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I'm going to central Illinois next week to pick up a Farmall Super MTA and a 4 bottom plow. Found out they require chains for securing the tractor. Not a problem as I prefer to use them anyway. Need to find out if I can use straps on the plow. Also if there are any other trailering laws to be...

Thought I would share this with TBN. We were down a Canton First Monday Trade Days this month. Canton is the largest trade days in Texas. We passed a vendor selling GeckosToes. I had to have a look. They are racks for holding Water Hoses, Air Hose, and Electrial Cords. The guy said they were...

I woak up Friday night about midnight to the sound of running water. My 50 gal propane water heater had sprung a leak. Luckly all contained in drip pan. I had already been plaining on replacing it with a tankless but was hoping do so when I was ready and done some more research. Had to go...

My pipe fence is nearing completion after almost 3 years. As many of you know we have been in an extended drought so welding has not been an option. This is my first pipe and sucker rod fence. It has been a real learning experence. I would like to give wrought'n harv (Harvey) a special thanks...

I'm looking for local realtor web sights in central Texas. Looking mainly within 1 hr East and North of Austin. I have found some on google searchs but keeping getting mostly homes. I'm looking for realtors that might have more land listings between 5 to 40 acres. Any of you guys (Don, Mike...

Is anyone out there watching Trick-My-Truck on CMT? It comes on Friday nights at 8pm central time (if I remember correctly). Rerun many other times during the week. They take a trucker who is usually down on ther luck and turn the 18 wheeler cab into a piece of art. Unlike American...

My wife retired today after 20 yrs and 8 months with the company. She is in her early forties (did tell her I told) and has decided to go back to college full time. She has been taking a few classes every semester for about 2 yrs now. We were at a point in our lives where she make the change and...

There has been a lot of plasma cutter information on here lately and I have enjoyed reading all the good informtion. Bought my Miller Spectrum 375 cutter back in Feb. and have enjoyed it. I have not enjoyed putting it away after using it with all the cords. I had been thinking of a cart but...

I was out side this a little while ago and had Nadine with me. I lost her for a minute and starting looking. Found her making some new friends. James

I bought this 500 gallon propane tank about 5 months ago. Got a good price on the tank and it just needed a paint job. It will be going on our new house site whne that project gets started some time in the future. Here's the picture before getting started removing the old paint. The top layer...

A new job found me today. It was not one I exactly wanted, but just glade to be of service. Son's truck broke down about 10 miles from home, so now I'm a the tow truck driver. Of course I had to go down about 4 miles of dirt road. Now I'm back in the car wash business. Good excuse to...

We just bought our second Jetta TDI. It's the wifes car and she loves it so far. We have had it for about a month now and have 2500 miles on it. Currently getting about 41 mpg with an auto trans. Here is a picture of our new 06 Jetta. James

Last week the wife came in late and saw a skunk in our drive way not far from the garage. This is not uncommon as we have one or two a year. They come to feed on the crickets under our outside power pole light (street light). Controlling the crickets has become a loosing battle. We have to go...

We have a new Wal-Mart open in McKinney Tx that opened a few weeks ago. It has some features I found interesting. Here is the link to the information web site. I have been in it twice now and its amazing how well the energy saving and generating items blend into the land scape. Warning: I...

Got these pictures in an e-mail today. Not sure how old they are but they are very cool. Don't remember seeing them posted here on TBN before. Does anyone know anymore about this? Here is the story attached to the e-mail. White Deer what an experience... here in Richmond, MN. 2 towns away...

Saw this on vacation last week and had to take a picture for TBN. First thing I thought about was jinman and his mule at our get togethers shuttling people around. This was taking in Corpus Christi Tx at the USS Lexington. The trailer could carry 12 passengers. It was shuttling people along...

In the past I have made several furniture items out of wood. This is my first attempt at making furniture out of metal. This is a king size bed I made over the last 2 weeks in spare time. The wife had been wanting this for a while so after the bath room was complete I started this project. It's...

Who needs a little Hummer when you can get one of these? Bad Boy Truck Here is a link to the Yahoo news story on the truck. Check out some of the options like WMD filtration, night vision, and bullet proofing. All available to the public (with enough $)in the good old USA.

I'm having trouble locating a replacement rubber boot for my loader joystick. My dealer has been helpful but, has not yet been able to locate a replacement. It is coming up as a discontinued item and the replacement for this is to replace the entire joystick. It is a Nimco valve (sorry I...

Texas Co-op Power magazine had a small article and satillite photo (attached) of Texas. Here is the link to the article. It's a pdf file of the December issue. Scroll down to the last page. I sure the Texas TBNers will find interesting. I hope the rest of you enjoy as well.

I am looking to buy a rear mounted finish mower this spring. I did look last summer at Bushhog, KK, and Rhino, but did not buy due to several reasons. Biggest being I have not used a finish mower before and did not want to make the wrong purchase for my needs. After reading a lot here on TBN, I...

Just completed restoring a old cast iron bath tub I pulled from a brush pile in NW Arkansas. Tub was missing the claw feet. The finish was bad as seen in this picture, but other wise in good condition. Picture was taken just after I started sand blasting.

There are a lot of posts on TBN for tire recommendations. After this weeks findings I wanted to start a thread about problem tire brands. Here is my post. While rotating tires on my 2003 Dodge Ram 3500 dully I discovered the tires were weather cracking beyond belief, in a strange location. See...

Miller is having a welding expo at there Dallas Tx. Distribution & Training Center this week. Has anyone ever gone to one of these expo's and are they very informative? Here is the link if anyone is interested. Welding Expo

Thought I would share this TBN. This is how not ot put up siding on a 2 story house.

Had to move about 400 12yard loads of free dirt. Dirt was from a 78 inch water supply pipe line that went in close to our property. Rented this wheel loader with a 3.25 yard bucket for a week from local equipment rental store. Of course I had it for 3 weeks thanks to the weather. This thing is a...

Does anyone have pictures of a home made PHD stand. I just bought a Bush Hog 2101 with a 9in auger and want to be able to hook/unhook like other 3 point implements. Bush Hog sells a stand setup but I don't like it. Also I have some scrap metal that needs used. Any ideas?