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Check with your state. You may not need either CDL or farm tags. If its for personal use only you are not in commerce and no CDL is needed according to FMCSA. This is the federal rule. The exception to this would be if your specific state has a requirement for one.

Would like to do bluegill and bass.

Yeah probably. Hopefully I can stock it next spring, or at least start with fingerlings. Water at the moment is 3 ft tapering to 8ft as it reaches the dam.

Things have dried up here so no more water progress to report. I did finally get around to spreading my pile of top soil over the hillside that I moved the clay from. Going to seed and hopefully get some cover established to prevent erosion as much as possible. Water loss is still looking...

We are around year 13 on our home now. Installed all LED bulbs and almost all are still origional. At that time they were expensive and most had metal housings and heat sinks. I remember wondering how the mfg companies would make any money if the bulbs lasted 20 years. They must have figured...

Our second fridge we replaced was LG. Bad compressor. Compressor was still under factory warranty but LG could not get anyone to our place to fix it. It took three no shows on service calls that were scheduled and about 2 months of frustration but I finally got a 100% buy back including the...

My biggest complaint is newer home appliances. We built our home 12 years ago. We are on our 3rd refrigerator. 3rd dryer, 3rd washer. Dishwasher, oven/range, and microwave are still going strong. Current refrigerator is 3 years old and just had it's first repair. I always pay for the...

It starts with the parents. It's not the grandparents that they are learning from everyday. If you feel you can't spoil your grandkids I think that's kind of sad. One of the things I'm looking forward to as we are getting close to being empty nesters.

I think I have right at or just under another 4ft to go.

2 more inches of rain today and came down fast. Gained 9-1/2" on this one. What Dodge Man called my blue shop vacs (fish structure) is almost covered now. 4 ft to go.

2-1/8"

Gained another 6" of water last night. Finally starting to look like a pond.

For the first time I am feeling pretty optimistic that I have fixed the leaks in the pond. It may be end of the year or even into next before it completely fills but water loss is looking good. Plugging surface area, temps, humidity and some wind into some formulas I'm getting estimates of...

I should know in a week if it's going to hold. At this level before the rework water loss was pretty rapid.

Gained a couple more inches from a small storm this morning. Best I can tell I probably have about 6-7 feet to go.

15 tons. That was the most they could ship in one truckload. I ended up using Lone Star materials. Even with freight they were by far the cheapest I could find https://lonestarbarite.com/

Finally caught a decent storm this morning. 3.25" in the rain gauge. Until now we had only recoeved 1 rain event over an inch this year at 1.25". Everything else has been less than an inch. I will know real quick now if the pond is going to be viable. So far it's been holding between the...

Thats why I went with Sensi. No monthly access charges and no "smart" functions.

Sensi themostats have worked freat for us for almost 10 years now. Multiple zones house and business with schedule options. I'm using the basic models but they have others available. link Sensi t stat

Thanks Peter. No offense taken on the cleaning. Her dirty is cleaner than anyone else's home that I know. AC units are geo and reside inside. So there would be water in the condensate pans. I'll take a look there. Also going to look around the perimeter of the home today to see if there...

Anyone have issues with the tiny springtail bugs and if so how did you get rid of them. We had a few last year showing up in and around the kitchen sink. Seem to be much worse this year. We've had a pesticide company spray multiple times and have starting trying to treat outside but they are...

Couple of updates. I've only been able to get one good water loss reading from May 27th 4:30pm to yesterday 3:15 pm. So close enough to call it 6 full days. Over those 6 days I lost exactly a 1/2". Assuming some loss into soil absorption since we had just gained 9" of water at the reading on...

Got it. Thanks you.

Glass is installed. Thanks everyone. Next question. How does this wiper arm disconnect? Wiper motor is all I have left.

We are at Table Rock lake this weekend in south Missouri. I found where the rain has been going. In all of our trips here this is the highest I have seen it. Have to wade knee deep to get to our slip. Launching and retrieving the boat from the parking lot.

Thank you all.

How do these come apart? Replacing the rear glass and need to disconnect the strurs feom the glass brackets so I can install them into the glass without having to try and keep the entire assembly compressed while doing so.

We got 1-1/4" of rain over the last 2 days. No heavy rain just a light soaking rain which our ground really needed. Gained another 9 in on the pond.

In addition to build quality there can be a big difference in mowing speed between the homeowner and commercial versions as well. Currently have a 72" exmark but a couple of years back I had a 60" exmark lazer z x series and dad had the homeowner pioneer exmark model in 60". I had to borrow his...

Is this commercial or personal use? If personal use, your not in commerce no CDL would ve required at least federal unless there is a state requirement.

Yep. Ill give it 3 or 4 days to get soil saturated then will start tracking it.

Gained 15" of water. Still need probably 18" more to get all of the bottom covered and start pushing up the banks.

We ended up with 1-1/8". Havent made it back yet to see if it was enough to generate much runoff.

Would love to see some pics if you have any. What type of maintenance do you have to do year to year? I've thought of doing something similar at home.

Pic for reference. I mow 6 acres for our wedding venue every Thursday. 72" Exmark Lazer Z X-series. It takes me 1 hour 45 minutes to mow everything, there's more not showing in the pic. It will throw grass evenly no clumps even in damp conditions. I have never had to clean out the underside...

Only managed a 1/4" last night. Showing a 1 to 2" possible tonight

Todays update in pictures. Chance of storms tonight and tomorrow. Radar shows this first one splitting just as it gets to us and going north and south of us. Hope it holds together. We need it. Our grass is already stressing and starting to brown.

I would bump the usable trailer deck to 24' minimum especially if considering side work. 20' just doesnt give you enough space in my opinion for a skidsteer and the attachements your likely to take with you. CTL, cutter, bucket. graple for me at a minimum. . The extra space gives you a little...

Todays radar. Seems to be a trend this spring. I'm the blue dot. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/baksg3g116jog9crnadtl/Screen_Recording_20250507_131845.mp4?rlkey=9oox6qferc0jthcyeuliyk2cj&st=ruypg65t&dl=0

Yeah I'd like to at least get a foot or two covering the bottom to give me an idea of how it's going to hold. On the plus side the deer are loving the new splash pool. Watched several young deer having a good time splashing and jumping around in it a few days ago.

Unfortunately no. Long term forecast hasn't improved for rain. 40% wed but nothing significant expected.

Another moving through now with the heavy stuff tracking south again. Just light sprinkles here.

Yes. Northwest corner. Everything has been shifting south of us.

Not much different unfortunately. So far we've only had 1 measurable rainfall. Rain gauge showed 1/2". On the bright side what little is there seems to be holding pretty well. Checked this morning and yard stick shows I've lost 1/8" over the last 72 hours.

Rain guage is on my to do list.

If it holds this time I will stock it.

Old 8 and 10" firework mortar tubes.

Took a little time today to add some fish structure back in and a couple log crossings. Also took the rotary lazer out just before dark to shoot the waterline, check the level of the last walk path I cut in, and check pond depth. Had never checked depth, just guessed. 13ft at the damn. Half...

Someone I know who builds ponds saw a facebook post I made on a pond site asking questions about bentonite. He called me and said that Bentonite rarely fixes a leaky pond because most applications are not done correctly. I think this is one of those.

So far yes but not gaining any. First rain today since that small amount April 2nd. We missed any heavy rain. Maybe 1/4". I need to get a yard stick in to start watching it. Going to move some structure in for fish this week before the bottom gets covered.

Usually word of mouth. This one was actually a relative of my brother-in-law who was talking to him about needing some ground cleaned up. If I'm looking for another one sometimes I'll post some before and after pictures of a previous job on my Facebook page as well. I prefer to bid by the...

Considering they are typically rated for 2,500 lbs+ if you've crushed them I think your probably in rough shape with or without.

Finished this one up today. 8 hours of machine time. About 1.25 acres cleared that had been neglected for quite a few years. Cleaned up about 450 feet of fence line then 1 acre of pretty much an overgrown mess. A lot of large deadfall that had to be moved, piles of dirt, and a lot of 5" to...

My day was the same today. This was a non paying brother in law project putting a small wall up, not really a side job.

From what I'm finding online 4 to 6" for establishing grasses.

6 seconds of feed means I'm not putting out enough for them to become dependent. Just enough for a quick snack. Especially when we have 8 or more showing up. This is one of the tripod feeders with barrel suspended in the air so it only spins out a small amount

In the short term a barrel feeder and corn will get them coming every morning or evening or both depending on your timer settings. Ours quickly figured out feeding time.

The hillside where my loader is sitting is where I've pulled the clay from. I need to use my top soil piled up top to cover this hill and the walk path I cut in so I can get some grass to grow and control erosion. Any suggestions on how much to add. 6", 12"? Should the clay be scarified...

Yes and no. Had this one been leaning toward the house or pool then I would have have declined. The lean and branch structure wouldn't have allowed it to come back. I've also done more big trees then I can count and I've never been able to drop a large tree simply by trenching out the roots...

Just wrapped this one up today. I was at this house last spring and leveled an area for the homeowner for an above ground pool he was putting in. There were two very large pine trees, roughly 30" and 36" in diameter, very close to the pad. I asked if he wanted them removed due to the pine...

Just finished reworking it so dry at the moment. I understand the concern. I don't think there is anywhere that your going to be stuck should you fall in. May be on hands and knees in one spot but not going to be stuck with no way to exit.

I have one side that I would consider steeper than desired. It would require a large amount of dirt moved to build out the slope. I can climb it with my ctl so walkable in water, not sure. The rest I would consider a steep slope but nothing you couldn't walk out of.

Wrapped up moving dirt today. Just need to compact and move some of the fish structure back in. The timber around the pond I cleared last fall is getting some good growth and greening up now that sunlight is hitting the ground so I'm not too concerned with erosion. I'll post some final pics...

My terrain and surrounding hillsides kind of dictates the steepness. Not much of a choice on 3 of the sides on how steep it is. On the plus side the ctl and front brush cutter gives me about 8 ft of reach. If I end up with that problem it means it has filled up so I'll take it.

I guess the dock may be one thing I may want that I just don't realize yet. If I can get to it I may take the advise.

The big stump is moved. Last bag of bentonite going down. I used everything this machine had to move it. Not sure what it weighs but its a lot. Was able to get the 7' forks under it and lift enough to skid it.

Unfortunately time is not on my side for a dock. My slopes have a pretty steep drop so should help with how far out I get growth. If it does fill and become a problem I'll be sure to post for a big helping of "I told you so"

Thanks I do as well. A lot of time invested in this project overall if it doesn't work. The bentonite ended up being harder to spread than anticipated. Between broken straps and just uneven coverage with a 3000lb bag swinging from the forks I gave up that approach after 3 bags. I ended up...

Bentonite is down. I have 1 bag to run at the area bottom of screen after I drag this huge stump out of the way. Going to drag it on top of the finished area. Started the cut in for a walk path today and covered up a good portion of the bentonite. Hopefully I'll have it finished up tomorrow...

I drained the pond down a bit a couple days ago. Got my flags in for the walk path grade. 6 bags of bentonite total are down now including the 3 under water. 9 more to go tomorrow then will start cutting in my walk path and using that clay to cover.

My mistake. The statement "some are holding cars at ports", my assumption was that you ment were sitting on ships at sea. This states that they are simply not shipping them which makes sense.

I'm assuming the info you're hearing about holding cars at port is not correct. These cars would have already been shipped on the final vessel prior to the new tariff rules and as such are not subject to the increased tariffs for executive order. "products loaded onto a vessel and shipped on...

Really hard to say on what brand of CTL. I've heard good and bad on them all. Everyone says stay away from Case because of wiring issues, maybe that's just the older units or maybe I'm lucky. I'm on my third Case, keep upgrading in size. Never had a wiring issue. In eight years I've had one...

I hope I'm not, but is coming steady at the moment. Lol. I'll have to drain it down so I can finish up the bentonite.

forgot to add you'll need to do the search using google in order to see or manage your listing

Ideally you should have a google account and should have claimed your business or need to if you haven't done so. You can then manage that business listing and update as needed directly on google. Here's an article on how to claim you business...

Or contracting it out. 5 acres would be a 1 to 2 day job depending on the site and type/number of trees for someone with a mulchine head.

If 5 acres have you considered renting a machine with mulching head.

Tracks for stability. For clearing, the larger you can afford the better. The zig zag pattern for tracks are amazing for traction in dirt, mud ,snow, and hills. Your going to want a stump bucket, grapple, and heavy duty brush cutter. High flow would be preferred for the brush cutter but you...

Do you own the domain name or does the relative? Is go daddy just hosting the site? I'm a little confused as you say the relative owns but then refer to yourself when talking about editing the way you want. I own the domain on both of my business websites and host on godaddy. I am able to...

I walked back today to see if water has receded any yet. My very unscientific stick marker I put in yesterday morning hasn't moved in 36 hours. Also the puddles haven't dried up either. Water is shallow so no pressure at the moment but first signs are good news. It also didn't take the deer...

Rain last night pretty much covered the area I finished yesterday so should be in good shape to continue on next week. I don't think we are calling for much on Friday.

Not nearly as big as it looks in the pictures. I think about 1.5 acres. If it fills this time will make a nice little fishing pond and be great for wildlife. I think most of it's around 8 ft deep and about 14 ft at the deepest part by the dam

We got some pretty heavy rains last night but they move through pretty quick so I'm not sure how much we actually got. Looks like more coming Friday/Saturday. Probably the storms you're referring to. Dropping the padfoot roller off to the rental company and then going to walk back and see how...

Other than hiring someone from the start that actually knew what they were doing me either. Going to hit the dam pretty heavy with bentonite. If it doesn't fill this time it's definitely not for lack of trying.

I probably had about 18" of muck at the deepest part. The flat areas up higher only had a few inches.

Today was a long day but I was able to get everything done that I needed to. We are supposed to get 1 to 2 inches of rain tonight. The deepest part of the pond is complete so now if the water gets above that I can just drain back to where I left off today and not have to completely empty it...

Trying to decide if I am going to till it in and recompact or do the blanket method where it is spread evenly then covered with another 4" of clay, then compacted. Blanket is supposed to be more effective but is obviously going to mean moving more clay and more time.

A few final pics before compacting. Picking up the roller tomorrow. My time this week is limited and rain moving in Friday and Saturday. I'm planning to compact tomorrow. If I can I would like to get bentonite down and mixed in at least on the lowest portion of the pond basin so if I do get...

Removed most of the growth on the dam and spread a layer of clay on it today. I was able to track it in pretty well. I will say it's a hell of a ride if you back up too far and too fast at the top of the dam. I need to pick up a 45 degree elbow for the end of the inlet to get it off the pond...

Here's a quick clip from the go pro pushing some dirt.

Welcome. It may still be a failure in the end but thought I woukd take one more stab at fixing it.

I'll follow up to add I agree compaction on this particular job with the CTL will not be good. I'm dozing not carrying so less trips, no weight on bucket, and larger lifts.

It will and I haven't commented on it because there are people that will go to their grave saying a CTL is horrible so normally I skip the argument on that one. It depends on how it is done. Larger lifts yes it's no good. Take this machine and load the bucket full shifting the weight forward...

Our son bought a Ford Fiesta with 5 speed manual for $6000 with only 58k miles his senior HS year because one, it's a ford fiesta and two, the owners had a lot of people look but no one could drive a manual. Didn't take him long to learn. He was the only one of his friends at school that knew...

Still getting a feel for this machine but I'm really impressed so far. It is amazing for grading. I think the longer 74" track length and huge amount of weight at 16,800 lbs are key to that. Once you set your blade and start pushing it holds true. It doesnt matter how much dirt is in the...

For the pond basin mostly pushing like a dozer. I'm pushing new cuts downhill from the source. On the new cuts of hardpack clay I have to be carefull because this machine will continue to push and roll it right up to the windshield. I'm probably pushing 2.5 to 3 yards downhill at a pass...

You must have a pretty good system setup if your processing that much by choice. I'm normally doing good to stay ahead of the next winter just for my own use.

It's starting to look pretty good from where I was a few days ago. All of the pond bottom is covered now and ready to compact. Probably going to go ahead and run clay cover up the dam as well. I was able to dig out and fix the break in the inlet tube. Dirt is looking good. I'm seeing...

I've stuck my tractor a few times but nothing like I've done in my CTL. Once its bellied out it's usually over. Twice I've had to call one of the local wreckers that has a large CTL and front mount winch to pull me out. Now I don't play in the mud much unless absolutely necessary.

Oops, I intended to post this in the Owner/Operators Forum. Mods if you see this and feel that's a better location feel free to move.

I'll start with one of my own from back in December. I received a call from someone that needed a stump removed. Because I have a $500 minimum, includes 3 hours of machine time, for any job using my CTL I suggested that he might be able to find someone a little cheaper to come in and grind it...

I thought this might be a good thread to post some of the side jobs we do for others, whether for money or just helping a friend or neighbor. I try to do a few side jobs each month, not a lot, but enough to make the payment on my CTL to justify the cost of having it for personal use. Doing...

Ran the go pro taking down one of the two trees. This one was around 20" at the base.

Wrapped up for the day. My goals turned out to be a bit ambitious. I ended up spending a lot of time cutting up and hauling out 2 more trees that were eventually going to need to go. Once I started on the topsoil I found out that there was more to remove at the top of that hill than...

Same here. The deer and wildlife will continue to enjoy it regardless but I'd really like to be able to put some fish in it.

Thank you. Wrapped up my work list early. I just finished cleaning and greasing the machine and getting ready to head out on the loader for the afternoon. The cleaning part is what I hate most. I normally start out trying to be careful from spraying myself with mud. After a few unexpected...

Made it out after supper this evening. I was able to drop all of rhe trees in my way and get them drug out of the way. I will be ready to start moving clay tomorrow and hoping to get a good 4 or 5 hours in.

Same here. 4 or 5 years on mine now.

Not seeing any signs of excess moisture at the moment anyway. Grading out well and packing tight under the weight of the tracks without gumming them up. Everything is rolling off the bucket fairly well. Undercarriage is staying clean while working.

I've only been working an hour or two here and there do to being busy at work. Jumped on the loader again this morning for an hour and made a cut into and down the hillside I'm hoping to pull clay from. I wanted to see what the dirt before removing trees around the top of the hill and all of...

The one I am renting is an 84" Bradco. My plan is the bull in a China shop approach. Pushed dirt for about an hour today. Just eyeballing it. Trying to keep the first lift at about 6 to 8" before compacting. This is kind of a hail Mary approach to see if I can make it work. I really only...

They will rent the padfoot roller to me, just won't deliver to my location so that is the plan.

Trying to locate a vibratory padfoot roller to rent for the CTL. Hard to find. I've found one at a rental yard about an hour away. Waiting for the manager to call back and let me know if he will rent it to me. Was told I am outside of their service area.

Started round 2. Winter is finally behind us here I think and ground is drying out fairly fast now. Spent some time yesterday morning and then a lot of today and got the soil mucked out. I've dug down to solid ledge and removed a ton of sandy soil and rock. All of the spoils have been taken...

Why not use a piece of gasket to gasket pcv coupling. Or use two if needed and cut out a big enough section if to bend the new straight piece in...

The other nice thing is being able to purchase online and go straight to the gate to load. Once in the yard if you forget something you can jump on the app, purchase online, and show the ticket when leaving at the gate. No need to ever go inside if you don't want to.

Except they have a drive through yard for lumber, sheetrock, mulch etc which is a big deal if your buying anything in quantity.

Am I the only one who has been wondering around Menards for years trying to find a particular item when its location was always at my fingertips? Just found out today that if you click the aisle location for an item on the web or app it brings up a store map showing where that aisle and item...

Thank you for the info. Appreciate it.

Who makes a grapple that will hold up to a TV620B CTL? I've had one for my TV450 that has held up reasonably well for 5 years with only one weld repair but I'm afraid I'm going to ruin a good grapple if I put it to heavy use on this machine.

There's a lot more to it than people realize, especially on the owner side. I can't even repack our fireworks into the same box they ship in because I dont have closure instructions from the chinese firm that did the box testing specifying how to tape the box and what type of tape to be used...

I'll try and get a few. I've got 1 job lined up at the moment plus plenty of work around my place.

Yes. That's still an unfinished project I'm hoping to complete this year. There's a reason people hire this out. Lol. Right now it's a half pond. Not holding past about 4 ft in depth.

I honestly don't know what type of exemptions exist for ag. We are transporting pyrotechnics so we fall into a low explosive hazmat carrier. I've gone through 4 full DOT inspections of our business over the last 20 years. Driver, drug, training, transport, packaging and there is a lot of...

This is not correct. It is mandated by federal DOT regs. We as a company are required to have a written drug and alcohol testing policy as well as have all drivers that meet the below requirements enrolled in a random testing program. Good link to info here...

I was finally was able to put the 620 to work today. All of the dirt from the new building we built last year was piled behind the building when doing the pad construction. Went out the morning and used the 620 to get all of that dirt moved and grade smoothed out a bit. It took me a total of...

I often take my DSLR camera with me hunting as something else to do to pass the time. Here's a pic I got of a juvenile bald eagle on our property. We usually only see them around here every couple of years.

Played around for a few more minutes today getting a feel for what this machine is capable of. The lift and bucket tilt specs state 12,907 lbs bucket tilt and 12,084 lift cylinders. The weight of this machine makes good use of those numbers. Only had the regular bucket on hand, not my stump...

Yes. 84" CID Xtreme. 3 blade with mulching teeth. It's rated for up to 7" although I usually stick to about 5". Anything bigger and I usually just drop, pile, and burn. Good stuff goes to the firewood pile. I wanted to try it out this morning but found case has changed the high flow...

Price, weight over 18,000 lbs, and just didnt see myself using the dozer function enough. Plus I think this one at the weight it is could probably use some more hp working steep slopes. My 450 will probably be faster in that scenario just due to hp/weight ratio. I did use the machine this...

If your not actively driving as a CDL driver I would do the same as you are not going to be subject to audits. If you started operating as an owner operator you would need to, or as a driver for a company, although the company would take care of it on their end.

I own a pyrotechnics company doing indoor and outdoor displays. Our stuff is 1.3g explosives per classification. After dealing with hazmat federal DOT audits and roadside inspections for the last 25 years I don't take any chances when I'm hauling in commerce, even if it's just a tractor or CTL.

Now on to the machine. She is big. Here's me standing next to it. I'm 5'10". They have added a step to the back side of the bucket and grab handle on top of the loader arm to help entry/exit. I'll see how long that grab handle lasts in the timber but its pretty solid. Hose routing looks...

😆 was just waiting to see how long it took.

Before everyone takes me serious and we start the not safe or legal posts they are 14k. 10k or 12k wouldn't give me enough capacity to add my cutter if working offsite. Door decal with my company name and DOT# in the last pic is whited out for privacy and location. Truck is 6.7 HO with Aisen...

Maybe I missed it but if the original question was not specifically addressed there are companies available for random testing. I am an owner/operator with hazmat so I am subject to random drug and alcohol testing. Since I am an owner/operator I obviously can't test myself. I use HireRight to...

7K. Makes those axles flex under a heavy load and gives me a smoother ride. Those HD axles ride too rough.

Traded in the TV450 and got the TV620B home today. Only played with it enough to dial in the speed settings on the lift, curl, dump, track speed and pushed a bit into a gravel pile. First impression is this thing is a beast when it comes to pushing and lift capacity. It picks up my 84" CID...

Intrested to see how it does for you. I have an 84" CID Extreme that I've been very happy with.

Did you get the door changed to a poly door for running that cutter?

I take care of our wedding venue parking lot and our homes 1 mile drive with the plow setup I posted bottom of page 2. 84" plow and makes quick work of both.

Just fyi if you do end up with one in the future I have an 84" quickattach brand plow and it covers my wheel width on my Kubota L6060 when angled.

I've found silicone blades work better in cold temps just fyi.

I wear contact. I recently had my near vision finally go and was using readers. Last visit to the eye doctor they did something similar. Right eye prescription stayed the same and left eye was adjusted to a slightly weaker prescription for reading. It has worked well for me. I see fine both...

Do they have options to protect the hydraulic lines inside of the tracks? This seems like a horrible design for anyone working in the woods.

The $150 is msrp. This machine can be had for around $109k cash price, just slightly more financed through Case IH at 0% - 48 or 1.5% - 60. Trading in my TV450 and picking up this TV620B next week.

Will have to wait a few weeks. We're in northern Missouri. When trying to pull the existing line it wouldn't move an inch. I was scratching my head when my wife says "didn't you mention you thought the line died due to water? If so it's probably frozen." Well duh. Why did that not cross my...

Yeah I just had a friend dig a flag pole for me using his stand on dingo and 24" auger. I couldn't do it with my 60hp kubota but not for lack of power. Issue was not having downpressure to keep the bit from spinning on top of our hardpack clay. Downpressure will be a bigger issue than hp for...

Good advise. Conduit will eventually get water in it. I'm getting ready to re-pull 500 ft of ethernet cable to my solar panels, direct burial rated this time. I thought it would be fine being in conduit but moisture/water finally got to it after only 2 years.

For the outdoor spigots why not install a frostfree hydrant? I have 2 in northern Missouri and never have an issue even in negative temps. https://www.menards.com/main/plumbing/valves/yard-hydrants/water-source-frost-proof-yard-hydrant/yh-4/p-1444446045937-c-8630.htm?exp=false

No. Model to model hasn't changed. Difference was going from the megacab on my 2012 to the crewcab longbed on my 23. Wheelbase on the megacab is 160.5" and 169.5 on the crew cab longbed.

The turn radius on my 23 Ram is significantly worse than my 12 Ram. My 23 is the crew cab long bed and not the megacab like my 12 making it longer by a foot but it it feels much bigger trying to manuver in tight spaces.

I have a 2012 ram 3500 dually megacab diesel and 2023 ram 3500 dually long bed diesel. My 2012 rides pretty nice for a 1 ton. My 23 is amazingly smooth even empty. I test drove all 3 when I bought my 2012. In test drives the Ram was hands down the best ride. GMC came in 2nd, and Ford by far...

Chiefs by a field goal with Mahomes once again securing it on the final posession. No guess on exact score. I don't see Saquon running with the same success against the chiefs and Mahomes is just so dialed in under pressure. He's one of the few who seem to perform better when it counts.

We have a local kid here who I believe is probably 18-19. Started doing landscape jobs at 16 then incorporated his business. Bought a cheap truck, trailer, upgraded, added a skid steer to expand his offerings. He has now expanded to dumpster rentals and also has his realtors license as well...

I'm pretty sure he mentioned in the post he was worried about arrest for neglect. I don't think this suggestion helps. Lol.

House would be easy. Alarm system with door and window contacts. Yard not so much although 3 years old seems awful young to me to be outside without eyes on him.

Until you've tried it a lot of people dont realize how hard even an inch or two of frozen soil is to breakup. Similar to concrete in my experience.

When our ground here gets frozen more than a couple inches I can't get through it with my 11k lb trackloader and bucket teeth. I can't imagine a tiller is going to break it up and if it does you are going to be basically tilling rocks. Give it a shot but I think its just going to be bouncing...

That was always my complaint when we had directv. Always great incentives for new customers and only higher bills for long term customers. Every 2 years I had to play the cancel game. Call customer service and tell them we would like to cancel then haggle over a promotional rate to get us to...

Correct youtube tv would be a rival to cable or directv. It is not an on demand like netflix for instance.

I've been very happy with it after 5 years of ownership. Controls are very tight and responsive. I'm not sure why Case does not come up more often. Maybe just a very low market share compared to the others? My previous Case was the TR340. Bought used and had it for 2 years before trading...

Was curious if Case/NH was going to come up. I have a Case TV450. Weighs in at 11,300 with suitcase weights. 90hp machine. I've looked into trading into the new 620B but the thought of having to move around a 16k lb machine has given me pause. 5 years and 700 hours so I don't use it much...

Same for youtube tv and only $75 or $85/month depending on plan. Might be worth trying. You can sign up, pay a month, and cancel with no cancel fees to see how you like it before cancelling directv. May even be able to free trial a month if they are still offering it.

Yes. It acts just like a dvr. NFL football or a tv series such as landman or yellowstone for instance can be fast forwarded past the commercials throughout the program without stops no different than a standard dvr.

I think youtube tv which I am referencing is being confused with youtube. Youtube tv is no different than for instance directv where stations such as your local stations, abc, nbc, espn etc are offered and have paid advertising that must be aired. There is no additional amount that can be...

Still have commercials. Only way to avoid would be to record your program then fast forward through them.

I ran a scab wire above ground 500ft closer and over the hill that was blocking my signal. Everything works perfect now. I will still try adding an antenna before taking the time to bury the line. Also for anyone with this system or who may end up with one in the future the back of the...

We have moved from directv to youtube tv. We get the same channels including local. We also paid the extra 4k upgrade which gives us not only 4k content, but unlimited simultanious tvs at home, 3 streams outside of our home network, as well as streaming on the go from any mobile device. Also...

I think this is the route I'm going to take. I raised the transmitter today about 12 feet and am still having issues. I initually tested it before burying the line and worked perfect. My problems started after last Sunday after the snow. Ground was bare at testing but now we have about 14"...

In talking to Dakota support again today I found out that the wire from probe to transmitter can be run up to 2k feet. I think I'm going to try the cheaper antenna on the receiver and if that doesn't work then will just run additional wire to the top of the hill that is causing me issues once...

In looking this board is completely different then the newer redesigned board in my unit.

I asked a friend who's field is electronics about the coax and this was his reply. "I think that it can work. The coax shield has to be soldered to the ground plane close to where the center conductor is soldered to the board. I think we can ignore the impedance mismatch."

For connecting the coax to the circuit board is it as simple as soldering the center pin to the board? Does anything need to be done with the coax outer shield as far as grounding?

Kind of what Im thinking. Transmitter sits at the bottom of about a 35ft hill so its the earth thats killing the signal. I could get some wire and raise the transmitter high uo the tree but dont want to have to get a ladder to change batteries if I can make an antenna work.

I'm not interested in motion. Had the dakota with vehicle probe at our previous location and worked great. I'm only interested in something that will detect vehicles, utv, etc to alert us when sleeping. If an antenna extension doesnt work Ill move it to the top of the hill . Just wanted this...

This one used the buried probe to detect metal so no motion alerts.

Would you recommend trying on the receiver first since it seems to have the smaller antenna of the two?

I just recently installed the Dakota Alert DCPA 4K that uses the buried vehicle probe. The transmitter and receiver are located about 1/2 mile away however the transmitter is at the bottom of a hill and my alerts are spotty. Maybe 50/50 success rate at best. I know I can move it closer to the...

I added light bars front and rear. Around 9,000 front and 14,000 lumens rear.

According to the contractor sent to install the TV in addition to cutting stores he says Best Buy is phasing out their Geek Squad department as well.

As a business owner I believe that elections do influence investment decisions, which in turn effects the economy. It also depends on your line of business as well. Someone that services government contracts would react diffetently than someone who is in retail. Me personally I try to find...

It's only about 8" smaller diagonally than our projector screen was. So far I'm super impressed with the tv, especially for the price point. Black levels are not OLED quality but very good and on the same level of my panasonic plasma. Picture is great right out of the box and the details in...

Are doors going to be roll up doors? Just did a similar building. Doors included and all were trimed out in metal. 3 roll up doors and one larger metal chain roll up.

This may have also been a bike trailer. Pretty narrow and had a tilt deck.

A few pics from today's delivery. A little concerned about the tv bouncing around for 50 miles on a little trailer but it seemed to be secured well and in perfect shape when unpacked. The contractors for best buy were independent contractors but did a great job. No complaints.

Ours in town closed last year. Closest to me now is Kansas City about 50 miles from us.

Finally recieved my price match refund. It took 1 more chat session, 4 more emails, and another supervisor request. This is why I always use chat for issues like this, warranty issues, etc so I have screenshots of conversations. Without my copies of the original chat log this would have never...

Ive got a copy. Just dealing with the corporate online nonsense. Twice now they have approved it then a day or 2 later a different department doing the processing denies it.

Problem is I would have cancelled on the 3rd and ordered from amazon had I know they would later deny the price match. For $400 I would have installed myself. Just get really tired of dealing with incompetent online company reps.

Here is my chat conversation and approval back on the 3rd. I have changed the order number and reference numbers for privacy. Customer Care agent: Hi, Jeremy. I'm Zara. Thanks for waiting. Let me review your chat so far. I'll just be 2-3 minutes and then we'll get this taken care of for you...

And the frustration continues. Here is the email just recieved from best by in regards to the price match that has now been approved via chat twice. Keep in mind the price online is no longer the lower price that is was on the 3rd. Hi Jeremy, Thank you for choosing Best Buy. We understand you...

Good to know. I declined the warranty but usually buy them on appliances, fridge, washer, dryer, etc since the new ones all seem to be junk. Hopefully tv's haven't gone the same direction. Besides our projector I haven't purchased a tv other than some cheap ones for the kids bedrooms in...

As a followup in looking at the firestick 4k it looks like it only supports 60 hz so not sure there is any reason to upgrade at the moment with firestick being our primary viewing source?

I know there are some avs forums dedicated to this but thought I would try here first before creating an account on another forum I don't use. We are replacing our projector with a 100" 4k tv with a refresh rate of 144hz. In looking at our current audio reciever that we use as a switch hub it...

Welding is something I never learned but always wanted to. My oldest son decided at the end of his 1st year of college last year that college was not for him. He started welding school a few months ago. I think he just started on tig this week. Now I've got a son who can take care of my...

Mine is wood stud and closed cell foam so pretty solid and straight forward for the mount. I just need to make sure the guys doing the install are center of stud and predrill before running the lags into the studs so they don't spilt the wood, especially on a tv this heavy.