easier to see the new mounds when the old ones are flat, and easier to sneak up on them when you aren't dragging your feet through foot tall weeds... Plus I had to mow today since it's supposed to rain later...

Just used the finish mower on about 2.5 acres... now it'll be easier to see the gophers while carrying a shotgun around...

Yeah, if you have any interest in metal work at all buying a cheapie welder will more than pay for itself in the long run, the Harbor Freight welder mentioned above is likely the new tiny Titanium jobbie and I will agree, it is nice, throw in a $40 auto darkening hood and you're in business...

Been working on my F350 changing the turbo and don't know how I lived without this SWIVEL HEAD RATCHET, it's a game changer... that and some swivel sockets I got from Amazon (no non impact swivel sockets at HFT, no clearance for that, barely clearance for chromies). Also of note was the...

I have a Titanium MIG 175 that I got open box for super cheap, I've been trying to kill it and it just doesn't seem to care... I've ran it off a cheap Champion 4kw generator hard enough to stall the generator, ran it off a couple other generators, ran it on a GFI outlet that gave out while...

Just because it has more power doesn't mean it's using it... the smaller engine from HFT isn't quite as robust in the reliability department from what I've read, and isn't much cheaper, depending on what tiller space might be an issue since they are the Honda style with the cylinder at an angle...

I can understand that in normal welding, but I've been skeptical about it with some things... For years I ran the cheapie Flux 100 from Harbor Freight, two voltage settings but a knob for wire speed, I got used to getting it to work for me but it took some goofy settings... that might not be a...

I've had and worked on a lot of small engines, never had good luck getting Tecumseh engines running, so you are already ahead of me for the most part... I've had much better luck with Briggs, but that's neither here nor there... kinda like my "love" of Homelite mini chainsaws... That said...

I get emails from "grab a gun" and the prices are insane... most pistols are up $100 from pre rona times, apparently they are getting .22LR back in, not that I need any, but $10 for 50 rounds of Thunderbolt that "used to be" $12/500 20 years ago or $20ish/500 a couple years ago

Ok, been a while but I think I'm closer, between buying a boat and just building the shop in general the funds have been lower... Anywho, if I do get 2 bottles like I'm thinking about, what's a good cart to deal with the two bottles at the same time along with the welder and maybe the plasma...

It's probably in the 10k pound range if I had to guess. The parts availability for the Ford 201 is pretty decent (after all they used them from the late '60's until the mid/late '90's), I think Steiner has a fair amount of them. The gas vs diesel parts aren't too many, it's mainly the head and...

I've moved a couple of those before, it's not bad... had one of the ~12' tall tanks that we just put on it's side on the trailer and just two 2" straps over it, it was fine... seen them just strapped to the bed of a pickup with the tailgate down too (might have done that with the short one, that...

I was leafing through the latest NAPA ad thing and found THIS for your 24V jumping needs, don't know if you've seen that one, wasn't paying that much attention a couple pages ago :)

Neither 2.3L offered in Rangers over the years over the years will care. Most of the Lima engines hold oil from my experience unless they're turbocharged and that's not likely the case here (wasn't an option in a Ranger from the factory... one of my two Lima powered Rangers is turbo'd though)...

In case anyone was wondering, I went in Monday at lunch time and got my $$ no problem... biggest stack I've used personally... I've written bigger checks. I know the drill on CL transactions so tried for cash first, would have done a cashiers check but I'll save the $5 fee if I can :)

75/25 and straight argon bottles it is then! That'll cover everything I want to do...

Yeah, the straight answer is the hard part :) Maybe I'll explain my main project for stainless, which might help and is the only reason I mention stainless... I need to make some intercooler piping for my F350 and stainless is only ~$20 more than mild and would be better for the application...

I have a few welders, the garage is too full to add more stuff so I've just been using flux core in the wire feeds... With the newly built shop I'll have room to do things better... Between my Titanium MIG 170 and Unlimited 200 they're capable of way more... Especially with the spool gun I have...

The boxes are great, I'm getting used to the latches on my 56" box, the 44" I have in the garage is nice... it's odd going from the latches on the main top and bottom to no latches on the side cabinets but I'll get used to it, especially after I finalize what's in what drawer... This week I...

I imagine they are open on weekdays, I just figured at least one would have been open on Saturday like they were a few months ago... I wouldn't want to pull the $$ I would need to get this boat out of an ATM... too many bills... stupid jet boats being worth too much money lol :)

I've noticed less access to my money lately too... with everything online and whatnot not normally an issue, my ATM daily cash limit went up, but what if I want to buy something with my money? I work 8-5 M-F, I've noticed bank hours at most branches anymore are 9-5 M-F and some on Saturday is...

It doesn't look like the Massey or International discs I've seen, or deere or most others, fixed angle wheel discs aren't common from what I've seen at auction unless they're cover crop discs... That said, I'm not sure what's going on, if it's loose where the strap is and if discs are loose you...

THESE are what I got for tin snips, worth every penny... I had to adjust the screw for blade spacing as one was a touch loose and would fold metal instead of cut, but once adjusted I could cut off I'm pretty sure a hair thickness, very much a pleasure to use... Other than the one piece of metal...

I bought some new Milwaukee tin snips for doing the siding on my shop, like a hot knife through butter... I used those over an electric double cut shear I had borrowed and an air nibbler... If the metal is just currogated and not the one rib per 9" like I have they would be a pain though...

Also if diesel, look at the kill lever on the side of the injector pump, if there is a button in the center press that then try to start it...

As much as the completely stock showroom condition thing is great and I appreciate it, that's not how I roll or how much I'm willing to spend on a project... My budget is usually around a roller with lacking interior without engine or transmission... Plus we're living in theoretical land in this...

I wouldn't mind a Nash Metropolitan to play around with... I think it would be fun with a Ford turbo 2.3L and some updating here and there...

What's your problem, it's not like it's been raining consistently for 5 months mainly on weekends or anything... yes, I'm over this liquid falling too... at least for now

Thanks guys. After the material prices settle down a bit I plan on putting up OSB or plywood, probably plywood, gotta get electrical figured out first though.

Here's the first steps in moving in, The 3 pt forklift under the tool box in first low with the wife behind worked great for the 100 yard trek down the road to the shop... I still have to pull the filler tubes for the chain pots and do some cleaning around the receivers...

Since I get those calls and my newest vehicle is a 2000 model year, I don't think they ever stop... The Indian dudes that keep trying to help me with my medicare coverage don't get the hint that I'm 38 and don't have it either...

I have 14 of the 5000 lumen single element non linkable LED's and they're all going strong but it's only been like 5 months... I like them so far. Not sure it's a sucky tool, but the tamping/digging bar they have is stupid heavy, it's strong though... Helped my brother last weekend and ended up...

I'm all for daylight savings time, sure it's kinda annoying for a few days when it changes but the added daylight when I get home from work is priceless... as an 8-5 worker that drives about 45 minutes each way to work I appreciate my evenings with light. If there's no light I get lazy, if...

That ship has sailed, a forklift would be GREAT but then It'd take up real estate and be too heavy to drive outside. I picked up a 10' tall by 10' wide A frame with trolley, I'll get a chain fall for it (I think I have one) so that'll serve my needs.

"Final" inspection was a flop, they want more money... apparently there's no "for future use" in the plumbing world and apparently I need a permit for the radiant heating... Apparently the plumbing permit is $250ish and the heating permit is $54ish... so I have that to deal with, and I didn't...

Actually, the only reason I even have Milwaukee M18 stuff is because they are apparently somewhat water resistant... My previous boss (just retired a couple months ago) was doing something on his roof and dropped the drill in his fish pond, it stopped working for him and needed something to get...

Another option if on a desktop or if using a mouse with a scroll wheel, click on the picture with the scroll wheel and it will open in a new tab on the browser, or control and left click does the same thing.

Almost all the Bauer stuff is tool only, I don't have any of the Bauer stuff that comes as a kit which I think is the two drills and 1/4" hex impact... I've had good luck with the Bauer stuff, sure it's not quite as sturdy as the DeWalt and Milwaukee stuff I have but whatever, it still gets the...

That thunderchicken was probably fine, but the rear coils are pretty wimpy... Assuming it's a similar drivetrain to the '92 Lincoln I had for a short time it'd have a 28 spline 8.8" axle with possibly rear discs. That's way too far forward on the trailer though, holy cow, looks like a 1.25" to...

Yeah, didn't know how common pumphouse was? Mine's just a 8x8 plastic home depot shed in the yard with the holding tank and water softener stuff in it... the water softener stuff (two tank system) is all shot and the purge vales leak constantly instead of just when they're "regenerating" so they...

If I could only have one welding rod it would be 6011, it isn't pretty but it is dang versatile... Being that I have a DC welder and if I had 2 rods on hand it would be 6011 and 7018. I'm not as careful with storage of my 7018 as I should be but they're Excaliber and weld nice and aren't growing...

That is handy! My water softener is in the pump house and I just drive there with the load of sacks and carry them 10', but I do find the same limitations with hand trucks so may make something like that at some point...

Ok, I think these are better... It looks much better after I mopped up on Thursday night... Have the door hardware unpacked, now to get on installing here in a few...

Here's some pictures, one of when they were pouring and two from today. It's been a cold day with freezing rain on and off and supposed to warm up further above freezing tomorrow so I'll do the saw cuts tomorrow... It's different walking higher after all this time! If the weather holds out...

Re: Big Barn痴 Retirement Farm Shop I ended up with some new vises for the new shop last weekend... I'm tired of puny vises so I decided to step up the game... I don't know what the one on the table is, it's over at my brothers but the other two are a Columbian 204 1/2 (4.5" jaw) and a Wilton...

Ok, progress, took half a day off work today to just make sure I could get ready this weekend, got a text message from the concrete guy today that we're going to try to pour next week! I got my receivers welded together today, the rebar is at the same height as the mesh on the floor, I tied...

I made 6 of these to put in the slab, the rebar is welded at a height that matches the mesh on the floor, I just finished these tonight and tied them in place. The receivers will be used for grinder pedestals, vise pedestal, bender, saw horse, whatever crazy thing I come up with...

Here's a pic of the shop from the road, the building is only like 35' from the road, I scraped some goo from the soft area and put a yard or so of gravel over it, should be more stabile now. Just a note the Dodge isn't mine, you might say my problems more relate to Ford's as you might notice a...

Here's some pics, last weekend I got the GT up on ramps and a jack stand so I could fix the steering bushing, got that all reassembled but now the starter is rusted up so I need to get that out, which will have to wait until I get some shop projects done so I can get ready for a slab...

There's one in the quote now, but the guy thinks he can get by without, I can deal with paying for it but hey, $700 is $700... I doubt the concrete trucks are significantly heaver than the dump trucks with 10 yards of wet gravel and they didn't do too much, the driveway is short, I'll get a road...

This happens on two different computers, both using Chrome. Click on a link to a post and it will load slowly but not give any indication of it trying, same with going back a page, click the back button and it takes 10 seconds sometimes for it to go back again with no indication. I can scroll on...

Re: Big Barn痴 Retirement Farm Shop There's the box with the frame I made, this is before I bolted them together, turns out I didn't have enough short 5/16" bolts... also turns out it's missing parts of both left side drawer slides on the bottom drawers... I'll see if I can find replacement...

Re: Big Barn痴 Retirement Farm Shop Here's a picture of the good stuff hand tool wise... The ball peen is a Estwing, handle is in great shape but the rest is pitted pretty good but I don't have a problem with that... I put a yard stick on top for scale... The tube between boards is a 1" by 18"...

Re: Big Barn痴 Retirement Farm Shop Here ya go, some teasers from the auction catalog... they might be small, not sure, the file sizes sure are...We'll see how tomorrow goes. I did some quick math and the lift thing should be able to lift around 500 pounds or so, should be handy, it's wired...

When I got my place I started with a used Montgomery Wards riding mower with big wheels (and a sweet two blade deck with a timing belt, mowed great) and I apparently broke a tooth off the transmission input gear, so I got the other mower I got in the deal going which was another monkey wards but...

Ok, I need ideas in the next couple weeks, hopefully a couple in the next couple days... I would post in my shop build post but I think some of it is already in there and I don't want to dig... plus thought this might be interesting... I think some of the ideas were in Big Barn's thread, but...

So, everyone loves pictures... I was as normal overly optimistic with what I could get done in a weekend... I "thought" I could get the roof and sides done by myself... didn't even get the roof done with a friend! I severely underestimated the time it takes to put in almost 2000 screws...

Ok, here's the promised pictures... This should be in the right timeline... last Tuesday, Friday night, Saturday night and tonight... Not much difference between yesterday and today, I took it easy today since I was going for almost 14 hours yesterday... Friday night I had most of the...

As the title says, thinking of renting one for a stupid project I'm working on... digging post holes for my pole barn shop project I center punched a gift from a previous owner, several yards of lumber scraps... I think I'm about 15 wheel barrow's full of lumber into the clearing of this hole...

I paid too much at auction, but it was a complete tractor with reverse, only missing one reverse friction shoe thing... The stock knobby tires are even in good shape which was one of the main reason I paid real money... It had an old rope start briggs on it, don't feel like fiddling with one...

My F350 ('97, crew cab long bed single rear wheel 4x4 manual trans with 4.10:1 gears and 35" tires) is mainly used for towing and hauling, has an unknown amount of miles on the engine (around 250k miles if you believe the previous owner) and over 350k miles on the chassis. It is a '97 but I'm in...

I don't want this as a project yet so posted it here... I wasn't wanting to know about this issue, but here it goes... I have a septic system for the house, one 1000 gallon tank with a 470 gallon "dosing" tank with a pump on the outlet with floats since the drain field is higher than the tanks...

I just winged a 3 point pallet fork attachment last weekend, worked with what I had and went for it... bought some forks with a frame that was on a skid steer in the past so it was set up wrong but for $20 I couldn't go wrong... it sat around for a couple years until I needed to move a pallet...

I'm toying with choices... I use the loader all the time but it's a self leveling linkage setup with a very warped bucket so smoothing doesn't work no matter what you do, plus I have a box scraper... the linkage setup severely limits bucket rotation and curl force due to curl geometry (although...

My Kubota has a generic aftermarket loader most likely from the 80's if I had to guess and the bucket drops fast (about 6" height in 2-3 minutes when the fluid is warm, faster at slower engine speeds for whatever reason, tilt droops too but less load so slower) and one of the valves is leaking...

I've always wondered what was up with riding mower deck heights, they usually have 5 level settings that go roughly in this order: 1 Touching the ground 2 1/8" above dirt 3 not too bad but still contacts on a bump even with anti scalping wheels 4 reasonable 5 about 2" high, but the center blade...

I know there's no getting rid of them unfortunately, but as I'm fighting the urge to itch the 50 bites I have right now in inopportune locations like knuckles I'm a bit miffed and they all need to die a slow painful death... Anywho, I live on 5 acres near a creek bed that is very shallow, has...

This tractor has the "single cylinder on left side of tractor" type, we rebuilt the cylinder part which is ok but there's the bleeding portion that we are unfamiliar with and now it's leaking at the 2 O rings at the valve end I'm thinking. Any pointers for bleeding the system and dealing with...

So, I've made a post a wile ago in the rural living or something area below asking about doors for my near future shop... I'm trying to finalize my plans in the very near future... Anyway, I have an area that had grapes in it, found plans and have a quote for the complete building kit minus...

My tractor is an old Kubota L260 made in the 70's as one of the early models, bit goofy and hard to find parts for, haven't talked to the dealer but will probably call soon as the brakes are squeaking way worse than they have been... they work on both sides but squeak bad and are grabby so I...

A while ago we picked up a Taarup disc mower, I think it's Dutch from what I remember when we looked it up after purchase... anyway, all there is online from what I've seen is them for sale used and a couple non english websites... I'm guessing the thing is from the 80's so it's not new. My...

I'm going to build a shop this year, the plan I like is 36'x48' with 14' rafters but that could change once I get closer, you know how it goes... Anyway, no real snow load to consider, long way will go east/west with a prominent wind coming from the west in the summer evenings (probably 10ish...

I have 5 acres near a semi submerged creek in the tree line, IE I've gotten my tractor stuck mowing this stupid tall tough grass in August and September before, water table is just under the top of the soil. I have about 1/2 acre that is the lowest on the property and has a problem with reed...

Figured I'd give a quick intro, have ran into posts here before but decided to join... Personally I have an old Kubota L260 2 cylinder Diesel, 4 speed PTO with some generic aftermarket loader that needs lots of love... Somehow it starts with one functioning glow plug (not easy to find, easy to...