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My 21 year old daughter has taken up welding in an art class in college, and I thought I'd encourage that by buying her a welding kit. I'm of course hoping that she'll let me use it (after teaching me how to), and that maybe she'll do some small welding projects around the farm. Any...

Does anyone have any experience with the Insteon "smarthome" technology? Seems like an improvement over X10 which I tried but found not to reliable. I'm building a new house and wanted to be able to control the electrical lighting and other components using something like this. Thanks.

To those who replied to my recent Cat5e pulling post -- thanks! I am also planning to run by main electric service line from the pole to the house. Total wire run is 400' from the pole to the main panel. My electrician is suggesting using "0000" gauge wire and burying it in 2 1/2" pvc...

Pulling Cat5e wire thru 1 1/4\" poly pipe I've got about a 150' run from the house to the barn where my satellite dish is. I want to run the house internet off of that dish and am considering burying 1 1/4" black poly pipe (irrigation pipe usually) and pulling the Cat5e wire through that...

At today's fuel prices, I'm seriously considering using solar for domestic hot water heating. Does anyone have any experience with this and/or could refer me to any manufacturers of collectors? Thanks.

After years of hauling yard clippings to the burn pile, I finally found a new method. Using 12x16 tarps filled with clippings, I tied the corners together with a 2' piece of electrical wire, and left them in the yard, and moved onto the next work area. Then when there were 2 tarps filled, I...

Well I've never seen this much snow on Cape Cod! Caught me off totally off guard, with the JD 4410 parked at the barn with the pallet forks on the FEL and 2-3' of snow all around. Of course as luck would have it, I left the bucket about 150' away, so while my wife dug the bucket out of the...

I'm in the process of installing a new well for my barn, but also want it to serve for irrigation purposes for the vegetable and fruit plants and trees. The well contractor suggested a larger pump to serve thses needs, but needs to know the Gallons Per Minute of capacity. Here's a photo of...

A friend of mine said he had heard that Andersen windows & doors distributed by Home Depot are of lower quality than the standard Andersen product. Has anyone heard of this or experienced it?

This morning on the Today Show Willard Scott said that it was the 200th anniversary of John Deere's first tractor built in Vermont. I'm surprised I haven't heard more about that on TBN. Obviously a long time before diesel engines. Anyone familiar with this history?

I'm getting ready to pour a foundation for my barn (which here on Cape Cod we need a full foundation for code). But the wall will be 9'8" high to allow room for the tractor (of course!). The long wall of the barn is 54' and has backfill on one side, so it needs some vertical rebar for...

I'm interesting in putting up a windmill to pump water for irrigation (rather than running an electric pump). I have water down about 50 feet below the surface in sandy soil. But I haven't any experience in farm windmills. On Cape Cod it can get pretty windy (hurricanes every 10 years) so I'm...

I've got a standard (not "heavy duty") concrete box septic system in my back yard, and would like to drive my JD 4410 tractor over it. But with FEL and backhoe on it, it probably weighs about 4,500 lbs. What do you think my chances are if I drive over it?

I thought I'd share a few pictures of a new barn that I'm building. It's not a pole barn, since the local building code requires a 4' frost wall. So it has a poured concrete foundation. Since it's on a grade, I can put the JD 4410 tractor and attachments in the drive-out basement, with...

I'm planning to construct a storage shed or pole barn for my tractor. Typical frost line in this part of the country is 4' per code, so most construction has a poured concrete foundation with footers 4' below grade. Seems overkill for an unheated shed, so the pole barn approach has appeal...

Most of the various operating manuals refer to tightening nuts to a specific torque. Does this mean that one should have a torque wrench and do this from time to time? If so, does anyone have a suggestion on what/where to purchase? Thanks.

I noticed after a lot of bush hog cutting with a medium duty 5' rotary cutter on a 35HP JD 4410 that the cutter was a couple of degrees at an angle to one side. I suspect that something has gotten out of alignment when I was backing into some heavy brush. Has this happened to anyone, and would...

Just got finished brush hogging about a 1/2 acre of land, and now there is shredded brush on the ground. Any suggestions on how to rake this up using the tractor? Ideally I'd like to move all the shreddings and pieces of stalks and trunks into a pile that I can then use my chipper/shredder on...

I've had difficulty understanding what this option is exactly, and what the cost/benefits of it are? Thanks for any explanations or info.

My dealer suggested that the model 48 backhoe would be too much for the 4410 tractor (and recommends the 47BH as more suited). Curious to hear the experiences of those who have this combination. Thanks.

Looking for suggestions on the size / brand / specs (anything) for a trailer that I could use to haul my 4310 about 50 miles to a friend's place to help him. It's a 4310 with 430 FEL and 47BH. Any suggestions much appreciated!