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So last fall my wife bought me a boat. So now it time to assemble and go fishing Thats RC fishing! Anyone try this? There are some cool youtube vids out there

Dave, Yes big chucnks is an understatment. Oh I guess that I forgot to post pictures of the completed bridge. some things are just worth the wait.

This are pics of the equipment that we used They are random shots between the two day's the we dug. a very modest guess on the amount of dirt that we moved would be about 1800 yards. tomorrow I will spread the pile of dirt that you see the machine walking down. the last picture is from the...

Eddie you are right about the 1 x 4's that is what I was referring to. The strapping will give strength and as long as you double row nail the shingles and lap the seams it will be great. Another option would be to sheath it with 3/8" x 1" cedar like a canoe. I just don't find OSB to be nice to...

Thanks NS Heres a few more pictures of the pond .The ice is half out! what a difference 3 weeks make.

A few pictures of my frozen Pond. The wind mill keeps this area open year round. I will be adding a second air stone this summer. Maybe a few ducks as well.

Well it been about ayear and I thought that I should add a picture. The windmill works great and did keep some open water all winter. This picture was taken last weekend by my sister in law. Eddie, I'm so sorry that I didn't answer your question last year. Ipad so frustrating. now back on a PC...

Well I do like having the larger fish to catch. So the windmill has arrived. Crate weight 275lbs. Here are some pics. 5 hrs into assembly.

Can anyone help identify this fish? I just ordered the 20' windmill aerator from Tractor Supply. Anyone have one and do you like it? I hope to receive it in 2 weeks.

Thank you PH Here are some shots of the frame being set in place. It's just going to rest there till spring thaw. It has 3' of crown as shown. The two ends will be burried at least a foot into the earth.

Here's a a few pictures. I took the chainsaw and checked the thickness of the ice. 14" good and solid. So the Island top was even with the top of the ice.

Time for an update. I had the opportunity to have a mini excavator at the pond so we added about 300 more sq ft. My son moved the dirt with the Massey and I dug with the mini. I dug the hole down to 12' from water level. Time was runnig out on the mini so then we broke the holding wall and...

Hi all, The 1260 now has 480 hrs. The other day I was driving and it seemed that the power assist was lost. I checked the fluid and it was good. You can see the fluid move in the reservoir tank. It still has a little assist but not like before. Do I go after the steering box and check for a...

Welcome DmFahie, If you have the tools you could fab a simple frame and add grating or wire mesh. Then fab a hook to go over the top lip of the tractor bucket. Drive up tilt, lift and drive to the curb. Phil

RonMar, Here is a Pdf. of the panels. I couldn't be happier they just work even on cloudy days. I hope this is what you wanted. There are allot of places on line that sell them. Phil

Thumper, Thanks that would be wonderful. Here is a picture of my walking partners. Phil

Iplay, I did make a separate frame that goes under the tractor and slips onto the pins that you see at the mid point. Then I put the riggers down and pin the back. Also note the hitch bar goes though as well. I went looking to see if I had some more pictures and I have found a few. They were...

I decided to try and add something to watch when we go down to the pond. The new additions are a Bird house made from an old doll house that I made for my wife. And a "duck Factory" Here is a link to the plans that I used. Build Your Own Duck Factory We put this stuff in place while I could...

Hi all, I decided to walk to the pond and check to see how thick the ice was and found this. No ice in the feeder pond. Its 5 degrees out and the pond has 10" of ice. This is a repeat picture of when I dug it out this past fall. This little pond is about 2' higher than the big pond and is...

How about a shallow grid with a side drain grove. Place it under where you park the tractor. You can buy a diamond 4.5" grinder wheel at HD or one for a skill saw. 1/4" groves 1/4" deep. Here in Maine your not suppose to install floor drains in a garage due to the possibilities of oils and such...

Time for an updated. We started installing the radiant floor tube yesterday. A few pictures. , The rolls were a pain in the you know what to deal with so I made this dispenser to do so. , I plan on adding some 1/2" foil faced foam to create the 2" air chamber. I hope this foam does the...

ksimolo, I've seen something similar. The advantage would be when the sun is east and west of the panels. I think it would have a more direct 90 deg. exposure longer producing more heat. So if theses were spaced 1" apart I think it would work. Phil

More......... ,, , I did not have much time this year to dig. I did how ever put 75 shiners in to help feed the trout. Over the summer I would walk down and enjoy it every chance that I got. The shiners must have a lot of babies because there are now thousands and have grown allot. I did see...

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Here is the picture of the radiant side. The 3 upper circulator are for the 3 zones. The bottom one is the system circulator. It runs the water from the 2 tanks thru the heat exchanger. Today the water temp hit 165degs Phil

randydupree, No I haven't done much with the system. Work has been abundant to say the least but no complaints here.I did do the white water rafting so here is a picture of that. The CFS was 8000 and this spot was called "May-tag" river Kennebec I am installing the pumps and manifold for the...

I think my floor jack is just what you described. My father had this in his auto body shop. This thing will lift the axle up about 3.5' it is an air cylinder with a built in rack lock. I don't know the brand but it's not home made.

Here we go: I had to fab a box to house the heat exchanger for the radiant floor. 2) the box cut into the plywood wall mount. 3) the heat exchanger tied into the old system. This thing did not want to seal at the connections. I had to redo this about 3 times. I finally change to brass threaded...

The panels and tank are now home. Here is the crate with no broken or damaged parts. The front and side info plate on the panel. The mounting kit and assembly. I still havn't figuered out what the 2 long bolts and xtra 2 clips are for. Maybe side locks?:confused: Some of last...

If you want something that easy to move this works great. A mortar pan, I just use rocks under the 4 corners to keep it off the ground. Phil

RichNJKubota, How big is the collector? How many footings? Will you be using a glycol solution for the loop out to the collectors or a drain back system where the water in the collectors drains back into the house when the pump turns off?07-14-2008 05:23 PM I will be using 3 panels 47-1/4" x...

Back to more pictures. The trench had about 60' of gravel and 10' of clay. I used wood boiler pipe. The first plan was to cut 2' thick foam and dado to lay in 2 1" type m copper pipes and then cap with 2' pink foam and back fill. I had a concern if ever a leak that I would have to dig it...

Here is the study that I did to find the optimal direction for the panels. I painted lines in the lawn by the clothes line pole. 6:30am though 6:30 pm. Them I measured out 10' feet each way and put a pin. This allowed me to pull a string and have the proper long day orientation. The trench...

Has anyone installed one of these systems? I pulled the trigger and will be posting the process if there is any interest. I thought about the out door wood boilers But I don't have much wood on my land. The tractor portion of this project was digging the 70' trench to the panel mounts...

I welded some mounts for a 2" ball on the BH lower frame. this works good . I can load the trailer with the hoe and not remove it. I did lower the ball mounts to make it easier to clear the dump. there are more pic on the second to the last page of Pond dreaming is over.

Hi all, My neighbor took delivery of a new GC2410 Today. I got home from work and my wife told me that there was a RED tractor mowing next door. So I took the Cam and took some shots of the proud new owner.:D Now for Steve look at that smile. At this point he already put 3 hrs. of seat time...

Nice Bar! well I don't want to start a new tooth bar thread so I though that I could share the source of where I purchased my teeth and shanks. This was this best price that I could find. I ordered 6 shanks and 8 teeth with shipping to maine it was $88.00 Now to find time to put it together...

Eddie, Here is the picture of us standing by the Lake. Here is the new CNC router table. The cutting area is 80" x 144" with a cutting speed of 900 inches per minute. This thing weighed in at 6300lbs and the hold down blower was 1250lbs. It trailered really nice. By the way my old table is...

Has anyone converted there Hydraulic fluid to Bio degradable Fluid? A sales guy came to my shop with this Product and I am considering it. on occasions we do have hoses break or leak on our cranes. I also like the idea on using it in my backhoe because I'm always digging down by the pond. What...

Teg, Here is the link to my sub frame. http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/customization/95563-woods-1012-fel-mount-problem-2.html The frame is Strong and did not take away any ground Clarence. I may have a few more pic's on the pond link. This top picture is the frame that I welded to the BH...

I'm with Sugarmaple on this one. The footing tube will allow the use of the backhoe with minimum compaction. Just dampen the soil it will pack. The base and vert taper will do the work. Being in the sign industry we find many post rotted off in concrete. Eddie one posted that he adds a crown...

Nice Table! here is a simple fix for the wheel locks. Drill and tap a hole on the wheel support leg and make a tee bolt to jam the wheel Simple and cheep:D

John Deere 1010 bulldozer is this a good dozer for $3500. I has been used little and well maintained. What should I look for? Thanks Phil

How about using some leverage. Think of the claw ona hammer. If you could fab somthing that has a simular shape. Drive into the stump and then lift and drive forward while rolling the stump out. I'll try and draw a picture. Phil I hope this helps Perhaps it should be approximatly 30" long and...

Hi all, I am considering installing a 10k Guardian automatic standby generator. My wife doesn't like using the old home-light 4400 and doing the switch manually. When I traveled the boys use to do it for her. My question is has anyone had some bad experience with this brand? Harbor Freight...

A few updates at the pond. I started digging again around the edges and found this wonderful spring about 3' above the pond water level. I think this will now become a smaller pond that will trickle into the pond over some flat rocks. Irwin, These pics are of the trailer ball that I added to...

irwn, Thank you I hope these pics will tell you what you would like to know. This one has the BH frame attached to the new sub frame prior to welding it to to BH. As you can see I design it to lift the tractor off the ground by going under the rear axle. It attaches with 3 pins. 1 top link...

Hi all here is an update on the happenings at the pond. Last week I found 2 dead fish and can only assume that it was temp related we were in the high 90's. The water level is now down about 10" but no more loss of fish. I have completed the tractor sub frame and install the BH:D :D . My nephew...

Sorry but I stopped taking pics of the proccess. the job is now complete and works great. here are a few more completion pics. The subframe getting painted The frame on the tractor The BH mounted to it's new frame and attached to the subframe. The design allows me to leave the 3pt arms...

Coopers, We did have a pair of mallards after a heavy rain fall this spring. All the Fields were flooded so they came and visited I assume because we are a little higher and still had some weed at pond edge for them to eat. Yoti, Thank you I hope to attach it to the BH off to one side . My...

Coopers, Thank you! Wood Ducks? Do they eat fish? The pond hasn't cleared much more. I am now looking for the powered white gypsum. I was told that the ag stores would sell it so I went to agway and they don't know what it is. Can any one tell me where it my be found here in Maine?:confused...

Here are the pics. I did add another 520lbs of gypsum today. I used this picture so that you can see the rocks that I have put in for cover fo the fish. Here is the grass that has started. My new dump trailer 2.4 yds. I'm thinking about adding a hitch to the side of the BH. Is there...

MadDog, That is beautiful!!! i would not pull that apart. Could that be a start of a man made stream leading to a pond? To answer your question the size of the excavator is in direct relation of the budget and space. I know that I could have dug the pond with my small BH. But 16hrs and $800.00 I...

Here are more pics The last one is from the woods looking up at the remainder of the pile. They hauled 200yds away and spread about 150. I will use the BB again and try to lower it some more. I did get to mow the feild and watch this happen. And I ordered more fish:D

Last night the guy that is buying the loam pile showed up and started sorting the pile. They plan on hauling 21 14yd loads:) The pile Will finally be gone:D I will post more pic's of the removal.

Coopers The pic's were taken today, we should start seeing green very soon they all have buds. MadDogDriver Thank you here is my first attempt. These geese are having a ball just hanging out and swimming.

Here is what I've been using for years and thought that I could share. (2) 4'x8'x3/4" plywood will yeild (4) small and (1) large saw horse. the best part is they store flat and you can just cut through them.Eventually you just trim them down. I provided my cut sheet and you can modify it as...

For many years I have been looking for water front property. So the story of my pond began. Labor day weekend 2005. The start of a pond began with tire rutts from my son four wheelling. The 1st pic is an aerial of the land and plan. #2 is the machine that I used. #3 is the deep spot about 15' at...

Hi i was wondering if anyone has a 1200 series Massey tractor with a Massey FEL? I would like to see some pictures of the support arm frames. My tractor has a woods FEL and I don't like how the monts are attached. Thanks Phil

I have a massey 1260 with a woods 1012 FEL. Here lies the problem and possible solutions. The mount is mid and front with a top connecting plate. Picture (1) will show the bolts that are always loosening themselves. The other line in the pic. shows the movement of the mount when lifting and...

Hi, I just had 2 new oil tanks installed and removed 2 old ones. I have about 30 gallons in one tank and I was told that I could burn it in my tractor. Do I need to add anything? They also recommended not to tranfer to the new tanks to controll sludge. I can filter it with the burner type...

Hi All, Today without the intent of buying a backhoe for the 1260 I happen to see a new Taylor-way 766 on the side of the road. I stopped in only to get an out the door price of $3500.00 Tax inc. It is now mounted to the 1260. I don't like the 3 Point setup and would like to know if someone...

Hi All, I know this is not tractor related but, I have leveled one side of the pond now i need to reseed. What type of spreader and what type of seed to make hay for neigbors horse and errotion controll. 1 acre to start Thanks phil

Hi, here's the thought. Tire skins, I would like to be able to convert my ag tires to turf without changing tires. I'm thinking something like a track kit but not. Deflate the tire slip on the skin and inflate. Vola! a turf tire. Mabe a truck tire without most of the sidewall.

The temps are up and I can start digging my pond again. This is my project for life. New road planting trees and making the pond bigger yearly. Thought you all would like to see the start. I dug the main hole with a large excavator. Now I'm box grading Teeth down and tearing it up. I will post...

Well frustrated with the 1260 thought I would look at the GC2310 for the bachoe. Here in Maine the best price cash was $18200.00 I guess fuel? With that price and how small the tractor is I will fix the 1260 Phil

Again pushing snow again, not much load. I dumped the bucket and started to back up and the front axle went clunk. So I took it out of 4whd and the left tire locked up. So its in the shop and I took the left front assemble off . I found the gear on the axle shaft has chips in it. Any ideas what...

Hi Ok my muffler's factory bracket keeps breaking. I welded it 2 times and breaks behind the weld. Was this bracket to short from the factory? I'm thinking that I should add a rubber spacer between, then perhaps it would hold. The muffler won't fall off without the bracket but I was thinking...

Hi all I was pushing snow this last storm and the tractor started to chatter. I can see anything loose, but I did notice that it did it only when there was loose snow under the back tires. Could it be a gear deferance between the front and bach tire? It is locked into 4x4. This tractor is nise...

Thinking finance rates are a good deal 0% 36mos. I need backhoe and really like the idea of a cab. Here are the spec's from the MF site.MF1547 Gross Engine hp: 47. PTO hp Gear: 38.0 PTO hp Hydro: 36.5 Did the 1500 series replace 1200/1400? Just thinking out loud I like the size of my 1260 But...

Thanks for the info. I stopped at the dealer today and they showed me the attachment. It looks good, now to justify the purchase.

Looking for a backhoe for my 1260. I understand that I will need a sub frame. Will that come off when trading implements? I do like the ground clearence. Dealer wants $7200 installed @ my place. Is that a good deal? Other stuff inclued FEL, 6' box grader,4' tiller,72" finish mower. I love this...

I just bought a 2000 1260 with 80 hours. I am looking for tiller and 3-pt mower any brand suggestions?