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Thanks, Eddie! I've been taking your advice since 2014; you and a few others on here as well. My projects turn out pretty good by listening to those that have been there before. I hate reinventing the wheel...

Will do! Thanks for the replies, gents.

Good morning, gents. I've had these (4) Loblollies in my front yard as a circular drive for the last (9) years. Over time, these trees that I refused to cut, have now expanded to 18in diameter and it's time for them to be harvested. If I were to remove them and then cover the area in asphalt...

Thanks for the replies, and hello again! I do think that it is a fair offer for the machine, but I was hoping he would do payments. I can't blame him, though- having the full cash in hand is always king! Thanks again!

RJ- You hit the nail on the head. His asking price is $24.5k, and I believe, when new, it was around $22k...

Gents- I could sure use your help. I have the opportunity to purchase a 2007 L3940D (GST) transmission with an original 400hrs. Included is the QD LA724 FEL and rotary cutter. He doesn't have a price, yet, but I would like to be armed with information on what is fair market value, beforehand...

Gents, I owe you an update. Thank you for all of the input, and I just was not ready to finance the 2nd home without getting lawyers involved. That WA home has increased in 'value' by 25K in just 30 days- ridiculous. If they are not ready to purchase outright, and we are not ready to kick them...

Torvy, only time will tell. My wife has home-schooled all three, and they are very successful students. However, your point is valid concerning complacency and dependent, as if I were to be honest, that affects us all. When I retired from the military, I was content to make $350/day and work...

Robo, you have nailed my exact mindset. I've been in 'the market' for a new tractor for 5 years now :) I am not a flashy guy- I drive a 98 Dodge Ram, wife works as a teacher, and we support 3 college-aged kids, and I tinker with 2 WW2 era vehicles. But I've also been blessed with a job that...

Great responses, gents. Thank you, again.

Dave, these numbers are important, like you said. Plus, how are my Dodge projects going to get finalized without cash flow? ;)

Thanks, Moss! Great questions, and sobering as well. Your reply is not off topic, as the debt I am referring to is credit card debt! In 2017, I was waiting on a security clearance to be approved, and in the span of 3 months, went through the savings and credit card black hole. The percentage is...

Understood. Thanks for your time- that is clear to me, now.

You're correct, Doug. In a similar neighborhood, a teammate sold his home for $15K over asking, due to a bidding war...

You're right on the emotional aspect! They're not in a desperate way and finding other housing would not be too difficult. He is a good friend, and a preacher/Pastor of a church- I would like to think his word is his honor, and it has been for the last eight years. However, maximum profit now...

LD1, may I ask where you're number came from? My financial uptake is slow;) Basically, they will continue to provide us rent for the next 15 years, it just has simply went from $1400 to $2100. If, for any reason payments are dropped, the house is still in my name, and all of that cash is...

Torvy, I was born near Myrtle Beach AFB, but my extended family has lived in the upstate for 7 generations, now. This second home is in Vancouver. Moss- what you're suggesting is more inline with what we're doing than what I titled "Owner Finance". I see them making consistent payments until...

Thank you, Carl. Those variables are the real question, huh? I see the interest potential, but if I were to sell the home outright, that lump sum would not sit in an account, it would pay off all current debt. Additionally, that home could be worth $600k, but it could also be worth $250k with...

The other question - what is the difference between our current rent scenario, and the scenario where 'rent' is now simply increased? If they die, the situation is no different than if they were renters. We help pay our own mortgage until they move. If I die, the mortgage is still in our name...

Ha! Yah, I was thinking about that one last night. To be honest, $1400 was an actual increase, as we had been receiving $1100 the previous 5 years... To get something, you gotta give something- We felt that kicking in funds to our own house was still better than unknown renters, damages...

Completely understand, and this is why I am inquiring. I sure appreciate it. If I were to pursue it, I would also stipulate in the contract that any funds would be forfeited if payment ceased.

Thanks, Boakley! That's the aspect that makes it seem clear- it remains my mortgage. Once the final amount is paid, I then transfer title. I hear ya though. It may sound easy, but banks do things their way!

I have a second home (mortgaged) that I have rented to the same couple since 2014. They are Church-friends of ours, always pay on time, and I have not kicked in more than $100 for repairs since then. The rent ($1400) does not meet the mortgage ($1600), and the wife and I are ready to sell. The...

I have this 40'x30 patch of 'grass' that refuses to look as decent as the front and sides of the house. Red clay/sandy soil, but am surrounded by 150acres of topsoil and loam. I'm thinking I need to recover about 3-4" of topsoil from other parts of the property, throw it into a trailer, then...

Guys, the house has been built for almost 4 years now, and I need to wrangle the drainage issue. As you can see if you look at the far side trees, our home sits on a hillside- 8inches in the rear, and 12feet in the front. So water comes off of the hill to the left of the picture, and drains...

Gents, in reading some of the archived threads, I'm looking for some more TBN feedback. I have one 17 year old Daughter who is studious and athletic, but we're not sure how much scholarship funds she may get for her chosen college. My 15 year old Son is studious as well, and has a desire to...

Can someone help me to understand the difference between being cheap, and being frugal?:laughing: I absolutely love my 65yr old Dad, and he has been gracious to me in the past to give me some of his acreage$$$ without any expectations or hesitation. However, there is not an item on this green...

Guys- I'm deployed to Iraq for a bit and my overseas ISP is blocked by the KubotaUSA website. Can someone paste up their current finance offerings for their tractors, please? Thanks.

Hello, guys. Again looking to TBN for advice. 44 years old and own one tractor- a 50's Ford that's dedicated for bush hogging. Acreage I'm responsible for is a minimum of 6 acres, but being my Dad's only Son, possibly up to 160 acres of mixed hardwoods with food plots, log roads, and streams-...

1957 Ford Powermaster- when checking to see if I have decent spark, opened up the dizzy to check points. She runs well at idle, but then after about 15min under workload, she acts like she's starving for fuel. Removed the tank, cleaned the screen, etc. Again fires right up, and idles well...

Guys, I'm an absolute newb to scaping and cultivating land for food plots. How do you guys 'even up' slight rolling hill land to where its best suited for a plot, without ruining your top soil? Do you scrape it, and stack it off to the side as your last step? If I look at a cross section of...

Gents- As I'm deployed overseas, I sure could use some wisdom. My heat pump is only 4 years old, but in Summer of 2018, the copper pipe leading from the handler to the condenser would freeze, and although the overall system would run, it would just not be cold air. I verified that this would...

Found this shrub in coastal NC, and would love to find out what it is. Homeowner says that it produces no berry or flower. Grows to about 12ft in height, and hard to control. Leaf has a speckled appearance, while the underside is almost silver. Any ideas?

Ha! Yeah, the home builder actually makes this house, originally, out of logs. I did not want the maintenance of logs, and me and the wife always liked board and batten style, so this was a no-brainer to us. It still confuses my other external family members, as they are concerned about my...

Old Grind, what did you mean by 'Rubber Roof'? With the summer showers, we still get a good bit of rain inside our covered porch, so some type of roofing may indeed be necessary for what goes underneath the porch. RustyIron- I'm thinking that if we were to paint the block the same color as the...

Well, we're about 8mnths since our home was 'put together'. The 30x50x14 shop has been built as well, so now looking for opinions on how to finish the trim on the house. Personally, I'm content with the way it is now, and so is the wife. However, another part of me says to wrap all the...

When my grader was finished cutting into the bank to level a pad, the sloped portion has a pretty sharp edge/cliff. Seems pretty simple to take a rake and just contour the top of the slop, and blend it in with the angle of the bank as best as possible. Am I overthinking this, or is the crest...

Lately, I've been dealing with a lot of land surveys for myself, my Uncle, and my Grandmother. I can also state that I am interested in 100% of the job description. I'm currently employed as a contractor and can work as much/little as I please, but man, I can see dropping everything to become...

The initial contract- a 4in, fiber reinforced at 3,000psi slab was going to be poured in a 30x50 shop. After being concerned about settling and fill compaction issues, I've wanted to now add 10mil vapor barrier, #4 bar and placed 16oc. The last request was that no water was to be added at...

Many of you will remember that I relied on TBN and a lot of it's members to guide me through this home build. It is now finished, and even the 30x50x14 pole barn is 80% complete as of this writing. I want to thank you guys who PM'd me with all of your thoughts and experiences- it saved me from...

I saw a pretty neat cast iron farm bell out at the flea market, and just had to have it:laughing:. It's missing the 'upright' which holds it from underneath the bell, but has all the other important parts. After doing some Googlin', I'm still trying to identify the maker. The Yoke has "USA 2"...

Did anyone install clear poly-carbonate lighting panels that go under the eaves in your pole barn? I'll have full lighting throughout, and wonder if these should be discarded as an option. Currently, I'm looking at having (3) 2x10 panels placed on the length sidewall ($500). This barn will...

Need some input once again from you seasoned guys here- I'm about to amend a pole barn contract, and the cost to increase the 4in fiber concrete floor to 5in is $1556. To increase the 12ft wall height to 14ft is roughly $2K. This is for a 30x50, and now is the time to make up my...

In attempting to rate the different insulation types- who has an idea what the 'typical' metal building insulation was in the early nineties? This is yellow batting, 3 inch, has a white vinyl backer that faces the interior, and like today, comes in long and wide rolls. We're attempting to find...

About to do a 30x40 slab at 4in of thickness; not sure what the PSI rating of that will be. I imagine that when concrete is poured, it is thinner in some areas, and thicker in others. If I eventually want to put a 2 post lift in, the consensus is to go at least 5in in thickness on the slab...

guys, I'm looking at a 30x50 pole barn by Hoover Buildings, in Upstate SC. In our region, we have 4 distinct seasons, with high humidity in the Summer. The insulation that they can add as part of a package is rated at R7. This would be in the ceiling and side walls. Is R7 enough to fight...

Craig, you and I are indeed on the same page. That side entrance is the main entrance, so a gabled 7x14 with 4ft wide stairway will be that design. And yes, the devil is in the details with rock/beams- but I'm sure you and I can agree that can be completed when I'm actually back in country...

Thanks for the replies- I've been reading some of the past 'wood vs. composite' threads, and like always, guys are quick to help with their experiences. I've attached a pic of the home when it was just placed on the foundation; due to it's height, we knew we wanted a covered side and front...

As I'm heading into the finishing stages of a modular build, I once again find myself looking to wiser sources for my decision making process:D. The mortgage allots close to $15K in decks and porches. What I'm thinking, and what is attached, is roughly 400sqft of decking, of which 224sqft are...

s219, with your conditioned crawl, does your rat slab go over or under the heavy poly vapor barrier? Here's a pic of my home being 'put together':laughing:. The crew will spend another complete day finishing the rough work, then on to well, septic, stairs, decks, paint, etc. It looks a lot...

Fantastic pics! s219, as you know, I'll be doing a conditioned crawl as well. Here's a pic of the highest portion, and the GC says its about 6.5ft high. Looking towards the front high side:

I'll provide a couple of pics for you to get a lay of the land, but for this crawl foundation, the highest portion (downhill) of block is a bit over 6ft high, but the other end is at about 4ft. Now that is a tall front porch:eek:. My GC was able to tell me these measurements before the block...

I had been looking for this wood stove for a long time, but had no luck due to all the newer models being posted. I had great times around one on Mt. Hood's Cloud Cap Inn in Oregon, and would love to find another one like it. It was a front loading model with a small handle at the top, on each...

Thought you guys might to see some pictures. With the help of all here on TBN, I've been advised on just about all aspects of this build. As for the drive, we went with 12', but in some places, it is up to 15'. Once it's fully been placed, the next step is to decide for the sides to go back...

The grading crew has come in and cleared a beautiful 20'x 300' driveway for our new home. The minimum width is 10' for now, but who went to 12' or wider, and were glad that they did? Who stuck with 10' and are completely satisfied?

Our 75 year old barn is in need of some new flooring for storage of household items up in the hayloft. The space I would like to cover is 16ft long, and 8ft in width. The true 2x8 joists are not perfectly spaced, but average between 26in and 29in in between them. I'd like to run 2x6 boards...

Thought I'd give an update on our land clearing job: I've been overseas for a bit, but will have (45)days off real soon. My GC gave a quick estimate for the following: $3,800 for clearing/grading driveway, no gravel, to home site (about 300yds). And $2,450 for clearing trees/brush from the (1)...

Thought I'd give an update on our land clearing job: I've been overseas for a bit, but will have (45)days off real soon. My GC gave a quick estimate for the following: $3,800 for clearing/grading driveway, no gravel, to home site (about 300yds). And $2,450 for clearing trees/brush from the (1)...

The amount of information both on here, and the net in general, is mind boggling; therefore, confusing:confused2: Until I get a pole barn up, I'm wanting to use the old barn hayloft that lies in the humid South, as storage. There's an enormous amount of ventilation, but will too much...

Thought I would throw out the idea, once again, of considering the old barn as a conversion to a workshop? I know that with my schedule and the realistic cost of a metal pole barn, I would be investing roughly $40K into a shop that would do the job of what most of us like. In saying that...

So we're on our way with the construction of a new house. The budget didn't allow for a basement, so we're going to go with a taller crawlspace foundation. If doing it, I want to do it right, so being in the humid South, I'm investigating the virtues of an encapsulated, ventless, and...

For some of you who may be following, I am closing in on building a home on a piece of land that my Dad has given me. After having it surveyed, the deed filed, and loan approved, the county admin has stated that since my Dad has an old house with an address, and his current home listed with a...

My Uncle posed this question to me, and aside from getting an answer from my land surveyor, what are your thoughts on it? I'm thinking an easement document will have to be drafted up between the (2) owner's, who happen to be family members. His goal is to divide the log road and culvert bridge...

I have found the perimeter markers to a 100acre parcel that belongs to my Grandmother. She wants to deed that property to (3) children, and I have been tasked (as the Grandson) to not only find the markers, but 'clear the survey lines' to make it cheaper/easier for the surveyor to come in and...

Anyone got experiences on settling on 'good enough' vs. getting your 'dream object'?? I'm about to start clearing land on Dad's 140 acre place to put up a new home; about a $300K venture. Just saw that 10min down the road from him, a brick 3 bedroom home on 6 acres for $99K. Saw that it...

Thought I would share a 40'x30' barn that's been on the property since 1939 (see on the left face of the barn where it was written?). After doing some research, it appears to be either a 'New World Dutch', or perhaps the 'Crib' type that was prevalent in the Southeast in the late 20th century...

Once again, looking for some advice from you guys. For those (or anyone who has an opinion), that have allowed their children to move onto your land, what is it that you think would be a solid way to say 'thank you'? My Dad bought this land from his Grandmother for pennies on the dollar back...

The home we currently rent is a 1600sqft home, built in the 70's (not very airtight), with a walk out basement. The owner has a separate HVAC system for the the basement apartment, and electricity/propane is used in the upstairs portion. She likes to keep the lower thermostat at a very low...

The wife and I are clearing a home site in Upstate SC for a new home; Considering that I want to get it right the first time, the site has what has been called a 'perfect' slope for a walk out basement, along with a level space as well just in case we decide differently. I have read that if...

Hello! The wife and I plan on building a home on our 140 acre parcel in Upstate SC by this time next year. My question is this- Is it wiser to hire professionals to clear a heavily wooded (2) acre home site, dig the septic, and clear the old log road to the site, or buy a $20K backhoe and...