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Figured I'd start new thread Regardless... machine is a JCB 1550-B Backhoe will drift to the passenger side of machine. Seems to drift more slowly now that the swing cylinders are rebuilt. One stabilizer drifts down over time. Might take 2-days to go from full vertical to touching the...

You are driving your car and you realize that (even after a 4-wheel brake job) there is some shimmy in the steering wheel when you apply brakes. You can also sense a speed dependent but background "whoh whoh whoh" (like that sound?) as the wheel turns. Faster speed means faster 'whoh woho...

Wife has a Subaru Forester, 2010 version. Key are locked inside. We live 18 miles outside of town so want to do myself. Would a 'Slim Jim' work or should I try the hanger through the door method? Lock is a rocker type at the door pull (inside of car) It's not an up/down type that we used to...

I've got a JCB 1550-B. Noticed the other day that the swing cylinders on the hoe are starting to leak. I've had the machine for maybe 10 years or so and have repacked (removed and taken to shop) virtually all the cylinders but for these two swing cylinders and the main cylinder for the hoe...

One of my bankers was invited to the local high school to participate in a day project. It was designed to give each child a budget sheet.... they would fill it out as they did a round robin setup in the gym. Each station would be one facet of life and the kids would fill out their budget...

My wife likes her cup of coffee. She's not a coffee snob....but likes a nice cup. She's got a gal-pal. This gal has more cash than common sense? Example: her mother passed. She took some of the inheritance and bought (cash) a $250,000 fancy schmancy diamond ring as a momento to her mother...

I've got a GE water heater, 80 gallon, model GE-80T06AAG. It's now several years old and I decided I need to check the anode rod and likely replace it. I'm finding rods that are different diameters and different materials. 42" x 3/4" aluminum 54" x .9" Magnesium I even think I saw a...

This is essentially what I did. I dug on three sides, leaving the falling side intact thinking it would act as a 'hinge' and help hold the tree (in case it decided to fall towards the house) Maybe it's a good excuse for you to rent a large backhoe? This was my wifes uncles house next door and...

In the "Punks" thread where the jeep damaged the fields... it reminded me of something that happened to me once. Rather than take the thread off topic, I thought I'd mention it here. Long time ago, around 1986, I had a 1971 Olds 4-4-2 convertible. (455, 4bbl & 3 speed Hurst) I had two cars...

Situation: Sink has been working 100% fine & dandy when all the sudden, it simply stopped up cold. It's a double bowl sink. Put half a bottle of Drain-O down (1/4 bottle down each sink half) Didn't work Got out the plunger and worked on it for a few minutes.... decided to 'show the wife'...

I'm sick & tired of cutting the fields and around the edges, getting b***h slapped with all the low hanging branches that have encroached onto the edge of the field. Want to cut them back, decide a pole saw and backhoe is best way. Cut things with the saw, put into bucket and carry/dump to the...

I guess with the turn of the weather, staying warm is higher on my mind. I have noticed what seems to be trend and am curious if I have a budding issue. About a year ago, we had a ventless fireplace installed. I have a dual manifold outside where I keep a 100 pound tank attached (as backup)...

We've got a ventless fireplace. It's a pain in the hiney to start it from scratch. We don't however, use it all the time so in general, I don't want to leave a pilot light on to "waste" any propane. I have now, left it on for about 2 days....and got me wondering how much propane have I wasted...

Seems I got it to work this time. Here is the "fireplace" of mention. The goal is to take the outer metal "shell" and replace it with stone or whatever a REAL fireplace is made from... and keep it ventless. We'll then add the cabinets to the sides that she's got on her build list.

Wife won't allow a wood burning fireplace which is a shame since we have tons of wood... She wants a ventless propane and all pipes have now been plumbed and making the fireplace is next. Scenario: We can buy a firebox and propane logs (actually have already done this) Now that we've bought...

Looking at buying/building a bookcase. Long question cut short.... Is it better to use plywood or can I use solid wood (oak, maple, other?) for the vertical sides? I'm guessing that it' better to use plywood for the actual shelves so they don't warp over time.

Years ago, I bought a Campbell Hausfield compressor. It either came with some attachments or (for some reason) I may have bought them. One is a Devilbiss air sprayer DeVilbiss Compact Siphon Spray Gun It might not be this exact model but, it looks 100% like it. I have since replaced the...

Frankly, I forget the name of the other stuff. I think it began with an 'S' (and wasn't Stabill) Went out one day bought a bottle of high concentration Roundup. We have a small area, probably under 500 sq/ft where we cut some saplings and want no underbrush as most of it is poison ivy. So I...

(I'm noticing my return key doesn't move this down so please pardon the difficult paragraph to read) The starter is on a backhoe/loader but frankly, that shouldn't matter. Pulled starter off, installed a new solenoid on it & put all back. Preface: If the battery is strong, the machine...

I have a hand truck. Has pneumatic tires. Tires "hold" air but are evidently cheap tires (or tubes) and over time, lose 100% of everything so, when I need the stupid thing, they're flat. (I'm now noticing that my return key isn't work to create a new paragraph so.... on I'll type)...

I'm not giving any advice on how to take it down, but I had a tree leaning towards my house that I wanted taken down. What to do... I finally got some help! I cut the notch in the tree and left the hinge thicker than I would normally make it. My thinking was I wanted the hinge strong enough...

Scenario: Got into an apartment about 2 years ago. I've had continuous service of DTV at my house in TN for maybe 13 years. I setup service in this apartment. They installed the dish on my (the apartments) privacy fence. 12 months later, I along with many people, get a notice from the new...

Converting a space to full bath. Plumbing is now installed, subfloor down and the attachment piece (to bolt base to floor) is in place. Wife has decided she would like the toilet 'scooted' over about 1/2 of an inch to the side. Can this be done at all or would it require something like...

Perhaps on the surface, the title makes no sense! Wife wanted to add onto the house. The living room used to have two windows facing the front yard. Both windows have been removed and the logs between them have been removed so now there is (guessing) and eight to ten foot wide opening...

I always get a permit. During one of these fires (the one with the double image) I had a legal fire the week before that got out of hand. Called the local volunteer FD and like champs, they came out and put it out. Had their bulldozer with them (something like 4-5 acres lit up on the back...

Moved some speakers around so we could do an outdoor movie. Was a big success. Not sure if the pictures will work....first time I've ever attached pictures using this (new to me) method.

I'm working in Florida right now so I'm simply working as a middleman between my wife & keyboard... Scenario: Seems my sister in law did some changes in her house (her brother who lives out of state did the work when he was living in the area) House built perhaps in the 60's (just guessing)...

My house is in TN. I'm currently living/working in Florida and the wife is back at the house. I have a 7' Woods RFM. Her uncle who lives next door (and has NO business anymore on any of the machinery) is 94 years old and becoming ....shall I simply say, somewhat absent minded. She's...

Let me preface that this is merely a question from being curious, I'm certainly not going to try this (and don't expect I could if I WANTED to try it) Ok, our machines usually run on diesel. My understanding is a jet engine runs on a refined version of diesel as they are also compression...

Typing on iPad, hate this. Visiting TN, leaving sun Stihl backpack blower Other day, filled with new premium/50:1 Blowing father in laws driveway Working fine, suddenly, will NOT go beyond 50 percent revs without dying. Feared bad gas so dumped it, bought more premium Pulled plug. Plug...

Ok, I'm currently living in Jacksonville, FL. Wife/house/dogs/stuff are in Knoxville. Had a hankering for some popcorn but don't have a microwave here. Then a bright idea hits me... why not buy a popper?! Off to Walmart and I buy a $30 popper with a sweeper on the surface to mix the kernals...

Wife wants to add a pocket door in a new bathroom we're doing. Seems there is a wide variety of vendors out there. Anyone know anything about this stuff such that I can be sure to get decent/good hardware the first time around? I'd prefer hardware with ball bearings if possible....yes, even...

I seem to have read that using Durock/concrete board as a tile backer in a shower has been improved upon? What I think I read was that Durock will/can allow moisture to absorb into it and therefor, (I presume) leach to the back side. Another product was supposed to be better and more...

It's looking like we might move to Florida! We will be keeping our existing home since it's almost paid for and, located on my wifes childhood family farm. I'll probably own this house until the day I die. So... after we move to Florida and come to visit in this house... when we leave...

I think we finally narrowed it down. Setup: basement utility room/bathroom. Washer/dryer are in this room. The kitchen was originally going to be directly above this room and as typical, my wife decided to move the kitchen midway through building the house :confused2: After the house was...

We have a stretch of grapes. Helping to hold them up are some posts that are somewhere around 4" diamater. These are round posts and quite possibly came off the farm decades ago. I have personally been involved with this family since 1989 and know these are the same posts since then...

How do you do it? I have a field in front of my house, irregular shaped of course. Included in the area I finish mow, there is a row of grapes that I have to go around as well as a row of blueberry bushes AND a pond (usually dry though). You can't see the pond. It's a depression on the...

I just remembered this while at work so I don't have any picture. When my Grandfather passed, one thing that I ended up with was somthing that I'll call a hand saw. This thing is maybe 30" long. It has two wooden handles on either end going essentially vertically but with some angle towards...

About a week ago I sprayed some weeds & a bunch of Monkeygrass that the wife wanted rid of (after I broke my back going out to get it, transplant it and over the years, split it to propagate it :() My presumption is because it might creep underground, you really want to kill it instead of just...

I'm sure I'm not using the right name. My backhoe has two wobble sticks. Each stick works north/south & east/west as I'm sure most know. Two of my boom cylinders have been rebuilt. The small bucket cylinder and the middle dipperstick cylinder. Both of these were done by my local JCB dealer...

I've got an industrial backhoe/loader. The front bucket cylinders are now starting to drip. I've owned this for maybe 8 years... so perhaps it's time ;) Do you just go get a spanner wrench to unscrew the 5" nut on these, use a come along or something to pull them out and then replace parts...

I narrowly dodged a repair yesterday. I was driving my backhoe/loader back/forth across the farm bringing some topsoil from the barn area to my yard. A single round trip is almost 30 minutes to get there, load up & return to the house. I noticed every now & then, some form of "shiver" that...

My father in law has a tract of land 20 miles away from where we all live. he had the timber cleared on a section of it and today, there is a thick stand of pine trees, probably around 10 years old. We drove by it yesterday and he said they'd be a lot nicer if they were thinned out some to...

I've got a full sized backhoe/loader. The front lights work fine and when I first got the machine, I had to replace one/both bulbs in the rear lights. Over the years, the rear lights stopped working. I always meant to dig into it but don't find myself working in the dark.... until last...

I dont know what nice title to put there .... so I put what I put. With the current dog thread going on, it had me thinking of something that happened and I thought I'd repeat it here and simply see what anyone had to say, if anything. A couple years ago we added onto the house. We have 5...

My wifes cousin next door has this Poulon 446 pole saw. It's actually a power head with the pole saw attachment. If you saw an old thread of mine, this is the one where he said "it doesn't work" to which I wondered: 1. Does it not work, as it it doesn't run or 2. It doesn't work as in, it...

Our little American Eskimo was limping. Noticed she had a paw with some blood between the toes. She's not been very helpful letting me look closely at it but, last night I got a chance. It looks like her toenail is either missing or broke off at the paw. Meaning, it's gone. I know when...

I've been thinking on getting a pole saw. Turns out, my wifes cousin next door has one (NOT a Stihl if that matters). I was talking to him about getting one and his words as best I recall were: "I've got one and it doesn't work" :confused: To which I responded, does it not work (dead...

Backstory: My wifes cousin next door wanted a tree cut down then the root ball dug up. The tree was probably under 12" diamater (forget). It was a LIVE tree so though I was concerned as always about falling branches, I presumed there would be fewer of them since it was a good tree (in way at...

As per another thread, I replaced my solenoid on my starter yesterday. I'm a little confused. If you will pardon any butchering of words, here's what I've got. The solenoid has three terminals. Two heavy lugs and one "trigger" tab. Unless I went dumb in the meantime, when I took the old...

My solenoid needs replaced. It's on a TLB (so I have loader arms in the way) I was going to simply take the starter off but, it's a darn bear to wrestle and I don't want to take other parts off to get to it. I ended up taking the solenoid off and it looks like that is my only problem...

Without getting into many details.... If you owned a boat and either lived on a lake or had easy access to it, would you find it interesting to drive your boat to a large cove off the main lake channel to watch a movie or hear a (recorded) concert? The movie might be something family...

I've got a 100lb propane tank. Took it to get filled the other day for the first time this winter. Guy said the tank expired 2 months prior and they couldn't fill it. Bummer for me because had I filled it in fall like I normally do it would be sitting full as a reserve tank to be used up at...

We're looking at some Ventless fireplace logs. Room is not totally rectangular. Rough dimensions are 16x19x8 1/2' however, there is a 6' wide opening (no doors at all) to a side room. This room, octogonal shaped is for arguments sake, 12x12. Back to the MAIN room, there are some french doors to...

We have a HP 3500N color laser. It's been fine for us for maybe 5-6 years. Last year, we got a message on it saying we needed a new fuser kit so we got one and replaced all the parts. Fine & dandy. Today, maybe 12 months later, we're getting the "need fuser kit" message again. Might be...

I'm still baffled on this one. For someone who's not aware, I live in the middle of 250 acre family farm on a dead end road. Three houses here, mine, father in laws and my wifes cousin. Otherwise, on a peninsula of land that is maybe 800/1000 acres in size, there are only 7 houses total. Of...

Last year, I finally remembered to ask about my fireplace. I remove my propane tanks (propane ventless) every year and the gas leaks out of the lines. Every fall when I reinstall them, it takes maybe 30 minutes of attempts to get the pilot light, lit. I was told that I simply needed to put...

I/we replaced our front entry doors. Wife decided she didn't like the steel double doors with large glass....sooooooooooo, she went out and bought wooden doors (identical to the painted steel) with large glass.... just so she could have painted wooden doors instead of painted steel. I...

a long long time ago there was a thread with some simple tips. I put one in there and it seems someone really liked it (I thought it was pretty simple) Heading into cooler months I thought I'd mention it again. Chainsaw bar oil: I buy a gallon jug. When I unscrew the top, I do NOT then...

I don't know how to word the title other than that. I have a downspout. As it turns out, it exits right over the top of my septic tank (which runs parallel to the sidewalk). The downspout is right at the end of the tank as you can see in the picture. I knew the tank was there but, thought...

I have a JCB and when I first got it, needed to have the alternator rebuilt. Fine & dandy.... Some $$ later, all is fine however, over the 9 years or so of ownership, I've ALWAYS had a dying battery problem and have simply created the habit of putting it on the charger or buying a new...

I was reading the jet pump thread and was going to ask there...figured I'd not bomb on the thread :D Casual question... I'm on a well. It has its own breaker in my box. In addition to this, I have those old time screw in fuses located AT the pressure tank closet as well. I've not traced...

I had an Oak tree that was 1/2 dead/alive in the front yard. It was tall enough that it could possibly have hit the (new) deck had it fallen towards the house. In fairness, the dead top would have been the offender and maybe done some damage...maybe not. It was surrounded by some other trees...

Without posting all the in between pictures, we had a movie night for the wifes cousins who came out to the farm and camped this past weekend. It was a raging success. We have now done this several times however, virtually all of the earlier attempts were with a much smaller screen...sitting...

I can't say I've ever seen any kind of honey bee nest....ever. Yesterday, I was on back side of farm collecting some rocks to border the wifes flower garden. I backed my hoe up to the fence and was reaching out almost 20' to pull some rocks that were dumped there (decades and decades ago)...

My wifes uncle is turning 90. The family is having a big birthday bash for him next weekend (July 4). Extended family is coming in from all over the place. One of his sons is renting TWO houses across the lake in Tellico Village for a week so some people will have housing. One of the...

Heh.... this is something I had placed as a road block on the side of the road. Wife decided it would look better in front of the house and would I move it. Once I got it placed, she was asking me if I could scoot it to the side about 3 inches and back about 4 inches. :confused2...

I'm not a coffee drinker and don't know if my next question will be a cause of contention between those that DO drink coffee....my hope is it won't. My wife likes a good cup of coffee in the morning. After we have dinner (with family or friends over) there is always a pot brewed. I just...

I put this in the regional forum but...thought might get more eyeballs here. I bought some speakers off ebay. Fairly large. Set side by side, they will be roughly 40" wide by maybe 68" long. They will fit in the bed of a Nissan Frontier truck. (I think it's about the size of a Chevy...

My wife was cleaning and said she found it under the sofa. Since she cleans about every other 2 minutes....we're very baffled as to where it might have come from. (I might be embellishing the 2 minute comment...more like every other day she's got the vaccume out) anyways, here's some...

We are looking to sandblast, stain and chink our house this summer. 1. They (Perma-chink) are suggesting we use glass beads for the media blasting. I kind of liked the idea of the corn husks since they would biodegrade. Any opinions on having bags and bags and bags of glass beads blasted...

I'm at work right now and it's slow..... so I'm just meandering this in my head thinking aloud as I type. There is no significant meaning to this post other than conversation. :thumbsup: My wifes cousin who lives next door, wants to work on his driveway and that means two dead trees need to...

Seems there is more than one type of hickory and I don't know what it is. The tree is about 10/11 inches diamater and on the edge of the gravel driveway that was being widened a bit. We took it down yesterday & my wifes cousin asked me to drag it to the burn pile. I asked what kind of tree...

I live in the woods. We have five indoor dogs. We keep their tick/flea treatments up to date however... Having ticks from being outside or from being transported inside by the dogs is simply part of our life. Wife still freaks out when she sees a tick (on her or a dog) and calls me to...

New porch, new roof, new overhang.....new problems! Last year I discovered that some birds seem to love this corner (among a couple others) to build their nests in. I'd get home from work and find a 3/4 built nest....knock it down...come home the next day and find a 3/4 nest...knock it...

A 3-way switch can have two different locations to control a single light. Can you do same with your thermostat? Here's my situation... House has two units. Smaller unit for bedroom/upstairs. Larger unit for main floor and walk out basement (finished). Right now, I have a...

I have never welded in my life... would rate my interest in trying at maybe 1%. I don't even have a 220 outlet although I'm considering changing that. Here's my question.... I live on a dead end road. The county has posted a No Parking sign at my driveway exit because we at times, get...

I've got two 250' unopened rolls of normal "in wall" 12/2 wg. I'm pulling wires across my basement so my brother in law (electrician) can hook them up but, skip the pulling part. He's out of town right now AND isn't answering his phone :mad: In addition to the above, I have probably another...

I don't know what the box is called (nor really care :rolleyes:) so I looked around for a picture I knew I had. Setup: Did a remodel, the feed from the transformer to the house was underground BUT...in the way of addition so had to be moved. They came out, trenched new line and in picture #1...

I live in the boonies. The wife chose WHITE carpet to go up the stairs from the entry foyer (enter downstairs & must use steps to go into house, after walking through outside elements) We then got some dogs.... Long story short, the bottom step was once used by one of the dogs as a chew toy...

I don't need to replace mine (at least, yet). I'm merely curious. As I look at my well head, I contemplate the mechanics. My well is maybe 300+ feet deep, my pump itself is at say, 200' and the static water level is at say... 100'. There is going to be a cable AND some kind of tubing that...

Maybe I should have said vibrator... Scenario: Been laying down flagstone. As it has been put down, I've been adding sand as mortar between the stones. It's irregular shaped stones so some of my gaps are very narrow (like 1/8") and some areas are much larger, simply depending on the lay of...

Finally starting to happen. I've always had laser eyesight, even to the point that my wife told me I can see better without glasses than she can WITH hers. I guess at 49, that is starting to change :eek: Went to eyedoctor and long story short.... suggests I go to Walmart or similar and buy...

The wife of course, brings this up after I've gotten to the point of being 99% done :eek: Here's the setup and the question: Base material is what my local quarry calls "block material". Basically same stuff that a concrete block is made of, rougher than sand finer than "rocks". This...

House is maybe 10 years old. We added onto house last year which dictated our tank be 'moved'. Moved is defined as, caving in the original tank, filling it with concrete and simply installing a new tank maybe 40' away and redirecting the output from the house to the new tank. My yard is a...

We've got a ventless fireplace. I use a 100 lb tank outside. In the spring, I move the tank away from the house (eyesore for the wife) and put it in the woods with some other stored things. I have to wrap up the connections that screw into the tank or the bugs will build a home inside the...

I'm putting down some flagstone for a sidewalk. I have a DeWalt 4" grinder that I have a diamond blade attached to. I use this to help cut/fit the flagstone when I need to. Sometimes, this entails cutting a 1/2" strip off the stone that might be 24" long. This makes for a lot of grinding...

I've decided an attachment for my blower for my gutters MIGHT be worth looking into. Anyone have/use one that care to share your experiences?? How would you feel using it while standing on ladder 10/15' off ground? Can you be 'under' the gutter and still use it? By 'under', what I mean is...

We have HUNDREDS of pears hanging off the trees in the orchard. As a preface, I'll admit I've never been too much of a pear person my entire life. I always found their consistency kind if interesting yet also being one of the very things I didn't like about them. Last year I probably had...

Can't believe what this idiot did yesterday. Setup: Added to house, now putting the flagstone walkway back down and need some block material (heavy duty sand) under it. I happen to live 20 minutes away (backhoe speed at 12 MPH :rolleyes:... only 5 minutes away by car :D) from a local quarry...

Am I really that weird or do others actually enjoy the sound of hearing their turbine spool up/down as your RPM's fluctuate around during operation? I wear some in ear monitors (connected to Ipod for music), which isolate a lot of noise out of my head. I then put on some Pro Ears II over the...

Had a most pleasing Sunday afternoon. Machine is a JCB 1550B, full sized industrial backhoe/loader. Long story short...about 5 years ago, was clearing some brush from yard on side of house (pushing tree line back & making new lawn) I ran over a branch which angled up and speared my...

I put the real thread in industrial since it's an industrial machine. I don't know if other brands/machines have the same spring attachment. How to replace throttle cable? - TractorByNet.com Hopefully, I'm not stepping on toes 'cross posting' like this. If so... make sure you have steel...

I've got a JCB 1550-B. Long story short, the throttle cable needs replaced. New cable arrived today. Seems the new one covers both the foot and hand throttle, which is nice. Here's my question... On the fuel pump side of things, the cable has a threaded end on it. My original has same...

Here's two pictures. ONE of the cylinders that control the dump of my front loader bucket has just been discovered leaking. On the first picture, you see what appears to be a shadow below the hinge and in fact, that's oil. The last time I had one done (at JCB dealer) it was the cylinder for...

ok, I'll fess up to my boneheaded move. We have an International 444 (though that doesn't matter for this conversation) I was carrying a large branch with my backhoe the other day (JCB) and the branch was longer than expected. It brushed agasint the tractor and snapped the oil filter (old...

Wife wants to rip up our flagstone walkway and part of a patio. I don't know how large an area but it might border 1,000 sq/ft so we'll use that as a reference. She's thinking on having some colored concrete poured and stamped to look like the flagstone. We've had some of the flagstones cleve...

Being allergic to the little SOB's, this won't hurt my feelings to watch them die. We've got two rows, each 80' long of blueberries that are just screaming now to be picked. They are also being visited by a bunch of yellow jackets who evidently, are also feeding. After reading around some...

Doesn't have to be an entomologist I just figured someone with that background might know. We have blueberry bushes maybe 60' long, two rows of them side by side. They've not been trimmed back for 3-4 years so they are VERY tall and very bushy. I'm sting allergic to little stinging SOB's...

Last year, when my wife & I were in Capri, Italy, we had a lemonaid. What I wasn't expecting is that it was not watered down and was a slushee type drink. It was NOT "lemonaid on ice" but rather, it was a slurrey of ice that was simply intensily lemony in flavor. It was soooooooooooooo...

To be more specific... Outdoors, I've got several downspouts. I have dug a trench to all of them, buried some 4" sch 40 pipe and taken the drain maybe 80' or more away from the house, before allowing it to drain (in the woods). We've just now finished an addition and with the roofed porch...

Title sounds strange doesn't it? Added onto the house and now are done but for a relatively small punch list. We owe the GC about $3,500 and then we're done. His punch list is made up of some stupid things, replace a window track they installed damaged (parts for free from MFG), couple...

We had some drama on the farm yesterday that I totally missed. My sister in law took her two dogs (one of which we're keeping in our home) for a walk. One of them "Fannie" looks like she's got some german shepard in her BUT is probably only 40/50 pounds. She's very petite if in fact, she's a...

I didn't want to intrude on the high eff. water heater thread. I have calcium buildup where I am (well water) and currently do NOT have a softener installed although I've got stubs for one at a later date. I put a new heater in maybe 1 1/2 years ago, 80 gal. The other day I spent several...

Yesterday I got to celebrate fathers day by going with the wife over to her fathers house and I got to replace not only the weatherstrip at the base of his shower door, but also his heating elements in his water heater. :cool: We were clearing out a lot of calcium and re-filled tank again so...

Waiting for paperwork snafu to get my AC fixed. I have a large dehumidifier. I forget the rating but it was the largest they had at the time (Whirlpool). I think it's 40 pints/day? I don't know how big they go for residential use but when I bought it, it was their largest. 110 volt...

Since this is only moderately related to HVAC I figured new thread. I have some kind of plot map. This was used (evidently) when the land was deeded over to my wife. Just to keep this story simple... my house sits on a square piece of land. The gravel driveway you see when you drive up is...

I've got a neighbor who's ...well... he's loaded. He's been cutting his yard/fields with some kind of John Deer riding mower that I think has the blades in the front? Takes him 3 hours just to cut his yard and he wants to diminish that time. He does have some odds/ends trees in the yard so...

Any structural engineers in this area willing to give a look on something? Inspector came out for a final inspection (a week ago) and today at 5:30 my builder says "oh, the inspector says he wants a beam "here" (points) and of course "here" will put a beam right through the wifes chandelier"...

If you are new to this thread, I had a compressor fail. The repair guy who came out says it's dead and needs replaced. He evidently sells Amana. I've not read the fine print of the warranty but it says in the larger print "Lifetime Limited Unit Replacement Warranty" I'm sure there are going...

I've got a heat pump. I do not know the size, only that it seems one of them (house has 2 systems) seems to be dying. The repairman was out Friday and said the compressor pump is dead. He's going to see if he can find the parts I need so I can compare that price verses an entirely new system...

I've got a Stihl backpack blower, the 2 stroke variety. On starting, I always choke it & pull once/twice until it sputters and then turn choke off and it usually (99.999999999% of the time) lights off. Used it last weekend and did my usual routine. One thing different though... I was worn...

Setup: Farm is surrounded on 3 sides by water. The farm USED to be double in size before TVA confiscated many acres (decades ago) for the lakes. Point of that is... the "farm" would go to the waters edge but for the fact that TVA owns all the beachfront and in our area, interestingly enough, all...

I'm at work, 25 miles from home. Wife just called, says she was in shower and water died (power still on so it's not a power outage) I said it's probably the breaker box and if not the breaker box, there is also a fuse box in the closet with the pressure tank. She said "good... have fun...

I might be eating a bit of crow here and that's fine by me. I don't want to be unfair. I've got an ongoing deal with an addition and part of the contract was "we (the builder) will take care of 100% of the mechanials on the addition" As it turned out, unforeseen, we had to re-route the power...

Discovered maybe 2 years ago, a mound in the woods... looked suspicious and fortunately, since it was on the path, I didn't step on it. I did however, poke it with a stick and as you probably realize, a wash of black mobile pinchers (or would they be stingers?) swarmed out of it. Just a day...

We've got two rows, about 40' each, of blueberry bushes. I went to the grocery the other day (Freshmarket where things seem to be more expensive) and saw some organic blueberries. They were charging about $5.00 for 4.4 ounces as I recall :eek: I can pick that many in about 13 seconds...

I use the word 'sub' loosely because this guy isn't a sub. They are more like partners on my house BUT, they are not really partners. Let's just call it a symbiotic relationship. I'm only mentioning that because this is not a classic GC/sub situation as I understand it. To the point... If...

Here are some pictures to try to save me 1,000 words :D Picture "F1" shows a window and scaffolding with a red circle. This window is going to be knocked out and widened to become a doorway into this kitchen extension. This means, it will be a high traffic area. Note the red...

I just got my tax assessemnt from the county yesterday. It's not TOO bad I must admit however on the principle of it, I found it a bit interesting/irritating. Seems my property value has gone UP about 12% :confused: There was a phone number to call about questions, so I did. The chap on the...

We've got an International 444. Last fall, I installed a new injectin pump and all is now working fine. During the install process, I found three bolts. I don't have any pictures, so I'll try to describe the process.... ON the side of the machine is the drive gear for the pump. The pump...

Stumbled onto this on Craigslist last night. Frankly, I'm a bit dubious since today, I can't find the listing at all!! Here's what the seller emailed me today (using a gmail account which doesn't prove anything but..... for 65 year old lady... I just find that interesting) I actually...

We've already got a boatload of blueberry bushes... I'd like to start another row. I bought some rootstart (or something like that) that I understand is to help roots sprout from a clipped part. Anyone ever do this and able to give some advice on the best way to take some cuttings and get...

As you see, we're adding a room on the left side of house as well as a larger porch. The valleys on the new roof have the shingles "leaved" together or what ever they call it when they weave them. The next picture is on the roof of the porch... here, the circled part looks more like they...

I didn't know how to make the title make too much sense I'll attach a picture. Setup: We installed this fireplace 8/9 years ago and now, the wife wants to redo the finish of it, taking down the panels and hiring someone to put up a stone finish. All that is fine & dandy. She MIGHT also...

I've use 30lb tanks as my primary tanks for my propane fireplace. They're much easier to toss into my trunk compared to the 100lb tanks. Other day, noticed a hisssssssssssssss when I installed one. Slight hiss, but there none the less. Just now looked at it and it seems there is a rubber O...

Public service announcement... Because the stock market has imploded, our government has thought it to be gracious to not force people to take a RMD (required minimum distribution) for calander year 2009. Upshot of how this typically works (for those who might not be clear) Once you reach...

Here's why I ask... You can see SOME pictures in this thread if you want "Rainhandler" anyone using it? opinions? - TractorByNet.com Bottom line... we're adding on a small room which will of course, have a roof. We are however, adding a roof across the ENTIRE front porch. Neither one...

Gutters, Rain Gutters, Rain Gutters, Copper Gutters, Gutter Guards, Rainhandler Gutters I might need to put new guttering up when we add this new section. I will NOT have easy access to a higher part of the house (main roof) without climbing onto another roof. The pitch of my roof is 12/12...

We've got a guy who's building a deck and adding a small area to the house. Attached is a picture (sorry for the BLUE, seems I had camera on "indoor lighting") Anyways... I've tried to draw in the item of my question. Today, they added another post (the skeleton in yellow). In addition...

I had a flat on my front tire several weeks ago (full sized industrial backhoe with impliment tires on front) The darn thing broke the bead as I didn't notice the flat until after I turned the tires. I pulled out a can of starter spray... was a bit nervous on doing this. Hoisted the front...

Put a new injection pump on an International 444. Installed the fuel input line, 4 output lines, throttle..... Removed the lower air bleed screw and cranked over several times. After a brief moment, I got fuel spurting out of the hole. Not knowing if I should keep going until I get fuel...

I've got an industrial backhoe (JCB) that over the 8 years or so of ownership, has never really been kind to batteries. Through a mix of low use (as homeowner) and perhaps an unknown issue in the charging system, it never keeps a battery charged. (the alternator HAS been checked out as ok)...

Scenario: I'm finishing a room downstairs and will be moving my electronics down there (stereo/tv...) I've been told that sometimes, one factor in getting ground loop hums in a stereo system is different components being plugged into different circuits (different plugs leading to different...

I know the title might not make too much sense so here's the situation. I've got a 10' Rhino mower. The shaft on it connects of course, to the PTO on the tractor. To get into more detail, the "shaft" itself is actually connected to the ...what to call it... "yoke?". It's this yoke that...

I presume the answer is yes so let me clarify the question... We've got an International 866 (or 886?) Regardless.... seems it's leaked its water/antifreeze into the crank. Discovered it a couple weeks ago. On a lark, we thought.... what happens if we drain everything, put new oil in...

Why is it a diesel engine doesn't produce any vacume? Or, would it be better asked if I said why DOES a gasoline? This is one of those things I've always wondered and finally thought to ask.

We've got an International 444. Current conclusion is that the injection pump has issues. Over the weekend we took it off and my wifes cousin (his tractor) is going to take it to a diesel shop to make sure it's good (or bad) and go accordingly. It's mounted ... with a slot/pin situation...

I've not seen this posted here so pardon me if it has but... How cool is this? Home of the Hossfly

We've got an IH 886. Runs like a watch. Cutting a flat field several weeks ago, got a rear flat (dang it....) We put onto flatbed & took to co-op. Tractor returned today. While I've been cutting the farm, I DO keep notice of dash gauges, temperatures and the like.... NEVER while me using...

Mom has several decanters... trying to get an idea of any value... the FIRST one is actually full, seal INTACT and dated 1961. The pictures will tell the rest. Any idea if/any value?

We've got an International 886 (or was it 866...? I keep forgetting) Regardless, it has the long axel for dual rear tires. The tractor does NOT have dual tires on it so the axel simply sticks out. I had a flat a year ago & called the co-op out to fix while I was at work. I did NOT expect...

ok..here's the deal... I live in the boonies and will not have any kind of DSL service for the forseeable future. I DO have a dual channel ISDN line installed (2 digital 56K lines). HOWEVER, I do NOT have an ISDN internet service...in fact, I do not have a service at home at all... I...

We're building a small addition on to the house. When we finished the outside garden several years ago, the wife wanted some lights along a path. I buried two 12-2 uf wires (ditch witch) and have her lights up & wired. The ENDS of the wire were NOT yet brought into the house yet. They ran...

Is this a fair diagnosis that my problem is my fuel injection pump? Scenario: Tractor was being use... turned off. Next day and since forth, has not started. (neighbor borrowing it) It's an International 444. Gravity feed from tank to filter, tube goes to other side of tank into the...

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We've got a 10' Rhino sitting behind an International. This mower has a slipclutch on the main shafts gear box but none on each side gearbox. Every now & then if I scalp or hit a stump or.... :rolleyes: the blades will stop as the slipclutch is doing its job. I turn around and see the main...

You'll need a bit of background: My aunt lives in a small town. She's got early stages dimensia. She's been living in a small house that was actually her childhood home (inherited by her when my grandparents passed) She has now been in a nursing home for several months and finally, granted...

I think CCW means carry conceiled weapon, right? If not, that's what I'm referring to. Question for you guys who have them... You are carrying and do some errands.... you happen to walk into the post office or alcohol store or Walmart or your bank or..... Are there some places you can't...

I'm looking to see if anyone has any interesting ideas.... Scenario: I live on dead end street. On my road, there are maybe 7 houses in a geographic area that is probably pushing 1,000 acres (my FIL owns 250 of it and most of the rest is TVA land) 1/4 mile down the road is another dead end...

Been debating on trying to put a TNT onto an International 890 (or 889...forget actual number) Anyways, it has two pair of remotes on back and I think another pair available to me if I dig into the system somewhere. That isn't much of a concern to me yet... Here's my question... As I...

Scenario: 10 year old house with septic tank/field and buried power line. We're adding onto house and will get too near the existing tank and build OVER the existing power feed. We need to move both, last week the power feed was rerouted. Now comes the tank. Builder says he's going to dig...

Having recently repaired the radiator on my backhoe/loader, I noticed while doing so the bottom radiator hose has a smaller hose attached to it. In essence, the lower hose (let's call it a 2" hose) is maybe two feet long and connects to the engine block. Midway down, there is another hose...

We've got an International 880 (or was it 980?) Primarily use it to pull a big mower. Up to now, been using the box blade (5') behind the smaller International 444. Been debating on getting a larger, heavier box blade and putting it behind the 880. If I did so, I think I'd want to have...

I'm a bit premature in posting this question since I just heard about it and don't know the facts yet. Hopefully, I'll go back there later tonight and find out for real what's happened. Ok... my wifes cousin lives next door. I've been out of town for several weeks. Years ago on the back...

I was out walking the dogs this morning and went by the blueberry bushes as they are just now, starting to ripen (something we look forward to all year) As I was walking down the line of berry bushes, about 50' worth, I noticed a single yellowjacket...then another, buzzing around the bushes...

Working on my JCB 1550-B, needed its radiator fixed. That of course, meant I needed to first remove the hydraulic cooler and then the transmission cooler...:mad: Be all those headaches as they may, I finally got the parts back together over the weekend. Knowing (or thinking I knew) that I...

I've got a JCB 1550-B and need a new battery again. I keep going through batteries for one of two reasons, or perhaps a bit of both. It's a home use machine and frankly, doesn't get used much so part of me thinks it simply dwindles in charge over time. Another part of me suspects something...

This isn't a question on the merits of 2wd vs 4wd so let's not go there. My question is... which setup would you prefer and why? Preface: Same exact tractor other than 2wd/4wd Would you rather have a 2wd tractor with R1's OR The same tractor in a 4wd configuration with R4's?

Suffice to say that I have an industrious wife...don't ask why she did this just realize she did. Upstairs bathroom, 12" square tiles... she thinks the grout is dirty. She spends a ton of time scraping the grout out and finds new grout to replace it with. I tell her to try a test area...

Here's my situation, just noticed it yesterday. (Preface: Although I'm getting sting allergy shots, it turns out I'm highly allergic to various stinging "sob's". Two years ago, I landed in the emergency room after a wasp sting and have since found out that I'm MUCH more reactive to yellow...

The wife recently had some lemonade and was told they made it with lemon juice, water and apple juice instead of sugar. I've been looking for a recipe for that with some ratios for each of the ingredients. Anyone know about that or have an old family recipe? She said it was the best...

I suppose this belongs in "safety" as much as anywhere. El camino del Rey - Brightcove Just how much nerve do YOU have? I'll admit that I'd chicken out about 100 feet PRIOR to the first 'challange' I'm a wimp Some of the places where there are holes in the concrete.... sheesh.... I'm...

4 years ago, I had a leak in the radiator of my JCB 1550-B. Took to shop and they fixed it. I WAS going to simply replace it at the time but JCB wanted something like $700 for it and I thought that was pretty proud of them. The guy at the shop said he could recore it (if I recall correctly)...

Though I should say "2 rotary cutter questions" but that just sounded dumb! :D I'm not really sure the batwing part is important. 1. When you are cutting a field, do you set your height higher so you "never" scalp or do you set your height where you really want to cut, knowing that you are...

The wife tiled the bathtub/shower a number of years ago. In the corners, instead of caulking them, she grouted them. Of course, the house has settled and most of the corners are cracked a bit. Question... in some places it's a hairline crack with good adheasion on both surfaces (other than...

I've got a 1550-B, built sometime around 1987. couple years ago the radiator was leaking so I took it out to be fixed. I debated on replacing it but at $700 or so... I hesitated. (might be worth knowing I use this as a home owner, it doesn't earn anything for me) They fixed it... and now the...

I understand that every plumbing drain is supposed to have a vent somewhere within 5 feet (or something like that) Ok...find/dandy.... I'm just trying to better understand how the vent works (yes I've got a poor draining tub and the lack of a vent seems to be the logical reason why) If you...

If so and you're willing, I'd like to ask you a tax question on a 401-K rollover/distribution. ok, here goes... I've been debating on asking publically or via PM so if you care to answer feel free here or via PM/email. background: I'm an investment advisor, recently had client pass away...

Ya ya ya... I know... don't feed her as much :eek: Here's the deal... At one time, we had two dogs. I could ALWAYS make sure their bowl was 100% full and they'd eat some & walk past the bowl later on without thinking twice about it. They had no urge to gorge themselves (gorge might be...

Come May, the wife & I are taking a long trip that will get us to London, Milan, Rome, Istanbul and Athens. We are looking at some hotel lodgings in Istanbul and see some good/bad and indifferent. Trying to research as to where to stay. Some of the reviews bash some 4/5 star hotels and some...

Yikes... We bought this washer & had it delivered tonight. First thing wife did was put in a 'twin' sized quilt. This thing just sat there and the water level NEVER exceeded the height of this quilt. When the agigating happened, it just went back/forth, rolling the quilt into a ball which...

I've got a very small leak in my washer. I've pulled it out and turned on side to look underneith it. I can't yet find anywhere obvious for the leak. Next, I plan to put it on some 4x4's and raise it so I can fill it and run it while looking under it. Seems the drips on floor (and it's only...

My understanding is a dog will eat grass to either calm an upset stomach or perhaps to cause said stomach to throw up. (my guess is the latter) Here's my question with background first... Last week, was out in fields walking 4 dogs, all on a leash. one of them got into what I THINK was some...

A bit misleading as it's not really a drain. Setup: When building, we ended up moving a wall but the right hand and left hand never heard about it so someone plumbed for a vertical drain (inside the now missing wall). Here it is. It's TOTALLY useless and will be in "the middle" (not...

sigh... and I think I know why. Scenario: Our air handler system is in basement (which will be finished). It's technically in the garage. The drain pan has a drain that goes to a sump pump and this pump is drained/routed with the HVAC lines, up to the ceiling, along the ceiling and finally...

Installing new shower, tile is done and now I've got to take the 6" place holder pipes out that were there so the tile guy would work around them and replace them with the proper length. What is the best way of measuring the best length I need? One method I've done is mark the installed...

I put a new 80 gal heater in last summer. We're on a well. BECAUSE of being on a well, I always figured that was my problem (very cold water mixing in with hot) "Problem": To take a hot shower we use roughly speaking, 80% hot water and maybe 20% cold. Mind you this is NOT a steamy shower...

Bought tractor at auction. Using to cut fields & had a flat in front tire. Put NEW tire on and carried on. Saturday, had a flat (new tire :mad: ) No biggie... I can put a plug in it... Only to find out the co-op put a TUBE in , with the new tire :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: Now I've got to...

We have two propane (ventless) fireplaces in the house and will soon be adding a third in the basement. During warm months, I take the tanks away (100 pound tanks) and 塗ide them in the woods so the wife is happy. During this time, the inlet is exposed and I presume they simply air out and...

Was replacing a belt over weekend. While busting one of my knuckles on a no-see-em, my mind went back to my college days. Driving my 442 (1971 convertible) back to school. I was a couple miles out of town and it was dark, headlights on. All the sudden, my dash 'idiot light' came on and I...

Wife hired a friend to do tile in shower. he got the first row on. Dunno if it needs to be known but the tile is going in, on the diagonal. She doesn't lilke how he spaced his first row and wants to redo it. Of course, the "glue" has dried. He used Versabond, Fortified thin-set mortar if...

Here's a pic although when I took it I wasn't planning on asking the question so the pic isn't well framed for my question. Room is about 14 1/2' wide, 19' long to the near wall with wires and on the left side, about 21' to the wall near the air handler. Ceiling height to the joists is right...

Showing my ignorance on ebay here. I've bought/sold things before so I'm up on how to list and all. What I'm wondering is... (first, my understanding) I understand that if you list an object, say a hammer with either a zero starting price or $1.00 starting price, you can still have a buy...

We've got an IH 444. The fuel tank does NOT appear to be removable at all or if it is, not without GREAT hassle. Machine has been cutting out on us and I've now ascertained it's a fuel flow problem. Blow air backwards into the fuel line (at the filter) and the fuel then comes GUSHING out the...

I had a thead a while back where some dufas (me) crossed a line and fed hot water to his new toilet. Kohler said that posed NO problem and in fact, was considered one of their fixes when someone calls in with a condensation problem with their tank. Aside from all that, the wife doens't like...

Though I don't think it's too relevant, I have DTV with the (currently) 3 LNB dish. Someone (I think here on TBN) once said that in order to get the next round of HD channels, someone will have to upgrade again to a 5 LNB dish (?) That is part of my questions... First a fact... my house...

Starting to finish the main room in the basement (walkout). One full side of it is under grade and not visible in the photo. The side under grade is the whole right side of the room and the photo is of the left corner which as you see, is fully exposed to air & sunlight. If it matters to...

I'm on Direct TV. I've got a total of three receivers working and ONE of them is a HD unit. Only the HD unit does the following as best as I've been able to ascertain. Every now & then while watching tv, the picture will simply "die" as though someone has turned the receiver off. Looking...

Ok Guys… helpppppppppp Here’s the background. Last winter I was cutting some paths through the fields so we could walk the dogs in ankle height grass instead of waist height grass. As I was just about the farthest point from home (isn’t it always like that?) the tractor suddenly died...

Well, it seems when some OAF (that would be ME, by the way :rolleyes: ) did the plumbing downstairs he crossed a pipe with another. End result, new toilet in the bathroom being finished in basement (now behind drywall) is being fed with HOT water instead of cold water. We made a joke that we...

Situation: Just tiled floor in bathroom. Prior to tile, floor was simple concrete that we waited until now to get around finishing. When the floor was first poured they made it flush with the toilet flange. Now that we’ve added tile the flange is roughly ¼” to maybe 3/8” of an inch below...

We've got 4 dogs that are primarily indoor dogs. Another who's primarily outdoor. We take them out several times a day and for walks on the farm usually once a day if not twice (3 on leash & letting 1 run free, rotating who gets to run free as we are out) Two of the dogs have recently...

ok... out of my ignorance, I will probably ask the question poorly but I shall try. We've started finishing our basement and this is where I'll end up moving my stereo & home theater stuff. I have a 150 (but it might be 200) service box in the house and it happens to be located in the room...

Here's a poser for you auto types... I'll be looking deeper into this on Saturday. I've got a 1992/94 Chrysler New Yorker, was my mothers car. I've had it about 2 1/2 years, about 2 years ago it needed front brakes so I replaced the rotors and pads. I didn't have the rotors machined, I...

Finally got the Rhino working and what happens but I get a flat while cutting... on the rear (loaded) at that :mad: This tire is kind of different to me, as it has the 2 bolts each side holding wheel onto axel BUT it's got the gazillion bolts holding the rim onto the dish. My question is...

We now have two big tractors...both International's, one is an 886 and the other is a 986 (with cab) We're going to give them both a workout and keep the preferred unit & sell the other. I do not know their HP nor if the HP is the same on both units. The 986 has physically larger rear tires &...

Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh We spun the jackshaft on the Rhino TW-120, 10' rotary cutter. The 1/2 shaft that goes from the main gearbox to the side gearbox. Ordered new one from factory and went out to put it on today... The piece measures (round numbers for conversation) 13" long edge to...

We've got some blueberry bushes. This spring, they had a bazillion blooms on them and then the frost came and killed all the blooms. Some told me we'd not have any blueberries but I looked yesterday at the plants and the berries have already started. I personally don't know, but I've been...

We've got a 10' Rhino rotary cutter. Bought it used. When bought, seems though the seller said it was "field ready" he lied :eek: . Just to get it hooked to the tractor we've had to replace the double yoke on the pto end of shaft (about $600), the two yokes and universal at the opposite end...