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It's been a real headache getting onto the roof of my house to clean the chimney for the last 8 years we've lived here. The one section of the roof near the chimney has really poor ladder access and requires two ladders to get up top. When I want to clean the chimney, it turns into an all-day...

I got a 6x12 10K dump trailer earlier this year. Due to tow limits of my 1/2-ton truck, I never purchase more than 3 tons of material. When loaded properly, the trailer tows great. But I'd say 80% of the time, the local yards load me with a forward bias, creating too much tongue weight. I...

After 7 years of ownership, I upgraded the FEL on my Kubota L3200 to quick attach. Bought a set of Land Pride QA pallet forks and got a good deal on the Kubota QA 66" bucket for the L models. Should have spec'd the tractor this way when new, but that's another story. I had originally been...

This started happening in the last year or so, and seems to be getting worse. After I start my L3200 (6 years old, ~270 hours), I lift the bucket off the floor. If it's been parked for a few days, the bucket usually goes up about 6-8", then pauses or stutters for a second before going up the...

I just picked up a 10K Big Tex dump trailer (long overdue purchase) and it came with Chinese tires -- Goodride ST225/75R15, Class D. They are 8-ply radials. I have no idea how good/bad they are, but I was planning to spend the extra dough to upgrade to a good trustworthy tire. The only...

Been picking at this for a few weeks, hampered by a lot of rain and snow, but finally got to the point where I have enough pictures to start a thread. Will be 12'x21', 252 sq. feet, just under the limit to avoid a building permit and allow use of rough-sawn lumber. Posts will provide about 11'...

So today I finally took care of a tree I had been meaning to tackle for a long time. It had about a 20-25 degree lean on the bottom and then curved to vertical. Due to some desirable trees in the direction of the lean, I didn't want to do a normal Coos-Bay cut and drop it that way (for those...

This looks real interesting. They build the roof framing and attach the roofing metal while the roof system is close to the ground, resting on some large I beams that are connected to a hydraulic scissor lift. All the wall posts and girts are framed up and attached to the roof framing with...

I'll post more pics as this progresses, but here are some so far. This is an 8x24' building that I am constructing around my Woodland Mills sawmill. It's a mix of pole barn, post & beam, and a couple modern elements. I am sawing up Loblolly pine from my property as I go along and building...

So I have a Woodland Mills HM122 on the way, should be here next week. It comes with leveling feet but will be down on the ground if I don't build a base. The only other mills I have used a lot were trailer-mounted and the deck was up near knee height. I am thinking I should build a base to...

Our tank has a 40/60 switch and a few years ago I recall verifying those pressures on the gauge. I happened to notice the other day that pressure is dropping to 35psi then being pumped back up to 65psi. So something is off. Could this be a sign of a leaking bladder, or maybe the switch is...

Thought this was pretty interesting: Power Tool Manufacturers and Who Really Owns Them | PTR

Here's a report and some pictures from my neighbor, who is a DoD civil servant and Army veteran (and a tractor owner!). He is working on standing up the hospital at the Javits Center in NYC. This is some of the most uplifting news I have heard in weeks. These guys are pros and heroes.

Due to two mild winters in a row and lower consumption of firewood, I didn't run my log splitter for over a year. I had run it dry and did annual maintenance before storing it in early 2019. Yesterday I decided to split some wood from a maple that came down a few weeks ago. Got the splitter...

My neighborhood association bought a 6' bush hog from TSC and I have been using it to mow our trails with my L3200. The first time I hooked it up, it took 15-20 minutes and was a struggle. I ended up having to remove my stabilizer links in order to swing the lift arms wide enough to get around...

Anybody have a good solution for a trench or channel drain across a gravel (crusher run) driveway? Right now I have a very shallow swale in the driveway in front of my barn door, which helps divert water that flows down the driveway towards the barn. Works well, but I have to scrape it out...

I'm wondering if anyone has run into this -- I mortared down some concrete blocks to footings Friday (4 days ago as I write this). Due to rain and damp conditions for the last 2+ days, the mortar has never dried out and hardened. It did seem to set off and firm up in the first 24 hours, and...

I plan to build a barn on my empty property in the next year or two, but right now I'd like electrical power to run tools and there is a transformer right there on the property line just ripe to tap into. Generally the local power company (Dominion Power) wants to see an approved site plan...

One of our fields (which gets hogged once a year every October/November) has been taken over with tickseed sunflower and looks (and smells) beautiful. Neighbors keep asking what flower it is and where I got the seed, but I had nothing to do with it (would never look that good if I did it on...

I ran an ethernet line out to my barn this spring, to feed an outdoor wireless router so I could have internet access. In July, we had a thunderstorm with a lot of nearby lightning strikes, and my ethernet switch (back inside house) got fried. I replaced that and was back in business until...

In my continuing quest to accumulate more dumb injuries as I age, I'm temporarily one-handed since getting stung on the left wrist Friday morning. My left hand looks like an inflated rubber glove and is useless right now. I swear, this is as bad as the log splitter injury I had a few years ago...

Happened to see this linked when looking at another video and it got steam coming out of my ears: So many things wrong with that delivery -- I would have taken time to line up the ramps, would have parked in the other direction so trailer was offloading uphill, would not have kids buzzing...

I am looking to add an enclosed lean-to onto an eave wall of my barn to park a car in. Been grappling with some decisions and tradeoffs and feel like I need TBN input. In order to make this project "sane" and keep it to a short timeline with minimal disruption to the main barn, I want to have...

We're looking at putting in a pool for my daughter, something fairly simple where I do most of the work (wife vetoed my "backhoe and a tarp" idea so it will be a couple steps above that). A big expense will be the safety barrier, which my county is very strict about. If we go with an...

After Christmas, I got to looking at all my firewood stacks and decided to build a wood shed to try and consolidate and neaten things up in the future. I did a lot of research on the internet looking at designs and what other folks had done, and ended up going with a pole barn structure. All...

So I powerwashed the stairs down to my pier for the first time in the 5 years since I built them. The stairs weren't that dirty -- the main reason I powerwashed was to get rid of algae on some of the stair treads that was slippery when it rained. After getting the stairs clean, I noticed rot...

So we're finally getting around to putting in a stamped concrete sidewalk leading from our driveway to the front porch. This had previously been a gravel and flagstone walk with a french drain underneath: This particular location is under the drip line of the roof, so I know I want to slope...

I have an old 2002 Deere LT-150 mower that I no longer use for mowing, but have kept around for odd jobs. I have been thinking of selling it just to free up some space in my barn and hopefully someone else can put it to better use. It has a Kohler CV-15 single cylinder engine. Last fall it...

So my log splitter is leaking at the end seal on the hydraulic pump. Looks like the factory did a sloppy job installing the coupler that mates with the motor, and the coupler shaft key was rubbing against the shaft end seal on the pump. Finally wore through and I lost hydraulic power yesterday...

Posted this up on another forum recently and had to do it on TBN too. This is an old list that dates from the 1970s when I remember seeing it posted near the coffee pot at my dad's work. Found it available on the internet now. The dollar values are outdated but everything else is still true.

My wife noticed this on our driveway when taking our pup out this morning. Happened sometime after 11pm last night and before 6am this morning. That's the tip of a regular sized flat shovel for scale. Of the many critters we have around here, the ones I'd suspect based on size are fox...

Saw this when coming back into my creek from fishing the other day. When we went out earlier in the day I saw a young guy running the machine and knocking down trees, then getting out to cut the rootball with a saw, all by himself, and was impressed. Hope he didn't get in trouble with the boss...

So I did the 50-hour service on my RTV yesterday, which included changing the two hydraulic filters on the back. The smaller HST filter came off easily and I barely lost any fluid replacing it. The larger suction filter was stuck on beyond belief, and I had to drive a screwdriver through it...

I have been looking for a bigger toolbox for my tractor for a while, and found a good option while shopping for waterproof storage boxes for my boat. Plano makes some nice cases (various sizes) and the side-hinged lid works out really well when mounted behind a seat. I ended up getting their...

I have been wanting to run power to my barn for lighting. I have 250' of #6 direct-bury aluminum wire that I bought a couple years ago, first to use as an extension cord while building the barn, and it's been used for other projects several other times. Long term I had planned to trench to...

This addition was long overdue -- I have owned my L3200 for 3 years now, and have been wanting a ballast box the whole time. I had been using my box blade for ballast, but it was large and unwieldy, and there were a lot of cases where I skipped using any ballast because the box was too much...

So every few years I tend to cycle a new saw into my quiver. For a while I have been getting by with an Echo CS-400, Husky 562XP, Stihl 461, and a small top-handle Echo. I also had a Stihl 261 but sold it after getting the Husky 562XP, as the Husky was a lot more saw for only a small increase...

So I'm about to fill my semi-custom ballast box, and am debating whether to fill with dry mix, or go through the routine of mixing the concrete with water. Dry concrete mix is about 160-165 pounds per cubic foot (assumes minimal air), whereas wet mix ends up curing at 145 pounds per cubic foot...

I am seriously kicking tires and thinking about upgrading from my L3200 to a Grand L open station tractor. I had sort of decided the L4060 was about right, to get a notable increase in power and capability over my L3200, but I looked at one today and my gut impression is that it's just too big...

I've spent the last couple months putting in a patio with the help of a family friend. We had to build a block wall, backfill, then poured a 4" slab on top. Slab cured for about 40 days. The last major step was done 2 weeks ago, when we laid bluestone squares (2x2) over the slab with mortar...

My 40 year old Skil saw was finally showing its age recently, after many years of use in my dad's homebuilding business and at least 15 years of my projects. Had been dropped many times, brake was gone, cord been sawed/repaired over and over, and finally, the bearings were really noisy and...

So out of the 6 duck eggs we incubated, 2 were discarded early on for no activity, 4 made it to the end, and 3 hatched successfully. We now have 3 healthy ducklings about 10 days old. They are very friendly, and follow my daughter around. They grow quite a bit each day. My next chore is...

I am adding a lean-to on the gable end of my barn, but one detail I don't have worked out is how to flash the roof up against the board & batten siding. The siding and battens are 3/4" thick pine. Any ideas? If the lean-to was going to be left open, I'd just leave gaps where the roof meets...

Made this up for my splitter a couple weeks ago and finally got around to posting pics. They wanted $80 for the factory catcher, and I knew I could weld a better one up for a fraction of that cost. It's interesting to weld up a design with a lot of angled cuts and parts that need to...

Was splitting wood for a couple hours yesterday and managed to smash a fingertip (ring finger on left hand). Really did a number, with lots of bone fragments and deep lacerations. Took 8 stitches to sew the tip back together in the ER. 50/50 chance the tip can be saved (all dependent on...

Anyone know of a source for a plain hydraulic cylinder to which I could weld on custom ends to the rod and base? Been looking at cylinders but haven't found anything like this -- from what I can find online, I would need to cut ends off and re-weld my custom ends on, and that seems like a waste...

Here is a pretty decent sharpener on sale: Oregon Bench-Mount Chain Grinder, Model# 510A | Sharpeners Grinders| Northern Tool + Equipment If you can add another $11 to your cart, you can use the coupon code dec114 to knock another $50 off the price. I believe there are lesser coupon codes...

I am planning on picking up a Kubota RTV-X1120D, but one minor drawback is a lack of driver's legroom for someone tall like me (6'1"), so it's a tight fit and my foot is sideways when on the brake and throttle pedals. I have looked at a few other UTVs in the past, and they are all pretty short...

The regulator on my compressor is leaking, and I am wondering if I should just buy a new one or if they can be fixed. Here's what it looks like after I pulled the knob and cover off: This is from a Craftsman 35 gal 150 psi horizontal wheeled compressor from about 2002 or so. Looks like I...

I am running water to my pier. The piping is underground (PEX sleeved inside black poly) and below the frost line as it runs from my home to the top of the stairs that go to the pier. From that point I will transition to PEX or black poly that will be on hangers under the stairs, going on down...

Anybody have a good procedure to test a breaker to make sure it trips? My two year old daughter, who has all the makings of a tinkerer like me, managed to drop a penny across the two prongs of a night light plugged into the wall. The penny melted about halfway down the prongs before the whole...

Anybody have some yet? We picked 3 dozen Tuesday at a local farm, and I am loving it. Had 4 ears for dinner last night, and 5 ears tonight. Got to be one of my most favorite foods. This stuff is so nice, I just boil it for 3 minutes, pretty much just to get some heat to melt butter. Corn...

I have been casually shopping for a basic log splitter for a few months; I do most splitting by hand with a Fiskars X-27 during winter months for the fresh air and exercise, but wanted to get a powered log splitter so I can process firewood during summer months when it's hot and humid and too...

I am wondering if anyone has experience with Englert LeafGuard gutters -- these are the one-piece continuous gutter that is formed on site, looks like this: I had some installed on my barn last week, and went with this gutter (which is about 5X more expensive than standard gutters) because we...

We had a big snow last week, and that gave me a chance to try out a piece of horse stall mat in place of the cutting edge on my rear blade. It worked well enough, but I didn't think it worked as good as when I was using a pipe over the edge last year. Problem was, back then I was using PVC...

So I noticed last week that my barn slider doors were dragging on the concrete skirt in front of the barn after we got a real cold snap. So I adjusted them up a little. Then it got colder and the doors were pretty much resting on the skirt and wouldn't budge, so I had to adjust them up again...

So this is the great mystery of my morning. My 2 year old daughter has a set of maracas that she loves to shake when dancing and listening to music. The handle popped off one of them the other day, and she brought it to me and said "dada fix". So I took it out to my shop, and glued the wooden...

Not too bright.... York man charged with child abuse after driving kids in back hoe - vagazette.com

So I plan to practice this tomorrow, but thought I should get some input from folks here. I have to weld a short 2" piece of 1/8" wall rectangular tube to some 1/4" plate. End of the tube will get welded to the flat of the plate by reaching through the inside of the tube to where it butts...

Been looking at welding carts for a few months and thinking about building one, but ultimately realized I needed something enclosed due to all the woodworking activity and sawdust in my workshop. So I have been looking around at rolling tool chests that would be good to support a welder and...

Got a flyer about dollar days at TSC. Turns out they have more stuff marked down than the flyer shows, and I found some good deals. 1 gal of TSC bar oil for $7, 2 gal -20F washer fluid for $2, and 11oz can of PB Blaster for $3.50. Also have a 5 gal bucket of hydraulic fluid for $25 and 2.5...

My 21-month-old daughter Elsie is nuts about tractors, so she's getting a lot of tractor gifts this year. I gave her one early, since I knew she'd get a lot of use out of it: This is a 12V powered tractor made by Peg Perego, and it's real nice. They make a smaller and slower 6V model more...

Since new, the front bucket on my L3200 has been about 3/8" higher on one side than the other. Never really bothered me or affected use, and I figured I'd give it a few hours to see if the frame settled in. Well, at 60 hrs now, there hasn't been a real change. I am wondering if I should...

We just had a major problem with our dishwasher, that is only 1.5 years old, and this was one of the top-rated dishwashers on Consumer Reports. When shopping for appliances for our new house, I had come to the conclusion that online ratings and reviews are only some guidance, and it's really a...

I have been working on putting a roof over my pier for the last 2.5 months, and figured I would post some pictures and information. This was an interesting and challenging project, with some design/planning skills that overlap with pole barns and other structures. I planned and fabricated...

I went to order a new scabbard for a Husky 562. Balking at the $12-17 prices I was seeing online, I remembered that Home Depot and Echo dealers used to sell 20" Echo scabbards for $6, which can be cut down in 2" increments. They are orange and very nicely molded. I had bought a couple many...

I ran into a few errors in the supplied instructions when installing the Kubota rear remote valve kits on my L3200 a couple weeks ago, and thought I should pass on that information in case it would help someone else. Will also be forwarding this thread to Kubota. The instructions are for...

So I am in the middle of putting a roof over my boat slip, and have finished the hardest part of putting up the rafters. To keep things simple, since I am working by myself around/over water with challenging access, I prefabbed the rafters into simple trusses consisting of 2x6-8' rafters...

I put rear remotes on my L3200 over the weekend. Other than one hiccup with errors in the Kubota instructions (see: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/kubota-owning-operating/321801-sos-need-l3200-hydraulics-help.html) the install went fine and looks real good. I haven't seen any pictures of...

So I installed the Kubota rear remote valve kit on my L3200 today. The install was long, but fairly easy. One of the last steps is to connect a hydraulic line from the power beyond port on the FEL control to the input for the rear remote valve manifold. Well, there is already a hose connected...

I am in the process of putting a roof over my boat slip, and have just finished framing the side header beams (was a real project since the pilings are not straight nor in a perfect line). I'm about to start cutting rafters, and am thinking forward to the roof sheathing. Some nearby neighbors...

Finally ready to put rear remote hydraulics on my L3200 and want to buy the Kubota kit. Anyone know of an online seller that offers this stuff? Otherwise I will need to make a couple 100 mile round trips to my closest dealer to order and pickup....

I am putting a roof over my pier and stopped into TSC the other day to buy some galvanized bolts, nuts, and washers. In the past this has been a great place to buy that stuff because it was priced by the pound and would cost 2X to 3X less than buying by the piece at Lowes/HD. Well, they no...

The 240V 20A circuit breaker down on my pier, for my boat lift, has been getting flakey when switched on during the last couple weeks, periodically failing to connect one leg. I figured corrosion or moisture. Finally on Friday, it made some sizzling noises and would not connect after 3-4...

So I got new drawbar and ball hardware for my new truck. Got both rated for 10,000# since the truck can tow up to 9500#. The balls have a 1-1/4" shank and 1-7/8" nut, and call to be torqued to 450 ft-lb. I have a 1-7/8" wrench that is about 2' long, which means I'd need to apply about 225# to...

Here's a shot of my driveway, about 600 feet long. Over part of it, the ditch and shoulder are getting pretty weedy and tall, and I'd like to figure out a clever way to mow with a tractor. I can't really get my push mower or riding mower in there due to the irregular ground and slope off...

After years of avoiding pickup trucks, I finally had a forehead smacking experience two weeks ago. Since we had a baby, my wife has taken over my Acura MDX SUV. It tows well and can swallow 10' lumber with the hatch closed, but has become less and less usable for me as we've added a baby seat...

I am getting estimates for a concrete floor in my new 20x20 pole barn (build thread here: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/rural-living/309675-20x20-pole-barn-project.html). I want a 4" slab of fiber reinforced 3500 psi mix, with thickened edges all around (approx 8-10" thick) to backfill...

I am thinking about a top n tilt kit for my L3200. It has the FEL but no rear remotes. Are there part numbers for for the rear remote options and the top n tilt kits from Kubota? I want to check prices with a couple online parts dealers. Anybody that has installed the rear remotes and top n...

CHA Pole Barns of PA will be here in 2-3 weeks to build a 20x20 pole barn for us. I just got the building permit approved, and have begun site prep. Roof trusses arrived Friday. I will update this thread with progress as we go along. Here are a couple shots of the site and grading...

I submitted for a building permit two weeks ago for a pole barn that is going up in May. It was designed and will be built by CHA Pole Barns from PA. Well, the building inspector had some problems with the plans, listed below with my comments: 1) need roof truss engineering specs with seal of...

I need to knock over two 7" diameter Loblolly pines (approx 35 feet tall) for my barn site. My current thinking is either to rent a backhoe or hire someone to do it, but that's a lot for just two spindly trees. Any other ideas I am missing? I have a Kubota L3200 with lots of logging and...

This writeup is a bit late, so I figured I'd better crank it out. We moved into a new house out in the country in May 2013, and I began working on a generator setup shortly thereafter. Based on our needs, I was looking at generators in the range of 15-20kW, and fuel choices were diesel or...

I finally had a chance to catch up on some milling this weekend, using my Stihl 461 and Granberg Alaskan rig (I have the mini mill to square up cants, and a slabber to cut boards). The logs were cut between 1-2 years ago, some after Hurricane Irene in 2011 and some while clearing our new...

Any thoughts on these two? I tried the Hobart and it will work great for my needs -- don't think I need anything bigger or badder. The Longevity is similar with decent reviews, but is about $140 cheaper and has the option for a spool gun if I ever want to weld aluminum (unknown at this time)...

I am finishing up my generator shed (full details to come) and put on an exhaust chimney yesterday. It's a typical arrangement that would be used for a gas hot water heater or furnace, with a metal cone, pipe, storm collar, and cap, all galvanized steel. I caulked around the cone/pipe joint...

Not a traditional project, but yesterday I pulled my boat out of the water for the season with my L3200: I was able to leave the boat in the water up through the end of Striper season here in VA on Dec 31. To avoid freezing issues, I was careful to keep the boat and motor drained after every...

I recently traded my B2920 in on an L3200, and moved my LED work lights over from the old tractor to the new one. Here's my original thread on the B2920 light mounting: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/kubota-owning-operating/230524-b2920-work-lights.html Because I used bullet and blade...

So I was coming home with a new Kubota L3200 on my trailer yesterday. It's a 7x16 landscape trailer with dual 3500# axles. Was towing with my Acura MDX SUV. I was very close to the vehicle's 5000# towing limit with the new tractor, but it did just fine. The only change was needing to dial up...

I decided to upsize from a B2920 to an L3200, and my local dealer gave me a pretty good trade in offer on the B2920. So Monday I gave them the go ahead, and we did the switcheroo today. Here's a shot of my 2920 after I unloaded her at the dealership: This little tractor did everything I...

So I am thinking hard about upsizing from my B2920 to either a B3300SU or an L3200. I am leaning towards the B3300 since it offers a lot of capability for the size/weight. However, the L3200 is in the same price ballpark. HP and dimensions are similar between the two (for those that don't...

I'm putting in stairs down a 25 foot bank, approx 35 degree slope. For landings, I'm sinking 8 foot long 7" round posts about 4 feet deep, and dry setting with concrete mix. It's enough of a chore as is, due to the slope, but today I was nearly brought to my knees by one hole with roots in it...

The LA364 loader on my B2920 has a lift capacity of 950 lb or so. I had to lift an 850 lb generator on pallet today, but of course the pallet probably weighs 50 lbs (it's a beefy one) and my clamp on forks are 100 lb, and I was so excited about the project I forgot to take that extra weight...

So I needed a primer bulb for an outboard motor fuel line, and googled last night to see what was out there. I was pleasantly surprised that the lowest priced most convenient option for me was Walmart, who had an Atwood bulb for $10.86 and showed it in stock at the nearby store. Amazon had it...

So in the process of planning out a generator install, I have run into an interesting (to me) twist in the National Electric Code (NEC), where wires are rated at one amperage for service entrance use and another amperage for feeder use. As an example, #2 aluminum is rated for 90 amps as a...

We moved to a new house next to a coastal river here in tidewater VA, and I finally have the workshop of my dreams -- one bay of a 3-bay garage that is walled off and insulated, with a heat-pump + air conditioner wall unit (called a PTAC unit) for climate control. I generally only fire up the...

Need to get clay stains off the foundation of our new house now that construction is finished. Anybody have suggestions? I plan to try a pressure washer on a test spot, to make sure it doesn't damage the brick finish (it's a sand-glazed brick). But in the past I have seen clay stains be quite...

We're moved into our new house out in the country and I need to get a generator installed. The electrician wired an interconnect to the main panel with a power grid lockout, so I can manually switch the whole panel off the grid and over to the generator, then control individual circuits to...

We have a 600 foot driveway at our new place, and I would like to light it. I have a bunch of 50W and 70W high pressure sodium lights from our old house that I can reuse (3-4 lights should be sufficient, spaced out every 150-200 feet). I figured I would trench to run a main cable, then use...

I was assembling a chainsaw mill over the weekend and got frustrated with my decades-old collection of sockets and wrenches, where I always seem to be missing the required size or piece. I sometimes go out and buy a single socket or wrench to fill in the gap, but do the math and that's an...

Beautiful work!

I have been noticing this off and on annoyance over the last couple weeks, where the HST pedal occasionally won't go into forward or reverse unless I really stomp it. I lubed everything really well at the 50 hr service, but no change. Today it happened so I shut the tractor off, crawled...

So we were finishing up dinner, and my wife asks "is it hot in here?". As soon as she said it and I realized the AC was silent, I started sweating. Went outside while still chewing my last bite, and the outside compressor unit was just humming, not running. I poked the fan with a stick, and...

I have a 12 year old Honda self-propelled mower that runs and works great, and has always started on the first pull. Unfortunately, the deck is rusting through in several spots quite badly, and I don't think it will last much beyond this summer (really -- it's about to start sagging under its...

So I was mowing with my trusty LT-150 last night, and on the very last pass I nicked a root. Never been a problem before, so I figure maybe that italian sub I had for lunch put me over the limit and the tractor was riding a little lower than normal. Anyhow, the right side blade on the 38"...

We're getting to final stages of planning a new house, and one detail I need to consider is a generator. The house will be out in the country with less reliable power and longer restoration times after storms, so we're thinking it would be good to have a generator. I'm thinking something in...

I did some grading with a box blade today, and my B2920 got caked with dust. I hosed it off when I got home, but didn't clean the engine since it had been running at high RPM for a couple hours and was still quite hot. I'd like to hose it off tomorrow or the next day, with the engine just...

My FEL manual says to grease the control lever when I grease the pivot points on the loader every 10 hours. I couldn't see a fitting or an effective way to grease the lever, unless I am missing something. Anyone know how it should be done?

I just finished putting an entrance culvert on our new property. I thought I'd walk through the process with some photos. After determining the culvert location and layout, the first step was to strip all grass, weeds, and topsoil from the area and lay down a bed of compacted crusher run...

Here's a short movie of a cherry tree takedown I did today, which I recorded with a camera on the ROPS. The tree is on the left side of the camera view. I used 150 feet of 5/8" Sampson rope (breaking strength of 16,300 lb) run through a pulley block so that the action was well away from the...

The house we bought new 10 years ago has the hot water heater in the attic. This has always bothered me, since you could get catastrophic damage if it ever developed a serious leak. Well, our neighbor's heater ruptured a couple weeks ago, and that got me thinking it was time to replace ours...

So I started hauling my Kubota B2920 on a 16' landscape trailer a couple weeks ago, and it's going well. However, I want to fine tune a few things and was hoping folks here could weigh in. First is the angle of the trailer tongue. I have a drawbar that gives 3/4" rise or 2" drop (from what I...

I am close to pulling the trigger on either a chipper, or chipper/shredder. My near term use is to chip brush from land clearing, all of it under 3" and some of it fine twigs under 1". I know for sure I need a chipping capability, but am not sure about a shredding capability. Generally, it...

I put about 150 miles on a new trailer, and remembered to check the lugs last night. At least one lug on each of the four wheels took an honest half turn before tripping the torque wrench at 95 ft-lb. The rest were OK. Oddly, my torque wrench stopped working about halfway through the job...

So I haven't welded since about 1992, but I think I can pick it back up pretty easily with some practice. Since getting a new tractor and trailer, I am seeing more and more instances where having a welder would be handy. I do have a good local welding shop that doesn't charge too much, but it...

Has anyone mounted a clevis/shackle on the front of the frame and pulled with it? I'd like to put a D-ring there, but it looks like I will need to get a custom mount plate welded up. I'd bolt to the front of the frame (there are 6 holes there on my B2920). The main reason I want this is that...

So I was picking up some extra transport chain today at lunch, and I noticed quite a disparity in pricing. Some of this may be inflated prices at Northern Tool, which I have noticed a bit over the years. I was there to pickup some chain binders on sale, and at least those were a good deal ($22...

Let me add yet another work light thread... See attached pics. I got two 1000 lumen LED lights, Soundoff Signal brand. Very nice lights, cost about $100 each with shipping. Each draws 1.4 amps at 12V. Mounted one facing forward, attached to the threaded boss on the right ROPS upright, near...

So I need to get my Kubota B2920 across a roadside ditch to access our new piece of land. Eventually I will install a driveway entrance culvert and put down gravel, but I have a lot of work to get done before we can tackle that (among other things, we haven't pinned down the exact driveway...

See attached pic. I was looking for somewhere to mount work light brackets, and this seems like a convenient place if I can get a stubby bolt. I am guessing it may be intended for a bolt to snug up the ROPS to prevent rattles, but really have no idea. Any thoughts? And does anyone know...

Just got delivered today, along with a unbelievably stout Howse box blade. Real nice setup. I really thought hard about which tractor to get, and almost went up to the B3200. But it felt too big for my needs when testing side by side with the 2920. When I saw the 2920 up on the delivery...

I am curious to know how various people do this -- I am looking into hauling a CUT on a 76"x14' landscape trailer (tandem axle with wood decking and rear gate). This trailer looks ideal for me, but doesn't have tiedowns, and of course with a wood deck there are no chain slots. I know...

I am about to pull the trigger on a sub-compact or compact -- been looking at Deeres (1026, 2320, and 2520), and was real impressed by the Kubotas I saw today (B2620 and B2920). Will check out a Mahindra next. The main purpose of the tractor will be to help me cut firewood and start clearing...

So right now Deere has some decent incentives -- $500 off if you buy a CUT or SCUT with two implements, and 0% for 60 months. How often do they run deals like this? I have narrowed down to getting a 1026 or a 2520. I am wondering if I should jump on it now in order to take advantage of the...

Hello all, this is my first post after lurking here a lot over the years. This forum is pretty awesome. My wife and I are about to buy a 4 acre property to build a new home. On our current home, I was young, eager, and dumb, and did all clearing and landscaping by hand (for example spreading...