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With all the winter weather and winter storm "Ream Us" bearing down on central NC, it has me thinking about power outages. One thought leads to another and I am thinking about the life expectancy of pine power poles installed in the late 1980's. Assuming no damage from car/tractor strikes just...

Brood II has emerged here! No joke by the gazillions! These things are so loud I hear then over my tractor and lawn mower! I hear them in the house! I've had to stop and listen to make sure I'm not heard a bearing going bad on the tractor, lawn mower, heat pump but every time it is those...

I have a 1962 model Farmall 140 that smokes some/not much but tends to push oil out the dip stick tube. My FIL used it to make beds for and cultivate tobacco, corn and garden. Another tractor was used for heavy plowing and discing. So it really wasn't used hard. It starts and runs fine...

Started the fire around 6:15 this morning. Will be cooking until around 4 p.m. Then will wrap and sauce the butts to soak for about an hour. A few minutes before we eat the chopping will commence. Chickens will go on about 3 and will slow roast until about 5. Sauce will be applied and...

For most of my professional career I have carried an Umbrella Liability Policy with a professional coverage rider. The policy covers both personal and professional liability. Considering I occasionally use my tractor to do things like fix the pastor's garden, mow hay for a neighbor etc and...

Here is a picture of the food plot I planted a couple of weeks ago. These are forage soybeans and will grow to 5 to 7 feet tall! You might be able to make out the double fence on the left side. There are tons of deer and turkey tracks outside the fence. It must be working!

My son, along with about 100 others, will graduating from North Carolina State University from the Civil Engineering Program. He has passed the FE Exam and will be looking for employment where he can work with a Professional Engineer. In a few years he will be able it it for his PE Exam. We...

I've been hand reloading for years at a table. I have upgraded to a RCBS single stage press. What type of bench do you have your press/presses mounted on? Is it chair height or a standing bench? Will a chair height bench work?

I've been taking my family fishing forever. Now the kids are grown, the opportunities to take them fishing are more and more rare. My daughters and wife agreed to go last weekend. Here are some of the catch photos!

I've had a good couple of weeks to get my food plots in around turkey hunting, work, lawn care and gardening. My hunting partner and I got one plot in two weeks ago with good results. We put the electric fence up Saturday. Today I took the day off to have the Internet guy fix our connection...

A friend and I received this cooker from a mutual friend whose dad and mom passed. He told us if we would restore it we could have it. It is the mother of all cookers......literally it is 40 years old! We have stripped the rust and old paint. Patched and repaired the holes and other things...

I bought a 25 gallon spot sprayer a couple of years ago. It works well for my spraying around the yard. I've wanted an alternative to the 60 gallon sprayer for the tractor. So I picked up a kit to set up the spot sprayer as a broadcast sprayer. What I found was a funky arm that attaches to...

I am interested in knowing what tools and methods you use for cutting metal for your fabrication projects? I have a 14" abrasive cut off saw, grinders, a portable reciprocating saw and an OA torch. What else do I need? I can weld ok but really struggle with cutting parts. Is a plasma cutter...

How often do you get your water tested if your water comes from a well? Ours was tested years ago but not in the last 20. Should I be testing more often? We are several hundred yards from the nearest house and our home is on one of the highest points for a couple of miles.

Here is what my Rancher 455 did today! The 445 played support. That's a 20" bar on the 455. It is too bad that the tree split through the middle. It could have made some great lumber!

I have had some issues with keeping batteries on various equipment batteries charged. Things like the lawn mower, ATV etc have presented me with dead batteries in the last several months. Have any of you used or have first hand experience with battery tender type devices? Are they worth the...

A little over a year ago I bought a flux core welder from a discount tool store. It welds fine on thicker materials but never could adjust it for auto body sheet metal. So on recommendation from a good friend and auto body guy I purchased a Millermatic 180. It welds great - it makes me a...