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So this morning I moved our 2 cows ( about 9 months old ) from the pasture in front of the house into the pasture at the back of the barn. About 1:35 this afternoon, as I was loading my trailer with firewood near by I noticed our 8 year old Lab on the other side of the far fence. She gave a...

Well a bit surprised this morning. Got 3" of snow on the ground, this was not in the weather forecast. Guess I don't have to cut the grass today :laughing: Tonight and tomorrow another weather system should bring lots of rain and wind to get rid of this white stuff. :thumbsup: Had a pretty mild...

Ran across this news story. I sometimes? wonder about people. Think this story says a lot about some peple. :o A millionaire in Michigan is collecting food stamps after winning the lottery. “Amanda Clayton, a 24-year-old from Lincoln Park, Michigan . . . is getting away with it. Clayton won $1...

Well it turned out one of the 3 plastic balls had broken off. Took the seat off and loosened the Grey control cover nest to the seat as well as the steel plate this cover is bolted to. Raised the rubber boot at the bottom of the joystick enough so I could unscrew the joystick. Then unbolted the...

So just finished fencing in the field behind our barn. Over the past 11 years since we built the barn, we have seen every year, black bears using the field to eat and also go from our creek on the East side of our property to a creek that is to the West on the neighbors 200 acres. So to try and...

About 11 years ago when we were building our house the local streamkeepers needed to come through our property so they could bring equipment in take down a concrete dam on the next acreage. They ran out of room to dump the dam dirt and so we ended up getting over 120 truck loads of silt. Most...

Started a fence project to fence in a field behind our barn. As we had the posts, wire and staples all I needed was to drill the holes and install the wire, NOT. Of course I have 7 other projects to do before I get to that point. Have to clear an area to move about 30 yards of composted dirt and...

Was doing some seat time on the tractor this afternoon and had to come in because it started raining again. After having the coldest, wettest and dullest April and May in 51 years June was not much better and July has followed right along this pattern. This morning it was 11.4C or 52.5F at...

Over a year ago I bought this old home made post hole auger from a lady who had gotten it with the house that used to owned by a landscaper. I knew him slightly and talked to him about the auger. Said he had used it to drill several thousand holes. I have used it a couple of times. Yesterday was...

After 17 years the pump died on my hot tub, not that I had been using it that much the past couple of years. The wood skirting and base was getting pretty rotten and the fiberglass had developed a crack near the top lid area. Most of the controls didn't work any more, rust and corrosion had...

First year we have tried to raise calves at our place. Started them in the barn but needed the space for goats so built this 8 X 10 foot calf shed. I also put a gate in to access the largest of three pastures we have. Started the shed by bringing in a few tractor loads of gravel and then forming...

My dash park brake light was staying on all the time. I had tightened the lever, which was a bit loose, but it still stayed on all the time. The steel spring on top was going up and down so figured the switch was stuck, played around with it a bit but stayed stuck. Got a replacement from my...

Just over 3 weeks ago we had our first snow fall of the winter, 6, 3 & 2 inches. Out on the west coast it is often very wet and heavy. This willow tree that we planted about 11 years ago was almost flat over the driveway. When clearing the snow I used the FEL to straighten it somewhat. Today I...

What a difference a year makes. Last year was one of the mildest on record and this year they are forecasting a long hard winter. Got six inches of snow and lost power for about 10 hours overnight. Last winter we only had one snow fall of 2-3 inches that was gone within days. It's not even...

Over the years we have had some of our chickens killed by hawks, raccoons and mink. Mink are the worst as they will kill dozens in one night. Just caught the fourth one since we moved here over 12 years ago. This one seems real nasty, lots of hissing and spitting. They are pretty mean and nasty...

Had a tenant put some window clings on 3 windows and I can't get them off. Have used a razor scraper and have only managed to get a couple of small chips off. I am actually scared I will break the window as you have to whack hard to even get a couple of chips off. They are very hard and really...

We have over 350 forest fires burning in British Columbia. Sadly a water bomber crashed a few days ago fighting the fires and the two pilots were killed. They have a campfire ban in most of our province. It has been hot for many weeks in most of the province and now we are getting lighting...

$3500 - 2006 Kubota BX24 - Ldr/Backhoe 34 HOURS! Showroom Condition Just saw this on Craigslist. Has four pics of a nice looking tractor. Of course the phone number are all the same digits so not real. :confused2:

OTTAWA (CBC) - Ottawa police have charged the driver of a lawn tractor with drunk driving after a fatal weekend collision with an ATV. The crash happened early Sunday morning, when the lawn tractor was rear-ended by an all-terrain vehicle in West Carleton Township near Mohrs Road and Kinburn...

A few months ago I purchased a used home made post hole auger. Lady had bought a house and part of the deal was the tractor and implements stayed. She never used it in over two years. I knew the previous owner of the house, he was a landscaper. Phoned him and he told me he had put in 4-5,000...

By Neil Horner - Parksville Qualicum Beach News Published: July 05, 2010 4:00 PM Updated: July 05, 2010 4:18 PM British Columbia's impaired driving laws don't just apply to cars, trucks and motorcycles, say police. They also apply to tractors. One Coombs-area farmer found that out to his...

Just over 4 weeks ago, our purebred Nubian had her first babies, set of triplets. The first of 3, a girl, was very small at only 3lb 6oz. After a couple of days she got pneumonia and so my wife took her to the $vet$, had $x-rays$ and $medicine$. Then this little girl that I named Urkee, because...

I have an older Poulan 12 HP lawn tractor. The drive belt broke and got a new one based on the size of the broken old one. Installed it and the tractor will now move forwards and backwards. Problem is there is no clutch or brake now. The pedal seems to have very little travel before it hits the...

Mt. Washington is about 1 1/2 hour drive from our home. This is the lastest it has opened for sking or snow bording. I guess they had to do it this weekend as summer starts on Monday. :cool: The snow here is often deeper than anywhere else in British Columbia, and occasionally deeper than...

Tax freedom day - 5 long months Today we have Tax freedom day in British Columbia, Canada. :drink: It is 3 days later than last year. :mad: Amazing how much we pay in taxes up here. :confused2: No wonder most people don't seem to have much spending money after working for more than 5 months...

Looking at getting more egg laying chickens as we have more customers than eggs. Started off by leveling the area we wanted to put the new chicken coop, 12ft X 28 ft. Started bad as I drove the tractor over the area to level it and next thing you know I was struck. Went down about 19 inches but...

Hi, I have a 2008 Woods BH70-X backhoe with about 50-60 hours at the most, it is on my Kioti CK35 with 224 hours. What I did notice a few days ago while cutting some firewood that the backhoe dropped a lot. I had a Douglas Fir log, about 58 inches long and 16 inches in diameter about 3 ft from...

My wife gave me a copy of an old magazine article regarding mini hooped greenhouses. So put it together over a couple of our existing raised beds. One bed is 4 X 10 ft and the other 5 X 12 ft. Up our way we get tomato blight, caused by wet and cold climates. Often the tomatos are almost full...

Well had the tractor out a couple of weeks ago to level an area we wanted to build a new chicken coop. I had driven over this area a few times before with no problems. Was going back and forth trying to just scrape a few inches off the top as we are going to put in a cement foundation. Then it...

Having lived out in the country for 12 years we have had power outages every year. Only 3 properties on the hydro line down to our place so we are last on the list :( if there are a number of outages in our area. Several years ago we had some real wicked wind storms, lost power twice for 5 days...

Sadly a life was lost, probably needlessly, if only he would have worn a life jacket. As spring and warmer wether comes, more people will be out on the water. Hopefully this story will jog people into wearing a life jacket. Note: Chad wan not wearing a life jacket. The body of a canoeist...

Well I decided to use my angle grinder. Had only used it once before and wasn't sure if it was the best thing to use. I read a Thread in Safety forum about some of the dangers in using one a while ago. So I got a vice that came with my drill press and c clamped it with wood blocks to my utility...

I have some 1/2" X 10 ft rebar I would like to cut into 20" pieces. Have a hacksaw and angle grinder. What is the best (easiest) way and or tool to cut it?

Had the electrician out and he said he was at my neighbors to price an electrical service to a couple of out buildings for him. Mentioned the neighbor was going to hand dig over 100 ft of ditching 3 feet deep. Well I just had to go over there and offer to dig it with my backhoe. Went well and...

After 10 years the garden in front of our house was getting a bit shabby. :( Some of the plants getting old and lots of crab grass had invaded it. So the wife asked my to help her garden with my tractor and dig it all out. Then we had help from a bunch of our brown girls as well. May put the old...

Last year about this time I bought a used home made backblade. It worked ok but you could tell it was home made, not the right holes for the angles etc. It was heavy 7 ft made out of ½ inch steel plate. Well a few days ago I scooped up a used one from Craigslist. I was the first one to call, got...

Well did a dumb thing yesterday. Was in the barn building a new goat pen and was using my belt sander. All of a sudden it stopped so went over the electrical panel and reset the breaker. Sander still did not work so had a look at it, then noticed the cord had got caught in the sander and had...

Had one of my e-mail buddies ask about a greenhouse so thought I would post some pics of one I built about 5 years ago. The size was mostly determined by the 3 large (9 ft) used patio doors I got at a reasonable price, $30.00 each. Then wanted to make sure my wife, the gardener, had enough room...

After a good winter with no serious storms we had a real strong :( wind storm yesterday afternoon. Our power went out about 4:30 PM and is still out now, which is 11:45 AM. A few years ago we had a wind storm take out dozens and dozens of power poles in our area and we had no power for 5 days...

In a previous thread one of the posts had asked what good was a horn on my CK35. Found out yesterday a new use for it. It has been a very mild winter here so yesterday was working on a new raised Raspberry bed for the wife. Had dug down about 6 inches and removed the grass. Put the box together...

Power washed the CK35 on Sunday, warm sunny day. A couple of the decals came off the loader. Didn't think I was that close, using a 1600 PSI washer. Lost one Kioti and one 0 off the 130 loader. I would think these can be purchased off a dealer. Anyone else do this?

Dug out an 18 inch stump today. Ended up with a good size hole as I had to break the roots before I could get it out of the ground. Found a couple of times the front was lifting so think next time I will fill the loader with gravel for some counter weight. This should give the backhoe more force...