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There is a dehumidifier down there. It ran NONSTOP before the foundation drain was fixed, and the place was always damp. Now, it keeps it around 40% and even shuts off when not needed.

There is 1" pink foam board on the outside of the cinder block first floor walls. I had that added when they dug down and installed/replaced the plugged/bad foundation drain system. The reason for my inquiry really is only if it helps the heated living area feel any warmer, is more effiecent...

OP hasn't been heard from since the first post... ?

The furnace is a brand new Trane high efficiency with the PVC pipes for combustion air inlet and exhaust outlet. The cold air returns are in the living room and first floor bedroom. What is a daylight basement? I have one window in a window well...

I grew up in a house with a basement, near Chicago. Fast forward 50 years, after living in houses with NO basement (crawl space - then on a slab for 30 years) I have now moved to a 100 year old farm house in rural Iowa. Winter is cold in both locales. This house has a basement, used only for...

I had my new tires filled with Rim Guard. After being quoted $4/gallon at a tractor dealer, I found an industrial tire shop (like trucks and skid loaders) for half the price. I brought the (self) mounted tires there (an hour away) and went back the next day to pick 'em up. No issues at all, so...

I agree with most every respondent here. Rent/use an excavator, if you insist on the DIY route. I'm a die hard DIY'er too, but I have my limits...

Welcome to the forum. You're gonna be spending $10k+ for a decent used modern(ish) 4x4. Maybe just get a smaller bucket, or chain up the rears on the tractor you've got now?

You could try these guys. They've bailed me out several times. https://www.johnsonssurplus.com/

I love the coffee can/jug idea. Bolted, I assume.

These guys have any zerk fitting you could need. I've used them lots... https://www.mcmaster.com/zerk/grease-fittings-7/

+1 for Red Brand. I get mine at Blaine's Farm & Fleet, but they are only in the midwest.

I get these robocalls 3x a week. They hide their location and the call appears as coming from my area code. I just hang up.

IMHO I'd suggest you to "man-up" and pay now to get rid of it. That contractor you know should know of a way/place to have it recycled. The same place where the chewed up road surface stuff goes to get re-used. Once it's gone, you (and/or) your estate will not ever have to worry about it...

Call an Industrial Tire dealer, as in fork lifts, etc. I had mine filled by one, in the Chicago area at 1/4 the price the local tractor dealer(s) wanted. Call Rim Guard for contacts in your area.

I have (thankfully) had a different experience. I've bought two things (a tractor and a zero turn mower) from two different (both green) dealers. One in Wisconsin, the other local to me here in Iowa. Both salesmen were awesome and responsive (texts and phone calls). A third (also green)...

I need to quit reading this thread and get out there to finish my fence project, for the dog...

This event is going on this Labor Day weekend. Near Charles City, Iowa. The site has last years poster, but it IS going on this year... http://www.cedarvalleyengineclub.com/Home/tabid/59/Default.aspx

This thread was started over 10 years ago. I suggest you start a new thread to post your questions...

What works better than peanut butter on the snap traps?? The little buggers here just lick it off without tripping the trap. I catch a few when the traps are new, but then the catch rate drops. If the (copper?) plating on the wire gets rusty, I think they tend to stick and not fire. Good...

Are you considering a new, or antique tractor? Most new(ish) tractors all have live PTO, and most also have a mid-PTO. Live/Independent PTO is awesome - insist on that (I may have the names mixed up - but you do not want to have one that requires the trans to be in gear and clutch out - to...

I had three birds whack themselves into my house windows yesterday. I was only able to find one, which was dead on my deck. An oriole. Very weird.

Got another load of dirt delivered yesterday. It's good black "pasture dirt", from someone putting in a pond. There is no local "pulverized" option, but it's pretty good with relativly small amount of clods. The other load had a rock that was the size of a typewriter(!)... I've been using...

The ground is real hard, but may be an option after a good rain. The SIL has one I can borrow. I used up most of my 20 yard dirt pile yesterday, using the backwards rake method to smooth it out. 20 yards disapeared pretty quick. Need another load.

I live on an acreage, and need to smooth out a real bumpy yard (about 2 acres total), in preparation of upgrading to a zero turn mower. Tools I have: compact tractor w/loader, box blade, landscape rake, chain link fence drag, hand tools, large pile of dirt (to fill in the low spots). My...

I didn't read all 16 pages but... If the OP is still considering this a DIY project and goes ahead himself, good luck selling the place, EVER...

IMHO, you should not get involved at all. A leach field inspection is mandatory. Let your neighbor haul them into court, if needed. If that is not gonna happen, a landscape rake (best used backwards) would be my chosen weapon - if your ground is not rock hard by then. A small dozer would...

Yeah, looks like a not-so "new and improved" design. Never heard of a "Nylock" bolt - how does that work/help? Certainly not like a Nylock NUT... What happens when the pin is rusted/stuck?

I'm putting a floor in my pole barn this year, also. I'll be putting PEX in for floor heat, but I'm not positive I'll be heating it that way. I can't add it later...

I had the unfortunate job of getting the stuck collar-type PTO off the son-in-law's tractor and had to destroy it to get it off. I replaced the collar type end with a pin type. Easy (kinda). Bought the end at TSC. I (also) don't like the collar type ends...

That must be some BIG gorge/bridge! Look at the size of them girders...

That's a lot (of full grown adults?) for one house. I clean out the houses at least once every year and have found intruders had moved in, often.

I'm doing all the normal research for my upcoming shop build. I'd been planning on using steel panels for the interior ceiling, but I just saw these PVC panels available through Menard's...

My setup. I put a treated board with angle iron for the cutting edge, to the bottom of the landscape rake. The snow pusher is a cut down/modified plow blade, using Deere bucket mounts. Works good, so far. Loaded rear tires. I have a set of new chains but they have have not been needed...

The other day, while I was up on the (first story) roof, the (always blowing) Iowa wind blew my ladder down/off the gutter. This is at my (very rural) Iowa place. Where is my phone? In the house, on the kitchen table... No one else home, and the dog can't help... Neighbors are too far away...

Big rains yesterday eve and overnight. My rain gauge busted the glass, so I need a new one. Two inches, I'm guessing. This HAS to be the longest thread I've ever been involved with...

We got about 4 inches of snow this morning. Another record, which I'm getting tired of...

I try not to use ANYTHING related to Google. It takes a lot of extra effort though.... :thumbdown:

27.9 here this morning. We have not got the 40 - 50 mph winds they predicted, yet anyway... I don't like sitting in deer stands when it's that windy, and they generally don't move much then too, but I may push myself out for an afternoon hunt. Last day of bow season in Indiana today.

I just bought a 1997 Model 855, with a 420 loader, with 2000 hours on Black Friday. It runs fine, and everything works (except a couple lights). It needs a new/recover seat. It will also need rear tires soon. They are (loaded) turf tires and the sizes don't match all the specs I've seen...