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Died (offroad) diesel OK\'d for road use The Times-Picayune has announced that died diesel fuel, normally restricted for off-road use, will be permitted for road use at least through 9/15/2005 in order to relieve availability problems. Read the article by clicking here and scrolling down to...

Nothing special about my new post hole digger unless someone happens to be looking for a little basic info. I bought a Leinbach Model 7400 from Corriher Implements in Newton, NC (they advertise on this forum). It came with a 9" auger and I added a 6" and a 12" auger. The Phd with one auger...

The attachment speaks for itself. So far, the eye is supposed to stay about 40-50 miles south of us, but there are different troughs that are pushing the storm up and down -- one track predicts it coming in north of Lake Okeechobee, which would go directly over both our home and the Okeechobee...

In the thread about adjusting to the high cost of energy, I mentioned that I'm considering a more economical RV. We just received a confirmation that our mountain cabin will be sold, and the funds for a new RV will be available shortly. Currently, we have 4 vehicles for 2 drivers. One is...

I was out early today, heard the dogs barking, and saw a horseback rider across the road.

My daughter, Amy, is the high school band director at Okeechobee High School. Every year, the students attend band camp before school starts to learn their half time show for football season. This is the norm at almost every high school in the nation. One challenge for band directors is...

A few folks may have read some of my recent posts in which I remarked on rain, rain and more rain, flooding, and the need for dirt, more dirt and yet more dirt. Now, while our house plans are still in the architect's nest, where he is apparently sitting on them and waiting for them to hatch...

Those of you who really live in the country know that we have to make our own entertainment. On the 4th of July, our oldest granddaughter, Zoe, wanted to have a 4th of July parade. Erin led the parade, playing one note over and over on a plastic recorder, Zoe worked for hours to decorate her...

Pond\'s first visitor Yep, this is Florida. Our pond got it's first visitor; first of many over the years if experience is a guide.

I decided to post this in Rural Living because that's going to be the ultimate result. A couple of major things have come together over the past few weeks to ensure this is going to happen. *Commercial property sold; house financing set... The biggest thing is that today, we signed a formal...

I have some old stereo components that have been unused for years. It always seemed my wife and I were too busy to just sit back and listen, and there has been stiff competition from the television and computers. When we needed a radio, such as during the hurricanes, we used a cheap boom box...

This one has all the earmarks of being real. We all know the individuals and locations exist -- most of us have seen them! ------------------------------ Dear friend. I am princess Leia Organa, the only survivor of the royal family of Alderan. I am moved to write you this letter. This was in...

I'm working on my house plans. Sometimes I get an idea and don't know if it's stupid or not. We don't have a lot of two-story houses in South Florida, and virtually none have basements. Therefore, the water heater tank tends to be in the garage, or sometimes in a hall closet, on the main...

I got this link from another forum I peruse, devoted to sports car racing. I immediately thought of several people on TBN who would enjoy seeing it. Model V8. I think it's pretty incredible. Take time to tour the fellow's shop.

We got new shingles on our house roof yesterday. Big deal, you say, where's the excitement in that? Ah, well you see, they were the replacements for the shingles blown off 6 months ago by Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne. Believe me, it was a very exciting day to us. We've also had the new...

OK, I heard enough folks talking about alternative browsers, and I had some problems to solve, so I downloaded Firefox. I've used it for a few hours, nd I have some reactions. First of all, it seems rock solid. It's faster than IE. I've gone to a variety of sites, and all seem to display...

Everything else seems to be working, which leads me to believe that it is some sort of browser hijack that is preventing me from getting to google.com. On the other hand, it's happening on both of my computers, the desktop and the laptop, so if it's some sort of worm or virus, it's malicious...

My son-in-law sustained some damage to his house and garage in the hurricanes. I have a lot of stuff stored in his garage, and need some more storage space, plus he's going to have to move some of his furnishings out while repairs are made. I started looking for a shipping container to put in...

Hurricane Jeanne is gathering speed, gathering strength, and heading right towards us, again. It is projected to make landfall in the Treasure Coast area, of which I am located at the heart. Once again, like Frances just 3 weeks ago, the eye is projected to go over us sometime on Sunday...

Some of you know from previous posts that I experienced a fairly severe health setback 6 weeks ago or so; turns out I must have had a heart attack at some time in the past without knowing it, and now have two completely blocked arteries, pretty bad heart damage and only about 15% heart function...

Just today, I received my first issue of a new publication from New Holland called "Acres". Instead of the traditional NH magazine I have received fro over a year since buying my tractor, this one appears to be devoted to folks who use CUTS for country living rather than hard core framing. My...

\"Edit\" to place a missing picture Lot's of us have or once had questions about posting pictures...resizing, getting them below 100K, etc. Those subjects have been covered in lots of other posts. Another problem all of us have at one time or another is forgetting to post the picture. We...

I recently had a 4" well drilled on my Okeechobee land, along with a 1 HP submerged pump. I have it hooked to Hudson float valve in my pond in order to keep the pond at a constant water level. It flows about 25 gallons/minute. After 3 days of constant running to get the pond full, it settled...

Reading Inspector507's posts about the rear remote on a TC18, reminded me that I really need to get cranking one of these days on an attachment I got with my tractor but have not yet used. It's a bale lifter that attaches to the 3 point hitch, and has a hydraulic lift that will lift the bale --...

I just received an Email from "EBay@reply.ebay.com" (don't send anything there), all dressed up to look like an anniversary card, saying, "Congratulations! It's your Ebay anniverary, OkeeDon!" They wanted me to click through to see what EBay was going to do for me for my anniversary. They even...

The idea of mounting a PHD on a FEL bucket has great appeal to me, especially since the Class I NH TC18 doesn't have a whole lot of lift height on the 3PH. The problem is I don't have a burning need for a PHD, just want one to help in landscaping planting. I've briefly looked into the...

In the "poll" about EBay use in another thread, I said, among other things, "use sniping software." Others have mentioned it. But, Roy Jackson said, "One thing I do not like about ebay is the programmed bidding (puts that last minute bid in so one has no time to counterbid)." Do you use...

I've been busy remodeling the property I'm going to sell, and haven't spent much time in Okeechobee in the last couple of months. But, Spring is here, the grass will start to grow again, and I want to get grass on the banks of the pond I had built last Fall. We also want to get a head start on...

...but, this post should kick me into "Veteran" status, and I just wanted to see it happen. It will be a long time before my status changes again...

Today, I was working on my commercial property. covered in drywall dust, when a pleasant looking stranger popped in the door and said, "Are you Don? I'm BradK from TBN." Brad lives in Palm City, Florida, down the road from me about 20 miles. We had corresponded a few times but had not gotten...

I'm getting closer to pouring the slab for my barn, and thinking about the stuff I want to have under the slab. I'd like to have a floor drain to clean out the inside. While our land is totally flat, I had the ground under the barn built up 24" and compacted when our pond was dug, so there is...

My granddaughters, Zoe (3-1/2) and Erin (1-3/4) out for a ride on our property. As you can see by the mud on the wheels, that Jeep works pretty good. Zoe has turned into a pretty good driver, and Erin obviously enjoys it. Their Uncle Adam (my son) quickly became their favorite uncle when he...

In another thread, I outlined how many email accounts I monitor and the amount of spam I get. In a never ending quest to eliminate all of the spam, I found an anti-spam program that supposedly used a response method to eliminate spam. There are several fee-based programs like this, especially...

Since there have been other discussions about internet access methods, I thought I'd relate my most recent setup. I'm writing this as I am connected to the 'net through Nextel's Packet Gold service, using my cell phone as a modem. It's a "virtual" 56K connection, actually accomplished at...

We were digressing on another thread, so I copied Bob's post here and started another. It might seem odd to discuss grills in Winter, but some folks grill all year round. I promise no one will get mad if a charcoal vs. gas debate springs up... I brought up the Holland because Bob lives in...

Since I have established myself as a non-gun person, I now need to turn to the gun experts for advice. The family who bought the property next to my future home in Okeechobee have been shooting, and I think they're doing it wrong. I know there was at least one extensive thread on this subject...

When I bought my tractor, I passed on an opportunity to get a backhoe for it because I felt that for my use, an independent excavator would be more flexible and useful; also easier to sell if I don't need it anymore. I've been looking at min-excavators but they sure do hold their value! This...

After months of waiting for the land to dry enough to allow the equipment to navigate, the contractor's track hoe arrived late today.

I'm ready, still have to convince the CFO, but I want to get all my marbles in a row before I start "selling" her. I found this dump trailer only 2 hours from my property; I can pick it up, so freight is neglible. I would have to pay tax, around 6-7% depending on the local option in that...

This got started on another thread, but there seemed to be some interest, so I decided to start a new one. To bring it up to date: TerryInMD said: <font color="green"> After being off for 8 months and doing what I wanted to do, going back to work does two things - albeit important things...

There's one section of my 5 acres I had pretty much ignored most of the summer while I was working on other areas. It's been real wet and the grass grows fast in Florida. I finally went in there with my TC18, hydro, and 4' brush hog to get the thick, wet grass back under control. With only...

My driveway culvert was delivered this morning. County specified a 40', 15" diameter, mitered ends. Over the weekend, I used my automatic level and set the elevations, used the box blade to prepare a really nice bed for it. When the truck and semi-flat bed trailer arrived this morning, we...

At 204 hours I just had my first "real" problem with my TC18. The FEL will not lift more than about 2' (about 6"-8" of shaft showing on the hydraulic culinders). It goes back down and lifts back to that point at normal speeds and will still lift a load to that point, but then it just stops...

Who can identify it?

As long as I had my camera out today, I decided to take a shot of my high tech soda cooler. It's an insulated kid's lunch cooler hanging around the steering column on it's strap. It keeps a 2 liter Diet Pepsi pretty cold for a couple of hours in the Florida sun, even open like that, or will...

RobS's post in "I feel like Henro Jr." motivated me to ask this question. I haven't even poured the slab for my barn, yet, but I'm trying to get all my ducks in a row. The barn will be 32' x 48', a little over 13' to the eaves, with a metal gambrel roof, stick built on a slab. About the only...