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I shouldn't have looked up that picture. Now I'm sending messages to dealers to give me a quote on what it costs.

I was hesitant to buy the Mule back in 2011 because I felt it was something for play more than anything else. But I quickly realized how useful it was when we were all fighting to use it!!!! Nobody drives it for fun, or just to drive around the farm. It's mostly used for getting boxes from the...

Last night my wife reminded me (again) how nice it would be to have a golf cart with a bed in the back for getting packages from the gate. Small tires on it so it's as low to the ground as possible. And the most important thing, is that it's quiet!!! I agree with her. We went for a drive in...

I went from a 37 hp open station tractor and a 6 foot cutter to a 70 hp cab tractor and a 12 foot batwing 3 years ago. I expected it to be nicer and able to get more done, but I'm still in shock and how much more I get done in so much less time. The more HP allows me to mow faster. The cab...

A friend uses old roofing shingles. It works, but it looks like old roofing shingles. My goal is to have concrete everywhere. It's been a long term goal, and it will never happen for everything, but each time I pour concrete, it's one step closer to success.

Is there somebody that checks this? Baseball Field Inspector?

I looked into buying a used diesel truck. The older Fords and Ram trucks seem like the best things out there, but I don't want to spend my time rebuilding anything, or wrenching on it. Prices are horrible, but just about everything on those trucks are worn out. They need new interiors, seats...

A year ago I was looking at F350 trucks and bigger to deal with the cattle at my other farm. I needed to tow equipment back and forth too. Then one day I got a call from a neighbor with an offer to buy my cows and rent my land. Accepting that offer changed everything for me. I realized that...

Here in East Texas, the humidity is brutal. One summer I went to Sturgis in July and I was really enjoying how cool it was there. Then I saw an outdoor thermometer that said it was 101 degrees. That's when I realized how much humidity matters!!!!!!

Sometimes it's one step forwards, two steps backwards. Hopefully he'll make it right, but it sounds like another project that you'll have to do yourself. Maybe move it closer to the house so you can mow around it easier in the future?

I forget what you're plan for stocking it is. You can put minnows and bluegill in there now. Then when it's full and the water clears up and the plant life starts growing, you can put in your predator fish. It's too small of a pond for two predators, so it has to be a type of bass or a type...

I have a 12 inch auger, but for some reason I thought it was a good idea to get a 6 inch auger. There are two bolts that hold it on the gear shaft. I removed them and the auger slide right off. The smaller one slid on easily and the bolts went back on. I did it behind my tractor and it was a...

The big advantage to not sheeting a roof when doing metal is being able to spread your trusses out farther. If you use OSB or plywood, you have to have your trusses every 2 feet on center, or closer. I've never seen or heard of anybody putting sheeting on purlins. I guess it's possible, but...

Never heard of it. I asked my wife, who has been an RN for 30 years, and she's never heard of it either. I'm guessing that it's not something that we get in this part of Texas.

WOW!!! That sounds like a very long, very painful day. And you did it three days in a row. I don't think I would be able to move after the first day.

How many hours a day are you sitting on a tractor to do that much land? I'm in a cab with an air seat, bushogging my land, and 4 hours is the most I can handle. Then I'm half crippled trying to get out of the tractor and walk back to the house. 2-3 hours is about all I want to do at a time!!!

I was outside Saturday working a fence and managed to last all day, but it was so hot I became a zombie. Sunday it was worse, and I gave up around 2pm. It was a challenge just to breath!!!! Thankfully I have a cab tractor, and I was able to mow the rest of the day. Local news said it was 100F...

The hose is the cheap part. You are paying for the fittings at the end of the hose. $150 seems expensive to me. I own an old backhoe that's full of hoses and I need to replace several of them every year. The most expensive one that I've ever had done was over $300, but on average, they are...

Here in my part of East Texas, they started running Fiber Optic down the roads. This included drilling under the road to run the line from one side to the other. Since there isn't anything else in the area, there is a chance that this might be it. In my case, we were able to connect to the...

Something very beautiful in a straight fence!!!!

I have two farms. My late brothers place in Mabank, and mine in Tyler. I protested both of them with the Tax Assessor and won both cases. Mabank went down over $100,000 and Tyler went down $30,000. It's frustrating having to take time off to go there and meet them face to face, but in both...

I have two ponds. The big one isn't fenced in yet. The small pond is 3/4 of an acre. Before getting goats, I had blackberries taking over the shoreline. I could mow pretty close to the edge of the water, but not enough to control the blackberries. Every year they took over more shoreline...

Looks more like an archeological dig then what I see when I dig out a stump.

When discussing options with my clients, I tell them that there isn't a right or wrong choice. It's all about what they like and want to see every day for the rest of their lives. Sadly, and that's just my opinion, they get caught up in the latest trends. The wife always leads those...

I've looked online and there are some dealers that offer parts online, but it's through the Massey website that is poorly updated. As of a few months ago, they still do not list the cab air filter that they now use on the 2022 and newer 4700 series tractors. It's just one of those annoying...

I read somewhere that Massey has gone to a 4 cylinder engine in the 4700 line, but I didn't confirm it. I'm not sure if that's an issue or not. On my 4707, I had to add a rear ballast to deal with how much weight the loader can pick up. Rear wheel weights should of been bought when I got the...

Is that when you get the rake and shovel out?

It might be fun to see how they have evolved. Do you have pictures of your first one? Then more pictures of each version as you learn more about designing them and what works best?

My wife has been a RN for 30 years and she is currently a Professor at the University teaching graduate classes to RN's. She said that the paper about a person's teeth relating to Alzheimer's wasn't valid. She said that inflammation is the primary factor in Alzheimer's. Since there are so...

I think Echo makes the best small engine tools out there. If you haven't tried one of their chainsaws, you'll be surprised at how nice they are. I have two Husqvarna's and 3 Stihls that I never use anymore after getting my Echo chainsaw.

Where are you putting all that material?

I've worked with realtors and decorators that are trying to sell a house that has been on the market for way too long. They always paint everything one color. Usually white. Then install granite counters. Those two things will sell a house faster then anything else. I realize this isn't being...

Most of the Granite I’ve seen installed is done with Bondo to hold it in places. They will also use a bunch of wood shims because their degree of flat and level is always more than what the cabinets are. I’ve seen a few other adhesives used for small counters that are like Lexel from a caulking...

If you go with laminate, be sure you know what the edges are going to look like. It's impossible to roll all four sides, so you will have some odd looking edges, or sharp edges all around the island. I've had clients tell me that they couldn't afford granite and when we went over the prices...

If the fronts of the cabinets on either side of the range will be facing the front, then you need that wall to be the full width behind the cabinets. You have it at 72 inches. For cabinets, I always use inches instead of feet when figuring layout. Is the island going to be granite? Will...

I haven't heard the good teeth theory before. Both my parents have bad teeth. I always assumed it was from growing up dirt poor in Northern Canada, without any Dental visits until they were adults. One of the things that I've always joked about was being the only one in the family with good...

Get a small generator and you will have a mobile work station!!! I have a small Honda generator that powers my small pancake air compressor, or my demolition hammer, or any of my corded tools. For welding, I have to put in my big Champion generator. It's just super easy to put everything in...

Here's one that I did. It's the biggest one I've done. I think the overall island is 9 feet long and 5 feet wide. The cabinets are KraftMaid from Lowes.

On the islands that I've built, I just frame the back wall where the cabinets mount to. This gives you a place to run your lines up through the floor. Cabinets are 3 feet tall, so that's how high I make that wall. Since your island is 72 inches wide, the center cabinet for your range is...

Hard to take you seriously since you don't know the difference between your tractor brands. But at least you're very impressed with yourself!!!!

That sounds familiar, but there are dozens of different videos from all over the country of High Schools doing this as a special day for farm kids with tractors. Some are very impressive.

One of my favorite YouTube videos to watch are the High School tractor days. The kids in the school drive the family tractor to school. They show them driving through the middle ot town, down the roads and pulling into the parking lot. Some of them drive restored antique tractors, some are in...

When I was buying back in 2021 I had Kubota at the top of my list. I liked everything about it except the price. Somebody on here suggested Massey Ferguson. It was a brand that I wasn't familiar with, so I started looking into them. The price was a lot better for the same HP tractor. The...

Makes sense. Nobody makes a bigger mess then the sheetrock guys!!!

So it's temporary?

Is that plastic under the stair steps? What does it do?

My first attempt would be to use a cut off blade on my 4 1/2 inch grinder. Cut off the four sides to make a point. It wouldn't have to be perfect, or even super pointy. I'd just want enough cut off so it would work for a little longer.

In your picture, I just realized that it could get under all the branches that are so hard to do when on a riding mower. I think one is in my future, I'm just going to wait and see how much better they get, and if they come down in price. For videos, I have to post them on YouTube, then copy...

You are in a battle of wills. You against the rock. It's going to be worth it in the end, but I understand how frustrating it is to battle the land!!!! Years ago, I was thinking of buy an excavator and an old timer told me to never buy one that had been used for jack hammering. He said that...

My dad passed from dementia two years ago. My mom's sister has it bad right now, but she is the first person on mom's side of the family to get it. My mom seems to be acting like my dad did in his early stage of getting it. I think that she has it, but her doctors haven't confirmed it. My...

Video would be awesome!!!!

I've bought and worn out several brands of weed eaters. Echo was my favorite gasoline powered one. It started the easiest. I'm not familiar with the model numbers, and it's been years since I owned a gas weed eater. Eventually the Echo fuel primer, then the fuel line got all gummed up from the...

Impressive. Are the wearable parts easy to get? Online?

That looks like it. I haven't messed with it yet; I just looked for it last night when I got home and saw it. I'm not sure how it works, it's very odd looking.

All under 70 HP so you don't have to mess with DEF?

Thanks. I'll look for it. It seems odd to me that there isn't another filter or screen of some kind before or after the main fuel filter.

I dredged my small 3/4 acre pond about 15 years ago. It was a supper hot summer and most of the water evaporated, so I wanted to make it several feet deeper. I used my 2 wheel drive 555E backhoe to dig a ramp into the shallow, dry area of pond, where I had solid dirt under it. I drove in...

I didn't take a picture, but the fuel looked clean under the diaphram. I drained it and rubbed it clean with a paper towel. It turned dark brown where I rubbed the metal clean. I didn't know about the tank having a drain. I'll look for it and see what happens.

Same thing happens here in East Texas. If you don't mow the fields a couple times of year, it becomes an impossible jungle!!!!! My previous neighbor hired mulchers to clear part of his land, then didn't mow it, and hired them again five years later. He did this three times with the exact same...

I unscrewed the pump and removed the rubber seal. As you can see, there are some small flecks of something in there. I cleaned it out and wiped everything clean with paper towels. I put on the new fuel filter and got it running again. I ran it for half an hour without any issues. My fear...

I saw your video on FB. That was pretty impressive. How many tractors do you have? are they all the same HP?

Thank you. Seems like Deere has a different way of doing things then I'm used to.

I looked at those plugs, but I didn't trust myself not to make things worse. For less than $100, I have an engine that's running like brand new after owning it for 15 years.

I have a 2012 Deere 5065E that is dying on me after running it for a couple of hours. I normally don't run it that long as it's my hay bale tractor that I also keep the post hole digger on for fencing. Last weekend and the weekend before, I was using it to clean up some fencing that my...

Sherwin Williams has a clear coating for rust. I've used it on old wrought iron railings with good results. Just be sure to test it first. Even better, bring a panel into the store and tell them what you want to do.

I bought a Spectra 200 laser level on Ebay about 20 years ago that's been awesome. I haven't used it in a few years, but when laying out a pad, running my drain lines and even when digging my big pond, it was used almost daily. Technology has improved, and prices have come down, but for me...

I have a 2010 Scag Wildcat zero turn mower with a 26hp Kawasaki engine that I bought brand new. Last year it started running poorly and I assumed it was a fuel issue. I changed the filters without any success, and sort of just got by with it losing power or just stalling out on me, then...

Before moving to Texas, some buddies and I were trying to find a new place to go deer hunting in CA. We thought that if we could find a remote area of the Emigrant Wilderness, we'd find some decent sized bucks. For a few years, we backpacked in everywhere we could find on a map that didn't...

I buy three packs of chains for my Echo chainsaw from Amazon for a good price. I file the chain to keep it sharp until the chain stretches to the point it won't stay tight anymore. Then I toss it and put on a new one. I just cut firewood and burn about two chords a year. Winter in East...

Bringing the grandkids to the beach sounds like fun. Leaving their parents and everyone else behind sound even better!!!!

Is that your corn?

Amazing!!!!! Hummingbirds never sit still for very long, and you never know when it's going to happen.

Thanks. I'm at 20psi in on my front tires and 15 on my rear tires. I'm thinking of going lower to get a better ride. I'm just not sure how low I can go and not cause any damage?

You have the coolest tools!!!

When I was looking, I decided on a two spear model. I read that it was more stable then one spear, but otherwise, I really don't know if that's true or not. I also use it for lifting pallets, carrying rolls of fencing and fence posts, so it's come in handy having two spears.

You have it worse there than we have it here in the Tyler area. I'm about a hundred miles West of Shreveport. Temps are in the high 90's with the Index just over 100. Today is supposed to be our first day over 100 degrees, and I'm repairing the fascia on a house. Once it gets to the point I...

What air pressure do you run your tires at? I've been thinking that if I lowered my air pressure, I would have a smoother ride. The bouncing from the ground is what wears me out the most when mowing.

Thank you. The microwave was going to be used to warm up dog food, but last night while setting up dog kennels, she decided against it. Now I have an extra microwave that I need to find a home for. I love tile and I was going to install tile, but my wife feels that it's too slippery and...

This should have been done years ago, but we ran into some delays with my brother passing away and having to take care of his farm, then my dad passing away and realizing he didn't have a valid Will. Plus, we have 80 goats, 100 chickens, 3 horses and land to work on for the livestock. It seems...

Once I had the roof on, I started running hot and cold water for the dog washing station and also for a sink in the garage. Then all sorts of electrical lines for the Akita room and my garage. And finally, ducts for the AC in the Akita room. I will never be cold enough for them, but nobody is...

My wife woke up one day and said that she wanted to get a show quality Akita and start going to dog shows. In hindsight, telling her that was a great idea might have been the dumbest thing I ever said!!! We now have 7 Akita's, with two that are showing, a few that are retired and a few that...

I'm always wondering if I can improve the quality of my pasture by doing some of the things you are doing? I know it's not the same thing, but it does make me think about new ways to improve my grass.

What does that do for the grass?

Better to make a little progress every day then wait around for others that might never show up.

Nice to be so close to the feed store!!!

How many acres are you mowing? With my 70hp Massey and 12 foot batwing, I'm mowing about 30 acres with $68,000 worth of lawn mower. It makes no sense, but it works and I'm happy with what I have.

If I was buying today that's what I'd be looking at. Battery powered golf cart with a bed in the back. I really like having a windshield too.

Almost makes me hope that they will get rid of DEF next!!!!

We're expecting storms tonight and Saturday night. Hopefully it will head your way too!!

How many more inches do you need to be full?

I was just looking at the temps for the next couple of days and it looks like it's going to be brutal.

Is there a point where it's too hot for the seed to grow?

Thanks for the update. It's been a fun project to watch. I have to admit that it's been a bit overwhelming seeing all that you did, and it got me to rethinking plans for my place. I've been planning on building a short retaining wall for my drainage ditch that goes through my yard but haven't...

A Dealer told me that most people use too much grease, and they need to learn to only put in enough to do the job. I've gone back to manual pump grease guns. I have one with a solid tube and another with the flexible tube. I use the solid tube for almost all my fittings, which is fast and...

Are you going to install the insulation yourself? Cutting and fitting it into those cavities is not going to be fun.

I believe it's cheaper to just buy the materials yourself, but I've never bought a kit, and I've never compared the price of a kit. My thinking is that I want to pick out each piece of lumber that I'm using and chose the best brackets and fasteners that I can find. When you buy a kit, you...

In 2021 I made the decision to buy a cab tractor. At that time, I had been mowing my place with an open station 37 hp tractor and 6 foot rotary cutter. It got the job done, but it took me all year to get all of it mowed, plus doing the area around the pond 3 or 4 times a year because that's...

Nothing better than concrete!!! How thick is it? Are you going to use gravel outside the garage doors instead of concrete? I just noticed that you framed your walls horizontally. Are you going to spray foam for insulation on your walls? Thanks for the updates, it just keeps looking better...

I like buying from Messick's. They are fast with tons of emails to let you know what's going on with it.

How much rain did you get in your rain gauge to get six inches in the pond? For my two ponds, the small one will rise six inches with one inch or rain when the ground is already wet, but the big pond will only rise two inches from that same amount of rain.

I forgot about them dragging the infield. I haven't been to a baseball game in decades and didn't think about that. It seems like they are creating job security for you in how they maintain their fields!!!

You have two options. PTO or Hydraulic. Hydraulic is night and day better. It's easier to operate, it has reverse and you can mount it to the loader for better control and accuracy. If you are a pro, or you are going to drill thousands of holes, Hydraulic is worth the huge price increase. I...

That makes sense. I was wondering how you could have so many people that were all that good at painting!!!

Does the lip just build up because of how they mow the grass?

Those are great. Do you have patterns or pictures for everyone to use when designing what they are going to paint?

Sorry to hear about your setback. Maybe the camping trip is something that you can look forward to doing next year?

"a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" This is one of my life motto's. I can't even think of how many times I've said it to myself, or to others. I just know when I use it when making a decision, I'm always happy with the results!!!!

I'm guilty having fun with chalk on the concrete too!!!!

That summer we went over 100 days without rain, and temps over 100 degrees. My other pond dried up and I lost over 60 catfish that were all over ten pounds. They died at the same time, when the water was just a foot or two deep. I guess they cooked, or there wasn't enough oxygen for them...

I'm probably repeating myself. I've learned that the secret to working outdoors in Summer is to get started in the morning when the temps are still nice. Then as the day warms up, it's not a huge shock, and you can deal with it. If I'm indoors all morning and then go out to do something, the...

The yardstick makes it easy to see what's happening. I found a yellow plastic one that lasted for quite a while for my pond. The wood one sort of dissolved into the pond. When my pond was full, I put the yardstick in upside down, so it was easy to see what I had lost. The top of the...

You had me confused with "cow bird." Here, those are the songbirds that take over the feeders and attack the other songbirds. Cattle Egrets are a lot of fun to see when out mowing. I enjoy watching them catch grasshoppers. They can be very entertaining.

How often do you have to change your blades? Do you ever sharpen them?

Time to get the basketball out!!! Is a walkway next?

The longer I'm at my place, the more I want concrete everywhere!!!!

I enjoyed the video and admired your skills fabricating the mower. I just don't see it doing anything in the video that looks like it cuts any better than a regular 6-foot cutter. Maybe a side-by-side comparison to show the improvement from your design?

Looks nice. Doing concrete in Summer is brutal work. When are you doing the other half?

Do you work on a lot of golf courses? I always thought they had a fortune in equipment to do everything possible to keep their grass just like they want it.

Nice pictures. I enjoy seeing several tractors out working at the same time.

I forgot about the Cummins gas engine that's coming out. I saw a few videos talking about it, but since it's not available yet, I haven't put any thought into it. Fortunately, I'm in no rush to buy anything yet, I just enjoy learning as much as I can before I make a decision to go into debt.

I'm a long ways away from making a similar decision. I need a bigger truck, but it's not something that I'll use every day, and it might sit for a month or more without being started. Modern diesel engines scare me because of how expensive they are to repair, and how often I hear about DEF...

I never lived in a house with AC until I moved to Texas. I didn't know anybody with AC in their homes when I lived in CA.

I just found this thread and read through all of the comments. I'm happy to hear your recovering and it wasn't any worse. It sure could of been!!!! Thanks for posting what happened and updating us on your recovery. I've had too many close calls and this makes me think of all those farm...

Some parking places are not as good as others.

How will you fuel the generator? If you are pouring gas into it, will the location affect how you can get to it if there is a storm happening? If it's off of propane or natural gas, how far will it be from the tank or supply line at the house? How far do you have to run the power line from...

There is always tomorrow. What's broken now? I'll be working on the fence all day today. I wish I was smarter than my chickens or goats. How much will that cost? They did what? Do I have to? OMG!!

Looks too nice to use!!! I really like your LED strip lights and where you put them.

If it was my place, I would stack sacks of concrete to build up a wall to support the trail. While the sacks are still dry, pound rebar through them to lock them all together. Also pound the rebar into the soil that the sacks are sitting on. Bigger rebar into the soil would be better. Here...

I've been working outdoors for a few months now. Some years I get more indoor jobs, some years, it's all outdoors. I start at 9 am and work till five. I can usually fallow the shade on a house and work on the areas not in direct sun. Temps are in the low to mid 90's with a heat index over...

That's kind of scary. I would be in a bit of a panic to get that done. Hoping it works for you. You should have plenty of time, but things have a way of happening when you have a deadline!!!!

Is that powered by natural gas? Did you get natural gas to your house? I think I remember their being some question if that would happen or not.

Impressive. How will you heat the water that goes through the PEX? or will you use something other than water?

Isn't CA about to outlaw all gas mowing equipment? The only small engine that I will buy is Honda. If it has a Honda engine, it will start every year. If not, you will regret buying it in five years. I wish I could show pictures of how my dwarf Nigerian goats have cleaned up my land. They eat...

You'll be getting the mower stuck trying to mow as close to the water as possible in no time at all!!!! At least that's what happens where I live.

I agree. But I really thought he was going to go with the Case or New Holland.

Do you weave the PEX through the bumps on the foam?

80 gallons at a time means a lot of time at the gas station!!!! I guess you have a routine. It's just not something I thought about when thinking about what it takes to make hay for a living. For me, buying fuel for my tractors or gas engines is a pain that I always put off until I have to...

While I enjoy your pics of your tractors in action, I think the real story is what it takes to keep it all happening. Getting that much fuel every day has to be a big part of your day!!!! Do you have a tank on your truck that you fuel from, or do you just drive into the local gas station...

60 gallon of fuel in a day surprises me. I never thought about how much fuel those bigger tractors use when working hard.

How many gallons of diesel do you go through in a day like that?

Just think of how lucky you are that it hit your nose. If that didn't happen, you might not have known there was a problem until it was worse, and maybe more expensive!!!

When I built my house, I ran two-inch conduit from the mechanical room to the side of my house where the outside unit will be. At the time, I thought it would be better than running the lines through the attic space. It worked fine, but when we had the unit replaced, the went up through the...

Is that sand that the grass is trying to grow in?

7 days isn't the same as seven years. I don't know how long it takes for Hardie to fail from moisture. I just know it happens when installed too close to roof shingles. Add some leaves to the mix and wait a few years, and when you clean off the leaves, some of the dissolved Hardie siding will...

I really like the concrete curb on either side of this. I've thought about doing that for my driveway when I'm caught up with all my other projects. Which means it probably will never happen. It just seems like a great way to keep the rock in my driveway, and not on my grass. I just wonder how...

I spent the weekend working on fencing. Sunday I set 8 wood posts in concrete. I bought a pallet of concrete and parked my trailer by the fence and then used the Mule to load up 8 sacks of concrete, along with my water jugs, level, shovel and clamshell digger, to go to each post. 4 sacks per...

What's the price difference between mushroom hay and horse hay?

There is almost no dust when cutting Hardie with a Hardie blade. There are lots of chips, and safety glasses are a must!!! Hardie does not do well when it's sitting in water. Here, it fails when installed too close to the ground, or right on top of the roof shingles. Going off memory, I...

As a remodel contractor, I can't even count how many houses I've worked on that had the original sheetrock was installed with fine thread sheetrock screws. In my opinion, they hold the sheetrock to the wall just fine. Nothing to indicate that there is an issue, or shouldn't have been used...

I watched Season 4 over the weekend and enjoyed it. I liked the plowing, planting and the struggle to bring in the crops. I like seeing the tractors working. And I really liked when they showed up with all the different brands. I had no idea that a tow hitch comes out and lowers!!!! I just...

Very creative!!!! I want to do things like this, but there isn't any time to do fun projects right now. Hopefully it will happen in the future. Post more pics, I enjoy seeing what you come up with.

I think that once you pour your pad, you will wonder why you didn't do it sooner!!!! And then you will want to make it bigger.

I use three inch deck screws for Hardie Trim. I tried a framing nail gun, but they never went in all the way and I hated beating them in with a hammer right next to a window.

I've done it a few times on older houses with wood lap siding that is similar to what's in the picture. Hardie's biggest issue is that it's brittle. It needs a wood backing. OSB or plywood is the most common because it's the cheapest, fastest and easiest to install on new construction...

Toto is one of the best brands of toilets out there because of how good they glaze them. Super, super smooth so nothing sticks to the bowl. I would never throw a Toto away, but I also hate paying for them!!! Gasoline is known to soften sealants. I might also try some of the different...

I had a client with a rat problem. They ate through the screens on her crawl space vents and then took over her crawl space. I bought this metal from Lowes https://www.lowes.com/pd/Hillman-12-in-x-24-in-Cold-Rolled-Steel-Exnded/3051815 I cut it to fit tight and then added screws into the...

I understand that. But isn't that what Japan is using, and failing with the last couple of attempts? They have the best computers, engineers and scientist, but they can't do what we did in 1969? It just seems crazy to me.

Sometimes it makes me wonder how we went to the moon with 1969 technology, but in 2025 it seems almost impossible to build a rocket that can get there

I was there ten years ago, so maybe the air pollution gotten better. We didn't even realize what was happening until we both commented on how sick we were feeling. It happened slowly, and by the end of the day, we couldn't take it anymore and went back to our hotel. The next day we were fine...

The two things I remember the most about Barcelona would be the architecture and the smog. One day walking around, looking at the buildings and we were sick from breathing all the exhaust from the cars. We had to hang out close to the water after that, it was just too hard to breath there!!!!

Have you ever had a trailer fall over?

Those are the types of mountains that I dream of going Mule Deer hunting in!!!!

I rarely go to that Walmart. It's the one with the most crime. The new Walmart on the other side of town always has the best prices, but it's packed and difficult to deal with. The Super One just North of the hospitals is where I normally go, and they also have the lowest price for gas in...

I bought Ethanol free gas on Saturday for $2.99 a gallon. At that station, Regular was $2.57 a gallon, but on the other side of town, the lowest price is $2.37 a gallon, which is where I fill up my truck. I'm still buying it for my mower and small engines. I think the difference is...

I remember saying "Bad" to almost everything when I was in elementary school. Seems like every kid in the school said it. When we visited family in Canada, they had never heard anybody say that to describe something as being really good. Now I'm wondering when I quit saying it, along with...

Is this what you are suggesting...

Very nice design, it looks great. I was going to do something similar for my wife and mom who spend a lot of time in our vegetable garden. But I kept over planning it and trying to make it fancy. In the end, they gave up on waiting for me and they put two folding chairs under a shade tree...

I built a rake for my tractor years ago and only used it a few times. I found that it only held a small amount of material, and then everything went out either side of the rake. I wasn't working in a barn, I was trying to clean up all the branches and debris from clearing my land. I'd be...

Sometimes when we watch an older show or movie on TV, we hear words that we haven't heard in decades. Seems like some of the things we used to say all the time, just sort of disappear. When was the last time you said something was "Bad" when it was really good?

I have surge protectors on my TV and Computer, but I'm not familiar with a whole house surge protector. Does it go before or after the breaker box? Can it handle a direct hit from lightning? The house that I mentioned earlier had the breakers that didn't stop the lightning from going through...

I've worked on a few houses that got hit by lightning. Most of the time, the rafters are solid black were the lightning burned them, but no other damage. The worse damage to a house that I've seen had the lightning hit a big pine tree at the edge of the yard. It went down the tree, ripping...

Red Flags mean it's time to walk away.

The easiest to learn on, and the one capable of welding most anything is going to be an AC/DC arc welder. Preferably a used one is you are trying to save money. They never wear out. Just don't get one that is AC only. The DC welding is a lot easier with better results for beginners. Then it's...

Do you feed them anything in the winter?

Genius!!! Getting another tractor will ALWAYS make you feel better!!!!!

That's impressive. I know the goal here is to cut at peak protein levels, and that's about 28 days, but it never happens. Three cuttings a year is a good year. I know that sometimes they get 4, but a lot of years they only get two.

I don't live where it snows very much, and I'll probably never see anything with tracks on it like those in the picture. I think it's interesting that they have those green skids under the tracks of the one being towed.

The idea for concrete to replace the sand was to remove a place for water to remain between the compacted gravel and the flagstones. But I think the real solution is to dig down deeper and install more road base gravel that is highly compacted. A solid concrete base would be better, but it's...

When I was stationed at the Embassy in Yaoundé Cameroun, we had local police standing guard outside the Embassy. It was a small Embassy without a bathroom for them, so when they had to use the bathroom, they would tell me that they had to "ease themself" so I would let them in. And when they...

On average, how long until you're ready for your second cutting?

Nice, healthy-looking fish. The biggest challenge that I have with my pond is having too many fish in it. The rule I tell everyone that comes over is that they have to keep what they catch. No catch and release!!!! The only way to get big bass is to get rid of the small bass. And the only...

The pond looks like it's been there forever. How is the fishing?

You reminded me of a close call that I had with my dozer. In order to replace one of the hydraulic pump, I had to get the tracks off of the ground. Part of the restart procedure was to run the tracks without any resistance, so they had to be in the air. I lifted the front end with the blade...

Everything about those pictures is impressive!!!! Do you just hay your place, or do you have other properties that you hay also?

I've lived here almost 22 years, and I never figured out what "out of pocket" meant!!! It still doesn't make sense to me, but I didn't realize it had anything to do with not being available. I wonder how many times I've talked to somebody and thought they were broke when they said that?

How could we survive without having a tractor around the place? I just used one of mine to haul my mower back to the house after running over a part of a tire and getting it wedged in my blades. I can't imagine what a pain that would have been to fix along the road as everyone drove by...

When I moved to Texas from California in 2003, I heard "ya'll" for the first time. I think it means "you" or "everyone" or it just replaces "you know" "Bless her heart" is pretty common. I think it means that she's an idiot, but I'm not positive. "Out of Pocket" seems to mean you're broke...

Most people only run their tractor 50 hours a year. Since it was under warrantee, it sounds like it was being used commercially to have so many hours on it in just a few years. I'm assuming the warrantee is 3 to five years. If it was defective, I would think that defect would of been caught...

I would want to see the paperwork from the dealer. People selling stuff have a habit of telling you what they want you to know, but not always everything you need to know. The tractor has very low hours to need a new head gasket. I'm struggling to understand how that happened if it wasn't...

Once you clear an area like that, do the homeowners ever do anything with it? Or do you come back every year or so and do it again and again? My neighbor has an area like that by the creek. He's hired people to clear it at least 4 times, and it's grown back as thick as ever right now. He...

I don't think compaction is the issue. Anything granular is going to hold water. When it gets cold out, water freezes and expands. This causes movement.

I think the issue with most cameras is having to lower the resolution to send the image. Video is even worse because of how much data has to be sent. I think that a Nanny Camera setup might work best. Get a tiny spy camera, or camaras. Hide it and run a wire to a hidden location in the...

Since you already have a base of gravel, I would remove the sand and build up the gravel. I'm not sure what one inch of concrete would do under the flagstones. It might work better, but it's expensive.

I bought my Land Pride gearbox from Messicks.com when it started leaking oil, then the seals got worse, and finally the grease wasn't working anymore. I dragged it out over two years, but in the end, I had to buy a new gearbox. I replaced the stump jumper too, it was in rough shape, and...

For soil to move, it needs moisture and freezing temps. The moisture in the ground expands when it freezes. The more moisture, and the deeper it goes, the more it will heave. I think the problem is in your sand. It's holding moisture. I'm guessing that your rock bas and surrounding soil are...

To me, it looks like you have the wrong size blades. I would double check the manual to see what the length is supposed to be, and measure what you have in there. On my zero turn, I found that the high lift blades left a horrible cut. I went back to the factory blades, and I've been very...

How do you buy your fertilizer? Do they deliver it, or do you have something to haul it in?

My wife and I saw these baby Green Heron's by our barn yesterday. There are three of them, and they just sort of ignored us and walked to other branches when we stopped to look at them. I'm guessing they are about 20 feet away in this picture. Now we're looking up in the trees to see if we can...

Every time I mow over a snake, I look for it on the next pass, and I never see it. Then I start wondering where it's at? Is it on the mower? Is it on the tractor? Is it hiding and waiting for me to get get out of the tractor? Can I ever walk past my tractor and not think there's a snake...

This was last weekend while on my tractor. I don't know how long they will be there, and I'm worried there will be others somewhere else. I'm thinking that I'll wait two weeks before mowing again. I've hunted deer all my life, but the idea of mowing over a baby fawn just terrifies me.