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A TV forecaster's dream scenario..They can't be wrong!

Here we go again... the weather liars are predicting 6 to 8 inches for us on Sunday.

The pads are available at any auto parts store and it is highly unlikely you will need any other part. I'm glad you are happy with the drum brakes, but I was not so I changed them. When I'm towing a trailer that weighs 22,000 pounds I want the best brakes I can get. There is a reason modern...

I have converted two trailers and consider the cost well worth it. My PJ 32' hydraulic dovetail trailer came from the factory with electric/hydraulic disc brakes and I would not buy any new trailer without them. In fact for the relatively small price difference over magnet brakes when new I wish...

We use WAZE on our phones. It is an absolute god send when travelling since it will re-route you away from trouble, sometimes many, many, miles away from the trouble spot. You have to have faith in it since many times there is no obvious trouble when it is telling you to turn off of your planned...

This is a pretty old thread. If you do not get a reply try starting a new post.

On my BX I had a loose bolt from one of the many brackets on the underside block the linkage.

I suspect a fuel problem since it runs normally after the first start. The most likely problem is something is allowing air into the fuel system which in turn requires you to "bleed" the system by continually cranking the engine. A quick diagnostic trick would be to spray oil based (from the...

Got power back last night around 8. Like I said a big inconvenience but not a disaster. I did get the TV to work by running a small converter I have off of the power outlets in one of the cars. Now I just need UPS to re-start deliveries so I can get the part I need to repair my whole house...

I just bought a sander from a professional wood worker and he swears by "Serious Grit" discs. He said he has tried them all and these are the best he has found. Available on Amazon.

I'll second that! I very rarely put my bucket on, but I use my pallet forks constantly. You can add a grapple to a set of pallet forks as well to really increase their utility. My first Kubota had pin on bucket/pallet forks and they were a PIA. Get the quick attach.

Yeah that one is on me! We lost power Tuesday morning along with internet and cell service. The stand by generator kicked on and ran for about 22 hours and then died due to an overspeed condition. So, no water or lights, but the wood stove kept the house at a reasonable temp, I fetched water...

Well I guess I have to eat my words on this one.. It started around 6 this morning and this pic was taken around 8:55. We just had "thunder snow" as well.

When I was a kid in MA with my own plow route my rule was I started at 4" and if it snowed more than 24 hours straight it was considered two storms. Those tight Yankees would never want it done if it wasn't at least that much.

As a fellow New England expatriate I agree completely. But then again I fear the "crusty old Yankees" that were around then must be disappearing as well since the MA governor ordered all drivers off the roads before a storm a few years ago. That never would have happened when I was growing up...

They are forecasting snow in VA as well. It has already gone from 3 to 6 to 6 to 12 in my area about 40 miles south of DC.

Thanks! As is very typical for our area the forecasters are now upping the amount from 3 to 6 to 6 to 12 and they are already closing the schools. The most likely outcome will be no snow and the forecasters telling everyone how hard it is to forecast the weather in this area.

I have a Camp Chef pellet smoker which I love, but if you need to smoke that quantity I think any pellet type smoker would be too small. The best large smoker I ever saw was a used refrigerator truck box. It was about 12 feet long and the refeer unit kept the product cold no matter the outside...

The weather liars are all astir that we are going to have snow tonight and tomorrow morning. Since this could be the first snow of the season they are in the full "abandon your car now" frenzy even though it is not predicted to arrive until morning and it is currently 60 degrees F outside. For...

Looking from my back deck across the lake after a storm a few years ago.

You aren't missing any small animals that decided to take up residence in the engine are you? As Churchill said "A mystery wrapped in an enigma."

Don't confuse flow with pressure. Low flow will slow the lift down, but eventually it will reach full pressure. In this case the complaint is weak performance which is an indicator of low(er) pressure. My first step would be to put a pressure gauge on the loader valve's quick connect and see if...

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I assume you pulled the pan and examined the lower end for damage while it was out of the tractor??

Common sense says it is the filters since that is what you changed before this occurred. Either replace them with new filters or find the old filters and scrounge the "O" rings off of them and put them on the new filters.

Find a good realtor in your area and ask those questions.

As long as the Meyer comes with the optional "welder attached" package you'll be fine. Poking fun aside the commercial Meyers I bought, an ex-State of Maryland plow, is a different animal than the pick-up mount type blades I had in the past. It's made of much heavier stock and in the 3 years of...

Central Virginia in the Piedmont area. Typical ex-urban area.

Not that I ever noticed.

I once had an inspector look at a panel I had done and he immediately said "An electrician did not do this." and I thought "Oh, s...." before he followed up with "This is too neat." Where I worked it was just part of the job as it was for every building official I knew. In actuality I never...

When I bought my first Kubota, a 3010, I asked the dealer to place rear wheel weights on it and to not fill the tires so I could remove the wheel weights to cut grass. When I checked the tire pressure a few months later I discovered the tires had been filled. Since I had been doing the grass...

Around here deer are nothing but pests that eat anything and everything. We have pretty much given up on having any kind of a substantial garden since the deer get it all unless it is fenced with a 6 foot fence.

My guess..an elf trap.

To answer the original question: Yes it sounds normal to me. At least my L4060 behaves in a similar manner on those rare occasions when we have very cold weather. (Close to 0 F and I do not use a block heater) I'd try manually cycling the glow plugs by letting them come on, turn the ignition...

God Jul one and all. My paternal grand parents were Swedish immigrants so we always celebrated with a traditional Swedish Christmas eve Smorgasbord at their house. We have kept the tradition up and still do meatballs, sill, press sylta, and several more American dishes to keep the family new...

I believe the IEC (International Energy Code) now requires a return in each space. Your home should have been built to the IEC and as such should not require a large system to operate properly. Included in the IEC is the requirement for much higher insulation levels than were required even a...

Getting a plugged fuel line will drive you crazy since it comes and goes as the debris moves around and the obstruction never makes it into the filter. I made a screen to put in the fill pipe of both tractors after I had clogged fuel line issues with the BX from bugs getting into the tank, most...

I ran used motor oil in mine for years until friends gave me such a hard time for being so cheap that I switched to bar oil. I never noticed any difference between the two.

Well first you dig a hole under the stump and then you buy some fertilizer and diesel fuel..Just kidding!

My grapple set up is home made using my pallet forks as the base. I use the grapple to help hold loads, some which are a bit fragile, like when I move assembled cabinets from the wood shop to a trailer for transport. If I were using a commercial grapple I can see where it would be less of an...

DC area actually,,,

I agree as one person shops are quite common, but everybody has a boss. (At least if you are married!) Believe me; when something went south I almost always heard from the county council members in whose district the problem occurred. Political pressure usually greases the wheels for a solution...

My $.02 is that a 3rd function is not an ideal solution for a grapple. The problem, at least for me, is the third function has no practical way to moderate the speed and force of the hydraulics that open and close the grapple. I had one installed on the last tractor I bought , used it for a day...

Does anyone in your area do custom cutting to obtain desirable hardwoods? It may be worth a search to see if someone will cut them in exchange for the wood. You will probably be left with a lot of slash and stumps to clean up though. The only on-line supplier I could find was asking more than...

If you are not tied to the idea of a propane stove you might consider using a split system instead. I use a Mitsubishi split system in the garagemahal and I am quite pleased with it. Its 36 x 36 with 14' ceilings and it keeps it to around 60 for about $30.00 per month in a reasonably temperate...

As a former FM there were times when I wished this was true, but it isn't. Basically the fire prevention code is nothing more than a maintenance code for the building code's sections that apply to life safety and fire spread. At least in the IBC world if it was built to comply with the building...

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Merry Christmas to one and all and may your tractor always run well and never get stuck so you have a Happy New Year!

It is a fallacy to believe that an inspector is going to catch every mistake. The GC has to be willing to want to do it right and hold their subs to that standard. On a commercial job the Superintendent is the most crucial person who had best know what the code requires and is making sure the...

I have two perspectives on this since I have GC'd my own house, a garage, and the remodeling of a second home and several investment properties we own and I was in the code enforcement field as well. IMO being a GC is basically a management process. You need to be able to understand the work...

I guess I have extraordinary luck since I have used the box to dig up virgin soil going forward and backwards and have for well over 30 years now without any issues. You can break or bend anything if you don't pay attention to how your machine is acting. Pay attention, work with the machine...

True that. Before I had my driveway paved I seriously considered adding a hydraulic side link as well so I could tip the box to one side to get the proper grade.

I'd respectfully disagree with that. The back can be handy for pushing dirt back into a swale from a pile you create with the box. I also use the back to move snow so I am working while backing up to take my next pass in a large area like a cul-de-sac.

When I was learning to drive a tiller truck equipped with a 6-71 Detroit I managed to get it running backwards when I let it drift backwards on a hill and I let the clutch out too quickly after I stalled it. Forward gear does become reverse and you put down quite a smoke screen as well. 🙄

You have the advantage of not needing it right now so just be patient and something will turn up. I use apps like "Search Tempest" to search all of CL when I'm on the hunt for something. Sometimes I find it a few hours away, but if the price is right my time is worth it. Mine is also a KK and...

If you have a high power impact gun you might try spinning the engine with that to see if you can duplicate the torque the starter tried to apply to the engine. I assume you checked the ring gear for damage and ensured the flywheel is not cracked at the mount bolts. Did the bore scope reveal...

I used a 6 foot on my 3430 and it was fine. The most important thing is to make sure the tiller is at least as wide as the rear wheels or you will always have a track left in the previously tilled row.

Bolt Depot will have them and they are very prompt with their delivery.

That is why I prefer a Fisher plow over a Meyer that tips the whole blade forward. Plus if you are stacking snow with the blade the Fisher will not lean forward and allow the snow to fall on the blade and trap it as a Meyer will. Having said that I use a Meyer blade because that is what I found...

It does have a brace going back, but not very far. On my 3010 I had a brace that went back to the loader mount, but I found that it was not really needed. If you look at the old Meyers set ups all they ever did was a straight vertical mount bolted to the frame and the cross piece the blade...

I apologize if I missed it, but I did not see any comment about how cold the ambient temp was when you tried the system. Kubota uses a pretty low ambient temp to activate the glow plugs, somewhere around zero degrees F on my L4060 if I remember correctly. And the indicator for the glow plug...

I don't think this really qualifies as a DYI but we added a 450 acre lake to the rear of our property courtesy of the local county who built a reservoir there. That was a life changer! Who says they don't make new waterfront property? The DW and I did add the garagemahall a few years ago; 36x36...

Here is my current set up; L4060 HSTC with a Meyers 8.5 foot commercial plow that came from a Maryland State Highway Dept. auction. I bought the plow from an individual for $400.00 (score!) with the electric power unit and no mount. The plow was designed to be hooked up from the cab using a...

There is no hardware attached to the ceiling so I don't whack my head on the opener when I'm standing on top of my antique fire truck. I can also raise the loader all the way to the ceiling when doing things like pulling an engine.

I can't stop laughing!

Everything old is new again..My uncle ordered a one ton International in the early 70's and after waiting 6 months for it was told by IH that the order was cancelled because they were undergoing the year end model change (remember those?) He ordered it again in August with plans to put a camper...

I have the wall mounted operators as well and as far as I'm concerned it is the only way to go.

That is a great set up and is well done. As someone who loves to do fab work my hats off to you. For those folks who are looking for a way to get unstuck. My first thought was a chain saw powered winch would be plenty to get you out especially if you use a snatch block. And I'm sure it would...

He was that and so much more. I have lived a very fortunate life and one of the things that got it started was living across the street from my Dad's parents and their farm. As a child I spent a lot of time with my grandfather who was a Swedish immigrant. He never directly taught me anything...

I think you are spot on. This thread got me to looking as well so I ordered one of the Depstech WiFi models. Thanks guys!

My grandfather used to tell me about how he would take a digging bar and make a hole under a stump which he would fill with corn. He would then put the hogs in that area and let them root out the corn to loosen the stump. He related that to me as I "helped" him remove some apple stumps with a...

You brought her in to warm up and get waxed??

When doing any trouble shooting do not overlook what occurred just before the trouble started and never start talking yourself into thinking it is the worse possible thing that could occur. In this case you changed the oil and filters. Since nature abhors a vacuum air immediately went into the...

I assume there was no water in the oil you drained out so my bet is you have air in the system since you just changed the fluid. Let it sit and then check it. And if it is water letting it sit will allow the water to separate from the oil so when you open the drain you will get water before you...

Do you have a tooth bar on your bucket? I have used that to dig up roots, rocks, etc. while prepping soil for grass. I found that raking the soil backwards will reveal roots and then going forward will rake them up. Go slow to avoid tractor damage.

I got the Milwaukee scope as part of a package deal with the oscillating multi-tool I needed...

The reason I gave my Troy-Built to my son is I scored a 6 foot tiller for the tractor a few years back. One day I was cruising E-bay when I came across brand new "King Cutter" tiller listed reasonably close to home with a "Make an offer" link. I offered $1K and much to my surprise the seller...

Nice job! I bought a 6 HP Horse 40 years ago and it was old when I bought it. Needless to say I have "rebuilt" it more than once including a couple of new engines. My son has it now and I'm hoping he will keep it chugging another 40 years. They are without a doubt the best built tilling...

Another vote for EGO here. I have pretty much given up on gas powered lawn tools and chose to use the EGO line of tools. We have the blower, hedge trimmer, 16" chain saw, pole saw, and string trimmer and have been very happy with all of them. I use the chain saw for quick clean up chores and...

I think the fact that you could initially turn it one revolution in each direction, but now you cannot is a big clue. Was the engine still warm when you made the initial effort to turn it by hand? Or was it just a warm day and now it is colder? If you could turn the engine by hand when it first...

Check into leasing an excavator. It is the right tool for what you want to do. If you are not sure about which machine to use ask a contractor for a bid and find out how he intends to go about the work.

Go to Kubota's web site and read what they have to say about gray market tractors. They are pretty adamant about not supporting them. I still would have bought it though.

I agree the motor is probably OK given that you did not note any knocking or other issues when it last ran. I really feel like it is something mechanical that is jamming up the works and I do not see how the loader being lowered has a connection to the problem unless the bucket physically...

If you don't mind the cost Milwaukee has some very nice boxes out now at HD that would work. But they are proud of them.

Is there an inspection plate you can drop to look at the clutch just to ensure that something like a broken bolt did not drop into there to lock up the ring gear. Or use an inspection camera through the starter hole. You said you got a partial turn on the initial start try; can you turn the...

I use the ones Costco sells on the garagemahall and they work well for me.

I use the installed control valves for the remotes. It was pretty simple to run hoses with quick connects to the loader mount arm that allows me to disconnect the lines when I remove the loader. On previous tractors I ran hoses up the loader arms, but since the dealer installed the lines on this...

I already have a 1/32 inch flow reducer in the line and I'm running 1/4 inch lines. Going to a 1 1/2 inch cylinder more than doubles the surface area the fluid acts on so it will slow it down. Right now I'm too cheap to change it, but if it becomes a real issue I'll swap it out.

I have had both and I would never go back to a gear drive. Stand on it and steer works for me. I use the cruise control when I am tilling. Set it at 2 or 3 mph and let it rip until you reach the end of the row. You will not need the pulverizer if you get the tiller. If you take your time and...

Congrats; very nice find and I'm sure you will love it. I know this is almost heresy to advocate this on this site, but I would not get a third function to operate a grapple because you have no reliable way to feather the operation of the grapple. Instead I'd use the rear remotes which are...

Nice work, but I don't see how you made the wedge adjustable. As I said my initial attempt also failed when I ran a stump through that I knew would not split which allowed me to put full pressure on the wedge to test it The new design/repair has not failed under full pressure. One other...

Here is a link to my post on adding an adjustable wedge to my splitter and a run down on the splitter. https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/threads/adding-an-adjustable-4-way-wedge.443424/ I also prefer large rounds and having a log loader on the splitter allows me to wrangle them fairly...

You have to have some beam behind the wedge to support the wedge backing piece and having a longer stretch of beam beyond the wedge let me add a longer brace to the top of the beam. If it were at the beam's end it would be "floating" and would be pushed over by the ram without splitting the...

You know how to make a grown woodworker cry by cutting up that cherry for firewood.

Very nice. I think I might knock one together for my PJ hydraulic dovetail trailer out of steel and wood since that is what I have "in stock". I think I'll also add an upright piece to serve as a handhold.

I'd take the battery home and put it on a maintainer unless you are using the tractor frequently to keep it charged. You can put an Anderson type connector on the cables to make it easy to remove and it will serve as a disconnect as well. I worked on boats for many years and every boat I worked...

30 foot wide aluminum slide gate and we had to run about 300 feet of underground power as well as communication lines. I'm sure the installers did well, but we looked into a DYI and the gate alone was close to $10K as I recall. I have started doing all of the maintenance myself since the gate...

We installed a gate in our 16 home private road subdivision when the county built a reservoir at the end of our street to mostly deter the teen agers from partying on the empty lots that face the reservoir. Like all crime deterrents it can be overcome, but fortunately most folks who are bent on...

I looked at CL and it appears that the prices have risen quite a bit in the past year. I wonder if it has to do with the "supply chain" issues and a scarcity of product that comes in the totes. Neither of the wood mulch places in my area that were selling them last year are advertising at all...

Sorry ;missed that.

Turn the PTO switch on with nothing attached. If the tractor stalls it is most likely the safety switch that will not allow you to leave the seat with the PTO engaged. If you search for threads on safety switch fixes there are plenty there.

One thing to consider when you are deciding on the 8 versus 10 inch hose is possible replacement cost. I have had my hose split a couple of times and so far I have patched it with a piece of round duct, but when it comes time to replace it they are pretty costly.

I use a DR vacuum. It works as it should, but will clog up if you use the attachment to blow the leaves directly from the mower deck, especially if the grass/leaves are the least bit wet. It is also a bit of a PIA to empty as the "box" is quite flimsy and you need to stand it on end to get the...

I finally bit the bullet and bought 30 IBC's from a mulch dealer for $25.00 each. They had been drilled to get all of the dye out so I cut them up with a battery powered circular saw to make covers and the rest went to the landfill. I did lay out a full cord to see how much each 275 rack would...

After 32 years on the job I could fill a book with stupid ideas that kept me employed and let's face it; we all do stupid things sometime in our life and most often we get away with it. Heck as a teenager I washed the floor of a gas station every morning for a year with gasoline and got away...

I use the tank I have in the back of the truck that I use to fill the truck when we tow our fifth wheel. Love the video of the lady filling the plastic bag with gasoline. I once ran a call where the wife filled her washing machine with gasoline to wash her husband's greasy clothes. Since I was...

As in all transactions if the buyer is willing to pay the asking price the seller is perfectly willing to take it. Does "irrational exuberance" ring a bell?

If you are concerned about the physical effort it takes to cut wood keeping a sharp chain on is key. I ran across a real deal on e-bay for a box full of 16" Stihl semi-chisel chains a while back so I stopped doing more than a quick file before I changed to a new chain in the interest of saving...

Like all products made with steel trailers have shot up in price. If you are not aware of it the price from the mill for steel has risen at least three fold in the past year. I'm sure it will come back down as supply increases and demand tapers from customers not being willing to buy at today's...

Try searching for boat trailer fenders. They come in a variety of sizes and materials and would be pretty easy to modify. I'm not sure they come in a large enough size for the big tractors, but they will fit almost any CUT. Now you have me thinking of yet one more project to do.

I remove the auger bit and place the output shaft into a section of pvc pipe that I buried in the ground. The arms that hook into the 3ph support it and I welded a couple of small tabs to the top of the arm to hold the pto shaft up off of the ground. It's still a PIA to hook/unhook, but it is...

Lots of worthy advice here and intermittent electric issues will get you talking to yourself pretty quickly. I'd stop and look at the overall problem as the first troubleshooting step. Given the age of the tractor I would suspect some corrosion as the most likely suspect and since the problem...

I was given an almost new MS 390 (long story) that I am running with a full chisel chain on a 20 inch bar and I love it. It is heavy, but I use it for bucking more than anything else and the weight is actually helpful since it carries the saw through the log. We do anywhere from 5 to 15 cords of...

Like most regulations the ones for which containers are legal to be filled with flammable/combustible liquids come from folks who do not have any common sense and use things like glass gallon jugs to carry gasoline. Now that almost all fuel stations do not have pump attendants I'm sure we will...

If I were in your situation I would first get to know the neighbors and find out what they use. I assume you are in eastern NC based on the land description, so there should be several folks who farm in the area. Talk to the local extension agent and ask for advice. Visit the local feed/farm...

There are a couple of "self tests" that you can do to evaluate how you are doing. The easiest is to just try to break the weld to see how it comes apart. Do a butt weld on a piece of 1/8" thick sheet a couple of inches long then put it in a vise and work it until it fractures. If the metal fails...

Had three open station machines and when I was a younger man I didn't mind dressing like Ralphie in Xmas Story, but now old age and wisdom have taken ahold and I'm very glad I went to a cab machine. And if you finance through Kubota their insurance will cover any lack of concentration moments...

It's a long story, but a neighbor gave me a basically new MS390. It's heavy, but I equipped it with a full chisel chain and 20 inch bar and for doing large stuff it is a great saw.

I love Stihl saws....but My experience is that the newer saws just do not compare to the older stuff. I ran an 026 for 20 plus years cutting anywhere from 3 to 6 cords of hardwood a year before I just plain wore the saw out. I replaced it with an MS290 which lost enough compression that it would...

Thanks; I just finished it up, so the only wood I have split with it is what I used to try it out. But, since we do not buck up our logs until we are ready to split them my guess is that we will not need to re-set the height too frequently since the pieces we feed to it should be of similar size.

I recently added a hydraulically adjustable 4 way wedge to my home built wood splitter. I bought the splitter many years ago for around $200.00 and over the years I have replaced everything but the I beam, basic chassis, and the oil tank. I added a 13 HP HF engine, high flow pump, auto return...

A friend and I usually find trees within a short distance from our houses so we can drive the tractor to them. We than buck them into logs which we load onto a dump trailer to get them to our wood yard. When the weather turns cold we buck and split them using my home built wood splitter which...

I don't know if they still use them, but the local Army base used goats to keep the grass down in the munitions storage area and at the fuel dump. They don't produce ignition sources as fuel fired equipment can.

When all else fails you can "prime" a diesel by running it on WD-40 until the fuel reaches the injectors. Spray the oil into the intake and it will run on it. Do not use starting fluid as it is too volatile.

I use the Anderson style connectors on my dump and hydraulic dove tail goose neck trailer batteries as well as my tractors and pick up. This allowed me to create a "modular" system to provide emergency power to any battery that gets weak by plugging the trailer into the tow vehicle. I also keep...

"Do set up a video and let us see you do that with forks and a machine out front while you are in a uncontrolled slide. I'd be interested learning how one has the presence of mind to slowly lower the FEL. The slide was over in what 30 seconds?" One of the many things I have learned in life is...

Check the linkage going to the 4wd selector lever to ensure everything is tight. I had the same issue on my BX2660 and it was the linkage near the gear case that had come loose. It may not look like it, but you can get a socket on the bolt to tighten it.

I had an issue with bugs getting into the fuel tank of my BX2660 from a farm tank nozzle which blocked the fuel line resulting in the same symptoms you have. In my case I could pull the fuel line, blow back through it to clear it and it might stay clear for days or it could happen again quickly...

It will crank with a defective (open) seat safety switch. Trust me I found that out the hard way. Find the plug going to the seat switch, unplug it and short across it so it imitates a closed circuit. If the problem disappears that is the culprit.

I own an L4060 cab model. I can assure you it will not lift the 2K pallets, but it will not have any problem moving/lifting an IBC full of wood green or seasoned. I use IBC's for wood and they hold roughly 1/3 of a cord each if stacked level with the top of the cage, so they actually weigh less...

A friend and I are lucky enough to be able to get enough wood locally to keep three families in enough wood to keep their wood stoves fed all winter. We cut the trees into 11 foot logs and load them into a dump trailer to be moved to our wood yard. We buck them up when we are ready to split. I...

When I first started driving one of the instructions my Dad passed on was to use 2wd until you really needed 4wd because if you keep it in 4wd and then get stuck you are probably not getting out, but if you are in 2wd the application of 4wd might get you moving. I kept my 3010 in 4wd...

Have you performed a coolant system pressure test? If not I would at the very least check it just to re-assure myself that it is not a head gasket. But, my thought is that since it is an intermittent problem it is most likely a faulty sensor and or gauge. Follow the circuit; fuse to key switch...

The standard that specifies how to do a lightning protection system cited by the building codes is NFPA 780 https://www.nfpa.org/codes-and-standards/all-codes-and-standards/list-of-codes-and-standards/detail?code=780 Lightning protection and electrical system grounding are totally different...

Retired fire fighter and antique apparatus collector. The previous posts are spot on; fire trucks that are going out of service are basically dirt cheap. Just make sure the pump has passed an annual pump test and that the tank is not leaking. Like all heavy trucks repairs are expensive, but...

Call Kioti corporate; if the reply is not acceptable ask to speak to that person's boss and so on and so on until you reach someone who will listen and take action to fix the problem. In the early 70's my uncle ordered a brand new IH pick up which ended up being cancelled because of model year...

We generally do not get a lot of snow here, but every once in a while we will get one to two feet. I plow a 3/4 mile long private road as well as several driveways. Over the years using four different tractors, I have found that the best set up is a blade that is directly mounted to the...

As has been said you must check local laws. Here in Virginia a property owner can force a neighbor to pay for half of a fence and can even go so far as putting the fence in and then sending the bill to the adjacent property owner without the adjacent property owners having any say so about the...

I have had good luck with the sets Drill America sells. By far the biggest improvement I have made to my drill collection was to add a Drill Doctor sharpener to my shop. I always thought they were a gimmick, but they work very well and are easy to use. I have sharpened a 5/8 bit and gone as...