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I知 looking for recommendations for a low profile floor jack for very occasional use. I need to change the oil in the Miata and I want to jack it up and set it on jack stands. There痴 a few for <$100 on amazon. Anyone have experience with those?

so the property owners association tractor is a 4720. the oil has probably not been changed in years. I went and got a filter and oil but I don稚 seem to have the right size wrench or socket to remove the bolt. 24mm?

i found this in a storage building at a house i bought. i used it to stack firewood for a short time.

i have some fairly large logs on the ground on a downhill slope. the slope is steep. i want to pull them up to where i can cut them and use them for firewood. i have no tractor here to work with. so will a come along do this? any come along recommendations?

can someone explain what snap coupler is? this a a mower listed on cl for $500.

i'm looking to use my old chicken fence for my goats. its poultry netting that i got from premier fence a few years ago. i want to get an easy to move solar charger. any recommendations? the fence is about 150' long. just a couple of goats. small goats.

these beds are 30" wide. i can reach all the way across a bed to weed or harvest. it looks like one of the american pit bull plants ran out of the bed.

i got this really great camper cap on my pickup but it weighs a bit. is there an easy way for one old skinny guy to take it off and put it back on?

anyone have any experience with an automatic chicken house door? is it reliable? do some chickens not make it back in before it closes at night? how long would you be away and feel secure enough about it working as it should? what model do you have?

i got a new muffler for my 1710 tractor. the tailpipe extension from the old muffler doesn't fit, its too small to slide over the tailpipe coming out of the muffler. suggestions?

as a sort of test to see how it would grow and sell i grew some ginger in a hoophouse this year. i plan to charge $1/oz for it. there's more to harvest.

seen while dumping the trash.

this is my antenna.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/10/opinion/sunday/dont-let-your-children-grow-up-to-be-farmers.html?_r=1 Let Your Children Grow Up to Be Farmers|Jenna Woginrich here's a couple of interesting articles about small scale farming today.

i dropped the tv cable from my phone/internet package the day after the superbowl. now i'm looking at getting an antenna. any recommendations? i live in the mountains south of Roanoke VA. 60 miles to the transmitting tower. no problem doing the installation myself. does a steel roof cause...

i'm replacing the drive belt on my mower which is probably 10 years old. in order to remove the belt from the pulley thAT'S attached to the engine drive shaft i removed a screw under the lower pulley and both pulleys are supposed to slide off the shaft. the pulleys are mounted with a spacer...

i just finished hilling my potatoes for the first time this year. i use a couple of discs mounted to a tool bar. it does a great job. if i want it to make the hills higher do i flatten the disc angle so they grab more dirt or do i sharpen the angle they are set to? ground speed may have...

the scenario is that you are at the local farmers market. a vendor is selling strawberries for $6/qt, 2 for $10. This makes you buy 2 quarts. If the vendor were selling them for $5/qt you would just buy one. what do you think? the vendor is me. last week i was at a bigger market than i will...

i thought i owned a crock pot. when my wife moved out it looks like she took it. I'm having some company tomorrow for supper (yes that kind of company ;-)). I want to make something in a crock pot. is there another way to imitate a crock pot? is putting the ingredients in a stainless steel pot...

took a while but got this for $160. its a bit dirty/moldy inside but cleanable.

this is cantaloupes i planted yesterday these are tomatoes in the high tunnel zone 6a

i'm thinking of visiting my son in Oakland next month. i live in VA south of Roanoke. i don't travel much (1999 is the last time i went anywhere by air). how do i find cheap airfares? is it cheaper to book one way or round trip? i will be going there for just a couple of nights or so since i...

this siding has been there for 15 years.

i've got a 99 f-150 standard cab 8' bed 4wd pickup that i need to get a cap for. when i'm looking on cl for a used one do i need to get one that 'fits' my pickup? or are all 8' caps the same size?

i grow strawberries in a hoop house. that's my grandson benji last year.

some background, i built a simple certified kitchen in the basement of my house. there's a growing demand for certified kitchens, at least around here. They are used by folks who have small businesses. a local kombucha maker is getting kicked out of the kitchen he presently rents and we talked...

i got a google chromecast which is supposed to arrive tomorrow. like most of you when i get something its like a new toy and if i need battery or something and i don't have it it makes the experience less fulfilling. some of us never grow up. well i looked at my tv and i don't see a usb port...

my ex makes fresh pasta and pizza dough in the certified kitchen i built in the basement to sell at the farmers market. i found some pizza dough in the frig and made this last night. sprinkled on some olive oil, spread out some tomato sauce, laid out some pieces of provolone, and then sprinkled...

i'm newly single and i'm going to start dating. but going out seems really expensive these days. i'm not poor but i don't want to become so. I'm a good cook but i think for at least a first date i would want to go out somewhere. i'm 63. i live way out of town and when i factor in the gas to go...

i read a bit about this. i want to get rid of my land line. my cell service here is excellent. i read that there is a phase 1 call tracing which identifies to the 911 operator what tower the signal is coming from. kind of useless out here. then there's phase 2 that identifies the location within...

not much to that.

i cleaned up the asparagus patch and ended up with a pile of stuff i want to burn. is there any reason why i shouldn't put it back in the asparagus patch and burn it? it shouldn't effect next years crop under the burning pile...right?

raised permanent beds is the best way to go in the long run. if you avoid tilling you avoid bringing the seed bank to the surface where they will germinate. fill the raised beds with top soil and compost. top them up every year with more compost or shredded leaves. you want the beds to be soft...

i know i'm not the only one facing this. i want to get a christmas present for my grandson. he needs nothing. zero.nadda. he is 16 months old. ideas? my daughter wants me to get him books because she is sick of reading the same ones over and over. i remind her of how many times i had to read...

is there a difference? is there a way to remove it without buying the tool? yeah i know the tool is cheap but its not nearby.

i've got a kudzu problem and while i don't expect to eradicate it i would like to get some goats to forage and control it somewhat. i was thinking of fainting goats which i've heard don't challenge fences much. i have a usable electric fence. what is considered minimal acceptable goat housing? a...

been a long time since i camped in a tent and sleeping bag. my question is can a 63 year old guy be comfortable sleeping on an air mattress in a sleeping bag in a tent? last time i did this i was in my late 30's without an air mattress. i couldn't do that now.

i'm replacing a fascia board on my house. it never dries out and regular lumber rots in a few years. its a 1x6 i think. i attach the gutter to it. lowes sells 1x pvc boards. is this suitable for this app? can you screw into them like regular lumber? any info is appreciated and any alternative...

here's a picture of garlic hanging from the rafters of the roof over the deck. this is from several years ago and is regular hardneck garlic. I think the variety is music. you could also hang it in a hay barn.

the tiller tines quit turning. the wheels still turn. so this seems to be a stripped gear problem on the tine shaft. anyone ever fix this? looking for tips and tricks to make this go smoothly and for me to end up a happy tiller user.

you know the stuff. any reason not to just flip it over when one side gets rusty?

24" is very deep. i used untreated 2x8's filled with compost.

i've got a troy bilt super bronco tiller with counter rotating tines. it has 4 sets of 4 tines each and i'm removing the outer 2 sets to reduce the tilling width. anyone foresee any problems with doing this?

anyone have experience using sharkbite fittings? i need to run a couple (one hot one cold)of lines to a new basement sink. I will have to put a couple of tees into 3/4" copper and would like to transition to 1/2" pex. i never used pex before either so any advice there is also welcome.

i'm going to build a kitchen in the basement. it will be used as a commercial kitchen initially to prepare fresh pasta. there is no plan to have a commode but a sink is necessary. what is the usual method used to pump the waste water up to the drainage line, which is 7' or so above the floor...

i'm building a walk in cooler. i'm looking for suggestions for what to use for interior walls. they should be moisture resistant, cheap, washable, and lightweight (because i'm an old guy). the material is to be fastened to studs (2x4's) 24" oc. the entire cooler is 6x8, so we're not talking much...

this is for a 1510.

this is a bit confusing to me. there are generally 2 kinds of rigid insulation. there's eps and polyisocyanurate. how do they deal with moisture? is eps unaffected and polyiso needs a vapor barrier? is the covering on polyiso a vapor barrier? i am building a walk in cooler and researching...

i'm looking to put up another high tunnel (greenhouse) and i need to have the ground leveled. the last time i did this the excavating contractor i hired did cut and fill but this created drainage problems i didn't anticipate. this time around i'm building a retaining wall at the low end and...

is there a way to make this round?

there's a pressure tank on cl for $50. the seller says its 68 gallons, 4 1/2' high. is there a way to test it without actually hooking it up? if it holds air pressure does that mean its good to go? i don't want to pay $50 for an anchor. could i plumb it in series with my present pressure tank...

we had cherokee purple, carbon, black krim, amana orange, kelloggs breakfast, italian tree, san marzano, maybe some others. they all sold very well at the farmers market. the picture is from back in the late spring. you can see some of them in the basket there. more pics on fb under the farm name.

i want to tape 6 mil greenhouse plastic to galvanized steel tubing. is there a specific kind of tape i should use or will any do? greenhouse plastic is polyethylene i think. waterproof tape (is there such a thing?) would be a plus. like waterproof duct tape?

yesterday evening my wife and i were driving home with a load of fresh horse manure in the pickup truck when the oil temp light came on. well at first i thought the oil level was low so i pulled over and checked to be sure there was oil but now i realize that it is the oil temp light that came...

i own the bows to a 22' wide high tunnel (greenhouse). i have attached a drawing of the frame layout. what is the angle at the peak? part 2 how would i accurately bend a 3' length of 1 7/8" 16 ga. galvanized steel tubing in the middle to that angle? i'm not sure that it really is going to be...

my ford 1710 takes 600-16 R1's on the front. its 4wd. they don't seem to be available locally. anyone else experience this? looks like i'll have to buy it online.

my pump quit so i bypassed the pressure switch and found that the switch is bad. if i run the pump and have all valves closed will it blow out a valve? do i need to provide pressure relief since the pump is on all the time? so far i've been switching the pump on with the breaker switch when i...

the 'dwarf' cherry trees we have are loaded with fruit this year. this is probably a result of the mild winter. i don't own an orchard ladder. the dwarf trees are at least 20' tall. not very dwarfy. any thoughts on how to convert a regular aluminum extension ladder to an orchard ladder?

the adjustable top link on my 1710 is not working properly. it jams and is very difficult to turn. if i smack the cross bar with a mallet i can get it to turn and then it jams again. i was thinking of getting a new one at tractor supply when i go into town tomorrow. are all these adjustable top...

is there any difference, besides color, between the various plastic twines? I want to go to the local farm supply store and get plastic bailing twine to use as tomato twine. is it the same stuff? is it the same stuff that Lowes provides to tie down your stuff in the back of your pickup? it all...

i'm coming up on 62 and am considering getting social security. anyone decide to start getting social security at 62 and a few years later regretted doing so? i did the math assuming i live to 80 and it doesn't make sense to me to wait until 65 to get 10k over 15 years over what i would get if i...

seems to me that the only difference between a freezer and a refrigerator is how low the temperature is set to. i want to use an upright freezer as a refrigerator to store harvested vegetables (greens, broccoli, etc.)until bringing them to the farmers market. if i can change the thermostat to...

there's an ad on CL for a guy who has a dump truck for hire. The ad says that the dump truck can hold 4 tons. does anyone know what size dump bed this dump truck would have? i want to hire him to haul manure but i'd like to know the volume of the load he could carry. is it 3 or 4 times as much...

i will be wiring my high tunnel for motorized endwall shutters. i read about the type of cable or conduit/cable to use. but i can't remember how to wire if i want the power source to enter the first vent motor's box then go to the thermostat and then on to the other vent motor. it should be like...

i read a study done by some land grant university about weed control in potatoes and sweet corn for an organic grower. they tried different methods and the best result was using rolling cultivators. anyone have experience using these? i have a tool bar to mount them on. are there good ones and...

my water pressure cycles up and down more than i would like it to. i have a small pressure tank. would a bigger tank help to even out the pressure? is there another way to accomplish this?

the '07 civic needs new tires. 205/55-16. the current general altimax tires were purchased 3/10 and now have about 33k on them. winding mountain roads take their toll. so anyone have a recommendation? i'm looking for all weather type tires. they need some snow ability but its not the vehicle i...

the slope in this case is not the ground but the gable end of the high tunnel. what i usually do when the ground slopes is put something under one leg, like a piece of wood, to level it. i guess the same would work if the other end is the slope. anyone have any better suggestions? when i first...

too easy to forget to defrost the turkey since it takes a few days in the frig to defrost. my 16lb'er needs to be in the frig. sunday morning to be defrosted by thursday AM.

i had this discussion with my neighbor at the farmers market. we were talking about standing dead locust and how nice it is to find a convenient one to quickly replenish the firewood supply. You can tell i don't get my firewood ahead of time. you know how you can pretty much tear off the bark in...

i was reading on the web somewhere that the required depth for pvc conduit is 18" and the required depth for rigid metal conduit is 6". is rigid metal conduit the same as EMT? do these depths sound right? i am burying a wire from my workshop building to my high tunnel...about 60'. this is to run...

i'm looking to get a new saw that is somewhere between my 011 and my 038. the 011 is not enough and the 038 is becoming a bit heavy for me. what i want to know is whether there are price differences between dealers? or should i just go to the closest one? anyone own an MS250? any comments about it?

has anyone bought any saw service manuals from pistoltech.com? were you satisfied with what you got?

like the troybilt CSV 060. i want to use it to process leaves for mulch. looking for some reviews. other similar model reviews would be good too.

there is a used dryer i think i may be getting today. it has a 3 prong plug on it but it will be plugged into a 4 prong receptacle. so i'm thinking that i have to get a 4 prong plug to replace the 3 prong plug. is this going to be obvious how to hook it up? the dryer is for my inlaws.

anyone do this recently? whats it worth?

not sure if its my fence tester or my fence charger. anyone have a tester thats gone bad?

there was a pretty big nest attached to my little hoophouse. i was putting up some plastic chicken wire along the sides to keep out crows but when i got down to the wasp side i got hit. so i got my bee jacket and tried to continue working but all the head butting got me unnerved. so i knocked...

many years ago the chain broke on my 038 and cracked the fuel tank. i jb welded it and its been fine ever since until now. it leaks now. this is after at least 15 years from when the tank first cracked. anyway, after pricing a new one ($150) i was thinking how nice it would be if i could add...

finally got around to hilling the taters. i think i would like to hit them again in 2-3 weeks. do you guys hill once or twice?

i've got a troy-bilt super bronco, about a 2008 model. i'm having some engine problems. the engine doesn't run smoothly unless the choke is engaged. otherwise, when it runs and i open the choke the engine will stall from a lack of fuel i'm guessing. the first time this happened i thoroughly...

anyone know of a good place to get these? the troy-bilt website has them for $182 a set plus shipping!!!!

when i turn the key i get the click but no starter action. i haven't had time yet to look into it but any ideas where to begin will be appreciated.

i'm putting up a high tunnel and the first step is to put in the ground posts. is there an instrument i can rent that will make it easier to install the ground posts (26) so that they end up plumb, level, and in line? the posts are 6' and go 3' into the ground. i guess this is like the initial...

anyone remove one of these? what do you remove to access it?

i have a small greenhouse that i use for starts. it's heated with a small electric heater that is fed by a 220 line. the plate on the heater says it draws 23 amps. it is connected to a 30 amp breaker at the box. the cable is 10/3 (i think). could i tap off this line at the receptacle in the...

anyone get any lime spread recently? how much did it cost?

i need to replace the tines on my bushog brand tiller. it takes 20 of them. one of the local tractor dealers said they are $8+ a piece. anyone know of a less expensive source?

i need to cut kudzu vines down from the trees that are too high to reach from the ground. i'm not looking to eradicate the kudzu this way but i want to use the vines to make baskets. i need to use long pieces. what inexpensive tool should i get to do this?

my 10 year old porter cable cordless needs new batteries or i need a new drill. seeing the price of batteries i'm thinking new drill. anyone with recommendations? right now 14.4 v seems to be the right choice for me. anyone buy one in the last couple of years?

cracked open a bottle of Shooting Creek Buffalo Brown Ale and tipped it up and it was very good. but then when I put the bottle down the foam would not stop. after about 10 minutes it was drinkable again. well now its gone so i guess it makes no difference.

does anyone have the middle buster they sell at tractor supply? any complaints? i need one to plant asparagus.

There is a 3 year old 5 HP Yard Machine rear tine tiller for sale on Craigslist for $300. The starter rope is busted and will need to be fixed. Anyone have any experience with this machine?

I bought a used 14x80 cold frame (hoophouse). It is assembled by driving a 1 1/2" OD piece of EMT into the ground. Then a sleeve of EMT (slightly larger) is screwed on to the top of the EMT that is in the ground. Then one end of the hoop part is inserted into the sleeve and then screwed on. I...

We're getting half a hog on Friday and I want to cure bacon and make sausage. So I will need a smoker. I've seen descriptions to make one out of a metal trash can and a flower pot using a hot plate for heat. I have an extra woodstove and plenty of firewood and would like to use it but I don't...

A pigeon arrived on our farm on Sunday. It has 2 leg bands. Does anyone know how I can catch it so I can read its leg bands and try to find it's owner? Do I need to wait until it perches at night and then grab it? this could be a problem since I don't know where it perches but it has been around...

My tractor has a rear flat. It may be possible to get a tube installed but there's a lot of dry rot so maybe not. 11.2x24 R1. What do these go for?

I have an 18' locust post that I want to stick into a hole so it will be standing up like a utility pole, which it is destined to be. Its too heavy for me lift on the top end and walk it up (maybe after lunch I'll feel stronger). I have a tractor with a boom pole but no FEL. Any ideas how I can...

My wife's 07 civic (bought new in 11/06)went in for 45k service today. The service guy said it needed the power steering fluid flushed and the same for the brake fluid. He wanted $150 for both. I said no. I didn't sound friendly about it over the phone. O well. Do you guys think this necessary...

I'm looking to save money (who isn't?) on my next deer fence idea around my 3 acre garden. I thought I would start with those free potential locust posts that are now standing around doing nothing in the woods but dropping leaves. I was thinking of splitting some of them in half and getting 2...

I have a hoophouse that I want to put back into service. I bought it many years ago and stopped using it because I got a better greenhouse. The hoops are made from electrical metallic tubing. The hoops are marked 3/4 but the o/s diameter is 15/16. the ground stakes are marked 1/2 but the o/s...

I have a 4" pvc drainage pipe leak at a joint between the pipe and a fitting. It has not leaked for 10 years but I think after 10 years of the washing machine bouncing around when it spins and is not balanced has caused the pipe somehow to start leaking. The joint is right under the floor that...

The guy who sells next to me at the farmers market sells grass fed beef....no grain. So we are thinking of buying a whole quarter to freeze. My wife has a coworker who raises grass fed lamb and we are also thinking about getting a half a lamb. What does everyone think about grass fed meat? The...

I'm a little embarrassed about this but here it goes anyway. I've lived in this very rural area for 20 years. I moved here from the suburbs with my family when I was 39. I was raised in the suburbs. So I've never been deer hunting. I don't really even know how to shoot a gun properly. i was...

this is a cantaloupe I picked today. Variety is Athena. anyone else get a weird looking veggie this year?

the valve on the tank thats hooked up to my grill is very stiff. Is there a way to fix that? Would squirting some WD40 down the shaft be ok to do? the tank is kinda full. should i wait until its empty to try to fix it?

on my tractor there is a part that attaches to the lower lift arm. it is adjustable by turning a crank. there is one on the other side that is not adjustable but otherwise serves the same function. what is this part called?

this is about the skid depth adjustment. why isn't this built to be easily adjusted? i want to prepare a seed bed so i want it set to max depth. then 15 minutes later i want to cultivate and the min depth would work nicely. but then i have to go get some tools to adjust the skid. theres gotta be...

I'm going to buy a new 48" tiller. I looked at the KK and the offset is on the wrong side for me. It also seems excessively heavy. Theres a chain drive Bush Hog one at the NH dealer in Salem for $1300. then theres a Taylor Way in Wytheville for $1500 but i think this one is all gear driven...

i ran over a very large rock yesterday with my ford 105A tiller. Now when I try to till deeply there is a gear grinding sound and the tines do not turn. it works fine if i till less deep. is this the clutch on the tiller causing this? do i just need to adjust it?

on my troy built pony....but if i fill it its good for when i use it but when i go back to use it again in a few days its flat again. do these things have tubes in them? is this something i can easily fix?

the idiot light stays on indicating that my battery is not charging. this is a ford 1710. well i don't really need the battery 'cept for starting and gauges. but its been like this for a few days now but the light doesn't get dimmer and i have no trouble starting so i suspect that the light is...

y'all gonna think this is a dumb question (is it obvious that i am a little embarrassed to be asking?)but there seems to be 2 sizes of grease fittings...one is small and my grease gun handles it just fine. But theres a bigger size one that my grease gun doesn't fit. do i have to buy a different...

The '00 4runner has the factory installed stereo. This is a single cd/cassette/radio unit. It is not a very good one but its better than nothing. my wife says that when she inserts a cd it ejects it almost immediately. i'll take a look at it sometime today but meanwhile does anyone know anything...

my 07 civic with about 27K on it is in need of tires. I'm thinking of Goodyear Assurance TripleTreds. Any comments or experiences are encouraged. Other brand recommendations too. The car came with bridgestones.

I received a letter from VDACS(VA State Vet Office) asking for a report of what livestock we have. They also ask some business info. There is a cover letter with it. It says that 4,500 animal owners have already registered in VA. Anyone ever see something like this? We keep some laying hens but...

looks like winter is settling in and my shop where i do woodworking is not heated. any recommendations for fingerless gloves that won't cost an arm and a leg (& a finger)?

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does anyone buy beans online? and if so, where are the best prices to be found?

i have a spring that is downhill from my field. is there an easy way to determine the vertical drop to the spring from my field? or do i have to measure the distance and then figure out the angle and use trig?(i'm not opposed to doing this but i'm not sure i could figure out the angle). why do i...

is there some point when a tire has too much dry rot or cuts to hold a tube? the 6.00-16.00 front tire on my 4WD Ford 1710 is looking pretty ugly and i think just a tube replacement or patch is not going to do it.

I planted 400 row feet of strawberries this past spring. i know i should have had straw to mulch on hand at the time but i didn't. so now a hectic summer has past and i finally got my straw and am in the process of weeding and mulching. I plan another planting of about the same size next spring...

its that time again...time to replace the tiller tines on my tiller. anyone know of a good source for new tines? i've been getting them at the dealer and just looking for something that may be better.

i never been to a race and am thinking of buying tics for Lowes in Charlotte on 10/13 through ebay. anyone give me some idea of where the best place to sit is? the tics on ebay i'm considering look to be fairly close to the track. is it better to be higher up? any help is surely appreciated.

my well is pretty far from my house which has not been a problem. but i would like to access the water by the well if possible. could i tap into the line that runs to the house at a point right next to the well? would it be best to have a pressure tank there too? the well is one of those 6"...

anyone know if there's a difference between the different brands? any better than others? are there different types? educate me please. o...i have a very basic camera.

tv something that can be handled by one person? will i be able to unload it, bring it inside and set it up or is it too heavy/bulky?

anyone have one? can i brew a mug of coffee with the standard one?

looks like the water pump on my tractor gave it up. it seized. heres hoping a replacement is readily available.

i have a roll of plastic garden mulch that i bought maybe 3 years ago. it was originally 4000' but i've used it to plant tomatoes and melons. i am now planting melons in it and i think i will need 600' more to finish. is there a way to tell if i have that much left on the roll? or do i have to...

i was out tilling with my ford 1710 and the engine kept on losing power...the RPM would fall and then i'd stop and they'd pick back up again. so i noticed that the fuel filter bowl wasn't full of fuel. i then shut 'er down and removed the filter. but now i cant get it back on.....there's 4...

Here is what a package of bees looks like when you get it. Here I am dumping a package of bees into the hive box. Job finished...3 packages installed.

i have a little greenhouse with a 220 line going to it for my electric space heater. but i'm thinking of getting heating mats for some onion seeds i want to start in february. the mats call for 110 so i'm thinking of tapping off of one of the 220 legs. anyone see any problem with that plan? i...

last year i dug in by hand about 900' of plastic mulch for my tomatoes and melons and i am considering getting a mulch layer. does anyone have any experience with them? recommendations? required HP to pull one? is it a 2 person operation?

i know a lot of you guys have them fancy log splitters that you hook up to your tractor but for those of you still living in the dark ages like me and split by hand....dontcha just hate it when you miss by just a little and the log bites your leg? and why did i think it was so funny when my...

i've been plowing my fields with a 2 bottom 14" turning plow for quite a few years and i feel like a subsoiler would provide some benefit by breaking up the hardpan that might be setting up. i've got a ford 1710 tractor with 4wd. i grow veggies that i sell at the farmers market. i've seen a...

I have a shopsmith that I bought back in the 80's and the motor has died. For a while I was able to start it by spinning the tool by hand but even that doesn't work now. Does anyone know anything about repairing motors? no...i dont want to run the shopsmith off the PTO of my tractor.

We are looking to buy a new car. A civic/corolla type. I don't understand how a car equipped with side airbags and a car not equipped with them can get the same star rating for side impact crashes. Seems to me it makes side airbags useless. o...any vehicle recommendations are also welcome but...

this is turing out to be confusing....lcd or plasma? hd tuner or hd ready? (i think hd ready since i dont receive my tv signal from the airwaves). i think i'm looking for the 42" range but even that is confusing because of different things i've read about it. we will be sitting 8-10' from the...

i flattened a couple of spots on my deck belt...this is on a troy built pony that i bought at lowes a while back. is any belt of the proper size suitable (5/8x74) or do i have to use the OEM belt?