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I understand about city temps. Downtown Houston, at 8pm, was always about 9-10 degrees warmer than my place. Once I would get out to Hobby, the temp was about 7-8 degrees warmer than my place. Where will your new place be? I remember you live near Wylie now. hugs, Brandi

Saw a grass fire in the median of I-45, yesterday, just south of Huntsville. Little hatch back in front of me got my air horn blown at them for rubbernecking longer than a heartbeat. hugs, Brandi

Yep, warm and dry here too. Was 104 yesterday in Huntsville. Had to go 10 miles north of Huntsville, to pick up 4 new 16.9-28 rear tractor tires on new rims. I won the Big Iron bid at $1300. I needed two for the Mahindra and was quoted $1580 for tires, mounting and disposal. The new...

I haven't seen this term before, but it fits. I like it and will use it. hugs, Brandi

Tillers are hard on tubes. The tubes can spin too easily and pinch the valve stem. If you do use tubes, get the tubes with threaded stems so you can lock the tube in position with the nuts. I had to go that route on my zero turn mower for the same reasons. hugs, Brandi

My local dealer has the compact loaders. They tried to use one of the compact loaders with forks on it to load a rental trencher on my trailer. The operator could not see the fork tips. Had to have another person direct him where to go to get under the trencher. I was so unimpressed, I...

Dennis, I read over on FF that last fall they were freezing production on the Versahandler line. One of the guys over there was in the market for a new CTL for his sawmill and farm. That is what Bobcat told him. hugs, Brandi

Xfaxman, Did Bobcat freeze production on Versahandlers? As in not making any right now? hugs, Brandi

Had burn piles going the last two weeks. I would burn it down to coals, then add logs. Montgomery County just issued a burn ban yesterday. hugs, Brandi

It all skipped me. I got a rock,....Charlie Brown. hugs, Brandi

The bee hive guys down here buy my 8 foot SYP 1x12s for bee hive builds. hugs, Brandi

That either helped the hay crop or beat it down. Better than here. We got .02 of an inch this week. Double of the week before. Just about 2 drops more than you can count. hugs, Brandi

Hey Kyle, Are Y'all getting pounded with rain right now? Radar is lite up over Y'alls way. hugs, Brandi

It wasn't the fuel. After I got the sawmill back home, I finished the 50 hour servicing. This 50 hour had me looking at the alternator belt. Before I got the shrouds off.......................I saw pieces of the Woodmizer alternator belt and had enough slack to pull it down about 4 inches. It...

Looking at the last two photos, it looked like the straps links or the "H" link are too long. But wrong bucket with the rod end out of the designed travel axis can do that. My Bradco backhoe buckets have 3 positions I can attach to. One is digging, one is for loading dumptrucks, and I forgot...

I did that right after I bought the tank.:cautious: Clear bowl.............nothing but fuel in it. hugs, Brandi

Got my sawmill back from the engine shop. Nothing found but lots of debris and some water in the tank. I had removed the sawmill's tank and flushed it out two weeks ago, so the debris and water was from one 5 gallon can. So my nice 116 gallon non metal fuel storage tank with a lid and pump...

Got it. Thanks for clarifying. hugs, Brandi

I didn't realize Yanmar made skid steers. I knew they made excavators. What model Yanmar do you have? hugs, Brandi

I said Tier IV, but I think it is an electrical problem. I have replaced or cleaned my fuel system up to the injector pump. Including the electric pump. Still has intermittent rpm issues. When I can get it up to full rpm, it stays and runs great until I disengage the autoclutch and it goes...

I have heard some animals, especially dogs, will do that to mask their smell. My dog rolls all the time over dead crawdads. hugs, Brandi

It is awesome. But it is not all good dreams, as I am working hard at staying retired. It really hurts when your diesel on the mill (the whole mill) has to go to the diesel specialist for Tier IV issues. Which is where I am at right now. hugs, Brandi

If he comes back and still having problems. Things on the ground reach up and pull my wire off of my neutral safety switch all the time. Once it was the starter relay that went out.

Look at your wiring schematic and find the connector that has all those circuits going through it. Separate the connector and clean it with electronic spray contact cleaner. Make sure the cleaner is evaporated, then reconnect the connector. hugs, Brandi

I laugh everytime I go by the local JD dealer. They got about 5 or 6 tractors on display. A few miles away at my Mahindra dealer, they probably got over 100 tractors. Tractors everywhere. J5 Tractor has 3 branches within 2 hours drive. They did have 4, but for some reason, one closed. hugs...

Eddie, Do you have enough room for a hay pasture. Then you would only be out the cost of planting, cutting, raking and baling? Or rent it out and get paid your percentage in hay. hugs, Brandi

Thanks. Yes to both. I retired 8 years early when I took a covid early retirement from Southwest Airlines. After 28 years with them............I took their 12 months pay and paid insurance retirement package and ran. Been sawing and paying my bills, with lumber sales, ever since...

The hydraulics on my WM LT40HD (see post #37) handle it majority of the time. When I have a huge log I need to turn bigger than the log turner can turn, I use this hook in the center of the photo with 12 foot of chain. Wrap the chain around the log and lift up with the tractor's loader. The...

Another free load............... Biggest one is 37 inches at the butt and 21 feet long.....and over 6,000 pounds. hugs, Brandi

Heat wave here. If you get too hot, drank your pickle juice. hugs, Brandi

You have to chastise yourself in front of all of us.;) hugs, Brandi

AWESOME! hugs, Brandi

I wanna run and jump in now. hugs, Brandi

Then take a group of like minded people with you. You don't meet them face to face, they don't know who you are. hugs, Brandi

Eastern RED Cedar sawdust is so fine, it has clogged up my Lubemizer nozzles. hugs, Brandi

I saw Eastern RED Cedar and it cuts like butter. The knots are not problem either. What Cedar are Y'all sawing? hugs, Brandi

Contact your Rep and/or Senator. Ask to meet with them, then spill your beans. hugs, Brandi

I'll have to build a fork movable work platform when I notch the tops of the 6x6s to accept two 2x12 top sill joists. The center will be open for the post. So I will be able to work all around each post notching out for the two 2x12s. hugs, Brandi

Translucent fiberglass is why I asked. I have it in green over my deck and it didn't hit the warranty threshold. Is it about the same price as the tin? hugs, Brandi

We don't have wildfires or wind here. Our wind, and wind farms, are/is out in West Texas and the Panhandle. East Texas is thick all like this. We don't have canyons that impede road travel and speed up the winds in a frenzy. The last photo, above, shows a thick buffer zone I left where the...

Rustyiron, I also like your scaffold. It the deck 4 foot off the ground? How about a few more photos of it? I am going to make one to wrap around my 6x6 posts so I can notch both sides of them for full size 2x12s......13 feet up. hugs, Brandi

I think I got the sawmill shed pad leveled. I will find out when my concrete guy stops by with his rotary laser. Now I have decided to take out more trees behind it so I can have more room to drive behind it. So the CAT will get to do more tree carnage with its 28 inch digging bucket. hugs...

Rustyiron, I like the idea of the clear roof panels. How do you like them? If you did it over, would you still put them in? Do they have a warranty for so many years? hugs, Brandi

Well, frost whatever, it all looks awesome. hugs, Brandi

All that for a lean to shed? Wow! We just auger a hole, throw a post in, and add concrete. Glad we don't have to do that down here. hugs, Brandi

I don't do selfies. hugs, Brandi

Sounds like Seattle weather is migrating Y'alls way. What is Y'alls rain count this year so far? Below 70 sounds fine to me. hugs, Brandi

Little critters with big dogs are always a favorite here. I can use my dog for a pillow, but no one is around, to take a photo, when I get to lay my head on him. hugs, Brandi

Great to hear that. I gotta drown some worms as my Blue cats are getting huge. Around 2 foot long now.

Waze will take you places you ask why. Then I check google maps of the route that is faster and major red lines back up for miles. I learned to follow Waze after not following it a time or to driving to and from work 62 miles. hugs, Brandi

Or that it really stinks. hugs, Brandi

..................................for now. hugs, Brandi

I don't envy anyone having to drive I-35 in and out of Austin. hugs, Brandi

Jack, I am so embarrassed.😞 I just realized it was you that posted this.:eek: How are Y'all doing? hugs, Brandi

We have already mowed 4 times this year. hugs, Brandi

Can you put "west of Bastrop" in your profile. That way when we forget where you are located, we won't have to hunt thru old posts. hugs, Brandi

We got another 3/4 inch of rain this morning. Forecast was another 2 inches. So Yippee. hugs, Brandi

First off, glad you got cinder blocks on top of the hives. I only raise Mallard ducks. I got two ponds and love to watch them fly back and forth. That also allows them to get away from predators. They overnight on the water. Tractor Supply Mallard ducks (at least down here) don't fly...

We got a 5/8th inch of rain around noon today with a little thrunderbumper moving real slow. hugs, Brandi

Flash, RIP. hugs, Brandi

Bird, You still using that bottle cap as a rain gauge? hugs, Brandi

I checked our smaller rain gauge today and it confirmed the bigger one. Right around 4.12 inches. More rain scheduled for tonight/Tuesday and Wed. The thunderbumper was shaking the walls of the house. We didn't need much rain. Our area is not in the drought zone. We just needed enough to...

Nope. Just East Texas. An hour north of Houston. In the SYP forests. hugs, Brandi

Had a new sawmill customer come out last week. They just moved from Washington state down to Bryan. He commented about the humidity and I said this is nothing. Wait until July, Aug, and Sept. I am used to it, but each year it seems it drags me down more and more. hugs, Brandi

Heck, not us. After the temps. we had in May so far...............I am already looking forward to the first cold, eh... cool front arriving. hugs, Brandi

Jacket weather is nice. That there allows you to wear the same clothes all day and not change soaked clothes out 2 or 3 times aday. I'd take that anyday. hugs, Brandi

Eric, I think this is it. http://www.locknstitch.com/precision-metal-stitching.html I gave my first issue with the article to a friend. This is the issue https://ertelgiftshop.com/antique-power/antique-power-may-jun-2022 This is the article name and author.... A Stitch in Time Cold repair for...

We got clobbered with a major thunderstorm dumping over 4 inches of rain. Power went out for about 6 hours. My neighbor doesn't fed her horses good enough and they crib on tree bark, killing the tree. Then they fall on the hilines. It happens so often, the electric guys that do storm damage...

Oh, the last photo didn't load last night, so it looked like the head was left intact. I read about the cold weld repairs like that in Antique Power magazine. hugs, Brandi

Where is the head of that screw going when it breaks off? hugs, Brandi

I cut my hardwoods in 3 inch slabs then run them in an ad on Craigslist. I sticker fresh cut pine on fresh cut stickers. I have not seen dried pine stickers leave anything on Red Oak slabs. White Oak, around here are prized for trailer board. Full and nominal size 2x6s and 2x8s. All this is...

Randy, I hope not. Weather.com says we can get it after 11pm. I'll be happy with just enough rain to kill the dust. Then the pond will go down enough to mow at the high water level. We are supposed to get 2-4 inches between now and Thursday. hugs, Brandi

Austin was alright a few years ago. My daughter lived there since 2003, when she entered UT. I was going to retire in the Hill Country, until she said she was moving back home. She moved back here last August, working from home for the state. Now, Austin is becoming a gutter like San...

I was talking about the TV show. McCloud, starring Dennis Weaver. Only personality I ever knew from NM. hugs, Brandi

Well then. Ok. Y'all never come to mind because it is almost a two ride from here. Got cousins in OK, so they are open season. Yankees, well, they can stay up there. Never really met a New Mexican. Well, except for McCloud from Taos.;) hugs, Brandi

Looks like our dirt roads will get dampened down tonight. hugs, Brandi

Yes, it has always gone in hundreds of directions. You are welcome here. So many people get on here thinking they need to knock Texas. It has never occurred to me that New Mexico was worth knocking. So sorry your ski crowd doesn't provoke your interest. Brandi

Then start your own thread and leave ours alone. Brandi

On a more local note. We got 44 inches of sunshine today. :eek: At 42 inches, my solar panels floated away.:rolleyes: hugs, Brandi

Eddie, build a floating dock in your shop area during the winter, after dark. Then just put in two posts in the water to position and let if float with the water level. hugs, Brandi

People get confused too from the term...........outage. I know refineries use that term for maintenance..............as in planned outage. I know the electric plants were down for planned maintenance, as usually in May, it isn't that hot here. To me, May usually is springtime here, What 100...

Thanks Frank. Did you ever consider stabilzed sand? I am looking at options other than concrete, until my retirement account recovers. hugs, Brandi

Frank, How is it working out on/in the floor? Is it holding up? hugs, Brandi

Awesome pond! Makes me wanna dig a third one. Keep the grass high on the spillway. hugs, Brandi

Fritz in his favorite place, under my blankets. hugs, Brandi

I think I finished leveling the pad today. Gonna wait for my concrete guy with his laser transient to say for sure. hugs, Brandi

Toe boards are nice for logs with huge taper. With that said, I hardly use mine. Faster to just cut thru two faces. Otherwise, it just moves the taper to the last two faces. On sweep................horns always up. hugs, Brandi

Nice looking mill. Where are they made? hugs, Brandi

Rustyiron, You have motivated me.;) I am gonna play hooky tomorrow from sawing customer's lumber to play in the dirt, eh, I mean work on the sawmill shed pad.:cool: I need a break.:sneaky: Sawing is starting to feel like work.o_O hugs, Brandi

While loading on the trailer to go home, the main hose from the pump to the valve bank blew and I lost hyd. pressure. I was just about on the trailer where I chain it down, when I saw ground inside my right track. Next thing I knew, I was stepping out the slideup windshield opening on the side...

Well howdy neighbor! Yeah, I wanted it wide enough to cover the rear tires. Lower gears are a must. hugs, Brandi

CT, The key to the width was in the caption.:ninja: The Red Oak is 9 feet wide, a little wider (second photo) than the landplane at 8 feet.;) Where are you located in LA.? hugs, Brandi

It's not. Been too busy sawing customer's logs. hugs, Brandi

Pallets are nailed together. I don't like nails under my tires. hugs, Brandi

Rustyiron, Nice shed! How are you going to handle exhaust fumes? hugs, Brandi

When I get logs the excavator drug through the mud, I wash them off, on both sides, with a water hose with a nozzle on the end before engaging the debarker. The log and sawmill doesn't mind, and the water splashing back on me cools me down. Sometimes I have to use a steel brush to clean the...

I hope that does it. Does your tractor have separate transmission and hydrualic reservoirs? My 6520s's are combined and I use Shell Spirax S4 TXM. She also has TWO hyd. filters and a screen. I would get that neighbor over so he could point out exactly what he poured in. hugs, Brandi

I cut them out of 3 inch thick Red Oak 24-30 inches wide and 10 foot wide. For my excavator. I don't see how you can get them unstuck from the mud without hydraulics. Hyd thumbs on excavators excel at this. I can see slick mud matts letting a BH slide sideways off the edge of matts if the...

Two things I don't loan out...............my tractor and my chain saw. Did you ask the guy that borrowed it what he did with it? did to it? He could have added a "thicker" hyd. fluid. What model Mahindra? How many hours? How low was the hyd. fluid when you got it back? hugs...

Congratulations! Put some rat poison inside the rear compartments. Years ago, Japan used soy based wiring insulation and rats love it. How do I know this? Rats ate the insulation off of my Mitsubishi MS 070's (rebadged to CAT E70) wiring and almost burnt it to the ground. But I was there...

I took the backhoe off of my tractor so I could use the landplane in helping out with the sawmill shed pad. But I miss the weight of the backhoe. I don't like curling a log off of a trailer and getting that "my butt is floating" feeling. So I cut a Red oak down to 9 feet and squared in up to...

The mill has been paid for going on 4 years now. hugs, Brandi

Thanks 25cent score! Oh, I can't wait for summer and getting hot and drinking pickle juice to stop muscle cramps from getting too hot.:rolleyes: hugs, Brandi

Thanks JDZ. hugs, Brandi

John Deere 120 excavator. New operator. At one point moving it, he swung it to the side and put the excavator up on one track. hugs, Brandi

12 foot 2x6s. I had to roll it off the trailer and cut it in 12&1/2 feet. Telehandler still at the repair shop. Tractor wouldn't lift one end of the full log. Cut in half. Tractor grapple picked up smaller end and moved it to stack. Grapple would not curl the bigger one. Had to drag it to...

Hey Wagtail. I got a Texas Toothpick for you. hugs, Brandi

There was another 22 foot log above that, where it was topped to drop in a small lot. About 70-80 feet tall with the top canopy attached. Those climbers move around up there like monkeys. hugs, Brandi

I hear there is a sawmill around here somewhere. Have you seen a sawmill around here? 25 foot long. 38 inches at the butt. I rolled it off the trailer. I tried to lift one end and drag it with the tractor. I could not lift one end. I cut it into two 12.5 foot pieces. Was able to grapple...

Yeah, what you said. hugs, Brandi

I screwed up and remembered the level stakes wrong and sloped the pad too much. The stake I read wrong had a pencil mark 18 inches up from grade for level and I thought it was to the bottom of the stake for level. So the whole time I was sloping the pad downhill. Here I am digging down to...

WM has (is still?) had problems getting vendors to supply parts. Last I asked, when ordering parts, the big mills were a year or more wait. hugs, Brandi

Too late! hugs, Brandi

No plans, building it in my head. There is a thread going on FF. I put it here........................ My Place: a CAT, Mahindra, and Ducks on TBN. hugs, Brandi

I have no idea. I was quoted $17,000 exactly a year ago. Saw my concrete guy the other day and said concrete and steel will be going up, again, April 1st. hugs, Brandi

Oh, it was west of Elgin? Rebecca and Chloe moved back home last August. She rents the house in Manor to Telsa employees for $$$$. She lives now on Lake Conroe with a bedroom window view of the lake. hugs, Brandi

GOD had a plan for me and it seems to center around the sawmill. My friend, Brady, asks me why I did something or bought something. I tell him, "I don't know............GOD hasn't told me yet"! Actually, I retired about 6 years early. At that time, I would have had 50 years in aviation and...

Hi Kyle! How was the winds in Giddings when that twister touched down on that red pickup? Lumber sales are good. Just enough down time between orders to catch up on chores here. I love retirement and working hard to stay retired. hugs, Brandi

Hey wisconsitom, So glad to see you here! hugs, Brandi

I bought a Woodmizer LT 40 Wide with a Yanmar 35 hp diesel 4 years ago. Once I get her under the future shed, she will get the 6'8" extension installed to cut up to 27 feet. For the smaller sized logs I use my Mahindra with the grapple. For huge logs, I have a Lull 644D-34 Two weeks ago, I...

I dug two ponds with the loader bucket with no tooth bar. Angle the bucket right and the right size tractor will doze right thru clay. This bucket is 7 foot wide. hugs, Brandi

It is way better than I ever thought. With the right angle of the bucket, clay rolls off the blade like a dozer's blade. I only catch and cut the roots with the center of the blade reinforced by the bucket's teeth. hugs, Brandi

Two weekends ago, I started leveling the hill for the shed. This is the view from my back deck.... The CAT grader blade works AWESOME. I do more leveling with it than the tractor's bucket. It will be 40x60 feet on concrete and 40x80 feet under roof. Just doing this on the weekends...

..........and my sawmill is as busy as ever at 1/2 the price. hugs, Brandi

"2x4" is what it is before planing, as a rough cut board. hugs, Brandi

You gonna put a hyd. thumb on it? hugs, Brandi

Congrats on your new "wheels". Reminds me of the backhoe on a barge doing the rowing. I am not sure about a 10k,. but a 15k excavator is called a midi. hugs, Brandi

I love the CAT E70. Had her for 6.5 years and nothing major except bucket bushings and H link bushing rebuild. I added a hydraulic thumb with electric over hydraulic diverter valve and build a 8 foot grader blade. She is no beauty or throughbred. Year model is 2000. Hobbs meter says 5805...

I have a 36hp Yanmar diesel on my sawmill. It is a tough engine, but does not like anything in the fuel, as it is Tier IV. The excavator class between mini and full size is midi. I have a 7.5 ton CAT E70. But she has a 56 hp Mitsubishi engine, as Mitsubishi built her as a MS070. hugs, Brandi

I finished hanging the rabbit cage last month. The ugly, dirty white tin is a urine shield, so the barn tin won't rust from the urine.I also found a young Californian breeding buck. Well, he is trying to bred anyway. I named him Bucky. He is a little over 6 months old. I got a Californian...

As it was scheduled 80 and 70 percent rain today and tomorrow, and it was 46 outside Friday, I moved the tractor inside. Right before the waterpump oring arrived, I hooked up the battery, capped off the oil line to the waterpump, and backed her into the barn. I was worried about the forks...

Maybe, maybe not to more damage. While still in warranty, 12 years ago, the pulley came apart at the bolt holes, but nothing was harmed other than a small cut on the belt. The hub just kept spinning while the pulley just sat there. But you never know. hugs, Brandi

I realize now the oil supply line to the waterpump makes the waterpump bullet proof, with the bearing bathed in oil. Don't you wish cars and trucks had an oil supply to your waterpump bearing. I change my Cummins waterpump about every 100,000 miles. Sometimes because it is leaking out the...

..............and here is the pulley welded up. I just primed it and will paint the face white, so I can see if cracks continue. hugs, Brandi

I took it all out to get access to the waterpump. Even had to remove the hydrualic pump because of this............ I am waiting on an oring seal for the waterpump to reinstall everything. It was overnighted yesterday, but was a no show today. I had it all apart in about 2 hours. Hopefully...

After 14 years of owning my 6520, I found a design feature I do not like. I had leaking radiator hoses. While snooping around for the leaks, I found a 2.5" long hose going from the water pump to the thermostat housing. It's about 1.25" in diameter. It was leaking also. So today, I removed...

Looks to me like you will be needing a bigger machine shop real soon. hugs, Brandi

DJI mini mavic. That is the one I want to buy. HAPPY NEW YEAR hugs, Brandi

That there is some good looking photo. I keep saying I need a drone! HAPPY NEW YEAR hugs, Brandi

Nice to hear from you Bird! Guess I can say this now...................HAPPY NEW YEAR! hugs, Brandi

aircommuter, I really don't think the OP meant this thread to be for your tractor project photos, but photos of complete tractors. If you want to post your project photos, make your own thread. hugs, Brandi

We ate in barn today. hugs, Brandi

Why? Is wishing Happy New Year a week early strange? I start saying Merry Christmas more than a week before Christmas. What is the difference. Brandi

Hey ronjhall, I was looking through my recipes and found this you put out in 2007! https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/threads/oktoberfest-in-east-texas.95116/page-25 I love the stuff!!! hugs, Brandi

Who are you referring to? hugs, Brandi

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Y'all. hugs, Brandi

Thanks hugo454! I still say hi to Booger when I walk past his grave. Which reminds me. I gotta get the Christmas lights out and put the battery powered strands on the cedar tree at the head of his grave. Thanks for the reminder and WELCOME to TBN! Does 454 mean you have a Chevy V8 in your...

MagicMM, No chicken tractor. Just a coop big enough for folks to walk into. It will be enclosed with a fence. A huge fenced garden will be inside the chicken yard. I think a chicken tractor would make it harder for the ducks to forage. hugs, Brandi

25cent_score, You are entirely welcome. Glad I could be of assistance. I like to hear how it's going down there, without getting political. hugs, Brandi

Wagtail, Thanks for the update. hugs, Brandi

LOL................You mean humidity! I meant humanity, as how are Y'all getting treated. Been seeing a lot here about protests and quarantine camps. hugs, Brandi

I thought about solar, but went with this Kohler whole home generator and a 1000 gallon propane tank. The panels would have gone on the barn and lots of trees would have come down. I will wait for the house to be built. hugs, Brandi

Wagtail, That gave me a chuckle. How is humanity down there? hugs, Brandi

I put off building Luke a carport for as long as I could. It will have to be moved after I get the house in, unless I want a carport and a 2013 Challenger parked in the front yard. Rafters are full size 2x6s, along with the braces. 6 and 8 inch HeadLOK screws (bolts?) hold the frame...

Rick, How is the house doing? Did your fixes to the roof cure everything? hugs, Brandi

I looked at that photo and thought back to 1975 and got teary eyed. Awesome photo. Thanks for sharing. hugs, Brandi

Understand. If you can find one, a 7520 is a beast. Turbocharged version of mine with 2 speed PTO and 17gpm hyd. pump. hugs, Brandi

Did you buy another grapple? hugs, Brandi

Eddie, Buy the 105P. If I bought a new, higher hp tractor, it is what I would get. But I love my 6520 too much to get rid of it. hugs, Brandi

Yes and No. Any seed planting can be successful or dissappointing. Only time will tell. If you really want to get into this, you need to research the company name on the seed packet. hugs, Brandi

Johnny Seed catalog came today. Better Boy tomatoes packet............$4.75 Packet at Lowes.....$2.95

We started looking at Gurney's and Burpees and their prices. They are not cheap. First vegetable we looked at, it was just 15 seeds for $3.95. Highest price at Lowes was $2.95. Then you gotta pay shipping. That is what drove us to drive around town looking for seeds. I did get the...

With the world crazy as it is, I will be planting a spring garden. I haven't planted a garden since back in the early 1990s. Bought enough seeds for two seasons and lots of garden and picked up 160 pounds of 13-13-13. I was surprised to find 13-13-13. Feeders Supply in Conroe didn't have...

Hey, there you are. How are Y'all doing? hugs, Brandi

Good job Frank. Keep'em tight. hugs, Brandi

I think you are referring to spike harrows. You can drag them or have them on 3PH and the angle of the dangle is adjustable. My drag harrow has links with forks that can be flipped over or pulled from the other end. So the forked link moves around. My drag has huge links that could be...

Lots of wind flappers there. hugs, Brandi

Guess you got a small trailer. Then it would make sense. My GN would take the fence and post out. hugs, Brandi

I am confused about the fencing. I mean there are no gates, so your tractor can still get out. ??? hugs, Brandi

I guess it could be called a chain harrow. Around here folks call them drag harrows. It has forks linked together that can be flipped over or pulled from the other end, so it has 4 different levels of aggression. You can check mine out here........ Amazing Find.............a Drag Harrow hugs...

A drag harrow would catch all the loose vegetative matter and pull it along. Sticks also. I pull mine chained to my loader bucket. I usually use it on my roads and for seeding bermuda grass. It levels out and will bury the seed. When I see stuff hanging up in it, I just lift the loader...

Agreed, as I mentioned in post #6, but in not as much detail. It is wear from being bounced around in the same spot over and over and over. hugs, Brandi

In 2007, I roofed my barn and installed foil faced bubble insulation with a white underside. It took about 3-4 years and it started cracking and falling. I thought I installed it wrong, until I grabbed the left over roll I had in the put in the rafter area. It crumbled in my grasp. Turns out...

Mahindra says around 3 months. I have two back ordered. I got a thread adapter at my local hydraulic shop, along with a vented cap. No capped breathers. The adapter is 1/4 BSPP to 3/8 NPT. I ordered two 3/8 inch breathers from easternmarine.com. BSPP is British Standard Parallel Pipe For...

If I can't get the part needed to fit my tractor, I will check out Amazon. I love having no shipping costs with Prime. hugs, Brandi

I gather the breather itself is 1/4 BSP threads. I know BSPP is British Standard Parrallel Pipe. It's all over my CAT excavator. But what is BSP? British Standard Pipe. I understand it to have a taper. Hopefully, if I can't buy the exact part, I will remove the breather base from the stand...

Can you send me a photo of the breather vented, one way plug? I make have to design something and install that. I found two places online that have them, but they are Indian websites. I have requested the cost to ship to Texas. Guess I will find out next week if they even reply. hugs, Brandi

I bought a few hoses from Discount hydraulics online for my thumb installation on my excavator. Two of the 3/4 inch hoses bought from them, started leaking out the crimp fittings within a year of purchase. I buy from my local hyd. shop now. I used reusable fittings on new thumb hard lines also...

Post #13 here Amazing Find.............a Drag Harrow shows me using my drag harrow on the loader bucket offset on the left hook. I just back up with it. I don't lift it off the ground unless I am on level ground. I can stop and swing it and lower it into a corner and back out, if I want to...

Anyone got one of these........... I need to replace this one......... MahindraUSA has none and doesn't know when they will. hugs, Brandi

Here are the photos of the splice flange welded on the floor plate. hugs, Brandi

I got the floor (foor) panels out. I only had to cut the right panel in half to get both out. I cut out a 3 inch splice flange with 1/4 inch legs. I just hammered the legs over while locked in the vise. I welded it up yesterday, but didn't take any photos. I promise to get photos later...

I checked this afternoon and we hit 1 & 3/4 inches. We sure needed it, as 6 inches of dust was all over here...........It's the site for my sawmill shed. hugs, Brandi

He looks like a cutie. What is his name? My floor mat has metal brackets that keep in place. But I would imagine the right dog could get it out. hugs, Brandi

I swear I typed floor deck. LOL hugs, Brandi

Mom and Dad had a lot for a few years in Wildwood. hugs, Brandi

Aren't dumptrucks fun to work on. Hope you got it blocked up well. hugs, Brandi

For those whose tractors have rubber floor mats, take them out from time to time to clean out the dirt to stop this......... In lieu of removing the rear fenders to get this floor out, I will cut the floors across where the front of the fender is. Then I can treat top and bottom sides with KBS...

My Lull's whole frame tilts. The cylinder rod is over 3 inches in diameter. The stroke isn't that much, but tilts the machine more than I am comfortable with. You can see above the axle. The rear axle pivots, but no cylinder on it. At 9 feet wide and 20,000 pounds, it feels solid crossing...

A flat (low) spot in the chrome could allow fluid to leak locally and not elsewhere. hugs, Brandi

You're a man of few words! hugs, Brandi

Bought it online. You extend the first section and clamp it tight, then extend the 2nd and third sections and clamp them extended. I installed 3 guy wires at the top. Not much more to tell. I made a TV 20 foot pole into a swing down pole with a huge T hinge for the support AND pivot for my...

About 8 years ago, I got rid of my land line and installed a Wilson Electronics repeater inside and an outside antenna. I only had one problem with it and rebooting cured that problem. Antenna is on a collapsible, 30 foot pole. hugs, Brandi

Looking good. I don't remember ever seeing black trim on a barn. hugs, Brandi

While I am waiting for the brushed on Copper Naphthenate to turn from green to brown, I started clearing for the sawmill shed. Looking over the gully, here is the site before clearing.... Here is the site after clearing 5 trees......... hugs, Brandi

We got 57 degrees here too. hugs, Brandi

Knock knock. Calling for nice cool, crisp weather. hugs, Brandi

Why would the county care if a car hits your sink or not? I mean, they didn't buy the sink, did they? I guess your county thinks cars like to ram sinks upon seeing one! hugs, Brandi

I never heard of a two piece bathroom. Is that just a toilet and a sink? hugs, Brandi