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It took me a year just to let him drive it to the gas station and maybe only 3 or 4 times! In my defense though, it's a paid off crew cab long bed...and I could never come close to replacing just the chassis for what I paid for it brand new with a new flatbed. [emoji23]

Well that wheel cover had an occasional loud clanking from a rock that got wedged up in there a while back so I'm not too terribly bummed to replace it. I was more worried about the safety aspect. I go get 1+ ton loads approx every other week but especially when hauling my 38' horse trailer.

2012 dodge 4500 w/ 19.5" 225/70R M&S Goodyears bought in 2017 with low miles (Feed/hay/bedding and horse trailer use mainly). My well- intentioned city slicker fiance was fueling up the tractor via transfer tank on my truck so he could help mow pastures. He roughed up my right front tire (and...

I used to have 5 of these 10x20 single sided loafing sheds that my ex husband built 10 years ago. 3 of them were taken out by a tornado in 2019 (which is when I found out that he didn’t add them to our insurance either). The 35 acres I leased directly behind my property for the last 11 years...

Re reading your comment: it has a 20 amp inline fuse from the starter solinoid to the Ignition switch. To clarify, are you suggesting I install a SPST rocker switch with an additional fuse between it and the clutch instead of using the existing PTO switch? Or are you suggesting I use 2 pto...

Thank you for your input! I like that the engine won't run with the clutch engaged because my business is horses... Blades suddently kicking up dust or gravel in addition to starting the engine could easily spook and/or injure a horse and rider. It didn't even occur to me that it would shorten...

Cub 2009ish rzt50 with almost 900 hours. Blades quit engaging in the middle of mowing. Clutch was bad and melted the fuse. Replaced. Didn't work. Retraced electrical and replaced pto switch and key switch (key switch tested okay but felt like it was increasingly hard to turn so went ahead and...

I posted a few weeks ago about my cub not starting after a carb replacement. UPDATE: The starter(?) magnet wasn't gapped correctly. When I jumped the battery it started (with starter fluid) , but had to adjust the gov because it was it was idling way too high. I was able to improve the...

My elderly dad left me his cub RZT50 with a 24hp B&S Intek V twin engine. He did not take very good care of it. It wasn't winterized (during Texas snowmaggedon at that) and when I went to check it out (after sitting in my dusty indoor arena for the last 6 months), the oil filter was lose and...

I was trying to be nice and give them the benefit of the doubt, but you could be right! That would definitely be my luck lol

Thank you for the kind words! I’m not dissuaded at all... I’ve learned to be creative to work around my physical and fiscal limitations because I’ll grow old waiting on a man to come help lol [emoji12] blocks, jacks, jack stands, pry/cheater bars, ratchets, pullies and Google are girls’ best...

I have a Frontier RC2072 cutter and the blades need to be sharpened badly. Manual says take the tail wheel bar off to expose the access port, turn the blade pan by hand to locate the 1 1/2” bolt to remove the blade. I’m guessing there is a small dent in the pan because I don’t have enough room...

I bought the NorTrac 3-Pt 12” Post Hole Auger 2 years ago (paid $770 for it too). I’ve dug 20-25 holes with it and it’s no longer digging. Northern tool doesn’t sell any replacement parts in store. I had to call customer service and they only sold the replacement side blades... not the tips...

The textile geo cell and plastic gravel grids are pretty expensive. I can get 48x40” plastic pallets for super cheap and was going to pour gravel screening/crushed limestone dust over them and pack it down. Has anyone tried it or can think of reasons it wouldn’t work? If it sounds viable, any...

Glad I’m not the only one who thinks so. It wouldn’t worry me quite as much if they had bothered to actually bolt the skirt rail to the baseplates. They did a pretty crappy job over-all. It’s been a few days since I emailed the manufacturer a list of concerns and I still haven’t heard back from...

I have a 72x300 fabric building. There were 3, 100’ fabric cover sections. I’ve had 3 weather events in 8 years since it was built (2 happened in 2019 alone). The manufacturer who is doing the repairs is converting my building to 20’ cover sections(2240 Sqft of fabric); one between each truss...

He really likes to spend a lot of his free time working on his car and jeep and browsing craigslist and such for bargains on small “fun and flip” stuff. He has a lot of tools, car parts, jeep accessories and HVAC parts he refurbishes for the occasional side job. Right now, he uses a typical 2...

Long story short: Planning a pre-nup type of situation. Both of us are home owners with a similar debt to income ratio but I have a larger net worth because of my farm property (my main source of income/self employment). In order to accommodate him, we would need to build a metal shop (budget...

I know I posted about a load handler for my flat bed for unloading hay/shavings and what not. I also posted about my fabric building damage and have a lot of super heavy duty tarp material hanging around. With all of rain we’ve had since the big storm, I need gravel and arena sand. Sooo...

Long story short: self employed horse business owner that was unsecured debt free a year ago. Storm severely damaged my property and now I have CC debt again. I own free and clear a 2012 Dodge 4500 4x4 6.7L Cummins, 12’ flat bed with 39k miles... It’s worth a little over $30k. I asked my...

I forgot to post a picture of the crappy skirt rail system..

20%? I’m not sure what you’re saying here. Here is one of the original emails we exchanged... given the information so far, do you think it’s misleading?

I went back and looked through all the pictures I took of the arena damage. It’s hard to tell what failed first. I do know that it wasn’t hit with debris. With the direction of wind, there wasn’t anything close enough to hit it. I had damage to other structures and those pieces were...

I have a lot of cross fencing in my future. I’m embarrassed to admit that while I know how to hook up the auger and the main points of using one, I don’t know a lot about the actual bits themselves because I had a husband that knew that stuff. Now, I’m on my own and must learn how to do it all...

Question to my favorite TBN geniuses: Long story short: 2011: Built a 72x300’ fabric building that is used as an indoor riding arena. My cover is in 3, 100’ sections. 2014: North Texas storm tore the middle cover off. Clearspan made it right. 2019: Storm rips off another cover. This time...

I have a 72’ x 300’ building (indoor arena and barn. My entire property slopes from the southwest down to the north east so we had to build up the whole north 72’ end quite a bit. The difference between the east and west corners is about 7’. Since there will be 2 aisle ways, we have 2 entrances...

My outdoor arena has railroad ties to keep the footing from washing away, but as you probably know, the footing builds up along the edges. I have a chain harrow drag but use just a plain old box blade to level out the ruts from a heavy rain. I’m paranoid about hurting my tractor, so I’m not...

I’ve have vinyl shutters that have been taking up space in my shed for years because my ex never figured out a suitable way to install them. I think the wainscoting trim and not landing on a high rib were the problematic issues along with making them secure enough so our high winds don’t rip...

Well I do have it set up to drain better which will help a lot in the future, but I need to get my fence up ASAP because I need my arena for lessons. I think it might take too long to build it up and get it packed down enough to get my tractor close enough to auger out new post holes. I have...

120x240 outdoor arena. 6” wood posts for RAMM flex fence and railroad ties along the bottom to keep footing contained. Long story short, I’m replacing a lot of posts and redoing the drainage as one corner is badly eroded; exposing the whole height of the concrete footing and 80% around of the...

My outdoor arena fence posts are the 7” round PT posts from TSC. They were set in concrete 5 years ago. The bottoms weren’t coated, we didn’t use enough concrete to keep the soil and moisture away from the base and half of the posts have broken off at the concrete. No surprise there! I bought...

*Girl Question* I have a Dodge 4500 4X4 (long wheelbase) flatbed. I LOVE that I don’t have to hook up a trailer to go get hay or shavings, but I don’t like unloading it. I usually buy 21 bale bundles and it would be awesome if I could just roll it off. Anyone know if I could buy one that...

I hired a contractor to put up a 72’ wide 30’ tall end wall to enclose the north end of my arena. I know him fairly well and I’ve seen his work elsewhere.. he was recommended by my vet as well. He is in and out, while his crew is here working. I’m a very novice welder but I was out there...

I need some opinions... Sorry for the novel. I have a 52 acre horse farm and 4 German Shepherds who are free to roam the farm, although they usually follow me around most of the day everyday since I work at home. 2 males and 2 females, all very well behaved and socialized. We take them to a...

I just bought a brand new mx5800hst and splurged on a stealth wet sound bar to put on it so I can share my love of AC/DC with the world as I mow my 62 acres. >;o) I want to install it up under the awning. I tried to enlist in some “man help” in order to speed the process along but they didn’t...

It’s just a large vertical metal wall that won’t bare any roof weight. The wall’s frame will be bolted to the main structure for more stability but it won’t really add much to weight to the load bearing requirements. The drawing is what I’m having built.. the other picture is an example of...

I’m having an end wall built on my 72’x 300’ clearspan fabric building. The end wall is going to be R-Panel to match my barn. It is dome shaped and 30’ tall in the center. I’m on Texas black clay soil. I’ve had a handful of contractors come out to bid on my job and it seems like they each...

I need to hoist a 8’x6’ hay pallet (30 bales weighing approximately 1,950 lbs) about 11’ to the loft storage area. I’ll most likely *try* to build it myself but have no idea which type of hoist, lift, elevator, winch or whatever would be most cost effective, durable and easiest to build. The...

I’m starting the planning process of building more stalls in my barn. I’m hoping to hire a contractor to do the majority of the work but I also want to price out the materials on my own so that I can a avoid the typical mark up on materials by purchasing them on my own and/or I might end up...

Why are men so freaking hard to shop for? I have 4 days left to find gifts for my dad and boyfriend. Don’t say gift cards it’s against my religion... [emoji57] Help me out by telling me what you want for Christmas in the reasonably priced range pretty please with sugar on top.

I’m so so sorry for your loss. It will be a year on New Year’s Day since I lost my “once in a life time” dog, Gunner. He got distemper when he was a year old and I spent 5 - 6 months getting him out of the woods. He even had to be in a wheelchair for a while. In return, he helped me get through...

My ex got to sell our skid steer in our divorce leaving me with a 2014 JD 5055 (i think). It didn’t have a loader which I use extensively, so I traded it in on a 2004 NH Ls170 Skid. I bought 60 round bales from a guy who lives 25 min away. He had an assistant follow him with a second truck and...

Devon energy bought the property at the end of my private road. They have tankers hauling fracking liquid to and from their holding pond. They’ve destroyed our road and when asked to fix it, they said it’s a private road and we should all share the cost. Ummm No!!!!! They are denying how many...

A spin off from my other truck thread. After spending $700 on 2 new tires and $200 on an alignment...my "change your oil" message pops up. Ugh..... I knew I was going to have to do the regular maintenance stuff fairly soon but after doing all the pain in the azz 1000 hour change every possible...

Thanks for backing me up guys! To the guy asking about width and length, the 4500 and 5500 front ends are max width of 80" and as wide as the duals. The width and the length has been an issue for most lifts. I guess I was a little concerned with it being at the end of its warranty at 5 years...

I need more man opinions. I have a 2012 Dodge 4500 4x4 (crew cab) with a 13ft(?) flat bed. It's a beast! My now EX husband and I bought it when we were hauling bigger trailers including our big dump trailer (that I had to get a class a cdl to drive)... Now that we're divorced, I kept my family...

Ok Boys- I need your guidance. I'm a divorced horse business owner and I'm new to the whole equipment maintenance thing (ex always did it!). I bought a 2004 LS170 from the dealer a year ago and after it recently popped an error code (FOA electrical code), it occurred to me that I probably need...

My elderly neighbor of 20 years gave me this tractor last year that my dad and brother were supposed to fix up for me. I'm doing my best to learn how to fix, build and maintain stuff on my own, but I haven't got to the major engine stuff yet beyond checking oil, replacing filters etc...